A big amalgamation of my thoughts and general reblogs. a full time Gleek, Klainer, Colferite, Starkid, Whovian, Superwholock, and psych-o!I Love all things Disney, Marvel, and DC as well!
okay okay so i think i finally diluted it down in a way that sounds comprehensible and then after this i’ll get off my soapbox but the thing about fob haters is that they consistently do the exact thing they always shame the mainstream for doing which is making this band a symbol for all these things they’ve never once stood for. fall out boy is fame hungry? fall out boy has used their music to criticize fame culture in nearly their entire discography. they have always been aware of their place in the industry and have quite scathingly spoke. on. it. fall out boy are not “blank” enough to be “insert genre here”? fall out boy never started with the intention of representing or wanting to represent a genre of music as a whole, nor did they intend to become the faces of a generation of alternative rock music and have always blended their sound with an amalgamation of music that was deeply inspirational and personal to them and wasn’t represented nor accepted in the hardcore scene the grew up in, in fact, they started fall out boy due to the fact that they wanted to be in a band that was just fun to be in and fun to do because the scene was so restrictive. idk how else to say this, but bands are allowed to make music they like whether you’re on board or not. fall out boy changed their sound to remain relevant? i cannot stress this enough, do you know how easy it would have been for fall out boy to just regurgitate from under the cork tree over and over again, but instead they gradually fleshed out their sound by taking risks on making music that interested them. and those risks did not always pay off to the point of the band delving into some of their darkest days during hiatus. it’s a big risk to make an album like folie, it’s a big risk to make an album like mania, and they took those risks anyway. it just sincerely baffles me when i hear so many people critical of the way the mainstream portrayed (and continues to portray) bands like mcr and paramore as representative of something they never ever wanted to be representative of and then turn around and do the exact same thing to fob with some shallow surface read of a song they heard on the radio and didn’t like. like it’s truly a sight watching some of y'all flailing to make an argument without recycling the same old stale comment that’s been regurgitated to the point of turning into dust or without going back on the same things you applaud and defend other bands for. by all means, hate on fall out boy, you don’t need to justify or defend not liking something, but my god have some self awareness lol i can see the steam coming out of your ears.
drewjessup: 1/3 — October 15, 2022, two years from the original date, and an interim pandemic mountain matrimony between, two of my favorite people to ever gracthis earth, @elenignyc & @verm223 , finally got to say the “I do” they had imagined and dreamt originally. An, “I do” standing center stage, amongst a black-tie audience worn by the faces they cherish most. As a gift, I shot through three different roles of film throughout the wedding reception. Here are my favorite pictures from the first third of the night, shot on Ilford HP5 400💘
