#frank is a new jersey rat

[vvviktor]

I've come to a conclusion

(The criteria is, of course, my own gender envy towards those fuckers)

#ryan ross #dallon weekes #idkhow #frank iero #genderfluid #mcr #transmasc #trans #nonbinary #this spectrum is like classic rock fan with a past burlesque aestethic #strange man with uncanny leg movements and 70's mystery murder songs #little bastard rat man chaos bringer who LOVES NEW JERSEY DID YOU KNOW IM FROM NEW JERSEY #and then he says hes italian i am killing him a thousand times frank basta

[princessg3rard]

my auntie is visiting my other auntie in new jersey and I have to hold myself so hard not to ask her if she’s seen frank iero

this is so hard I’m having to restrain myself so much

#I can’t hear the words new jersey anymore my brain is rotting #frank iero #scraggly rat my beloved #my chemical romance #mcr rox

[fearofalling]

gerard is my peach. ray is my pumpkin. mikey is my sweet little jar of jam. frank is my domesticated sewer rat i’ve affectionately named Sicko. and together they are My chemical romance from new jersey

#mcr #real #1k

[stawpny]

more ny/ca hc’s, as another treat for you heathens

- I feel like Yorks that type of guy who would give cal his umbrella like if it was pouring in NYC, since I’ve heard it doesn’t rain in California. He would just stand there, watching Cal be obsessed with this city while he’s fucking drenched, but who cares? If Cal’s happy then he’s mildly content. He’s a wet angry cat in NYC.

-New York used to sit in the Northeast area between Mass and Jersey, but ever since he’s fell in love with the golden boy, he sits right next to him. He had to kick Oregon out of the seat though, and also forced everyone to move over a chair. Cal was clueless.

-York loves sitting ontop of skyscrapers in NYC. He finds it calm and peaceful up there. Cal, not so much. He just usually plays with the pigeons that nest up there to calm his nerves.

-I deadass believe York feeds the pigeons, and when they all flock up around him, eating all of the food, he just snatches one and adds it to his collection. Rats too.

-this adorable mf can only sleep with Cal by his side or he will panic and stay up the whole night. He needs his glowing golden boy, his nightlight 😭.

-Cal calls York when he misses him, and york always answers to reassure him that he could live without him. Cal gets upset and says it’s not true, hangs up the phone out of anger, then totally forget about the situation and call him back to say he misses him again. Cycle repeats.

-York smiles every time Cal does something stupid. Not a smirk, nor a grin, a full blown smile, which is weird for him. Don’t tell York that Cal sometimes does it on purpose to make his partner smile and laugh.

-(not CA/NY) I swear Gov has a board for each and everyone of the states that have OLD pictures of them and adds the most recent one and the oldest one. He changes it every time they get a new look.

-California is a helicopter mom. New Yorks like that dad who is there for you but doesn’t give a shit what you do outside. He might even join you.

Songs I think represent this ship:

Somethin’ Stupid by Frank Sinatra (Both)

Delicate by Taylor Swift (both)

From the Start by Laufey (CA pov)

Hell N Back by Bakar (I can’t decide)

VALENTINE BY LAUFEY (THIS ONE) (NY pov cause he’s new to this kinda stuff)

Paper Rings by Taylor Swift (CA POV)

Mastermind by Taylor Swift (NY POV)

Wonderland by Taylor Swift (both maybe)

Maroon/Paris also by Taylor Swift (I don’t know honestly 😭)

—

they’re so silly

I had to stop with the songs there or I would start connecting songs to them even if it was only one lyric that sounded like them in that song

im sick rn.

I was forced to take a covid test and I now have Covid?? I dunno the test expired in February 😭

anyways, I hope u liked them

ILY byeee!!

#wttt new york #wttsh #welcome to the statehouse #wttsh new york #wttt headcanons #wttt california #wttt shipping #wttsh headcanons #wttt #wttt gov #wttsh gov #wttt caliyork #the sillies are back ⁉️⁉️

[fandomconsumesme]

16 sunny episodes to watch before s16: broken down

Disclaimer, this is the first long post I’ve done, so bear with me, I’m not great at concise thoughts. Also I’m sure this has been done before, but the hyperfixation is quite strong rn, might as well break it down with the information as of Frank Vs. Russia.

Gang gets racist: could just be to introduce the characters, but that is basically throwing new viewers in the deep end, and the gang haven’t been fully characterized yet. Introduction of queer Dennis though, which is shown in 16x04 (Queer Dennis Rules!) and the source of some presumable trauma for Dennis, the mental health of whom seems to be on display this season. And my beloved, the waitress.

Charlie got molested: Origin of fucking Uncle Jack, McPoyles and Charlie’s sisters. Enough said.

Mac Bangs Dennis’ Mom: Dennis “Mommy issues” Reynolds is all that really comes to mind, but perhaps the introduction of Bonnie and Mrs. Mac. Maybe Macden fistfight?

The gang exploits a miracle: Origin of Dennis’ ED and Cricket.

Gang gets held hostage: I know I said McPoyles for the first episode, but to be honest they weren’t to their true levels of insanity yet, and this one brings it full force. and obviously mac’s “i love you”

Nightman Cometh: Jack has been in s16 a LOT so far, and this would help to explain the abuse that occurred to Charlie beyond largely insensitive jokes. If I trusted rcg a bit more, I might say there will be more this season covering Charlie’s trauma, but most likely this episode was picked because it’s a classic that demonstrates the dynamics of the gang.

The gang gives Frank an intervention: Introduces Gail the snail.

The Waitress is getting married: more of the waitress! Dee-Waitress dynamic! Artemis!

The DENNIS system: comes back as the SINNED system in fvr.

The Gang buys a boat: I legitimately have no clue. Maybe they will address Dennis' insane attitude towards women? How he likes the illusion of power over them?

