#chemical burn!!!

[angstics]

THINKING about how if fake your death was never released, burn bright would’ve been my chemical romance’s final song for years. the song that ends with:

for this interpretation, the city lights is a representation of the audience (like torches). when put into the context of this earlier verse:

we see a cycle of give and take between the band and audience with the fire, ie their passion. passion sustains itself at either source, seeing as the band “steals” it at the end, meaning it isnt theirs. to align two-way passion — or artistry or mission (purifying flame), whatever the fire is — with identity then to go:

“YOU MADE ME WHO I AM / BE AFRAID OF WHAT I AM” is insane in two opposing ways. 1. for the band and audience to be conjoined monsters, or 2. for the band to be the audience’s monster. im approaching both these ideas on the basis that both groups are endlessly flawed but not evil.

for the audience and band to be monsters made of the same materials aligns with their shared fire. we are feared by the world for our shared, cyclical otherness. at the same time, for the audience’s fire to have burned the band in ways alluded to in the song (drug addiction, martyrdom, mental health issues, loss of self, reliance on darkness to create art) — also referenced in foundations “fate had left its scars on his face / with all the damage they had done” — creates an uncomfortable warning call: this experience has hurt me. be afraid of this life.

these interpretations can be combined — we are together in this dependent relationship (audience emotional dependence, band self-destruction) only saved by love for music (the fire). we need each other because others dont want us (“youll never get to heaven / with a life like yours”). be afraid of our community of social degeneracy.

despite starting the band themselves (“we lit the fire”), they were still molded by their experiences (“cause it makes me who i am / you made me who i am”). horrifying loss of free will is combatted (“ill never fade away”) by the final, total reclamation of passion (“if i steal the fire”). by turning the torches off (“from your city nights”). they broke the cycle. this is a goodbye. they’ve said goodbye so many times.

[minmos]

really obsessed

[transthatfag]

kinda vampy

[ghoulwer]

vampire rard the sweetest of ghouls imo

[digitalcarcrash]

can we talk about how insane burn bright is. kissed all the boys in your city lights. not ashamed of what i am. they always told me that you'll never get to heaven with a love like yours. cause it makes me who i am. and you made me who i am. be afraid of what i am.

[sweattyspaghetti]

“💋”

(Sorry for the bright colours squad)

[somebodys-best-friend]

mcr: *writes the most beautiful, incredible, jaw dropping, show stopping, amazing song ever*

mcr: wow good job guys

mcr:

mcr: let's not put it in the album

[videoviolence]

FINALLY DREW UP A SEMI-INFORMAL REF FOR MY "SONA" OF SORTS, THE RADIOACTIVE WEREWOLF !!

[weird--science]

when the movie has beautiful men covered in blood

[lar-mx]

writing prompt #5

The room fell silent, Steph wasn't expecting the pain filled look they were giving her. The question repeated itself in her head a couple of times as her mind searched for a way to save the situation.

"I see you don't have an answer." The silence was still palpable in the room as well as the cold she felt when she saw those beautiful blue eyes lose their shine. "I should have known it was too good to be true, tell bru… Mr. Wayne that if he wanted to know about the projects so much, he could come ask for them himself instead of using a sugar trap." Steph tried to say something before an alert went off on Danny's phone, at which point she saw the panic that took over his eyes, before he ran to an adjacent hallway that led to a room, in which she was not. I had had the opportunity to enter. As she followed him she could see how Danny took a series of vials and several injections. She hesitated a moment before walking through the half-open door. At that moment she saw how he proceeded to apply several of the injections to a girl of about 5 or 6 years old. Steph knew just by seeing her that she was Danny's daughter. and some of the things they discovered while investigating the Nightingale medical company made a lot of sense.

[seizygy]

mothered (murdered) so hard

[aropride]

[dearest-lady-disdain]

between dracula daily, first kill, interview with the vampire tv show and whatever the fuck mcr has going on this year is a win for queer vampire enthusiasts

[skkortysoup]

i was talkin with a bud bout smile dog having a 'human' form(still mentally a dog) here you see ben n jeff taking advantage of that n trying to use her as an adult to sneak into age restricted films

[human-timelord]

Im once again being viscerally reminded how queer burn bright actually is. With stand out lyrics such as:

'Kissed all the boys in your city lights'

'I lost my way in your city lights'

'Not ashamed of what i am...cause it makes me who i am'

'They always told me you never get to heaven with a love like yours'

'Be afraid of what i am'

But in general the whole song has a very queer 'fuck you, this is who i am and im not gonna let anyone change me' attitude. Plus on top of all that it has some exquisite guitar parts that make my ears very happy

[invadergrabass]

needed to draw zim as a little creature