Oh, bother.
She's not an ex-anything since a) they didn't really have a thing per se in the first place and b) they are still doing their non-thing. By which I mean they're still fucking and don't seem to really want to stop fucking.
May and Sven just kind of...clicked. And yes, I am referring to their ability to keep it fresh via watermelon and hip-fucking in addition to their emotional chemistry.
Edited by M84 on Sep 25th 2019 at 7:25:45 PM
Disgusted, but not surprised
Fanatical Dabbler
The question is, if May ever does get a better, and more anatomically complete, body, will that spoil it for Sven?
= Spindriver =
Oh, bother.
As long as it's modular enough, they'll manage. And that's assuming the new body's genitalia isn't even more stimulating.
When it comes to robots, the possibilities are endless!
Edited by M84 on Sep 25th 2019 at 8:50:02 PM
Disgusted, but not surprised
Not like they'll have to stop being inventive. The intercrural and variants will be made all better by better dermal covering as well.
Y'know, I haven't seen her since she sat down on the couch
She could just be real quiet or she might have walked right out
Scion of the Dragon
The worst part is I can almost hear the rhythm.
"You are never taller then when standing up for yourself"
Wow, this got all serious.
Oh, bother.
Yeah, that kind of rejection would do a number on anyone's passion for their field. It's a particular harsh example of Magnum Opus Dissonance.
What happened to Sven isn't actually all that uncommon in real life, though in real life disgruntled fans usually don't go to the extremes of going all Wicker Man on the work. Though real life fans might go so far as to send death threats, because fandom is awful.
Edited by M84 on Sep 26th 2019 at 11:05:57 PM
Disgusted, but not surprised
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
His songs are FUNNY though. They really strike me as genre parody.
Like. Bo Burnham wrote a country song named "Pandering" that's fucking fantastic
Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
If Pandering isn't the best country song ever, it's the best written by a man in the last 20 years.
Fresh-eyed movie blog
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I have a feeling if Sven's songs were actually satirical country songs he and everyone else wouldn't have hated them so much. I'm pretty sure it's just Jeph poking fun at country songs a la Bo Burnham and just making them actual, serious country songs in-universe.
Hitokiri in the streets, daishouri in the sheets.
Fanatical Dabbler
I agree. Though I have to say that Jeph's attitude to country music, expressed through the depiction of Sven's work, sometimes strikes me as a bit sour and mean-spirited. I'm no great country fan, and a lot of the stuff is quite Sturgeon's Law-ish, but I don't think it's a genre with no possible value.
Edited by Spindriver on Sep 27th 2019 at 2:32:04 PM
= Spindriver =
I mean, from what I've been hearing, most country songs involve at least 3 of the following:
- Driving on the highway
- 'Murica
- Cute girl who's easily impressed
- Ray-Ban sunglasses
Never Trust
And don't forget heartache, lots of heartache.
Trump delenda est
The Fastest Man Alive
What Sven writes is modern “bro” country along the lines of a Brad Paisley or Florida Georgia Line. Yes, this is the exact same type of country music that Bo Burnham parodied with Pandering.
If you go back to a time before that style was popular, the music gets much better.
EDIT: The old joke about country music is that if you sing a country song backwards you get your wife, job, truck, and dog back.
Edited by BadWolf21 on Sep 27th 2019 at 7:22:26 AM
Basically, Country Music is Rap Music's grand-daddy. You get a lot of songs about your people, your best friend running off with your girl, shooting guns and cruising in your vehicle. And it ranges from cheerful little ditties about enjoying life to doleful songs about everything you've lost to self-deprecating ones about how silly your lifestyle is. But ultimately, outside media takes the most exaggerated stereotypes and says "This is what those people are like."
Fanatical Dabbler
Okay, admittedly the two highest-rated Country songs on my hard disk are “Hurt” and “Girl from the North Country”. Followed by some early Nick Lowe, which feels like cheating...
(Or does “The Bluest Eyes in Texas” count? It feels like it should. Even when it’s covered by a Swedish band.)
Edited by Spindriver on Sep 27th 2019 at 2:29:38 PM
= Spindriver =
Oh, bother.
"Old Town Road" is pretty great.
Disgusted, but not surprised
The Fastest Man Alive
If anything, “Hurt” is the one that’s cheating, since it’s just an industrial rock song played on an acoustic guitar and sung by Johnny Cash. 
Edited by BadWolf21 on Sep 27th 2019 at 8:29:00 AM
Fanatical Dabbler
The last four words, dude.
= Spindriver =
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
I'm pretty sure Trent Reznor said that song belongs to Johnny Cash now because he did it more justice than he ever could.
Oh really when?
The Fastest Man Alive
Yes, but my point was more that it’s still got the bones of an industrial rock song.
Love your hair, hope you win
I unashamedly adore Need You Now.
Joke? Why are you calling it a joke? You drew a picture of two dudes hugging and wrote "I love hugs!" on it.
I’ve been trying to write lyrics to a country song that won’t get out of my head for a while now.
I mean... May's technically an ex-something, and she does spend a lot of her time angry at stuff.
No points for the scissors, though.
Wooo, out-of-context pagetopper!
Edited by TheLovecraftian on Sep 25th 2019 at 7:56:34 AM