how do you destroy a monster without becoming one? /dark instrumental playlist for writing, studying

hi! ♡
I know this playlist is a bit different from my past ones, however, for the past week or so, I kept listening to these type of songs, so I just had to make a playlist here for you as well. And it's a long one, i hope you don't mind. With the semester ending soon, I have so much work to finish, assignments, studying flashcards and this playlist made it so much easier. Idk i just felt so motivated to do work. I could focus for full 3 hours at times and felt like only 1 hour passed. I can't listen to chill lofi music anymore so i was looking for some other type of music. I'm so glad you've enjoyed my last playlist of not so chill lofi music for speedrunning assignments, so maybe this one can help you as well. ♡ You can use this for writing, drawing, playing games even. The other day I finally picked up my tablet and pen and drew something after a long time because it just gave me so much inspiration.

Also, i don't know if you'll notice this or not, but i've tried to tell a little story with the titles of these songs. idk if the 'story' (in huge quotation marks) makes sense even, but i tried. :DD

So, I hope you'll enjoy the playlist. Any feedback and suggestions (songs, playlists, artists) is more than welcomed. If you write something to this you can always post it in the comments, I LOVE reading your stories. ♡

I hope you are all well. I know the end of the year can be stressful for many reasons, not only academic, so i just wanted to let you know that you are not alone. ♡ You can get through anything. You are a wonderful human being, who is trying to survive in this harsh world and you're doing great! ♡
So, take care
With love
N. ♡

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#Instrumental
#FantasyPlaylist

[sunsetdreams]

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♡ i've tried to tell a little 'story' (in huge quotation marks) with the titles of these songs. idk if it makes sense, but i tried haha :DD
00:00 Queen of the Damned - Secession Studios, Greg Dombrowski
03:22 The Wicked Ones - Secession Studios, Greg Dombrowski
07:06 The Heretic - Joseph Trapanese, The Budapest Art Orchestra
12:08 Be Bold and Be Brave - Secession Studios, Greg Dombrowski
17:24 Raise the Sword - Pablo Tovar, Merkwood Music
20:48 Kill the Crown - 2WEI
23:51 The Mad Queen - Rok Nardin
27:38 Such Is Your Destiny - Glory Oath + Blood, Robert Leslie Bennett, Generdyn, Jaroslav Beck
30:53 Broken Hero - 2WEI, 陰陽師 Onmyoji, Elena Westermann
34:26 Darkness Within - Samuel Kim
39:11 And Then They Came for Me - Audiomachine
42:09 Sentenced to Death - Colossal Trailer Music
46:04 You Can't Kill Me - Rok Nardin, Epic Music World
50:10 And the Sky Turned Red - Secession Studios, Greg Dombrowski
56:24 Makalu - Mark Petrie
59:14 Nazca - Mark Petrie
01:02:23 Sinking into Flames - Really Slow Motion
01:05:16 Your God Is Dead - Really Slow Motion
01:08:29 Final Waltz - Suprhot, 2WEI
01:11:49 Rattle and Run - 2WEI
01:14:51 It Ends Tonight - Calapm, Epic Music World, David Chappell
01:17:40 Where Is Your God Now - Rok Nardin
01:20:41 Mythical and Mighty - Secession Studios, Greg Dombrowski
01:26:37 Past in Flames - Secession Studios, Greg Dombrowski
01:31:22 I’m Vengeance - Brian Delgado, Epic Music World
01:33:59 The Storm - Secession Studios, Greg Dombrowski
01:38:04 Bound by Purpose - Twelve Titans Music
01:41:10 Live to See Tomorrow - David Chappell
01:45:25 Veil of Shadows - Secession Studios, Greg Dombrowski
01:51:17 Force of Will - Secession Studios, Greg Dombrowski
01:55:31 The Power of One - Secession Studios, Greg Dombrowski
02:02:06 The Last Survivors - Audiomachine, Paul Dinletir
02:04:59 Watch the World Burn - Audiomachine
02:07:50 Do You Dare - Rok Nardin
02:10:57 Reach - Eternal Eclipse
02:13:03 Into the Light - Brand X Music
02:15:59 All Your Rage, All You Pain - Secession Studios, Greg Dombrowski
02:19:04 Kneel Before the Crown - Audiomachine

[threelayerbeefybeanburrito]

Washing the dishes to this playlist makes me feel so many emotions I never thought id experience…while washing the dishes…

[lordtetsu]

"You're a monster"
A roar of laughter echoed down the empty halls surrounding the us, "Oh, am I now? And what would that make you? The hero I presume?", his eyes narrowed even further, oh if looks could kill.

