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I know it's literally this upcoming Friday, but October 4th can't come quick enough. Of course, I want to see Until Dawn in all of its graphically enhanced glory, but also? All of the additional prologue content spent establishing character relationships?? 😭 I'm so ready!

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Also want to note that Josh is the sole reason why I spent all of my free time afterschool on here in 2015. I read so much fanfic back then that I feel like they've all been branded into my retinas. To say I have an emotional attachment to this character is a severe understatement.

If he gets an actual good ending this time, as can be implied by the new trophies, it'll take approximately 2-3 business days to hear from me again; because I'll be locked inside my house watching it on loop to make up for the near decade spent wanting that very thing for him.

Hoping wishful thinking and the fanservice fairies will actually work in our favor on this one!

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A couple of months back, I combed through all three of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies to determine Rodrick's music taste and finally settle the years-long debate. Since it's become my recent comfort series, I revisited it again this past week and have since added more information to my last post.

With all of this information, I felt more than qualified to make my own Rodrick playlist — especially since my understanding of his music taste is basically mine circa 2008 when I was obsessed with Rock Band and Guitar Hero.

My headcanon is that that's also how he found his taste in music, but I digress.

I tried to hit as many key beats in his preferences as I could, and included several of the artists/songs he's canonically associated with. It's roughly arranged from least to most heavy, so if you don't fw metal, don't stray too far. M'kay?

I also expanded his party soundtrack for anyone who needs their Rodrick fix but wants something a little more light and upbeat.

I plan to update the playlists as I see fit. If there's any doubt on certain genres/artists, check the linked post. It's a very thorough information resource that I put my blood, sweat, and tears into compiling. I even sold my soul to Beelzebub (joking ofc) to get it juuust right for the fans.

Happy listening and thank you all so much to anyone who interacted with my previous post! <333

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I got bored and decided to decipher Rodrick Heffley's music taste to close this years-long debate once and for all.

This post will be on the lengthier side, but a TLDR is attached at the end of the post if you want the basic cliff-notes.

Disclaimer: this is a dissection of the film adaptation of Rodrick rather than his source material counterpart. Comparisons to the books are welcome but irrelevant to this analysis.

Soundtrack

During the roller-rink scene in the opening of Rodrick Rules, Rodrick and Bill take over the DJ table to sabotage Greg's moves on Holly. The song they play is "Cut Throat" by the all-female heavy metal band, Kittie. Aside from Löded Diper's music, this is the only song in the series explicitly used to establish Rodrick's music taste.

However, there's many songs off of the Rodrick Rules soundtrack alone that can be reasonably assumed to fit his music profile as well — for example, those used during the party sequence.

I wouldn't doubt if one or two tracks were intended solely as crowd pleasers, but let's not rule out the entire playlist.

In order of appearance, Rodrick's party mix includes: "Heart Heart Heartbreak" by Boys Like Girls, "Electric (feat. Miss Amani)" by The DNC, "Wait Up (Boots of Danger)" by Tokyo Police Club, "Shake" by Bikini Machine, "Move Like This" by Hammerwax, and "Jump In The Line" by Karl Zéro & The Wailers.

There's additionally three other, albeit more subtle, uses of background music to nod toward Rodrick's preferences.

The first instance is during the scene in Rodrick Rules in which Greg confides in Rodrick about his embarrassment from his failed "100 Years Ago" assignment. It's so quiet that it's easy to miss without a keen ear, but "Light Love" by Free Energy plays in the background, mixed to fit in with the ambience of Rodrick's bedroom.

The second is directly before the Löded Diper band rehearsal scene (somebody farted btw), in which Frank pulls into the Heffleys' driveway. "Rock and Roll Slob" by The Boneless Ones can be heard from the garage, once again mixed as part of the ambience.

The third again utilizes The Boneless Ones' discography, and is inserted during the opening sequence of Dog Days at the municipal pool. Rodrick explains it's "time to sell some CDs" for Löded Diper, and turns on his boombox (more on this later), blaring "Miss Fresno."

