Line #217 Music/EmilieAutumn


1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/EA-opheliac-deluxe.png]]
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3	->''I'll tell the truth: All of my songs\
4	Are pretty much the fucking same\
5	I'm not a fairy, but I need\
6	More than this life, so I became\
7	This creature representing more to you\
8	Than just another girl\
9	And if I had a chance to change my mind\
10	I wouldn't for the world.''
11	-->-- "Swallow"
12
13	Emilie Autumn Liddell (born September 22 1979) is a {{Goth}}ic/DarkCabaret poet, singer / songwriter, violinist, harpsichordist, performance artist, feminist, and author. She's self described as that she sounds "[[TastesLikePurple like the best cup of English Breakfast spiked with cyanide and smashed on your antique wallpaper.]]"
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15	Of Emilie's life, very little is known at the moment. What we do know is that she started playing violin at the age of four, a talent that she has continued to this day, and that she voluntarily stayed away from most of the mainstream music communities (both classical and commercial) due to bad experiences and clashes within them: In fact, most of her albums were self published by her own company. Her first album was ''On a Day...'' a classical album released in 2000, when she was 20 or 21. The following year she put out the ''Chambermaid'' and ''By the Sword'' [=EPs=]. In 2003 her first full vocal album was released: ''Enchant,'' an album filled with a number of songs inspired by fairy tales. Also contained in this CD was the Enchant Puzzle, which no one has ever solved. This was the ''Enchant'' era, when Emilie was a [[FairyCompanion faerie]].
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17	After going through an extremely awful period in her life that resulted in a suicide attempt and hospitalisation, she was inspired to move in a different artistic direction. This began with the ''Opheliac EP,'' followed by the full album ''Opheliac''. This album was far DarkerAndEdgier than ''Enchant,'' and a reflection of Emilie's mental state, as this album was released as an agreement with herself that she'd make the album instead of killing herself. The songs are mostly about madness and suicide, particularly in water. Much of the album is influenced by Creator/WilliamShakespeare, as is made obvious by the title. Many of the songs are not written from the perspective of Emilie, but from Ophelia herself, the Lady of Shalott, and others. Later in 2007, she re-released ''Enchant'' along with ''A Bit o' This & That,'' which was a collection of previously unheard songs, re-mixes, and tracks from older [=EPs=]. Also released that year was ''Laced / Unlaced.'' ''Laced'' was a re-release of ''On a Day...'' while ''Unlaced'' was an all-new collection of instrumental songs done in her newer style. In 2009 she was able to release her autobiography, ''Literature/TheAsylumForWaywardVictorianGirls.'' She has also released ''The Opheliac Companion,'' which provides [[AllThereInTheManual information and background]] about the songs on ''Opheliac.''
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19	The ''Opheliac'' era is what Emilie is most well known for. And from gaining more [[FanCommunityNicknames muffins (fans),]] she was able to make more and more theatrical tours which gained more and more theatrics tour by tour. Joining her on stage in the Asylum are her Bloody Crumpets, a group of [[TheOphelia lovely mad girls.]]
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21	In 2012 she released another album, ''Fight Like a Girl,'' which had been lingering in DevelopmentHell for several years. Despite her initial promises that it was going to be "more metal" than ''Opheliac'' was, it ended up being a theatrical concept album based around the fictionalised UsefulNotes/{{Victorian\|Britain}} story that appeared in ''The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls.'' According to Emilie, she intends to use the album as part of the soundtrack to the play she's currently writing about the book. The album has created a BrokenBase in the fandom because of its differences from the highly popular ''Opheliac'' and because the violin plays a much less significant role it in than it had in her previous music. Her current look and shows are generally referred to as the ''FLAG'' era by fans.
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23	She played the Painted Doll in ''Film/TheDevilsCarnival'' and its sequel ''Film/AlleluiaTheDevilsCarnival'', musical films by the creators of ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'', alongside two of her Crumpets, Captain Maggots and Contessa.
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25
26	!! Releases:
27
28	'''Albums:'''
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30	* ''On a Day...'' (1997, re-released in ''Laced / Unlaced'' in 2007)
31	* ''Enchant'' (2003, re-released 2007)
32	* ''Your Sugar Sits Untouched'' (2005, CD and poetry book)
33	* ''Opheliac'' (2006, re-released 2009)
34	* ''Laced / Unlaced'' (2007)
35	* ''A Bit o' This & That'' (2007)
36	* ''Fight Like a Girl'' (2012)
37	* ''The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls: Behind the Musical'' (2018)
38
39	'''Extended Plays and Official Singles:'''
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41	* ''Chambermaid'' (2001)
42	* ''By the Sword'' (2001)
43	* ''Opheliac EP'' (2006, preview EP)
44	* ''Liar / Dead is the New Alive'' (2006)
45	* ''4 O'Clock'' (2008)
46	* ''Girls Just Wanna Have Fun / Bohemian Rhapsody'' (2008)
47	* ''Fight Like a Girl / Time for Tea'' (2012)
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49	'''Books:'''
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51	* ''Across the Sky & Other Poems'' (2000)
52	* ''Your Sugar Sits Untouched'' (2005)
53	* ''Literature/TheAsylumForWaywardVictorianGirls'' (2009)
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55
56	!! I Trope Like a Girl:
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58	* {{Aesop}}: Her one true message over her entire career has been one of Anti repression and taking control of your own life. (In a meta and in most of her songs sense.)
