pw such a lover

📸 : elliott ingham

everything is lit, except my serotonin

"what a time to be alive" is probably one of my favorite songs on the new record. that's not really a hard sell, though; i struggle to pick favorites at the best of times and by this time tomorrow, my favorite track will likely be a different one. but there's something about this track that i keep circling back to, for a multitude of reasons.

this one has proven a little contentious. critics don't quite get it, and even people who love the song will say that it's a little off-putting lyrically, primarily because of those lines in the chorus: "everything is lit, except my serotonin / everything is lit but my lightning-bolt brain". i'm not going to say outright that critics scoffing at the obvious earth, wind, and fire influence is one of those delightful instances of antiblack racism that's so common in music criticism, but i'd be lying if i said i didn't suspect that was a factor. but more to the point, that line in the chorus hit me a little harder than i expected it to.

patrick has stressed repeatedly that the majority of "what a time to be alive" was written before the pandemic. the lyrics to the bridge are the only parts that reference the pandemic specifically, but the rest of the song feels oddly prescient as it discusses how it feels like the end of the world...probably because in 2019, for some of us, especially those on the west coast, it did feel like the end of the world. pete wentz lives in los angeles, and thus probably got a very clear picture of this as it happened in real time. wildfires have always been an issue on the west coast, but by 2017, they started picking up in speed and scope, in large part due to the effects of climate change. the year after that, they got worse. the third year in a row this happened, it cemented that this was going to be a pattern, which is exactly what happened. today, the last third or so of the year is generally regarded as "fire season," when risk of wildfires becomes extremely high, power outages are common, and evacuations are anticipated.

i live in a fire zone. every year since 2017, i've had to evacuate my home regularly, or i know someone else who has. at this point, it's pretty well-established as routine. the first time this happened, it felt like the end of the world - watching neighbors' houses go up in smoke, housing displaced family members or friends who'd been evacuated themselves or actually lost their homes. by the time the pandemic happened, fire season hadn't actually died, either; we were carrying out evacuations while masked, and often without power (and thus no easy way to get news as to what was happening).

here's a thing about living in a fire zone. there are nights when you're going off no sleep and you're watching the ember-glow on the horizon at the early hours of the morning and thinking that it could almost be considered pretty, in a dark and dismal kind of way. there are days when the smoke haze is so heavy that you never get to see the sun but it makes the air hot and thick and it burns in your lungs. the smell of smoke becomes choking and omnipresent.

everything is lit, except my serotonin. everything is lit but my lightning-bolt brain.

i don't know if these lines were written about the wildfires in particular. it wouldn't surprise me if they were. there are a lot of moments in the song, the parts written pre-pandemic, that make me think that could've been the case: neon in the night-time and not caring if it's pretty because the view's so pretty from the deck of a sinking ship. livestreaming the apocalypse, because twitter feeds were literally the best way to get your news on whether your house might be next - if you had power and internet, that is. and not everyone did.

everything is lit but my lightning-bolt brain. it's kind of a silly line, and i understand being put off by it. it took me some time to warm to it too (pun absolutely intended). it's also a quadruple-entendre. everything is "lit" in the colloquial sense of being cool and exciting, sure, but it's also more or less how the human brain works. our brains are really just electricity, passing little bursts between all the neurons and synapses. on top of that, the sensation of feeling like electric shocks are passing through your skull, or "brain zaps," are a common symptom of withdrawal from antidepressants (which, among other things, are used to regulate someone's serotonin levels). and then there's the case of the world being on fire, literally. everything is lit except my serotonin. my lightning-bolt brain.

a memory:

i never actually stopped working through the pandemic, as i was considered an essential worker. the fires didn't let up either. a particularly horrible fire tore through a nearby area and that's the thing about fires: they turn the whole fucking sky vivid orange. i drove to work on a chilly autumn morning, the whole sky lit up in an orange glare. i stood for a minute in the freezing parking lot while flakes of ash overhead settled like snow onto my car, my hair, my clothes. somewhere, people's homes and livelihoods were burning, and in a matter of days or hours the wind could change and my home and friends could be next. so i walked through the falling ash and the sickly orange glow of the sky and did my temperature check at the door with my mask pulled up over the lower half of my face, and i got to work.

i remember that moment vividly because it was strange and surreal and eerie and it was probably the moment that felt most like the end of the world to me, or at least it did then. driving through town with the sky on fire and a disease tearing through the world and having to walk into work anyway. that's what this track reminds me of: the sheer, staggering surreality of watching everything fall apart, and then...you go to work, because what else are you supposed to do? you go to work. the world is ending. you go to work.

what a time to be alive.

Queen of the Night- My Chemical Romance

Summary: Gerard was fifteen years late to her dawning. She wouldn’t care much if that wasn’t all she heard about every single fucking day, either from the maidens outside the gates, or even the ones whispering in the walls of her palace. Attending dawning ceremonies all over the country and feeling a murder of sympathetic eyes on her had made her bitter and bored. She would spend her days at the hookah clubs in town, head buried between the cream-colored lace-clad thighs of waitresses and unhappily married women, giving them the first and probably the best orgasm of their life before kissing the back of their hand softly, never to be seen again. As a result, Michael, her younger sibling, was always on edge, covering up her mess, wanting to keep the Decree of Dawn far away from their palace. But when two helpers deployed by the Decree, Frank and Ray, are assigned to the Way Manor to conduct their first ever new Dawning on Gerard, things take a heated turn for the worst. Author's note and warnings: minors dni please. vampire femcr. smut. frerard and rikey. maybe ill add pete wentz for fun who knows. enjoy!! idk when ill update but ill try my best <3

The Way Manor, Cynthia. 

Epiphyllum Oxypetalum, often known as the Queen of the Night blooms after sunset. Sharp and crisp petals fall apart to reveal a softer, more delicate flower underneath: like a full moon against the midnight sky. It taunts its beauty, proud and angelic, riding its glorious high before the inevitable eclipse of its prime. 

Gerard has been pressing these flowers between the pages of her brown leatherback diary since she was five years old. The garden of her father’s palace was lavishly decorated in the spring (he spared no expense). Every spring, these were planted along the edge of the greenery and fifteen minutes past six in the evening, right before supper, Gerard would sneak off in her day gown to watch them bloom, a candle caged between her dainty, pale fingers, as she plucked them off and hit them in the pockets of her gown. 

She never told anyone of her habit, however normal it was as a young girl to like flowers at the time, giggling whenever the housekeepers complained about this ‘flower thief.’ It was her secret. 

And maybe her father’s too, sometimes. She painted the flowers in detail till rigid paint stains covered her lily white gown; and she would skip over to her father’s chambers, crying out, “Look what I made!” 

He ruffled her hair and pressed an adoring kiss to her forehead before he hung the canvas up on the royal blue walls of his study. Once Gerard turned sixteen, her father requested that his deathbed be moved into the study; he wanted her paintings to be his last memory of the earth, he explained, barely able to croak out the sentence as Gerard stood in the corner, quiet staccato sobs seeping into the canvas. 

Her trips to the garden shortened over the next few years, her spine stood taller, canvases grew darker, like she invented a new color of melancholy; her sister, Michael, after a few months, called it over emotional with a twinge of blood red and black. 

Michael was reserved, not as expressive as Gerard, but not heartless. She didn’t eat for days after the passing of her father, and Gerard had to sit by her bed and take care of her before she got back up on her feet. Michael made fun of Gerard for worrying too much and Gerard then knew she was okay. 

When Michael approached dawning, Gerard assumed the role of her guardian. Gerard, older than her and still not having dawned, tried her best to push feelings of being left out and made sure her baby sister was taken care of, now that only housekeepers and maidens roamed the halls.

