User blog comment:Gideoncrawle/G&S Playlist for Life After Lies/@comment-1324135-20101122010100/@comment-1874924-20101130040642

I thought you would like those two, since you have confessed a particular fondness for the hug scene, and the umbrella scene also struck me as a scene you would have more than your average fondness for. Indeed, based on the characters' reactions and various things that you have said (not necessarily to me) in the 9 months or so that I've known you, I would surmise that you have a soft spot in general for little gestures that say a lot. That's one of the things I like about your storytelling--its subtlety.

I was particularly glad to find a place for "The Song of the Breeze" (aka "Sighing Softly To the River"), as it is a favorite of mine. (If you haven't had a chance to get into TDI-G&S yet, The Song of the Breeze is Justin's theme.)

As you've seen, some of the songs in this playlist fit LAL's events remarkably literally, whereas others are more symbolic or metaphorical. Personally, I think the verse from Thespis (the one with the line, "Observe the terrible consequences'') fits as well as anything I've come up with to date. I debated for some time whether to include the short verses proceeding it; but that verse, and the short verse following, were no-brainers.

Chapters 16 and 17 have 40 percent of the "scene reference" playlist selections (i.e., not counting the general/backstory selections) and chapters 14-17 have 2/3 of the scene references. That isn't really strange, though, since chapters 16-17 have almost a third of the story's total word count, and chapters 14-17 have about half. The playlist is now thrice as long as when I first posted it back in April. (Originally 15 songs, now 45.)

Anyway, here's hoping that the remaining chapters will be as fruitful as the last few have been.