59	* AlbumFiller: A common take away fans have from ''Fight Like a Girl'' is that it has many songs which are worth listening too and are very good, but at least 5 or 6 songs her fans could've lived not hearing.
60	* AllJustADream: The "Fight Like a Girl" music video, except for the very beginning and the very end. The inmates being liberated and taking over the Ophelia Gallery turns out to be a fantasy of Emily's -- [[HopeSpot but there is a sliver of hope at the end.]] [[spoiler: Which, considering how the book ends, may just make it even sadder.]]
61	* AllThereInTheManual:
62	** The meanings of the songs off ''Opheliac'' are explained in the ''Opheliac Companion.''
63	** Meanings for various phrases and the finale of ''Fight Like a Girl'' is in ''Literature/TheAsylumForWayWardVictorianGirls.''
64	* AnachronismStew: The harpsichord, a {{Baroque\|Music}} instrument, is not the most conventional choice to complement a Victorian theme. In ''The Opheliac Companion,'' Emilie acknowledges and {{handwave}}s this by explaining that, just as present-day Emilie is "150 years retro," so too is her Victorian alter-ego, who would thus draw her inspiration from the early 1700's.
65	* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe:
66	** "Opheliac":
67	--->She can forget that she's me
68	** The first verse of "Time For Tea" says: "There was a little girl, who had a little curl / Right in the middle of her forehead", the third says: "I am that little girl, I have that little curl / Right in the middle of my forehead."
69	* AnimateBodyParts: Emilie's pasties have their own Website/{{Facebook}} page.
70	* ArcWords: The phrases "tide coming in" and "water is rising" appears frequently in her songs, mostly in reference to suicide by drowning.
71	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: "And, by the way, your poetry sucks" from "I Know Where You Sleep."
72	* AwardBaitSong: "What Will I Remember," given a reprise as "Start Another Story." "What If" off ''Enchant,'' and "Shallot" off ''Opheliac.''
73	* AxCrazy: "Time for Tea," "Fight Like a Girl," "I Know Where You Sleep," "Scavenger," and "We Want Them Young."
74	%% * BattleCry: Lampshaded a few times in "Fight Like a Girl," "Time for Tea," and "If I Burn."
75	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Said verbatim in "I Know Where You Sleep."
76	-->You wanted someone to understand you\
77	Well be careful what you wish for because I do
78	%% * BedlamHouse:
79	%% ** The Asylum book contains letters from a girl in one of these places.
80	%% ** The musical concept album ''Fight Like a Flag'' shares the same setting, as it's based on the book.
81	%% ** "4 O'Clock" is about the girls in these places.
82	%% ** "Miss Lucy Had Some Leeches" is about the girls in these places.
83	%% * BeYourself: ''What If'' and ''How Strange''.
84	* BitchInSheepsClothing: The whole premise of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lm_qBFM_SY Gentlemen Aren't Nice.]]"
85	* BittersweetEnding: "One Foot in Front of the Other" as the final track to ''Fight Like A Girl.'' The war is won, but the liberated inmates [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow reflect on their lack of ability to function in the wider world.]] It's also implied from ''The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls'' that the girls are, in fact, [[spoiler: liberated ''[[DeathSeeker in]] [[SuicidePact death.]]'']]
86	* BlessedWithSuck: "Thank God I'm Pretty." It’s [[IncrediblyLamePun not pretty to be pretty]].
87	-->I'm blessed\
88	With the ability to rend a grown man tongue-tied\
89	Which only means that when it's dark outside\
90	I have to run and hide can't look behind me
91	* BookEnds: ''Enchant'' begins and ends with the same music box tune.
92	* {{Bowdlerisation}}: For a televised performance of "Misery Loves Company," Emilie needed a more family-friendly word to replace "fuckers." After fans gave their suggestions, the word "muffins" was decided upon, and thus was born a FanCommunityNickname.
93	* BoyMeetsGhoul: "Ghost" is about a woman romancing a ghost.
94	* BreakUpSong:
95	** "Chambermaid".
