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The Other Man — A Gothic Magicians Musical
Welcome to another chapter in the supernatural whirlwind of *The Gothic Magicians*. In this sung-through episode, secrets unravel and timelines collide as Fred Alexander, stage magician and time traveler, faces scandal, heartbreak, and death itself… all for love.
🪞When a tabloid photo threatens to destroy his family, Fred must confront his furious son Lakelandite, the wrath of his grandson Blake, and the silent disappointment of Val — his own son and stage partner. Accusations fly, the press circles like vultures, and Fred reveals a truth even he barely believes: he’s not just a grandfather… he’s also Blake.
🗡️ But nothing prepares the stage for Fred’s tragic sacrifice — or his jaw-dropping resurrection, thanks to a mysterious visitor from the afterlife. With a twist of cosmic mischief, the real culprit behind the scandal emerges… and time itself is rewritten.
✨ **Themes:**
- Intergenerational grief and identity
- The cost of magical immortality
- Time travel and moral consequence
- Scandal, redemption, and the surreal
🎶 **Vibe:** A gothic operetta with theatrical punch — layered harmonies, emotional monologues, and surreal encounters in shadowed dressing rooms.
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913. The Magicians: The Nights of the Fox, A Chanson De Geste Cycle
01:03:21||Season 1, Ep. 913(Think: a troubadour with lute, steady rhythm, rising heroic refrain)**“Hear now the tale of the Fox in the night,A shadow of justice, a rider in flight.From Sherwood’s deep silence to court’s golden flame,He battles a tyrant who curses his name.Blake de Clare, the knight who would not die,Who rose from the grave ’neath a star‑burning sky.His lady imprisoned, his honour betrayed,He rides for rebellion the Marshal has made.Oh gather, good people, and lend us your ear,For the Fox walks the moonlight when danger draws near.A mask in the darkness, a vow in his chest—This is the Night Fox… the legend begins its quest.”**(Lute flourish, drums rising, fade into narration.)
912. Jeo sui Rollo, Duc de Normandie (I am Rollo, Duke of Normandy) HD Mastered
02:06||Season 1, Ep. 912Anglo-Norman French song for my book The Night Of The Fox. By Rachel Lawson
911. The Song Of The Fox: Moonlight Masquerade
04:48||Season 1, Ep. 911Coming soon The Nights Of The Fox by Rachel Lawson
909. Playing with death is never clever- The Magicians: Death Plays Solitaire theme
04:20||Season 1, Ep. 909Theme song
908. The Magicians: Death Plays Solitaire 2
09:51||Season 1, Ep. 908When stage magician Blake Fire drowns his grief in cheap whiskey and a doomed game of dawn‑lit solitaire, the last thing he expects is to be mistaken for a mafia hitman. One dead café owner, one very confused police force, and one extremely irritated King of Death later… Blake does what any innocent man would do: he hides in Hell and listens to Coldplay on repeat.But when his necromancer son drags him back to reality, Blake unleashes an army of reapers, confronts the real killers, and proves that even the Grim Reaper’s boss can have a very bad day.A darkly comic supernatural crime caper where death has a sense of humour—and a temper.
906. A Knight's Plight
03:44||Season 1, Ep. 906A song about a knight in love with a queen by Rachel Lawson.There was a knight like this in love with a queen. Baron Roger Mortimer and the queen were the wife of an English king. Mortimer was hung drawn, and quartered.They were my ancestors via their other partners.
905. The Masquerade v5
10:19||Season 1, Ep. 905A summit. A secret affair. A jealous Viscountess watching from the shadows.When an assassination attempt goes horribly wrong, the Emperor’s family unleashes magic, disguises, and time‑twisting tricks to protect the woman he loves.But the killer returns—and this time, she succeeds.Or so she thinks.Dive into The Magicians: The Masquerade—where death is negotiable, identities shift like smoke, and love becomes the most dangerous secret of all.