The Maze Runner: Song Parodies

2022 Update from the writer

Holy shuck, hello everyone!

I had no idea that some Maze Runner fan song parodies that I wrote when I was 16 were still being read, honestly its incredible! The 16 year old Lily that still lives somewhere inside me is jumping for joy at all your wonderful comments!

In all honesty I had almost completely forgotten these (I say almost because my friend and I used to sing the Blank Space one whenever we heard that song come on, so its REAL engrained in my mind and reawakens every time I hear the beginning of Blank Space lmao) until I was setting up my portfolio website and decided to google myself. Did you know that when you google my first and last name this is the third result? I may have changed it now, since I don't really want someone trying to look me up for professional purposes and find song parodies I wrote at 16, I'm sure you'll understand.

A lot has changed since I wrote these! I'm 21 now and about to graduate art school with an animation degree! Isn't that crazy? I'm not here to just give myself a pat on the back, I'm writing this because I feel like the people that are reading these songs might be in the same place that I was when I was writing them. I never could have imagined myself here, the future was always so scary to me. I wasn't in the happiest place during the Maze Running time of my life, but it got me here.

Some updates on me: I realized a few months into college that I'm asexual! Which explained why I had had such a different outlook on relationships than my friends in high school, and really helped me in accepting myself. Speaking of high school friends, my friend "Eva" who wrote my other Maze Runner Fanfic with me is still one of my best friends. I talk to her often and when I fly home to visit my family I almost always get to hang out with her. In other relationship news I have a very sweet boyfriend who is so supportive of my animation and sexuality and honestly everything that I could ask for.

Looking back I can talk about how cringe I was writing my song parodies and self-insert fanfics, but I personally think its more beneficial to look back and tell 16 year old Lily that she did a great job and I'm very proud of her. The truth is, if I hadn't written my Maze Runner fanfics and made a fan account on Instagram I may have never gotten the courage to make an Instagram for my art. I may not have gotten into the habit of drawing as much as I do and I may not be in the process of setting up a professional website to apply for my dream job. I might still be in the tiny town I grew up in (absolutely nothing wrong with small towns, but a fresh start is nice) and have never moved to California or met my boyfriend. maybe I wouldn't have asked myself if I could be asexual even. Maybe it sounds like I'm just getting sappy, but I want you all to know that it gets better. 

I've been pretty overwhelmed with the future again lately as I try to get my job applications figured out, but I'm doing much better than when I was 16. Yeah you get older and things change and life is scary so you have to turn to a fandom for awhile to help you through. Maybe you go to bed at night feeling terrified of being alone, or thinking that the only people who care about you are the ones who have to. I did at 16. There are still nights where I feel alone, but they're fewer. I have friends that miss me when I don't text them and a boyfriend who makes an effort to spend at least every weekend with me even though we live an hour and a half apart. High school is hard, life outside high school is hard, but finding the strength in yourself to keep going forward will bring you to the people that make it easier to keep going forward. Sometimes you don't have the strength inside you and that's okay too! Sometimes strength is in a book series and a fandom or a hobby. It's okay to have silly reasons to keep going, and I know you'll all find that some day you don't need those as much.

I'm so glad to see comments from as recent as 2021, thank you for enjoying my silly songs and for leaving such nice comments, please continue to enjoy them as long as you'd like and if you feel like I did at 16, you are always welcome in my weird fanfics. Maybe I'll even write some more parodies if I get enough comment requests, who knows.

Thank you for reading, I hope you're all bloody inspired ;)

~Lily the Glader Girl