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tourturedfolkloredepartment · 3 months

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Hello!

Question about Hannibal.

Gold rush from Hannibal’s POV. Thoughts?

(This is about the bored and willing to analyze post lol)

Hi!

Firstly sorry for the late response i was at the gym

And secondly Goldrush is by far one of my favorite evermore songs and i’m so glad you brought this up let’s analyze this together!

First the beginning lyrics

“Gleaming

Twinkling

Eyes like sinking ships

On waters so inviting

I almost jump in”

These lyrics kinda give me season one Hannibal Vibe and meeting Will for the first time and almost admiring and falling for for him but kinda in denial of that , the lyrics that prove that are “on waters so inviting i almost jumped in” it’s basically Almost Hannibal saying “i see you and im fascinated by you but we’re just friends “

I wanna talk about the chorus

“But I don't like a gold rush, gold rush

I don't like anticipating my face in a red flush

I don't like that anyone would die to feel your touch

Everybody wants you

Everybody wonders what it would be like to love you

Walk past, quick brush

I don't like slow motion double vision in rose blush

I don't like that falling feels like flying 'til the bone crush

Everybody wants you

But I don't like a gold rush”

To me this is Still Hannibal is heavy Denial and his Florence Story line. I remember talking to @moonheart1313 about how Hannibal handles his feelings and how he can’t really understand his own emotions but can everyone else. In both seasons one and his Florence storyline he couldn’t understand why he felt the way he did towards Will, why he seemed so Fascinated towards Will in the first season and why he felt so Hurt after Mizumono. The lyrics that back this up are “i don’t like the falling feeling like flying ‘till the bone crush”

Next are these lyrics

“What must it be like

To grow up that beautiful?

With your hair falling into place like dominos

I see me padding 'cross your wooden floors

With my Eagles t-shirt hanging from the door

At dinner parties

I call you out on your contrarian shit

And the coastal town

We wandered 'round had never

Seen a love as pure as it

And then it fades into the gray of my day old tea

'Cause you know it could never be”

This is clearly Hannibal imagining himself with Will but still in Denial and how Angry he is after Mizumono. He still in love with Will but doesn’t wanna admit it because he is angry and doesn’t wanna love Will for what he did.

Last but not least are these

“What must it be like

To grow up that beautiful?

With your hair falling into place like dominoes

My mind turns your life into folklore

I can't dare to dream about you anymore

At dinner parties

Won't call you out on your contrarian shit

And the coastal town

We never found will never

See a love as pure as it

'Cause it fades into the gray of my day old tea

'Cause it will never be

Gleaming

Twinkling

Eyes like sinking ships

On waters so inviting

I almost jump in”

This is clearly Hannibal finally accepting his Love for Will finally relizing what his emotions towards Will are . Specially in the cliff scene he knew that if he was gonna die he would do it with Will or not at all.

I also see these lyrics as him turning himself in because he couldn’t imagine himself without Will and he wanted Will to know where he was at.

#hannibal #will graham #hannibal lecter #hannigram #nbc hannibal #hannibal nbc #hugh dancy #mads mikkelsen #murder husbands #taylor swift #lyric analysis

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callsignsundance · 9 months

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can I say in a hyped 2am listening to evermore and folklore

gold rush is so odesta coded?

like a whole lotta references to the sea

it’s like odesta from annie’s perspective, about how she loves finnick but his capitol life and forced prostitution etc gets in the way

and then at the end the lyric change from ‘And the coastal town We wandered 'round had never Seen a love as pure as it’

‘And the coastal town We never found will never See a love as pure as it’

like aaaaaaa

#thg #finnick odair #annie cresta #odesta #the hunger games #gold rush taylor swift

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edwinspaynes · 2 years

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evermore songs as tlh characters/ships

I saw someone do this for Folklore and Evermore's my favourite album, so...

