Live From The Diner

Welcome, crash-queens and motor babies. Kobra Kid here. I'm here to answer any questions ya got about the Killjoys, the zones, Bat City, anything. Even if they're just personal, I'll answer them. Just don't ask too much about Power Pup. I know it's a 'take what you can get' food, but it is disgusting... Anyways, fill up that ask box, I wanna know what you wanna know. And unless I know you well enough I probably don't want to have sex with you. (Admin: I made a Twitter account! Mostly so I could make a periscope. If you wanna follow me go right ahead: @livefromthdiner)

[everythingstarstuff]

[michaelmilkers]

listen i know 2019 being the danger days year is kinda memey and all but if theres anything yall genuinely take away from this i want yall to be loud as fuck

go to that protest, punch that bigot, do that graffiti, fuck yeah, but this also goes out to the people who arent in a position to do those things

kiss your partner in public, dont let other people define the language you use for yourself, say “im gay/lesbian/bi/trans/etc” out loud even if its just in the mirror, break gender roles, hell!!! just wear those fucking shoes people say are tacky!!! cut holes in your jeans because you think it looks cool even though you’re embarrassed of what other people will think!!!! 

2019 is the year of making some goddamn noise in any way you can because all of it counts

gender is dead wear whatever you want be kind to your friends and take no shit!! welcome to the zones baby!!!!!!!!!!

[phase2-moved-deactivated2021073]

Friendly reminder that the future is bulletproof. The aftermath is secondary.

[2004warpedtour]

CALIFORNIA 2019

[askkobrakidanything]

MAKE SOME FUCKIN’ NOISE

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Gangs of the Zones

Heres the list so far (as requested by @mcrdeviantclub):

The Fabulous Four: Basically just Party Poison, Fun Ghoul, Kobra Kid and Jet Star.

The Killjoys: Basically what you see in the comic book so Val Velocity and all that lot.  The image of rebellion. Will fight all your bullshit.  Bright hair, fucking walking targets, provocative as fuck.  They’re the fighters, the rebels, the ones facing off against the scarecrows. Dye stains on their skin. 

Crash Queens: In my head these are kind of like flashy, drag-esque, shiny, hyper colour kids.  Metallic and acidic.  Melting red lips and blue eyelids.  On speed or some strong zone weed. Always on. Awake only on the highest frequency, fucking sky-high. Shiny. 

Motorbabies: Zonerats with a need for speed and motorbikes. Travel in packs like wolves.  Short tempered and sharp teeth, but are more flight than fight. Only ever seen on the horizon in a cloud of dust or downing paint stripper. (Kobra is kind of a motor baby) Need petrol like Ritalin Kids need drugs. Theres shit between the Motorbabies and the Top Fuel Dragsters as to who can scoop out wheres the petrols at. Bandanas and gang logos are big.

Ritalin Kids: Poor buggers hyped up and addicted to BL/ind drugs. They’re eyes are all pupil, manic, only focused on the next hit.  Aggressive but fragile, desperate flirts if you’ve got the stuff. Frightened sluts. 

Top Fuel Dragsters: Fast cars and burning rubber, driving into the sunset. Kids who want to drive away and leave tire tracks. Dirty, grease everywhere. Think gas masks and helmets. Trucker bodies, but strong as hell. Will win every fight, no question. ( Jet kind of has that Dragster feel) More lone rangers than Motor babies but have a long distant comradery.  

Maggot Babies: Punk rock kids hyped up on guitar static, the shiniest drugs and each others saliva. Sleep on the floor, packed like sardines.  Hug each other to death. Bruised and battered from the pits but so fucking worth it, there wasn’t music like this in Bat City. Cut their hair themselves. The musicians.  Devote followers of Mad Gear and the Missile kid, will do anything to get to a show. Sweat. Soft kisses. 

Skeleton Souls: Runaway kids, dirt is their skin, only bone. The ones who won’t make it, they’ll fade away into the sand and starve under the sun. Sad lost dreams. Phoenix Witch’s dream angels. 