Michael developed an aversion to sunlight during her first dawning and Gerard installed heavier, more opaque curtains, giving candle shops back in town more business than they had ever seen. Vials of crimson liquid reflecting the candle flames, struck the hottest glare into Michael’s eyes, and Gerard would hear her wail all night before her newfound thirst died for the night. She was safe to be fed then, and only then . 

It was all about contro l, their mother’s diary read. Gerard narrated it into melodies and sang them softly over the piano in Michael’s room, noticing the way her sister’s eyebrows moved the slightest in amusement. 

“Control your teeth, control your eyes, control your mind before you wilt and die.”

Michael lied when she needed to. When she had to. A lot of the time she felt like the older sibling in the family, a calculated mind outsmarting all others. She knew Gerard had a good soul and that she would never outright admit wishing it was her who dawned earlier. 

“Mi, is she just as dramatic as she seems?” Gerard once asked, lifting her fingers momentarily from the black and white keys to face her sister who had her pupils blown wide open. 

Michael hesitated for a fraction of a second before wincing out loud, “I am in so much pain, she exaggerated of course, you know how she was.” 

The truth was: Michael felt alive for the first time in her life. Sure, she wasn’t being completely dishonest about her pain, but it didn’t exactly sting her after the first hour. Rather, it grew dull and insignificant with every meal. Her blood ran cold, yet she felt like she could breathe for the first time in her life. And she wanted so badly to tell Gerard all about it; she was her best friend after all. 

But because she was the only person Michael would ever live, lie, kill, die, do whatever it took for, she stood silent.

Gerard was fifteen years late to her dawning. She wouldn’t care much if that wasn’t all she heard about every single fucking day, either from the maidens outside the gates, or even the ones whispering in the walls of her palace. Attending dawning ceremonies all over the country and feeling a murder of sympathetic eyes on her had made her bitter and bored. She would spend her days at the hookah clubs in town, head buried between the cream-colored lace-clad thighs of waitresses and unhappily married women, giving them the first and probably the best orgasm of their life before kissing the back of their hand softly, never to be seen again. 

Michael often found her smoking in some alleyway, hiding from the flock of women around town looking for her, and her sister would have their carriage escort her back to the palace, throwing judgmental looks at the maroon marks on her neck. 

“You know that the Decree is to visit the palace soon, no? What are they going to think about,” Michael pauses, gesturing towards her sister’s neck in disgust, “all of that .”

“Oh, who cares? I have plenty of scarves. I find it hard to believe that the Decree of Cynthia will-”

“It is not them.” Michael stated and looked out the window, her glasses bobbing up and down with the bumps on the road.

“What the fuck do they want? You’re done with your dawning aren’t you? I’m not sharing anything about our decree either, and those women don’t suspect a thing especially because I haven’t dawned.”

“That’s the point, Gerard.” A lull fell over the carriage, nothing to be heard but the click-clacking of horseshoes against the unpaved roads of the town side. Of course , it came back to her dawning, God forbid they ever ever let that go. 

Gerard bit the inside of her cheek, “So what? Do they intend to force my dawning? Has that ever even been done before?”

“I’ve heard stories,” Michael commented, deep in thought, “Someone in Camellia was successful, but that is about all I have heard.”

“Did they at least tell you who is coming?” Gerard paused, a glint starring in her eyes, “Are they women?”

“Do not even think about bedding the helpers of the Decree of Dawn.” Gerard had never seen Michael this agitated, except when she caught her crying over her broken cello, as if they couldn’t fill the entire palace with cellos and still have enough money to buy the entire town. 

The older woman smiled, soothing the younger’s nerves. That’s how things worked between them. Gerard would get a kick out of making Michael concerned beyond belief, and they would forget about it immediately after. 

Losing Michael was the worst thing that could happen, according to Gerard; she was not afraid of much. Her baby sister was her only priority, especially after the rest of their family had passed. 

Her romantic life wasn’t worthy of mention; none of her escapades involved love, simply pure bouts of dopamine. For the fairytale-like romance that her parents had, she needed someone like her. Some non-human. Someone who understood her needs: maybe even shared them.

So at night, when loneliness grew like black mold and etched scratches in her heart, and her ribcage tugged so hard that her chest felt like it would burst open, she painted. Herself, her brushes, and some late night smoke-filled affairs. She could not be bothered anymore about her dawning. She already had everything she needed. She was satisfied. 

She did not wish for change. Not at all. 

*

Juliet Docks, Camellia

“Frank Iero and Raymond Toro; Way Manor for ten months.” The voice in the atrium echoed and Raymond’s fingers fisted the puffy fabric of Frank’s dress pants, making her hiss in surprise. 

Frank’s heart had started beating again (as much as it could for someone of his kind), and she sighed in relief before glancing at her chum with the shiny brown curls and a hopeful grin facing the front of the room. The tie around Frank’s neck felt like a noose before their assignment was announced, and now it hung lower, unbuttoning the first few knobs on her dress shirt in the process. 

She leaned into the taller woman’s ear, almost resting her chin on her shoulder, chapped lips ghosting over her neck, “Can we please leave now?”

And they did, the shorter’s wobbly legs hardly making it out of the assignment room as nausea and bile sank lower in her torso. 

“Can you believe this? The Way Manor? We must have saved the world in our past lives.” Raymond wondered out loud, arms hooking Frank’s as they walked out of the tent, onto the gravel ridden path lit by the moonlight. 

Frank reached behind her ear adorned by a tiny pearl resting atop the lobe and plucked a cigarette out, Raymond lighting it as a reflex. “My stomach has been in knots all day, Ray,” her voice had softened, stopping in her tracks to inhale.

“Frankie, it is less than a year,” Ray stroked her thumb over Frank’s as her gaze tracked the smoker’s movement, “Besides, I will be there with you. We have nothing to fear, right?”

The shorter woman shrugs, clouding her face before clutching the cigarette between her rosy lips, “We have only ever seen a new Dawning once, and Ray…” She trails off, not wanting to say what she wanted to out loud; as if that would make it true. 

Ray sighed; she had heard this from Frankie a hundred times before, “You know it won’t be like that, Frankie. That was years ago, and we barely knew anything about them then.”

“I am not sure. I feel a tempest brewing beneath my chest. Like something inevitable is coming.”

“The time of our lives at a palace for ten months and maybe a few bad nights? I cannot wait a single day either.”

Frank giggled at Ray’s complete lack of consideration for her overdriven thoughts and linked arms again, “Do you have to be so happy all the time?”

“You would be lying on your cot covered in bottles of absinthe if it weren’t for me dragging you out of there.”

Frankie drops her head in defeat, making the taller one straighten her back, “Who knows, maybe one of the Ways look exactly like Jacki-”

Frank shot her best friend a desperate look, begging her to stop talking, “She is the reason I signed up for this. I need to take my mind off her, so I would appreciate it if you did not mention my most recent gut wrenching heartbreak that had me draining those jars of absinthe in the first place, thank you very much.”

The two looked around the dock, watching parents bid their children goodbye, hugging and crying into their shoulders as their luggage was thrown onto the boats haphazardly. The raging wind had Camellians clutching their coats and hats, making Frank and Ray seek shelter under a beaten wooden shed. It was going to rain, presumably, the tacky air and petrichor overwhelming their senses. 

Frank sipped the last of the stick hanging between her lips before putting the embers out on her tongue and tucking it back behind her ear. Her silence had tipped Ray off to place a soothing touch on the small of her back. She knew Frank better than herself, and Frank was painfully aware of that. 

“It will be good for us, Frankie.” Ray reassures the younger one, ruffling her hair before pulling her in by her shoulders, “I know it will.”

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I don't know when the next update will be, but I am genuinely looking forward to writing this because it has been a while since I have delved into supernatural concepts. Please comment and let me know if you liked it :) Thanks for reading xx. 

