The song lyric thing is amazing and wonderful and angsty-

I loved it. Absolute greatness

And here's the first Garvin villain arc song lol

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Song: The Other Side Of Paradise by Glass Animals.

(With some slight adjustments to the lyrics to avoid as much repeating and make it more accurate to characters in certain places)

Characters: Garvin and Bernard. Orfeo, Melody, Panu, Yari, Briar, Aries, and the rest of GRAIN are mentioned on varying levels.

Context:

This one, while it is a Garvin villain arc song, is actually more about the sketchy gang/mafia. Specifically Orfeo and Melody. Basically, just going over some parallels, similarities and differences. Garvin loves storytelling but he’s also a giant liar, oops. It’s also just Bernard watching Garvin go down the villain arc, haha. For a funny little reference— Crème de la crème works both as a French phrase for ‘the best of the best/the very best’ and as a name of a band.

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*We start with Garvin basically just telling stories to the group about the sketchy gang/mafia first. He is, of course, keeping out specific details though. Very much earlier on in T8P 2.0.*

Garvin, telling a story about Melody and Orfeo, specifically the week before their deaths; “When I was young and stupid, her love left to be a rock and roll star.”

Garvin, telling a story about Panu; “He told me, ‘Please don’t worry.’ Wise little smile that spoke so safely…”

Garvin, explaining how he ended up in the sketchy gang/mafia, and definitely lying at least a little bit; “I booked a one way ticket out west, that's where they make it…”

Garvin, telling a story about Yari and how he ended up in the sketchy gang/mafia; “Six kids stuck in a bedsit to sunswept poolside riches.”

Garvin, about Orfeo and Melody again, this time about how the two doomed lovebirds met; “She met a boy who wore Versace, pink feather coats, and jumbo jewellery.”

Garvin, oops parallels begin, he’s absolutely mirroring Orfeo; “Gonna be a huge phenomenon!”

Garvin, still kinda continuing that last line, telling a story about Orfeo, changing the line a little just because Garvin being an idiot using French phrases is hilarious and also the original line was more sports than music so this fits better anyways; “He's gonna be the crème de la crème they want–”

Garvin, telling a story about Yari; “He's got a gold Camaro. He said over the payphone–”

Garvin, oops accidentally mirroring Yari now but also just continuing the previous line; “I try to keep my cool but my life turns in slow motion…”

Garvin, basically the story of Orfeo and Melody’s deaths but very much using mostly just lies of omission to make it way more in his favor and all given that he kinda caused/led them to their deaths; “Bye, bye baby blue, I wish they could’ve seen the wicked truth, caught up in a rush that’s killing them.. Screaming at the sun, they blow into–”

Garvin, realizing just how much of his friendships and relationships with the group are tangled up with lies; “Curled up in a grip when we were us… Your fingers in a fist like I might run, you settle for a ghost you never knew.”

Garvin, definitely feeling like they all deserve better than him; “Super-paradise you held onto but you settle for a ghost…”

*Time skip to after they get Nico back but Brair and Aries are still exiled and whatnot. He’s all over the place. We’re just going over a lot of stuff here. Bernard officially joins the song lyric thing.*

Garvin, kind of reminiscing on the kind of life he could’ve had, with a little bit of a reference to the Asters actually; “Where I was from in NOLA, no one left to be a rock and roll star…”

Garvin, and now a little sad bit of him thinking about if he hadn’t been given up at all and his bio parents had kept him, of course definitely isn’t what would’ve happened if they did but, you know, he’s sad; “He’d stay and treat his lady… Give everything to his new baby…”

Garvin, he’s doing a lot of reminiscing and a lot of missing things/people right now, if you can’t tell, but this bit is actually about Aries, his bestie, and then feeling like he has to be defensive since Aries had been kicked out and whatnot; “I miss him– Don't you blame me!”

