Siren and Sir Recap (Steve) California Rocket Fuel

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Siren and Sir Recap
California Rocket Fuel
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(Trigger Warning: Medication, drug overdose, emetophobia)
== Transcript ==
Hello everyone, and welcome to the Siren and Sir Recap Show. I'm your host: Steve. Here we will review and unpack the story of Siren and Sir, and attempt to interpret the story as it unfolds.
This is a breakdown and Easter egg review of the music video, "California Rocket Fuel". This is the first music video from Siren and Sir, which was released on December 21, 2019. 
What is California Rocket Fuel? According to some online sources, "The combination of Effexor (venlafaxine) and Remeron (mirtazapine) has been dubbed “California Rocket Fuel”." These might be the drugs that Sir has been prescribed by Dr. Schwartz. 
We open with Sir waking up in the morning with what seems to be a typical day. Sir clearly has an erection. We see that Sir has February 20th circled on his calendar, but we aren't sure why. We also see a strange painting of what appears to be the hands of someone holding a knife behind their back in Sir's room. As Sir gets his day started, he takes a couple of pills before getting ready. Sir seems happy and gives his mom a kiss during breakfast, before heading out. We see Sir's dad staring at the family through the window. As Sir gets ready to leave, he opens the door and a bright white light overtakes him. This is probably the beginning effects of the pills Sir took. 
We then see the animation style change as Sir looks at his hands. Sir and the environment now seem a lot more rugged and sketched compared to the smooth, fluid style previously. Sir begins to ride his bike down the street and he passes the Silver Spur, which is the venue his dad played his church band gig at. 
Sir takes flight on his bike E.T. style and there's a street called Heath Street. When Sir flies over the town on his bike, we can see Victor on the sidewalk below wearing his pencil costume writing something on the ground. We also see a shop called Neris. Neris spelled backwards is Siren. This is a call-out to Siren, which has been a mysterious presence throughout the story.
Sir then flies into outer space and looks down at Earth. We see a kite that gets hit by electricity, which is probably a callback to when Daniel got electrocuted while flying his kite. We also see a star on the United States that appears to be in the Georgia or South Carolina region. This might be where the town of Oakdale Wells is located. 
Sir starts flying towards the moon and an asteroid belt of pills appears. The pills have the letters TZ-3 and W-75 on them. TZ-3 is the drug mirtazapine, and W-75 is the drug effexor. This proves that Sir is in fact taking the pills that are also called "California Rocket Fuel". 
Sir then falls back to Earth and to his room. The animation style changes again, but this time, things resemble the classic rubber-hose animation style of the 1920s. Sir walks down the hallway of the school, and we see side effects warnings flash across the screen of nausea, nervousness, sweating, and erectile dysfunction, and blurred vision. We then see Sir on the hallway floor, appearing to have convulsions and vomiting. Other students see this and also begin to vomit. 
We then see Sir's spirit leave his body and begins flying through space. We see pictures of his family floating by and also a picture of Sir and Cora's wedding photo. 
Sir then falls back to Earth, into a body of water. Victor and his cronies are also in the water, and begin to chase Sir. Sir swims out of the water, onto the shore. Victor emerges from the water, but he is now a spider insect. Sir steps on him, seemingly killing him, and then runs into a wooded area nearby. 
As Sir runs through the woods, we see prescription bottles hanging from the trees like fruit. We see that among the pill bottles is a pink vibrator, which is a callback to Daniel finding their mother's vibrator. Cora, Daniel, and Sir's mom are giraffe-like animals emerging from the woods. 
Sir runs away and jumps into a nearby rocket ship. On the control panel of the ship we see the acronym T.H.I.C.C, or thicc, which is a callback to the community calling Sir's mom thick. We also see the words "sex immediately" which is another callback to a user named s_p_a_g_h_e_t_t_i dropping "sex immediately" in many post comments. Sir blasts off, but shortly afterwards, the ship falls back to the Earth. 
In the final shot, we see Sir back in his bed asleep (erection in tow), and a message pops up on his phone. The picture on the phone looks like Cora, and the message reads, "Hey, would you like to come over?"
"California Rocket Fuel" is a song about the struggles of anti-depressants, and the internal and external conflicts that arise from their use. We visually see a young teenager deal with his reality being warped, while trying to navigate daily life. Like many others, Sir is trying to find footing to get a grip on the emotional turmoil he is facing. Everything has a price and a trade off, and only time will tell which was the scales will tip for Sir, with or without his California Rocket Fuel.
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== Notes and Corrections ==
* Steve does not closely analyze the symbolism of the visuals in the video nor any of the lyrics in the song.
* Steve does not address the fact that the paintings in Sir's room are the same paintings he made during the "Oakdale Wells Massacre" video.
* At the time of this video's releasing, there were only nine episodes of the Siren and Sir Recaps released, signaling that Steve's knowledge of the series as of the point of this video's creation was ahead of when the ninth episode was released, which was released the day before it on June 23, 2020. The first time that Silver Spur is named is on the January 8, 2020 post, and we see Matt playing with that band on January 11, 2020.
* Spiders are classified as arachnids, not insects. 
* Cora is the only character that resembles a giraffe in the Island scene. No other character does.
** Steve does not address that Mr. Tim also appears during that scene(as a moose).
* Steve incorrectly states that the profile picture of the person sending Sir a text message is of Cora. The profile picture is of Victor. The message also directly reads, "Hey Sir would you like to come over?" This could possibly be because of a scripting error, as Cora sent this message to Sir in the December 7, 2019 post. There was also a similar event that occurs on April 17, 2020 that specifically uses the animation from "California Rocket Fuel" in it.
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