Well, what with it being a German Opera AU, I had to go with Wagner, and my Wagner collection is somewhat limited. My other option was random bits from Gotterdammerüng, which doesn't quite work either. But, yes, in short, I am a masochist.

And I do love oblivious!hero irony (as you probably know already), but I loved in particular that Edward got it. And, yes, the ramifications of Richard's death were just staggeringly well-brought-out. Henry in particular was just...gah, it hurt. It hurt in the best possible way.