The Like
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| Name(s): | The Like |
| Scope/Focus: | The Like band members and associated individuals |
| Date(s): | 2001- |
| See also: | Bandom, Panic! at the Disco, The Young Veins |
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The Like is an all-girl band associated with the Bandom canon.
The band went through several line-up changes, with the core members being singer/guitarist Z Berg and drummer Tennessee Thomas. The latest outfit includes Laena Geronimo (bass, violin) and Annie Monroe (keys). Former members are Charlotte Froom (bass) and Reni Lane (keys/organ).
The band has been on hiatus since 2011.
See Wikipedia page for detail.
Presence in Fandom
The Like became linked to Bandom in 2009 through Z's canon relationship with Ryan Ross (Panic! at the Disco, The Young Veins), before acquiring a small femslash following of their own. The first stories tagged "The Like" appear on AO3 in December 2009.[1]
The Like are often included in pan-Bandom AUs that need (more) female characters.
Ships
The following numbers are taken from AO3 tag uses, however the statistical importance of ships is hard to evaluate as many works originally posted on LJ or DW have not been reposted to the archive.
Intra-band Ships
- Z/Tennessee: 35 uses[2]
- Leana/Annie: 5 uses[3]
- Z/Charlotte: 4 uses[4]
- GSF in all lineups also exists.
Crossover Ships
- Z/Ryan Ross: 36 uses[5]
- Z/Ryan/Alex Greenwald: 4 uses[6]
- Tennessee/Spencer Smith: 3 uses[7]
Example Fanworks
- Bend Towards Joy by softlyforgotten: The Like GSF. Summary: "It has come to our attention," Laena said, "that you might need a little more looking after than first realised."
- (Podfic of) Where We Land, by almostblue and harborshore, read by misprint: Z/Brendon Urie, Tennessee/Spencer Smith, Spencer/Tennessee/Ryan. High School AU, length 5:28:16.
- Steal Some Covers, Share Some Skin by fallintosilence and boweryd, Z/Tennessee. Summary: The working title of this fic was "Fumbly Teenage Lesbians, oh my lord." That should tell you all you need to know.
- The Elliot Code of Honour by cest_what and softlyforgotten: regency AU centered around Brendon/Ryan with Z/Tennessee supporting.
- When the World Comes In by cmonkatiekatie: Panic-centric zombie apocalypse fic, Z/Tennessee supporting.
Fandom Resources
- Primer by signsonwaves, posted to LJ Oct 25, 2009
- Picspam by annemaris, posted to LJ June 28, 2011
- The Like reclist by kiki_eng, posted to LJ Feb 15, 2012
- 6degreesofbandomfemslash DW account with primers on all The Like members
- welikethelike LJ community (last updated in 2011)
- fuckyeahelizabethberg.tumblr.com
- The Like podfic at the audiofic archive