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artemistalkstoomuch · 4 months

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All of My Opinions on the Mean Girls Musical Movie

Firstly, loved all the original film references. Of course the obvious ones like having the same lines, the thing about fetch being slang from an old movie, but also!!

. Janis' suit being purple for spring fling!! and omg let's not even talk about how pretty Aul'il Cravalho was throughout the entire film. Her eye make-up was so impressive

. that part in Sexy where they're cycling through potential outfits and one of them is the white shirt with the purple bra holes cut out !!

Slightly upset about the fact they cut out Meet the Plastics and it ended up being more like, Meet Regina, but I get that. On the topic of songs, I understand a lot of them were cut out because they were "too theatrical" but I can still miss em!! Truthfully when I heard the new Stupid With Love I was devastated because it's one of my favourite songs and they fucking tiktokified it, but I actually think it works really well in the film- it gets the "cringy first proper love" aspect across, which is its purpose, so I'm happy.

THEY GOT RID OF "WHO HERE HAS EVER FELT PERSONALLY VICTIMISED BY REGINA GEORGE" which was absolutely criminal

AND THE PRINCIPAL AND MS NORBURY ARE TOGETHER which was actually adorable, and I didn't think about the fact that could be something that happened, but I'm very happy it did.

The bus at the end of Rather Be Me was such a jumpscare but also so funny. THEY MISSED OUT THE DIALOGUE TO DO IT THOUGH SADD. Plus she was so goofy that entire song?? Why was she running in and out of all of those random rooms.

The rumours spreading via phones looked half cool, but it's dated the film imo, which is what Tina Fey originally set out to avoid! Like "fetch" was made up slang so in years to come the film wouldn't seem cringy for having slang teens actually used to use at the time.

Big drum-roll: We did not see enough of Regina's meanness to actually justify her being a mean girl. A lot of it got filtered out through songs, and the majority of stuff was just her, like, responding badly to sexism?? Also tell me how I'm gonna villanise Renee Rapp she fucking SLAYED what a queen.

Also WHERE IS COACH CARR'S SEXUAL ASSAULT. THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON MS NORBURY GETS ARRESTED!!?? That, to me, is one of the biggest indicators in the original film of just how powerful the "Mean Girls" are, they know about this, and the other teachers don't. Not only that, but it highlights just how immature they are, because they don't do anything about it. They're girls who run the school, without having any sympathy or context to do something about bad stuff they know happens. It's just "a funny thing to write". Not having that made me sad tbh.

Changing the line to "you wrote this" in World Burn was clever but I wish we got to see more of the girls turning on each other, rather than direct fighting.

KEVIN G BEST SONG IN THE MUSICAL

Where was the 4 way phone call, DEVASTATING. We literally did not see the plastics actually interact with each other. There was no meanness, no impact, all we got were the "events" when OTHER THINGS HAPPEN. You could say it lost a lot of filler, but the filler was actually context! And part of what makes the film so good!

Devastated she doesn't say "damn you're mine" in Someone Gets Hurt. I do think it's hilarious they just didn't make the actor guy for Aaron sing at all lol

"That filter you use looks just like me" WHY. I appreciate the change from the line about weight but like, this DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. at least say "that filter you use has nothing on me" THE WHOLE POINT IS SHE'S ABOVE IT

I didn't like the extended version of Revenge Party, sorry, too used to the old version

And I did not like the girlbossification of Sexy. I get it's supposed to be powerful like "watch me as I run the world in shoes I cannot walk in" but I feel like the whole point of "I expect to run the world in shoes I cannot walk in" is supposed to point out the irony, like, being slightly critical of "modern feminism". I will say though that the wobble from avantika as she says that is superb.

Overall I thought the film was enjoyable and a nice blend of the original film and the musical, but I think both ended up losing individual meaning because of how much they intersect. You don't have time to appreciate the lyrics and power of the musical because you don't hear them all, and some of them get cut, and you can't follow the plot in a meaningful way because the songs are happening, and they skip a lot of context to fit them in.

Would totally watch it again though, if only to see Renee Rapp say "get in loser" cos she actually nailed that

#mean girls #mean girls musical #regina george #renee rapp #angourie rice #auli'i cravalho #tina fey #bebe wood #avantika #mean girls 2024 #musicals #long post

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markiza297 · 2 months

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some of my music-related EMH headcanons because i feel bad and want to share it.

VINNY:

Vinny loves post-punk and goth music, like Joy Division, The Cure, Swans, The Fall, Depeche Mode and New Order. But when he gets asked to put something he likes on, he puts something like Prodigy or Infected Mushroom on, to look cool and not to "bore" his friends. And because he genuinely likes those as well.

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Also i cannot NOT project my own coping mechanisms on emh characters, so i think (before the events unfolding, while Jessa is still alive and everything is normal) that boys like to meet up and share music AND their feelings in the format of : "This is how I feel : *Numb by Linkin Park starts playing*".

JEFF:

Jeff feels overwhelmed at his hospital job, feeling that he is responsible for everyone and everything, so most of the time when he doesn't have to work with patients, he wears headphones to ease his mind a bit, usually listening to something rhythmic (+1 point if the track doesn't have any words).

Jeff would be such a fan of Twenty One Pilots. This band is so him coded.

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I think that Jeff and Evan would bond over their love for AJJ (again, im projecting, I KNOW). But Jeff would like the deeper details of the lyrics, and Evan would be like, "yo thats fire" because of the interesting sound.

EVAN :

I think that Evan has a Walkman cassette player, and he prefers cassettes to CD's, because "they sound worse".

And the glove box in his car is filled with checks and old bills, and cassettes that don't match their package, for example, an AC/DC cassette in a Metallica case, etc.

imo im convinced that Evan would be a huge lover of nu metal, im talking ALL OF IT. im talking Limp Bizkit, im talking Papa Roach, im talking Slipknot, Linkin Park, Skillet, KoЯn. Every time he gets a chance to get a record, he would spend his last money just to headbang to new edgy song while driving home.

And OF COURSE he would like Gorillaz. I think it should be canon, it's so obvious.

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I think about Evan and his taste in music like this scene in Scott Piligrim where Ramona has unnecessary amount of different teas.

"-What do you like to listen?"

"-Let's see... We have classical rock, punk rock, hard rock, rock and roll, heavy metal, industrial, nu metal, alternate, metalcore, electropunk, funk metal, new rave, and... Indie"

HABIT :

Evan can't stand MCR (i know it's a hot take, i know), but HABIT loves them, especially when he gets to rearrange and clean his weapons, humming along while putting on a show, like twirling knives in the air or threatening an imaginary opponent.

If talking about my favorite purple bastard, I think it's really for music to get stuck in his head, and sometimes it can result in pretty hilarious (although still horrifying if you know the context) things, for example him throwing out the "trash" *wink wink* and not noticing how he sings something he had heard on the radio.

Just imagine HABIT humming ABBA or some 2010 white girl music. This brings me so much joy, you have no idea.

STEPH:

I think Steph would hide her preferences, until she feels safe enough to share some of the music she likes, and if a person she shares it with likes it as well, she would spend hours and hours talking about every little detail in lyric and sound and how it all has A DEEPER MEANING! She would be right, tho.

I'm convinced there was a situation where she gave an Evanescence cd to Evan with "this reminds me of u" written on the cover. I don't make the rules.

She probably writes some lyrics she really liked "to put them into her art later" only to forget about it.

#thoughts #emh #everymanhybrid #music ramblings #Hcs #vinny everyman #evan myers #emh jeff #emh steph #I WANT TO SHARE MY HCS BUT ITS SO CRINGE IM SORYYYYY

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boltlightning · 10 months

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ok. saw sweeney todd revival on broadway. i went from not knowing any songs to seeing two productions in one summer so. thoughts:

because im me my immediate takeaway was: it's been a hot second since i saw a show with the orchestra in a pit down in front of the stage AND it was a 26-person orchestra with refreshed orchestrations! it was so crispy and tight and the energy of being able to see the conductor is difficult to put into words. i'm beyond glad they didn't hide the musicians backstage

there were a lot of people there just for josh groban — i was with family whom i persuaded to see this show because of josh groban, and i heard many people in line being like "hey so is josh groban the bad guy? how much does he kill" and there were some changes i feel reflected that. there was so much physical humor, and sometimes lines were added to further give context to someone's actions. i think it works overall, but you could feel the crowd paying less attention when mrs. lovett or sweeney weren't on stage lol

and it's so unsettling! the chorus has some incredible and strange choreography; the light coming through the steps up to the second story is so ominous; the harmonies SOAR through the theater. it's good stuff.

potentially spoily stuff about the production itself below:

and yes OF COURSE the leads were incredible. i feel like len cariou's sweeney is so angry and yet refined, and michael ball's goes hard on the madness and revenge, but groban's is so...sad. he's such a dad, he sings like an angel, it is so uncomfortable when he does something violent. groban's epiphany is HAUNTING and ELECTRIC and the way he interacts with the razors is incredible! and the way he plays a little priest is hilarious but makes it very clear that it is an extension of his mental break. genuinely and eye-opening experience thank you mr. groban

and ashford takes the more emotional cues from the 2007 movie, but makes you actually care about her lmao. like compared to lansbury's frenetic and absent-minded lovett, ashford is laid back and casual and almost lazy about all the weird shit happening around her. she feels bad about locking toby up, sure, but she's still gonna use it as an excuse to get sweeney to pay attention to her! she's funny she's heartfelt she's insane she wants to fuck sweeney todd so fucking bad. it's an incredible combo

and. yeah the rumors are true. she climbs josh groban like a jungle gym the entire time, and on the rare occasion sweeney snaps out of his brooding to reciprocate the flirting, it is HOT. their camaraderie on and off stage is potent. and it works in the other direction too — when he starts to flinch away from her in the second act it's painful.

