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EDIT: Last two of the night. We'll finish the top 12 R#s tomorrow.

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R#14: HISTORY REPEATING PT. 2 (ONE LAST TIME):

https://open.spotify.com/track/0vfwCdvGhaUThVFyi23ObE

Nominator: Shonen_Bat (14/27)
Source: History Repeating Blue (4/10)

Initial Score: 72.00 [R#24]
Revised Score: 82.00 [R#13]
Final Score: 90.50 [R#14]

(First Thoughts: I should have this above Part 1 because it does a better job of standing on its own, but I just dont like it as much.

1: Rock goes from completely miserable (Who do I call when Im broken and bleeding?) in Part 1 to almost happy about it (And now its up to me to go make history and meet my destiny!) in the span of, like, ten seconds. The song in general is just too upbeat to follow the misery from Part 1.

2: Im more into vaguely sad songs than happier ones at the moment. (In general)

3: Ive never liked that the singer couldnt even pretend to do a different voice for Protomans lines. Its a bit distracting.

4: I know chronology has never been relevant to The Megas (Get Equipped, the MM2 album, opens with Megaman fighting Wily after having defeated all 8 Robot Masters and then....flashes back to all the robots he killed due to PTSD, I guess?), but I have a hard time telling when this song actually takes place. Since Megaman and Protoman are fighting this has to be near the end of the story, but Part 1 is at the very start of things and theres barely even a transition between the two songs (Part 1s ending is the intro to this song)?

I like the song and never skip past it, but its the weaker of the two halves. Even if it works better by itself.)

Well tonight Im in the mood for this. Im always a sucker for anything about changing destiny and while it is cheesy, I suddenly like Protomans indecision about things:

Why do you fight?
How can you say you know whats right?
What if we win? What if we fall?
Will any choice that we make matter at all?

What can I say, I like villains that question things. Its still a long way from being their best song, but its enjoyable enough

*notices shes still not particularly close to a hundred words yet, especially if we dont count this blatant filler sentence thatwhile it does get the word count up to 100says nothing except that we werent at the arbitrary minimum amount of words yet*

Further putting into question when this song takes place, theres a line where Rock talks about betraying his father. Ive always assumed this is in reference to Dr. Light ordering Rock to murder Wily & Rock refusing toits a fairly important part of Rocks characterization & the songs from History Repeating Red. But if Rock has already decided not to kill Wily that would put this song as being near the very end of the next album...

...I see some people trying to argue that the line refers to Rock fighting at all, but since Light is quite happy to try to make Rock into his own personal assassin, Id say that wouldnt make any sense. Clearly, Dr. Light has no problems with Rock going into battleor at least not enough problems that Rock would see fighting as a betrayal.

......But then the line is Betrayed my father AGAIN and that means my theory doesnt work either. This is the first time Light asked for murder, so it cant be the second time Rocks betrayed his orders. So Im lost and now terribly confused by a ridiculous novelty song that doesnt deserve this level of analysis. </.<

........Whatever. Song am say change history and I like that so song get big points now thank you.

[Final Thoughts: And at least this song doesnt end mid-note like Part 1.]

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R#13: AFRAID OF THE DARK:

https://open.spotify.com/track/1YvRhOC2Z41AUFF7aRUonz

Nominator: Shonen_Bat (13/27)
Source: History Repeating Red (4/10)

Initial Score: 94.27 [R#7]
Revised Score: 72.20 [R#15]
Final Score: 90.70 [R#13]

(First Thoughts: One of the catchier songs on the album and I love songs dealing with dissociation and it doesnt get much more dissociative than the me that used to be here has gone away, but I cant say where. I fear I may have killed him... Im so scared.)

I know any idiot can write whatever they want on Genius, but this one actually angers me:

Afraid of the Dark is quite a juxtaposition of tone following Needle Man clearly trying to resist his programming. Shadow Man knows that he has been corrupted, but he enjoys and embraces the dark side.

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I feel it taking over
My past is quickly falling away
Battle is what it craves now
Kept at bay
The me that used to be here
Has gone away but I cant say where
I fear I may have killed him
Im so scared

Yeah, he enjoys it. Clearly. Everyone knows when a character bursts into song about how scared they are, they really mean THIS IS SUPER AWESOME AND I ENJOY WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME.

He embraces the darkness, sure, but with lines like Im so scared and I feel it tearing me apart, he clearly doesnt enjoy it.

...on a related note, thats why I dont like History Repeating Red as much as Blue. No one enjoys anything, at any point; Megaman is on the verge of a breakdown, Hardman chooses death over surrender, Geminiman kills himself after going insane, Needleman lets himself be murdered because its the only way to escape the pain, Shadowman is terrified of the remorseless killer hes being turned into, Protoman sings about how free will doesnt exist, and Omega seems to just spontaneously explode... everyone on this album is completely and utterly miserable. Suicide is kinda the defining theme, followed by misery. If Shadowman enjoyed being consumed by darkness, hed be off on History Repeating Blue and probably singing some overly literal nonsense:

Im a ninja! Nin-nin-nin!
I summon robot frogs with my ninja magics! Nin-nin-nin!

Or something equally stupid and I would love it, but were listening to RED and on Red EVERYONE IS MISERABLE ALL THE TIME.

[Final Thoughts: Dont know why I gave this such a low score the second time. Perhaps reflecting on how depressing the album is got to me for a bit, but Im back to loving the song as I usually do.]

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