The lowest songs on the list still depict pretty terrifying situations: the cops confronting them, Paul almost dying during We're Great Again, but those numbers all had the same thing in common. In each of them Paul was not alone. It was interesting that you put Cup of Poison Coffee lower on the list than Roasted Coffee, even though Poison Coffee has a more explicitly sinister tone. As soon as he sees Emma frightened he takes up the role of protector. You see it in Not Your Seed as well, when he is with Bill. Wether he knows it or not, he feels a need to be strong for his friends, and that makes him brave. On the flip side of that, he is at his most vulnerable when he feels alone. In La De Da Da Day and What Do You Want Paul he is constantly trying to talk to the people around him and get some glimpse of normalcy, to show him that he's not alone. When he goes to Beanie's after What Do You Want he's not looking for a coffee, he's looking for someone to help him be strong, which is what makes it all the scarier when the one person he wanted to see comes out singing. I didn't mean to write an essay in your comment section but gosh I love him so much ;-;
Melissa Fletcher my criteria for this ranking was “hmm in which does his face look scared 🤔🤔🤔” but you just fkcen knocked it out of the park. straight up. i think you are right and that was a beautiful analysis/essay and now i love paul ever more wOW
In not your seed I don't think he's scared he looks completely heartbroken. That's his best friend's daughter and i dont think there was a place in him to be scared cause he was just feeling utter defeat at seeing this girl he's known since she was little and shes gone.
@@Danirider12 Totally agree. The earnesty with which he says "that's not your daughter, Bill" is so heart wrenching. Jon Matteson is a goddamn treasure.
@@guinealover6674 I don't think that Alice would make him watch Moana at 17 tho, Prof H. Said that its 2018 so it means that Alice was already a teen when the movie came out
I love how Paul was more scared of his love interest singing about coffee, having to sing the beginning of moana, and his boss singing about how he wants to be choked by his wife, than MOST of the times he could have LITERALLY BEEN MURDERED BY ALIENS
i mean, as a previous comment said, that's only because paul wants to brave for emma and his friends and protect them bc you see him take on the leader role and always putting himself in the line of fire instead of his friends and he's more vulnerable when he's on his own. paul is such a good, well-written protagonist honestly.
Also the prospect of the unknown. In the lower-ranking songs he knows what he's facing: a race of aliens that could infect people to make them sing. In higher ranking songs he's just out for a normal day and confronted with his worst nightmare, which is that the world had become a musical, so of course he's like wtf is happening?
i genuinely thought that la dee dah dah day would be first and i got to #3 + #2 and wondered “what’s left” and a vision of jeff blim screaming came to me and _i remembered_
I just noticed just how much contact he makes with Emma on Inevitable I still like to think he is just faking it, so this would mean he is terrified during the song
I've been editing a video for the last few months (got put on hold cuz procrastination and college) where it's the show but whenever he makes a face it gets faster so yea well see how that goes lmao
I like to think he knows and loves this movie because of the many times where he babysat Alice and sat through it to please her but then slowly took a liking to it
Its like that "anxiety mom friend" thing. The moment other people are scared, he throws his worries away to protect them. Which is, partially, why he ended up dying
it's the difference between him in roasted coffee being like "...maybe i'm the weird one, maybe this is just a thing now" and in poisoned coffee being like "oh no, ok, this is evil, that's good"
okay but can we appreciate his acting in let it out??? like Damn that boy has great control over his facial expression and his vocal inflection even when he’s singing ugh i LOVE HIM
@@bellamae9536 exactly. Another comment pointed out how he's calmest with others there to protect. Suddenly it's not just him in danger so he's trying to find out how to quickly get everyone out, he tried sneaking away, crawling, and running and they didnt work, so he's hoping going alomg with them will make them think they've won and the non effected can get out.
*Gets to number one* Oh they forgot Black Coffee :/ that's disappointing "I could never forget--" Black CoffEE? "--Moana" :/ "I would never fail you like this" *Wipes sweat from brow*
The crowds audible concerns at 3:52 made this scene even better, nobody expected the hero of our story to end up so weak. The "oooohhh"s are like the "oh shit it's happening" of the crowd.
