Also, Mark is always my favorite, but I'd say he definitely wants to be in the limelight, a bit superior/more famous than lead to believe. Not saying he's on Travis's level, god no, but Hoppus on Music? His meltdown over the results of Neighborhoods? dropping +44 immediatley? Selling out the band to Feldmann and co like it's purely a brand name? Treating Skiba like a major stand in, etc.
He really wants blink back in the spotlight. Whether that's the fame or the money, or making up for lost times/income from Tom's hiatus, I don't know. But sometimes it seems a superiority thing because of their early fame. Tom is delusional, a dick, but always seemed like the more relatable one with fans (pre-scams). And still lives in San Diego and what not. Didn't Mark move to LA to be in the country's largest shithole epicenter of pretentiousness? I don't know anyone that moves to LA to be the humble anomaly there.
Just saying, I don't feel like he's fully trying to connect with fans whenever Mark is on podcasts/interviews, twitch or whatever it may be. I think he definitely struggles letting go.
Love his features though on random young artists and his cancer scare and then beating it literally gave me chills, from a fan's perspective.
I'm also not a Mark hater. Just disagree with the sentiment he's mr. humble. I don't care really either.
edit: I also realize this was now branching off his upcoming book at beating cancer, which is not at all related to what I'm saying. Just random discussion's sake for the whole blink tenure, not anything related to that.