Mac's Mom Burns her house down: A further introduction into the characters of Mrs. Mac and Bonnie, explains how they came to live together. POPPINS?!?

Who got Dee pregnant: Absolutely no idea.

The Gang goes to the jersey shore: They return there in frank shoots, nostalgia for their tainted childhoods that is purportedly the theme of Risk E. Rat.

Charlie Work: So far in 16, Charlie has been overwhelmingly the straight man, in the case of inflation, Mac's relationship with his uncle, and even taking charge of the events in cursed. This episode somewhat reflects that. It's also incredibly highly rated and one of the best episodes, so...

The Gang goes on family fight: Dennis has an emotional breakdown related to his self-perceived inadequacies and extreme reaction to failure, which it can be guessed will feature in DTAMHD.

MFHP: Not only are the events of this episode mentioned in Fvr, as to give context to Frank now being an ally, plus it details mac's relationship with his father, which lurks in the background of shoots, this was the first season-ending, serious emotional catharsis moment, starting a trend that continued with Charlie and his dad in 15, and will presumably manifest for Dennis in DTAMHD. So rest assured, it's probably going to make us cry. Also it's pretty gay, which can only mean good(?) things.

#sunny 16 #dennis reynolds #dee reynolds #frank reynolds #charlie kelly #mac mcdonald #macdennis #deetress #TW: short discussion of csa #iasip

[charliemac]

presenting IASIP EPISODES THAT WERE NOT WRITTEN BY RCG

i counted “rcg involvement” as any episode written by rob, charlie, and/or glenn, including with other non-rcg writers or creating the story but not writing it. every episode in this list does not have rob charlie or glenn credited as writers. excuse my typing errors and also feel free to add/correct anything because this is absolutely fascinating to me

SEASON 2

s2e8 the gang runs for office - david hornsby

SEASON 3

s3e13 the gang gets whacked part 2 - scott marder and rob rosell

S3e15 the gang dances their asses off - david hornsby, scott marder, rob rosell

SEASON 4

s4e4 mac’s banging the waitress - david hornsby

s4e8 paddy’s pub: the worst bar in philadelphia - scott marder, rob rosell, david hornsby

s4e10 sweet dee has a heart attack - rob rosell and scott marder

SEASON 5

s5e1 the gang exploits the mortgage crisis - becky mann and audra sielaff

s5e3 the great recession - david hornsby

s5e4 the gang gives frank an intervention - scott marder and rob rosell

s5e6 the World Series defense - david hornsby

s5e7 the gang wrestles for the troops -scott marder and rob rosell

S5e8 paddy’s pub: home of the original kitten mittens - sonny lee and Patrick walsh

s5e9 mac and dennis break up - Scott marder and rob rosell

S5e10 the dennis system - david hornsby, Scott marder, rob rosell

SEASON 6

s6e1 mac fights gay marriage - becky mann and audra sielaff

s6e2 dennis gets divorced - Dave and john chernin

s6e4 mac’s big break - rob rosell

s6e5 mac and charlie: white trash - luvh rakhe

s6e6 mac’s mom burns her house down - Scott marder and rob rosell

s6e8 the gang gets a new member - david hornsby

s6e9 dee reynolds shaping America’s youth - david hornsby

S6e10 charlie kelly king of the rats - Scott marder and rob rosell

s6e11 the gang gets stranded in the woods - Scott marder and rob rosell

s6e12 dee gives birth - david hornsby, becky mann, audra sielaff

SEASON 7

S7e1 frank’s pretty woman - scott marder and rob rosell

S7e2 the gang goes to the jersey shore - dave and john chernin

S7e3 frank reynolds’ little beauties - scott marder and rob rosell

S7e5 frank’s brother - david hornsby

S7e6 the storm of the century - charles hornsby

S7e9 the gang gets trapped - luvh rakhe

S7e10 how mac got fat - scott marder and mehar sethi

S7e11 thunder gun express - dave and john chernin

SEASON 8

S8e5 the gang gets analyzed - luvh rakhe

S8e6 charlie’s mom has cancer - scott marder and rob rosell

S8e7 frank’s back in business - dave and john chernin

S8e8 charlie rules the world - david hornsby

S8e9 the gang dines out - mehar sethi

SEASON 9

S9e3 the gang tries desperately to win an award - david hornsby

S9e4 mac and dennis buy a timeshare - dave and john chernin

S9e6 the gang saves the day - dave and john chernin

S9e7 the gang gets quarantined - david hornsby

S9e8 flowers for charlie - david beinoff and d.b weiss (game of thrones creators/writers)

S9e9 the gang makes lethal weapon 6 - scott marder

S9e10 the gang squashes their beefs - rob rosell

SEASON 10

S10e1 the gang beats boggs - dave and john chernin

S10e2 the gang group dates - rob rosell

S10e5 the gang spies like U.S - david hornsby

S10e7 mac kills his dad - david hornsby, dave and john chernin

S10e10 ass kickers united: mac and charlie join a cult - scott marder

SEASON 11

S11e2 frank falls out the window - david hornsby

S11e3 the gang hits the slopes - dave and john chernin

S11e4 dee made a smut film - eric ledgin

S11e5 mac and dennis move to the suburbs - hunter covington

S11e6 being frank - scott marder

S11e7 mcpoyle vs ponderosa: the trial of the century - conor galvin

S11e8 charlie catches a leprechaun - jon and josh silberman

S11e9 & s11e10 the gang goes to hell parts 1 and 2: david hornsby and scott marder

SEASON 12

S12e2 the gang goes to a water park - eric ledgin

S12e3 old lady house: a situational comedy - dannah phirman and danielle schneider

