#unkillables

[bentwolioo]

Ok so why did Gerard wear the same costume for 6 shows???

Like a lot of people, I noticed the Aotearoa (NZ) & Australia tour drum head messages seemed to be about 9/11. The costume also tells a very specific story that lines up with this--and there was more to Melbourne Night 2 than Gerard deciding it was casual Friday. I'm gonna go through my personal interpretation and explain why I think MCR did this at the end of their tour. 

TLDR: This Is Not The End.

I will include image credits in the reblog since there are a lot!

AUCKLAND, March 11 2023

Based on the skirt suit and drumhead ‘FIX FAX FUCK YOU’, Gerard is dressed as an office worker. For simplicity I will refer to the costume as the Secretary, I see it as both a character and a metaphor. Auckland establishes the monotony and repetition of daily life prior to 9/11, ‘FIX FAX FUCK YOU’ showing an attitude of boredom unaware of the events to come. 

BRISBANE 1, March 13 2023

The main difference between Auckland and Brisbane 1 is the briefcase. This indicates the point in time--Auckland is the days before 9/11 and Brisbane 1 is the morning before the attacks begin. The secretary travels to work, thinking ‘Everything under Control’.

BRISBANE 2, March 14 2023

The drumhead message ‘Here Comes the AIRPLANE’ marks this as minutes or even seconds before the towers are hit. Brisbane 2 is the first time Gerard wears the coat, representing everyone taking cover. 

MELBOURNE 1, March 16 2023

I unfortunately could not find a good photo of Gerard wearing the coat from this show but you can see it on the floor behind him!

The Melbourne shows are as the towers collapse. Pretty straightforward from the Melbourne 1 drumhead ‘TERROR’. This show also had the only appearance of the umbrella, which I interpret as representing the rubble and destruction raining down. The umbrella is closed, showing the secretary is unprotected and ultimately killed when the towers fall. 

MELBOURNE 2, March 17 2023

It seemed odd at first that Melb 2 was the only show that Gerard didn’t wear a costume for, but I actually believe he still did. This is the key to my interpretation: Gerard is dressed as himself witnessing the towers collapse, on his way to work at Cartoon Network. This the only show on the Oceania leg where they played Skylines and Turnstiles*, the song Gerard wrote immediately after 9/11. The drumhead ‘BARK BARK BARK’ makes you picture, a chained dog, representing the powerless horror of only being able to watch as the destruction unfolds--the deeply personal experience that drove Gerard to form MCR. 

SYDNEY 1, March 19 2023

Blood!!!! At Sydney 1, we see the continuing aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The secretary has died but keeps moving, picking up her briefcase and carrying on. This could be showing how a lot of people’s faith in the US government and in the world died, but life had to find a way to move on. 

SYDNEY 2, March 20 2023

At Sydney 2, the addition of Gerard’s white contacts shows the Secretary decaying--but she has not stopped. Frank changed the drumhead message from ‘UNKILLABLE’ to ‘UNKILLABLES’, expanding the meaning from the context of his accident in Sydney to include the band, the fans, and on a wider level everything MCR represents. 

I think all of this is a metaphor for the band’s career in multiple ways. Firstly, the Secretary being undead of course reflects MCR’s return, and her zombified appearance aligns with the imagery of their new era (decay, swarm, the destroyed buildings of the stage set). Secondly, it is very interesting to me that they did this sequence of costumes and drumheads at the end of their headlining tour, rather that at the start. The story they told seems to imply a rebirth--MCR was ‘born’ out of the trauma, pain and confusion of 9/11, so the fact that they represented the start of the band on stage signifies a second beginning. 

(Thank you for reading to the end and if I got anything wrong please let me know!)

*EDIT 1 (23/03/23): They actually also played Skylines at Brisbane 2. I do think the position of Skylines in the Melb 2 set is still significant. They played it as the first encore song which mirrors it being the first MCR song and written shortly after 9/11.

EDIT 2 (30/03/23): So actually 8 shows of Secretary Gerard when you include Japan! Tokyo and Osaka analysis here

#mcr australia #mcr new zealand #mcr auckland #mcr brisbane 1 #mcr brisbane 2 #mcr melbourne 1 #mcr melbourne 2 #mcr sydney 1 #mcr sydney 2 #mcr tour #my chemical romance #my chem #gerard way #unkillable #unkillables #fix fax fuck you #everything under control #here comes the airplane #mcr

[punkeropercyjackson]

Jason:Will you leave me when things get hard?