@alienfuckeronmain tagged me to deep-search my soul with these questions, and it is the exact distraction I was looking for! no pressure to do this one, pals, but i tag @carbonbased000 @leyley09 @shoeboxofphotographs12 @glitterandrocketfuel @allkindsofplatinumandpercocet @setting-in-a-honeymoon @toorational and anyone i’ve forgotten!

1. Do you prefer writing with a black pen or blue pen? does anyone like blue pens? who is this product made for

2. Would you prefer to live in the country or city? the city, cuz i spent 7 consecutive years very broke in rural areas with homophobia neighbors and having things to do is so thrilling. but i imagine one day retreating into the desert and living far from my nearest neighbors

3. If you could learn a new skill what would it be? I have learned all the skills I am interested in right now, because learning new things is an a+ quarantine activity. maybe the ability to do physics? i would like to be proficient in physics and i am deeply not

4. Do you drink your tea/coffee with sugar? Never

5. What was your favourite book as a child? all of them! I have always read like i’m running out of time and often get stressed when i think about how few books i will be able to read in my lifetime. as a child I reread Lord of the Rings and Robin McKinley and the Holly Black Tithe series the most, and i was OBSESSED with those gold-paged books with ribbon bookmarks that were diaries of girls from different historical periods, and i have never been able to read historical fiction since.

6. Do you prefer baths or showers? I hated baths passionately until my chronic pain reached a tipping point, and since then i have learned to really enjoy the long hot soak with a drink and a book. (i didn’t like showers either until very recently. life support tasks felt like a huge waste of time until i got a partner who helped me figure out how to enjoy them)

7. If you could be a mythical creature, which one would it be? i have always wanted to be one of tolkien’s elves! I want a long life filled with learning languages and reading books and existing in green peaceful spaces, and then i want to be able to die when i am done.

8. Paper or electronic books? I like paper better--I’ve been building a library slowly my whole life--but my kindle has been life-saving during the pandemic when i couldn’t go to the library.

9. What is your favourite item of clothing? right now i’m doing all my work remotely and clothes feel meaningless, but i have a plain black tank top that i feel really comfortable in

10. Do you like your name or would you like to change it? I don’t like my name at all--it’s Kaylie--because it is so aggressively peppy and feminine. it doesn’t sounds like an adult’s name; it evokes exclamation points and pigtails. i have always wished for a severe, no-nonsense name like joan, or a pretty but to-the-point name like eva.

11. Who is a mentor to you? Leslie Knope

12. Would you like to be famous and if so, what for? I used to fantasize about being a famous writer, and now in my field i do wish i had a name that mattered or was considered esteemed or expert in something in some way. I would love to have a research job where i had paid time to publish! but i don’t want it enough to work on it outside of my capitalist mandatory labor hours, because i don’t have enough time for my loved ones as it is

13. Are you a restless sleeper? lately yes, since my cat died in january i have slept like absolute hell

14. Do you consider yourself a romantic person? not really, but i am a thoughtful one

15. Which element best represents you? earth

16. Who do you want to be closer to? physically i want to be closer to my long-distance pals like @alienfuckeronmain @newleafover @time-less @immoral-crow @leyley09 (leyna let’s have a movie night when i’m done moving???)

17. Do you miss someone at the moment? pretty much all my friends i used to regularly hang out with, sam who moved to seattle, sam who lives in madison, all the people i listed above

18. Tell us about an early childhood memory. I used to play going to work. i’d pack up a backgammon case as a briefcase, grab my stuffed gorilla, and go write in notebooks and move pieces of paper around

19. What is the strangest thing you have eaten? I am an extremely boring person and all I eat is popcorn and bread

20. What are you most thankful for? having an able body that works to support me and keep me whole, having a partner who makes me feel truly cared for 

21. Do you like spicy food? yep!

22. Have you ever met someone famous? once at c2e2 i met george r.r. martin and no one else cared he existed because got wasn’t a show yet, so i awkwardly went up to him and proclaimed my love for his work, and then he trapped me in a long conversation about vampires

23. Do you do you keep a diary or journal? a journal! i have since i was pretty small, they take up a full shelf of a bookcase

24. Do you prefer to use a pen or a pencil? pen, and i have lots of Special Pens that i only use for a particular purpose or project, because i am a huge raging...

25. What is your star sign? virgo

26. Do you like your cereal soggy or crunchy? crunchy and without milk

27. What would you want your legacy to be? personally, that I wrote things that meant something to the people who read them; professionally, that i removed barriers to accessing healthcare for trans and gender expansive people

28. Do you like reading, what was the last book you read? see above--I completely adore reading. last book was Sisters of the Vast Black and currently i’m reading The House in the Cerulean Sea and it’s totally charming. I’ve been reading really quality science and nonfiction writing too, please send me your recommendations

29. How do you show someone you love them? I make them breakfast, I tell them so constantly, I send them things in the mail, I bring them small interesting gifts, and I say every nice thought I have about them out loud 

30. Do you like ice in your drinks? not especially, but it’s fun to chew on 

31. What are you afraid of? surgery

32. What is your favourite scent? smoke from blown-out candles, lavender, laundry detergent my loved ones use

33. Do you address older people by their name or surname? whatever they’ve told me to call them? this seems like common courtesy

34. If money was not a factor, how would you live your life? I do so much less clinical work and work fewer hours in general, I would run for office so I could influence policy and stop wasting my fucking time on the ground level, I would spend more time writing, I would spend so much more time with my family, I would devote the time to running longer distances again in a way that doesn’t aggravate my busted knee

35. Do you prefer swimming in pools or the ocean? the ocean!

36. What would you do if you found £50 on the ground? oh i would definitely spend that on something stupid and self-indulgent i wanted, like a pete wentz hoodie

37. Have you ever seen a shooting star? YES! when i was kid every summer i’d be sent to jesus camp, which thank god because that’s what got me into fanfiction, and it was in the middle of nowhere, wisconsin, and you could see the entire milky way and shooting stars blaze across that thing ALL THE TIME, and it shook me to my foundation every summer and for a time i mistook that feeling for faith in god instead of wonder at the infinite being and possibility that is our generous universe

38. What is the one thing you would want to teach your children? i have none of my own but my partner has a 5 year old, so quite against my intention i have become a parent-adjacent person. i try to teach him about emotional accountability for the effect of his actions on others

39. If you had to have a tattoo, what would it be and where would you get it? the next tattoo i want is a big snake crawling up my mostly bare left arm

40. What can you hear now? my laptop fan

41. Where do you feel the safest? when i’m protecting someone else

42. What is the one thing you want to overcome/conquer? my relationship with my body

43. Of you could travel back to any era, what would it be? i’d really like to be a gentleman of leisure in a jane austen novel

44. What is your most used emoji? the purple heart

45. Describe yourself using one word. earnest

46. What do you regret the most? not going to a 4-year university and having a #college experience. it’s one of my most stinging regrets because it was not a decision i got to make for myself

47. Last movie you saw? what is a movie theater? what does it feel like to be in one? the last movie i watched is charlie’s angels from the early 2000s because that was an unexamined sexual awakening for me--lucy liu being efficient in leather has never left me, efficiency is the single trait i most attracted to--and i wanted my boyfriend to see how bad it is

48. Last tv show you watched? either Kipo and the age of the wonderbeasts or star trek tng!

49. Invent a word and its meaning. instead i will say that i think the most beautiful english word is ache. my favorite way of creating things is transforming and remixing what already exists, which makes writing with words someone else invented the ideal challenge and pastime 

(i really loved doing this! it was nice to talk about myself at the end of a workweek. thank you @alienfuckeronmain !)

hey, u got any good lesbian fics? can be a genderswap or irl girls, but no Gerard/mikey pls

Hi Nonny, here's some femslash for you!

Femslash

Didn't Get To Heaven, But You Made It Close by gala_apples, Ray/Mikey, 1k, Teen And Up Audiences. Ray's new to this thing, whatever it is. But she'll do it right for her girlfriend. Mikey deserves getting it right.