The Drooges: Gun junkies.  Baseball bats and facepaint. Only want to fight don’t want to talk. After gore.  Think the zones are about anarchy, when the zones are about freedom. Deadly snippers. Weasels. Don’t cross. Trigger happy. 

Drifters: Nomads who travel the zones. Think tents and traps and war paint. Straight talkers.  Find at the black markets.  They have all the goods. You want to trade, go to them.  Rituals. Fire. Looking at the stars.  The whispers of the desert. 

Thats all I’ve got so far.  Hope you get the feel I’m visualising for each one. Feel free to message me with ideas, head canons, bits to add :) 

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Roller Rulers: Did you think Show Pony was the only one? Deadly motherfuckers on skates. You think you talk shit? Not even close. Dirtiest mouthes in the zones. Loud as fuck. Bruised from head to toe. Can take a punch as good as they throw ‘em. Roller Derby is one of the zones favourite sports, after racing that is. Every Zone Runners has their favourite teams, that won’t cause bar fights will it?

Monkey Kings: Sleazy, smooth talkers. Aren’t they sweating under those suits?  Headed up by The Killer King. Live in the shadows till they hear the right frequency then they’re monkeys on acid. Dancing like the dead. A blur.  Addicted to the Powder. Fast and now and immediate. Everything is so clear and shiny. Don’t cross them cause they will blackmail your ass into 3000 or fit you out in a body bag within the week.  Crime Lords.  Syndicates.

Ink Rats: Tattooed as fuck. Addicted to the pain.  Collected like medals, worn like armour.  Tattoos for them is what hair dye is for the Killjoys. Art BL/ind can never take away. A walking fuck you to monotony. The more you have the better. Higher in the hierarchy. Different areas and zones have their own symbols so you can tell where someones been from their ink. Some have Drac Down tallies, how many S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W’s they’ve taken out. The artists. The quite individuals.

The Vicious Ladies of Zone Three: Mentioned by Dr D on twitter.  Badass girl gang.  Do no cross. Take lost girls who have been used up by S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W’s. Will protect them with their lives.  Load and proud. Screaming at the city.  Constantly fighting the Draculoids, doing it for the fun of it. Lets Kill tonight.

Tech brains and Microchips: Hackers and coders, like Anonymous. Have their bases set up and don’t really leave them. Plugged in. Tuned in.  Taking down the technology which made BL/ind strong.  Viruses in Bat City.  Deadly. Total Fire Sale. (The name was mentioned by Dr D on twitter)

The Burners: Artists of the zones. Spray paint, the brightest colours, the wildest souls.  Its a rite of passage for new zone rats to go to the Burners to get their name and their symbol. They design tattoos. They’re the ones who are in the graffiti war on Bat City’s wall.  As soon as BL/ind can clear it, they can spray it. Colours in the wind. Never sleep. They’ve got to create. Art is the weapon.  Art is utopia. (credit totally to @still-lost-in-stereo, awesome idea.) (Also a burner is the name for a large, elaborate work of graffiti, so thats where the reference comes from)

[nevergenders-moved]

normal person entering 2019: another year, another -

mcr fuckers entering 2019: *kicking down the door* anarchist revolution

[voidzoid]

some poisons ft angst

[000thestatic]

hey to all the desert dwellers and lifestyle sellers out there, shadow crystal clocking in here on the night shift to remind you all that the first episode of 000: The Static is coming soon (or is it? who can tell anymore) so put us in your station presets (or follow, whichever you prefer) and get ready to hear the slaughtomatic sounds of sunshine soldier bumping through your speakers and soundtracking your time in the zones

[askkobrakidanything]

Okay.- ♦️Diamond Punk♦️

I do appreciate the offer, really, I just don’t think I could leave my crew for some other reality. Who knows what kind of reality we’d go to, we could end up going somewhere they don’t exist. I don’t think I wanna go to that reality.Still, if I ever decide I wanna visit something somewhere, you’re the first one I’ll come to.

