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vitaminwaterreviews · 10 months
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Exo - Don't Mess Up My Tempo
This is the first boy group album that I’ve ever heard. The only other male album I’ve listened to was D-Day, which was wildly different from this in like, every way. So I went into this one with basically no expectations, and I got … Red Velvet, but male, basically? The title track was fun, I’ll definitely be listening to it more. The b-sides were all way less interesting to me. Mostly slow r&b, lots of pretty vocals, but I don’t really care for those when girl groups do it. And I prefer female vocals to male vocals.
The a capella section in Tempo was SO cool. I know I just mentioned not really caring for pretty vocals, but a capella music is totally different. Same with The Grace - they teased us with a bit of a capella, and then didn’t follow through with it. And, same as The Grace, the remainder of the album was kind of disappointing.
The question that this album raises for me: do I just prefer female vocals, and therefore I won’t ever enjoy boy group music the same amount? Or is this album just not music that I enjoy? I suspect it’s the latter; Tempo was super fun, and there are other boy group songs that I really like. But more listening is necessary. Maybe I’ll check out some of Exo’s titles, and see what I think. Average score of 6.9 which might be a bit harsh, but … this album was a slog, especially near the end. So fair enough.
- Alright, I don’t actually know any Exo songs at all. I’ve got a few Kai songs on my playlist, and I heard Jopping once, and that’s the extent of my knowledge of Exo’s music. So let’s hear this.
Tempo
We’re super synthy in the intro here
Okay, now we’re a bit more r&b
And now we’re bassy
Mmmm nothing like singing over a rap, love that
Haha the “hold on, woww” was fun
Mmm the bridge is nice, I wish that guitar(?) in the background was louder
Oh my god the a capella section is going to kill me
I dunno what to rate this tbh, it’s either an 8 or a 9
9/10, good song with some Really cool moments, but I don’t really buy the chorus
Sign
Oh woah, okay, we’re all aggressive and bassy
This is like, a good song, kind of predictable though? Like it’s not Doing too much other than that crunchy bass
Rap bridge, as expected
Well, I guess I didn’t expect that outro?
7/10
Ooh La La La
A little lofi now, alright
This is nice actually, super pretty harmonies over this lofi beat
Bridge is pretty, very Exo from what I know of Exo
Honestly, more than anything else, they remind me of Red Velvet, but male
7/10
Gravity
All electronic-y
Okay that was a cool 10 seconds, at the end of the chorus and the beginning of the second verse
I’m starting to think that my main issue is with male vocals, because I feel like I’d enjoy this song way more if Red Velvet did it
Mkay, this rap verse hits at least
7/10
With You
Y’know what I wanna hear? A ballad. Let’s hear an Exo ballad.
Welp, it sure isn’t this song
I do quite like the sonic space we’re in though
Mmmm this rap section is nice
Boy group raps hit different
8/10
24/7
Hmmm I dunno about the whistle
Yeah, I dunno about this song as a whole tbh
If Red Velvet released this album I don’t think my opinion on it would be much different
Because it feels like Velvet concept RV and that’s not my jam
6/10
Bad Dream
More of the same
If this is your genre of music then I’m sure you’re all over this album
I… am not
6/10
Damage
Mkay, we’re a bit more aggressive here
Opening with a rap, alright
I can’t tell if the vocals are the issue or if I just don’t totally like this song
Again though, if Red Velvet did this song, I’m not sure I’d like it more
6/10
Smile On My Face
Floaty and synthy
Bruh this sounds so first gen to me for some reason
6/10
Oasis
This song is pi minutes long
Opening is alright, we appreciate the sudden stops
And here’s our beat, but it’s doing the sudden stop thing too
And now we build
Oh okay, we’re like, epic
7/10
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hacksawboy · 3 years
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diluc and kaeya absolutely fucking BRAWL on sword fight on the heights. it is not a game. they will fucking slaughter eachother on sword fight on the heights.
diona cried for like 5 hours when she found out brick bronze was shut down. klee tried to kill david bazucki.
childe buys admin in every game he can and just sits there slaughtering kids for hours
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chongyun has no idea how to play roblox. his account sits there inactive and hes a brunette hair. xingqiu forces him to play shitty simulators sometimes.
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Clone Wars:         Season 2
      Episode 1 Holocron Heist
We just   had     a heist
[One   nonsense    enough    to knock    me into   nonsensical   incoherent      rambling...]
    Two
Okay...
I’m prepared...
To do.   nonsense...
  Urgh
   Okay..
[Title      Screen]
  [Woah!]
    ....  ..    
Aight
    Okay
A lesson learned,    A lesson earned
Oh..
     That         snapped me out of it,
     A lesson earned                  is           a lesson earned
        [you don’t need a        person to tell you     basic         common sense                                you can figure out yourself]
  ....
   Assumed authority is     bullshit                                       Don’t need to                                    earn any-      [Sorry,              Still           Recov-       er-         ing           From           Last          ep-        Isode]
                  Okay...
                   Any-way
                   Jedi on a                        planet                             . .
                     Some-how                         tr                            ap                               ped                                 -                          Surrounded                               Clones                                  -                                Right-                                     -                           Why?
                           Like - if you needed parts-
                           Okay-
                             I’m                                  in  
                               -terested
                                 Any way...
                                     Wait                                      cruisers?  
                                      Gun   ships?                                                                   R-escue
                                       Oh                                              wait-
                                          That’s                                              Good
                                            Oh                                                  No,
                                              It’s                                                    Plo..
Jokes       About       How       He      Got       His      Men      Blown      Up                         Just                                gonna                                 put                                   this                                 over                                 here
                              Been a                                 while
Also Hey     yeah      what         is         he        doing         here?
  Doesn’t         he       have      Jedi        things        to       do?
      Get           a         new         fleet?
        I mean                th-            (Don’t                Condone               Child               So-                L                diers!)
  But    every     time       it’s     always    Obi-Wan      and    Anakin    because        all         the           rest        of          them        are         too        busy
     So             What-
     Alright          -          Whelp           -          I      don’t       care         —-
   Whelp          —        Ex-plo          —         Is      this       just       going         to       be       an     action        piece?        (Nothing       wrong        with           that;           just        need           a      different      mindset,)
     From          the     applications             of        child       soldiers           -          To          Shoot-
    -Why?
      It’s-       Nice-
-Droids
   Plo-
 General-
     ?
Ev-
Neat-
Good-
 Whelp-
  Grab ‘em to the medic        And Go!
   (Seriously       Windu figured this out yesterday.)
    Grunts
    You’d         think        the Jedi would give the      order?
Seriously,         Good miss,          Five           Min-           Got          Some           One-          Killed
   “ Asoka,”
   First Asoka       mention in the first five minutes
                                [maybe they got her character                                     better.]
                                  -Jungle
                                    You sent-                                         A child
                                    That                                        Logically can’t improvise                                      ...                                              Into                                              a jungle
                                      ....
                                      The  
                                     Fuck    
                                    Skywalker?                                     
