Not a manifesto promise

[will-tostito]

Happy pride

[stephencocking]

Quick indulgent art I did at 4 in the morning

[stephencocking]

I remember seeing car seat live last year and finding it so strange how they censored "I don't know if we're boyfriends yet" and just figured it was some sort of fluke. But unfortunately it seems now more like it's apart of some sort of guilt will has regarding the nature of his previous work. Which wouldn't be completely out of character as he's talking numerous times about wanting to ideally be completely disconnected from his art but to a certain point it's just strange the near 180 this band has seem to have made in the past 8 or so years.

I think people are less upset with the lack of quality on a lot of joes story, but it's more a culmination of dissatisfaction with the direction of the art and the context around its release that's been sort of a breaking point that's culminated with time.

Car seat has always had religious imagery and theming no doubt, but this new zeal for it I can't lie has taken me very back and feels almost insincere considering the amount of depth they used to have regarding religious themes. To be completely honest if a bit harsh I also don't think it's justified to pull the "older and infirmed wise good role model for the kids" thing when you're not even 35 yet. Maybe I'm wrong, first impressions always have a way of changing when you look away.

Hello.

[feralrabbitboy]

this post literally sparked 1 hour of intense discussion in the cshblr discord wherein we've discovered that devereaux and lady gay approximately read much easier and clearer as homophobic and transphobic respectively and will toledo might have been playing us for at least a year lmao

[strangersinourworld]

Im sorry I don't mean to be disrespectful but . what about “No, you're my son” is transphobic...? Malory is pretty obviously a trans guy. The whole song is supposed to be an exploration of his and his mothers' complicated and tenuous relationship because she initially rejects him for being trans. And it ends in acceptance . I genuinely don't understand what is transphobic about that.

And Deveraux . It makes sense for him to be dealing with internalised homophobia because Will explicitly wrote his character as someone coming from a very conservative background and dealing with a lot of complicated feelings about his identity . From what he has said about the song in concerts I believe Will is sympathetic to Deveraux's perspective . He prays to his grandfather for COMFORT because thats probably what he's been taught to do his whole life . Not to like zap him with The Heterobeam .

[stephencocking]

I'm glad to know I sparked some discussion in the community lol

[stephencocking]

I remember seeing car seat live last year and finding it so strange how they censored "I don't know if we're boyfriends yet" and just figured it was some sort of fluke. But unfortunately it seems now more like it's apart of some sort of guilt will has regarding the nature of his previous work. Which wouldn't be completely out of character as he's talking numerous times about wanting to ideally be completely disconnected from his art but to a certain point it's just strange the near 180 this band has seem to have made in the past 8 or so years.

I think people are less upset with the lack of quality on a lot of joes story, but it's more a culmination of dissatisfaction with the direction of the art and the context around its release that's been sort of a breaking point that's culminated with time.

Car seat has always had religious imagery and theming no doubt, but this new zeal for it I can't lie has taken me very back and feels almost insincere considering the amount of depth they used to have regarding religious themes. To be completely honest if a bit harsh I also don't think it's justified to pull the "older and infirmed wise good role model for the kids" thing when you're not even 35 yet. Maybe I'm wrong, first impressions always have a way of changing when you look away.

Hello.

[tallytickler27]

I am deeply in love with will toledo

[stephencocking]

Tried my hand at making a short comic

Also hi

[stephencocking]

Whoever was asking about commissions under the post, yes I am open for commission feel free to shoot a dm<3

[stephencocking]

Tried my hand at making a short comic

Also hi

[stephencocking]

Call me yaoi the way I'm doomed

[misericordiia]

genuinely what the fuck was will toledo doing in 2010

[benignburnout]

imagine being will toledo and writing 'i fell in love with my fate as it crushed me to death' like holy shit

[plastiboo]

[stephencocking]

The body is a disgusting shameful thing, a throbbing prison of the mind, being okay with my body would kill me. It is a sarcastic reflection of the nature of humans, both made in God's image yet horribly, irreversibly tainted with sin from its creation. Even fallen seraphim were once made perfect by God, they do not know the shame of existence, that's why they laugh at sinners in hell. To exist is a crime I'll never be able to hide, not under these clothes, not under this horrible skin. To see your naked body in front of me would not stir desire or lust in me lover, it would make me want to scream with my whole body to stay away from me as far as you can. If you were to hold me in your warm embrace, to make me feel your fingers graze the back of my nape and your throbbing pulse against my chest I would gnaw through your skin with my teeth until I was free. But only after I was done, when I could now only hear one heartbeat in the room would I hold your still warm body in my hands, I would hold you and beg for your forgiveness, plead my helpless cowards apology until your body turned cold and I could only see your face through my blurred watery eyes. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry I don't know why I did it. I did it again and I can never undo it, I never knew how cold I was. Will I still feel the comfort of isolation with your cold drying blood across my chest? May angels come down from heaven to marvel at how I have so easily succumbed to my own imprisonment.

[hunter-rodrigez]

Source, Jan 15th 2026

common bandcamp win

[nonpsychotic]

I love the amount of hatred the 2021 car is drawn with. because I agree

[lucifer-the-homonculus]

I got recommended this album on Bandcamp called “Twin Santa-sy” and I thought it would be fun to check out because it’s just Twin Fantasy reimagined as a Christmas album.

And the lyrics for that one part of Beach Life-In-Death made me spit out my fucking coffee because I could barely make out any of the words before them but then it was suddenly so clear what the singer was saying.

[stephencocking]

Insane reach here, but I was listening to Gethsemane, and could the lyrics "gifts for your nephews birthday bring up scenes of childhood trauma" be a reference to "could you please pass the milk please"? I know most of the lyrics in this album are supposed to be about the plot and characters made up within it and less meta contextual but I just thought about it because that's another song I've had on repeat recently

[feralrabbitboy]

they're both abt birthdays and childhood trauma but I don't think they're related. I think they compliment eachother a lot though

[stephencocking]

Yea I think that's probably the most accurate interpretation, I doubt he'd so blazenly reference a song that he very clearly does not want in public circles as much. "Reference" was probably the wrong term, I just feel as though like you said a lot of the themes of that song bleed into this album and that this line could very much be inspired by real events mentioned previously

[stephencocking]

Insane reach here, but I was listening to Gethsemane, and could the lyrics "gifts for your nephews birthday bring up scenes of childhood trauma" be a reference to "could you please pass the milk please"? I know most of the lyrics in this album are supposed to be about the plot and characters made up within it and less meta contextual but I just thought about it because that's another song I've had on repeat recently