[askkobrakidanything]

Hey kobra, ever since the Chemical incident that I had since bli/nd captured and did some crazy sh*t on me before my gang busted me out, I’ve been able to go to different realities. Like there’s this one where everything’s old but futuristic at the same time, other one where it’s futuristic in general, Another where it’s Halloween 24/7, a pirate one. Lastly, there’s this one where your gang is a circus act. When I start traveling again, wanna join me? It’s actually fun to be in another world.-♦️

Hey Diamond ♦️Different realities, you say? Huh...interesting. You said we’re a circus act? What kind? Who does what? I bet the others would like to know, sounds like a sight to see. Always wondered what’s going on inside Parallel-Universe-Kobra’s head. Maybe one of those...nevermind.Still, that’s pretty shine. And thanks for thinkin’ of me, but I think I’m gonna have to turn down your offer and stay in the reality I kind of have a grip on. For now, at least; that Halloween All The Time reality sounds pretty tempting too. If I ever change my mind, I’ll let you know.

[thehorrcr]

Not to be Emo, but we all know that the killjoy universe takes places in 2019, and we all talk about how we wanna do somethin’ for that year that involves the Danger Days era. Perhaps, that means making next year all about fucking fighting? Not to be cheesy, but the entirety of Danger Days is living life in color, after years of being angry, it’s about letting go, it’s about survival. Like, okay, the whole premise and motto of the killjoys that lived in the zones, was to fuck shit up, despite things being shitty. If you REALLY wanna celebrate that whole concept next year, then just make the entirety of 2019 about fighting back. Wear bright colors, stay shiney, bite back when your demons try to take you alive, and always, always, always, keep running.

[clementinecomics]

this drawing……..was the cause of my untimely demise……

it literally took me 21 H O U R S….

so take the killjoys and a bunch of detail shots 

anyway im going to go let my soul erode after this

[9voltsurgery]

…yeah i’d say so

[deactivated759365]

Explaining the world of the Killjoys in complete and total detail.

[theyvegotussurrounded]

desert-revolution:

youwouldrebeltoanything:

DANGER DAYS EXPLAINED

This better get so many fukken notes, I swear to god. It’s going to be very long and my sources as I go or at the end. Let’s do this.

Part One: The Plot

The Killjoy storyline was created by Gerard Way, the lead singer of MCR who is also a comic book author (The Umbrella Academy- award winning comic book currently in process of being made into a film).

Danger Days: The setting is 2019 in the California desert. A disaster (Most likely a war, referred to as the Fire Wars) has taken place and now we are in the post-apocalyptic Californian desert. The Government is run by a company called Better Living Industries, located in the heart of Battery City. Their world is literally black and white – their logos, their ray-guns (the primary weapon of choice), their clothes, even the draculoids (masked vampires of sorts, soulless employees of BL/i). Their leader The Exterminator, or is Korse (played by Grant Morrison in the videos). BL/i market a drug that artificially creates feeling of happiness – eliminating the need to do anything real in life anymore, or experience anything enjoyable. The pills are the main way BL/i employs mind control to the masses (also used are mind control videos with hypnotic designs and a calm female voice saying “everything is perfect” and similar things). The logo on the pill bottle shows just a happy face. bli has slogans like “we can fix you, ” “building a better you,” “everything is perfect,” “love is a pill.” this keeps the citizens under their control and blind to what is really going on (reflected by the way the BL/i logo is printed as BL/ind, the better living being bold and blocking site of the fact that it’s an industry).

Those not under the control and on the run from BL/i industry are the killjoys. The killjoys are the survivalists, the one trying to bring the truth, no matter how bad it is, thus being a “killjoy” in the literal sense, destroying the notion that everything is perfect as BL/i portrays it to be. Their world is dirty, fast, colorful and violent – abandoned buildings, graffiti, brightly colored masks, ray guns and biker jackets. it is unknown if the killjoys are the heroes or the villains – they are just trying to survive and get the truth out there. 

One way of doing this is through the illegal radio broadcasts of Dr. Death-Defying (Played by Steve Righ). Dr. Death-Defying broadcasts “transmissions” on his pirate radio station, and is accompanied by his assistant – the roller-skating, polka-dot tight –wearing young man named Show Pony (Played by Ricky Rebel). Dr. Death defying clearly has been though the disaster in some way or another, as he gets around in a motorized wheelchair.

