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Back with more Michael angst!

The Distortion hates cold temperatures. It didn't used to, but then it became Michael. Typically, the Distortion takes whatever form it likes, though the pattern of something-that-looks-like-Michael is one of the easiest, the least complex. (It's very complex, actually, but Michael Shelley was so good at being this one specific human that, if the Distortion wants to look like something other than a door, that pattern is so close to hand.) But the instincts of Michael are interwoven into the instincts of this endless Concept, and when it's cold, the Distortion is reminded of Russia. It's reminded of a place that doesn't exist. It's reminded of a map. It's reminded of words, that he wouldn't die if he was careful. And he was careful, and he hadn't died. But what happened was worse. It remembers the last time he was betrayed before he became betrayal.

And somehow, lost in all the memories of something that both is and is not itself, the Distortion finds itself wearing a heavy coat and scarf, in muted earthy browns and greens so unlike its preferred aesthetic. Sometimes, it finds that it's crying something that could arguably pass for tears. It never quite remembers how it got to this shape.

That simply cannot do. So it avoids winters and cold temperatures and Russia. Or at the very least, it leaves the door outside, and hides inside where temperature and space mean as much as time and colour and truth.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46010326 this one is a whole ass au. Genuinely on par with the original podcast, the characterization is amazing, the way the plot is altered and wound around is incredible. Almost everyone lives (or “lives” since you have to die to become an avatar and all). Also they made another one ( https://archiveofourown.org/works/27868370 ) which i havent finished yet but am enjoying so far

Anyways go read these right now

give me your best TMA fix it fic recommendations i beg

As a left handed person they’re actually the worst. I went to great lengths to avoid sitting in them and sometimes still got stuck with one. They do make left handed ones but they’re pretty rare and also… not that great

Also the lockers are real

hey Americans?

what the fuck is this? this isn't real right. it's made up for tv like those metal lockers

Triangle man, triangle man, triangle man hates rhombus man, they have a fight, triangle wins, triangle man

What if there was a war between triangles and rhombuses who would win (they are allowed to use guns btw)

There is an infinite supply of triangles and infinite demand for rhombi and we can't stop them from taking as many guns as they want.

how’s everyone doin tonight i just broke tumblr

Fear of losing things that are important to you and it’s called The Loss but most of its iconography looks like | |l || |_

The Magnus Archives but the Fears have broken up into even weirder and esoteric and specific fears like a fear of breakable objects (The Breaking) the fear of disappointing your dad (The Failureing) and the fear of long lines at the fast food joint (The Lengthening

Holy shit my drafts from december are amazing. I gotta post these

Adding to the broken notes count

The notes are broken. This is what tumblr is all about apparently.

Found a post i saved a screenshot of from another platform ages ago (this particular one went into my photos in april 2022 from insta apparently. It had about 60k notes at the time)

Team “not actually oblivious to flirting, just terrified of appearing presumptuous” represent.

Tumblr is boring. I think if you double tap a post to like it and you do that like ten times in a row it should make confetting appear or something