sorry nbnc isn't included i just had no idea what to do with it lol

willow -> thomas @ alastair

Wait for the signal and I'll meet you after dark Show me the places where the others gave you scars Now this is an open-shut case Guess I should've known from the look on your face Every bait and switch was a work of art

champagne problems -> james @ cordelia + matthew

[He'll] patch up your tapestry that I shred And hold your hand while dancing Never leave you standing Crestfallen on the landing With champagne problems

gold rush -> matthew

What must it be like To grow up that beautiful? With your hair falling into place like dominoes My mind turns your life into folklore I can't dare to dream about you anymore At dinner parties Won't call you out on your contrarian shit And the coastal town We never found will never See a love as pure as it

tis the damn season -> anna @ ari

Sleep in half the day just for old times' sake I won't ask you to wait if you don't ask me to stay So I'll go back to L.A. and the so-called friends Who'll write books about me, if I ever make it And wonder about the only soul who can tell which smiles I'm fakin' And the heart I know I'm breakin' is my own

tolerate it -> alastair @ charles

honestly this one is too fitting it was so hard to choose a quote but--

I greet you with a battle hero's welcome I take your indiscretions all in good fun I sit and listen, I polish plates until they gleam and glisten You're so much older and wiser and I...

happiness -> matthew @ cordelia

After giving you the best I had Tell me what to give after that All you want from me now is the green light of forgiveness You haven't met the new me yet And I think [he'll] give you that

dorothea -> ari @ anna

It's never too late To come back to my side The stars in your eyes Shined brighter in Tupelo And if you're ever tired of being known For who you know You know, you'll always know me

coney island -> james @ cordelia

Did I close my fist around something delicate? Did I shatter you? And I'm sitting on a bench in Coney Island Wondering, "Where did my baby go?" The fast times, the bright lights, the merry-go Sorry for not making you my centerfold

ivy -> alastair @ thomas while in paris

Oh, goddamn My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand Taking mine, but it's been promised to another Oh, I can't Stop you putting roots in my dreamland My house of stone, your ivy grows And now I'm covered in you

cowboy like me -> ari @ anna

And the skeletons in both our closets Plotted hard to mess this up And the old men that I've swindled Really did believe I was the one And the ladies lunching have their stories about When you passed through town But that was all before I locked it down

long story short -> matthew

I always felt I must look better in the rear view Missing me At the golden gates they once held the keys to When I dropped my sword I threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door And we live in peace But if someone comes at us This time, I'm ready

marjorie -> grace @ christopher (😭)

I should've asked you questions I should've asked you how to be Asked you to write it down for me Should've kept every grocery store receipt 'Cause every scrap of you would be taken from me Watched as you signed your name Marjorie All your closets of backlogged dreams And how you left them all to me

closure -> alastair @ charles after the end of chog

Yes, I got your letter Yes, I'm doing better It cut deep to know ya Right to the bone Yes, I got your letter Yes, I'm doing better I know that it's over I don't need your closure

evermore -> cordelia @ james

And I was catching my breath Floors of a cabin creaking under my step And I couldn't be sure I had a feeling so peculiar This pain wouldn't be for Evermore

right where you left me -> grace

I stayed there Dust collected on my pinned-up hair They expected me to find somewhere Some perspective, but I sat and stared

it's time to go -> matthew at the end of chot

Sometimes giving up is the strong thing Sometimes to run is the brave thing Sometimes walking out is the one thing That will find you the right thing That will find you the right thing And you know in your soul And you know in your soul When it's time to go

#evermore #taylor swift #the last hours #tlh #matthew fairchild #alastair carstairs #thomas lightwood #thomastair #anna lightwood #ari bridgestock #arianna #james herondale #cordelia carstairs #jordelia #herondaisy #grace blackthorn #christopher lightwood #gracetopher

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karlie-what-you-want · 11 months

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Everybody wants you, but I don’t like a gold rush // Everyone wants him, that was my crime

But the coastal town we never found will never see a love as pure as it // The wrong place at the right time

Gold Rush x Slut! parallels

#just saying #it struck me immediately #slut!#gold rush

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pvffinsdaisies · 10 months

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HETALIA SHIPS AS SONGS OFF OF “EVERMORE” BY TAYLOR SWIFT

WILLOW: Denmark x Norway

“The more that you say, the less I know, wherever you stray I follow. I’m begging for you to take my hand, wreck my plans, that’s my man. You know that my train could take you home, anywhere else is hollow. I’m begging for you to take my hand, wreck my plans, that’s my man.”

