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nicejewishcharactershowdown · 5 days

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Nice Jewish Character Showdown -- Round Two Analysis

We're so back. Happy Jewish-American Heritage Month! Here are the characters that got eliminated in Round Two -- and since it's been a minute, I'm linking the polls to the contestant names.

James Wilson Status: Canon Jew Mazel tov to Wilson for making it to round two, a definite improvement from last year. In the past year I’ve actually started watching ‘House’ cause of y’all, so I think this counts as a win. And his initials literally being J.E.W. is fucking iconic.

Libby Stein-Torres Status: Canon Jew I’m so glad that the legacy of iconic Disney Channel Jewish Rep continues into the modern era. What a bop.

Fox Mulder Status: Pretty Much Canon Jew “Scully, you’re gonna wanna see this.”

Sidney Prescott Status: Transitive Jew There’s something so inherently Jewish already about the final girl narrative, especially when it’s one portrayed by a Jewish actor. Especially in the ‘Scream’ franchise, where so much of the narrative revolves around not knowing who you can trust, who’s your friend and who’s your enemy. Might be a bit melodramatic, eh. At least the transitive property can apply here, thank you Neve for this absolutely iconic line — “I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes”

Bugs Bunny Status: Transitive Jew Remember how Bugs once literally saved Mel Blanc’s life when he was in a coma? What a wonderful relationship between creation and creator. We could technically expand the Transitive Property out to the rest of Blanc’s character catalogue, but there’s something so right about identifying Bugs Bunny as the representative for the Mel Blanc set.

Percy Jackson Status: Interpretive Jew This one’s a bit of a brainchild, so stick with me. Is it transitive from the (underappreciated) performance of the ICONIC Logan Lerman? Yes. Is it because of all the world-saving trauma he went through at such a young age? Yes. Is it because of the iconic motif of water in Judaism? YES. Is it the way Percy always gets blamed for trouble, even stuff he had nothing to do with? Yes. But most importantly, the chutzpah. The way he, and his friends, talk back to the Greek Pantheon. The way they question authority, and the way he in particular paves his way against the fate chosen for him. Constantly fighting for a better world, even if it’s gonna put him in more danger by pissing off some powerful people. I could talk about this for hours, so pull up a chair and start listening to the Lightning Thief musical, there WILL be an essay portion to this quiz.

Seymour Krelborn Status: Canon Jew Have you EVER seen a more nebbish horror musical male lead than Seymour?

Sharpay Evans Status: Transitive Jew Once you find out Ashley Tisdale’s Jewish, the Jewish American Princess vibes radiating off of Sharpay Evans become impossible to ignore. You just KNOW she grew up in the same Hebrew School class as Troy (another Transitive Property Jew thanks to the ICONIC Zac Efron!)

#post round analysis #nice jewish character showdown #njcs #nice jewish character showdown 2024 #bracket for round three coming next up #and for those of you bothering to read the tags -- thank you for sticking around.#i know i don't have to tell you how hard it is to be online right now but still. your continued presence means a lot.

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moonlight-tmd · 4 months

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Prowlbee with them and the team learning what ADHD is. And it's some human that finally diagnoses Bee with it. Knowing how Cybertron is, they likely don't have proper neurodivergant care if at all

Bee and Sari thought of a fun idea for an activity to pass their time since the tv was broken- quizzes.

It started innocent with quizzes about how much do you know about a certain game, then it went to magic and spirit animals- that's when Prowl decided to join in. And so now all 3 of them were sitting on the couch with their techpads/phones answering quizzes about personality types and similar.

Bee was the first to break the enlonged silence. "Hey uh- Sari? What is ADHD? I just got that on the quizz." Sari looked up from her phone and looked at Bee's datapad- he had a different quiz than her, maybe because he was keen on finishing his the fastest and finding some other ones for them to try.

"Uh i think it's when your brain can't focus on one thing for long. It's like, you can't sit still and you wanna do so much stuff but also can't - and you have those vivid ideas when doing certain stuff,.. at least from what I heard." Sari explained, she wasn't a medic and didn't have it diagnosed herself so obviously she didn't know much.

That however was enough to get Ratchet's attention, the old medic was fixing said tv not far away from the group. He listened to the whole conversations and walked over to Bee. "Show me that techpad."