96	--->Won't you turn around before I have to see this face I once adored
97	** "I Know Where You Sleep" seems to be TheReasonYouSuckSpeech directed at a former lover: "I know the gluttonous guilt that buried me in your bed."
98	* BritsLoveTea: "Medicate with Tea," "Tea Will Rock You," and uses to be a significant part of her Victorian style dinner theatre shows with her drinking it often.
99	%%* BrokenBird: All of ''Opheliac'', no exceptions; and much of ''Fight Like A Girl'' and ''Enchant''.
100	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite flouncing around on stage dressed as an inmate in a Victorian Asylum, or in years gone by a faerie, there is little denying that Emilie is a skilled violinist.
101	* CallBack: She's gone out of her way to make sure ''Opheliac'' and ''Fight Like a Girl'' are two related concept albums.
102	** The middle eight of "Fight Like a Girl" is the same melody as the middle eight of "Misery Loves Company," albeit with different lyrics.
103	** "Goodnight, Sweet Ladies" samples "4 O'Clock," "The Art of Suicide," and "If I Burn."
104	** "Gaslight" calls back "Art Of Suicide" in its opening notes.
105	** "I Don't Understand" refers to the "Opheliac" theme of the prior album.
106	** "If I Burn" has a chant at the end which is the same style as "Let the Record Show" chant on "Opheliac."
107	** "4 O'Clock Reprise" refers explicitly to a song which came out before ''Fight Like a Girl''.
108	** The various call backs within ''Fight Like a Girl''. ("What Will I Remember?", "Start Another Story", "Gaslight", and "Gaslight Reprise".)
109	* CarefulWithThatAxe:
110	** Several songs feature this on ''Opheliac''. Examples include "I Want My Innocence Back," "Opheliac," "Misery Loves Company," and "I Know Where You Sleep." The last two featuring [[HarshVocals harsh yelling]] towards the end and "Liar" is practically made of this trope.
111	** ''Fight Like a Girl'' also has a few songs that continue the trend. The end of "Take the Pill" warrants special mention.
112	-->TAKE IT!! TAKE IT!! TAKE IT!! TAKE IT!! TAKE IT!! TAKE IT!! TAKE IT!! TAKE IT!! SWALLOW!!! SWALLOW!!! SWALLOW!!! SWALLOW!!!" SWALLOW!!! SWALLOW!!! SWALLOW!!! SWALLOW!!!
113	** And the acoustic version of "Mad Girl."
114	* CassandraTruth: A theme of her ''Fight Like a Girl'' / ''Literature/TheAsylumForWaywardVictorianGirls'' projects.
115	* CentralTheme: Even in her "Enchant" days she had this message that you are stronger then you think you are and you are not alone.
116	* ClockPunk: Probably not intentionally, but her neo-Victorian style and persona from ''Unlaced'' and ''Opheliac'' came at the same time the SteamPunk style is becoming very popular in goth circles and among {{cosplay}}ers. She's often listed as a steampunk music artist as a result. Her current style also includes a lot of clockwork motifs, especially live.
117	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Some of her songs reference this concept, for example, "How Strange".
118	-->I'm not living in an ordinary world
119	* ConceptAlbum:
120	** '''Opheliac''' ''Disk 1'': Scorned Women, Ophelia, Anti Suicide, Escapism, and Sexism/Anti Misogyny
121	** '''Opheliac''' ''Disk 2'': Sexism/Anti Misogyny, Escapism, Suicide, and Insanity.
122	** '''Fight Like a Girl''': The horrors of the asylum, variously from the points of view of the inmates, their family members and the doctors.
123	* ConversationalTroping: Tropes in general are discussed in the ''Opheliac'' companion; specifically, the way Shakespeare and [[Creator/AlfredLordTennyson Tennyson]] didn't create any of the archetypes they popularised, but instead compiled these archetypes into a (figurative) [[BooksOnTrope book]].
124	* CoverVersion: She's done a fair share of covers. The covers that she has done are "I Don't Care Much" from Music/{{Cabert}}, "I Know It's Over" and "Asleep" originally by Music/TheSmiths, "All My Loving" by Music/TheBeatles, a harpsichord cover of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life", "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Music/CyndiLauper and Music/{{Queen}}'s "Bohemian Rhapsody" which she sings on tour, "Gloomy Sunday" (without the second ending [which she refers to in "The Art of Suicide"]) originally by Music/LaszloJavor and Music/RezsoSeress, and "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" by Music/FlamingLips.
125	%% * CreepyMonotone: "I Want My Innocence Back," "Scavenger," "We Want Them Young."
126	* DarkAndTroubledPast: From just not fitting in anywhere in the musical stratosphere for years to various situations which lead to the song [[TearJerker "Gothic Lolita"]]...
