#mini analysis on joe being joe

[overkill-max]

Special Ops: Lioness Season 2 - Josie

Spoilers after the cut if you haven’t seen Episode 3

I am still disappointed we haven’t seen Cruz yet, but I do understand why. We need to see things from the new Lioness’ perspective. And what a contrast. I love that the show always gives us contrasting characters that mirror each other. Now we see how different Cruz’s introduction was to Josie. Cruz thought that “if you ain’t cheatin’ you ain’t tryin’.” She wanted to prove to Joe so badly that she was what Joe was looking for that from the start Joe wanted to break her because she thought it wasn’t enough. Then, in the middle of the mission, because of how Joe treated her, she had doubts and told Joe she “wasn’t cut out for this.”

Then we have Josie, who from the start told Joe she didn’t want to be a Lioness. That she heard about it and no one ever came back. She knows if she says she loves her country she is signing her own death warrant. She wants to keep flying and serving her country, she doesn’t want to die for it in the way that Joe wants. So she lies and says she doesn’t know Spanish, she doesn’t know why her family has nice things. The family she never talks to, the family she isn’t close to.

And Joe keeps pushing until she gets a yes. That Josie will sign up for a program she doesn’t believe in, for a mission to destroy her family. For someone that follows the rules because he family always saw themselves above it, I can see why she would hate to do anything that colors outside the lines.

This is a problem for Joe, because she doesn’t care, she has a mission and everyone is expendable.

I love that Josie thinks that everyone is just as big of an asshole as Joe. And we see how before they liked Cruz and got along with her, she was a Marine and they went on a mission with her. They bonded. Things were probably different with Isabel (the first lioness we saw get killed). Then we see Josie who gets the cold shoulder and is thrown from captain to having to dress in a pantry because she wants privacy, something she was given due to her rank versus basic, something she alludes to.

The slow stripping of who she was, so that Joe can get her lioness is brilliant as it is cruel. Because at the end of the day, Joe tells Josie that she doesn’t care about others, she will kill a teenager if that gets her what she wants. She will even get Josie into trouble with the country she has been protecting for years to get what she wants. So either you’re a mole for your family or you’re a mole for us. Decide if you want to live a little longer in jail or with the illusion of freedom.

And I miss Cruz, but I do like seeing how different things are for Josie. How can you manipulate someone who has a family into dying for your mission? How do you manipulate someone that lied to protect herself, her family, into destroying that same family? You break them, little by little, you torture them by taking away the comradery the military offered them, the rank, and the one thing they’re good at, and then, when she realizes she’s out of her depth, like she said she would be, you continue to take more, until there’s nothing left. That’s when you really recruit her.

You break her again and again until she gives you what you need.

I miss Cruz but I’m also glad she’s not here, because Joe is even more brutal than ever. I can’t wait for next week’s episode.

[lifegoesonevenifeverybodyisgone]

THE Joe Character Analysis. Part 1: The Greasers and J's Mexican Heritage

Merry Christmas, especially to the dedicated Joe fan, @barbieb0y! After torturing myself by recapping and taking notes of the entire 2.0 event, Joe's character story "The San Francisco Kids", looking at his storyboards and comic, getting Joe to 100% bond, having him as my main in the Series of Dusks, and reading + re-reading all of his voice lines/mini stories/descriptions; I can confidently say that I have gained more insights about his character and formed theories of my own that we shall tackle today.

While looking at J's character storyboard I noticed something interesting about his fashion style.

J's fashion style is inspired by the Greaser's aesthetic. Considering that Bluepoch pays attention to character details and their outfits, this is an intentional choice. By briefly looking at the Wikipedia page for the Greaser subculture, I noticed that the most prominent adopters of the style are Italian Americans from the North and Hispanic Americans in the South (including places like California, in this case, Haight Street).

This brought to my attention that J, in fact, could have Mexican heritage. Specifically, he is a mixed White-Mexican American.

Why so?

J's paternal side is the legendary arcanist family, the Waylands. The last name Wayland derives from the Norman French word Wēland, which may also derive from the ancient Germanic words wēla-nandaz, which means "battle" and "brave." This means that his father is most likely a typical White American.

Since J is a mixed arcanist, I would assume that his biological mother is a human Hispanic considering the significant percentage of San Francisco's Hispanic population and also due to J's identification with the Greaser subculture.

A mixed child has a higher chance of learning their mother's culture especially if they grow up around other maternal family members or people of the same culture. I noticed that my mixed-race cousins whose father was an American, identified more with their Filipino side especially since they live in the Philippines. I identify more with my mother's ethnic group due to the same reasons.

Besides his tanned skin, his love for Mexican food and drink and his mastery of cooking the cuisine may suggest that he is of Mexican descent.

Examples:

The most telling of these examples is J's cooking ability NOT his preference for Mexican food. In the first example, he managed to make a hot sauce AUTHENTIC enough that Centurion, a CANONICAL Mexican-American character, was taken back to her hometown. This is a big deal considering that in the 1990s, there wasn't Youtube or online sources that could spread authentic recipes for Mexican food! Due to the limited educational resources in that era regarding cooking Mexican food, this means that he most likely learned it by being taught by someone who could make Mexican food, which I conclude is his biological mother.

Tang Ji, the chef who raised J after his father died, is a Chinese immigrant so it's unlikely that he knows how to cook Mexican food from the get-go. J himself also knows how to cook Chinese food because of this. There is a chance that one of the Mexican immigrants could have taught J how to cook Mexican food but due to his tan skin color (that he had even before he began blacksmithing) this leads me to assume that my conclusion is the more likely option.

But why? I am led to believe that his mother passed down her recipes to her husband and son just like how some of my mixed family members exchange recipes and traditions amongst each other. A fast way to connect to one's culture is by knowing how to make food from THAT culture. Since J lost his mother at a young age (but not too young as not to remember her), I think it is his way of remembering his mother and connecting to his culture (since he cannot speak the language I assume).

So going back to the Greaser subculture that J identifies with, it emerged amongst lower-class teenagers and young adults. The Greaser subculture was associated with motorcycle gangs, their attire, their greased-up hair, and their rebellious attitude.

This is reflected in J's fashion:

(His hairstyle is a more tousled version of a flop)

(His jacket seems to be a modified Perfecto Motorcycle Jacket)

(His jeans are Levi's dark blue jeans that are inspired by the 50s with the cut of the jeans being a bit wider near the end to make way for boots)

(His boots are partially hidden by his jeans but it is a Winklepicker boots which are characterized by their slick body, pointy toes, and straps)

(The Greasers were oftentimes bikers and were fond of the hot rod type of bikes. "Hot Rod" is a way of modifying classic vehicles by stripping them of their parts, which exposes insides like the pipes, to increase speed.)

The original Greasers were from ethnic minorities like those from the Mediterranean, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Italian. They felt united in the feeling of being left out of the post-war economic boom and also experienced discrimination and poverty. The theme or main philosophy and ethos of the Greaser and the cultural aspects of Mexican-American culture are essential in understanding J, his understanding of the world, and his background in Haight Street.

In three posts, I will discuss the three themes that explore 1) collectivism vs individual choice, 2) masculinity, family, and community, and 3) J's philosophy regarding blades and metals (and how it connects to his views of imperfection and culture). I will also be comparing and contrasting him with characters like Legers, Argus, and Isolde. I will reblog these posts when they come, so sit back and enjoy!

Link to the ultimate Joe Directory: https://www.tumblr.com/lifegoesonevenifeverybodyisgone/771822786973958144/the-ultimate-joe-directory?source=share

[asharkapologist]

mini rant about Julia Brine's wasted potential

hi. I am back with even more Ad Astra stuff, this time with something to complain about. I'm hardly the first person to talk about this, but it's something that's bothered me ever since I played The Conspiracy. Spoilers under the cut.

Julia Brine is so underdeveloped and underused compared to her fellow Ad Astrans -- she's literally the only one of them who doesn't get a quote on the wiki page -- and Pretty Simple did not always use her screen time well. I don't hate Julia or anything, but she ranks as my second least favorite of the main five Ad Astrans (we don't talk about the junior Ad Astrans), not because I don't like her but because there's so little to work with. Note that this isn't a character analysis of her or anything, just complaining about how she was written.

She is introduced SO late in the game, for one. We literally see Louis in the first case in the entire game on video, are properly introduced to him in the second district and he pops in and out a few times throughout the districts, are introduced to Bateman in the second district even if he goes away for a while, are introduced to Rozetta in the first case of the third district and she is extremely important to the rest of the game, and are introduced to Warren halfway through the game, and although Warren doesn't have as much of a presence as the other three initially, he does a lot in Newmark. But Julia isn't introduced until the 8th district, and she barely does anything in Newmark compared to the other three. I feel like they definitely could have woven her into the game earlier somehow. Maybe her company has some shareholders in the Financial Center, or she's invited to some events in Maple Heights or something. I don't know, they surely could have done something to make her relevant before the third to last district!

Speaking of which, her story is so rushed in Spring Fields. That district was juggling Mia's story, the Fornax plot, and Bateman's reintroduction. I think that Mia's story was handled pretty well, but the same cannot be said for Julia. Her plot was chilling-- burn the fields, then distribute corn she'd been growing laced with drugs to brainwash and mind control the population through their food. But it's also over by the halfway point of the district and she's unceremoniously dumped in prison and swapped for Bateman, who the team focused on. I feel like the Fornax plot should have been the entire district, with Mia's story being in some other district or somehow tied to Julia's. You can release Bateman from prison, sure, but have him and Julia's stories combine somehow, so it doesn't seem like you're just abruptly ending one Ad Astra story thread and swapping it for another.

And finally, Newmark, the biggest bit of wasted potential. I've heard people say that Julia should have survived the blast and been a suspect in Blaze of Glory instead of Joe, but I think if they did that, then Joe would be pretty underdeveloped, since he also appeared sparingly up until that point, plus they were kinda setting up something with him starting in Reap What You Sow, and I feel like him surviving the neohumans initially and being in Blaze of Glory makes sense logically with the way his character arc was going in Newmark and wouldn't have made sense if Julia was there instead. Either way, lose-lose situation, I guess. She kidnapped Jake and Carter, yes, but Ad Astra is more of a felt, not seen, presence at the start of Newmark. They're mostly running and hiding then (while still managing to hurt and traumatize people in the process because that's what they do best sorrynotsorry). But the fact that. The ONLY thing that Pretty Simple could figure out to write for Julia in Reap What You Sow. Is having her be in love with Christian "I fantasize about torturing women and brutally murdered a woman for rejecting me and enjoyed it" Bateman is WILD. WHAT?! Joe and Rozetta both were vital to the plot of that case, but Julia? She did nothing! The only thing she did was talk about how she was in love with Bateman but he insulted her! How on EARTH is that a good use of her limited (because you don't talk to her in the AI) screen time?! Yes, I know that unfortunately, some women do fall in love with murderers. But like.... seriously??? Pretty Simple couldn't think of another way she could have had strife with Bateman?? That's it??? Of all the characters she could be in love with.... him?? Meera is cursing her out somewhere.

And then of course, she agrees to fight with Joe and then later with Rozetta against the neohumans. Joe initially proposes the idea, saying Julia was already on his side regarding the idea, and you have to work to find and convince Rozetta to do so, once again pushing Julia aside in favor of Warren and Rozetta being developed. It's nice that she agreed with Warren to fight against the neohumans, but that agreement happened completely off-screen, with no conversation with her one-on-one. And then she dies in an explosion unceremoniously. The end.

It's unfortunate. They really could have done a lot with her, but just....they kept pushing her aside in favor of other members of Ad Astra throughout the game and did not always use her screen time wisely. She could have done a lot more and been a lot better.

Thanks for reading!

[whysamwhy123]

I started writing some OrangeHook hurt/comfort, holla! Really hope I can finish this one, I've wanted to cross that off the list for a while now. I wanted to write a hurt/comfort fic for these two after the Joe match, but I couldn't make it happen. If I can make this work though, I can actually reference some of my ideas for that hypothetical fic in this one, as a little make-good to myself.