Con-tact      Her        -         Dead      -       She’s very likely      dead-       -      Anyway       -        Hope   Anakin     taught       her    those    moves-       -      That’s       a      lot       of     emotion          -           In        the        movements;         Again;
     Monotonous,           Stunted,            Robo              Tot              -ic
         That’s                How              Child-
Nope-
   Tone’s          Off
So,         just           to           go            over;
       1. Tone ❌        2.  Dia-                  Log                   Ue- (?)
        3. Move               -ment    ❌
              I’m hop-
Extract-
     Taught-  
     Okay- 
     Teach         -ing   s
     Aight           Mary          Sue-
      I’m        sorry         but         the        light          is       literally       coming         out!
      Whelp-
      Okay-
        So it’s Ahsoka an    adult yet?
         Like that can be explained away as   acco-untability
          Otherwise,     she should   have a hard time        with        one       Droid!
      (No wait didn’t Obi-Wan just call her                  ‘young one ‘)?
                 Nope!
           Movie, get over there in your               shame corner
  That-        Was painful       over-      reacting
 And         Focus-
   I    Don’t        -      You    couldn’t      have     forced          it     more             if     you    tried         -
        The             Force-           d cha-          nge i          -n         Perspective           Not      Apprec  -iate      D-        . . .    .      Moving         on
  Whelp        ...
    Get            In          -
   That’s           a      direct      order-         -
  “Can’t-”
   Nope!
   That’s            It-
   Tone ❌
   Dialogue; ❌,?
   Move;   ❌    Ment
  Turn in your bad  
  writing card,    
   Movie
   ❌
 (Not a series strike,        Just             A          “Fuck         You,          Strike
          On the            Movie                 And,                This            Chara              -cter
                               (We just had such a good-
                                              Maybe; it gets better?
                                                                               Skipped ahead;                                                                                          It doesn’t
                                                                                       Sigh-
                                                                              *Puts on earmuffs
                                                                                 Meta-phorically
Aight      Back        To       19:06      (Original      time     stamp;           Play
*Think
 Friendly      Fire-
Tumblr media
 Nvm
*Thing      Ex-plodes
   In-       stantly
Whelp-     
 You   called       her   before      a   council            ??
   Child          -ren          Can’t          Think           -
Okay
        Movie
       Children                  can’t                         think-
    From ag-
      “This is-”. 
       It should                    be   
         -But                           The              writers                        -                refuse                      to                  write                                  her                                   as                                   child                           -       
The       Pro-
“I-
The          Pro-            Blem         As         the     story       seems   to         be        placing            the               Jedi            on            a            high          pedestal     
        .....                Their             actions               here                as              reasonable       
           .....                         But                          it’s                  not                            ...                If Ahsoka was a child it would be a cruel use of power showing how used only to put the younger generation down before they’re                  old enough to understand it
              And how they’ve given Anakin the illusion of power   
                  -Boomer                               Bait
              If she’s an adult;                           This would be a show of        how             she’s childified by her peers
               As it stands;       
               The writers refuse to chose
Concerning,  due to the fact that  
Child-ify                 Ing            An                Adult       ......    Is    Wrong
  And      adult-ify        ing        a       child       is    wrong         ...      
  Un        equivocally,
Tally    Of       How     Many       Times       Ahsoka-        Is        Adult          -ify          Ied-           ;     
      This is necessary
 [Excuse for odd formatting           The “Movie”,                (Under the                picture)                  Caused                    Tumblr                    To                  heck                   up                  my               spacing)
           Continuing                   on;
“Time    away      from     the      battle-       field,”
  Good,        For          A        Child       Solider        -     (And   would’ve     been       a     good     show      that      any     kind   -ness     from     them       is   performative           ...
                   “Guard duty,”
Tally   Of      How   Many      Times      Ahsoka-       Is      Adult         -ify        Ied-         1
 Cite;      Child     ren    Don’t       have     that    much   emotion,        Nor    Pre-      fer      ence-        -
                 “Longer                       now,”
                    Dick                         —-                     Kinda
                     It’s                          better                            for                           children                             not                              to                               be                                in                              battle                                  —
                              So                                 not                                     a                                  complete                                    dick...
                                But                                   not                                    optimal...
                                 “Sorry”
So he said by people who don’t wanna take accountability for their actions and just stop doing the thing and     stop bringing the toxins into the world                                  
Point;     If you    were sorry    you would       stop     doing it,       stop     bringing         it        up,       and            do      better...     —-       Trying         to       control         the      narrative         isn’t          nice          (When           the          truth            is        objective)
       Only           the           self           may            be          both             .....
Security      -
  “Knowledge,”
    *Bag-age
      “Hm,”
  . .. .
   ...
...
Fisto  
...
 In-side
 St-upid      Forbid       Den    
Know-ledge
   (It’s likely   about     plants        Or      Weapons)
Also;
     Boomer         Bait!    
     (That’s something they offer younger         generations to follow their           stupid outdated tradition)
      It’s always          worse...
     (Also, this isn’t about Ahsoka trying to steal the         Holocon thing is it?
      Because her character is already                                                  -hateable- enough
        And if she has enough initiative             to steal the holocon
          - She’s an adult
           And should              be allowed entrance             anyway
          “Jedi            Council,”
             So,                  lady was a Jedi?
               Aight,
                Keeping an eye                     on that                        ...                  Aight                       -   
                 No
                 Went through one.                     drug trip
                   Already
                   .....
                 [Okay...
                ..Got                   a Drink                  of water                   ——                        Interrupt                     -ion
                  Wait I thought he was just a                     ball of                     fuck your plot
                  You’re telling me he actually works                      for                       Palpatine?
After   threaten       ing      Palpatine?
   This      dude           -        fucking         drug           trip            -
...Ser     vices
    I       honestly       thought          he         was             a          [fuck           your          shit]            guy
Now    he’s      a     de   tec- tive
Noir    ....
Movie     that’s      too      many     genres        .....
  You-     need       to    slow   down      .
          Your main            Chara-                   Isn’t                 Even               Esta-                    Blish                      -ed                      Prop                          er                         Ly
            Nevermind                    the           characterization
                 Note if it had been established he changes things every so often that would be neat
                 As                   it stands
               This                  dude is a                 fecking roller coaster
             Not any                thing                resembling                   good
[Giving    your      aud-   ience     a       drug   trip   isn’t   good   writing]
      It makes        them         dizzy!]
      So...       
    Holocron
    Like Palpatine is literally doing this just to fuck over       Ahsoka?
     Also, this is going to result in Ahsoka    being     unchild     -like       To take them out      too?
   I’ll get the -      counter     ready
[yes I have seen it    literally            every   Mall cop/ security guard movie   ever
The   fun     .    seeing how your    (Good)    chara      cters         -     interact     with      the   scenario          -       That’s      not   happening       here        -          If she was a child this would show how    Anakin‘s orders react with the environment
    If       she’s      an    adult;        We’re working through a checklist;         About        what we know about         her;
      Likes, dislikes, how they might come up in a   situation...
       The suspension...            coming when they do
With      Ahsoka...
  What do we know about her?
   Honestly?
    We know she likes         fighting         (Already in enabler of toxic behavior           -against other living beings)
       We know literally       nothing else about          her
       Except...
      That she’s      perfect...
Re-moving         All      Tension;
  Deal
I’m surprise he just wasn’t like    oh      yeah      sure,”
   [Ditches         with       the money]
    ...         ..