Bernard, sort of just watching as Garvin gets worse, completely out of his depth, villain arc Garvin starts going way faster haha and just doing whatever the fuck he wants, camera lust just refers to how Garvin seems to chase attention of literally any kind; “That boy went stone cold crazy… Caught up in camera lust, he’s chasing that pappy pipe dream…”

*Time skip to Garvin villain arc being in full swing haha, lots of him thinking back to the sketchy gang/mafia too. Wonder why…*

Garvin, to Akira; “I know you don't but I– I know you don't but I still try!”

Garvin, about Orfeo, the parallels wooo; “My thunder shook him down– My thunder came and shook him down…”

Garvin, about Melody, the parallels wooo; “That girl is gone but I– That girl is gone but I still try.”

Garvin, oops severe depression and envy are not a good match, who would’ve thought, definitely out of his mind on drugs; “I think it's over now… The bullet hit but maybe not…”

Garvin, still basically just his depression and drugs doing him no favors; “I feel so fucking numb– It hits my head and I feel numb…”

Garvin, very much having a breakdown and trashing his room, thoughts very much on a loop, he isn’t doing very well, oops, any and all mirrors in his room are very much broken; “My body's looking wrong–”

Bernard, echoing Garvin because fuck he doesn’t really know if he can help all that much, this shit’s insanely depressing, he’s just watching Garvin destroy himself and trying to help where he can but damn, definitely seems hopeless oops; “Bye, bye baby blue… I wish you could see the wicked truth– Caught up in a rush, it's killing you… Screaming at the sun, you blow into…”

Garvin, again just very much missing the polycule; “Curled up in a grip when we were us…”

Garvin, oops very bad at communication and not taking blame and letting things go, Revan gets the very short stick; “Fingers in a fist like you might run– Settle for a ghost you never knew.”

Garvin, very much not feeling like he deserves Revan, or anyone that ‘settles for him’ but also not wanting to really let go of them at all either, lots of conflicted feelings, haha; “Super-paradise I held on to and you settle for a ghost…”

I love the song and lore! The parallels are amazing, as is the angst, I love it :D

Glad you liked it!

But, uh, yeah. Very sad to say but Garvin has a track record of betraying friends. So while he may not outright betray the group in T8P 2.0, he definitely won't be helpful if he has a villain arc haha

And here's the second Garvin villain arc song! Enjoy!

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Song: Dust by Lund & Dre Kiken.

(With some slight adjustments to the lyrics to avoid as much repeating and make it more accurate to characters in certain places)

Characters: Garvin and Revan. Akira, Nico, and Aries are mentioned.

Context:

Yooo, it’s a Garvin villain arc song! This one is particularly about the process of Garvin giving up on, uh, different members of the team. Mostly Revan and Akira. Of course, Akira gets to be given up on first. But, uh, yeah. Garvin in a villain arc ends up burning a lot of bridges. If there’s a bridge, it’s getting burnt, basically. Honestly, Aries’s bridge is the last to get burnt. Even compared to Nico’s, surprisingly enough.

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*We start, of course, going over Garvin burning the bridge with Akira. It starts off with him, of course, using drugs and whatnots to cope. And then it starts to affect literally everything else. Garvin starts missing meals, missing training, missing meetings… Ignoring Akira if they try to talk to him or call him or literally anything else. Unless it's to push their buttons and/or argue with them, pretty much.*

Garvin, referring to how he’s basically completely ignoring Akira; “Too many missed calls, had to block their number…”

Garvin, both kind of referring to Akira and Nico, feeling very bad and not good enough for literally anyone; “They just wanna be with someone that really loves ‘em…”

Garvin, trying to push the back the guilt and blame Akira for thinking anything at all could possibly be all smooth sailing; “But baby you can’t have a storm without no thunder–”

Garvin, that envy, pride, and anger I mentioned that causes fight with Ingall and/or Revan will eventually also hit Akira; “Don’t you fucking treat me like some trash in the gutter!”

