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wrenwhite · 2 years

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i've always wanted a sparkledog, so i made one for myself.

copy/pasting the description i put on sheezy since that description in particular doesn't exist anywhere else so i figure i ought to put it somewhere for the eventuality that sheezy becomes unreadable:

alright, so, storytime i guess. i was in highschool at the height of the 2000s emo and scene movements. i have always really liked super colorful stuff, especially rainbows, and pink has been my favorite color for as long as i can remember. however, when i was a kid, i was super self conscious and easily embarrassed, and i pretended that i didn't like pink or colorful stuff because that was seen as cringey (probably for being associated with "stuff girls like") at the time.

the internet culture at the time was downright oppressive with how few things weren't considered cringey or tacky. people openly mocked each other and made mean-spirited parodies about each other over the dumbest stuff. i spent years only using super desaturated colors and drawing animal characters with realistic patterns and colors because anything too bright or fanciful was mocked ruthlessly behind people's backs. plenty of people did whatever they wanted anyway, but i was bullied in real life and was NOT about to be bullied on the internet lol. it was dire, folks.

anyhow, sparkledogs were SUPER popular on deviantart at the time (like 2008-2009), and it got to a point where there were so many all of the time, that people started to hate them for being popular, garish, "poorly designed," and "unrealistic." all shit that doesn't matter at all and isn't necessarily true.

well, i kind of joined in on the sparkledog hate, and even made a really shitty parody at one point, insensitive jokes and all. even though i thought some of them were Really Fuckin Cool and wanted to enjoy them sincerely.

i was an emo kid back then, depressed, angry and obsessed with MCR (introduced to them via the Helena music video), and a bunch of other emo bands. however, because of my status as a constantly bullied fat kid, on top of my family being too poor for extraneous clothes and accessories, i never dressed emo. but i REALLY, REALLY wanted to, lol. i actually had a friend in HS who used a toothbrush for hours to dye her raccoon tails (hers were blonde and black). i always thought they looked sick as hell, haha.

anyway, when i noticed that scene and emo characters were having a resurgence here in the blessed year of our lord 2021, it made me so nostalgic... so i wanted to finally indulge my teenage self and make a sparkledog based on what i remember of the fashion and my own taste.

this is a little love letter to the anxious, easily embarrassed weirdo i was a kid, like a little murmur of condolence for a childhood fucked up by a whole lot of shitty, pointlessly mean people. i hope they have chilled out over the years, as i have.

cringe is dead, and we are free 💞

#furry #sparkledog #scenedog #art #oc #knives

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transmascfrankiero · 4 years

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all of mcr’s songs ranked out of ten based on whether or not you can strip to them:

romance: could work if you were going for a Super Melancholy smiths-esque vibe but overall too slow and pretty. 1/10

honey: headbanger soundtrack to showcase your revenge body to ur ex. bonus points for underlying ‘gonna murder shitty boyfriend’ context thanks to audition-inspired video. but slightly too angry to be seductive. 5/10

vampires: too goth, too many feelings. reminds me of pot dreads frank. would not work. 0/10

drowning lessons: this song is cursed and cannot be listened to in public unfortunately 0/10

sorrows: if u were going to do a strip routine while beating the shit out of someone for trying to stealing ur tip money this would be a gr8 choice 6/10

halos: it’s about blowing your own head off and taking too many pills to cope w/ wanting to die all the time. 0/10

turnstiles: please do not!!! strip!!! to a song!!! about 9/11!!!! what is wrong w/ you!!! -100000000/10

monroeville: if u were doing a private lil strip dance for your george a. romero-obsessed s.o. where u both cry over the idea of having to kill the other person b/c they turned into a zombie then sure??? but other than that no. .5/10

best day ever: ehhhhhh. too fast. kinda weird to get sexy to unless u have a hospital kink. 0/10

cubicles: wow the thought of doing a strip routine to a song about pining for ur coworker who doesn’t know u exist is too sad to even joke about -20/10

demolition lovers: it’s a long song but it’s got cool tempo changes for variety and if u got the stamina then go for it. 4/10