i do think that the ending sequence in particular is kind of messy up until the last scene in the bake house; there's not a moment to breathe and not in a way that seems intentional? and some of the scenes with the judge/johanna/anthony subplot could have used some love. but. minor qualms. i am biased because kiss me through pretty women is probably my favorite section of the show 😵‍💫

my last takes are: johanna and the beadle in this production are unbelievably good. johanna leaned so into the bird motifs, as well as the idea that she is done waiting around and ready to do violence, much like her father. and the beadle is delightfully amoral and hates his job and delights in the power it affords him. i am so glad they didn't cut parlor songs and let him really eat it up

and. the last shot of sweeney and mrs. lovett is so so so good and i hope they do a professional filmed production of this so people can experience that alone. josh groban's in this it'll sell like hot cakes PLEASE just do it

my first experience with sweeney todd was a local production i saw this june, in a deeply intimate 300-seat theater. i was sitting so close i could've set my drink on the stage. the sweeney was elegant and suave and tortured; mrs lovett was so casually and affably mean. i will think about them forever! and it's very interesting to compare it to the big fuck-off money production considering they both got roasted for having a more emotional sweeney!! here's the theater's 40 second promo for it!!!

youtube

nothing will ever replace the original soundtrack in my heart. but i'm gonna be unwell about this revival for a bit

anyway that's all i got!! thanks for reading if you read this. attend the tale and all that (obligatory tag for @r-osehips thank you for the interest ❤️)

#ITS THE SUMMER OF SWEENEY SND IM SO FUCKED UP #send help :)#bolt watches things #sweeney todd

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honeydewtreacle · 5 months

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Okay, I just went over the iceberg and I have found or heard of a large majority of the stuff on there. My main question is how did you discover all of this stuff he's been in?

My other question are as follows

What is "why don't we say..."?

Do you have any information on Everything is Fine? I wasn't able to find much at all besides a basic premise.

What is Love NY?

Did you find a video of him singing the national anthem? I read about it and an article from the SoR days, but I didn't find footage.

I know about everything on the third tire except "Megan"? UNLESS IT'S THAT MEGAN!!? In that case, we good 👍😳👀

Is On Your Marc the show he and Drew created that is going to show (I believe) off Broadway starting early next year ? The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers?

Wasn't able to find much on Slow Children either, so if you have any, that'd be awesome!

What is "I could use a drink" BTS? I know about Drew's show, but the BTS I'm not sure about.

BROdway? I searched it up and could find nothing.

Last I guess is how on earth did you find that Collage staging of Hair he did? That's a deep cut!

One thing to suggest be put on there if you want to add anything is Twilight in Manchego. I just found it today. Idk if you've already discovered it, but in case you haven't it's something he did in 2008 I believe. If you Google it, it should pop up. There are a few videos on YouTube and there's a Facebook page.

So happy to answer!! I found most of this just by watching interviews, he's mentioned a lot of the stuff he's done offhandedly, not all of it of course. Others I found just by googling around, theres this site that has extended credits which is helpful. But really a lot of this isn't too difficult to find, I have "I must know everything about this topic" hyperfixations if that gives any more context.

And I'll say right off the bat that I found out about Twilight in Manchego like a few days after I made the ice berg, so I'd definitely put it on there now. Another thing I'd probably add now would be the reading he did for Book of Mormon.

Okay, now onto that list!

- I meant "How come no one says.." the song by Brett Ryback, that's my bad, I consistently get the song name wrong for some reason. I added it to the list because Alex has sung it four times (thats been recorded [1, 2, 3, 4] CW for wildly ableist language) and I'm like 99.9999% sure its the song he references in this interview and I found that a bit amusing.

- For both Everything is Fine and Slow Children, I only know what Alex has said in interviews. I don't have specific links, nor the time to rewatch a bunch of stuff right now, but I believe he talks about both of them briefly in this podcast with Drew if I'm remembering correctly. (I'm super sorry if I'm wrong!!)

- Love, NY was a show he did a reading for at the New World Stages, here's a playlist of the some the performance. He plays a character named Benjamin (Benji).

- No!! I never found a national anthem video, drives me up a damn wall honestly, you'd think something like that would be documented but I've had zero luck finding anything.

- I definitely mean that Megan yes. I thought it'd be funny.

- Kinda! On Your Marc is the documentary they did about the show. It was screened at a few conventions from what I know. It's listed on Alex's imdb.

- There's this fun article about the recording of the album, including a video which is broken in the article (had to check their Flickr to find it) so here's that.

- It's just a YouTube video! But it's a bit hard to search because of the pun, so here's that.

- I found it because F mentioned it in this show, I thought it was hilarious and I immediately had to find it.

Thank you for asking!! I will answer the other one soon, but I'm out right now. ^v^

#brightyberg #alex brightman #brighty

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ashes-writing · 1 year

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stranger things ● summer of 86 pt 3 ● e.munson

warnings

blatant disregard for season 1 through 4 canon. Forget what you think you know because it doesn't exist here. mentions of bullying / confrontations and small town gossip. mentions of alcohol/smoking and other vices. eventual filth. eventual overload of PDA, holy shit. barb and robin are gay and we're all here for it, alright? + the internalized angst and fears that go along with being gay in the 80's. small town and their crappy mindsets and the way everyone talks and judges everyone. gifted kid burnout / hints of reader having had recent struggles with her own future.

reader/you are female. you/reader are also the oldest Byers, putting you at 21. you/reader are also very confident in yourself despite a past track record of clearly not being that. you/reader have female parts / a certain personality and appearance aesthetic you enjoy now. listen, i left this as vague as possible but know this is me being a self indulgent little shit, so... if less than vague readers aren't your thing, friend..

word count

2640 exactly. If you need context for this, you can find ( part 3 ) here.

(( I am.. fully in the grips of all my bullshit. ))

summary

it's the summer of 86. eddie's just trying to figure his way through his 'adult' life and all the freedom that goes along with. you're back in hawkins for the first time since at least 84, on the heels of a bad breakup and your spur of the moment to drop out of college in your second year. they say people meet each other when they're most needed, right?

taglist + shoutouts

-- taglist is ( here ) if you want to be added, please click or let me know to add you. if you signed on to this for gareth/steve other character content and you don't wanna be tagged in Eddie things, also let me know.

@eddiemunsonspantschain i had to tag you in this. i had to, okay? it's our guy. Feel free to ignore, babes!

@tbmunson babe.. bestie.. babessss.. this is all you because you didn't talk me out of starting this one. I hope you know you're my inspiration and i looove youuuu.

@allelitesmut your tags mean the world to me omfg. you have no idea how good you make me feel. i'm glad you like my writing and I hope you like this too.

@caravelofthesun

@chaoticcancer

@dylanwritesgood

@just-a-blue-nerd

@slyisbehindyou

other links

masterlist ● eddie's masterlist ● about + rules

And I just want to make love to you

Feel your body heat

Eddie hears Gareth’s drums hit the concrete floor and brown eyes pop open. Glaring. Gareth’s snickering, doubled over and laughing so goddamn hard he’s totally red in the face. “The fuck is so funny, Emerson?”

“Why the hell are we playing this shit?”

Eddie’s mouth opens and closes and he scowls when words won’t come. Truth is, he heard you humming along to this song as you roamed the aisles in the gas station when he bumped into you earlier in town.

And he wants to impress you even though he knows him and you are a dream concept and it’ll never actually happen.But the overwhelming urge to impress you somehow is there and he’s being tortured fully by it, so.. He’s learning the song of a band he doesn’t particularly care about one way or another.

And he’s trying real hard not to make a music video in his head starring you and featuring the more suggestive lyrics in the song.

“Fuck off, Emerson.” he grumbles at last. “Can you keep it in time today? Maybe?”

Gareth laughs even harder and Gareth doesn’t think that’s possible because he was almost wheezing not even three seconds before. “This has nothing at all t’ do with the bartender..”

“Fuck you.” Eddie flips him off as he digs out a partially crushed soft pack of Camels and presses one between his lips to light. “Fuck you, man.” and he’s laughing because the whole thing in itself is hilarious to him. Because he’s making himself embrace and be okay with the fact that guys like him never get the girl.

Because why would it be any different this time?

“I gotta get going. Work, dudes. We’ll pick this up later, right?” Eddie asks his friends as he pockets his keys and begins to unplug his guitar and the amp he bought himself at the end of May. Gareth nods and Ethan gives him a thumbs up, grinning. Jeff speaks up casually.. “Later, man.. Maybe while you’re out and about, you could stop in that store your little bartender works in and actually talk to her instead of staring at her every time she bends down or over, dude? Just a thought.”

“I was not staring. I was appreciating a piece of art, Jeff.”

–

“Gonna go hide in the bathroom and cry now, Jane? Go ahead. Go cry. Loser.”

Jane’s fists clench at her sides. Max tenses up and she nudges Jane. “Say the word and I’ll punch her in the throat.”

Jane shakes her head. “If we ignore her, she’ll leave.”

“She hasn’t actually done that yet, Jane, c’mon. I need to punch her in the throat.” Max mumbles back.

Jane’s eyes dart around the crowded roller rink.

You’re standing over by the barricade with Robin, Nancy and Barb. The four of you are passing a soda around.

