The DISNEY HONOR SONG THREAD

AdmiralStarNight wrote:These are really good. If I could sing a little better then I definitely would sing some of these for posting!

Can we turn this into a general filk song thread? there are so many songs out there that could totally be twisted to the Honorverse I would love to see what comes out of everyones imagination. I had an idea for a song, but its definitely not Disney.

By all means!!

Cribbed from a different thread, may I present a pseudo-Gilbert and Sullivan song (edited slightly).

I am the very model of a Solly naval Admiral
I've information bureaucratic and also diplomatical,
I know the solar presidents, I quote battles all historical
Right up to Farleys Crossing in order categorical

I'm very well acquainted, too, with favors gained and favors owed,
I understand the infighting, I edit what my record showed
As for Neo-barbarians, I really couldn’t give a damn
The Solly Navy is the best and the best is what I am

I'm very good at knowing when to look close or the other way
I know the secret facts that make my career really pay
In short, in matters bureaucrat and also diplomatical,
I am the very model of a Solly naval Admiral

I know our glorious history, From Founding to the modern day
I eat the finest of the foods, go to watch every new play,
My mistresses are many and I also have a trophy wife
For the Solly navy this is an understated life

The League it is the greatest, the kingdom of Manticore,
Is a barbaric little jumped up, arrogant unpleasant bore
A nation of traders with no real airs and graces
And it is almost time to put them in their places

My bank balance is growing, my reputation spreading far
I own the most expensive model of the newest air car
In short, in matters bureaucrat and also diplomatical,
I am the very model of a Solly naval Admiral

My Superdreadnaught Squadron, twelve ships all nice and neat,
Are ready to head out on a mission with a massive fleet
Across the Hyper limit, Raging Justice and elan
Wait, our ships have gone and we give up, this did not go quite to plan

Now I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery,
Now I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery,
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy,
I’ll fight again and they will say I am the champion of the free

For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury,
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century;
But still, in matters bureaucrat and also diplomatical,
I am the very model of a Solly naval Admiral!

Okay, can't resist though I'm not going to quote the whole song.

So they can use nano-tech to change a person's look completely, as used by Zilwicki et. al for espionage purposes. Sorta brings a new meaning to the Mulan song, hidden female heroine in the song...

Mister... I'll make a man out of you!

..or maybe the other way around?

Short term chance to walk the other side of the gender street?

Sorry about necroing, but I felt it was needed.

Inspired by your Shannon/Sonja "At Last I see the Light"
https://archiveofourown.org/works/37235089

Shannon sings these lines

Sonja sings these lines

Both of them sing

<We see two women getting ready to get married, though the image is defocused. On closer look, once it focuses, we see the pair of naval uniforms, the Havenite Vice Admiral and the Manticorian Admiral and realize they are Shannon Foraker and Sonja Hemphill, then we have a flashback>

(Shannon):

<We see Shannon’s early career highlights, from being a tac officer through being assigned to Bolthole>

All those days watching from the viewports

All those years outside looking in

All that time never even knowing

Just how blind I've been <Informing Honor of where she’s to be sent, then cut to Oops moment, as the flash of white, of the destroyed StateSec DDs appears in the viewports>

<Shannon’s arrival at Bolthole>

<We see the pinace in the hanger bay, on a backdrop of bright stars, and Shannon exits silently. Shannon takes command of Bolthole Station, before turning around to look at the stars, as the stars come into focus in the brightly lit hanger bay.>Now I'm here blinking in the starlight

Now I'm here suddenly I see

Standing here it's all so clear

<Silent nod, meant for herself>

I'm where I'm meant to be



<Shannon and Sonja working with Mantie systems, Shannon’s eyes wide at their capacity>

(Shannon:) And at last I see the light

And it's like the fog has lifted

<Shannon looks at Sonja. Camera pans, then focuses on Sonja’s face>

(Sonja:) And at last I see the light

And it's like my hope’s renewed

<Zoom out to get both women’s faces>

(Both:) And it's warm and real and bright



<Shannon and Sonja at a “candlelit” dinner in Shannon’s quarters>

(Shannon):

And the world has somehow shifted

(Sonja:)

