Ray Toro
| Name: | Ray Toro |
| Also Known As: | Torosaurus |
| Occupation: | Musician (Guitarist My Chemical Romance) |
| Medium: | Music |
| Works: | My Chemical Romance Discography |
| Official Website(s): | Twitter account raytoro.com |
| Fan Website(s): | |
| On Fanlore: | Related pages |
Ray Toro is best known as the lead guitarist of American alternative rock band My Chemical Romance, one of the core three bands that constitute the Bandom canon. In 2014 he announced a solo project.
He is married and has a child.
See Wikipedia for more detail.
Ships
As of July 23, 2017, there are 3883 works tagged 'Ray Toro' on AO3.[1] However, Ray and Ray pairings appear mostly as supporting character or minor relationships.
Ray ships in order of popularity, according to AO3 pairing tag use:
- Ray/Mikey with MCR bassist Mikey Way: 473 uses, often as a side pairing in juggernaut ship Frank/Gerard fics[2]
- Ray/Gerard with MCR frontman Gerard Way: 141 uses[3]
- Frank/Ray with MCR guitarist Frank Iero: 90 uses[4]
- Bob/Ray with former MCR drummer Bob Bryar: 77 uses[5]
Unlike with other married members of the band, there are little to no fics featuring canon wife Christa, as she is not considered a public figure. There are very few crossover pairings between Ray and non-MCR bandom characters. (However, Rule 34 applies; see for instance this 2005 Ray/Adam Lazzara fic based on an RP and written in the second person and present tense.[6])
Depiction in Fanon
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Ray is often given the role of 'straight man,' acting as a foil for other band members' antics and issues. He might be depicted as serious, earnest and more focused on work than other members. Due to his relatively larger size and build, fics involving him might feature size kink.
In Fanart
- Ray Doll[7] by strawberryxlove (October 2, 2005)
- Toro for TormentedSouls[8] by ihni on deviantart. Acrylic portrait on canvas. (June 18, 2007)
- Ray Toro as Jet Star[9] by BarbaraBarracuda on deviantart. Black, red, blue and yellow sharpies on plastic. (December 18, 2010)
- Fro Fan[10] by Hootsweets. Digital art in which Jet Star is pursued by a fangirl with scissors (May 15, 2011)
- This automatically gets rid of all the evil in the world.[11], gifset by caitor on tumblr, featuring Ray during the Every Snowflake Is Different song on the children's tv show Yo Gabba Gabba. (June 12, 2012)
- “When I grow up I want to be nothing at all.”[12] by mychemicaldoodle on tumblr (stoketherage on deviantart). (May 20, 2013)
- Ray Toro[13] by RoselinEstephania on deviantart. Watercolor and markers? drawing. (April 30, 2014)
Fannish Resources
- ray_toro livejournal community created 30 October 2004
- toro_thighs livejournal community created 3 July 2006
- fuckyeahraytoro tumblr account created June 2009
- raytoro tumblr account created September 2015
References
- ^ Ray Toro AO3 tag
- ^ Ray/Mikey AO3 tag
- ^ Ray/Gerard AO3 tag
- ^ Frank/Ray AO3 tag
- ^ Bob/Ray AO3 tag
- ^ lestat_manson. Don't I Look Pretty?, archived, posted to the ray-toro LJ community 17 January 2005.
- ^ from a livejournal post to chemicalromance. archived
- ^ archived
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- ^ archived, with 15,669 notes as of 30 December 2016
- ^ archived, with 18,400 notes as of 30 December 2016
- ^ archived.