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asleepcrdead · 4 years

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alright. i think it is time. with all due respect,

gerard way has never given a label to his gender. gerard way has said before he does not like labels. please stop going around saying “omg nb king 😍” when gerard himself has stated before he doesn’t like when people assume things about him or give names to his gender.

“but he says he prefers they/them pronouns!”

yes, he has said before that he prefers he/him or they/them but it is important to look at the context before you go around calling him things that he has never claimed to be.

most people point to these tweets as the definitive proof that gerard is nb:

however, they need to be taken within the context.

the first screenshot is from a conversation between gerard and laura jane grace, a trans woman. she says that she is fine with they/them pronouns and it would not be considered misgendering to her, because ideally everyone would just use gender neutral pronouns to avoid unnecessary confusion (as many languages already do and have done for centuries). the second is a response to a fan who asked whether he was changing his pronouns to they/them after the conversation with laura jane grace. he tells them no, he still likes he/him ALONG WITH they/them as a generic neutral pronoun, the same way laura jane grace uses it. he’s not saying “yes, call me they/them because i don’t identify with any gender.” hes saying “you can call me they/them because gendered pronouns are unnecessary”

now obviously this doesn’t mean he isn’t nonbinary. we have no fucking idea what he identifies as and we don’t need to because gender is an extremely PERSONAL thing and it is NO ONES right to be giving names to someone else’s gender. especially someone who has expressed discomfort with it before. it literally doesn’t fucking matter what he is so stop trying to force labels onto it. you don’t know him. just let him fucking vibe because that’s the most we know about how he identifies. just vibing.

and now i leave you with this final tweet because even though its talking about sexuality not gender, i think it sums up my point here

#mcr #my chemical romance #gerard way

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toyfrog · 7 years

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Spader' Portguese Interview: Planting a Massive Oak Tree and Breaking Away!

Oh, yes he is.

Without a Doubt: Spader isn’t happy. And it seems his own fanbase are out of touch with his true feelings on the subject of fame, and why he just wants a simple work schedule like he had in Season 1?

Is that too much to ask? Apparently so. And because he’s been forced to work all the time, it’s taking him away from his private life.

HES NOT HAPPY.

But those who follow me *know* this already.

James Spader stars in “The Blacklist” since 2013. It’s more of a dark character in his career, the ones he’s drawn to.

[I’VE MENTIONED THIS: WHENEVER A LEAD ACTOR BECOMES FRUSTRATED WITH STORY, OR IN SPADER’S CASE, ADD THE SHOOTING SCHEDULE, THEYRE GOING TO VENT. NOT IN THE STATES BECAUSE THEY ARE PROTESTING IN THEIR OWN WAY THEIR DISTRESS OVER THE CURRENT STORY DIRECTION. ILL EVEN ADD ON THAT THE INTERVIEWEES ARE HAND PICKED BY THE SAME SOFTBALL CREW WHO WILL WRITE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING TO HYPE A BAD SHOW OR INTERVIEW THE SAME ACTOR OVER AND OVER THE ACTOR WHO LOVES TO HEAR HIMSELF TALK, LIVES THE SPOTLIGHT, NILS IS A TERRIBLE DISEASE FOR ROOKIE ACTORS. THEY START BELIEVING THEIR OWN PRESS UNTILL THOSE RATINGS CRASH THEIR Q SCORE]

[SO WHILE AMIR ARISON, AND RE TWEET THEIR ‘LOYALTY’ BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING THE MOTHERLODE OF AIRTIME AND STORY, OTHER ACTORS REMAIN SILENT AND FOR GOOD REASON. THE SHOW IS ALARMINGLY IMBALANCED.]

