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sorry I love this painfully mid media so much I could throw up

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sometimes the shipname goes so hard that you legally have to ship…

#dyhard #dyehard #gwen bouchard #alice dyer #tma #tmagp #the magnus protocol

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You remember L̶̢͇̩̤̳̩͖̲͚͚̳͚͕͉̗͋̓ͅư̵͓͖̥̥̦͇͍̬̪̑́͐̏̂̐̎̾̐́̑̋̽̇͆̃̾̈́͌̈́̀̉͛͑̓̌͐́̊͂͒̈́̈́͘̚͠p̸̥̳͈͚̊̈́̋̀̄͐̓͆̇͑̿͊͌̍̕̕͝͠͝͠͝, of course. How could you forget L̶̢͇̩̤̳̩͖̲͚͚̳͚͕͉̗͋̓ͅư̵͓͖̥̥̦͇͍̬̪̑́͐̏̂̐̎̾̐́̑̋̽̇͆̃̾̈́͌̈́̀̉͛͑̓̌͐́̊͂͒̈́̈́͘̚͠p̸̥̳͈͚̊̈́̋̀̄͐̓͆̇͑̿͊͌̍̕̕͝͠͝͠͝?

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(but i've got an interactive sick and twisted imagination, and that's gotta count for something!)

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Taz Balance as Ghost Quartet

I'll get right to the point: I have had an animatic bumping around in my head for about three years now that features the Taz Balance player characters and the song "The Telescope" from the musical Ghost Quartet. The problem? I can't draw at all. I can, however, write a decently convincing description of what my vision would be if I could.

So, here's my attempt to do just that! In the hopes that even just one other person has their perception of this song completely overtaken by The Adventure Zone like I have. Let's begin:

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"Look into my telescope, tell me what you see"

[Wide, aerial shot of Magnus standing in a white room in front of June, who is holding the chalice. We see Magnus from behind, and June has a neutral expression]

"I see a red star"

[Magnus leans in to look into the cup]

"Antares, red hypergiant star, 4900 lightyears away."

[Cut to static-filled images of Magnus' childhood. We see the scene of him protecting the dog most prominently]

"And a billion times larger than our sun]

[A quick still of Magnus as a young man, laying on his back and looking up at the sky. One of the suns is crystal clear, the other one is static-ed out]

"I see fire in the darkness"

[A black screen, illuminated by a torch]

"Rage against the void"

[The torch illuminates Magnus' face, and behind him a mob of angry villagers holding various weapons]

"I see everytime man cried out, and raised his sword"

[Magnus yells and raises his sword, lunging as though to strike at governor Kalen or his army]

"Against God"

[The momentum from the previous scene continues as the background falls away (as does the sword) and we see Magnus fall to his knees, burying his face in his hands in front of Julia's grave]

"That's good, that's good"

[Cut back to present-day Magnus and June. June nods somberly, and we see Magnus with tears falling from his face]

"Now look into my telescope, tell me what you see"

[We see the same scene as in the beginning, but this time it's Merle facing June in the white room]

"I see a blue star"

[Merle leans in to look into the chalice]

"Groombridge 1830, also known as Argelander's Star. A class G8 subdwarf (ha, get it, cause Merle's a dwarf? That's not the only reason he fits with this verse though BELIEVE ME) a member of the galactic halo"

[We see static filled scenes of Merle's past, with emphasis on his time as a young boy growing up in the church]

"I see mothers weeping in chairs, clutching their shawls in the morning"

[A shot of Hekuba standing on the front porch of her house, leaning against the pillar of the porch. Her eyes are aimed at the horizon and she looks angry, but when she looks down her eyes soften and she seems more sorrowful]

"Everything is lost, all is gone"

[We see what she's looking at, as Merle turns around and walks away from the house, leaving Mavis and Mookie looking confusedly at him and then up at Hekuba]

"And she tries to find the joy in life"

[Cut to a static filled image of Merle sitting at a table and talking to an unseen figure (John) with a speech bubble coming out of his mouth. The only intelligible words are "Find Joy"]

"But she is wasting away"

[Back to Hekuba, who turns around and back into the house. Before her back is to us we see tears in her eyes]

"That's good, that's real good"

[Back once again to Merle standing in front of June. He looks upset, though in a more reserved way that Magnus did. There is a heavy guilt in his expression]

"Now just one more time: Look into my telescope, tell me what you see"

[Our final member of THB, Taako, is now the one facing June]

"I see, I see two stars"

[Taako leans in to look into the chalice]

"Yes, Sigma Orionis AB, a binary star"

[We see static filled images of Taako's past, of him learning how to cook and of him staying in various places over the years]

"Two stars, lost in time"

[This time the childhood scenes stay longer, and we see those same shots expanded to include a static-covered figure (Lup) next to Taako in every single one]

"Oooh, two women, in the forest in the evening in a light rain"

[During the ooohs the images of the past swirl away, leaving only a dark screen. As soon as the words begin it alights on a wide, aerial view of Taako and Sazed in front of the Sizzle it Up truck. As the song mentions, it is dark and drizzling]

"The older has no expression on her face"

[In this case 'the older' is Taako, and we see an up close image of his face, looking down his nose at Sazed with an unfazed expression]

"The younger hangs her head down"

[Sazed lowers his head, presumably just after being denied the ability to join the show]

"The younger is in love, was in love, is in love, was in love"

[The scene changes with every 'in love' to various scenes. Taako performing with his hand in the air, a flurry of magic behind it. The crowd looking up in adoration, the bright sign, etc.]

