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I can't fully elaborate right now, because lecture books call and I can't waste time crying... but there's a verse in Lucy's new song that caught my attention from the get go:

You were looking for saints/ But you only found people

First of all, this part reminds me of this other one:

Living with demons I've/ Mistaken for saints

Coming from "Claws In Your Back", Julien's song about trying to fight the darkest parts of ourselves in order to keep living. Julien has several times talked, throughout her music, about using pain (physical or psychological) as a form of connection to God (A saline communion that I held like a séance on the blacktop) or as a way to ask for forgiveness (Start asking for forgiveness in advance/ For all the future things I will destroy), meaning that probably, prior to Claws In Your Back, she was more accepting of her struggles, because they somehow made her a better person through penance (that's why she looked at her demons as if they were actually saints).

But she's come a long way. She's now willing to believe that she deserves better (I wanna be happy, like she sings with Phoebe). Still, she maybe didn't feel like she could go on without some guiding figures like saints, who are idolized and protective figures.

Now, I do believe that Lucy is specifically referring to Phoebe and herself, in her own words. Why? First of all, because she's the one singing them and because there's a nod to Graceland Too (I watched you fall from Grace/ You were graceful), connecting the three of them (Julien's troubled past could be considered a fall from Grace, at least in her own mind).

And if True Blue is any indication of their relationship's past hardships, then of course, if Julien at any point idolized her best friends (who've always been by her side ever since they first met), the ways they hurt each other clearly transformed them from saints to people. Loving people. And to Julien that's fine, because it still "feels good to be known so well".

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Not the Graceland Too reference...

LUCY DACUS debuts new song at brooklyn steel 10/8/24

clasping your necklace / zipping your dress / hands on your waist / kissing your neck / i love your body / i love your mind / they will change / so will mine

but you are my best guess at the future / you are my best guess / if i were a gambling man / i am / you’d be my best bet

tracing your tan lines / making you mine / if this doesn’t work / i’ll lose my mind / and after a while / i will be fine / but i don’t wanna be fine / i want you, you

you are my best guess at the future / you are my best guess / if i were a gambling man / i am / you’d be my best bet / here is the church / here is the steeple / you were looking for saints / but you only found people / ‘aint that just the way it goes / i watched you fall from grace / you were graceful

after all / it’s a small world / you may not be an angel / but you are my girl / you are my pack a day / you are my favorite place / you were my best friend before

you were my best guess at the future / you are my best guess / if i were a gambling man / i am / you’d be my best bet / you are my best guess at the future / you are my best guess / if i were a gambling man / i am / you’d be my best bet

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Would it be rude of me to offer my help as a native Italian speaker to Wenclair fanfiction writers? I'd be happy to help, if you needed some words or sentences in my language.

Or to any writer whatsoever, of course 😊

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Oops, I did it again.

Jokes aside, I don't feel like this is as good as I would've liked it to be. Still, Heatwave is my favourite Julien Baker's song, so I hope it'll still be enjoyable.

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Not Vi seeing Caitlyn in her Season 1 form, when she was still "innocent" and a simple, principled Enforcer 😭

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I can’t believe I have to explain to people how not to behave like creepy stalkers especially since Chappel Roan spent weeks talking about it but here it goes :

If Jenna Ortega , Emma Mayers post a picture of the concert on their (open ) social media that’s fair game . If they take a picture with a fan and the fan posts it again that’s fair game

Shooting creepy stalker videos of them while they are trying to enjoy a concert in a private booth nonetheless is ABSOLUTELY NOT OKAY. Obsessively spreading those videos and pictures is not ok. Tagging them is not ok . Tagging them as fictional ships is not ok. Catfishing their family and friends so you can get access to their private social media is not ok . And do I even need to say that you shouldn’t bother celebrities in real life and should graciously take no for an answer ?

It’s not ok but it’s understandable if due to echo chamber of fan creepiness this behaviour had become so normalised that you did it as well . We have all made mistakes . But know you have no excuse . You knows it’s wrong . So now you have a choice . Do you double down and defend your atrocious behaviour and seek similar creepy fans to justify your creepy actions ? Or do you grow up, delete these pictures and videos from your blog immediately and learn not to act like this in the future

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post battle smooches

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I didn't want My Immortal (Evanescence) to be in my Caitvi playlist, but here we are I guess.

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This edit is incredibly important to me. I love "I know the end" as a song and working with it was an emotional experience. I hope you'll like it!

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In respect to the animators, artists, and team for Arcane S2, I will not be sharing or posting anything from the recent Netflix leak, nor will I be looking for it.

I hope to encourage everyone here who loves Arcane and all the hard work put into the show to do the same.

Please don't ruin such exciting thing as season 2 to other people and to the team of arcane who put so much work into it

The fortiche team is devastated that this happened so let's give them the respect they deserve by not spreading anything.

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I'm really proud of this one😭

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Think this is my favorite piece of art ever rn FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸 (art is by sappherioo on Twitter I will post link in replies!)

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One year and a half later and here I am, still noticing details from Boygenius and The Film.

In Emily I'm Sorry, Lucy hands Phoebe two blue matches. BLUE. And Julien lights them with a their BLUE packaging.

Now, I'm of the opinion that, even though True Blue is last song in The Film, it is actually the first story to take place.

This colour coming in to "save" Phoebe from her sense of guilt and self-hatred is further proof of it. Blue is the colour of their bond and it's like they (Julien and Lucy, since the matches are two) are trying to tell Phoebe: "Use us. Use our help and let us comfort you. Let us help you burn your feelings and regrets away. We're here for you". And it makes sense, because without them she couldn't have lit the car full of memories on fire.

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My new baby. I'm actually happy with how this one turned out. I hope you'll like it.

Caitlyn and Vi... I hope you'll get the happiness you deserve.

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NOT THE DRUMS SIMULATING THE FIREWORKS IN ANTI - CURSE WHEN MENTIONED

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My precious pic of Lucy smiling during True Blue

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Just to be clear. I stand for an immediate ceasefire and for a free Palestine. If someone supports Israel or Zionism in any way, block me, unfollow me. Right now.