up and coming ryden historian

I am on TikTok, and yes, that's where what I'm going to say happens most often. It seems as though most people view Fall Out Boy as just Pete, discrediting Andy, Joe, and Patrick.

Yes, Patrick is praised for his vocals, but nearly never his looks. While that's not inherently bad, he is already insecure. So, while his best friend is getting endless attention, he's only receiving recognition for his singing. This, I have noticed, is very fatphobic in some ways (I hate that word. He's not fat, but I have no other word to use).

The majority of edits I see of Patrick are solely soul punk era, when he was at his thinnest. Yes, he was very attractive then, but he's always been and always will be. More people need to acknowledge that.

It feels like the same way the My Chem fandom treats Gerard, praising him so heavily for revenge era, which was when he was thinner than usual. It's inadvertently, if not entirely, depending on the person, fatphobic. I love Patrick (and Gee), and I wish people would realize how attractive he is, outside of just the soul punk era.