Dear Mibbians. - Comments

<3 I know how you feel bb. I haven't plucked up the courage to watch the video yet.

Can I hug you? lol. This made me incredibly sad. I try not to let myself break down though, because Jimmy wouldn't want that. He was so full of life and he wouldn't want us to be sad. R.I.P. Jimbo. <3

I know what you mean ..I miss him everyday :(

I agree with every one of you and I'm sorry that I made some of you guys cry. At first I didn't want to listen to them after Jimmy died, but I thought "No, I can't give up on them." And I'm glad I didn't because they are still great, the fact that they've carried on has made me look up to them even more than before.

I'm Not Okay I understand what you mean about the mental picture, I still have that, until I realise it's not like that anymore.

Asking Alex Yes. I agree. It's like something that isn't supposed to happen, you know?

All of you who have commented, you've been a great help. Thank you <3

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I'm seeing them October 26th - the day I found them four years ago. It's going to be so special, yet sad. Although I've never seen them live before, it will still feel weird not seeing Jimmy.

Little Miss Malice: Perhaps I will someday, but I just can't bring myself to right now. It's still rather odd to me for Jimmy to just be. . . gone, y'know?

He was a great drummer, but even though it hurts that he's no longer with Avenged Sevenfold, they have to continue in his memory.

If there's anything certain about life is that we all have to die. That ticket was stamped the day we were born. It's sad, bit that's life. Celebrate his life rather than dwell on his death.

At the end of the music video, I just stared at the screen for ten minutes. Take all the time you need, hun. His death, God, it hit hard with everyone and while Mike Portnoy is an amazing drummer, him being the drummer for the album just makes everything more real...

Asking Alex. You should listen. It's absolutely brilliant. You have to keep in mind that Jimmy did help with the songs and drum beats before he died. But if you don't, it's understandable.

They say the good die young, and I can only imagine it's because they are the ones who had everything they could ask for, that at some point they stopped searching long enough to realize it.

It was months after Heath Ledger's death before I could even try to watch one of his films. I still can't watch anything to do with Steve Irwin, nearly five years after the fact. I can't watch Brittany Murphy films either. I can't even go to the grave of a neighbor without feeling horrible that I didn't go to his funeral. But the thing is, no matter how much I love(d) them, I know that I can't keep being sad all the time.

You don't have to forget them, and it will take time, but eventually you let go. You don't have to believe in God for that. As a fan, mourn but do not weep; there are millions the world over who know the feeling of loss, and just as many who have recovered. As fans, we are here to remember and to keep the memory alive.

I know how you feel.
I mean, Mike's an awesome drummer, but I cry every time I hear Nightmare, because I know it's not Jimmy playing.
I cry a lot about Jimmy.
I have this mental image of the band, if that makes sense. It's of all the members of Avenged - Matt, Syn, Zack, Johnny, The Rev, everyone - and every time I realize that that's no longer them, I just break down.
It's so incredibly unfair that so many amazing, young people have died recently.

This journal made me cry. And it's not very often that anything on Mibba makes me cry.

I refuse to listen to A7X without Jimmy. It doesn't seem right. :/
I don't know if I'll ever listen to any of their new stuff. . .

This made me cry. I haven't seen the video yet, and I don't think I want to. I haven't listened to anything new by Avenged Sevenfold since he died, because I want to remember Jimmy being alive.