1/4/18 - Song Of The Week Sunday

Song Of The Week Sunday:

Today, 1/4/18, is the day of the next instalment of Song Of The Week Sunday - where I will be sharing a piece of music that I listened to more than any other during the space of the previous. In this instance, from week beginning 26/3/18 and ending today, 1/4/18, the song I listened to the most was the following:
Sinners by Lauren Aquelina
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyMal7io41s

I chose this song to be my Song Of The Week this week as it related greatly to the topics of what I have been writing and working on at late - I have been writing stories that centre around conflicts about love.

One instance is a love between two characeters - Azura and Greggy. Azura's father does not approve of Greggy despite the pair being close friends when they were young. He was devastated when the pair ended up together after reuniting at university. And continued to lament and attempt to sabotage the couple even after five years of being together.

The second instance, which is arguably more applicable, is the story of Greggy's older brother, Michaelis and his boyfriend Seth and the struggles the pair have during their relationship due to Seth's overwhelming issues with GAD and Michaelis' fear of being outed as gay due to his family's conservative opinions toward the LGBT community.

Sinners related to both of these pairs, in the case of Azura and Greggy, the song applies due to the religious background of Azura and her families. Despite having been with her boyfriend for five years, she refuses to have sexual contact with him, but her abusive father does not approve and wants them to break up. Our hearts are too rutheless to break, let's start fires for heaven's sake, reminds me of their relationship and how they refuse to break up despite the pressures from her father. In the case of Seth and Michaelis, you have a reflection of how the world may disapprove of them being together due to negative opinions about homosexuality existing in the world, and how it need not matter because they have each other.

Thank you for reading!
And remember:
Per Ardua Ad Astra!
- Imogen. L. Smiley