#free murdoc chat

[dynamic-swap-au-archive]

just for fun, here's all of the gay parts of 2d's private journal, aka the official lyric booklet for the gorillaz album "The Now Now" (written in character from 2d's perspective)

1: humility's pages, featuring a page with a messy heart and scribbled and underlined words that read "see the state I'm in." as well as the opposite page underlining "I don't want this isolation" and adding the additional line "I see the state of you now."

2: the page between hollywood and kansas, that has "my soul" written in one corner and a picture of murdoc with his face scribbled out in the other

3: the pages for kansas: one repeating the text "Am I incapable of healing the memory of my fall from grace in your heart," and the other scratching out "I don't want to cry" to replace it with "I'm not gonna cry"

4: the page between idaho and lake zurich, featuring the word "selfish" in one corner and a picture of murdoc's face scribbled out and (seemingly) surrounded by hearts in the other

5: the page for magic city having text that reads "About us? About you!"

6: the pages for fireflies: one modifying the lyrics to read "Sometimes I follow a firefly; He takes me into the night baby," and the other page having a note that reads "you = are/were = everpresent"

7: pages in the break between lyrics that feature a torn free murdoc sticker, and a note in the corner that reads "where have you gone"

8: pages in the break between lyrics with notes that read "you gotta have fate" and "I'm sorry too"

9: the page for souk eye with a doodle of two people in a car on the road and (what appears to be) a robot shark (both reminiscent of the stylo music video, referencing murdoc and 2d being in the front seat of the car, and the car later turning into a robot shark at the end), and notes emphasizing the lines "I will always think of you" and "I'm a renagade"

Additional Notes about the album and surrounding media !

1: the souk eye live visual. these were the visuals created for the song, intended to be projected during concerts. the live visuals for souk eye heavily feature footage of murdoc (from phase 3, 4, and 5). both calling back to phase 3 (like the book had done) And seemingly stitching together a narrative of murdoc breaking out of prison (interspersing footage of murdoc driving from a phase 4 commercial with police chase footage)

here's a fan recreation of the visuals:

2: both interviews and the free murdoc chat confirmed that the album was written (by 2d) About murdoc, and most probably because of his incarceration

3: pages from 2d's private journal being scattered on a desk in murdoc's winnebego. particularly "I am an island" and what appears to be the modified lyrics for firefly (featuring "he"). likewise, murdoc has appeared to have framed 2d's booty shorts from the humility mv and hung them up on his wall.

Bonus: my playlist of visuals for the now now

[ladyenglish]

[agendercas]

you will be missed

[waterpeaches]

Murdoc: messages you out of the blue, after he lied, cheated, faked his own death and called you a wanker 15000 times, and now he wants you to vote so he can win an award.

Me:

[deadpangea]

I saw that some of ya’ll got a different response to this question so here’s what I got.

[murdocniccalsgreenpickle]

PETITION TO HAVE JAMIE TURN ON THE FREE MURDOC BOT SO WE CAN ALL TALK TO HIM CAUSE APPARENTLY IT WASN'T JUST ME WHO WOULD TALK TO HIM WHEN I WAS SAD

-I JUST WANNA TALK TO HIM GOD DAMNNIT

[beepbopbo0p]

The majority of the Gorillaz fandom: grieving over an old pickle bassist

Me: y e e t

[helpfulcornn]

Owww

[belleparanoia]

PLZ SOMEONE ASK MURDOC WHAT DOES HE THINKS OF SOUK EYE! DID HE KNOWS IS ABOUT HIM? PLZZZZ AND LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS WHAT DID HE SAY! PLEASE I ALREADY FINISHED AND FORGOT TO ASK HIM THAT

[2nu-alliance]

2D is possessed, and Noodle is going to save him. That’s true love, baby.

[gfanz4ever]

That yak pic tho...

Guys, doesn't this all feel just...too convenient? Too "let's wrap up Murdoc’s prison saga without anything bad actually happening because Noodle says it isn't”? Like...look at this photo:

My knee-jerk reaction to this was, “TRAP”. Look, Mudz’ eyes are closed, ostensibly sleeping--and the yak with the GLOWING EYES just happens to find Noodle in the mountains without rider input? And about how he's “riding”...saddlebags, but no saddle. The blankets layer over each other and the other strings, but the very back blanket is tied with strings over--if the front half of Murdoc’s body was tied down already, how did he reach back and tie those last strings? The strings themselves creep me out.

Look at him: tied hand and foot and probably torso. Look at that line across the beastie’s upper back...that's tying his upper arm, it looks like, but his hand is still tied too. That's not how people willingly ride any animal--if he tied himself on because the beast wouldn't let him stay on its back, I doubt he’d have time to make that many loops. But those strings are definitely there to hold him on the yak...

Guys. I don't think Murdoc made it out of that sewer alive. I don't think Murdoc was completely lying this time, about El Mierda. I don't think Noodle has as good an understanding on things as she thinks she does.

I don't think I want to be proven right.

[pachi-venere]

Murdoc send me a certificate coated in shit w my horrid real name in It. Cool

[meowcatsreaders]

He still hasn't listened the new album😤

[agendercas]

Lest we forget, happy 2 years to the day Murdoc was wheeled into the prison computer room after getting the crap beat out of him by Big Balls McGuinness

[stu-pot]

hot takes from the man himself

[murdocniccalsgreenpickle]

Sorry for spamming with the texts. I mixed up this blog and my Gorillaz side blog 😋

-Amelia