Heartwarming / blink-182

• A fan wrote to them shortly before committing suicide. Touched by the fan, they wrote 'Adam's Song' in memory of him.
• During the Reunion Tour, if not at all shows, the three band members hugged.
• Also serving as a Tear Jerker, Mark asking for a moment of silence during a Connecticut show after the band learned of Adam Goldstein (DJ AM)'s passing.
• When Travis was in the hospital, Tom went to go see how he was, which resulted with the three making up.
  • Tom originally initiated it by sending a picture of him, Travis, and Mark together with a note saying "Do you remember who we were?" Included was another picture of Tom with his wife and kids with the note "This is who I am now."
• Despite his departure, Tom pretty much stated on Twitter that he still considers Mark his best friend, saying he loves him so much, insisting he wants his friend to be happy. Hits Tear Jerker territory when Mark hasn't returned these feelings back.
  • Despite how much of a jerk he's appeared as, Mark telling in interviews that he hopes Tom's new choices will make him happy really tugs the heartstrings.
  • Tom was a guest in an August 2021 episode of Mark's podcast After School Radio. There is clearly no animosity between the two, and they joke around, how they both appreciate dick jokes.
• Mark and Travis's love for Matt Skiba is really something to marvel at, especially when introducing him at a show.
• Recently, when the band announced their new album California, Tom gave his own thoughts and said he was on speaking terms again with Travis (although with Mark it isn't known), and hopes the best for the band.
  • Makes it more heartwarming when Travis did indeed confirm this in the interview, solidifying Mark, Travis, and Tom at least are on better speaking terms than last time.
• Travis sharing memories that he and Tom used to get stoned and walk around the woods looking for Bigfoot. Even if he doesn't agree with what Tom's decided to do with his life, he's happy his friend is doing something he loves.
• "First Date" is Adorkable incarnate. Who hasn't gone on a date like this?
• The Rock Show is a lovely way to express the feelings of one's First Love, and to make it better, the song was written by Mark, in the space of about ten minutes, and is basically a love song for his wife. And they're still together, twenty years later.
• While he's really, really, really reluctant to come up with a date (barring the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic anyways), the fact that Tom has openly stated he intends to play with Blink again "when the time is right" and that none of the other band members have come out to challenge this means that on some level, they would like (or at the very least don't mind) the concept of being a band again. It's a big step up from the usual indifference, deflection or outright vitriol they've thrown at each other in the past.
• While it's obviously a pragmatic decision on some level (because then concerts would be much shorter and less varied), Mark and Travis continuing to play the material that they made together with Tom, which basically encompasses everything between 1992 - 2013. They could choose to discard the material and forge ahead into their new, post-Tom lineup, and yet they continue to play the songs they made together, because it's a significant part of their lives and it shouldn't be forgotten, even if the happy memories of those times are no doubt soured due to the drama that occurred between them.
• Mark beating Stage 4 cancer in 2021 doubles as this and Awesome.
  • During this time, fans wondered if Mark and Tom had made peace....which was proven to be the case. And while the two aren't in the same band anymore, the two do talk frequently in each other's social medias, proven the two buried the hatchet, being happier with their own endeavors than being stuck in decisions they weren't happy with.
• Tom rejoining the band on 11 October 2022 certainly counts as this.
  • His open letter to Matt Skiba counts too, thanking him for "keep(ing) the band alive and thriving in [his] absence."
  • Singles from the Skiba Era like "Bored To Death" have remained present in the setlist, and the song "Cynical" in particular has been dedicated to Matt during every performance. Nice to see that they're properly honoring his time in the band.
• Tom's first show back was at Coachella 2023. When his verse during "I Miss You" came up, Travis dropped the beat and the audience overwhelmingly sang along with Tom, to the point that Manly Tears were present.
• The single "One More Time", a song of healing between Mark and Tom, complete with Travis joining in on vocals during the final verse.

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