helena: so, like, i get it. it’s a bop. u could dance to this beat for sure. the costumes and color scheme from the video make for gr8 stage pictures and the dancing corpse lady is v pretty. i could understand why if u were doing an emo strip routine u would want to use helena. but please for the love of all that is holy do NOT strip to a song gerard way wrote about his dead grandmother okay i am BEGGING you -∞/10

give ‘em hell kid: FUCK YEAH YOU LOOK PRETTY WALKIN DOWN THE STREET IN THE BEST DAMN DRESS U OWN. 10/10

to the end: this would be a hilarious choice for a bachelor party ngl 7/10 for that alone

prison: absolutely you could strip to this song but u gotta COMMIT okay u gotta light something on fire onstage and challenge gender norms while screaming your head off 8/10 but only if ur not a coward

i’m not okay: it’s a bop, but can u strip to it? no. 0/10

ghost of you: mikey way did not die on a beach in fake normandy for u to strip to ghost of you. seek help -5/10

jetset life: dude this song like. actually works??? for a strip routine??? so long as you don’t actually listen to the words, from a musical perspective, u could totally strip to this 10/10

interlude: what kinda weird catholic shame kink do u need to have to strip to this song. also it’s too short and too pretty. -5/10 (unless ur into catholic shame idk)

venom: this would require such a high energy routine but if u can make being sweaty work then this is a gr8 choice 7/10

hang ‘em high: this is a BATSHIT INSANE choice for a strip routine but if u want to do it then PLEASE do. i like ur style. 8/10

deathwish: u can strip to this only if u introduce ur routine by dedicating it to everyone who ever said eyeliner on dudes was gay. 5/10

cemetery drive: i think not. 0/10

never told you: if u are a highly theatrical highly murderous stripper then yes definitely 7/10

desert song: this song is Way Too Beautiful to strip to sorry you can’t have it -300/10

the end.: the only sexy thing about this song is how good gerard’s voice sounds so no. 0/10

dead!: this is a bold fucking choice but u have to play your cards just right. high risk high reward but SO much to potentially get wrong 6/10

how i disappear: u could. but why. 2/10

sharpest lives: holy SHIT yes ABSOLUTELY u should strip to sharpest lives. the drama. the beat. the spy rock guitar that frank accidentally nailed. this is one of THE choicest options from their catalog. why aren’t u stripping to this right now 50000000/10

wttbp: cute idea but don’t actually 0/10

i don’t love you: again, a bold fucking choice. u could strip to this in an edgy, meta sort of way but it’s missing the trashy factor so it’d have to be part performance art and part strip routine. if ur into that then totally 5/10

house of wolves: i mean i would pay money to see someone strip to this song so 7/10

cancer: LMAO YIKES -2000000/10

mama: this would be GLORIOUS if u fully embraced the sheer insanity and went Bonkers in Fuckin Zonkers burlesque-show-in-hell w/ it. 100/10 but u gotta pound the floor wailing at some point

sleep: i’m conflicted on this one like on the one hand it’s a good tempo for stripping but on the other hand it’s a song about being cruel to ur loved ones in order to force distance between u and them b/c you’re terrified of them getting hurt and it being all your fault. so maybe don’t strip to this one actually 0/10

teenagers: a bop w/ a great beat and fun costume ideas from the video but two major drawbacks being 1. ur getting naked to a song about teenagers which is uhhhh sort of Inappropriate and 2. it’s kind of also about school shooters which is also Inappropriate to get naked to. 0/10

disenchanted: why would u want this. you sad fuck. idek what to say except if you want to strip to this song i’m crying on your behalf -100000000/10

famous last words: don’t????? don’t. Do Not. stop that. -12/10

blood: this is HILARIOUS omg please strip to blood 10/10

kill all your friends: sure?? no objections but it’s an odd choice. this goes for the demo too. 2/10

heaven help us: if u want to strip to this then you definitely just read unholyverse for the first time and while u are valid, Don’t 0/10

my way home is through you: not an especially sexy song but it’s fun!! you do you 3/10

astro zombies (cover): uhhhhhh it’s a no from me dawg. i’d be thinking about danzig, like, the whole time. 0/10

