#and still named his kid Gerry. because I like Gerry as a name
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HI IVE BEEN MASSIVELY HYPERFIXATED ON TMA FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND IVE SEEN MAYBE ONE (1) SINGULAR PERSON TALK ABOUT THIS and i am not even kidding when i say its been a passionate topic of conversation for that entire year. people know me for this. it comes up and my entire friend group SIGHS AUDIBLY because they know the 20 minute tangent i Will be taking
WHATTTTT IS GOING ON WITH GERARD KEAYS NAME. what. what???? okay i
youre telling me jonathan sims went to oxford college (relatively prestigious if my memory serves me correctly) for RESEARCH. for, to put it simply, READING. and he looks at the name gerard and goes Yeah looks like jared to me lets go with that!!! HELLO?? NO?? not even mentioning the fact that he is being what could easily be called possesed when reading these statements which leaves us with two options
1. the ENTIRETY OF ENGLAND CANNOT PRONOUNCE THE NAME GERARD.
2. jonathan sims is so monumentally stupid that he is somehow breaking this possesion for the 2 seconds it takes to say the name gerard (i love him i swear i will sound so so hateful for this entire post but its out of love)
and like??? its not even that EVERYONE is calling him jared? elias and gertrude have both called him gerard and thats just off the top of my head. i also think jon said it correctly ONEEEE SINGULAR TIME. Just the once.
now i feel it necessary to mention jared hopworth here as well. because why, why on gods green earth, would you name a character gerard. pronounce it jared. TURN AROUND AND GO. lets make another jared but this ones made out of meat and is sort of implied to not be too fond of gay people. Yeah he steals peoples bones. Yeah.
SO LIKE GERARD KEAY IS THE OBJECTIVELY SUPERIOR JARED EXCEPT HES NOT JARED HIS NAME IS LITERALLY GERARD?? FUCK YOU SO MUCH
so okay. sure whatever this podcast is sooo british that a bunch of people are just completely failing to pronounce gerard. sure. whatever you say.
GERRY?????? HIS FUCKING NICKNAME IS GERRY???????????? NO!!!!
NO. no. LOOK ME IN MY EYES. LOOK AT THE NAME GERARD. GER-ARD. AND YOURE TELLING ME YOURE GONNA CALL HIM JARED. SND THEN YOURE GONNA CALL HIM GERRY WITH A G???? gerry with a g. that is utterly ridiculous i cannot even believe this that is monumentally frustrating i cannot even begin to describe to you all the anger i have experienced over this particular bit because why on earth would you take that particular extra step??? gerard -> gerry. sure. thin ice, but sure. jared -> jerry. sure! yeah! makes sense! GERARD -> JARED -> GERRY? you must be playing some sick joke jonny sims. seriously. you are a cruel and usual man
now this is when i start to wind down, but far from where i finish. lets take a moment to really pause and soak in his actual name here.
gerard.
that is so unfortunate already i mean really, gerard is such a…. a name…. i mean his mom skins people and puts them in books and the cruelest thing i think she ever couldve done is honest to god name her son gerard.
keay.
now dont get me wrong. theres nothing seriously wrong with spelling it keay on principle. but god, really? youre gonna shove all this gerard gerry jared business in front of me and tell me his last name is just key but gone the extra mile. really feels like the cherry on top of a shit cake.
now if you consider gerards character i truly feel as though thats the deepest disservice here. gerard keay is an incredible character whos short appearance is so memorable and charming, and despite his VERY little screen time he still has an intriguing and well fleshed out character. really, gerard keay is so excellent character wise. But, every time i think about him for any more than 5 minutes, almost this exact rant is being told to whoever is unfortunate enough to be near me at the time.
another thing i think also really adds to this is just the nature of gerard keay. everything you can say about that guy could be ended with “and everone calls him jared for some reason”. hes emo and everyone calls him jared for some reason. his hair dye job is so miserable that EVERYONE mentions it and everyone calls him jared for some reason. he has mommy issues and everyone calls him jared for some reason.
okay i need to wrap this up before i start just repeating WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY for thousands of words but heres a graph i made for my friends in october 2022 when i was going on about this in the middle of my spanish class 👍👍
#tma#the magnus archives#jonathan sims#gerard keay#gerry keay#im so passionate about this#fun fact about the spanish class thing#my teacher honestly thought i was angrily ranting about gerard way for like 20 minutes#the people need to know about this.#jon sims#please excuse how messy this is i am so tired
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A compilation of things we know:
the OIAR used to work with a security company called Rightforce International, previously called Diligence Security Systems
the Magnus Institute burned down 24 Dec 1999
the OIAR separated from a company called Starkwall Protection Services on 3 Jan 2000
Starkwall had something to do with a “magnus protocol,” and information related to this is above the level of access of the OIAR team members
Gerry Kaey was a Magnus kid
there is no evidence that there were files in the basement of The Magnus Institute when it burned
The basement of The Magnus Institute was the Archives in the TMA World Line
Also in the TMA World Line, Gertrude Robinson was the Archivist for ~40 years, starting in the 80s
She frequently worked with Adelard Decker to thwart the machinations of the Entities and their avatars
Later, she worked with Gerard Kaey, who had intentionally aligned himself with the Eye in order to see when people were being stalked by one of the Powers and help them
He was also a firebug
Also known firebug: Agnes Montague, who had been bonded to Gertrude via a ritual by followers of the Web - a bond Gertrude used to protect herself from the Cult of the Lightless Flame
An unnamed security company saved Dianne Margolis from a shop on Hilltop Road in Oxford that was filled with supernatural shit and subsequently set on fire
FR3-D1 should NOT work like this considering the technology it runs on
FR3-D1 appears to have complete access to any files transmitted via the Internet, no matter how secure or buried they are, for the sole purpose of categorization
there (is? used to be?) some sort of Response Department, that is still enough a part of the OIAR’s operations that Sam gets paperwork on his desk about it after checking a box marked “Response 121” on his onboarding paperwork
Klaus learned things that he believed put him in danger and subsequently disappeared via Lena’s intervention
Colin believes there is Something watching and/or listening via any technology with cameras or microphones
Lena answers to some sort of authority that none of the other workers know about
The Entities exist in this world, just in a different form than we’re used to (in-depth meta on this here)
okay those are all the relevant facts time for:
CRACK THEORY TIME
Gertrude and Decker are co-founders of Starkwall né Rightforce né Diligence
They kept changing the name to keep off the radar of any avatars
Gerry was Youngest Recruit In History
He was recruited while he was a Magnus kid to be their INSIDE OPERATIVE
He got to help set the fire
He swept the archives and stole all the relevant files because he is still an Eye-aligned bitch who wants to figure shit out
Agnes is also in on it
Bc she fuckin DESERVES IT
also look at all the fire shit
She and Gertrude are lovers
Bc I fuckin deserve it
that eldrich bond should be good for something and that something is LESBIANISM
(*speaking in a voice crushed with disappointment but with a Touch of hopefulness* here’s how agnes montague can still win?)
