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wavesoutbeingtossed · 25 days

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TTPD Track Speculation/Prediction: @wavesoutbeingtossed Edition

Against my better judgment, I’m putting down my predictions before I am proven completely wrong on April 19.

on the other hand I did correctly attribute all of the 1989 TV vault track teaser lyrics to their songs before it was released so maybe I’m just that good jk.

I’m putting everything under a cut because it’s long and mostly just shooting the shit but it’s a long weekend so what the heck!

I started writing this the night the album was announced at the Grammys in February, so obviously things may have evolved in the meantime. It will be very interesting to see just how wrong I am!

Here be speculation, musings, jokes and more! Enter at your own risk!

SOUND:

I honestly have NO CLUE. I’ve said many, many times that I would be absolutely gagged for an Americana-folk type sound like Carolina/Safe and Sound/some of her acoustic performances on tour. I don’t really expect TTPD to sound quite that stripped back, though. (Prove me wrong, Taylor!)

I am kind of feeling pop-rock-y though, à la WCS, TTDS, based on absolutely nothing but that is also a genre/sound I love that I am begging to hear more on albums.

Completely off the wall guess: Something more jazzy-big band-y, based on nothing but her styling in recent months on the red carpet that harkens back to golden age of Hollywood vibes (especially the Grammys), the inclusion of Clara Bow (renowned flapper girl) on the track list, and the way she keeps talking about being grateful fans accept her bending and switching genres over the years and support her when she does “weird” things.

FORMAT (?)

OK this is just me spitballing, but I said awhile back that I am just getting vibes that there may be, like, a story within a story with this. As in, using some fictional settings as an allegory for the story about herself. The example I used then was The Lumineers, and how they wrote their album III about three generations of a fictional family dealing with addiction, which was an allegory for the lead singer’s own family’s experience with it (without directly calling out the family member in question at the time). There were characters in the album, but many of the songs were sung from an “I”/“you” perspective. I may not be explaining myself well, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there are “fictional” stories in that they’re sung about characters (e.g. Clara Bow?), but it will be obvious to fans that she’s using the characters to speak about herself and her experiences. I’m just getting big “storytelling” energy from the hints. Which means I’m totally wrong!!!! Don’t listen to me!!! (I do think there will be some shades of this somehow, though.)

TRACK LIST SPECULATION

Fortnight: Think you are all on the money about it being the time between the start of tour and when Joever happened for good. Sort of a “two years of uncertainty coming to a head in two weeks” thing. Spending two weeks agonizing over what to do. Two weeks for your whole life to blow up. Finally being removed from the situation and grasping onto your dreams that have been on hold for years and realizing your mind’s made up because you won’t give this part of you up even if it means letting go of what you thought your future held. But another thing I’ve thought of: some common wisdom claims it takes two weeks for a new routine to become a habit, so… outside chance it’s like, two weeks go by and you’re finally used to/accepted whatever it is you’re trying to kick? Also had a thought that there could be many two-week periods that can mark your life and give pause.

The Tortured Poets Department: No idea really lol. For some reason I feel like this is going to be a little more experimental, “laying the groundwork for the defense” type of vibe, kinda like Mastermind, or using the investigative/academic metaphor to delve into it like, Mad Woman or Vigilante Shit. (Or: it could be super petty roasting the infamous group chat lol. In all seriousness though I would doubt that because I feel like this album is very much about Her… unless said group chat was so insufferable she needs to blast it on main.)

My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys: I saw some talk on my dash about this giving renegade themes (you fire off missiles because you hate yourself but don’t you know you’re demolishing me), and I totally thought the same thing. Also those of you who pointed out the parallels to Cardigan are geniuses (when I was an old cardigan under someone’s bed you put me on and said I was your favorite). Again kinda think there might be some more metaphor in this but guessing it may be along the lines of “he’s only doing this because he knows I won’t leave” themes? It instantly gives dark and uneasy. It gives, the people you love are the ones you hurt the most. All signs point to Not Good.

(Or this is about Benji destroying his spin toys or is that just my cat that does that.)

