Tough Love (KH Edition)

"Tough Love" is my favorite song from The Villains Lair, and it recently got a remix. It was too fun not to, so I added a verse for Vexen circa KH3.

[spoken]

Vexen: Ladies, you have it all wrong.

Drizella: What are you doing here, old man?

Anastasia: Yeah, scram!

Lady Tremaine: Girls! Let us hear what he has to say.

Vexen: Thank you. *sits*

Mother Gothel: (annoyed) To what do we owe this little interruption?

Vexen: I couldn’t help but overhear. That’s not tough love. In fact, it sounded more like abuse.

Queen Grimhilde: Did you forget which side you’re on?

Lady Tremaine: And what would you know about raising children?

Vexen: I’ve raised a boy.

[sung]

A child landed on our doorstep, we were quick to take him in

Scared and all alone, he had no next-of-kin

We home-schooled him, of course - I was strict and I was stern

Fortunately for me, he was very quick to learn

Our master’s soft approach didn’t meet with my approval

A problem that was solved by his eventual removal (LT: Ooh!)

I had my own research, an agenda some might say

Everything was fine until that boy got in the way

Because, as he grew older, he would oft forget his place

So I hit him once or twice across his little face (MG: Ha!)

Wait, that was a mistake, and for that I paid the price

To this day he resents me for not being very nice (QG: Ah!)

No, but I love him, really, it’s true!

Lady Tremaine: *puts hand on his shoulder* You did what you had to do

Vexen: (spoken) Oh, I’m as bad as you all are. *facepalm*

[sung]

Lady Tremaine: Punish them so they stay indoors

Mother Gothel: There’s one way and it’s only yours

Drizella: Tiny!

Anastasia: Whiny!

Drizella & Anastasia: Stubborn too!

The things he put you through!

Queen Grimhilde: Call us jealous, call us vain

You can’t deny that you’re the same

Lady Tremaine: We can see you’re non-plussed

Mother Gothel: Accept that you’re one of us!

All: This is what’s known as love, tough love!

What Am I Eating During Quarantine?

Fruit Loops Pop-Tarts are actually excellent if you like that cereal, which I do or did as a kid. Pop-Tarts ice cream is even better. Brown Sugar is better in ice cream than it is on cereal. I also took advantage of ordering in (on my days off - I deserve it) and got to try a couple dishes from this restaurant I’d been wanting to go to - Pastrami on Wry’s BLT and strawberry cheesecake French toast. Tiramisu Oreos are sweet but doesn’t evoke the same taste as the real thing (probably because it’s missing that biting powder taste to it that goes straight up my nose). Strawberry Shortcake Fudge Stripes were pretty good too. Apple Pie Kit Kats are the best and taste just like the name suggests. Orange is okay, as they taste like orange crème-filled chocolates but without the crème. The Sakura Pocky I bought for my birthday is next. I also want to try cooking tofu at least once if I can find a recipe I like. If I come out of this plague with a skill I would like it to be that. I seriously have to keep reminding myself that other people have it worse, like that nurse who got lynched or that security guard who was shot. The way people treat me is just another day in grocery retail, but it’s still awful. Not to be eco-fascist, but humans are a blight on the world just for the way we treat each other, let alone what we do to the planet.

The Fruits Basket Season 2 opening theme Prism is a great piece, even if the opening itself is kind of boring with just the characters’ walk cycles. I especially like the higher-pitched piano sequence. One more reason I can’t wait until the quarantine ends is that I want the Simuldub to catch up. Laura’s voice as Tohru going through the haunted house especially, not to mention her questioning Arisa’s description of her and Kureno as scatterbrained and clumsy. Casting Monica Rial as Mine in Fruits Basket brought the casting full circle – Vegeta as Ayame, Future Trunks as Yuki, [former] Kid Trunks as Tohru, and now Bulma as Mine. Also, after having Tara Strong and Andrea Libman appear in an episode as murderous kelpies, DuckTales recently had Hynden Walsh and Greg Cipes in an episode as hippie merpeople. Loved the Daisy and Donald moment in the next episode as well as the Nate and Zoey moment in the midseason finale of Beast Morphers.

I’ve read the Wikipedia entry for Justice League Dark: Apokalips War as well as seen a couple clips. Based on that, I think it’s better than Injustice. It’s all undone at the end, though, as the timeline was erased in another Flashpoint event (too bad Flash had to break his promise). I appreciate Damian’s character growth and approve of this version of him with this version of Raven. But does this mean the comics universe is being rebooted again like the first Flashpoint Paradox? Is there another new 52 I should be concerned about?