The last time Jane mentioned the situation with Angela, you made her swear she’d tell you the second something else happened. And you’re her sister now. She doesn’t want to break that promise. She also doesn’t want to look weak and pathetic or become known as the tattletale because according to her friends and her brother Will, that’s not a good thing.

Max follows Jane’s gaze and spots you. She grabs Jane’s hand and she’s practically dragging her across the wood floor as one of the people working the skate counter calls out to the two to get their street shoes off the skate floor. Max raises her middle finger and yelps out over Van Halen, “Calm your tits, idiot. We’ll put the damn skates on soon.”

You’ve just taken a sip of the extra large cherry Coke you’re sharing with Barb, Robin and Nancy as your eyes dart around the skate floor.

You spot Carol Perkins and Tommy Hagan sitting at a table on the outside of the barricade and you laugh. “They look so miserable.” you shake your head as you say it and Nancy takes the drink from you, raising the straw to her own lips. “They are. They fight non-stop. Or that’s what Steve was telling me, Jonathan, Barb and Robin the last time we did movie night. They’re not sleeping at all because a toddler and a five month old are apparently not a fun combination to have. Tommy didn’t get some promotion at that new car dealership so they were fighting about that too.. It’s awful, I feel bad for them..”

You cringe. Shrug mildly. “I mean, to be fair, they’re both selfish and childish, how’d they think having kids together was going to work… I said what I said. They weren’t adult enough to play house. I feel bad for those poor kids because their whole little story reminds me of a case I got to sit in on before I dropped pre law… It sucks when the kids suffer their parents obvious stupidity. It really sucks..” and you take the drink back from Nancy, taking another sip. You spot Carol and Tommy looking your way and when it gets to a point where it’s not only obvious but annoying, you give them a sarcastic little wave before turning your attention back to your friends.

“When is Steve gonna let me meet his future ex wife anyway?” you’re only half joking. Truth is, between what your brother and Nance have told you and what Barb and Robin have also told you, you’re kind of worried about the guy. He just doesn’t seem to be in the headspace to be moving in with this new girl he’s been seeing and she’s just.. Immature from what you’ve heard all your friends say.

“He says they’re not serious enough. I’m telling you, she’s a full on airhead.” Robin laughs. “It’s got disaster written all over it and I.. I mean we.” she gives Barb a soft little smile as she says it, “We keep telling him to just hang on, there is someone out there for everybody, even him.. But he’s determined, like.. He wants all these things and he wants them right away.”

“Oh yeah, that’s gonna go horrible for him.” you agree with Barb and Robin. Barb is the one who mentions your most recent relationship. “Why’d you break up with Daniel anyway? You were all about him before Christmas.”

You shrug. Blow at your bangs as they fall into your eyes and sigh. “He’s a douchebag. And get this.. Would you believe he expected me to like.. Give up anything I wanted to do just because we were going to get married? Like… I’m sorry, what? I’m the one out of both of us who even came close to getting that stupid internship before I quit. If anybody’s gonna be the trophy here, man, it ain’t me.”

Barb, Robin and Nancy all share a laugh. “That’s not all though, is it?” Nancy’s staring at you intently. Concerned. Because she’s overheard some of the messages that Daniel’s left on your mom’s machine begging you to at least think about coming back. He claims to love you, he claims that he’ll do whatever it takes to fix things. And you were always such a hopeless romantic, you were always the kind of girl who would try and try and try to make things work until you just couldn’t make it work a minute longer.

“Nope.”

“There’s more?” Barb’s cringing. Robin’s gaping a little. “He didn’t like.. Hit you or anything? Right?”

You laugh and shake your head. “If he’d been brave enough to try he would not have liked the way it ended for him, I promise you that. Nope, if he’d laid a hand on me this would’ve been over way before I finally ended things.” you go quiet. “I caught him throwing away my pills, man. And I found out he was screwing the secretary at his father’s firm? In our apartment?” you cringe a little. “I burned the sheets, took everything that I actually gave a shit about and left him in the middle of the night while he was out of town with his family. He’s called my moms house a million times since he got home on Monday.”

“He did what now?” Nancy nearly chokes on the sip she’s just taken and she’s looking at you with stunned eyes. “He threw away your pills?”

“Yeah. And he kept hinting at rushing the wedding. Having kids. Like… I want those things, I really do. You guys know this..” you rub your forehead. “This just felt all wrong, man. From the word go, I shouldn’t have gotten in that deep with him.”

“That’s crazy.”

“It’s entrapment, that’s what it is.” Nancy’s passing the soda to Barb and you feel a tap to your shoulder. You turn to find yourself face to face with your younger step sister Jane and her best friend Max Mayfield.

Jane is shaking her head, Max is trying to coax Jane into talking.

“What’s wrong, J? C’mon, talk to me.”

“Angela.”

Your eyes flit around the crowded skate floor and settle on the bottle blonde baby sister to Carol Perkins. The one that’s been making your sweet little stepsister cry and hide in the bathroom at lunch some days since at least Christmas.

Because she has a crush on Mike and Mike rejected her.

“Oh. Right.” you remember what you made her promise. And you rub your forehead. Your eyes darting around again just in time to see Carol huddled with her little sister and all her little sister’s snotty little friends and they’re all staring right over at the way you and your little group are gathered on your end of the open rink.

Carol’s visibly shocked when she realizes who you actually are. And when you hear Angela and her stupid little friends laughing it slams you all the way back to middle school.

Nancy sees your jaw tighten. “Hey, whoa.”

“This is not a good idea, __.”

“Sit down. Calm down.”

“Guys, this is not happening to her too, alright? It’s just not. It ends now.” you’re determined as you slip an arm around your stepsister and her best friend Max and the three of you make your way over to the other group of girls.

“Shit.”

“We better get over there, Nance. Remember second, sixth and ninth grade when she got it in her head that she was going to make Carol stop bullying us?”

You clear your throat and Carol looks up from lacing the skate shoes of a little girl with gapped front teeth and a heavily freckled face. Practically Tommy Hagan’s mini.

“Oh hey, ___.”

“We have a serious problem, Carol.” you’re calm when you say it. She’s got a brow raised. “Oh? You think so?”

“I know so. Stop playing dumb. You know what your sister’s doing to mine. You’re probably encouraging it for all I know.” you step closer to Carol as she stands to full height. But the heels on your boots and your teased hair make you just a little taller. You smirk down at her. “Your sister is going to apologize to mine and she’s going to do it right now, Carol.”

“And if she doesn’t?” Carol laughs. Shakes her head at your obvious audacity. You clench your fist. You smirk and it’s calm and cold. You’re not showing an ounce of the fear you did every single other time you tried to stand up to her for yourself in the past this time and Carol doesn’t know what to do with that.

“Oh she’s going to. One way or another.”

“Wait a second.” Carol laughs. “Is this you threatening me?”

You step even closer. Laugh and shake your head. “Oh it’s not a threat. It’s a promise.”

Angela skates up.

“Apologize to Jane.” Carol tells her sister and it’s so dismissive that instantly, it rubs you all sorts of wrong.

“Sincerely, Angela. If you pull one of those fake ones, I’ll know.. And maybe I’ll help my sister and her friends find clever little ways to make your tenth grade life a living hell.” your hand settles on your hip as you glare at the blonde.

“She won’t do anything, Angela. Just apologize. Because unlike ___ and her sister Jane, we were raised with class.”

As soon as Barb and Nancy hear that and see you going for the huge leopard print hoop in your ear, Nancy steps up. So does Barb and so does Robin. All four of you have your arms folded. Carol gulps as her eyes flit from one of you to the other. “You wanna say anything else, Carol?”

“Everybody knows it, __. You’re trash. Going away to college didn’t change it magically.”

“Really? That’s all you got?” you tsk at her and shake your head laughing. “She’s really losing her touch, I guess.” you say it and share a laugh with your best friends. The laughter dies and you tap your wrist. “Times ticking, kid.. Apologize now. Sincerely.”

“I’m sorry, Jane.”

“It’s..” Jane goes to tell her that it’s okay, a reflex you also used to have, but you elbow her gently and shake your head. “Do not tell her it’s okay. It’s not okay. She doesn’t get to treat you like crap.”

Jane nods. Max smirks at you and nods in agreement and she stands taller. “And the next time she even looks at either of you, you have my permission to give her whatever you think she deserves.”

“But Hopper..” Jane starts to point out that Hopper’s always told her not to fight.

“But Hopper will be fine with it. I’ll take the blame, alright?” you reassure her. Jane nods and takes a shaky breath.

“Apologize again, Angela.” you turn your gaze back to the blonde teen. “Now. With a little more conviction this time because I’m not sure you meant it.”

“I said I was sorry!”

“And you’re going to say it again.. I mean unless you just want me to make sure Chief Hopper knows what a bullying little brat you really are.” you threaten. Carol’s jaw clenches and she glares at you. “Is this really necessary?”

“It’s more than necessary, Carol.” Nancy asserts, giving her a calm smirk. “I mean.. Unless you want every single thing I know about your personal life to magically make the gossip pages in my newspaper?”

Barb and Robin grin and both high five Nancy.

You laugh. “What’s she know, Carol?” and when Carol tenses again, you shrug. “It’s just a question.”

“That’s none of your business. Or hers. If Tommy doesn’t stop telling Steve everything!” Carol’s loud when she says it and several parents watching their kids skate are all looking at her. The four of you burst into laughter.

