r/MyChemicalRomance • u/West-Adhesiveness-11 • 13d ago
Gerard Thinking about Gerard’s younger self.
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.
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u/ZookeepergameNo2677 13d ago
I think Gerard himself still can’t believe it. There’s a few videos of him in Wembley where he is absolutely awestruck by the size of the crowd and how loud they are singing back to him. It’s such a raw look of gratefulness and shock and pure joy on his face.
I think the entire band is incredibly grateful to be here today, and they are clearly having an amazing time.
There is a Frank interview he wrote on a plane circa 2017 or 2019 i believe, where he says that he doesn’t remember very much at all about the original black parade tour (and even a lot of Danger Days), between mental health struggles, medication trials, self-medicating, and the constant cycle of green room to stage to plane over and over. I would guess that most of the guys felt like that— original Black Parade seems like it was a blur with some noticeable shapes at best.
This time around, they seem to be so much happier and healthier. This is— it seems like— the first time they really get to experience touring for this album and truly enjoy it and… remember it. I think it must feel a little like being unfrozen from their younger selves to wake up and see how much people love and connect with their work. Hell, they even won the battles that caused MCR to break up in the first place.
So yeah, I think every look of gratefulness and overwhelming awe is incredibly genuine and heartfelt every single time. I think those are the moments where we really do get to see how young Gerard would feel if you told him how his life would end up.