theres a big difference between writing frerard because you ship gerard and frank vs expressing yourself through them.
personally im not really into my chem anymore. i rarely listen to or check up on gerard frank mikey or ray.
however i do express myself through frerard because even if fanfiction is creepy, its the only way i know how to express the way i feel (often times as frank.)
but thats also why i want to start branching out into my own original characters, because even if its not that good ive taught myself a skill using frerard and now i can use it for other prohects. and i wont feel like a perv after.