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thearchivistswilltolive · 1 year

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THIS SONG! fuck. i’m cryinf. I know the end. wow phoebe bridgers you sure do get me. I hate this so much (lie. this is an amazing experience)

I love the contrast between the first half and the second. there’s so many amazing sections to it.

in the first, it’s slow, and sad, and there’s a huge sense of regret and nostalgia. a nostalgia that hits you in the chest and makes you miss your childhood even though you never enjoyed it while it was happening.

it’s confused, and calm and so so sad. “close my eyes, fantasise, three clicks and I’m home”

“you had to go I know I know I know, like a wave that crashed and melted on the shore” the person she’s missing’s departure felt inevitable, but she reminds herself of this bc she’s resolving her feelings through convincing herself that it’s ok. she compares the relationship to the troughs and peaks of waves that begin from nothing and grow so big and meaningful then fall back into nothing leaving with a sense of question as to whether they were ever there.

“not even the burnouts are out here anymore” is about the concrete nature of the apocalypse or whichever disaster is happening in the song. the burnouts are always pictured to have nowhere else to go, so if they aren’t present you know for sure that it’s serious.

“out in the park we watch the sunset, talking on a rusty swing set” evokes feelings of childish hope and joy through the imagery of the park and the swings, but also of an end of something through the sunset, and of the ruining of something that used to be nice, like the picture of the rust. it feels very mature somehow, like watching something beautiful coming to an end.

“after a while, you went quiet and I got mean” mistaking silence for rejection, and trying to avoid it by rejecting first. it feels like human nature and it hurts.

“I’m always pushing you away from me but you come back with gravity” trying to push someone away maybe because you don’t want to get hurt or because you think you’re not good enough, but the person will always come back because they have to and it’s destiny.

“and when the sirens sound you’ll hide under the floor but i’m not gonna go down with my hometown in a tornado” others being afraid but feeling like you have nothing to lose and running back to places you once loved.

then there’s those gorgeous rising strings that bring in the next section:

“went looking for a creation myth, ended up with a pair of cracked lips” trying to find meaning in life through the beginning of life itself, something bigger than ourselves, fiction and fantasy being better than reality. finding yourself disappointed by the fantasy, finding nothing that means anything as you were always going to.

“windows down, scream along, to some america first rap country song” showing that she doesn’t care anymore and that screaming like this is a form of therapy, and it’s not like anyone is listening anymore anyway.

“big bolts of lightning hanging low over the coast everyone’s convinced it’s a government drone or an alien spaceship” shows the intersection of fantasy (the lightning) with reality (the coast), then the conspiratorial ideas of those around her about what they are shows the panic surrounding the apocalypse in question. everyone rushes to a fear inducing idea because it can help distract them from the terrifying reality (fear of god)

“either way, we’re not alone” this references the aliens, not being alone in the universe, and also the government drone, showing the government watching everyone. It also references the fact that everyone is supposedly going through this together, but that everyone still feels alone.

“i’ll find a new place to be from” feels like a rejection of the place you grew up in, because of the vibe of the place itself, the people you were around or the memories you have of it afterward, perhaps tainted by poor memories. saying goodbye to a place that used to mean a lot

“a haunted house with a picket fence” a place filled with fear that is glorified and acts like it is perfection. the lies of suburban towns.

“to float around and ghost my friends” running away from those you love and ignoring them in an act of self preservation. feeling like other people are doing important things and you’re just “floating around”

“the billboard said the end is near” the state of the world as we know it and the way it tells you everything is over making existing fears feel much worse. it’s difficult to ignore feelings when they are presented at you externally as well as mentally.

“I turned around, there was nothing there” the world being destroyed as we speak. things you thought existed but maybe they never did. maybe you dreamt it.

“yeah I guess the end is here” accepting it eventually, even though it feels so against your core beliefs.

and, eventually. my favourite, the screams. the sheer exasperation. it’s fear, it’s anger, and loss and it really feels out of place with the perfectly written song. it fits a lot with the themes though. it’s like you’re finally losing it after being so coherent and complete. like trying that hard has it’s negative side effects.