Ass-Kickin' Chick Music by ladyfoxxx, Frank/Gerard, 21k, Explicit. She's not someone's girlfriend. She's not anyone's anything. She's a fucking force. Gee doesn't know if she wants to be her or fuck her.

skipping school (what the bad kids do) by inkk, Frank/Gerard, 1k, Mature. L is for Lesbians. (In which class is skipped and a staff bathroom is occupied for questionable purposes.)

Rumors by orphan_account, Frank/Gerard, 2k, Mature. Frankie likes to mess with Gee during interviews and Gee hates it.

girls like girls by etselec, Mikey/Pete, 1k, General Audiences. A little Petekey genderbent ficlet based on the music video Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko

Cloud 9 by OwlHooots, Frank/Gerard, 3k, Mature. Gee realizes that she's been bit by the cheesiest love bug.

Alazarin by victoriachase (orphan_account), Frank/Gerard, 1k, Not Rated. i'm on holiday at the moment, and i was bored, and i really desperately wanted to write a girl!frerard fic and i wanted to write a fic where they met on a train, so this happened, i am sorry in advance

Freighthopping by CryptoHomoRocker, Bert/Gerard, 4k, Teen And Up Audiences. Gee should probably be afraid of Bert, but she's too busy falling in love with her.

the world's not waiting by mirrorchord, Patrick/Gerard, 1k, Teen And Up Audiences. Patrick jerks off, at some point.

the joy of rediscovering you by xofrnk, Jepha Howard/Mikey, 2k, Not Rated. She's just a beautiful, pale expanse of skin and ink and perfect. Sometimes Mikey just doesn't know what to do with her.

Alone Above A Raging Sea by something_safe, Bert/Gerard, 13k, Explicit. It's the Summer of Like and Gee Way and Roberta McCracken are still the demonic duo. Sometimes. When they've not fallen out. About nothing. Mikey fixes everything, like always.

Some Hearts Are Gallows (I'm Not Here For Hanging Around) by blindlyseeking (orphan_account), Frank/Gerard, 24k, Mature. My Chemical Romance. The name even had that vibe to it: we’re going to conquer the motherfucking universe. It was like The Beatles or Bikini Kill. It was a name that pinned you against a wall and said, “You better remember me.” And she is a part of it. Gina, Michelle, Rae, Maddy, and Frankie are just getting their new band off the ground. The girls are leaving Jersey for the first time on tour. But Frankie has been head over heels for Gina since day one and in a blur of autumn, Polaroids, house parties, whiskey sours, car rides, and cassette tapes 2002 becomes the year that change everything.

Cherry Bomb by my99centdreams, Courtney Love/Gerard, 2k, Teen And Up Audiences. Gina opens her eyes, the sudden silence in the room almost dizzying and catches sight of Courtney’s scandalized expression in the mirror. She laughs and cuts off the first piece – the tiny snip making something flip in her belly - glancing down to see it resting in the sink. She takes a deep breath; it’s cool, she’s got this. “Flip the fucking tape over, will you?”

Hand On Heart by dear_monday, Frank/Gerard, 2k, Explicit. Gee doesn't think it's at all fair of Frank to just waltz in one day with brand new candy-corn-colored ink splashed all over her fucking gorgeous guitarist hands, bouncing around like an overexcited puppy on crack and insisting on showing her new art to anyone who comes within a fifty foot radius of her. Gee hates her, she hates her, she hates her. And also wants to fuck her brains out, but mostly just hates her.

Make Me Tremble (Make Me Shake) by Mondegreen, Frank/Gerard, 3k, Explicit. It's like any other Friday night horror marathon in the basement, and then suddenly it's not. Or: the one where Frank and Gerard are high school lesbians, and then they make out.

Get to Kiss that Twisted Mouth by Nokomis, Lindsey/Gerard, 2k, Teen And Up Audiences. Lyn-Z doesn't even really realize that the lead singer of My Chemical Romance, dressed in a black suit and red tie, is a woman until halfway through their first opening set.

Raspberry Swirl by brooklinegirl, Frank/Gerard, 16k, Explicit. The time that the whole band woke up as girls was maybe the weirdest.

girls girls girls by Bexless, Frank/Gerard, 3k, Teen and Up Audiences, Explicit. “Would you still be into me if I were a guy?”.

Earth Girls Are Easy by Siobhan_Schuyler, Lindsey/Gerard, 1k, Mature. Her gaze travels around the room, over a hundred faces, and unerringly lands on Gee's, like some sort of inevitable tragedy. Something in her chest skips and squeezes, watching Gee smile, eyes on someone else, some other girl who'd rather talk about art than live it. Someone not worthy of Gee and her kind face and her expressive hands and the way she smokes too much and drinks too much and feels too much and cares about Lindsey much, much too little.

Soft by ladyfoxxx, Lindsey/Gerard, 4k, Explicit. Always-a-Girl!Gee and Lindsey - unapologetic girl on girl porn.

Songs About Hips and Hearts by sinuous_curve, Mikey/Pete, 4k, Teen And Up Audiences. So, the point is, sometimes Mikey forgets she's a girl and it's really not that big a deal because even when someone they're touring with suddenly realizes that she is female with actual functioning female parts, nothing happens. Because she is also a girl with one older brother whose scary as shit in his own particularly odd way and three additional older brothers by proxy who have no compunctions about killing to defend her honor.

Three Times a Lady by corruptedkid, Gabe/Mikey, Frank/Gerard, 2k, Teen And Up Audiences. Gee is useless when it comes to girls. Mikey is not.

Pretty Rad by rage_for_love, Frank/Gerard, 3k [WIP], Teen And Up Audiences. In which Frankie and Gee venture into the world of motherhood, which turns out to be a pretty rad experience.

the noise that keeps me awake by ashers_kiss, Party Poison/Gerard, 5k, Mature. Lady!Party Poison/Lady!Gee, five times they fought, and one time they kissed and made up.

you say cut the stem, i say let's see the flower by userl4me, Frank/Gerard, 1k, Teen And Up Audiences. When Gee's school forces her to cut off her hair as part of the dress code, Gee sees no other choice. That is, until her girlfriend comes to the rescue with black hair dye and kissing.

No. 1 Party Anthem by orphan_account, Frank/Gerard, 4k, Explicit. Gee doesn't like parties. She does, however, like a certain punk with terrible hair who doesn't know how to turn down a dare.

Missing Period by revengera, Frank/Gerard, 1k, Mature. Gee groaned when a knock sounded at her door for the thousandth time that day. She stood up from her seat where she was quite happily signing slips of papers to get sick teenagers permission to leave school. Gee opened the door, being faced by none other than Frankie, who had been complaining about period cramps all day and really, Gee was beginning to think that the period may be a super one by how many times she had shown up at Gee's office that day.

cigarettes and chocolate milk by recklessfishes (orphan_account), Frank/Gerard, Patrick/Pete, 5k [WIP], General Audiences. The media really loves playing the “Who’s in Pietra Wentz’s pants?” game, and Pete wants them all to leave her the fuck alone.

Give Them Blood, Blood, Blood by orphan_account, Frank/Gerard, 2k, Explicit. Gee's heat always syncs up with her period. Frankie's willing to help her anyway.

Life Goes On by orphan_account, Frank/Gerard, 2k, General Audiences. Frankie is an angel who is forced to guard the gates of heaven. She falls in love with a woman who passes through them. The two of them are doomed from the very start. Pete is a djinn who is punished for his sins by guarding the gates of hell and falling in love with everyone who passes through them.

