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can you talk about the shattered hearts series by lopes3v? specifically heartstrings or candyland but i wanna hear what you have to say about the series as a whole if possible

Hello, I'm going to be splitting this into two parts (Our Shattered Heart, Twisted Bastard, Radio River, and Seas of Static being the first part and the rest being the second part) Hopefully the next three songs don't drastically change my opinions and fully negate anything I say here but who knows.

Okay, first thing I noticed is the lore of this series seems VERY well hidden. The only reason I know most of the characters’ names is because of a comment I found on Seas of Static.

Koharu Rikka is called Fritz and has the cyan color scheme, Genbu is called Tickets and has the orange color scheme, and Tsurumaki Maki is River, who has the blue color theme, (Lopes referred to this character as ‘The River Star’ in the description of Radio River and I am unsure of the significance of this)

Main thing I gathered from the first few songs is that there's some sort of negativity between Fritz and Tickets. In Seas of Static, reading the first bit of colored text says “Tickets, eat your heart out.” Also from listening closely in Our Shattered Hearts, Tickets sings the harmony with the “You”s and “Me/I”s swapped, implying Fritz is singing to him. Also from looking at the lyrics of Twisted Bastard it would seem he’s singing to Fritz “It’s about time orange prevailed over teal” (taking into account their associated colors) as well as the line "If you think I’d trust you after that, you are just a twisted fool" being also written in teal.

There are references in OSH to Tickets going insane and killing people, making me think Radio River is also being sung to Tickets, considering the line directly saying “Since you killed me.” Speaking of the killing, the Puppetmaster character in particular is confusing me at the moment. At first I thought maybe she controlled Tickets to commit the murders but the introduction of Radio River makes me think otherwise, or at least that he had some sort of say in it happening.

There also seems to be some connection between Tickets killing both Fritz and River, and the gems/necklaces they wear. Fritz is just holding the heart gem in OSH, and is wearing a necklace with them on it upside-down, (I also believe there is significance to the necklace being broken) River also wears a necklace with a crystal heart in Radio River, and we also know she is killed by Tickets. There are also many references to different gems, crystals, and minerals in the songs, notably Fritz and River being referred to as Beryl and Cobalt, two gemstones whose names can also just refer to a color which I find clever with the color theming. Other gems/minerals referenced in OSH are Ivory, Iolite, Onyx, and Gold. Interestingly, Rouge, Russet, Sage, and Crimson are not gems (Though a Mountain Gem Russet is a type of potato, unsure if this has any significance.)

I was also intrigued by the different types of glitch effects used in the videos. OSH has a more classic kind of mixed-glitch aesthetic but Twisted Bastard has a specific 'old film' look, and Radio River has a VHS tape filter over it. SOS has similar glitch footage to OSH which I find notable. OSH does have a scan line effect over it which makes me think of 8-bit style retro arcade games which could be a theme for Fritz. I'll have to see if this continues.

This is everything big I noticed with the first 4 songs, and its definitely a lot, wow.

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POV: Alissi still cant draw her own OC's hair Text reads: HAIR?? HOW FRITZ? *alissi sobs* Hair how pls send help

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Okay IMMEDIATELY upon Candyland starting a theory I had was confirmed. Fritz, Tickets, and River are depicted as objectheads, a TV, film projector, and camcorder respectively, notably with the backgrounds aligning with the visual effects I mentioned at the end. One more thing I just noticed that is decently connected, Fritz's name is directly referencing the glitch effects. The name Tickets could also be related to the old film/film projector idea, referencing movie tickets, though this is a bit more of a stretch.

The character in Candyland is also referred to as Rouge, confirming she's the pink character referenced previously. She is wearing a necklace but there is no heart crystal (or anything that's explicitly a gem in general) on it at all, which supports the gem/color name theory. The lyric "What I saw can't be forgot" is likely a callback to the line in OSH about Rouge; "Stayed up too late and witnessed the thunder." The line referencing being under a spell and something taking over her makes me thing it could be related to the puppetmaster as well. There is also a line about static forming a sea which is the third reference to a sea of static throughout the whole series. The references to liminality alongside the objecthead characters from the beginning and the eyes in the background make me think of weirdcore aesthetics, which also often include themes of repressed memories and what do you know? GLITCH AESTHETICS. The part I find particularly sad is the end where the "I'll drown myself in Candyland" line is repeated, just showing the bottom half of the character visible. I noticed she's slightly higher up then when she was shown like this before. This could just be a mistake, but I wonder if this is meant to imply her being hanged.

Next song is Heartstrings. (I didn't put individual analysis for the first four but as I watched Candyland I felt compelled to so I guess I will continue from here on out.) first thing I notice is Eleanor forte is back, so before the song even starts I assume it will be about the Puppetmaster. The name "Heartstrings" also suits this idea well.

