And When The Web Is Spun, Will You Find Yourself The Spider Or The Fly?

this is what I was trying to get at with my gertrudeposting earlier today, though not nearly as thoroughly or eloquently as OP

regardless of its other successes or failures one thing i feel that the magnus archives did really well was create a narrative and worldbuilding that refuses to allow you to categorize its characters by the dichotomy of 'abuser' and 'victim' without ignoring major themes that define the shape and course of the entire story. despite one of its most central themes being that "we all get a choice, even if it doesn't feel like one" many of the characters we encounter are faced with genuinely horrifying ethical dilemmas that emphasize just how difficult that choice actually is to make, and allow the audience to sympathize with their plight even if not with their actions and decisions. many of the avatars are arguably just as much victims of the entities they serve as they are perpetrators of the violence they cause, and those who fight them in many cases choose to descend to monstrosity themselves in order to be able to keep pushing back - a choice some of them try to rationalize to themselves by arguing that the magnitude of the threat they face necessitates that the ends justify the means, but which is nevertheless a choice that they make, and one with a devastatingly high cost that is repeatedly, unflinchingly presented to both them and the audience. the human capacity to exercize our free will for better or for worse whilst taking into account the various internal and external influences that may affect the decisions we make is thoroughly explored with a great deal of care and nuance that i appreciate.

I don’t usually dress very interestingly, but I’ll oblige

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picrew chain? <3

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Baby Carrot outfit maker

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henry in ffps is like about 80 years old so he definetely talks like a grandpa for hours beyound his slay monologs

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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.

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”

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.

she who on my what til i— oh my god whh at t he ff u ck ist that th i n g

refaat alareer - "let it be a tale"

A Palestinian poet who was martyred by an Israeli air strike on 7th of December.

Translation by (@tameeolivefern)

Poem in English and Arabic:

إذا كان لا بد أن أموت

فعليك أن تحيا

لتقص قصتي

لتبيع أشيائي

لتشتري قطعة قماش

و بضعة خيوط

(لتكون بيضاء بذيل طويل)

حتى طفل في مكان ما في غزة

يحدق بالسماء

ينتظر اباه الذي غادر على عجل

بلا أن يودع أحدًا

حتى جسده

حتى نفسه -

يرى الطائرة الورقية طائرتي التي صنعتها

تحلق عاليا

و يظن لوهلة أن ملاكًا عاليا

يُعيد الحب

إذا كان لا بد أن أموت

لتجعلها تحضر الأمل

لتجعلها قصة

If I must die,

you must live to tell my story

to sell my things

to buy a piece of cloth

and some strings,

(make it white with a long tail)

so that a child, somewhere in Gaza

while looking heaven in the eye

awaiting his dad who left in a blaze-

and bid no one farewell

not even to his flesh

not even to himself-

sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up

above

and thinks for a moment an angel is there

bringing back love

If I must die

let it bring hope

let it be a tale

"i hope ___ doesn't exist in this universe" i hope they exist and they're Just Normal. i hope elias is high somewhere rn. amen

Sitting in the sight, of every eye

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I don’t believe I’ve drawn whole before,so wanted to change that