James Spader’s debut in the art of representation took place in the cinema in the early 1980s, but in the nearly four decades of his career, the actor stood out as a TV character in “gray” or completely dark. That was the unethical Alan Shore of Fair Cause and Boston Legal or the puzzling Robert California of The Office. But also from Raymond “Red” Reddington from The Blacklist, NBC series issued in Portugal by SIC. Dressing the skin to these villains is not an imposition, but Spader admits in an interview that DN had access that feels “a certain attraction” by them.

“I’ve always found anti-heroes very attractive and of course playing a villain who mixes his evil with humor and irreverence can be a lot of fun,” he explains. [HERES THE DISCONNECT: RED IS A VILLAIN-HIS FANS REFUSE TO SEE THAT. INSTEAD THEY FEEL RED IS THE LONG SUFFERING HERO HOPELESSLY IN LOVE WITH LIZ. YEA. THATS *NOT* WHATS GOING ON HERE AT ALL. IN THE END, “HE MUST PAY.” READ THE FARMER PARABLE AND YOU’LL KNOW THE ENDING. It DOES NOT MATTER WHAT GOOD RED DOES IN THE FIVE YEARS….IN THE END, “HE KNOWS IN HIS HEART THAT HE MUST PAY.”]

In fiction, he believes, tyranny represents “in many respects the extremes of society” and is a “kind of morbid curiosity” in knowing these extremes that impels it.

[DO WE SEE HOW SPADER AND KLATTENHOFF APPROACH THEIR INTERVIEWS? ALL ABOUT THE CRAFT NOT THE STORYLINE. NEVER ABOUT THE STORYLINE BECAUSE PROFESSIONALS LEAVE IT TO THE WRITERS. BUT IF RATINGS SINK BECAUSE OF THOSE CHOICES, THE ACTORS THROW SHADE IN A PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE WAY AND SPADER BROUGHT HIS OAK TREE]

The success of his “Red”, the man most wanted by the FBI - who gave himself on the condition of being released and in turn helping to catch criminals on a blacklist - is also due to “luck” On television had come “at a time when anti-heroes were not plentiful.” “Now there’s probably more, though I do not have time to watch TV. I’m too busy doing it,” stresses the interpreter. [HE DOESNT WATCH TV HE DOESNT WATCH BLACKLIST ITS WHY HES NOT ON TWITTER HE GOES SHOOTS HIS SCENES AND GOES HOME. HE DOES NOT HANG OUT WITH ACTORS OR STAFF HE IS LIKE MANY ACTORS WHO PREFER TO AVOID THE SPOTLIGHT EXCEPT WHEN THE DIRECTOR SHOUTS, “ACTION”]

In his house, he says, “there is not a single television yet.” “I’ll move in soon, who knows if there will not be?” Jokes Spader, 57. “I do not know if this is not a paradox … I spend so much time, so many hours, [NOTICE HE KEEPS BRINGING UP HIS SHOOTING SCHEDULE? TRY MEMORIZING HIS DIALOGUE THE WINTER FINALE SHOWCASED SPADER FOR 21 MINUTES. THATS EXCESSIVE. He’d prefer ten maybe 8. 21 MINUTES LEAVES NO ROOM FOR ANYONE ELSE. FANS MAY BE FINE WITH THAT BUT SPADER ISNT. THATS OVERTIME] so many days, weeks and months to live within the television fiction and within the television drama … [SPADER IS TIRED. SPADER WANTS WHAT HE WAS PROMISED IN SEASON 1.I dedicate so much of my life to television as when I do not I’m working, I do not want to waste time with her, "he explains. [Her AS IN HIS GF? I would assume?]

Incidentally, probably not watching the fiction on the small screen is that James Spader does not have a formed and "objective” opinion on the evolution of the industry. “I do not know if I understand the business, I know it’s changing, it’s getting more involved and growing, it’s expanding in a dizzying way, [AND HERE COMES THE OAK TREE TO PROVIDE ENOUGH SHADE TO REACH LOS ANGELES] but it’s very complicated to be aware of what happens if we spend a lot of time working, [WORKING SHOOTING, NO TIME WITH HIS GF OR FAMILY NO TVS IN THE HOUSE DOESNT WATCH THE SHOW NOT ABSORBED IN RED ITS NOT HIM AND HES TIRED OF THE CHAOS-MY BELIEF, THE BAD WRITING. USING HIM TO FIX THE WRITING. USING HIS CHARACTER TO CARRY THE SHOW AND THE IMBALANCE TO THE SHOW] Which is my case, "he explains.