S12e4 wolf cola: a public relations nightmare - david horsby and scott marder

S12e5 making dennis reynolds a murderer - conor galvin

S12e8 the gang tends bar - megan ganz

S12e9 a cricket’s tale - david hornby and scott marder

SEASON 13

S13e1 the gang makes paddy’s great again - david hornsby

S13e2 the gang escapes - megan ganz

S12e3 the gang beats boggs: ladies reboot - dannah phirman and danielle schneider

S12e4 time’s up for the gang - megan ganz

S13e5 the gang gets new wheels - conor galvin

S13e6 the gang solves the bathroom problem - erin ryan

S13e7 the gang does a clip show - dannah phirman and danielle schneider

S13e8 charlie’s home alone - adam weinstock and andy jones

S13e9 the gang wins the big game - conor galvin

SEASON 14

S14e2 thunder gun 4: maximum cool - conor galvin

S14e3 dee day - megan ganz

S14e4 the gang chokes - john howell harris

S14e6 the janitor always mops twice - megan ganz

S14e8 paddy’s has a jumper - dannah phirman and danielle schneider

S14e9 a woman’s right to chop - dannah phirman and danielle schneider

S14e10 waiting for big mo - david hornsby

SEASON 15

S15e2 the gang makes lethal weapon 7 - keyonna taylor and katie mcelhenney

S15e3 the gang buys a roller rink - rob rosell david hornsby

S15e7 dee sinks in a bog - david hornsby and rob rosell

S15e8 the gang carries a corpse up a mountain - megan ganz

#yes i wrote this autistically for no reason but so many of my fav episodes were not written by rcg #it’s so funny #the dennis system…the gang dines out….kitten mittens…i mean some serious classics in here #what does everyone think. #long post #iasip

[a3cc54]

charlie kelly <3 waitress

mac macdonald bonnie kelly

dennis reynolds

dee reynolds

frank reynolds

season 1

S01E01: the gang gets racist

S01E02: charlie wants an abortion

S01E03: underage drinking: a national concern

S01E04: charlie has cancer

S01E05: gun fever

S01E06: the gang finds a dead guy

S01E07: charlie got molested

season 2

S02E01: charlie gets crippled

S02E02: the gang goes jihad

S02E03: dennis and dee go on welfare

S02E04: mac bangs dennis’ mom

S02E05: hundred dollar baby

S02E06: the gang gives back

S02E07: the gang exploits a miracle

S02E08: the gang runs for office

S02E09: charlie goes america all over everybody’s ass

S02E10: dennis and dee get a new dad

season 3

S03E01: the gang finds a dumpster baby

S03E02: the gang gets invincible

S03E03: dennis and dee’s mom is dead

S03E04: the gang gets held hostage

S03E05: the aluminum monster vs fatty magoo

S03E06: the gang solves the north korea situation

S03E07: the gang sells out

S03E08: frank sets sweet dee on fire

S03E09: sweet dee’s dating a retarded person

S03E10: mac is a serial killer

S03E11: dennis looks like a registered sex offender

S03E12: the gang gets whacked: part 1

S03E13: the gang gets whacked: part 2

S03E14: bums: making a mess all over the city

S03E15: the gang dances their asses off

season 4

S04E01: mac & dennis: manhunters

S04E02: the gang solves the gas crisis

S04E03: america's next top paddy's billboard model contest

S04E04: mac’s banging the waitress

S04E05: mac and charlie die: part 1

S04E06: mac and charlie die: part 2

S04E07: who pooped the bed?

S04E08: paddy’s pub: the worst bar in philadelphia

S04E09: dennis reynolds: an erotic life

S04E10: sweet dee has a heart attack

S04E11: the gang cracks the liberty bell

S04E12: the gang gets extreme: home makeover edition

S04E13: the nightman cometh

season 5

S05E01: the gang exploits the mortgage crisis

S05E02: the gang hits the road

S05E03: the great recession

S05E04: the gang gives frank an intervention

S05E05: the waitress is getting married

S05E06: the world series defense

S05E07: the gang wrestles for the troops

S05E08: paddy’s pub: home of the original kitten mittens

S05E09: mac and dennis break up

S05E10: the d.e.n.n.i.s. system

S05E11: mac and charlie write a movie

S05E12: the gang reignites the rivalry

S05SPC: a very sunny christmas

season 6

S06E01: mac fights gay marriage

S06E02: dennis gets divorced

S06E03: the gang buys a boat

S06E04: mac’s big break

S06E05: mac and charlie: white trash

S06E06: mac’s mom burns her house down

S06E07: who got dee pregnant?

S06E08: the gang gets a new member

S06E09: dee reynolds: shaping america’s youth

S06E10: charlie kelly: king of the rats

S06E11: the gang gets stranded in the woods

S06E12: dee gives birth

season 7

S07E01: frank’s pretty woman

S07E02: the gang goes to the jersey shore

S07E03: frank reynolds’ little beauties

S07E04: sweet dee gets audited

S07E05: frank’s brother

S07E06: the storm of the century

S07E07: chardee macdennis: the game of games

S07E08: the anti social network

S07E09: the gang gets trapped

S07E10: how mac got fat

S07E11: thunder gun express

S07E12: the high school reunion: part 1

S07E13: the high school reunion: part 2

season 8

S08E01: pop-pop: the final solution

S08E02: the gang recycles their trash

S08E03: the maureen ponderosa wedding massacre

S08E04: charlie and dee find love

S08E05: the gang gets analyzed

S08E06: charlie’s mom has cancer

S08E07: frank’s back in business

S08E08: charlie rules the world

S08E09: the gang dines out

S08E10: reynolds vs reynolds: the cereal defense

season 9

S09E01: the gang broke dee

S09E02: gun fever too: still hot

S09E03: the gang tries desperately to win an award

S09E04: mac and dennis buy a timeshare

S09E05: mac day

S09E06: the gang saves the day

S09E07: the gang gets quarantined

S09E08: flowers for charlie

S09E09: the gang makes lethal weapon 6

S09E10: the gang squashes their beefs

season 10

S10E01: the gang beats boggs

S10E02: the gang group dates

S10E03: psycho pete returns

S10E04: charlie work

S10E05: the gang spies like u.s.

