NO YOU SCREEEEE ok but basic list of composers here in the story (not all of them are included cuz im lazy af and need to practice)
Tchaikovsky: That depressed mute genius kid in the back that's gay and has a crush on Liszt
Shostakovich, Elgar, Sibelius: Depressed kids that have seen some sh*t they're scarred for life (Wagner used to be Sibelius' idol but now he hates him; no one knows why)
Paganini, Liszt, Chopin: Prodigy gang (chopin isn't a bully but he's rude, overly sensitive and sickly)
Mozart: School bully, an arrogant prick that should be part of prodigy gang but he thinks he's above them. Huge procrastinator, puts little effort but still is perfect
Vivaldi: Mozart's right hand man, super flashy guy
Salieri: Mozart's main bullying target
Liszt: Hottest Chad in school, everyone has a crush on him
Clara Wieck, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms: Love angle
Debussy, Mahler, Walton, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Bartok: Artsy kids that are always day dreaming but people respect their art
Philipp Glass, John Cage, Schoenberg, Hindemith: Artsy kids that are the type to draw one line and say it's deep
Beethoven: Edgy kid that can't get laid and writes good viola parts
Bach, Haydn: Wise senior (Bach got laid too many timess)
Telemann: Quiet funny guy that likes violas and gardening
Schubert: Depressed because why not
Dvorak: Has one sided crush on Josefina Cermakova so then he moves onto her younger sister Anna and gets laid
Bongo Cat: Teacher
Henri Casadesus: Does other people's hmk
Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein: ITS NOT A WRONG NOTE ITS JAZZ
Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld.
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When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying!
[[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]]
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