Compared to other NBC hit series such as This Is Us, Chicago Fire, Chicago Justice, or Timeless, [ALL THESE SHOWS HAVE BETTER RATINGS THAN THE BLACKLIST. THATS HOW BAD THE SHOW IS. WHEN ACTOR DOESNT USE THE EXCUSES OH, THERES MORE SHOWS ON TV, WE HAVE A BAD TIME SLOT, THE LIve 7 PPL WATCH-YEAH NO HE MAKES ZERO EXCUSES BECAUSE HE KNOWS.

ITS THE STORY TIER. HE WANTS IT TO GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS WHERE HE HAD LESS OF A SHOOTING SCHEDULE. SO FOR THOSE THAT SCREAM MORE RED AND LIZ AH THATS NOT WHAT SPADER WANTS. HE WANTS LESS.] The Blacklist ranks 13th among the 18 issued by the North American station. But it was once one of the biggest audiences. [BUT IT WAS ONCE ONE OF THE BIGGEST AUDIENCES. RECALL SALKE SAYING THE BLACKLIST IS POPULAR OVERSEAS? RECALL ME SAYING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BAD WRITING SHOWS UP? When PRESS DO INTERVIEWS THEY GET TO VIEW THE SEASON EPISODES. THATS WHY THIS INTERVIEW HAS BLACKLIST ON ITS DEATHBED] The fourth season, currently on display in the US, debuted in September last year with 6397 million viewers. The most recent episodes were below five million. [A BLOW INDEED ALL BECAUSE OF TOM PIMPING, ARAM PIMPING, ELISE PIMPING ALEXANDER KIRK PIMPING, SARAM PIMPING KEEN2 PIMPING AND FINALLY PLOT DRIVEN STORY WITHOUT PIMPING THE THREE MAIN LEADS AS THE SMASH CREDITS INDICATE FOR A REASON: RED/LIZ/RESSLER. NO INTERACTION WITH THE MAIN LEADS REFLECTS THE RATINGS-THE WRITERS KNOW WHAT THEY DID THATS WHY THEY ARE SILENT AND SO DO THE ACTORS. CURRENT STORY DIRECTION SINCE 3B KILLED THE SHOW] A blow that has left the doubt in the air: will NBC cancel or renew the story? [TWO MILLION VIEWERS LOST AND COUNTING. EUROPE SENDING THE SIGNAL TO NBC AND THE SHOW:FIX IT]

Spader remains optimistic, and believes that what has so far kept this story on air "is a strange mix of things,” [HERE COMES THAT MASSIVE OAK TREE AGAIN JUST PLANT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WRITERS ROOM OR ON TOP OF EISENDRATH'S DESK] including the fact that screenwriters are in Los Angeles [OMG WRITERS YOU ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE MECHANICS OF NEW YORK AND OF COURSE BY THE TIME NY GETS THE SCRIPTS EDITS HAPPEN ADJUSTMENTS HAPPEN REGULARLY] and recordings take place in New York. “We do not even live our lives at the same time … [HE HATES HIS SHOOTING SCHEDULE DID I MENTION THAT? IF LA IS WRITING AT FOUR PM SPADER AND GANG ARE FILMING AT 7 PM OR 9 pm, OR TEN PM OR SIX AM OR 8 AM TO ACCOMODATE LOS ANGELES AND TO ACCOMODATE A SPIN OFF] The series is strange, sometimes surprising [SOMETIMES SURPRISING IOW HELL GET A GOOD SCRIPT LIKE CAPE MAY OR IN S3 IN MARVIN GERARD BUT MOST OF THE TIME ITS STAGNANT, PREDICTABLE AND PLOT DRIVEN] and intense, sometimes irreverent, [OAK TREE] sometimes passive [PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE] and still volatile.” [IOW IF THEY DO A 180 STORY FLIP BACK TO ITS As DIEGO SAID REGARDING S3 A MAGICAL FORMULA, NOT PLOT DRIVEN BS THE SHOW CAN LAST. BUT HE DOESNT WAX POETIC NOR DOES HE SUGARCOAT THE HYPE AND HE BRINGS UP IRREVERENT SOMETIMES? Yeah look it up. HES NOT HAPPY. ]