Summer:No,i'll get worse so we can still be together

#HELP THIS IS LITERALLY THEIR PLOT IN UTRH AND EMBER/RED HOOD AND RHATO #jaysumm #jason todd #summer kent #afrolatino jason supremacy #latino superfam tag #trans superfam tag #batfam #superfamilia #world's finest #sparks:secret origins #ditf #the last day of summer #superpunk 1990 #ember's ashes #lost days #supergirls #utrh #ember/red hood #rhato #the outlaws #gotham academy #dead sidekicks force #all new teen titans #new ember days #unkillables #autistic 4 autistic and goth punk 4 pastel punk realness #real self shipping hours #💌 #summerposting

[yourenotjoking]

mikey singing with the crowd during famous last words, sydney night 2

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#UNKILLABLES #tonight they are ALIVE #mcr sydney 2 #mcr #mikey #mikey way

[achemicalmess]

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE One last time March 26th, 2023 Or is it? @mychemicalromance @gerardway @frankieromustdie @mikeyway @raytoro #mcrosaka #mcr #mychemicalromance #mychem #mcr23 #swarmtour #unkillables https://www.instagram.com/p/CqPgklcsWyA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#mcrosaka #mcr #mychemicalromance #mychem #mcr23 #swarmtour #unkillables

[loudkilljoy]

I love this outfit

#unkillables #mcr #my chemical romance #mcr fanart #fanart #mcrsydney #gerard way

[kollectorsrus]

#adult collectors #adult collectibles #collectables #toys #action figures #figures #dc comics #dc universe #DC #dc multiverse #dcu #warner brothers #WB #deathstroke #batman rogues gallery #dc direct #dc essential #unkillables #macfarlanetoys #package display #the assassin

[kifaprokumiv]

Link: I lived bitch

#loz #totk link #loz link #totk #ganondorf totk #ganon’s not the only unkillable bitch in hyrule #my art

[semisolidmind]

is it cool if we draw your y/n? (with tags of course :])

sure

realized i didn't have a full flat color ref of them yet, so i colored some older drawings

#click for quality cause mobile is stupid #ah yes. my blorbos blorbo #silly unkillable main character thing

[transjudas]

not unkillable as in “they got machines to keep us alive”, but unkillable as in “this hole you put me in wasn’t deep enough”

#I CHOOSE THE UNKILLABLE #mcr #my chemical romance

[rottid]

#UNKILLABLE #OUGH.HHH #frank i love you i love touu #mcr forever and ever #this might be one of my favs… #i want tattoo #mcr #mcr sydney #frank #mcr sydney 1 #m

[arthursfuckinghat]

Nothing can describe the way my heart shattered when Arthur asked if Dutch was going to go look for him after he was kidnapped by Colm in chapter 3- all he got was a "Oh of course, son" in the most pitiful, unassured tone of voice I'd ever heard from Dutch.

The three of them had set up a meeting point at "the fork in the road" if the O'Driscoll parlay went south, Arthur seemingly disappeared and didn't return for another day or so until he was physically crawling trying to get back to camp, and still nobody questioned where he was?

Yes, it's typical for Arthur to wander and find his own way home after missions, but the key word is AFTER. Arthur disappeared DURING the meeting and didn't regroup at the designated rendezvous point AFTERWARDS.

Especially dealing with the likes of the O'Driscolls, wouldn't that ring some kind of alarm? If not from Dutch or Micah, then wouldn't anybody else at the camp question it?

I imagine an (exaggerated) conversation like this probably happened if anyone at camp asked:

"Hey Dutch how was the meeting with the O'Driscolls?"

"It went fine we talked a bit then they left suddenly so weird"

"Where's Arthur then?"

"Oh I don't know we didn't see him after we split up for the meeting haha probably wandered off again typical Arthur"

God, if you're going to treat Arthur like the gang's workhorse, then act like you care about him at least.

Arthur is strong, but he isn't invincible.

#the times that the gang have called on arthur for missions because he's their 'insurance' makes me so sad for him #sure he doesn't really mind helping out but it's just reinforcing the idea that arthur = unkillable #and the gang kind of take advantage of it without really realising #sigh I could talk more but I'm tired #this game is so good #arthur morgan #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #mick squeaks #no spoilers please #liveblogging #yes dutch apologised but his actions spoke louder than his words #blessed are the peacemakers #mick rants

[hubrishazard]

this whole show is just a scheme made up by Big Tennant to sell more David Tennant

#hazeliveblogs #14posting #dw spoilers #doctor who spoilers #im delirious with glee #how does this keep happening. david tennant is unkillable and will live forever #in 100 years from now theyll just have different actors play as him #literally as far from the last tennant regeneration as possible #not only surrounded by people but also turned into two people #you ever get so so scared of being so alone again that you regenerate into two guys