“C’mon girls. We’ve tortured her enough tonight. It’s actually gotten boring. Let’s go, Max. C’mon Jane.” you call out as you start to walk away with your friends, “There’s a really killer sale on swimsuits down at JCPenney. And I think we could all use a little stop at the makeup counter, maybe?”

“Your stepsister is awesome.” Max laughs and Jane smiles, nodding in agreement as the two of them shove through a crowd to catch up to you and your friends.

And as you walk past the record store, Eddie Munson chuckles to himself and shakes his head. “Give ‘em hell, sweetheart.” he mumbles, having heard the entire confrontation.

Watching you defend your little sister and her best friend has done nothing but made his crush on you get even worse somehow.

But he doesn’t really mind.

Maybe you’re not like everyone else in Hawkins. And friends are always good to have, even if he knows in his heart of hearts that he wants so much more than that.

#eddie munson #eddie munson fanfiction #eddie munson fanfic #eddie munson imagine #eddie munson imagines #eddie munson fanfictions #<- my writing ● eddie munson #<-warnings | idiots in love heavy flirting and PDA eventual filth ● mentions of bullying ● alcohol smoking other things ● see above #<- warning | female reader ● Byers!sibling female parts specific hair/clothing/personality + petnames and nicknames.#fandom ( stranger things ) ● season ( post 4 total au ) ● character ( eddie munson )#-- i had to do this one when the idea came. had to omg.

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hi, for ask game~ 1, 3, 4, 11, 16 for Muu and 2, 5, 7, 8 for Fuuta, please 💖

HI ANON!!!!! Thank you so much for the question! This gets hilariously long so under the read more it goes.

Content Warnings: Discussions of suicide

Muu Kusunoki

1. favorite song lyrics?

I think it'd probably be these lines from After Pain.

"If you're going to make me the villain / It's okay to ignore me / If it's endurance, I'm used to it / It's just having another taste of it."

With the added context of It's Not My Fault, and with After Pain being very solidly about events after It's Not My Fault, I suppose you can say this is a part of Muu's difficulties with ascribing fault to herself- actually, since you asked me about both of them, I find it so intriguing T2 seems to exemplify a sort of contrast of fault and guilt that 0304 as a duo has. Muu doesn't feel guilty nor at fault, Rei deserved it because of what she did to her, while Futa does feel guilty and admits fault(or at least seems to), and, in a way, you can make their motives similar: they did what they believed was right. Sorry, tangent over, continuing on.

I just personally love this line because of how it's sung and how it somewhat subverts us expecting to her to hit a higher note(it's been forever since I've actually done any music theory, so I don't know the terms).

To include a line from It's Not My Fault, I really like this one! (Using the translation from Fandom as much as I... dislike using it since I couldn't find who made the translation originally and as we know It's Not My Fault's official translation is... rough).

"Don’t ever hate me, and don’t look for what lies “after and from” the pain. / Wait, wait, it’s not my fault! / You get it, right? It’s you, after all. / What a relief. Can’t be helped. Since I’m always meant to be pitied-"

I adored her referencing After Pain here, and telling us not to look into it- literally telling the audience 'don't look into me <3 you said you don't hate me! so you don't have to look into me!' I specifically always like 'I'm always meant to be pitied.' This line really says a lot about Muu, and especially of how she acted in T1- though that was also partially and probably mostly from fear.

I need to mention, though, Muu's not a manipulator. Even if she tries to, her personality will get in the way of it. The thing with her is that she sees relationships as purely transactional and that the right thing to do is just to let people get their way. It's not that she doesn't care about Haruka, it's that to her, his threat was what he wanted to do, so why should she get in the way?

She wants us to pity her because we, the audience, made pity mean forgiveness- so if we fit that into her framework of relationships, wouldn't that mean that the transaction is her making us feel bad for her in exchange for being voten forgiven? I hope that's something that will come up in T3.

3. favorite non-mv official illustration?

I can just say the cake art, but I actually really like the third anniversary art- which is my profile picture.

But I adore it. It's a very unsettling piece, what this the spotlight lighting and all, and her expression is so wonderfully creepy. I love this art set a lot, it's great.

4. favorite minigram episode/moment?

Episode 22! Specifically the third panel on this page: (x)

It's such a funny little minigram and I adore this single frame of Muu holding Jackalope so much. I like to imagine that she had wanted to hold him since he popped up in the interrogation room during her first voice drama. And I can agree, rabbits are really nice to hold on your lap as long as you aren't stressing them out too much.

Fun fact, actually- the minigrams associating Muu with plaid(31 and 38) is actually the reason why I have the my blog background as the squares. They made me associate her with those square patterns.

11. what are your favorite points about their story and the narrative surrounding them?

Definitely how both her and Rei caused the downfall of the other, in a way. Both repaid aggression with aggression, with one case leading to months of intense bullying and the other leading to a murder. I'm not saying that these are equal, but that doesn't make either good things to do. Muu and Rei both turned that hourglass on the other.

I don't know, it gets to me how much they seem to have torn into each other and the length of time they did. Rei wasn't some completely innocent girl, and neither was Muu- They're both messy with ugly emotions and ugly truths and ugly actions. In the end, both were hurt and more than likely both dead because of the abuse they suffered at the hands of both each other and their peers.

16. how do you think they actually sing in regular life?

I haven't seen what she says on the karaoke cards so if I'm wrong I'm wrong- but I think Muu is an alright singer at best. Her range is.... abysmal to put it nicely and her voice can be rather squeaky at times. If she is able to stay in her range though, she has a rather pleasant singing voice. I imagine she used to sing more and used to have a better voice, but once she began to get bullied she slowly just stopped.

Fuuta Kajiyama

2. favorite mv moment/frame?

Something really gets me about this moment in Backdraft. Something about watching yourself repeat your mistakes, and remembering how gleeful you were doing it- you really just become sick from the joy you derived from awful things. At least that's my interpretation of it.

...As a weird aside, I ended up spending like, half an hour trying to see if there was a word in psychology for what I meant. I'm still figuring out a new search engine over google(playing with a bunch of different ones) so my results are definitely different feeling. But it did remind me of flashbulb memories, so I guess it wasn't for nothing.

I also should mention I love the fact that Bring It On is 4:04 minutes long. As you probably know, that's an error code!

"The server cannot find the requested resource. In the browser, this means the URL is not recognized. In an API, this can also mean that the endpoint is valid but the resource itself does not exist." (x)

5. favorite voice drama line/moment?

Braze You! at the start is just 4 minutes of Es tearing into Fuuta and it's beautiful. I think it's just nice to see Es having a good time, even if that's from harassing Fuuta.

But that's not my favorite moment- Braze You! is definitely very fun to watch, but Baptism of Fire is absolutely one of the best VDs we've gotten so far- with Fuuta calling Es out on the hypocrisy of our previous votes- why WAS Kotoko innocent and him not? While personally, I'd argue that it was dependent on how both were framed in their videos, Fuuta doesn't know about those. And anyways, he's right. We ARE doing this all for fun. Even if he got entertainment out of cancelling people, we're still not that much better than him- in his perspective at least. At the end of this day, Milgram is a work of fiction. There's a degree of separation from the events we can give ourselves, even if the characters attack the fourth wall with all their might.

7. favorite relationships with another character if they weren't in milgram, the way you'd imagine or would like them to be?

Oh this is a difficult one for me... I'll go with Fuuta and and Yuno. She likes messing with people a lot and I think it'd be funny. I adore when characters mess with other characters in a playful way. Yeah this is short, but Fuuta doesn't exactly give me a lot of lee-way with how he talks about everyone.

8. what is your theory for their crime? if there is general consensus on it in the fandom, do you have any other, not-so-widely-accepted thoughts on it?

I generally do believe in the consensus that Fuuta was part of some sort of online 'purist' group- named 'the dark triad,' very ironic name you guys- and seemed to start a campaign on Killcheroy that led to her death- with him doxxing her at some point due to how close she lived to him. I'm not entirely sure on the importance of Rumerie as of now, but I can say for certain that he is important- I mean, the graffiti in Backdraft is literally both Fuuta and Rumerie's online names intertwined- but he's important in some aspect that I just haven't figured out yet.

...While I don't have much evidence for it, I think my major divergence from common consensus is that Killcheroy did not commit suicide. If there's anything that's been obvious symbolism in this series, it's that it uses the practice of taking off your shoes before committing suicide to convey the action- please note that with Mahiru's boyfriend, Hinako, and Muu(Haruka does not participate in this, but he does have his atrocities against shoes). But notably, in Undercover:

Killcheroy Es has both their shoes on.

Undercover is a music video that definitely needs more examination(There originally was a Mikoto derailment here, but that's a different post), and this is one of those things- because Undercover doesn't lie- it might dramatize, such as showing Mahiru strangling Es while they stand in for her boyfriend, but that's in a way, right- Mahiru is here for the fact she directly led to her boyfriend's suicide. While you could argue and say that Fuuta has no idea what happened- and as such doesn't know if she committed suicide or not, as he says in Baptism of Fire:

I believe this is jumping to conclusions. We have to remember: Undercover is not Fuuta's song. It isn't even Es' song, they're just the conduit. This is the song of Milgram itself, I believe. And Milgram definitely is not restrained by real world law and theory. So far, all the bodies of Es as the victims roughly match to what happened- even Mikoto's, who is just plain unable to access the memory. So why would Fuuta's be different?

That argument aside, while I currently don't have a lot of basis for it as I'm still figuring out a lot of the details in Fuuta's case, I believe Killcheroy died from health complications exacerbated from stress- presumably a heart condition, as a lot of the blood in the Undercover art looks like it came from approximately the chest area. My evidence right now is that I made it the fuck up, sorry, but it's the main one I can think of since I really don't think she committed suicide.

