Cody is the Ruler of Everything

Cody is the Ruler of Everything (initially titled "Cody of Everything") was a video with a meme/comedic intent posted by Carmine "Blast" Mathias in the Blasti.NET Discord server on February 11, 2021. This video tied in with the "Ruler of Everything" meme that was popular (most noticably on YouTube and Discord) during early 2021.

This video was created before Heather & Shayla entered its animation phase, meaning that there isn't any actual animation applied to the video other than special effects, if applied.

## Development

Previously, right before the video was created, Carmine had previously created “Skipper of Everything”, which follows the same concept and format of the HS version, other than being B.O.O.M.E.R.S themed.

The way he had discovered the song was through a meme that was posted on another Discord server he was a part of. Upon watching the video, Carmine immediately fell in love with the song, and willingly noticed that it was a worldwide meme, and created two renditions of the video himself.

Right after, the videos were posted to the Blasti.NET Discord server and shortly after became an inside joke among the community.

A year and a half later, Tally Hall would redeem itself as one of the Blasti.NET team’s favorite bands.

## Plot

The video features Cody as if he was singing to Heather. The slide would change on each lyric of the song. These slides consists of a dark indigo background, with specific situations relating to the lyrics, and with captions written on the top and bottom of the screen, similar to an internet meme.

The song featured in the video is "Ruler of Everything" by Tally Hall, from their debut album, "Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum".

## February Variant Transcript

[SINGER] Do you like how I walk?

[SINGER, BACKUP SINGERS] Do you like how I talk?

[SINGER] Do you like how my face (becomes distorted) disintegrates into chalk?

[SINGER] I have a wonderful wife, I have a powerful job

[SINGER] She criticizes me for being egocentric

(Laughter)

[SINGER 1] You practice your mannerisms into the wall

[SINGER 2] If this mirror were clearer I'd be standing so tall

[SINGER 1] I saw you slobber over clovers on the side of the hill

[SINGER 2] I was observing the birds

[SINGER 1] (distorted) Circle in for the kill

[SINGER, BACKUP SINGERS] I've been you, I know you, your façade is a scam

[SINGER] You know you're making me cry, this is the way that I am

[SINGER] I've been living a lie, a metamorphical scheme

[BACKUP SINGERS] Detective undercover brotherhood objective obscene

[ALL SINGERS] Oh, no, no, oh yeah

## March Variant Transcript

[SINGER] In the gallows, or the ghetto

[SINGER] In the town, or the meadow

[SINGER] In the billows, even over the sun

[SINGER] Every end of a time is another begun

[BACKUP SINGERS] You understand, mechanical hands are the ruler of everything? (Ah)

[BACKUP SINGERS] Ruler of everything? (Ah)

[BACKUP SINGERS] I'm the ruler of everything

[SINGER] In the end

[SINGER] Do you like how I dance? I got zirconium pants

[BACKUP SINGER] (distorted) Consequential enough to slip you into a trance

[SINGER] Do you like how I walk?

[SINGER, BACKUP SINGERS] Do you like how I talk?

[SINGER] Do you like how my face (becomes distorted) disintegrates into chalk?

[SINGER] I have a wonderful wife, I have a powerful job

[SINGER] She criticizes me for being egocentric

(Laughter)

[SINGER 1] You practice your mannerisms into the wall

[SINGER 2] If this mirror were clearer I'd be standing so tall

[SINGER 1] I saw you slobber over clovers on the side of the hill

[SINGER 2] I was observing the birds

[SINGER 1] (distorted) Circle in for the kill

[SINGER, BACKUP SINGERS] I've been you, I know you, your façade is a scam

[SINGER] You know you're making me cry, this is the way that I am

[SINGER] I've been living a lie, a metamorphical scheme

[BACKUP SINGERS] Detective undercover brotherhood objective obscene

[ALL SINGERS] Oh, no, no, oh yeah

## June Variant Transcript

[BACKUP SINGER] Juno was mad, he knew he'd been had so he shot at the sun with a gun

[BACKUP SINGER] Shot at the sun with a gun

[BACKUP SINGER] Shot at his wily one, only friend

[SINGER] In the gallows, or the ghetto

[SINGER] In the town, or the meadow

[SINGER] In the billows, even over the sun

[SINGER] Every end of a time is another begun

[BACKUP SINGERS] You understand, mechanical hands are the ruler of everything? (Ah)

[BACKUP SINGERS] Ruler of everything? (Ah)

[BACKUP SINGERS] I'm the ruler of everything

[SINGER] In the end

[SINGER] Do you like how I dance? I got zirconium pants

[BACKUP SINGER] (distorted) Consequential enough to slip you into a trance

[SINGER] Do you like how I walk?