I also kinda want this one to have a little mini-analysis of OC's title reigns, in the form of some navel-gazey introspection on Orange's part. Not sure I really have it in me to do that justice (ditto for the hurt/comfort part, if I'm being honest) but I wanna try. Writing's been real fickle for me lately, so fingers crossed I can overcome that and finally finish something for a change.

[v-67]

I've been watching so many thriller movies lately

So kinda mini short reviews because they were good movies, and yes they contain spoilers :

Red eye : Absolutely amazing, this is the exact type of movie I love to watch. Loved it, watched it twice already. Would love to watch more of this but I can't find any with the exact sense of emotions and wow factor it had. She is so strong and so brilliant. I love it.

The Craigslist killer : Felt like a documentary, even was a documentary?? Didn't like it, but it was eerie and gave me more reasons to be rational when it comes to falling in love w random people and things going fast and etc. But honestly, the whole movie was about him having a weird fetish and him being embarassed of it and fulfilling it in weird ways? And accidentally killing off someone but being a psychopath as he was, him just acting all normalish? Idk, it was eerie, i didn't like like it, but I watched it and it was a little scary. This movie kinda makes way for the psychological analysis of a criminal part and it makes me realise how little I know.

The Talented Mr. Ripley : WHAT THE FUCK. I was so invested and scared. It was all such a big spiral, so much killing, so many twists. I don't know why he killed Peter though. And what happens w him in the end? Does Meredith and her parents tell someone something? Or idk?? Did something happen? Does he ever get caught? I mean in the end we can see that he's tired of it all, but, was that momentary or what? Why does he kill Peter though? But yeah, good movie. I stopped watching in the mid, but I couldn't help but want to know what happens next so I continued.

The Guilty : Intense. When the whole scenario was put in place that Henry was just trying to help Emily, and it was Emily who had done that to Oliver And the whole revelation of the actual scenario. And the whole angle of how people view ex convicts. It was automatically assumed even by the viewers that it was this man with priors who was in the wrong when the actual story was so different. A good movie. Also a cop owning up his guilt. I kinda still wanna know the whole story of what exactly happened with Joe.

Don't worry, darling : I don't know about this one, I kinda stopped watching after 10-15 minutes ig? Felt a little too in the line of Shutter Island? I like Harry styles, but the movie didn't hook me up, felt a little too round about. Maybe it is a good movie and I need to give it time, but I don't wanna go on the shutter island lane rn.

[madame-mortician]

Analysis of each Necronomicon

I think an interesting thing in Evil Dead is how each Necronomicon appears to have its own unique deadites. Obviously, the deadites are different visually since the ones in the original trilogy are more cartoonishly grotesque whilst the ones from later films are more realistic, but there are some other key differences so I will go through each book and their deadites.

Necronomicon Ex-Mortis/Volume One (Original Trilogy):

The original trilogy's Necronomicon's rules were very lenient I guess you could say. In The Evil Dead, the deadites have white, pupilless eyes and rotting flesh. They're cartoonishly evil and seem to enjoy playing with their prey more than they enjoy finishing them off. They are more mischievous and enjoy tricking people and playing with their emotions, and multiple times they wait to fully possess their victim until the perfect moment to scare everybody else. These deadites seem rather weak, especially compared to later ones as shooting or hacking them up manages to kill them usually. They are rather masochistic and enjoy hurting themselves and their human bodies just to gross out the people still currently alive and they do share memories with the original person, leading to more mindfuckery as the deadites torment Ash with the knowledge that they are possessing one of his loved ones. These deadites also can appear normal but only do it to fuck with Ash, implying they can't hold that form for long as it's an illusion. These deadites can be exorcised by sunlight and by somebody with a really strong will, however, it's likely vampire rules where they have to be outside during daylight. They can also be defeated by throwing the book onto flames, which burns the possessed bodies but this is likely affected by range since after Ash does this, Cheryl and Scotty are killed but Linda reanimates perfectly fine, implying she wasn't burnt at all. These deadites can also seemingly make evil versions of people, but the catch is these evil clones are stuck in a mirror unless they get freed. Ash meets his evil clone twice, the first time when he reaches out of the mirror to strangle himself and the second when he accidentally smashes the mirror and frees evil Mini-Ashes. Army of Darkness is more lenient on the rules, as the deadites don't seem to be the result of the Necronomicon specifically, but they never explain where they came from, but they fit more with this book than the others. If it is this book, it means deadites don't have to possess people and can possess skeletons and other various creatures. This book is specifically tied to the Kandarian Demon, responsible for the creatures in Army of Darkness and the invisible force that chases people around in the first two films. This creature is awoken by this specific book and appears tree-like though he is invisible for the majority of the films. An interesting detail about him is that human heads are sticking out of his body, being the faces of his recent victims (Jake, Bobby Joe, Ed, etc.) however one of the heads appears to be Ash Williams himself, despite Ash still being alive. This is apparently because the demon thought he would kill Ash and prematurely added his head to the collection. This Necronomicon is in the hands of Ash Williams, who protects it to make sure deadites don't become an issue again (although unsuccessfully) and it seems Ash doesn't know about the other Necronomicons, assuming they were decoy books in Army of Darkness.

Naturom Demonto/Volume Two (Evil Dead):

This book is the second volume and one of the three books that appear in Army of Darkness. This one looks similar but unique from the original book, as it's still bound in human flesh but does not have a face, instead, it is different flesh stitched together. This book also appears less "alive" than the others, as it doesn't move by itself until the very end. It's clearly still sentient just not... as animated as the original. This book's rules are completely different to the original, as reading from it summons deadites still, but the goal isn't just to possess people it's to possess 5 people to bring about the rise of the Abomination. These deadites are easier to kill due to there being clearly set rules they follow, these being that live burial, bodily dismemberment and/or immolation will get rid of the possessed spirit, but it usually also kills the actual person too. These deadites have glowing yellow eyes and grey rotting skin, and because they still look mostly humanoid they're mistaken for regular humans a lot of the time. They are extremely masochistic and love hurting themselves, likely because it's canon that the actual human is still conscious but unable to control themselves, so the deadites are hurting themselves to hurt the human. Unlike the original deadites, these ones don't play around and if they can they will possess you. Because these deadites aren't really here to take over the world and are basically human sacrifices to bring about the Abomination, they don't seem too keen on trying to escape, especially since there are already 5 souls here to take. An interesting thing is that when people are unpossessed (and alive) it seems they actually are healed, likely because the possessed body was the one being injured not the real one. An example is Mia gets her skin burned off and cuts her tongue in half, but looks fine when she is revived. The Abomination that this book seeks to summon actually appears rather weak. It's presumed that the Abomination grows stronger with each soul it consumes, and has only taken 4 by this time since Mia was saved. It's also likely it didn't expect Mia to be revived so was unprepared to go into battle immediately after being summoned.

Naturom Demonto/Volume Three (Evil Dead Rise):

These deadites seem to mix the original and the new ones. They are less exaggerated and more realistic looking, like the modern deadites but act more like the originals. This book mixes both old and new too, since reading from the book does lead to people getting possessed but it almost follows stages unlike prior volumes. First is simply possession, then it's black goop coming out of someone's orifices and then it's the Marauder, which is all the current deadites merging into a gross spider-thing. It seems unlikely that the Marauder is similar to the Abomination in that it was planning to take over the world or anything, just seemed like a masochistic thing they wanted to do. These deadites are the hardest to kill, burning, dismemberment, stabbing, and hacking, nothing seems to work on them. Of course they are defeated once Beth throws them into the shredder and their bodies are literally gone so they have nothing too possess. Despite this victory, it simply frees the actual deadite inside, so though they defeated the Marauder, the deadite simply claimed a new victim. Keeping to the theme of mixing old and new, these deadites don't have a set eye colour. The originals had fully-white eyes, and the 2013 ones had glowing yellow ones. These deadites can have silver, white or yellow eyes which is interesting. Again, like the other deadites they are extremely masochistic and are fine with eating glass, being set alight and literally ripping off flesh just to crawl inside. This book is unique once again, looking similar to the second volume with the flesh and lack of face, however, this one appears more veiny and has not stitching. This one also has teeth and requires blood to be opened. In Army of Darkness, this was the book that tried to bite Ash. It can be assumed that the reason the books look so different is because they evolved from being out and about, whilst Ash's book was stuck in a Castle for centuries and couldn't evolve. It would explain the difference in appearance. This is the only other book Ash is actually aware of, since he was the man in the past who saw the book and said "It's called the Book of the Dead for a reason." Again, like the other Naturom Demento, this one seems less alive however it does appear to be almost like a step-by-step guide, automatically turning the pages for you and all. Interestingly, despite being more modern, these deadites are almost exactly like the OG deadites over the modern ones. They look visually similar to the modern deadites, but they are more playful and like messing around more than just going straight for the kill.

[yttd-joe-obsessed]

My 3 a.m. Low Quality Analysis on the Alternate Ending In Sara's Mini Episode (Spoilers)

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As the title says, this'll be a sorta? analysis on the alternate end that is in Sara's mini episode (under the cut). This'll contain spoilers for the mini episode itself, along with the alternate ending since it will be the main focus of the essay (also spoilers for the main story, of course).

Quick warning before I start though! As (again) the title says, this is incredibly low quality since I wrote this at 3 a.m. and I'm also really bad at this sort of thing (like, is this even an essay?). Some of the stuff that I wrote may be entirely incorrect, and it's also pretty informal a lot of the time with a bunch of parentheses as I typed. It's kinda edited? but the edits were by that same 3 a.m. brain so. yea. Also the analysis ended up having no end goal so it's all over the place (and it's really long. like, 12 paragraphs long) ^^;

Anyway! Without further ado, I hope you all enjoy whatever garbage I came up with! And if there's any mistakes in what I wrote and you want to point them out, and/or if you'd like to share your own opinion, please do so!!

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The alternate ending in Sara's mini episode is unlocked via selecting all of the red text options throughout the episode, leading to a variation of the main ending in which Sara almost confesses her feelings to Joe before having a small breakdown and then going back to deciding to introduce him to Ryoko. Along with this, it also shows a window into what could have been, displaying a scenario in which Joe got enough votes to survive with Sara and leave everyone to die, Sara's breakdown happening immediately after the player is shown that scene.

     The scene could be interpreted in many ways (these are mainly just some theories that came up in my head while I was thinking). For example, it can be viewed as the possibility of the Death Game being some sort of simulation, with Sara having memories of it and it still deeply hurting her. Another example could be that it's Sara reliving (reminiscing) the memory of the day while in the Death Game, after Joe's death, and thinking of things that could have gone differently, which I will elaborate on much (much) later on. Yet another theory could be that the hangout event itself could be a simulation, and Sara's knowledgeable of this and is pretending that it's all real, a theory that matches with a possible theory regarding Your Time To Shine, the island survival spin-off. There's also many other interpretations, however I'm not all that acquainted with them. (Aka they just haven't crossed my mind yet since I'm not that good at coming up with this sort of stuff. If you guys see it any other way, let me know! I'd love to hear your thoughts!)

     Despite the possibilities, the ending does show that Sara might have had romantic feelings for Joe (or not, elaborated on along with the reminiscing theory), but decided to not act on them in exchange for being able to continue to treasure his friendship. In the main story, Sara's strong feelings towards Joe are laid out, though whether those feelings are platonic or romantic aren't elaborated on as they mainly just show how important Joe was is to her. However, in the mini episode, the alternate ending hints at Sara's feelings possibly having been romantic at some point, or having been romantic the entire time. However, this could simply be speculation as nothing is directly confirmed, and the red text hints at something different (elaborated on later along with the other two things).

    Another detail of the alternate ending is its shift in atmosphere, which is similar to some of the atmosphere shifts in the main story (or maybe just to me since for some it could be different). It goes from being completely cheerful to being solemn and melancholic. Sara's words and personality shift also match more with her personality later on in the main story (going from the emotion/Kanna route since I still haven't seen the logic/Sou one). She also voices her genuine fears, fears that strongly match her current fears in the main story. And Joe, as the kind and understanding boy he is (totally not biased), says that he would still stick with her through everything (and he did).

