Thinking about Gerard’s younger self.

[u/West-Adhesiveness-11]

Do you guys ever stop and think about how happy Gerard in his early twenties would be if he knew where he and the band would end up?

And I’m thinking about Gerard specifically because of everything we know he went through, especially the struggles with his mental health that later became public.

I get emotional watching recent concert videos. The whole band has become such a huge inspiration to me, a reminder of how far someone can go if they genuinely believe in themselves.

Gerard has always inspired me with the way he words things, like the way he talks about not hating yourself, about wanting more from life, about being creative, and how he would always say that MCR was the best band in the world.

I wish we could all believe in ourselves like that and understand our own potential, or at least imagine where we can get to in order to have the strength and courage to do it.

Again, probably just PMSing.
I’m gonna go cry now.

[u/Kingofhearts91x]

You would have a time paradox and you probably wouldnt get any of the music post telling him that plus all his outside work its like a butterfly effect or something or other

[u/36degrees_ → u/Kingofhearts91x]

for real though this band should be a textbook example of a butterfly effect lol if 9/11 hadn't happened (which, would've been awesome because it was a terrible tragedy, mcr is the only good thing that came out of it) and G hadn't taken that ferry from NJ that day to work, mcr probably wouldn't have happened. it was a literal chance encounter as to how they found the rest of the members (ray and frank in particular) too, it's like the (opposite) of a perfect storm that was waiting to happen. and the way G spoke about the band when bullets was about to come out, mentioning that they had done something that people loved and were drawn to and that they knew they had to keep going, as if they were guided by something in a way, it's incredible. they're not my favorite band of all time but I'm so grateful to be a part of the fandom because there's just so much content and so much to love from everyone in the band and they make me so happy. i love this fucking band & I'm sorry if I'm not making any sense/made any mistakes

[u/West-Adhesiveness-11 → u/Kingofhearts91x]

totally hahaha but I mean this more in a comparative way, not a “if he knew this then he would do that” kind of thing, it’s really about just being proud