The first song on the album, and the lead single off of Evermore, Willow tells the tale of a couple with their fair share of ups and downs, who always find their way back to one another in the end. The song strikes me as being told from Norway’s perspective, who finds himself still enamoured with Denmark despite what he puts their relationship through. Lyrics such as, “I’m like the water when your ship rolled in that night, rough on the surface but you cut through like a knife.” And the second part of the bridge, “wait for the signal and I’ll meet you after dark, show me the places where the others gave you scars. Now this is an open-shut case, I guess I should’ve known from the look on your face; every bait and switch was a work of art.” Really sell this as being a strong pick for DenNor for me.

CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS: France x Scotland

“‘Cause I dropped your hand while dancing, left you out there standing crestfallen on the landing, champagne problems. Your mom’s ring in your pocket, my picture in your wallet. Your heart was glass, I dropped it. Champagne problems. / Dom Pérignon, you brought it. No crowd of friends applauded: your hometown skeptics called it champagne problems. You had a speech, you’re speechless; love slipped beyond your reaches and I couldn’t give a reason. Champagne problems. / and hold your hand while dancing, never leave you standing crestfallen on the landing with champagne problems. Your mom’s ring in your pocket, her picture in your wallet: you won’t remember all my champagne problems.”

One of the most beloved songs on this album by fans, I actually wrote a one shot inspired by this one- but with SveNor instead. Champagne Problems is a song about the end of a relationship, exploring the perspective of a woman who’s just rejected her boyfriend’s proposal, and the feeling of guilt and lack of understanding as to why she wasn’t ready. At the end of the song, her ex finds a new partner, who gives him the love she never could. Maybe it’s the strong theme of champagne throughout this song, but it gives me serious France vibes, and I debated between both EngFra and ScotFra for this, but ultimately, Scotland and his intense longing for independence won me over. Maybe England is the person France ends up with 👀

GOLD RUSH: France x Germany

“What must it be like to grow up that beautiful, with your hair falling into place like dominoes? I see me padding ‘cross your wooden floors, with my eagles t-shirt hanging from the door. At dinner parties, I’ll call you out on your contrarian shit, and the coastal town we wandered ‘round had never seen a love as pure as it. And then it fades into the grey of my day-old tea, ‘cause it could never be. / What must it be like to grow up that beautiful, with your hair falling into place like dominoes? My mind turns your life into folklore: I can’t dare to dream about you anymore. At dinner parties, won’t call you out on your contrarian shit, and the coastal town we never found will never see a love as pure as it, ‘cause it fades into the grey of my day-old tea, ‘cause it will never be.”

My personal favourite song off the album, “Gold Rush” is about falling in love with someone who is desired by everyone, who you see as out of your league, but knowing it can’t happen because you don’t like the fame that would come with the relationship. This song is heavy GerFra vibes from me, told from Germany’s perspective. I believe lines like, “everybody wants you, everybody wonders what it would be like to love you” could easily reflect France, and lines like, “I don’t like anticipating my face in a red flush” and “I don’t like that falling feels like flying til the bone crush” could reflect Germany’s shyness and lack of confidence surrounding the idea of love and falling in love. I did consider EngFra for this song too, considering the tea motif, however I believe Germany to be more shy around both the idea of love and fame.

‘TIS THE DAMN SEASON: America x England

“We could call it even, you could call me babe for the weekend. ‘Tis the damn season, write this down. I’m staying at my parent’s house, and the road not taken looks real good now. Time flies, messy is the mud on your truck tires. Now I’m missing your smile, hear me out, we could just ride around, and the road not taken looks real good now; and it always leads to you in my hometown.”

