The Unforgiving Warrior’s Tracklist

The Past

Hilda Series Intro-0:09

Arcane: League of Legends Scene 0:09-0:12

Warrior Nun Scene 0:12-0:34

Hilda Quote 0:34-0:44

Pump It Harder- Black Eyed Peas 0:44-0:47

Hilda Quote 0:47-1:04

Pump It Harder- Black Eyed Peas 1:04-2:30

Prom Dress- mxmtoon 2:30-3:03

My Ordinary Life- The Living Tombstone 3:03-4:10

The Present

Arcane: League of Legends Scene 4:10-4:15

Snakes (From Arcane League of Legends)- PVRIS and MIYAVI 4:15-6:05

The Future

Christmas Kids- Roar 10:48-11:50

Another Road- Rachel Aggs and VIce Cooler 11:50-13:18

Warrior Nun Scene 13:18-End

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A strong teenager is dedicated to protecting their loved ones while embracing their identity. They often say, “I’m not always going to be easy to love, but if you stick around, you’re in it for the long haul.” Hardened yet sensitive, this unforgiving warrior believes they will never be hurt in battle again.

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The unforgiving warrior begin their CIAB with a series of quotes from different TV shows. The first is a friendly offer of adventure from Arcane: League of Legends spoken by Hilda –

Our first adventure twig, just you and me.

Where should we go?

It continues with a quote by one of the major characters, Vi, talking to Powder:

You’ve got a good heart.

Don’t ever lose it.

No matter how the world tries to break you.

This advice emphasizes the importance of embracing one’s uniqueness. This advice continues but takes a darker turn, aimed directly at the listener –

I offer mercy to whoever walks away now.

Stay, and you’ll never walk again.

Take her. Never say I didn’t warn you.

The quote is from Warrior Nun, and the scene from the series is menacing and is the start of a brutal attack to defend someone important but also to defend God, which she was told earlier is about to be extinguished from the universe. A sense of curiosity and dread is brought forth to the listener –

I dare you.

Witness my story, but be ready to fight

It is important to note that all three pieces of advice come from TV shows are known for their positive LGBT representation (Hilda is lesbian, Vi identifies as queer, and Beatrice (The Warrior Nun) becomes romantically involved with the main character of the story, which is also female.

Moving from friendly to threatening to friendly again is meant to disarm and catch the listener off guard.

Once the listener is warned, the music begins – an empowering song by the Black Eyed Peas (Pump It Harder). The song samples Dick Dale & His Del-Tones (a surf guitarist) and is accompanied by clapping hands; the song is drastically different. It sounds like a car driving down the highway at top speed and lasts about 90 seconds (excerpt):

Blast(ing) your stereo,

Right now (huh)

This joint is fizzlin,’

It’s sizzlin,’

Right Yo, check this out right here.

Then, suddenly, the unforgiving warrior’s CIAB comes to a screeching halt. It is a jarring switch, as if the transition was made as an error, until you realize that perhaps the teen’s story is not about a teen who lived a wild and fast life but one where they were crying at home. The melancholy from Prom Dress (by mxmtoon) is a softer-sounding song using ukulele, acoustic guitar, and piano.

I’m sittin’ here,

Crying in my prom dress,

I’d be the prom queen if crying was a contest

Make-up is running down

Feelings are all around

How did I get here

I need to know-oh-oh

Inside, the unforgiving warrior is struggling, but trying to provide a sense of confidence. The teen wraps up their past with My Ordinary Life by The Living Tombstone. This is another abrupt change in sound, beginning with an extended flute solo. The flute has an Alice in Wonderland falling down the rabbit hole feel to it, as it swirls around in your head only to then morph into a Five Nights at Freddy’s vibe, which isn’t surprising as the band is best known for one of their songs that is featured in the movie version of Five Nights at Freddy’s. The song is a synth-heavy beat accompanied by an auto-tuned/robotic singer.

Do you feel me?

Take a look inside my brain,

The people always different

but it always feel the same,

That’s the real me,

pop the champagne,

The haters wanna hurt me

and I’m laughin’ at the

pain,

         ain,

                 ain,

                        ain

ending with a long set of reverbs on the word pain. As a whole, the past suggests a questioning of identity (sexuality and gender.

The present begins with Arcane: League of Legends You’ve got a good heart.

Don’t ever lose it.

No matter how the world tries to break you.

Hilda, the speaker, is a queer character who fights authority in a dystopian future. The music begins with Snakes by PVRIS and MIYAVI. It starts as a frenzied sound of fuzzy guitar reminding us that the teen sees others (us?)

as a snake (excerpt),

you’re a snake,

I can see it in your face,

Ah, do you feel no shame?,

Ah, can’t you see my rage?,

I’m a snake, you’re a snake,

just like a spitting image,

Fate, how’s it taste?

It’s your own medicine,

Make no mistakes,

got 2020 vision,

If I see your face,

don’t think I’m forgiving.

Then, we are transported to another place (Cosmo Sheldrake by Pelicans We):

We live on the Nile,

The Nile we love,

By night we sleep on the cliffs above,

By day we fish,

and at eve we stand,

On long bare islands of yellow sand.

The theme of an ideal life surrounded by nature protecting them – allowing for romance –

here’s a centipede,

Naked in your bedroom,

Oh, and you swear to God,

The fucker’s out to get you,

And I digress,

‘Cause I must make you the perfect morning

I try my best

and ends with:

And I digress,

‘Cause I must make you the perfect evening.

The romantic tone turns sexual (Look Don’t Touch by Odetari and cade clair):

Mm-mm,

I can’t let go,

Girl, you really got my soul

Mm-mm, I can’t let go,

Girl, you really got my soul,

The unforgiving warrior ends the story of their present with Justin Timberlake’s Sexy Back, a confident song about sexual power

You see these shackles baby,

I’m your slave (uh-huh),

I’ll let you whip me, if I misbehave (uh-huh).

The way the songs are sequenced suggests that although safety, romance, and sex are essential to the teen, this is likely mainly happening as inner thoughts rather than outward behaviors.

The unforgiving warrior sees their future as successful, although they are still aware of the dangers of being themselves. There is also a confident, perhaps even a cool swagger (Christmas Kids by Roar) –

And love is a tower where all of us can live 

You’ll change your name or change your mind 

And leave this fucked up place behind 

But I’ll know,

I’ll know I’ll know, 

I’ll know I’ll know.

The song ends with

If you ever try to leave me,

I’ll find you,

Ronnie If you ever try to leave me,

I’ll find you (4X).

Another Road by Rachel Aggs and VIce Cooler tells the listener –

I look forward,

I look back I have everything I need,

We’ve been lost,

we’ve skipped a track,

So let me, bring you up to speed,

We’re on another road now.

The listener can visualize the unforgiving warrior, driving off into the sunset with the love of their life in the passenger seat. Yet, before the teen’s story ends, the Warrior Nun returns to warn us:

I offer mercy to whoever

walks away now.

Stay and you’ll never walk again.

Take her.

Never say I didn’t warn you.

 

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