I like the theorys people came up with, but I'm pretty sure the line just uses 'pauls' as a general term for 'you people that just work a desk job and so what you need to because you really don't have anything else to do'
I love at first it’s funny because the guy who doesn’t like musicals just started singing but then you think about it again and realize oh shit the guy who doesn’t like musicals JUST STARTED SINGING. At least that’s how it was for me the first time I saw it.
honestly paul throughout inevitable is probably terrified bc i still believe that he was fighting for control bc he WAS split in two sort of when he was infected.
@@megasauruss itd be pretty hard to do that, considering how many of the songs hes heard. sure, maybe survival instinct would kick in SOMEHOW and help him memorize, but did you see him performing moana?? he had seen the movie and didnt remember it. besides, at the end, he performs "show stopping number" which was the one song he had NEVER heard, also probably why emma freaked out so much compared to the others during it
Im intregued as to what will be #1 now ldddd and let it out are gone Edit: okay forgot about that Edit2: WAS NOT DISSAPOINTED BY WAITING RIGHT TO THE END
One, when Let It Out was #2 I kept trying to remember what other songs Paul was in, and thEN.....the iconic Two, I kept waiting for i'm your coffee gal to show up and i wasn't disappointed
i clicked on this video thinking that it was “songs ranked on how SCARY paul was”, so you can understand my confusion when i saw *inevitable on the #10 spot*
Look I know that Paul isn't scared at all in inevitable and I totally get why it's last but it feels so wrong to have it last when Emma is So Terrified
I just noticed how absolutely devastated and/or heartbroken Paul was during Join Us (and Die), seeing his friend be invaded by one of the aliens. At one point, he looks to even try to talk to Charlotte, like hoping she'd return back to normal, but instead immediately decides to protect Emma. Near the end of the song, it also looks like he was about to breakdown overe his friend's fate.
This video made me realize that I’m not stanning Jon enough!! HIS FACE IS SO EXPRESSIVE LIKE HE LOOKS SO GENUINELY HEARTBROKEN WHEN WATCHING HIS FRIENDS DIE ONE BY ONE 😭 I knew he was so flipping awesome but he is even more awesome than I thought
The best part of this show is Paul’s casting. You can tell the moment that he started singing and it was WAY too good that it wouldn’t end happily. No way they’d leave that smooth voice to only one number.
I think it was cause Emma was singing too. Another person in the comments pointed out how in some songs with Emma he tends to be more protective than terrified.
The whole way leading up to number 1 I was like are they gonna make what do you want the scaredest are they are they are they aRE THEY? and then it WAS im so happy rn you don't understand
I think what's so great about, Paul is that even though this scenario is his worst nightmare, when he was in the most danger he really stepped up and showed courage to protect those he cared about because he was worried for their safety more than he was afraid of what was happening.
I love how Paul finds his boss talking about his wife choking him out more scary then his insides possibly getting ripped open and his body being taken controlled off by a musical power
For Paul, watching everyone get killed and forced to join a hivemind is nowhere NEAR as scary as an unscripted social interaction and honestly he's so real for that
This has made me realize how genius the aliens truly are the way they have get Charlotte and Bill by using their loved ones Mr Davidson asking Paul what he wants so they can use it against him and also having Mr Davidson scare Paul they knew they would have been trapped on the island and there wasn't really any way out except clearly the got off the island using Paul the fact that Mr Davidson scared Paul made it so Paul was too busy being afraid that he didn't end up drinking his black coffee so he didn't get infected you may think wouldn't it be better for them to have gotten Paul infected sooner I thought that too originally but if Paul was infected in cup of roasted coffee Emma would know and if she got off the island she'd make sure the peip guys knew but since no one was there to see Paul get infected in let it out besides the already infected Paul was able to make it seem like he survived getting him a ticket off the island making it so the musical could spread through out the world honestly people focus so much on Paul and Emma that they don't notice the villain is way smarter than they seem
the actual equality in the amount of fear "let it out" and "what do you want paul" is kinda insane. like, in let it out, hes literally watching and hearing himself die, hating every moment and feeling insanely concious in every moment as he turns into the one thing he hates (significantly more than at the beginning of the musical). BUT IF JEFF BLIM SCREAM SANG AT ME ASKING ME QUESTIONS WITH PERFECT VIBRATO AND THREATENING TO FIRE ME? id kms
i read the title as "tgwdlm songs ranked by how scary paul is" and i was like "oh my god i love that" and was confused when inevitable was 10. then i checked the title again 😭 (you should totally make a "tgwdlm songs ranked by how scary paul is" btw)
The lowest songs on the list still depict pretty terrifying situations: the cops confronting them, Paul almost dying during We're Great Again, but those numbers all had the same thing in common. In each of them Paul was not alone. It was interesting that you put Cup of Poison Coffee lower on the list than Roasted Coffee, even though Poison Coffee has a more explicitly sinister tone. As soon as he sees Emma frightened he takes up the role of protector. You see it in Not Your Seed as well, when he is with Bill. Wether he knows it or not, he feels a need to be strong for his friends, and that makes him brave.
