#there's slightly more info on them for the AMA on instagram

[daedelweiss]

you need to talk abt LMleosagi more, i want to know

will be posting more about LM!usagi later but here's some things about him and his relationship with leo 👀

• his full name is daichi usagi (he's not yuichi from the show) • him and leo met when they were 13. leo was trying to steal toys from usagi's family's toy shop when usagi caught him in the act. when he found out he was stealing for his missing brothers, usagi cut leo some slack and agreed to hold onto the toys until leo can pay for them. • leo hangs out with him whenever april can't go with him in the Hidden City. it's usually his only chances to be a kid and just not worry about anything. • both struggle on their role as "hero". leo because he only cares for his family and loved ones, usagi only wants a simple and peaceful life (he landed on the hero role by accident). they both bond over it a lot. • usagi was the first one to fall in love with leo. there wasn't really a big moment when he realized it. it was mostly small moments that built up to a realization and he's freaked out over it ever since. • usagi has two younger twin siblings. they tease him a lot over his crush with leo. • unfortunately for usagi, leo is a dense mfer (and demiromantic) that he doesn't see through the hints: the twins teasing, usagi being a bit more jumpy whenever they hung out, april nudging him. • april knows usagi and has met him shortly after leo met him. usagi told her about his crush and confides in her a lot about it. april is lowkey pissed at how stupid leo is but thought it's also entertaining. • usagi actually confesses shortly after donnie's arc starts (this won't appear in the main comic because i want to focus on things that are canon to rise). that was the moment leo realized he actually saw usagi as more than a friend but he wasn't ready to jump into a relationship yet, so he told usagi to wait until things calm down and they've saved the world from the whole shredder business. • they do get together after the events of the comic 💖 they're absolute dorks.

that's most of the things i've thought up about LM!leosagi 😄 some info i've withheld because i want usagi to have a short story/comic about how he became to be a hero (it's going to be like one comic) and because i want to give him a proper introduction outside of being leo's love interest 😛

i will draw them a bit tho because i have a soft spot for dramaless romances and are just wholesome 🥺💖

[laerrynseelie]

so, now that the AMA is out, I thought I’d make something inspired by things said in the AMA as well as the general dear hearts and discord chaos. from the AMA, “we make our own mythology”, and I’ve surrounded this quote with lyrics and jokes and references throughout. explanation of every reference below the cut!! this took me 6 hours I’m dying @joeybateyofficial

(if you want you can grab prints of a slightly updated version of this here! if the art is too difficult to see here’s a gdrive link for it. I also put it on twitter if y’all care to give it some love there too https://twitter.com/misscocochen/status/1254104159902711809)

“we make our own mythology” - something madeleine and joey said in the discord AMA regarding the mythology or folklore that may inspire them. actual quote is creating our own mythology but oh well

your interpretation - response in discord AMA about what the songs are about and if they’re up for interpretation

robot vampire + I DUNNO - wild blue yonder lyrics

13/04/2020 - the discord AMA day

the horror and the wild - title track and title of second album

dead sheep - in the AMA, Joey said that madeleine slaughters a lamb before every gig to warm up

where’s the vodka - lyric from Not Yet/Love Run

glug - reference to Jackie downing vodka during the AMA

pruning shears - pruning shears title/lyrics

blue flower - it’s a forget me not, reference to lyrics in Elsa’s Song

dungeon master / tiefling bard - reference to J&M’s roles in DND, as answered in the AMA

blue furious boy / scarlet scarlet - reference to the characters J&M took on for the album Love Run, more info on the official TAD instagram

that’s what she said - lyrics from fair

THE SPANISH INQUISITION - it’s a long story but it happened in the discord

bottle of wine + glass - reference J&M showing up to the discord drinking wine

HALT! - lyrics of wild blue yonder

so much fucking hair - lyrics of fair

beef and brambles + pie adjacent - reference to discord AMA where joey is answering what dessert TAD would be

chords? no - reference to AMA where joey says they won’t release chords

1953 - reference to AMA where madeleine says they met in 1953

be good to me / no no not I - that unwanted animal lyrics

stag skull - reference to album photoshoot for the horror and the wild, also subtle nod to everyone’s need for TAD tattoos

fairy lights - joey described THATW album as fairy lights and fire in an instagram post

