Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we’re returning to the storied halls of Oushin Academy, as our fledgling high class ladies continue to “rock out with their cocks out,” as Lilisa so eloquently put it. Having rocked out so successfully they actually conscripted Lilisa’s sister into their conspiracy, they have since learned that their symphonic band mutiny attracted a good deal of additional attention. Now both the accomplished guitarist Shiro and council vice-president Tina want to join their band, forming an unruly quartet where it’s unclear if any of these rock stars actually like each other.
Nonetheless, a collective love of music can be a powerful binding agent. And with such distinct and potentially incompatible personalities vying for power, my main hope is that the friction will force them to reveal more of themselves; both the personal histories that led them to rock music, as well as whatever ambitions they might possess regarding their musical future. So far, rock music has been framed as a form of “rebellion” that is as ethereal and temporally bound as the vision of queer love presented by this story’s Class S influences – a lark that might be tolerated during their questing adolescent school years, but which will surely be “outgrown” by the time they emerge from their chrysalides. Modern versions of these narratives have directly challenged this assumption of eventual passive integration into society’s conservative expectations, and given it’s actually starting from a point of “conservative social norms are bullshit,” I’m eager for this story to also chart a course beyond fully closeted expressions of identity. But for now, let’s see how the first full band meeting goes as we return to Rock is a Lady’s Modesty!