#it's cute. it's way more subtle than a shoehorned song lyric

[beevean]

(the IDW Silver anon again ^^)

So I came across some pictures of the new issue in the tag for silver the hedgehog today, and thus also the "No use? NO USE????" thing... and as I rolled my eyes I knew, WITHOUT A DOUBT, that it had been Evan who wrote this issue. And I am not entirely sure it reflects well on her and her writing skills that that is the one thing that informs me about that, as I haven't kept track of who's been writing which issue recently in the slightest.😅

(But for real, I think the "It's no use!" meme is insanely overdone. It's not even funny, imo it never was, Archie also used to slap us in the face with it, please just let it die already. Give Silver some new, actually fun memes 2k23.)

(hello again ^^)

Pro tip: song references are Flynn's, meme references are Stanley's :P

Personally I rolled my eyes more at "Sayonara, city!", because bruh. bruh really. bruh you really going to use one of the most iconic, poignant lines in one of the most beloved game in the franchise, for a dumb forgettable filler arc. bruh you really equating SHADOW'S DEATH with the destruction of a bunch of buildings and rocks. bruh what are you doing.

(I haven't checked the reactions to the new issue, aside from some predictable tweets about the Whispangle teasing, but I remember people cheering when Surge stole Shadow's "you're not even good enough to be my fake" line in IS#4, so yeah I wouldn't be surprised if fans mostly were like "heyyyy i caught the reference :D")

But yeah, Silver's "it's no use" was forced to say the least. That joke stopped being funny 10 years ago. Silver has done more than being a shitty boss fight in his debut title. (i'm not even surprised that it was overused in archie lol, but at least back then it was slightly more relevant)

Admittedly I don't know how to feel about his pep talk to Shadow. It was very short and too "easy" of a solution for the problem Shadow was stuck in. But I can't really say it was OOC for Silver and the role he more or less assumed recently, and I'd take that over Cute uwu Cinnamon Roll.

[sevensoulmates]

I always make a point to listen very closely to what the lyrics are saying in the music over certain scenes because 911 is ANYTHING but subtle when it comes to their music choices.

The song that's playing during the montage of Eddie trying and failing to make a connection with women while golfing/hiking is interesting.

"I got High hopes, high hopes , That tomorrow's where it all begins , I'll be somebody's daughter , I'll be somebody's friend , I'll be somebody's part-time lover again , Chased by the devil down a one-way street , Made it out alive , Now I'm back on my feet , I got high hopes"

These lyrics are so interesting to me because it's once again placing Eddie only in relation to who he can be to other people. A son, a friend, a father. Never just him.

But what also stood out to me was the lines "somebody's part-time lover again" and "chased by the devil down a one-way street".

I googled both these phrases and didn't really find much "official" meaning.

But to me "somebody's part-time lover" really does encapsulate how all of Eddie's romantic relationships on the show have been. You see bits and pieces of it, flashes, like his romantic relationships are a sideplot in his own life. I also took it to mean feeling half-hearted about a relationship you're in too. Like how with Ana he was going through the motions, like how in this very montage he's forcing himself once again to go through the motions of trying to force a meet-cute, like he will once again with Marisol by the end of the season. Marisol once again feels like something shoehorned, something forced, someone for Eddie to be another "part-time lover" to.

The other line "chased by the devil down a one-way street" to me, indicates running from a supposed "devil" (ie. something you believe to be 'bad'), repressing something 'wrong' about yourself that you refuse to acknowledge. And the "one way street" to me indicates an illusion of only being able to go in one direction, feeling like you can only be able to take one path, and why does he run as fast as he can down this one-way street? Because's he running from the "devil", the thing he's repressing, the thing he won't let himself acknowledge. Because, Eddie, you're running. You're not in a car. You can choose to turn around and walk in the other direction, you just refuse to face this illusionary "devil".

Even the portion of the song that we're supposed to be paying attention to, the "high hopes" part, feels off. Because high hopes usually lead to what? Disappointment. "High Hopes" are expectations, literally. By the end of this montage every one of his "hopes" are dashed. Eddie has these expectations for himself that he wants to live up to, but when he can't, he'll just feel more disappointed. He'll have these high hopes about a relationship with Marisol only to be let down because he thinks he'll develop this deep, amazing connection with her but more than likely he just won't because those kinds of relationships DO NOT (I emphasize again they DO NOT) happen that quickly looking at you Evan "she sees me better than anyone after 1 date" Buckley.

It's just interesting that the song that's supposed to represent Eddie really moving on and being open to love and putting himself out there centers on only who the person is in relation to others, half-hearted romantic relationships, and running from something repressed.