Collection of different songs that I personally relate to some of the characters :) If you have any questions, suggestions, or want an explanation for any of these feel free to send me an ask!
DQXI as a whole
Soldier, Poet, King - The Oh Hellos
Words of the Wise - Truslow
Go Big or Go Home - American Authors
Sons of Thunder - Owl City
Everything Goes On - Porter Robinson
The Luminary
What’s wrong - half-alive
Superman - American Authors
Fate of the Stars - Tally Hall
A Little Bit of Love - Weezer
Erik
I Don’t Like Who I Was Then - The Wonder Years, feat Origami Angel
Go to hell - Bayside
Rolled Down Window - John the Ghost
1 Last Cigarette - The Band Camino
Candy Eyes - Jack Stauber
Veronica
If You Say So - Vinyl Theatre
Talk - Winona Fighter
Blurt - Mega Mango
Habitual - Honey Revenge
Growing Up - The Linda Lindas
Serena
Musician - Porter Robinson
Alive - Dabin, RUNN
Days move slow - Bully
Look at the Sky - Porter Robinson
Spark - the bird and the bee
Angry - Mars Argo
Sylvando
Pink Pony Club - Chappel Roan
Trampoline - The Unlikely Candidates
Pride - American Authors
We are Golden - MIKA
Technicolor - Montaigne
Jade
Buttercup - Hippo campus
Happy Trees - Grumpy Plum
Subaru - Winona Fighter
Attention - Winona Fighter
Rab
Violet - Wild Party
Pocket full of gold - American Authors
The Implication - Parrotfish
Homage - Mile High Club
Unconditional I - Arcade Fire
Hendrik
Overboard - Stay Outside
The Fire - Vincent Lima
Tornado - Owl City
Figure Eight - Trophy Eyes
Still feel - half-alive
Gold - Eden
Jasper
Moderation - Eric William Morris
It starts with Indigo, Orange and Green - Drew Danburry
My ugly - cloudfodder
Something Comforting - Porter Robinson
Making my younger self very happy by still being into kaimei in 2025, things never change!!!
the first pic is referenced from Hidari's Vocaloconnections album cover, bottom two are from their Miku Symphony designs by Rella!!
Would it be cringe if I wrote hyper-specific headcanons like “how the DQXI party would comfort you during finals week” or is that just renaissance behavior
Thinking about the cliche “what if [X] characters got transported into our world” and how that could relate to DQXI but like, I feel like something a lot of people fail to consider with this AU is that [X] characters’ currency may be functionally useless. Like if we’re taking the Luminary and Sylvando on a Starbucks side quest, that bedazzled pink tumbler is going on my credit card.
“Oh but they have gold pieces” and you think I’m letting those outside of my house?? In this economy?? Nah mf leave your important items purse on the kitchen counter.
Furthermore. Introducing them to cars. We are NOT walking to target. No horses. 2015 Subaru. Let’s hop on the LIRR. Leave the swords in the trunk or we are going to be forcefully removed from the Barnes and Noble.
Speculating DQXI party’s last names and putting it under “read more” bc this post definitely cites lore that constitutes spoilers
Erik most likely does not have a last name since he was an orphan taken in by Vikings. I don’t think they would’ve given him one. Didn’t serve any purpose.
I actually think that Veronica and Serena’s last name is Fidelī, or “of Fidelus” (the second declension genitive, if we conjugate Fidelus as if it were a Latin word)
Sylvando’s real name, canonically (imo) is Norberto Rodrigo
We know Jade’s last name is Carnelian.
So like, Rab is weird. Bc consider. “King Carnelian.” “Lord Robert.” Robert might be his last name. Therefore, the Luminary’s surname might also be Robert. Though, they also might have a completely different surname having been adopted and raised by Chalky.
Hendrik, I genuinely have no clue. You could slap any last name on that man and it would probably work.
I think Jasper’s last name is Chalcedony or Agate or smth else rock themed
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