On the direction he would like to see the plot follow, [MAN I LOVE THIS YES JAMES WHAT PLOTLINE DO YOU WISH FOR BOKENKAMP AND EISENDRATH TO FOLLOW IM GOING TO GUESS ITS NOT KEEN 2 ITS NOT THE BABY, ITS NOT THIS ISOLATION OF THE LEADS AND HE NEVER MENTIONS RED AND LIZ NOTICE THAT?] the actor only says that “the most satisfying is when there is an abrupt change.” [ABRUPT CHANGE OR AS WE SAY IN THE INDUSTRY A 180 STORY FLIP. End KEEN2, SHAKE THINGS UP GO BACK TO RED/LIZ/RESSLER ENOUGH OF ARAM HES HAD THREE STORYLINES IN ONE YEAR AND TOM HAS HAD THE MOST EXPOSURE THAN ANY ACTOR COMBINED AND WHAT DID THEY GET? LOSS OF ADVERTISING 0.7! KEEP IN MIND IF TBL DEBUTS AT 0.8 ITS TOAST. It needs 1.0 TO STAY IN CONTENTION] “I think we’ve already been successful in that aspect and it was precisely these heights I most liked The Blacklist.”

[OY SPADER IS NOT HAPPY. FANS ARE NOT HAPPY ADVERTISERS AND NETWORK ARE NOT HAPPY AND NOW WRITERS ARE SILENT. FOR SPADER, ITS JUST A PAYCHECK NOW. BETTING ON RE WAS STUPID. GO BACK TO ORIGINAL STORY DIRECTION LIKE I SAID-A 180 STORY FLIP…SEEMS THATS EXACTLY WHAT SPADER WANTS: ABRUPT CHANGE AND IF THEY DONT DO IT AND LEAVE IT LIKE IT IS I DONT THINK HE WILL RENEW HIS CONTRACT BUT CONTINUE TO PLANT THAT MASSIVE OAK TREE .]

#theblacklist #jamesspader #Interview #Breakdown #TheWritersAdvocate #raymond reddington

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hellofanimagination · 7 years

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Don’t Wanna Fall In Love

Prompt: Requested by Anonymous. “Oh my god you have no idea how happy I am that requests are open! You're like my favorite writer on here. Okay so could you do one with punk Gerard and like everyone hates him and so does Y/N but then one day they get paired to do a project for school and so they have to meet up at Gerard's house and Y/N is not happy about it but then it turns out Gerard's actually a total sweetheart and then lots of fluff thanks 😊”

Word Count: 1,814

Pairing: Gerard x Reader

A/N: omg you’re so sweet! <3

You know those kids at school that everyone hates, usually without reason? Everyone has always just hated them, well, Gerard Way is that kid. Of course he has friends, some idiot named Frank, but the majority of the school hates him and honestly you don’t know why. But you hate him too. You like to tell yourself that you hate him for good reason because you’re not the kind of person to go around hating people without thought as to why, so your mind supplies you with the little things he does that drive you nuts. Like how he always starts debates in class so the teacher will forget to assign homework, or how he never seems to change his clothes, or the way he looks better in makeup than you do. They’re stupid reasons to hate a person, especially when he’s never even spoken a word to you, but he’s Gerard Way and you’re supposed to hate him.

