I don't think people who come from wattpad after the purge and now want ao3 to have its own official app understand that one of the main reasons behind the recent wattpad purge that drove them to ao3 was due to pressure from appstore demanding wattpad to be more strict and follow appstore's policy. wattpad complied in order for its app to be able to remain on appstore. thus the wattpad purge.
ao3 doesn't have an app because for it to have an app, appstore will have to approve it first. and if, hypothetically, ao3 needs appstore to approve it, it will also have to abide by appstore's pro-censorship stance and start banning dark and taboo fics, which is against its own core principle of being completely against censorship.
ao3 doesn't need an app. it works more than fine without an app. the reason ao3 can allow dark and taboo fics, the reason it can allow the most disgusting and shockingly vile fics, and be completely against censorship is because it doesn't need appstore's approval. it stands on its own as a non-profit organization with functioning site and a team of lawyers protecting its platform, its users, and every single fanwork on its platform.
everybody say thank you ao3
here's the list of things you need to know about ao3 if you're new to the platform
One of the most annoying genres of people on the internet are people who act like they believe science is one single monolithic thing. Like, you'll see an article saying something like "scientists studying the movement of tectonic plates", and then in the comments there'll be several smug people saying "smh why are scientists doing this instead of finding a cure for cancer", like. Why would a geologist be doing that.
Sometimes your bad coworker will be like "I can't do anything right & I ruin everything I touch :(" and you can't even comfort them because like damn. Yeah. You really can't do anything right and you do ruin everything you touchāļø
just watched a tiktok where someone was approached by a some people who were asking questions about mcr and the tour lore and so the person explained using the term āsex hospitalā come to find out the people who were asking questions are friends with tucker. So.
Between-songs Transcript - New York City, USA (9 August 2026)
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FIRST SET
[before Draag national anthem]
[Projection Guy]: Hello my friends, and good morning. It is another beautiful day in Draag. A chance, once more, to get things right; and push beyond our best. So, rise with the sun, and take your medication. Here is your schedule for today, and we will start by observing the Draag National Anthem.
[before disappear]
[Gerard]: I canāt see you, but I can hear you.
[before sharpest lives]
[Gerard]: Hello!
[before wttbp]
[Projection Guy]: The humorous thing about learning to be what you hate, and learning to do what you fear; is that someone youāve been your whole life, doing something youāve always been good at, could feel so entirely new. That brutality so second-nature could feel so alien, so foreign to you, itās astounding to witness first-hand. So letās remind you, for a moment, exactly what you are, and the thing that you do best. The lesson is: a man knows how to forgive, but a leader knows how to instruct. And since through pain we learn, letās be student, then be a teacher. Now, take your place, use your words, and produce for the crowd a respite.
[before cancer]
[narrated from Clerk reading postcard]: Hello from Gubrick. Itās really not that bad here. You donāt notice the smell after a few days. Sadly, thereās nothing I can do for you. All my love, Dad.
[mama interlude]
[introducing dagger part]
[Gerard]: Mama! Hi! Hello! How you doinā tonight?! Itās nice to be here, you guys are looking good! Yeah, weāwe came from pretty far away, you know? Been on airplanes, they served too many drinks, you know how it gets, you start flying the plane! Anybody ever fly the plane before? Weāre not just musicians. We tell jokes. Yeah, I know, itās funny stuff. Funny stuff. But weāre gonna sing right now. Itās somethingāa little something that goes like this, Iāll tell you all about it.
[introducing dr. Sylvia and counting her in]
[Gerard]: Weāre also magicians, like I said. Yeah, I know. I know! This lovely young woman right here is our assistant, ācause we do a lot of magic tricks, you know! Poof! Goodbye! Poof, poof! Goodbye! Heehee! I love to drive a car. You know? Iād love toāblaa! So, she is going to let us make her disappear. Pretty spectacular. We make that pretty good in New York[?]. Anyway, of course, we need to say the magic words, right? Or numbers. Iām gonna show them to you right now. Weāre gonna practice them, it goes like this, are you ready? I say one, two, you say one-two-three-four. Letās do it again. Youāre really good, we can get it louder though, are you ready? I said one, two, you sayā¦ now, this time, for real. Are you ready?
