#THEY ARE FIGHTING TOGETHER DID YOU SEE DID YOU SEEEEEEEE

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the jfo fandom and merricals are not being fed ON SCHEDULE

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My review of Folklore (first listen feelings)

The 1 - "I'm on some new shit" 🥰🥰. Chill vibes feeling very soothing. If you never bleed you're never gunna grow!! If my wishes came true it woulda been you!! Never leaving well enough alone HUH TAYLOR I see you there. The ending Oooohoooohoh

Cardigan - the slinky feel is amazing. I absolutely love the vibe and the softness in the lyrics. Friend to all is a friend to none. You drew stars around my scars but now I'm bleeding. Marked me like a bloodstain. Peter losing wendy. The imagery!! When you are young they assume you know nothing and then switching straight to "I knew you".... the way she's playing with emphasis is lovely. You'd come back to me/you could stay parallel.

Tlgad - ooh the beat is cool on this one. Only so far new money goes. Oh snap. This is so cutting. Her fault it fell down. She had a marvellous time ruining everything. Pool with champagne again huh. Card game bets. Most shameless woman this town has ever seen. So many implications of "they say". Again with the different style of emphasis. So this is the story of taylors house? Love it. LOUDEST WOMAN this town has ever seen. I had a marvellous tiiiiiIIIIiiiime ruining everything.

Exile - you're not my homeland anymore so what am I defending??? Also the use of films, a recurrent theme in taylors music since fearless. The low register of taylors voice.... delicious. Those eyes add insult to injury. Who am offending now? The step up in piano pace. The echoing vocals. Walked a very thin line. The swell of vocals overlapping. The contradictions and the almost argumentative nature of the vocals is great. Lyrically I'm getting Cold As You/White Horse vibes for some reason?

My tears ricochet - the opposing oohs in each ear is so eerie but I love it? If I'm on fire you'll be made of ashes too. Hero imagery is strong in this album. Same jewels I gave you to bury me... dang. I can anywhere I want just not home... just after the song exile is so powerful. Stolen lullabyes!! The way she repeats but changes the lyrics is so good.

Mirrorball - layering of vocals is beautiful. Shining just for you. Confessional nature of the song echoing the sadness. Masquerade revellers. How can she sing 'rodeo clowns' and its sad and mournful and not jokes? Still on that trapeze trying everything to keep you looking at me.

Seven - lol tay you didnt peak at 7 😂. This is also gay. We can be pirates and you wont have to cry is so soft and also badass. Used to scream ferociously!! I still got lOove for you. Move to india together? I love this so much. Passing down stories in folk songs. This is soft and sweet. Outro is like a melancholy dance.

August - the melody of this song is perfect. August slipped away into a moment of time. The way that the vocals step back at that part? Is so good? She is really playing with the arrangements of instruments and vocals and its so interesting. You werent mine to lose! Twisting in bedsheets.... hello daylight. Cancelled my plans in case you called... living for the hope of it all. The way that line echos and switches sides and moves throughout the arrangement is so cleverly done.

This is me trying - afterglow and btd vibes. The arrangement swells and beats are kind of off putting but in a good way? I got wasted like all my potential - THIS LYRIC IS ME. Pouring my heart out to a stranger - also me. This song is attacking me personally. For real taylor. Bridge feels a little forced ... hm. But I do love the "at least I'm trying" part.

Illicit affairs - wow this is so deep and dark. Tell them you're going for a run... cause you'll be flushed. The force behind "HIM". A dwindling mercurial high! The fact that she says die then lie in the second verse. Dont call me kid dont call me baby look at this godforsaken mess that you made me. Showed me colours you know I cant see with anyone else. This is heartbreaking. SECRET LANGUAGE I CANT SPEAK WITH ANYONE ELSE. This song is attacking me also.

Invisible string - loving the little jig of strings, kind of safe and sound/eyes open reminiscent. Focusing on colours as a means to remember - a theme in her work. Seeeeeeee and Meeeeeeeee is so lovely. It is pretty to think there was some invisible string all along. SINGLE THREAD OF GOLD taaaaylor. Now she sends their babies presents 🥰. I just love the run on "me" and "oh".

Mad woman - they strike to kill and you know I will. You made her like that. This song is giving me chills. Wow. The faint record scratches. Breathe flames every time I talk. Women like hunting witches too. Wanting me dead has brought you two together. RIP Kimye. Nothing like a maaaaaad *deep voice* woman. Master of spin has a couple of side flings... should be scathing like me but no one likes a mad woman. Lyrical artistry. Kind of Better Than Revenge vibes?