#phoebe bridgers #i know the end #I know the end phoebe bridgers #long post #lyric analysis #quotes

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knightofleo · 2 years

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Phoebe Bridgers | I Know The End

Driving out into the sun, let the ultraviolet cover me up Went looking for a creation myth Ended up with a pair of cracked lips Windows down, scream along, To some America first rap country song A slaughterhouse, an outlet mall, slot machines, fear of God Windows down, heater on, big bolt of lightning hanging low Over the coast everyone's convinced it's a government drone or an alien spaceship Either way, we're not alone, I'll find a new place to be from A haunted house, with a picket fence To float around and ghost my friends No, I'm not afraid to disappear The billboard said "The End Is Near" I turned around, there was nothing there Yeah, I guess the end is here

#not even the burnouts are out here anymore #phoebe bridgers #i know the end #punisher #classic #''to some America first rap country song'' is such an oddly phrased line #the syntax of it i mean

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clairenatural · 2 years

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supernatural is about either way, we’re not alone. i’ll find a new place to be from. a haunted house with a picket fence. to float around and ghost my friends. no, i’m not afraid to disappear. the billboard said ‘the end is here.’ i turned around, there was nothing there. yeah, i guess the end is here. (the end is here. the end is here.)

#top 5 best bridges of all time i lose my mind EVERY time #a haunted house with a picket fence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#also thinking about that time someone put this bridge over the swan song montage. a visionary. i cry thinking about it #mae.txt #phoebe bridgers

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embermc · 2 years

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Nonononono you don’t get it EITHER WAY WE’RE NOT ALONE I’ll find a new place!! To be from!! a HAUNTED HOUSE with a PICKET FENCE to float around and ghost. my. friends no i’m NOT afraid to disappear the billboard said the END is NEAR I turned around there was NOTHING THERE.

#a HAUNTED HOUSE WITH A PICKET FENCE ok????

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spiderbyhoshi · 1 year

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a slaughter house an outlet mall slot machines fear of god windows down heater on big bolt of lightning hanging low over the coast everyone’s convinced it’s a government drone or an alien space ship either way we’re not alone i’ll find a new place to be from a haunted house with a picket fence to float around and ghost my friends no i’m not afraid to disappear the billboard said the end is near i tuned around there was nothing there yeah i guess the end is here.

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amplesalty · 1 year

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Christmas 2022 - Day 2 - Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012)

On t he second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...

...two thousand dollars worth of tools!

Oh hey, we’ve reached the point where they got embarrassed about the number of sequels they were making. We took a diversion last year to look at the newest entry in the franchise, Home Sweet Home Alone, but we’re going back into the archives now to check out the last new to me entry actually set at Christmas. I’ve never seen 3 but I know that’s not set at Christmas and doesn’t involve the McAllisters either but maybe I’ll look at that one day as a random review just for the sake of completeness. With this coming out in 2012, it almost sort of maybe looks like they’re going for a ‘once a generation’ thing where they draw in one bunch of kids, then hit the next batch when the others have grown up. I mean, you had the original and the sequel at the beginning of the 90’s, 3 came out mid-to-late 90’s, then 4 was early noughties, now this one in the early tens and finally HSHA in 2021. At this rate I suppose we can look forward to the next entry in the early 2030’s. Maybe by then it’ll be set on a terraformed Mars.

I don’t know why but I’ve somehow always managed to misjudge this art for the film. I think something about the hair looking floppy made me think he was a spoilt little rich kid. Plus what is quite plainly a hoodie I’d somehow seen as like a blazer of sorts with a tie. I can only assume I only ever glanced at this and didn’t pay too much attention because boy is that ever a wide of the mark assessment. Indeed, this is the story of your average American family with 2.4 kids who have moved all the way from California to Maine in aid of mom’s new job.