On the flip side of that, he is at his most vulnerable when he feels alone. In La De Da Da Day and What Do You Want Paul he is constantly trying to talk to the people around him and get some glimpse of normalcy, to show him that he's not alone. When he goes to Beanie's after What Do You Want he's not looking for a coffee, he's looking for someone to help him be strong, which is what makes it all the scarier when the one person he wanted to see comes out singing.
I didn't mean to write an essay in your comment section but gosh I love him so much ;-;
Melissa Fletcher my criteria for this ranking was “hmm in which does his face look scared 🤔🤔🤔” but you just fkcen knocked it out of the park. straight up. i think you are right and that was a beautiful analysis/essay and now i love paul ever more wOW
Oml this is insane I love it
In not your seed I don't think he's scared he looks completely heartbroken. That's his best friend's daughter and i dont think there was a place in him to be scared cause he was just feeling utter defeat at seeing this girl he's known since she was little and shes gone.
Danirider12 oh ok well I’m just gonna go cry lol
@@Danirider12 Totally agree. The earnesty with which he says "that's not your daughter, Bill" is so heart wrenching. Jon Matteson is a goddamn treasure.
i knew that "what do you want paul" would be number one
honestly i would be terrified if my boss started singing to me too
Don’t forget the “i WaNt YoU tO cHoKe Me OuT aT nIgHt.” That would FUCKING TERRIFY ME.
“_I THINK THIS IS A PRIVATE MOMENT_”
I wouldn't be surprised if my boss started randomly singing 😂
i wAnt tO gO hOME
@@abbysmith2219 But a boss as scary as Jeff Blim would definitely make you pee in your pants
I love how on Paul’s list inevitable is at the bottom since he’s infected but for Emma’s list it’s at the very top...oh the angst
dont
dont do this to me
Well OOF, man.
Yay :D
He is just a corpse puppet there so
I wasn’t emotionally ready for inevitable yet
For a guy who didn't like musicals, Paul sure knows the lyrics to the beginning of Moana
*but Moana isn't a musical..*
@@kumidigital well its a kinda musical movie isn't it
I headcanon the theory that he knows it from babysitting Alice as a child.
@@MinorAccidnt with that logic literally almost all Disney songs are musicals
@@guinealover6674 I don't think that Alice would make him watch Moana at 17 tho, Prof H. Said that its 2018 so it means that Alice was already a teen when the movie came out
I love how Paul was more scared of his love interest singing about coffee, having to sing the beginning of moana, and his boss singing about how he wants to be choked by his wife, than MOST of the times he could have LITERALLY BEEN MURDERED BY ALIENS
He was more freaked out by them singing about regular coffee than poisoned coffee
such a relatable protagonist
Best protagonist
i mean, as a previous comment said, that's only because paul wants to brave for emma and his friends and protect them bc you see him take on the leader role and always putting himself in the line of fire instead of his friends and he's more vulnerable when he's on his own. paul is such a good, well-written protagonist honestly.
