Tin Man Fic Ideas

Chapter 22: The Harp

We know the Queen played the harp. We also know that Glitch, very briefly, recognized that harp. What if Ambrose used to love listening to her play, because it could calm his million-mile-per-hour mind?

What if hearing it again as Glitch helps soothe his fragmented, still million-mile-per-hour but now with speed bumps half-mind?

What if hearing it after he's gotten his brain back in but before he's fully settled helps too? Helps his disparate pieces quiet down and reconnect?

What if it's not the Queen playing at some point, but DG, having inherited her mother's talent? And Glitch, Ambrose, whoever he is — he can't help but smile at the sight and the sound.

(Or maybe it's Azkadellia that plays, more practiced than DG but not quite like their Mother yet. Maybe he hasn't quite stopped fearing and hating her, despite knowing that it wasn't really her that he once feared and hated. And maybe this helps, this soothing sound coming from under her fingertips. Maybe it helps him see his little Azkadee under the image of the Sorceress)

What if Ambrose loves harp music? Purely, simply, quietly loves it.

Part 1 — Pre-canon, the Queen playing to him as Ambrose

Part 2 — Mid-canon, DG playing to him as Glitch

Part 3 — Post-canon, Azkadellia playing to him as whoever he's becoming