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This describes me so well, I'm Janis, and my fake friends are the ones she's singing this song at. I wish I could sing this to them...😯🤐But I don't have enough confidence to be ok with being all alone yet.
Hailey Doyle thx! I wrote to them too! We'll, texted, but I wrote paragraphs so. And I ignored them too! What a coincidence! I made a new friend, and it's been about 2 weeks, and I'm happy! Thx so much for replying! I will email u if problems to persist. I did the same thing, going into bathrooms to cry, and I almost went home because of me feeling worthless and unliked. It's comforting to know it's not only me that has gone through similar experiences, thx! I'm in 8th grade now, and it's really hard, but I'm getting through it thx ur awesome!😊😋
TrinBrin I'm in the same suiaution right now.. I have a very manipulative and abusive friend right now... I've recently been ignoring her and I think I might sing this song if my school ever has a talent show!!
I had a great social life until about a month ago. So my boyfriend broke up with me and my ‘best friend ‘ we’ll call her Mia ,stood up for me and then I started hanging out with this other girl and we had a little group ( I forgot to add that Mia was rly popular) . So we hadn’t gone out in ages and Mia texted me asking to go out and I said yes . Around halfway through being out I felt a panic attack coming on. ( I have anxiety and depression) so obviously I wasn’t at my happiest.and Mia called me a moody bitch and said really mean things out me. So I just went home . The next day I woke up and went to school and IT WAS EVERYWHERE. People came up to me asking why I was bullying Mia and I lost all my friends. There was rumors going around that I was obsessed with my ex , that I slept with my brother and stuff and yeah. After school I got a call from a girl in my class who told me that there was Instagram posts about me and that Mia told everyone to ignore me. Now I’m an outcast and only have one friend who is only friends with me cuz she’s new and doesn’t know anybody. And yeah this song is what I feel at the moment. Also so so sorry for such a long para I just can’t talk to anyone. Xx💜
Sweet Mistakes I’m so sorry you’ve had to go through that, she’s a fake friend - report the posts to your school, as they should take action to get them taken down and separate yourself completely from the group (although it sounds like you’ve already done that) I hope things get better for you and that you and the new girl have a great friendship
Janis really has no room to speak, none of this would've never happened if she didn't force Cady to spy and pretend to like the plastics over something that happened when she was like 12💀
We're supposed to all be saintly And be nurturing and care. Is that really fair? We cannot fight, we have to share. Here's the way that turns out: We always understand How to slap someone down With our underhand So here's my right finger To how "Christians" behave 'Cause sometimes what's meant to break you Makes you brave
Vika Blaire I don't think it really applies to Christians... After all, being a Christian is a choice to follow Jesus and be like him as much as possible. Because Jesus was caring and kind, Christians choose to be that way. Jesus also never said we can't fight. He fought the priests when he found out they made church grounds into a trading place where many people swindle and steal from other people. Jesus didn't believe that was right and so he trashed the entire place in front of their eyes. Imagine watching the Son of God raging and trashing all of the tables! Scary! O.O Maybe you feel trapped by those expectations by your family members or people similar. If you do not want to be a Christian, then don't. Don't let other people pressure you into something you don't want to be. Jesus doesn't want to force anyone to following him. It's always YOUR choice. :) That's what I personally believe in. However, whatever you decide, however you live your life, GBU~
michelle lordiany halim NOPE JUSES IS ALWAYS NICE HE MADE US BE HER TODAY AND BTW if YOU ARNT CHRISTAN DONT TALK God takes you to your clam place DO NOT BE RUDE ABOUT GOD OR AM REPORTING YOU FOR MY BLEVES THANKS .😢
this song hits me HARD beacuse in my friend group it's all fighting and chaos but it's caused by one person... I recently stopped talking to her and ignoring her beacuse of this song so.. thanks I guess uwu I don't usually like putting my social stuff out here but.. UwU
Plot twist: veronica's birth control failed in dead girl walking .Janis is the result of JD and Veronica's hook up all those years ago the real reason she sounds like veronica but kinda reminds me of JD sometimes shoot now I want a fanfic about that .😫
This Is actually the only song I like from the musical. No offence but I feel like the other songs were made in like 2 minutes or something. Although all their voices are beautiful the musical was quite disappointing