"But the lover is in love"

[in this case 'the lover' is the audience. We see a shot of the faces of the underdark audience, looking excited]

"With the older not the younger"

[Taako on stage, joyously handing out samples. Sazed in the back, looking on with a dark expression]

"But the lover is in love"

[That same shot of the audience, only now seeming panicked and afraid. Some have doubled over, poisoned]

"With the older not the younger"

[Back to Taako, looking horrified, and Sazed, who turns his back to the audience]

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Alright, that's all I got! I'll admit I haven't been able to find a way to incorporate the little choruses in the middle and end, so if you have a way to tie them in please do let me know!

I really hope you see the vision, because I've been seeing this same little movie play out in my head everytime I listen to this song for YEARS.

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93% Stardust, Nikita Gill

i really wanted to do so much more with this, so there may be a follow up comic later if i feel up for it. i love the ipre crew. 

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i originally Hated that they changed taako's costume to ross from friends in the graphic novels

like i get that they'd change it from what it was in the podcast bc that one doesn't make much sense without justin's explanation

but ross from friends??? that's such a painfully boring choice. and like it would be funny in a "taako put zero effort into this and is just wearing clothes he already owned" way but most of those items look nothing like the other clothes he owns and would normally wear

BUT i have come up with a headcanon that makes it Good again:

all of those clothes used to be lup's.

(like, lup would absolutely not wear that whole outfit, but each individual article of clothing looks like something she'd wear. a red sweater, a plain button-up shirt and tie, a leather jacket, bluejeans. i could see her rocking all of those with different outfits.)

taako borrowed/stole them from his sister, and they were with the rest of his clothes when lucretia voidfished him/gave him a new life, and lucretia accidentally gave them to him with the rest of his normal clothes

so taako, seeing that he owned clothes that were not his usual style but fit him perfectly, but could not remember where or why he got them, just assumed "huh, i must have bought these all as a costume at some point"

when she comes back and finds out about this, lup is going to roast his ass MERCILESSLY for not only haven stolen her clothes for a DECADE, but for mistaking them as a ROSS COSPLAY

("well lup, if you didn't want your clothes to be mistaken for a ross costume, you shouldn't own clothes that ross would wear" "you're not supposed to wear them all TOGETHER, taako. besides, clearly you liked them enough to steal them from me for so many years" "it was cold and all my warm clothes were in the laundry. i was gonna return them soon but /someone/ erased my memories")

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I have this very minor but dearly headcanon that in Taako's childhood, Garyl was initially his stuffed animal/wisecracking imaginary friend who he blamed all his troublemaking mischief on, like Calvin and Hobbes style. except years later, Taako learned Phantom Steed and immediately proceed to make Garyl real (and just as willing as ever to cause problems on purpose)

#love this and love calvin and hobbes (19rats lore!)

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sorry about this one guys

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I’ll trade you my one jelly bean for an extra hour in the ball pit

#i’ll trade my quarter glass of juice!

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More TAZ nostalgia

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Bacon, lettuce, tomato 

(Based on this post)

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hey guys! i know self promo is cringe, but i’m raising money with friends for an italian cat shelter that works with disabled cats and it would mean the world to me if you followed/interacted with the instagram account where i will be posting pics + sketches of the cats there !! the insta account is called balzoocatshelter ❤️🐈 have an amazing day!!!

#cats of tumblr #cat #caturday #cute cats #cat shelter #art #artist #sketches #sketchbook #artists on tumblr #sketching

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not tmagp but happy january 24th: the day daniel jacobi and warren kepler invented being the worst people on the planet (and in space)!! 🪐🛰️🔭🍾 my favourite toxic couple forever 💓

original inspo: @endoplasmian ❤️❤️ check out their art - it is amazing!!!

#wolf 359 #w359 #w359 fanart #kepcobi #daniel jacobi #warren kepler #alana maxwell #si5 #audio drama #podcast #doug eiffel #hera wolf 359 #isabel lovelace #renee minkowski

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sam’s first week in the archives 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨

magnus thursday tomorrow!!!! 👁️📼

#the magnus protocol #the magnus archives #tmagp sam #tmagp fanart #tma fanart #sam tmagp #tma #jmart fanart #jmart #tma jmart #jonmartin #tmagp #tmagp spoilers #tmagp vague