#milgram #muu kusunoki #fuuta kajiyama #GET MAIN TAGGED ANON #💛#🌻#🍯#🔥#🐝#🌷#sorry this took like so many hours and it's so messy #but yeah i really think there's more to killcheroy's cause of death thanks to that shot in undercover.

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For the ask thing: 8, 13 (I know you do but I wanna know), 104.

Right, let me see

8. What is the best compliment you have ever received?

I'm already failing at this x'D

Gah, I am so bad at remembering things :'D - I think it might be the one compliment that made me want to actually pursue a singing "carreer" (or more like ... actually sing in public x'D):

For context I come from a family where neither my mom, dad or grandparents are big singers and so I also thought I was bad at singing growing up especially after my sister filmed me singing along to music with headphones on and it sounded horrendous because I couldn't hear myself :'3 Then at high school at around 16 years old I'd lent a cd to a friend where we bonded over liking this one song but for some reason in the moment my friend couldn't recall the name of the song so I sang a bit of it to figure out if we were thinking of the same song. Then from behind a third party friend popped in and said:

"Shut up, you said you couldn't sing that was a lie!!"

And here we are today - me going to musical summer camp in three days using one week on singing rock and pop cover songs and the week after that recording my own music ... oh and I plan on going to karaoke tomorrow x'D

13. Do you have any tattoos? If yes what do they mean?

You have chosen all the ones I am good at babbling about x'D

I do have a tattoo, just one tho on my forearm/shoulder. It is Flapjack (a cardinal bird from the cartoon series the Owl House) holding a handbrush in his beak :3 It symbolises a few things - the upper most layer is that the cardinal is somewhere seen as a newly deceased soul visiting their loved ones so having Flapjack on my arm symbolises my grandmother that passed away last year and that her soul is still with me (the brush is a silly little extra story I can talk about another time if anybody wants to hear it x'D). Yet on a deeper level the bird being Flapjack specifically is due to the fact that just after having cried my eyes out to the first episode of season 3 of the owl house titled For the Future (everybody in the fandom knows what I am referring to with this episode and the character of Flapjack) I got the call that my grandmother was at the hospital. The day after having just rewatched the episode I got the call that she was dead. So because of this Flapjack and my grandmother sort of mixed together in my mind giving my grandmother a spirit animal to take with her up to Heaven.

Now I also find it hilarious given that in april when the finale hit everybody (in the show and out of it) wanted Flapjack tattoos so for once I felt ahead of the curve x'D

Btw this is the tattoo :3

104. If money were no object, where would you like to go on vacation?

My Lord of the Rings heart is longing to visit New Zealand :'D that or Finland because of a certain brainrot x'D

Thank you for the lovely questions 🥺💚

#long post ahead #because oh wow I can talk forever it seems #replies

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GALA 10

Here is Gala 9 !!!

This gala was so good!!!! Not only the musical numbers were great (not a bad one was performed imo) but also this was the gala where the first three finalists were selected and although the points the judges assigned each contestant were very... polemic, the final three finalists were greatly chosen and !!!!!

Let's go with the honourable mentions first as always <3

You Oughta Know - Chiara: Chiara was one of my finalists so I'm sad she was expelled this gala, but she went with a bang! I loved seeing rocker Kiki, she was great, and I'm proud of what she's done and what it's to come with her :)

I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing - Lucas: The two nominees were excellent this gala, like extremely good. Imo Lucas was perfect here, like no notes, 10/10. I'm so proud of him and his evolution, remember he was the first nominated and look at him now!

El Mundo - Ruslana: This song is hypnotic, and Ruslana made it captivating and addicting, it's the song I've streamed the most of this gala, and in terms of acting she was also perfect as always. It was also very chilling how after the performance she talked about how she chose this song partly cause it talks about suffering in the world, specifically noting how she wishes wars to end. She's Ukranian, so it was especially moving coming from her.

And now let's go onto the top 3!!!!

3. DESPECHÁ - NAIARA

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Here is the original song, by our lord and saviour miss Rosalía <3

I am so in love with every aspect of this performance it's literally perfect. I imagine the team approaching Naiara for this song and asking her 'how much choni do you want it?' and her answering 'yes' cause this is PEAK choni, and I mean it in the best way possible. Absolutely incredible. ALSO. I have to mention the incident in the first mic pass cause it was so very iconic. So basically, when she started her dance break during the makina part, suddenly the cameras showed us the door of the academy and other parts with no people in them with no context??? and after a while they returned to the mic pass and it was revealed that one of naiara's boobs had decided to free herself from her top and yeah. in front of the teachers and the other contestants. she was so embarrassed poor thing. but also it's incredibly funny that it happened with despechá cause yes it means something similar to 'heartbroken' but it can also literally be translated to 'without a breast' which is SO HILARIOUS. Mother Naiara Moreno, first finalist of OT 2023 and likely winner 💋.

2. PAENAMORAR - PAUL THIN

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Here is the original song, by Paula Cendejas !!!!!

LADIES GENTLEMAN AND NON BINARY FOLKS, I PRESENT YOU THIRD FINALIST OF OT 2023 PAUL THIN. I AM SO HAPPY GUYS. I came to this gala fully preparing myself to vote him a finalist this next week so when the teachers made him a finalist over Bea or Ruslana I gasped so much IT'S ONLY WHAT HE DESERVES. Also THAT PERFORMANCE. THE VISUALS. THE VOICE. THE RANGE. THE LYRICS. EVERYTHING. Congratulations Pablo Delgado you are perfect. I will not comment on him choosing a song about not being able to fully fall in love with someone but wanting to the week after a particular contestant left the academy. I also won't comment about him singing Exile by Taylor Swift at least once a day on the piano this week as well as Champagne Problems and Memories by Conan Gray, all about missing someone and feeling you were too late to be with someone. Very interesting that he chose Fiebre for this week, a song that has the lyric 'I didn't want to settle, but I would marry you'. Interesting choice that doesn't have any hidden intentions !!! None at all !!!

1. SE ACABÓ - BEA

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Here is the original song, by María Jiménez :)

I will just quote Manu Guix for this one: 'Just as people still remember and associate OT 2018 with La Llorona by Alba Reche, I feel this edition will be remembered as the one with Se Acabó by Bea'. It really felt like that. She made quite possibly the best performance of the edition, and i'm SO HAPPY she's finally getting the praise she deserves, she's been so mentally drained this edition I'm so proud of her now. She was third in the judge's ranking and even then she confessed earlier this week that she felt she was overrated like I will fight whoever says she doesn't deserve to be a finalist EVERYONE GO VOTE BEA FINALIST NOW IT'S FREE OF CHARGE. Also the song!!!! For those who don't know, Se Acabó is a very important song in Spanish music because it was the first (or one of the first) song that talked about domestic violence. reminder that this came out while a fascists catholic dictatorship was going on with very rigid gender roles. And María Jiménez was a folclórica, a famous flamenco singer and personality who popularized this song as an anthem for women all around the country who are fed up of consenting abuse by their husbands. María Jiménez passed away at the end of 2023, so this was also the perfect homage to her. May her memory live on forever.

And that was it! As you can see, it was a very intense gala. We now have the three first finalists of OT 2023 (Naiara, Juanjo, and Paul), and next gala is the semi final already (i have no idea what i'll do with my life once OT ends help). As you imagine I'll be saving Bea, as I feel she's the most deserving of being a finalist. I'm also really excited to see Paul performing Fiebre, I am obsessed with this song and it's very different at least acting wise to what Paul has done in the program so I will be seated.

#vivitalksot #ot #operacion triunfo #ot 2023 #sorry for the long post lol. as you can see this past week has been very intense #you can tell we're almost at the end now #anyways. bea finalist and paul i see you i observe you okay

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I think HAVE A NICE DAY is moreso a comment on the Japanese Otaku/Weeb culture than a cheery corporate dystopia. The core issue is similar, keeping up that ever happy-go-lucky exterior without acknowledging how unfulfilling that life is. That's why the backdrop of the music video is Akihabara, the pinnacle of the pastel faux happiness in otaku.

The suit & tie combo and the robotic dancing is I think more of the group's brand and the lead is an ex-wrestler turned independent politician. You should read up on him, he seems like a decent fella (Genki Sudo)

IDK dude. I've heard a ton of songs from weeb-shit friends I've had over the years who say this random japanese song they showed me is about "Otaku Culture is Toxic and Bad" and this doesn't look or sound like any of them.

This is written in a corporate style. I mean that literally. This music could play in a commercial. I know that because there's no tension in the chord progression and it uses that same over-polished instrumentation that corporate music is known for. I would recognize that style anywhere, instantly, because it elicits an immediate reaction of disgust from me. It shuts my brain off immediately because I expect to be advertised to as soon as I hear it. It is the theme of propaganda, and the death of the soul. So, feeling all of those things and then watching a music video for the source of that disgust that seems to be ridiculing the progenitor of the style is...

I don't even know how to describe it. It's a brilliant subversion of my expectations. It's so antithetical to human emotion but it knows what it is and it hates itself, and I'd never know it if I hadn't absorbed the whole artwork. I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN IF I HADN'T CONSUMED THE WHOLE PRODUCT! That's topical and high-concept!