desolation row: sure but u gotta be willing to get punched in the face by the riot squad for maximum effect 4/10

common people (cover): just b/c gerard would strip to britpop doesn’t mean u can. 0/10

emily: NO!!!! -50000/10

party at the end of the world: nah. 0/10

not that kind of girl: literally please consider the subject matter of this song and rethink ur life choices. -10/10

all the angels: it’s a cool song but don’t strip to it that’s weird -2/10

jack the ripper: you and the person who wants to strip to astro zombies can go sit in the suicidegirls corner together how about that. 0/10

na na na: a banger!! strip away my friend 9/10

bulletproof heart: a good song but not a strip song 1/10

sing: sorry this song is [REDACTED] it gets no score

planetary (go!): you could try to strip to this but it’s such a classic four-on-the-floor that i think you’d end up just regular dancing to it and forget to be sexy so 4/10

the only hope for me is you: are you doing a strip tease for michael bay. stop. put ur shirt back on shia lebeouf 0/10

party poison: like this is a hilarious option and i support you but realistically it’s pretty fast for a strip song 3/10

save yourself, i’ll hold them back: this is a safe option. Too Safe. almost soulless. a person who’d strip to this would avoid eye contact the entire time and never smile and later when you went out for a smoke break you’d overhear them on the phone with their ex arguing over child support payments. 4/10

s/c/a/r/e/c/r/o/w: the more i think about it the more fun the idea of stripping to this becomes so i say go for it 6/10

summertime: i’m Certain that gerard would prefer if you didn’t -5/10

destroya: is this objectively the best mcr song to strip to? Absolutely. it’s got everything you could possibly want right down to built-in moans and fever dream drums. but the only person in the universe who Can Must and Should strip to this song is gerard. sorry them’s the breaks. ∞/10 but only if you’re gerard way

kids from yesterday: don’t. 0/10

vampire money: 100% yes you should strip to this. bonus points for stealth twilight references 1000000/10

we don’t need another song about california: do i like this song? yes. is it sexy? no. 0/10

black dragon fighting society: i can’t understand what the FUCK gerard is saying in this song AT ALL so i can’t recommend that u strip to it b/c i have no fucking idea what it’s ABOUT 0/10

f.t.w.w.w.: i mean. this song is about eating pussy. and robots that are built specifically to fuck. so yes you can strip to this but you gotta dress up like a pornbot 100/10

mastas of ravencroft: again i cannot understand most of the fucking words and the ones i do understand are something something RICKETY BONES RICKETY HANDS so like. probably not the one 0/10

boy division: i could go either way on this one like it’s really fast but it’s also about cocaine so??? 3/10

tomorrow’s money: while this song slaps overall violent nihilism does not a strip song make 1/10

ambulance: no. 0/10

gun.: antiwar messages are sexy but not the right kind for stripping 1/10

the world is ugly: PLEASE no. 0/10

the light behind your eyes: oh my god this is so DEPRESSING why would you want to strip to this who hurt you -2000000/10

kiss the ring: yes yes yes it’s got built-in audience participation conceit factor if u let ur audience kiss ur ring, totally works 10/10

make room!!!: again, slaps, but not a strip song 1/10

surrender the night: dude we talked about this!!! dying violently w/ ur loved ones is Not Sexy!!! 0/10

burn bright: i guess you could strip to this but again it’s Too Safe tread carefully 3/10

fake your death: i want frank iero to strip to this song so i can throw tomatoes at him for being a LYING SACK OF SHIT FOR TWO YEARS i’m not gonna rate this one but frank if ur out there i have a basket of slightly squishy heirloom tomatoes and i am COMING FOR YOU

#mcr #this is the dumb post idea #i spent like an hour on this lmao

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plounce · 6 years

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People don't trash MCR they usually trash middle schoolers and their deification of Gerard Way that is everywhere on the Internet if you're so much as a little bit interested in MCR's music

1. Who R U. you’re talking about this post right. i made that post because literally half of my ocs are based off of different gerard eras (teal roots revenge, touring party poison, helena revenge) and also because i love my lesbian mother gerard way, who is nb and dresses like a lesbian. i like to tell Joaks about one of my fave artists