Also the prospect of the unknown. In the lower-ranking songs he knows what he's facing: a race of aliens that could infect people to make them sing. In higher ranking songs he's just out for a normal day and confronted with his worst nightmare, which is that the world had become a musical, so of course he's like wtf is happening?
i genuinely thought that la dee dah dah day would be first and i got to #3 + #2 and wondered “what’s left” and a vision of jeff blim screaming came to me and _i remembered_
we stan the singing gremlin man
Same thing happened when I whatched
SadBoi Ari same
we have the same name :D
Same
Finally a list that gives “what do you want Paul” the recognition it deserves
CONSIDER THE COCONUT HUH HUH HUH!
Mr. Davidson is the most terrifying entity in the show
Or just Jeff in general
Ikr, Jeff's faces are just super intense and extra and it's great lol
@@phoenixablaze649 Any time Jeff is in a show I'm like ah yes, time for some psychosis
Sarah Ellis you’re right
Sarah Ellis p
Can we talk about the fact that the more scared Paul is, the more he tries to hold/touch Emma? like I know its sad but also FREAKING ADORABLE
I love that he wants to protect her
that's our boy
I just noticed just how much contact he makes with Emma on Inevitable
I still like to think he is just faking it, so this would mean he is terrified during the song
I really wish they had kissed when they were reunited. Just to satisfy my ship and it would make Inevitable that much sadder for Emma!
Daniel Castillo welp I’m sad again
tqwdlm song ranking how crazy eyed jeff blim looks/ how much hes enjoying himself
That would be amazing
This is everything I need, Jeff is having the time of his life in tgwdlm and I'm HERE for it
I was literally sitting through this thinking of making that exact video, now I think I have to
I've been editing a video for the last few months (got put on hold cuz procrastination and college) where it's the show but whenever he makes a face it gets faster so yea well see how that goes lmao
Someone already made that but it’s called “Tgwdlm songs ranked by how intense Jeff Blum is”
black coffee I’m your coffee gal should be number one
I was not disappointed
For a second there i thought it won't be there but then it was and I'm ok now
“*N O*”
Though the
“ArE yOU Fr i GhTeN ed?”
practically deserves to be called a song just to be put on this list.
I was concerned for a moment at the end that black coffee wouldn't be on there and I was panicking
I love his scream! XD
10: you
9: can't
8: rank
7: them
6: because
5: he
4: is
3: always
2: terrified
1: What do you want, Paul?
I want to like but it is at 69
@@shotreverseshot4884 I'm sorry comrade. You failed
I would be scared too if my boss called me in then started singing about how much he wanted to be choked by his wife while he jerked off
Honorable mention: black coffee! I'm your coffee gal!
NOOOOOO!!!!!
I was thinking that Let It Out would be the number 1, but then I remembered
suddenly
WHAT DO YOU WANT PAUL? :)
Dont forgett la de de dah day!!
WHAT ABOUT THAT ONE WHERE EMMA STARTED SINGING AND PAUL JUST S C R E A M E D
Felicity Lovett 'Blaaaackk coffeeee, I'm your coffee gal :)'
*NoOoO* *screaming intensifies*
Saaame!
@@davestrider4973 Ohmygosh I remember that!!
paul: i didn’t like that movie
also paul: sings & knows most of the lyrics to moana
father terry we all know he secretly loves moana he’s just a stubborn lil bitch that won’t admit it
I like to think he knows and loves this movie because of the many times where he babysat Alice and sat through it to please her but then slowly took a liking to it
He thinks the plot is interesting but hates the music
Its like that "anxiety mom friend" thing. The moment other people are scared, he throws his worries away to protect them.
Which is, partially, why he ended up dying
I like the irony of paul being less scared during poisoned coffee than roasted coffee.
He doesn’t care as long as he can drink his Hottay Latte 😉
He was too busy running away.
it's the difference between him in roasted coffee being like "...maybe i'm the weird one, maybe this is just a thing now" and in poisoned coffee being like "oh no, ok, this is evil, that's good"
Can you do one that’s tgwdlm songs ranked by how extra Robert Manion is being
Yeeeesssss
That video doesn’t even exist and it’s already a mood.
