POV: When the party was tasked with stopping the wedding, but the bard is a Swiftie

A scheming DM forced the heroes to stop the wedding between some very important evil NPCs (or else the whole world is doomed, obviously), but he didn't expect what happened next...

 

The Die (Charisma check):

*successfully rolls 20*

Sam (DM):

"Why is everybody giggling?! Stop. Stop."

Betty (the Elf Bard):

"All the tour livestreams trained me for this moment!" *picks up the guitar*

 

Inez (the Dwarf Barbarian) and Peter (the Tiefling Sorcerer):

*are placing bets on whether she will change the lyrics just a lil bit (spoiler alert: yes, she has to!)*

Marcus (the Halfling Druid):

*crunches a chicken leg while nobody is looking*

 

(52 seconds later)

 

Sam:

*considers his precious plot ruined cause he hoped for violence*

Marcus:

*crunches in sync approvingly*

Inez:

*is singing and filming*

Peter:

*knows only the last line in chorus, but sings it enthusiastically*

 

Betty:

"Don't say yes, run away now

I'll meet you when you're out

Of the church, at the back door

Don't wait or say a single vow

You need to hear me out

And they said, "Spеak now""

 

 

When unpacking and admiring my D&D minifigures (just one set, even though the picture might trick you into thinking that I have doubles), I thought it should be cool to show a DnD party in the midst of some action, and when I saw a bard I just thought - what if she's a Swiftie? :)

 

Well, there is a bardcore YouTuber Hildegard von Blingin, who covered a lot of songs in Medieval style and archaic language, including "Willow" by Taylor Swift, so it's actually easy to imagine something like that, especially considering she has a lot of fantasy/historical-coded songs on certain albums. But! I was thinking about what these minifigures want to do, and I realised that it would be hilarious if instead of barging in and killing the villains and guests Kill Bill-style or Red Wedding-style, the party will use famous "speak now, or forever hold your peace" trope, because the bard knows a song exactly for that occasion! xD

 

Wait, does Betty's character even know the NPC in question? Funny that you're asking, because no one ever (except me and Elsa!) questions Disney movies, where characters used to get married after knowing each other for less than 48 hours or so! Therefore, the stupid rule of Disney allows that, I don't even make that up. xD

 

 

I was going to build a scene like a comparison shot between a scene from characters' POV and a scene from players' POV, and split it diagonally, but then I saw a scene-inside-a-scene on the picture by captain_j03, and I realised that by that trick I could show more than just a half of both scenes, which is super helpful, cause I put a lot of detail in the game table and in the guests (and some easter eggs for Swifties), and I wanted to show as much as possible. :)

 

I was supposed to post it a week earlier to celebrate the end of The Eras Tour, but the original tribute, which I planned in the summer, couldn't be made in time, because I still didn't bought something I need for it (I was going to in the end of the summer - but bad news made me postpone all shopping plans), so I decided to post this scene instead, even though it was a completely separate idea, but this scene is too big, and I'm too busy, so I couldn't finish it when I wanted. Well, it took some time, but now I'm very happy with the result, I hope you'll like it too! :)

 

 

The song exists in two versions, I'm only sharing the link to the 2023 version Taylor owns, but the original 2010 version with her younger voice is also on her channel, so you might look it up as well:

Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (Official Lyric Video)

Done