Down Bad: Someone said (on Jaime’s blog I think*) that this is giving False God but icky and I can TOTALLY see that. (Then again I’ve always found False God sad in the sense that it’s like, “even when we fight so bad we can’t communicate we still have the sex holding us together.”) But, Taylor does like to take sayings with common meanings and twist them on their heads, so I also wouldn’t be surprised if “Down Bad,” isn’t referring to being down as in being horny for someone, but being down as in, feeling devastated/hopeless. (Or, even worse, mean both at the same time. 😵‍💫)

(*I wrote this post in February after the announcement, I don’t have a clue when any of this was said anymore sorry)

So Long, London: like a lot of people, I feel like this is her goodbye to the life they had and more importantly/poignantly, the dreams she had of their future. (I don’t know but, “remember looking at this room we loved cause of the light, now I just sit in the dark and wonder if it’s time” just feels like it’d be part of this story.) So because I’ve said that, watch it be an excoriation of London Boy lol. (You know I’m mad at a London Boy / who just really won’t leave Camden / Market in the afternoon / he hasn’t seen my American smile / in two months cause he won’t come to see me / when I have a show to do…) Feel like it’s going to gut us. BUT, also wonder if this is her “I’m getting the fuck out of dodge ROCK FLAG AND EAGLE” anthem haha. (Or: she ran away to London to escape the Bad Stuff but then got stuck in another kind of Bad Stuff living there for so long…)

But Daddy I Love Him: Pretty obviously the Little Mermaid reference. Very curious if the actual quote is in the song, or if it’s just named that to set the scene but the song instead is an expounding on the theme of giving up her voice for the sake of the relationship like Ariel. Also wonder if this is an overtly diaristic song or if she is going to use characters/figures/fiction to expand on the theme subtly, a little like Maisie Peters’ History of Man or Florence & The Machine’s Cassandra or even more pointedly like her own Last Great American Dynasty or The Lucky One. I do assume the overarching theme is going to be the push-pull between keeping her love and giving up things that are important to her to make that love work. (Watch this be about her arguing with her father about marrying *** lol.)

The theme of giving up your voice/what you hold dear for love is so loaded, and has some parallels to Clara Bow’s story, which is also on the track list so… Lots to chew on I’m sure.

Fresh Out The Slammer: Totally think the reference to her locking herself up for years at home because she was scared in the Time POTY interview is a likely link to this. Feeling free after the weight of this decision is off her shoulders, yet the sheer terror at now being on her own and rebuilding her future. It could be uplifting but I could also see it being like pure chaos. BUT, a thought I had earlier is that, if this is a song that was written pre-Joever, maybe it’s about the aftermath of a rough patch. Like, we just got our get out of jail free cards, we made it through the other side of this Big Thing that almost ended us (e.g. the final blow in YLM), where do we go from here?

Florida!!!: Emphasis on the “!!!”!!! Honestly it had me at FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE. I’m soooooo curious and sooooooooooooo pumped for this one. I don’t want to let myself hope it’s going to sound like a Florence song BUT I HOPE IT SOUNDS LIKE A FLORENCE SONG. I’m going to guess it may be a reference to the first stop on tour after the news broke. Wasn’t that also a show where a ton of things went wrong? I can see it going so many ways! Is it a hopeful “Florida I’m coming for you you’re a symbol of my great escape my prison break my entire life crumbling and rising again”? An introspective “I never thought I’d have to rebuild my whole world after it imploded, in Florida of all places?!”? Is it a sarcastic “fucking Florida always the scene of the crime I can’t believe my life is falling apart and I need to go to FUCKASS FLORIDA oh great every thing that can go wrong with my show is FLORIDA!!!!”? Is it a rant about the corporate mouse? Or a scathing takedown of Republican politics ahead of the 2024 elections? (lol) Who’s to say?!

Guilty as Sin?: Sooooooooooo curious about this. I’m a Carolina Stan and I know there is 0% chance there is a link between the two songs other than the lyric which is a common term, but it does make me happy. My first thought about this one is that it’s going to be biting or self-reflective — kinda like the bridge of Is It Over Now? Or the chorus of Anti-Hero. As in, “what is it exactly that you think I’m guilty of?” (E.g. ambition? Drive? Seeking attention? Being selfish? But could also be sad: Loving too hard? Caring too much? Being too needy? Hmmm.) I’m kind of feeling like it’s a “if it’s wrong to be guilty of these things I don’t want to be right.” Again if I had to guess I’d wonder if it would have the same vibes as the bridge of YLM. (For some reason, with the question mark, I don’t necessarily think it’s going to be accusing someone of something…)* I also had a thought about the seven deadly sins and this title and… THOUGHTS ARE THINKING**.

(*I may not have found it accusatory in February, but with the benefit of hindsight in March I… reserve the right to change my mind about this.)