I can tell that I would watch that video everyday
omg yes
We would be here all day tho
This is the best Valentines day video ever, because even if you're sad and alone, you can be sure Paul is having a worse time than you. 10/10
that ugly piece of trash u never liked yEs
Watching this the day before valentines day lol 😂
Even better during quarantine oof
we can all take comfort in his pain.
okay but can we appreciate his acting in let it out??? like Damn that boy has great control over his facial expression and his vocal inflection even when he’s singing ugh i LOVE HIM
Gave me major Jekyll and Hyde vibes
Jon deserves a pat on the back especially since Jon is very chaotic and yet he managed to play Paul
When Paul started singing I was like aww he’s singing to her OH GOD HES SINGING TO HER
Accurate!
I think that was everyones reaction
Paul getting choked out by special forces: this is mildly alarming.
Paul witnessing a flash mob?: F E A R
My giggling increased every time I saw that What Do You Want Paul was going to be ranked higher
OKAY BUT DID ANYONE CATCH PAUL DOING THAT DANCY THING IN SHOW ME YOUR HANDS (roughly 1:33) WHAT A DORK
We stan one (1) dorky boi
I think he's just like okiokioki maybe if I go along with it they wont kill me or my friends
The apotheosis is already upon him...
@@bellamae9536 exactly. Another comment pointed out how he's calmest with others there to protect. Suddenly it's not just him in danger so he's trying to find out how to quickly get everyone out, he tried sneaking away, crawling, and running and they didnt work, so he's hoping going alomg with them will make them think they've won and the non effected can get out.
When I read dancy thing my brain immediately went to joe walker in a dress singing stutter from avpms
*Gets to number one*
Oh they forgot Black Coffee :/ that's disappointing
"I could never forget--" Black CoffEE? "--Moana"
:/
"I would never fail you like this"
*Wipes sweat from brow*
Now you kNoW what it IS to *wAnT*
Paul: *I wanna go home*
me at parties
@@isabellalesher8487
This is why I always hunt for the unoccupied rooms at parties.
@@IrvingIV Yes
Lmfao
Mood
The crowds audible concerns at 3:52 made this scene even better, nobody expected the hero of our story to end up so weak. The "oooohhh"s are like the "oh shit it's happening" of the crowd.
_"Think about the implications"_
*THE IMPLICATIONS!*
Are you FriGhTEd?!????
I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS!!!!
my absolute favourite thing is mr Davidson saying ‘I hire you pauls’ like is he saying there are multiple pauls or is he calling him pauls who knows
maybe he's refering to a type of person or job similar to what paul does
i reckon the alien thinks people are pauls because it's still learning at that early point
It's Pauls as in people like Paul.
Yeah but it’s funnier to imagine just several pauls
I like the theorys people came up with, but I'm pretty sure the line just uses 'pauls' as a general term for 'you people that just work a desk job and so what you need to because you really don't have anything else to do'
Mood rn: Paul trying to speed crawl away from singing theater kids
i was confused why let it out wasn’t first then i was like oh, oh yeah
He wasn’t scared in inevitable he WAS scary
‘okAY OKAY OKay. okayyy, oKAY’
hope our cover did justice to this utterly iconic mood honestly
Bron and Lee lol nice subtle plug (literally already subbed to u)
“black coffee i’m your coffee gal-“
“ N O “
When I saw the title I immediately thought of Black Coffee, I’m Your Coffee Gal. I wasn’t disappointed.
Next list should be songs in order of how show stopping they are just so you can guarantee show stopping number will be in the list
show stopping number is omitted because it’s too show stopping
ua-cam.com/video/VkQGLjlfYTo/v-deo.html
That video exists...
I will never be over how the audience starts laughing when Paul starts singing Inevitable but goes dead silent when they realize what's happening
I love at first it’s funny because the guy who doesn’t like musicals just started singing but then you think about it again and realize oh shit the guy who doesn’t like musicals JUST STARTED SINGING. At least that’s how it was for me the first time I saw it.
I was boutta be really upset that black coffee wasn't included, but then you made my day
I love how Paul is less scared during situations that could end his life, than he is with people singing happily 😂
Top three adorable dork protagonists of starkid
3. Bug
2. Ja’Far
1. Paul
honestly paul throughout inevitable is probably terrified bc i still believe that he was fighting for control bc he WAS split in two sort of when he was infected.