127	* DeadlyEuphemism: "Time for Tea" refers not to tea, but to [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized a bloody revolution]]. Don't, however, let this stop you from singing it when it actually ''is'' time for tea.
128	* DeadpanSnarker: "Girls! Girls! Girls!" is a sarcastic MisogynySong. [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "I Know Where You Sleep"]] is three minutes of vitriol, as well as [[BlessedWithSuck "Thank God I'm Pretty"]]. "Misery Loves Company", "Chambermaid", "If You Feel Better", "What If" are also peppered with snark.
129	* DefiledForever: "Gothic Lolita".
130	-->The kind of murder where nobody dies
131	* DistinctDoubleAlbum: ''Laced/Unlaced''. First album filled with her favourite classical violin works and the second half being electronic violin works.
132	%% * DooWopProgression: "Find Me a Man."
133	* DoubleEntendre; From Marry Me: "And when dining on peacock, I know I won't swallow."
134	* DrivenToSuicide: Suicide is a major theme of ''Opheliac'' (in case the name didn't clue you in), and ''Fight Like a Girl'' continues in the same vein.
135	* DramaQueen: This bit of SelfDeprecation in "Shalott":
136	-->And she cried out, "So the story fits but then, I could have guessed it all along and now some drama queen is gonna write a song for me."
137	* EtherealChoir: ''A Bit o' This & That'' makes great use of this, with "Hollow Like My Soul," "Find Me a Man," and "O Mistress Mine" each having an elaborate vocal harmony. Emilie's "girls", as she calls her multiple vocal tracks, also appear numerously on "Goodnight, Sweet Ladies."
138	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Naked Feminist Poetry" is 25 minutes of... well, guess.
139	* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "We Want Them Young" fades into "If I Burn." The lyrics are even connected. ("We Want Them Young" ends with the line: "When will they fall, when will they BURN?"
140	%% * TheFairFolk: Part of what inspired the ''Enchant'' album.
141	%% * TheFourChordsOfPop: "What If."
142	* GhostSong: ''Fight Like A Girl'' has "Goodnight, Sweet Ladies", which is sung by Emily and an EtherealChoir of dead Asylum girls. "The Key", too, though you wouldn't know until you read the lyrics booklet.
143	* GratuitousPanning:
144	** "Shalott" has the harpsichord on the left and the vocals on the right.
145	** Present in her cover of "[[Music/{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]]", faithfully to the original.
146	** Pretty much all of her songs, really. She seems to love using it.
147	* HerOwnWorstEnemy: "God Help Me" says, "all the world is a judge / But that doesn't compare to what I do to myself / When you're not there."
148	* HopeSpot:
149	** "Hell is Empty" on ''Fight Like A Girl''.
150	** "Misery Loves Company" on ''Opheliac''.
151	* HypocriticalHumor: "Gentlemen Aren't Nice," in which the singer complains about her lover's displeasure "just because I won't agree to take his arm / And I occasionally forget his name."
152	* ICallItVera: All of EA's violins have names: The Dove, her baroque violin; Merlin her modern Victorian violin; and Elgar, her electric violin.
153	* IfIHadANickel: "God Help Me:"
154	-->If I had a dollar for every time / I repented the sin but commit the same crime\
155	I'd be sitting on top of the world today.
156	* ILoveTheDead: "Scavenger." The squick is very intentional.
157	* ImAManICantHelpIt: She does ''not'' approve of this excuse at all ("Gothic Lolita," "Let the Record Show," "Scavenger," "Girls! Girls! Girls!")
158	* ImYourWorstNightmare: Used in "Gothic Lolita".
159	-->I am your sugar, I am your cream, I am your anti-American dream\
160	I am your sugar, I am your cream, I am your worst nightmare, now scream
161	* InsaneEqualsViolent: In "I Don't Understand," [[WideEyedIdealist Thomson]] is surprised that soft-spoken, borderline subservient Emily is considered "insane" and has to be chained down in a BedlamHouse.
162	* InsecureLoveInterest: "Save You." The narrator believes she has to push her lover away because she can only make them miserable.
163	* TheInsomniac: "4 O'Clock" discusses her issues with insomnia.
164	* {{Instrumentals}}: Both discs of ''Laced/Unlaced'', as well as "Dominant," "Ancient Grounds," "Gaslight Reprise," "4 O'Clock Reprise," and various others.
165	* IronicEcho: "Liar" is Emilie repeating back an ex-lover's words in a much more vindictive light.
166	* IronicNurseryTune: "Miss Lucy Had Some Leeches" and "4 O'Clock."
167	* LampshadedDoubleEntendre; The asylum host in "Girls! Girls! Girls!":
168	-->For a little extra on the side we can arrange for a slightly more "intimate" encounter... Wink, wink...
169	* LampshadeHanging: "Swallow" and "One Foot in Front of the Other" both lampshade how theatrical she is and how all her songs are about "pain and suffering."
