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[fiddlestick]

O-Oh... [His ears turn a little pink] N-Not very often, really. You're just easy to talk to...

[Eren listens to him. Even if Eren was always opinionated with strong convictions, he always listened to Elliot's much quieter voice. After years of knowing Eren, he trusted him enough to know he'd be there for him, even if they disagree.]

I'll...I'll keep that in mind though. [And on that note] O-oh yeah, speaking of freedom, did you know Angela wrote a song about us being birds?

[usurpers]

[ if you can talk to eren, you can talk to anyone. he makes a sound even, as if objecting a little, because, when was anything from him considered easy . . . even he knows he can be harsh sometimes. but, as long as he has that in mind, he’ll leave it be the way it was. for now. ]

Don’t forget we’re a team.

[ wherever he’s weak, he knows where elliot can fill the gaps, and vice versa.

and then, after a blink and an awkward smile, he leans over. a song about them as birds . . . . ]

—Wait, what?

[fiddlestick]

[Look you're easy to talk to for ELLIOT. Elliot does not get the full Jaeger like everyone else does okay.]

Haha, yeah. I won't. We're a good team.

[And yeah, that's about the reaction he expected]

Yeah. She went ahead and wrote a song about us. I'm a heron and you're a crow.

[usurpers]

[ touché ]

Did she at least explain the choices? I don’t get it.

[ like, why was elliot a heron. and why was he a crow. shouldn’t it be like . . . a songbird and an eagle??? (eren you are not an eagle) ]

[fiddlestick]

Well...

[He hesitates but you know, it's Angela's problem really]

She described herons as "gentle" and crows as "noisy"

[usurpers]

[ angela ........... ]

good to know my biggest asset is “noisy”
did you get to hear it?

[fiddlestick]

I did...
When she played it in front of a crowd at a cafe.
She wouldn't let me hear it beforehand...

[usurpers]

i trust your judgement
how was it

[fiddlestick]

It was nice?
A little cliche, but it had a nice melody to it.

[usurpers]

if you say so, i believe it
was it taylor swift cliche or

[fiddlestick]

Taylor Swift cliche are break up songs.

[GET IT RIGHT]

This was more acoustic love song cliche.

[usurpers]

i thought taylor swift did country

[fiddlestick]

Sometimes? But her newer music is more pop. But I meant she writes songs about relationships ending.

Bad Blood
I Knew You were Trouble
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

Okay I was going to link all the break up songs, but I forgot there's over a dozen of them.
The point is if someone wrote a song about us that was Taylor Swift cliche
It'd mean something pretty bad.

[usurpers]

[ after like 30 seconds because he couldn’t get past “‘cause baby now we got ba—“ ]

wtf since when did these happen??
Two Is Better Than One
that’s the last thing i remember she did

[fiddlestick]

Eren that song came out 8 years ago.
She's done other stuff since then.

points to eyes, points to html

[usurpers]

how does someone go from ok to shit like that

[fiddlestick]

Haha, that can happen all the time in music.
Though some of her songs can be catchy.

[usurpers]

hey my flight’s on here

[ “USAF SHAKES IT OFF, JAEGERBOMB DIES”, oh my god. he remembers this, nEVERMIND ]

how does that happen without it being intentional or just slacking though, isn’t it the same as everything else you need to always be working on

[fiddlestick]

Oh, oops. Forgot about that one.
Sorry.

[Yeah you better believe he's seen it]

Haha, not quite Eren.
Creativity can be pretty fickle. Sometimes you can work really hard and it still not turn out good.
And that's even before you take into account people's personal tastes.
Though, it probably doesn't help that I think she's a bit more focused on public image than writing.
That happens with idol types.

[usurpers]

i’ll kill them

[ start story: his entire flight testing how long it takes for eren to explode. end story: everyone was twerking and eren screamed. ]

that’s what i thought
but then the standards are yours or the public’s?

[fiddlestick]

Just don't do anything that'll land you in jail...or in another video.

[not sure which would be worse for Eren really]

Both?
It depends on the musician.
Though it tends to be healthier if you stick to your own standards rather than trying to please everyone...

[usurpers]

i need to put those strategy classes to use

[ he’s in so many videos he doesn’t know about but he’ll get them ]

i was about to say
your standards are what’s going to get you up there with the best

[ he knows elliot standards . . . ]

[fiddlestick]

Good luck, Eren.

Haha, aww.
Thanks.
I doubt I'll ever get Swift-popular.
Not that I'd want that, that's way too much media attention.
I'd be happy people just coming to my shows.

[usurpers]

i’m glad, you dont need it
there’s something my grandma said all the time about carriages. the loudest ones are the ones that’re empty

[ grandma jaeger rocks ]

but you’ll always have a cool bodyguard either way

[fiddlestick]

Hehe, pretty wise expression.

Good. I couldn't ask for a better one. ❤