Line #51 YMMV/EmilieAutumn


1	* {{Anvilicious}}: Her wish for her live shows is to be an "anti-repression statement" and empowerment and YouAreNotAlone. This involves shining a light on many sexist and demeaning things she's had to deal with in her life, such as not mocking suicidal tendencies/actions, not objectifying woman, mental health issues becoming a discussable topic and not allowing yourself to be put through crap and become defeated, in any way, to "fight like a girl" to get, really, anything you want.
2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: ''Lots.'' Basically any of her instrumentals on electric violin.
3	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2UE0gfEaHI "Dominant"]] deserves special mention.
4	** "The Art of Suicide" (a sarcastic examination and condemnation of the reasons people use for ending their lives) becomes this in spades with a little context, when you realize that the album ''Opheliac'' (where the song appears) was made as a substitute for suicide.
5	** "I Know Where You Sleep," "Thank God I'm Pretty," and "Opheliac."
6	** ''Unlaced'', the entire album, it is entirely perfect arguably and tells a story for sure. What this story is, is open to debate...
7	** ''Fight Like a Girl'' gets special mention for the vocal evolution she goes through and the new sound she experiments with.
8	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nnyg1k-iZk By the sword, I swear!]]". Come on, it's a song about [[PrecisionFStrike frickin']] knights! The lyrics alone are empowering.
9	** "The Spider's Face" is a fun, catchy VillainSong for Dr. Stockill. It's short, but leaves quite the impact.
10	* BrokenBase:
11	** '''Yes.''' There are two camps. Those who love Emilie and support her no matter what, and those who have grown tired of her behaviour, and feel that she's completely lost what made her special in the first place.
12	** Each of her three studio albums have a distinctly different fanbase. ''Fight Like a Girl'' alienated a lot of her ''Opheliac'' era fans because it's not as personal and has more filler than ''Opheliac'' did. Her first album, ''Enchant'', is wildly softer and more fairy tale oriented than either ''Opheliac'' or ''Fight Like a Girl'', which doesn't impress fans of her later and darker works.
13	* EndingFatigue: On the album, the end of "God Help Me" is drawn out and repetitive for most of the second half of the song. Live, it's where the Crumpets get... ah, ''enthusiastic'' with their cups of tea and where Captain Maggots stage-dives.
14	* FandomRivalry: With Music/LadyGaga's fans, Little Monsters, especially after Emilie said that she heard "Alejandro" in a store and "it made [her] want to blow [her] brains out" (although she later claimed to have never heard any of Gaga's songs and to not be familiar with her,) and after she accused both Gaga of "stealing" her stage props of a wheelchair and crutches.
15	* FanNickname: Emilie "Awesome" has become memetic.
16	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Owing much to her old label being [[UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} German,]] Emilie did quite a bit of touring in Europe (5 tours since 2007) with ''Opheliac'' before getting to perform in North America at all and it wasn't until late 2009 that she could do a full tour. She knows it and once gave a ShoutOut to the [[Creator/DavidHasselhoff Hoff]] in a interview.
17	* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[Heartwarming/EmilieAutumn Has its own page]].
18	* IronWoobie: Gets criticized and misunderstood from all sides, still gets trolled on the internet by haters to this day and though it still upsets her, she's still here and still making magic.
19	* LesYay: The concerts are just dripping in this between everyone, and in the case of Veronica, that also applies to the girls in the audience.
20	* MemeticMutation: [[WebOriginal/LOLCats LolEAs]].
21	** "Fucking patronizing fucking." amongst her detractors.
22	* NightmareFuel: [[NightmareFuel/EmilieAutumn Yup]].
23	* PeripheryDemographic: Despite the strong feminist themes in her work, a significant portion of Autumn's fan base is male; she refers to them as her "Asylum Boys."
24	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong:
25	** "What If" has more than a few similarities to "Silent All These Years" by Music/ToriAmos, right down to the title of the former conspicuously appearing in the chorus of the latter.
26	** Listen to "Castle Down." Then go listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6WPyH51kS4 "Candlelight"]] by Music/ImogenHeap.
27	** "Ever" bears a strinking resemblance to "Love Ridden" by Music/FionaApple.
28	* {{Squick}}: "Miss Lucy Had Some Leeches." Parts of "Fight Like a Girl."
29	* SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel: Her poem "Ghost," of a woman who has fallen for and is being courted by a ghost. It's surprisingly sweet.
30	** "Remember," from ''Enchant'', arguably qualifies.
31	** "Across the Sky" heals whoever listens to it.
32	** "Crazy He Calls Me" is kind of sweet in its nuttiness.
33	** Her acoustic violin songs: "Revelry," "Tambourin" (Music/JeanMarieLeclair,) and "Chaconne" (Music/TomasoAntonioVitali,) brings the sweet dreams too.
34	** "All My Loving" would also qualify.
35	** "I Don't Understand" from ''Fight Like a Girl'' could apply.
36	** "Swallow" is the most calm track off ''Opheliac''.
37	** "What If" is very gentle and beautiful.
38	* TearJerker: [[TearJerker/EmilieAutumn Now has its own page]].
39	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:
40	** After the release of ''Opheliac'' Emilie promised that the next album would be more metal and violent, and a few muffins worried that it might be bad. When ''Fight Like a Girl'' ended up being a musical concept album instead, other fans complained much more loudly about the change in direction.
41	** The Asylum forum... ''dear'' '''''God''''', the Asylum forum... just about every significant change made, including its sudden closure, led to rage and fury from the fans.
42	* {{Wangst}}:
43	** Compared to her other, much deeper songs about sadness/depression, "Willow" can come off as this.
44	-->I'm not unique in this\
45	Nor am I special, sweet or kind
46	-->I court a thousand smiles
47	-->Yet I keep my own to hide behind
48	** When taken at face value, it's easy to see "Thank God I'm Pretty" as Wangst, particularly for fans who aren't that pretty themselves. More generally, though, it can be interpreted as a statement that nobody has the right to judge your problems as trivial just because you have an attribute that someone else lacks, which is something to which most people can relate. And the song itself points out that there is ''nothing'' fun about sexual harassment or abuse, and having that be met with "But you're pretty!"
49	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Her song "Miss Lucy Had Some Leeches" might sound like it's a cheerful kid's song, but if you actually listen to the lyrics, you'll discover that it's...not. In fact, it's about insane asylums, female circumcision, and rape.

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