"Such a feisty glare", I chuckled looking down to the 9 mil in my hands, "So tell me dear 'knight', come to slay the dragon have we? And how will you do that?" I pushed myself away from the cold tiled wall and began slowly making my way over to the collapsed man. He merely sat there and observed as I crouched beside him, "Kindness, justice, revenge, which will it be? May I remind you that each still leads to a path stained with blood, my blood. Let's call it 'the path of the damned' as you people like to call it. A road only the ruined can travel by", the grin on my lips only grew as the words seem to flow continuously, "One I know well. How does one kill a monster? It's easy, really. Become one"

"Shut up!"

"Oh hush now, I'm not yet finished" a said playfully as I reloaded the gun. "Like it or not, to kill a beast you'll first have to take the form of one. All those who kill are evil are they not? Then what about you who strives so endlessly to kill me? Is that not the same as a predator stalking it's pray?"

Those cold gray eyes seem to light up at my statement, he lashed out but could not do much with the wound in his side, "I AM NOTHING LIKE YOU!"

"Ah, but you seem well on your way to turn out like this", the sound of metal crashing into the pavement caught his attention. It was the gun I had been holding now laying centimeters away from his free hand. His uncertain eyes found their way back to me, analyzing me as if he'd find a clue as to what I'm doing.

"Take it"

"Have you gone mad?" he breathed out.

"Not quite, but let's see if you have"

[AstroBear]

Your taste in music hd saved me so much time trying to out different playlists together for when I am writing.

[veronicago_-]

Is there even such a thing as a villain? Or are there only broken, tortured souls? Souls that have been pushed past their breaking point. Souls that long for vengeance. Souls who have tired of being the victim and have decided to become the victimizer. Souls who have been submerged in darkness, in shadows, in pain for so long they had no choice but to emerge as a vicious, stone-cold, and merciless person, who has given one to many chances to the ones they used to care for, has had their back stabbed one too many times. Souls who have grown to make people quiver at the mention of their name and evolved into a terrifying monster that makes crows caw and start swirling around the gray sky that reflects in the monster’s hostile eyes.

[aidenp]

love the playlist you make, my favorite are the villian ones which I use mainly to listen to during reading online. thanks for what you do, its very crative and inspiring

[drownedqueen]

monsters can’t be killed.
but they can be healed.

[lauraniedermeier]

This got a bit long, I'm sorry.

"They told me I would find you here." she said, as she entered the dark windowless room. "Didn't they tell you that I don't want to be disturbed?" "They did." "Then why are you here?" he asked, still not looking at her, completely focused on his prisoner. Chained and tortured as he was, he didn't look dangerous anymore. "Do you also want revenge on him?" He still didn't know, she realized. Always so focused on his own revenge.
"I want to ask you something." She paused and took a deep breath. "Do you still think you are a hero? After all you have done to get your revenge?" "Yes." he answerd with a grim smile, "I have done erverything that was necessary to bring him to justice. Him and everyone who helped him."
She laughed a joyless laugh. "Justice? That's how you call it?" Her voice turned cold as ice. "Was it justice when you killed all those people, just because they didn't want to join your fight?" He finally turned around and looked at her, his eyes widening as he saw the gun in her hand. "Was it justice when you killed my family, just because they wanted to life in peace?" Her voice broke. "Why?" She could see the shock in his face when he realized who she really was. "They protected him by refusing to do the right thing!" He growled, "They were my enemys!"
She laughed again a joyless laugh and a tear ran down her face.
"I guess it's right what they say. You can't kill a monster without turning into one." "I'm not a monster!" he sreamed.
"You are. And now, it's my turn to become one." With a sad smile on her face she pulled the trigger.

After he fell to the floor, she broke down, crying. She mourned for all she had lost. For her family, for her friends and for the person she once had been.

[-insertnamehere-]

I always find myself coming back to your channel, and I want to say that you have amazing music taste! Keep doing what you love

[tortia]

She crept closer to him, hunger for justice eating her insides like a living thing. WIth the knife behind her back, she drew herself nearer, ready to stab, to have him pay. Until he said,

"You can't kill me without becoming me."

She couldn't destory him without becoming a monster.

But did she care? No. At least not in the moment.

If it had meant to stall her, it worked. So instead of finishing the job, of stabbing him, she tortured him. She bled the arrogance out of him, burned his pride until there was nothing left.

"Thank you, " she whispered one of those nights. Two nights before he died his slow death. "You've shown me who I really am. Who I'm meant to be. You've introduced me to Darkness, and for that, I am eternally grateful."

He had made her a monster, yet she didn't know it.

To which he replied, "Darkness is lonely. He won't keep you company. He'll only take, and take, until you have nothing but an empty body left, running around, killing, hurting, inflicting, and I should know because-"

She silenced him with a swift punch. He was wrong. And even if he was right, who cares? He wasn't going to ruin her fun.

But she did care. How do you kill a monster without becoming one? You kill the monster inside your head, first.

