Jukebox bounty

[eccentric_hat]

I almost forgot to post about my contribution and gift from Jukebox! I wrote a short story about animals on bikes, the canon being a music video about animals on bikes:

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Never Mind the Weasels (1172 words) by Eccentric_Hat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Fahrrad fahr'n - Max Raabe (Music Video)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Summary:

Berlin has a lot more cyclists than it used to.

I received a really rich piece of fantasy writing inspired by Vampire Weekend's song Harmony Hall. This video has a lot of bugs in it, but I prefer it to the rather listless official music video:

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Bread and Oranges (8213 words) by Kiraly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Harmony Hall - Vampire Weekend (Song), Original Work
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Original Male Character/Original Nonbinary Character
Characters: Original Male Character(s), Original Non-Binary Character
Additional Tags: Magic, Traumatic Backstory, Sign Language, Ableism, Walking Canes, Revolutionaries, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Mentions of past genocide
Summary:

Twelve years after Sovran and his men invaded, the hall of the Stone Singers still stands - but no one has been able to call on their magic.

Some people want to find a way to change that. Some people just want to avoid notice and stay alive. Sometimes, those people care deeply for each other. Somehow, they'll make it work.

The Vampire Weekend song hints at a lot of political context without getting too into it, and while I can easily apply the lyrics to the here and now, they're also suggestive of a whole world with its own problems. This story provides that world, in a way that's both sweet and grounded. I'm extremely grateful for it.