The songs of Young Royals - S1E5
Let's go for this 4th installation of the song analysis serie ^^
We're tackling episode 5 this time!!
For people who missed them, here are part 1, part 2 and part 3
Sunday, Gina Dirawi
Got what I need
I just want peace
Catch you on a Sunday
When you got the weekend off
If I wait til Monday
I will never get it
A song that works well for both Wilhelm and Sara: they are spending an evening with people they care deeply about and want to be with. Sara is having her sleepover with Felice and Madison while Wilhelm is spending the evening with Simon. It sounds like a perfect evening for the both of them, they "get what they need": for Sara it's some time with friends and for Wilhelm a moment far from the preying eyes of his peers to just be with the boy he loves. And he does want "peace", he wants a normal life, a normal relationship with Simon. And it's a special moment, a Saturday evening, a break from school and the usual complications that go with it. It makes me sad because it's gonna be the last moment of true peace for Wilhelm and Simon for quite some time after that. The lyrics "if I wait til Monday I will never get it" ring very true: the whole mess with Alexander's suspension and their fight about the drugs is gonna fall on them as soon as they leave Simon's home to get back to school. So it's good that they didn't wait for this little date. So they could at least have this nice evening.
Impatient, Duchvi
'Cause I never felt I needed somebody
The way I feel impatient-impatient-impatient for you, oh
'Cause I'm feeling like I'm needing your body
Making me impatient-impatient-impatient for you, oh
I wanna, wanna know
Wanna know your body, body
I won't give you up, give you up, give you up
I never really paid attention to these lyrics before doing this serie but they do fit so well with the scene! Wilhelm is so scared of losing Simon over the whole Alexander thing. He's in love, he's scared, he's all over the place truly. But he does need Simon, he's not ready to "give him up" and he's so worried that he messed up things too badly. (And we can't avoid the lyrics "needing your body" because let's be clear, these boys are hot for each other ^^)
Samurai Swords, Highasakite
I am leaving
I'm a lesion
I unravel to the leeches
I'm unpleasant
I'm not loving, I'm not loving, I'm not loving
Such a good echo to what Wilhelm is feeling at that moment. He's a mess, he knows he screwed up and he hurt Simon. He's not hiding his flaws. Not hiding the messiness, the unloving parts of himself. And we can appreciate that, to see him unraveling here and being his messy self in front of Simon but still asking for him to stay there with him. He knows he's "unpleasant" in this whole situation, but he doesn't hide. It takes courage to show yourself so vulnerable. And Simon being the absolute gem that he is can see through all of that, can see the boy behind the mess. Can love the boy behind the mess.
I'm not flawless
I'm not cautious
I am blazing out the houses
I am poison
Second part of the song goes to August (and Sara watching him). What better description of August? Not flawless (no need to comment on this one), not cautious (he gets caught so easily for the leaking of the sex tape) and yes, he is "poison". And he's gonna be poison to Sara. He's gonna bring the worst in her... Later on the lyrics go "there's no patience, no salvation": foreshadowing? Will there be any salvation for August next season?
The songs of Young Royals - part 1
The songs of Young Royals - part 2
The songs of Young Royals - part 3
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Can we talk about this scene in Nobody Lives Forever? The one where Rico shows up lookin' like:
And Sonny just stares at him, lookin' guilty af?
Then it CUTS straight to the office scene, where Sonny is taken off the case?
Well. I was a little frustrated by this jump in time, and so I started a missing scene fic to fill it. It isn't completely finished, but on Miami Vice Day y'all at least deserve to see what's done:
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Even with the sunglasses covering his eyes again, it was clear that Tubbs had been badly beaten. Sonny looked his partner up and down, ignoring the gasp from Brenda behind him. He pushed forward, closing the door as Tubbs shifted to let him stand beside him. "Have you gone to the hospital?" He said at last, not liking the way that his partner seemed to be favoring one side, and hating that it was something that he might have prevented had he been there.
"You just woke up." Tubbs' voice was inflectionless, and it was much worse than if he had been shouting. An angry partner, Sonny could deal with. It would have even felt deserved, almost like a penance for his idiocy. But the fact that Tubbs was more disappointed than anything else …
"Yeah." He didn't deny it. For a long moment they stood in silence, and then Sonny asked again. "Have you gone to the hospital?"
"What do you care?" Tubbs was moving, and it was away. Down the steps and towards his Caddy, which was parked haphazardly behind the Daytona.