(**Future Waves here: the thoughts may have been thinking for February Waves but March Waves has no idea what she was talking about.)

Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?: I don’t knooooooooooow. At first the title kinda gave me Blank Space vibes, like, you don’t know how much I could fuck this up if I wanted. Then some people mentioned the similarity to Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? And now that’s absolutely all I can think about. If you’ve ever seen the movie (or the play), it is rooooooooough. Watching George and Martha drunkenly eviscerate each other as their guests watch on in horror is… oof. (As someone who has seen this happen in real life and was trapped on a boat with a couple in full unhinged mode… OOF. Just OOF.) Of course there’s the Burton-Taylor of it all too so… (there’s also an interesting theme in Virginia Woolf about buying into illusion to avoid the messiness of reality… and Martha resenting George’s lack of ambition.) Is this song cheeky? Or a threat? Is this a Better Than Revenge/Vigilante Shit rebuke or is it Bejeweled owning her personhood?

(Like any of these songs, there’s also the chance that it’s heartbreaking and is really a reflection on how the things that make her her can be weaponized against her… Or how her struggles/vices alienate her to the person she loves a la Anti-Hero…)

I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can): My first thought is this is going to be one of her sarcastic/satirical/funnier ones, based on nothing except that this sounds like it could be an Olivia Rodrigo cheeky song lol. (Like, I immediately start singing this to the tune of “Get Him Back.”) Never beat those allegations, Taylor, we’ve all been there. It definitely feels like a stereotypical tale of “girl tries to fix a man who doesn’t want to change and refuses to give up.” Watch this actually be a sad ballad about the flip side of renegade and trying to help a partner through a crisis 😬

loml: the quiet menace in this list!!!! Obviously we’re all immediately thinking “love of my life,” but because this is Taylor, we should not rest easy. The fact that it’s all in small caps is curious to me and calls back to text speak, so is this a term of endearment that turns into a final parting sign off? Is it from an email ahem? Is it a sweet song about the good parts of being together? A wistful song about a lost love? BUT THEN, because it’s Taylor, I can totally see this being a bait and switch and it standing for something else as some of you pointed out, like loss of my life, or love OR my life. Or something entirely different. I’m pretty convinced that this one is going to be devastating in some fashion. I just feel it in my bones.

I Can Do It With a Broken Heart: Like many of you, I’m fairly certain this is going to be a bittersweet Long Live-esque ode to the Eras tour. The pick yourself up by the bootstraps, get out of bed, the show must go on and the show is saving my life story. Just thinking of the quote from the Time POTY interview where she said, “I know I’m going on that stage whether I’m sick, injured, heartbroken, uncomfortable, or stressed.” And in those early weeks, it seems like she might have been all of those things at once. Just trying to talk yourself into getting out of bed when all you want the earth’s core to swallow you whole and never come back. Kind of like, I can pick up the pieces of my life and carry on even when I am dying inside.

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived: Obviously this is about one Benjamin Button, please. OK, in all seriousness, it’s giving, well… *shots fired*. It’s giving “your integrity makes me seem small.” It’s giving “I’m a monster on the hill, too big to hang out.” It’s giving “all you are is mean.” So, part of me thinks it’s going to be turned on its head a little bit, just because… it seems to point to something directly and sometimes Taylor enjoys a bit of misdirection. So is this about someone who takes shots at someone else and in so doing, displays their own insecurity? Another thought I had is: Is this about someone who retreats into their own world so much that they’ve shut out everything and everyone else? Their whole world gets shrunken down to the four walls around them? I have a strong feeling this is an allegory-type song, using a fictionalized and possibly fantastical story to tell the real life one, but obviously I could be wrong.

The Alchemy: gonna be real with you all: I didn’t know that alchemy was the practice of turning base metals into something that looks like gold. I think I was mixing it up with apothecary or something, lol. I thought it was the practice of making potions and whatnot. #TheMoreYouKnow ANYWAY, I think the idea of “turning nothing into something that shines” is going to be important. Is it about using her best colours for a portrait to hide the cracks underneath? Is it about trying your best to make something work and thrive but ultimately coming up empty because the foundation is gone? Is it about turning these base experiences into art that fuels her? There are so many possibilities! (@taylortruther’s post about The Alchemy and other comments got me thinking too about the magician/illusionist scenario in So It Goes and now my brain is on fire.)