   Oh they’re actually talking   strategy
   Usually it’s just         ‘fuck em’ up            And that’s all             we ever           hear
Er-
Whelp-     Yodi’s    dead
Alas,       Poor      Narc
[assuming he can actually sense     disorder in the ranks]
 Gen.      Leader      Ship.      Tox
 He should know     he shouldn’t be doing that
  Focusing     on him       self
    And        practic        ing     accountability          ....       Constantly     micromanaging           and      checking            in            on             your           peers                   ..            Isn’t           going          to make             them           more           likely           to be       accountable..
        It’s         going            to          piss         them             off              ...
      Your (evident) distrust creating a toxic environment              As you were refused to               trust their   char   -acter
  You can’t give me   respect the guy that was just snooping      (Through the whole   uni-verse)
      That’s           the         point...
         A         dis-turbance          in the force
     Yeah?
     Intruders there will   be
     Okay, bullshit       he can see that
   Like;           Peri-pheral            Okay
    (Still tox that you don’t expect your peers          in a peripheral.          to be able to hold             accountability)
But this is galaxies     away        (Ac-tually.    on    Corousant)
  But.      He         Should        n’t       Know        That-
  ‘The      Narcs    pulling    authority     again,       master,”
  “Shh,       this         is         what         we        train-    I mean groom -        you         for!,”
     “But          You            Said,”
      (Con-tinuing             Earl-ier,)
   [Seriously        I meant to bring it up                                earlier,
             But are they really inhabiting                      Zero the hutt’s                         old hotel]
Like it could just be a Noir hotel
 But the positioning       and location         seem         familiar             . . .
     Tell        me...
    Who          the       frick           is          this?            ?
   “What            you        are      doing      back      there?”
    ...   ..
  Aight...
 Assis      -tance
    God          Lord,           He’s           Try             -ing
        -
    Main     tenance
     If I don’t idea   (who this guy was )or what was going on    then maybe that would make sense
       As it stands,             Nope,
        Crash-               es
        What’s             that?
         ....
       What?
       Seriously.             all he did was put another thing into another thing?
        ???
        ...
      Aww, he actually trusts           Bane..
    Thank you         ...
    Door..
    Techno         Service         ...       Droid
     As in a      “tech      -nical  service droid?          (Rt          (IT)     Tech             Guy?
     Or a technical     assistant         (One made of       tech)?
      (Or one specializing in    techno dance moves?)
     Also   is he supposed to get them      in?
  Is    that thing?
 They-   didn’t     really     establish     much-
 Butler      Droid...
Change?
 Todo...   “You are what I say    you are,”
Roomba- kicker
Also, having a roommate is just straight up       detective fiction...
 Like     buddy-cop detective but still     detective
  With noir,      Which       is supposed to be focused on independence        Dis(trust) in society        Which is       admittedly       (toxic)
   Or         seems          to be
     Those two   themes...
          Directly contra-      dictory
[with   Griev-      ous     they       made       it    work,     But     he   wasn’t      this    -         ]
“Uh,”
You    are    not   “The   Doctor,”       -      [that work      ed as    manif-   estation      Of    Greiv-     Ous’s      Toxic    Be-      Hav       -ior-         And      Human      Want        For        Com-        Pan    Ion-        Ship        -       Or         At        Least-      Vul-          Ner-          Aba-              ili            Ty-           -           This          Guy            -          So far he’s a       n(e)igh        invulnerable       Douche          Bag            -            With           No            -thing          Humane-            -           Not           quite      Ahsoka         levels              -       Intend       -ed           To be          an adult            -          Just-            -            Really needing to go     ham -           On the arrogance            And            inhumanity               (He sold his soul for      money- But makes it look      so good- what                    he                   does-                  Gets a sick       kinda  enjoyment from it,”)
             That’s how you   have,  to pull it off
             As it stands;    there’s      no    emotion     with      this    character
Is   the   robot   supposed to be like his   morality pet?
But he’s a   dick to   him   too
Really   he gets nothing   from me
How do even in the    “I-don’t-feel-anything-I’m-so-edgy-and-cool     look at me!’
  Vibes
   There’s nothing     fun...
   Yeah you can throw all the   ...clichés         you want in there
   [But that doesn’t work       if you don’t use them          properly]
     [I see the team up        with a female bounty       -hunter]
    [Predictable         “I work Alone...]           The only thing          those stories               share
            In minute]
But ‘once the effect of’   ‘wow that’s a lot of things.    Has worn off
 The story and character left   heartless
“Non-of- your       Bus-        iness,”
  Doesn’t have the     cockiness to make it      work
  [this isn’t    power-         Ful-]
    Down       right        ..cringe
      As it tries to shove shove two genres.. .    At least...        That don’t          Quite          .work                ...
        Least not the   way they’re trying to make them     work  
.....
..Today
 It’s noir
 The point is      no one’s          in a    good mood.. ...
Aight,
Wasn’t that-
Also,   shouldn’t      he    know-
 Based on how      open-     She     is-      To un-     veiling        her       mask..
   - -
   Robot
So sh-   ouldn’t she ask the robot to leave the room?
(If it’s such a big deal     to her?”)
   He can just run their       face through a     face scan       no?
 Mid-rim
   I thought he didn’t have a way   in?    [That’s a   pretty pathetic   way in.. .]
    [Palpatine’s      screwing           with            him]
       [Giv           -ing            Him             a          hard          time         and       satis    -iating           -          The    ab-    omin-      ations    desire      for    blood🎵,
    Two      birds,         one       stone,
     Also,       Movie,           That’s           the       wrong      amount         of      planning           for        the      wrong      genre          -        We don’t care how the   bank ro    -bbers      Art      -thieves
      Got           There
       This           isn’t           Heist              -           [Money           Heist,              Not              Terr-              Esc]             Got              It           Wrong              [Pre              dict-                   The                  Plot-]               Last                Time.                -
           The                 Focus              isn’t           Character              building-                  - it’s the                   ‘out of depth                     characters reaction to the                    scenario,’
And the wacky hijinks that    ensue
 Using their   talents...    
   Contrast-      ed against the environment        (Mall        cop        example]     
     Which seems to be the best       fit
   Stealing         the-  Holocron-           -         WHAT WAS THE         PURPOSE-
        Well-                At least they ack          -now-ledged                 Planning          really isn’t part of the subset,
                 Good                    (For them?)
                Aight                    Impossible                     ...
             What are the              emotions?
           [like they              literally.             just through in                   the              “the only place...”
             Why..?
             So quick rehash                    (Sorry                      but I can feel the                        drug                          trip coming through,)
                      (Effects-                             Of                            Dealing-                           With                              (bad) excess character;
                         (Deserts                               Metal...)
                       [Refresh]
                       He has a map of the Jedi temple                            Chip                            (Oh so that’s what that-                              (Isn’t he                            still-)  
                    [Changlin’]
                     Aight
                 Bog
                  [Refresh                        End]
                  [Voice                       acting?
                  [Mouth                         sync]
                      ...                        ..                      Aight
                      ..
                    In                         Tru-
                   Maybe                       take                        the                       teen- off guard duty
                     A thought
                    [but-seriously
                       No high                           Alert?
