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Okay, ya know the Ferdinand the bull the new animation? His friends remind me of some characters of Be More Chill

He just reminds me of rich, like I can't even...

Is this just me?

Or he like he gives me so strong jake vibes I cannot

And Ferdinand kinda reminds me of Michael

After listening to it on a continuous loop (for research purposes), I figured out what it was about the song that unsettled me: no one is acting according to "plan". Christine is being goofy and loud and herself... but is she?

I mean, "I don't always relate to other people my age- except when I'm on the stage. There are so many changes that I'm going through- and why'm I telling this to you?" Doesn't that sound like what a third party would think Christine feels? Someone incredibly analytical, and almost 100% accurate? But it's off-putting in the way that modern "coming of age" movies make teenagers act like that (you know what I'm talking about). It's like, yes, whoever is writing this is definitely in contact with teenagers, but they aren't a teenager, per se. Except whoever "wrote" Christine's lines... Has been observing her. Has been listening in on her.

And I know, I know: "Well, duh, Joe Iconis is in Christine's mind. He's observed, and he's listened and one could argue that he is Christine!" (Seeing as how he wrote her in the musical).

Except every scene she's in feels right. It feels natural to her.

So why doesn't this one?

Well, let's go back to Be More Chill Pt. 1. The Squip makes Jeremy see stuff that isn't there (i.e., everyone in the mall singing about him being a slob). What if the Squip realized that the only way to get Jeremy to go "all the way and more" is by completely breaking his heart, making him believe that Christine was in no way shape or form interested in him? That the only guy she was so kinda into was Jake? But obviously sweet little Christine Canigula wasn't going to admit that straight out, so what was the Squip forced to do? Invent an entire conversation where she stomps on Jeremy's feeling. Remember, prior to AGTIKBI, the Squip takes over Jeremy's body and has him PREFORM A SCENE HE MOST LIKELY HADN'T READ THROUGH YET.

He's a supercomputer. If VR is that effective, that realistic, imagine what a quantum computer can do if it is implanted in your brain. The possibilities are literally endless.

Now think of the abrupt change from Christine admitting that she likes Jake, deciding he's "worth it," and then ignoring him before his verse in Upgrade. I'm a girl, and girls just don't do that. (Not any that I've met, anyway- myself included.) Now go back and listen to the original cast recording. Feel the change from "I head to drama practice with CHRISTINE!" to "That guy that I'd kinda be into... Is JAKE!" to "You're not even gonna say hi?" It just doesn't... sit... right. Wouldn't it make more sense if AGTIKBI didn't happen, so it really went like this: "The only reason why he isn't here, is because he's bored of you," to "Is this seat taken?" "I don't know," to "You're not even gonna say hi?" "I was... At rehearsal."

The Squip might have realized Jeremy had a shot with Christine. Afterall, she admits she likes him in The Play, and even agrees to go out to lunch, just the two of them (gah!) in Voices in My Head. The odds of her developing a crush on him from AGTIKBI to The Play are low, because they hardly interact inbetween. So, if Jeremy got with Christine, he wasn't gonna need the Squip, he wouldn't have squipped Jenna Rolan, and the Squip would have had no chance of taking over the world.

What was the solution? Project an imagine of Christine admitting she likes Jake, force Jeremy to become even more reliant on you, and manipulate him into doing your bidding.

He got the feel for her personality by accessing Jeremy's memory of Play Rehearal, and that's why AGTIKBI has always felt just a little... off.

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I wanted to draw Jake as a meme and this happened

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Michael, holding struggling Rich tight: heere he comes