Ship Battles

From Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Face the Music.

*** (NOTE - THE SONG LYRICS HAVE SPOILERS.) ***

I was fortunate enough to get involved really early in the process for this musical number, and I wrote the first pass of the song to the episode’s black-and-white storyboards. @arythusa and @amelia-lorenz, who boarded this two-parter and wrote all the lyrics to the songs, are endless fountains of creativity. 

Lessons learned about Patrick Stump: 1) he is very, very funny; 2) he is a freaking pro in the studio. Before we recorded each chunk of the song, he would listen to my temp vocal and then slowly pace around the live room and work everything out in his head, make a few tweaks so that the melody would best suit his voice, run those changes by us, and then we’d be off. 

And then later, I brought in my good friend Michael Kohl (who has a particularly wonderful YouTube channel with his band Extra Lives) to re-record the guitar parts and add some sick solo lines.

I spent two hours writing this for reasons I don’t understand. Based off @doubleca5t‘s videos. 

Starco- You know Boy/Girl best friends falling for each other is cliché but you make exceptions when they actually have chemistry. Tomstar- You’re always a sucker for character development. Jarco- You thought Jackie deserved better. Also you saw her and Marco’s first date and thought it was the cutest shit you’d ever seen. 

Tomco- You saw these two go from enemies to bros in like two episodes and thought “to lovers” was the next natural step. 

Jantom- You don’t understand why these two didn’t have an episode alone together until Season 4.

Tomkie- You think the ‘Pair the Spares’ trope gets a bad rap.

Markapoo- You never forgot that Marco is technically 30 after Season 2. 

Kellco- You’ve always been disappointed how rebound romances never work out. 

Janstar- Your ideal relationship dynamic is just girls being friends. Gals bein’ pals. 

Starkie- Your solution to love triangles is to eliminate the middleman. 

Stomco- Your solution to love triangles is to point out that everyone involved has two hands.

Janco- Your ideal romance involves never knowing if one side is actually in love with the other or if it’s all an elaborate prank. 

Jankie- This is the same joke as Janstar but with less shenanigans and more looking cool/cute on skateboards.   

Rangie- You don’t understand why anyone would fuck around with typical shipping drama when there’s a perfectly happy marriage right there.   Moonriver- Your ideal romance is Sitcom Wife/Sitcom Husband. Moontoffee- You don’t understand why anyone would fuck around with a Sitcom Husband when there’s a sly, sexy lizard man right there. Also you ignore everything after Season 2. Moonclipsa- Your ideal romance involves two lonely people with tragic backstories finding comfort in each other. After which hijinks ensue. Globclipsa- Even when you thought she was evil you saw Eclipsa being carried by her monster husband in one arm and said “Goals.” 

Toffipsa- You thought they took way too long to introduce Globgor.

Solarina- Your ideal date involves getting your senpai to notice you.

Callum and Rayla 😍

*SLAMS FISTS ON THE TABLE*