#like a lot of mania era stuff i feel was mocked as him being silly but was actually deep and then a lot of older stuff

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the implications....

folie a deux meaning / folie a deux album cover / pete's bear hat(s)

#myevilposts #pete wentz #also the teddy bear rug would be fun to mention in this discussion but these ones are more serious. #the thing with pw is that sometimes he does things that are so devious and strategic and genius and sneaky and poignant #and other times it just seems that way and was actually just him being silly. #this goes both ways btw. #like a lot of mania era stuff i feel was mocked as him being silly but was actually deep and then a lot of older stuff #that people obsess over dissecting was actually Not That Deep on his account at least. #it's kinda not his fault that he's a cartoon character. kinda. but he knows how to lean into it. #pw understands camp better than 99% of users on this website tbh. #fall out boy #also pete and bebe wearing matching bear hats during hiatus. is like exactly what i'm talking about. lol. #the implication being that the bear/becoming a bear represents embracing the madness and becoming one with the grizzly bear #that the human in the bear costume is carrying on the folie cover. #i feel like it's not a coincidence that the guy looks like pete too. it might be but i always figured it was intentional. #the grizzly bear/real life equivalent to the madness of folie a deux as a condition is open to interpretation more #i think. obviously it could represent the co dependence between pete and patrick. but it could also #represent pete's marriage as a whole to the band/his work. #i think it's most noteworthy again that he wore the bear hat matching with bebe DURING HIATUS. #similarly to the stump club shirt i feel like it's pretty clear he was incredibly torn up about the hiatus. #maybe it's that pete had a co dependent relationship with his public image/identity within the scope of fob's fame. #A LOT of black cards calls back to fob / is in response to or commentary of his fame from fob. #because of course it did/was. fob was intrinsic to his celebrityhood. and that celebrityhood obviously was intrinsic to him. #this is not to downplay the other aspects of his identity. the opposite actually. #especially considering that his public image was so skewed and dumbed down and he was rightfully very upset about that #and that is very prevalent/important/vital i think to understanding things like black cards as a whole.