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PaperclipPerfector  3d ago (text post)   1985 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for May 29, 2026

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"The Good Doctor Pt 2,", "Calling Out", and "Light's Last Stand" are my absolute favorites from the new album, but overall I agree with your assessment.

I don't know how I feel about how Act III ends the story. I know that the story can't have a happy ending since it's at its core a rock opera story, but it seems that there was much more focus on finishing Act II's story than Act I's

So, weirdly, despite being friends with people in Nashville way into the Protomen early on in their career, the first song I ever heard from them was "The Fight", recommended for me on Spotify a few years ago. It's a single, and as I understand it from listening, takes place effectively after Act 3. And it changed the entire character of the plot/ending from "dark" to "the fight isn’t over yet". Which is great. Love it. Rock on!

If I'm not interpreting it and its location in the story correctly, though, yeah, the ending is dark, there's a pointless sacrifice (which I fucking hate in fiction), and it's pretty lame.

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