                        Only these   two..?
                        Info-     -Mation
                      Baggage
Seriously money would be a better   option
                        Or       just    street     cred
                     (Adult) humans,                         Aren’t that Liniar...
                    Any way...
                    East   Tower                          ....
  Well that’s better than some   dusty    old     books        -      Holos
  (Seriously at least that’s   present    baggage.)
  Whelp
   Nobody       notices         this       bullshit!
       On a supposedly          secure a       military          base            ....        ...
      Also in the Mid- day break           fecking           daylight!               (With the         hiest it made sense,                 That was a hostage                 political situation                Meant                  to draw in a huge                                              crowd;
               How?
              Cool                   Alright,
               Hey                   isn’t                   she                supposed                     to                      be                    standing                      still?
                 (Guard)
                  Doing patrols?
                   Like                       no                    emotion,                       Face                     Forward,                    Professiona                  -lism
                Not                 Greeter
             (Didn’t they literally call it       guard duty?)
              Like just say you’re sending her to   library service...
              Assis                  -tance
              Again,                  Wrong                     Field...
              They’d                    be                  talking                     to                    the                  library                   helper                    (Official)                      Con-
                 Bother
Not   how a   child   reacts Tally   Of      How   Many      Times      Ahsoka-       Is      Adult         -ify        Ied-         2/3  
   Cite;      Asoka       shows    intentional       over involvement      instincts        more       befitting          of          an          adult            ....
     Good
     Fully    understand        able      reaction          (Kinda)
    (Don’t          yell         at       children)
      Don’t      over involve       yourself             in          the          future            ....
    (But if you’re an        over-         involv         ed         and           (un-)childlike       abomination              (Getting          shoved             for              this                is               likely                 going                  to               happen)
              Dude was actually nicer than       an adult
             Enabler
             (Rule                    Of                    Excess                   Society;                    While                   excess                  verbalization                         is                      ex-                  pected,                   Getting                   in                     someone’s                   way                    (non-sport                        Ing-)                         (Or con     -ferr       ed-)            U-pon
                       Is                          not,                            Attemp                          ting                            to                          move                           them                             away                               the                           customary                                five                              times                                is                            expected)
                            Aight,
So the librarian was right there as     she     harassed        her     client)
    (Not saying;           But           you should get involved        in tox that doesn’t involve you)
      Just don’t         think that would excuse           Her         from ire
      “I can’t do anything right,”
Tally   Of     How   Many     Times     Ahsoka-      Is     Adult        -ify       Ied-       3/4
 Cite;      Child         -ren          Aren’t aware of      self        Ahsoka would repeat a line      blank       -ly
   “Likely      ‘sorry’
   Then back   away
  [Or      the      or     dered    rea       ction-)
    Aight
   Whelp
   Yes
   Just at the librarian be the      pro tag
(She’s      Tox        But..    .        Less         Tox..    ...
   But           Still..
  [Make         [Better]   Pro-ta  g        Than      Ahsoka           ]     
   In..   ...
  That’s a        library   computer..
   You      need        a      pass-        word.       -    The     robot-
   How?
  -
  What?
  Weak     Point?
  You know for     Boomer bait         They      mis-construe        How the library        works a lot
     [I know           -Hav-             Ing            Dealt-]
       Talk-ing            in the            library,
         Is pretty           off
         Like there’s        a reason people are encouraged            to go into the hallway             to take phone calls
          Loud
         These are the guys that value    meditation
          Dude.     Would be shushed       By   Several     irate      Jedi          ...  
    Told to     take it      outside          ...      ...
   I-
[I feel bad   For the Roomba]
[like dude, gaslights him      and then takes       his memory]
Like, Adults      Out     of     it.   ...
  But      ...Droids
   [we don’t know much about the       sentient ones     Or how much   senti ence]
    But          this         whole       scene...
    Makes me feel     dirty
    Like;       it’s played     for humor
    When;       it should be played            to how much         a bastard           this guy               is
      Screw-   ing         with       anything-  
       Like            That              ...  
      Toxic            ...    
      Sick..
  How?
     Aight..
    What.         .
    Re-          Cyc
    Why?         ... ..
Kenobi
Jump-ing coincidence
     [i’m con   -clusion]
       Damn,        the narc
         [No one   tell him   anything]
   [Might       fake         a       heart       attack]
    Comm.
     [How half assed is         Yoda’s peripheral?]
     Venti -lation
  -That’s        Smart-
   Almost       -Too             -Smart-
        👍  
  -Tower
    High         Alert
   Place            the       Temple        -
    Wasn’t, already?
    Left it undone
   Way to go     smart     guy           -      Cool        -        But      kinda    pointless..
 Aight-       Never mind
  I-  Might’ve       Been      Wrong-
 Al right
[Seriously,   no one hears this?]
 [In most heist movies      they at least had the    intelli-     gence-
    [No hate       -villains can be stupid]
  Do you some small well           re-lativel unknown library
   [or at least not the one     at the place they were robbing]
   Because everyone would      recognize that the actions occurring match up to what he’s describing         And the description        Of their       building.]
   Aight
   Neat-
   Past
  Whelp-
  Aight-
  Shred-          (Un-acc         Oun         T-able)
     K-Pop
     Well        that’s            a       name...
    Whelp..
Cool.. ..
Bane    ...
Whole..     temple
   And I heard you very          obviously        plotting...  
   So...  you’re getting kicked
Also he could be possibly looking up     intruders plans.. ...
Like pretty one dimensional     opinion    of on ‘High Alert’, lady
  [Especially       for a         librarian.]
Thank    you
 Whelp...
  There went my expectations
   Also,     Every Jedi leaving the library didn’t notice that that     shit?
   Like,  they didn’t have guard’s ready to apprehend him 
   ...On the           Other              Side?
         Okay...
         You just           moved her...
         Do you know this could’ve been an episode             with a lot of emotional depth              Showing how terrifying adults that abuse children can be             adults that            swear to have their interest in heart               And how overinvolvement               Is harmful              regardless of who it’s coming from                (Neglect- of child-                   And - accoun                       tability)                   Working off the                “blank line”,                 ‘I can’t do             anything right,’                    And the Jedi                -Council’s treatment of                   her                “Foreshadow                   -Ing,”                    (I use              that word              loosely)   
            Their            down-                fall
             Instead                     we                got                  this-
           And              he just abandons            the computer-
     Aight,             Just contin          -ued on - with          -out his         instruction
       Despite          see-ing           how bad           that          went.       Al-right
     Okay-
    Aight
    Really?
   Without    instructions?
   .
   In
    Calls       friend
     You were               fine       without him       the last few        seconds              .....
      “Give-”
   Not gonna      question that?
      “Voice-”
       She’s            a changling..
            “Now,”
          Hidden
          You’re              in a vent?
           Oh, Skywalker has           immediate            intuition               ...
           And a breech           didn’t somehow sound off alarms
          Yeah. .             Good..thing you didn’t close up the thing              ..
        Whelp..
        How?
       Okay. .
      Shame..           they didn’t get a hold of a force sensitive         kid             (I- don’t want it to       happen)
       Just-
      .. .