At least he’s doing the whole ‘scream’ thing here to immediately remind you of the old movies. They even mention the painting at one point and the kids get oddly embarrassed at their parents doing the pose. I don’t know if he’s really selling fear here though, he just looks slightly appalled by something.

Fittingly for Maine the house is allegedly haunted by the spirit of an old timey bootlegger but we’re not exactly going into Stephen King territory here. It does give extra reason for our young protagonist, Finn (played by Christian Martyn), to be scared senseless but he doesn’t exactly need any help since he’s pretty much scared of his own shadow most of the time. It’s also the motivation for our obligatory gang of baddies as they plan to steal a painting which is said to reside in the house.

And hey, there are actual recognisable people in these roles again! Malcolm McDowell makes another appearance on our Christmas list, this time as the ringleader Sinclair. Alongside him he has Jessica played by Debi Mazar who sort of looks familiar but I don’t think that’s down to some of the more logical places I would have seen her like Goodfellas or Empire Records. She’s apparently Madonna’s bestie as well and she’s been in a whole bunch of her videos.

Maybe it’s because she looks like she’s come straight out of that Jim Carrey Grinch movie at one point. Definite Who vibe off her here. Plus there’s Eddie Steeples who was ‘Crab Man’ Darnell Turner on My Name is Earl and was also in Would You Rather that I watched during Halloween a year or two back.

Say what you will about these sequels being cash ins but they put their hand in their pocket sometimes to get people you might actually know. Granted, McDowell is very much a working actor and whilst thoughts do obviously turn to A Clockwork Orange, you can just as easily find him providing voice work to Pinocchio 3000 (okay that sounds stupid and I kinda want to see it) or Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (...same) so it’s probably not an amazing ‘get’ but I imagine he doesn’t come cheap.

Another recognisable face is Edward Asner who just feels destined to turn up in so many Christmas films. I swear it’s either him or the goddamned Northen Lights. At least he’s not playing Santa this time. It’s kind of a weird performance because he’s hosting this Christmas party and the mum is his new hire, only they’re trying to play him off as being massively drunk but it’s not that far removed from just being a vaguely senile old man.

The whole former bootlegger house does very nearly come close to giving this movie a gimmick and some sort of identity as pretty early on Finn inadvertently finds a hidden safe in the basement. Eventually he and his sister find out that it has a hidden wall that has a speakeasy behind it which, when his sister tries to steal a bottle of alcohol, triggers the door to shut behind her and lock her in. The idea of the house itself having these sort of traps built in and leftover from it’s former occupant would’ve been a new dynamic and you could potentially have moments of peril from Finn accidently finding himself on the wrong end of one. But it doesn’t really come up so we’re just left with the results of Finn’s imagination; icing up the front porch (a classic), pouring oil over people or baking poisoned cookies full of hot sauce. Hey, Home Sweet Home Alone took that one! That movie has clearly sunk to a new low if it’s having to rip off this movie. Thinking about it though, the kid in these movies is meant to be the viewer analogue, the little boys and girls watching at home are meant to be able to imagine themselves being the one setting the traps and getting their own back on all the mean grownups so it doesn’t exactly work if the kid isn’t the one actively setting the traps.

His big secret weapon is the power of sexual harassment as Jessica gets stuck in a window trying to break in so, when he two partners in crime try to pull her out, Finn keeps firing things at her that smack her on the arse and makes her think the guys are trying to cop a feel. A swift mule kick to the nards sorts them right out though. I don’t know if I want to run the risk of upsetting the moderation bots of Tumblr again though in order to show you, I’m not sure what the party line is on a nice bottom.

The traps feel a little tame in comparison to the other movies, especially when you consider the multiple times Kevin nearly killed the Wet/Sticky bandits with blunt force trauma, electrocution, burning, falls, Birdemic... Honestly, the most violent act isn’t even directed at the bad guys, it’s when he’s convinced the house is haunted so tries to collect evidence and ends up shooting his own Father with a taser. I know these kids are shown to be resourceful in these movies but where did he get that from?!It’s like the reverse Chekhov’s Gun as it never shows up again.