The killjoys are the four members of my chemical romance. They have aliases or “killjoy names” (Gerard Way is Party Poison, Frank Iero is Fun Ghoul, Mikey Way is Kobra Kid, and Ray Toro is Jet Star). Posters are up around the city with their four faces on them, covered in a red x and a black bar that reads “Exterminate.” They are wanted for A) not cooperating with BL/i’s plans of mind control and B) trying to expose BL/i for what they really are, thus the reason why they are always on the run. They travel in a vintage trans-am that is painted with the widow spider logo, and american flag, and the word vaya (spanish for “go”) the car is covered in slogans – the front window reads bulletproof, the back reads look alive sunshine, and stickers from the radio station are stuck on the back bumper. They travel with an unidentified ten year old girl (played by Grace Jeanette Clark). Her relationship to the killjoys is unknown as of yet – but she seems particularly close to party poison, as he is the one who hugs her during the rescue in the sing video and is also the one who opens his eyes and looks at her being kidnapped at the end of the na na na video.

(^^^ Jet Star, Party Poison, Kobra Kid, Fun Ghoul)

In the “Na Na Na” music video we are introduced to their world. We see ray gun battles between the killjoys and the draculoids. We see korse in the BL/i car (black with the same smiley face logo) and the dracs (a shortened way of saying draculoids) on motorbikes chasing the trans-am. The video ends with a showdown between the killjoys versus Korse and the dracs. Korse kidnaps the little girl as a warning to the killjoys for their incompliance with BL/i. The killjoys are sprawled out on the ground but Party Poison opens his eyes to see her struggling to get away from a draculoid and korse delivers a chilling message: “Keep running.”

The next music video, “Sing”, takes place immediately after the Na Na Na video. the killjoys break into BL/i headquarters to rescue the little girl. They do not enter undetected however, as we see them on the surveillance screens. They are being watched by the draculoids and an asian woman (played by Airi Isodo) who is the spokes woman for BL/i (also reffered to as The Director) who are in the same room as the little girl. The killjoys storm the building and rescue the little girl. Before they can leave the building, they fight a battle with the dracs and Korse. Party Poison shoots one drac and lifts it’s mask to find the familiar face of Cherri Cola, a former killjoy and friend of Party who was captured by BL/i. While Party is in a state of shock, Korse takes advantage and pins Party Poison against a wall, smiles, and shoots him in the neck, up through the chin. He slumps against the wall. 

Kobra Kid is shot next and falls to the ground, but not before injuring Korse by shooting him in the leg. Fun ghoul shoves jet star and the little girl out the door and blocks the door as he continues fighting, giving them a better chance for escape. He too, falls from a bullet wound. Jet Star and the little girl make a break for the van with the rescue team inside but Jet Star is shot. Dr. Death Defying’s van pulls up and the little girl escapes with Dr.D, show pony, and an as yet unidentified woman assumed to be DJ Hot Chimp, another character. The video ends with Party Poison being zipped up in a white body bag and the asian woman watching the rescue van driven off. It is unknown at this point if the killjoys are dead. We know this storyline is set to be at least a three part music video series. Gerard Way posted a picture online of him in the body bag with the caption “Killjoys never die”. A clue, perhaps, to what will happen next. There is also a line in the song “Save Yourself, I’ll hold them back” from the album that contains the line “We can live forever if you’ve got the time.”

Part Two: The Characters

Though they were briefly explained above, it’s time for a more in depth look with pictures and shit. Also, some characters have an official twitter run by some of the people working with Gerard on the actual Danger Days comic book series!

1. Party Poison

Played by: Gerard Way, lead singer of My Chemical Romance 

Team: Killjoys

Symbol: 

Extra Character info: Leader of the Killjoys.

Fun Facts: Gerard felt guilty because he liked his name so much that he wanted to rename an old song they wrote, Death Before Disco, Party Poison. He ended up calling Frank about it, asking him if it was okay, and Frank’s reaction was “Dude. I really don’t care.” 