The story of a love you chose not to pursue, and constantly coming back to it every time you return home, I think this song fits almost perfectly for America and England. A pursuit of fame over genuine love, the song talks about this connection between the main character and her former lover being unlike any other. I’ll be completely honest, it was the lines, “so I’ll go back to L.A. (…) and wonder about the only soul who can tell which smiles I’m fakin.” That fully sold me on using America and England for this song, and the idea of England still living in (and very much being) America’s hometown was a little too good to ignore.

TOLERATE IT: Lithuania x Belarus

“And I wait by the door like I’m just a kid, use my best colours for your portrait, lay the table with the fancy shit and watch you tolerate it. If it’s all in my head, tell me now, tell me I’ve got it wrong somehow! I know my love should be celebrated, but you tolerate it. / Break free and leave us in ruins, took this dagger in me and removed it, gain the weight of you then lose it, believe me I could do it! If it’s all in my head, tell me now, tell me I’ve got it wrong somehow. I know my love should be celebrated, but you tolerate it.”

I’ll be honest, LietBela was not a ship I expected to be here, but upon listening to the song, I could help but draw parallels to Lithuania’s canon crush on belarus, who definitely doesn’t feel the same way. Tolerate it is, pretty obviously, about being desperately in love with someone who merely tolerates it, and at the end finding the inner strength to leave. I find the lyric, “I take your indiscretions all in good fun.” Reminds me especially of Lithuania’s one sided crush. Plus, I appreciate imagining Lithuania standing up for himself at the end, finding the strength he maybe thought he had lost over the years. The Baltics are tougher than they look, damn it!

HAPPINESS: Sweden x Norway

“There’ll be happiness after you, but there was happiness because of you, both of these things can be true. There is happiness past the blood and bruise, past the curses and cries, beyond the terror in the nightfall, haunted by the look in my eyes that would’ve loved you for a lifetime. Leave it all behind and there is happiness. / there’ll be happiness after me, but there was happiness because of me, both of these things I believe, there is happiness in our history. Across our great divide, there is a glorious sunrise, dappled with the flickers of light from the dress I wore at midnight. Leave it all behind, and there is happiness. / there’ll be happiness after you, but there was happiness because of you, both of these things can be true, there is happiness in our history. Across our great divide, there is a glorious sunrise, dappled with the flickers of light from the dress I wore at midnight. Leave it all behind, oh, leave it all behind. Leave it all behind, oh, leave it all behind and there is happiness.”

In my opinion, Happiness is Taylor’s most mature break up song, as it centres around making peace with the end of a relationship you were in for years, and learning that no one is to blame. Just wishing well for both you and your now ex. So, it sees suitable to give it to Sweden and Norway, who had a pretty caring marriage and managed to become best friends afterwards. There is a repeat of the line “you haven’t met the new me yet” which also becomes, “I haven’t met the new me yet” which I think could be a beautiful way to express norway finally getting his independence after centuries of longing for it.

IVY: Hungary x Prussia

“Oh, goddamn, my pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand taking mine, but it’s been promised to another. Oh, I can’t stop you putting roots in my dreamland. My house of stone, your ivy grows and now I’m covered in you.”

Considered one of the best songs on the album lyrically, at its core, Ivy is about falling in love with someone whilst you’re already married to someone else. Does this one really need an explanation? There aren’t too many stand out lyrics in this one for me to identify it as PruHun, as they mainly focus on the risk of this affair and how the main character has gotten bored of her current husband, however, I will identify the line, “so tell me to run or dare to sit and watch what we’ll become and drink my husband’s wine.” Which I think very well reflects how in canon, Prussia doesn’t seem to care too much that Austria is in the picture, it reflects his boldness and cockiness in continuing to pursue Hungary. Also, I briefly knew someone from Austria who said their region specialised in white wine, so 👀.

COWBOY LIKE ME: America x Russia

“You’re a cowboy like me, perched in the dark, telling all the rich folks anything they want to hear, like “it could be love.” I could be the way forward, only if they pay for it. You’re a bandit like me, eyes full of stars, hustling for the good life. Never thought I’d meet you here; it could be love. We could be the way forward, and I know I’ll pay for it.”

