When Beyonce wrote Irreplaceable it was like a giant stepping on an ant. Even in 06 she was shaping up to be a Juggernaut. B'Day launched at number 1 I believe? She was blowing up. Well established, producing bop after bop after banger after banger. And We bought Irreplaceable because we, fully, were on board. Beyonce COULD have another you in a minute. The mythos of Beyonce was taking shape. She was Beyonce, you were some guy. To the left.
When she wrote Lemonade it was like. Oh there are stakes now because whether you think Jay Z is great or not or a garbage dude or whatever, he's at least closer to her level than just "some guy".
Like. Of course she could have another you in a minute if you were some dude. But could she have another Jay Z in a minute? No, categorically she could not, and to say otherwise is to tell yourself fun lies because you hate cheaters or men or whatever. I am a firm believer that Beyonce is one of a kind and cannot be replicated in our lifetime as a cultural phenomenon, artist, creator, singer, you name it she is. incredible. But I'm also not going to pretend Jay Z wasn't in some ways just as singularly, powerfully monolithic with popculture just because most of this website understands rap less.
She writes the Sistine Chapel about him because like it or not, she wants to. She looks at him and sees things you could only dream of creating and I for one am just happy to be here, and could care less what you think about Beyonce's specialist boy who is the catalyst of some of the best music I've heard in the past decade, and also someone who MADE some of the best music I've heard in the past 20 years as well.
Beyonce's first solo recording was 03 Bonnie and Clyde, btw. As in, she was a feature on a Jay Z song before even releasing Dangerously in Love. Which. Also prominently has a Jay Z feature. In the lead single. That arguably launched Beyonce's career. Why would she ever write songs about the man who helped her launch her career that she has been married to for 16 years. A damn mystery.
And for the record, if she wanted to make the most beautiful art in the world about literal garbage, so the fuck what. We hate Duchamps The Fountain on this website now? Irving Penn spent years taking extremely detailed, well composed photos... of actual trash. Like Mud Glove. His photos were hanging in the Smithsonian a few years ago. Turns out beautiful art that says something, even something about trash? Still beautiful.
I’m actually thinking Shizuku has been doing pretty okay with giving Shiho boundaries iirc. Yes, she would still occasionally hugs and gets a bit closer to Shiho. But Shizuku actually been also realizing this bad habit of hers and tries to give Shiho her space.
I could be wrong tho since it’s been a while since I’ve fully caught up with both l/n and mmj stories
It's been a fair bit better lately if the area conversations are anything to go by yeah. But early game they're sooo awkward
Like I'm sorry Shizuku I love you to death but this is not good sibling behaviour 😭 Shiho wasn't even rude about it how about you just take one step to the side and give her space to breathe cmon.
My pet peeve in question is actually not necessarily their canon portrayal but the way it's brushed off and discussed in fandom. Like I'm sorry but "Shiho is a horrible sister to Shizuku because Shizuku is so kind and caring towards her and Shiho only responds aggressively and doesn't care about her at all" is a deranged and somehow strangely popular take (also... Did we forget that Shiho had bad reputation during Main Story and avoided people to protect them, which is likely why she didn't want Shizuku to talk with her at school?). Like their relationship is deeper than that but people just Need one sibling to be the villain somehow.
The fact I honestly thought I'd pull off playing College Craze and being normal about it, and then less than a week later I've already played it multiple times, made a duel MC au, a Pinterest board, and recreated some of the PopMe pages, is genuinely not lost on me.
“SKYBOUND IS MY LEAST FAVORITE SEASON SKYBOUND IS MY LEAST FAVORITE SEASON” I scream through gritted teeth after spending nearly four hours reading a Skybound fic and the past like week hyperfixating on the season against my will
especiallt after the introduction of Queen to the team
ALSO Gillion did tell Queen all this stuff about people memorising only certain parts of melodies and all that so he knows something? they do give off musical vibes
REALL. i think itd be difficult for the boys to really sing anything together given that like 95% of their episodes are recorded via video call so there’d be delay,, but man. riptide pirates need 2 sing more… it should be like a silly musical cartoon