So barret practically plays the same but opposite characters As Janis says she’d rather be her then be with them But Veronica would love to be like them rather than herself Edit: wow this comment was a year ago. please read this edit before you comment. My views on both mean girls and heathers have changed throughout this year, um I don’t agree with this past opinion of 12 year old me. Feel free to talk with me about theatre btw bc I’m a huge theatre kid
Veronica doesn't want to be them, she just wants their popularity so that they can leave her alone. Then she just gets stuck first with the Heathers, then with JD until she learns to stand up for herself and others
I get what you're saying but I look at it like this; Veronica is the before and Janis is the after. Veronica always craved the popularity and life of the Heathers, then she finally got it and enjoyed it for a while. Then after the shit with JD went down, she wanted to give up that life (which would explain her behaviour at the end of the movie, and maybe the musical I haven't seen any boots, and the line '...where people died...' hintingat Kurt, Ram, and Chandler). And now here she is, seeing everything again with The Plastics and she's like 'screw that mess, let's not do that again.' And sees Cady making the same mistake she made. And yeah, I could be off but that's how I view it
Trace Greenwood yeah I see it like that. I completely forgot this comment existed and I’m probably gonna remove it or at least edit it bc like people are probably gonna say things- but ye this was a year ago and ye. Have a good day/night
yeemo trash. No. I meant this is what Veronica would be like if she had more control over her life and wasn’t trying to make sure everyone lived all the time
Vivian Minevamp It’s so clear when a musical belongs to the musical fandom. Like, I remember when BMC came out. My first reaction was ‘Hey, Hamilton, DEH, Heathers?... I’ll leave you to it.’ and I sat by to watch it progress. This belongs to the musical fandom, and it’s only a matter of time before we all know it.
I hate to say it but I like the solo not clean version Barrett did on Jimmy Fallon where she actually raises the middle finger and instead everybody she says ever asshole
I'm sorry, but I will now see Heathers as a prequel to Mean Girls; Veronica got a name change to hide from her reputation (and the cops) and then became Janis!
Mbunnyj I’m not saying this isn’t a great idea and I don’t think it’d be perfect but Mean Girls happens way later just based off technology and slang alone and even if it didn’t Veronica was in her senior year so she wouldn’t be going through high school again.
Nana Love That actually could work. In Dead Girl Walking the pill didn’t work and Veronica ended up pregnant. She couldn’t keep the baby cause she was too young and it would remind her of the heartbreak of losing her first love. So she put it up for adoption and her daughter ended up getting adopted by the Sarkisian’s and grew up there. If the events of Mean Girls takes place during her senior year then they would take place in 2007 which I think is a good year since the movie was in 2004 and they made the date of Heathers later than the movie by a couple years as well. And since Janis is a perfect mix of JD and Veronica it makes perfect sense that she thinks the way she does. It also might make sense why she says “where people died” in Cautionary Tale because she would’ve known she was adopted by then and might have met her birth mother and might’ve been told the story of how her father died and when retelling her own story realized how similar it was to her mother’s so she referenced it. And you can decide whether Veronica knew she was pregnant before JD died and since the events of Heathers all took place during like a couple months maybe even just one it would explain why she wouldn’t be showing much. And if she did know in terms of her not talking about it I highly doubt she would tell JD out of fear and the school would make fun of her if she let the news out to anyone so she just didn’t talk about it until after everything cleared up.
Fav moments (no order): "So raise them high because being nice and shy is insulting my IQ" "Acted nice when she not nice" "Raise your right finger to how girls should behave" "So I will not act all innocent" "I wont fake apologize" "Lets just fight and make up, not tell these lies" "I'd rather be me" Most importantly, I love this song and Barrett was amazing in heathers so I'm happy she got this role because I am obsessed with her voice from heathers and It's even better in this.
Favorite line: "I don't need there good opinions. I have plenty of opinions. Everybody has opinions but it doesn't make them true." Really a motto of mine. I love being liked but I don't have time for people trying to drag me down or make me change myself to suit them.