Official twitter account: http://twitter.com/#!/partypoison

2. Fun Ghoul

Played by: Frank iero, guitarist of My Chemical Romance

Team: Killjoys

Symbol:

Extra Character info: N/A

Fun facts: The original killjoy names were meant to just be the names of their guns, so Frank named his ray gun Fun Ghoul. He didn’t realize he would be stuck with being called Fun Ghoul. 

3. Kobra Kid

Played by: Mikey Way, bassist of My Chemical Romance

Team: Killjoys

Symbol: 

Extra Character info: Knows Kung Foo and has a short temper

Fun Facts: Most fans agree that the scene where Kobra tries to rescue Party in the Sing music video reflects when Mikey died in The Ghost Of You video as Gerard watched.

4. Jet Star

Played by: Ray Toro, guitarist of My Chemical Romance

Team: Killjoys

Symbol:

Extra Character info: Ray expressed that he didn’t feel like he was playing a character, that the personality of Jet Star was just himself (but then again, Mikey doesn’t actually know kung foo ;)

Fun Facts: Gerard said that inspiration for Ray’s costume came from just seeing him play onstage, picturing him as a space dude in a jacket 

5. The Girl

Played by: Grace Jeanette, upcoming actress

Team: Killjoys

Extra Character info: We know she’s a 10 year old girl. We can also assume that her parents are dead because in the Nanana music video she delivered a letter to a mailbox that is used for “sending” letters to the dead. Though some incorrectly assume her name is “Missle Kid” because of The Mad Gear and Missle Kid EP that MCR released, we know this isn’t true because Gerard said The Mad Gear and Missle Kid was the name of a Killjoy Band (a possible reflection of MCR)

Fun facts: Grace sang a cover of Nanana and it’s really good. She even replaced “Drugs” and “Fuck” with “Hugs.” Freaking adorable. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3d6FjEo_U0

6. Korse

Played by: Grant Morrison, a well known Comic Book writer

Team: Better Living Industries

Extra Character Info: He is the the top of the pyramid in terms of Better Living Industries security, above any units (S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W, dracs, ect) and known as The Exterminator. He is in charge of keeping the desert clean by killing killjoys or forcing them out of the zones.

Fun Facts: Gerard Way is a HUGE fan of Grant’s work and described meeting him for the first time years ago as his only truly starstruck moment. 

7. Dr. Death Defying

Played by: Steve Righ? of Mindless Self Indulgence

Team: Killjoys

Extra Character info: Dr. D is the DJ of the pirate radio station that you hear in the Danger Days tracks “Look alive sunshine,” “Jet-Star and the kobra Kid/Traffic Report,” and “Goodnight Dr. Death.” He uses a motor wheelchair to get around.

Fun Facts: Mindless Self Indulgence is Gerard’s wife’s band

Official Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/drdeathdefying

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Other Characters:

Show Pony

Played by Ricky Rebel. Killjoy, also known as Lady Boy.

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The Director

Played by Airi Isodo, works for Better Living Industries. See “BL/I Website” section below for more detail on her

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DJ Hot CHimp

Granted, we don’t know if this is actually DJ Hot Chimp or not. But it’s pretty safe to assume when you look at the twitter accounts. Killjoy, actress unknown at the moment (update later?)

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/DJHotCHIMP

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Cherri Cola

Cherri is played by Jimmy Urine, the lead singer of Mindless Self Indulgence. Cherri is not a main character at all, but he’s very interesting because he has two twitter accounts, one being of when he was a killjoy and the other being when he became a drac (something really changed when he became a drac, was it surgery to remove his soul? Pills that made him forget what he once was? We don’t know)

Cherri’s Killjoy twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/AgentCherriCola

Cherri’s twitter as “Gary Levco” of BL/i: http://twitter.com/#!/GaryLevko

A few weeks ago it seems like Cherri’s old killjoy twitter account was reactivated… by who? Is it really Cherri? Is he actually dead from when Party shot him, maybe the ray guns don’t kill at all, or are the twitter accounts now entirely revolving around the books instead of the band’s music videos? 