"Uh- sure?" Bee didn't know whether to be confused or concerned.

"So what's up? Does Bee have ADHD?" Sari asked as Ratched read the article that popped up along with the quiz result.

"Obviously no, that's not a thing on Cybertron!" Bee was so confident, there was nothing wrong with him at all- "No, you do."

Bee only blinked when Ratchet anwered. "What."

"On Cybertron, certain personality traits and glitches are most often not taken as anything more than said personality traits and glitches. Many disorders are not registered in Cybertron's health database. From the medical archives on Earth I can see humans came to a conclusion of the importance of them needed to be catalogued." Ratchet explained calmly before he handed back Bee the techpad. "Your behavior is one big stamp confirming this, you have ADHD."

Bee just stared off to some wall. Huh, so that's why he's like this?

He didn't get to ponder in awkward silence for too long before Prowl spoke up, he was doing his own quiz while listening to what just happened here.

"Hey Sari-" He looked up from his own techpad with an undeadable expression. "What does "autistic" mean?"

So yeh, those two learned something new. And neither of them have any idea how to deal with it. XD

I had this idea for a while now, so glad i could finally write it.

I think Ratchet would prescribe him some calming meds for it that Bee of course forgets to take often. He only remembers they exist in his drawer when he's all over the place and it's miserable to do anything.

Prowl- idk what about Prowl, Prowl is just Prowl. There ain't much trouble with him.

#maccadam #tfa #ask box #tfa bumblebee #tfa prowl #prowlbee #tfa headcanons #tfa shenanigans

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ratgirlcopia · 9 hours

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Just curious, what sparked your interest in trans woman Copia? :0

genuinely this is such a Deep Question to me that i've left it sitting in the box for way too long.

i think i actively resisted caring about copia as a character for as long as i could (so maybe like, a month or two) because i knew i would get in too deep. which did happen. obviously.

when i first got into ghost, i didn't have any particularly strong feelings on copia's identity. i'd watched the chapters and the music videos and whatever, but i'd fully turned the critical thinking switch off in my brain. at this point i also did not have any exposure to fandom stuff, and the main two things that made me interested in copia were the impera-era stage costumes and the body language/character acting choices.

then of course i went online and started getting more exposure to fandom stuff, and 99% of it was and continues to be stuff that does not align at all with my impression of copia as a character. i dabbled in transmasc copia stuff for a while, but ultimately it just started feeling less correct to me the more i started rewatching things and trying to do serious ghost analysis (impossible task, always a mistake, still fun to do). i understand why it's a popular headcanon, because there are a lot of transmasculine people who like ghost, of which i am one, but ultimately it doesn't fit my interpretation of copia at all.

copia strikes me as a character who became more feminine in the impera era, both in terms of fashion and symbolic association. i'm not really quiet about those sorts of things, so i feel like that part is self explanatory. i do also joke about how in the chapters it literally feels like copia is experiencing misogyny, but that's only like 20% joke and 80% Real Sincere Belief. i also think copia is not self-actualized enough as a person for me to believe that any sort of gender awareness or transition has already happened. copia does, though, read as somebody who has had to ignore or deny the existence of certain feelings or parts of themself in pursuit of approval from authority figures. which is true regardless of whether or not you want to put "gender" on the list of repressed things.

ultimately, it's very hard to even make sweeping statements about what copia is or could be like as a person, since the two sides of copia we see are 1) seeking audience approval, and 2) seeking parental approval, neither of which gives us any look at what copia might want or act like or do if given full approval or encouragement. so it's easy to project a lot of different readings, when there's honestly almost no way of knowing who copia actually wants to be.

it's fun, then, when things like the halloween quiz and the plastic surgery comments and the mamma mia sophie parallel DO sort of indicate what copia likes/prefers/thinks about, because several of the (very few) unique pieces of information we get about copia tend to tilt toward things associated with women or femininity. so ultimately, it's a headcanon that's fun for me, and i'd probably be doing it even if there was no "evidence" for it, but also, if you're sitting down and trying to catalogue every known fact about copia (as i often do), it skews in that general direction. so that keeps it interesting.

#anon #ask

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turkeyinnovember · 9 months

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Since the start of Recreyo, the member’s monster/villain count:

Curt 4: demon slayer, catherine(?), slender, kingdom hearts (?)