S10E06: the gang misses the boat

S10E07: mac kills his dad

S10E08: the gang goes on family fight

S10E09: frank retires

S10E10: ass kickers united: mac and charlie join a cult

season 11

S11E01: chardee macdennis 2: electric boogaloo

S11E02: frank falls out the window

S11E03: the gang hits the slopes

S11E04: dee made a smut film

S11E05: mac and dennis move to the suburbs

S11E06: being frank

S11E07: mcpoyle vs ponderosa: the trial of the century

S11E08: charlie catches a leprechaun

S11E09: the gang goes to hell: part 1

S11E10: the gang goes to hell: part 2

season 12

S12E01: the gang turns black

S12E02: the gang goes to a waterpark

S12E03: old lady house: a situational comedy

S12E04: wolf cola: a public relations nightmare

S12E05: making dennis reynolds a murderer

S12E06: hero or hate crime?

S12E07: ptsdee

S12E08: the gang tends bar

S12E09: a cricket’s tale

S12E10: dennis’ double life

season 13

S13E01: the gang makes paddy’s great again

S13E02: the gang escapes

S13E03: the gang beats boggs: ladies reboot

S13E04: time’s up for the gang

S13E05: the gang gets new wheels

S13E06: the gang solves the bathroom problem

S13E07: the gang does a clip show

S13E08: charlie’s home alone

S13E09: the gang wins the big game

S13E10: mac finds his pride

season 14

S14E01: the gang gets romantic

S14E02: thunder gun 4: maximum cool

S14E03: dee day

S14E04: the gang chokes

S14E05: the gang texts

S14E06: the janitor always mops twice

S14E07: the gang solves global warming

S14E08: paddy’s has a jumper

S14E09: a woman’s right to chop

S14E10: waiting for big mo

season 15

S15E01: 2020: a year in review

S15E02: the gang makes lethal weapon 7

S15E03: the gang buys a roller rink

S15E04: the gang replaces dee with a monkey

S15E05: the gang goes to ireland

S15E06: the gang’s still in ireland

S15E07: dee sinks in a bog

S15E08: the gang carries a corpse up a mountain

season 16

S16E01: the gang inflates

S16E02: frank shoots every member of the gang

S16E03: the gang gets cursed

S16E04: frank vs russia

S16E05: celebrity booze: the ultimate cash grab

S16E06: risk e. rat’s pizza and amusement center

S16E07: the gang goes bowling

S16E08: dennis takes a mental health day

[indecisive-dizzy]

Hi bestie I’m 17 now

Have any oc or welcome home ideas u wanna share?

I’m curious to know more about your ocs ^^

🥺 my ocs? u want to know my babies??

fr tho I have SO many but surprisingly not too many Welcome Home ocs (outside Howdy and Eddie's family) haha. I shall talk about two of them! Under Read More tho bc this is Long

First up is CJ Chronicle! I've shared an opposite au version of him for jace's au but never shared the og!

BOOM Here's my boy!! His bio has most info but some extra stuff:

25 years old!

Height is between Frank and Eddie's

Pansexual, crushing on Frank and Eddie. He wants to hold both their hands

He and Frank can talk literature for Hours. Frank lent them some books for writing inspo and that's when they fell.

CJ and Eddie also talk a lot! I hc that Eddie likes to read too and showed interest in CJ's published books. Then he Actually Read Them. CJ was baffled and smitten.

History nerd. He will purposely point out historical inaccuracies in Sally's plays to get under her skin.

on that note he gets along with everyone but Sally and occasionally Barnaby. The dog can be very distracting and he needs quiet when writing.

I'll keep it at that for now! I need to make an official post for him haha

Next up is Valerie Viola! She's a bee from New Jersey and a bad bitch! But also very sweet! I don't have an official art for her cuz I Suck at fem body types (working on it) but I have picrew lol.

Trans mtf, she/her. Biromanitc, Demisexual.

27 years old!

shorter than Howdy, up to his shoulder in height

Rides a motorcycle

Was born hard of hearing, can't hear jack without her hearing aids. Her whole family knows sign!

Architect! She makes building plans and also dabbles in interior design

In a long distance relationship with Howdy! They met in college and kept in touch as they went down their own career paths

They met up again few years later when Howdy was visiting family and confessed feelings they've both had since college!

has four arms, and only two legs. Plus little bee wings that she can use to just slightly lift herself off the ground. High enough to kiss Howdy but that's it lol

Has a pet rat named Stink! He's a little goober

Wants to live with/closer to Howdy but struggles with the idea of leaving her home city.

Has talked to Barnaby over the phone and thinks he's the funniest guy (next to Howdy).

