Danger Days The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys - Blog Posts

every so often I redraw them to show how much I’ve progressed in my art, and since mcr5 was confirmed, which, btw, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!freaking the heck out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, I thought this was a great opportunity to do another redraw

This is just a sketchy thing, I didn’t even fully shade it or anything cause I’m really tired, but I think it came out alright! Also I know Gerard “spent half his career denying vampire allegations” way is definitely a pasty boy basement dweller if there ever was one, but the killjoys lived in the desert their whole lives and were descended from people who lived in the desert their whole lives, so I figured that poison would have a darker complexion than Gee.

number two in my “there has been some improvement methinks” fanart redraws. This guy!! they are sooo silly!

Party poison you will always be famous

My favorite of all of Gerard Way’s OCs, it’s Party Poison!

I just started getting into the MCR lore, and I started with Danger Days, and oh my goodness gracious I am thoroughly addicted. Also, I did a version with a background, but I wasn’t super happy with how it came out, but I’ll share anyway:

Anyway, yeah. Go Killjoys!!

The final member of the Fabulous Four from my Danger DSMP au: Errant Majesty!

Errant (also called Eret by a young Tommy) is the most level-headed of the group, and is both a sure shot with a ray gun and great at patching everyone up after a fight! They’re very kind and protective, especially of Tommy. After a fight that killed the killjoys that raised her, Errant befriended Wilbur, who invited her to join him and Techno. Soon after, Errant found Slime, who was running from Battery City, and thus the fabulous four were born 🏜

Eret’s character was so fun to design (based off his current dsmp skin) and I had fun coming up with his killjoy name, too! 👑

MCR songs for this character: S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W, Mama, Burn Bright 🎶

The leader of the Fabulous Four from my Danger DSMP au: Wilderness Soot!

Wilbur (given this nickname by a young Tommy) is the most inspirational and pyrotechnical member of the fabulous four. The son of The Crow Father, he was born and raised in the desert that surrounds Battery City. Wilbur adopted Techno Blade as his older brother, and the two became an incredible duo at fighting the forces of the city - Techno with his combat skills and Wilbur with his explosives! 💥

It was Wilbur who found Tommy and took him in, taking care of the child with the help of the rest of the fabulous four, and becoming his closest friend. He hopes that one day, the killjoys will be able to defeat the tyrannical leadership of Battery City and create a new country, which he calls L’Manburg 💙

I had a lot of fun with Wilbur’s design (based on his l’manburg outfit!) and I’m really proud of how it turned out, though I had a lot of trouble coming up with a name lol

MCR songs for this character: Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na), Our Lady of Sorrows, The World is Ugly 🎶

The youngest member of the Fabulous Four from my Danger DSMP au: Slime Cicle!

With his fellow killjoys, Slime is a hilarious and loyal friend. When fighting against the evil forces that run Battery City, however, he is an excellent lookout and spy! Before joining the fabulous four, Slime was raised by Quackity in the city until an incident revealed a terrible truth and led him to run away into the desert 🌵

The pose gave me a lot of trouble but I had fun with this design! I’m particularly proud of how the mask and glasses turned out (although I didn’t do a great job fitting the mask onto his face lol)

MCR songs for this character: Planetary (GO!), Kill All Your Friends, Surrender the Night 🎶

The first of the Fabulous Four from my Danger DSMP au: Techno Blade!

The “fabulous four” is a group of killjoys, rebels who live in the desert and fight against the dystopian leadership of Battery City. These four also raised a young Tommy, teaching him how to survive in the desert and protecting him from the evils of Battery City

In traditional killjoy fashion, Techno wears a distinctive mask, and in addition to a ray gun he wields a metal pipe (ignore the fact that I forgot to draw the ray gun lol). He’s earned a reputation as the best fighter in the desert, and while very intimidating, he has a soft spot for Tommy and the rest of the fabulous four 💗

Techno’s character was so fun to design and I’m really happy with how the pose turned out! He was also one of the main inspirations for this au because one day I randomly thought of how “techno blade” would be a perfect killjoy name and hey I could make an au out of that!