Or when this one guy pretty much gets Swatted and maced by about a dozen cops. See, there’s this whole subplot where Finn just wants to play videogames and not make any actual real life friends, only it comes across vaguely weird when the one guy he’s talking to online is this one dude in like his mid 20’s. Finn kinda has this whole borderline social issue though as he seems geniunely anxious at the thought of any human interaction with his peers. His sister is portrayed as being obssesed with her phone so it’s very much the type of writing you expect from that relatively early period of smart phones where adults are complaining about how their kids just wont get off the dang cell phone or those violent viddy games!

Then there’s this whole scene where Finn tells the guy they’re being robbed so he hacks Finn’s gamertag, gets his mum’s mobile number from the account details and calls her to tell her what’s happening. Only it turns into this whole misunderstanding where she thinks he’s grooming her son and has her daughter locked in the basement. Oh, noncing and child abuse, what japes we have.

Honestly, this one wasn’t too bad. It’s massively derivative and there’s no reason to watch it over 1 or 2 but it’s not the worst thing in the world. It’s just a very safe rehash that makes absolutely no attempt to try and stray from the formula, it just settles into the well worn arse groove that the original movie and the sequel already made and is quite content with that. It’s just the same movie but adjusted 20 years down the line with some new possibilities thanks to the advancement of technology. Still, because it’s giving itself such a low bar it didn’t really come across as making any massively glaring faults. Whereas last year I think Home Sweet Home Alone kind of forgot it even was a Home Alone movie for large portions so it’s a lot easier to pick fault with it. Maybe that one just set some low expectations for me that this one was able to meet.

It’s not to say there aren’t problems. Like Finn is just a massive dweeb who seems to have this sad look on his face the entire movie. Plus, him being scared borders on the ridiciousless on occasions. Like there’s one moment where he manages to run screaming out of the secret room, through the basement, up the stairs, through the kitchen, up another flight of stairs, into his room, throw off the covers and then dive under them. It feels like one of those jokes where someone is falling for a really long time so they have to stop to breathe before starting to scream again. Granted, Kevin was pretty scared in the first movie but he was a good couple of years younger, was actively left alone for days on end rather then just a couple of hours whilst his parents went to a party and the Wet Bandits were a lot more intimidating the guy guys on show here. These guys are only interested in the painting and even when they do discover Finn and his sister, they just try to keep them out of the way. The Bandits though, they took that shit seriously when Kevin was fighting back against them and you really did think they were going to kill him before Old Man Marley showed up with that snow shovel. I suppose this is a kids movie after all though and you’ve got to keep the menace and fear to a minimum.

#Christmas 2022 #home alone #Home Alone 5 #Home Alone The Holiday Heist

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furiousfinnstan · 2 years

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windows down, heater on big bolts of lightning hanging low Over the coast,everyone's convinced It's a government drone or an alien spaceship either way, we're not alone I'll find a new place to be from A haunted house with a picket fence to float around and ghost my friends no, I'm not afraid to disappear The billboard said, "The end is near"

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phanfictioncatalogue · 1 year

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Fic Titles Based On Lyrics (4) Masterlist

part one, part two, part three

a little bit of california, with a little bit of london sky (ao3) - juliawrites (twelfthnlght)

Summary: on an impulsive road trip dan plans right before their high school graduation, the truth will out.

and if we’re meant to, i’ll meet you there (ao3) - manchestereye (orphan_account)

Summary: The five times Dan and Phil meet unexpectedly and the one time they don’t.

Babydoll When It Comes To A Lover - galhowell

Summary: It’s pride month, and Phil has a crazy dream.

Break And Burn And End (Begin Again) (ao3) - twoheadlights

Summary: Where Dan is a wedding photographer and Phil is the really cute best man who wants to take him out.