She's joked that if Howdy cheated on her with Barn she wouldn't even be mad. (poly? maybe.)

gets along with everyone else, but Julie can be a lot for her at times

Uuuh yeah I'll leave it at that lol

I need to get to work on getting Val some official art but hhhh high effort art is a struggle rn. Either way I hope you like my babies!! Thank u for letting me show them off sigh I need to talk about them more. Especially Valerie, poor girl got left at the store for a bit lol

#woah 17!!! Sick bro ur almost done highschool then yeah? #god i sound old saying that. im gonna dig myself a hole to lie in brb- #jk jk #I'm only like 3 years older than u #ik my bio says 19 but thats gonna change in like a month yikes #anywho sorry this post is long. But i love my babies and needed an excuse #Seriously I will make official post for ocs i just need the time and motivation lol #welcome home #welcome home ocs #my ocs #neon child #dizztalkstoomuch #not using character tags bc this is technically just about ocs #if u want to hear about non welcome home ocs lemme know #<3 #dizzy ocs

[transmascfrankiero]

frank iero was dipped into the raritan as a baby to make him new jersey’s strongest street rat and all but his wrists were completely submerged

#the frank carpal. the iero ulna. is this anything

[scaryscarecrows]

Go Wash That Blood Off Your Hands

AN: McDonald’s timeline. Jason is a theater kid surrounded by enablers. Nobody has the brain cell right now, but this is still a better way to deal with trauma than ‘invading a city’, so does it really matter?

Title from Clint Lowery’s ‘God Bless the Renegades’.

* * *

It starts, as most strange things do, in a New Jersey Waffle House.

So as it turns out, Waffle House or not, civvie clothes or not, people are going to notice seven muscular dudes who appear to have been fighting with something. And honestly, that’s not getting into Trent’s…er…Trent-ness.

It could be worse. The nature of the Waffle House is that nobody will straight-up ask, which is probably for the best. That doesn’t mean that much, though, not in the long run; a group of (probable) college kids are giggling in the corner.

They think Mark’s a cutie, Riley explains in between bites of scrambled eggs. But I think they’re too chicken to come over here and say so.

“God, I hope so.” Mark shudders. “Why me. Why not him?” He gestures at Jason, who huffs. “He’s their age.”

Maybe they want a sugar daddy.

“Take me back to Gotham.”

Riley laughs. Antoine takes a sip of his coffee and glares at it like it’s personally murdered his entire family.

“What the fuck is this.”

“American swill,” Trent says sagely. “Maybe cigarette ashes would fix it.”

Antoine looks like he’s considering it, but is distracted from doing so by Jimmy’s going, “So, boss…”

“What.”

“You have a Wikipedia article that’s made, like, five Buzzfeed ‘creepiest Wiki rabbit holes’ lists.”

Jason, who’s in the middle of drowning his pancakes in strawberry syrup, looks up and deadpans, “What.”

“Uh-huh.” Jimmy stabs a piece of sausage and dunks it in the cup of fake maple. “See? ‘The Disappearance of Jason Todd’, right here, black-and-white, featured literally every time there’s a listicle about creepy shit.”

“What’re the theories? Anybody get lucky and get it right?”

“Ah…no. But apparently ‘kidnapped by the Jersey Devil’ was a thing.” Jimmy blanches, freckles managing to go starker. “Shit, the Jersey Devil’s not a thing, is it?”

For a hopeful second, it looks like the answer will be ‘of course not’. But then Jason just shuts his mouth and shrugs, looking very much like he’d rather have not been asked.

“I don’t actually know,” he admits. “I don’t think so, but…”

“Chriiiiiiiist,” Antoine groans. “No. There is no Jersey Devil. I refuse to believe there is one.”

Frank shakes his head.

“It’s probably fucking Batman–don’t look now, Mark, someone might have just got up the guts.”

* * *

That could have been the end of it. Would have been, even, if it weren’t for a roadside costume shop that’s probably a money laundering place, really, because who buys costumes in the middle of fucking nowhere?

But it’s daytime, AC/DC is blaring on the radio, and they have access to Bruce Wayne’s credit card because, in Jason’s words, “He owes me back allowance, trauma tax, and honestly, I didn’t rat him out to Joker so he really should have been paying me for the Robin gig.”

So they pull in.

It’s a dark, dingy place with roach motels in the corners and outfits that look (and smell) like they’ve been here for decades. There’s a great selection of masks, though, which means Jimmy can put on a decaying zombie head and go, “Hey, Trent, I’m your mom.”

“Shut up, punk.”

“Language!”

“Hey, hey, check it out.” Frank puts on what claims to be a ‘were-Bat’ mask. “I’m Batman.”

“You laugh, but you didn’t see,” Antoine grumbles. “That thing scared the shit outta me.”

“Can I help you boys find anything?” the clerk-an old man who probably has a shotgun under the counter-calls. He sounds mildly annoyed. They should probably buy something before they leave.

“We’re good.”

If it weren’t for Riley, they probably would have settled for buying, like, gum. Or maybe a pentagram necklace, to ward off Batman or something. But Riley dives into a rack of…furry bodysuits, basically, and comes up with a black one that, against all odds, looks like it’ll fit Trent.

Things snowball from there.

Among the impressive masks is what appears to be a possessed goat; white eyes, fangs, a lolling tongue, and more fur around the neck. The horns are stained red, and mucus is caked around the nose. Wings turn up, too, big, leathery ones, and a bottle of fake blood. This is bad enough, but then Jason fishes a handful of very realistic intestines out of a bin. They’ve got a strap on them-likely designed to be part of a zombie costume or something-but in the dark, especially…

“This is probably one of the tackiest things we’ve ever done,” Mark says. Riley shrugs and throws a devil tail on the pile.

“It’s not like he’s actually dead,” Frank points out. “People do worse, anyway.”

“True.”

“‘Sides,” Jason says, grins with far too many teeth. “This could have been avoided with a little detective work.”

“That’s right,” Jimmy says. “Here, get another bottle of blood; we gotta get some on the suit, too.”

* * *

They waffle about whether to do a photo or a video. Riley finally convinces them to do a video, Blair Witch-style, so of course they trek into the woods.

For a furry bodysuit and extras, Trent is. Mm. Well, realistically, Trent is pretty frightening all by himself, but the costume is a new level of horror. It doesn’t help that the sun is low in the sky, and it’s starting to drizzle. Jason’s no better; with the intestines strapped on and blood splashed on pretty much all of him, he…doesn’t look too good.