170	* LastSecondWordSwap: A RunningGag in the ''Opheliac'' companion album involves her sound guy Creator/{{Inkydust}} having his tea with a bit of "gin... ger."
171	* LyricalDissonance: Lots and lots.
172	** "Marry Me," "The Art of Suicide," "Shalott," "Miss Lucy Had Some Leeches," and "My Fairweather Friend" are a few examples.
173	** "Save You" is such a sweet-sounding TearJerker.
174	** "Don't Blame Me" and HOW!
175	** "Gaslight," "If I Burn," and "What Will I Remember" in a similar way to "The Art of Suicide / Shalott."
176	** "4 O'Clock" a song about how insomnia is slowly killing her to the tune of a lullaby.
177	** "Girls! Girls! Girls!" is an upbeat, Broadway-esque number about the horrific and dehumanising treatment of the girls in question.
178	* LyricalTic: She likes rolling her Rs. She also has her voice break intentionally a lot (like in "Liar" and "If I Burn,") usually when transitioning from normal singing to Careful With That Axe. (The voice break is a sign that she's going to scream at some point.)
179	* MadnessMantra:
180	** "God Help Me" 48 times in the end of a song counts.
181	** "Are You Suffering?" except sung as an Ironic Echo of what an ex lover used to say to her.
182	** "I Want My Innocence Back" is also repeated an extreme amount of times.
183	** "I Want It" in the Music/{{Angelspit}} remix of "Liar" is pretty significant as it changes the focus of the song all the way around.
184	** "4'Clock" definitely.
185	** "One Foot in Front of the Other" in many ways.
186	* MadonnaWhoreComplex: {{Lampshaded}} in "Opheliac:"
187	--->She knows she either is\
188	A devil or an angel with no in between
189	%%** Also discussed in "Two Masks".
190	* MaleGaze: Used on her in her first "Devils Carnival" promo video.
191	* MalMariee: Mal Mariée is a young woman unhappily married to an old jealous guy. In "Marry Me", the girl was 'sold' by her father and she is stuck in a horrifically unhappy marriage to an old man whom she finds repulsive (he has rotten teeth and bad breath). She tries to fight against her lot in life: she spends money on dresses and hair, she drinks wine, she parties and she has affairs. She feels victorious that she'll never bear her husband's children — they'll be her lover's instead. She's still a very unhappy woman because she's not free. It's implied her husband is king because she thinks she'll be beheaded for her infidelity.
192	* MeaningfulName: The last part of her stage name, "Liddell" is apparently taken from her maternal grandmother's maiden name. It seems oddly, and somewhat sadly, too, appropriate, considering the common characterisation of [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland the world's most famous Liddell]]. She lampshades this fact in ''Literature/TheAsylumForWaywardVictorianGirls''.
193	-->Emilie Autumn Liddell. Yes, THAT Liddell. You can see now why I don't use that name.
194	* MetalScream: The Type 1 and Type 4 varieties.
195	* MinskyPickup: "Girls! Girls! Girls!" ends with the variant of this, true to the 19th century show tunes on which it is based.
196	* MisandrySong: "Fight Like a Girl" and "Time for Tea" refer to a war against 49% of the world's population, although Emilie is careful never to ''explicitly'' exclude males. She even adds, "Even if you're only a boy, you can fight like a girl."
197	* MisogynySong: "Girls! Girls! Girls!" is this -- sarcastically, of course.
198	* MoodWhiplash:
199	** The first minute or so "Opheliac" is nice classical-esque instrumental work. Then she starts singing, lyrics are a bit off but it's still more or less pleasant. Then the chorus kicks in and [[CarefulWithThatAxe she starts]] ''[[HarshVocals screaming]]''.
200	** The violent, industrial/goth "Time for Tea" is followed by the ethereal DreamPop-esque instrumental "4 O'clock Reprise". Then comes the showtunes-inspired "What Will I Remember?" -- which is then followed by the harsh, gothic, feminist, anti-ableist ProtestSong "Take the Pill."
201	* MotorMouth: In her music, "Chambermaid", "I Know Where You Sleep," "The Key," and "Opheliac" are noteworthy for how fast she sings in them.
202	* NewSoundAlbum: ''Enchant'', ''Opheliac'', and ''Fight Like a Girl'' are each very different in style to the other two.
203	* NightmareFetishist: As any depressive worth their salt would be, Emilie too preys on the stuff of nightmares and makes them into lovely harpsichord -- and violin-backed songs.
204	* NoodleImplements: An interview in Fiend magazine has the answers to an undisclosed question posed to Emilie: "Crumpets, Creator/AngelaLansbury and a very large broom."
