#('magpie' meaning that he took a sound here a rhythm there a word here a thing there etc but he didn't ever rip off a whole entire thing)

[magpieinthemorning]

(I left out the stupid joke)

#on brand for me #i liked this story and was able to enjoy it #only afterwards the race-swapping/'colorblind'/racist casting bothered me ... #especially in this story ....... bc it's such a typical thing that esp. white men do to women and poc #to steal our work and take the credit - esp. bc they think we don't deserve it or 'wouldn't know what to do with it' etc. #precisely because we are women and poc and thus 'beneath them' and they feel entitled to it like a resource/raw material #i have personally experienced it MANY TIMES #so in rian johnson's shitty tv series OF COURSE Gavin is a white guy (the actor is Italian/white) #while the murderers and thieves are a white woman a black man and a meek/'cucky' lmao white man ugh #white men stealing our stories again ... blade runner 2049 all over again :/ #in another poker face episode there is a bunch of people laughing at security cam footage of someone dumping the dead body of a black man #and it's apparently 'okay' and 'not racist at all' bc they cast a black man as one of the people laughing #that was really fucked up tbh #natasha lyonne why #i still have to watch if because i love you too much :/ #(yeah i'm blocking everyone who tries to argue in the notes lmao) #(and missing the point of Gavin being a 'magpie' but not murdering #and ripping off a whole entire song every single word and note from one single specific person ... jesus christ xD) #('magpie' meaning that he took a sound here a rhythm there a word here a thing there etc but he didn't ever rip off a whole entire thing) #(in real life it happens that songwriters accidentally take a melody or other element from an existing song) #(often they settle it by giving songwriting credits to the original - it was unrealistic in this ep that it would ruin the whole deal) #(but maybe a little bit plausible in this specific scenario since the song was supposed to be their one comeback hit) #(and they didn't have anything else remotely as good) #(while f.ex. ed sheeran has accidentally or not copied melodies before but he's got 50.000 other bangers up his sleeve so it's no big deal) #(like he doesn't lose his entire career over it lol - just some lawsuits once in a while heh)