All at once everything looks different

<Sonja and Shannon make eye contact>

(Both:)

Now that I see you

<Sonja highlight reel of trying to push new ideas though>

(Sonja:) All those days chasing down a new idea

All those years trying to end the wars

<Flashback: Sonja trying to get new tech approved by White Haven>

All that time never truly seeing

Things, the way they were

<Pull out of Sonja’s flashback to dinner, still with eye contact>

(Both:) Now she's here shining in the starlight

Now she's here suddenly I know

If she's here it's crystal clear

I'm where I'm meant to go

<Shannon and Sonja kiss>



<Sonja looking over the specs for the Havenite MDM, one of Shannon’s masterpieces, while sitting next to Shannon>

(Sonja:) And at last I see the light

<Shannon gasping at Mantie equipment specs>

(Shannon:) And it's like the fog has lifted

<Shannon and Sonja kiss while working on a new SD(P) model>

(Sonja:) And at last I see the light

(Shannon:) And it's like the sky is new

(Sonja:) And it's warm and real and bright

(Both:)

<The two are dancing, though this time in dresses, not in uniform, like they've been for the rest of the song>

And the world has somehow shifted

All at once everything is different

Now that I see you

Now that I see you

GofyTomcat1 wrote:

niethil wrote:No First Time In Forever on Honor's return to fleet command ? That's weird, it's the first I thought about when I read the title of the thread.

Somehow, I get the feeling that a lot of forumers would find it appropriate.

well we can try...

Yes, we do need it.

Posted on Ao3, although I took it down to play it safe recently. Just a song rewrite. Of course Shannon's not green, but oh, well, I couldn't figure out a rewrite of that part.

The Wizard and I - Shannon Foraker rewrite

[Warner Caslet:]

[spoken]

Oh, Miss Shannon

[sung/spoken]

Many years I have waited

For a gift like yours to appear

Why, I predict the Admiral

Could make you his

Magic tac witch!

My dear, my dear

I'll write at once to the Admiral

Tell him of you in advance

With a talent like yours, dear

There is a defint-ish chance

If you work as you should

You'll be making good:



[Shannon:]

Did that really just happen?

Have I actually understood?

This weird quirk I've tried

To suppress or hide

Is a talent that could

Help me meet the Admiral

If I make good

So I'll make good



When I meet the Admiral,

Once I prove my worth,

And then I'll meet the Admiral

What I've waited for since,

[Spoken]

Since birth!

[Sung]

And with all his Admiral wisdom,

By my looks, he won't be blinded

Do you think the Admiral is

[Spoken]

dumb?

[Sung]

Or, like StateSec, so small-minded?

[Spoken]

No!

[Sung]

He'll say to me,

"I see who you truly are -

A girl on whom I can rely!"

And that's how we'll begin

The Admiral and I:



Once I'm with the Admiral

My whole life will change

'Cuz once you're with the Admiral

No one thinks you're strange!

No father is not proud of you,

No sister acts ashamed

And all of the PRH has to love you

When by the Admiral, you're acclaimed

And this gift or this curse

I have inside

Maybe at last, I'll know why

When we are hand in hand -

The Admiral and I!



And one day, he'll say to me, "Shannon,

A girl who is so superior,

Shouldn't a girl who's so good inside

Have a matching exterior?

And since folks here to an absurd degree

Seem fixated on your verdigris

Would it be all right by you

If I de-greenified you?"



And though of course,

That's not important to me

"All right, why not?" I'll reply

Oh, what a pair we'll be

The Admiral and I;

Yes, what a pair we'll be

The Admiral and...



Unlimited

My future is unlimited

And I've just had a vision

Almost like a prophecy

I know - it sounds truly crazy

And true, the vision's hazy

But I swear, someday there'll be

A celebration throughout the PRH

That's all to do with me!



And I'll stand there with the Admiral,

Feeling things I've never felt

And though I'd never show it,

I'd be so happy, I could melt!

And so it will be

For the rest of my life,

And I'll want nothing else

Till I die

Held in such high esteem

When people see me, they will scream

For half of the Republic's favorite team;

Admiral Tourville

And I!