Meanings of post-mortem:
an examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death.
an analysis or discussion of an event held soon after it has occurred, especially in order to determine why it was a failure.
Girl. What.
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still very busy with moving so i havent had a chance to sit down and draw, but today i have a little of time so here is a quick re-sketch of some old ttp drawings i did ( i think last year lol) i have some newer stuff in the works but again i just dont have the time;A;;;;;;;; so enjooooyyy lol
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lyrical breakdown of The Prophecy by Taylor Swift and why it’s basically buffy
the prophecy by Taylor Swift is so Buffy summers coded and here’s why:
Hand on the throttle
Thought I caught lightning in a bottle
Oh, but it's gone again
So, lightning in a bottle is like a metaphor for achieving something great, right? And here it’s “gone again,” like Buffy’s success. Because every time she accomplishes something, it’s on to the next tough thing. You killed the Master? Ok, your boyfriend goes evil and you have to kill him. She never gets a break.
And it was written
I got cursed like Eve got bitten
Oh, was it punishment?
I feel like this is about Angel, about how she was tempted by him, “got bitten” (had sex) and it’s punishment, because she blames herself for not being more careful.
Pad around when I get home
When I heard “pad around” I thought of tiptoeing, and how she keeps her Slaying a secret from Joyce, her own mother. This feels very early season Buffy to me.
I guess a lesser woman would've lost hope
A greater woman wouldn't beg
Buffy is constantly in this limbo of being not quite human, or “lesser”, but feeling inadequate as a slayer because she doesn’t want it, she doesn’t fully own it. And she does beg during Prophecy Girl, for the prophecy to be changed.
But I looked to the sky and said
Please
I've been on my knees
Change the prophecy
I think this is fairly self explanatory. She’s sixteen years old and she doesn’t want to die, right?
Don't want money
Just someone who wants my company
Let it once be me
Who do I have to speak to
About if they can redo
The prophecy?
Cards on the table
Mine play out like fools in a fable, oh
It was sinking in
I read this as being about the Gift, when Buffy realises that her fate, or her “fable” is to die for the sake of the world.
Slow is the quicksand
Poison blood from the wound of the pricked hand
Oh, still I dream of him
I think this relates to Angel, and how she’s pining after that kind of romance that she doesn’t have with anyone, and why she turns to Spike. And her spiral into depression.
And I sound like an infant
Sixteen and doesn’t want to die, anyone?
Feeling like the very last drops of an ink pen
A greater woman stays cool
But I howl like a wolf at the moon
And I look unstable
This is definitely season 6 buffy, who is holding on by a thread. She is unstable, she’s empty, she’s no longer able to be that greater woman.
Gathered with a coven round a sorceress' table
I think this could be a nod to the Scoobies, with the “sorceress’ table” being the table in the library and then the Magic Box. That’s usually where she finds out about a life changing prophecy.
A greater woman has faith
But even statues crumble if they're made to wait
I'm so afraid I sealed my fate
No sign of soulmates
Definitely depressed Buffy, when she feels like nothing, being “made to wait” to be “normal” again, and afraid that she’ll never be as happy as she was with Angel.
I'm just a paperweight
In shades of greige
Again, depression metaphor, being weighed down and being buried alive.
Spending my last coin so someone will tell me
It'll be ok
Buffy constantly looks for reassurance from Giles and people around her who she trusts, so she needs someone to tell her it’ll be okay. Desperately.
anyway, this was long! And unhinged! I’m tired now, so I’ll go sleep.
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