With the last two points in mind, one can assume the film universe is some twisted version where Löded Diper originally wrote and performed The Boneless Ones' discography (or something closely resembling it).

Band Tees

Rodrick mostly wears seemingly thrifted or upcycled shirts and graphic tees with witty/edgy prints, but there are outliers at times. For example, there's not one, not two, but potentially so much as five moments in Dog Days that he's seen wearing merch from Dead Kennedys, The Who, and Ramones.

While most of his band tees simply include the band's logo or iconography, the latter design takes it a step further by being specific to a particular song title: "Rock 'n' Roll High School" by Ramones.

There's another moment which this may be the case, but it's purely speculative on my end. The Ramones also have a song named "I Don't Care," which is a phrase featured on one of Rodrick's shirts. It's not an explicit reference, but likely a reference nonetheless.

Room Posters

Guns N' Roses, Brutal Truth (Evolution Through Revolution), Stars (The Five Ghosts), Buried Inside (Spoils of Failure), and Decibel are the most notable.

I assume Decibel is in relation to the 70's/80's Italian punk rock band, although I can't find any association between them and this particular artwork. If not connected to them, there's a possibility it may be to the metal magazine of the same name, but I have my doubts.

In this image giving an alternate perspective to Rodrick's room, just off-screen is a Metallica poster, based on the stylization of the ending A. Beside it is a Hanson Brothers poster, which was later replaced in Rodrick Rules with a duplicate of the Stars poster for some reason.

Among his collage of Löded Diper flyers, there's Danny Echo posters as well as Denounce and Billy Talent stickers receiving the Hidden Mickey treatment (also a cameo from the iconic cheeseburger phone on the table).

Of course, there are many other pieces of memorabilia scattered across Rodrick's room, but several of them are blurry from the camera's depth of field or are seen at angles which make them difficult to read or for reverse image sites to identify. So for now, this is the best possible analysis of Rodrick's room in regards to music.

Miscellaneous

An easy-to-miss detail lies in the infamous Löded Diper van. Within the final few moments of Rodrick Rules as Rodrick drops Greg off at school (01:31:52), there's a semi-clear shot of the van's dashboard. On it are a set of stickers, including one referencing Huevos Rancheros, an instrumental rock-and-roll group from Canada.

In Dog Days, Rodrick brings a personal boombox with him to the municipal pool. Along the top is a large sticker for Street Machine, a Czech hardcore/metal band.

Cut Content

In the second studio draft of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, on page 23, scene 43, more of Rodrick's favorite artists are revealed.

The nature of this may be written off as not canon, as it was added into the script while it was still a work in progress and the posters themselves didn't make it into the final product.

What sells it to me as remaining "silent" canon though is that TOOL and Slipknot are often lumped together with Kittie (previously mentioned) as they share an overlapping fanbase. This was more prevalent during the early 2000's within the mall goth subculture, but it's remained fairly consistent for other variants of metalheads over the years too.

TLDR

To recap, the various genres across all of the bands Rodrick is canonically into include indie rock, pop rock, punk rock, hardcore punk, hard rock, industrial, thrash metal, heavy metal, nu metal, death metal, sludge metal, and grindcore.

His musical preferences are punk, rock, and metal-centric but quite broad and inclusive of countries of origin and lesser-known underground artists (some don't break even 100 monthly listeners on Spotify). This leaves the door open for endless possibilities in terms of headcanons.

He's not emo despite popular fan belief, but I still think there's a chance some of his musical leanings could cross over with bands considered emo adjacent for their presence in the community. August Burns Red and The Devil Wears Prada come to mind with his music taste accounted for, but that's just my headcanon.

EDIT: 9/9/24

I've since made two Spotify playlists from my findings: one being what I imagine would be Rodrick's regular rotation, and the other being an extension of his party mix. I feel I've channeled him well, since a lot of his music taste is basically mine circa 2008/2009.

If you've read this far, thank you so much for your patience, and I appreciate any and all interactions left on this post. Happy listening!! <333

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⛅️🌿🌼 Fun fact: Nature's pretty neat!