Clara Bow: Soooooooooo intrigued by this one too. People have pointed out so many of the interesting coincidences and parallels in their lives. Clara Bow was a silent film star who found her voice in the talkies — that right there is one metaphor about finding your voice in your art and your life. But it’s also an interesting parallel that she managed to parlay her success in silent film into talkies, at a time where few actors enjoyed a successful transition, which mirrors Taylor’s transition from country to pop. There’s the way Clara’s private life was splashed all over the press, driven by salacious rumours about her sex life and her perceived revolving door of lovers, which seems like something Taylor would empathize with. There’s the way she had a breakdown and left Hollywood, which may have some shades of 2016. Or that she got married and started a family, but insisted on keeping it a secret for many years to maintain privacy, which is interesting because in this case it seems like *Clara* was the one driving the need for secrecy, not her husband. (At least I read that in one article somewhere, sorry if that’s wrong!) Ultimately though, she died relatively young and was forgotten by mainstream Hollywood, a relic of a past uninteresting to all but the most diehard of film buffs. I’m getting vibes of “The Lucky One,” (and “Nothing New”) both in themes and in storytelling. So, watch it be completely different and not a story about Clara Bow but instead just have it be an off-hand line lol.

BONUS TRACKS

The Manuscript: I’m veeeeeery intrigued by this one. (I know I say that about all of them. That’s because they all intrigue me.) I love the idea that this wraps up the “standard” album; the chair(wo)man of the Tortured Poets Department has submitted her thesis for review, and it’s up to the board to draw their conclusion. OR: the idea that this is the unfiltered submission to a publisher, before the editor’s review that will cut and tighten and ultimately make it better, but loses the author’s initial vision in the process. (Like self-editing to share the most palatable story to your reader. Which… Also gives Dear Reader/Midnights in general vibes.) OR EVEN: this is the author’s story, submitted to the audience for their review, leaving it up to them to draw their conclusions and annotate. There are sooooooo many ways I can see this going.

The Bolter: A curious one indeed! I feel like of all of the bonus tracks at least, this is the one I have the least idea about. My immediate guess is that it refers to a person who runs, which would have all kinds of implications. Running from the law (unlikely lol), running from commitment, running from conflict… running for your life. Like running from commitment because you’re scared of being tied down (single girl version) to running from commitment because you’re scared of being tied down (bitter wife* version). (*NOT saying there was a secret wedding lol. I mean as in, that’s the future that was in store if one stayed.) I saw other takes saying bolter is also slang for jailer, which is also interesting with the Ready For It of it all.

The Albatross: So much has been said about this one, so I don’t think I have much to ado about this one! The famous poem is rife with all kinds of allusions: the bird soaring on its own for up to six years, but being brought down by man’s cruelty. The bird looking majestic in the skies, but the burden of its wings dragging it down on land, slowly killing it. The story being a metaphor for how the very thing poets are exalted for in society are the things they are punished for personally. I think it’s safe to say this one is going to hurt regardless, whether it’s a reference to herself, to ***, or something else entirely.

The Black Dog: Also another one I’m not sure I have many thoughts on yet. The black dog being a metaphor for depression is likely the inspiration, and I’m assuming this has the potential to be one of the most vulnerable songs yet. I have a feeling most of this album will be, but the imagery of this — the black dog being a constant companion, wanted or not, casting a pall over its master’s every move — points in a pretty obvious direction. And one that is probably going to gut us.

Well there you have it folks! I am ready to be completely wrong!

#the tortured poets department #Happy Good Friday this post has risen from the dead #(oops was that uncouth of me)#three weeks!!!!!!#i need this album now #my brain is on fire #Writing letters addressed to the fire

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l0uterstella · 2 months

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YOUR MELODY: Analysis, Merold's Manipulation

(Parts are still incomplete like the flower language) full english lyrics, Ever Red theory (MUST READ TO UNDERSTAND THIS POST) Updated: Feb 25 2024

Flower Language

(thanks to my friend Lux for finding most of them)

Rimicha - sunflower, birds of paradise Sunflower: Symbols of joy, adoration, and loyalty. There's a story in Greek Mythology of a nymph who turns into the flower after losing her lover Birds of paradise: Symbols of joy, paradise, freedom, and a sense of exploration

Hallritt - red periwinkle - symbol of purity, everlasting love, loyalty to friends, and hope

Merold - white and pink easter lily, white chrysanthemum, baby's breath, white spider lily, white and pink rose, hyacinth - together as a bouquet, all these flowers symbolize devoted love and loyalty, feelings of strong familial love and homesickness, positivity, happiness and admiration for the receiver, along with "seeking forgiveness/deep regret" with the hyacinths