Note: Ignore the tweets about Alice, that was nothing to do with the killjoy world, they were tweets to try and get a girl who had cancer trending on twitter because it was on her bucket list.

OTHER TWITTER ACCOUNTS:

NewsAGoGo! Basically this is the best spot for getting info about what’s going on in the zones: http://twitter.com/#!/NewsAGoGo

Tommy, a killjoy who lists items up for sale: http://twitter.com/#!/TommyChowMein

Bob Filmore, a BL/i employee who befriended “Gary Levko.” Newsagogo tweeted about Bob’s death being broadcast and Bob’s last tweet was a picture of a bloody hand, so I guess we can assume he’s dead: http://twitter.com/#!/BobFillmore

Part Three: The Dictionary

It’s surprisingly important to understand the slang of the zones because it pops up in a lot of songs on the Danger Days record. Wether it’s Battery City being mentioned in Nanana or The Getaway mile and Laser beams being sung about in Bulletproof Heart, it’s pretty crucial to get the vocab down if you really want to know what the hell they’re referring to in these songs.(Source: http://fuckyeahmcrquotes.tumblr.com/post/4778669043/killjoy-danger-days-dictionary-with-definitions)

411 n. Information on something or an update, eg: “Update please… need a four and double ones.” Probably derived from 4-1-1, the telephone number for local directory assistance in the US and Canada.  Battery City n. The city that contains BL/ind’s operating base. Situated in California. BLI or BL/ind n. Shortened forms of Better Living Industries, Battery City’s ruling corporation; “firmly believe in the sanctity of monochromaticism”. They’re what the killjoys are rebelling against. Carbons n. Money/dollars, eg: “These jokers are asking 15k carbons for an Individual.” Shortened to ‘c’. Clap n. Fight, often (but not always) between killjoy and Draculoid. Costa Rica adj. Means crazy or bad, eg: “the fight went Costa Rica”. Often used like ‘go all Costa Rica’ or ‘went all Costa Rica’. Crash Queen n. Daredevil. Often (but not always) refers to killjoys with an unhealthy taste for speed; a thrill-seeker. Refers to males and females despite the ‘queen’. Also ‘Crash Kids’. Dead Pegasus n. The dominant gas station company; popular because it always has a steady supply of gas. Most likely a reference to Mobil, an American gas company who has an iconic Pegasus logo.

Dust n. Dead, eg: “She’s dust by now”.

Dusted v. Killed, eg: “He got dusted out in Zone 3”, “I dusted a couple of Dracs earlier”.  Dust Angel n. Another name for a resident of the zones. Used by Gerard Way and Dr. Death Defying. Drac/Draculoid n. Vampire-masked killjoy killers employed by BL/ind; love to party/have a good time.

Exterminator n. The highest level of scarecrow operatives. Korse is the ‘chief exterminator’ according to Gerard. Firefight n. Fight involving ray-guns.

Flies n. Tiny cameras used to spy on people by BL/ind which look exactly like normal flies. Getaway Mile n. Another name for Route Guano, the main road through the zones.

Ghost v. Kill.

Ghosted adj. Dead. Usually refers to someone who was murdered or killed, eg: “The only good Drac is a ghosted Drac.” Helium Wars n. Wars that occurred in 2012, maybe interlocked with the ‘Great Fires of 2012’? BL/ind was established shortly after. Hit the Red Line v. Literally driving so fast and for so long that you ‘hit the red line’ of your car’s fuel gauge. Refers to running away from something; moving out. Hyper-Thrust n. A nightclub, most likely situated out in the Zones. Individual, The n. BL/ind’s ray-guns, sold online via the BL/i website (constantly sold-out.) Cost $14,999.99 or ‘15k carbons’. Motorbabies n. Kids on the run, children of the carburetor. Survivors, with ammunition and a love for speed. Often a gearhead or someone living a life roaming around the zones in their car. Also ‘Motorgoblins’. Mousekat n. BL/ind’s mascot, as seen in their ‘The Miracle Worker’ video. Party Poison wears a heavily-modified Mousekat head in parts of the ‘Na Na Na’ video.

