Bren

I was just wondering why this thread was still quiet 😉 Right after a succesfull gig is a good moment to take a pause I guess. We can entertain eachother for a while.. like the subtitles team entertained me today with videos I'd never seen before

I think she meant to say to accept the fact that he is not mediocre att all and not to try to push him into normalcy, so if he is afraid to be mediocre, he really must have loved her remark

That made my day

I love how his mom said "let's not use normalcy as a weapon" Not sure if the translation is perfect but I think it's lovely to say that to your child and an important reminder for any parent. It's going to be my new motto as a parent.

Of course I watched! Our tv stopped working an hour before the finale, I'm not kidding. Me and a friend went to the supermarket to buy a new one, we only missed the openingsong. Mika's performance was amazing, we all wanted to vote for him!

Hi, thanx! Well if there is a star trek thread and perhaps a beatles and eurovision thread I will never have to leave again. Add a rubiks cube thread and I am in nerd heaven 🤣

This is my first day on the mfc forum and we're talking star trek? This is definitely the right place to be for me 😆🖖

Hi everyone! I´m Bren, I live in Sweden and Mika is my Rufus since I heard his album No place in heaven! I had come out as trans and I had to stay strong for my kids and partner, while dealing with many different reactions from everyone around me. I felt really alone and suddenly there where these songs which shocked me because it felt like someone was seeing right through me. It felt a bit uncomfortable and some songs were even painful. But it made me realise I was not alone and my feelings were valid. It has been years and much has happened. When I listen to these songs now they still touch me, but in a good way. Mika´s music and performances give me joy and positivity in my life. This year was the first time I really felt like celebrating pride and where else should I celebrate being true to myself than at one of Mika´s concerts! I couldn´t go to the Disney pride concert because I had to wait for the start of school holidays. So I made up my own party and planned a trip to the festival in Zeebrugge this summer. I´ve never travelled more than 50 km for a concert and I felt like an idiot to be honest. None of my friends could come with me and my family thought I was crazy, but a positive thing with coming out as trans is that your loved ones don´t get surprised easily after that. Without knowing if I would get there in time I drove 2000 km from Sweden to Belgium. I arrived just in time, but not in time to book me a hotel, and I also expected to stand at the back. However there were many Duran Duran fans and I could come to the stage easily. Mika´s performance was amazing. He was tired after his brothers marriage the day before, and the crowd wasn´t great but Mika was great as ever and I was so thankful for that! It was really special to be there. After his gig I left to look for a place to stay the night. My partner would get mad if I slept in my car on a parking lot far from home, so I decided to drive to a friends house, more than 300 km away. That night on the highway I had Yo Yo on repeat and I sung my longs out to stay awake. I will forever think back to this evening and night with a warm heart. I´ve come here because twitter is a nasty place but I still want to follow Mika and your stories, because they make me laugh!