Epiphany - swell into the song is a slow build which is very true to the name of the song. The "keep" note is so raw and open? Again this is so different from her usual style. Down/down is giving me chills. Something med school didnt cover - you mean all of it tay? Voice dipping at hold your hand through plastic now is.... good. I feel this may also be about her mother/COVID? A fading outro. This song has me all kinds of confused

Betty - guitar and harmonica is so nostalgic? Riding on my skateboard is the new scooter. This is so gay. Also love the way she uses "garden". The emphasis on words is so unique in this song. The juxtapositions in this song are so great. Also wtf did they do to betty? The way she links words is so reminiscent of the way people think and wish about things and hope and dream of stuff. It feels like authentic to the way thoughts swirl and a stream of consciousness but also very lyrically sound. Excellent songwriting!

Peace - love the spacey intro and the highpaced ticking alongside the slower string piece. I could never give you peace ... feels like the beat vs the calm strings. Dreamscapes on the wall. I'm wasting your honour and then a soft piano added to the mix. Kind of the middle ground between the two. Give you a child 👀. Robbers to the east and clowns to the west. Taylor maybe he wants rain. They think its for show but I would die for you in secret. Keep your brittle fire warm.

Hoax - like a 3 note intro! Eclipsed sun 😪 the sad vibes. Windless fight. These images are so forlorn. The echoing melodies are adding to this vibe. Faithless love is the only hoax I believe in?? Ugh BLUE is back. Love the imagery of this song. The cliffside. The barren love. The hoax of love. She doesnt want any other sadness. Still hurts under my scars from when they pulled me apart? What YOU DID WAS JUST AS DARK? Wow. She been hurt. Again the places she is putting emphasis is very different from her usual songwriting. Longer outro than intro is also very different for taylor. Interestiiiiing.

[akingdomtheorist]

KH Catch Up with Friendo: KH2: FM

THE THREE HOUR PROLOGUE BEGINS:

Now its time for KH2 and I'm actually making him pay the game this time!

It's time for super long tutorial and the opening!

"Ooh they got fancy with the logo this time."

"GRAPHICS!"

"WHEN DID IT LOOK SO GOOD?"

"We just did a recap! Is this a dream, is this Sora dreaming? Oh it was Roxas dreaming... ohh..."

-sees the day counter- "Oh no are we Majora's Masking this?!"

"Wha...why can't we say this word?"

"I'm glad we have determined that Seifer is not this supernatural being who can steal the concept of words."

"Why do you believe I'm a thief? Why do you believe Seifer?!"

Oh boy it's Seifer time.

"Roxas you run so extra."

"Oh my. God. Seifer."

He has witnessed the scene of totally owned you lamers.

"Why are we in the lost woods?"

"Hey it's this place! This is where Vexen got beheckened."

He's trying to hard to piece things together.

Pence: You think we'll be together forever. "No, some tragedy will come and tear us apart."

"THE USUAL SPOT IT WAS PART OF THE POEM THIS IS IMPORTANT."

He does not understand the tutorial length.

"STOP BEING EMOTIONALLY VULNERABLE THEN PRETENDING NOT TO BE."

"THAT BITCH ROBBED ME!"

"Is it always twiligght in Twilight Town?" "Yes." "How do people sleep?"

"Why you steal my money? Bitch you stole my money!"

"Hi Namine. You look older now. Maybe it's because everyone doesn't have as big a head in this game."

"Namine why you gotta be cryptic?"

-nobodies show up again- "Oh we're doing this again now, okay. I can't hit you back this isn't fair!" "Are they frozen? They're frozen. That's bad."

Now we are at the Station of Serenity:

"Darkside? No it's a different bitch."

The teachings of reaction commands begins.

"This is so much more anime than KH1."

-sees Setzer for the Struggle Tournament- "You are already so extra? Are you gonna turn into a giant spaceship man?"

"Aw, Hayner and I are friends again!"

"It's a heartless!" -About Vivi not being Vivi-

He is using the game given strategy of grab enough orbs and run around until the time runs out.

"Is that Axel? Uh huh! Gasp, do I get to fight him?"

"How do I guard?" "You didn't equip it, did you." "Nope!"