Mirror flowers: lily, daisy, carnation, 4th still unknown - Together as a bouquet, these flowers represent celebration/hope for happiness, love and connection. Some flowers also share a meaning of rebirth or missing someone

Broken Mirror

Broken mirrors typically symbolize a shattered self-image, fractured identity, and a sense of loss. I'll most likely be covering the voice drama in another post, but in the first episode, Hallritt is seen easily defeating a seed in one hit. Maybe Merold feels like his role as the strongest knight is being challenged? Which is why he accuses Hallritt of being a failure as a knight in the teaser for episode 2. In another scene, these two frames are right next to each other. Instead of the diamond flipping around like it did before, Merold just completely replaces Hallritt.

The MV also had multiple "waves"/glitches, which recently has been a recurring theme of Seed's presence.

ELDRITT/HALLRITT SYSTEM

Hallritt also feels a bit "off" in the MV. It's possible that it's Eldritch Hallritt/Eldritt/The "original Hallritt" currently present. It's a bit confusing to tell which timeline the MV is set in, but it might make more sense with the System Hallritt headcanon. Eldritt formed as a protector and gatekeeper who used to hide the truth from the "current Hallritt", before deciding it'd be beneficial if he knew the truth and did something about it. Following this, the MV is in the 2nd timeline as my timeline theory suggests (with the voice dramas being the 1st timeline), and Eldritt is simply fronting instead of Hallritt.

There's also this scene where Hallritt sings: "As if two hearts are on top of each other, I want to be connected by the same rhythm"

ELDRITCH MEROLD

Merold seems to know about the 1st timeline. He holds a ribbon, which is what represents the memories of that timeline in Ever Red. He is also seen multiple times with a corrupted version, possibly hinting at him having an Eldritch (seed corruption) form as well.

The lyrics seem to have him hinting at the 1st timeline to Hallritt. If you corrupt the future, you echo its dark history.

To summarize: Merold is threathened by Hallritt's strength, yet he also knows the truth of what he did/will do. He wants to get rid of him somehow, or at least keep him in his place. He put up a face to seem trustworthy, but someday, that facade will shatter like the mirror.

BONUS

1. Merold losing his vision? Really not much proof here aside from this quick frame

2. blob people. idk who or what they are yet

3. there's one transiton where something that look like vines turn into (angel? dove?) feathers and another one with a broken crystal. could it be referencing cielomort's death? is it his crystal strawberry from aozora?

(Why? Why?) This heart (Why? Why?) It's fragile (Why? Why?) No matter what, I love you most (Why? Why?) It's overflowing (Why? Why?) These desires A melody just for you

#rimicha's just chililng #“melody” definetely means something too but i'm unsure what yet #may edit in the future #fragaria memories #fragmem #fragaria memories theory #hallritt #merold #rimicha

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accio-victuuri · 4 months

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i know it’s early to interpret the song based on the teaser lyrics but with what we have, i think we can see what the subject and message of the song is. it is in the point of view of someone who appreciates everything that happened to them both past and present. and isn’t that such a good outlook?

wyb is not credited in the lyrics, but the composer is the same as like the sunshine. lyricist is dongyufang. but again, wyb definitely had some input and the song speaks to him or else he won’t sing it.

now it’s time for some clowning. you can interpret this and stretch it however you want based on every line but i’m just including some connections noticed by cpfs. 🤍

I love early spring and i will love late autumn. I love black hair and i will love gray hair.

the black and gray ( white ) hair in here most likely can talk about himself that he will love his youth and as he ages. it’s all good. but ofc the cpn spin is the contrast in their hair for a time. xz’s black and wyb’s is white ( chanel ). it’s giving the caption he used for his bday that he celebrate with xz on cql set ; that what he decided when he was 21, he will continue on till 81.

the white hair is reminding me of that old sus cpn and the lrlg that joked how xz is stressing wyb out with worry and he will have white hair because of it 😂

I love the wandering people coming home to their doorstep.

This is a line that i guess both of them can relate to, because of how many times in the year they spend away from their home. How they are both wanderers, but what he loves the most is when he/them gets to go home. No matter where they go, they will have somewhere to come home to. This line is also similar to LTS, where he goes — you’ve been wandering for a long time.

if you wanna go years back, there was a rumor that after the filming of cql, they had no contact but there was a sense of hoping to be with each other again.