“Okay,” Jimmy says, fiddling with his phone, “I’ll film, because I’ve got the best phone. Frank, you narrate; you’ve got a good narrator voice. Riley, you do…you know that noise, that you made last Halloween that sent three people running for cover?” Riley gives him a thumbs up. “That. Do that. Antoine, you and I are just gonna chit-chat. Keep it casual. Mark, you’re our skeptic. Trent, I want a couple of glimpses of you, but, like, over there. You know, did that just happen?”

“You want me to be Bigfoot, basically.” Trent’s voice is muffled in the goat mask. “Sure.”

“Yep. Just once or twice, as we walk. Maybe pace us so I can just pop the camera over. Boss, you’re just gonna lay on the ground. Maybe, uh, scream a bit before we get to you, and then…I don’t know, I don’t know…Riley, should he be dead or no?”

Nah, Riley says. We can keep it going if he’s not.

“That’s true. Okay, don’t be dead, but let’s face it, you’re gonna be on your way, your fucking guts are hanging out.”

“We’re horrible people,” Antoine finally says. “You have to admit, this is terrible.”

“Cheaper than therapy,” Jason points out. “And probably safer; at least three Gotham villains used to be mental health workers.”

“That’s true.”

“Okay, okay…here. Here’s a good spot. Get comfy and try to look like you just got attacked.”

* * *

Two days later, a video goes viral. It’s crappy and shaky, taken on a cell phone. The internet is divided on whether it’s staged or not, but it’s creepy regardless.

The video takes place in the woods. The narrator claims they’re out looking for the Jersey Devil. This isn’t the weird part; the weird part is when something shrieks and the camera swings over just in time to catch something big and black and furry walking deeper into the woods.*

“Damn,” the narrator breathes, and then someone else pipes up with a short, “It’s a bear, you know it’s a bear–”

“It had wings, man!”

“No, it didn’t, don’t be–”

“No-no–stay back, get away from me!”

Silence, then the camera gets jerky, like the holder’s running. There’s a bloodcurdling scream followed by a snarl, a thud, and then…munching noises.

And then the camera catches it; something big and black and furry, crouched over a twitching body on the ground. Intestines are spilling out and coming up into a goat’s mouth (but that’s no goat, goats don’t look like that they don’t look like that–) and as the camera freezes in obvious horror, the man raises his arms to try and shove the thing away.

“God–” He’s not successful. “Stop–”

The video cuts here. It doesn’t take very long for somebody to point out that the man looks an awful lot like Bruce Wayne’s missing kid, and hey, wasn’t he supposed to be kidnapped by the Jersey Devil, that was a theory, right?

Dick thinks the video is, in his words, ‘very Jason’. Barbara has a chuckle, so does Alfred. Tim weakly points out that at least Jason’s not trying to murder anybody. Bruce, however, now understands the random charge on a card he’d, honestly, forgotten about.

He could have done without, he thinks, Jason’s far-too-convincing screams, or the image of him covered in (fake, he knows it’s fake, but still) blood as something eats him alive. But Dick’s right, it is very him. Bruce still remembers him stubbing his toe and collapsing to the ground, writhing in agony and intoning, “I’m dying, Bruce, lay two tokens on my eyes for the ferryman…tell…tell Dick I stole his Fruit Roll-Ups…”

At least he’s safe. Seemingly happy, for the moment. Not causing trouble, not really. Bruce will take that, for now.

THE END

*One of the creepiest gaming moments I’ve EVER experienced is your first glimpse of Jack Baker in RE7. He doesn’t hurt you. He just walks on by, but he comes out of nowhere and I very much wanted to bail back to my car.

#jason todd #the squad #arkhamverse #scaryverse #boys will be boys: wholesome edition #the jersey devil #bad ideas start in waffle houses

[a-nice-egg-offering]

Favourite iasip episodes edit series

01x03: Underage drinking a national concern

01x07: Charlie Got Molested

02x03: Dennis and Dee go on welfare

02x08: The gang runs for office

02x10: Dennis and Dee get a new dad

03x04: The gang gets held hostage

03x08: Frank sets sweet Dee on fire

03x09: Sweet Dee is dating a retarded person

03x10: Mac is a serial killer

03x15: The gang dances their asses off

04x03: Mac’s banging the waitress

04x04&05: Mac and Charlie die

04x10: The gang cracks the Liberty bell

04x12: The nightman cometh

05x04: The gang gives Frank an intervention

05x09: Mac and Dennis break up

05x10: The D.E.N.N.I.S system

06x04: Mac’s big break

06x07: Who got Dee pregnant?

06x09: Charlie Kelly king of the rats

06x11: Dee gives birth

07x01: Franks pretty woman

07x02: The gang goes to the jersey shore

07x03: Frank Reynolds’ little beauties

07x07: Chardee Macdennis the game of games

07x09: The gang gets trapped

07x12&13: The highschool reunion

08x02: The Maureen Ponderosa wedding massacre

08x04: The gang gets analysed

08x06: Franks back in business

08x07: Charlie rules the world

08x09: Reynolds vs Reynolds the cereal defence

09x01: The gang broke Dee

09x03: The gang tries desperately to win an award

09x05: Mac day

09x06: The gang saves the day

09x07: The gang gets quarantined

09:09: The gang squashes their beefs

10x03: Psycho Pete returns

10x06: The gang misses the boat

11x01: Chardee macdennis 2 electric boogaloo

11x02: Frank falls out the window

11x05: Mac and Dennis move to the suburbs

11x07: McPoyle vs Ponderosa the trial of the century

11x09&10: The gang goes to hell

12x02: The gang goes to a water park

12x03: Old lady house a situation comedy

12x05: Making Dennis Reynolds a murderer

12x06: Hero or hate crime?