Upon listening, quite a few things I suspected are confirmed. The Eleanor forte "Puppetmaster" character does seem to have the ability to control people's minds and actions. I also learned from a comment that the girl in the video is named "Puppet" (fitting) and the man is named "Location." I believe this to be a prequel of some sort because of the change from timidness to villainy over the course of the song. What I gathered from the lyrics is that she has this power to control people, but is unable to use it because she feels guilty about it afterwards. Puppet seemingly asks Location to "give her a smaller heart" or as I interpret it, basically make her not feel guilty anymore so she can use her power freely. Why she asks him or what he can do specifically I don't actually know but it seems like its something specific to him. Anyhow, he declines the request, which she is not happy about and uses her ability to make him do it. This seems to work VERY well because she seemingly turns fully evil and uses her abilities without any remorse, seemingly for violence which I had suspected before.

and finally we have Crystalline with Fritz wearing the broken necklace again, this time they also look to be made of crystal on certain parts of their body, which makes sense with the title but also is very intriguing as a lense to view the rest of the series with. The first couple of lines reference s "snowy shore" which makes me think of the static sea again. I'm not sure if this is actually what's being mentioned since the 'static' descriptor is not there but it's something to notice. The lyrics also reference Phosphorphillyte, which alongside being a teal gem (thematically appropriate) also seems to be the name of an anime character who bears somewhat of a resemblance to Fritz (This might just be a stretch though.) The lyrics also include the repeated part of Candyland which I found neat.

Anyhow that's the end of my interpretation. Sorry if this is just kind of a play-by-play of the lyrics but there's a LOT of information stored in these lyrics and the story seems pretty well hidden. Hope this helps and I also hope that literally any of this is right at all.

can you talk about the shattered hearts series by lopes3v? specifically heartstrings or candyland but i wanna hear what you have to say about the series as a whole if possible

Hello, I'm going to be splitting this into two parts (Our Shattered Heart, Twisted Bastard, Radio River, and Seas of Static being the first part and the rest being the second part) Hopefully the next three songs don't drastically change my opinions and fully negate anything I say here but who knows.

Okay, first thing I noticed is the lore of this series seems VERY well hidden. The only reason I know most of the characters’ names is because of a comment I found on Seas of Static.

Koharu Rikka is called Fritz and has the cyan color scheme, Genbu is called Tickets and has the orange color scheme, and Tsurumaki Maki is River, who has the blue color theme, (Lopes referred to this character as ‘The River Star’ in the description of Radio River and I am unsure of the significance of this)

Main thing I gathered from the first few songs is that there's some sort of negativity between Fritz and Tickets. In Seas of Static, reading the first bit of colored text says “Tickets, eat your heart out.” Also from listening closely in Our Shattered Hearts, Tickets sings the harmony with the “You”s and “Me/I”s swapped, implying Fritz is singing to him. Also from looking at the lyrics of Twisted Bastard it would seem he’s singing to Fritz “It’s about time orange prevailed over teal” (taking into account their associated covers) as well as the line "If you think I’d trust you after that, you are just a twisted fool" being also written in teal.

There are references in OSH to Tickets going insane and killing people, making me think Radio River is also being sung to Tickets, considering the line directly saying “Since you killed me.” Speaking of the killing, the Puppetmaster character in particular is confusing me at the moment. At first I thought maybe she controlled Tickets to commit the murders but the introduction of Radio River makes me think otherwise, or at least that he had some sort of say in it happening.

There also seems to be some connection between Tickets killing both Fritz and River, and the gems/necklaces they wear. Fritz is just holding the heart gem in OSH, and is wearing a necklace with them on it upside-down, (I also believe there is significance to the necklace being broken) River also wears a necklace with a crystal heart in Radio River, and we also know she is killed by Tickets. There are also many references to different gems, crystals, and minerals in the songs, notably Fritz and River being referred to as Beryl and Cobalt, two gemstones whose names can also just refer to a color which I find clever with the color theming. Other gems/minerals referenced in OSH are Ivory, Iolite, Onyx, and Gold. Interestingly, Rouge, Russet, Sage, and Crimson are not gems (Though a Mountain Gem Russet is a type of potato, unsure if this has any significance.)

I was also intrigued by the different types of glitch effects used in the videos. OSH has a more classic kind of mixed-glitch aesthetic but Twisted Bastard has a specific 'old film' look, and Radio River has a VHS tape filter over it. SOS has similar glitch footage to OSH which I find notable. OSH does have a scan line effect over it which makes me think of 8-bit style retro arcade games which could be a theme for Fritz. I'll have to see if this continues.

This is everything big I noticed with the first 4 songs, and its definitely a lot, wow.