Honestly I adore that he chose Arson and More as title tracks because More is basically his first instance where he says he wants out of the box, to explore and go outside of the identity of Hope that was basically bestowed on him (‘zeus made me hope’ & bighit made him hope… he talked a lot about how it was chance that made him j-hope, which later became almost his entire identity musically), and Arson is a perfect continuation and adds to the concept. Arson is a very peculiar ending song because it feels like a teaser for things to come. It doesn’t have a sense of finality (=this is the end of the album) only promises more, what’s to come, it’s a declaration of who he is and how he wants to be. I joked a lot with friends that all the songs after the interlude are about being finally outside the box (with all the fears and thoughts that come with that) and the sentiment reminded me of the funny poem you see floating on tumblr The tiger / He destroyed the cage / Yes / YES / The tiger is out. Arson+MORE feels like Hobi making peace with his complexities while remaining j-hope. Idk I have MANY thoughts about this album and the way the songs are ordered —@hoseeok from the main :3
[re: this] lyde i'm OBSESSED with the theory of Music Box: Reflection being the signal for him exiting the box - we hear the winding at the start, the sound and the heavy breathing together feel so anticipatory. like, this is j-hope inside the box, waiting to burst out. it's imminent.
but where Arson feels like stepping out of the box, What If.../Safety Zone/Future almost feel like time freezing before the release - that reflection. he's so desperate to escape but so afraid of the unknown.
in What If... he talks about how the name j-hope has given him purpose, but like you mentioned, it was bestowed upon him. would he have been able to achieve everything without j-hope? as jung hoseok - is there some middle ground? and if j-hope is hope itself, where is hope for him? AGH "hold up/ can i do this?"
i could talk about Safety Zone ALL DAY (@cordiallyfuturedwight knows this) in that it feels like an extension of Blue Side. with blue side being that place of rest, comfort, nostalgia, safety.
he's asking where his safe zone can be found - is it "the blue that is far, far away?" - almost like he's lost that comfort of blue side, and is fighting between the safety of going back, and the fear and hope of what lies ahead. if he chooses to leave the box, is he also leaving blue side behind?
Future feels like an acceptance. of his identity, of walking into the unknown, outside the box. the repetition of who i was vs. who i am!! "it now feels most proper and most me" and almost in a continuation of What If... talking about how for so long he's been this source of hope and courage and faith but had left none for himself, then at the end "with courage and faith, i bet hope on (future)"
i love your interpretation of Arson and i agree completely, it's a perfect continuation of MORE but it feels so much like a beginning.
Jack In The Box as a whole is j-hope coming to terms with his identity, accepting all aspects of himself both as jung hoseok and j-hope, as well as facing his fears and aspirations as an artist. his desire for more, escaping the box, and the worries associated with that. and he did it all in twenty minutes.
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Just found this track and I'm IN LOVE with it so much ahhhh 😭😭💛✨ (I feel like I keep saying this to any OT tracks 🤣 but they're just THAT good and deserve gold medals fr fr)
Sorry about the spam but this track has a very strong Celtic/Irish jig vibe and I can't stop bopping to it, it's just so fun and lively 🥺🧡
(And I'm still mind-blown with CotC soundtrack, like there's no dip in quality just because it's a mobile game- such banger tracks 👏👏)
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First of all, just major spoiler warnings for the wolf 359 finale. Second of all this is gonna be a long post of just all the thoughts while I listen to the finale.
God I love the beginning with Cutter and Pryce like just that whole story time back and forth is so so good
Adding Hera and Eiffel's first meeting also hurts so good I can't. Just the little smile you can hear in Eiffel's chuckle and voice after Hera's "good boy" and the immediate establishment of them being partners in crime from the get go, just not even five minutes of knowing each other and they were already breaking rules together, words cannot describe how much I adore them
"These people have taken our lives away from us" line is so good, Renee Minkowski is t h e leader and I love her with my whole heart. She could rally me to do anything
"your dad loves you, your dad loves you so much" those are his last words to his daughter while he remembers her. fuck fuck f u c k. Christ this shit hurts. I love this podcast so much
Eiffel and Minkowski getting to laugh together one last time before everything goes down is so so good
"Goddammit Renee don't do this" and my heart b r e a k s
The fucking score in this episode is so so excellent the dramatic piano and just the everything about the pacing of the music is executed masterfully Alan Rhodey is a god
Dougie no, stop no self deprecating in this household. Also holy fuck just got hit with the "I can't do this" from Eiffel holy im being devastated with every second that goes by, we love parallels in this household
"you're just going to have to trust me"
"with my life darling, with my life" I love them so much eiffera has my entire heart forever 😭
Eiffera again hitting me with the "I can do this" "Of course you can darling" just her being able to confidently state her abilites and Eiffel not questioning her for a second, complete faith in Hera and always supporting her without hesitation.
God I love Kepler God I love him so much his reveal is everything his last lines are everything his last act is everything I can't I can't I can't.
"The beautiful thing is, I don't need you to be" is just such a fucking good line I will never ever ever get over it.
Also, harpoon?!
It's the fact that all I had to hear was the sound of the mind sweep and I started to completely come apart. I'll always love and hate that they didn't let Doug say his last words to Hera.
Wolf 359 will always always always be my absolute favorite piece of media to exist ever. Nothing will ever top it and I will never be able to love something as deep as I love Wolf 359. Just the fact that they saved the world they saved all of humanity and they would have all died with no one ever knowing a thing if it wasn't for Jacobi, Wolf 359 could have so easily ended as a tragedy and still been a good and wonderful piece of media but it's the fact that they got their somewhat bitter mostly sweet happy ending that sets it apart. It's the question of what makes the self, what makes a person themselves, it's that even while bawling your eyes out there will still be lines that make you laugh through it, it's every heartbreak throughout the show and the finale finally having the payoff of getting to hear them be safe and go home. They're battered, wounded, and bruised but they're alive and they are all going to start again. It's the last scene being our original 3 voice actors and the fact that when Doug goes "spending time with you two was the best damn thing to ever happen to him" there was never any doubt that he was talking about Minkowski and Hera.
I will never be over Wolf 359, and I will always be grateful I stumbled upon it and had the chance to fall in love with it. Anyway thanks for coming to my Ted talk I'm gonna go sob some more for a few hours.
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