12x09: The gang tends bar

13x01: The gang makes paddy’s great again

13x02: The gang escapes

13x04: Times up for the gang

13x06: The gang solves the bathroom problem

13x07: The gang does a clip show

13x10: Mac finds his pride

14x03: Dee day

14x04: The gang chokes

14x05: The gang texts

14x06: The janitor always mops twice

14x10: Waiting for big Mo

15x03: The gang buys a roller rink

15x04: The gang replaces Dee with a monkey

15x05-08: The gang in Ireland

#link will be added as each one is completed

[franktheslutiero]

frank choosing violence and homosexuality tonight. u fucking 5 foot new jersey piece of rat im in ur fucking walls

#mcr #frank please #every night i obtain critical damage

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

tuesday again 9/6/2022

back to exchanging labor for goods and services on thursday. there's a cool new tumblr bug where i cannot insert youtube videos into a draft so i'll see if i can edit those in at some point after this posts

listening Money, Money, Money by ABBA. i am not a big ABBA fan. my best friend is. sometimes i listen to one of their songs to indulge her bc she's my best friend and occasionally listening to an artist i don't actively enjoy is a very small friendship maintenance price. sometimes i'm like "oh fuck this slaps actually". i don't have the music theory words to explain why i like the chorus so much? it sounds like this kaomoji ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

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reading reread On the Beach by Neville Shute, still percolating thoughts through my brain bc it is so different from "modern" nuclear apocalypse books and bc i have been laid low by head hurty for most of the week.

however, an article, bc "violence-as-a-service" made me fucking cackle and this is an interesting turn in the standard practice of "cybercriminals siccing local police forces at their enemies":

it is exceptionally fucking funny to me that the newest breed of mobster has reinvented the mob hit. and of course the dipshit who got arrested in the article is from just outside atlantic city. now, everyone who lives in jersey is holding their nose and looking the other way to some extent. atlantic city is a place i would not recommend experiencing in person but is very difficult to describe.

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watching a lotta nonsense mostly, but let's talk about Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964, dir Douglas). i watched this whole fuckin movie specifically for the scene with the club that turns into a revivalist meeting to hide from the cops by way of a giant rotating floor and hidden compartments. honestly a masterpiece of set design.

not a ton to say about the "excuse for hanging out with my friends" Sinatra vehicle itself, not a ton of fun facts about production (apparently this movie barely got made due to the kidnapping of Sinatra's son, a falling out with the actor replaced by Bing Crosby, and the JFK assassination), not even a lot of terribly good songs, but it does have a notable girlboss and manages to be funny despite itself. it is a movie About prohobition in chicago but it is also About "I can make a mob movie because I can, and I think I'm being very droll" from Frank "mob connections" Sinatra.

i have one more Rat Pack movie left after this bc i have already seen the original Oceans' Eleven (YIKES) and will be skipping Sergeants Three for reasons that will be instantly obvious upon reading the description: "Three cavalry officers and a bugler work together to thwart a Native American chief intent on uniting local tribes against the white man."

i did not understand the peter f/alk surge of interest until i watched this. watching him move on screen is delightful. best sense of comedic timing in this extremely long movie and WHAT is he doing NEXT with his HANDS???

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playing breath of the wild is a very forgiving game bc it let me solve the thundra plateau shrine puzzle in the stupidest way possible. rot13 below bc i feel like being polite even though this is not a new game (image from this article, which also contains spoilers)

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it's good open-world game design to support as many solutions as possible even if some of them are very goofy

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making fallow week

#tuesday again #tuesday again no problem

[spooky-bitch420]

Frank Iero being a father, husband and New Jersey rat with a tramp stamp

#mcr #my chemical romance #frank iero #gerard way #mikey way #ray toro

[celebrationcyanide]

My BLACK PARADE LIVE RE-REACTION

'Cause I wasn't joking, lol (ALSO: WARNING, it's really fucking long!, I'd like to apologize at the start if it's all totally shit, I took notes while I was blasting it out at like 1:AM instead of sleeping and got weirdly philosophical or nerdy or whatever)

THE END

Honestly, how You start a album MCR aside, it sucks You in as Gee & the rest of My Chem lure You into there sick little, twisted badass spell there about to cast on all us listeners & has a weirdly mezmerising quality to it- what with all the humming and whimsical chords!?!? And of course sets a true set-up for the search absolute SCOPE of this album with it's explosive (and iconic) "I encourage your smiles, I expect You all CRY!" + "When I grow up, I want to be NOTHING AT ALL!"

DEAD!

Now with the stage set, My Chem gets to go wild and Holy shit, they do just that, with swaggering guitar work by Ray Toro & Frank Iero, bouncy, hauntingly funky bass by Mikey Way & ethereal vocals by Gerard Way, it almost makes You forget it's a brutal Pop-Punk song all about telling You about how DEAD! You are!

THIS IS HOW I DISSAPEAR

A scene from a Gothic Horror story ripped out of a page & recorded by My Chemical Romance, it has a incredibly heavy & ear-awakening riff compared to MCR's (un)usual, putting You in a fancy, front-row seat to this wild Piss-Kink having, gender & sexuality ambiguous New Jersey flavoured rat show, honestly it's really hard to describe lol, but is has that 'aesthetic' that I just love in some songs, kinda thing You blast at max in your headphones to feel badass a couple of times, AKA lowkey a bad (goth) bitch anthem I'm just sayinggg

THE SHARPEST LIVES

The like, all-time deepest song to My 8th grade-self (I am officially a year older than him! GET OWNED!) it starts with a really rad bassline & creepy cool whispers by Gee & Frank speaking like a serial killer in a fucked (and totally epic) gory horror movie, an the speak about burning lights so bright that the sun is ashamed to rise and be. It's pretty much pure badass, a great song to listen to late at night instead of sleeping, imo

WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE

The International Anthem. The life savior. The masterpiece. The center of the show. The alpha wolf. The apex predator. The savior of the broken, the beaten & the dammed. This song has saved My life multiple times, I'm willing to bet it has done the same to countless and I KNOW that it will for years later on. It's by far the most amazing piece of music My ears have blessed by, since the very beginning. It's honestly incredible how much a song can mean to so much people- words can barely contain it- and the anthem won't explain it.

