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I'm just interested in what other fandoms are you in besides utdr

Oh crumbs, hi!! Sorry, I didn't get the notif when this was asked 😭

Hi, Trina or Annabeth? (I notice this name when I see your posts ^^ if you prefer to be called other names lmk!)

I'm honestly still not over my obsession with UTDR (esp DR) one year and running now, but I am in some cartoon/indie game/anime fandoms as well ✨

rn I'm in/have been in the TADC, Dispatch, The Summer Hikaru Died, Hollow Knight (still a beginner), MP100, Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, Haikyuu, MHA, Gachiakuta, DDLC, Adventure Time (then Fionna and Cake), FNAF (beginning, just got into it after watching the movies), and Omori fandoms to name a few!

Sry if that's a few to list, I can't recall much rn coz I'm usually DR brainrotted but I'm somewhat an internet hermit so when a reference comes up, I'd get it immediately lmao

I'm also quite into psych horror (and unironically psychology too), character analysis/theory videos, and fantasy stuff 🧙🏼

And yeah, I can totally relate to being really freaking obsessed over utdr (played Undertale, absolutely loved it, my friend recommended Deltarune, played it, fell in love HARD. Been obsessed with it for about 8 months)

I am also in the TADC and fandom! And I've been in the DDLC, Steven Universe, Gravity Falls and FNaF fandoms as well. I haven't really interacted with the fandoms in a looong time, but sometimes you'll see me reblog some stuff. Although I'm always happy to talk about this fandoms!!! They used to be so important to me!!!! And I started playing Omori a few weeks ago with my friends!

The DR brainrot is way to real, but since Stranger Things (my other main fandom) finally ended (with the worst finale ever. Seriously, fuck the show) I have been trying to get into new (and old) stuff: I've been watching Yellowjackets, LoliRock, Princess Tutu, Star vs The Forces of Evil, Long Story Short...

Oh, if you like psych horror and videogames I definitely recommend Mouthwashing!! One of my favorite videogames!!!

Since I was a kid I've always loved theorizing and analyzing my favorite pieces of media. I may not be that good at correctly analyzing or organizing my thoughts sometimes (there's also the fact that Spanish is my first language) but I try my best :)

I'm really into sociology and psychology too, and I love listening to video essays that talk about these topics!

I have seen Stranger Things before too but have not watched the recent season (honestly kinda wary bc ppl kept saying it was bad, like how bad was it rlly??)

I tend to pick shows and fandoms to obsess over usually because I feel a personal connection or relatability with it (and also bc the plot and characters are written so bangin well!)

I'm open to talking about fandom stuff and maybe get introduced to the new shows/media u mentioned ^^ Do you have any socials (like discord, ig) you are most comfortable to talk in or is Tumblr alr?

Thanks for answering again 🥹💖

This is a topic I've wanted to talk about for a while, but one of the most interesting things about the gang (mainly Ralsei, but I wanna talk abt Kris and Susie too) is how they manage musical identity. Let's start with Chapter 1 Susie. She has two themes, both of them heavy on whiny electrical guitar. "Susie" for the hallway confrontation with Kris, and the much more energetic "Vs. Susie" for the Lancer fight in the basement. They're in-your-face songs... and they don't show up again after this chapter outside a couple Tenna soundbites. The original Susie themes are centered on her identity as the unsalvageable mean girl; by the time she's in the stock hero role in Chapter 2, that stuff is behind her, and though it informs her character, she's not that way anymore, so those themes are discarded. We'll come back to Susie later.

Ralsei, meanwhile, does have a more consistent musical identity, but it's very subtle. To simplify a bit, consider how the Prophecy's motif is formatted every time it shows up. In The Legend, it's 4/4; powerful, but controlled. He's telling a watered-down and friendly version of the story. Then, in the first two Castle Town themes, the Dark World over which Ralsei presides, it's in 3/4; flowing, waltzy, pleasant, which are pretty solid descriptors of who Ralsei is as a person. There's a lot of weird stuff going on with Ralsei's musical influence with Chaos King and Castle Funk, where his time signature changes get overwritten, but I'm truncating things here. Where things get funky is in the Sanctuaries, where when the real Prophecy shows up, the eighth note gets the beat instead of the quarter note. While Ralsei's breaking panels and keeping Kris and Susie away from the truth, we're in 6/8 for the Prophecy motif, keeping a similar pattern of note lengths: everything Ralsei performs has ratios of 2s and 1s, with a 3 bridging the two halves the motif. A couple 1/2s for flourish. Keep an eye on those, because everything goes haywire when he's no longer there. 2nd and 3rd Sanctuaries show a Prophecy which Ralsei can no longer hide, and it's in 10/8. When we get to the Third, the note lengths get weird; there's ones, twos, threes, and a five to bridge the gap. Ralsei's been approximating something way out of his control. Ralsei is a very talented musician on the whole, but he doesn't know exactly how to make something original. Take the Raise Up Your Bat sequence, where he can change the lyrics on the fly and maintain the rhyme scheme in sacrifice of all sensical meaning. But he doesn't change Lost Girl. Once again, take note.

Back to Susie on the subject of the music games: for RUYB the first time, she's just doing whatever the hell she feels like and assuming she's doing fine. She... wasn't, but in future minigames, she makes an earnest effort, and when she does, it goes well. What's characteristic of her here is that she starts by doing something entirely her own thing.

But here's where her musical identity gets downright awesome in my eyes: in the 2nd Sanctuary, she unintentionally takes a page out of Ralsei's book, and messes with the Prophecy motif. In the story, she unintentionally rearranges some panels (the Heroes stuff), but in its song, she also reduces down the note lengths to be more simple. 1s everywhere with a couple 2s. It's the most regular version of the Prophecy motif yet, but to me, it's significant that she steps into Ralsei's territory musically, because she's wanting the Prophecy to turn out good, too.

On the note of Lost Girl: that theme is tied to 4 characters now (Noelle, Dess, Susie, and Ralsei, though Ralsei's connection is actually entirely optional to see... for some reason). It's the one point of obvious musical coherency within the cast... and it's most notably tied to Noelle via her own theme, Girl Next Door. That itself is a whole can of worms, but for now...

It's Kris's time in the spotlight. To put it simply, we don't really know what Kris's musical identity is outside of playing the piano, and they will not let us perform for them. The Sanctuary pianos are so basic they don't care. The music minigame guitar isn't something they're known for, so they don't care. They even don't engage directly with the Lost Girl part! But piano performance? That's theirs, and theirs alone. We can't see Kris's emotions, or dialogue, or anything, and it's only when it's time to play the massive piano in the first Sanctuary, with encouragement by Susie, they play without our influence, and it's beautiful. They're disconnected from everything else, but they're starting to express a musical identity of their own... and it's ironically more concrete than the others', which are mired in uncertainty and subtlety in rhythms and garnishments.

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