     One of the things that stands out the most overall is the scene showing the what-if containing Joe winning the votes needed to escape with Sara. Placing this scene to take place before the main story completely rules out the possibility of it being canon, since supposedly Sara would have had no knowledge on the Death Game's events and would not be thinking of the scenario. However, with one of the theories mentioned earlier, they do help sort the scene into the timeline somewhat. They would explain why Sara thought of the past possibility of escaping with Joe, while also having multiple other implications depending on the theory.

     So. What does this all mean? I'm…honestly not that sure. However, regarding the main story and placing this scene before the Death Game, certain parts in the alternate ending could be canon. Since the what-if scene has Death Game information, that immediately rules it out of the list of being potentially canon in this scenario. Sara having potential feelings for Joe and possibly almost confessing to him could be entirely possible, and isn't debunked by any main story information. Lastly, her confiding in him with personal fears is also a strong possibility, for the same reason as the aforementioned scenario.

     However, there is one main reason that I have labeled the alternate ending as semi-canon, and was the cause of me writing this before thinking. And it isn't because of the romance, and it isn't about Sara sharing her fears. It's because of a specific thing that Sara tells Joe after confiding in him: "You're…my precious best friend…"

     She does not call Joe her best friend in the regular route of her mini episode, and Joe even complains about the fact that Ryoko is on a higher level than him ("Your best friend…Above even me…Ngh…"). Yes, I know that after the scene Sara calls them both her precious best friends, but when Joe complained, Sara never stated that he was also her best friend, instead saying "Ahaha…Why so vexed, Joe?", as if agreeing that he isn't her best friend (or wasn't at the time, perhaps). This is most likely me just nitpicking the dialogue, but it bothered me and I wanted to mention it because it's been rotating in my mind.

    However, this is all ignoring a major issue in the situation. Mainly that we've been conditioned to believe that red text = bad, which for the most part is correct, and it's also the case here as well. "But Ink," you might be thinking, "I thought this was going in the direction of the red-text options being an alright thing here!" (even if you aren't thinking it, bear with me please, it helps with the next part of my essay here.) And you'd be semi-right! But also semi-wrong, as many of the options visibly appear forceful and not right for any scenario that they appear in. Specifically, the "Hug" and "Kiss" choices (And the final third option when combined with the other two make it also appear to be forced). They seem out of place and extreme for their situation, and I've seen some people (mainly in KGOKev's comment section since I haven't seen anything else about others' opinion on the alternate ending) mention many different things regarding it. This then brings up the possibility of this being Sara thinking back on this time with Joe and imagining what could have gone differently, with her using Joe's emotions against him and her mind immediately backing out of the plan because she genuinely cares about Joe and would feel horrible feeling like she's using him (because in a scenario where she would romantically get together with him to survive, it would indeed be using him).

     So, where does this leave us? Once again, I have no clue. The goal of this was originally to show how this alternate ending was semi-canon, and I feel as if I've done the opposite of that. But, it would technically be canon if it's in the case of Sara thinking about it after Joe's death in the Death Game, so I got something with that, at least! Along with it patching up the what-if scene into the timeline, it also makes the most sense considering all of the canon components at our disposal.

     As for the romantic side, did Sara really romantically like Joe? Did she not? With the post-Joe death scenario, it can go in multiple ways. It can go in the way that her feelings were completely platonic, and she felt that if she had pretended to like him romantically, things would have gone wrong and she would've felt horrible about using him and playing with his feelings like that. Another possibility could be that she did genuinely like him romantically, but felt that she would have much rathered just stayed as his best friend instead of becoming something more, and though losing Joe hurt immensely, the thought of losing everyone else horrified her immensely, along with the knowledge that she knows now having that possibility leave a sour taste in her mouth as it would either way feel like she would've been using him.

     In conclusion, using what we currently know (or believe) to be canon, the most possible reasoning for this alternate ending revolves around Sara reminiscing about the day post-Joe death. This post-Joe death scene would have been her thinking of alternate possibilities of what she could have done differently, then deciding to go back on those thoughts as these forceful choices would have been like as if she'd be using him. If it were to be before the Death Game, there would be multiple inconsistencies, such as Sara's sudden actions and the what-if scenario that leads to Sara's breakdown, but certain parts could hint to things that could possibly be canon, such as Sara (possibly) secretly having feelings for Joe and Sara confiding in Joe about her fears. So, which is true? The only way to find out is to wait for the end of the game, I suppose. And when the truth comes, we'll all be there, patiently waiting and ready to cry.

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[kamejapan]

Kawaii Yankee Episode Four

"let's do this one!" mareo said as naoya took the iPad and read the file carefully. "isn't this an old one?" naoya had asked, looking up at the other who had already moved to his computer and was pulling anything and everything he could find; including what he could find in his own database. "so, what'd you find?" naoya had asked, taking off his lab coat and standing next to mareo at his desk. "we have to go out and investigate. now." "wait. what?"

naoya and mareo had run out of the station quickly, getting onto their motorbikes and speeding towards the college. when they arrived, they saw the influx of police cars and looked at each other. "fucking for real?" naoya breathed as they got closer to the scene, putting on their masks and hat. "how'd you guys find out we had a case?" detective nazumi asked, only receiving a look in return. "oh yeah. well, his body was found in the judo locker room. he has whip marks on his body, vital stab wounds, skinned on his face, and.." he trailed off as the two squinted in confusion. "say it man! come on! we gotta go check out the area!" naoya pressed as the senior only held up a bag and looked away. "oh shit. yeah, put that fucking thing down." naoya said as the two shook their heads and walked off to look at the surrounding area.

"hurry up, we don't have a lot of time." mareo said to naoya as he stood still at the back of the classroom, feeling naoya open up his battery and button frame on his side, pressing the pairing button to pair to the app they had on their phones. let me know when you're connected. "scanning classroom." mareo's robotic voice said, causing him to go still. naoya watched from the video view on the app, making sure the scan went smoothly. "scanning complete."

as the two reviewed the room scan video, they both blinked quickly and rewinded the video multiple times. "did you see that?" mareo asked as naoya nodded slowly. this was a beautifully done job. naoya moved to swab the outlines of the tarp they had seen and collected a cloth piece that seemed to be of alligator and snakeskin mix. "is this?" "yeah."

the two decided to walk around the campus and find more clues, they spotted a group of people with their phones or cameras, speaking into the cameras about what was happening. “so he must be the boyfriend of someone.” naoya said stating obviously gossip and impromptu bulletin that had all sorts of notes and papers on it talking about the deceased. "this is weird. i'm analyzing this and this feels like a ripoff of a birkin bag. we might have to do more at the lab." mareo said as naoya nodded and the two started heading back to the scene.

they shut the door to their office room and turned on the privacy windows, noticing that they were being watched by the other scientists who weren't happy that there were high schoolers smarter than them. "so, someone was trying to live the luxury life but failed. this is a dupe for the birkin bag." mareo said as they sat around the table with their head scientist tsuukumo ryuuske and captain of their mini unit-- arata joe. "what about the scan you guys did?" arata asked as they pulled it up onto the tv screen and watched it together. "that outline is?" tsuukumo had asked as naoya spoke. "from some type of protection. it was more like a tarp to us. we swabbed it and that's what we got. but when we ran it through mareo's analysis program, we found no prints on the ground. only something like examination gloves. but who could've killed him? there's a bunch of medical students here. not to mention there's a nurse in each department."

the meeting and investigation plan went on for a while longer, them coming up with a bunch of different suspects and reasonings.

"i have a feeling there's going to be more deaths at the college. don't know why though." mareo sighed out as naoya placed his hands behind his head and hummed. "then you might have to get used to being babysat by your brother." "no, never."

monday came and mareo sat on the stairs, head hung low in tiredness. ruka sat next to him and handed him a soda, silence filling the space. "you look tired. what did you do over the weekend?" he had asked as mareo held the soda up to him lazily, prodding him to open it as his head hit his shoulder. ruka had stiffened up a bit at feeling mareo's head on his shoulder, surprised he even was comfortable enough to do that. mareo had taken the soda ruka had opened for him and took a sip. 'he's like a baby, how adorable' the taller thought as he allowed the silence to consume them again.

it wasn't until naoya had come to the steps to let the two know how late it was. they had missed all their classes. how didn't ruka notice? he's been on his phone the whole time keeping a close eye on the male sleeping. "wake up. i have to go to lessons and need your books." naoya had said, causing the sleeping male to wake up quickly. he stretched and headed back to the classroom as the other two followed behind slowly, having a conversation of their own. "you're whipped." naoya said smugly as he got punched in the arm. "i'm just being a friend." ruka spat back with a face that said otherwise.

mareo and naoya were walking around, doing anything and everything they found of interest, coming up with a plan to investigate outside of school since they were in school most of the week. "hey aren't they picking on someone the wrong size?" mareo said as naoya's head turned in the same direction. there were a group of guys who were a rather large group picking on a single kid. "now? really? wait." naoya punched mareo in the back of the head, earning a hiss in response and an unwanted automatic function. of course, even after so long, naoya still knew all the shortcuts of mareo's body. "automated zoom. scanning." the AI voice had said, mareo's pupils rotating in a circle and analyzing the scene before them.

"recording saved to files." mareo blinked and raised a brow, turning to the other who only smiled. "why don't we go visit the captains?" naoya said as mareo only followed suit, them making it in no time to the station.

"get plugged in." arata said as mareo took his jacket and shirt off to get plugged in to share to the big screen for everyone to see. mareo gasped and his eyes went a human white as naoya stood guard outside his pod, opening the system that manually controls mareo. "oh that jacket is an old one. class from the 90s. i think 99? but he's got to be the age of your brother, mareo. his face says so." joe said as mareo pouted. his body was seen sitting on the floor of a white area and he rolled around at the thought. he knew where this was going.

as soon as mareo got home, he sat down and noticed that his brothers are always at home and together eating dinner with him. it was a first. the orphanage had them train like dogs and eat in groups or not at all due to the tight schedule of training. especially mareo, he lived off oil and nuts and bolts.

"so, i'm going to be gone a lot more often." mareo said loudly, interrupting the comforting arguments of the other five. they all looked at him in surprise. he's been quiet for the past hour. "oh? why?" souta asked as he blinked. "oh. uh. extra classes! at natsu-nii's college!" natsu choked on his rice in shock. what?

"hey kid, did you even check with the school to see if you can do that?" natsu asked as mareo's eye twitched gently. technically, yes. the police. "yeah. it's being offered to me and a few others as an exclusive. they're only taking in two students to see how it works out." he replied before quickly shoving a piece of meat in his mouth. "thank you for the food." mareo said as he shoved the rest in his mouth and tried to escape, to avoid further questioning.

his brothers would not give up the questioning or anything. several hours had passed and they were now in the living room, looking over the courses he could take and what the program offered. if it wasn't for ruka, they'd be in the shithole. "wait, why don't you take the same course as natsu?" mareo blinked back into reality and shook his head with a hand up. "no thanks. too common. we're brothers. disassociation." the elder four dropped their heads. they've been born to stubborn but they've never faced it ten times worse than before.

"got it. i'll do the crime club! naoya and i like playing mystery games so it'll be perfect for us and we can ease our way into the classes." mareo said with excitement, causing the others to give up and let the kid have his way before hell breaks loose and he gets lost or shows up to a club.

tuesday; early.

it was dark as the ceo of tabbytun walked into the political building he had opened up, him assuming he was the only one there at this time. his narcissism got to him. of course he was here early! he cared for the people! he had to get to work on everything he wanted and needed fast so they could have a 'slight' advantage!

the tvs and monitors turned on, displaying different kinds of damning evidence against the CEO. "welcome, president." naoya and mareo had said, standing on either side of him and bowing, wearing the anbu black ops mask they had got from the store. "oh. hello. you are not anbu because they're fictional." he replied as mareo kept a straight face best he could behind the mask. "you are correct president. we are not anbu but rather from sun. you have been chosen." "chosen?" he asked as he turned to naoya who only held out a hand and led him to his couch in his office where he saw his workers gathered together in front of it. "what's going on?" the CEO continuously asked as naoya and mareo stood in front of his workers and ripped their masks off.