Ivan 9: highschool, cabin1, raptor park/gundam, sweet home, ace attorney, demon slayer, wednesday, mandela catalogue, scream,

Den 7: willy wonka, alien imposter, Invincible, final destination, squid game, would you rather, the menu

Chilly 4: demonic possession, sweet home, pirates, dead by daylight

Christian 3: blackmail, spyxfamily, impossible quiz,

Kristine 1: another

not counting:

home alone- a weird one to place

batman webtoon- kinda wonky too

scott pilgrim- dude c’mon how am i supposed to place that

(?) = i don’t know the fandom so i can’t be sure

conclusion: ivan is statistically most likely to turn out a villain

#recreyo #random stuff i guess

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kikikokonihongo · 4 months

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☁(十こ千⊃乙`c？) (たちつてと？)☁ 💫σ(๑° ꒳ °๑)ノ❌σ( ｰ̀ωｰ́ )ノ⭕🌟

📝Can you pair the sounds with the matching 文字(moji)?

💮Test your skills

-🏫ー

🔊𝐃𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 【たちつてと】? [𝚀𝚄𝙸𝚉]

-💬ー

(๑⁠・ω・๑⁠)📋[・▿・](๑⁠・ω・๑⁠) 🎒🇯🇵Exclusive Micro-Lesson📝📚

This featured ギャル文字(gyarumoji) which obfuscates Japanese characters in fun ways, not dissimilar to 1337 (leet)

From the 00's, it was primarily used digitally for cuteness ✨💖 contrasting 1337 in the West meant for coolness🎸⚡

-💾ー

-💬ー (๑⁠・ω・)[◜▿◝]🗯️(・ω・๑⁠) Revision is paramount to language learning! Take this opportunity to revise the previous characters and see if you still remember them:

📌𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚀𝚞𝚒𝚣 🔊𝐃𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰【さしすせそ】？ [𝚀𝚄𝙸𝚉]

#langblr #languages #language learning #language #language ref #learn japanese #japanese #japanese language #japan #kiki #koko #hiragana #日本語 #日本語の勉強 #日本語勉強

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thesinglesjukebox · 5 months

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OLIVIA RODRIGO - "BAD IDEA RIGHT?"

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"The Singles Jukebox says goodbye" -- the biggest lie we ever said...

[8.11]

Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: Our foremost pop-critic-disguised-as-a-pop-star returns! And god, what a return -- from that faux-casual "hey" at the start to those "Cannonball"-esque bass-and-guitar riffs to the Johnny Cash quote, "Bad Idea Right?" feels explicitly targeted at people still mourning The Village Voice. It's an odd choice for a big pop single, and if "Bad Idea Right?" wasn't also an incredibly tightly written hook machine it'd come off as pandering. In practice, though, it's fun! "Yes-I-know-that-he's-my-ex-but-can't-two-people-reconnect" is the delivery of the year, Sam Stewart's pseudo-Fripp guitar solo genuinely works as a moment of musical chaos rather than just a gesture toward punk rock bona fides, and the thrill of the song's first moments never dissipates. [10]

Aaron Bergstrom: It's a bad idea, but it's her bad idea, and it feels amazing. Across her previous six world-conquering singles, Olivia Rodrigo's problems were caused by external forces (traitorous ex-boyfriends and, in the case of "Brutal," society at large). On "Bad Idea Right?," Olivia Rodrigo's problems are caused by ... Olivia Rodrigo! She has earned the euphoric catharsis of finally exhibiting agency, never mind the results. If life is nothing but a series of mistakes and rationalisations, shouldn't you be the one making those mistakes? [8]