Anyway back to Starkwall
Their whole thing is basically scorched earth policy when it comes to Fears shit (see: MAGP 07 statement of fire at Hilltop Road)
Feeding the Desolation by ^ and the Eye by collecting info on the activities of other fears (whatever slightly warped version of the Fears exist in this world)
Used to work with? under? the OIAR as part of the “Response Department”
FR3-D1 is like EXPLICITLY Eye-based system set up to collect info for Starkwall to go after (Eye is a silly stupid entity who just wants to gobble up the fear and is bad at planning, so doesn’t notice/care how its people use the info gathered)
a significant part of Jon Martin and (probable) Jonah got schlorped up by FR3-D1 when they got here bc their voices reading out Statements for the Eye were the conduits for the Fears to travel, and FR3-D1 had INTENSE EYE GRAVITY that was Specifically Tuned to gulp up supernatural stories from the interwebs
unfortunately the Intense Eye Beams coming off him DOES tend to place FR3-D1’s IT workers directly into a position to get Eyed into intense paranoia and fear of being watched (rip Klaus, stay strong Colin)
this did not happen when Starkwell used to work with them bc they knew how to handle FR3-D1 but alas once the Eye folks all fucked off it left Klaus (and now Colin) open to both paranoia attacks and possible Consequences for asking too many questions
Speaking of which
the Web (or an analog (jonny and alex drop titles for entities in this world if smirke didn’t make up the same ones challenge)) took notice of what was goin on and got operatives into the OIAR
Lena is one, or else she works for one. (Insert here’s how annabelle caine can still win theories here)
Klaus figured out too much and got in the way of Machinations and thus the whole *gestures*
Gertrude and Decker noticed and separated from the OIAR as soon as they were able to bc they realized that shit had gone South but are still out there doin the good work
Alice ALSO done got recruited from out of the Magnus program as a child
The reason she keeps pushing people away from the sus stuff and seems to know more than she claims to is bc she is their PLANT still working for the OIAR
She got Sam hired bc he’s still got eldritch eyes (in general, but maybe also Eyes) on him and she wants him somewhere she can keep an eye on him AND keep him inside a spooky space so it’s less likely an unknown actor would come after him
#tmagp#tmagp theory#the magnus protocol#the magnus protocol spoilers#tmagp meta#tma spoilers#the magnus archives spoilers#starkwall protection services#FR3-D1#OIAR#IM SO NORMAL ABOUT THIS SHOW Y’ALL DONT WORRY BOUT ME
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i've been thinking of writing a stardew valley au of the magnus archives with martin as the farmer and jon as some misanthrope researcher living maybe on a flat above the library instead of gunther (perhaps he's researching the strange monsters that appear in the mines and you don't see nearly anywhere else in the world...)
if i were to write it, i think it would be fun to replace canon sdv characters with tma characters, wouldn't it? maybe sasha as maru, perhaps renting a room in the house in the mountains from robin (assuming i don't change her for, say, gertrude? eric and gerry could be there as well. perhaps the house is gertrude's but eric is her assistant– or her son and gerry her actual grandson– and has taken over some of the manual work with her aging, and gerry as sebastian?)
perhaps helen and michael could be there instead of emily and haley? trevor and daisy (julia is in a band now. good for her.) could run the adventurer's guild and daisy could be in shane's place (see: recovering from addiction/unhealthy habits as a parallel to the hunt) perhaps she'd be physically disabled in some way, that would be an explanation as to why the mines are not purged from monsters overnight (can you tell i love daisy)?? basira could be in marnie's place and helping daisy recover while she recovers herself? :)
tim and danny as sam and vincent, with danny as an older vincent but younger than canon danny, perhaps?? waiting for their father or mother or both to return from the war with the gotoro empire? (maybe he had always lived there, moved to a bigger city for a while and returned when the war started. maybe he, sasha and jon are working for the same long-term monster researching project. wouldn't it be nice if martin just came bumbling around one day and drastically started indirectly improving their research productivity with his sdv farmer endeavors?? the four of them engaging in shenanigans?? think about it.)
georgie could be kind of like sandy/visit from time to time from the city, make it a jon heart event first and then a melanie one. melanie could be an aggressive version of leah ("youtuber lives in charming yet spooky town in a cabin in the woods, has a successful channel and a podcast girlfriend. good for her.")
there would be different heart events suiting more the canon characters (maybe sasha's 8-heart could be her venting about how she moved to pelican town because someone tried to kill her and steal her identity, tim's about how a circus kidnapped his little brother as a kid like in that one statement, etc. and i'm vibrating like i'll break glass jusr by thinking of what to do with jon.)
at some point jon is sent by elias to the "my ex-husband took the furniture" quest and martin tags along for the fun of it.