"oga tsuruske. you are guilty of sexual harassment, embezzlement, murder from 10 years ago, and not paying the hakakuen gang. do you have their money?" mareo asked as oga's eyes shook in fear. "no, i don't have it." oga said with fear as mareo shook his head and sighed. "you will pay in other means then." he said as he moved to kick him in the stomach and watch him fall to the floor. "mareo, be gentle. we have to still hand him over to the okami, remember?" naoya scolded lightly as he turned on the overhead lights for the CEO to get a good look at his surroundings. "he'll be in one piece. maybe? depending on if he can survive an included window fall." mareo said as he grabbed the 20 years senior by his hair and dragged him back onto the couch.

"murder? that wasn't me." oga denied as mareo had a menacing smile. "eh. haruha nana doesn't sound familiar?" mareo heard the gulp perfectly and cackled. "okay people. let's make this quick so your children can be put to bed after their fun day they had today." naoya said as he clapped and everyone nodded their heads. "please, who's like to speak first? mareo is known as steelhead so you're protected. also keep in mind we do have to distribute payment."

"you bastards wouldn't rat on me for money from two kids would you?" oga asked with slight panic as the staff looked away. after all, they were promised about 4 million yen from his legal money. which was; well. everything. "4 million yen each. pretty good price no?" naoya said as he opened the window for fresh air as he noticed some of the staff growing nervous and sweaty.

"k. bye." mareo said as he punched the senior a few times before throwing grabbing the couch with one hand and dragging it with ease, using a small bit of force to kick the couch and the poor man out a closed window, lollipop in his mouth.

the whole office fell silent as they listened to the loud crash and car alarm that followed in what seemed to take forever. next, the screams. everyone went still as mareo watched from the window, spotting a detective who looked up in suspicion. he lifted his head in acknowledgment, tossing the USB of evidence on the floor. "pay will be coming out now. please check your mail when you get home. it will be there in two hours starting now." mareo said as he held the door open for everyone to walk out and return to their homes.

"fucking man. this suit is dirty. now i have to throw it out." mareo said as naoya sighed. he knew mareo too well. "station?" "yeah. they might've found something."

the second the pair arrived at the police station, they saw the detectives on their knees and looking at them with tears in their eyes. "this is fucking weird." naoya said as the other agreed and they slowly backed away. "please! interrogate the suspects for us! we got no information and have a lot of complaints!" one begged as the highschoolers shuddered. the thought.

"why? fuck you naoya! why did you agree!" mareo screeched in the viewing room, hands in the air as the two let out a sigh that held different meanings for each.

"ms. junsu, did you know junichiro?" mareo asked as the female nodded quickly. "that boy? why yes. he came to the snack shop and asked for advice. it's common for students to do that. my shop is the only one safe enough for them to converse freely. unlike snide's. she listens in on every conversation and even has the audacity to try and hold what she knows over their head! she even got jealous that the ikemen talked to the females in the store or ignored her because they were listening to lesson guides!" mareo's eyes flickered. "natsu."

after several hours more of interrogations, naoya and mareo called it a morning and went home, mareo falling asleep on the stairs the second he sat on it to remove his shoes. "ma-kun." benjiro called as the youngest blinked a bit and noticed his ceiling. he was in his room. "benjiro aniki?" he asked softly as he heard a soft chuckle. "where'd you go so early in the morning? nobody was up in the whole town except you and the few farmers." benjiro asked as the other sat up. he had forgotten he had a correspondence he'd done and interrogations. natsu. quickly scrambling to kick off the covers, mareo fell to the floor and looked up. his vision was fuzzy. did he miss an update? oil? lost his artificial eye? everything was normal. that's when it hit him how exhausted he really was.

"naoya and i wanted to exercise..speaking of which, natsu-nii." he said before dozing off again, another sibling coming to see what the commotion was to laugh. looks like getting to know mareo inside and out day was on hold.

mareo blinked and felt like he gained some energy back. he made his way down without brushing his teeth for his routinely cup of water first thing before he went and did morning preparations.

after he did his simple routine, he sat on the couch in the living room and ate his strawberry milkshake cereal slowly, watching ameiro paradox with a blank face.

“yo, mareo. you okay?” benjiro asked as the other jumped in surprise. he looked up and nodded. “mm. if your lover died and he had you know that part removed, why?” mareo asked as benjiro sat down next to the other in thought. “hm. i’d probably remove it because he cheated on me?” he replied as mareo nodded his head. “okay but why would you shove him in a small place?” he asked as the other only shrugged. the two let the silence from the early morning consume them as the two watched the tv with an eventual game competition.

tuesday; quarter to mid morning // 8 AM

ruka and mareo were alone again as the two ate snacks and mareo revealed his love of kamen rider. “hey have you ever thought of dating a man?” ruka asked as mareo sighed in thought. “i have.” glancing over, ruka smiled. “is that so?” he said in delight as mareo leaned back a bit. “what is it?” he asked cautiously, instantly reading the situation.

“no.” mareo said as the two walked down the hallway. ruka groaned and stepped in sync with the other. “come on! just once. so they’ll believe it!” he begged as mareo turned towards him. “we’re in fucking high school!” mareo said in exasperation. “so?? why does it matter?!” ruka shrieked as the two stopped to face each other. “fine! you only get this one chance so don’t fuck it up if you really wanna impress them.” mareo said as he arrived at the other classroom, feeing a hand snake around his waist. “bye darling, i’ll see you later.” ruka said cheekily as the other smacked his head against the doorframe. this was going to be a long fucking day.

as mareo spaced out in the middle of the lecture, his vision changed as he logged into the college database and made his way to the security cameras. his automatic connection connected him to the camera inside the men’s locker room. wait what? a camera in the changing room? mareo was confused as he looked around and tried to figure out where it was hidden at.

“oh. my stomach! i think i had too much spicy food! i’m going to the nurse real quick!” he said aloud as he snuck his wallet into the jacket pocket. he scampered out and went to hide in a corner, away from being heard. “oi. captain. come pick me up. naoya too. we’re definitely going to need him.” mareo spoke quietly as joe bombarded him with questions. “ahhh, there’s a fucking camera in the changing room!” he yelled loudly, covering his mouth quickly as he heard a few of the classroom windows open to look around for the commotion.

an hour later, mareo was eating lunch in the classroom, reading a book. he hadn’t been down stairs once since this morning and he was dying to see naoya. he needed to tell him.

“nishikawa mareo and kimura naoya. come with us to the station.” everyone heard from the megaphone, causing them to look around. “mareo? why are the police looking for you?” some of the students asked as his face dropped. it was the one and only joe. he’d embarrass them like that and only them. he had taken the title as their investigation papa.

grabbing his bag and running out, mareo tried not to think too much of the stares.

once he made it outside, grabbed the megaphone and smashed it, rubbing his face in annoyance as he saw naoya kick someone out the way as he made his way over and the two walked to the cop car, not caring anymore.

the two got in the car and waited for it to drive away from the school gates before mareo spoke. “go to the college captain. we need to go to the locker room.” “the locker room? why?” naoya asked as the two synced and saw the same things. naoya was shocked. mareo connected to this instantly? it was just turned on.

"come on now, don't hold out on me. what do you two see?" joe asked as naoya and mareo's faces said it all. "someone was watching them change. but, where exactly is the fucking camera? no. mareo this is only one screen, i see another one. "what?" joe breathed as he stepped on the gas even more and sped to the college. "ryuusuke-san. maybe he can help us." mareo said as naoya nodded. "naoya. hit me." naoya punched mareo instantly, shortcutting him to his recording mode as mareo recorded what they were seeing and then sent it to hakaku before sending a small stream of them on the way to the college.

by the time the trio had made it to the college, ryuusuke was waiting by the entrance. "ryuusuke-san. i have a question." mareo said as he walked up to the older who only had an unamused brow raised. "if it's pertaining to the footage of the locker room then yes. there's multiple cameras in there but this is the main one that gives view to every little thing in there. my question is, why is someone committing an act like 3 years ago?" this was definitely before naoya and mareo were adopted. they would've known with the extensive database each of them had.

"3 years ago? what happened 3 years ago?" naoya asked as they walked to the judo training area. "same craft. different motive and people." ryuusuke said as he opened the door to only scrunch up his nose from the scent of sweat and manliness. "after you." he said as the high school boys pushed their way through and entered the locker room, naoya opening up his arm to look for the pinpoint of the main camera whilst mareo connected to it, appearing on naoya's screen. "ryuusuke-san. please take twelve steps to the back and make a right. check in the corner of the cardboard boxes and avoid any handprints. it's a small camera. i'd say go pro size." hakaku made his way over and found the camera instantly, amazed at the duo.

joe had put on gloves and grabbed the camera, storing it in an evidence bag next to a broken piece of plastic he found. "oi. captain. open up the locker on the side where my back is. try..19." joe opened up 19 and didn't see anything inside. he made his way over to the next locker and opened it up. and again. and again. and finally he found it after opening up every locker on the wall. "this is tiny." joe said as naoya examined it. "spy. like the ones in the glasses i wear at home." joe 'ahhed' in understanding before becoming confused again. "wait how are we going to get the data off of this camera?" he questioned as naoya took the camera and plugged it into his arm. "i can pull the data off. mareo is the only full robot here but we need him to hold the camera stream so i'll do what i can." hakaku finally spoke after staying silent and examining every curious little thing. "naoya is only half robot?" mareo nodded and spoke cautiously as to not break concentration on searching the camera logs with his other eye. "yeah. he was chosen as half because they were trying to see which one would be better. but it worked out on both ends. we still have longevity."

“well you two, imma have to take a few days to fully break down the exit sign. i can probably figure out the source of it from the cpu chip frame and the wiring.” hakaku said as he took the sign down and examined the outside again. the teens nodded and both fell to the ground in pain, shorting out. “are you two okay?” joe asked as he grabbed hold of naoya and ryuusuke of mareo. “w-we’re shorting o-o-o-o-out! corrupted files!” mareo said as the two yelled in pain and tried to turn off their systems. “naoya has whole body effects too? isn’t he part?” joe asked as he received a printed explanation. “that’s why..” "that's not the point! help me!" ryuusuke said as joe and him dragged the two out the locker room.

"move out the way! move! we're heading to the main infirmary!" joe shouted as the two were being rolled on tables. "it hurts!" naoya screamed as everyone cleared out the way and watched the two going through convulsions.

natsu heard yelling and whispering. he made it to his friends and the unwanted group of girls. "did you hear? two kids were in the locker room and both of them had a heart attack. two detectives who were with them are rushing them to the main infirmary." kishibe said as natsu's brows furrowed. "i'm going to the vending machine." natsu said as he quickly walked away.

as the two detectives bust open the door to the infirmary, the nurse got up quickly in shock and yelled for her partner to come help. "grab the defibrillator!" she yelled as joe and ryuusuke moved immediately, grabbing the defibrillators and attaching the pads to their chests.

joe heard the commotion outside and glanced to see some of the students trying to watch what was happening. "ryuusuke, take care of them!" joe shouted as he shut the blinds and slipped out, yelling. ryuusuke grabbed both boys' hands, yelling for them to keep their eyes open. the nurses set the shock to full volume and shocked them. "come on, stay with us!" the head nurse shouted as the two calmed down and their heartbeats returned to normal, ryuusuke dropped to the ground and so did joe after returning from the outside.

"we'll have to keep their medical records in case something like this happens." joe and ryuusuke exchanged glances and shook their heads. "no can do. police jurisdiction." ryuusuke spoke as joe left to take a call.

ryuusuke and joe waited for the two to wake up before looking at them with concern. "mareo, we signed you up for an arts program. naoya, medical. you two are the only ones in a fight club and also apart of the mystery solving club. mareo, some of your classes are with your brother. like in 10 minutes." naoya and mareo quickly looked at each other. "classes?!"

naoya and mareo sprinted to their classes, tossing bread and juice between the two to make it in time.

breathing heavily, mareo sat in a seat and pulled out a notebook, drawing in it. he heard the chair next to him being pulled out and he paid no mind to it. then, he felt the collar of his shirt being lifted.

allowing himself to be dragged out and seeing the faces of the students who were surprised, he leaned back to see blonde hair dragging him.