Let me hear your voice by 3cheers4sweet_romance, Frank/Gerard, 6k, Teen And Up Audiences. "The encounter was brief if you measure it in minutes, but it was long enough to make a deep impression on Frankie. She wanted to hear Gee's singing voice again and she wouldn't rest until she'd make her sing again." In this fic, Gee sings random ABBA songs and Frankie tries, with various degrees of success, to convince her to audition for the position of lead singer in a newly formed band.

Record Setter by orphan_account, Frank/Gerard, 2k, Explicit. "Frankie, y-you made me cum like-" she cut herself off with a breathy moan, "Fuck, like? Five times already? It hurts."

i'll make you mine (time after time) by inkk, Frank/Gerard, 1k, Mature. S is for Stargazing. (In which Gee is cuddly, Frank is a dork and they have super romantic sex in a field.)

Barely visible stars by giraffewrites, Lindsey/Gerard, 4k, Teen And Up Audiences. Gee had preferred it when she wasn't out to her school. The days when she could just be herself and not have abuse shouted at her as she walked the halls. The days when she wasn't scared of doing such mundane tasks such as catching the bus. And then Lindsey comes along, and maybe everything isn't completely shit for once. Maybe.

Time to make a Muse List

Judus Clark, 30 (Face Claim Pete Wentz)

Judus’s mother was a mermaid, his father a witch, he takes after both of them and when in water can grow a tail, as well as use magic like any other witch could. He’s a very loving man but has been lost ever since the loss of his wife and three sons. His newest family member is named Nim, a nephilim that he fathered. She's his pride and joy.

Minerva Caster, 27 (Face claim is Zoey Deutch)

Minnie is a 200 year old witch that lives in a haunted 1800’s home and runs a bakery. She is raising her niece Sabrina and has adopted a Zombie named Amber. She’s very kind and prefers to stay out of other witches business.

Sabrina Caster, 15 (Face claim is Jenna Ortega)

Sabrina is a Changling Child, a Fae that was given to a non fae family. Sabrina is mischievous, selfish, and willing to do anything for the ones she deems worthy of her affection. Her mother, Minnie’s sister, disappeared, possibly eaten by another Fae in exchange for bringing Sabrina to life.

Amber Caster, 20 (Face claim is Amandla Stenberg)

Amber died back in 1984 from injuries sustained during a fight with a zombie at a house party, later becoming undead herself. She was found dirty and scared by the witch Minerva, who immediately took her in and adopted her. Later when Sabrina is born she immediately takes to loving the changeling like a sister.

Maria, 23 (Face claim is Lupita Nyong’o)

Maria was a slave in the 1830’s that passed from disease. In 1910, when Minnie bought the house, Maria made her presence known and was welcoming to Minnie. Over 100 years later and she still haunts her old home, watching Sabrina grow, Amber learn to cope, and Minnie’s family grow. She helped teach Sabrina how to read and loves watching Minnie bake while they talk.

Morgan Connan, 21 (Face claim is Krysten Ritter)

Morgan is a vampire born to a werewolf mother and vampire father, as well as twin sister to the werewolf Victoria. She’s a nursing major in college and training to be a midwife. She’s very cold to outsiders, but her family means the world to her.

Victoria Connan, 21 (Face claim Maia Mitchell)

Victoria is Morgan’s twin sister and mother to a beautiful baby girl named Kylie. She’s going to school to be a psychologist but still acts as her households guard dog, mauling any intruders that enter without permission. Unlike her sister she’s very outgoing around strangers, but is still very family oriented.

Eira Winters, 18 (Face claim is Isabela Moner)

Eira is a mermaid that recently came to maturity and got her tail. Due to being adopted she had no idea of her powers until her friends took her swimming in her 18th birthday, leading Amber and Morgan to try and drag a 200lbs mermaid out of the lake. Eira is loving, reserved, and trustworthy to those she’s loyal to.

Leonardo, 19 (Face claim is Tyrel Jackson Williams)

Leo is an Angel sent down to Earth to help those who need it, though he’s been stuck with the twins, Sabrina, Amber, Eira and Taylor due to the demon Taylor’s antics. He’s a very stressed man, trying to keep up with his mission and trying not to fall like his past brothers and sisters.

Taylor, 19 (Face claim is Vashtie Kola)

Taylor is a demon that leaped from heaven during the civil war, finding humans inability to love one another disgusting. She regrets jumping some days because it means that she can’t see her siblings anymore. She misses the angels, so she clings to Leo and other demons. She can be a bitch, but usually has good intentions for a demon.

August Luc Mars Solace, 22 (Face claim is Sam Kiszka)

August is Phoenix and Jupiters younger cousin, also a witch. While his cousins were in the system him and his parents took care of his aunt and uncles metaphysical shop. August sees his cousins as brothers, often causing them inconveniences with his pranks, but still happily helps them when they need it. August himself still lives with his mother and father while going to school.

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NFL power rankings: Steelers, 49ers, Titans keep climbing; Patriots, Eagles plummet into Week 7

And then there were three … and one. There are only three undefeated teams left in the 2020 NFL season coming out of Week 6, and the two AFC membes of the club, Pittsburgh and Tennessee, made different kind of statements. Their delayed matchup next Sunday now becomes a much more anticipated clash to see who’s better positioned to potentially dethrone Kansas City.

In our latest Sporting News power rankings, perfect Seattle doesn’t lose its No. 1 standing because of a bye, but there’s definitely a new worthy No. 2, with No. 4 rapidly pushing to challenge for the top spot, too. On the flip side, the Giants, Falcons and others separated a little from the Jets at the bottom and the middle had plenty of shakeup, too.

Here’s how we have all 32 teams stacking up against each other going into Week 7, the near midway point:

MORE: Updating the Tank for Trevor Lawrence tracker for Week 7

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NFL power rankings

1. Seattle Seahawks 5-0 (last week’s ranking: 1)

The Seahawks enjoyed a bye, the only way Russell Wilson’s MVP express train can slow down in 2020. Their offense will keep humming along in the running game and letting Russ cook, but some better health and concentrated adjustments would both really help the defense of Pete Carroll coming out.

2. Pittsburgh Steelers 5-0 (3)

The Steelers left no doubt that they’re the best overall team in the AFC North by smashing the Browns, a week after handling the Eagles, a team that almost brought down the Ravens. Ben Roethlisberger is getting the job with a high floor of James Conner’s running. That defense is playing the way it should now, but losing Devin Bush is a big blow.

3. Kansas City Chiefs 5-1 (2)

The Chiefs don’t experience losing often with Patrick Mahomes. So it was good they had eight days to recover from their loss to the Raiders. Their passing game will be fine without Sammy Watkins and their running game and backfield production is about to get a whole lot better with Le’Veon Bell.

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4. Tennessee Titans 5-0 (8)

The Titans are a pesky team slowly developing into a dominant one under Mike Vrabel,, because they simply get the job done no matter what. Consider they were the ones who did last until the AFC championship against the Chiefs. Ryan Tannehill is in the zone plahing off Derrick Henry’s mighty running. The defense needs to get more consistent, however.

5. Baltimore Ravens 5-1 (4)

The Ravens have been struggling to traditionally run the ball and there are rather considerable limitations to their passing game. They have become more Lamar Jackson running dependent offensively and now Mark Ingram is on the shelf. Still, their defense is making all the plays they need in support.

MORE: Why Romeo Crennel, Ron Rivera made the right 2-point calls

6. Green Bay Packers 4-1 (6)

What was that? The game in Tampa started off well but Aaron Rodgers succumbed to pressure with the running game shut down. The major defensive issues against running and short passing also surfaced.

7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4-2 (10)

The Bucs nedded that defensive effort and diversified offense with Tom Brady to make a statement as rising new NFC title contenders. Brady’s influence on Bruce Arians can be seen with more of Brady’s kind of passing game and Tampa Bay quickly cleaning up penalty issues.

