Lindsey Way

Lindsey Way (aka Lindsey Ballato, Lyn-Z) is the bassist of the American band Mindless Self Indulgence and an artist. She is known for doing back bends while playing her guitar. Because she is married to Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, she appears in a lot of Bandom fanfiction.
==Shipping==
On the Archive of Our Own, Lindsey is tagged on 1,161 fanworks as of February 2023.Lindsey Ballato works page, 25 February 2023. The most common Lindsey ship is Gerard/Lindsey with 556 worksLindsey Ballato/Gerard Way works page, 25 February 2023., although many of these are Bandom fics that include them only as a side pairing. She is also shipped with the other MCR wives, most often Frank's wife Jamia (99 fanworks)Lindsey Ballato/Jamia Nestor works page, 25 February 2023., but also Mikey's (ex) wife Alicia (8 fanworks)Lindsey Ballato/Alicia Simmons. Often these femslash pairings are side pairings. Fans also write her in a threesome or poly relationship with both Gerard and Frank16 fanworks, Lindsey Ballato/Frank Iero/Gerard Way works page, 16 August 2015. or in a foursome including Jamia21 fanworks, Lindsey Ballato/Frank Iero/Jamia Nestor/Gerard Way works page, 16 August 2015. as an alternative to breaking up a canon het ship in order to write slash.
Lindsey is very rarely shipped with her own bandmates, likely due to Mindless Self Indulgence being a very small fic fandom. There are a few femslash works pairing Lindsey with her drummer Kitty.6 fanworks Lindsey/Kitty works page, 16 August 2015.
==Controversy==
Lindsey has historically been the subject of numerous rumors. In the early 2010s, much of the hate directed at Lindsey seemed to be generated by her former friends, particularly Jessicka Addams. The criticism largely centered around accusations of treating friends, fans, and family poorly, and was documented on the Tumblr account lynzuglyliar. By the late 2010s, many fans - especially younger ones - believed that the tendency to bash Lindsey was misogynistic, and past rumors were largely ignored.
Around 2020, however, Lindsey came under fire on several occasions. She was criticized for responding inappropriately to discussions surrounding the Black Lives Matter Movement,https://lynzuglyliar.tumblr.com/post/634253663588728832/lindsey-way-says-black-lives-matter-then-blocks as well as the allegations of sexual misconduct by her bandmate Jimmy Urine.https://lynzuglyliar.tumblr.com/post/631072359727742976/lindsey-way-makes-her-return-to-social-media Fans once again began talking about the accusations made by Lindsey's former friends and the lynzuglyliar account, and she faced renewed backlash for race-faking,https://lynzuglyliar.tumblr.com/post/622837066297966592/lindsey-way-lying-and-appropriation victim-blaming, and alleged plagiarism in her artwork.https://lynzuglyliar.tumblr.com/post/638053875427966976/lindsey-way-art-thief Lindsey's tweets about Black Lives Matter were quickly deleted, and as of February 2023, she has not posted to Twitter since.https://twitter.com/lynzway?lang=en Current fans who are aware of this history appear to regard her as a problematic figure, whether or not they actively dislike her. 
==Example Fanworks==
===Art===
*MSI: Ballooooooooooooonquatre by easelweasel. Drawing of Lindsey with a balloon head. (2007)
*Lyn-Z MSI by putrithewicked. Digital art. (2007)
*Lyn-Z sketch from a post of old bandom art by theopteryx (also on tumblr) (2008)
*FUCKING LYN-Z by IThoughtIToldYou. Digital drawing of Lindsey doing a backbend. (2011)
*Lyn-Z Way 4 by UNTILitFADEStoBLACK. Color drawing of Lindsey playing. (2013)
*Gee+Lyn by mmrated. Digital cartoon-style art of Lindsey performing with Gerard (2013)
*untitled gifset by ballato of Lindsey doing a backbend (August 8, 2014)
*Frank and LynZ guitar/bass duelling by mychemicaldoodle (September 2014)
* by ratwolv (November 5, 2017)
* by bunnybaum on tumblr (April 29, 2018)
*untitled art by happy_humbug76 (May 6, 2018)
===Fanficton===
==Fannish Resources==
*lyn-z picspam by erraticonstilts on livejournal (2009-03-05)
*Part Nine: I Am Gay For His Wife by valerie_z on livejournal (October 26, 2007)
*lynz-tattoos tumblr
==References==
Category:My Chemical Romance People & Characters
Category:Bandom