"are you okay? did you go into cardiac arrest?" natsu asked as mareo shook his head. he didn't need to concern him. not with everything happening. natsu's heart calmed down a little. he couldn't fully believe him.

"natsu-nii. do you have food? i'm hungry.." mareo said as natsu got up quickly and left in silence.

natsu opened up the link and saw two faces.

it was mareo's face.

he came back with bread and milk for the boy, whose hair covered his face. "here. eat up." natsu said quietly as the other took one of the breads and ate. placing a hand on top of the other's head, natsu keptsilent even as class started, his head not moving and the younger unable to move.

in the midst of class, someone came in and screamed. "there's been another murder!" mareo got up quickly and ran out, taking the back route he and naoya had discovered.

he met with naoya and looked around. they saw the body and quickly put their masks and hats on before sliding next to the body just before the crime stand board was put up. placing two fingers on the neck of the victim, naoya looked at mareo with a soft shake. "died about 10 minutes ago. his blood is still pouring out, killer is still out there." mareo smiled. "no she's not. we'll get her later." he replied as he looked at the wallet of the victim.

naoya and mareo took off their gloves and went around the campus, examining everything again and made it to the staff room. "naoya, how many times has the name rina appeared on your side?" mareo asked as naoya glanced up and held up a small piece of a napkin with lipstick on it. "make this one seven."

"any lovers per say?" "nope, all potential suitors."

[disaster-ace-is-me]

k i've listened to the OK ORCHESTRA album now and here were my thoughts

"OK Overture" had it's own little verse they really keep throwing new things at me but i'm here for it

"3 O'Clock Things" was really just what goes through my adhd/anxiety mind on the daily i love it here

"IF YOU'RE FUCKING RACIST DON'T COME TO MY SHOW" DAMN STRAIGHT

honestly "My Play" hit me really hard when i listened to it when it had just come out but hearing it on the album between "3 O'Clock Things" and "Joe" was SOMETHING ELSE

the ENTIRE time i was listening to "Adventure Is Out There" i was thinking of my best friend and i and how we've been looking for adventure in little things during quarantine and they really just put it into words like "i'm really fucking bored so like where do my socks go after i lose them ya know?"

"The Trick" gave me major Living Room vibes and i can't explain it

i related to "Humpty Dumpty" WAY TOO MUCH i need therapy jesus christ it is probably one of my favorites on the album tho

the end of "World's Smallest Violin" reminded me a lot of the ending of "Karma" but it was intense in different ways

i guess that makes sense tho because i think they're meant to be about the same thing or tie into each other in some way so giving them similar feels at the end would really convey that

also not to flex but i can do the entire ending of "Karma" in one breath

the placement of "Way Less Sad" between "World's Smallest Violin" and "Christmas in June" was actually really perfect as a transition into those two very different themes and it just made me love the song more than when it first came out a little while ago

"Christmas in June" is kind of a continuation of "Dear Winter" with that mention at the end of "can we have a kid in june?" and it makes me want to cry honestly

"Christmas in June" is literally the exact opposite of "Come Hang Out" and i just might do a mini analysis on it right now because it's so fucking amazing:

"Come Hang Out" is about not being able to spend time with the people you love because of you being so wrapped up in your job but also being so wrapped up in your job that you don't care that you aren't spending as much time with the people you love

"Christmas in June" is about trying to balance spending time with the people/person you love and going out and doing a job that requires going away from home for long periods of time (in their case to tour) because you do care about spending time with those people and don't want to lose them

definitely some growth here from The Click to OK ORCHESTRA and i'm here for it

also my brain found certain parts of the instrumentals really soothing and it felt like it was going back and forth like a metronome and as soon as i said that out loud i realized that the metronome was kind of the base sound for The Click album and that was probably done on purpose to add some connection to "Come Hang Out" and The Click album as a whole

basically, i do think this is their best album so far, and a great way to wrap up the "trilogy" they were doing, with the themes of the songs being very reminiscent of The Click, and the instrumental communication of Neotheater, while still remaining its own unique OK ORCHESTRA sound

will be listening all week

[mirkwoodshewolf]

Graduation surprise; BoRhap cast x reader

*Author’s note*

Hey ya’ll well I promised this fic when I posted the Queen prom fic so here it is. Now I know it’s not as long as the last one is but I felt like this didn’t need to be super long. Also as another special little fact for ya’ll I was gonna make this a Queen fic as well but then I decided to change it to a BoRhap CAST fic since I hadn’t done one of just them in awhile. 

So to all seniors whether HS or college, the class of 2020 CONGRATULATIONS I know it’s not what you hoped it would be but still try to find celebration in this pandemic, you all achieved probably the greatest milestones in your life. So stay safe, stay healthy, stay sane, and be happy :) Lot’s of love from me my darlings!

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Goddamn this year! Just when we think the new decade would be worth our wild, now we’ve got all this shit going on! First there was the threat of WW3, then the next month we’re dealing with wildfires in Australia, and finally to top it off why not add a global pandemic?!

The Coronavirus has literally been all over the news for months, and the fact that our government knew about it since late last year and didn’t warn us about it!? Then when they told us to be on lockdown, everyone starts hording toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and food that no one can buy said items for weeks on end.

But of course my main problem is the fact that I, along with so many other kids and adults around the world can’t participate in their own graduation ceremony.  As a college student, I was just longing to finally participate in my final graduation ceremony ever.  This was supposed to be my final chapter in school life and now because of this damn virus, that’s gone.

I mean yeah my diploma will be coming in the mail but I wanted my family to all be there to see me reach the end of my school life before I finally begin a new chapter.  Plus my cousin’s friends said that they would come and see me and I’ve missed seeing those guys, I hadn’t seen them all since the Bohemian Rhapsody premiere.

I sat there in my old room of my house (cause since the University closed down back in March, all students had to leave the college campus and go home so that way we could reduce the spread of the virus. So I ended up moving back in with my parents) just finishing up my final paper for class.

That’s when my Zoom video chat blew up with my cousin’s profile pic.  I grinned and clicked on the answer button and soon enough my cousin’s face took over my screen.

“Hey poppet.”

“Hey Gwil, how you holding up?” he let out a sigh.

“As best as I can. Though I should be asking you that, you are the one really dealing with this whole Coronavirus adjustment than I am. How’d you do on your classes?”

“For those that have said online classes are easier, they’re dirty rotten liars and completely incompetent.” He softly chuckled. “But thankfully I finished my last exam paper and submitted it just now.”

“Your dad look over it for you? Cause I know you’re a terrible editor.”

“Oi not all the time. Just when I’m lazy.” He hummed as he raised his brow at me. “But yes I did have dad review it for me. Cause before we got to submit the rough draft and my professor said I needed more analysis to my quotes on why I quoted that specific source. God I don’t know why I took that class to begin with?”

“Because you’re a criminology nut and you have been since you turned 16. God and I thought my horror movie tastes were bad.”

“Hey it’s good to be aware of shit like that!”

“Language missy!”

“Okay Cap.” I teased.  He gave me his stern look which made me laugh as I fell to my side on the bed. “Oh by the way I saw that little dating app video you did.”

“And what did you think?”

“I liked it. Kinda makes me wish an app like that did exist in real life.”

“You not just pulling my leg on this?”

“No. Honest and swear to god you had me moved by your performance. Well next to you being Brian May of course.” He grinned. “I swear I still can’t get over when I first saw you in the full hair and makeup, I literally almost had a freakin panic attack.”

“And the fact that Brian was also there to witness that.”

“Oh god don’t even go there!” I groaned as I hid my face in embarrassment.

“So—now that you’re all done with school, what’s next for you?”

“Well any plans I had are put on hold till this whole crisis goes away. And I really thought 2020 was gonna be my year. This sucks!”

“I know poppet, I know. But believe me that it’s not just you whose affected by this. Everyone in the whole world is suffering exactly the same way you are.” I sighed solemnly.

“I know. I mean I should be feeling for you and the guys right now, I mean all of you are out of work till further notice. And all the restaurants that I love going to. Did you know that the little ice cream parlor you and I used to go to when we were kids shut down?”

“No!”

“Yeah, the owner couldn’t keep up the payments because hardly anyone was ordering from them anymore, even with online delivery. So she closed it down.”

“Damn, that sucks. I really loved going to that place with you. That was always our special little time together without the grownups around.” I nodded remembering all the fun times we had together in that little shop.

It was then someone suddenly popped into our conversation.  The extra person now on my screen was none other than Joe Mazzello.

“Hey Gwil, mini-Lee!”

“Hello Joe.” Answered Gwil.

“Hey Joe been a long time.”

“How you two holding up?” he asked us.

“As best as we can, how about you? I’ve seen those Youtube videos you’ve been doing on your page.” Gwil said.

“You know those were jokes, especially that last one. I just wanted to get a laugh out of everyone, or have them hate me.”

“No one could hate you Joey.” I said with a smile.

“Aww thanks mini-Lee. How’s classes been?” I let out a groan as I once again flopped on my bed which made Joe laugh.

“I am just thankful that this is all over. At first I thought online classes would be easy but one of my professors was technology challenged. Another one would sometimes forget to do a lesson, and then of course blackboard could barely operate long enough for me to submit an assignment which caused some of them to be late.”

“Well like you said it’s over now.” Joe assured me.

“Oh hey I saw that Jurassic Park livestream you did.”

“Oh did you? How come I didn’t see you submit a question or just say hello? I’ve seen your Youtube page so I know your username by heart.”

“Cause I may or may not have also been working on a project. But chose the livestream over the project.”

“Nice going Joe, you’ve turned my cousin into a procrastinator.” Gwil complained.

“Hey at least she has Jurassic Park unlike you Gwilym Lee! Serious shame on you for not owning it! This is why mini-Lee is the coolest out of the two of you.” I snarked out a mock laugh as I stuck my tongue out.

“Ganging up against me okay I see how it is you two.”

“Oh come now cousin dear, we’re just messing around.”

“Messing around? If we’re messing with Gwil then I want a part of it.” Soon another picture came up and there lying on his side was Ben Hardy.

“Benjamin!” Joe screamed joyously.

“Hi Ben.” I sung out.

“Hey (y/n).” he waved at me with a wink. “Now going back to teasing Gwilym.”

“You guys are officially gonna be blocked right after this.” My cousin groaned.  We all laughed when I told him.

“Again cousin, we’re teasing you. So Ben, what brings you here?”

“What can’t I pop in and say hello?” I giggled.

“I see nothing wrong with it. Oh hey get this; I finally got around to watching 6 Underground.”

“And what did you think of it?”

“The first 10 minutes were insane! And truthfully I never really understood Michael Bay films, but this one—definitely my favorite. I loved it Ben, really.”

“Well thank you (n/n). Thank you.”

“Never did I think I needed to see both you and Ryan Reynolds on screen together….”

“Whoa okay easy there (n/n)!” Joe interrupted me.

“Oi you get your mind out of the gutters! And you say it’s the fans that make what you say to the extreme.” I scowled him.

“Trust me, I’ve known him for over 10 years and he still doesn’t grow up.” Another voice stated and soon two more familiar faces popped up on screen, stuck in quarantine together in LA were Rami and Lucy. And then a split second later another face came on the screen, it was none other than Alan Leech.

“Hey, Rami, Lu-lu, Alan!” I cheered.

“Hey (y/n)!” the three of them said as they waved.

“God I feel like I’m getting spoiled, got the entire BoRhap family together for the first time in like—forever.”

“It’s crazy.” Alan said.

“Definitely.” Agreed Rami.

“Maybe when this whole thing blows over we should all get together some time in New York.” Offered Joe.

“I’m down with it.” Ben said.

“Me too.” Lucy agreed with a nod.

“Yeah, (n/n), Ben and I could fly out together.” Said Gwil.

“I’m down with that. Now that I’m done with school, I can do what I want now.”

“So guys now that we’re all here shall we begin?” Lucy said.

“Begin what? Gwil what’s going on?” I asked.

“Well (n/n), when this whole quarantine shutdown and school cancellations started affecting the class of 2020 we all felt bad that you couldn’t graduate the way you hoped you would.” Gwil said before Joe continued.