“Is he assigning partners today?” Your best friend asks you as you file into your Spanish class. You have been talking about your midterm project for a few days but you can’t get started until partners are assigned and you’ve been hopeful every day all week.

“I hope so,” You reply, taking your seats beside one another.

The teacher is too tall for his pants, he always is, and his socks are scrunched down around his shoes. He looks like a dorky grandpa who dances to quiet music at the family party. His eyes are a faded out grey but when he starts talking and Spanish tongue fills the room he lights up and his eyes dance across the class like everything is filling with colour and life in front of his very eyes. It’s the main reason you like him so much, his passion for what he’s teaching.

“So let’s talk about your project,” He starts and a few kids groan. He starts pairing kids off and you get more and more worried the more names he says, losing friends left and right until finally he calls out your name and…Gerard fucking Way, of course.

“Oh, fuck,” Your friend giggles and you slam your head down on your desk, groaning and feeling hopeless about this project for the first time since he presented it to you. That punk asshole isn’t going to do shit!

For the rest of the class everyone gathers in partners and groups to plan and discuss, start working as soon as they can. You trudge over to where Gerard sits with his legs out in front of his desk and his head bent over his notebook. He has dark jeans on with too many zippers and holes and his boots are scuffed and have pink laces wrapped all around and tied in a clumsy bow. You can’t see his face, hidden by his mop of dark hair as he scribbles furiously on his page. You cough and stand awkwardly by his desk and he lifts his head, eyes taking a moment to focus on you.

“We’re partners,” You say as explanation and he smiles.

“Okay awesome, you wanna come over after school? I can’t work during weekends ‘cause I have band practice but after school is always fine, well usually anyway.” He rambles a little bit and you scrunch your face at him, your confused expression effectively shutting him up.

“Aren’t you supposed to be an asshole?” The words slip out before you can stop them and Gerard’s face falls for a split second before he starts laughing. His laugh is sweet, something you hate to admit.

“You’ve been listening to too much talk.” He’s still smiling but it’s not as easy, almost fake, and something guilty twists in your stomach.

“Sorry,” You duck your head and Gerard shrugs. You glance up and catch sight of his notebook before he closes it, a comic book style drawing of a cat in a biker jacket was sitting on the page and you almost blurt out how good it looks but you hold it in, you’ve said enough stupid shit for today.

The bell rings and Gerard climbs from his desk, standing and looking at you and he really is beautiful once you look at him. Sure he could do with a shower but his eyes are deep and full and his mouth is so pink, something flutters in your chest and you try to push it away but he gives a half hearted smile and the butterflies stick.

“Meet me out front?” You ask and he nods, walking away just as your friend walks up.

“Let’s go, we have math.” You listen to them talk and talk on the way to class about their amazing partner and how great and simple this project is going to be. You’re in class before they realize how awful you must feel and turn to you with wide eyes. “Oh shit, what did he say to you?”

“I have to go to his house,” It’s not abnormal to work at someone’s house, especially on such a big project, but this Gerard Way and not one of your friends.

“Oh that sucks, what if he has like satanic witch shit all over the place?” They’ve always had a strange imagination and you roll your eyes at their words but your stomach twists painfully.

“Geez,” You breathe out and they laugh.

“Just kidding, but text me when you get there okay? I wanna know everything!”

Gerard doesn’t live in some creepy punk mansion with bats hanging around the door or people smoking on the roof; he lives in a normal house with parents and a brother who grin when they see him and he tells them about his day and steals his brother’s snack before leading you downstairs to the basement. You’re in shock when you get to his room, star wars comforter on his bed and comic books and doodles all over his desk and clothes thrown all over the place. It’s messy but it’s childish and human and so not scary.