DRINK WATER / NEVER! - as J&M were drunk during the AMA, mods prompted them to drink water after, with “NEVER!” as the response

fae realm - let’s face it, J&M are probably fae, and also something a lot of dear hearts say to new TAD fans (ex. “welcome to the fae realm!”)

croissant - the discord made jokes about joey pronouncing croissant the french way

ice cream + fork - no that’s not a pitchfork I just can’t draw forks reference to an instagram post where joey says that isolation is making him so mad he’s having ice cream with a fork

devils / tumblings / witchlings - multiple things joey called the gang on instagram before settling on dear hearts, thus why they’re crossed out

bitrate - bees taught joey about bitrate before the AMA

shoulder blades - those tender fucking lyrics in fair

SQUINTS - jackie. suspicion.

under the covers - lyrics of wild blue yonder

shower head + letters of lyrics coming out as the “water” - shower day

and if you’re alone, just know you’re not - something joey wrote in an instagram post

SHAKESPEARE - J&M have both worked in shakespeare productions and madeleine said is a likely influence for her songwriting in the AMA

with my yoghurt - lyrics of fair, with hurt underlined because fair, well, hurts

OOH SCARY tumblr - reference to joey saying tumblr scares the shit out of him in the AMA, also reference to s1ep4 of the witcher where jaskier goes “ooh, scary face”

onion - TAD’s songs have layers. like onions.

HIVE MIND - reference to J&M saying we have a hive mind thing going with similar logo designs

mom said it’s my turn with the brain cell - hive mind. plus we’re chaos. also small nod to Dani, the server mom

broom - emoji used by mods in the discord to move us to another channel. also, jackie is the fastest sweeper.

tender - need I say more?

unreasonable - lyric from fair, the blue line represents the gorgeous, gorgeous voice crack

tent with stick figures - “two men in a tent” pruning shears lyrics

BARMY / mental - words joey used to describe the fandom during the AMA when responding to if it’s overwhelming

O of OWN with red lines through it - reference to our deep analysis of the album Love Run, referencing the red strings meme

red boots - reference to Welly Boots, lyrics “scarlet welly boots”

from Oxfam - reference to Pruning Shears, “got my shoes from Oxfam”

GIN - reference to joey and madeleine saying they were going to have gin after the AMA

lion king meme - the meme Dani made about discord being the shadowy place over there

can you feel the luuv? - reference to AMA where joey and madeleine said this multiple times in a row. also subtle lion king reference hence the location

wolf hall - a production J&M did together (the one they met on (?) not sure about that)

unemployed - reference to lyrics in Not Yet/Love Run

feral - because we’re all absolutely feral for TAD

the hexagonal box - I tried to draw the box from the King music video, not sure it worked

fret not - lyrics from the horror and the wild

sacred heart + nyts + and the candle we lit - oh boy this has LAYERS. like an onion. sacred hearts are a traditional tattoo, again a nod to everyone wanting TAD tattoos, including J&M as they mentioned in the AMA. sacred hearts, while referencing a specific religion and event, also have the meaning of divine love and its transforming power, which I think we’ve all experienced from TAD. the heart of the sacred heart is typically more rounded to look like an apple, Big Apple = New York, while “torch song” is its own thing torch, fire, you get it. “and the candle we lit” is lyrics from wild blue yonder, again here because of the fire of the sacred heart

ship with thought bubble lyrics - from Not Yet/Love Run, in a thought bubble because “sing me awake with a song about pirates” so dreams? idk what the logic was either. the lyrics making up the thought bubble are “sing me awake with a song about pirates / and I will try to harmonize / and sip the sunlight from your eyes”

it’s so good - we once spoke about Not Yet/Love Run in the general channel on discord, ended with multiple people only replying with “it’s so good”, and no one used the channel for hours to preserve this chain

slipknot - reference to the AMA where joey says he enjoys slipknot, also a reference to the only sound tardi makes in the recording which is to gasp “slipknot!” at this time

[into-control]

Hi, guys 👋. To make things less confusing, I'll sign my asks off with a 🕊️ emoji from now on.

Below are most of the hints that I've sent so far so that you can see which ones were from me. (I may have missed a couple out as it was difficult to find them all again.) I also included any explanations of hints that I've given so far.

