man with the plan, ray toro

[schmerica]

Man, impertinence and I were emailing back and forth earlier on reasonably interesting topics and somehow we once again got diverted into a discussion of Ray and Gerard being freaking adorable losers in life. I don't care if nobody writes it, that is a motherfucking excellent pairing, you guys, and it doesn't get enough love.

Anyway, at some point we were discussing a picture that neither of us has saved, and I ended up looking through tons of people's old picspams looking for it, to no avail. (It's one where Ray is signing, like, a guitar or something? and Gerard is way off to the side looking really hilariously sad about it, all curled in on himself little kid like. If you have it, share.) And looking at all those picspams brought me to a conclusion, and that conclusion is this:

NEEDS MOAR RAY TORO.

(Ahaha, you guys read my post the other day about how I think the reason I don't like TBPID! live CD as much is because you can't hear his back-up vocals at all and it sounds weird, right? I told Imp I don't think that opinion is caused by my Raywifing, but there's no way to tell for sure.)

C'mon, guys, it's Friday night. Let's have a love-in. He's earnest, his voice is girly, he sticks his hand in cupcakes, he's a guitar god, he's hung, he's fucking adorable. Turn-ons include washing machines, Iron Maiden, 24, and stinky bandmates. Tell me about your Ray love! Share pictures and youtube links!

HERE YOU GO. HAVE SOME PICTURES TO START YOU OFF.



I am pretty sure this is from the drunken Australia half-naked dudes shenanigans.



That one definitely is!

That is a completely different occasion half-naked man floor-wrestling. Oh, James Dewees, you brought out such a good side of Ray. (Note for n00bs: James Dewees is the frontman for Reggie & the Full Effect; he played keyboards for My Chem on TBP tour and also married Mikey and Alicia.)



This is my favorite picture of Ray and Frank ever, hands down. And they have taken a lot of horrible pictures together. Once again though I must sadface that there is really nothing out there ficwise about the two of them when Frank first joined the band. I think the reason it's so fascinating is because Ray does appear to be such a softie it's hard to imagine him all hostile or jealous or aggressive. DO WANT.



Seriously though, how great is this picture? I think I love this one for the same reasons I love that b&w one of Mikey and Frank sititing on the stage so much -- it just seems like such a quiet little moment of reality and friendship. The two of them going outside for a smoke and bitching about the others. ♥



IT'S A CLASSIC FOR A REASON, OKAY.



He doesn't break out the sassy hips very often, okay, but they're still worth mentioning.



...I'll admit it, this one was just because I want more people to write Ray/Gerard.



Every single time I see this picture I get concerned for the aftermath you just know is coming.



:DDD



What the hell ever happened to that youtube vid of him in the bed playing guitar, anyway? God, that was hot.



Um. Yes.



...Sometimes height differentials are hot?



NAWWWWW.



Little face!



I'm just saying, Ray + booze seems to be a good combination.



There are plenty of pictures of Ray taking pictures of things, and they all make me <3. I don't thinK i have any others at the moment, though.





He is pretty in his own way, I don't know what you shovel people are always on about. Oh Toro.



Sometimes he's almost manly!



And shirtless! (Hahaha, how pleased does Gerard look there?)



And rocking!





Of course, more often he's ... not.



Surprise!baby!Toro!



Surprise!old!Toro! 32, man.



Still no clue what this is about.



It's possible I just like this picture so much because Ray looks slightly pissed. IDK.



And we end with another of my favorites.

YOUR TURN, GUYS. Let's have a love-in. Also, write me some motherfucking porn.

Comments

[wasoncedelight.livejournal.com]

Dude, do you have my phone tapped or something? I swear, not TWO DAYS AGO I was talking to someone about how there needs to be fic from Ray's POV about Frank joining the band. *EYES YOU SUSPICIOUSLY* But I think it would be so interesting! Because Ray IS such a giant softie marshmallow and seemingly All-Around Nice Guy, but he admits that having Frank join was scary for him, and there had to have been some tension those first few practices.

Also:


Ray Toro looks PARTICULARLY giant in this pic. I love it.


Needs moar of this, always.


They look like they just got caught holding hands, and Ray's like *CROSSES ARMS* HAHA WHAT NO WE WEREN'T WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT and Bob's all, no, seriously, motherfucker, you saw NOTHING. Ray Toro will kill you with kindness; Bob will just kill you.


Bob/Ray is never my go-to pairing, but they are SO BOYFRIENDY.


I just really like this one.


Tiny Toro is tiny! And has always had that giant, could-light-up-the-world smile.


I wish Ray was bringing ME Starbucks right now. D:

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure, but I think we might have discussed it a couple of weeks ago when I had my post about rewatching LotMS? Here's the thing: I am super repetitive. LJ allows me to pretend it's charming.

Either that or JERSEY IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY, MEL, I COULD BE STALKING YOU.

That first pic is so hilarious - it really does look like Toro is on an entirely different scale than the rest of them. And that is my second favorite Ray/Mikey picture! (First favorite is the one where Ray's sitting behind Mikey arranging his hands on the bass, because that's just weirdly hot.)

Those two Bob/Ray pictures remind me of this Ray & Gerard one, too:



He's just so good at the little OH HEY DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE NOTHING GOING ON HERE NOTHING AT ALL :D?

And oh man, that elementary school one. I always look it and I'm like blah blah blah little kids blah blah -- OMIGOD WEE TORO AHHHHHHHHHHH. Every time.

I also would very much like a Ray bringing me Starbucks. Our lives are so sad.