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Tweak says, "bbang wuz here"

Benjamin Bale (benjamin_bale) wrote in freedomtownic,
@ 2020-12-14 16:36:00

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!idol plot, ben bale (benjamin_bale), olive penderghast (fancymyth), queen barb (queen_of_rock), rachelle martin-bale (rockinrachelle)

UNIVERSAL IDOL S2: FINALS, Ep1
In a departure from the typical typical opening, the first part of the finals opened cold to a shot of the finalists, Olive Penderghast and Queen Barb, both dressed in cute, yet sexy little Santa dresses, with knee-high black boots, black spiked choker collars, and elbow-length black gloves.

With the backing band playing behind them, the two best friends opened up the show with a fun, hard-rocking Christmas song, "Santa Claus Is Back In Town".

After the end of the song, Ben walked out onto the stage, wearing jeans, sneakers, and a Van Halen-themed Christmas sweater. He shook hands with both women, before walking up to the microphone.

"Ladies and Gentlemen... welcome to the Season 2 finale of Universal Idol! We started with 13 hopefuls, and now we are down to the final two. First, let's say hello once more to our judges... Rachelle Martin-Bale, Meredith Delany, Kyle Sutherland, and Kayla Barnes!"

After giving each judge a quick closeup, the camera went back to Ben, who finished bringing everyone up to date on where we began, and where we are right now.

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Re: PERFORMANCE: Queen Barb

queen_of_rock
2020-12-16 06:56 am UTC (link)

As the light came up, the cameras focused in on Queen Barb, a happy but determined grin on her face, dressed in tight black vinyl pants, knee-high black high heeled boots, and a sleeveless Heart tee, cut off at the midriff.

The most surprising thing, though... was her look. She wore a black choker, and heavy, dark eyeliner. Her left ear was pierced with several large silver hoops. And most telling... her multi-colored hair was shaved close to the head on the sides, and the rest was sprayed up into a mohawk. And in her hands? A brand new guitar, fashioned after the beloved flying V she had in her world. She began ripping through a familiar, galloping riff as her vocals began, one foot propped up on a nearby amp.

"So this ain't the end, I saw you again, today
I had to turn my heart away
Smiled like the sun, kisses for everyone
And tales, it never fails"

She threw a hand in the air, giving the horns with her fingers as she stuck that long tongue out, curling it seductively to the camera.

"You lying so low in the weeds
I bet you gonna ambush me
You'd have me down, down, down, down on my knees..."

She winked into the camera, flinging her guitar around her body once by the strap.

"Now wouldn't you, barracuda?"

She ran toward the front of the stage, crouching down to happily glad-hand with some of the fans in the audience. They were loving her and she fed off of it like a drug. This was the crescendo her entire journey on this show had built to. The Queen of Rock, performing her favorite song for adoring fans all over the universe.

"Back over time we were all trying for free
You met the porpoise and me, uh-huh
No right, no wrong you're selling a song, a name
Whisper game"

The last time she'd performed this song, it was in an attempt to wipe out all music but rock from her world. She'd been a misguided, disillusioned girl, who had needed her eyes opened in a big way. And thankfully when that happened, she was able to fix what she had harmed. But this? This was her sharing her passion for rock, for this song, with people who gladly wanted to hear it. Who wanted to celebrate her and rock n' roll itself.

"And if the real thing don't do the trick
You better make up something quick
You gonna burn, burn, burn, burn, burn to the wick
Ooh, barracuda, oh yeah"

Barb felt a warm glow inside her, thinking of everything else that had changed about her life since arriving here. Sure, she was upset at first that she was no longer a troll... and no longer had a kingdom... but in return? She'd gained friends. Fans. A true love. And it filled her with a glee she barely knew she could feel.

"Sell me, sell you, the porpoise said
Dive down deep now to save my head, you
I think that you got the blues too"

Win or lose, this was it. This was the end of her Universal Idol journey. And while the old Barb would have pursued victory by any means necessary, and would have cared about nothing other than winning... she'd changed. Matured. And now she realized that the journey was what mattered, not the destination. Win or lose, she had friends, fans, and family now. And she couldn't be happier.

"All that night and all the next
Swam without looking back
Made for the western pools, silly, silly fools"

"The real thing don't do the trick, no
You better make up something quick
You gonna burn, burn, burn, burn, burn it to the wick
Ohh, barra-barracuda, yeah"

She went back to that galloping riff, banging her head to the beat of the song. These were the last moments of the song, and of her final attempt at getting votes. She poured her all into it, dropping to her knees as she tore through the closing single, soaking in the cheers before closing the song out with a big, happy, satisfied smile.
Whether she won or lost... The Queen was back. Long live The Queen.

("Barracuda" by Heart, covered by Sershen&Zaritskaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBcIQnexebY)

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Re: PERFORMANCE: Queen Barb

rockinrachelle
2020-12-16 07:09 am UTC (link)

"Shit... you are already the complete package, girl. I almost feel like you should've just been given a deal to begin with and not even bothered with this show, because you are a star. I don't envy the fans a goddamn bit right now, because I couldn't choose between you and Olive if I had to."

Rachelle nodded, looking somewhere between impressed and utterly shocked.

"You both blew me away tonight. I literally want to leave here tonight and buy albums from both of you. Fuck. I am completely stunned."

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