#the transcripts for those quotes are in the image descriptions btw

[raytorosaurus]

Hello! You said in one of your tags about how Ray had to talk Gerard out of leaving the band, do you have any videos or interviews about that? Because I'm going insane over that knowledge

ok take my hand and follow me further down the path of insanity because it's not just once he's done it multiple times. i've always thought it's kinda fitting that back when they had a drummer who couldn't keep time live that job fell to ray even though it's normally down to the rhythm section bc well. ray literally keeps my chemical romance together. just off the top of my head:

early days, post-bullets. annoyingly i can't find the video source right now but it's been transcribed + giffed a bunch, e.g. here. gerard said: "We had a real talk in my kitchen one day and I'm pretty sure I was close to not wanting to do the band anymore. Just because we made a record, right? And I was like, 'Yeah that's it, I'm done now. I made a record, I'm cool.' I kind of tended to just make little goals for myself and then once accomplishing them kind of being over it and moving onto something else. And Ray never let me do that. Now I'll never let it go, you know, once I learned that. He helped me learn that." and then they hugged like this <3

then when they were writing/recording revenge they stayed in an apartment complex in la for a couple of months - mikey and frank were roommates, gerard and ray were roommates, and otter was on his own lol. gerard flipped out and panicked that nobody would understand what they were trying to do or say with revenge and ray talked him through it. it's mentioned on p99 of not the life it seems:

then i'm sure most of you know about the madison square garden show that capped out the pretty harrowing black parade tour. frank was highly medicated and zoned out, they played desert song by ray's request, and gerard said the (in)famous, "If we never play another show ever again, keep yourself alive," line. apparently the vibes backstage were Not Good and gerard was going around telling everyone that they'd just played their last show and ray was on damage control. then ray talked to gerard and convinced him to take a break from the band for a while, because if they didn't it would be the end forever. then allegedly on the ride home with a couple of his old buddies like jon rivera, gerard started writing what would later become boy division. yeah i know right. there's a long section of ntlis dedicated to that but the most relevant part is here on p230:

anyway. love how with this band it always comes back down to the love and loyalty they all have for each other, because my chemical romance would truly be nowhere without it. so grateful that we get to witness a little bit of that and see them all back together visibly having so much fun and spreading joy even now in their forties. they always knew my chemical romance was important but i don't think they ever could have known it would end up like this <3

[fardf150]

Greetings, salutations, any way you slice it, hello!

(Lmao gender be wildin)

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Hi; you can call me any of the names listed in the post about my gender (linked above), but just Lee is fine any day! I’m pretty shy, but it doesn’t take me long to warm up to people.

Feel free to talk to me; I don’t mind- in fact, I really like it! So feel free to ramble, ask me about my interests, tell me about your day- anything, really! And feel free to dm me if you want to be friends (I’ll never ever do it first though I’m way too shy-)

I mostly just say random things and reblog stuff I like but sometimes there’ll be little doodles, drabbles, or something

Original posts are tagged as ‘lee’s twaddles’ (no quotes)

My main interests would have to be (bolded is main, pink is big big big):

Danganronpa

Ace Attorney and The Great Ace Attorney/Dai Gyakuten Saiban

Vocaloid

Junji Ito

A Man & His Cat

Detroit: Become Human

Other interests ig? Idrk

You most likely do not want to follow me/go through my posts if any the following makes you uncomfortable:

Caps lock; I try to tag this as ‘caps cw’ (no quotes) now but I forget a lot and my older posts don’t have it tagged so I’d still be careful

Bold text/italics

Cats (the animal not the musical)

Talking about siblings; particularly older ones

Swearing/Cursing (seriously I swear a l o t; please please please don’t follow me if this makes you uncomfortable)

I’m saying this as I don’t tag any of these things and haven’t tagged them in the past unless I put it in general tags.

If I catch anyone I find gross following me or interacting with me, your ass is ✨blocked✨. That includes nsfw/kink/18+/“minors DNI” blogs.

Uhh I’ll just say this in case anyone’s unsure but yes it’s ok to respond to my vents

(Things tagged as ‘vent ish’ are used when nothing’s really wrong and it wasn’t supposed to be a vent but it kinda turned out and comes across that way)

I tag triggers with “[x] tw”, “[x]”, “[x] cw”, and/or “[x] mention”

What I tag:

Nsfw

P*dophilia and mentions

Inc*st and mentions

Guns, knifes- weapons in general

Blood/gore

Mothers/fathers/parents and mentions (all tagged separately)

Death/child death/animal death and mentions (all tagged separately)

Eyestrain

Unreality

Paranoia

I tag mentions of things like s*x and genitalia as well as suggestive things with ‘nsfw ish’, ‘nsfw mention’, and/or ‘nsfw implications’ so if you don’t like when those subjects are brought up, I’d advise you block both of those tags. Stay safe y’all <3

I used to often reblog things such as helplines and alternatives that mention s*lf h*rm and s*ic*de without properly tagging it, so if these subjects are at all triggering for you, PLEASE take caution before viewing my older posts, or just simply do not do so at all.

Feel free to ask me to tag anything else! If you notice that I don’t tag something that qualifies as one of these things, please tell me so I can correct it.

If anything about me; my speech patters, my demeanor- anything rubs you the wrong way or makes you uncomfortable, feel free to block me. I mean this genuinely; you deserve to have a happy and safe experience online and everywhere else.

Please don’t vent to me without warning; I’m perfectly willing to help if I can, but please please ask first!! That’s all I ask.

I’m really sorry about this but please please please don’t tag me in anything related to activism or... really anything to do with human suffering. I just really can’t handle it. I know I could help but it’s just really draining and makes me feel sick. I’m sorry. I’m really sorry.

Masterpost of cleaned up/edited pixel sprites

AO3

@flaming-cup-of-lgbteaplus is the blog I run for a friend and I’s podcast- all of the links where you can listen are in our pinned post

@sunshine-lemonade-stand is my edit blog

@lee-tries-to-write is where rb writing refs

@lee-cant-draw is my art blog (but I pretty much only do pixel and abstract)

Don’t be afraid to ask me to add tl;dr’s or image descriptions/transcripts to anything!

(Mutuals can dm me for my list of discomforts/squicks/triggers, as well as some ways to get in contact with me as long as they aren’t too personal; i.e. my phone number is a no-no. There’s no guarantee you’ll get it, at least at first, but if I get to know you better afterward I’ll probably ask if you still want it at some point)

Btw I have a tendency to use pet names when I get close to people, but I won’t do it unless I know you’re comfortable with it dw

Thanks for reading; safe travels!