#St Anger

[garageinc]

whats even happening

[confessmetallica]

Submitted by @th3-c0ld-n0v3mb3r-r4in

[90s-2000s-barbie]

Metallica.com (2005)

[killerqueenhetfield]

These two photos make my heart melt

[amsmuch]

I love pixels

[doubletalkingmaeve]

Me if being a St Anger defender was a crime

[lei-lei-artz]

“I feel my world shake, like an earthquake. Hard to see clear. Is it me? Is it fear?”

(Roland Taggart + St. Anger by Metallica)

[d3vil36]

James looks so huggable in this picture

[gayofthefae]

There are only two times that Mike’s outbursts have been allowed to fully play out. Once to Hopper, once just to the room in general. The first time he ended crying in Hopper’s arms. The second he confessed that he loved El.

I think that’s what people forget: what’s underneath the anger. People love his love and his sweetness and accept his sadness but forget that you only always get to it if you let him feel all of it. I’m not saying he should be allowed to hurt people with his words, I’m just saying that he should be allowed to feel his anger without being villainized because anger isn’t to be villainized. Anger itself isn’t bad. Sometimes the things we say or do in it are. Mike just needs a safe space to be angry. 

The two times we have seen him ride that wave were when he cried in Hopper’s arms and said he loved El. The saying he loved El is the direct confession of feeling. In fact, I would argue that wasn’t even the point of the phrase, at least emotionally. He does love her and that is what was focused on by everyone around him. But the key component was actually “I can’t lose her”, just like it was in his speech at the end of season 4. His outburst was because he was scared. And taking his instance with Hopper where he was completely allowed to just let out his anger, pummeling him until he collapsed into his arms, I think that we would have seen:

If Mike had kept going with Lucas in season 1, he would have broken down because he couldn’t bear the thought of not being able to get to Will in time.

If Mike had kept going with Will in 3x03, he would have broken down because he was scared of losing either of the people he just got back again.

If Mike had kept going with Will in 4x02, he would have broken down because he was scared of losing either of them again.

If Mike had kept going with El in 4x03, he would have broken down because he was scared of not being good enough for her.

These situations aren’t always safe for escalation, which is why it doesn’t happen - and Mike knows this too, so he stops himself. I’m not encouraging escalation. I’m just saying that we have gotten to the heart of his anger before and it wasn’t just more anger. It was fear. It was grief. It isn’t that Mike is just mean. He’s in pain. Just because we don’t see the source every time doesn’t mean it isn’t still there.

[the-rippers]

[kirk-says-wah]

It's just because I'm the biggest Dave apologist and Dave enjoyer on earth but I walked out of St. Anger feeling so bad for him. Bro just wants to play football and sell drugs and instead he's being sexually abused by someone he should be able to trust and he's having a sexuality crisis about his best friend. My god how could you ever be angry at him?? He is suffering.

I know poor baby :( hopefully he’ll get some help and he’ll let James help him too. I don’t think he’s necessarily a bad person, I think he just doesn’t always do the right thing and that’s probably because of what’s going on around him

[totallymozart]

aight im coming out

my favourite metallica album is st. anger

[dreamofyouandi]

that one part of some kind of monster (2003)