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yellowloid · 10 months

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hey! i was sort of reading “something to rely on” lyrics, and i remembered that you analyse some of miles, monkeys and tlsp songs. so, i just wanted to ask what are your thoughts on this song, cause i particularly think it’s about alex or some of it. anyway, other songs from cdg can be fully about alex, but barely no one talks about this one, so i thought it’d be great to discuss about it.

there’s also “adios tara tara” that i also think it’s about alex, as other songs from change the show, but that’s for another time! i also love your blog, your fanfics and song analysis, they’re always really good! 🫶

sooo first of all sorry for being this late lmao this is kinda embarrassing because this ask was sent MONTHS ago maybe almost a year ago it was so long ago i literally don't remember. i'm only just answering now BUT better late than never i guess skgshdfh

(as usual don't take this too seriously lmao this is just a silly theory, i'm in no way implying it's the truth. it's just delusion o'clock)

now, if you follow me you know what i think of coup de grace as an album - and that is, the fact that it's soooo about alex it's crazy like. bro was so angry and in love and heartbroken????? and he wrote a literal masterpiece of an album????? that's iconic if you ask me

so to no one's surprise, let's follow the usual theory - them having some sort of falling out after eycte because of miles getting serious and alex consequently chickening out, which led to Peak Gay Drama Year, also known as 2018, when they both release albums that - more or less explicitly - contain images that could easily be interpreted as references to each other. something to rely on is no exception:

"crescent moon, left in my drive / all too soon, you made your point"

the reference to the moon creates a pattern, since the semantic field of astral entities is also present in songs such as killing the joke, with "interstellar, dressed in leather, drinking bitter boy" - which as we all know is one of miles' most direct lines when it comes to referencing alex, and it can easily be linked to am's own space-themed album, which miles definitely got to listen before its official release date.

opening the song with a reference to the moon could be a way of @ a certain someone, letting him know that yes, this song *is* in fact about him, if he didn't get the other billion hints in the whole album. (however, for the sake of keeping it vague, i won't be referring to him directly but rather to a ~mysterious person~) (i'm sure you get my point tho *wink wink*) [gunshots]

mentioning the moon could also be a way of referencing the ever-present theme of nighttime encounters in the entirety of mk/am/tlsp's discography: sometimes those encounters are described as fun, sometimes they mean trouble; sometimes, they leave the people involved with a sense of guilt and/or shame, on which we'll come back later and which often leads to bad decisions ("all too soon, you made your point"). in this particular case, the first image that comes to my mind is someone leaving sneakily after a (series of) one-night stands, with the song obviously being from the pov of the person being left, who also gives us a reason why they think the other person left:

"keeping off the radar, how does that make you feel? / keeping it clean, through all the things you wanted me to be / out of touch, with all the rumors i keep hearing of you / keeping off the radar, how does that make you feel?"

this person doesn't seem to want other people to know about their affair, and that's why they keep it secret; it seems that they want miles to be something he's not, or something he can't be - or maybe they ask all these things of themselves, which would maybe make it easier for them to accept the relationship going public. this person wants to keep it neat and clean, picture-perfect and fitting to everything everyone expects from them; but as much as they try to stay lowkey and not attract attention, the narrator informs us that no matter how much this person tries to hide, there's still rumors going around about them, as an individual as well as their relationship(s) with other people, most likely with the narrator too.

"all aboard the guilt train / last call before we leave / last call before we learn to love / the last call before we leave"

the line referring to guilt is insanely queer-coded and i will die on this hill because it just SCREAMS internalised homophobia, with which the other person might be struggling. it wouldn't make sense otherwise - because what would that person feel guilty about, if it were a straight-passing relationship? unless it was a cheating situation, of course... but it could be a cheating situation AND also a queer one, with this person being in another (het) relationship while having a same-sex lover (the narrator), which would give that line a double explanation. also every time i listen to this song i just can't help but think about 'all aboard the kane train' WHAT WHO SAID THAT

however, the narrator tells us that this is the "last call before we leave" - meaning, he's giving this person an ultimatum to make up their mind and decide if they want to be with him for real or not, since the latter possibility would result in him leaving - not necessarily for good, but... just trying to get over that person once and for all. at the same time, though, it's also the "last call before we learn to love" - which is incredibly soft imo, because it's him still putting trust and hope into that person and a positive decision on their part. he believes they will eventually choose to be with him, he hopes for it and trusts the other person to make the right decision, which would lead to them being together and learning how to love each other without limits nor second-guesses. the repetition of the leaving line could also be seen as a way for him to give it a new meaning compared to the first one: if they ended up together, they could leave that world based on nasty rumors and appearances, ignoring them all to just be happy together. because, after all, miles declares it openly:

"you're all that i wanted / all that i need / you're all that i wanted / you're all that i need"

i mean. does this even need an explanation. bro is down BAD

"something to rely on / something to get high on / i don't want to beg or steal, i don't want to borrow hearts / i just want to make it real / something to rely on / the making of a mystery, wishing on a falling star / i don't want to let this sadness rule my heart / your actions from the start / in spite of me insightfully inviting me to fall apart"

i left the chorus last because imo it captures perfectly the whole vibe of the song and what i think is miles' outlook on life in general: the narrator wants something stable and secure, an established relationship with the other person; he doesn't want to have to beg and argue and make it more complicated than it probably already is, he doesn't want to be a pastime or just some lover. he wants something thrilling and intense, almost addictive - but most importantly, he wants something real. this complicated situation with the other person is making them both suffer, and the other person's behaviour doesn't make it any easier; but in spite of everything, and in spite of his sense of self-preservation, he still finds himself unable and unwilling to resist them, to let them go for good. and no matter how self-destructive this might be, he doesn't want to be ruled by negative emotions; he's already fallen for them, too deep to even consider letting them go. he just keeps falling, and yeah, the outcome of their situationship might still be a mystery, but he chooses to be hopeful - "wishing on a falling star", bringing the song to a circular end by mentioning other astral entities that inevitably remind us of the "crescent moon" that opens the song. which also evokes the idea of circularity that is typical of situationships like the one described here, where the moment he seems to have made up his mind (or maybe the other person finally did?) it's like rinse and repeat, and once again they're back to square one.

#there is an underlying sense of masochism running through the whole album #him coming back to that person no matter how much they're hurting him #but there's also so much love there - he keeps coming back bc he knows that person is suffering just as much as he is #and he wants to put a stop to this useless arguments and tears and complicated feelings and just. get to be with them #because he loves them and he knows they love him just as viscerally and he wants nothing but for them to finally be happy together #which is also the exact message that comes from 'wrong side of life' and that is one of the many reasons why i adore that song #THE best miles song!#but the whole album is literally amazing i love it so much he's such a king #anyway sorry again for being so late ajxjsjfkskf and thank u for all the lovely things you said about my blog/theories/fics 🥺💖💖#miles kane #coup de grace #am i tagging this as you know what. am i #...............mmmmmyeah i think i will #milex #something to rely on #my theories #once again don't take this too seriously it's just a theory i know nothing about them #all i know is they're obsessed with each other AND they were fucking raw xx #somebody sedate me!#answered

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autumnhobbit · 1 month

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made a huge mistake (watched the lotr behind the scenes on wrapping production of rotk)

#the tears!! the intimacy!!#viggo and bernard hill being honored with a haka!#no lie if somebody said that stuff to me and did a haka for me i would lose my shit #and the worst part is they’re like ‘you’re a king’ and #he’s not not in real life of course #but just based on the passion and care he put into it and how he treated the people around him #they’re like no yeah you’re a king now in our eyes #when they said ‘you’re not just a king and not just a friend you’re part of our family now and forever’ i cried tbh #peter jackson (badly) holding back tears doing the final shot over and over and over #even though it was perfect just because he didn’t want to stop #hghhhhhh #i need to live.#i need to do something this important.#i need to make connections like this.#i need to make that sort of an impact on people who meet me & work with me #but alas i am a little dummy and not very good at anything of import really

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runawaymun · 5 months

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just finished Jessie Gender's critique of Barbie as a reflection of lukewarm white cishet feminism and I feel ALIVE

#will probably compile my thoughts later but oh my goddddd somebody finally SAID IT #Barbie was such a fundamentally alienating experience for me #and the longer I thought about the movie and discussed it with my genderqueer platonic partner we both just got the ick about it lol #but i felt like i was going crazy bc everybody else was like IT'S SO GOOOD I FEEL SO SEEN #and I'm like 'girl where lol'#watching my cishet friends sob in the theater while I'm just sitting here with a 🤨 expression on my face #at the monologue #you know the one #ANYWAY I FEEL ALIVEEEE #MY SKIN IS CLEAR MY CROPS ARE WATERED JESSIE GENDER HAS DONE IT AGAINNNN

