then there's a brief episode of a Choice of line delivery coming from nils shaking his fist pointing his finger armageddon WAS revealed 🫵🫵🫵 he's insisting. he won't accept counter arguments

and the chemist is straight up trolling everyone. AND has a right to do so. you realize... if we're to live on an ocean world... to survive... we need to change and adapt..? dude goes full "girl, the water..." i really love how everybody dies establishes him and leader as the most sardonic ones

and while chemist is being in-character and helpful, diplomat makes perfect contrast. because previously he was The beacon of hope. getting everyone, inhale, out-of-this-des-perate si-tu-atiooowowoan. and eriksen's voice has this genuine shining in it, it's so bright, so high and resonant, he kinda builds the character entirely with his tone. we need to wake up from this bad🥺 dream. and now we've come to

1. phantom of the opera impersonation I. HOPE. THE. 'FRAME. WILL ALLOOOOW US TOOO ESCAAAPE. that mad legato he pulled off. so gothic. but also why

2.

🎉GUITAR SOLO!🎉

thank you, diplomat. beacon of hope, diplomat. this is so unseriois. this is all so unserious

and then there's the music video, which is... we demolished it into shreds of screenshots with alistair and use them to speak our true feelings now. although we still haven't found what feelings the three separate animated letterings of STAR OF SIRRAH correspond to. but i'll leave this one most favorite golden nugget (mike portnoy voice), with a flash warning under a readmore

"In Pieces but Still Holding It Together." By Bouke de Vries (2020).

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