u/Dominik528

Something I've noticed is that Mikey's the only one who's appeared to acknowledge Gerard's puppet. Not only does he scratch its head when Gerard approaches him, but Mikey himself at times voluntarily goes for it (in one clip, lips reading, "He's such a good boy"). It's so cute, because it looks like he just became an uncle again. Then, I realized that it's even more heartwarming when you take it as him bonding over one of the only things that gives his brother solace in the Draag universe.

Something I noticed after Sylvia's appearance at Rockville was how, when she's being escorted back, she turns her face towards Mikey briefly after the audience. Mikey only has his head cast down, unable to look back. Meanwhile, Gerard was able to look at her as she left, along with the escort (even after being hit by her more than once).

Another thing was that at one of the previous shows that had Mikey spitting out his pill, I thought he was staring down the Clerk and Sylvia. But upon closer inspection, it seems like, again, he's unable to face her, when he knows she's upset. It's kind of like his trauma response.

Of all the problematic and questionable stuff Lyn-Z/Lindsey Way was complicit in or responsible for, it's baffling how her being a cyber bully is discussed the least. This woman used her popularity with young girls to befriend them online, gain their trust, and then turn her back on them by getting her friend group to fuck them over--endless harassment with mysterious back-up accounts, taunts, accusations, gaslighting and threats.

And it didn't stop there. Fans believe she went after her brother-in-law and his then-fiancee when a random Tumblr blog went live one day to expose this relationship. Lyn-Z made not-so-subtle rants on her Twitter that basically encouraged her fan base to go attack Mikey and Sarah; Sarah's drug addiction and self-esteem worsened, and Mikey suffered from depression and an overdose. When Mikey spoke up about the situation, he said it was "blatantly obvious" that this was started by "a very close friend" of his ex-wife.

From a *Kerrang!* article about the recording of My Chemical Romance's debut album, *I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love*.

Backstory: an ex-girlfriend of musician Peter Steele came forward on the Type O Negative subreddit about their relationship in the late '90s. The story deeply touched me, and I reached out to the user, asking if I could use her likeness to draw her and Peter as the Demolition Lovers. She gave her permission, and here's the result!

I remember not really looking forward to this activity, because it was chosen over what I would've wanted. But then I got the idea to draw Mikey & Gerard from their Mark Abrahams photoshoot, and now own my own Shrinky Dink kit!