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mishtershpock · 18 days

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#at work thinking about how eddie kept inviting buck to basketball #buck doesn’t like basketball. buck always said no to eddie’s invites #and yet eddie kept asking him #he just wanted to include buck #and yet buck could only think that he was being left out deliberately. really shows how unreliable a narrator buck is #knowing that 7x04 was from his pov. and what we saw was very different from what we heard #eddie was so happy when buck finally came to a game. not knowing he was there for somebody else #oof no let’s not get into that i’ll be sad

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coyefish · 9 months

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I’m not eloquent enough to explain it but Luke being expelled from the house is a great breaking down of white privilege

#he thought he could get away with it #due to… supremacy? privilege #or some variation of it #and finally finally finally #somebody stood up!#said enough is enough #I didn’t think we’d get another all white majority alliance this time anyway #but it feels so good to receive doesn’t it Jocasta #text post #bb25 #bb25 Luke

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bunnbunn · 1 year

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Ted Lasso was about the power of love, friendship, forgiveness, family.

But it also was a long long con, it took us up the mountain of wholesome writing and then drop kicked us off it on the last episode.

It reminded us with great joy that a show finale can suck so bad, it undoes every growth arc a character has had and turn them back into their Season 1, Episode 1 selves

#ted lasso #jamie tartt #roy kent #its sad that ted was right about it not being about him #because he basically is the same man he was in S1E1 #i dont know who those people were on screen today but it was not the jamie and roy i know #ted missed beard's wedding #thats the level of concerning were have reached #rebecca and sam had more potential for a romance than the dutch stranger please #yeah please tell that astrologist that her predictions are a pile of shit #something Ted Lasso writers forgot is no matter how much a father loves their child and compromises for them and tries to make them happy #if they are unhappy inside with themselves then it leaks out and turns into a cycle of guilt #remember when michelle and ted learnt that she was trying to stay in the marriage but that was also making her unhappy #yeah where did that lesson go #bitter bitter ending #not an ounce of happiness or accomplishment or joy (yes he was excited to see henry but did that look like a man ready to leave?)#this better be just the season finale cliffhanger and not the end of ted lasso #somebody said the Beard wedding was Ted having a dream (nightmare) and i am now hoping it was just that #but also how sad if that were true #ted dreams of his bestie and everyone else moving on without him

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shima-draws · 1 year

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YESSSS I’M AT THE DAGUR REDEMPTION ARC

#Okay okay okay so the first time I watched the TV series. I did NOT like Dagur at all #On my rewatch tho?? I fell in LOVE with him #He’s just. He’s such a great character #I love his personality and how absolutely chaotic he is at all times lmao #And as a villain I liked him a lot too. I’m VERY glad to see that he’s becoming a better person tho #But yeah I always really enjoyed his dynamic with Hiccup. Also sidenote I’m 100% sure Dagur has a onesided crush on Hiccup #HE’S ALWAYS LIKE. FLIRTING. WEIRDLY FLIRTING #And he’s SO possessive over Hiccup too?? He gets angry whenever somebody else tries to hurt Hiccup #Dagur literally said ‘NOBODY hurts Hiccup. Except ME’#Also even when they’re enemies Dagur’s always praising him too 🤔 There’s definitely smth going on there #Anyway. Anyway #He’s a very complex person. He’s litchrally insane. He’s murdered people and probably dragons #But he’s so stupid (affectionate) and he loves his sister. And he loves Hiccup too #I’ve always thought since the beginning that Dagur would be a REALLY good protagonist. An ally to the dragon riders #AND I’M FINALLY THERE. AHA #Shima speaks #HTTYD #How To Train Your Dragon #HTTYD RTTE #HTTYD Race to the Edge #Dagur the Deranged #Also I wasn’t super fond of his more adult appearance but. It’s grown on me quite a bit 🤔

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portraitofadyke · 6 months

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this show is literally about growing up in a cycle of abuse and toxic masculinity, having someone breathing down your neck and constantly pushing you back into it even if you want to break it. it's about getting that need to break it and do better, even if you think it's too late. it's about recognising your own wrongdoings and being reborn.

but according to some part of the fandom, it's about ed being an abuser just like his father and ed being destined to be abusive to stede, meanwhile izzy is a victim. the same man who shot down every chance at breaking away sooner.

