#they've just got that certain je ne sais quoi

[nucleargnocchi]

my "type" is pretty boys, handsome girls, and every single non-binary person ever. also they can't be real

[uh-velkommen]

My thoughts on Fall Out Boy have changed a bit over time as I've grown out of my "Bandom/Emo trinity" teenage girl in need of friends era. See before I was very forgiving of Fall Out Boy's style and sound change because the early 20-teens was a period of change for almost everyone. Every new album that came from rock or post hardcore bands that I liked got lighter and lighter and in a sea of generic dad rock, Fall Out Boy was still at least creative with their sound. I grew accustomed to their theatrical style and found that their lyricism was still on par with their pre-hiatus stuff, even if you had to dig a bit to find it. If I was looking for heavy rock and screamo, I would never turn to Fall Out Boy for it. If I wanted to sing my heart out and have a good time, then that's what I had them for. But I'll admit that every now and then I want to yell along to more of 20 year old Patrick Stump's anger. Sure I could put on TTTYG for that but after 20 years, I want to know if he's still got it. Sometimes I want new devastatingly emo lyrics and I wonder if Pete ever finds himself feeling very FUTCT again.

When Fall Out Boy dropped SMFSD, I liked it. Because it sounded like what everything Post SRAR wanted to be. It sounded like the Fall Out Boy boys finally got on the same page. The quality production is there. The double meaning lyricism is there. The instruments are there. But a certain je ne sais quoi is still missing. "Making music to send a message" is no longer FOB's shtick. I think now they're more about making music to put art out into the world. Which is never a bad thing but in the context of Fall Out Boy's career, where they started and how they've grown, it's clear we'll never get the same band as before.

And I'm not a person who's like, "I miss the old Fall Out Boy" because in that case I would just listen to old Fall Out Boy. But what I have become is a person who praises met expectations. I've realized that when I rave to people about new Fall Out Boy music, I'm not raving about life changing songs and heartbreaking lyrics. I'm praising the fact that Fall Out Boy knows what they're doing. I never recommend songs anymore. I recommend albums as a concept. I love bands who know who they are, who understand their sound and can replicate it while still sounding new and refreshing. I've praised Pierce The Veil for this very thing until The Jaws of Life, which felt like their Mania. I've praised Siamese for this and still do. But praising consistency is only one layer of adoration for an artist. Their music no longer speaks to me. I don't find myself crying over lyrics or replaying songs for a singular guitar line.

It's like handing out a participation trophy. Congratulations, you did it again and you did it well!

I've known that this is how I've been feeling for a while but I'll never let go of how much Fall Out Boy had meant to me at one point. And for that, I will never admit that something they make is "bad." But I can and will admit that the spark is gone. Maybe it's just because I've calmed down over the years. Maybe it's because I no longer live in a space where I have to search for and give my love to a third party. Maybe this is how love works. I still love Fall Out Boy for all they are and all they have been. But I don't care as much about their music. Despite them always being top 5 in my spotify wrapped, they are clearly no longer my top artist. Still my favourite band as a concept, no longer my favorite musicians.

[transthadymacdermot]

Changing eoin's (and maybe some others') design when it comes to their weapons rn cos I think that the majority of their weapons etc they've stolen off british soldiers they've killed and/or in a few cases they've got some stuff brought home from the napoleonic wars (like eoin's pistols, which are a french make) and therefore I want their guns etc to look like. idk. military gear that's just kind of scuffed up. I think it adds a certain je ne sais quoi for them to be wearing something obviously taken off a corpse

Guns guns guns

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

so 9×07 "John Doe" (the one where Doggett ends up stuck in Mexico with amnesia) was written by Vince Gilligan? I never would have guessed, with that pervasive yellow filter over everything! /sarcasm

[souls-foreclosed]

Souls Foreclosed, Chapter VIII:

POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE - Scene 3: Not Like the Others (1)

(NOV 03 - 2021)

Transcription:

L - Lucifer, God of Chances JS - Joey Styx YL - Yolanthe LaBelle, the Juggling Queen

(029-1) L: 10.27.1877 AD - The night club CHEZ CABARET in Wynnmouth, Tyvia. APPLAUSE ROARS for the "Juggling Queen" YOLANTHE LABELLE

(030-1) L: With the OPENING ACT concluded, the crowd CRIES OUT FOR MORE - once again, Queen LaBelle has done a quite admirable job hyping up the house for the MAIN ACT! AS FOR LABELLE THEMSELF...

(030-2) [SFX: Applause]

(030-3) YL: "PHEW!"

(030-4) JS: "WOAH! C-Careful, Madam LaBelle!"

(031-1) JS: "You are on FIRE tonight, huh?"

(031-2) YL: GULP GULP

(031-3) JS: "One of these days-"

(031-4) JS: "They've really got to give you a SWING AT BEING THE MAIN EVENT!"

(031-5) YL: "Aw luv, you're SUCH a flatterer. But let old Madam LaBelle TELL YOU ONE THING..."

(031-6)YL: "I know I'm not BUILT FOR THAT - I've had ten years to FIND MY SPOT"

(031-7) YL: "And that spot's SETTING THE STAGE for someone with that certain JE NE SAIS QUOI"

(031-8) YL: "I just wish I could open for the SINGER-QUEEN just one more time---"

(032-1) JS: "The 'singer-queen'? Who's that?"

(032-2) YL: Not "who is". Who WAS.

(032-3) YL: TABITHA WYLDE

(032-4) YL: The one and only SINGER QUEEN of the Chez Cabaret. UNMATCHED on the stage.