poisonandfire:


“Joan of Arc  is my favorite historical-legendary-whatever figure. Number one, it’s a  boyish, waifish girl in a suit of armor on a white horse, and that’s  badass. I’ve always been attracted to that character because it was  somebody who was willing to die for what they believed in, and they were  probably fucking crazy and like, touched by the hand of God, and I  believe in that shit. I totally believe in that stuff. I believe that it  can happen to anybody. Like when we started this band, there was a brief amount of time  where it felt like you drank gasoline and shit glass, and you were  always covered in your own sweat, somebody else’s spit or blood or  something. And I felt that, you know what I mean? I would make crazy  speeches that made no sense onstage. I would talk about purifying flames  being shot out of our cabinets at max volume to destroy evil and shit  like that. I was, you know, touched in the head. And really, when you  get touched in the head like that, I think your job at that point for  the rest of your career is to remember what it was like to be touched in  the head, and kind of keep that going. ‘Cause that can’t last forever,  you’ll be dead, I think. Like Joan of Arc.” - Gerard Way

Illustration: from The Black Parade by James Jean

poisonandfire:

“Joan of Arc is my favorite historical-legendary-whatever figure. Number one, it’s a boyish, waifish girl in a suit of armor on a white horse, and that’s badass. I’ve always been attracted to that character because it was somebody who was willing to die for what they believed in, and they were probably fucking crazy and like, touched by the hand of God, and I believe in that shit. I totally believe in that stuff. I believe that it can happen to anybody.

Like when we started this band, there was a brief amount of time where it felt like you drank gasoline and shit glass, and you were always covered in your own sweat, somebody else’s spit or blood or something. And I felt that, you know what I mean? I would make crazy speeches that made no sense onstage. I would talk about purifying flames being shot out of our cabinets at max volume to destroy evil and shit like that. I was, you know, touched in the head. And really, when you get touched in the head like that, I think your job at that point for the rest of your career is to remember what it was like to be touched in the head, and kind of keep that going. ‘Cause that can’t last forever, you’ll be dead, I think. Like Joan of Arc.” - Gerard Way

Illustration: from The Black Parade by James Jean

188 notes
reblogged from anchor-arms
originally posted by poisonandfire

  1. sea-of-lonely reblogged this from flesh-mechanics
  2. deathbybloodloss reblogged this from imogenation
  3. flesh-mechanics reblogged this from quinnalmond
  4. pediconestolemypancakes reblogged this from imogenation
  5. imogenation reblogged this from edgaralanfrog
  6. inthenegatives reblogged this from standupfuckintall
  7. soliloqueenie reblogged this from anchor-arms
  8. iwantvenganza reblogged this from troublebluesparks
  9. troublebluesparks reblogged this from anchor-arms
  10. nsweak reblogged this from standupfuckintall
  11. quinnalmond reblogged this from knightescape
  12. knightescape reblogged this from standupfuckintall
  13. edgaralanfrog reblogged this from anchor-arms
  14. standupfuckintall reblogged this from anchor-arms
  15. abandonhip reblogged this from anchor-arms
  16. bonkersaway reblogged this from summernightsandcitylights
  17. summernightsandcitylights reblogged this from anchor-arms
  18. anchor-arms reblogged this from ps-dontwrite
  19. attackoftheteenagers reblogged this from ps-dontwrite
  20. ps-dontwrite reblogged this from mychemicalspam
  21. rosalui reblogged this from poisonandfire