#j maya

[jananikjha]

hi guys! it's me, Janani (formerly known as J. Maya) <3 you might know me from my mythology & literary-inspired music, my time as a former pun champion, Survivor, the internet at large, or EPIC: the musical :)

I'm new to Tumblr, and I wanted to come on here and say hi!!!!! in honor of my birth on this site (from chaos and seafoam, much like the lovely Aphrodite herself), feel free to ask me anything in the comments and I will answer to the best of my abilities <3

love you!!!!!

[aikya-kat-44]

i drew this whilst listening to Janani K Jha music

I really love @jananikjha 's music. That's all.

Versions with song lyrics:

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[agentoffangirling]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to Janani K Jha songs, bc why is everything she writes so AoS-coded?

Achilles Heel: Very self explanatory, I feel, a song about being the other's weakness, FitzSimmons

Thanatos (End of Us): Another romance song, being together even if it kills, so very Huntingbird (I think that's the ship name?)

Ms. Protagonist: The loss of innocence from childhood to adulthood, so very s1 Skye to s7 Daisy Johnson. Could also apply to Jemma over the seasons

Library Card: A song about growing up as a nerd? Jemma Simmons

Golden Age: Really could be any woman in the MCU, but since this is more about the hidden and misunderstood women of history, I feel like it's better suited to the "background characters" of S.H.I.E.L.D., for lack of a better word, such as Victoria Hand and Piper

Sunday Crossword: Philinda struggling to convey their feelings, slowly falling out of love and ending as friends

Machine Learning: Fitz. 100% Fitz, oh my god, it's so him. It's literally a song about not knowing how to socialize and always feeling like a robot

Three Specters: Daisy in season 5, feeling lost and thrust into a position of power with little preparation. The song specifically describes being haunted with past memories, which is so her in those moments

Prophecies: Technically a song dedicated to the artist's parents of how they sacrificed everything for her, Daisy's family dynamic w/Coulson and May

Two Roads: Honestly I had a hard time with this since it's about choosing between the safe path and the new one. I'm going with Mack always having to choose between his personal life and S.H.I.E.L.D., especially since he's always threatening to quit (and never does)

Rome (Outro): the collective trauma everyone had by the end of the season and finally taking time for themselves. The song is basically about calming down and taking it slow

Slow Burn: Being in a relationship that just consumes you in all the right ways, that makes the both of you better is so Dousy (OTP frfr)

The Maze: Stuck in a mental/physical maze that you struggle to get out of is perfect for the Framework arc

Hellbent: About literally going through hell, about agency. Melinda May, SPECIFICALLY after the situation in Bahrain

Gladiators: The team fighting any opponent, but the season 7 finale would fit best

Royal We: Staticquake. It's a song on toxic codependent relationships, and I am not loathe to admit (sorry Staticquake fans), that the way Lincoln's death leaves Daisy is quite close to what the song describes

The Siege: Deke Shaw, especially with how much shit the team they gave him later on (May could also apply to this, bc one of the lyrics is "and no cavalry will cave")

Weird Hills: Ward's betrayal on the team; the song is all about trusting someone who called themself a friend only to stab you in the back

Polyxena: A song about sacrifice and being used to further the story. Trip's death

The Judgement (I Think Too Much): The main lyric is "you think too much with your head and not enough with your heart", very Aida becoming Ophelia

Cut the Cord: While it's technically about "dreaming a release from validation" as Janani puts it, I also think this fits well with the whole prophecy subplot of s3b and Daisy trying to subvert it

Nike: Phil Coulson, how his death is always weaponized against him but everyone forgets about him all the other times

Library of Alexandria: the lost innocence of S1, Bus Kids and how we never see them happy following s1

[clio-daughter-of-dionysus]

WISDOM SAGA IS OUT BABY

[jarondont]

OMGOMGOMG GLADIATORS BY JANANI K JHA IS OUT

EVERYONE GO WATCH AND LISTEN IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING

[yougottodiesometime]

got bored so i drew J.Maya as Aph!!! not my best because it’s my second drawing tonight but i still think it’s cute

[kaleb-is-definitely-sane]

Still so obsessed with the fact J. Maya wrote a song based of the freaking Inferno by Dante Alighieri!!!! I love it so much 🤭

[esoteric-aesthetic-lyrics]

Machine Learning - J. Maya

[jewishdainix]

GLADIATORS IS OUT!!!!!!!

