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re_alignment_ooc2012-07-05 03:09 pm
winged_knight) wrote in re_alignment_ooc2012-07-05 03:09 pm
Ideas Welcome: Cybertronian Cultural Arts!
Soooooo of course this is Wing's fault. We are not shocked are we?
Since this topic is mostly going to be head canon, I thought we could get some idea sharing happening on what Cybertronian cultural arts might include.
There could be a wide range of things and not everything needs to apply universally. Some things could be region specific, limited to certain universes, or just something your character made up. This would explain why different characters may have never heard or seen certain things, allowing us as players to pick and choose. Likely the more popular ideas would be the most widespread arts/activities.
I thought it'd be cool to form a melting pot of ideas that players could then pull from in the game. I would love to see any and all suggestions! Let's Collaborate!
I also welcome any and all notable references to these things in canon so that we can use that as a basis. I'll try and gather them all together.
Cultural arts generally include: song, music, dance, theater, architecture, visual arts and literature, etc.
Since this topic is mostly going to be head canon, I thought we could get some idea sharing happening on what Cybertronian cultural arts might include.
There could be a wide range of things and not everything needs to apply universally. Some things could be region specific, limited to certain universes, or just something your character made up. This would explain why different characters may have never heard or seen certain things, allowing us as players to pick and choose. Likely the more popular ideas would be the most widespread arts/activities.
I thought it'd be cool to form a melting pot of ideas that players could then pull from in the game. I would love to see any and all suggestions! Let's Collaborate!
I also welcome any and all notable references to these things in canon so that we can use that as a basis. I'll try and gather them all together.
Cultural arts generally include: song, music, dance, theater, architecture, visual arts and literature, etc.
Re: Adding my ideas in a separate post...
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I'm sorry. I had to. It's musical bliss, a harmonic kiss.
Personally, in my headcanon, Cybertron definitely had brass, string, and percussive instruments, as well as probably a separate chiptune section of instruments mimicking early vocalisers. Their version of classical or folk music might resemble kraftwerk. Also the music would definitely differ by region, probably depending on what local instruments were easiest to produce.
It'd be remiss to ignore the use of cybertronian animal parts in the creation of instruments : shells, muscle cords, prepared animal vocalisers, even resonant spines. the animal vocalisers is especially intriguing to me because they wouldn't rot after death like organic organs, so you could preserve one to play as an instrument, possibly augmenting it with carapace for resonance.