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8. Buffalo Bills 4-2 (5)

The Bills’ defense got exposed badly because of injuries in Week 5 at the Titans. That requires Josh Allen to keep leading with clean offensive play even ift the running continues to sputter. He won’t be curbed in trying to show off his bigger arm on the other side of Mahomes,

9. New Orleans Saints 3-2 (11)

The Saints marched into a bye week with a big comeback win they needed over the Chargers. Figure Michael Thomas will be fully back mentally and physically to be an offensive game-changer for Drew Brees.

10. Chicago Bears 5-1 (13)

The Bears keep getting it done with a mix of defense, a commitment to running and just enough clutch passing from Nick Foles. As we’re still looking for style points, all they’re doing is winning in every which way they know how under Matt Nagy.

11. Los Angeles Rams 4-2 (7)

The Rams left a lot of plays on the table against a makeshift but gritty 49ers’ defense. They get to play the team right above them, the Bears, next Monday night for another good test for Jared Goff and the passing game.

12. San Francisco 49ers 3-3 (18)

The Niners needed to survive and grind that win away from the Rams to find some familiar success in the midst of a brutal schedule. The offense is inching back to full strength for Jimmy Garoppolo and the defense is finding different sources of reliability down several key pieces.

13. Cleveland Browns 4-2 (9)

The Browns got a wake-up call for Baker Mayfield��s struggles like they did in Week 1, as overmatched against the Steelers as they were against the Ravens. The defense won’t go away a concern with their linebacker snd safety issues behind Myles Garrett.

MORE: Why the Browns benched Mayfield for Case Keenum

14. Las Vegas Raiders 3-2 (14)

The Raiders had a bye with which to enjoy their big win over Mahomes and the Chiefs with great offense. Now they’ll need to figure out how to keep it going opposite Brady and the Buccaneers in prime time.

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15. Indianapolis Colts 4-2 (17)

The Colts needed a big game from Philip Rivers to bail them out and he turned back the clock to come through against the Bengals. It was.a good development at the right time to boost their playoff potential again behind the AFC South-dominating Titans.

16. Arizona Cardinals 4-2 (16)

The Cardinals’ defense lost a big piece in Chandler Jones and they’re not getting enough plays being made, period. Kyler Murray and the offense needed to get even more exposive, diverse and balanced to offset that.

MORE: Kyler Murray’s legendary Texas high school career

17. Miami Dolphins 3-3 (20)

The Dolphins are being led well by Ryan Fitzpatrick and their offense is giving him plenty of help from the skill positions and rebuilt offensive line. But they need to get more credit defensively after multiple big performances with better health and smarter scheming from Brian Flores and Josh Boyer.

MORE: Tua Tagovailoa makes his emotional debut for Dolphins

18. Carolina Panthers 3-3 (15)

The Panthers came down to earth as they struggled to finish against the strong Bears defense and their run defense continues to be a big bugaboo. The tests will get harder soon with the Saints, Chiefs and Buccaneers as three of their next four opponents.

19. Dallas Cowboys 2-4 (19)

The Cowboys will see what they will get from Andy Dalton as their starting quarterback going forward. They should keep passing well and putting up big points despite the Cardinals fail, but the question is whether their defense can improve with Leighton Vander Esch returning.

20. Denver Broncos 2-3 (29)

The Broncos got Drew Lock back and he didn’t play well, but thanks to their defense and running game, without Melvin Gordon, Vic Fangio’s team grinded to an unlikely victory in New England. They can get back into the division playoff mix with the Chiefs and Chargers next.

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21. New England Patriots 2-3 (12)

Who are these Patriots? They have a very good defense with some potential in the traditional running game, but there’s too much on Cam Newton to save the day with a limited receiving corps and breaking-down blocking. There’s no time to take it easy and figure it out with the 49ers and the Bills next.

MORE: What’s wrong with the Patriots’ offense?

22. Detroit Lions 2-3 (25)

The Lions needed a win badly coming out of the bye for Matt Patricia and their defense, passing game and dynamic rookie D’Andre Swift all were key in taking care of a lesser Jaguars team. Don’t sleep on them getting back in the NFC wild-card race with a favorable schedule ahead.

23. Philadelphia Eagles 1-4-1 (21)

The Eagles got another gritty performance from Carson Wentz to give themselves a chance against the Ravens, but they still have too many issues around him and have just enough lapses defensively because of their linebacker corps.

24. Minnesota Vikings 1-5 (22)

What was that? When Kirk Cousins turns over the ball multiple times and the Vikings dig themselves a big hole, they’re not built to get out of it, because they get away from their running game strengths to protect the defense. With the Packers and Bears rolling, the Vikings can stick a fork in their playoff hopes.

25. Cincinnati Bengals 1-4-1 (23)

The Bengals couldn’t finish against the Colts because of their consistent, fundamental issues on the offensive line and defensive front seven. Joe Burrow keeps impressing through every loss, even when he makes mistakes.

26. Los Angeles Chargers 1-4 (24)

The Chargers keep losing close games and let’s hope they used their bye to figure out how to finish better with Justin Herbert now completely in control of the offense. Getting the Jaguars next helps.

27. Atlanta Falcons 1-5 (30)

The Falcons won one for interim coach Raheem Morris because they didn’t step off the gas offensively with Julio Jones returning just in time to smash an awful Vikings secondary. The defense also seem to be a little more inspired, too. Matt Ryan really needed that slump buster, too.

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28. New York Giants 1-5 (31)

The Giants have been knocking on the door of victories under Joe Judge and finally broke through against a weaker division foe in Washington. Having no real running game has hurt the chances of everything else getting better, including Daniel Jones.

29. Houston Texans 1-5 (27)

Deshaun Watson has the Texans’ offense back on track and using all of its key weapons. They’re really doing as much as possible on the scoreboard because the defense isn’t capable of helping against either run or pass.

IYER: Jets staring at strong chance to go 0-16 with Gase

30. Washington Football Team 1-5 (26)

Kyle Allen gave Washington more offensive life, but the fundamental issues and limitations still cost the team against the Giants. The defense can only overachieve for so long.

31. Jacksonville Jaguars 1-5 (28)

The Jaguars are trying their best to show offensive life with Gardner Minshew and impressive rookies Laviska Shenault Jr. and James Robinson, but there depleted defense doesn’t give them much of a chance every week.

32. New York Jets 0-6 (32)

The Jets keep finding new lows as Adam Gase saw his current team shut out by his former team, the Dolphins. At least Le’Veon Bell isn’t part of this mess anymore. 

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I love your blog.It's probably because it's all about Pete Wentz. I love him, But he is sooo good at playing bass, he's the only reason I tried playing the bass in the first place. Now I play it all the time, even at small gigs and I owe all that to our lovely angel that is Pete Wentz. Also I know my blog says about the Weasley Twins I just love Fall Out Boy, plus I get to see them in London for one of their M A N I A Tour shows. Patrick singing Pete playing bass Joe on guitar Andy playing drums

Thank you!! 💜 Pete’s such a complex, amazing person - and his smile is one of the most beautiful things on this earth. I think he deserves all the recognition he can get. That’s awesome he inspired you to start playing bass! I’m glad you get to see them in London!

I Didn't Come For a Fight (But I Will Fight to the End)

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by thePetetoherPatrick

I wake up on the ground with Brendon hovering over me. “Sir?” he looks worried. I glare at him, trying to figure out how on Earth I’d gotten on the floor. I look past him to see two other people standing there. Frank…...and Pete.