   .. Here
     Hurry          I can         Hear..       .        Bull-        Shit         .
   You have rocket boots        they have the force
    You shouldn’t         hear shit-
   Sur-prisingly,         No Ahsoka
     Good
    The lower       the counter stays..   
       The        better          for       humanity
 [and my      brain]
   [Vent]
   Seriously,       you didn’t tell your       partner?        About the Jedi on       High Alert?
   Ser-          Force-
   How deep         is that        thing?
   [Aight,          Pat-
    You’re telling me they still haven’t figured out the        Holocron?
     We only           saw-
     Shouldn’t one of you go one way and the        other go the other?
    To cover     more ground?
    They’re-        Really       putting       a lot      of faith-
In the   Comms
  Also shouldn’t there be more   Jedi crawling over the place?
   Seriously,         it’s just these two?
     [We know Plo       isn’t doing anything important.]
    [We saw       him near the opening?]
    And        Kid Fisto..
     Heck...          Is   everybody else doing?
    A-ight
   “Closer,”
    Shouldn’t it be      ..further
     Archive..     [Library]         Comms?
     Got it-
     Whelp..
      Okay..
      Not, putting up that       door,
      What are you         smiling about?
      There’s plenty of lasers
     And      you don’t even know        where the thing       you’re looking for               is
           (Inside the compartment)
      ....
   Aight
   Might- not have been a   smile-
    Look for       the open         vent   
    (Dude clum-           Un-          Acc             ountable)
       With             Vents
        Also look at all these        assholes standing around          doing nothing
  Also, no one’s going to check up on the child 
  Like, Ahsoka surely got that message      right?
   Temple-
   Deep in the         temple-
   Use-less
      ...
    ‘Cause you’re idiots       who don’t check for open vents           Or cover      more ground?
   Or...  
    [Get, anyone to help you, in this big ass vent,”
   It’s not very hard to see       why.. .
   Ass         -itance
  Ahsoka’s,         not gonna get blamed for this      is she?
   Won-
   Yeah, the narcs      pretty     useless
    Also, why can’t you have the dude just shut off those lasers like he did the rest?
  Done
    Oh, they address it   
     Good,
     Yep,
     How?
     But...
   Okay...   
...
    Okay   
   ....  
    What’re you         still       doing          ...
   Okay,
  What’re        you      doing?
   [Is the Holocron seriously right       there?]
     That’s. lucky
      Weirder               and             Wei-rder
         Hey isn’t your personality        over-written?
           By the               chip?
            Aight
          S-eriously?
         Still              Here?
         On- alert-?
Coin-     cidence?        !
  Augh
    Is that’s seriously the alert?
     Several          minutes-
       No wonder         those guys           were so late...
          ...
       Sense           De-          Cep          Tion
     Po-          S-ing            As            A           Jedi.
       Okay           now         Yoda’s            just         reading             the          death               report
     Jo-casta
     What?
       But           that’s         actually             a           good            idea                -              If shits about to go down you might as well find the person who might hold them accountable instead of letting you get the shit beat out
       Run-
       Serious-ly           shouldn’t she just shout out her name?
       [Like I know                       - High Alert-                     But Ahsoka isn’t going to be much use against a                    Adult...                Either way                                        Might as well   find her [and     scare off the intruder-]
  Also how come     “innocence”        doesn’t get           the same notification
       Did they forget his              wristwatch?
       [Like-            seems important-]
       Who are you?
           Dang                 It?
            You               were             supposed                  to                report                 back!
               Also no one           heard any of this before
           Also; are you going to tell me that AHSOKA, the child   soldier,      Is going to beat this guy       When      the fully trained elderly Jedi got her ass kicked?
   Nah.. .
   “You,”
    Dead
Tally   Of      How   Many      Times      Ahsoka-       Is      Adult         -ify        Ied-           4/5
   3x
-Un-orthodox show of initiative              1x
-Counter          1x
- Surviving this            1x
(4x) 
  Getting her on the           run!
        1x
Tot; 7/8
-Surviv-ing;
   - 1x         - 1x
    -1x
    -1x         -1x
    -1x
    -1x
    -1x
    -1x
   -2x         (I’m tired of counting them        one by one-)
     -2x
     - 2x
     - 2x
     - 2x
     - 2x
    - 
    Er
    Okay
     Whelp
    Aight
    -Right
    Shape
    -Skill
     -Ew
     Whelp
      Okay-
      Where did         your get your skills from?
     Abomination?
     Aw-  
     Todo-
   -Yet
    What-ever
    Butler
    Tech
   Neither         of       which       have     anything        to do         with       ironing        doors        open           ....   
      ....       There       he goes
     Sy-mpathesize-  more with him            than this douche bag even if his          turn does make a little sense
     Aight.
     Whelp
      Finally found that          vent.. .
       Right
       No, he wasn’t
      “Comms,”
        Not            Holo-          Cron
      .....
     Completely un-realistically        
Tally   Of     How   Many     Times     Ahsoka-      Is     Adult        -ify       Ied-        28/29        And         1/2
    (1/2 because referring to the action what respectively doesn’t count as a whole- sin-          It does deserve note that you decided to repeat your bad writing-)
         Jedi
   She       Says-
  (Un       Be        Li       Ev        Able)
 Holo      -cron
 Jedi       To      Open      It     ..  
Okay,   
..   
Up-     To-
 Again, with the   communication     center-!
  Dude, just wanted a   Holo-cron
   (Seriously        that was very tortured      logic,       Think the writers;     just wrote this scene        Then realize but wait       “why are they in the Holocron/             Comm           Cent,?”
     And that’s how        Anakin/Obi-Wan           Obsession with the com      center began...
    [sorry but there was no reason for them to be in the        Com center!
      That I’ve heard!]
   In
   Aight,      What?     What       -ever
   ...  ..
  Wrong-
    Yes
    Com-          Center-
    Ser-iously     even he doesn’t know what’s up
   You   heard      me
  And        my     stupid      plan
    To send you to the     Coms center to justify Obi-wan’s     obsession-
    Craw-          ling
     And we have no reason      to-o
   Why?
    Now!
   Yelling- doesn’t mistake the clear lack of   reason
   What-     ever-
    Right
    That’s one way      to do it
    Really
  Also, how does   -that not-
That was less than   one minute
Also,   but no one else will hear that but   these two      . .
 And they’ll   still progress to the   comm center        ...
“It came from the com center,!”
   How!?
You, guys,
  Comms,       Archives,
   Aight,       Nice
  Com-munication        center-
    Ha-           ha-          ha-    (I’m sorry   but that has come back around      to kinda funny,”
 [something Happens across the     galaxy]
Obi-won; It was the com’s center
—-
Aight,    right, 
...
O-kay
...
How??
 Where?
 Okay      ...
Cloak       Ing?
 What?
[you can’t defy the   rules of logic that much       (Physics)       You need to explain where he went   otherwise it’s a loony tune      Of    sus-    pen    sion-
Okay?
What??
I thought-       the thing-  
....
O-kay
right
Take it,
Which       ,One
 That-
 Right
What-      Ever-
  Aight-
He knews
 What-      Ever
  Don’t call   your eggs
   Move
  Restraint
  Whelp
 Use-less
    Just     There
     Whelp
     Nope-
      Okay-
       He           Try
      [Hey         guys,]
       Off               That’s           some         assumed          authority              over         familiarity..