So yeah, I find the more international, anticapitalist interpretation to be more compelling than a hyper-localized, anti-"Otaku Culture" interpretation. </gen> Especially given how reactionary and shitty Japanese politics is, last I heard. I'm no political scientist or world historian or anything, and America is pretty bad too, absolutely. But, uh...Japan is...pretty yikes. Has been for a while. Like a long, long while. Particularly when it comes to issues that corporations benefit from. They have a really bad work culture in Japan and that could absolutely contribute to someone writing a song about how fucking awful our lives are under capitalism. They just did it in a really artsy way that could, hilariously, end up in a commercial with no tonal dissonance. And even that is part of the point to me: you can't resist capitalism because capitalism commodifies resistance.

And saying that sentence in this context opens up a whole new can of worms about what they might be trying to say about the fall of anticapitalist art, as it's slowly absorbed into the misery-machine of the market and...I'm not gonna get into that right now.

It could always be both, I suppose. Art is expansive, interpretations are very rarely "wrong". But I don't think that the writing style contributes very well to your interpretation.

Anyway, it was a good song and all, but I'm never gonna listen to it again because I fucking despise that style.

#politics #anti-capitalism #music #art

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Glee Musical Retrospective: You're Having My Baby (Ballad)

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Sung by: Finn Hudson Original Artist(s): Paul Anka feat. Odia Coates

Well... this is a thing they did on the show. I think Season 1 is going to win for the biggest number of terrible songs done in the name of comedy. Weirdly, maybe, I have a lot to say about this one.

Story Analysis

The first point I want to make -- or maybe, question I want to ask -- did Kurt pick this song out? or did Finn? I really doubt that Finn has an expansive knowledge of music, especially 70s music, so I'm throwing it out there that when Kurt agreed to help Finn out -- this was what he picked. And can I say -- how devilish of him? This whole episode he's scheming to get Finn for himself through this ballad project. And later, he apologizes for his idea not working. So, I'm in camp - this was Kurt's idea.

And, just, wow -- he had to have known that this song would have repercussions. Maybe he didn't know of Quinn's homelife. Maybe he thought the whole thing was a funny joke. Maybe it was intentionally malicious and he thought Quinn would dump him for it. Maybe he was trying to be sincere with his sentimentality. I mean -- you could go in any direction, really, and be plausible. But it's a fascinating layer to add onto this performance.

So, okay, there's just a lot of threads to go down, and I'm not sure where to start.

I suppose - I should mention that this song was chosen because it was bad. This whole scene is played up comedically -- in that uncomfortable, embarrassing way comedy is done in, say, The Office. The song is blatantly about a man singing to his pregnant significant other that the baby they're having will bring them closer together as a couple, and is deepening his love for her. The thing though... not only is it a really terrible song (I mean, music is subjective, but apparently - it did hit #1 on a terrible song list back in 2006.) the context in which Finn is singing is so terribly inappropriate. I do think the whole scene is hilarious based on the awkwardness of the presentation.

However... this was such a bad choice for Finn to sing. I mean, the thing that sticks out to me -- beyond the somewhat sexist nature of the song (which has been disputed by Paul Anka but there's a deeply uncomfortable line in the full version implying that the woman didn't get an abortion to please the man/narrator) -- Finn had to have known what Quinn's parents were like. She had asked him not to mention anything to her parents multiple times, and he goes and reveals her pregnancy to them without her permission. And I know Quinn is often supposed to be the villain a lot of the times - but I can't support Finn's choice to do this in any context. Not only is he taking her choice in the matter away from her - the end result is that her parents kick her out. So, whenever I watch this song, I can't get past egregious breech of trust.

Not surprisingly - Quinn goes from being super annoyed at the whole thing to finding it romantic. Because Glee has a tendency to try to romanticize gestures that probably shouldn't be romanticized. I do think it's in character for Quinn to be endeared by this. She's always been fond of Finn's lovable idiot ways. And she's a girl who has some severe self worth issues (undoubtedly brought about by her parents) - so the song going on about how beautiful she looks while pregnant, would be weirdly sweet. But I'm pushing back on the show thinking that underneath the awkwardness is a sweet, romantic gesture. Because it's not.

Another interesting layer is watching when the parents realize what's going on. I'm shocked Quinn's mom doesn't pick up on it right away - however, I think they were intentionally waiting for these lines:

I can see it, your face is glowing I can see it in your eyes

The camera pushes in on Judy's face because she knows. She can see it, even if she hasn't said anything. It's not a look of realization but a look of confirmation of something she had already suspected. It's a clever bit of editing in that moment.

Quinn's dad takes a little longer to get there. He doesn't know what to think at first - other than the gesture is frivolous and ridiculous, but then around these lines he catches on:

That you're havin' my baby You're the woman I love And I love what it's doin' to ya

And this is where the scariness of Quinn's dad comes out. Because not only does he have these hypocritical, misogynistic views of women's roles -- he does not want to acknowledge that his daughter is a little girl, but a young woman. The other fairly uncomfortable component is, not only is he pissed at Finn, but he looks to Judy - as if she has something to do with all of it. I just can't with this dude. This song stops being funny here, and starts being a really bad drama.

There is one last comedic beat the show puts in, though, and it's at the end -- with Quinn's dad stopping the song just as Finn sings about his seed growing in her. It's a nice touch - and a good moment to stop this farce.

Technical Thoughts

Okay, so again in this episode, someone brings in a boombox/stereo to play the background music to show that Glee is set in reality. I find it hilarious, again, because where did Finn get an instrumental version of this song? I can't believe there's a karaoke mix of this out there (I mean, I'm sure there is, but still...). It'll be nice when Glee lets this element go, because I find them trying to cover their tracks a little hilarious.

I think Finn sounds alright on the song - it never goes too high, so he doesn't have to strain too much. But I'm already meh on his voice in the first place, the terribleness of this song doesn't help.

I will say - one element I do like in this scene is the acting. Everyone is spot on with the emotions. Cory and Dianna couldn't stop laughing during it (which is understandable) - and I think that brings out a sincere connection between Finn and Quinn. We don't often get to see why these characters would be in a relationship with each other, but I think there's some genuine chemistry between the actors here, and it showcases nicely why Finn and Quinn stick it out -- there is a general fondness between them.

The parents' acting is also superb. Even if I do find it silly that they don't catch on during the first line, they make the scene go from uncomfortable comedy to chilling drama.

vs. The Studio Version: As usual, it's the full version of the song. Interestingly, it's remixed a little - the instrumental portions of the song have been raised up, which helps cover some of the vocal inconsistencies. Still - I'm guessing this one didn't fly up the iTunes charts.

vs. The Original Version: Glee pretty much kept the same arrangement of the song. Interestingly - can you hear out at ease Paul Anka is at singing the song? It's supposed to be flowy and easy -- indicative of that 70s flower child vibe that the song is giving off. Finn, by contrast, is so harsh. Part of it is Cory's singing but also part of it is that Finn would be nervous and kind of blunder his way through the song.

I should also mention that, even with the issues within the lyrics, this is very much a 70s - love, peace, and hippies song. The fact that Finn is singing this to Quinn's rigid, conservative parents is another layer of comedy.

#the great glee rewatch #so's musical retrospective #glee music #wow did this get long #Youtube #wow there are a lot of songs in this episode

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Robot Chicken #56 “Boo Cocky” | September 7, 2008 - 11:30PM | S03E16

I just realized what the title means. That’s cute.

Man, do I hate this show. I swear to god, I don’t set out to hate this show; I will watch it with an open mind and hope that something in it will be of value and/or make me laugh. A few things get me here and there, but this episode? (spoken quickly, quoting a commercial I vaguely remember from my childhood) I-don’t-think-so.

First sketch of substance starts off with some recreations of scenes from the motion picture Revenge of the Nerds. The joke is that after a montage of mostly-faithful adaptations of key scenes of the nerds committing various crimes (notably the main nerd raping the cheerleader by posing as her boyfriend in a Darth Vader costume) it smash-cuts to them in a court room. They are sentenced to half-a-lifetime of hard time in a federal prison. They get brutalized in there. The show makes a joke that the gay nerd is happy to be in prison because he’s gay. Huh! What an interesting joke for me to talk about humorlessly for two paragraphs:

Hey I JUST JOKEEENG. I am instead going to say opinions about those movies, because I think I’ve seen all of them? I don’t remember the third one almost at all. The first one is the best, but it’s not that good. I have a soft spot for it because it was one of the first R-rated movies I was allowed to see, along with Animal House. At the time I preferred it over Animal House, which is insane to me now.

Michelle Meyrink is in Nerds, va-va-va-voom! The second one is boring and bad, and rated PG instead of R. Ogre becomes their friend in that one, which is usually the domain of animated series adaptations (such as: Murph in the Problem Child movie/cartoon). Parts 3 & 4 are television movies, I think? The fourth one has one or some of the nerds getting married as a pretense for them reuniting. I remember they showed it in 3D that didn’t really work at all. You had to get the glasses from your local Safeway or something like that?

I remember turning the fourth one off early because it was lame, and then the next day at school my friend chided me for missing the much-ballyhooed bachelor party scene, where female strippers came out with like calculators on their bras (as seen in the promos). I watched the movie when the box set came out on DVD, and it was hilarious how gay it was. Literally, I mean, I’m not doing a thing where I am using schoolboy language to take you back to my 1990s Northern California grade school experience of being small and insensitive. What I mean is: the gay nerd gets so excited by the music and sensuality that he jumps on the strippers' stage and steals focus, and his friends all cheer him on instead of getting horny for girls. Honestly, those are some good-ass friends and I’m glad he found them.