Now the fight for not potential spaceship match with Setzer. He does not approve of his DBZ spin attack.

"Get hecked, discount discount Sephiroth!"

"I can see why he wanted me to throw the match, he went down like a little bitch."

-at the clock tower scene- "How do you kids get up here?" -Roxas falls off the tower- "We just fuckin' died."

He is unimpressed with new Kairi. "That's not Kairi! What is this, high school AU?"

Namine? "No, Kairi."

"WOULD YOU STOP TAKING THINGS FROM ME?" He is not impressed with Roxas having his life crumble arond him.

"WHAT? Of all the people I expected to secretly be Ansem, it wasn't him!"

Thus came the 5th Day. Thus came the seven wonder of Twilight town. We begin out 5th day by beating Seifer's ass into the ground. With a train ride... "STOP STEALING MY STUFF ANSEM!" "Is Ansem ruining your dramatic moments?" "YES!"

"We finally get to go to the beach right? This is what this is right?" Poor sweet summer child.

Now we complete the wonders and totally avoid the explanation of the ball from the wall. Now to spooky moans! Establishing Vivi was the voice of the creepy sounds, we move on to the doppleganger falls. He's getting his ass kicked by his own doppleganger. "Roxas must be losing his mind right now, thinking 'NO THERE ARE ACTUAL DOPPLEGANGERS DAMMIT!" Now to the dog bag. "I can literally mash triangle for this." "GIT GUD!" "It was a doggo!"

Hayner ruined the magic ghost train for Roxas. Maybe he won't ruin the Namine in the window.

Rumor says theres a girl who appears in the second story window. "You mean right there? She's right there."

He did not take Roxas being told he wasn't supposed to exist well.

The another side another story scene and he didn't recognize poor Riku. Dual weilding keyblades tho.

Now we arrive on the 6th day. Where everything goes to terrible tragedy.

"Axel when did you become a dork?" "Roxas that's a- okay..."

He figured out how Roxas came to be, and Axel is the sad. "I really should have put that together earlier, my god."

"Roxas was part of the organization then?" "Mhmm." "I'm a bad guuuuuy."

"Yay Rikuuuuu!" He hasn't figured it out yet.

"Oh this Namine's room." "So lots of stuff happened." "YEAH..."

The floor disappears to reveal a lower floor? "... what... whut..."

"Aw it's back to when all my friends were alive! All my friends are dead!"

"We just ruined so much work." "Yup you ruined someone's computer." "So all of that was fake?" "Yes it was." "NOOO MY FRIENDS! All my friends were fake?" "But... Olette and Hayner... and... person who's name starts with a P..." "That's Pence buddy." "AND PENCE! Was the money I earned at least real?" "You'll see." "Can I get the shit Ansem stole from me back then?" "You'll seeeeeeee."

"Axel! Buddy!" -dual weilds two keyblades- "Wha- YES."

"Can I always have two keyblades please?" He enjoyed dual keyblades very much.

"NO ROXAS IS DEPRESSED? I actually feel really bad for Axel."

"Noo, is Axel dead now?" "Do you want me to tell you?" "Kinda?" "No he's not dead." "YAY I actually kinda like him now."

"A data based projection as opposed to the bishounen based projection from Marl... Marl..." "Marluxia?" "Marluxiaaaa..."

And thus the team got back together and friendo is now happy and sad.

"Wait, is Roxas just gone now?" "I dunno." "YES YOU DO!"

[drink-n-watch]

So maybe I haven’t left my house in over a month…Maybe it’s doing things to my brain and I’m latching onto any random little thing for intellectual entertainment. That could be the case. I’m just human after all. But it’s totally not the case for this post! This one is solid! And based on like the three show’s I’ve seen…

I think that in anime the girl with the long hair always gets the guy…

I couldn’t find a character with really long hair….

Admittedly I don’t watch many romance animes and love triangles tend to be one of my least favourite tropes so I haven’t seen that many shows where the male lead has multiple love interests and actually ends up with someone. Or at least shows an undeniable interest in one of the characters.

Off the top of my head, the ones I can think of are Toradora, Steins;Gate, Re:Zero, Yamada-kun and the seven witches, To Love Ru and In/Spectre. O.k. so In/Spectre is a bit of a stretch for this but both Saki and Kotoko do show a romantic interest in Kuro and he dated Saki until she cut her hair even shorter than Kotoko and now bam, he’s with the blonde even though he acts like she’s nothing but a pain in his rear end!

