y’know has much as i love jatp as it is, i do like to consider if the story was paced differently with two seasons and having the first season be about the boys figuring out their deaths and helping julie recovery from losing her mom/getting her back into music while uncovering the truth about boddy/trevor. (background plot involving alex and willie and developing their relationship. the club being a fun ghost thing but celeb is a looming unknown threat coming that willie is trying to secretly keep away) leading into a season two about the boys crossing over and julie coming to terms with the fact they might leave her sooner or later and moving on her by herself. (carrie’s turn for redemption included!) also celeb getting more time to be the Big Bad with more music scenes in the club and freeing willie (williex endgame!) keeping it similar to the actual show where’s its open ended as to when and if the boys crossed over. but yknow. i think the one season is pretty good too
I remembered I have some interesting photos on my gallery since 2021
THE SUNSET CURVE DEMO
I found the photos randomly on a site
What was interesting to me was the description on the demo. They met at high school (apparently they didn’t study at Los Feliz) and formed the band while being students (which was obvious)
It’s such a same we never heard Late Last Night, Lakeside Reflection and In Your Starlight
I feel like we as a society sleep on the lyricism that exists within the JATP soundtrack.
Like "I feel your rhythm in my heart. You are my brightest burning star. I never knew a love so real. We're heaven on earth. Melody and words. When we're together we're in perfect harmony", "Consider me the pearly gates to your new favorite thrills", "The rain don't blind the rising souls, they got too much to see", " "If I could take us back, if I could just do that, and write in every empty space the words "I love you" in replace, then maybe time would not erase me.", " The words I most regret are the ones I never meant to leave unsaid", "Love me as I am. I'll hold your music here inside my hands", "When all the days felt black and white, those were the best shades of my life", "Wake up if it's all you do. Look out, look inside of you. It's not what you lost, it's what you'll gain, raising your voice to the rain", "Life is a risk but I will take it, close my eyes and jump", "And I use the pain, 'cause it's part of me and I'm ready to power through it", "Keep dreaming like we'll live forever, but live it like it's now or never"
hey i know i haven’t been active at all in the past couple of months but i just passed a year on testosterone and in two weeks i’ll be getting top surgery. im so happy and excited and in a funny way jatp really helped me through my transition. not only as a comfort show but through a supportive fandom with members in the community we’ve created so many fics and arts and headcanons that depict the characters in every shade of queer. trans fics that made me feel seen and understood in my experiences. fanart of trans luke wearing his typical cut off tanks with a binder visible inspiring me to work to become more comfortable to do the same (something i wouldn’t have been able to do without seeing that it’s even a possibility). i even realized im aroace through jatp and fandom headcanons. it’s all been really amazing and eye opening and such a fun experience (making it hurt all the more at a lack of opportunity for season two) honestly i wish i could still be just as active when i first started this blog and maybe while im recovering from surgery i’ll find the time to post again but for now i just wanted say thank you to everyone i’ve interacted in the jatp fandom you’ve helped me become more comfortable in myself in ways you may not have realized nor i thought possible. i wanted to share this in hopes of spreading some positivity even if it’s just in small ways. you all mean so much to me, even now. i hope y’all have a safe and wonderful rest of the week thank you again everyone <33
Something something JATPs arc is about healing this whole mess of a family.
Like okay okay:
Luke, Reggie and Alex are all estranged from their families and Sunset Curve becomes their family. Bobby was their family and that's why what he did hurts them so much.
Bobby loses Sunset Curve and the Molinas are there for him and become his family.
At some point the Wilsons and Molinas fall out, specifically Carrie and Julie.
Rose dies, and the boys become new found family for Julie.
And to complete the loop, the Wilsons need to swing back around into the found family again.
Bobby/Trevor is still part of the phantoms family. The Wilsons and Molinas definitely were close families for a long time. Heal Julie and Carrie's relationship! They're ALL connected. The boys NEED to talk to Bobby/Trevor!
There is something really weird about Bobby and I don’t know if somebody talked about it before but I will
In the last Jatp book “We got the music” it says that
“Trevor Wilson broke into the music industry…in the mid-nineties” IN THE MID-NINETIES?
So right after the boys died? It’s insane. What a cruel person Bobby is.
His best friends died and his next thought was: “I’m gonna steal Luke’s notebook and release all the songs he wrote?” ?
After that is mentioned:
He literally talked about Luke💀
He used his dead best friend to earn money and succes…evil
Luke’s parents thought Luke failed in his music career. But he didn’t. Trevor is the clear example that Luke would’ve been so successful.
And the last thing
Bobby got his new name from a street performer, as it was mentioned on “Whatever happens”.
“Maybe one day, when I made it big, I’d change my name to something like that” He was talking about his solo career or about the band? Cause it sounds weird💀
And what about Rose? Why Rose helped him in his music career? Why she stayed friends with him?
I really tried to defend young Bobby. He was just seventeen, was Luke’s childhood friend, but it’s very bad what he did. It’s such a shame we didn’t get a second season to see how Bobby would’ve handled the situation.
Maybe he had his reasons somehow, but we never got a second season…Why Netflix why😭