Just Why - Blog Posts
Firstly, I feel that. There will never be enough songs for us out there.
Secondly; where are the books that aren't about romance in this world? It feels like almost the sme thing.
I hate books or movies that are just centered one the romance, ther're so forseable and boring
too many songs about relations to other people. where are the songs for bitches who dont know anyone
and then also the fact that they completely deleted the jared part of that fight.
like, seriously?
really?
alana and evan dont even fight, its like their talking but there’s tension.
they do it in a fucking l i b r a r y
like
no
what?
why???
theres no objectively good reason for this song to be cut, if anything its making the viewers hate it more??
or at least mildly dislike?
honestly, when i went into the movie theater and sat down, and got to that segment, i was already thinking
“Hey, there’s been no depth to any other characters but Alana Evan and Zoe. What happened to literally everyone else? Jared? Cynthia & Larry? HEIDI??? C O N N O R, EVEN?? Well, at least the THREE fights are coming up, now we’ll get to see some actual depth in at least ONE of the characters other than those three.”
and the amount of just-
disappointment i felt when they skipped him
sorry, just ugh my jared actually caring for evan and feeling left behind/having some self-fucking-respect kinning soul
my alana being a strong female who can stand up for herself stanning heart
my evan is not just a victim preaching bRAIN
i cannot handle this, somebody make a petition to remake the movie please.
from what i’ve seen, the movie soundtrack has already been spoken about, but ill throw my hat in too
the gist here is that some songs have been removed. which like, by itself isnt that crazy or surprising. some songs simply wouldnt translate well on the screen - Finale and Disappear for example, which have been cut
there’s also two new ones - The Anonymous Ones (alana’s new song), and A Little Closer
but cutting to the chase, what the other removed songs have in common is pretty damn unfortunate.
Anybody Have a Map, To Break in a Glove, and Good for You.
all three of which notably spotlight ‘side’ characters, especially the parents. To Break in a Glove is arguably one of the only scenes that makes Larry sympathetic. (which is sad bc it already seems like theyre cutting larry’s character into pieces) AHaM is one of the only songs Cynthia stars in.
And it’s like.. okay sure, I could see AHaM translating awkwardly, fine. Still bummed we don’t get that establishing peek into Heidi’s head, but she’ll have her moments.
it’s Good for You that has me making this post at all. i have had multiple conversations about how bullshit it is that they removed it. the more i think about it, the more that seems like a dire misstep, specifically because theres no way a written scene is going to translate at all.
to understand why this is bad, let me remind yall what Good for You does. besides being objectively the best song (to which nearly all of my peers agree - and yes that’s not to say it’s my personal top favorite, and that’s why I say objectively. it’s definitely up there tho) in the entire musical, Good for You is unique in that its 1) the only time people finally express to evan how deeply his actions have hurt them and 2) the final word either alana or jared get for the rest of the show.
to be clear like, that’s not a good thing, lmao. it’s one of the biggest criticisms ive always had for the musical, actually. but still, within the framework of the story, its incredibly important.
removing it is dangerous. here’s why: try to imagine this as a songless scene. what i picture is jared and alana arguing with evan / expressing their frustrations. whether this is the both of them at the same time, or in two consecutive scenes, this sucks!
because if its both of them, it looks like evan is being backed into a corner. it looks like hes a victim in that moment. and if its two scenes, thats still slamming down the ‘emotional consequences’ hammer repeatedly the thing is, good for you isnt super literal. as in, its not actually jared alana or heidi taking turns to yell at evan. thats why it works! because theres emotional truth to it - how they feel is real - but its not really happening like that. and thats why translating it would be difficult.
and like i said, its fucking important! so it needs to happen somehow! especially considering jared and alana will both get more screentime in the movie, thus doubly warranting a proper exit / chance to express themselves.
//takes a breath
thats all to say.. the removal of good for you is not good for the movie.
can you imagine if Anakin had actually died in Order 66, defending the temple - almost everyone else's perspective remains the same, except Obi-Wan's and Padme's. Obi-Wan comes back from Utapau, still warned by Yoda, still insistent to find out the truth, only to see footage of Anakin being shot in the back by his own men. Padme waits on the balcony for Anakin, but he never walks through her door again. For the rest of her life, some part of her always expects to hear a familiar energetic knock at any moment.
Much like with Obi-Wan and Vader, some part of Obi-Wan never accepts it at all. To Obi-Wan, Anakin is always just out of sight in the corner, tinkering with a droid. He knows that Anakin is dead; that Anakin died alone on the grimy, cold floor of the Temple. This is a fact. But still, in Obi-Wan's mind, Anakin is simply just out of sight with a droid.
Well shit, my Soundcloud got banned
So if you want to see any music i post, go to my Online Sequencer account, where I post MIDI covers and shit
Shoes are now teleporting! What’s next? Toilets?
How is she so fat? She’s like, a year or less old!
La morte non discrimina tra i santi e i peccatori.
creepy things where I live that just ✨ make sense✨pt. 3
War hospital
Portal to a parallel universe
Mummified dog that was found INSIDE a tree.
fucking GNOME VALLEY and FAIRY TALE CAVERNS because somebody thought it was a good idea to make creepy statues of fairytale characters and stick them in a CAVE.
Ghost road (don't go walking after dark. Please just don't. Even if there aren't ghosts, there are wild animals).
Haunted ghost towns because at some point in history some towns decided that mass murder and crime was just an okay thing to do? Or people just went mad i guess
Desolate mansion deep in the forest. (Sad part- the owners, a gay couple who built the home themselves, were murdered in the 80s by their friends and the media claimed the couple were devil worshippers because they were openly gay)
Local "stonehenge" which are a group of stones that have inscriptions in 8 languages about how to survive the apocalypse and supposedly there is a time capsule buried under them.
My house (specifically my laundry room)
The road leading to my house
Screaming foxes
Random cemeteries in the middle of nowhere
Deer with wasting disease (absolutely terrifying.)
cant believe im saying this but theres a difference between simping over villains and morally grey characters and whole-heartedly wanting to make ted fucking bundy your husband.
Why does my Brain tells me 80% of the time, that the people I want to befriend hate/dislike me, because I am to much or to awkward…
Why do social interactions always be this complicated and tiring?
Why can’t I just understand humans?
Why do I have to think so much?
Why it's so relatable 😭