Garvin, to Akira, he’s very much putting all the blame onto them because that’s just what Garvin does and he’s allergic to apologizing/taking blame ever because that’s just asking for more abuse oops; “Ever burn a bridge before? ‘Cause shit you’re pretty good! I built it all by hand, out of rope and wood, back when you believed in us and you said that we could be together forever–”

Garvin, continuing that last line but very sad and moreso under his breath to himself instead of to Akira; “And I said that we should…”

Garvin, to Akira, very much that villain arc showing up very quickly, basically giving up on them and the whole idea of protecting Earth, very much claiming he doesn’t give a shit about how terrible it makes him feel; “So fuck it, let it burn! ‘Cause what’s it really worth? Just dust into the earth! I like the way it hurts!”

Garvin, on his own, the other half of the villain arc showing up, where it’s literally just severe fucking depression, very much just referring to himself; “So fuck it, let it burn… ‘Cause what’s it really worth? Just dust into the earth… I like the way it hurts…”

Garvin, just repeating it to try and convince himself; “I like the way it hurts…”

*And now onto Revan and Garvin breaking up, haha. I’m so sorry.*

Garvin, in the middle of a fight with Revan, trying to calm things down; “I know I told you–”

Revan, not letting things be calmed down because he has to end things, you know, thinking it’ll help and all; “But how are we supposed to move past it when you always gotta be so drastic?”

Revan, he’s seriously trying to take every shot he can to keep things from calming down before he can break up with Garvin; “How am I supposed to know if you never tell me things?”

Garvin, trying to walk away to calm things down because he really doesn’t want to lose Revan; “Don’t got time no more but I swear I’ll come back to you.”

Revan, under his breath, very much regretful but determined to try whatever has any chance at working; “Don’t wanna break up to make up…”

Garvin, under his breath, very much feeling like Revan deserves better, also feeling very much out of his mind; “You act like you can do better– Shit, you prolly could… Swear I went Hollywood…”

Revan, to Garvin again, trying to just get the break up over with while also trying to help Garvin; “I think you’re giving up on up… I think you’re giving up…”

Garvin, mister ‘I’m not depressed’ does not like what Revan is saying at all, so of course he gotta try and stop it; “No, trust–”

Revan, interrupting him so he can just break up with him, putting the blame onto Garvin so that there’s more of a chance of him just storming off and allowing the break up; “You just wanna let it burn…”

Garvin, throwing the blame right back on Revan, could also be seen as Garvin, our resident major abandonment issue orphan boy, trying to guilt Revan into not breaking up with him; “You just wanna see me hurt.”

*And now to Garvin burning that bridge with Revan! Very fun. He’s very upset. He’s not even hiding in his own room for most of this though. He’s literally hiding in Aries’ old room. Like. This dude is hiding in Aries’ room, acting like his bestie is still there, and ranting.*

Garvin, referring to how he did actually try to rekindle the shitty relationship they had to no avail because Revan is no longer talking or responding to him; “Too many missed calls, had to block my number…”

Garvin, referring to how practically immediately after the break up, Revan started talking to Nico again; “He just wanna be with someone that really loves him…”

Garvin, to Revan and switching up the blame some more because he cannot deal with how shitty he feels, very much trying to get some sort of interaction with Revan, even if it’s a shitty one; “But baby you can’t have a storm without no thunder– Don’t you fucking treat me like some trash in the gutter!”

Garvin, to Revan, still trying to switch up the blame and get some sort of banter or arguing going between the two somehow; “Ever burn a bridge before? ‘Cause shit you’re pretty good! I built it all by hand, out of rope and wood– Back when you believed in us and you said that we could be together forever and I said that we should!”

Garvin, deciding to just start burning the bridge because he does not think he can fix, well, anything between the two of them, honestly, still very much trying to put the blame onto Revan; “So fuck it, let it burn! ‘Cause what’s it really worth? Just dust into the earth! I like the way it hurts!”

