I keep seeing takes like this and wondering if there’s something deeply strange about me because I listened to his first canon appearance and immediately went. yeah that’s a he/they glitchcore skinny bastard
like I’m sorry he was so terrifying to you guys in canon but it’s utterly incomprehensible to me. like that was just a little guy
Michael Distortion is utterly horrifying in TMA and then every depiction of him looks like an arcade floor threw up on a pile of twinky twigs
fanfic mutuals I am pointing at this respectfully
https://archiveofourown.org/works/52255663
heres a. trans!martin blackwood angst fic I think ‼️🤘 ao3 debut follow for bangers
sorry, we stuck your boyfriend into a perpetual, never-ending time loop that is always doomed to result in tragedy. sorry, we stuck your boyfriend into a perpetual, never-ending time loop that is always doomed to result in tragedy. sorry, we stuck your boyfriend into a perpetual, never-ending time loop that is always doomed to result in tragedy. sorry,
had a dream last night that there was a lego figure of the distortion and it disturbed me immensely but I spent the entire dream haggling with the owner to buy it. like “oh it shouldn’t exist like that. it doesn’t like existing like that. oh, that’s fucked up. 🚨WIFE ALERT🚨”
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
good work everybody no more notes on this post 👍
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.
this art is already so satisfying to look at but fun fold-out formatting unleashes the serotonin gates. pet treat hidden inside a toy type beat.
anyway if I’m correct in assuming that the layered parts fold out, I’d go absolutely feral for a distortion version with opening doors/panels
Made a sketchbook page for Agnes Montague:)
I might do one page/spread for all prominent tma characters (or whichever ones I choose). If you want to see more of that, please tell me! Also, if you want to you can recommend any tma character you want me to do a similar page of!
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.
you turn his page and hear faint, ethereal giggling
what if gerry was MAD ticklish. he had to get the tattoos sedated
new ask game: give me one of the fourteen fears and I’ll give you an anecdote about it
personally I’m keeping it lighthearted but y’all have free will so do what you like
hopefully this one is better quality :D