#(with a ring of treblemakers old and new led by jesse to sing the backing vocals)

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When I'm gone, when I'm go~one; you're gonna miss me when I'm gone...

-Cups (When I'm Gone), by Anna Kendrick

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I keep getting sucked into the Big Family Feels™ 🥺 and the idea of the Cup Song as a through-line throughout Molly's life, a symbol of unconditional love and happiness and joy that she shares with her whole family, but especially with her mom, because it starts as a sort of pattycake stand-in that turns into a routine, just for the two of them.

And, so, this little page was born! A sort of timeline of Molly's life, shown through song, from the times when she was a baby and Jesse would sit her in his lap on the floor of the nursery, facing Beca, as she sang the song to Jesse's soft harmony (sometimes it was the only way to get the poor girl to calm down from a crying fit); to her childhood, when she decided she wanted to make up her own rhythm to Mommy's song, the foundation of it becoming a routine they'd perform nearly every day; to teaching it to Bender the dog as a young teen, and later her younger brothers, so they could all share it; and finally, to Molly arriving at Barden, with her family there to help move her in, and Beca singing the song to Molly's harmony one last time before she officially leaves the nest and flies.

Not pictured: Molly definitely getting emotional/teary-eyed when she joins the Bellas and finds out the traditional first group harmonizing exercise is to sing the Cup Song together (because they're family too! These girls are going to be her family, just like the og Bellas became Beca's family (and eventually Molly and Bella's too, they have a whole posse of aunts who love them), and, somehow, through time, this little song ties them all together). (No I'm not crying why do you ask 😭😭😭.)

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