AS PROMISED:
In my photobucket account, I have a folder called "beckettspam." This folder is devoted to pictures of the lead singer of The Academy Is . . ., a 21-year-old kid from Chicago named William Beckett. William Beckett (aka "Bill," "Billvy," "Billiam," "Scrumptious Tartlet") contributes music and lyrics to his band's songs. William Beckett has grandiose ideas about human experience and connection. William Beckett tries to write stream-of-consciousness fiction stories. But this is all very unimportant, because most of all, William Beckett is, like, preternaturally attractive - at least, to me. If you like your men very tall and very thin and rather artlessly graceful, with sharp hips and sharp faces and long hair and long limbs - if you like them when they're pretty like girls, then you are going to love William Beckett.
(Bill would seriously hate my guts for a Love-Him-For-His-Body! post. Bill wants the world to know that he is so much more than his body. *pats Bill*)
The long and short of it is, I have 200+ basic, introductory pictures of William Beckett at my disposal, and you're going to look at some of them until you get sick of William Beckett or until you reach the end. This is easily the least dial-up-friendly post I have ever made because of how there are 200+ pictures behind the cut.
We're just going front to back here, alphabetical order of filenames in the bucket, very little rhyme or reason, but a big party! (If you are already familiar with William Beckett and Friends, some of the captions will give you duh-face, as will the pictures, since these are the most commonly posted pictures of La Beckett. Please excuse!)
Wet, naked Bill Beckett. Taken by his good friend Nick Scimeca. DON'T ASK ME, I JUST WISH I KNEW.
Bill contemplating Ron Presidente. Bill loooooves to drink.
blonde fuzzy boy is Tom Conrad, ex-guitarist of The Academy Is . . . Bill knows he is very pretty, and would like the webcam to know it as well.
Baby Beckett at a record store! I imagine this to be from the time period when he would update his LiveJournal bemoaning his hips and how ugly they are and how no girl will ever want him.
But how could you not want a child that wears this sweater unironically?! He probably picked it up at a vintage store and spent a whole week's GAP paycheck on it. Could you look at how he's biting his lip?! God, presh.
SO PRESH! SO BORED WITH YOU ALREADY!
Bill and the Butcher (Butcher is TAI's drummer; please note, his hoodie proclaims his Butcherhood) - oh god you feminine little flower! Cheekbones! Wrists! Staring longingly into Butcher's eyes! *flail*
Ah, the infamous Nick Scimeca, touching Bill inappropriately! (It seems that if you are male and friends with William Beckett, you just touch him inappropriately. It's just something you do. Maybe you kiss him onstage [Pete Wentz]; maybe you wrap your arms around him and nuzzle his neck [Travis McCoy]; maybe you drap your arms around his neck and have him hang off you [Gabe Saporta]. It's just what you do.)
Bill and Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes, out on Warped Tour last summer. You will please note that this filename is "billtravie12" - the other 11 pictures are further down, and are much more squishyhappymaking. This is merely the precursor to the Treckett (except I'm trying to coin "Trill in 07", so if you could pick that up and run with it, that'd be awesome, thanks.)
Bill and Patrick Stump, passing in the night. They exist in the same universe, man! They have all the same friends! I've even heard that they were friends BEFORE Patrick met Joe in that Borders. Why not more pictures, I ask you? *pain*
William on Warped Tour is a really beautiful thing. He's filthy, probably hasn't showered in days, hasn't washed those clothes in weeks, but look at him touching himself. nrrghh
Wahahahahahha, candid piss shot! (There's a posed one later on) I feel like Scimeca took this one too.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHA I reeeeeaaaalllly want him to be talking to Pete Wentz on the webcam.
Bill and Travis LOVE EACH OTHER VERY MUCH, OK. Mmmm, and they're both so tall. I bet Travis just lets Bill wrap his legs around Travis' hips and rock close - I mean. Yeeeess. :D
CAN YOU DIG IT?!
I don't know who's squishing him but oh his little face!
No, okay, so he's like seventeen here or whatever, but CARRY ON INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING and exposing of hipbones!
Oh, I love baby Bill. His features are a little softer, a little rounder. God, how did he not get beat up every day of his life, looking like that?
Bill loooooooooooves to drink. More than he loves other things.
The important things about this picture: 1)shirtless 2)package? y/n? The presence of Bill's package is a rare, happy occasion.
When he performs, William ties a bandana around his knee. Look at his fingers, fuck.
So I don't know what's happening here, but he's holding Silly String and he's wearing a girl's shirt and he's having fun, so I approve.
I also approve of this.
Gabe Saporta and Bill at the Snakes on a Plane soundtrack release party! God, could you look at him? He's so happy to have Gabe all over him! (Later on that night,
this picture would be taken. *loves*)
This is Bill with beer at Pete Wentz's house in LA after the LA Warped Tour date. During Warped Tour, Bill essentially wore the same 4 shirts and a vest. \o/ Squinty eyes!
He's so earnest! He wants you to love him his music!
Young, spotty Bill! Clearly wide awake and ready to face the day.