[SINGER, BACKUP SINGERS] Do you like how I talk?

[SINGER] Do you like how my face (becomes distorted) disintegrates into chalk?

[SINGER] I have a wonderful wife, I have a powerful job

[SINGER] She criticizes me for being egocentric

(Laughter)

[SINGER 1] You practice your mannerisms into the wall

[SINGER 2] If this mirror were clearer I'd be standing so tall

[SINGER 1] I saw you slobber over clovers on the side of the hill

[SINGER 2] I was observing the birds

[SINGER 1] (distorted) Circle in for the kill

[SINGER, BACKUP SINGERS] I've been you, I know you, your façade is a scam

[SINGER] You know you're making me cry, this is the way that I am

[SINGER] I've been living a lie, a metamorphical scheme

[BACKUP SINGERS] Detective undercover brotherhood objective obscene

[ALL SINGERS] Oh, no, no, oh yeah

(Lyrics stop for a couple of seconds, and then continue)

[SINGER] Do you hear the flibbity-jibbity-jibber-jabber? With an "Oh my God I've got to get out of here

[SINGER] Or I'll have another word to sell, another story to tell, another timepiece swinging the bell"

[SINGER] Do you hear the clock stop when you reach the end?

[SINGER] No, you know it must be never-ending

[SINGER] Comprehend if you can

[SINGER] But when you try to pretend you understand you resemble a fool

[SINGER] Although you're only a man, so give it up and smile

(Lyrics stop again for a couple of seconds, and then continue)

[ALL SINGERS] Do you hear the flibbity-jibbity-jibber-jabber? With an "Oh my God I've got to get out of here

[ALL SINGERS] Or I'll have another word to sell, another story to tell, another timepiece swinging the bell"

[ALL SINGERS] Do you hear the clock stop when you reach the end?

[ALL SINGERS] No, you know it must be never-ending

[ALL SINGERS] Comprehend if you can

[ALL SINGERS] But when you try to pretend you understand you resemble a fool

[ALL SINGERS] Although you're only a man, so give it up and smile

(Lyrics stop once again for a couple of seconds, and then continue)

[BACKUP SINGERS] You understand, mechanical hands are the ruler of everything? (Ah)

[BACKUP SINGERS] Ruler of everything? (Ah)

[BACKUP SINGERS] I'm the ruler of everything

[BACKUP SINGERS] In the end

[BACKUP SINGER] Without looking down, gliding around, like a bumbling dragon, I fly

[BACKUP SINGER] Scraping my face on the sky

[BACKUP SINGER] Oh, no, no, oh yeah

## Trivia

* According to Carmine, he "regrets making this video", and realized that Tally Hall is "more than a trend".
* This was the first Heather & Shayla video ever created.
* This is one of the only pieces of HS media that contain blood/cartoon gore in it.
	+ Heather's claws are visible during the "Circle in for the kill" slide, and are stained with what appears to be blood.
	+ According to Carmine, Heather & Shayla was "having a hard time trying to find a target audience/standard".
* Initially, the word "observing" was misspelt as "obverbing".
* The raw file for the March Variant contains a typo.
	+ The line "Every end of a time is another begun!" is misspelt as "**Ever** end of a time is another begun!". This was fixed via post-editing.
* Several of the slides have changed throughout each version.
	+ The font for the captions changed from "Snap ITC" to "Sarpanch" in the June Variant.
	+ The June Variant is sometimes inconsistent with the art style, switching constantly from the February assets to the June/May assets.
* The videos were created with iMovie.
	+ This explains the reason for its heavily compressed video quality, as the videos were in the .*mov* format, and many .mov files are often compressed through Discord, the site on which it was first seen and posted.
* This video was one of the very first instances of the Heather & Shayla series' music of choice. Mainly referring to what music and songs had Heather & Shayla connections (mainly through videos and community in-jokes), which was an influential part of the series' inception and its early days.