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Three songs to start the day:

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Hakushi Hasegawa | Sukuinote (3:47)
https://open.spotify.com/album/14XaMmLLFH2lzWri7DCUrV
Nominator: @tazzyboyishere [14 songs remaining]

Initial Score: 57.094
Final Score: 57.84

(First Reaction: Weird.

...I'm really tempted to leave it at that. It's not the only experimental song this ranking, I wouldn't even call it the most experimental, but it's... weird. I did actually find myself getting rather into the song by the last verse--I'm not sure if it actually did anything different at that point or not because I haven't been able to parse what it was doing at any moment. I can't recall what I liked or didn't like, all memories of the song evaporating instantly at the end except for a feeling that it was weird. I think I'm going to try 57-ish points to start with? I... liked the last section of the song, but I wasn't that into the earlier parts of it, so "kinda like" seems like a good compromise? Very much look forward to hearing this again and seeing if I can make any sense out of it the second time around.)

The song does seem to get more chaotic and static-y around the final verse, so I can see why that part was more appealing. Anyway, I do kinda like this song... it's not really one of my preferred styles of weird, but it does come together by the final verse. I think this is probably about as far as I take this one though; like I've said, this section of the list is oddly difficult to get arranged.

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Kole Hicks | Gwen, the Hallowed Seamstress (3:40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJK0gG-WSUc
Character: Gwen

Nominator: NFUN [12 songs remaining]

Initial Score: 57.11
Final Score: 57.39

(First Reaction: It's nice. I like how it has a very different vibe to it compared to other nominations and there's a lot of focus on violins, or possibly some other stringed instrument/s. It's.. not exactly a preferred genre, so I feel like it's a bit below the 60 point tier, but it's a quality song that I kinda like and get why other people would love.)

*skims YouTube comments until someone else mentions a violin* Oh thank god, I don't tend to recognize instruments so I was really hoping that there actually was a violin here.

I do like how the song focuses primarily on the string section, as I don't think there are many nominations focusing on those instruments which helps this stand out a bit. But as it doesn't make me imagine anything and I have nothing to add other than "nice strings", I think it's about time to cut this one. Pun not intended, though I did realize what I was saying in time and chose to say it anyway, so maybe half-intended.

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Old School Runescape | The Fallen Empire (5:17)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFyARb7fWPY
Nominator: handsomeboy2012 [13 songs remaining]

Initial Score: 54.99
Final Score: 54.222 [Moved Aside] [Score set to 56.19]

(First Reaction: This is one of those songs where I want to like it, but I'm not quite there. I do like some ambient tracks, but this one doesn't inspire feelings of any particular environment so it feels like "good background music" rather than an experience that I'm likely to seek out on its own. Still, it's a good try.)

I'm starting to think I'm just not into the Old School Runescape OST. I certainly like the idea of exploring the remains of an ancient empire and this type of atmospheric exploration theme should be something I love, but I never quite get any specific images or vibes from the song and it falls squarely into the "good background music" camp. I'm sorry, this definitely seemed like a good pick in theory.

[Later: One of many, many songs that were moved aside because I didn't want to cut them, but also hadn't decided on a new score for them. I had kinda wanted to move this into the Nebula because I really want to get into an atmospheric exploration song like this, but while I'm trying very hard, I just... never manage to get enough from this song. It's good, but if I'm being honest, there are already several songs not making it into the Nebula that I'd likely take over this one & "I want to like this more than I do" isn't exactly a good enough reason to keep this around.

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