[krookodyke]

thinking about van palmer on this day. something that’s so crucial to me is while yes she beautifully subverts the bury your gays in a way i’ve only ever once seen otherwise, she is also too fucking stubborn to die. she found a way out of the burning plane even when jackie insisted on her and shauna leaving without van, a wolf tore off her face and a little bit later when they tried to light her on a funeral pyre and she came to the first thing she says is “really? fire?” she will always be a fighter even at times when it’s not noticeable to most of her teammates how hard she’s fighting. how hard van’s fighting to stay alive, to get out of here, the same way she was fighting when she was in wiskayok with an alcoholic mother in a house on the wrong side of the tracks. the only reason van is even alive is because liv hewson imbued her with so much charm and charisma that it was impossible to truly off her for tragedy’s sake. van can’t die, and in a lot of ways that’s horrifying to her. she can’t die, she won’t let death take her, but sometimes she wish she could die so she wouldn’t have to live with it all. and that’s the fuck of it all, isn’t it? death’s a bitch and then you keep living.

#txt #yellowjackets #yellowjackets meta #van palmer #liv hewson #as a masc dyke who also is more or less Unkillable somehow van is so tremendous to me… sob

[puppyeared]

doodles of my fav sillies

anton belongs to @poicyss

#my brain is a barbie dreamhouse and theyre all just living in it #im especially fond of the second one because my mom used to hold me like that all the time <3 #im drawing them a lot lately because im being crushed by the horrors and have to compensate for it somehow #homemade comfort blorbos...... #watch me draw anton inconsistently bc i can never decide if i wanna draw him close to how he actually looks #or yassify him and give him soft fluffy hair and kind eyes and defined features. head in my hands #i dont really have a lot of drawing ideas for them bc they dont have like. a canon storyline or anything methinks #its just stuff me and bow toss around and giggle abt thru messages lol. maybe ill draw infant vincent one of these days #i just come up with stuff and draw them doing it. it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside #cuz like anton works for lobocorp as an abnormality BUT hes super duper chill and cute and does his funny little tasks so its fine #AND hes unkillable. auggie is an oc ive had since like 6th grade and i smushed them together. and vincent was for fun but i got attached #i dont have much of a read on anton either bc i think hes meant to be more of an insert character??? if im using that right #on one hand i dont think too hard abt anything being ooc since im not taking it seriously. on the other hand i just hold them in my hands #and stare into space until i can come up with something to draw since i dont have much to go off of. but its fun to build on small tidbits! #i think bow called it an au so i guess??? its an au????? im not really sure. bow if youre reading this im just willy nilly #the only thing i know for sure is that they boink like rabbits. im talking gomez and morticia levels of boinking #maybe ill go back and look at my old doodles for them and redraw em lol #myart #my art #my oc #oc #friend oc #augusta #anton #vincent #sillies family #doodles

[achemicalmess]

“My Chemical Romance can never die” THE UNKILLABLES The comic book Our heroes left left 10 years ago, but now they’re back, stronger than ever! Some have try to kill them but they never die… @mychemicalromance @gerardway @frankieromustdie @mikeyway @raytoro #mychemicalromance #mcr #mychem #mcrfanart #mcrbreakup #unkillables #gerardway #frankiero #mikeyway #raytoro #comicbookart #comicbookmockup https://www.instagram.com/p/CqH3ElhOrs8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#mychemicalromance #mcr #mychem #mcrfanart #mcrbreakup #unkillables #gerardway #frankiero #mikeyway #raytoro #comicbookart #comicbookmockup

[overalls]

my pages for the mcr Unkillable zine :-) about my chronic pain and seeing "the foundations of decay" live

transcription below

I've spent the past few years in constant pain. My pain makes it easy for me to separate myself from everything, and to convince myself I'm less of a person.

When I finally saw my favorite band, it was the first time in my life that I actually felt like I was a part of the world. I realized that if the music that had pulled me through the worst parts of my life could touch the strangers surrounding me in the exact same way, I could never truly be alone.

"YOU MUST FIX YOUR HEART / AND YOU MUST BUILD AN ALTAR WHERE IT SWELLS."

"Foundations" was the most special song to witness live because it's the ultimate reminder that whether or not my illness goes away, and no matter how difficult it is to live sometimes, I have no choice but to grieve, endure, and survive. I've made a promise to myself that I'll spend the rest of my life making it a place I can devote myself to, alongside the people I care about deeply.

#I am scared to post because this is highly personal but Uhhhhhhh yeah #mcr #my chemical romance #unkillable #my art