Garvin, trying to convince himself burning all the bridges is a good idea, very much letting himself fall into the villain arc completely, and very much throwing the blame onto literally anyone that isn’t him because he cannot deal with it; “So fuck it, let it burn! ‘Cause what’s it really worth?”

Garvin, moreso about himself and his worth, very much getting his ass beat by depression; “Just dust into the earth… I like the way it hurts…”

Garvin, literally still just trying to convince himself he’s completely fine with all the bridges being burnt; “I like the way it hurts…”

I love the song! The angst is amazing, such a sad villain boy, I love him, lmao

Some silly incorrect quotes/scenes with the kiddos (basically all the characters I made since I don't know yours well, oops-) :)

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Glad you liked the song lyric thing! He's a very sad villain

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And awwww- Those were hilarious and adorable

Amazing incorrect quotes, Adapa!

Have some more incorrect quotes- This time from random universes lol

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Akira; “You don’t seem to listen, barman…”

Devery; “A bit of advice, don’t threaten the guy who pours the drinks.”

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*Fredenand and Garvin are eating at a cafe, one of the only times they’re being at least civil with one another. Amber, someone who goes to Fredenand’s fancy rich kid school, has made the unfortunate decision to be rude to Garvin while Fredenand is trying to prove that he isn’t a complete ass to him. Garvin’s trying not to laugh the entire time.*

Fredenand; “If I threw a stick, Amber, would you chase it?”

Amber; “Excuse me?”

Fredenand; “You heard me.”

Amber; “Sorry, my ears don’t understand nerd.”

Fredenand; “Well, let me be clear then. We value your opinion about as much as we value a white crayon.”

Amber; “Mommy and daddy might have all the money in the world, Fredenand…”

Amber, glancing at Garvin; “But clearly, it doesn’t buy taste.”

Fredenand; “Look, Amber, I’m sorry. It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s just that if you were on life support, I’d unplug you to charge my third phone.”

*Garvin does laugh then, of course. Because that’s fucking hilarious and exactly what he’d been teaching this motherfucker.*

Fredenand, pushed on by Garvin’s laughter; “Why don’t you spend a little less time worrying about us, and a little more time worrying about your eyebrows?”

*Amber retaliates by, like a total child, throwing her drink on Garvin, who’s laughing uncontrollably. Fredenand, as per the law of equal reaction, throws food in her face. Garvin is even more proud of this than any of the comments. If not a little sad that food is being wasted. Amber, mortified of these two, leaves very quickly.*

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Garvin; “I’m gonna do whatever I want around here and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

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*About a week after the shopping spree Revan took Garvin and Akira on, Aries finds Garvin in a laundromat, something completely unheard of.*

Aries; “Oh- Hey?”

Garvin, standing at an open washer; “Oh, good— Do you have any fabric softener?”

Aries, handing it over slowly; “…Sure.”

*Garvin pours the entire bottle into the open washer.*

Aries; “What are you washing? A crocodile?”

Garvin; “No… The pants that Lacerta got me…”

Aries, pulling the pants out and looking at them; “Oh, Garvin, you can’t machine wash these. They’ll be ruined.”

Garvin; “You sure?”

Aries; “Absolutely.”

*Garvin puts them back into the washer.*

Garvin, in the most sarcastic tone ever; “Oh no, I wish you told me that sooner…”

Aries; “…Are you guys having problems?”

Garvin; “No, everything’s fine.”

Aries; “Really?”

Garvin; “It’s wonderful…”

Garvin; “…Maybe this whole… Living together happened kind of suddenly… But it’s fine! It’s great.”

Aries; “Garvin, honey, if you’re uncomfortable with the way things are going, you’re allowed to say something.”

Garvin; “You sure? That doesn’t sound right.”

Aries; “Believe me, your feelings are just as important as theirs.”

Garvin; “…No. That doesn’t sound right either.”