I love the new and i will love the old. I love waking up from dreams and i will love daydreaming.

the love of new and old here is so romantic, at least to me. it may have a more general feeling in different interpretation, but to me, it’s someone who loves the relationship when it was new and no matter how long it lasts. wyb also loves to joke around xz being “older than him” but the truth is he really doesn’t care. if his comments about xz looking so young and how he doesn’t feel the age gap at all is any indication.

next is the subject of dreams ☁️

this one is the real hammer if you will. it brought us back to xz’s bazaar love confession and how he connected to dreams and waking up to it as when he found the one he loves. they are each other’s dream that has come to life. 😭😭😭😭 ( the bazaar confession is a pretty well known cpn so i won’t explain at length here. i talked about it before on my blog too )

I tightly hold on to the people i love. I love everything I lost in the past.

how he holds on to the people i love, which i think is very true for yibo. that he has a close set of people with him and his inner circle is trusted. but at the same time, he still appreciates those who lost in the past. again — very yibo. even if there are people who he had some falling out with, he won’t speak anything bad about them. and maybe if one day, they ask for forgiveness, he will grant them that.

i’m really looking forward for the two new songs! for his nye performances! the cpn we get is just a bonus! ❤️💛💚

#yizhan #bjyx #there is no science here i’m just clowning like i always do

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jejuboo-s · 11 months

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SILENT BOARDING GATE TEASER (W. Junhui x F. Reader)

Summary: In which you meet Wen Junhui, an exchange student from China, along the way of accomplishing your dreams. He was a great friend, but you got attached to him. Maybe a little too much.

Pairing: Wen Junhui x Design Major!Reader

Genre: Angst, Fluff, & Smut

Tag list: @m00minjunnie @annboo @emma10zt @minhui896 @peachypeach05 @meanau @smalliechelle @orpheustae @j4edo @diorsfxck @valenhui @nanxyjeon-02 @minnie-mouser22 @cloudysannie @1-mpurities @kpoplovertothemoon @sunflowerlukes @itzxvaxella @svtup @yourfavoriteon3 @dulcecreatura @puzzlecages @justwonus-recs

Send an ask, like, or repost to be added to the tag list for the finished fic! (Your name will not be added to the list but you WILL be tagged in the final fic—send an ask to confirm optional)

Caution: Contains quoted lyrics from JUN’s “Silent Boarding Gate,” alot of alcohol involved (not to the point where it’s a problem…), arguing & guilt tripping, bathroom sex, public sex, fingering, oral (f. recieving), 4 stages of grief depicted—quite literally, friends to enemies to lover arc, more tags tbd

Fic to be finished from mid-late June, xoxo—jejuboos

#.leeteasers #jun smut #jun fluff #jun angst #seventeen smut #seventeen fluff #seventeen angst #seventeen x reader #seventeen x reader smut #jun x reader smut #kpop smut #kpop x reader #seventeen

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producedbyhan · 6 months

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The movie club storyline so far (In honor of the SKZFLIX teaser)

So firstly, if you aren't already aware, the Mixtape: On Track, B Me, Mixtape: OH, and The View music videos are all set in an "AU" of sorts, where SKZ are part of a filmmaking club. SKZFLIX, while not being an MV and instead set to be a music drama, appears to also be in this universe. So let's talk about the story so far.

Mixtape: On Track is kind of a film-within-a-film. We know this as there is a scene in B Me of Jisung burning the script for On Track, the film the club made. If we zoom in to the script and flip it so we can read it better, there is also this extra detail:

Meaning that in On Track, Jeongin played the role of a character crushing on/in love with Hyunjin for the film (shown above in the cover art for the song as well). This implies that the whole plot of On Track was part of the film they were making. So rather than club member Hyunjin falling for the female lead actress, being jealous of Minho, and helping the club film footage, it's actually that the character he was playing was doing these things.

Next is B Me, which is kind of told in medias res, where it's shown being recorded by the club at the same time that they are watching a screening of it. Some of the action scenes in this, such as Minho getting hurt in a car accident (and the resulting cast he has in OH, as well as the club's separation) makes me think that these happened before OH, and them watching the screening is after OH (after they potentially reunite).

From this point on it starts getting more ambiguous regarding which scenes are the movie club's real life versus. the characters they're playing in their movies, so I'd like to hear people's thoughts on this.