Words: 709, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of Wretched and Divine

Fandoms: Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Panic! at the Disco, Black Veil Brides, Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF), Evanescence (Band)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Categories: M/M

Characters: Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Brendon Urie, Frank Iero, Mikey Way, Gerard Way, Andy Biersack, Ryan Ross, Amy Lee, Phil Lester, Dan Howell, Ray Toro, Bob Bryar, Original Characters, Original Female Character(s)

Relationships: Patrick Stump/Pete Wentz, Mikey Way/Gerard Way, Dan Howell/Phil Lester, Frank Iero/Ryan Ross

Additional Tags: Devil!PatrickAU, demon!pete, Alternate Universe - Angels & Demons, Alternate Universe - Heaven and Hell, Smut, Terminal Illnesses, Suicide, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Death, Reapers, Hell, Seven Deadly Sins, Sins, Sinners, Execution, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

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Your Tuesday Morning Roundup

So this is what it took for the Flyers to win? A disappointing Eagles loss on Sunday night and the Sixers to get beat by bad Phoenix Suns team at home? If you ask me, it wasn’t worth it.

Nontheless, the Flyers’ 10-game losing streak is no more after Philly defeated the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Monday night. Jakub Voracek stepped up with three assists to ensure the Flyers snap the streak.

Hamonic exited the game early after this tough hit:

Travis Hamonic is done for the game after this "hit" on Dale Weise. http://pic.twitter.com/JOATWlaeDd

— Chris Jastrzembski (@CFJastrzembski) December 5, 2017

Technically, the Flyers still haven’t won in the United States since Nov. 9, so they still have that going for them. Also, Hakstol has job security, regardless of how long this losing continues:

Hexy: Hak will coach the rest of season. And beyond.

— Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) December 5, 2017

The team faces the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday at 9:30pm.

The Roundup:

Back stateside, the Sixers were scorched by the Suns, 115-101. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 46 points on Monday night to help lead the now 9-16 Suns to a upset victory at the Wells Fargo Center.

J.J. Redick led Philly with 25 points, followed by Joel Embiid’s 22. The big man also had 12 rebounds in 34 minutes.

Highlights:

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The Sixers are back at it on Thursday against the Lakers at 8pm. That game is on TNT.

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The talk of the town is still the Eagles as the Birds are nesting thousands of miles away in California this week before taking on the LA Rams in a game that means more than it did 48 hours ago.

The latest Crossing BroadCast dropped on Monday and the guys talked about the Seahawks game.

Kevin Kinkead’s shared his observations from the loss, including this one:

But listen, credit to Seattle for a great performance. Carson Wentz was pressured constantly and put off his game. Wilson did his thing and converted plays like the one above to move the sticks and keep the Birds’ offense off the field. It was frustrating to watch because every defensive win seemed to be followed by a backbreaker of a chunk play.

The Eagles fall to 10-2, which is where nobody had them at this point in the season, so let’s keep things in perspective. I’m fine with the “facing adversity” narrative. I think this kind of loss brings the team back down to Earth where they hit the reset button and hopefully finish strong down the stretch. Next week’s game in Los Angeles will tell us everything we need to know about this team.

After the loss, despite the birds still boasting a 10-2 record, it seems that most of the fanbase hit the panic button on the team and this season. I guess because it is something we all are used to doing? BWanksCB has more on that.

Instead of being 10-2 and feeling that dread, the Birds could maybe be 11-1 today if Doug Pederson challenged that forward lateral by Russell Wilson. Kyle breaks down this decision, or was it Doug’s indecisiveness, that may have cost the Eagles the game:

Though each case has its own qualifying reasons, Doug always seems to make the wrong decision here. I’m not going to nitpick punting on 4th and 1, or 4th and 2, but he was weirdly conservative last night in spots where he’s typically aggressive. I wonder if the competition had something to do with that.

As for the decision itself, you see situations like this all the time in football, where coaches don’t have all the angles needed but throw the flag anyway, because even the chance of reversing the play is worth the risk of a timeout. The best coaches have a feel for the moment. Thus far, Doug has shown that he doesn’t. And that has been and will remain my concern until he shows us otherwise.

The Dan Patrick Show crew broke it down, with demonstrations:

Dan Patrick Show Sports Science: Are you a lateralist or a forward passist? http://pic.twitter.com/NWTLOIbTFl

— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) December 4, 2017

According to Mike Pereira, it was an illegal forward pass:

Forward or backward is judged by where the ball is when it leaves the passers hand to where it first touched the ground or a player. Forget that Wilson tried to throw it backwards. It was tough to judge on the field by the officials but the Eagles could have challenged and won.

— Mike Pereira (@MikePereira) December 4, 2017

One last storyline was the officials. Pete Morelli is the known Eagles-hater, but should we add Tony Corrente to the list? The figures are intriguing.

With all of that being said, the Eagles are still sitting pretty. Currently hold the 2nd seed in the conference and are poised for the playoffs and a high seeding. However, they did lose complete control of their destiny because of that pesky fourth tiebreaker with the Vikings. It’s Case Keenum though, he can’t keep it going forever. Can he?

Things may seem shaky, but at least this isn’t the Giants. Fresh off getting ripped for ruining Eli Manning’s historic streak of consecutive starts (210), the team canned Ben McAdoo and its general manager. Steve Spagnuolo takes over as interim head coach. Oh, and Eli Manning will start this week. What a mess.

The Giants and Eagles clash in two weeks, but before that match-up the birds have the Rams on Sunday late afternoon. To prep, the team is at the home of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim:

A sneak peek of our practice home for the next few days. Thanks for the hospitality, @Angels! http://pic.twitter.com/GErjeuuOpg

— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) December 4, 2017

I wonder how much the Eagles are paying the Angels for rent for this quick AirBNB deal.

Doug Pederson confirmed that Zach Ertz is in concussion protocol after suffering a head injury. Will be close to see if he can clear and play Sunday in Jake Elliot style.

Jenny Vrentas of the MMQB has a good story on the Birds following the loss and the slap in the face it was:

The Eagles are now 10-2, still tied with the Vikings for the best record in the conference and with everything in front of them. But as the dust settled on one of those signature Seahawks December wins Sunday night, and with the Eagles’ matchup with the 9-3 Rams looming next week, the takeaway is that the NFC is wide open. Guard Brandon Brooks called the loss a “wake-up call.”

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A quick look at the College Football Playoff has many upset that Ohio State was left out. Simply put, they were treated like PSU was last year.

Also, Herm Edwards was introduced as the newest head coach of the Sun Devils, but does he know that:

Anyone want to tell him? http://pic.twitter.com/ugrpCVNBY6

— FootballScoop Staff (@FootballScoop) December 4, 2017

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Monday Night Football wrapped up the week in the NFL as the Steelers and Bengal beat each other up for 60 minutes and occasionally ran football plays. Pittsburgh staged a comeback and won 23-20 on a game-winning field goal with time expiring.

The biggest storyline was Ryan Shazier being carted off the field with a spinal injury. It was not good:

Damn smh RT @MeanMugSports: Prayers up for Ryan Shazier http://pic.twitter.com/xTuRRssg2K

— Prime Time (@iEatTheMUFFIN) December 5, 2017

According to the team, he will not need surgery.

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The NHL is expected to expand to Seattle.

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LiAngelo Ball is leaving UCLA.

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Gronk is suspended for one-game.

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In non-sports news…

Budweiser is trying to put beer on Mars.

A woman dies just one day after being diagnosed with the flu…wash your hands.

