re: stardusting i took the opposite from the song compared to the other people (not to say they’re wrong, more to point out how neat jd’s lyricism is). i figured bells were wedding bells, probably after the alpha couple got married. they’re so blinded by their own need to make this dead end, already failing relationship work that they’ll take all the warning signs for celebration, even when those warning signs are anything the other says, even when that’s what the point of a relationship is. they’re doomed not because they never knew, but because they refused to look outside their own idea of a perfect joyous marriage to see that they were already fucked; in that way, it’s a horror story because it’s the dawning realization (from the listener) where they know how it ends, but can’t do anything to fix it, because both parties are too wrapped in theirselves to care
ooooooh very... haunting take. i like it. it kind of reminds me of that post about characters who are dead before they die? like they're dead from the start because they die during the course of the story, and because it's a story they're forever trapped that way. hold on
i'll put the link to this in the comments for anyone using a screen reader.
the song is a horror story not only because of what happens in it, but also because of the listener's necessarily helpless witnessing of the story.
wow. okay doghart you've got it going on this is making me think big thoughts about narratives.
