#free alex 2024

[tryandwalkonwater]

Why Alex Needs To Quit The Monkeys

*let me preface this by saying this post is pure speculation read at your own discretion!

We can all agree Alex has a completely different vibe when he’s a puppet than when he’s a monkey. More carefree vs more guarded. He can be more silly and camp when he's a puppet because he doesn't have the same pressures applied to him as when he is a monkey. He met Miles a bit later in his life and Miles didn't have any of the preconceived notions about him that the band members did. His collaboration with Miles allows him to explore that side of himself that he hides from others. 

Alex’s bandmates are his oldest friends. Having known him since childhood they already have a set idea of who they think he is/who he is to them. And I think Alex does his best at filling this role for his bandmates, even if it's not accurate or authentic.  

Maybe they don’t have anything in common anymore other than the band and their childhoods. And I fear Alex will never spread his wings if he’s around this type of energy. In reality, he’s making his music with his childhood friends turned coworkers.

I think being around the same people for the majority of his life could be what has kept him stuck in the closet. Being in the same situations and around the same people can stunt personal growth. (Personal growth in Alex‘s case being accepting himself)

If Alex were a member of the rainbow community his oldest friends would obviously know. So does Matt and the others encourage him to be his true self? Or does Alex shrink himself to continue to “fit in” with his mates? Does Alex feel like he owes his friends/bandmates something since they’ve been together so long?

Does Alex feel comfortable enough around them to be open and authentic? Or have they discouraged him because it would be a bad image for the band to have a gay frontman? 

The lyrics “over there there’s friends of mine / what can I say I’ve known them for a long long time / yeah they might overstep the line / but you just cannot get angry in the same way” sounds like he’s been disrespected by friends before but he remains loyal to them because they’re familiar and he grew up with them.... 

Is that what he's doing by staying and continuing to make music with the Arctic Monkeys? 

The Mr. Schwartz lyrics also refer to this feeling of being indebted to others "Mr. Schwartz staying strong for the crew" I interpret “the crew” to mean the band. And Mr. Schwartz to be another name for Mr. Snarl, Alex’s false macho man persona. He’s "staying strong" by upholding the band image by continuing to pretend to be a heterosexual. The lyrics "if we guess who I’m pretending to be" support this interpretation as well.

When his macho mask slipped in 2016 it slipped HARD and everything he had been repressing for the past few years came up out on stage with Miles. Fruity/flamboyant Alex is the true Alex but he’s ashamed of his flamboyant self due to internalized homophobia/ external homophobia and possibly pressure from the band to present in a certain way. 

Maybe I'm being too hard on Matt and the guys and it's really the management and label who are the ones putting pressure on Alex to "be straight".

But there you have it, I am of the belief that Alex won’t be coming out of the closet because he doesn’t want to mess up his band's image. Thanks for coming to my tedtalk.

[aru-art]

sourdough rolls with homemade lemon curd what the absolute fuck man

[racoonisinasawtrap]

Likesmenderman and Dog Lover

[thebrownstone]

Introduction | FAQ | Discord | Twitter | Collection

Now ushering in the second year of the annual fandom-wide event dedicated to the beloved ship of Alex Claremont-Diaz and Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor! This event takes place every day from September 27th through October 3rd. Each day has two different prompts which participants are asked to draw inspiration from. Participants may choose one of the two daily prompts, or do both.

Every prompt is designed to be vague so that each person can interpret it differently! There is no right or wrong way to participate. Whether you are an artist, a writer, a video editor, etc, you can join!

This event is not exclusive to members of our discord. Prompts below.

Day One - Friday, September 27th

“did you get my note?” and secrets

Day Two - Saturday, September 28th

silver or gold and hurt/comfort

Day Three - Sunday, September 29th

in a different universe and blood, sweat, and tears

Day Four - Monday, September 30th

“i can’t do this again.” and hot or cold

Day Five - Tuesday, October 1st

fairytale and little white lies

Day Six - Wednesday, October 2nd

heaven or hell and soulmates au

Day Seven - Thursday, October 3rd

“hey, look at me.” and gravestones

[foreverfearlessred]

oohhhh when I tell you I’m about to do something that puts me on the international news. James Vowles shut the fuck up challenge when. I hope your shitty excel spreadsheet gets corrupted x

[argentinesunshine]

alex: do you have anything else to say for our last podcast race podcast?

franco: for the last race podcast?

alex: yes, anything to the millions,

franco: no

alex: hundreds of millions of fans listening to us?

franco: just goodbye

franco: i hope they enjoy the freedom

— team torque #19

[alonsoings]

williams is truly just a constant cycle of we’re so back, we’re so over, we’re so back, oh it’s literally over

[nicoscheer]

chris_bloodfilms Met my hero on a train.