Katherine St Asaph: Pop music emotional understanding quiz: Of the lyrics "it's a bad idea, right?" and "fuck it, it's fine," which one is talking yourself down from disaster, and which one is flinging yourself, arms wide and buttons undone, into disaster's blades? If you answered in that order, I'm not sure you really understand this song. "Bad Idea Right?" begins in medias rush; the feelings train is already long past infatuation station. The tempo is up, the vocals are agitated, the subtlety is beyond gone. So when Rodrigo mutters "fuck it, it's fine," it's an attempt to slam on the brakes, to escape the fling unscathed by emotion. To demonstrate this, she cuts the music. (She does the same thing in verse two, even less subtly--the ol' Beyonce "world stop"--in case anyone didn't get it the first time.) But that lasts for less than a second, because when you're this deep into a drunken mistake, you're never going to convince yourself even for a moment that the stakes are just "fine." I mean, listen to what is happening. As Rodrigo sings about her thoughts melting into crush mush, the backing vocals swath her in heavenly choirs. She doesn't deliver "It's a bad idea, right?????" as any kind of de-escalation but anticipatory glee, the way one might text the group chat "asking" for "permission" for the thing they're currently doing, or the way one might beg impatiently for any number of things one might impatiently beg for. The chorus is one exuberant ringing note like a slot-machine jackpot, composed to entice you and everyone listening to keep going and bet their lives away. This song isn't even for me. I've been in a relationship for years. Every time I've "reconnected" with an ex, it wasn't even that bad an idea. But if this came out last decade, I know exactly when I would put this on repeat, and in whose sheets. [9]

Oliver Maier: A fun, horny snarler peppered with little firecracker moments, like the fuck-you-mom guitar neooowwwrring on the outro. "Can't two people reconnect?" is such a funny line. [7]

Alex Ostroff: "Bad Idea Right?' is where Olivia fully capitalizes on her skills as an actor. Impeccable comic timing. Perfect minor inflections that convey disaffection, or sarcasm, or disdain, or whatever else each line-reading calls for. I'm sure everyone else will catalogue the individual joys, from "I'm sensing some undertones" to "God, when I look at you" to "fuck it, it's fine" to "can't two people reconnect?" to "in whose sheeeeeeets". Tonight my favourite might be the multitracked chorus of "blah blah blah blah blah blah" after "My brain goes off / Can't hear my thoughts". Meanwhile, the song is dressed up in riot grrrl guitars and Waitresses-style sprechgesang and that bassline loop and the whining high-pitched guitar solo and hook after hook after hook. If, like me, you spent much of SOUR slowly realizing that "Brutal" was recorded last, and growing increasingly disappointed as a result, "Bad Idea Right?" was the moment you realized GUTS was probably something to look forward to. [10]

Will Adams: Olivia's sprechgesang mode is not my thing, but I'd be a fool to miss the brilliance of "Bad Idea Right?". It takes "Brutal" and cranks the saturation to 11 without abandon, the same way you might dive back in bed with an ex knowing what's to come. [6]

Michael Hong: "Bad Idea Right?" steamrolls any criticism -- her mind's made up. Call that late-night text fate, call it destiny. Call it a bad idea and Rodrigo will stomp all over it, then relent to the quieter voice that sighs, "why not?" It's a trove of winning line reads: the hair twirled as she picks up the phone anyway, despite sensing some undertones; the pause as she considers turning home; the gleefully laughed "but I never said where or in whose sheets," already knowing her friends will get mad at her for backsliding again. But she goes anyway. Rattling over the drums, screaming to tune the thoughts out. It's a hookup you'll regret, but God, does it feel good. [8]

Wayne Weizhen Zhang: My gorgeous [10] of a friend is going through a rough breakup and was thinking about calling her ex, so I made her watch the lyric video. You wouldn't believe how wide her eyes got. [9]

Lauren Gilbert: The comparisons between Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift are perhaps overdone; God knows Olivia herself avoids them these days. But it's hard not to hear Taylor in GUTS: not restrained, "it would have been fun / if you would have been the 1" Taylor, but "better known for the things she does on the mattress" Taylor. GUTS is messy in a "Speak Now" way, in a way we have all been; the kind of self-destructiveness where you've talked to your therapist about what you should do and you're gonna... drive straight over to his house as soon as you leave. It feels like all those emotions you don't entirely want to feel; the Apple-spinny-wheel-of-death feeling when you see an ex in public. Dan Nigro's production is part of why it works, no doubt, but some of it is that sometimes we all feel like we're 19 and kind of want to blow up our lives. [9]

Andrew Karpan: There's surely something arch about mashing the kind of savvy mid-career Taylor Swift records that Rodrigo sings, asking how they would sound if Sleigh Bells recorded them instead, and then rhetorically calling the thing "Bad Idea Right?" But it's a perfectly fine idea, even if it doesn't reach the soaring, eternal melodramatic heights of "Deja Vu" or even "Lacy." [7]