        Aight..
      Okay,
      They’re really            letting             him             get            away             with              the             story
         Tries-
       What?!
       -When-
      Bomb-  
        Both-
[Also   Mace   Windu        is     still      the       only       semi-efficient      Jedi...
   Asshole !
    (Can’t          make the text bigger enough to display my           outrage!)
   [they      played that off         as humor!]
     That was a scream of death!
     Of         Murder!
   [if that was a sentient-       And my God     it seemed damn close!     Dude was just murdered
   The surprise-        “ I didn’t        see it coming, h        onestly not his fault kind!”
      One that would call for      immediate robotic vengeance!
    * im-mediate    ac-countability
      If sentient,
   What the Hell?!
     That-
     Horror        -        fy-            Ing-
      Oof
“Was        it     sentient?      Crud, I      might       lose        my       least       toxic    credentials
  (           )
   Whelp
    How?
     No        Way-
   A-ight
   Shit
  -shit
- she did     nothing  
   I-
  Call      Sec-
  Whose       that?
    Whelp
     Okay..
     That          Who
    Dys-   functional          family          road         trip             -           War
       No          shit
 Oh wait at           the comment table was by all the other Jedi
       So...
       the whole time Obi-wan was just complaining        he didn’t want to do the job
     Skywalker          agreeing with him...
      And...  wanting to ditch their post
 In chara,
   Just, a little bit funny      when you think about it
  Right,
 You bought            them      all the way         here?
      ...
Also look isn’t the unchild-like abomination adorable when she’s talking about punishing people more severely
Holo-cron
The heck     is a       holocron...
Wait-
 What-
   Why-
   How-
   ??
 Why is this     being allowed to      happen?   -
    ...
  Snitch
[like seriously how is it helping her   case, whatsoever?
Plea     Bar-gin
Aight,
Okay
That was just a completely random target   on his list...
- -
The one accountable adult
Keeper       Kydra      Crystal-
- Holocrons
   Data
     -
   You get out of here         youngling
     Force         Sensitive       Child ?
     Are we really going to get into the        powers        eugenics?             (Or         power        genetic       superiority)
       Also would it be a kin to basically every child or just any child destined for leader ship
   (Like gen       leader ship?)
    Cause..
Also, yeah   good idea keeping that around
And you named...
...
Young’lings
 Future
Oy!     You put that back where,   it came from so help me
Future  
vision
is cheating
In reality,   if you did have that power,    you should keep     your mouth        shut
And it completely negates   the point of a choice based universe
   (Takes all the       risk out of it)
    Making the story     completely useless
    (For the sake of tension       I’m going to ignore        that..)
    Going on the       assumption...
     That’s the Jedi           are just a bunch of          narcs
       Who           like        claiming they know the future
       When in reality only the future              knows the future...
           Worn.                 Them
              Oh so it’s just School    roll call...
    Contact
   You must
Ya no dude’s already a    headstart...
Ahsoka
 Dude,  he just override   the punishment   
  Does he   have the authority to do that?
   [I     don’t     think        so]
 Cad bane
   He      probably isn’t
   And you already know him From the previous episode
    Good for         Obi-won
      Aight
     Mace Windu         don’t give a fuck
      Kid Fisto              disappeared
      And. .       Luminara(?)
       Went to go get a snack....             ?
        I don’t             know
        Yoda
        Got          Overruled
       Aight,           Okay
  .....
     This episode...
         Makes me feel disgusting              Watching                The middle                 At least
           It’s very clearly                 boomer bait...
           The beginning...
          Focus-ing on the           importance of taking orders           (With no                       sarcasm                                   to my understanding,)
       Progressing,               Into, 
             Dah, de, dah,                          Generation                        ____                    doesn’t               understand                  books!
                  *We might  if they got out of our way, let us do our thing, dis-covered and pract-iced excess, on our volition
                   *if we wanted   to
Honestly   convinced.  I should’ve      given       them          a        strike       right       there 
Out     of  
Malicious
 Won’t   (Out of restraint)
But     a   thought   none-       the-  
 less
Being        a     (toxic)      Boomers     Fantasy        in   which    they,      the     all   powerful      all   knowing       adults     must       help       poor     Ig-      nor        -ant       (Child)-
(I’m sorry   this really       disgusts me)
  -with enough initiative            To praise their Brilliance
         (It’s re-ally   di-sgusting)
           This isn’t            seen as an overreach                   Or con-                Des-cion                      Of                       A                     Gen
And gives no   in-dication it recognizes how creepy what it’s doing is
Apart from the lighting in the council room
  *Which       I’m now convinced is permanently broken
    And continues with the assum-ption of a   life-time                       Over the future
     Breaking; the story pretty thoroughly
     And announcing the       return to      mediocrity...
     (Border       -ing on attempt at          lower        standards)
 (Also they playoff the death of a semi-sentient species      For            Humor?
       He          died        screaming!
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farafeys · 6 years
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friendly arrangements?