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— A tip: I don't think that this has been announced anywhere yet, but Camila will be appearing as a musical guest on "Michael McIntyre's Big Show". — (I know this wasn't a hint, but I'll include it in here anyway. I sent this in because I thought it made sense to start off with something more direct and clear first to gain some kind of credibility.)

— (I also sent in another ask after this with the date that Camila's episode of "Michael McIntyre's Big Show" was most likely be aired. I can't find the ask now... Again, it was more of a direct statement than a hint. The 👍 in that ask was a minor hint for something though. I'll explain after the episode airs.)

— Something's coming very soon 📝. E 22 ... 26

     EXTRA INFO:

     — Quick clarification on this hint: After I sent in this ask, I sent in another ask separately that said "III". Looking back on it, the "III" should have been included at the end of the above ask as it's very relevant for one of the events that this was a hint for. (It's a double hint that refers to 2 different events, but the "E", the numbers, and the "III" mean slightly different things for each of the 2 events. The first one is happening soon.)

— 242 ➡️ 296 ➡️ 1511 ➡️ 2511

     EXPLANATION:

     — I can finally explain what this hint was referring to now. I saw that some of you guys guessed correctly that these numbers were dates.  February 24th — (Living Proof was first mentioned in a tweet)  ➡️  June 29th — (Camila posted a clip of Living Proof on her story)  ➡️ November 15th — (Living Proof was released)  ➡️  November 24th — (Camila's AMAs performance of Living Proof, and the release date of the Living Proof music video)

     I hope I didn't confuse anyone with the slight mistake I made. (Typing "2511" instead of "2411"). I checked the dates of the first 3 events in that hint, but I didn't double-check the date of the AMAs as I was (mistakenly) confident that the upcoming Sunday was the *25th* November...

— "I want someone with a slow hand, I want a lover with an effortless touch" 💭 🔎

     EXPLANATION:

     — I guess I can explain one of my hints earlier than I expected! (I was expecting Camila's song choice for the Michael McIntyre show to be kept a surprise until closer to the episode's air date.) Ok, so I sent in this ask: "I want someone with a slow hand, I want a lover with an effortless touch". It was meant as a response to an anon who said they were wondering what song was chosen for Camila's performance, and whether it might be Liar or Living Proof.

     The original lyric is "I want a lover with an *easy* touch", but I changed it to "I want a lover with an *effortless* touch". I was trying to draw attention to the fact that I replaced the word "easy". That was intended to be the main clue towards the song choice. I also chose that particular lyric because I think it ties in well with another lyric from Easy: "Touch me till I find myself in a feeling, tell me with your hands that you're never leaving".

     After I sent in another ask saying that I'd explain in a few weeks, and I said something like, "I think it's pretty *easy* to figure out", which was supposed to be another subtle hint towards the song choice. Curious to know whether any of you guys figured it out? :)

— "Fool them once…"

— "Preventative measure is better than curative measure."

— (I answered a question about whether it's true that there's a song named "Tequila" on the album, and about what my favorite unreleased tracks from Romance are.)

— (I sent in a submission that I asked people not to reblog.)

— (I sent in an ask about how I'm going to be extremely busy in December, so I might not be able to come back and give any new hints.)

       UPDATE:

     — Long story short, a major decision was made which means I now only have two important deadlines to meet by late December instead of the original four I was given. So, although I'll still be busy, I should have enough time to drop in here once or twice a week throughout December.

— Endings often tie back to beginnings  1️⃣

— "Have you ever had a dream so heartbreakingly beautiful that it felt like agony to stay awake? I went to sleep, thinking about you, and I woke up just the same."

— In this world of lies, Truth is forced to fly like a scared white doe in the woodlands; **and only by cunning glimpses will she reveal herself**, as in Shakespeare and other masters of the great Art of Telling the Truth, **even though it be covertly, and by snatches** — Herman Melville.

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     — NOTE: I know that some of these hints may seem like random quotes, but every quote I've sent has been carefully chosen for a specific reason, e.g., for particular word choices in them.

     The emojis I use almost always have specific meanings behind them too, and are a part of the hints.

     Again, I would really appreciate it if nobody reblogged this!! (I'd rather keep everything on this blog instead of risking it ending up on Twitter or Instagram or certain other types of Tumblr blogs.)