This story is long so scroll if you cba reading.

It's 2005, a band explodes on MySpace. They're dressed like you and their lyrics are a mirror to your life.

Bleeding heck, who the fuck are the Arctic Monkeys?

After 19 years on repeat it's now 2024. Myself and @conor_bloodfilms are travelling back from Paris.

We arrive at Gare Du Nord and Duffy stops in his tracks. He whispers to me "I think that's Alex Turner."

"F**k off!" | immediately reply. I gaze over at a guy wearing a leather jacket with long brown hair, his face adorned with aviators. We should probably stop staring as it's getting weird, sexually and aggressively weird.

Turns out it is bloody Alex Turner, the man who's provided the soundtrack to my life! He strolls past and disappears into the Parisian platform crowd. A missed opportunity.

We board our train back to London. We look to our left and there's Alex. Sitting in his seat accompanied by a notepad. He's probably writing the next Arctic Monkeys hit "Two gawping pricks on a train". We really need to stop staring.

I tell Duffers I'm going in, he stops me. Reminds me that I'm a fully functioning adult and not to create a scene. Christ, he's right! I feel like I'm 15 years old again, someone get me a Strongbow and whack Dancing Shoes on, kin hell lad!

Eventually myself and Con engage, it's a surreal experience. Alex is polite and returns conversation in a soft friendly manner. The whole situation is just bloody lovely.

I awkwardly ask if I can take his portrait, fully aware that it could result in an awkward exchange and destroy this wonderful moment. He smiles and obliges, he's effortlessly cool, asks for direction and I take a few snaps.

We disembark the train, I felt quite emotional and that's embarrassing to admit. Maybe it was the jet lag, the caffeine and croissant overload? Or maybe it was just the rekindling of my youth.

This all might sound trivial, however, for me these portraits are deeply personal serving a reminder that life is a series of fortunate events and when fully appreciated can conjure up some pretty awesome memories.

[jayzfort]

HELLO ALBONONONONO + our newest winner babygirl + the guy who's in trouble because he just wont go to bed :(

[sakaloverrr]

OSCAR MY P2 KINGGGG

george russel dominance could bore people... 👀😜

[marauders-poets]

LET'S GO ALBONNNNNN!!!!! P3 BABY!!

[2bluetwo85]

That was a shit race. Firstly, I am so, so, happy for Oscar. He's been doing phenomenally his whole career, and now he's a race winner. A sprint winner in his first season, and now a GP winner in his second, after only 35 starts. That's absolutely fucking amazing.

But that race was messy. I think it's important to realize that its not either of the drivers' faults, it was the team's, and I think that Oscar and Lando both know that. If McLaren wanted Oscar to win, they shouldmve given him the undercut since he was ahead anyways, but I think that they're just so used to prioritizing Lando, but yeah. If I was Lando, I would've been pissed as well, but he gave up track position. Like everyone's been saying, Oscar's covered Lando a lot before, and it's definitely not the same as a win, but they will need each other because they're stuck together for at least 2 years after this season, I think. Anyways, both of them were very mature about it, and I think that we should recognize that. I feel sorry for Oscar, though, that his first win will always be tainted by this, and his radio was kind of heartbreaking. Yes, he probably would've been much more subdued than most people, but he started apologizing. He should've been absolutely ecstatic, but McLaren ruined that for him

Moving on to other stuff, I don't think anyone was truly happy other than Sir Lewis Hamilton. Alex was obviously unhappy with the strategy, as well as Max. We all heard his radio. Pierre had to DNF for mechanical issues, three weeks after DNS-ing for mechanical issues in Silverstone, and Esteban apparently asked to retire his car. Alpine, what are you doing? Ferrari did decently for Ferrari these days, though. P4 and P6! Plus, Checo and George managed to get points after that shit quali for them, and this might help Checo (he sorely needs it)

Goodbye, I will not be touching social media for the rest of the week

[f1archives]

Silverstone Avatars <3

Idk I really like some of the pictures from this weekend so I made these, enjoy :)

[just-an-inchi-dent]

take him to lourdes perform an exorcism idc somebody needs to do something about alex's streak of bad luck

[actual-changeling]

i should be. doing things. but there are women with guns and swords and on horses and doing judo and swimming and gymnastics and hockey and and and and

[pookiepiastri]

Me personally I just think if you crash your car… then you don’t get to race. But maybe I’m crazy