stay still and breathe

[harborshore]

So there's something I can say now that I couldn't say before this weekend. It was good to be up here, good to get time to think, and now I just have a tiny thing I'd like to ask for, on behalf of myself and a lot of others who are hurt and sad and bewildered by the events of the last few days.

In order to do this, I would like to propose a thought experiment.

Imagine, for example, that it was Frank who had left MCR, mostly without an explanation. And then imagine that Leathermouth didn't exist, and Skeleton Crew was run by someone entirely different, so you weren't exactly sure what was going to happen to him. Now ponder what your reaction might be like, and that's probably pretty close to how some of us are feeling.

And I'm saying this because I'm trying to explain what it was like for us to find out that rumor was real. Emotional reactions aren't necessarily logical, and they're not necessarily fair, but they are what they are. The thing is, we think it's wonderful that you guys are able to be sad but calm, excited about the record and supportive of the band (I really do mean that), but we're not there yet. We need some time to be sad and we need some time to be angry and to ache for the music that will be without someone whose influence on the sound we really loved, before we can figure out how we feel about everything else. I trust we can have that, yeah?

So much love, dearlings.

Comments

[wasoncedelight.livejournal.com]

Of course you can have that. And believe me, I'm still plenty sad and angry and achy for how different the music and the sound and the energy on stage will be without Bob. Maybe I'm just too diplomatic, even when I'm heartbroken. But you'll figure out how you feel about things (I'm still muddling through myself), and then go from there. That's all any of us can really do, isn't it? ♥

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

It really is all we can do. ♥ I don't know where I'll end up yet, but I was starting to feel like I was expected to move on, and, you know. No.

[wasoncedelight.livejournal.com]

I don't expect anyone to feel any particular way, and I have no expectation of anyone--myself included--moving on or doing anything except at their own pace and in their own time.

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

And that is why I love you. (Also, I love that icon.)