I’m not talking about the next sketch yet. First I’d like to acknowledge that I’m doing a thing that I think I swore I would not do, which is use Robot Chicken sketches as a jumping off point to riff on popular culture in a self-indulgent way. I simply don’t care anymore. I like rehashing things I know about movies. It’s the only thing keeping me alive at this point.

Okay the next thing is: Conan of “The Barbarian” fame answers the question “what is best in life”, and instead of delivering what I’m guessing are very iconic lines (I don’t like the Conan movies! I am sorry! I do not retain things from them!) he sings a song that is ironically flowery. He name-checks gumdrops, which seems like very low-hanging fruit when you’re trying to write a song where the joke is that it’s saccharine. Does anyone actually ever refer to gumdrops in any other non-ironic context? Anyway, I REALLY hated this one. The song wasn’t even fun. It felt like a song written by bad comedy writers who don’t normally write songs. Not the worst song to be on Adult Swim, that honor probably goes to the one in Casinko.

Another bad bit: a channel change gag where a big monster carrot eats a rabbit and then says, “did that blow your mind?” at the camera. No. It did not. There’s an unfunny sketch about the Borg infiltrating the Star Trek experience in Las Vegas. My father-in-law is Walter Koenig, so I get to have that over dinner. There’s an okay sketch where a fart outbreak in a mental ward is interrupted by a TiVo menu and off-screen characters arguing about Robot Chicken that results in bloodshed (shout out to Moral Orel, a show Robot Chicken is friends with). There’s a sketch where two sound engineers are oblivious to the fact that the guy in the soundproof booth is being mauled by various fantastical things (zombies, aliens, finally a werewolf).

The last “main” sketch is Saved by the Bell, but it’s Saw. You can tell right away that Jigsaw is Mr. Belding, because they got the real guy to do it. Lotta real guys in this. Dustin Diamond, fresh (not really) off his stint on Tom Goes to the Mayor, is in this as well! Get you a guy who can do both. Anyway, this sucks too, but I guess it’s sorta impressive that they got 80% of the cast to lend their voices to this. I guess. Wait, no, it’s not.

MAIL BAG

Bradley Needlehead rocks

HE DOES. Thank you for bringing him up. I read somewhere, and I also vaguely remembered it on the previously-mentioned AdultSwim.com video commentary that they told DLH that he was his replacement, and asked him to coach the actor to help capture him better. I think I characterized it a little differently. I could probably use a little clarification on that. It is remarkable that Needlehead went on to create China, IL.

#adult swim #adultswim2021 #robot chicken

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I finished Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney on Nintendo 3DS a couple of weeks ago. I saw both the good and bad ending in 33 hours. The game tells the story of Apollo Justice, a fresh defence attorney just starting his career. We also get a look into the past and learn how the famous Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright lost his lawyer license.

The investigation and courtroom sections follow the familiar Ace Attorney pattern. You get a client who is accused of a crime and you must prove their innocence. You do this by investigating crime scenes, gathering evidence, questioning people and cross examining witnesses in court. You also get to use Apollo’s unique ability to sense and perceive the tension of people who aren’t telling the truth. The game's story is built over four cases, each offering a new defendant for Apollo.

The cases are entertaining but marred by some inconsistencies and leaps of logic. I've played a couple of other Ace Attorney games before and they all seem to have this same issue but in Apollo Justice this was especially prominent. The third case had some glaring issues with far-fetched conclusions and I apologize if I'm spoiling something for you with the following.

Apollo had to prove the innocence of a blind person who was accused of murder. Incredibly any of the evidence or just common sense wasn't brought up here. The crime scene was littered with all kinds of clutter like boxes blocking the way to the only possible exit of the room - how could a blind person quickly escape in this kind of environment? Killer was claimed to have moved the body to match something in a song’s lyrics - how could a blind person have read the lyrics written on a paper and how could he understand the song’s meaning when he didn’t know the language? None of this mattered! The deduction here was that the killer couldn't actually be blind because the victim had written something on the floor with blood and the writing was smudged, as if someone had tried to erase it. Okay. As if it couldn’t have accidentally gotten smudged by the victim who was struggling to stay alive on the floor.

I also didn't like how the logic of the game mechanics seemed to change at points. Normally when you yell "objection!" at something, you need to prove there is an inconsistency in the witness's statement. Here you suddenly had to object to something and then present evidence that supports the witness's statement. What? That was so confusing and a reason why I started looking at a guide at some point.

The localization was also slightly embarrassing, referring to a Japanese crime family with Italian mafia terms and talking about a pasta restaurant when the context seemed to refer to noodles.

The game serves a good portion of humor again. I got a good laugh out of the judge when he apparently heard of nail polish for the first time - and realized his wife’s red nails had been painted and weren’t like that naturally. Good god that man is so gullible it’s almost endearing, haha.

I felt the game wasn't as interesting or well-written as the other Ace Attorney games I've played (Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice). The game offered some good "a-ha!" moments, interesting turns of events and I liked the last case's way of wrapping everything up. And I'll never stop enjoying the wacky characters, name puns, hilarious expressive animations and super good music! Even though it may sound like the game is full of negatives, I'd recommend playing it anyway as it's decently good and enjoyable, and it reveals valuable information on recurring characters in the series. Just keep your expectations in check and you might very well have a good time with Apollo Justice.

#apollo justice: ace attorney #ace attorney #apollo justice #nintendo 3ds

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thedaytheworldburned · 2 years

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‘Good Boy Gone Bad’ Lyric Analysis

Released with Minisode 2, May 2022.

The song, as you would expect from a title track, explores the next section of the storyline from The Chaos Chapter. The relationship which began in ‘LOVESONG’ and grew in ‘LOSER=LOVER’ is now over, and we watch the fallout through this song. We see the hopelessness and loss that comes with the end of such a tight-knit, codependent relationship. I may only be a first-year psychology student, but it’s obvious just by looking at these lyrics that this is an at least semi-competent and accurate representation of the end of a codependent relationship. We see the conflicting emotions and memories that this brings up - the feelings of worthlessness, and the need to both return to the relationship, and to run as far away as possible. Lyrics often look weird when translated from one language to another without adjustments for context and things, and this is no different, but I love the nuance you can see in these lyrics, even cross-translation.

As hilariously edgy as a lot of elements of the song are - the title, the second half of the chorus, Yeonjun saying ‘I like being bad,’ the MV being all about very artistically dressed and made-up boys running around vandalizing places - the song has genuine meaning, and aims to express the feelings of youth through both a breakup, and exploring codependent relationships which are so often idealised in the media (including, self-consciously, by TXT). So, as much as I wish for a return to title tracks like ‘Run Away’ and ‘CROWN,’ this one is surprisingly refreshing and meaningful.

The translation I used for the lyrics was the same as the one I used to write members’ lines down, so I had no translation notes. This is more common with title tracks (for any group, not just TXT), as the company provides an official translation.

Anyway, let’s get into it! Full lyric analysis below the line.

Good Boy Gone Bad

I actually really like this verse, but have little to say about it other than pointing out how it (honestly, like the rest of the song) is a pretty graphic and realistic representation of just having emerged from a toxic/codependent relationship. I also really like the first two verses for this - the first one talks about self-loathing and wanting to become someone else, and the second about the actual codependency.

Conclusions

Edge, but make it artistic and actually meaningful.

#txt #tomorrow x together #txt theories #moa #lyric analysis #minisode 2 #minisode 2: thursday's child #thursday's child #good boy gone bad #gbgb

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You do realize that Izzy is THE series villain, right? He's not sticking around post-reunion. He's not part of Stede's crew, he's not Team Revenge, he was actively gleeful about them being marooned and left for dead. He's not a good guy. He's not a protagonist. He's not going to be around being a toxic abusive piece of shit forever. Quit trying to normalize & downplay the horrible way he treats other characters. I know as a fetishizer you're predisposed to abusive white men, but this is idiotic.

(Since tumblr cuts this off from what I can see; this turned into a big Izzy Hands meta! So read on if you want!)

Let me try and word this in a way you might understand, nonny, since you clearly have some issues with the definition of things, and while I'm here I'm going to turn this into another meta post, this time about your favorite character: Izzy Hands ♥, rather than just posting this as a mean anon or deleting it outright.

(That said, anon, I really think this is the second message you've sent me now. The first time it was because I mentioned Izzy during a meta about Ed, and the second time is because I mentioned Izzy (and Lucius, and Jim, and Fang) during a post about Ed and Stede gettin' it on in season 2. If you really hate Izzy this much, I truly recommend blocking those of us who enjoy him, and using the blacklist feature to remove any posts mentioning him. I think your fandom experience will be truly improved if you do that, and at the end of the day that's what we all want here, isn't it? A good fandom experience.)

Firstly, Izzy is the singular Real Pirate trapped in a muppet comedy, which makes him hilarious and fascinating.

Secondly, as the only Real Pirate, he's the only one that can see the dangers of being weak and not being a proper pirate. Do you think that the English are going to let Ed just walk away? He signed his life over to them for ten years then bailed the first night. Do you truly believe the English aren't currently looking for Blackbeard specifically to finish him off or take him to Charlestown to make an example of him? Do you think they aren't currently tying nooses in his honor to say, "Look what happens if you take our offer of an Act of Grace then bail out"?

They absolutely are.

Now, ask yourself; what happens if the English rock up on the Revenge, crewed by a group of terribly bad pirates who couldn't defend themselves against the Spanish, or the English, or-- actually, any battle they've had so far. Jim is the only truly competent pirate on that crew, from what I've seen.

So what do you think Izzy is imagining when he sees Edward return from bailing out on the Act of Grace and not only once again letting the ship return to Muppet Comedy, but also actively trying to stop them being pirates?

