keeping the tea hot while you're taking the piss... | reg mcnulty + lights
Jaws by Lights is the perfect song for Reg in my mind because it shows both sides of him: the 'bitchy' persona he keeps up in private as a sort of defence mechanism, and the perfect (bubblegum/synth) pop persona he shows the world (as a form of "getting back" at Odd Foxes). Yes, the song has "she" pronouns but given how slang was within the (UK) LGBTQIA+ community back in the day, the idea of 'she got claws, fuck it she got jaws' is the perfect allegory for Reggie's overall bitchiness. It also perfectly captures his feigned 'unbotheredness' -- i.e.: how he pretends to be completely fine with Odd Foxes' success without him being part of it when he's actually quite excruciatingly - and unsubtly - jealous.