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Topic	Johnbobb ranks 113 User-nominated Villain Songs [THE RANKING]
Johnbobb 08/16/20 11:06:07 AM #405:	15. XaaaCi Source: Ar tonelico Qoga Villain: The Wills of Ar Ciel Nominator: Zyxyz (ELIMINATED) Favorite lyric: My children that have separated yourselves from my own feelings, body and life / I'll now paint my own self with your blood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcn-y6ZTthQ Villainy: 9 Characterization: 9 Melody: 5 Total: 23/30 I went into this project knowing literally nothing about Ar Tonelico. Now, after ranking three songs... well, I still know barely anything about Art Tonelico beyond the fact that it's really fuckin complex to an outsider and has some really interesting musical lore. All three of the songs nominated from the series ended up scoring 9-10 on characterization because this series is shockingly good at fitting a lot of intriguing exposition and emotional depth into a single song. XaaaCi is no different. As far as I can tell, this song is essentially being sung from the perspective of the manifested consciousness of the earth itself. Kind of like the movie Mother! but with more synth and less Kristen Wiig. And Ar Ciel has a LOT of feelings happening at once. The Wills seem to have decided to full on eliminate all life on earth and reduce all beings to nothing but bloodshed, which almost earned this song the easiest 10/10 villainy score of the contest, if only it had stopped there. But the Wills are also deeply saddened, and seem to believe that this act is less so one of revenge and terror and moreso one of compassion, returning humanity back to where it came from and where they feel it belongs. I mean the lyrics are so conflicted that clearly there is that little bit of good intention there behind what is literally mass genocide. "That's why I'll return you all to nothing. That's why I'll annihilate you all. So there may be rebirth for the life, so we may have a future." Goddamn dude, that's heavy. Unfortunately this song didn't click with me musically as much as the other two from this series, though this strikes me much more as a song that belongs in a final boss fight as opposed to just on its own. --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:943448059] in Johnbobb r... [t:78782956]...</cite> <quote> 15. XaaaCi Source: Ar tonelico Qoga Villain: The Wills of Ar Ciel Nominator: Zyxyz (ELIMINATED) Favorite lyric: My children that have separated yourselves from my own feelings, body and life / I'll now paint my own self with your blood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcn-y6ZTthQ Villainy: 9 Characterization: 9 Melody: 5 Total: 23/30 I went into this project knowing literally nothing about Ar Tonelico. Now, after ranking three songs... well, I still know barely anything about Art Tonelico beyond the fact that it's really fuckin complex to an outsider and has some really interesting musical lore. All three of the songs nominated from the series ended up scoring 9-10 on characterization because this series is shockingly good at fitting a lot of intriguing exposition and emotional depth into a single song. XaaaCi is no different. As far as I can tell, this song is essentially being sung from the perspective of the manifested consciousness of the earth itself. Kind of like the movie Mother! but with more synth and less Kristen Wiig. And Ar Ciel has a LOT of feelings happening at once. The Wills seem to have decided to full on eliminate all life on earth and reduce all beings to nothing but bloodshed, which almost earned this song the easiest 10/10 villainy score of the contest, if only it had stopped there. But the Wills are also deeply saddened, and seem to believe that this act is less so one of revenge and terror and moreso one of compassion, returning humanity back to where it came from and where they feel it belongs. I mean the lyrics are so conflicted that clearly there is that little bit of good intention there behind what is literally mass genocide. "That's why I'll return you all to nothing. That's why I'll annihilate you all. So there may be rebirth for the life, so we may have a future." Goddamn dude, that's heavy. Unfortunately this song didn't click with me musically as much as the other two from this series, though this strikes me much more as a song that belongs in a final boss fight as opposed to just on its own. --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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