i do understand that the whole song is kinda tongue-in-cheek but idk the bit they’re doing just isn’t that interesting or funny to me

(TO BE CLEAR: I AM NOT MAD AT GERARD WAY OR MCR. I AM NOT ATTEMPTING TO CANCEL THEM. MCR IS MY FAVORITE BAND EVER.)

and that’s kinda weird to me because i don’t see a way to read the actual meaning of that in the context of the song and performance that isn’t at least a little bit transmisognynistic.

but like. the clip of that lyric change was widely shared and celebrated as a Cool Moment. even a Cool Moment with Vague Transgender Implications.

to be clear, i don’t think gerard way *meant* any of these readings, I think they went on stage in a skirt for fun and thought “oh that still fits into the meter, it alliterates with the original word, that’d be fun”

2: worse, it’s a penis! and now we’ve constructed a recognizably transfem character that is particularly predisposed to sexual violence! which is even worse.

there are options.
1: it’s still a gun. but now we’ve constructed a recognizably transfem character that is particularly predisposed to mass violence.

what im interested in is, is there a good reading of the lyric change gerard way did when performing the song live in a skirt: “what you got under your skirt will make them pay for the things that they did.”

school shootings, which i think is misguided because mental health only is at best an incomplete picture. most school shooters are also some combination of racist and misogynistic, often with ties to specific alt-right movements. but the song was made in that media environment so whatever

anyway, on top of signing petitions and making payment processors know no peace: archive queer art!! it’s not difficult, you don’t have to have an archival and library sciences degree to do, just save it to a folder on a drive.

all the tagging and dating and shit can come later, the most important thing is just getting it saved somewhere is the most important thing.

anyway, on top of signing petitions and making payment processors know no peace: archive queer art!! it’s not difficult, you don’t have to have an archival and library sciences degree to do, just save it to a folder on a drive.