Heir of grief (The crow strider AU)

You can read the Crow Strider AU (where Davesprite ascends to God Tier and regains his humanity) on the links!
MSPFA.com (way better version): mspfa.com/?s=44153&p=1
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[@asoto3198]

I love how that brief pause before the music intensifies looks so cathartic. It makes the music feel like John is pouring his heart into it

[@instantnoob]

That pause is called a Grand Breath

[@asoto3198]

@@instantnoob extremely fitting, thank you 🙌🏼

[@gnashing_teeth]

Agreed, and He is... he thinks everyone he's ever known and loved is dead... it is truly a perfect song

[@Floofy_Fox_Gal]

I love this Fancomic because it really dives into the mental health struggles that these kids had to have been going through

[@gnashing_teeth]

This part of the comic, both here and canon and any other rendition, will always wrench my heart.
John thinks everyone he has ever known and loved are dead.. permanently.
And he's completely alone.

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

Minus Nanna and Roxy.

[@Isuream6331]

@@infinityheart_tm9270 Don’t forget Davesprite as well!

[@demongirlfriend]

this is absolutely fantastic. you can tell how much pain john's gone through and how much he misses all his friends, he may need to be a leader and try to be optimistic but his pain is conveyed through music, not words. literally almost cried at the moment he slammed the keys

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

At this point, he’s under the idea that his entire found family aside from Nanna is dead.

[@apollyonnoctis1291]

@@infinityheart_tm9270 the appearance of his hair unkempt, his body still covered in oil, and his face staring straight down as he slammed his hands onto the keyboard instantly brought a single word to my mind:
*anguish.*
His appearance brings this overwhelming sense of anguish and upset, as he literally pours all of his pained heart and soul into this piece, which literally almost blows everyone away. It’s as if the very organ is him screaming in spiritual agony.

[@caustic_Crow]

same man, same

[@lunasong9709]

as someone who's played the piano just about my whole life, seeing john with his face towards the ground clearly pouring everything into this performance hit me really hard

[@GlitchTechV1]

this goes real hard, the original sequence when this plays was good but holy shit- actually seeing john pour everything out feels way better

[@EclipseSystem]

pipeorgankind will never fail to bring me to tears. so much emotion, that feeling of finally reaching the end of a long personal quest, it's just perfect. it definitely fits perfect into this scene.

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

Wait… you’re not supposed to be here, you’re supposed to show up in the next timeline.

[@mnyehg]

genuinely thought it was "I'm blue, da ba dee, da ba die" for the first couple seconds and spit out my water

[@SoliacTrahkorsky]

I literally shed a tear, idk why
Roxys face is like wtf john

[@KHARMAL_AMNESIA]

I can't stop listening to this- It's so moving, graceful, it tells you what John went through in the style of song! Completely gorgeous! But OMG WHEN HE PUTS HIS HEAD DOWN YOU KNOW HE DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO POUR HIS HEART INTO THIS PIECE-

[@apollyonnoctis1291]

It says so much about how much pain he is going through, his hair completely unkempt, his body covered in bruises and oil stains, without him saying anything, I can tell that he is completely broken in this moment, as far as he knows, everyone in his found family, Crow, Nanna, Jade, all of them are dead. And it *broke* him, the organ's deafening melody being his own soul screaming in anguish and despair as it causes both his friends and reality itself to fall to its knees.

[@KHARMAL_AMNESIA]

@@apollyonnoctis1291 that was a beautiful description omg-

[@charactooling6470]

the greatest symphony in all of Paradox Space

[@kraglynn]

turning up your volume during the pause is an experience

[@100nodog]

Pipeorgankind; the time John felt like a GOD

[@pr2747]

Fantastic!! Oh goodness that moment where john slams at the keys kjhgffghj !!!!!!!!!!!

[@100nodog]

LITERAL FUCKING GOOSEBUMPS

[@doodlebrain6594]

The hair at the end

[@rhetorical_thinking]

god damn i love this au

[@doodlebrain6594]

This is awesome

[@egregiousinsomniac2183]

yooooo that was awesome!

[@user-bh3vv1ts3c]

literal chills. Beautiful

[@cassie-p]

Woah!

[@lordsiergiej9685]

I need this in full

[@ypipie]

dayummmm

[@tardifry9804]

Daaaaaamn
That was intense

[@samuel-rw3xt]

dam that was intense :v

[@stain255]

Yo is he ok

[@hivemind5688]

what IS the crow strider AU :0 ?

[@katz937]

the crow strider au is a "fix it" au where davesprite(now crow) finds a way to god tier!

[@TentativeArsonist]

It’s on mspfa

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

They turned Nanna into an actual character.

[@Nablyudatel08]

what song is this?

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

Pipeorgankind. Yes that’s the actual name.

[@cheem7807]

not heir of grief 💀