i don't know what to do with harvey because he's my husband and i love him and i don't want him gone but i'll think about it. after all, i'm still missing caroline, pierre and abigail (although they could pretty well be mikaele salesa running the store with annabelle working and living there.) perhaps naomi herne should suit the harvey role?? she's peaceful enough to not make me angry for not getting to have my dearest harvey right there. she'd be a doctor, obviously, and perhaps michael could work with her as a part-time nurse? she's waiting for her husband to return from the war (evan herne was sent to the army by his family for abandoning the lukas jojamart family business and marrying naomi, but he'll come back, fear not.)
diego molina and agnes montague as pam and penny doesn't sound bad, and i'm seriously considering having elias be both lewis and the wizard. for the fun of it? perhaps everyone but jon (and later martin) wonders who the wizard is- he calls himself the wizard j. magnus because he's a pretentious bastard. (jon has been set in a position where if he reveals this he gets turned into a plant or something) and he's also the mayor of the town (his legal name is very much elias bouchard.) also, instead of the affair with marnie he has an affair with morris the jojamart guy (peter lukas.)
george, evelyn and alex could be replaced by julia and trevor– they could be softer, less hunt but still recovering from the same thing as daisy– and julia could have a petty feud with jon because, before she knew she was a lesbian, she fancied gerry and gerry used jon as an escape tactic. nothing came of it between gerry and jon but the incident stayed and it was very funny to everyone else.
jude perry could fit clint (and keep on her incel pining over agnes, have a petty feud with jon, because she burned his hand "accidentally" and also because jon is very good at creating petty feuds with people. martin and i both love that man), and krobus and the dwarf could stay like that, etc. and perhaps jas could be daisy's goddaughter that she's struggling to raise (it could be an event, her realising that she needs to pull herself together and stop letting basira raise her alone, just paying half the bills won't cut it– maybe they weren't even together before this and a year or two after her starting the path towards recovery they get together??)
perhaps for willy we could put oliver banks and mike crew there?? local lightning-scarred man is entranced by the vastness of the sea (+his goth not-yet-partner). local hot goth fisherman is so done with everything and just wants peace with the dead quiet of the sea (he rants about death to martin as a heart event, fight me). they should also be a little bit older, to balance the age range of people in town and also because yes.
also jojamart. i think it shoudl stay jojamart because i need someone to make a jmart pun somewhere.
if i should set elias as the wizard/lewis, peter lukas as morris jojamart, who could simon fairchild be?gus, maybe? god knows he's funny enough to be the owner of a saloon. it's funny to imagine his banter with helen while working busy nights there (helen i love you why does the fandom only care about michael.)
i don't know who else i could switch off but if anyone has any ideas both the comment section and my ask box are open :)
#val ramblings#the magnus archives#stardew valley#the town would be full of young-ish adults oh god#there's still peter (before he gets banished by the power of martin hating capitalism) and mikaele and gertrude and elias and oliver???also#basira and daisy should be a bit older i think. let them age together. also mike. mike could be a little younger than oliver but still!!!!!#and well. helen.#michael could be her younger brother and that's that#also simon#and uhhhhhh diego molina#and everyone thinks jon is like 10 years older than he is so#martin will be DELIGHTED once he discovers the truth#ah i'd forgotten eric#now that i think about it it'd be pretty well-balanced if i play my cards right#ah!! trevor as well
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Hi i would. Looove to hear about this fantasy au (bonus points for gerrys fucked up origins thanks for the food)
scrambles to sit up and falls out of my desk chair in the process. Bless You, Anon. Bless You. i will limit this to the first side quest because even that is long as fuck but it Is gerry centric which means it's food for Me.
okay So. the key tenets here are:
tim is the pov character
the stokers knew sasha and martin as kids until martin moved away with his dad after his mom's passing (wild!)
danny was taken by the fey at like 18. BAD.
after two years of training and study, tim and sasha are about to set off to find him or get revenge (it's a death wish) just as martin swaggers back into town a new man (he spent a decent chunk of his money on glamors that are tantamount to HRT while traveling back to their hometown after he super left his shitty dad's house) and he elects to come with them because It's A Death Wish and he doesn't want tim to get into trouble, and also he has like... nowhere to go anyway. might as well keep adventuring, but this time with friends.
they go to a coastal city to ask adelard dekker for some advice, and he sends his apprentice along with them. hi jon!
and then once they're on their adventure........ we meet a mysterious figure.
they do a lot of little bounty hunts and side quests for money and whatever obviously and so at one point they get enlisted to find some heirloom for some guy and right as they're about to get it, oops! insert Guy In A Featureless Silver Mask Riding On A Black Dire Wolf, Who Then Swoops In And Takes The Heirloom First.
What.
they hate this guy. they can't stand this guy. they wanna beat this guy up for doing that. he was so scary though so what do you even do. they ask around town and find out he's The Black Rider™ and he has a habit of doing this shit and they should stay out of his way.
they find melanie in a tavern and jon recognizes her from their childhoods because surprise! THEY grew up together. and she's been Away for a while after she ran away with josephine, her first love, who ended up dying about a year later. she's been too ashamed to return home alone. she is begrudging about reconnecting with jon, but she does end up hugging him and crying about this. i love them. bad weather friends.
she joins their party in time to run into the Black Rider again, who once more is trying to get something before they get it.
this time they get some awkward banter out of him though so they figure there is some kind of person under there.
and the Third time they encounter him, tim tries to cut to the chase and offer an olive branch of friendship, only for the black rider to attack them with his big scary halberd and it's like DUDE! WHAT THE FUCK!!!!
the fight is pretty intense but they do outnumber him, so tim gets him on the ground with his sword under his chin and he can feel the dog breathing down his neck but she isn't biting - because the black rider has held up a hand to stop her.
tense! and kinda sexy.
