Happy Pan Awareness Day *mwah*

piano ben

after the not-apocalypse, ben is kind of lost

he doesn’t really have any skills other than fighting, because he died pretty young

so ben is constantly jumping from hobby to hobby, trying to find something he likes

klaus suggests art, which ben does try, but it doesn’t really click for him

he keeps asking people what they like but none of the things they suggest really work? they’re either way too complicated or he just doesn’t really like them

but then vanya suggests he learns an instrument

at first he wanted to try the violin, because vanya already knows it and she could teach him

but then he decided that it’s too painful

(ive played the violin for a little. ouch my fingertips)

he also tries the saxophone and trumpet but no luck

then it hits him

the ultimate instrument. the one that if he knows how to play it, learning how to play another one wouldnt be as hard

that’s right its the fucking piano

if he learns it, he learn how to read music, he learns chords, he learns all of that music theory shit, hes basically music man at that point

piano it is

ben is actually pretty good, for somebody who’s been dead for over a decade

he starts out with all that basic shit, yanno? im not going to describe the process of learning piano and the stuff that comes with it. he learns piano okay

once he gets pretty good, like maybe fur elise level good

he plays with vanya

because she needs a piano accompanist for practice sometimes! and he can play the piano! its perfect

he learns a bunch of classical and contemporary music, but also the notes to songs and showtunes and stuff

so he can accompany klaus, because def sings at least a little bit

for fun, minimum.

it becomes a family thing they do

ben playing piano, vanya playing violin, and the rest either singing or dancing

or both

ben learns i think we’re alone now! because he loves his family

sometimes when ben is questioning if he’s alive or not he goes and plays the piano

they have a keyboard in the house, but after ben shows that he’s like, really serious about the piano they buy a piano

i want to say they buy a grand piano, but honestly i also kind of feel like ben would really like playing stand up pianos??

idk there really isn’t much of a difference, he enjoys both

eventually he starts teaching lessons, like vanya

instead of teaching at a music school or something he just has lessons in the mansion

so there’s often these little kids playing piano

and ben trying to show them the scales

ben writes a couple of his own songs at one point

he doesn’t really compose because he can never make the notes fit together in the right way, but sometimes just playing out a little melody he made up on the spot is really nice

additionally: he can play memes on the piano, and because he missed out on it in his previous life ben rickrolls his siblings a lot

five doesn’t understand why klaus is dying of laughter after ben starts playing a song

because he’s an old man who has little to no understanding of pop culture

in conclusion: ben plays piano and i love him

👀👀

my hopes are with the dead

“The last reading before the end of the world.” “It’s too long.” “At least with that, people will understand it’s a scam and maybe not the place where you should throw your dollars at. However, we’ll welcome these dirty money.”

(psst its transparent)

Did you know I’ve a reversed AU where Ben is alive but not Klaus and they sorta scam people? No? Now you know.

Do you remember my reversed AU with zero content where Klaus died and Ben is very alive and they end up scamming people with tarot reading and spirit communication to live? Yeaaah me neither

yma jae

"Bless me father, for I have sinned."

I love them

We were robbed of so many hugs