2. mcr aimed to be “deified” by young people going through hard times. mcr was a band with a Mission that gerard way very fervently believed in yet doubted; in the aftermath of 9/11 (he was a new yorker at the time) he quit art and started a band with the mission to “save lives.” all of mcr were raised catholic and had complex relationships with their faith, especially gerard, who saw mcr as a “mission from god.” mcr included a lot of christian imagery in their music - black parade especially, with the patient/gerard being a christ allegory. many mcr songs are about gerard way’s apparent martyr/messiah complex (see esp heaven help us) and his struggle with it. he belts out lyrics about inspiring the youth as well as lines like “you wanna follow something, give me a better cause to lead” (along with the rest of thank you for the venom) as well as the entirety of blood. this culminates in danger days, where gerard implores his audience to “save yourself, i’ll hold them back.” mcr mythologizes itself very deliberately.

young people, such as middle schoolers, feel their hurts very rawly and deeply, often for the first time in their lives. gerard way especially set mcr up as heroes and inspirations to guide them and be their voice in their darkest times. members of mcr struggled/s with personal problems: addiction, eating disorders, mental illness. many of them still do. they were and are open and vulnerable about these problems. young people aim to be understood, and mcr provides that. mcr’s music and lyrics are raw and bleeding with emotion and honesty. and also allusions to horror movies. that’s what i meant by calling them overdramatic: it was a bit self-effacing due to how often i lip sync along and snarl along to gerard’s yowling in the mirror, but it’s a fair adjective. mcr’s music was goth rock opera! brian may himself played with mcr and compared gerard to freddie mercury. stylistically, “welcome to the black parade” and “bohemian rhapsody” have a lot in common. it’s emo! emotional! it’s meant to be overdramatic, and that’s what makes mcr so great!

mass culture hated mcr. there were of course the people who branded them satanists who caused suicides and gun violence. but greater than that was a disdain for mentally ill youth, mcr’s counterculture and often effeminate aesthetics (this was 2005: “gay” was still widely used as an insult), and, as you mentioned, their fanbase of teenagers, many of whom were teenage girls, who love very passionately. there was also an element of homophobia: mcr was brashly emotional, and men aren’t meant to show emotion; mcr wore eyeliner and skinny jeans and dyed their hair and wore Outfits and were seen as “pretty boys”; stage gay; etc etc. and that was the scene they were in. “emo” was widely reviled and mocked. pop culture in the mid 2000s was littered with jokes about self harm, guyliner, and bands that were seen as trash largely because they had a fanbase of teenage girls.

i refuse to blame teenagers for mcr being hated by pop culture. i was a teenager when i first got into mcr: i listened to teenagers in the back of a marching band bus to give myself strength at the beginning of an intensely stressful time in my young life. culture sees teenage girls as the lowest rung of the fan ladder; many bands are praised when they shed the “teenage girl band” label and become “mature” and “real music.” mcr refused to do that. til the end, they were there for their fans. and young people today still get into them, post breakup, because the music still speaks to the parts of them that hurt. i roll my eyes at the dumb “sassy gerard” memes i occasionally still see, but that’s just my personal reaction. teenagers are teenagers. leave them be.

gerard way is still a martyr for the “beaten, the broken, and the damned” beyond the figurative grave. the music video for SING ends with all four of them being gunned down, by forces that seek to destroy art and expression, while The Girl they taught, nurtured, and kept safe is swept to safety. they sacrifice themselves for her. in the killjoy comics, which were published around the time of the breakup, all the girl has left of them are fuzzy memories, mannequins with costumes, and her life. and a mission: to go save the world.

mcr’s deification was intentional, and to blame vulnerable teenagers for the hatred, misogyny, homophobia, and ableism of greater society is shit. that’s not how you respect mcr’s music, because you would be disregarding what drived it.