my second aa fic, written in august pretty much right after i finished spirit of justice lol
characters: Apollo Justice, Athena Cykes, Klavier Gavin, mentions of both Wrights and the cat Apollo takes in in the aa5 drama cd
1739 words; gen with strongly hinted at klapollo but mostly just awkward-nice conversation; big spoilers for aa6 and the aa5 drama cd, mentioned aa4 spoilers; 
two calls apollo makes while looking for a catsitter (link to ao3; fic under cut)
The second day after Dhurke's trial, when most of the Wright Anything Agency was back at home, after a long day of setting up paperwork and cleaning out years of mess from the Sahdmadhi Law Office, Apollo finally sat down and took a moment to unwind. Now almost used to the idea of living in Khura'in again, he remembered a problem that had slipped his mind in the chaos of the past week: there was no one to take care of his cat. After a moment of hesitation, and another moment to check the difference in time zones, he called Athena. She picked up at the third ring. "Apollo! What's up? Are you okay? Everything groovy with your scary new job?" "Hey Athena." His voice was considerably more level than hers. "I'm fine, we fixed up the office some and I talked a bunch with Nahyuta." Athena's peppy 'ooo' sounded tinny through the phone. "Cool beans! Were ya just calling to say how much you miss me already, then?" Her cheeky grin was somehow audible. "Ha ha ha. No, I had a, uh, favor to ask you, actually." Athena stayed quiet except for an expectant hmm, letting him continue. "I kinda, uh, forgot about it until just now but- actually, do you remember the circus case with the cat?" "Hmm? Oh YEAH, that fucker who framed Trucy! Why do you ask?" Apollo pursed his lips at her choice of words. "I never found the owner of that calico I told you guys about, so she's mine now I guess? And I don't know who's gonna feed her and stuff now, so..." Athena gasped at the mention of his cat. "Oh yeah, your girlfriend! How could I forget! Do you want me to take care of her?" "If it's not too much to ask... yeah?" Athena hummed for a moment. "I don't know... birds and cats don't get along, right? It would suck if Taka beat up your girlfriend." "Stop calling her that," Apollo said tiredly. "Right, I forgot Prosecutor Blackquill lives with you now... shit, I don't know who to ask besides you." Athena made a sad sound in the back of her throat. "What about Mr. Wright?" "Yeah, either he'd forget to feed her for a week straight or Trucy would want to try out her new combustion magic on living subjects." His tone was dry. Trucy had slyly suggested trying that particular trick on Apollo several times in the past month, and he was bitter. "Ha! Yeah, you're right, I guess."  They were both quiet for a moment. If Apollo weren't dozing off from exhaustion, he would've suspected the younger attorney of planning some wild idea. "Saaaaaay, Polly," her sudden sing-songy words made him jump a little, "why don't you ask your favorite prosecutor friend?" Apollo stuttered out a "Wh-" which was ignored as she continued, "You know, the handsome charming rock star one that you get worked up over whenever you talk about him? I bet he's GREAT with cats." For a few seconds all he said in response to her ingenious idea was some angry spluttering sounds. "What- why would I ask him that? What do you mean, good with cats??" Athena laughed loudly and said, "He just seems nice! And like he wouldn't mind doing you a favor, ja?" She waggled her eyebrows alongside her excellent impression of Klavier, despite Apollo missing out on the performance. Apollo spluttered into his phone more. The irritation had at least woken him up. "What's that supposed to mean?! Athena!" She giggled. "You said you don't have anyone else to ask, right?" She cut off Apollo's 'But-', continuing with glee, "and if you don't ask him then there's no one to watch your girlfriend, jaaa? Aaaaaand!!! If you don't ask him then I will!" Apollo jumped up from the couch he was lying on. "ATHENA." "Woah, turn down the Chords there, dude. Sensitive ears, remember?" She didn't sound particularly bothered. "Aaaaanyway I've gotta go over to the Prosecutors' Office anyway to get some stuff from Simon later so! You got until lunchtime to call your boyfriend, Polly!" Apollo was pacing now, a scowl on his face. "I feel like this is probably some kind of harassment. I'd tell someo- I'd tell Mr. Wright if I thought he wouldn't just egg you on." Athena gasped theatrically. "I'm just helping a friend take care of his cat!!! And going to have a chat with my second favorite prosecutor about his favorite absent defense attorney!" Apollo grumbled some curses away from the phone mic, then took a deep breath. "So it sounds like you're planning on talking to Prosecutor Gavin today anyway?" "Hmm, yeah! I've decided on it now, and I've never changed my mind about anything." "...Right. And I'm guessing that you're going to talk to him about me whether I call him or not?" Athena's responding 'Duh' was Chords of Steel levels of loud. "What else would we talk about? The weather? Music? Junie? OH!!! Junie... Anyway! Yeah, I'm a gossip machine, Polly! It's a great way to practice analyzing emotions, you know." Apollo ignored her and poked a finger to his forehead as if he were nearing a breakthrough in court. "So if I do call him now, I'll get the leg up on you with whatever you're gonna say!" "Huh?" "Got it. I'll call him right now. Nice talk, Athena." "Uh, yeah! Have fun fixing a whole court system." Apollo hmphed, said a quick goodbye, and asked her to pass on his greetings to Blackquill and the Wrights. He hung up, found Klavier's number in his phone (Trucy had given it to the fop about a year ago, and he texted Apollo periodic congratulations on cases, well-wishes for holidays, and other ridiculous frustrating things), and gave himself a minute to get a glass of water before calling. He picked up after the first ring. "Hallo? Herr Justice? To what do I owe the pleasure?" Apollo bit back surprise at the use of his actual name and irritation at Klavier's smooth voice. "Uh, hi, Prosecutor Gavin. I don't know if you've heard, but I'm not going to be in the country for a while." Klavier hummed in response, "Ja, I heard about the trial in Khura'in through Herr Edgeworth. Sounds like you and Herr Sahdmadhi have had quite the week!" "Uh, yeah." Apollo lost his train of thought for a moment. "A-anyway I have kind of a big favor to ask, and I wouldn't be calling you but Athena can't and I don't know who else I could ask and SHE said to ask you-" Klavier cut him off before his rambling picked up enough speed and volume to rival a freight train. "Woah there, Herr Forehead, what exactly is this momentous task for me? Nothing illegal, I hope." "Of course not!!" Apollo's voice broke, turning louder and squeaky from indignation. "It's just my cat, I don't know who's gonna take care of her and I don't think there's a way to get her to Khura'in any time soon." "Oh! I did not know you had a cat!" He sounded enthused, much more than earlier in the call. "What is the little one's name?" Apollo winced. "Uh. That's kind of a weird story actually, I found her with a collar and at first I was just watching her until I could find the owner, but I never did and I never actually... got around to naming her?" Klavier's voice betrayed an amused smirk. "Then what, pray tell, do you call her, Forehead?" "Uh... Kitty." Klavier muffled a laugh that didn't match up to Apollo's memories of him, shoulders shaking, tossing his head prettily while mocking him from behind the prosecutor's bench. "Kitty! A fitting name indeed! I imagine, then, your favor is simply to take care of the feline Fraulein, ja?" "I... yeah. Is that ok?" Apollo was only half expecting to get this far. The conversation was far more painless than the ordeal he had expected. "Of course!" There was a smile in his voice, a wider more genuine one than his typical pasted-on rock star grin. "I am very fond of cats, after all, and Vongole could use the company during the day." That name sounded old and familiar to Apollo. "Vongole? Wasn't she Kristoph's dog? I... I hadn't even thought about what happened to her." Klavier hmmed. "She has been my dog for quite a while now, and seems much peppier for it." Apollo was for a moment at a loss for words. It had been a very long two days, and he did not feel at all equipped to handle thinking much more about Kristoph. However, Klavier interrupted his anxious reverie: "But! Even the most charming, coolest yellow labrador gets a bit lonely! I'm sure she'll be great friends with Kitty for however long we house her." Apollo startled, both at the offer and at the conversational lifesaver. Ugh, this guy was cool. "R-really, you're okay with this? Just like that?" Klavier hummed a lilting sound like a shrug. "Ach, surely your Kitty is more a blessing than a burden." He paused for just about a second. "And thisis the sort of thing one does for a friend. How should I go about retrieving Miss Kitty, then, Forehead?" Barely resisting the urge to throw his phone across the room or slap himself in the face from the out-of-the-blue declaration of friendship, Apollo said, "I, uh- you can use the spare key to my apartment and just pick her up, I guess? Athena knows how to get there, she said she's going to your office later." "Ah! Fraulein Cykes is always a delight." "Ha, yeah. Um, Kitty doesn't need any special food or anything, she's got her shots and stuff, I found her outside but I keep her indoors 'cause it's safer... Oh, the spare key is under the doormat!" "Cool, cool. I look forward to meeting the little lady." Apollo thought he could hear him smiling again. "She's a great cat! She's only met, uh... Clay and Athena but she's really friendly with strangers! ... Uh, thank you for this, Prosecutor Gavin. It's a lot to do at this kind of notice." Klavier snorted. "Ach, it's nothing! And, the title is a bit much now, ja? Just Klavier is fine." Apollo chewed the inside of his mouth for a second. "Klavier. Thanks."