I think back to what Oluwande said in the first episode, being not only a man of color like Edward is, but potentially being an outlaw for more than just the color of his skin: him and Jim aren't being pirates because they just woke up one day with a fun little idea and more money than they can shake a stick at, him and Jim are pirates because neither of them have any other choices. Do you think even if Ed hadn't taken the Act of Grace, he would've had other choices? Do you think the man who murdered his own father in what would likely have been seen as cold blood (not a defense of himself and, primarily, his mother; especially since he and his mother are not white and his father was) ever had any other choices?

So what happens to them when the English come? What happens to Edward when they board the ship and he's wearing the breakup robe and singing songs? Do you think they'd look at him and go, "Oh, no, he's so sad. Let's let him go."

(I mean, they might, in the context of muppet comedy, but as previously stated, Izzy's world is not a muppet comedy. In Izzy's world, when you get stabbed you die. In Izzy's world, when you duel a pirate with thirty years of experience on you, you lose.)

Now I want to run down the list of what Izzy Hands has done over the course of the 10 episodes to make him horrible and abusive. I'm not going back to reference the episodes because I don't have the time to sift through every one, but I'm pretty sure I remember it well enough. Replies can totally correct me with extra citations if I miss stuff.

Episode 1: Wasn't in it

Episode 2: Ignored the vulnerable crew on the beach, cut Stede's shirt open, stole a hostage.

Episode 3: Suggested the 'normal' course of action to be murdering the inept pirates and slinging them to the sharks, implying that's what they usually do. Went to Spanish Jackie's and invited Stede aboard, but didn't mention his boss by name. Told Ed what happened, but didn't say he didn't name him by name. (Open to interpretation as it's possible everyone worth their salt knows Izzy is Edward's right hand man, it doesn't need speaking). Helps Edward save Stede and co.

Episode 4: Asks if they're going to kill the crew 'as usual' (Edward doesn't say no). Calls Edward a twat and yells at him for being completely erratic, wearing Stede's clothes and pretending to be someone else. Says he's leaving. Follows through on leaving until Edward coaxes him back. Apologizes sincerely for all of the things he said. He may not have said, "I'm sorry," but I said some things I regret, I don't think you're a twat etc is definitely an apology. Not all apologies have to include the word sorry to be an apology.

Episode 5: Spends the whole episode trying to get the Revenge crew to actually be a crew. Gets mad at Lucius and Pete for actively not doing their jobs when he tells them to do their jobs. He wasn't pissed they were fucking, he was pissed they weren't working. Tried to get Lucius to do actual work. Got pissed when Lucius seemed like he was potentially cheating on Pete and hitting on all the crew. (Which is why "We don't own each other." disarmed that attempt to control him.)

Episode 6: Demands that Edward follows through on his promise to kill Stede, referencing Edward's own rules (that he's made Fang follow through on in the past) re: killing/not having pets as a reason why. Offers to do it himself if Edward can't. Tries to make it easier for him, knowing how hard Edward finds it to do any killing himself. Challenges Stede to a dual after Edward seemingly chickens out of doing the kill himself (and usually outsources the kill, presumably to Izzy himself). Leaves the ship angrily when he loses.

Episode 7: He's not in this episode until the end, where he's ranting at Spanish Jackie and works with the English to deal with Stede and solely Stede.

Episode 8: He isn't in this episode.

Episode 9: He does a lil wavey-wave. He also specifically fought for Edward to not be killed alongside Stede. He makes sure Edward has his freedom with Izzy. He's still following through on the plan from Episode 6 (which... fascinatingly, I don't think Edward ever actually told him the plan was actively off, just that Izzy wasn't dueling Stede? I- Communication, people!) because that plan makes the most sense to him: kill the pet. Is an actual Captain telling the crew to actually do their jobs and run an actual pirate ship. I do not know how the Revenge ever sails the rest of the episodes. Nearly gets flung overboard tied to an anchor for it.

Episode 10: Sends Lucius to look after Edward, or at least try. Messes up the deck so the crew (who have actually done all their work) has something to do. Has the group do their jobs, again. Finally snaps and calls out Edward for no longer being the fierce pirate Blackbeard or a pirate at all and calls him a namby-pamby still using Blackbeard's name. I've seen people say 'namby-pamby? they might as well have just used the f slur' but Izzy has proved time and again that he's not homo or queerphobic (using Jim's correct pronouns, not, idk, having Lucius's balls cut off for partaking in gay sex just trying to get him to actually work, sending Calico Jack (aka Ed's old lover) to retrieve Ed), the implication of his words here is, as the dictionary describes, "lacking energy, strength, or courage; weak or ineffectual". Yes, it's a term used against gay men, but that isn't all he's saying there. He's basically accusing Edward of being the equivalent of a whiny teenage girl on the phone with her friends because her crush didn't text her back.

I would now like to list what Edward has done to Izzy (and others, where applicable to this conversation):

Episode 3: Not much to say here aside from bossing him around, but he is his boss.

Episode 4: Manipulates him. Lies to him, mocks him and then manipulates him into staying by promising him a dead Stede (with no real intention of following through) and a ship of his own.

Episode 8: Unrelated to Izzy, Edward is a complete tosser in this episode lmao. He wrecks Stede's shit (it's Stede's ship), he lets Jack run roughshod all over the crew, take Stede's seat at breakfast. He's pretty awful in this episode, as much as I love him. But he does come back, so I give him that one.

Episode 9: Izzy tries to talk to Edward and Edward punches him in the face. Izzy says that's fair.

Episode 10: He choke slams Izzy into a wall, cuts off his toe and forcibly feeds it to him, then forces him to get back to work without any kind of first aid etc.

So, the tally here:

Violence against Izzy: Punched, choked, toe cut off, nearly thrown overboard and drowned.

Violence from Izzy: Cut Stede's shirt, told the crew to actually do their jobs as pirates, stabbed Stede during a fair duel, ???? turned them over to the English, with very careful safeguards in place so only Stede is going to die (none of the crew were harmed. Only Stede. He didn't even turn all of them over!)

Violence from other characters for the sake of contrast: Jim's entire arc is murder and knives, either Fang or Ivan knocks over a hostage and laughs in episode 2 (I don't remember which), Roach expresses a desire to torture the hostages for fun, the entire crew leaves two human men tied to a mast to marinade in the sun for days on end, Edward throws Lucius overboard (presumably killing him, though I believe muppet comedy laws will win out and he will likely be fine), Stede sets fire to an entire ship with his words, presumably killing everyone on board, the entire crew go off in episode 1 murdering and stabbing everyone in the first episode. Oh! And Edward tells one of his crew to skin someone alive with a snail fork, which we can only assume is followed through on off-screen as we never see that guy again and it seems likely.

Following on from this, you say he seemed gleeful that the crew were marooned and left for dead and sure, yeah, I can see that. I don't disagree. But, uh... do you think that was Izzy's idea? 😅 He might have been pleased by it, but it was absolutely Edward who did that. Once Blackbeard came back, Izzy is following all of Edward's orders, not making up his own on the fly. Edward has everything thrown out (in fact, that starts before Izzy even makes it back from tending to his toe, I think), Edward has the crew marooned.

That is all Edward's doing.

I mean, sure, Izzy is the driving force behind Edward reverting to the Blackbeard Kraken, but if you tell me I'm a little twerp and I need to go be a boss and I go become a boss and abuse all my employees and fire a bunch and basically be awful, that's all me. Just because you called me a twerp, that doesn't mean I'm not the one doing those things.

So, following on from this, I want to answer a few points here:

He's not a good guy.

No one on this show except maybe Oluwande and Lucius is a Good Guy. No one. Stede sets fire to a ship. Roach wants to go torture someone just because he can. Frenchie does murders. Jim does murders. Pete wants to kill people. Buttons is a cannibal waiting to happen. Edward does horrible things all the fucking time. Spanish Jackie collects noses. Mary was going to kill Stede until he woke up.

You are absolutely correct that Izzy is not a good guy. You got that right.

He's not a protagonist.

He's an important part of the show and is, currently, in an antagonist position. That's just as important as a protagonist, actually. It helps push the plot along. We wouldn't have any of this plot without Izzy. None of it.

He's not going to be around being a toxic abusive piece of shit forever.

Correct, I think he's going to be redeemed! But we'll see.

Quit trying to normalize & downplay the horrible way he treats other characters.

I'm not downplaying how he treats anyone, but I'm also not exaggerating it like you are. And also please look at your own faves, before casting stones from a glass house.

I know as a fetishizer you're predisposed to abusive white men, but this is idiotic.

Again, as I said above, I think you're a) in the wrong askbox considering this is a response to me mentioning him in passing while gushing about Blackbonnet and b) using a word you don't fully understand. I get it. It's a good buzzword.

Edward is much, much worse (though he is actively trying to be better, which is what I hope for Izzy's future once he too finds a reason to be) and I love him too with every fiber of my being.

Izzy is only the antagonist because he isn't the one in love with Stede Fookin Bonnet. If Edward and Izzy's roles had been reversed in episode 1?

Stede would be long-dead and god knows what would've happened to Izzy in the process. Edward would've gone to town on him for being weak and having a pet. He would've forced him to kill Stede, if he didn't do it himself, and the worst part is Izzy might have done it where Edward faltered.

thanks for coming to my TED talk

#ofmd #ofmd meta #izzy hands #edward teach #blackhands #a little?#blackbonnet #a little.#our flag means death #thanks for the prompt to write this meta anon!#ask #anonymous

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