“So Gwil called all of us up via the Whatsapp chat, as well as our daily zoom calls. To gather us all together on your ‘last day’ of college.”

“To celebrate your own Virtual college graduation party!” Rami cheered.  At that point everyone either threw confetti, blew on graduation blowers, or holding up signs that said CONGRATS 2020 GRADUATE!!!

I covered my mouth with my hands speechless and tried to hold back the tears.

“Ohh you guys.”

“Since you couldn’t have a college graduation party, we figure we’d bring the party to you. See not even this pandemic can stop us from celebrating our Mini-Lee’s ultimate milestone.” Ben said as he set down his congrats sign.

“And also expect some gifts within the next few weeks, depending on how the mailing services do with overseas gifts.” Alan said.

“Aww thanks you guys, you didn’t have to.”

“We know, but we wanted to. Let us spoil you even through this pandemic.” Said Joe.

“Thanks guys, this—really means a lot to me.” I wiped a hidden tear that strayed down the corner of my eye.  They all awed at me that’s when Gwil lifted up a small graduation cake.

“I know, I know this’ll be ridiculous but just humor me will yah?” I smiled and nodded.  He lit up the 2020 candles and held it just high enough for me to see the top part of the candles.

“CONGRATS (Y/N) LEE! CLASS OF 2020!!!” everyone proclaimed at once which made me smile and I blew out towards the screen.  Gwil then blew out the candles for me as everyone else cheered and clapped.

“Thanks so much you guys. Really, you have no idea how much this means to me.”

“We’re happy to do it (y/n). If it makes your day a little bit brighter in these dark times.” Rami said.

“It did Rami, it really did.”

“Well hope we can make this even better cause I’ve also got a part 2 to this little surprise. But in order for that to happen, everyone else has got to go otherwise you won’t really be able to see it as clearly.” Gwil said.

“Aww man.” I whined.

“No worries mini-Lee, your cousin added you to our BoRhap Whatsapp chat and I’ll send you a link to our zoom channel if you ever wanna chat with us again.” Joe said with a wink.

“Thanks Joe. And thanks everyone take care and stay safe.” They all waved and bid me goodbye with waves or blowing kisses at me and one by one they signed off till it was once again just Gwil and I.

All I could see across his bearded face was that cheeky grin he does whenever he’s trying to hide something.

“What are you grinning about?”

“Just the fact that I’ll be the best cousin once you see part 2 of your special surprise.”

“What did you do?”

“If I told you it won’t be a surprise now would it? Now let’s see, god I hope they get it.” He muttered the last part to himself. It took a few minutes till finally another screen popped up and standing there in his room was Adam Lambert.  I fangirled in my seat and covered my mouth trying to contain my squeals.

“Hey girlfriend!” he greeted with a wave.

“Adam oh my god!”

“How’s it going?”

“It’s been going. Finally submitted my last paper. So I’m officially done with school forever.”

“Yaas Queen!” he snapped. “So how’s it feel to be a college graduate?”

“Well it’d be better if we weren’t in the middle of a pandemic.”

“Understandable, but hey you’ve worked hard for this so be proud of yourself no matter what’s going on in the world right now.” I nodded with a shrug. “And to celebrate your graduation, your cousin whipped up another little surprise for you.”

“Oh my god Gwil you didn’t!” I gasped.  He merely raised a brow at me cheekily as he bit his lip back from a smile.

“Hey guys you there?!” Adam called out and soon enough two more screens came on and the picture revealed to be both Brian May and Roger Taylor.  Brian sitting on his couch while Roger looked to be in his basement with his drumkit.

At this point, I had lost my shit.  I was fangirling to the max at this rate but tried to calm down.

“Hi (y/n), congratulations of graduating.” Brian greeted me.

“Major achievement there love. Congrats.” Roger added.

“Oh my god…..Gwil this is—how……”

“I knew you’d love it (n/n). Plus I knew this would cheer you up after our last conversation we had last week. You really needed some cheering up.”

“So guys are we ready to do this?” asked Adam.

“I’m ready to go if you both are.” Said Brian as he took his Red Special and set it on his lap and Roger twirled his drumstick.

“(Y/n), this is for you love. Hopefully when this whole mess is over, you can finally go out there and reach your dream job. Till then we hope you enjoy this.” Roger said.

It was then both Roger and Brian began playing the tune for ‘we are the champions’ but as Adam began singing the song, it turns out that they were actually singing their new song, ‘You are the champions’ dedicated to the first responders worldwide.

But now they were playing it in my honor as a college graduate.  As they continued to play the song, I allowed the tears to flow down my face as I laced my hand over my heart.

God—never did I think that through this pandemic would I be happy.  From having to never see any of my friends I made in college again, to not having my whole family come to the house to celebrate, or going out to party with some of my friends.  But this—right here and now, my cousin made it all up to me all the way from London.

At this point, I knew that I was officially the luckiest person in the world.  All thanks to my favorite cousin, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

[mrsspidermanmaryjanewatsonparker]

Why Mary Jane sucks!

The awful character has been praised and protected and given special treatment by the fans, and especially Marvel, for far, far too long. It’s time we all woke up and saw this dreadful character for who she is! As such here are just a few (of a potential 500 I assure you) reasons Mary Jane sucks!

 1.       She’s a readhead

Famously Mary Jane has red hair.

You know what else is red?

Fire.

Fire HURTS people!

What’s Marvel trying to say huh?

That kids should play with fire!

 2.       Her entire character is about drugs

Mary Jane is slang for marijuana. In presenting a sexy character called Mary Jane in the 1960s the deviants that were Stan Lee and John Romita Senior OBVIOUSLY were trying to encourage people to use weed, the most dangerous drug of all time!

 3.       She was clearly the main villain of Into the Spider-Verse

Some months ago a sharp eyed viewer put forward a daring theory.

It stated that Mary Jane betrayed Peter Parker to the Kingpin in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Whilst I hold the utmost respect for that poster’s clinical film analysis skills, I have to disagree.

Mary Jane didn’t betray Peter to the Kingpin.

Because the Kingpin was clearly working for her the whole time!

Once you spot the clues it’s incredibly obvious. A subtle but really big example is the Kingpin’s body language throughout the movie. Kids and dumber viewers might not have noticed it but that’s the body language of someone in fear of his superiors, someone who is subservient in absolutely every way.

But WHO could he be working under? Who else but Mary Jane...from Peter B. Parker’s universe.

That’s what makes his ending so tragic. He rings that doorbell at the end of the movie and doesn’t realize he’s delivered himself into the hands of the true evil of the multiverse!

 4.       She made Peter quit being Spider-Man

Whenever I bring this point up people seem to presume I’m talking about the groan inducing years she was married to Spider-Man. Not true. Mary Jane’s toxic influence upon our hero predates that. She didn’t just make him quit during the Spider-Marriage but in fact EVERY time he ever quit.

Spider-Man No More? That was her?

Amazing Spider-Man #17? That was her too! I know Peter hadn’t actually met her back then but facts are facts those 5 minutes he retired were all down to her!

 5.       Marrying Spider-Man made Spider-Man comics bad for 20 years!

It’s been well documented by astute and respected creators like Joe Quesada, Dan Slott and Tom Brevoort many times before, but when Mary Jane married Spider-Man the Spider-Man books tanked big time.

In fact EVERY comic sunk to a new low. Rob Liefeld drew X-Force. Iron Man became a teenager. Superman got a mullet.

This can all be very directly traced back to Mary Jane marrying Spider-Man, a fact I blame the character for first and foremost not the writers. I mean when you have a character like that in your comic books it’s essentially inevitable that good writing isn’t an option.

Thank God for Joe Quesada’s Magmum Opus. Without it we’d have been denied all time classics like Amazing Spider-Man #553, an issue so memorable I don’t even need to reference anything from it. Y’all KNOW what I’m talking about!

 6.       She was RACIST!

Now okay TECHNICALLY Mary Jane was never really been racist.

But subtext is a thing and MJ famously hated Spidey’s black costume and his ex girlfriend Black Cat, both of which were always intended to subtextually represent the African American community.

Thus MJ’s dislike of them was unsubtle as it was bigoted.

Mary Jane hates black people.

 7.       She encourages sadomasochism

Not only is MJ’s name slang for a drug but think about what her name rhymes with?

Pain.

Through her Marvel sought to encourage impressionable readers to harm themselves through subtle subconscious rhyming. Kids aren’t dumb they’d obviously make the connection!

 8.       She ruined lingerie and other underwear

Throughout the Spider Marriage Marvel put Mary Jane in all manner of lingerie and sexy underwear to presumably titillate the readers.

But having such a repugnant character wear such clothing had the adverse effect of making readers repulsed by such items of clothing whenever they saw them.

Think of all the poor souls who read such comics and must have had what amounted to PTSD flashbacks upon walking into clothing stores. Think of the money that must’ve been lost for those businesses as a result.

Think of all the relationships that must’ve wrecked!

For. Shame!!!!!

 9.       She’s totally bland and one note

Let’s review the all time great love interests of Spider-Man’s life shall we?

Cissy Ironwood. Marcy Kane. Deb Whitman. Aprile Maye. Carlie Cooper. Liaeean Taeeang. Gwen Stacy (well once Stan got rolling on her around issue #100 or so).

All brilliant characters who need no introduction. Characters who’s names alone conjur up vivid memories of vital moments they contributed to Spider-Man history for fans far and wide.

Why is that you may ask?

Simple.

Unlike Mary Jane they had personalities!

They had character development!

I mean Marcy Kane’s progression from grad student and teaching assistant into being revealed as an alien is if we’re being honest the greatest character arc of anyone in Spider-Man history. It was so great they had to make the big reveal in the all time classic 1984 Jack of Hearts mini-series! Now you can’t say THAT about Mary Plain!

 10.   Marvel have always preferred her over Gwen Stacy

It’s no secret that the higher ups at Marvel, and this was especially true from the late 1990s onwards, have over idealized, over romanticized and engaged in outright revisionist history when it comes to Mary Jane, building her up as an unattainable level of greatness.

This is especially true of Joe Quesada but credit where credit is due, he was professional enough to divorce his personal feelings towards the character when crafting his opus One More Day and his almost as good sequel One Moment in Time.

But raising up Mary Jane was always at the expense of poor Gwen, surely the most underrated of all Spider-Man love interest, nay, Marvel characters of all time.

When was the last time you EVER saw Gwen get ANY appreciation huh?

Certainly not when they killed her off. Much like ITSV this story is a case of people missing the subtle clues as if you pay close attention, you can see Mary Jane literally pushing Gwen off the bridge and snapping her neck too.

Gwen deserved better of course but alas from then on we could only turn to the oh so occasional flashback to see her again. Because of this red headed devil we were denied such great scenes like that one time Gwen Stacy said she was in love with Peter or that time she cried to her Dad.

Instead we are subjected to garbage like this!

[overkill-max]

Special Ops: Lioness Season 2 - Joe

Spoilers after the cut if you haven't seen it.

I have so many thoughts on the new Special Ops: Lioness season, and most of them revolve around how hilarious it is that Joe constantly tells people she doesn't want her assets picked for her, and then she just lets men pick them for her.

They pretend it's a suggestion, but really, there's just something to be said about a woman constantly seeking absolution from her first loss by pretending that because she wasn't the one that picked them after that, it couldn't possibly be her fault when they fail her again.

Joe feeling Isabel's loss and refusing to be better from it is just *chef's kiss* I love that the first season shows us how she had the perfect marine and turns her into something that goes so against the core of who she is, that even if the mission was successful, it's still a failure.

Now, she has another exceptional soldier and the first thing she does is push and push, wanting to break her. Then, when Josie is right on that edge, Joe does what she does best, she humiliates her further by forcing her to strip. It serves no purpose, her uncle knows who she is. Her cover is that it will be a public dismissal. So they know she's a pilot as well. So it serves no purpose to do this for the mission, but it does serve a purpose to Joe and that's what matters.

Joe will always think about the lionesses that came before this one. And instead of being better, she chooses to break Josie that first day, no SERE, just her wielding her power around and throwing insinuations around so Josie breaks. Then she brings back the first lioness and tells her to strip.

