Distortion headcanons, you say….? :)
Fractals usually seem to have a pattern where the iterations get infinitely smaller.
However, the hallways and corridors and things within the distortion do not appear to shrink infinitely or anything.
This is only because the person is essentially inside of the distortion and therefore is basically also infinitely shrinking at the same rate as the place around them. To them, nothing appears to change, if that makes any sense-
Also, the “center” of the distortion is probably referring to “C” in the equation for the Mandelbrot set (Zn+1 = Zn^2 + C), which is the starting value for the set.
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Mirrors
Y’know that cool effect that happens when you put two mirrors up facing each other? I think that’s why they’re in the distortion.
the shrinking fractal hypothesis is canon now btw. I just made it canon actually. that is the best explanation I’ve read for infinitely branching hallways that isn’t “it’s just like that”
this is why all of you need to go out and adopt math people into your fandoms. see? see the benefits? (yes I work a STEM job. that doesn’t mean I know shit about it)
anyway that unlocked a memory. as a young child I used to sit between two facing mirrors in my house and just stare while moving my arms so they looked all messed up and honestly I think that’s why I’m like This
Favorita abt TMA is that all the boys are the least combatants possible while the girls at any sign of threat want to tear things apart
so true. tma women are all like "I'm gonna kill you badly with my fire and my knives and my worms and my guns and my explosives" and tma men are all like "oohh you'll be sorry for that in four seasons time when I finally have enough trauma to harness into a superpower." even big bad elias is completely weak to physical violence being enacted on him, he had to outsource talking melanie down from stabbing him to jon and it takes him a full scene of mind games to stop basira from knocking him into next week.
my ADHD ass could never use a leitner properly even if my life depended on it. “read this specific passage to change the—” ok my eyes have already skipped to the bottom of the page. “one or two words is enough to—” and I zoned out and skimmed 2 pages so I’ll see ya later in the hell dimension
every chonny jash song is like *voice with the most autotune and layering possible* ME AT THE SUICIDE STORE *the fastest drums youve ever heard in your life* *voices in the background saying some words you arent really sure are real* ohhh my fucking god theyre arguing again *RANDOM XYLOPHONE* were like jekyll and hyde if there were 3 Of Them. and then you look at his directors commentary and hes like “gonna be honest i dont fucking know what i was doing either”
this gutted me so badly on first listen that I had genuine difficulty liking Georgie afterwards. I get where she’s coming from, but oof. just straight up telling him that Melanie deserves healing despite the mistakes she’s made and he doesn’t. local guy cannot catch a fucking break
man. whenever jon sims is a relentlessly self-sacrificing martyr everyones like STOP IT YOU’RE NOT HELPING ANYONE BY GETTING YOURSELF KILLED. and then whenever he’s doing what he has to in order to survive everyones like YOU SHOULD CONSIDER STARVING YOURSELF AND DYING INSTEAD. guy cannot win.
CONTENT WARNING: Body horror.
Spooky scary Shelley-tons!! Ok Michael Distortion fans, this one is for you.
Drawn in Storyboard Pro 20.1 with custom brushes from Rozlyn Waltz. The Magnus Archives is a podcast written by Jonathan Sims, Directed by Alexander J Newall, and distributed by Rusty Quill! This clip features voice acting by Jonathan Sims and Luke Booys!
Had a lot of fun figuring out how Michael moves! Now that I've drawn his grand entrance, maybe someday I'll draw the scene where he...uh...leaves.
CHARLIE YOU SCOUNDREL THIS IS BEAUTIFUL
the attention to detail is insane I want 20 of them to stick on my ceiling
A continuation of my sketchbook pages of tma characters! This time @happy-little-doorbell suggested the Distortion! Thank you El!
Here’s the entire spread
I’ll make one post for Michael and one for Helen:)
Here’s Michael’s page:
A closeup on the main drawing. I’ve been playing around with different designs for him, and I think this one’s pretty cool:
His scarf morphs into what the corridors would look like from above, with the pale yellow carpet and black rug described by Helen Richardson.
We got Michael in his corridors, just vibing:)))
I spent too much time on these corridors to have them completely covered up by our boy (gender neutral)
And lastly a small drawing of Michael Shelley (he deserved better)
So this is it! I worked hard on this, and I’m really proud of it! Please tell me what you think of it:D
You can also request what other characters you want me to make pages for:)
I’ll add a link to the Helen post when I get the chance
rip jonah magnus you would've loved pride
been seeing an uptick in opinions about oh ana by mother mother lately… just a reminder that miss jane prentiss grabbed that song by the throat and made it her bitch
"weeping angel"