In Mixtape: OH, we see the movie club post-graduation, and they've all distanced from each other. Jisung passes a graduation certificate to Minho, who snatches it from him - possibly a lingering rift between them due to their car accident part in B Me. Hyunjin is painting now, Jeongin attempts to call him on the phone but is ignored. Minho finds a box of Hyunjin's unclaimed belongings in the club. Jeongin goes to a store to buy the same drink he took from Hyunjin in On Track, indicating him/his character pining/missing Hyunjin. Felix (or rather, Jeongin imagining Felix) intervenes and tries to stop him, but we see Jeongin walking out with it despite that. Changbin is seen in a bus looking through photos and reminisces about when Minho and Jisung were still close. The lyrics in this part kind of tie into this as well. Jisung gets on the bus and misses Changbin getting off it, and starts to have memories of the bus from when they were all still together. We see Chan listening to The View, and a bus stop with "Dreams come true to those who truly want them" (also appears The View) on it, which is our next video. Felix also reads a book about dreams with the same quote. Minho goes to Hyunjin's art room to return his belongings, and writes a note for him while he's there. Felix lights a candle and makes a wish, and then we see his dream/wish of Changbin, Chan, Jisung and himself being friends again. However, the candle in the dream starts being rained on. Hyunjin finds and reads the note, and then we leave on kind of a cliffhanger.

Next, we have The View. There's not too much to get into with this one, but we know from their comments in the making film that it's about the film club making up.

They mention that this is heaven. Could be meant figuratively, or maybe something terrible happened to the club members that we don't know about? Felix is seen making a wish on a candle again, so one other possible interpretation is that this whole MV is a dream/heaven and he's wishing for it to be reality.

Finally, SKZFLIX. I wonder if it's going to be filling in some of the blanks of the story (as we see Minho with wounds again) or something else entirely? They say in the teaser that the film they're making is about a parallel world, and that Felix has to "go back", which is interesting given his role in the previous videos, especially with how he's the only one moving in this shot (0m36s). Minho and Jisung are seen leaning on each other, as well as Hyunjin and Jeongin (again, interesting with what we know so far). Let's look forward to its release on November 3rd!

#stray kids #skz #mixtape oh #b me #the view #skzflix #mixtape on track

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yellowbluemoonshine · 7 months

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I think more people should talk about how Derniere Danse fits Furina so much

Furina & Dernière Danse;

I listened this music (Indila - Dernière Danse), first time thanks to this, anon. And i really love it! You are right! It really fits Furina's character!

Music's name is Dernière Danse, meaning is Last Dance. Just like the name of Fontaine story teaser, 'The Final Feast'.

Music is about her hurting feelings, loneliness. Furina is theme is about eternal loneliness and she is very emotional character.

She is very dramatic, just like the woman in song. (Just people pushing her and looking her weird and she acts like she is suddenly Cinderella, poor girl with tragic life, lol.) And it almost like she is turning her pain into drama. She is sad and she is dancing.

'I move mountains, day and night' words, its fits Furina since she is archon. (To be honest, every part of this music including lyrics kinda fits her too.)

Place is Paris/France and Fontaine is inspired from France.

There is a storm coming and everyone is running while girl is running towards the storm. Its also just like the prochecy from the story and how Furina is trying to solve the problem on her own and most likely, she plans to sacrifice herself while doing it.

Apperantly, music is about her unable to move on from her painfull past, and storm symbolize her troubles and instead of running away like everyone, she face against it and in the end, by letting picture, she moves on. This might be the case with Furina too since Neuvillette once mentioned when he watched a theatre about manipulative woman still control over people, even after her death, she still has impact on them. He says its like the current real life so he might be talking about Furina. And she also needs to face her fears and troubles to move on and grow to be better so.

This girl style (clothes, shoes, hair style etc) and looks kinda similar to Furina. Like, something she might wear. It fits her.

Now, this makes me wanna see Furina character teaser. I want something like this, no, even better.

And you are right, more people should talk about this ^^!

Btw, i think Ice Wind Suite would also fits Furina. She and Neuvillette could (should) make that dance. It also fits them (maybe their story are parallels too, we will see) because they are pair in a lot of ways.

Anyway, thanks for the recommendation, i really love it ^^!

#anon ask #furina #crossover meta #crossover #genshin impact #genshin impact meta #genshin impact analysis #dernière danse #indila #genshin impact lore #focalors #neuvillette #focallette #icewind suite

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kahvijahuumoritaallaonmustaa · 2 months

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So I've been waiting for this Käärijä x Erika Vikman collaboration for a long time... Since the first "evidence" of them being together in studio last March, so almost a year.