MCR songs for this character: Save Yourself I’ll Hold Them Back, Welcome to the Black Parade, Blood, AMBULANCE 🎶

The first character design of my Danger DSMP au! Tommy Innit, aka The Child

Based off The Girl in danger days, he’s basically the main character (as is befitting for my favorite character lol). He was raised by the Fabulous Four in a post-apocalyptic desert on the outskirts of Battery City. But he found himself alone as a teenager, left to fend for himself and his cat Shroud, before eventually meeting many of the other characters

MCR songs for this character: Vampire Money, Heaven Help Us, The Ghost of You, Teenagers 🎶

I finally finished my Party Poison drawing! I love this character, and I think it’s awesome how a lot of people headcanon them as nonbinary 💜

I experimented a lot with the shading and with blending colors, and I’m really proud of how this turned out!

I’ve become a huge fan of MCR lately and I just had to draw Party Poison!

I will color this but I felt pretty proud of the line art and I wanted to share it ❤️

why did it take me so long to realize this was not a comically large hickey but a reference to party poison's bullet wound to the neck in the sing music video

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANGER DAYS!!!!!!!

LOOK ALIVE, SUNSHINE //

I thought it’d be cool to redraw the national anthem killjoys as the mcr killjoys:) so here it is! took me about two days

the og image:

i thought about this last night but um

SPOILERS for True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem

i love the kind of symbolism we see with mike milligram of all the older more "childish" items he holds onto, hear me out.

So we see Mike holding this cheesy little vampire ring during the gathering scene where we first meet the rest of the killjoys, particularly when we learn that he's in a relationship with Code Blue and want's to take it a step further with marriage. They're all teenagers in this scene, assumedly maybe at least 16 at most 19 (because thats when you arent a teen anymore lol- after 20 you arent a teen duh). He's hiding it behind his back and seems to be just about to pop the question.

then, Blue dies in a standoff, just because he didn't want to move on and comply to the brainwashing tv. Blue literally jumps in front of him and takes the bullet (laser? whatever) for him. When she dies, he lashes out.

later on in the timeskip we see that Mike is basically hooked to the TV. hes fallen asleep to it and is only waken up by a rat chewing on the chords. this isn't entirely important to my point but I still feel like mentioning it because it tells us one thing: Because of Mike's grieving, he basically had no choice but to run back and give everything up. His grief, in turn, is what led him to actually start going back to how he was before, going against an authoritarian government run by a monopoly.

This leads Mike to realize that everything around him isn't what it seems, not only is he withdrawing from The TV, but he's also withdrawing from the effects of the pills he (and the rest of society) is on. He's hallucinating, but not fully. We know as readers that things aren't right in his life -- in anyone's life -- because of this.

once we reach the scene where he learns about his Ramones records being sanitized and the technician here to fix his tv is actually some kind of plant (overall, everyone trying to uphold the brainwashing system is doing so maliciously). Mike kills this plant, and we get to the next sighting of the vampire ring that we saw in that first scene I mention before. He finds it, remembers Blue (also to note theres a paper that says "SO REAL IT HURTS" on it right next to the ring, like thats so obvious that I looked over it), and holds onto it.

lets skip to the climax, where we're revealed to see "Blue" (this time either her reanimated corpse or some kind of clone, it isn't really specified) again, Mike shuts down. almost instantly. He's so close to giving in and going back to being brainwashed, but he stops for a moment. this is the kind of breaking point where we see his arc hit its breaking point and reach its conclusion.

Mike's individual character arc is about letting go. Letting go of grief. Letting go of the past. Progressing forward, no matter how much it hurts.

When he gets his gun back and shoots the clone of Blue HIMSELF, that is him signifying that he has to move on. for the sake of not only himself but for his son, his friends, everyone.

And in this last moment.

He puts her body in the car. and prepares to light it on fire.

and that is the last time we see the ring. He slips it onto her finger right before the car is set ablaze.

UGH ITS BEAUTIFUL. the ending is BEAUTIFUL.

a perfect illustration of how Mike had to get past his grief for the betterment of himself.

and even in the end, he isn't completely forgetting her. He isn't just tossing her aside, he's just saying "It's time I moved on. I won't let my anger and grief drag me down, but I will remember you."

and it's all made clear with that little ring. THE FUCKING RING DUDE.

It's a little plastic ring, usually associated with youth because it's usually found in gift bags or cereal boxes. something synthetic and cheap. Easy to break, usually thrown away right away. Mike is seen not only getting better from his grief but also maturing. Which is great for him. It's something in his past that he had to move on from, but could still hold the memory of.

also like a little side note but vampirism is sometimes depicted as being a kind of toxic, dependent force. A leech. the ring having a vampire on it is like... really good symbolism for that, MAYBE IM GOING TOO FAR IDK IDK-

I always tear up during SING, idk why