I love the parallels and how Joe will always sabotage herself and the mission before it even starts because she wants control so badly that it warps her.

What is everyone's thoughts on the first two episodes of season 2?

[tritone-substitution5]

THE key change

This post is gonna be about the key change(s) in the song Once And For All from the musical Newsies.

I’ve read so many posts about the key change before the last chorus of Once And For All and they’re all #relatable. I get goose bumps every time. But why exactly is that? Let’s get into some musical theory, shall we?

(The beginning of the paragraph that is actually talking about THE key change is gonna be marked in bold letters if you just wanna skip to that)

Okay first things first, what is a key change? Most musical pieces or songs are set in a key that determines the chords that’ll appear throughout the song and the notes that’ll appear in the melody. Think G major or f minor or something like that. Some pieces or songs have multiple keys that change throughout the length of the piece. That’s what we call a key change. Simple enough in theory, right? For practicing musicians, a key change usually happens when the key signature changes. As a listener, some key changes are more subtle than others, THE key change being a bit more dramatic. As an example, a key change can be used to change the “mood” of a song (think major to minor or vice versa) or to indicate a climax to a piece.

Now, let’s talk key changes in Once And For All, cause there’s more than just the one. (Also this analysis is gonna be based on the official sheet music from the piano/vocal selection which I would highly recommend if you’re a practicing musician. This is not sponsored I just really like the book.)

So, we’re starting the song in the key of G major. The instrumental beginning and first verse are all in a pretty standard G major until the last word of the verse, “lose”. We are now in a different key, e minor. This is a more subtle key change since e minor is the corresponding minor key to G major, but it’s still there. One could assume that the change to e minor is used to symbolize a change in dynamics, even more so since now all the Newsies set in and the orchestration changes drastically in rhythm.

Now from here on we hear a lot of mini switches in keys. The beginning of the next verse is e minor until “this time we’re in it to stay” were we switch to g minor, “write it in ink or in blood” is b minor. We switch back to e minor with “see ol’ man Pulitzer”. Now these changes are almost to short to actually consider them key changes, but still something to note. It just adds to the dramatics of the song.

Same thing goes for the next part of the song until we switch to a minor with “once and for all if they don’t mind their manners we’ll bleed them” and we’re staying there ‘til “Finally we’se raising the stakes”. From here on, we basically switch keys every bar, so it wouldn’t really make sense to talk about key changes at all. Just know that it’s there.

Now, those parts kinda repeat themselves in a smiliar fashion until we get to THE key change. So after “Joe you is gonna play fair, once and for all”, we’re left in a minor. The whole repeating of “once and for all” is in basic a minor and then comes the key change to A major. What a glorious sound, I’m shivering just thinking about it right now.

Okay now, why is this key change so much more noticable than the one’s before that? We are switching from minor to major on the same bass note. That is a very drastic change for the human ear that was brought up generally listening to music that’s based on major and minor keys. There’s just such a huge difference in dynamics between the two keys that we’re automatically like “huh?”.

But why did they choose to use this change in dynamics? I can only speculate with that tbh. Personally, I think it’s a change from this whole “we’re gonna fight you Pulitzer” to “we’re gonna do this”. It’s a very subtle difference of emotions, but it feels like we’re going from a slightly negative to a more positive attitude which would correspond with the minor (generally thought of as sad or negative) to major (more happy, uplifting and positive).

This positive attitude changes with “once and for all you’re gone”, were we switch to the corresponding minor key, just like at the beginning and stay there ‘til the end. Again, this to me kinda stands for their motivation to fight Pulitzer.

Okay wow that was long. This is obviously all subject to interpretation. If any of you have ever given THE key change some thought, I would love to know what you’ve come up with! :)

[twdmusicboxmystery]

Analysis of New Opening Credits for S9: Wow!

I can’t believe what I’m seeing! Is everyone seeing this?

Hey Everyone! Happy Friday! As I said yesterday, I had a lot of people asking me to analyze the new opening credits. So, here goes! They’re VERY interesting.

Before I get started, let me give creds to plenty of people in my group, including @katkhaos, @lily.loup (IG), @wdway, @frangipanilove, @boltthrutheheart, and a handful of others. I also know that some of their observations were things they got from other places in the fandom. In short, these opening credits have already bounced around so much, it’s hard to know who noticed what first. So…creds to whoever did.

Okay, a couple of very general observations. I notice that the camera, throughout the entire thing up until the end, pans backwards. It’s kind of the opposite of the Kaleidescope Promo, in which the camera pans forward. And I think this is by design. I think these opening credits are an homage to everything that’s happened in the series thus far. I’ll illustrate as we go along.

As far as TD goes, most people’s first question was whether Beth’s flash is still in these opening credits. The answer is no. Not as far as we can tell, and lots of us have gone frame by frame looking for it. I’m taking that as a good sign for this season. Think of it this way: that flash has been present in the credits since S5, when she first disappeared. It’s been present in every season since, and she hasn’t shown up in any of them. Almost to remind us of her or tell us she’s still coming. This season, it’s gone. I feel like that means she’ll finally arrive, so the flash is no longer needed.

So, we start with black birds on a white background. 

We don’t necessarily see white birds, but the black and white theme is definitely present. And remember that we recently saw some very important black birds in Fear as well.

The camera pans back and we see the tree. This is the same tree from 8x16 with the plate glass pane with the Celtic cross/knot on it.

To be honest, I’m glad to see this in the opening credits. We all had so many theories about these panes of stained glass, and they didn’t give us much to go on in terms of interpretation in 8x16. Obviously, these are still in play.

Also, you’ll understand this more as I go along, but there are a lot of homages to dead characters in this tree and all throughout the opening credits. It makes me think that maybe this tree wasn’t JUST about Carl and Rick or JUST about AOW, but rather, because 8x16 was the end of the huge S4-S8 arc, it was meant to be a funeral to all the characters we lost during those seasons, during this arc. The opening credits do point to that.

Let’s be more specific. In this tree, we see Rick’s ax, Abraham’s dog tags, and even the Governor’s eye patch. We also see a bird eating something red. It’s honestly impossible to tell exactly what it is. Maybe a berry. More likely a hunk of flesh. Because this is TD and these birds are carrion/scavengers. So about the only thing we can say for sure about this is that it’s a RED OBJECT. And as @frangipanilove so aptly explained HERE, red objects = red Easter Eggs = resurrection.

Then something interesting happens. The tree explodes with greenery, and all the birds take flight. Obviously we’ve always equated the color green with Beth Greene, but also keep in mind that, because these birds are scavengers, they represent death. Green always represents life, and the life banishes the death. In short y’all, this is a resurrection symbol. Life overcoming death. And there’s a red Easter egg in it. Just saying.

It’s also interesting to note that this is very similar to the title card used for Lauren Cohan in S2/S3:

The camera pans back to this picture of a pitchfork in a skull. We see Daryl’s bow and three arrows on (our) left and Carol’s knuckleduster knife on the right. I feel like this represents season 2. This was when Daryl and Carol first bonded over Sophia’s death, which could be represented by the skull. And the pitch fork reminds us of Hershel’s farm.

Daryl’s arrows are interesting too. There are three of them (Rule of Threes) and two of the create an X (X Theory). But it also reminds me of Norman’s old title card from S2/S3. Granted, there are only two arrows in that old card, but it still reminds me of it.

We also see the helicopter fly over at this point. The helicopters were most prevalent so far in S1 (outside Rick’s hospital), S3 (when Merle returned), and S4 (on top of the Big Spot in 4x01).

We pan back some more and we see two horses with riders. I think this is supposed to be Rick and Michonne. One is a man and one is a woman, and they look like they could be silhouettes of Richonne. 

My first thought was that this was reminiscent of them meeting in S3. But of course we didn’t see Michonne on a horse until S4 (another callback to 4x01).

More evidence for this being Richonne is that when the camera pans further back, we see Michonne’s katana. Then, we see Carl’s grave on the right. You can tell it’s his grave because Rick’s gun is hung from the cross grave marker. So I think this represents the entire Rick/Michonne/Carl dynamic in general. Their entire history, ending most recently in Carl’s death.

And while it’s true that we’ve always equated the black/white horse theme with Bethyl (it really looks to me like the woman/horse on the right is white, while the man/horse on the left is black) it really doesn’t bother me that this might be a representation of Richonne. Why? Because I think they’re about to repeat Bethyl’s arc this season with Rick leaving. Rick will “Die.” Michonne will mourn him and be sad for several seasons, etc. It’s just a fulfillment of everything they foreshadowed in 7x12.

On the left, we see Glenn’s grave as well. You can tell because Hershel’s watch is hanging on it. More history and evidence that this is a tribute to the fallen of TF.

Then we see a walker standing at a break in the brick wall. A few things this is reminiscent of. It reminds me of S3 when Sasha and Ty came into the prison. Also of Shirewilt (Noah’s home) which had similar holes in the outer, brick walls. And many people in my group were reminded of the dark tunnel in the previous title sequence that Emily, Chad Coleman, Sonequa Martin-Green and Michael Cudlitz’s names all hung out in at some point. 

It also reminds me a little bit of Conquer. Not because of a visual parallel but because it obviously represents walkers getting inside the walls, which is what Rick’s entire speech at the end of 5x16 was about. Perhaps we’ll see a fulfillment of that speech here?

We also see a sheriff’s hat on the gate next to this walker, which is interesting.

Next we see Lucille and Rick’s Colt laying side by side in the grass, outside what looks like Alexandria’s walls. The words, “Final warning” are written on the gate. Not sure what to make of that phrase yet, but perhaps we’ll understand as the season progresses. To me, this shot obviously represents the fight between Rick and Negan. The two of them being pitted against one another.

Here’s a darker one where you can see the “Final Warning” on the wall:

Then we’re suddenly inside the walls. And this does look like the inside of Alexandria to me. I emphasize that because of what we see here. The focus, of course, is on Daryl’s bike. But look closely, guys, because this is huge. The geniuses in my group picked up something I didn’t. Look at the handle bars of this bike. They’re long, deep, and Y-shaped. This is not Daryl’s current bike. It’s the one he had in S1-4 and left behind at the prison.

Digest that for a minute. We’re seeing Daryl’s OLD bike INSIDE Alexandria.

I made the comment to my group that wouldn’t it be amazing if Beth, at some point, went back to the prison and got Daryl’s old bike and showed up on it? I mean, as far as we know, there’s nothing wrong with it. It just got left behind.

Now, we’ve never been told that Beth knows how to ride a motorcycle, but a girl can have head canons, right? Maybe even one where she almost crashes 27 times and chuckles to herself about how horrified Daryl would be at her biking skills? Hehe.

Okay, I’ll be the first to admit I’m probably being too literal about this. The bike is PROBABLY purely symbolic. After all, it was left behind by Daryl and never seen or spoken of again. Kinda like Beth. (Remember my super-ancient Bike/Dog/Kidnapping theories?). So I’m thinking this bike may be symbolically indicative of Beth’s arrival at Alexandria. But if she showed up on his bike, wearing his poncho, you gotta admit that’d be pretty damn cool.

Oh, but that is not all we have to say about this shot, my friends. There’s SO much more. Because what do have next the bike, between the bike and the barns, actually? But the Red. Freaking. Machete.

(Yes, I posted the shot twice so you could see it again.)

Now, in terms of being a callback to S4, it makes sense. The red machete was first acquired from Joe Claimer not long after the prison went down and Daryl left his bike behind. So, okay. It works. But we recently had The Red Machete mini series and have tied it (because of the Claimed trading card) to Bethyl. And strawberries. And the current season.

At the very least, this shows the red machete is still in play. And where did we last see it? In the hands of the mysterious individual known only as Legs. So what I’m saying is that this tells me that Legs will figure in S9 somehow.

And let’s be honest: most of us believe Legs is Beth. The Red Machete represents Rick, of course, but given that Beth will be the “new sheriff in town” and all the callbacks to her arc that we saw in the RM mini-series, I think the red machete represents the role of “Sheriff” on the show. So it represents the transition from Rick to Beth. Rick going out, Beth coming in.