3. the only music by mcr ive ever listened to is that all i want for christmas is you/black parade mashup

#chirps #my chemical romance #ok to rb #mcr

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his-ladyship-thefangirl · 6 years

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Can I ask you to answer . . . . ALL the MCR questions in that ask post? Pretty please? 😘

so this was asked about a month ago and i’m just getting to it now bc holy mother of hairballs

Favorite album? My favorite album is definelty danger days. I love the concept, i love the album art and lyrics, and the message of rebellion is still something i keep in my heart to this day.

2. Favorite song off Bullets?

my favorite off bullets would have to be Honey, this mirror isn’t big enough for the two of us. Keep in mind I found them after danger days was released. The early albums don’t have as strong of an influence on me3. Favorite Lyric off Bullets?

I honestly don’t have one. Again, earliest album. I basically listened to all the albums in reverse4. Favorite song off Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge?

Helena. no competition5. Favorite lyric off Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge?

“But you really need to listen to me, because i’m telling you, i mean this, i’m ok, trust me.”6. Favorite song off The Black Parade?

Famous last words7. Favorite lyric from The Black Parade album?

“can you see, my eyes are shining bright, cause i’m out here on the other side, of a jet black hotel mirror, and i’m so weak.”Those lyrics are just so freaking fun to sing, because they sound like a very stereotypical emo line.8. Favorite Black Parade era music video?

Welcome to the black parade. I want to cosplay the woman in the metal dress with the gas mask.9. Favorite song off Danger Days?

hurt. anguish. It cycles between na na na na, bulletproof heart, and we don’t need another song about California. RN it is california.10. Favorite lyric from Danger Days?

“Everybody wants to change the world but no-one wants to die, wanna try wanna try wanna try.”11. Favorite video from Danger Days?

Oh my god na na na na, of course. I love dystopia and post apocalyptic, and i love the created world and characters.12. Favorite killjoy character?

Kobra Kid. he has that rocker energy and i love it.13. Do you have a killjoy name, if so what is it?

I do not but now i need one.14. Favorite Conventional Weapons song?15. Favorite Conventional Weapons lyric?

For both of these, no idea. I had to look them up. I’ll have to listen and find out.16. What is your favorite era?

Probably the black parade. the album and feel made me happy, made my emotions not seem weird. A lot of high school was based off of that.17. What is your favorite Gerard era?

Tie between three cheers and dancer days. But thats just for his look. My favorite is the current era because he’s doing what he loves and seems so much happier. 18. What is your favorite Mikey era?

Three cheers. Wish i could look like that19. What is your favorite Ray era?

Three cheers20. What is your favorite Frank era?

The black parade21. Did you ever get to see them live?

Nah i was a sheltered child. 22. Have you ever met any of them?

nope23. Have you seen any of them live solo?

nope24. Favorite solo project?

no clue25. Favorite Member?

I guess Mikey because he always just chugged along and provided the band with that good bass

26. Fuck, marry, kill (be sure to send band member and era)

Fuck: Mikey, danger days. Marry: Gerard, Black Parade. Kill: Um none thanks

27. What was the first MCR song you ever heard?

It was the black parade, since it was everywhere

Questions 28-45 the answers are no, none, or I never got to see/go. Again, sheltered child. By the time i had freedom they had broken up.

46. If you could only listen to one of their albums (solo projects included) for the rest of your life what would it be?

Probably danger days.

47. Favorite Gerard Hair color and style?

Tie between long black hair and short blonde hair.

48. Favorite Lyric off any album?

“I am not afraid to keep on living.”

49. Opinions on weather or not the material that they had recorded for MCR5 / The Paper Kingdom will ever be released?

Honestly let’s just let them move on. Yeah. I’d love to hear it, the title fascinates me. but the simple fact is they’re done. Who even knows if any material was actually finished?

50. If you could turn back time only once and and see a MCR concert but you had to return to the present time exactly one hour after the show ended, what era or even specific show would you go see?

Probably black parade, just because of the hype.

I know these answers are disappointing. I always say i’m a huge fan. and I am, of what I have seen and heard. But I feel like if i delve too deep there will only be sadness because there’s nothing new ever coming out. SO that’s my answers.

#yikes and i am sorry #answered ask #anon E. Mouse #Anonymous

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