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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.
id love to see you draw mr jonathan sims s3 and maybe michael??? they are so sillies and i love themmm plus your artstyle would be so swag
i’m so bad at drawing jon even though he’s my bbgirl i am SO sorry….
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
hm… no I don’t think Gertrude was feeling cold and uncaring when she sacrificed Michael. I don’t think she just dusted her hands off and walked away. I think she was used to risky plans and close calls, even used to an occasional casualty, but her blood ran cold when she realized she was choosing to send one to their death. not collateral damage — a sacrifice.
and I think she tried to be as numb as possible, calculating, deciding, even as she knew deep down that only one of her assistants would walk straight into hell on her word.
and I think she found him a bit annoying before that. the jaded resent the naive — it isn’t fair, but it’s true. but by the time he brought her tea the next day, in her mind, he was already dead. everyone looks better dead. optimism, trust, loyalty all become virtues where they were once liabilities.
I don’t think she didn’t feel the gravity of her choice. I think she did it anyway.
and she did not hesitate.
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”
ive started making pokemon-style tma trading cards because im insane. is there enough interest in this project/my fanart to make a sideblog or should I just make an art tag
The Magnus Archives TTRPG backerkit is now live!
Yo distortion girlies check this shit out
is there a ship name for eric delano x michael shelley or do I have to do everything myself
Hot jon rights and all that but there is something so special about jon archivist sims being a solid 3.5 out of 10 because then it makes martin look utterly deranged with the lust he has for the type of guy that you could find en masse at the local stamp club meeting
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.
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.
couldn’t stop thinking about my own dumbass post
*saunters up to the Distortion, batting eyelashes* damn, are you a system of differential equations with complex eigenvalues for which the real part is possitive? because you sure are spiral and unstable 🥰
Can I rest now? 😭
[clip from: TMA ep 111 Family business]
This is probably going to flop 🧍🏻♀️🫶🤭😙🫴❤️
revisiting YA dystopias you used to love be like. oh haha here’s the 12 variations upon “what if the government picked who you should date”… lmao divergent was so extra in hindsight… and the hunger games— wait. oh. **oh**
Sorry, the archivist put your boyfriend in the skin book…. Yeah, like a pressed flower. Uh-huh, now he's seen as a metaphor of the tragedy of a saviour. No, he's not their damn monster manual
Question, do blogs that openly love a specific character enjoy being pm-ed or ask-ed about them and asked questions about said character? Or is it uncomfortable when that happens
glad to see this post reached robin lennox
has anyone ever… like…. casually listened to the magnus archives. did anyone ever consume that podcast normally and then just.. do something else. I’ve never met someone who listened to tma and didn’t absorb it into their blood and bones
has anyone ever… like…. casually listened to the magnus archives. did anyone ever consume that podcast normally and then just.. do something else. I’ve never met someone who listened to tma and didn’t absorb it into their blood and bones
rip jonah magnus you would've loved pride
I don’t usually dress very interestingly, but I’ll oblige
(not doing tags, feel free to join if you see this)
picrew chain? <3
i love this new picrew sm! tagging blogs i enjoy, you're welcome to join. :-)
@bpd-culture-is @mtsodie @clownrecess @shroomsnail
elias bouchard coded post
Me on first day as the job interviewer: what are your greatest weaknesses. What are you weaknesses. What will make you break. Am i scaring you. What would you say is your greatest weakness. Aaaa! Anyway. Have you ever been attacked? What would you consider your greatest weakness.
FLESH FLESH FLESH FLESH FLESH 🙌
many of my joints are hyperflexible. my knees can bend in the wrong direction and the tip of my pinky can touch the backs of all four other knuckles on the same hand
Wet cat man who doesn't listen, whatever will he do