#strawberry blonde by mitski

[noihavenosanitythanksforasking]

I LOVE EVERYBODY BC I LOVE YOU

WHEN YOU STOOD UP WALKED AWAY BAREFOOT

AND THE GRASS WERE U LAY LEFT A BED IN YOUR SHAPE

I LOOKED OVER IT AND I ACHED

I LOVE EVERYBODY BC I LOVE YOU

I DONT NEED THE CITY SND I DONT NEED PROOF

ALL I NEED DARLING IS A LIFE IN YOUR SHAPE

I PICTURE IT SOFT AND I ACHE

[lovealwayssay]

Strawberry Blond by Mitski is so Cas being in love with Dean. Here are the lines from the song that prove it:“I love everybody because I love you” “I love it when you call my name Can you hear the bumblebees swarm?”

[thelasttime]

i love everybody because i love you

[perpetuallyburntout]

S4!Five Hargreeves x Reader

Strawberry Blonde - Mitski

‼️SPOILER WARNING FOR SEASON FOUR OF UMBRELLA ACADEMY BELOW THE CUT‼️

Okay so I know I wasn’t the only person absolutely crushed by season four of Umbrella Academy, but in the middle of grieving over it, I had the best/worst idea. Technically a fanfic idea, but I don’t know if I have the commitment to write the whole thing, so if someone else would like to, by all means :)

The events of season four start six years after the end of season three. Six years of (mostly) peace. Let’s just say Five met someone in that time (for the sake of making sense, I’ll refer to them as Lover). Met someone he found himself falling for. And they fell for him, too. And it was perfect. And for the first time in a painfully long time, Five was happy. Content. He had his suspicions about how long this peace would last, but… for now, things were good. More than good, they were wonderful. He’d met the love of his life.

And then the events of season four begin to happen. And Lover is there with the group the whole time. At this point, they’re family, too. They want to help, and Five wants them to stay close to him.

Until he and Lila decide to go on their own on the subway, leaving Lover with the others. And in the seven years Five and Lila are stuck together, the same thing happens. And when they finally return, Lover knows something is off. And when the truth comes out, their whole world comes crashing down.

Diego grows angry. Lover just grows somber. It’s even worse, because when they look at Five again, his expression is different. The aching love that used to shine in his eyes whenever he looked at them… it’s dulled to something faint. Still there, deep down, but… unsure. As if he’s questioning himself. Questioning what he should do now. Who he’d pick if given the choice.

Of course, he’s not given the choice. Not even the choice to take Lover far away and talk to them and really explain and try to do something. No, no… the world’s ending. For the final time. And he knows how to make sure it never comes to an end ever again.

Lover’s there for the entire conversation. Every bit of grief and anger they’d felt towards Five suddenly melts away, replaced by desperation. They’d let the world end for the rest of eternity if… if it meant maybe things could be different. If it meant maybe he’d love them, and maybe he’d never love anyone else besides them.

They’re eventually forced to leave with Lila’s family and get on the subway. And while everyone else is confused and emotional, they’re curled on the ground, gasping and sobbing, knowing what this means.

And the Hargreeves stop the world from ending. And all the timelines reset. And everyone else in the world gets their happy ending.

And Lover thinks they’re happy. They do. But they never fall in love again. For some reason, every time they think they find someone, an aching pain in their chest makes them hesitate. An unfamiliar voice calling their name makes them pause. A flash of something, perhaps a memory, too fast to register but not fast enough to ignore the heart wrenching pain of, makes them withdraw. It’s almost as if…

They’re waiting for someone that never existed.

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So! When I had this idea, I was listening to Strawberry Blonde by Mitski, and here’s how the lyrics played out in my head:

I love everybody because I love you

When you stood up, walked away, barefoot

And the grass where you lay left a bed in your shape

I looked over it and I ached

(12:00 PM. August 8th, 2024. Lover’s enjoying their day in the park, sitting in the grass, eyes shut against the light breeze and warm sun. They turn to their side, almost as if to tell someone about how lovely the weather is. But no one’s there. A weird pain begins to ache in their heart.)

I love everybody because I love you

I don't need the city, and I don't need proof

All I need, darling, is a life in your shape

I picture it, soft and I ache

(Others—perhaps friends or family—come over and greet Lover, noticing their confused and distant expression, and ask what’s wrong. Nothing, they say, though they can’t escape the deep longing in their chest for… something that was never there.)

Look at you, strawberry blond

(Flashback timeeee- or… alternate timeline time? Flashback to a time in an alternate timeline, there we go.)

Reach out the car window tryna hold the wind

You tell me you love her, I give you a grin

Oh, all I ever wanted was a life in your shape

So I follow the white lines, follow the white lines

Keep my eyes on the road as I ache

(Shows Five and Lover together, in love, making memories together. Happy.)

Look at you, strawberry blond

Fields rolling on

I love it when you call my name

Can you hear the bumblebees swarm?

Watching your arm

I love it when you look my way

Look at you, strawberry blond

Fields rolling on

I love it when you call my name

Can you hear the bumblebees swarm?

Watching your arm

I love it when you look my way

(Events of season four began to play out, but ofc with Lover being part of the story.)

Look at you, strawberry blond

Fields rolling on

I love it when you call my name

Can you hear the bumblebees swarm?

Watching your arm

I love it when you look my way

(The climax of the story. Flashes of the last two episodes. Five and Lila returning, the explanation, the heartbreak, Five finding out how to save the world for good, Lover meeting his gaze one last time as the subway pulls away forever.)

Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah

(Lover repeating his name to themself, trying to remember for as long as possible, not able to let go.)

Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah

(Flashback ends, returns to Lover in the grass on that sunny day, murmuring the name to themself. They’re not quite sure why.)

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I hope you all enjoyed this little idea! I got a little rambly and wrote WAY MORE than I planned on, but it’s an idea I’ve fallen in love with this past hour and I wanted to be able to share it with all of you <3

[heynhay]

i love everybody because i love you

[pastasauceandmoms]

[sweetnnaivete]

some music discourse is SO chronically online istg. so many people saying that just because you can't relate to the original meaning of the song you can't like or relate to it in any capacity like THATS CRAZY!!!!! good music has always been up for some sort of interpretation. you may not be able to relate to it the same way as it was intentioned, but it's still okay to appreciate it and listen to it??? it's ridiculous to be like “this song isn't for you” music is for everyone. music is a way to express emotions and educate people!!!!!! let that sink in!!!!

[yelling-screaming-crying]

Spotify is so epic

Getting a deadpool and wolverine ad and then getting hit with strawberry blonde by mitski is whiplash

"R-rated movie, kids under 17 will not be admitted without parent" "I love everybody because I love you!"

[stars-and-soda]

Day Whatever the fuck of white people refusing to be normal about a song not being about or for them. Very in character

Highlights from the comments:

[empress-of-snark]

look at you, strawberry blonde

fields rolling on

I love it when you call my name

stranger things rarepair collection

[thedo0zyslider]

Treebarkweek Day 6: Strawberries/Picnic!!

[this-isnt-oish]

doodle page :3c

[thelasttime]

favorite thing is anons giving me love songs that i can now assign to isaiah

[strawberrieangelcake]

when mitski said "i love everybody, because i love you" it expresses accurately how it feels to be in love, to be overflowing with it. to see and feel love in everything, to quite literally feel that love is in the air.

[bloodinwine]

I love everybody because I love you When you stood up, walked away, barefoot And the grass where you lay left a bed in your shape I looked over it and I ached

[therealkaidertrash21]

The fact that people thought this masterpiece could ever be about fucking cows and fucking frogs will always enrage me and will never stop disappointing me.