[miasbraindump]

happy 'the maze' release day to those that celebrate

@catastrxblues this video is 4 u

[missrandomdreamer]

J. Maya - Library Card (Official Lyric Video) I found a new jam

[aikya-kat-44]

You know the bass background vocals for royal we? I think that's Zeus we're hearing singing behind Hera.

[agentoffangirling]

Absolutely love the fact that Janani's Spotify listeners doubled after the release of "God Games". She really deserves it

[autistic-lyrics]

Back from the dead with a banger - running this in tandem with @nephelasium now (if you like system content check it out!)

Don't stare at them for too long

Laugh some, but not too much

And sing the words to that song

But only the chorus

If someone says they want you

Don't flinch, just let them touch

It doesn't really matter what you want

I know you wanna be yourself

Like everyone else

But you've always needed help

Memorize the manual

You're hopeless on your own

If you make it look natural

Then nobody will know

The story of the robot

Who knows they'll never be

More than a machine learning how to please

Make social calculations

Know when you're supposed to cry

Fake real communication

Rehearse your scripted lines

Is living a performance?

Depends how it's defined

Forget that all your friends don't have to try

I know you wanna be yourself

Like everyone else

But that's not where you excel

Memorize the manual

You're hopeless on your own

If you make it look natural

Then nobody will know

The story of the robot

Who knows they'll never be

More than a machine learning how to please

Be just what they expected

Don't come as a surprise

They might take you for granted

That's just a part of life

If you stick with the program

Maybe one day you'll be

More than a machine learning how to please

I know you wanna be yourself

I know you wanna be yourself, like everyone else

If you stick with the program

Maybe one day you'll be

More than a machine learning how to please

Just memorize the manual

You're hopeless on your own

If you make it look natural

Then nobody will know

The story of the robot

Who had a secret dream

To be more than a machine, more than a machine

Machine Learning - J. Maya

[breakingmyreverie]

it's been a while since i've done j maya propaganda so go listen!!!

[stephanidftba]

I swear on my life and the river Styx

I never thought it'd be you I'd miss

Now I'm dangling by the ankle somewhere cold

Like Sisyphus pushing that rock uphill

Or Echo falling for a daffodil

You lured me like a siren to the shore

Now I can't keep this love

'Cause it always hurts too much

I keep crumbling, I keep stumbling

'Cause you've become my crutch

Loving you's my Achilles' heel

Drop my guard when you're with me, I can't deal

I just hate when I walk on these pins and needles

I want to kill this Achilles' heel

You said you wanted me, no strings attached

I guess I have the Fates to thank for that

Call me Icarus

'Cause baby, you're my sun

But now I'm turning to stone looking in your eyes

'Cause you love hard, Kore only half the time

Athena'd be jealous of the web you spun

Like Atlas held too much

I feel crushed under this love

'Cause with those nectar lips

And Ambrosia hips

Boy, you've become my drug

Loving you's my Achilles' heel

Drop my guard when you're with me, I can't deal

I just hate when I walk on these pins and needles

I want to kill this Achilles' heel

Kill this Achilles' heel

Don't wanna have to heal

Kill this Achilles' heel

I don't wanna have to heal

Now it's time to bring the choir

Play your game and string the lyre

Boy, I'm like Prometheus

Finally taking back my fire

Your horse is in the gate again

But this time I won't let it in

I'm closing that Pandora's box

Escaping from this labyrinth

No more looking back like Orpheus

Labor like I'm Heracles

You're losing your golden touch

I'll end this part like my name's Paris

Loving you's my Achilles' heel

Drop my guard when you're with me, I can't deal

I just hate when I walk on these pins and needles

I want to kill this Achilles' heel

Kill this Achilles' heel

Don't wanna have to heal

Kill this Achilles' heel

I don't wanna have to heal

- 'Achilles Heel' by @jananikjha