#lukejatp

Thank you, cast and crew for creating this beautiful, magical safe space, for me and many others to find a home, and be comfortable in who they are.

Thank you for the music that we will continue to listen too, for years to come, for the music that will reverberate in our hearts and souls.

Thank you for every single person in this fandom who has helped be part of a family for me, when no one else was interested.

Thank you for all of the fanfic writers who kept me up at night, reading the stories of found family and (mostly) happiness. For constantly coming up with new ideas and ways to make me feel feeling I didn’t know I had. For distracting me from my feelings, and making me feel engulfed in a warm hug.

Thank you for the artists who created the most beautiful pieces of art you have ever seen, with colours brighter than nature itself, and detail more intricate than veins on a leaf.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this fandom at all, even if you just consumed the content.

Feel free to message me and cry with me. These are times when we need to look after each other, just as Julie looked after the phantoms.

Icons Luke Patterson. 🎸

original song link in case you haven’t heard it: https://youtu.be/2rXLLb-gI54

i may or may not have come up with a full lyric distribution bc i’d rather do this than school work so here we go:

alex/owen: I can't pretend
To know how you feel
But know that I'm here
Know that I'm real

reggie/jeremy: Say what you want
Or don't talk at all
I'm not gonna let you fall

the three guys: Reach for my hand
'Cause it's held out for you
My shoulders are small
But you can cry on them too
Everything changes
But one thing is true
Understand
We'll always be more than a band
Yeah

luke/charlie: You used to brave the world
All on your own
Now we won't let you go
Go it alone
Be who you wanna be
Always stand tall (also stand tall?? it fits 😓)
I'm not gonna let you fall

the whole band: Reach for my hand
'Cause it's held out for you
My shoulders are strong
But you can cry on them too
Everything changes
But one thing is true
Understand
We'll always be more than a band

julie/madison: I never knew
You could take me so far
I've always wanted the home that you are
The ones I need

the whole band (i hear julie/madison being a bit louder than in the previous chorus): Reach for my hand
'Cause it's held out for you
My shoulders are strong
But you can cry on them too
Cry on them too
Everything changes
But one thing is true
Understand
We'll always be more than a band

At first I suggested it to one of them and was like “go watch this. it’s really cool. and really gay”. Then i remembered if i tell my friends a movie or tv show are really gay they won’t have so much interest in it (i’ve found).

So i then asked them to watch it for my birthday as a present to me, ranted about it’s amazingness, and showed them pictures of the cute boys...

Very careful not to mention the fact that they are all gay... (and bi and pan... shut up reggie and luke like dudes too. you can’t tell me any different).

Now we wait and see... I’m hoping I’ll have convinced them... This show is a part of my soul.

I also jumped the gun and asked my parents to order the book for my birthday (although it won’t be around until december). They have no idea about JATP, so I’ll be interested to see if they give it to me...