205	* NostalgicMusicbox:
206	** The sound of one is the beginning of her song "Gothic Lolita." The music-box starts to skip as the backing track gets more eerie.
207	** "4 O'Clock" plays with this.
208	* NonAppearingTitle:
209	** Her instrumentals, as well as songs such as "Rapunzel," "Juliet," and "Shalott."
210	** Her debut vocal album doesn't feature the word "Enchant."
211	* TheOphelia: Master trope of ''Opheliac'', and mentioned in "I Don't Understand" as a call back. In the ''Opheliac'' Companion, Autumn defines an "Opheliac" as someone who is pre-disposed towards self-destruction.
212	* ObsessionSong: "Be Silent Be Still," "Opheliac," and "Liar" has these undertones.
213	* OdeToIntoxication: "Take the Pill" is an inversion.
214	* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Happens in "I Know Where You Sleep":
215	-->Oh my god, Oh my god\
216	I touched you\
217	I can never live it down
218	* OneWomanWail: Touched on in a few of her songs, like "Rose Red" and the Blackbird remix of "What If." In EA's case it's literally one woman, as she performs all of the main and backing vocals for her songs.
219	* PerkyGoth: Because goths have more fun, after all.
220	* PissTakeRap: The rapping section on "Opheliac", while not as bad as other examples, is still [[MoodWhiplash quite odd]].
221	* PointAndLaughShow: Heavily mocked in "Girls! Girls! Girls!" The twist? The "show" is an ''asylum''.
222	* PosthumousNarration: "Let the Record Show." The Asylum ghosts also sing in several songs on "Fight Like a Girl."
223	%% * ThePowerOfFriendship: "Across the Sky" is about this.
224	* PrecisionFStrike: Used frequently and artfully.
225	** "Misery Loves Company":
226	--->Pray for me if you want to\
227	Pray for me you fucker if you fucking dare
228	** "God Help Me":
229	--->Don't make me choose, I've got too much to lose\
230	Don't make me choose, I've got to much to fucking lose
231	** "Time For Tea":
232	--->And when I am good, I am very, very good\
233	But when I am bad, I am fucking gorgeous!
234	** "Take The Pill":
235	--->Take the pill that wipes your memory\
236	Take the pill that's fucking with your mind\
237	[...]\
238	Well he's a Doctor and you are just a crazy fucking bitch
239	* ProtestSong: "Fight Like a Girl" and "Time for Tea" come to mind.
240	* PsychoStrings: Deranged, creepy violin notes show up in her work frequently, especially on ''Opheliac'' and ''Unlaced''.
241	%% * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
242	%% ** "I Know Where You Sleep" is just one long verbal bitchslap.
243	%% ** "Don't Blame Me".
244	* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized:
245	** "Fight Like A Girl":
246	--->A hostile takeover,\
247	An absolute rebellion to the end
248	** "Time For Tea":
249	--->One day that little girl may find a filthy metal spike\
250	And drive it right in the middle of your forehead\
251	For she and her friends, this is very, very good\
252	But for you the game is over – this is revolution!
253	%% * RockStarSong: "Heard It All" to a degree.
254	* {{Retraux}}: "Photographic Memory" is distinctly [[TheEighties '80s]] in its production.
255	* {{Retcon}}: In her updated 2014 web page she writes that ''Opheliac'' was the start of her career.
256	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Her war against 49% of the world's population in "Fight Like A Girl" and "Time For Tea".
257	-->All the best that we can hope for is revenge\
258	A hostile takeover,\
259	An absolute rebellion to the end\
260	What is the body count?\
261	I’ve lost track
262	* RockOpera: ''Fight Like a Girl'' is her retelling of ''Literature/TheAsylumForWaywardVictorianGirls'' through a ConceptAlbum.
263	* SanitySlippageSong:
264	** All of ''Opheliac'', ''Unlaced'', and selections of ''Enchant''.
265	** "What Will I Remember?," "Gaslight," "Hell is Empty," "Take the Pill," and various moments in ''Fight Like a Girl''.
266	* ScaryMusicianHarmlessMusic: She used to wear dreads, gothic clothing and puts out lots of songs related to bad things like death, rape and suicide. However, she has just as many happy classical violin solos and some genuinely light and happy love songs, in amongst the darkness. Emilie's stage persona is that of a violent, insane girl locked in a Victorian madhouse.
267	* ScunthorpeProblem: The word filter on her forum changed 'fans' to 'muffins'. This would be okay, except for when talking of, say, burlesque fans or anything similar.
268	-->She swung her burlesque muffins high...
269	* SelfBackingVocalist: Any voice heard on any of her songs is Emilie, with the exception of "Best Safety Lies in Fear," obviously. Then again, that's not so much a song as a remix of quotes from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.