they agree to lower the weapon/call off the dog on the count of three from sasha, but tim hesitates longer than the black rider does. intriguing.
he leaves and they realize he still took the bounty they were after. G-d DAMMIT!!!!
then a few weeks later they meet some guy named gerry in a dungeon and he helps them fight off some zombies or whatever and they vibe for a few days, he seems nice if not a little weird, and they get along well. he dips after a bit and it's just a standard interaction pretty much. neither here nor there.
then they're fighting a cockatrice at some point and the Black Rider comes in to help them! odd, but accepted.
oops! his mask gets knocked off.
martin, being the nice guy he is, goes to return it to him and sees his face - gasp! it's gerry! who EVER could have guessed!
after they defeat the cockatrice they really have to have a whole ass conversation about this because Seriously Dude What The Fuck.
he ends up talking to them a little bit but not much, he's cagey and now seems kind of... nervous? what gives, right.
after a bit though they offer to let him come with them because tim is like "oh my g-d. you're LONELY 😆"
and he'd be right.
but there's a lot more to it than that.
eventually he caves and tells them, "we're being watched." by who? his patron, he says, after taking his time deciding on the wording.
he's never told anyone this before. he didn't even know she couldn't Hear him too, only just found that out.
then after a little while he fucks off for a bit without an explanation, and they're like. wtf.
when he comes back to find them, he explains that he nearly stabbed tim in his sleep one day because he's not only being spied upon, but his body is able to be controlled by his patron.
they are understandably upset about this and have to put in some protective measures to prevent that from happening again. he's no longer allowed on night watch.
but he's clearly distraught with guilt and like... they can SEE the humanity in him, they can SEE that he hates this and he needs help.
martin is a Redemption paladin by now and he wants to help him really badly.
tim needs... some time.
jon suggests they put a blindfold on him now and then to help him feel more at ease talking about things without fear of being spied on and it helps sometimes.
they travel for like 9 months before gerry trusts tim enough to show him what's really going on, while they're bathing in a lake after a battle that left them covered in blood.
he moves his hair aside to show tim a sigil branded on his back.
mary did that to him when he was 12.
so, basically, this guy hasn't had a shred of bodily autonomy or privacy in half his life. it's disgusting honestly like literally if you think for two seconds about the logistics of this it just gets more and more upsetting. bad!!!!
so they've already wanted to break his curse but it's just. tim can't stand this knowledge. he still doesn't know it's his mother yet, though. that stays on lock.
the group goes on to meet with mikaele salesa for some help, and gerry refuses to go anywhere near him. fucks off again with no explanation.
but they take the opportunity to ask salesa if he knows anything about the black rider etc and he says BOY DO I KNOW HIM. HE'S WHY I HAVE SO MUCH PROTECTION AROUND MY HOUSE LOL.
gerry has stolen so much from him and killed some of his guys and it's like YIKES. but salesa Also knows about mary.
she's been collecting super powerful artifacts for ages now trying to give herself more power so she can become a lich. uh oh!
and tim, who has made a Paladin Oath with Death by now, is now assigned by HIS patron to go and kill her before her transformation takes place, because she would be defying the natural order.
so, they go find her scary tower and are intent on fighting her, only to find - gerry?
and boy does he look rough. he looks Bad right now he hasn't been having a good time while he's been gone.
mary is in the middle of her ritual and she halves her focus in order to control gerry into fighting for her and eventually the fight is looking bad enough that she switches tactics.
she has him point the knife at his own throat.
because she did spy a little bit of the tiny intimate moments between gerry and tim, try as gerry might have to keep his eyes averted or up at the sky or just anywhere But tim, and she knows the group has come to care about him. so, clearly this is a better threat.
sasha calls her bluff BIGTIME and says hell no are you gonna kill him, you put too much work into him, he's your only heir, you need him, you'd never go that far, blablabla.
and that much is actually true. but it looks pretty close when she actually has him break skin a little bit.
tim is very upset at sasha for potentially making it worse lol But
it does work
they manage to kill her and free gerry and it's a very complicated moment because like... dude that's his mom. she's all he's ever known, save the wolf she "got" for him when he was a kid that is now his closest companion, and the dryad who guards the forest outside (hi tazia!)
so it takes gerry and tim a while to like. recover from that. but they do.
meanwhile, before they leave mary's tower, they totally pilfer her magical objects and jon finds a peculiar glass orb... that looks like it's got spider webbing inside it.
and that's all i'll say for now! obviously this is the Side Quest i am most invested in, but the plot of this filled 15 pages of a timeline and it goes on until gerrytim die in their 70s lmao so like. Big Big AU. it takes like 5 years after this all happens to find danny and That is a huge mess, too. boy howdy!!!!
now i realize i can't surprise anyone with this plot if i did write it but like. chances of that are slim. this is still so niche. jdhdjdhfk. gtcu brand classes, not canon based at all.
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anyway. wrote a succession postscript scene that’s like, many years down the line after gerri passes away. roman and shiv are at her funeral.
[INT SCENE]
ROMAN: fuck it, this is stupid. who the fuck—i don’t even know—like who the fuck are they? i’ve never fucking seen them in my life! fuck
SHIV: that’s…gerri’s oldest daughter. [beat] and her husband
ROMAN: [squints] Huh. gerri’s…daughter….daughter daughter daughter…
SHIV: [ignoring him, checking phone, looking for someone]
ROMAN: [still squinting] i thought her daughters like, fucked off to portland for a pair of twincestual antifa eunuchs. or whatever.
SHIV: it’s her funeral, rome.
ROMAN: okay, but when mummy went over the rainbow, you literally Zoomed into—what are you looking for, what?
SHIV: nothing, none of your business.
ROMAN: uh huh
[beat. they stare at each other. he grabs her phone and runs.]