Paint it black, take it back, shout it loud and clear and We'll carry on.

I DON'T LOVE YOU

This song, it grabs your heart and tears it apart. It creates a moody, poetic, yet oddly beatiful atmosphere, a true story of woe & loss, perhaps the musical equivalent of any good 'aesthetic' movie. It creates it's own world and sticks You in, just for a couple of minutes. It's a great comforter to, for both true heartache & pure teenage lonliness. (Gessus that sounded cringe lol)

HOUSE OF WOLVES

It breaks the little spell & pity bubble that I Don't Love You makes and shatters it into Punk Rock pieces, serving as the patient's 1st true glance at hell, it welcomes You with knives hanging behind it's back.

In this chapter of the story, our mc, the patient discovers the pits he's been dammed to & relishes in & against his sins from the living the world.

Musically the song makes You wanna get up, scream, start a riot, summon the devil, sacrifice your BFF under the Norwegian blood Moon, jump on top of a bar and start dancing, become a teenage edgelord OC, all of that shit in one.

CANCER

The pity bubble strikes back with more raw honesty, emotion & sincerity then either of it's 2 predecessors, set--out to make the "Most emotional song ever" by Gerard & in My eyes he damm delivers.

I remember playing this a lot as a kid, when I was going through a lot of thought stuff, I would sit in My room & cry to this lol. It was beatiful as a 8th grader, and it's more beatiful now.

MAMA

The trans youth anthem & war agenda all poured into one HELL-ish delite! The guitars are heavier than the 9 circles themselves and You can't but help to picture our protagonist for this song, a War veteran dying in a battle he never asked for, stationed in his place of death. He writes notes to his mother, begging for forgiveness, begging for a apology, begging for any kind of sweet repent. But it's far to late.

Mother War listens to nobody and cares for no-one.

AND OH MY GOD THE ENDING HOLY SHIT THEY WENT SO HARD ON THIS SONG FOR LIKE NO REASON OMFGGG LMFAOOO---

SLEEP

THE true most underrated song on this entire album imo, it paints a not-so pretty portrait of madness caused by rejection, misunderstanding, isolation and a sheer lack if cares, the results of years of suffering and the psychological effects if being sent to the afterlife ain't practically nice for our cancer patient protagonist.

The song is loud, booming, atmospheric & dramatic enough for Broadway.

If re-worked, it could make a amazing villian song but as it is, it remains a strong personal, powerful emotional atomic bomb of fucking song.

Oh and the screams. The fucking SCREAMS at the end are so good I give You no shit.

TEENAGERS

What may seem like a southern-style catchy hard rock throwdown tells a brutal story about the truth of High School, it tells us about the outcast, the freaks, the kids everyone hates who wear to much black, does to much weird things, rebels to much & is just to EdGy for most people.

At least at first glance- this sing is more than just a Edgy teenager song- it's a SUICIDE song.

"It was always about these kids in the parade who had killed themselves and regretted it" in Gerard's own words, this is what happens when people don't care, when they don't reach out, and when nobody chooses love.

(ALSO sorry if that got weirdly dark lol, I wrote all this shit late at night and just going off what Gee said XD)

DISENCHANTED

Taking a tender-yet strong tug at everyone's heart strings comes Disenchanted.. around the 3rd but still just as, if not more as effective emotional centerpiece of the album, it tells a tale of nostalgia & regret. Our MC, the patient, reflect on his previous (all to short) life and sees that none of it was really spent worthwhile, he breaks down, regretting everything he has done and chose, wishing to have more, wishing to have anything, wishing to live.

Also that sweet guitar solo & Ray's harmonies in this song with Gee's sweet song... oh my fucking god..... this is a musical experience, I love this song SM like deadass fuck it LIVEASS

FAMOUS LAST WORDS

The true ending and the final battle, after our MC has suffered, suffered & suffered through the afterlife he has finally decided to cling on his last hope, he fights back against the world, he lashes out against defeat- he makes a stand even if it kills him in the inside.

This song means a lot, to a lot of people, not to be a broken (favorite?) Record lol but this song helps Me a lot to this day, it's about never giving up, it's about choosing love over hate, life over death, hope over misery. Hope is not perfect, plastic or overtly preppy, Hope has blood on her hands and revenge in her heart. She carries on living no matter what for herself and what she wants in her life and can not be stopped, and will not stop. (Sorry if that was cheesy asf btw- but also this is MCR I'm writing about, wtf did You expect lol?!?!)

The guitarline is rad, the song is amazingly cathartic, the harmonies are healing, it's all magical!

BLOOD

A bizarrely entertaining ending to a musical masterpiece of a album & a story, it leads a nice fancy old timey style & a ominous ending to our tale.

ALSO IT JUST JUMPSCARED ME AT MAX VOLUME IN MY HEADPHONES LMFAO-

Anyway, Stay Alive, Never let them take the light behind your eyes & sharpen your knives

Kiljoys, makes some noise

- XOXO P4rty V4mpyre

#my chemical romance #mcr #my chem #gerard way #danger days #mikey way #frank iero #ray toro #the black parade #mcr5 #three cheers for sweet revenge #i brought you my bulllets #Foundations of decay

[beatlesonline-blog]