Cowboy Like Me pretty obviously had to go to a ship involving America, and I’ll admit I’m not too sure on AmeRus (could be because I personally dislike this ship 😅), but I’m comfortable enough in the decision. Whilst this song is obviously about two cowboys, it also reflects two people with dark pasts who did what they could to survive, eventually falling for one another even though they’re doomed to fail, perfectly reflected in the lyrics, “and the skeletons in both our closets plotted hard to fuck this up.” And “now you hang from my lips like the gardens of Babylon. With your boots beneath my bed, forever is the sweetest con.” Which are also the lines that I think reflect how this song could work for AmeRus. They’re both away they’ve done bad things, and they’re both aware this can’t last too long, but it feels nice in the moment.

LONG STORY SHORT: Norway x Finland

“And I fell from the pedestal, right down the rabbit hole, long story short, it was a bad time. Pushed from the precipice, cling to the nearest lips, long story short it was the wrong guy. Now I’m all about you.”

Honestly, I think this could work for almost any norway ship, because I find this chorus pretty well depicts Norway going from his glorious viking days, to suffering in a marriage with Denmark, and moving onto his marriage with Sweden, before finally being able to be with someone he truly loves. I debated between both ScotNor and FinNor for this, but ultimately decided on FinNor because of the lines, “And you passed right by, I was in the alley surrounded on all sides.” And “and he’s passing by, rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky, and he feels like home.” I think it could so easily apply for FinNor as, despite being literal neighbours, they have relatively little history together. In a sense, they did just pass right by one another. Besides, I also think the lines, “and we live in peace, but if someone comes for us this time I’m ready.” Fits way too well with Finland’s perspective on this relationship to ignore, really.

CLOSURE: Finland x Russia

“Yes, I got your letter. Yes, I’m doing better. It cut deep to know you, right to the bone. Yes, I got your letter. Yes, I’m doing better. I know that it’s over, I don’t need your closure.”

Now, I did also heavily consider Ireland x England for this one, because as much as it works for RusFin, it works for them too. However, I chose this one for the sake of them not being brothers, plus the history is less recent. Still, you can imagine my points for both. Closure is a song about an ex who treated you poorly, attempting to reach out and befriends with you. I believe it would be told from Finland’s point of view, perfectly told from the verse, “don’t treat me like some situation that needs to be handled, I’m fine with my spite and my tears and my beers and my candles, I can feel you smoothing me over.” And also reflected on more modern relationships, where they awkwardly tiptoe around keeping on positive terms so as not to piss one another off, “I know I’m just a wrinkle in your new life, staying friends would iron it out so nice.”

EVERMORE: Norway x Scotland

“And I was catching my breath, staring out an open window, catching my death. And I couldn’t be sure, I had a feeling so peculiar, that this pain would be for evermore. / and I was catching my breath, barefoot in the wildest winter, catching my death. And I couldn’t be sure, I had a feeling so peculiar, that this pain would be for evermore. / and I was catching my breath, floors of a cabin creaking under my step. And I couldn’t be sure, I had a feeling so peculiar, this pain wouldn’t be for evermore.”

A fourth Norway ship, but to be fair, when a song mentions both wild winters and a cabin? It has to be used for Norway. This one hurts, but I’ll persevere. Evermore is a breakup song, about a woman trying to piece together the end of her relationship with a man she cared so deeply about, who she loved so dearly. Another line that ties this to Norway is, “writing letters, addressed to the fire.” I definitely have a headcanon that when a feeling is too strong, Nor writes it out in a letter that he then destroys. Usually by fire. Later on in the song, the ex boyfriend in question comes in, singing, “Oh, can we just get a pause? To be certain we’ll be tall again (…) I’m on waves, out being tossed. Is there a line that I could just go cross?” Which indicates to me the breakup would’ve been Scotland’s inability to stand Norway constantly pushing him away due to his intense fear of commitment. Lastly, some more lines I would like to point out, sung by Taylor, would be “and when I was shipwrecked, I thought of you. In the cracks of light, I dreamed of you. And it was real enough to get me through.” Which, whilst in the song I believe is supposed to show her getting through the break up, I think it’s definitely reasonable enough to show Scotland and Norway’s allyship, and Norway’s longtime pining. And hey, it’s not unrealistic to say Norway’s been on shipwrecks near the coast of Scotland before.

