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Hey bestie any thoughts on how the Love From The Other Side Spotify canvas video is just clips from hit fantasy movie The Princess Bride???

hang on I have canvas turned off lemme go look-

oh heck it's specifically the scene where Inigo is fighting Count Rugen, that's fricking insane actually

bc that entire arc of The Princess Bride is about a son's love for his father. vengeance, in this context, is fully born out of love. like a kid playing pretend in his father's suit. LFTOS is an incredibly loving song; it's in the freaking title. it's about love that carries on even after the worst has happened

a lot of the themeology lines up too. every lover's got a little dagger in their hand. you killed my father, prepare to die. destruction, but because of love. what would you trade the pain for? you were the sunshine of my lifetime. the worst thing, the loss, the apocalypse, has come and gone, but the love is still there.

throughout basically all of TPB, Inigo is basically haunted by the memory of his father. it's not textually explicit, but it's a narrative haunting. LFTOS is a song from the perspective of the person doing the haunting, looking back on the one left behind. there's a distance they can't cross, but the love lasts forever. it's sharp, though, dangerous and painful. it can be destructive. give up what you love (vengeance) before it does you in. etc etc etc.

what would you trade the pain for?