Dorian Sinclair: Musically, "Bad Idea Right?" is...fine. The structure is serviceable, the instruments sound good-but-not-great, and there's nearly no melody. Dramatically, though, the song is great. All those elements that seem lacklustre on their own snap into focus when you consider how they contribute to the narrative (rather than compositional) phrasing. There may not be many flashy, attention-grabbing moments, but there are so many little details that speak to the care put into the song's construction, all held together by Rodrigo's deadpan vocal. The occasional moment of awkwardness ("I'm sure I've seen much hotter men/but I really can't remember when" has really bad scansion) is more than made up for by the occasional moment of transcendence, like those stutters on the second "my brain goes 'ahhh!!'" The result is a damn good song. [8]

Joshua Lu: The greatest Wet Leg song ever made. [9]

Alfred Soto: Bratty, self-righteous, observant, demanding, introspective by design but not choice, Olivia Rodrigo wants respect and a guy, in that order, but she won't lose the former for the sake of the latter. She loves riffs more than guys, and in "Bad Idea Right?" the riffs are the equivalent of snarls. As a Cars homage it tops anything coughed up by the Strokes. [8]

Jeffrey Brister: There's something to be said about committing to the bit. Rodrigo's approach--the walking bass line, the speak-sing, surrounding herself with scuzzy guitars--leans into so many signifiers so seriously and completely that its embodiment becomes a feat to be admired rather than a pastiche to be amused by. The guitar solo at the end really seals the mid-90's alt-bar-rock vibe. [8]

Edward Okulicz: There's never been a better time to be a '90s kid. Finally I've aged into having purchasing power! People respect my opinion at work! My fashion choices are in vogue, and pop stars half my age are pandering to my aesthetic. More like a series of gags above a bassline, but delivered with enough glee that they survive 50 retellings, this feels like a cross-generation-friendly cry to make either a lot fewer or a lot more bad choices. If you see me scrolling through long-lost WhatsApp history, you know why. [9]

Rose Stuart: "Bad Idea Right?" is Rodrigo's '90s-esque riot grrrl anthem, filled with attitude, witty lyricisms, and a bass line to die for. More pop girls should get their Shirley Manson on occasionally. [7]

Alex Clifton: Rodrigo is a theatre kid at heart, and she showcases it well here: the smirk in "I'm sensing some undertones," the dry "fuck it, it's fine" in the pre-chorus, the sarcastic yip of "I just tripped and fell into his bed!" Moreover, she nails the (annoying) emotional truth about "bad ideas"--they're fun. Part of the appeal is that you should absolutely not call this person because they'll break you in pieces and it'll fuck everything else up in your life, but there's something decidedly, perhaps deludedly, exciting about the entire experience. Young love is never about stability; it's about chasing the highs and living for your next hit. I'm glad I have a secure, boring life in my 30s, but "Bad Idea Right?" is good enough to almost make me want to relive my teenage years. [10]

Jonathan Bradley: As a singer, Olivia Rodrigo has kept her actor's sense of timing, and "Bad Idea Right?" is a comic set-piece of a song told through vivacious one-liners ("I know I've seen much hotter men, but I really can't remember when") and musical jokes ("I know I should stop--" followed by a sudden cut to silence). It culminates in a slapstick punchline -- "tripped and fell into his bed" -- that's played as a romantic comedy pratfall with the barest hint of mock-angst. A teeter-totter bass line and stage-patter delivery enhance the fun. [8]

Joshua Minsoo Kim: The Elvis Costello-esque "Brutal" now feels like a launchpad for the jittery New Wave instrumentation that gives "Bad Idea Right?" its frenzied, anthemic verve. The lyrics are funny, but even more amusing are those bright guitar melodies that adorn the blah-blah-blahs, the winding riffs that feel like spinning around 20 times. What's a better template for a song that dissects our salacious selves than the buttoned-up prankster's version of punk rock? "The biggest lie I ever said," Rodrigo sings, as if to an entire studio audience. Even she knows that she's a clown--a modern jester, even. [7]