Mmmm, that would be Bill with a Super Soaker at Warped Tour. His hips seriously fascinate me. His whole pelvic region.
Aww, artsy black and white of Bill and his (ex?)girlfriend Christine. I would just like to note that he is the sort of boy to take unfocused black and white pictures while canoodling with his girl. <3
*sigh* Bill owning the Warped crowd with a tambourine. THIS BOY HAS NO ASS.
*sobs* That's so pretty! The "artfully distressed" shirt, carefully positioned to showcase his nipple! And he's so sensitive on that acoustic guitar! A second later, he gently pushed hair behind his ears and grinned up at the crowd. True fact.
*whimpers* Bill, with bandmate Mike Carden in the background. He's so pretty when he's earnest and sunlit. His hands are really delicate.
CRAZY BECKETT! The girl who took this said he was in the process of singing "doctor, doctor" - I am personally fascinated by his filthy, tanned, bare feet and how I could encircle his thigh with one hand.
Bill's pretty. And wearing a Hush Sound promo button.
The chick in this picture is manlier than William.
Hi. Blowjob shot.
Arms, so tiny.
I just. Yeah. Plus, look at that muscle tension in his forearm! That leg just doesn't END.
BABY BECKETT, YOU ARE MY FAVORITE!
FAVORITE OF ALL TIME!
OH BABY!! YOU ARE SO PICK-UP-ABLE! And look at Gabe Saporta in the background, hmmm. When was this taken?
Baby Beckett, also lickable. He's such a pretty little diva.
I. *hands* Look at him.
Look, okay, yeah, he's skinny, he's really fucking skinny. I would . . . yeah, okay, I would, I would still go down on him. \o/
COME ON, THAT'S GORGEOUS! The whole cant of his body. Look how long he is!
*meep*
I'm not going to deny it, I'm slightly put off by his hairy legs here. But, you know, the fact of Bill naked in a bathtub with wine makes up for the hairy legs.
HE IS SO DAPPER! *gives him tea* Also, does anyone else find this jacket awfully similar to the grey Panic! jacket that they all seem to share?
JESUS CHRIST, I GIVE UP, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, BILL!!!
. . . yeah, while you're looking like that. Dear GOD.
Bill is bendy!
AHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA A++++++++
Bill does an excellent "please, bitch" face. Bill does not have time for your shenanigans.
But oh, do I ever have time for Bill's shenanigans! (I love love love the baby fat around his chin in this picture.)
Hey, pretty princess! (He's with Bob McLynn, FOB's manager)
This is the beginning of many scene-ish pictures taken recently in Chicago. William is very lovely and friendly in them, and the dark haired guy in most of them is Mat Devine, the lead singer of Kill Hannah. AWESOME CAPTIONS, PEEPS!
Mat Devine on the right, William looking FIERCE
KISS! KISS! I mean. KISS!
HE'S JUST SO PRETTY. FUCK.
Bill and Nick Scimeca! Beffies!
Cheers, beffies!
William, Ryan and Brendon from Panic!, Jack Marin (Panic's then-tour manager), and . . . some guy. I just like William and Ryan and Brendon hanging out!
Aww, he's like a cranky baby mouse.
Bill/Brendon? Y/N? That would be a hyper-drunk-ass couple.
Precious baby! That's a genuine smile, aww.
Shirtless Bill = \o/
I LOVE THIS SHIRT OF HIS. And his Clan necklace. And his FACE.
Screencap from Fall Out Boy's A Little Less Sixteen Candles video. Bill's a dandified gay vampire who latches his mouth onto Pete's neck! And he plays one in the video, too!
TAIv.2 Hipbones, what? And the smug little "yeah, they're holding me aloft, for they are my bitches" expression.
Mmm. Yes.
BITCH PLEASE
OMG, I'm running out of things to say about William Beckett. I'm only going to caption if it really calls for it. Just appreciate the aesthetic!
HIS WRITING IS TIMELESS LIKE JOYCE.
Kissing DeMar from Plain White T's. Bill is a very tactile person. He communicates with his mouth, mkay? MKAY!
I . . . don't actually know. But say, edible collarbone!
Drrruuunnkk after Warped Tour.
Sooooo drrrruuunnkkk.
Bill + hair-dryer = love. You feel like maybe he would have become a hairdresser if his band hadn't taken off. That seems to be the thing to do, pretty much.
This picture is made entirely by the candle in the background and the brick wall covered by a cheap red curtain. Where is he? And where's the video?
What can I say, I'm a sucker for torso shots. The kid just doesn't end!
Yeah, he's fab.
Delicate fingers! Precise!
Also, this!
Kissing Gabe Saporta, yep. There's just a world of yes.
Bill and Gabe backstage before the Snakes on a Plane release thingy. Gabe looooves Bill. Travie looooves Bill.
Gabe reeeeallly loooooves Bill. (I never actually noticed before, but they're holding each others' wrists. That's hot.)
Wouldn't you say it's hot? (Bonus Patrick in the background!)
