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[androcola]

tell me about. davy

Davy grew up in a boating town and he lived very close to the water and when he was a little kid, he'd so and sit by the docs and watch the sailors come in and out :) that's part of what sparked his love for swimming and the ocean in general.

Davy was raised mostly by his grandparents. his father wasn't absent at all, he was just very busy and his mother passed away when he was too young to even remember

Davy had a pretty alright relationship with his father despite this, although it became a little strained when he got older and rock and roll really hit Manchester. his grades started slipping and it's like all he could think of was music

despite davys really good grades, he didn't have the best reputation as he was a hot headed scrapper and was always getting called in by the teachers who just didn't know what to do with him. he was doing well academically and was pretty alright socially, with lots of charm and charisma,but he just had such a temper and a mean right hook

Davy lied to his family to get to America, telling them that he was going abroad for further studies. he was only freshly 18 when he was sent to America with a lump sum of money. he didn't do anything of that. instead, he got an apartment in LA and a job as a waiter. he would go on to meet mike, micky and peter sometime in november.

Davys a CHRONIC baby brother. he was the youngest in his family next to his three older sisters, Susan, Annie and Marianne, and is the youngest monkee, and is often treated so. often being patted on the head and sent on his way, doted upon and played around with like a little doll, with great love, of course, but it frustrates him to no end.

Davy loves cologne! he's always wearing it and he's always buying it! sometimes he'll get colognes as gifts for his birthday or for christmas, usually from micky. mike HATES davys colognes. they give him headaches. he's always telling Davy to Warsh off that stink!! mike being mike.

although Davy didn't know how to play any instruments when he first met the guys , overtime he learns to play the bass, the guitar, and a little bit of drums :) versatility is very required for the band, especially because mike may not always be there and that'll usually cause a switch up

Davy still does tea time even in america:) and he'll invite his friends to join him, usually making them all their different tea of choice. sweet ice tea for mike, green tea or something otherwise herbal for peter, and for micky, he doesn't have a tea of choice, he'll drink whatever, but he got very used to mikes sweet tea so he usually has the same as mike :)

davys a great baker! he was taught to bake by his gramma and he loves to make yummy pastries and pies n muffins n stuff. he likes thanksgiving and other holidays because that's usually an excuse for him to break out his baking skills! his sweets are greatly enjoyed by micky especially. mike doesn't really like sweets, but he'll indulge a little. peter has a gluten intolerance so I'm not sure how that would work for him. idk if there was gluten free stuff back then

[androcola]

does davy ever take the boys to england and have them meet his family

yes he does! and it's cold and rains the whole time and mike is miserable because of it but other than that it goes pretty well :) they're all delighted to see that both of davys sisters are taller than him. they all have a laugh

[androcola]

does the wizard guy from the frodis caper exist in ur monkeesverse. is magic canon

honestly I could never watch the frodis caper because it made me really depressed as it being the last monkee episode but I feel like that episode is another instance of a dream, kinda like fairy tale

in general I consider the vast majority of events in Monkees episodes to be canon, seeing as a large half of my own canon is really just a prelude that leads into everything else, which is why it bugs me when people call my canon an AU. it isn't an alternate universe, it's my canon for the characters that already exist. although I suppose that because of the events of my own canon, certain things would be different, including behaviors of the characters n all that shit so I guess I can understand why people call it an AU cuz things really are very different in my mind.

I can't help it im a chronic world/character builder and im also insane

[androcola]

whats micky dressing up as this year

a woman 😍

[androcola]

u know how theres like different ways to decorate for fall like theres really autumn nice oranges browns and then halloween evil like purple and green. what colors and decorations do the guys put up in the pad when fall comes

I know Micky goes all out with the big fake pumpkins up the steps to the front door and also on the sun deck and he wraps up leaf garland along the hand rail of the spiral staircase :) of course, poor micky can't even see the beautiful array of fall colors that he picks out due to hjs total red blindness 😭 he just knows that it looks real pretty when others do it, and he trusts the opinions of the guys when they say it looks neat.

Micky is the biggest enthusiast of decorating for holidays but his decorations can look really mismatched since he's colorblind 😭but I think the guys come to find it endearing, it gives everything a unique touch of Micky. even neat freak mike lets it slide because I think it's one of his favorite things about micky.