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Me picking distastefully at the Death Note Live Action
(Totally not a blog I wrote on Amino that I copied here)
*Inhales deeply*
BOI
Iz yo local Lanthenides juliani’s pinky toe here, your all-time most dependable Death Note fangasmer, with a long rant.
The sky has fallen, the sinners in Death Note hell are screaming, and DN fan trash like me are creating Dead Seas with our sheer salt.
Why?
The 2017 Death Note Netflix remake released its trailer.
Woah woah, back up a bit m8. Let me get you guys up to date on what this whole fuss is about.
The Death Note Netflix remake… Where to begin.
Essentially, Netflix is making an American “adaptation” of Death Note. But oh boy, they aren’t sticking to canon. Here’s an overview list of some… “interesting” changes.
🍿The theme of the movie is now “revenge”.
🍿Light Yagami™, with his signature “imagaY” last name joke, has had his name changed to Light Turner. Played by Nat Wolff, currently struggling through a pimple outbreak.
🍿Consequently, his father, Soichiro Yagami, is now James Turner, played by Shea Whigham.
🍿Misa Amane is Mia Sutton, played by Margaret Qualley, a cheerleader grill who falls in steamy love with Light-friggin’-Turner, because the director wanted to keep the “adult themes of Death Note”
🍿Evidently the director never watched nor read Death Note. In an interview, he confirmed that, to keep the adult themes and dark atmospheres, there will be a lot of gore, a lot of nudity, and a lot of language.
🍿I’m not sure about you, but that doesn’t sound like the psychological thriller we know and love.
🍿Keith Stanfield as L.
🍿If you don’t know: Kieth Stanfield is AFRICAN AMERICAN. Not to be racist here, but a big part of L’s character is his alarmingly pale skin and scrawny frame. Suddenly, we have this hoodied black man walking in oublic and attending interviews. Real canon of ya, Netflix
🍿HE’S IN PUBLIC
🍿The producers trashed the basic plot of Death Note and opted for something more… redeeming. Details are not provided, but it is known that it will be more Westernized. While that may be a welcomed change, it’s make or break at this point.
🍿THEY ALMOST REMOVED SHINIGAMI
“Our vision for Death Note has always been to…introduce the world to this dark and mysterious masterpiece. The talent and diversity represented in our cast, writing, and producing teams reflect our belief in staying true to the story’s concept of moral relevance — a universal theme that knows no racial boundaries.”
“Oka, one of the producers of the Netflix Death Note
Okay. So I’m not going to even try to protest Death Note getting another adaptation (I mean, it’s not like it has three live action movies, one live action drama, one musical, three video games, three short live action mini episodes, one long live action New Gen. series, etc., etc., ETC.,) but seriously.
Are they even trying at this point?
Let’s check out the cast first.
Nathaniel "Nat” Marvin Wolff as Light Turner
This dude played Isaac in the Fault in Our Stars, and Quentin in Paper Towns.
Take a moment.
This kid did some great things, I’ll give him some credit. Starred in some romance movies, raised money for 9/11 as a young kiddo, wrote some cool music.
But is he a fitting actor for Death Note?
I say no.
Firstly, Light is portrayed in the manga and anime alike as a handsome, clean, and upkept young man groomed for success. He has severe god complex, and is the very definition of “perfect” in the eyes of others. I just don’t really see that in Wolff. While I will not criticize him for his appearance, I do believe in something for live actions: Same, or different. Not both. Stick to canon or change everything. Don’t give us a haunting afterimage of the Light Yagami we all knew.
Keith Stanfield as L
Okay. So-
No, not okay. This is not okay.
If you did a next generation of something of Death Note, sure, go ahead, I don’t give a flying fu-firetruck about the detective L being black.
But the original L?
No.
L’s off-putting appearance is destroyed by Keith’s natural appearance. Keith is a friendly-looking man, but L is supposed to look malnourished, like a living ghost, He is scrawny and underweight, 110 lbs at 179 cm (don’t ask me how I know off the top of my head). His pale complexion like he has never seen the Sun is a key compartment of his character, and while I do think diversity is good, I feel Keith cannot do justice to L’s character.
Onto acting.
Why the HECK is he standing behind a podium with a hoodie and his head dipped.
Let’s see here. Male, I can estimate his height, African American, both eyes intact, hands intact, probably can get fingerprints off the podium, people taking PICTURES of him and being able to capture some facial features…
No.
L is mysterious, paranoid, keeps to himself. He uses a goshdarned voice synethesizer for God’s sake, it’s what makes his appearances so epic. WHY are you putting him out like that? Just… why?
Oh, and he’s a rapper.
Margaret Qualley as Mia Sutton
Sigh.
Paul Nakauchi as Watari
I’m actually not minding this one too much, though his loving, fatherly aura got swapped for a more severe one.
Other characters
Can we just pray…
My Opinion
I honestly don’t have much to say. I’m not too excited, in fear that this whole thing may ruin what I love, but I guess it’s a new and innovative take to the anime. The “whitewashing” I can sort of understand, since this is a film in English, after all, and it’ll be easier casting characters this way.
For months, the Death Note fandom has raged about black L. I would once again like to say that I don’t mean to be racist, as even many of my black friends agree with me; I am a minority race myself in America. L is one of the only characters who are in this film who originally was of European descent (¼ Russian, ¼ British, ¼ Japanese, ¼ French or Italian).
The legitimate ONLY character they can get away with “whitewashing” for, aside from Watari.
But no.
Forget sticking with canon. Let’s take Death Note for its established fanbase, and just use its title and its character names to bait viewers, what a great idea! Give them something completely different that marginally may be good, but forget about canon, we’ve got to break everything they’ve ever known about Death Note! Change the plot and make it rated R too, how about that? Because no one cares about the fact that that’s not what Death Note is about.
This thing will either be complete sh- poop, or somehow succeed solely due to its $40-$50 million budget. But in all honesty, my problem here isn’t it itself. It’s how they wanted to be different and the same at the same time.
Anyhow, here’s the promised trailer. Tell me what you guys think.
AND NOW FOR THE FUN PART
*・゜゚・*:.。..。.:*・’(*゚▽゚*)‘・*:.。. .。.:*・゜゚・*
Comment highlights from Death Note Amino
“WHY IS A MAN WHO IS JAPANESE BORN AND RAISED, LIVED IN JAPAN, AND IS A JAPANESE CITIZEN, BEING PLAYED IN THE LIVE ACTION MOVIE BY A WHITE GUY?” - 🍰 L Lawliet 🍰
“Bullsh*t, what’s what it is” -matsuda
“*Incoherent screaming*” -The Leader of Death Note Amino
“I’m gonna be the most optimistic one and give it a chance.” MyHeroMacadamiaNuts
“Honestly, the live action remake is supposed to make the fans happy. This, however, put the fans in a rage. I mean, the guy who plays Light looks so unintelligent. Light is supposed to be a well-organized man, but instead they made him into this messy guy with pimples whose name is "Light Turner”. Did they seriously have to change the name too? It’s not even death note at this point. Just some crappy rip off.“ -Rae
"Wait, that’s Death Note?!?” -k i a r a
MAY AUGUST 25TH BE KIND TO US ALL
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