Bill is the most gangsta mouse ever.
EVER.
!!! camwhore
His hair is so SHINY!
<3
Ooh, okay, this was the LA Warped Tour date last summer when Pete Wentz came out to sing with Bill! I was there! It was awesome!
I just. Yes. God.
Screencap from the Slow Down video. Pretty little diva! *pets him*
*meep*
His soft-core porn series from his own short-lived website. Artsy!
Aww, he looks like such a teenager here! (Um, because he was one.)
GHEEE! This is labeled as high school, but it might be middle school.
And just look what he grew into.
I hear tell this is not some people's idea of attractive male figures? YOU ARE CRAZY, YOU PEOPLE.
AND BILL THE DEPUTY WITH QUESTIONABLE SKIN WILL KICK YOUR ASS
AND THEN KILL YOU WITH HIS HIPS AND THIGHS AND FOREARMS
and cuteness
I don't know who is touching William's neck, but I would like to be him.
Oh look, more Bill/Travie. THEIR HANDS, OKAY?!
COULD YOU LOOK AT HIS LEGS?!
This is labeled as middle school, but I honestly don't know. It frightens me.
Bill and Mike Carden. They look sweaty-ish. Yum.
TAIv.3 (without Mike) I miss Bill's long hair!
I like a boy who's comfortable in his own skin.
And in Nick Scimeca's skin. (With jeans that tight and low, seriously, William, why bother with underwears?)
Still timeless like Joyce, but maybe with a better sense of humor about it all!
What William Beckett looks like during a particularly intense Sex and the City marathon orgasm?
THE PACKAGE EXISTS.
He like TOTALLY used to work at the Gap! (No, he actually did.)
OKAY GIRLFRIEND! (He is so being forced to talk to a fan's friend on the phone)
BILL HUNGRY! (these captions are way degenerating)
Patrick in the background! Utterly ignoring the gentleman's game of skill going on behind him! Because Bill's a gentleman.
What, don't you think so?
Okay, you may be right.
William and Ryan Ross, yay! I feel like Ryan is William-lite. I wish William would take Ryan under his wing and teach him many flexible positions and worldviews.
Yeah, it's a series. Ryan is in ecstasy!
Mmmm!
AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA the idea of these two fighting! It would be hair-pulling and name-calling within a minute. (Except maybe Ryan would clock him with his Sidekick and Bill would be all bruised and stuff, and need to be kissed better.)
I just like the faux innocence.
and the raw sex. you know.
I mean, the innocence!
Okay, both.
Damn straight, both!
aieeee!
GOD am I going to miss that hair!
What? He's shirtless, it gets posted.
I mean, there's no definition there, but it's really not like I'm complaining.
He's holding honey. ??
COMMUNICATES WITH HIS MOUTH, OKAY?! (Except he would totally turn that into some grandiose metaphor that connects singing and talking and laughing and kissing and breathing, and he'd touch his own mouth a lot while explaining it to Ryan Ross. I mean. What?)
softxcore!
Ah, a worthy foe.
*pinches his tummy*
In the studio recording the latest TAI album.
Beckett said knock you out.
This is still the cutest, best picture ever. Don't you just want to wrap him up in a fluffy quilt and nuzzle him and objectify him completely?
The posed piss shot. Associating with Pete Wentz doesn't always rub off on you in the good, life-affirming way.
Bill and Tom. RIP Tom. The new band member better be slashy. (Although, you know, it's William, so odds are he will be.)
Because it would be a tragedy to lose that.
Serious tragedy.
I'd cry.
And drown my sorrows with Jager.
Arm! He's like this weird combination of lean and remnants of baby fat. IT IS LICKABLE.
The remaining Trill pictures, yay!
It's just so nice how close Travis holds him!
You know?
Joe Trohman! Like Bill needs to hide the booze.
Most important part of an FBR tour, I daresay!
OK, he's just pretty here. (This is on the set of the new FOB video - pre-haircut, I should say. *grieves*)
BITCH, PLEASE
There are approximately 48925320 pictures of William Beckett and TAI from last summer's Warped Tour. Many of them are above. The rest of my favorites are below. It's slight variations on the same theme: dirty, singing, pretty, hair, face, hips. Plaid shirt, black shirt, blue shirt.
Yeeeeeeah.
Yep.
Yeah + tambourine
YES
YES PLEASE
A UNIVERSE OF YES PLEASE RIGHT NOW
Look. He is pretty. What a pretty man.
And coy!
I HAVE NO WORDS FOR THE CUTENESS
TUMMY
GUILELESS
Classy! German porn! I mean, what?
American porn! I mean . . . American porn!
Pensive! Artsy! Pretentious! <3
BILL IS DISGUSTED THAT THIS PICSPAM IS OVER OMG! Because there are so many more excellent pictures of him out there - and if you have some I haven't posted, you should feel free to post some in comments! This can be the most AWESOME BILL BECKETT PICSPAM IN THE WOOOOORLD!
I hope you have enjoyed this post of William Beckett's body as much as I have. Thank you for coming. \o/