There we go!! All done! Now, I did leave out Coney Island, Right Where You Left Me and It’s Time to Go, I couldn’t think of ships for them 😅 so, if anyone has any recommendations for those ones, pls add it in reblogs! I’ve been wanting to do another post like this after the midnights one, glad to finally get this one up and posted!!

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holdfastperseus · 10 months

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Gold rush is so Lokius coded like?? I don’t like anticipating my face in a red flush everybody wants you everybody wonders what it would be like to love you?? What must it be like to grow up that beautiful with your hair falling into place like dominoes?? At dinner parties I call you out on your contrarian shit??And to top it off the last line “And the coastal town we never found will never see a love as pure as it cause it fades into the gray of my day-old tea cause it will never be”.

#because they can never be #it works from both pov too #pls tell me you see the vision #loki #mobius #lokius #taylor swift #taylor swift lyrics

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ivylouvre · 2 years

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taylor swift sings i associate with casey and alex / calex

i have many headcanons for both of them and their relationship and maybe this doesn't make sense but it makes sense to me!

enchanted: i think they definitely met before ghost (6x16) maybe at a DA office party or something and casey had a mayor crush on alex (s2-5) and during that period she tries to convince herself she just admires alex but when they actually talk on ghost she is like "omg i do have a crush"obviously she doesn't say anything, but after that she just wonders if alex likes her (in a friendly way) and she spends an embarrassing amount of time overthinking their interaction because she wants alex to think she's a good ADA (and maybe she wants alex to think she's pretty)

delicate: casey s13.

gold rush: casey wrote this song about alex actually. i made a very specific scenario where casey went out for drinks and she's a little too drunk, when she gets home she listens to this song and cries because life is too complicated to be with alex :)

just look at the lyrics

"eyes like sinking ships on waters i almost jump in"

"i see me padding across your wooden floors with my eagles t-shirt hanging from the door at dinner parties i call you at on your contrarian shit"

"my mind turns your life into folklore i can't dare to dream about you anymore"

"and the coastal town we never found will never see a love as pure as it cause it fades into the gray of my day-old tea cause it will never be"

anti-hero: this song screams casey novak, do i need to elaborate?

the archer: it's HER song. especially

"who could ever leave me darling, but who could stay"

i think alex is very confident when it comes to her job but her love life is a mess™ and at times she kinda gives up on love because she says she doesn't have the time but actually she's just scared. just listen to the song and think about alex and each line just makes sense

champagne problems: i think alex has commitment issues, and i think she's had previous relationships she ended because they were getting 'too serious'

long story short: this song is literally alex talking to casey after a night out and it's late, they don't have to work the next day and they're just hanging in their living room and she just talks and casey listens

"and i fell from the pedestal right down the rabit hole, long story short, it was a bad time, pushed from the precipice clung to the nearest lips, long story short, it was the wrong guy"

"no more keepin scores now i just keep you warm"

treacherous: oh no alex is falling in love with casey!! but she might just let if happen

peace: they sing this song to each other, it's true!

"i never had the courage of my convictions as long as danger is near and it's just around the corner darling cause it lives in me, no, i could never give you peace"

"all these people think love's for show but i would die for you in secret "

"would it be enough if I can never give you peace?"

they become friends first.

both have traumas. both think no one could understand what they've been through. but they get the other like they've known her for ages, the trust each other and they do know what they've gone through. they're just there for each other and that's enough

sweet nothing: peace.

daylight: they're so in love and they sing this song to each other (tbh they sing every love song ever looking into each other's eyes they're down bad)

"threw out are cloaks and our daggers because it's morning now, it's brighter now "

i do think alex feels the need to scream this song because i'm a firm believer that casey fell first but alex fell harder

paris: literally them after making their relationship public, they don't care anymore about what people say they're just happy

#calex #casey novak #alex cabot #alex cabot x casey novak #i spent too much time thinking about this

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