Brad Shoup: The arrangement is maximal New Wave, like "Never Say Never" produced by Mutt Lange. Rodrigo switches between all these conversations--with her friends, the guy, herself--and every line of communication crackles. It feels like her brain is on fire; she can't even let the solo unfurl without interjecting. It's pop, though, so it can't be fully feral: "Fuck it, it's fine" works as an aside once, but twice? Surely she could've drawn up something as funny. [7]

Ian Mathers: "Fuck it, it's fine" does more with a sudden stop of the music than anything in pop since Billie Eilish's "duh" in "Bad Guy." Bonus points, too, for a genuinely weird and kind of off-putting guitar break; it seems for a second like it's going to scream right into hair metal hell. Since the rest of the song's roar seems practically vacuum-sealed for freshness, it's a pretty crucial rupture right when you need it and almost an implicit eruption of the not-very hidden truth of the song; if you have to ask this many times, not only do you know it's a bad idea, you know that you know. [9]

Leah Isobel: Like Sucker if it had been produced by Andrew WK, "Bad Idea Right?" wields a bass line like a battering ram, its breathless forward momentum so irresistible that it pulls Olivia's vocal rhythms into its current. The resultant chorus is an all-consuming pop headrush with Greek tragedy levels of prophetic weight, more foreboding with each repetition and, therefore, more joyful and thrilled. If Sour-era Olivia was preoccupied with failure, atonement, and restriction, and bitter at how those things are distributed unevenly across gender lines, "Bad Idea Right?" -- and GUTS as a whole -- suggests that her fame has acted as an equalizer. Her star presence is naturalized, and her power is undeniable: she can get whatever she wants, whenever she wants it, and deal with the consequences later. But if Olivia gets her every desire, who does she become? What do her desires say about her, and what does their fulfillment leave her with? What is a life without stakes to give it dimension and meaning? Ah, fuck it -- it's fine! [8]

Tara Hillegeist: My first exposure to this breezy little number was as the backing track of a trailer for a genuinely entertaining-looking romantic comedy, and that, more than anything, inclines me favorably here. I can't remember how many years it's been since the last time I've heard a song cue in one of those trailers selling me on any of the vibes involved besides the usual heterosexual motions. You could, and someone probably should, write something at length about the storied history tracks tackling subject matter like this have as pop hits, from the burgeoning days of "pop music" past through more recent(ish) fare like "Miss Independent," and how this reflects the cultural outlook on the idea of the moment. But just as easily, you could lose yourself in the confidence with which Rodrigo both elaborates on all the reasons Why Not To Do It and then pivots, knowing the song will catch her on the comeback, to that effortless assurance that's all the reason she needs for Why Not Do It Anyway. So... yeah, you know what, why not just play it again, right? Fuck it. It's fine. [8]

Nortey Dowuona: Olivia doing piss-take Beastie Boys raps is pretty novel, tbh, especially since the "ahhh" note is hit so well that it kicks off the pre-chorus quite comfortably, and that when it lurks behind, she can cut it off with a weary "fuck it, it's fine." We all know it's not, but at this point the decision has been made, the fun's been had, there's only one thing to do. Not tell your friends cuz you're not ready for the judgement on that aborted guitar solo... fuck it, it's fine. [7]

Frank Falisi: Of the three Olivia songs I've spent the month of November listening to on my iTunes library's "TSJ Resurrections" playlist, this is the one that doesn't feel transcendent, that feels like you can feel the seams holding together the parts (lyrics that get a little cute, guitar solo beamed in from Icky Thump, confiding in/depending on the listener in a posture that assumes their fandom on arrival.) But Olivia's singing with that Red-era confidence where even a schlocky Johnny Cash reference rendered in a half-talky finish to Verse 2 gets by. Fuck it, it's fine, etc. [6]

Stephen Eisermann: Maybe I'm feeling generous because HEY, WE'RE BACK! but this is easily in my top five songs of the year. Everything about it is a blast, and for every person who told me it would eventually grate on me due to the NOISE or the YELLING, no, sorry, you were wrong. This was a [10] then, it's a [10] now -- a rowdy, anthemic, eye-roll inducing, hilarious, cringeworthy: [10]

