EXTRA: Song Titles and Their Meaning
I really liked using songs as chapter titles in this story. Here's an explanation for each chapter. And it should go without saying, but all of these songs are fantastic. Of course they are. All 60s music is beautiful, or at least 99% of it.
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter - The quarians need a new home.
Jimi Hendrix - Third Stone From the Sun - Self-explanatory
Sam & Dave - Hold On, I'm Comin - The quarians are coming!
The Doors - Light My Fire - The quarians cause absolute CHAOS.
The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back - The Geth miss their Creators.
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son - The quarians and black people sure as hell ain't fortunate sons.
The Doors - Break On Through (To The Other Side) - Time to get out of Sol!
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze - DRUGS
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' - They sure are!
The Beatles - Back in the USSR - Self-explanatory
The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash - This one is by far my favorite. I felt so clever for coming up with it.
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower - Sol is being watched from afar.
The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb - The quarians take over humanity.
Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A'Comin - They're coming back!
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Love conquers all! :)
The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want - Sorry, Earth Quarians, you have to compromise.
Cream - Deserted Cities of the Heart - The Citadel is abandoned.
The Who - My Generation - The current generation of sapients is ready to learn from the mistakes of their parents and start over.
The Youngbloods - Get Together - Time to bury the hatchet, everyone.
Why no song titles for the last two chapters and the Epilogue?
I felt they would've been distracting. Things needed to get serious.
Why were your last few chapters shorter than earlier ones?
Because I don't write like that anymore. 2019 me loved being descriptive. 2022 me likes to be brief. I'm proud of the earlier chapters, but there's no way I could write them that way if I were to do this story today.
If you enjoyed this story, I encourage you all to check out Vengeance of the Suit Rat. I'm really proud of how creative that concept is, and how horrifyingly dark I made the story :D
Also: Yeah, I know I misspelled Teyi's name during her introduction, but I can't go back and fix it :(
