The one with the guitar god who doesn’t seem to get enough recognition most the time?
The one with the amazing bass player with the awkward knees and a good heart?
The one with the rhythm guitarist whose laughter lights up a room?
The one with the lead vocalist who puts everything he’s got into every performance?
You know the band.
The band whose lead singer was drunk for 3 straight years, and got clean in 17 days?
The band whose bass player had a mental breakdown, and still returned to record the rest of an album?
The band whose rhythm guitarist once played a show hooked up to an oxygen tank?
The band whose lead guitarist had to watch his best friends go through this and try to hold the band together at the same time?
You know that band.
My Chemical Romance.
The social rejects from New Jersey who wanted to make a difference, make some music, and maybe lower the suicide rate.
The ones who have to put up with labels that can be as small as “dark” or as extreme as “suicide cult”.
My Chemical Romance is:
Gerard Way
Frank Iero
Mikey Way
Ray Toro
These four men will always be my role models.
They inspire me to try as hard as I can every day.
They’ve proven to me that you shouldn’t care what other people think of you as long as you like yourself, and that you should always love yourself, because you’re absolutely drop dead gorgeous.
They’ve made me realize that nothing is worth hurting yourself over, and nothing is ever worth taking your life for.
They encourage me to keep on living.
I love you guys…. Forever…
You are never as awkward as you think you are
You are never as annoying as you think you are
You are never as boring as you think you are
Your compliments are never as creepy as you think they are
You are way more wanted than you give yourself credit for
Chin up, everything’s going to be okay, okay?
listen i adore aus, but any time i go looking for prompts, they’re all like, weirdly specific run on sentences of highly specific scenarios i don’t want specific, i want broad strokes that gives an Aesthetic that lends itself more to designing the characters in a brand new world
So! I kind of figured maybe other people were the same so here’s a master post of broad strokes Stock AU ideas. I tried to keep them as BROAD as possible, and several show up under several categories since there are different interpretations (ex: a modern day royalty au is much different from a fantasy royalty au). Not every possible incarnation of an AU is represented, i tried to keep them to the most popular ones where i could.
if you have ones i missed, please feel free to reblog and add them, or message me and i’ll edit the og post. I would prefer, tho, to keep this particular post SFW, as I want it to be accessible for everyone, so pls keep any NSFW AUs on separate posts.
Bodyguard
College
Gang/Cult
Detective
High School
Celebrity/Fan
Actor
Idol
Model
Mundane
Artist/Model
Coffee Shop
Florist
Office
Tattoo Artist
Youtuber/Let’s Player
Rock Band
Royalty
Secret Agent
Soldiers
Arranged Marriage
Circus
Medieval
Pirate
Prohibition/20s
Regency
Royalty
Victorian
Western/Cowboys
Other Era
Angel/Demon
Animal/Half-animal [including magical animal]
Fairy Tale
Fey/Faerie
Gods/Goddesses + Priest/Worshipper
Hunter (or Animal Trainer)/Magical Creature
Pirate/Mermaid
Royalty
RPG
Witch/Wizard
Ghost
Magical Girls/Superheroes
Psychic
Vampires/Werewolves/Other Paranormal Beings
Alien/Space
Eldritch Horror
Haunted House
Monster
Serial Killer
Aliens
Dystopia
Exploring/Researching a Brand New Planet
Futuristic
Mecha
Scientist/Experiment
Secret Agent
Steampunk
Time Travel
Virtual Reality
Genderbend
Evil-Verse
Hogwarts
Pokemon
Reincarnation
Role Swap
Series Swap [dropping all characters into the plot of another medium]
Soul Mate
Moikey:
-Seeing him smile is like seeing a chupacabra
-Has been down with kickball since the third grade
-90% leg
-Jawline could CUT a man
-“Don’t watch me straighten my hair it’s creepy”
-The voice cracks: “DUDES” “OH MY G OD”
-Wants to roll up Dungeons and Dragons characters
-“I’ll sign em, you bring em”
-Comes with Kung Fu grip and Judo
-Way down way down way down way down WAY DOWN WAY DOWN *falls*
-The MOST adorable let him speak please for the love of god
-“Sacrificing virgins..”
OH FRANKIE?!:
-Whirling blender of chaos
-Has probably given himself whiplash
-and you can FIGHT ME FOR AN APPLE
-Literally fights everyone on stage
-“I play guitar and scream”
-“I HOPE I-” *skips line where he mentions wanting to die in front of his kids* ONE TWO THREE FOUR
-“He makes me wear these [Gerard’s gloves]”
-Likes to climb on the equipment and then fall
-tiny feets
RAY of sunshine:
-*wheezing* “look at this I just put my hand in a cupcake”
-Frank: He’s a good kisser too
Gerard: yes he’s a very good kisser
Ray: ANYWAY THANKS TO ALL THE EXTRAS WHO CAME OUT TODAY
-Frank: *climbing in the coffin*
Ray: YOU SHOWIN YOUR BUTT? NO GET OUTTA HERE-
-Musical genius and so dedicated and talented
-Mom
-Puts up with everyone’s shit
-*answering Q and A* “Frank, in Vampire Money do you say ‘aw yeah ba-’ yep there it goes.”
-FUCK yEAH, ATARI FLASHBACK
-*playing claw machine* *gestures to multiple patriotic teddy bears* “The winnings..” *cue him and Gerard making the bears sing and dance*
Gee:
-Smol teeth
-Invented red eyeshadow
-Likes to jack off the mic
-YA MOM’S COMIN
-“Shit is easy peasy pumpkin peasy, pumpkin pie motherfucker”
-I KILLED SO MANY PLANTS
-*slurred* “It’s uhh itsswomen’s cut they ah always fall down”
-1000% chance of sass with a side of extra af
-Looks like a cinnamon roll and is an actual cinnamon roll
-“We actually like to- like to kidnap them in a van, and leave them somewhere dangerous. SURPRISE”
-SUCKING DICK FOR COCAINE
-feather boas
-“AAAAAAAAAAH IT’S FOR THE HAMSTER THAT IM GONNA BUY”
if you’re emo and you know it bang your head
if you’re emo and you know it bang your head
if you’re always saying “Thanks Pete”
and your music taste can’t be beat
if you’re emo and you know it bang your head
Just realized Mike Naran played with Andy Black on 2017 Warped Tour
me: *looks up how to be mysterious*
The worst trick a childhood anxiety disorder pulls is, you spend your early years being applauded for being so much more mature than your peers, because you aren’t disruptive, you don’t want any kind of attention, you don’t express yourself, you keep yourself to yourself - this makes you a pleasure to have in class, etc etc - and you start to believe it’s virtue. But you’re actually way behind your peers in normal social development, and who knows if you can ever catch up.
This is flipping hurtful. I've been thinking about it for hours now and I still can't believe this is happening. Guess I'm losing faith in humanity again. Thanks a lot.