"You know I care." Sonny felt his temper spark, and for a moment spared enough thought to wonder if it was really Tubbs that he was angry at.
"You got a funny way of showin' it." Tubbs was reaching for the door, but Sonny sped up to put his own hand on it first.
"I know. I know I messed up. I know how I messed up, and I know why, but don't punish yourself just to get even, man. How many guys jumped you? Were you unconscious?"
Tubbs - for a moment - paused. He was clearly debating just hopping into his car and leaving. Finally he nodded instead. "Two guys. One with a crowbar. Didn't really get a good look at 'em, but one was the guy who made us yesterday - Morgan's men."
And that piece of information made Sonny feel exponentially worse. "Lemme take you to the hospital."
"Don't need it."
"Were you unconscious?" Sonny didn't take his hand off of the door, and Tubbs sighed through his nose, his irritation finally rearing its head.
"I made it here, didn't I?"
"You shouldn't have had to." Sonny countered, his heart sinking when his partner replied.
"I know."
"Okay, look." Sonny let go of the door, recognizing that his friend wasn't going to stay calm for much longer. "At least let me take a look at it, huh?" Tubbs stood stock still, his eyes black behind his glasses. "Please?" Sonny didn't want to beg, but in this case he would. If there was one relationship that mattered more to him than any other it was the one he had with Tubbs. His partner. His best friend.
"Not here." Tubbs said at last, and Sonny instantly agreed.
"No, I'm takin' you home."
Another moment of silence, and then Tubbs held out his keys. Sonny took them with the same desperation as that of a drowning man reaching for a lifeline, knowing that it was likely his only chance to make things right. Certainly a chance that he didn't feel he deserved.
Tubbs walked stiffly around to the passenger side, slumping into the seat after opening the door. Sonny hopped in behind the wheel, unable to keep from noticing the blood on the leather. And he called himself a professional. The drive was made mostly in silence, giving Sonny far too much time to think; to think about Brenda, about where that was going, and about what it would cost him. By the time they arrived, he had decided that the cost would likely be too high.
It already had been.
They took the elevator up, and Sonny stayed a step behind his partner until they'd made it into the penthouse. As soon as Tubbs had collapsed onto his couch Sonny was pulling out the first aid kit (something which was always well-stocked) before going to sit in front of his partner on the coffee table. "All right, lemme see."
Silently Tubbs removed his glasses, and Sonny scowled at the damage revealed underneath. Based on pupillary response his partner didn't seem to have a concussion, but he had still been beaten pretty badly. Tubbs seemed to read the question in his expression, and quietly said, "I only blacked out for a couple seconds."
Well at least his partner hadn't been lying unconscious in some ditch for an hour - a small blessing. "Well you don't look concussed." Sonny said as he put ointment over the cuts and cream on the bruises. "They beat'cha anywhere else?"
Tubbs took a little while to answer, but finally nodded, "My ribs."
Sonny didn't like the fact that his partner wasn't concussed and yet had lost consciousness, even if it had only been for a short period of time. "Stay here. I'll call it in."
"No, I'll call it." Tubbs started to get up from the couch, but Sonny stopped him.
"Please." He got a tired nod, and headed over to the phone, keeping an eye on his partner the whole time. It only took a few seconds to call the office, and Sonny found himself practically tongue-tied when his boss's voice came on the line.
"Castillo."
"I was late to the stakeout. Tubbs was beaten. Morgan did it."
There was a silence on the other end just long enough that Sonny could picture the other man's face. Then Castillo said, "How is he?"
"I took him home - he said he didn't need the hospital. He doesn't seem to be concussed, but, uh, they worked him over pretty good." Shame burned in his stomach as he spoke, but he would rather be the one to say it than listen to his partner make the report.
"Stay with him. If he's well enough, have him come in with you for the meeting at five." Castillo hung up, and Sonny replaced the receiver. Tubbs seemed to have partially melted into his own couch, and it was with a sigh that Sonny realized he would have to move him.
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Supernatural Battle of the Episodes!
Annnnnd we're back! Sorry for the time out, nut life happened and it's shitty! Okay! So where were we?
Ah yes, The Big Empty took home another win against Wat of the Worlds! I feel like the next challenger will put up a good fight! Who is it Chuck?!
Chuck: Alrighty! Next up we have The Scorpion and the Frog - Sam and Dean make a deal with the new King of the Crossroads to get the 2nd half of a spell that will save Jack and Mon from the AU but have to work their way through boobie traps to get to the safe containing the demons bones.
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