Ok theory: Janice is the daughter of JD and Veronica, Veronica could have gotten pregnant after dead girl walking, I mean Janice looks exactly like veronica and her ideals are similar to JD, except less extreme, JD clearly states that he doesn't like the Heather's and wants to kill them and kills Chandler and then gets mad at Veronica for helping Macnamara and then suggests killing Duke, Janice clearly states she doesn't like the plastics and she tries to ruin them. If you really think about it, Janice and JD aren't that different, JD manipulates Veronica into believing that this is the right thing, and he makes her help him cover up his murders, while Janice manipulates Cady into helping her get rid of the plastics. Litterally the timing lines up Heather's takes place in 1989 and mean girls takes place in 2004 so Janice would be around 16 years old. And now before y'all come at me with the "But Veronica said that shes on the pill", 9 out of 100 woman using birth control get pregnant so its perfectly plausible that she could have gotten pregnant and hoenstly she was in high school, if she was a vergin before there would have been no reason for her to be taking birth control especially since this is something she just did one night Cuz she was pissed and its likely she could have lied about it just to get JD to do it. Also this isnt very big but JD's full name is Jason Dean, Janice sounds a whole lot like Jason, it's possible that Veronica could have named her after him because at the end it still seemed like she loved him even after everything he did, because when he's holding the bomb she says "say hi to god", she still believed he was a good person even after everything. But hey, that's just a theory, a musical theory!
“So your best friend screwed you over. Acted nice when she “not nice” Well I have some advice. Cause it happened to me twice!” It honestly has happened to me TWICE.
Hey Veronica, is that for the Heathers? (If ever Veronica sang this to the Heathers I salute her. Also, this should have been the end song for Veronica to Heather D.)
I definitely do! I also love that in that performance how big she embodied Janis, and also oh god her giving the middle finger on live TV love it. and instead of everybody has opinions she said every asshole has opinions which I feel is so much better (and more Janis)!
*I so needed this. I just started in a new high school and the girls I hang with (Who are kind of the plastics) ignore me and use me and there are no other potential friends. I guess I'll be on my own now.* (Edited) I told some people I was in a clique now, but now I'm a loner again. Explains the kind people congratulating me.
So your best friend screwed you over Acted nice when she's not nice Well, I have some advice ‘Cause it's happened to me. Twice Here's my secret strategy It always works because The world doesn't end It just feels like it does So raise your right finger And solemnly swear "Whatever they say about me I don't care!" I won't twist in knots to join your game I will say, "you make me mad." And if you treat me bad I'll say "you're bad" And if I eat alone from this moment on That's just what I'll do ‘Cause I'd rather be me, I'd rather be me I'd rather be me than be with you We're supposed to all be ladies And be nurturing and care Is that really fair? Boys get to fight, we have to share Here's the way that turns out We always understand How to slap someone down With our underhand So here's my right finger To how girls should behave 'Cause sometimes what's meant to break you Makes you brave So I will not act all innocent I won't fake apologize Let's just fight and then make up Not tell these lies Let's call our damage even Clean the slate till it's like new It's a new life for me Where I'd rather be me I'd rather be me Than be with you I'll say, "NO!" NO! I'll say, "knock it off, with your notes and your rules and your games." And those sycophants who follow you I'll remember all their names And when they drag you down Like they inevitably do I will not laugh along with them and approve their palace coup, ‘cause that's not me Janis. Janis. Janis. Janis I don't need their good opinions I have plenty of opinions Everybody has opinions but it doesn't make them true What's true is being me And I'd rather be me I'd rather be me than be with you. So raise them high ‘cause playing nice and shy is insulting my IQ Yeah. Yeah. Yeah I'd Rather Be Me I'd Rather Be Me I'd Rather Be Me than be with you! I'd Rather Be Me I'd Rather Be Me I'd Rather Be Me than be with you!
Even in the film, I don’t think Janis should have played such a victim and act all high and mighty. She manipulated the new girl who had no social skills for her own revenge plot and had her live a double life then gets made when she became the girl she wanted her to pretend to be? You rather be you but you had Kady be someone else all year for your own revenge. The musical addressed it but barely haha But great song though 😂
If it makes you feel better, when Damian is urging Janis to let Cady apologize at the dance, Janis is like "but then I'll have to acknowledge I was wrong too" or something like that so, it is discussed a little
but she talks about it in the movie, when she finds out about Cady's party she says that she at least admits that she's mean, and she doesn't pretend to be all innocent
soolvia I always thought that line was really unrelated and kind of a bullshit excuse from Janis’s side. I mean I love her but I really do think that what happened with Kady had a lot to do with her.
Ok we have a lot of song about strong female characters (and it's awesome, if you ask me!) but I wait for songs, not even included in musicals, about boys who aren't masculine and that they have a right to cry and have feelings.