Also the timing of the release suggests that K really is proud of this song and wants to showcase it. I mean it was clear that Käärijä would get to perform a new song in this years umk final, any song. Umk alone is huge and when adding the viewing numbers from Levyraati the exposure Ruoska is getting this Saturday is big. In the best tv-watching time Kärika will be performing the song live for first time and at the same time another tv-chanel will be premiering the mv for it. The fact that Warner is so invested in this song that there will be music video directed by Viivi Huuska, got my expectations really high. (and the fact that I love both K and E)

After twenty something listens I got the need to ramble about my thoughts once again (under keep reading)...

I love that even in paper neither of them is the featuring artist but this is their joint song. It doesn't sound like typical rap song with female vocalist singing few pop lines. K said in the live that they had this song ready when they asked E if she would like to do a collab. Story didn't tell how much the song changed during the process or if they already while writing treated this as a possible collab song. But I think this doesn't sound like a song screaming "add feature artist here". If they had made this song just K song I think it would have worked absolutely fine. But adding Erika definately makes it better. Erikas singing is strong and I like how her voice is mixed in the back adding depth. Also I couldn't imagine any other finnish female artist than Erika singing those lyrics. The song doesn't sound like K x E, it sounds like Kärika.

Their dynamic in the song hints that K is the one enjoying the pain and E is the life doing the whipping. (well maybe K's inner voice doing some of the whipping because that's just how it works when you are really down)

0:16! That's when I knew I would love this.I'm just imagining how hard this will go live. (Jukka!). I like that this is not as soft as some of the teasers were, this hits hard. I'm getting whipped here!!

I'm a succer for clever metaphores, wisely used pop culture/sport refrences and word plays. That's propably why I like both Käärijäs and Erikas music so much. When I was listening to the lyrics I believed everything Erika sang, but even before checking who had been named as songwriters I knew that her usual team wasn't going to be there. Lyrics were so K coded and I could just smell Sonny there.

Once again some parts of this are monsterous to translate as it contains pop culture/sport references that don't translate just by translating the words.

I enjoy their transitions through words and metaphores. Like "Lunta on tullut tupaan niin paljon et tarvii sukset (~gotten so much snow in to the house that I need skis)", lunta tupaan litarally translates as snow into the house, but it's a finnish slang idiom for getting objections/obstackles and I'm not sure what the corresponding idiom would be in English that would still fit with needing skis. And skis must be there as the skis are transition to the next line "On luokkaa Kari-Pekka nää ahdistukset (~At Kari-Pekka level with these anxieties)" without sport context Kari-Pekka would be just a random name but with skis and the "hemo virtaukset" I'm pretty sure it's a reference to Kari-Pekka Kyrö the coach of finnish national ski team during Lahti 2001 when the largest and most well known doping scandal in Finnish sporthistory ever happened. (Okay, this might get lost by younger finnish listeners also as it's been over 20 year, but believe me the scars of those events haven't fully healed yet and there sure was hell of a lot whipping done during that episode.) So great job there whipping some old wounds too.

This goes on with the "hemo virtaukset". Hemo isn't actually a word (edit later: it is in Oulu dialect!) but himo is and while it literally translates as lust it's used as a slang word for plenty (not the best English word) and as the drug used in Lahti 2001 was called Hemohes the wordplay here is pretty clever. With heno being real word in Oulu dialect, this is even better word play.

And the Riesen ad reference! I'm feeling really old now but I hated that ad: "..Next you propably want one of my Riesens. But you didn't use to like those before". But the way the Riesen, Kinder and the "but you didn't like that before" is used in the lyrics is really clever actually. There's room for speculation.

Side note. I was pretty sure, just by listening to the voice, that it's Sonny who is saying those funny back voices like "ja mennään Vikmaniin (~and then we go to Vikman)" and the "ethän sinä siitä ennen pitänyt (~ but you didn't like that before)". But on the other hand I could imagine these being something Allu would be saying to K's ear monitors. So I'm not sure anymore.

And I'm not even touching that line with Justin Bieber in this post (it's pandoras box for me). I'd just like to know if these 3 lines are exactly the same it was last March

#käärijä #erika vikman #kärika i love you #ruoska #kipu kiihottaa #and i'm enjoying it!#song review..if you can call personal ramblings a review

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