“Expecting something different?” He asks as he lets the door fall closed. You blush and he laughs. “Everyone does, you should have seen Frank when he first came over. His room is way cooler than mine, says it’s ‘cause he’s a better punk but he’s just an ass.” He’s laughing and Frank isn’t real to you, you’ve never met him, but he’s real to Gerard and years of referring to him as an idiot suddenly crashes down on you making you feel like the idiot.

“So where do you wanna start?” You ask and Gerard yanks off his patch-covered jacket, tossing it on the floor and exposing his freckled arms and how his shirt dips down to reveal the pale skin of his sides. Your throat feels dry and Gerard is pulling things out of his bag, bent over and making his shirt hang open wide enough that you can see the rolls of his stomach and your mind spins. Not hating the guy everyone hates? Fine. Being attracted to him? Less fine.

“I was thinking we could start with the history, I’ve already got some notes on that, and then move out from there.” He explains, textbook and notebook in his lap. You nod and move nervously to sit beside him. “You okay? I promise I won’t bite.” He teases and you blush and smile despite yourself.

Gerard is smart, like miles ahead of you smart, even when he gets off track and starts babbling to you about a song this reminds him he’s still smart, it’s like he knows big servings of everything. You just listen, mostly, when he gets off track, not wanting to hear him stop and get awkward, his voice like light rain on your walk home or a song you just can’t place, calming and welcoming even when you don’t know where it’s coming from. You end up in the middle of his floor with papers and plans thrown about when he gets so off track, you’re talking about a movie playing in theatres that you both want to see when Gerard asks you to see it with him.

“With you?” You ask without thinking and he laughs.

“Unless you’d rather go with my brother,” He’s teasing but he’s nervous too, he’s hiding behind his dark hair and you find the action utterly adorable. Who knew the bitch ass punk boy could be such a sweetheart.

“Ya, I’d like that.” You smile and Gerard grins, looking at you with wide open eyes.

You glance down at your phone and you squeal unhappily, making Gerard jump and flutter some of your papers. You look up at him sheepishly and he giggles, fucking giggles like the cutest person ever, and you nearly forget what you were so upset by.

“It’s a lot later than I thought; I need to catch the bus.” You explain and Gerard shakes his head.

“I’ll drive you,”

He drives you in his mom’s van, its warm and lived in and when Gerard backs out of the drive way it makes a funny nose and he talks to it like it’ll listen. He drives a little nervously, not something you would expect, he grips the wheel too tight on turns and hits the breaks a little rougher than intended at red lights, it’s endearing when you aren’t worried for your safety. He talks while he drives, music filling the car from the radio and he accidently starts singing lyrics between sentences and sometimes-when it’s a good song-he just forgets he was talking and starts singing to you. He has a nice voice, untrained but beautiful, and you can only imagine how he’d sound if was really trying and not just singing to make you smile.

Your house comes into view and when Gerard pulls to a stop you don’t make a move to get out of the car. Gerard runs fingers through his dark hair and you’re not annoyed by him and his eyeliner and how he has too many things to say; he’s sweet and kind and he drove you home. You want to tell him so but how do you even go about that? You unbuckle and Gerard is looking at with softness in his gaze.

“I’ll see you at school, right?” You ask, holding the door handle, reluctant to leave.

“Of course, and if you’re lucky I’ll let you see my band practice this weekend.” He’s smiling and you start nodding before you realize it. “Awesome,”

“Thanks for the lift.” You say, leaning over to peck his cheek. You pull back with a nervous smile and Gerard Way-punk boy and absolute sweetheart-is blushing. “Goodnight, Gerard.”

“Night, Y/N,” His voice is soft when he replies and when you get out of the car he waits till you get inside before he drives away.

#gerard way #my chemical romance #gerard x reader #mcr imagine #gerard way imagine #gerard way x reader #mcr #my chemical romance imagine #punk!gerard #punk!gerard x reader

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