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The Rainbow fic for CrankThatFrank

Originally posted by me at :

https://fight-me-babe.deviantart.com/art/The-Rainbow-Fic-For-CrankThatFrank-687691607

June 20/2017

enjoy this emo crack

It was midnight, Frank was laying in bed re-reading the milk fic and crying " This is beautiful". He wiped his emo tears before his smudged eyeliner could trail itself onto his pillows. "So gay" he mumbled under his breath as his favorite album blasted in the backround. Northern Downpour played as his very very emo heart broke. He closed his eyes and waited for a better life. "Frank?" Frank was awoken by the splash of soap onto his face paired with the high pitched screech of a teenage emo. "What the?" "Frank!" "Frank!" "Frank!" The group of teenage emos continued to multiplied. They were all wielding iPhone 3's with cameras that looked like they were living an a World War II documentary, bottles of cheap hand soap, and their bodies all adorned as much band merch as their bodies could handle ( 30+ rubber bracelets on each emo). They all looked like Graveyard kid and the race of emo fuckgirls had children. They were going to torture him with Soap musical.lys. "Feel it coming up my throat guess I better wash my mou-" "'Scues  me,.... could you please leave? anD STOP EATING SOAP YOU DIRTY HEATHENS" The music stopped as all of the Crybabies called up the emo fuckboys on hoverboards doing musical.lys to Ride. Frank could hear their parents regret from a mile away. "Why did their parent's condom break?" he could hear the voice of an angel say. "Patrick?!" Frank said in a very anime way. "This war cannot be fought alone, I can help." Patrick said nobley. He plugged his microphone into the aux chord of the emo heavens. "let the bodies hit the floor. Let the bodies hit the floor. LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR!" and all the emos dropped to the floor, their souls controlled by Patrick at the moment. He had saved Rock and Roll single handedly and destroyed all of the emo fuckgirls and fuckboys. Emo was saved for now as all of the cool emos returned to Earth from outter space ( they'd been hiding from the borken condom fuckgirls/boys for the past 5 years with the rad aliens). The balance had returned. "I'm so pumped to hear MCR's new music" a naive emo said, wearing an out of date MCR tour shirt from 2012. "siLENCE" "Chill babe-a-roni, " Patrick said in a smooth voice " these hoes dont know. Run away with me? All you'd have to do is call me Daddy and put on my fedora like a good baby boy." Frank looked disgusted by his daddy kink, but Brendon Urie's voice rang in his head "It's not a bad dick" and Frank could not resist. "Okay.... Daddy" Patrick placed his fedora on Franks head and he began to float away with his hand in Patrick's. "Whoaaaaaaa." Frank said with an anime glint in his eyes and he saw Brendon Urie descend from the sky above a sea of milk. "It's not a bad dick" Brendon said in a voice that sounded very robotic, but he was still just as hot as the days of Pretty.Odd. As the word dick came out of BeeBo's mouth Pepe- I mean Pete Wentz's dick shoots across the sky and forms a rainbow, resting just below our lord and saviour, Brendon. Frank and Patrick begin to float over the rainbow *Insert wondefully written Wizard of Oz refference* and onto the shore of the Milk Ocean (a place in which all emos go after they die (it counts if you're dead inside so if you're dead inside and not there, you're not emo enough)) "Frank." The emo fuck turned around and whispered " Yes senpai?" "If you really love me you will shove my fedora up your ass like a good boy" he sent with a wink (which was like getting a wink from a 5th grader because of his height) and a smirk his way. Frank soon bent over and let Patrick shove the fedora up his ass, but at the same time he felt something coming up his throat (not soap), IT WAS A DRUMSTICK. Frank was extremely grossed out, so he threw it into the sea of milk. Right after the wooden rod sunk into the depths below, a low grumble and bubble made it's way to the surface. Slowly a figure began to form, made purely out of milk. "I am Josh diddly Dun, and if you wish for me to live and to sail across the ocean with Patrick and let him be your eternal daddy, you must rap the beginning of HeavyDirtySoul perfectly." Josh dabbed right after that introduction, giving Frank musical.ly flashbacks. Frank gulped, looked at Patrick who's face adorned a smirk (apparently sure he could do it.) "I can do this!" Frank could not. "There's an infestation in my minds imagination erm smoking de smokybear them at the basement thi-" Josh crumbled into the milk "eNOUGH" an angry Tyjo voice sounded out, "YOU KILLED MY BF YOU EMO FUCK" All of the sudden Gerard way flew from out of the sky with his angel wings gracefully fluttering tp his side, landing on the beach next to Tyjo, a pokemon esque battle commenced. " Patrick I choose you!" "Geee i choose you! G- note attack!" all of the sudden the ground shook and awoke all of the emos from the past, they all screamed with tears streaming down their faces, and Patrick began to do the same "Patrick, Soul Voice!" Frank shouted, everything went silent as Patrick sang a soulful tune, Gee fell to his knees, as did Tyjo and all the emos. Brendon could be seen from above, with a wild Ryan Ross holding his hand. "The emo cringe kid has won" Frank had won with his father. "Ahem..... Why fight when we can all be gay together?" They all turned towards Frank and nodded. peace had ensued *Gae extended ending* A single emo fuckgirl crawled her way, zombie-like, to all of the band members and Frank. Tyler looked up just as she was going to touch him. "'scuse me, could you please leave?" Brendon made a motion with his hands and she dissolved into milk. ~The End~

Revelation 12:9

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by Mr_SandMan

All of Satans servants have been awaiting her return. They have been waiting to take one of God's angels, the perfect angel and make her his. Satan himself awaited his one love, but the angel always has choices, to fall in love with the monster that rules them all or creator of all heaven and earth.

Words: 1176, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Panic! at the Disco, Fall Out Boy, Black Veil Brides, My Chemical Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Original Female Character(s), Brendon Urie, Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, Dallon Weekes, Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Andy Biersack

Relationships: Brendon Urie & Original Female Character(s), Ryan Ross/Brendon Urie, Ryan Ross/Dallon Weekes, Patrick Stump/Brendon Urie, Patrick Stump/Original Character, mikey way/Pete, Andy Biersack/Original Female Character(s)

Additional Tags: My Chem, Vampires, Satan urie, Emperors new clothes

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I Didn't Come For a Fight (But I Will Fight to the End)

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by thePetetoherPatrick

I wake up on the ground with Brendon hovering over me. “Sir?” he looks worried. I glare at him, trying to figure out how on Earth I’d gotten on the floor. I look past him to see two other people standing there. Frank…...and Pete.

Words: 709, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of Wretched and Divine

Fandoms: Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Panic! at the Disco, Black Veil Brides, Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF), Evanescence (Band)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Categories: M/M

Characters: Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Brendon Urie, Frank Iero, Mikey Way, Gerard Way, Andy Biersack, Ryan Ross, Amy Lee, Phil Lester, Dan Howell, Ray Toro, Bob Bryar, Original Characters, Original Female Character(s)

Relationships: Patrick Stump/Pete Wentz, Mikey Way/Gerard Way, Dan Howell/Phil Lester, Frank Iero/Ryan Ross

Additional Tags: Devil!PatrickAU, demon!pete, Alternate Universe - Angels & Demons, Alternate Universe - Heaven and Hell, Smut, Terminal Illnesses, Suicide, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Death, Reapers, Hell, Seven Deadly Sins, Sins, Sinners, Execution, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

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I Didn't Come For a Fight (But I Will Fight to the End)

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2kwpsMS

by thePetetoherPatrick

I wake up on the ground with Brendon hovering over me. “Sir?” he looks worried. I glare at him, trying to figure out how on Earth I’d gotten on the floor. I look past him to see two other people standing there. Frank…...and Pete.

Words: 709, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of Wretched and Divine

Fandoms: Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Panic! at the Disco, Black Veil Brides, Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF), Evanescence (Band)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Categories: M/M

Characters: Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Brendon Urie, Frank Iero, Mikey Way, Gerard Way, Andy Biersack, Ryan Ross, Amy Lee, Phil Lester, Dan Howell, Ray Toro, Bob Bryar, Original Characters, Original Female Character(s)

Relationships: Patrick Stump/Pete Wentz, Mikey Way/Gerard Way, Dan Howell/Phil Lester, Frank Iero/Ryan Ross

Additional Tags: Devil!PatrickAU, demon!pete, Alternate Universe - Angels & Demons, Alternate Universe - Heaven and Hell, Smut, Terminal Illnesses, Suicide, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Death, Reapers, Hell, Seven Deadly Sins, Sins, Sinners, Execution, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2kwpsMS