SHIV: i’m serious—hey! give back my—
ROMAN: [scampering away, scrolling, shiv following and reaching] ooooooh shivvy’s cucking our stepfather again~ did you finally try pussy, like i told you? i do hear great things about pussy
SHIV: oh go finger gerri’s daughter in the viewing room already instead of / prying
ROMAN: oh ho ho a location pin! is his name…wait, is his name actually kendall??? [beat, wrinkles nose] yucky
SHIV: [holds out phone expectedly, waits for him to get it, finally]
ROMAN: [gets it] oh. wow.
SHIV: [self consciously] uh huh.
ROMAN: wow. i didn’t…i mean, when’s the last time you saw—
SHIV: lottie’s birthday.
ROMAN: that’s not so—
SHIV: her tenth. in paris.
ROMAN: right. [pause]. tom’s daughter has shitfuck taste, shiv. france? in november?
SHIV: [grabs the phone back] it’s not—it’s not a thing. don’t make it a thing. we just—there’s some paperwork leftover, you know. there’s always paperwork fucking leftover and i want to get it over with. shut up.
ROMAN: [slowly smiling] shivvy and kendall sitting in a tree—
SHIV: [pushes his face, trying not to smile]
ROMAN: s-i-g-n-i-n-g. please tell me it’s kerry’s lawsuit oh pleaseeee
SHIV: kerry? fuck no, we buried that in 2025. shes in like, idaho, running a nonprofit for kids with eating disorders.
ROMAN: yummy
SHIV: it’s just…..paperwork. okay? it’s civil. we’re having brunch around the corner and it’s like—i’m paying. it’s all good.
(beat)
ROMAN: [suddenly sincere] i mean do you want…i could be there to…
SHIV: no no it’s good, i’m good. i mean it’s not like i’m meeting—dad. you know.
ROMAN: …obviously, like—i mean i told con we should get security for the death mahal because like, logan roy toes are going for 5mil on ebay right now.
SHIV: [morbid fascination, isn’t even gonna ask how he knows this information) how much would the skull go for?
ROMAN: [defensive suddenly] why the fuck would i know? look i can be a human buffer. a little romey spongecake to absorb all your icky little—the nuclear kenshiv radiation. you know i’ll do that.
SHIV: [sincerely] thanks, roman. but i’m fine. i have my papers, i have access to sophie’s instagram in case he like, gets mopey about her memoir substack again. [beat]. it’ll be good to see him.
ROMAN: yeah. it’ll be—yeah.
[beat. shiv is texting back]
ROMAN: right. well. i’m going to fuck gerri’s daughter, now. very respectfully in a hotel room, thank you. tell me how it goes?
SHIV: i’m sure he’ll tell you all about it tomorrow.
ROMAN: [wincing, but so sad] yeahh maybe. but you know, you….your perspective is valuable….to me. feminism! in gerri’s honor.
SHIV: uh huh. yeah.
[beat. no one moves.]
SHIV: [kinda mad] i’ll be fine, roman. jesus i’m not—i don’t need a mommy, okay?
ROMAN: yep, sure. feminism! [beat] well…if you whack kenny at least facetime me.
SHIV: oh no. sophie has first dibs.
ROMAN: [grimaces in a proud way. drifting to the viewing room, where people are gathering]. love it. the youth and their patricide. very cool.…. very very cool….very…refreshing.
SHIV: go see her, roman.
ROMAN: yeah. yeah maybe. yeah. maybe? i mean we did—we’ve talked since—but. maybe. yeah. maybe.
[roman looks back at shiv, but she’s already started walking towards emily, gerri’s daughter, and her husband. she shakes their hands politely. he watches her give very sincere condolences. mocks her under his breath, half heartedly. his eyes are very spooked rabbit on the overpass]
[his phone vibrates. message from kendall says: it’s bitch o’clock in kenny town baby bro 🙏 send your thoughts and prayers 🙏🙏 btw give my condolences to gerri’s family. she was a real one. i know you know.]
[roman types back: LOL]
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I don't know that I want tom and greg to be canon in a cute, happy way. riding off into the sunset without a care.
not... necessarily.
though, i do think it would be plausible for them to get out together. While the real focus, at the finale, becomes the siblings alone because it always has been about them. It's Succession. The three kids are the heart, Tom and Greg are weirdly prominent side characters (i say this as someone who likes them and arguably more than the main plot- I don't want them involved as directly in the main plot, I like them best pushed to the side doing freak stuff)
Thinking of the Siblings, and their connections, this season reaffirms that Rava has been out this whole time, only hanging by a string to Kendall through his children, which he worked against last episode. Kendall has also left behind his friends in Stewy and Nate,using them but not connecting to them. Gerri, Roman's only ever support, has been getting out this season and it maybe has stuck this time- so Tom should probably get out too, because he was propping up Shiv, and she has severely hurt him the past couple episodes so he would be justified.
the weird thing here is Greg. who is not actually a Roy but has been called an "honorary kid" and whose name was on a paper, but mostly has only ever acted as Tom's support (much to his dismay, but still). This season he has been elevated to Solo Player Who Still Likes Tom For Some Reason. Last episode he both pulled a very big move and also relied on Tom and gave him information he didn't need to give, which means it's still dubious whether he's loyal to only himself, or to himself and Tom, sorta, unless the going gets too tough.
and i'm gonna personally be sooo mad if he's, like, the CEO. but he's been so weirdly prominent this season that, I am worried.
I dislike the idea, for many reasons. I don't consider him on the same level of importance or understanding as the kids. Primarily because he's not a Roy, Greg has not had the life the Roys have had. We don't have access to his internal workings by way of his relationship with his fucked up parents the way we have had for Shiv, Kendall, and Roman. I've seen many people say that he's the same breed, and I know I've seen people say one of the theses of the show is that "jesse armstrong believes people can't change who they are", but Greg was the one who had a modicum of morals at the beginning and has a eschewed them, and changed. And, yes, clearly they were not that strong to begin with if he was so easily tempted but... he did change, I believe, anyway. he's one of the only people who actually changed at all.
