reading all these old articles and thinking about the way everyone described their perceptions of younger valtteri's confidence vs daniel's. and how, given what we know now, we can assume there was more friction between their exterior presentation and their internal lives than previously accorded. what was real, what was fake, what was fake but believed to be real by even themselves bc of diminished emotional capacity or lack of healthy model or or or etc., how did that belief serve or fail them and what version are they living with now.... is it more holistic is it more informed is it more associated... how did they get to it and what is it made of. the texture of these two drives me ssskkskskskoosnendndjdnnfn
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17 Oct '23
3Arena
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Miles during the monkeys gig this pic is from 505 where Alex kept on looking over
He was literally pointing up at the mirrorball at looking up at it for like a solid 10 seconds after come closer
Don’t forget who you are it was so magical (also that turtle plushie behind him 🫠🫠)
Alright crazy things that happened (the ones I can currently recall and in now specific order):
-Nathan dropping his pick and Miles laughing at him
- Liam’s drum kit wasn’t fixed up correctly so his hi hat (I think) like turner 90 degrees and a stage hand had to rush and try and fix it during a song and before the next one miles just jammed out a bit and improvised to give the guy more time to properly fix it
-Miles pointing and looking up at the mirrorball for like solid 10 seconds after come closer
- seeing those chairs and music stands in the back knowing we’re gonna get strings
-after singing the last line of fluorescent adolescent “remember when you used to be a rascal” and then fucking pointing and staring at Miles who was standing to the left side of the stage (which also explains why Alex was suddenly so fond of the left side (also during I wanna be yours I sometimes had to play find Alex cause he was just casually chilling at the very edge of the left stage side like mate at this point just walk down to him )instead of right as usual to jam with Jamie right where the stairs led up to the stage so he was the first one to greet the guys once they went off before the encore and after the show(to smother Alex in a big hug))and watched their set and asking “do you remember?” Before himself answering like 2 seconds latter with “I remember” but like in such a small sad voice that it nearly broke me
Like here’s the entire performance you can hear and see it at 3:13 (I’ve only got the little I remember snippet cause I was screaming my head off)
- when Alex said “let’s hear it for Miles Kane” (some say he said wonderful after we screamed our throat raw) somewhere three quarters through the set we all exploded before realizing he was just thanking him for opening and then played fluorescent adolescent where at the end (check point above) he asked miles if he remembered when he used to be a rascal (and like the fact that Miles was in the band the rascal and Alex wrote Fluorescent with his ex Johanna Bennett around the time when him and Miles started becoming close friends)
- during body paint not Alex singing “and if you’re thinking of me I’m probably thinking of you” while adamantly pointing towards Miles
- I didn’t think it possible to get I wanna be yours x star treatment cause they did it the night before In Belfast but when that little shit said “I don’t wanna be hers I wanna be yours” I certainly lost my shit
-experiencing 505 with the mirrorball and strings
I wanna be yours x star treatment
Body paint
There’d better be a mirrorball
Why’d you only call me when you’re high
Teddy picker ; Alex said teddy is back before the song 🫶🏽🫶🏽🥹
Coup de grace
Never taking me alive
Body paint
https://www.instagram.com/p/CyjKMnhtgj_/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Blurry Miles in Dublin
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by the way. saw fight club was playing on cable so my lil brother asked what it was even about. i told him its just about two guys who get in a fight club together and beat each other up. my dad across the room closed his eyes and looked so done lol. think he genuinely thinks i dont know what fight club is now
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Also Daniel/Louis!
This is another one that I honestly hadn't considered, though there is in fact a smidge of it coming up in stars. It just wasn't something I set out to do but it makes sense: Louis chose Daniel for a reason to pour his heart out, to say things he says he has never said to another person and Daniel at the end of it just tries to tell him that it's so obvious how much love Louis has. He's even a part of Daniel's hallucinatory journey into vampiredom, that's how important their relationship is to them.
I tend to write them when I'm doing Louis/Armand/Daniel as they're more platonic but their relationship with Armand isn't. However I do think that's subject to change, Daniel doesn't start much from the same people he feels comfortable with when it comes to love and Louis is part of that very small list. I can see there definitely being bed sharing for snuggle purposes and there's definitely a love between them, whether platonic or not is dealers choice.
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