I think the pad becomes well known as the years go on, as the old beach house that looks abandoned, but always has beautiful holiday decorations up. if you actually go up to the pad and get a close look, you can see each of the guys handprints in paint on one of the outside walls, with their names written above them :))

[androcola]

QUICK. who are the monkees voting for

they all vote for a large warm blanky which they can all fit under together and snooze

[androcola]

schoolboy mike lore. were his teachers shitty. did anyone carw he showed up to school all beaten up. when did he make his first friend

yes mikes teachers were very shitty. unfortunately some of them would even hit him. they never really batted an eye at his beaten appearance or certain things like broken limbs or a limp in a leg, because due to his autism and mental issues, he was seen as a bad kid so I think most of the teachers assumed he was a fighter and was getting into fights all the time, and mike would never speak of his injuries either.

the very few times he was ever pressed about it, he would just say he's clumsy and did it to himself, even though his injuries often looked very obviously inflicted Upon him by another. I don't think they really knew what was really happening to him at home, and the teachers just didn't seem to care for him at all

unfortunately he never made a first friend. his first friend was Micky. he unfortunately seemed to be universally hated at school thru all grades, even by the teachers. he was always made fun of, bullied, beat up, he just couldnt seem to escape violence anywhere. he became so quickly different over the years. he became so passive and submissive and just let anyone do anything to him. it took a long time for him to learn to get out of that and to stand up for himself. Micky would often try to teach him stuff like that, but it never really worked much

[androcola]

the girls learn to be really good singers and sing their unkees to bed when they’re visiting

YES!! they get so much of their musical inclination from their unkees🥺🥺

[androcola]

did any of the boys have a band before the monkees? did any of them have a band “after”? do they still play music together as old men for an audience/with each other? do they ever teach the girls how to play music

mike and micky played around at venues as a duo in 1965 as Nesmith and dolenz! we later when they met peter, they were both very impressed by peters banjo talents and his multi instrumentalism so they both figured he'd be a great addition! so they became Nesmith, dolenz & tork, and when davy came along,it was Nesmith dolenz tork & jones before micky eventually decided on the monkees to shorten and zazz it up

although before all of them met eachother, no one had any bands, they were all in school and while they were getting into music, they never had any previous bands. they're all eachothers first band!

when they're older, specifically in the 80s, they sorta realize that music isn't gonna keep them afloat their whole lives so 3/4 of the guys get jobs while mike is very Stay at home cuz he can't work. but they don't abandon music all together! and they still gig every now and then sometimes for benefit events or just for themselves to get a little extra cash on top of the money they already make. they're pretty comfortable in their older age. by the 90s and 2000s it's kinda the same, until mike becomes too old and too disabled to play much anymore. they still do play with eachother at home sometimes! they do that a lot in the 80s and 90s

they do teach the girls to play! but the only one to really pick it up was Cici, who went on to form a sorta punky band in the late 80s. the guys attend all of her shows and she plays like a FREAK in a good way :)

[androcola]

what do the boys think of all that weird late 90s early 2000s music like nsync or mariah carey etc

I have no idea I know nothing about that kind of music. I think their nieces get into stuff like that and they just try to connect with the girls by knowing their music but they really don't understand it. although I think Cici is more inclined to more rock like music, but still enjoys some of the stuff like that. she dabbles in a lot :) where as janie really likes pop. beyonce, mariah carey , other stuff. she also enjoys hip hop ❤️ and of course their lame white uncles know nothing of that stuff but they wanna connect with them so they try:)

[androcola]

if id vote id vote for kamala because shes not trump but also i fucking hate her. i wish this country didnt exist

i wanna thrup

[androcola]

do u want beautiful progressive accelerationist fascist or classical fascist sir /s

do you want fascism with pronouns in bio or hate gays fascism (they're the same) 😭

[androcola]

does mike hate his dad or feel bad for him or have really complex confusing and terrible feelings about his dad

mike hates his dad Straight up. deeply and with a passion. but at the same time he does have some complicated really deep hidden feelings. kinda some primal "I want my daddy" kinda stuff that really fucks with him and takes him a while to come to terms to and put to rest. and honestly he probably never does.

there will forever be that deep part of him that just wishes his dad loved him and that he could love his dad. it leaves him with a sense of aimlessness. and it doesn't help that the only man who was ever like a father figure to him passed away in his absence and he didn't learn til years later.

[androcola]

Mike pees the bed when hes sick

NO MORE PEE😭