Hannah Jocelyn: "Bad Idea Right?" is genuinely raucous and almost off-putting with its aggressive distortion, but it's saved by the best vocal delivery of Rodrigo's career thus far. I love how the multitracked Livys egg Rodrigo on, encouraging her to act on her worst impulses. That youthful messiness is refreshing and sorely needed, especially in a pop year like this one. In a lot of ways, it's a retread -- "I know we're done, I know we're through" could end with "and I can't even parallel park" -- yet those feel like endearing quirks of her writing instead of lazy callbacks. It's funny analyzing this critically after hearing it all year, even though there's a lot to love (the vocal stuttering on the second pre-chorus!). When it comes on, my brain goes aaaaaahhhhh... [7]

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kagiura-akira · 4 months

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thinking about that post that said something like "not letting my kids play with iPads they have to play with worms"

I feel like parent AU Hirano WISHES Asami were interested more in electronics than ewwie gooey things like bugs and dirt and worms (hence, "The Slime Queen" nickname).

Alas, that little girl is gonna grow up to be a

🌈🌈🌈🌈M I C R O B I O L O G I S T 🌈🌈🌈🌈

Probably.

Bonus points if she's into parasitology more than bacteriology but I feel like honestly she'd prefer parasitology. Bacteriology is boring in comparison, but I guess it depends on your professor.

ANYWAY.

Not to be all "ewww electronics!" Bc I'm sure she'll be plenty involved with a smart phone when she gets one when she's older ("not till she's in college", Kagi insists she has a flip phone until then).

But yeah Asami will always be a more hands on kinda kid with her energy levels and sense of curiosity. It's why I'd LOVE for her to be a scientist when she grows up 😂 but I don't want to think about that yet I just want her to stay little for a while and make Hirano's life a little more difficult by causing problems on purpose.

Maybe next time she'll bring home a stray cat uwu

I jokingly said she'd grow up to be a graffiti artist in My Little Criminal-chan, but I like this potential of maybe having her interested in life sciences, and definitely the potential of her having a real proper chuunibyou phase where she's just obsessed with those kits you can get in the book fair catalogue for "mad science" and she just starts making up crazy pretend games like talking about using radioactive materials to sabotage her fkn English teacher or something for giving her a B on her last vocab quiz bc she has a fundamental disagreement about the way he phrases a question.

I just feel like Kagi and Hirano spoil her enough that she's definitely the type to do well in school but she won't hesitate to argue with authority if she feels like she's right. She's a smart cookie like her Papa, and she probably doesn't even need him for physics homework or anything later when she's in high school or college. (He hovers in case she has questions but really he's just hoping for her to depend on him so he can impress her like she used to be amazed by him when she was smaller. He just doesn't want to admit he's seeking approval in the form of his daughter's worship of him as a cool aerospace engineer like when she was younger.)

"My dad builds planes!" She probably brags to her best friend in middle school. "So he can get me all the stuff I need to nuke Ishida-sensei's car."

For one, that's not how Hirano's job works, though he does happen to know where in the industry one might order such dangerous materials. He just builds cad models of planes all day though.

Hirano has probably had this talk with her before. "We do not advocate for committing war crimes against your English teacher in this house, and no, it doesn't matter if they were wrong, use your words before chemical warfare."

Not that she even knows what kinds of chemicals are dangerous, she's just a chuu-ni with an imagination gone wild.

Kagi tries to give words of encouragement of how the teacher is just a person and we all make mistakes

("Except Papa, he doesn't make mistakes")

("Papa most definitely makes mistakes, just not as many as Daddy")

(a cute domestic squabble ensues)

He seriously worries he's raising an actual future criminal bc this child is one bad grade away from her villain origin story. He and Kagi talk about it one night in bed about how Asami is interested in like... things that'll probably get them put on a government watchlist if they're not careful.

Anyway. I don't know what Asami wants to be. I'm tempted to push her into chemistry bc of the mad scientist obsession thing but I have a personal soft spot for micro bc that was my undergrad major. Girlie's got possibilities but I'm definitely gonna capitalize on her being a weird kid.

We're a long ways away yet from me being ready to consider middle school Asami (Kagi's heart couldn't bear it yet), but I'm definitely building her from the ground up to prepare her for her concerning interests in blowing things up or poisoning people just for the sake of putting kagihira through an actual parental crisis about them raising a potential future criminal LOL

#kagihira parent au #fic talk

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