270	* ShoutOut:
271	** The titles of "Syringe" and "Face the Wall" are likely a shout-out to the scene in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' in which Sarah Connor escapes from the mental institution. She holds the doctor hostage with a syringe in his neck, and orders a guard to face the wall.
272	** The WordSaladLyrics in "Swallow" ("Low tide and high tea, oyster's waiting for me...") refer to ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''.
273	** Everything from her Music/BritneySpears mike to her "Hells is Others" on Misery Loves Company, helped by her thoroughly studying everything she wants to do.
274	** "Shalott" is based on the poem "The Lady of Shalott".
275	** "Gothic Lolita", [[Literature/{{Lolita}} a girl who's "not even legal" in a relationship with an older man]].
276	** ShoutOutToShakespeare:
277	*** "Juliet", obviously.
278	*** ''Opheliac'' is based on Ophelia from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', and the song of the same name directly quotes the play: "Doubt thou the stars are fire / Doubt thou the sun doth move..."
279	*** "Best Safety Lies in Fear" is a quote spoken by Laertes in ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', as are all the other lines in that song.
280	*** "Goodnight Sweet Ladies" also takes its name from one of Ophelia's lines; the use of rosemary for remembrance is also another reference to the same scene.
281	*** "O Mistress Mine" is based on a song from ''Theatre/TwelfthNight''.
282	*** ''Twelfth Night'' contains the line "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Replace "great" with "mad", and you've got a line from "Girls! Girls! Girls!"
283	* SeeYouInHell: "If I Burn, SO WILL YOU."
284	* SelfEmpowermentAnthem: "Heard It All" and "What If," both from ''Enchant''.
285	%% * SillyLoveSongs: "Remember," "Juliet," "Across the Sky," "Castle Down," "Crazy He Calls Me," and "All My Loving."
286	* SleightOfTongue: At the very end of the "Fight Like A Girl" video, an asylum worker slips Emilie a key through a [[ForcefulKiss Forceful Kiss]]
287	* SoBeautifulItsACurse: "Thank God I'm Pretty."
288	* {{Sonnet}}: "Your Sugar Sits Untouched" contains several, although they are ten lines long instead of the more usual fourteen.
289	* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: "One Foot in Front of the Other" is a really, ''really'' [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]] example. The Asylum characters ''literally'' have no idea what to do -- not because they liked fighting, but because they have no lives outside of captivity, and are too unstable and broken to ever be able to function in normal society. "We've been committed -- now to what do we all commit?" [[spoiler:They change the Asylum into a place where they can live in sanctuary from the outside world until the building collapses leading to the death of all of them]].
290	* StudioChatter: "Let the Record Show" starts with a three-second conversation: "How was that?" "Good."
291	* SubduedSection:
292	** "Remember," everything except for the drum machine cuts out in the third verse.
293	** "Fight Like a Girl."
294	* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion:
295	** "Miss Lucy Had Some Leeches," as an adaptation of "Miss Susie Had a Steamboat."
296	** "What Will I Remember" has a (non-risqué) double-subverted rhyme.
297	--->Is my story over\
298	If I fall asleep\
299	Would anybody find me?\
300	And w--\
301	--ould anybody weep?
302	* SuicideIsPainless: "The art of suicide" is about feeling that life is tiring and meaningless, hence suicide is relieving and ''aesthetic'':
303	-->The art of suicide, pretty and clean\
304	Conveys a theatrical scene\
305	"Alas, I'm gone!" she cried\
306	Ankles displayed\
307	Melodramatically laid
308	* SurprisinglyGentleSong:
309	** "Shalott" and "The Art of Suicide" on ''Opheliac''. Still full of LyricalDissonance, though, considering that both are about death.
310	** "What Will I Remember," "I Don't Understand," and "Gaslight" on ''Fight Like a Girl''.
311	** "If I Burn" actually zig-zags wildly between being gentle ("But the softer I become, the harder your machines close over me.") and being outright violent ("When you sleep, you'll feel my icy fingers crawling down your back."), culminating in the "But it's never over!" part.
312	* SurvivalMantra: "One foot in front of the other foot in front of the one foot in front of the other..."
313	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: "Girls! Girls! Girls!"
314	-->We've something here for everyone's enjoyment / I do this as a gift, not for employment / A portrait of insanity, approach with your humanity
315	* TakeThatMe:
316	** The lyrics of "Shalott:" "And she cried out, 'So the story fits / but then, I could have guessed it all along / and now some drama queen is gonna write a song for me.'"
317	** The lyrics of "Swallow": "I'll tell the truth / all of my songs / are pretty much / the fucking same."
318	** During some of her videos she does lampshade how insane her stage shows, outfits and otherwise are.
319	%% * TakeThat: Basically ''Opheliac'' with few exceptions. Basically "Fight Like a Girl" no exceptions.
