i hate that this could possibly be a bad take because if they didnt want to go the paper kingdom route 10 years ago, why would they want to now?? it's not suddenly more relevant, and they didn't like that direction for the band.
this is going to sound insanely greedy but if we ever get mcr5 i would rather it be what they’re capable of now than a scrapped album from 10 years ago. gerard’s writing has only ripened with age and foundations was really a testimony to that