Pig n. Generic and derogatory term for scarecrow operatives or BL/ind police.

Pig Bomb n. Occured in 2017 and involved pigs. Perhaps to do with this article? There isn’t much information. Retinal Resorts n. Resorts operated by BL/ind where “everybody is famous”; you can go there to be treated and relax. Ritalin Rat n. Someone who relies heavily on the drugs doled out by BL/ind. Usually addicted to these narcotics.

Rt. Gueno n. The road to Battery City, also known as The Getaway Mile

Rubberburner n. See Motorbabies. Drive so fast that they ‘burn rubber’, slang for destroying tyres. Scarecrow n. Refers to BL/ind’s security department (Scarecrow Unit) or operatives of it. The operatives are of higher rank than the Draculoids and are above the police. Shiny adj. Awesome, solid (slang), outstanding, cool, eg: “That new raygun you got off that ghosted Drac is fucking SHINY.” Tumbleweed n. Someone who wanders in the zones. Usually a killjoy/smuggler. Upthrust v. Turn up. Zaps n. Slang for ray-gun or a laser-blaster. Run on batteries.

Zones n. There are six in rings around Battery City. The zones are often subject to acid rain and adverse weather conditions and are basically desert wasteland that are only inhabited by Killjoys and the BL/ind operatives trying to track them down. Here is a map.

Zone Rat n. Resident of the zones.

Zonerunner n. Person who spends time in the zones; includes smugglers. Also ‘Zonehopper’.

Alright, you holding up in there? I told you this would be a long post. Here’s some sexiness to keep you interested

Yum. On to the next part, this is where it gets REALLY interesting

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Part Four: The Better Living website and Transmissions

Let’s start out with the BL/i website. http://betterlivingindustries.com/

The website home features a video with the director informing you about the goals of Better Living Industries. 

There is a similar video on the better living merch page where the director expresses how buying BL/i products increases peace of mind. You can check it and the products out here: http://betterlivingindustries.com/product.html

The REAL chilling part of the website is the mission statement:

Welcome to Better Living Industries, where dreams can be fulfilled, if your monetary ranking is deemed acceptable. We at Better Living Industries have been dedicated to a clean and structured lifestyle since the great fires of 2012. Bleaching the Zones and the quantitative analysis of the population have been effective means of ridding you, the consumer, of the unwanted waste. We, the organization, firmly believe in the sanctity of monochromaticism. By organizing the organisms we have revealed life’s true hidden values and discovered ways to attain and monetize that value. So ask yourself this, “Why Try?” Simply kick back and let BLI wash the grime out of your world. You have the means, you live to buy, why not buy to live a color-free existence. Through commerce and the correct combination of medication BLI has to offer, you too can be a happy well adjusted part of the populous. Long gone are the inefficient days when the consumer needed love, sex, makeup, or reassurance… these lustful idiosyncrasies left you feeling empty, tired, and weak. But now, you too can be fulfilled! Fill your heart with synthetic happiness, erase pain with ease, digitize your memories, and protect your interests with customizable blasters all at our one stop shop. Don’t let the world get you down. Instead, bring the world down to your level! Tired from a long day out on the Zones? Need a few laughs? Dinner and a beer with an old friend? Don’t be silly. These antique emotions are worthless and in the long run will never fully complete you! Human contact is pointless and holds no equity. Can you resell a friendship? Can you trade in your mothers love for a transportation upgrade? No, you can not. When the people we claim to love fade, their price point becomes null and void. Never again waste precious time building false cathedrals. 9 out of 10 relationships conclude leaving little to no resale value and end up weighing the consumer down. Better Living Industries is the only friend you will ever need, and with no emotional strings attached our medicinal companionship package will never leave you longing for true love or affection ever again. So curl up next to a warm blaster, pop a capsule, and thank the heavens for the corporation who cares for you…in an affordable little bottle! Join the BLI Medication of the month club and try new mental vacations every week. Take a trip through time and space all while never leaving the comfort of your BLI sleep pod. Don’t pack a bag, no need for airfare folks, leave your troubles behind and let BLI medications take care of the rest. 5star pills now available, treating your psyche to never before experienced levels of comfort and cosmopolity. At BLI Retinal Resorts everyone is famous, kick off your boots and take a pill. We look forward to treating you. You may say, “OK BLI, well it seems like you have everything i could ever need in this life taken care of, but what about my needs after this life? Surely Better Living industries has not thought of everything?” Well ladies and gentleman, we wouldn’t call it a one stop shop if we didn’t! So when talking with a BLI representative about your Reality Dependance don’t forget to ask him/her about our brand new Soul Protection Plan. You trust us with every aspect of your lives, why not your afterlife? Let BLI be your God, sign up now to secure your place at the right hand side of the future!