320	%% Basically ZCE.
321	* TakingYouWithMe: Implied in "If I Burn," "Time for Tea," "Fight Like a Girl," and "Let The Record Show."
322	* ThereAreNoTherapists: Well, actually, there are, but they're terrible at their jobs. In Emilie's case, she was sexually abused during her institutionalization, but no-one [[CassandraTruth would believe her]] because: "you're the crazy girl and he's the doctor with the million dollar education."
323	* TitleDrop: The title of "Your Sugar Sits Untouched" comes from her poem "Ghost:"
324	-->if one day ''your sugar sits untouched''\
325	will you have gone forever
326	* TitleTrack: ''Fight Like A Girl'' and ''Opheliac'' have one.
327	* TitleByNumber: "306."
328	* TitleOnlyChorus: "Liar" and "I Want My Innocence Back".
329	* ThirdPersonPerson: "Opheliac:"
330	-->She speaks in third person so that she can forget she's me
331	* TruckDriversGearChange: Used in "Thank God I'm Pretty."
332	%% * UncannyValleyMakeup
333	* VillainSong:
334	** "Scavenger." The implications of the song include: murder, human trafficing, necrophilia, pedophilia and cutting up a corpse for its organs to sell on the black market.
335	--->There's always one street that you know you shouldn't walk\
336	And I will be waiting\
337	Your loved ones may sit upon your stone to prevent me\
338	But I will be waiting\
339	Anticipating
340	** [[MisogynySong "Girls! Girls! Girls!"]], most of "Take The Pill" and "We Want Them Young" are sung by the BedlamHouse staff.
341	* WomanScorned: A major theme of ''Opheliac'' and ''Fight Like a Girl.''
342	* WordSaladLyrics: From "Swallow:" "Low tide and high tea, the oysters waiting for me, if I'm not there on time, I'll send my emissary." Might be a ShoutOut to ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland,'' though.
343	%% * {{Yandere}}: "Liar," "Opheliac," and "Remember." (Change your name a thousand times.)
344	* YouAreNotAlone: Covered in her anti bullying video, and a greater message of her music and her stage shows and herself, and her relationship with her fans.
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346
347	!! '''Her concerts contain examples of:'''
348
349	* AudienceParticipationSong: "Shalott" and "Misery Loves Company" have both become this.
350	%% * BelligerentSexualTension
351	* CoughSnarkCough: Emilie has a dislike of a certain church, which she coughs to be the UsefulNotes/{{Christian\|ity}} one, leading to...
352	* ChurchOfHappyology: Contessa's religion, Contessology to pray for whatever's left of Veronica's virtue.
353	* ClusterFBomb: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og6YiLXHs2M Not. Fucking. Funny. You do it, you fucking die! You see somebody do it, you fucking murder them!]]"
354	* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The costumes and Emilie's violin have gotten increasingly more sparkly with every tour.
355	%% * ImAHumanitarian: Contessa.
356	* MarshmallowHell: Emilie's "safe place" is Veronica's cleavage.
357	* MsFanservice: All of the crumpets to an extent, though special mention must be made for The Naughty Miss Veronica Varlow.
358	* {{Pirate}}s: Captain Vecona was the first captain and seamstress to the asylum, and now there's Captain Maggots, her drunken replacement in late 2008.
359	* PrecisionFStrike:
360	** "The show will not go on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW37riCwOAI unless someone fucking fixes the screen!]]"
361	** 'Please, allow me to indulge in just one brief moment of rock star excess and ask you "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CExzvyvDqPk ARE YOU FUCKING READY?]]"
362	* OfCorsetsSexy: Everyone wears a (very sparkly) corset for most of the show, and Emilie gets three.
363	* OnlySaneMan: Contessa likes to see herself as this. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kskeXrXUA-U The others don't seem to agree.]]
364	--->'''Contessa:''' But I am ''not,'' I am not, I repeat, I repeat, I repeat, I am not insane!\
365	''(The Crumpets laugh hysterically)''\
366	'''Emilie:''' ''[after a well timed pause]'' She ''eats'' people.
367	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The present captain's name alternates between "Captain Maggot" and "Captain Maggots" depending on who you ask and when you ask them.
368	%% * {{Steampunk}}
369	* SweetPollyOliver: In the ''Fight Like a Girl'' tour, Emilie spends several songs dressed up as a boy. Not very convincingly, but there you are.
370	* TakeThatAudience: Emilie and the Crumpets, shocked at finding no fewer than 300 erotic [[FanFiction fanfics]] of themselves online, hilariously act out one of the more poorly written ones. Veronica gets revenge with a story of her own.
371	* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAT_YsRb8NI You're in MY house now, bitch!]]"
372	%% * VitriolicBestBuds: Emilie and Veronica, on stage.
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