And maybe that's why he will get it! and maybe my fears will come true. But maybe my fears are unfounded. I am still hoping for Kendall Alone at the end, which means something needs to be done with Greg. god knows what. i wouldn't be pissed if it were riding off with Tom, though, lol.
and maybe. they will go there, give Greg CEO and i will eat my words and like it somehow. it's been known to happen, you never know what you want until you get it!
#succession#long post#succession spoilers#tomgreg#eughgh should i be worried about this one?#idk ive said this all before#if greg goes ceo im killing him with a fucking hammer and i say that as his biggest fan who wants him carnally#greg hirsch
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succession finale thoughts
rewatching already because i need to write this down while i'm still on that finale high
the immediate problem of the episode is stewy making drama. i love himmm
why would "golden parachute" frank even be in the consideration to vote 'no' for the deal??? we're grasping at straws here oh i feel for tellis despite his soulless blond self
NICKY BEE FIRE IT UP ONE LAST TIME ... god im gonna miss this theme song 🥺
when shiv said that tom is easy to manipulate while mattson is looking at the political cartoon of them. what a blunder
shiv calling her mom an associate in front of mattson slkflskgls
"are there any positives about the nightmare we've shared?" "yeah you've fallen in love finally. fallen in love with our scheduling opportunities." goddddd im so obsessed...yessss they're so awfulllllll like so true jesse make this show also a story of their marriage noah baumbach whomst????
sorry to be so kenstewpilled but the white button down, sleeves rolled up and this line???? delectable. i must speak my truth here like how could stewy not vote 'no'?
new jess.....good for you Jess you escaped this sinking ship
i gasped seeing kendall's sunglasses this episode. that has to be japanese made. nowhere else in the world make such stylish sunglasses. gorgeous pair
greg makes 200k? per month OR year????? answer me. answer meeeeee
love the Lawrence name drop! like we miss u king
the entire lukas and tom dinner scene is sooooo
tom confessing all he he built was sand and he's paranoid to keep what he has. mattson knowing he's hungry but wants to know if he's willing to betray shiv
THEN lukas immediately belittling shiv : she was pushy, she wasn't as vital as i thought she'd be, i'm SUCH a big man i know everything, she's fuckable and she wants me too
and TOM eats it????? so mattson chooses him !!!!
ugh i dont want shiv she has a lot of ideas and i want to fuck her ugh fucking disgusting ubermensch i hope jeryd doesn't win ohio and waystar royco gojogo get FCC up in their ass
alexander skarsgard's line read and acting choices r amazing tho
me to my sister: why haven't any of them used a live translator to check what the swedes are talking about? (greg in the final episode uses one) OK FINALLYYYY
shiv screaming from another room is hilarious
logan promised kendall ceo when he was seven.......the crown prince.....if dad didn't need me i don't know what i would be for.....
shiv and roman bonding at the beach after election night. when they're doing impressions of kendall and knowing sarah and kieran are each other's fave scene partners....this scene was the one that hit me that i'm watching the FINALE finale
meal fit for a king scene....when i watched this scene i was all smiles but underneath the DREADDD knowing they might be showing this because it may be the final time the scenes are happy together. oh honey. we got a big storm coming.
not shiv saying all that to willa and connor not getting slovenia in the end....the terror
the iphone video dinner scene? cheesy as fuckkkkk im sorry that was sentimental as shit and maybe a tad unnecessary. i did cry tho i did...
"IT'S FUCKING TOM." the fight in the bathroom??? mattson rallying his crew???? the convoy to hq??? with THE MUSICCCCC???? FUCKKKK UGH HOT UGH!!!! GO OFF NICHOLAS!!!!
loveeee roman's all black outfit. so chic! (he's still mourning 🙃)
and we cheered. if anything else, us gay stewy truthers won succession
(also noticed that in the above pic - the only picture of the kids on logan's table is shiv. forshadowing? maybe, maybe not but lol)
the final 20 minutes of the finale *screaming into a pillow*
like roman immediately spiralling upon seeing gerri. doubting himself, questioning his autonomy, his worth. and did kendall....break roman's stitches on purpose. to like?? steady him somewhat??? good god. what the fuck.
shiv in this shot like...this is the closest to ultimate power she'll ever have and she's reveling in it. despite herself, she enjoys being kingmaker. that's why she went into politics
it's just. i wanna wrap my head around why shiv didn't vote 'no'. is it because she *has* seen the toxicity of protecting this company infect her brothers during election night? they should take the deal and get out? is it to freeze kendall and roman out of the company as they often had done to her? if i can't be ceo, then no one can? and mattson wants tom to be the ceo and i get to manipulate tom so i win this battle? i can keep my proximity of power by virtue of being a woman that my brothers would never have? is that it? does this make sense?
(but we all know mattson is keeping tom because he's a yes man. he won't have any real power in the waystar royco gojogo so like *sad kazoo noise*)
kendall lying about the manslaughter not being real. the real thing they've bonded over??? just because it may not make him ceo??? jelly-spined move
shiv laughing kendall going 'i'm the eldest boy' and walking away going "fucking child". lmaooo deserved
i wonder if roman saying all that abt sophie & iverson is a way to distract kendall from shiv, maybe even a little spite to get back at him for supposedly lying abt the manslaughter
roman going "we're nothing." yeah...yeah....you are.....