Click, Click, Post (ao3) - pastelsexual

Summary: drip drip dripped in gold

quick quick quick let's go

kiss me and take off your clothes

knew you were perfect after the first kiss

took a deep breath like ooh

Close Your Eyes And I’ll Kiss You (Tomorrow I’ll Miss You) (ao3) - SimplyUndead

Summary: Summertime was the best time, if you asked either Dan Howell or Phil Lester. It was sunshine, catching waves, and no worries. When their paths cross, however, that all changes, and before either of them notices, summer becomes much more.

I Make These High Heels Work (ao3) - orphan_account

Summary: Dan explores his more feminine side when he gets a day off and spends it in from of a mirror in a dress and heels.

I Remember The Day You Told Me You Were Leaving (ao3) - TheBetterLookingTwin

Summary: Phil Lester is a songwriter and singer whose boyfriend has left him. Phil has been depressed and decided to write a song about his boyfriend that he will never get back. As he sings he remembers Dan and tries to understand what went wrong.

it’s a church of burnt romances (ao3) - phanetixs

Summary: Dan backs into the car and the driver asks where he’s heading. His head swims with thoughts of Phil, and of guilt and embarrassment at how he’s subconsciously treating his friend. Whose life centres around virtues like chastity. And non-objectification goes both ways. Dan takes a few deep breaths, pressing a palm to his insistent bulge to quell his arousal. As always, it doesn’t work.

Well, he resolves, if he can’t get Phil out of his head, he’s got to get someone else into it. Or onto him, preferably.

Or, a Fleabag AU.

Retrace, Retry (ao3) - catboydan

Summary: In 2012, Dan left Manchester and Phil didn’t follow. Dan didn’t let him.

Now, it’s 2016 and Dan returns to retrace his steps and maybe, possibly, have a chance at a second try.

Since I’ve Been a Fool - darren-fucking-chriss

Summary: Only fools fall for Phil Lester, his girlfriend is the main fool.

these are the things that could make us official (ao3) - rosecolouredjosh

Summary: Dan's listening to the new Charli XCX album and one song catches his attention.

Too Long to the Weekend (ao3) - in_too_deep_geronimo

Summary: Simple, just take a break from thinking about all of the wondrous qualities of Phil Lester and what it would be like to live with him full time, alone from either of their parents and the rest of the world.

Trying to Remember How it Feels (To Have a Heartbeat) (ao3) - phantasizeit

Summary: Dan moves into a new apartment in London and, though it’s a step up from his old apartment, his landlord gives him strange warnings while he’s touring the place-- something about the last renters leaving because of ghost sightings. But, Dan doesn’t believe in the supernatural. He quickly changes his tune when he meets Phil Lester, the ghost haunting his apartment. Well, if haunting means quickly becoming the best friend he’s ever had.

vanilla softserve sort of day (ao3) - zsunsetz

Summary: dan doesn't want to go outside today, but when his best friend and crush phil lester turns up at his doorstep...well, he had to change his plans a little

Won’t You Help Me Sober Up - dxnhowell

Summary: Dan finds himself at a party that he most definitely shouldn’t be at, but he also finds himself being reuniting with an old friend.

You don’t have to say I love you (ao3) - super_phan_natural

Summary: To say I Love You.

Based off the song “for him.” by Troye Sivan, this story takes place in Manchester, England. Phil Lester is a student at Parrs Wood High School, with his head in the clouds. But when he spots the rather under-appreciated Dan Howell, he learns about the people around him, and himself. Self discovery, learning about fighting back and finding the best things in the darkest of times, this story is meant to help those who are going through a lot. TW for bullying and homophobic remarks in chapter 1 and 2, but otherwise safe.

You're Toxic I'm Slipping Under (fanfiction.net) - gracezodiac

Summary: After watching one of Phil's videos, Dan's perception of him changes completely. How will Dan deal with his sudden sexual confusion?

#phanfictioncatalogue #phanfiction #phanfic #phan #masterlists #fictitles #fictitles masterlist

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