I think that by inevitable he was fully taken over. Let it out was where he still had partial control imo
A good theory is that he was acting in order to not be murdered
@@megasauruss itd be pretty hard to do that, considering how many of the songs hes heard. sure, maybe survival instinct would kick in SOMEHOW and help him memorize, but did you see him performing moana?? he had seen the movie and didnt remember it. besides, at the end, he performs "show stopping number" which was the one song he had NEVER heard, also probably why emma freaked out so much compared to the others during it
@@notWerewolf that's true
@@mehspacedorito Why do I see your comment everywhere
I love Paul’s facial reactions it feels like somebody just brought in some random guy and put his lines on a giant screen behind the audience
this video AKA “look how perfect jon matteson was for this role”
He was great, I wouldn’t have chosen anyone else
**is** great
Im intregued as to what will be #1 now ldddd and let it out are gone
Edit: okay forgot about that
Edit2: WAS NOT DISSAPOINTED BY WAITING RIGHT TO THE END
One, when Let It Out was #2 I kept trying to remember what other songs Paul was in, and thEN.....the iconic
Two, I kept waiting for i'm your coffee gal to show up and i wasn't disappointed
Honestly Id also be scared if my boss started smiling like a maniac and telling me his goal in life is to be choked by his wife
Honestly, in LaDeeDahDahDay, Paul wasn’t even that scared- just very confused and concerned by this whole thing 😂
"PAUUUUL NOW YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS TO WANT"
"Iwannagohome"
Is my favorite exchange in TGWDLM
i clicked on this video thinking that it was “songs ranked on how SCARY paul was”, so you can understand my confusion when i saw *inevitable on the #10 spot*
paul's terrified dancing in "let it out" is fucking hilarious
that awkward moment when Mr. Davidson scares Paul more then the apotheosis itself.
The one top 10 list we can all agree on
i love that he’s more scared of listening to his boss sing about wanting to be choked than literally BEING KILLED BY ALIENS
me: sees title
me: huh i wonder how they're gonna manage to make show stoppin number #1
Jon’s facial expressions are my mood constantly
6:13 you can tell he’s trying so hard not to laugh AHAHA
i like how la dee da da day is higher than the song where someone died
I would be scared to, What do you want Paul is the scariest song in the world.
What do you want Paul?!?!?
Honestly Jon did great in let it out the voice and emotion changes I just love them
me: this can’t be that bad
*inevitable starts*
me: oof
Look I know that Paul isn't scared at all in inevitable and I totally get why it's last but it feels so wrong to have it last when Emma is So Terrified
I just noticed how absolutely devastated and/or heartbroken Paul was during Join Us (and Die), seeing his friend be invaded by one of the aliens. At one point, he looks to even try to talk to Charlotte, like hoping she'd return back to normal, but instead immediately decides to protect Emma. Near the end of the song, it also looks like he was about to breakdown overe his friend's fate.
This video made me realize that I’m not stanning Jon enough!! HIS FACE IS SO EXPRESSIVE LIKE HE LOOKS SO GENUINELY HEARTBROKEN WHEN WATCHING HIS FRIENDS DIE ONE BY ONE 😭 I knew he was so flipping awesome but he is even more awesome than I thought
I feel like Paul is more scared in Cup of Roasted Coffee than in Cup of Poisoned Coffee
yep that's why it has a higher rank
I just realized that Jon was crawling on the ground in la di da da day
This took a great understanding of Paul’s character and you nailed it so thank you
I love how the sounds of Paul choking and gagging have just become a part of Let it Out’s rhythm
The best part of this show is Paul’s casting. You can tell the moment that he started singing and it was WAY too good that it wouldn’t end happily. No way they’d leave that smooth voice to only one number.
How was Paul more scared in the Roasted one than the Poisoned one??
I just noticed it.
I think it was cause Emma was singing too. Another person in the comments pointed out how in some songs with Emma he tends to be more protective than terrified.
@@kidshaldeman2091 yeah he is and it's cuteee
Also, in Poisoned he's no longer the only one who realizes that something's wrong. That's gotta be a bit of a relief.
