IT IS KILLING ME

ESP WITH THE NR IMPLICATIONS THATS WHY I NEED TO KNOW THE LORE im a baby (lol only 21) so i only just started getting to MCR so idk much except surface level shit BUT WOW 👀👀👀

ITS SO NR. i love to educate!! i was a big mcr fan as a teen but i DID NOT GET IT BACK THEN so i'm really enjoying getting something totally new out of their music now! gerard way also has a solo project that is VERY queer, very britpop, still thematically very anti-industry and "outsider-y"

oooo i had NO idea he had solo music and will def look into their solo stuff!! one of my fav shows is umbrella academy so im curious if i should watch it again through a NR lens??? 👀👀

YES. i found it pretty impossible to not see themes in the last couple seasons, but it was too dense for me (or i'm too dense for it tbh lol) to like get a whole lot from it cause i kept zoning. gerard has always seemed pretty set on making art with a greater purpose and bigger messages in mind

very valid, i kinda clocked out mentally at that point too 🫣 at least by the last season since the 3rd season disappointed me a bit good to know though! i’ve been going through your slideshow and im sooo downnn

the themes he’s using, damn! so so clear! i would love to hear your other thoughts (esp since i know you said they change some of the props sometimes) now that i have a basic understanding of the tour

think the biggest other things that have happened recently are them being shown clocking in with punch cards at the start, the fact that the audience typically receives YEA/NAY voting signs when they come into the show and this last show they were handed out RIGHT before showtime ONLY to the floor+

gerard seems to be getting more and more off script, during the election/execution he was basically like "the dictator says i gotta do it, do i care? not really!" & he reads a different book/magazine at every show, like toronto was the anne hathaway vogue and this week was a cat magazine 🫣

the striped undershirt he had on underneath his parade outfit also seems pretty indicative of some kind of prisoner situation and it's also new! a black and white striped shirt after taylor's black and white striped dress? a cat's brain? whewww... like i know, everything's not about her. but...

Do you have any details on the OG magazine from Seattle? I know I’ve heard there’s a through line in DD era but I’m not doing a good job trying to look it up myself 😅

funny you say brit pop bc word on the street is OR3 is “post brit pop” specifically

Oh LFG

INCHRESTIIIINGGG i'm super eager to hear what that sounds like from her

me too! i think she’s carved out her own space and i love that for her