[mama outro]
[Gerard]: [laughing] [laughing hysterically] [sobbing] that was great! That was so great! Thank you, doctor! That was soā¦ [laughing] so great! Here, do you wantāyou can have them. That bad. Yes, very special. Thank you! [laughing]
[during big sky]
[Projection Guy]: There is a planet, so it spins. And itās moving so fast, itās not worried at all. Very busy. People, people hurry. And the child who has the chalk, and sang: let me sing. So we see them. We say, let me see who loves you. And the chalk, it moves in a circles. Many circles, great big circles! Hugging arms and smiling eyes! And what of the child? Letās subtract. And again. And what if we subtract them all? Who is left to love you? There is only the hands that wipe the chalk clean.
[before sleep]
[Projection Guy]: And I feel, all this time you are making drawings someone else must now erase. But Iām glad that we are friends, and that now you understand. This is the worst day of your life, but the first day of yourself.
[before disenchanted]
[Projection Guy]: Come close, my friend, I say. But, no, weāve never met. They gave to me a picture, and Iāve had it quite some time. In fact, before you said a word, Iāve always heard your voice. Have you heard mine? That makes me smile. There is one last seat. And one more ticket. Itās hiding in your coat. Yes, you. You are here. So take your seat, get comfy, here is my hand.
[before famous last words]
[Real Boy]: A figure sits in a chair made of wood. And itās sobbing. You think itās you. Youāre pretty sure itās you. But itās weak. Itās broken. And itās covered in gasoline. Now, picture yourself lighting a match.
SECOND SET
[before not okay]
[Gerard]: New York, how the fuck are you? Yo, fuckinā top notch job, all around, on the A-side. We were supposed to be playing in prison on that, so, you guys arenāt all supposed to be here, you know? We gotta, likeāanyway. But itās all getting fucked up, anyway. At least if youāre paying attention to the show. And not fucked up like itās bad, or uncomfortable, you know, maybe. Letās keep fucking going, I wanna try keep it going today, not because Iām in a rush, or anything, [indistinct], but letās get some momentum going. I was thinking about this song, like, fuck, I gotta really come up with another intro, but, I mean, it is the greatest summer jam of all time, so. Letās fucking do it. Letās go with that.
[before give āem hell kid]
[Gerard]: Fuck yeah. Fuck yeah! This is a beautiful place, by the way. Beautiful, beautiful fucking stadium. Itās, like, one of those scenarios where, likeāobviously, thāthere are a lot of you, but, you feel close, ācause of the way itās, like, we were saying, itās like the Colosseum? Where they would use lions to kill people, but youāyou know, you guys are really nice to us, so. Anyway. Um, I wanna do some thank-yous really quick. And, uh, we wanna thank from the bottom of our hearts, really, so fucking honoured to have Franz Ferdinand playing with us tonight, [indistinct]. Think I remember this interview backstage, it was some show in LA, it was, like, House of Blues, something, and this song āTake Me Outā had just came out, and I could not fucking handle myself. It was like aāI, these days, call them a ābreak a window songāāI could just, like, I canāt control myself, and Iāll just break a fucking window. Like, uh, uh, āWelcome To The Jungleā, that song. Gotta be away from glass, man. Iāll think of other ones. But anyway. Please make some noise for this motherfucker right here, Jarrod Alexander, [indistinct], hell yeah. Make some noise for Jamie Muhoberac. [indistinct] fucking genius. I wanna take this opportunity also to thank the Draag National Auxiliary Band, like I always do, we have a special guest tonight, too, so please make some noise for Clarice Jensen, Kayleigh Goldsworthy, Tucker Rule, and for Cheech fucking Iero. [indistinct] As always, the cast, the crew, thank you so very fucking much. [indistinct] thank you for spending your morning, afternoon, evening with us, letās fucking go. This songās off Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, itās called āGive āEm Hell, Kidā!
[before summertime]
[Gerard]: Fuck yeah. Fuck yeah. Ah, here comes a lighter song. Iām old, so IāllāIāll say that thing, ohh, theyāre not lighters anymore, itās, handcomputers. Your phones, you know. Man, phones fuck my brain up. My brain is fucked up. Phones. Anyway. Let me see your lights in the air, this songās off Danger Days. Itās called āSummertimeā.
[before heaven help us]
[Gerard]: What do we got? Oh, yeah. Uhhāoh. Oh, fuck yeah. This is exciting.