And this shot in the opening credits supports that. Because the only other thing in this shot is a barn. Very reminiscent of Hershel’s barn from S2. So we have a reference to the Greene family (the barn) and a reference to Daryl (the bike) and between them is the Red Machete (the transition from Rick to Beth).

Moving on. We see the barn being built up, which obviously suggests the rebuilding of the world, society, etc. We already know that’s a big theme this season. I do notice that there are holes in the roof at first, and then they’re filled as the barn is built up. That’s kind of interesting. If you need a refresh, read my Hole in the Roof Theory and @frangipanilove’s recent update to it. If the holes represent Beth’s death and Daryl’s loss of her, then seeing them filled could represent that those holes are about to be filled. And we all know there’s really only one way to do that.

We also see a noose on the barn. My first thought was that it was another callback to S2, because originally the group was going to hang Randall, but decided not to. Then the people in my group also pointed out that it’s probably indicative of Gregory’s fate. If you’ve read the CBs or any spoilers, you know what I mean. I’ll leave it at that. I have some thoughts about the juxtaposition of those two things, but I don’t want to be spoilery in this post, so I’ll leave that (probably a rabbit hole anyway) for another day.

Then we see the windmill and more birds. Obviously windmills will be big this season.

Then we see the eye of a walker and the camera pans out from it’s eye. 

@boltthrutheheart pointed out that the premiere of S3, 3x01, started this way. It focused on a walker’s eye and then panned out. So kind of a throwback to S3, but I’m not sure what the purpose of it is yet.

So then, for the first time in the credit’s sequence, the camera spins around. I said at the beginning, it continually pans backward, right? Well, here, it flips around as if to look at all things we just saw and left behind. So this walker is actually facing/staggering toward everything we just saw. Just kind of interesting.

And I gotta say, this shot at the end of these opening credits:

Reminds me a lot of this promo shot from S2:

Which is not only a famous Rick promo (end mirroring beginning) but it was a promo from S2, when Beth was introduced. Just saying.

And finally, we get the new TWD logo with all the greenery, which has already been extensively discussed. 

So yeah, that’s what I got, folks. See why I think it’s a tribute to everything that’s come before? Plenty of Easter eggs. Plenty of homages to deceased characters. Plenty of promise for what’s to come

Thoughts?

[eideticreid]

Bonding » Spencer Reid

Pairing: Reader x Spencer Reid

Word Count: 1,924

Warnings: None

Summary: You’ve been working at the BAU for a week now, and the small decision to stay behind for lunch one day, gives you some alone time with Spencer Reid.

It had been a week since you became the newest member of the Behavioral Analysis Unit. A week of you settling into your new job and getting to know your team mates, building and earning the trust you needed to be an efficient team.

Your first week had mostly consisted of filling out piles and piles of paperwork that seemed to endlessly appear on your desk. Your once clean and organised area now a chaotic mess of papers, folders and idle stationary.

Paperwork aside, you’d managed to become well acquainted with your team mates, becoming particularly close to Penelope Garcia. During your lunch breaks you’d find comfort perched in a chair beside the blonde in her office, watching cute and funny video’s on her many computers.

You’d also spent a decent amount of time with Derek too, mainly because his desk was literally across from yours. You enjoyed the flirtatious banter he gifted to all the women he encountered — earning scoffs from a certain genius — and you melted at the relationship he had with Penelope.

Elle and J.J were still relatively new to you, since you hadn’t interacted with them as much. The brunette would occasionally join in on conversations, but was more focused on her work than the others, whilst the blonde was always locked away in her separate office resulting in you hardly ever seeing her.

And you couldn’t forget about Spencer.

You hadn’t really gotten to know him that well over the past week, but he had thrown out some random facts at you and found himself in many of his passionate speeches more than once.

But that was more than enough for you. You could listen to Spencer Reid’s voice all day long.

However, you were now beginning your second week at the Behavioral Analysis Unit. You still hadn’t been called out on a case, your body now itching for action and drama, and you wondered if you were ever going to make it out onto the field.

As you walked into the bullpen at the start of a brand new week, you noticed that the usual early bird wasn’t sat at his desk with a book in his hands. It was weird to not see and have the long haired boy greet you.

Maybe Spencer was sick today?

“Good morning, pretty girl.” Derek greeted, as he turned on his computer opposite you.

“Morning, D.” You had both adapted to the nicknames you’d given each other.

“How was your weekend? Do anything nice?”

You shook your head, “Not really. Just caught up on some shows and did some cooking. What about you?”

“I went out with Elle on Saturday night,” He looked over his shoulder at the brunette, “Hooked up with a few girls. It was a great time.”

“Yeah, until you left me for that Latina girl.” Elle looked accusingly at Derek, who chuckled.

You smiled to yourself as the two co-workers began some banterous bickering between themselves about their weekend, whilst you started up your computer for the day. You were so focused on Derek and Elle’s words you almost missed Spencer Reid coming into the bullpen.

He stopped at your desk before settling in himself, and when you looked up at his tall frame to see a coffee cup being handed to you, you couldn’t help but smile.

“This is for you.” You took the warm cup from him gratefully, “Coffee, two sugars. It’s from my favourite place a couple of blocks away.”

“Thank you, Spencer. You didn’t have to.”

“I know. I uh, I wanted to.” He smiled before settling into his desk.

You examined the logo sprawled across the cup — Mini Joe’s — a place you’d never heard of before. Strange. You brought the warm beverage to your lips, took a small sip and felt the warm liquid travel down your throat, leaving the right amount of sweetness in your mouth.

“Wow, Spence. This place sells some good coffee.” You hadn’t realised you’d just called Spencer by a nickname, allowing the name to flow mindlessly from your lips.

But the genius had noticed.

J.J was the only person who ever called him Spence, others just opting to call him Reid or his actual name. He liked it though. And because you made him feel an unfamiliar way, he blushed at the slip of the nickname.

“I’m glad you like it,” He smiled, “Did you know the earliest credible evidence of drinking coffee was in Yemen in southern Arabia, back in the middle of the fifteenth century? It was there in Arabia that coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed similar to how it’s prepared today.”

“I did not know that.” You giggled, “I thought it all started in Brazil, honestly.”

“Easy mistake,” He shrugged, “Brazil is now the leading grower of coffee, producing one-third of the world total.”

“Interesting.” You pondered, taking another sip of the delicious drink.

The morning had passed slowly, everyone wasting another day on their computers and completing paperwork. All you could think about the whole morning was how Spencer had bought you coffee.

He took time to think about you early in the morning, and your love for coffee. And even though he has an eidetic memory, you were touched that he remembered you had two sugars too.

With the morning been and gone, and every member of the team wishing for a case, it was now lunch time. A time that everyone, including yourself, embraced with huge relief.

The bullpen had now become empty with few agents dotted around finishing up loose ends. You and Spencer were two of the few agents, both politely declining to join the others for lunch in the cafe down the street.

“Didn’t fancy going to lunch with the others today?” Spencer asked.

“No, I brought lunch with me this time.”

He smiled, “Mind if I join you then?”

Your heart started to race at the simple fact Spencer wanted to join you for lunch, you were yet to spend one-on-one time with him. You politely nodded though and scrambled to move the paperwork out the way to make some room for him.

“Did you have a nice weekend?” He asked, as he wheeled his seat at the edge of your desk.

“Yeah, I did thanks. How about you?”

“My weekend was good too, thanks.”

Spencer grabbed for his apple he had packed, as both of you tried to find a conversation starter to make this situation a little less awkward. You didn’t really know much about him and he didn’t really know much about you.

However, the genius managed to find a topic much quicker than you did. “Are they your parents?”

You instinctively looked over at your picture frame containing their picture, “Yeah. That was taken a few days after their wedding.”

“You look exactly like your mother there. Just as beautiful.” It took a second for him to realise what he said, “Oh, I’m sorry. I uh, I didn’t mean for that to sound inappropriate.”

You blushed, “It’s okay, really.” Your genuine smile was enough to reassure him, “Thank you for the compliment.”

He too, was now blushing, “You’re welcome.” He paused, “So um, do you have any siblings?”

You nodded, “An older brother. His name is (Y/B/N).” You took a bite out of your salad, “Are there any other Reid geniuses?”

He chuckled, “No, I’m the only child.”

You watched as his features changed ever so slightly, his forehead crinkling in thought as he contemplated something. His focus was fixed on the apple in his hand, his hazel eyes avoiding yours, and for a moment you thought you might have said something wrong.

“Did I say something wrong?” You almost whispered, “I apologise if I did.”

Spencer instantly looked at you, “No. No, you didn’t say anything wrong.” He paused, “I was just wondering what it would’ve been like to have a sibling.”

“It’s not all its cracked up to be. The amount of times (Y/B/N) and I would fight,” You giggled, “It drove my parents insane.”

Spencer smiled weakly, “I think I would have preferred that.” There was a beat of silence, “My um, my parents split when I was ten. My mum, she uh, she has schizophrenia. That resulted in their split.”

Your heart broke at the thought of ten year old Spencer dealing with his parents break up and his mother’s horrible diagnosis. That kind of situation would be hard on any child, let alone a child with the kind of mind he has.

“Wow, Spencer, I’m so sorry.” You breathed, “How is your mum doing now?”

He smiled genuinely, “Yeah she’s okay. Getting the help she needs back home in Las Vegas. Thanks for asking.”

In Spencer’s eyes you were a gift from God. Maybe even a gift to the genius himself.

Whenever he told someone about his mother’s illness — which was hardly ever — the look of fear and sorrow always crossed their features, before they’d make an excuse to leave the conversation.

There was usually three reasons why they’d leave, either because they didn’t care; didn’t know how to talk about the subject, or because they classed his mother as some crazy woman which therefore meant he was crazy too.

But you were different. A good different.

Spencer changed the subject, “Is that you in your other picture?”

Again, you instinctively looked over at the picture frame beside your computer, “Yeah, that’s me and my best friend.”

“You look so young. How old were you there?”

“Fifteen.” You giggled, “Please don’t ask why we were pulling those faces, because I don’t know the answer to that.”

He chuckled, “I bet she’s proud of you becoming an FBI agent.”

“I’d like to believe she would be.”

Spencer frowned at your comment as he watched you stab your salad, with a sad smile on your face. You looked over at him as his hazel eyes searched your face for answers, and you knew it would be best to just explain.

“She was uh, she was killed when we were sixteen. That was actually one of the last pictures taken of us.”

Spencer processed your words, “I’m so sorry.”

“She was actually the reason I became an FBI agent.” You explained, “Still to this very day her murder hasn’t been solved. Maybe it never will. But the experience inspired me to become an agent so I can bring justice to the families who lose someone like that.”

“I know I didn’t know her, but I have a feeling she would’ve been proud of you.” He smiled.

Spencer wouldn’t admit it out loud, but he was glad you were there. Obviously what you went through was traumatic and he wouldn’t wish that upon anyone, but he was glad that you ended up here at the Behavioral Analysis Unit.

“Thanks, Spencer.” You smiled and took another bite of your salad, “So, I’m curious about your education. Derek has briefly mentioned before that you have like, doctorates and bachelor degrees?”

Spencer shifted in his seat uncomfortably as he nodded, “I uh, went to Cal Tech and earned myself three doctorates in Engineering, Chemistry and Mathematics. I uh, also earned two bachelor degrees in Psychology and Sociology.”

“Wow. I think that’s so cool.”

He blushed, “Not many people find that cool.”

“Well, I’m not many people.”

He smiled widely, “No, you are not.”

As you both fell into a comfortable silence, the beautiful blonde Jennifer Jareau had rushed calmly into the bullpen with Hotch closely behind her. At the sight of folders clasped in her hands, you could only hope this meant one thing.

“(Y/L/N), Reid. Finish up with lunch.” Hotch called from across the bullpen, “We’ve got a case. Meet in the conference room in ten.”

Your eyes widened at the thought of finally getting to go out onto the field. You turned to Spencer who could sense the excitement and eagerness that bubbled inside you, and all he did was chuckle.

“Welcome to your first case, (Y/N).”

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