It’s difficult to blame Okabe for being smitten by Kurisu. I get it, most people would get it. But poor short haired Mayuri didn’t even stand a chance! Kurisu’s hair goes down past her…. cough…hips. Maybe if Faris took out her pigtails she could be of some competition but I’m not sure.

I’m not sure how many people have seen Yamada-kun. For what it’s worth I thought it was an entertaining enough harem show. Now Yamada has possibly the most extensive harem with his pick of a whole array of girls yet he only has eyes for Urara and she happens to have beautiful long blonde hair. There are other girls with long hair in the show mind you but the only ones with even remotely as important a role, and therefore that could be potential rivals, all have considerably shorter hair than her.

there’s a lot of gender swapping too….

You could argue that To Love Ru doesn’t actually have a canon couples resolution but c’mon, we all know Lala steals the show. To Love Ru and Toradora are actually the shows that really made me realize that something fishy was going on here. Because in both of these shows, the protagonist already had a love interest. In fact, in both cases, he was deeply smitten by a classmate he had known for some time (as such the relationship was built on more than passing fancy, and was trying hard to pursue a romance with that character. And in both cases, the young lady in question seemed potentially opened to those advances. The young short haired lady…. And then BAM, another girl with a fiery personality and a habit of putting our protagonist in physical pain swoops in and steals his heart. Another girl with very long hair!

I haven’t seen either but both leading ladies in Your Lie in April and Sword Art online have romantic character arcs and very long hair so I’m just going to go right ahead and assume they also prove my point.

Now you could just say it’s a romance trope. Romance heroines have had long flowing hair since the dawn of the genre. It’s sort of prerequisite. Anime is just following along with a formula. And it’s also what fans want out of their leading romantic ladies. That’s how clichés happen, it’s cause the public responds to them!

Well ladies and gentlemen, I submit to you my last piece of evidence: Rem! Rem is a fan favourite. I mean Beatrice is queen and we should all bow to her, but there’s no denying that powerful yet fragile Rem captured the audiences imagination. Countless fan artists have devoted hours to trying to do her justice. I don’t know if it’s the fact that she has a twin sister or the ultra sexy maid outfits she wears… we may never know the secret of her popularity but at the very least, all the polls I found put her squarely ahead of Emilia.

To add to that, Rem actually has feeling for Subaru. She might be the only character in all of these shows to have actually confessed and she did so after getting to know the young man and after saving him a number of times. Honestly there is no reason for Subaru not to choose to be with Rem. There is ample reason for him to agree. except of course, Emilia has much longer hair!

See! SEEEEEEEE!?!

It’s not the will of the public and it’s not for the sake of narrative integrity. In many cases it doesn’t make any sort of obvious logical sense for the protagonists to turn down one girl in favour of another. These are all different shows with different genres, themes and intended audience and yet they all have one thing in common! The hair!!! And if it’s not just a question of we have ingrained troglodyte instincts that make us see long hair  as romantically desirable in women (because again Rem is beloved and if that fan art is anything to go by, a lot of people see her very…cough…romantically, indeed), then there’s really only one answer. Illuminati!

OK, maybe not the actual Illuminati, those don’t exist (please don’t come for me). But clearly there is an underground shadow organization controlling the anime industry to have long haired ladies get the guy. I’m not entirely sure if we want the guy though. In a lot of those cases the guys are sort of not as impressive as the girls. I’m not sure if the point is to make ladies want to have long hair. I think it may be to make people want to be and/or be with ladies with long hair. And who would profit from that?

wikihow is terrifying

You guessed it, the wig industry!

The big shot Wig Lobby has gotten their hooks into our beloved anime industry and are trying to brainwash us all. There is no such thing as a short wig… And it’s working! I’m looking up wigs on another tab right now! We can’t let this happen. We do people have to fight back against this injustice!By continuing to create really amazing fan art of short haired anime ladies, and possibly sending it to me. Because that’s uhm..how we win. Yeah, that sounds about right.

I think I’ve made my point. If I disappear in the coming days, you know who did it. Do not trust your local wig salesman. Keep fighting the good fight, together we’ll get them!

  Conspiracy Theory! Long Haired Anime Girls Get The Guy! So maybe I haven't left my house in over a month...Maybe it's doing things to my brain and I'm latching onto any random little thing for intellectual entertainment.