an aching head and an aching world.
andereid playlist by romeo
“the thing about bobby brackenreid and lyle anderson jr is that they are two people who have the ability to save each other”
ESTABLISHING SONGS
The quintessential Andereid songs.
this song is andereid in that it's the kind of song that you call slurs
the song from which the manic pixie dream girl bobby brackenreid fic titles come from 😌
cmon to me is about when your world is falling apart and you feel so small and unknowable and lost and you're trying to find yourself in the middle of all of it . something about being young and figuring out your identity while you're going through so many other things in your life. and being trans ?? gah
SEVENTEEN
The Anthem by Good Charlotte
bobby and jr's strongest unifying trait is their daddy issues. this is uncontestable
Welcome To My Life by Simple Plan
CRY FOR HELP
curious/furious by Willow
Caught In The Middle by Paramore
oh no oh shit oh fu
My Bloody Valentine by Good Charlotte
RUN AWAY
i've named lyle anderson jr "juliet", in modern aus. a hidden part of my headcanon of him is that underneath the layers of cynicism is someone who deeply yearns for something beautiful. something sweet like a fairytale, somewhere to run away to like a romance. someone to rely on. this is a standard cheesy emo love song that kind of embodies that fantasy. that desire to escape to somewhere where you're free to be yourself
a more realistic "escape" song than the previous. instead of a fanciful tale of running away and never looking back, it's simply getting away to stop time for only a moment. temporarily letting everything wrong with you and your life go. spending time with someone you love. holding on tight because the time will pass
ultimately it's comfortable. it's representative of the reality of bobby and jr eventually finding comfort in each meeting with the other.
“Being young is sleeping all the fucking time. You’re just awake at all the wrong fucking hours and also you’re exhausted all the time by everything because you don’t know what the hell you’re doing. What "Meet Me At Our Spot" makes good about feeling young is the idea that you still have your future.” -- Todd in the Shadows, 2022
ARE YOU SAVING ME ?
(lyric from sarah smiles)
this is what "manic pixie dream girl bobby brackenreid" is built on and named after. the concept of having your whole life and world being forever changed by one person. more of that deep desire for a fairytale on jr's end.
i associate this song with so many people/ships it's embarrassing (there's literally another murdoch ship as well hfdjsjdskfd) and like. yeah. this is a popular song for fandom animatics so
Sarah Smiles by Panic! At The Disco
"Sometimes you gotta bleed to know
That you're alive and have a soul
But it takes someone to come around to show you how"
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"Hell is nothing.
A nothing missing something that never was. A nothing that burns, a nothing that yearns and aches. Now that he’s known something he can’t go back to nothing. Yet here he is." (from manic pixie dream girl bobby brackenreid)
HORNY INTERLUDE
gay gay homosexual gay
in all seriousness, i see these guys, jr especially, as having a very specific relationship to intimacy and sex; there’s so much vulnerability involved, a vulnerability that neither really express that often, because they’re young and ashamed and cynical and hardened by experience. to be able to express that desire despite the shame and fear, and trust each other and subsequently REVEL in the act, it’s special to them, i think.
"Sexy to somebody, it would help me out
Oh, I need a reason to get out of the house
And it's just a little thing I can't live without"
whats important to note is that jr wants to mean something to someone ; particularly, this deep need to be seen and wanted manifests in a way that is concrete to him in the form of physical desire ! gay ass ! he finds thrill in being wanted !! in existing in the worlds of other people !!
i dont know if its the most accurate/in character, but ive always written jr as this sheltered recluse who needs to leave the house bc staying inside is killing him ; as concerning as it may be to rely on one person you wanna fuck, bobby is his primary motivation to get out
"I wish I knew you
Back when we were both small
I wish I knew you
But I have gotten too tall
I wish I knew you
When touch was innocent
I wish I knew you
Before it felt like a sin"
Guilty Pleasure by Chappell Roan
TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAVE EACH OTHER
Heaven's Gate by Fall Out Boy
as someone who's aro and identified as demisexual for three years and thinks the only exception is the most demi song to exist guess what identities i project onto these guys
though catholic bobby isnt technically canon in manic pixie dream girl bobby brackenreid, here's the one sliver of it. i went to hell last night isnt an inherently romantic song, even; rather, it's one of devotion, trying to find meaning in a world that has been unkind to someone you love. it denotes a relationship with religion that isn't the most solid, but still a desire to see some sort of significance and connection of all the elements of one's life.
beyond the religion, how strong the commitment and dedication in the lyrics are is deeply compelling.
"But in the darkest place, a saving grace
After all we've been through
Though it kills me to say this
There's a little bit of God in you"
"In the darkest place, I will follow you"
"From the king to the fool to the bastards back at school
There's a little bit of God in everything"
And though you may not be in the finest company
There's a little bit of God in everything"
The Last Of The Real Ones by Fall Out Boy
ive never watched su. when i was a kid thought steven was annoying. that being said the first time i listened to love like you with andereid in mind i was deeply shaken.
“I always thought I might be bad
Now I'm sure that it's true
'Cause I think you're so good
And I'm nothing like you
Look at you go
I just adore you
I wish that I knew
What makes you think I'm so special
If I could begin to do
Something that does right by you
I would do about anything
I would even learn how to love
When I see the way you look
Shaken by how long it took
I could do about anything
I could even learn how to love like you
Love like you
Love me like you”
AT LEAST I'M NOT SEVENTEEN ANYMORE
mania by fall out boy is a very retrospective and reflective album. 17 years into the band's history, one of its main themes is reflection on past misdeeds and mistakes and trying so so hard to move on from them, redemption. you're nowhere near where you want to be but at least you're out of the worst of it
Wilson (Expensive Mistakes) by Fall Out Boy
"We've gone way too fast for way too long
And we were never supposed to make it half this far
And I lived so much life, lived so much life
I think that God is gonna have to kill me twice"
"I woke up in my shoes again but somewhere you exist singing
Oops, I did it again
I forgot what I was losing my mind about
I only wrote this down to make you press rewind
And send a message I was young and a menace"
Bishops Knife Trick by Fall Out Boy
KEEP YOUR HEAD HELD HIGH
The Middle by Jimmy Eat World
Famous Last Words by My Chemical Romance
cut songs
- mama by mcr
- you know what they do to guys like us by mcr
- champion by fall out boy
- i'm just a kid by simple plan
- that green gentleman (things have changed) by panic! at the disco