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Just found out Until Dawn's getting a remake for PC and PS5 this year, and I can't wait until I can thirst over Rami Malek again in 4K Ultra HD.

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When doing a Google search on "Creative Commons guidelines," the first result reads "this license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator."

From the official Creative Commons website as well!

Either you don't know what "attribution" is synonymous to, or you're just spouting buzz words to sound smart about stealing content. 👀

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It's insane to me how we got a proper villain unmasking from Matthew Lillard in the FNAF movie, but not in Scream. 😔

Unsure if this was intended as a reference/easter egg as well, but regardless, I positively flipped my shit when he did the Ghost Face knife swipe.

I got so hyped that I turned to my mom who was watching with me and incoherently screamed, with full confidence, "KNIPE SWIPE!"

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Why credit?

People cite Creative Commons (CC) as justification for reposting the content of others, but often don't know what it entails.

For those unaware, CC is defined as "an American non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share."

In layman's terms, they're a non-profit company that protects access to educational materials and flexible copyright guidelines.

While true that it permits and protects the right to redistribute, transform, and critique online content, it also entails providing attribution (a.k.a. credit/mention) to the creator.

It's legal, free, easy, and doesn't take more than a few seconds to support users by simply crediting them and allowing them to receive traffic and positive feedback personally for their time and effort.

With that said, I would like to note that I do not condone bullying or harassment toward any reposters, although requesting credit to my original post would be much appreciated!

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It's insane to me how we got a proper villain unmasking from Matthew Lillard in the FNAF movie, but not in Scream. 😔

Unsure if this was intended as a reference/easter egg as well, but regardless, I positively flipped my shit when he did the Ghost Face knife swipe.

I got so hyped that I turned to my mom who was watching with me and incoherently screamed, with full confidence, "KNIPE SWIPE!"

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Nobody talk to me, I'm not okay 😭😂😭

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🩸 Fun Fact! 🩸

The mouth/breathing hole in a Fun World ™ Ghost Face mask is just big enough to fit a juicebox straw.

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Meet My Pets! ❤︎

Frisk (exhausted eldest child)

Name origin: character of the same name in Undertale

Sex: male

Gotcha day: July 14, 2016

Birthday: N/A

Age: 8 years & some odd months

Favorite food: fried or baked chicken

Favorite pastimes: stretching/yoga, screaming, chasing his tail, bickering with his boyfriend (my mom's calico)

Mimi (ferocious fur noodle)

Name origin: intuition

Sex: female

Gotcha day: March 13, 2020

Birthday: December 22, 2019

Age: nearly 4 and 1/2 years

Favorite food: raw egg

Favorite pastimes: nipping, playing in the Dashcon ball pit, pissing on the floor, napping, crawling into sweatshirt sleeves, biting chairs & boxsprings (?)

Zerø (chaotic middle child)

Name origin: "Zero" by The Smashing Pumpkins; character of the same name in The Nightmare Before Christmas

Sex: male

Gotcha day: July 9, 2021

Birthday: N/A

Age: 3 years & some odd months

Favorite food: too good for human food; Temptations chicken-flavored treats

Favorite pastimes: chomping on phalanges, raining guerilla warfare on crickets and mice, watching the humans cook/clean, flaunting his chocolate starfish, barging into rooms at 2-in-the-morning for lovin'

Salem (baby panther)

Name origin: character of the same name from Sabrina The Teenage Witch

Sex: male

Gotcha day: September 3, 2021

Birthday: N/A

Age: roughly 3 years

Favorite food: fried chicken; a little bit of salami as a treat

Favorite pastimes: showing fangs, blepping, cuddling, meditating, getting the zoomies, plotting & committing baby crimes

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With how people love ripping on oddly-specific and absurd shirt designs, there should be one that reads "You can't scare me. I survived the Christian Sonic the Hedgehog community on DeviantArt in 2013."

And on the back, it'd be like, Shadow kneeling in front of Sonic nailed to a crucifix or some shit.

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Manic (Panic) pixie dream girl 🤪

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