(but they have 195 per share....so)
kendall clicking the elevator to floor zero. cinema.
the one guy entering the elevator with kendall. has he been oblivious abt what just went down? if it were me, i'd wait for the next one
tom being ceo slgjklskglskglsklhgsfglskg
him keeping gerri and karolina this is a win for the glass ceiling shatterers /jk
and tom keeping greg? will he needs someone to bully since mattson&mencken is gonna use him as a punching bag in turn lol
yes the tiger! he destroyed his cage! yes YES the tiger is out!!!!
i truly can't believe that roman came out of this series unscathed (somewhat). like his breakthrough this episode? him realizing his self worth has been hinged on inheriting the company aka his father's love? time to go back to therapy
(also him drinking a martini because that's gerri's favorite drink. what a choice!)
and friends i was rubbing my hands with anticipation when tom approaches the car just hoping hopingggg shiv was in it and when it turns out she was??? i was chanting 'hand in unlovable hand' over and over and when tom offered his hand??? i was fully clapping it AND when shiv TOOK IT?? i was fully screamingggg
in all seriousness, what a bleak ending for shiv. relegating herself as the wife of ceo. just like her mother. the power dynamics of the man she think is beneath her is now her husband and the father of her child and in the company position she coveted all her life. she can never win...she willing stay in the tarpit....shiv my tragic girlfailure i love youuu
when kendall shows up in the park in a tweed coat i was like 'oooo i hope colin is behind him' and when they pan to show he is?????? i was cheering. the micheal corleonification of kendall roy
head under water.....aaaahhhh ambigious kendeath my beloved <3
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Heath has been a character since 2007, and I still have to search his name up to remind myself of who he is lol. If they wanted other characters (and the audience) to genuinely react emotionally to his death, they could've given him more interactions with other characters and more screentime/storylines of his own lol. It's not like he wasn't old enough. Jacob, Liv, and Gabby were all given big storylines of their own (and interactions with other characters) when they were younger than Heath was.
It's been a problem for a while. The teen groups get worse every generation.
The Robert, Andy, Ollie, Marc, Donna, Katie etc crew? I feel like they were always on and had real stories and got to appear to react to their parents stories too. You knew who they were, what they wanted out of life. You understood their relationships with each other. They were actual characters. Sure they appeared less than their adult counterparts but if they had killed one of them off, the show would have felt it. And it would have been believable for people to react to. And I mean they did have a joyriding story that resulted in a fatality, it just wasn't one of them. I still haven't watched it but I'm sure it was better than this was/will be.
Then you had the Victoria, Daz, Aaron, Scarlett, Adam, Holly, Hannah, Amy etc group. Again, actual stories. Aaron obviously had big stories from 17 on so he was a bit older but teen Vic and Daz had stories. Scarlett had all of the King drama and Daz drama and then Adam. Obviously the Barton's had a ton of screen time so we got to see the kids often and they all had their own stories. And they were real stories. And then you had teen Amy with the pregnancy.
Next there was Belle's group which had Sean and Gemma and Tom for a bit. Not as much going on. Belle was obviously a character that had plenty of screen time over the years, especially because she was a kid during better eras of the show when kids were seen. But they had their relationship drama and Belle accidentally killing Gemma. I mean I don't know how many people cared about Gemma but I assume people cared about Belle when that happened. And then you can add Lachlan into the mix later, who obviously got plenty of screen time. And Gerry was lovable until Lachlan murdered him.
And that transitions into Liv, Gabby and Jacob. Liv got a fair amount of screen time due to her proximity to Robron. Her stories were a bit hit or miss but at least she got them even if they didn't always do them justice. And they definitely fell off with her and her friendship with Gabby in later years. But Jacob obviously had the Maya story and Gabby had plenty going on with Ashley dying and the Emma stuff and all of Bernice's drama etc. I feel like the biggest problem with these three was the transition to adulthood. They were decent characters as younger teens but they transition was rough because they didn't get as much screen time and Liv especially had zero ambitions. At least Gabby they put at Home Farm and Jacob decided he wanted to be a doctor. This was also the first group where I feel like they really started leaning into the bratty teen trope where they would pop up just to be annoying and then go away again, especially when Leanna got brought into the mix.
Then you've got Noah and Amelia, and Samson and Chloe and Sarah. Despite all of Sarah's earlier stories, this current version of her is just non existent. She never really gets to be a part of the teen drama. She's sort of like Liv, she shows up once in a while to maybe be the voice of reason or be a brat for a second and then disappears again. Then you had Noah and Samson's personality swap. And they've also been episode count challenged, particularly Samson who had several years where he only had 10. So they had no real foundation and then several inconsistent bratty years and then a weird transition into sort of adulthood but also they continue to disappear for long periods of time and I don't really feel like I have a handle on them.
And now you've got this group with Arthur, April, Angelica, Cathy, Heath (RIP), Elliot etc...and half of them just don't exist. Pretty sure Cathy and Heath had an entire year where they were MIA. Elliot was in 11 episodes last year. I literally have no idea who this kid is. Arthur obviously had a story but only just because he got kicked out halfway through in favor of his mother in his own relationship story, which was...a choice. April is probably the most consistent of the bunch but only just. It's just she has slightly more foundation because she's actually gotten family screen time because Donna died and Marlon had a stroke and Carly was always babysitting her. And then Cathy just yells at people and is the ultimate bratty teen, except they gave her an excuse but they haven't really tried to make her endearing in any way to the audience. I don't know, this group is a mess. And you'd think with the stories that Jimmy and Nicola have gotten over the years that they could have involved the kids more but they just really haven't bothered. And like, fine if they're going to develop them now with a story like this but I doubt they will.
Bottom line is, they need to do better with the kids and the teens and let them exist more. Let them react to the adults in their lives. Let them hang out in smaller stories. Give them ambitions. Give them...personalities. Otherwise it's going to be another super rough transition to adulthood...provided any of them survive that long.
