Swan Swan ([identity profile] swanswan.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2008-07-03 10:05 pm
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The Application Process by Kosher_Pareve (R)

This week is developing a theme! And that theme is: the overwhelming ridiculousness of one Gerard Way.

Fandom: Bandom (MCR focus)
Pairing: Gerard/Gerard

Length: 2,845 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] kosher_pareve

Why this must be read:

In this story, Gerard has to go back in time in order to get his younger self to go to college so that later, he can leave, get a job he hates, and then form My Chemical Romance and SAVE LIVES (tm). Simple! Somehow, this involves nudity:


Gerard’s teenaged self had been more hesitant to take off his clothes than he had been to believe Gerard’s story about motherfucking goddam time travel, but he has no trouble at all helping Gerard take off his.

“When do I get
collarbones?” And his voice is filled with enough hushed awe that Gerard has to bite his lip to keep from laughing out loud.



Truthfully, though, for srs, I would say that this story is brilliant because in the character of Gerard Way you have someone who was very very vulnerable, once, in a way a lot of us are or have been, where the possibility of failure is just terrifying enough to keep you paralysed. And so the what-if scenario the story presents hits home because it so easily could have gone the other way. We should take chances and follow our dreams you guys!!! Learn from time traveller Gerard!!!


The Application Process by Kosher_Pareve
turlough: purple crocuses (gerard way has the sweetest smile)

[personal profile] turlough 2008-07-04 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't worry, my niggling sense that something was wrong with the title gave me a chance to read the story once again :-)