[before na na na]
[Gerard]: That was fucking awesome, thank you guys. That fuckingāthat was probably my favourite time we did that. For a second I was thinking, ah, shit, the songās started, Iām already singing, Iām like, I didnāt tell them this was a B-side off Black Parade, just in case, just in case you donāt know this, but you guys knew what it was, that was really cool, fucking awesome. Whatās that? Yeah, yeaātheāoh, real quick, I wanna talk about the Mets. Because, yo, the Mets are really important to me and Mikey, and, uh, anyways, because, we fucking grew up, and the big thing was the fucking ā86 Mets. They had this thing in Atlantic City with the ā69 Mets during that period, because, like, everybody was just so fucking amped out on fucking Mets, and, then, like, Tug McGraw, all these, like, old players from ā69, they were really fucking awesome, and we just worshipped the fucking ā86 Mets. I used to play baseball, but. I was the worst player on the team. The only kid who was worse than me was the one who stayed home. Like, I was the fucking worst. I loved Gary Carter so I wanted to be a catcher. They put me everywhere. I sucked so fucking bad, couldnāt even catch a ball. I was a catcher. I like theāI like the masks, though. I like the masks. Masks. Alright, what the fuckāwhat the fuckās next? Aw, letās fucking rip this shit! Woohoo! Yippee! Killjoys! Make some noise!
[before bulletproof heart]
[Gerard]: Fucking beautiful! My box is only doing real low shit, I fixed it. [green box noises] all is right in the world now. Yo, Iām gonna sip the blue shit, weāll be backāweāll [laughs] weāll be back ināeighteen minutes. Ah, I donāt have blue shit. [laughs] Electrolytes. So, today, we were drinking so many electrolytes, I was like, yo, what kindaāwhat kinda electrolyte drink would they have in Draag? Iām like, Slaterade. Fucking made out of pure slate. Make strong people. Make you strong like the bull. Fuck, anyway. So, yeah, weāre ready to go, we were playing thisāfuck, itās called āBulletproof Heartā.
[before bury me in black]
[Gerard]: Man, I fucking love that song. We were in, like, uh, aāfuck, where were we, Mateās? And we were, like, I think, like, weāreāI donāt know if we were doing pre-production, or, just, like, rehearsing for stuff, and Frank plays this riff, Iām like, [weird voice] what is that? What is that riff? [normal voice] I got, like, a mental goggles for it[?], and fuckināāanyway. Thatās what it turned into today. Turned into āBulletproof Heartā. Who knows why? Oh, maybe ācause I bought a trans-am, and I put it way on, too much trans-am. You know? Too much trans-am. Fuck, letās rip into this one. There you go. Alright, this one is, fuck, uh, a B-side, or an unfinished demo, Iām not sure, itās called āBury Me In Blackā, letās fucking go.
[before helena]
[Gerard]: Woah, orange stuff! Excellent. I love orange stuff too. I love cold fruit. I just turned into a Gatorade bum.[?] Thatās because I donāt have any, umāthe bodegas in New York when I was in art school, they had those really cool fucking fruit cups with the fucking water inside āem, and I ate them shits, I get dizzy from that shit, itās so good. Fucking cold fruit, motherfucker. Alright. This song is really special to us. You sing along to the beginning. Itās off Revenge.
[before demolovers]
[Gerard]: You know, one of the coolest things about, uh, doing theāabout doing the, this thing, tour, is like, you know, obviously, when itās this many people, like, you really do see, like, aāa big mix of different ages, thereās young people, and thereās older people, and, like, people from lots ofāthatās fucking awesome, it makes us going out to that great, probably one of my favourite things that I got to see was in Europe, was, um, I would just kinda look back pastāpast the awesome chaos, thereāsāwhat was there was, like, you know, maybe somebody who was like, fifteen or sixteen, who was there with their wife or their girlfriend, having a good fucking time, and it was just fucking joy, man, it bringsāit brings us fucking joy. Pretty awesome. You know? Itās just fucking cool, man. Iād like you to please, please, make some more noise for Kayleigh Goldsworthy right here, joining us here, Clarice Jensen, make some noise for them. Really lucky to have them. Iām gonna drink some, uh, some orange stuff, and I know I just said something really positive, but weāre gonna get into some really violent desolation. And thatās how weāre gonna kiss you goodbye. Itās a really fun show. Frank said, this is a really fun show, and I donāt wanna stop. I donāt either, this is fun. Sometimes you have shows, too, where youāre like, even the fucking soundcheck is banging. Like, when you come to a place like this, you can justāthis is fucking gorgeous, just looking at everyone. This is badass. This is gonna be good. What I like best is the colour of the seats. Could not get over it. Just love the colour of the seats. Okay, this song is offāthey look good, they got some blue to them, right? Itās like a blue-grey, right? I see what I see. Anyway, this song is, uh, the last song, offāoff Bullets? Itās called āDemolition Loversā.
they killed rigg off because they knew hoffman would be living the yaoi life of his dreams if they kept him alive and it would've meant no more saw movies to make money from
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