The whole way leading up to number 1 I was like are they gonna make what do you want the scaredest are they are they are they aRE THEY? and then it WAS im so happy rn you don't understand
Okay.... Okay..... okay...
People laugh at the beginning of inevitable because Paul couldn't hit the note then immediately shut up after they realized what's happening
And here we see a true fan putting the most terrified moment last
at 6:12 jon slightly breaks at how hilarious jeff is being
I love the audience's reaction to let it out. Man I just love let it out in general.
What we wanted and what we needed
"What do you want, Paul?"
*ON THE BRINK OF TEARS* "ExcUse Me?"
bLaAaAaAaAaAaAaAack coffeEeEeEeEe, i’m your coffee gaaaL-
*_NOO O O O OOO_*
Paul at any dangerous moment :
1- find emma
2- hold emma
3- protect emma
4- say “okey.” Until the danger is gone
I find it hilarious that Paul was more scared of his boss singing than having a mental battle with a musical parasite
I feel like whatever it’s been ranked by, What Do You Want Paul? will always be number 1
I think what's so great about, Paul is that even though this scenario is his worst nightmare, when he was in the most danger he really stepped up and showed courage to protect those he cared about because he was worried for their safety more than he was afraid of what was happening.
I have now realized how terrified Paul is in every song.
Y’know I realized how confusing this could be for someone who hasn’t seen the entire show when I watched this with my friend
Paul was more scared having a one-on-one with his boss than when he was just about mind controlled. Paul is THE mood.
I love how Paul finds his boss talking about his wife choking him out more scary then his insides possibly getting ripped open and his body being taken controlled off by a musical power
In Let it out, the audience shut up when Paul first sang.
Paul's just holding in his laughter during Join Us And Die.
For Paul, watching everyone get killed and forced to join a hivemind is nowhere NEAR as scary as an unscripted social interaction and honestly he's so real for that
Plot twist: mr Davidson was never possessed. This is just how he is. He is a primordial entity
In show me those hands Paul looks more confused than scared
This has made me realize how genius the aliens truly are the way they have get Charlotte and Bill by using their loved ones Mr Davidson asking Paul what he wants so they can use it against him and also having Mr Davidson scare Paul they knew they would have been trapped on the island and there wasn't really any way out except clearly the got off the island using Paul the fact that Mr Davidson scared Paul made it so Paul was too busy being afraid that he didn't end up drinking his black coffee so he didn't get infected you may think wouldn't it be better for them to have gotten Paul infected sooner I thought that too originally but if Paul was infected in cup of roasted coffee Emma would know and if she got off the island she'd make sure the peip guys knew but since no one was there to see Paul get infected in let it out besides the already infected Paul was able to make it seem like he survived getting him a ticket off the island making it so the musical could spread through out the world honestly people focus so much on Paul and Emma that they don't notice the villain is way smarter than they seem
"What could possibly scare Paul more than Let It Out?" **enter Jeff Blim**
the actual equality in the amount of fear "let it out" and "what do you want paul" is kinda insane. like, in let it out, hes literally watching and hearing himself die, hating every moment and feeling insanely concious in every moment as he turns into the one thing he hates (significantly more than at the beginning of the musical). BUT IF JEFF BLIM SCREAM SANG AT ME ASKING ME QUESTIONS WITH PERFECT VIBRATO AND THREATENING TO FIRE ME? id kms
i read the title as "tgwdlm songs ranked by how scary paul is" and i was like "oh my god i love that" and was confused when inevitable was 10. then i checked the title again 😭 (you should totally make a "tgwdlm songs ranked by how scary paul is" btw)
I never realised how much Paul’s role consisted of telling his friends, mostly Emma to run away
If what do you want isn't no1 I may actually die
*He may have been attacked by cops and almost died in a helicopter crash, but nothing screams true terror like a singing boss*
Scariness of losing control of your mind and body < scariness of a meeting with your boss. #Relatable.
"Emma, I'm sorry, you lost"
When i first heard that it sent chills down my spine 😳
I’d say that in La Dee Da Da Day Paul wasn’t really scared but he was more confused