[eliciajosephine]

this has inspired me to finally deal with my study timetable 😭

[eatyouryoung]

We were supposed to be the protecters. We were supposed to keep the lands connected.We didn't have to like eachother, but for the sake of everyone we had to tolerate eachother. If we keep this up, everything could collapse. But I hold grudges. And I don't let them go without a fight.

[nicole]

Me, A monster.
You, the hero.
Yet the poison that of we drink, is the same

[andreab]

I wrote too much lmfao. this took like half an hour 💀

whoops.





Jane wasn't a saint. She'd never claimed to be one, and she'd be damned if she was anything close to one. She wasn't a saint. She'd never been a goody-two-shoes, never been a people pleaser. But the situation that had unfolded itself before her, the wreckage she had witnessed... it made her wish she was better. Couldn't she be better? She was just never the person that other people wanted her to be. Her father, wishing for a smart boy that could take over the family business. Her mother, wishing for a quiet life in the mountains with a few children. Olivia, wishing for life. She'd ripped all of that from the people she loved dearly.

She breathed. In, out. Inhale, exhale. Her breathing was a steady rhythm that kept her thoughts in line.

Olivia was dead. She was alive. She'd died for her, and she hadn't done anything. Would she be a terrible person if she took the crown from her place? Olivia was just so bright, so lovely. How could Jane ever dream of replacing her? After their joined experience with the... the thing, whatever in Hades's name it was, she just couldn't.

She was unworthy of the stupid fucking crown sitting on her head.

All she wanted was to have her back in her arms, where she could tell the world, "Look! She's mine!" She was so over feeling emotional.

But she was the only option.

She was already a terrible person. It didn't matter.

"Jane, dear?" Her breath was caught in her throat. Whose voice was that? "Love?"


She whipped her head around to face the door. Her heart was beating faster than ever, tears beginning to form in her eyes.

It was Olivia, except it wasn't. Her eyes seemed drained of any life that had been there previously. Dried tear tracks lined her sculpted and smooth face. She was smiling sadly at Jane, but when she glanced at what she was wearing, her smile disappeared. Her expression became cold and guarded. Her tone and her appearance didn't match her previous sugar-sweet nicknames.

"Jane, what is that?"

"I... Livi? Where... what... how?"


"What is that."

She was confused. "What is... what?"

"On your head."

Oh. Her cheeks flushed, and, suddenly feeling shy, she mumbled, "Your crown. I mean, I thought you were dead, but clearly..." she waved at Olivia.

Jane couldn't read Olivia's expression. She felt nervous and awkward, which was weird because that was something Olivia had never made Jane feel. Jane was confident, Jane was the emotionless bitch that everyone couldn't get a read on. Olivia was never that. She was lovely and expressive, extroverted and kind.

What was happening?

Jane risked a glance at Olivia's outfit. She let out a small gasp of surprise. She was in a soldier's outfit, despite being a queen. And what was with the long sword at her side?

She heard teeth being gritted together in frustration and saw that all of a sudden, the sword was being pointed at her throat. She gasped once again. "Liv! What are you doing? I- I can't breathe!" She struggled against the metal.

"You left me there. To die." Olivia says, her tone sharp and accusing. This was nothing like her.

"I- no! That wasn't what happened, Ollie! I had to! Darling, what's gotten into you?"

"I destroyed the monster."

"Well, we both did. I'm glad we did."

The blade pressed harder into her throat. She could feel the blood running down her neck. After a brief moment, Olivia speaks.

"How are you supposed to destroy a monster without becoming one?" She looked... psychotic.

And then everything turned black.

[kiweewid]

I just wanted to say that I really appreciate these playlists! They've gotten me through the good and the bad days, and they always manage to really hit that exact feeling you're trying to convey. Your taste is immaculate, and I once again appreciate it. I've been introduced to music that I really enjoy! Thank you again!

[sunnyisdead]

I looked at his dark, soulless, eyes and turned my head away and tried to walk away.
He grabbed my wrist and hissed "I know what you're thinking, my dear. I am sad to inform you, but you already are."
I looked back at him and he had disappeared, there was just a mirror.
As I picked it up I saw it. I saw the monster...
I was the 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫

[katie]

this is so helpful for writing!! thank you!!

[sombrenoemie]

This playlist is INCREDIBLE !

THANK U SO MUCH

[thelionssin]

"If it takes a monster to destroy a monster, how do you destroy a monster without becoming a monster for others to destroy?"

[KD-pvec]

I stood triumphantly over the defeated villain. Finally, I felt like I could have it all, like the world was at my fingertips.
"You monster, " she said from below me.
"What do you mean? I'm not the monster here, you are." I replied, narrowing my eyes at her.
"Look around you. Sure, you have defeated me, but at what cost?"
I looked around at the ruined city, the hundreds of bodies strewn throughout the streets.
"Fool, " she continued, "how do you think I ended up the villain? You can't defeat a monster without becoming one."