in some ways it probably made him feel like what's valuable about himself is the parts that are broken.
Hearing this kind of makes me want to hug! Ryan, but that misses the point, completely (or rather, reinforces? it) This is something I've always wondered, though: Ryan's childhood, how bad was it? I'm not trying to discount the impact of his dad's alcoholism and his mom's departure, but did it completely break him? I think this is a part that's highly stylized in bandom - it becomes the unshakable foundation on which Ryan is developed as a character, something that's taken for granted, somehow.
I would like to see what TYV does, too! I read someplace in LJ that it's possible Ryan could be tired of his spot in the limelight, and just wants to retreat a little, be able to play to small groups of fans and talk to them about music, make it a little personal. Although if his band becomes famous too ... that'll be ironic.
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Date: 2009-12-08 03:35 am (UTC)Hearing this kind of makes me want to hug! Ryan, but that misses the point, completely (or rather, reinforces? it) This is something I've always wondered, though: Ryan's childhood, how bad was it? I'm not trying to discount the impact of his dad's alcoholism and his mom's departure, but did it completely break him? I think this is a part that's highly stylized in bandom - it becomes the unshakable foundation on which Ryan is developed as a character, something that's taken for granted, somehow.
I would like to see what TYV does, too! I read someplace in LJ that it's possible Ryan could be tired of his spot in the limelight, and just wants to retreat a little, be able to play to small groups of fans and talk to them about music, make it a little personal. Although if his band becomes famous too ... that'll be ironic.