dunno how to phrase this, but y'know how gerard was a 9-5 office worker before they started mcr? and y'know how during the swarm tour they wore a lot of business casual office attire, but specifically women's office wear? and how during the revenge era, their most iconic look was a black button down, dress pants, dress shoes, and a red tie? aka emo-ified business casual?? I find it kinda poetic that they use a lot of office worker motifs as part of their stage persona. taking the businessperson aesthetic and flipping it so it becomes a part of their art. and one of the songs on bullets is literally called cubicles. you get it
Tik tok really is insane. The short form video takeover of all social media is fucking insane. I realized why I hated it so much recently, and why I hate that instagram is kinda hating my posts lately, and punishing me for not posting reels( partially is me not posting as much / perhaps even a quality decline in my art? Idk I don't think it's that but I digress). Tik tok and reels and all the other platforms trying to coerce social media into a short form video format feels so shitty because it a lens that all "worthy" thoughts can only be from people who look good in a fucking video lol. Things that go viral that are thoughts that can stand alone HAVE to be filtered thru the iPhone selfie camera footage of a pretty person. Theyre basically making posting into an advertising pipeline. It's so gross. Tbh this is why tumblrs format is far more preferable. Longform thoughts stand on their own, I don't have to try and explain this idea in 3775949 12 second videos with makeup on or whatever. Or like. Someone who found my thought on pinterest
And my second Bullets proof sheet from Justin Borucki! This one has one less photo, but I just love their posing, the Ray sunshine grin, Mikey clearly trying to sort out how to handle himself (its okay to be tall buddy!).
As before: 1) credit Justin Borucki as they are his original photos (his instagram is justinborucki) and 2) link back to my post somewhere if you end up posting these elsewhere.