nobody is saying ed is flawless. nobody is saying ed didn't do terrible things. nobody is saying izzy deserved to get his leg amputated. it's one thing to say 'in his spiral, ed ended up hurting a lot of people and causing them trauma and dragged them down with him in his suicie mission' and another to say 'ed is a canon abuser who abused izzy and the ed fans don't think izzy can be a victim bc he's portrayed as tough. oh, and he will absolutely abuse stede.'

this dynamic is not played by the book. how hard is it for some people to grasp some more complicated forms of abuse? how hard is it to recognise emotional abuse? how hard is it to comprehend the power another person can have over someone who is perceived as invincible? piracy is a constant cycle of violence, and ed wanted an out. now he has it, with someone who's very much the opposite of everything he was told to be. Izzy breathed down his back and tried to knock him back into the perfect Blackbeard he wanted, going as far as killing his significant other, and he got the worst of it, and he got to grow. they were both dependent on blackbeard, and they let him go. it wasn't too late, izzy got to be just izzy, despite being the breathing walking epitome of piracy. that's it, that's the show. it tells us you're not your past trauma and even if you fucking lose yourself, because life is a dick and you probably will lose it, you can get back up, it's never too late

(source https://blakbonnet.tumblr.com, i'm not sure if it's loading in the gif)

#ofmd meta #the izcourse #ofmd fandom crit #izzy hands critical #this is my final post on this #i'm just blocking everyone who claims ed is just an abuser #saying ed is abusive and we think izzy can't be a victim bc he's tough (nobody ever said that wtf)#without recognizing izzy's constant attempts at breaking ed down #are so dismissive of the trauma emotional abuse can cause you #speaking as somebody who grew up in an emotionally abusive dad #but right only they know what abuse is #also nobody ever fucking said ed is perfect #that man is so fucked up #and yes he does go for violence he's a pirate #everyone on this show is a fucking pirate jesus christ #IT'S A PIRATE SHOW EVERYONE IS VIOLENT ALL THE TIME YET IZZY BEING SHOT IS THE END ALL BE ALL FOR THEM

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mxanigel · 4 months

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^^^ how I'm feeling as I approach Chapter 25 of Shion's fic

Oh no, did I get too close? Oh, did I almost see what's really on the inside? All your insecurities All the dirty laundry Never made me blink one time I will love you unconditionally There is no fear now Let go and just be free I will love you unconditionally Come just as you are to me Don't need apologies Know that you are worthy I'll take your bad days with your good Walk through the storm I would I do it all because I love you (The George Twins, "Unconditionally")

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It's not meant to be like this, not what I planned at all I don't want to feel like this, yeah No, it's not meant to be like this, not what I planned at all I don't want to feel like this, so that makes it all your fault Big trouble, losing control Primary resistance at a critical low On the, on the double gotta get a hold Point of no return, one second to go No response on any level, red alert, this vessel's under siege Total overload, all systems down, they've got control There's no way out, we are surrounded Give in, give in and relish every minute of it (Imogen Heap, "The Walk")

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I love that you got a heart of gold Even when mine is as black as coal (I know) I love your eyes, they're like emeralds And how they see through my broken soul I don’t usually get afraid But what if I'm your one mistake? We shouldn't be, but we are You could’ve hidden my scars Instead, you kiss them If I die, I hope it's here in your arms If I'm poison, you're the cure By your side, better or worse If love is real, I think I found it in yours (August Royals, "Kiss My Scars")

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Gone along for a wild ride And I can say lookin' in your eyes That it all would've been a waste But I found you on the way I found cynicism, I found criticism I've been the zero, the hero And I have been the villain I lost more than a heart can take But I found you on the way (Andy Grammer, "I Found You")

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For fun, here's the snippet I previously posted that unofficially precedes the main event in Chapter 25. Linked again for context. Because I can.

#fic: Cut to the Feeling #brainrot songs #long post #yes I'm just about ready to post Chapter 24 not Chapter 25 #but Y'ALL the journey to this point has me turning inside out from excitement and anticipation #because Levi finally FINALLY faces what he's feeling #and then Chapter 26 explicitly pushes them toward OT3 goodness #(“cut to the feeling” AHAHA yeah we don't cut to anything in this fic)#(like I said long post I just wanted to share my feels with somebody~)

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