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Jukebox exchange is a fanfic exchange focused on songs and song videos.

60 works have been posted.

I wished I'd had time to write more treats. There are some requested songs that are definitely great story fodder. I wrote a story based on a song by Peter Bellamy, based on a Kipling poem of the same name: “Gentlemen-Rankers”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=215gYEGoka0
http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_gentlemen.htm

This is a harsh story. The first two tags are: Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, but there’s a bit of hope in it

I received a beautiful story about one of my favorite songs, "Fish and Bird" by Tom Waits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95YrS4tKNhc

The author told me about a restaurant called Fish and Bird, which is themed around Tom Waits songs (https://fishbirdizakaya.com). Turns out the restaurant is pretty near where I live, so I'll have to check it out one of these days.


What I wrote:
Turbulent as the Waters (3339 words) by firecat
Fandom: Gentlemen Rankers - Peter Bellamy (Song), Barrack-Room Ballads - Rudyard Kipling
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Gentleman Ranker/Barracks-Mates
Characters: Gentleman Ranker, Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, but there’s a bit of hope in it, War, 19th Century, Probable dialect errors, POV First Person, and he’s a whiner, Past Rape/Non-con, Gang Rape, Anal Sex, Dubiously Consensual Blow Jobs, Sins, Punishment, Suicide, Class Differences, Religious Conflict, Period-Typical Racism, Rebellion, Sieges, Terminal Illnesses, Comfort Sex, Choices, Ambiguous/Open Ending
Summary:
Gentlemen-rankers out on the spree,
Damned from here to Eternity,
God ha’ mercy on such as we,
Baa! Yah! Bah!

Born to the ruling classes, running from their crimes, they abandon their names and join the ranks of common soldiers. They have no easy time of it.





What I received:

wing and wave (1450 words) by echoslam
Fandom: Fish & Bird - Tom Waits (Song)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Whale/Bird (Fish & Bird)
Additional Tags: Longing, Humpback Whale/Plover, Talking to animals, Animal & Human Friendship
Summary: His drinking mates believe his account of the whale and the bird to be nothing more than a fish tale, but the old sailor knows that it is true.

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