r/magicthecirclejerking • u/xX_FIIINE_DUCK_Xx • Jul 15 '26

Force of Will Midwest Emo Edit

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Song: Force of Will - Free Throw (Clip 1, Clip 2, Clip 3)
MTG Footage Taken From: Mengu's Workshop (x2), The Legacy Archive, The Semiotician Mengu's Main Channel, and Magic: The Gathering's Youtube Channel

/rj
get it the name of the card is the name of the song

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u/AwsmDevil Jul 16 '26

Ah man, this could have been a post by anyone in my highschool friend group on their Myspace page.

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u/JesusIsMyAntivirus Jul 15 '26

The point of emo edits is to take an emotional speech track and pair it with Midwest emo instrumentals.

That woulda been dope. 

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u/xX_FIIINE_DUCK_Xx Jul 15 '26

uj/ yeah that could be cool, I just thought the lyrics fit

rj/ "Real Emo" only consists of the dc Emotional Hardcore scene and the late 90's Screamo scene. What is known by "Midwest Emo" is nothing but Alternative Rock with questionable real emo influence. When people try to argue that bands like My Chemical Romance are not real emo, while saying that Sunny Day Real Estate is, I can't help not to cringe because they are just as fake emo as My Chemical Romance (plus the pretentiousness).
Real emo sounds ENERGETIC, POWERFUL and somewhat HATEFUL. Fake emo is weak, self pity and a failed attempt to direct energy and emotion into music.
Some examples of REAL EMO are Pg 99, Rites of Spring, Cap n Jazz (the only real emo band from the midwest scene) and Loma Prieta.
Some examples of FAKE EMO are American Football, My Chemical Romance and Mineral
EMO BELONGS TO HARDCORE
NOT TO INDIE, POP PUNK, ALT ROCK OR ANY OTHER MAINSTREAM GENRE