*Shivers* Creepy stuff, huh? TIme for TRANSMISSIONS

The transmissions were all released on the My Chemical Romance site at various times before the record was released. You can either check them out on the site (click the transmission TV) to view all of them (they play in random orders) OR you can view the playlist I made of the ones that were released on youtube.

Creepy creepy shit.

And now, the moment you have all been waiting for… I’m actually going to post the music videos now :’) Bahaha! It’s only fair, now you can experience them and know what’s going on :’) I saw Nanana for the first time and was SORELY confused, so let’s do this right!

Part Five: The Music Videos

And I’m going to post the Director’s version of Sing better because it pertains to the storyline better (dramatic pauses of music and shit, it’s not the best if you’re in it for the music but it’s the best for understanding the storyline)

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Part Six: Behind the Scenes of the music videos + Concept Art

(^^^ Press 7 until your heart is content)

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Gerard Way’s original drawings:

 Part Seven: So what the HELL does all this mean?

Many fans have delved behind the music videos and storyline to try and figure out what all of this means. Take a look at what fans have to say:

I was confused when I read this for the first time. I thought, “Wait, aren’t we all supposed to be killjoys?” Then I thought, no, we aren’t. I’ve always thought that the Killjoys are supposed to be this alternative personality for us. But I’ve just realised that they aren’t the alternate, they’re the initial. The Killjoy inside us is our instinct to destroy everything that comes our way. What Danger Days is telling us is that we have to be brave and strong enough to stop the destructive machine inside us and be a human being, not a Killjoy. We have to preserve, not destroy. We have to save the world, not blow it up. It’s telling us to take off the masks that we’ve been wearing for years and to turn the world into something beautiful rather than something ugly.” (Source: http://blissfulblitz.tumblr.com/post/4008993762)

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the slogan “art is the weapon against life as a symptom” pertains to my chemical romance’s music in the real world. using their music as a “weapon” to the current music that is out there, and taking pop music and changing it up and making it fresh and new, so pop is no longer frowned upon as a genre. it can also be used to describe how the use of art keeps a person from having a boring, uneventful life and the importance of creating. (read almost any current interview with the band and you’ll better understand what they mean.) it also can pertain to the usage of color and life in the killjoys’ world as being a “weapon” against the black and white mind control. the slogan “the aftermath is secondary” pertains to the life of the killjoys – do what you have to even if it results in danger or death – and also the concept of bli using mind control to prevent people from doing things, making a consequence/end result unimportant or secondary

(I can’t find the source but here’s the post I also used a bunch of it in the explaining the killjoys stuff but I added and changed incorrect information and made the grammar correct http://heartattackinredhairdye.tumblr.com/post/1662450697/explaining-the-killjoys-california-2019)

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On the Sing: Director’s cut video:

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I hope you enjoyed, and I hope you know fully understand the Danger Days plot. If anyone has extra info they want me to add please hit my ask box. If There’s a gif of yours that I grabbed off google let me know, I’ll give you credit. Enjoy.

You have my total respect man

@ask–partypoison

[oh--boi]

I feel blessed

[zonesnake]

All jokes aside, though? They’re all a guy could ever need, and I’d get ghosted for any of them without a moment’s hesitation. The boys are my friends, family, lifeline - wouldn’t have it any other way.

[zonebunny]

I’d be willing to bet 50 carbons that Kobra owns a shirt that has ‘Kobra Fuckin’ Kid’ on it