YMMV / The Crane Wives

• Alternative Character Interpretation:
  • A non-romantic interpretation of "The Moon Will Sing" goes that the singer is an abused child singing to their controlling Helicopter Parent.
  • Some fans interpret that in "Never Love an Anchor", the singer is singing to their nonexistent children, knowing that they wouldn't be able to raise the child well if they did have any, often trying to defy The Chain of Harm.
  • Instead of the singer warding off a potential suitor unless they're willing to be a Love Martyr, this unfinished Life SMP animatic set to "Tongues & Teeth" (covering its first three seasons) posits the song as a duet between two mutually toxic people involved in a Destructive Romance, promising to each other to never change.^note The characters featured in the animatic aren't romantically involved in canon, but are often shipped together.
• Friendly Fandoms: Many animatics of the Life SMP have been set to songs by the Crane Wives, and the comments sections of many songs are filled with Life series fans, especially "Canary in a Coal Mine", often reporting that they found the band through "block men animatics". In turn, fans of the Crane Wives have been invited to join the Life series fandom because that's where many newer fans of the band hail from.
• Tear Jerker:
  • "The Moon Will Sing" is about an abused individual singing to their abuser, lamenting about having their life centered around pleasing them and trying to find a sense of individuality.
  • "Never Love An Anchor" is about a person cutting off their loved one and sabotaging a relationship they could have had, out of fear of hurting them.

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