Everybody Knows- Leonard Cohen

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I'm pretty shaky about how to order most of this, but this song definitely takes a place of honor up first because I distinctly remember listening to it VERY early in her design process and thinking how cool her walking with her big boots and cane would be to this kind of beat.
I try to depict Eighteen as someone who's hopeful, at the end of the day, but her persistent belief in Good is connected to rather sober views about its fragile place in a universe that's far from universally hospitable.
She's seen a lot of shit, and the bad doesn't invalidate the good but it sure as heck stops being Surprising at some point- in fact, it's expected. The political cynicsm of this song is secondary to its description of that vague feeling of weariness at impending doom, the experience of living through a story enough times to Been There, Done That its ending. Doesn't make it less worth telling.
As with many songs in playlists of this OCverse (one day there'll be links here), allusions to infidelity can be adjusted to, like, being about killing people for a fairly accurate 18Missy2 Read. She's pretty certain his justifications make sense to him- and she's not impressed, or even interested. It's not up to her to have an opinion or desire.

People Are Strange- The Doors

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Honestly, Almost self explanatory. I wanted to have some stuff with less elaborate words, to suit her nature- I like the directness of sentences in this one, and it's a surprise banger in some ways. Part of what I want to explore with the character is a more explicit return to the Cosmic Hobo archetype and to that experience of. Not having an aura of authority, not even some charisma that lets you Get By, but honestly moving through the world as an ancient and wise entity that is read and treated like a dirty, poor, visibly unwell little old lady from nowhere. She experiences a lot of alienation and honestly sometimes spirals about it to the point of becoming odder and more offputting in her nervousenss, and it's.... sad.
Part of the reason she warms up to Missy2 sooner than she might've liked to is because he's the first person in a while to Not be avoiding looking at her. She doesn't like being looked at- but she likes being visibly ignored and turned away from even less.

Be Nice To Me- The Front Bottoms

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Her definitive song, and my top song of 2024 for that reason. BURNOUT METAPHOR!

Losing My Religion- R.E.M

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No matter how overplayed this song is it still deserves to be played More, because it Is that good. And it's- so, so incredibly her and so 18Missy2. The second guessing