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succession s4 e3 recap: i just called to say are you a cunt? 2/2
part 1
how are we dealing so far? personally, i am not.
tom calls his boyfriend with the news of logan's death, which turns out to be a huge mistake because greg is a dipshit with no poker face and a simp for journalist ass.
guys, i even feel bad for tom. wtf is this episode.
roman is still in denial.
the genius of the writers confirmed: i spent ages wondering if it was real myself, since we never really saw logan and it felt unreal. so thanks for the torture, i guess.
just as the kids receive news they have stopped doing compressions, the ship leaves the dock.
stress level: uncut gems.
hugo is here.
if i saw this man on the worst day of my life i would jump ship.
he informs the sibs that the board is drafting a statement and the reactions are who tf asked.
we see a shift from grief to strategy. new leadership means they need to position themselves.
tom wants people to know he was with logan as he died. karl, gerri and frank need their name on the statement. and although the healthy thing probably would be to grieve in peace, the kids need to stake their claim too.
calling a confrontation in a karaoke bar a family function is controlling the narrative. words are just complicated airflow.
this screenshot is just in here because it has gerri in it.
roman continues his denial tour, this time featuring gerri.
bla bla bla the marked bla bla bla stock prices bla bla shiv casually suggests they leave the plane in the air for a while because of business.
shoot logan into deep space for all i care.
inside you there are two wolves: one who cares about legacy and one that is suicidal.
in this scenario, i would be connor:
actually, i'm shiv, turns out:)))
i'm sure the mommy issues comes as a surprise to no one.
kendall is on the funeral planning commitee.
"funeral off the rack" was the alt title of this week's recap.
and then, just as roman has pointed out they can just be children who have lost their fathers, who need to grieve, rumors of logan's health leak.
fucking greg.
i'm always here for a good sibling huddle.
how "inspirational quote on a boomer facebook group" of them to believe they are actually needed at waystay.
don't stop believing and all that.
i repeat, don't stop believing:
you go, gerri, give him nothing!!!!:(
the way she looked so concerned for them when she entered the room:(( but then he acted like an asshole:((( and now everything is horrible:((((
WE ARE LOSING THE LESBIANS!
DOSE OF FANFIC NEEDED, STAT!
help
help!!!
indeed. how will i ever survive the six days leading up to the next episode?
(it's fanfiction, the answer is fanfiction)
i know that hugo referred to the journos when he said he had briefed "their friendliest" but i like to believe he's talking about shiv.
guys, i'm so drained.
more business. logan is the stock price. anthropomorphic shit that would probably mean something if i cared enough to focus on logan rn.
HUG!!!!!
at this point, it seems impossible that these three will turn on each other, but a lot can happen in seven episodes.
roman's adhd brain needs visual conformation.
this is very important, says woman who forgets the produce if it's at the back of the fridge.
connor wins this episode.
he got his way: statue of liberty, weirdly patriotic band, no cake.
the healthiest relationship in this show is the one that is openly transactional.
speaking of transactional relationships: shiv goes home with tom under the pretense that he has to explain to her the details of what happened on the plane.
what are we thinking? is there hope? (of course not) do we care? (i do, i do a little)
we end on kendall alone and the siblings separated. bad omen.
"i'll be broken when you die"
we await an unpredictable road ahead, friends. buckle up, fuckleheads.
part 1
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Operation Stumpy Re-Read
ADWD: The Spurned Suitor (Quentyn III) [Chapter 60]
"Let him [Beans] think what he wants, so long as he delivers the message," said Quentyn.
"He'll do that much. I'll wager you get your meeting too, if only so Rags can have Pretty Meris cut your liver out and fry it up with onions. We should be heeding Selmy. When Barristan the Bold tells you to run, a wise man laces up his boots. We should find a ship for Volantis whilst the port is still open."
It's not enough for him to die. I need his reputation destroyed as well.
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Volantis, Quentyn thought. Then Lys, then home. Back the way I came, empty-handed. Three brave men dead, for what?
Let your father ask himself these questions.
Will Daenerys be making those same stops? Maybe.
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His father would speak no word of rebuke, Quentyn knew, but the disappointment would be there in his eyes. His sister would be scornful, the Sand Snakes would mock him with smiles sharp as swords, and Lord Yronwood, his second father, who had sent his own son along to keep him safe …
It's not clear to me that he's wrong, which is unfortunate.
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"It is still not too late to abandon this folly," Gerris said, as they made their way down a foetid alley toward the old spice market. The smell of piss was in the air, and they could hear the rumble of a corpse cart's iron-rimmed wheels off ahead. "Old Bill Bone used to say that Pretty Maris could stretch out a man's dying for a moon's turn. We lied to them, Quent. Used them to get us here, then went over to the Stormcrows."
"As we were commanded."
"Tatters never meant for us to do it for real, though," put in the big man. "His other boys, Ser Orson and Dick Straw, Hungerford, Will of the Woods, that lot, they're still down in some dungeon thanks to us. Old Rags can't have liked that much."
We talk about how insane attempting to tame a dragon is, but how about this?
The Tattered Prince's men are locked in dungeons because of Quentyn, and now Quentyn wants to meet with him after lying and deserting.
I swear to god this kid wants to die.
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"No," Prince Quentyn said, "but he likes gold."
Gerris laughed. "A pity we have none. Do you trust this peace, Quent? I don't. Half the city is calling the dragonslayer a hero, and the other half spits blood at the mention of his name."
I'm confident these freedman will regret advocating for dragons.
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"Harzoo," the big man said.
Quentyn frowned. "His name was Harghaz."
"Hizdahr, Humzum, Hagnag, what does it matter? I call them all Harzoo. He was no dragonslayer. All he did was get his arse roasted black and crispy."
"He was brave." Would I have the courage to face that monster with nothing but a spear?
Harghaz was brave.
Quentyn is foolish.
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Gerris put a hand on Quentyn's shoulder. "Even if the queen returns, she'll still be married."
"Not if I give King Harzoo a little smack with my hammer," suggested the big man.
"Hizdahr," said Quentyn. "His name is Hizdahr."
"One kiss from my hammer and no one will care what his name was," said Arch.
They do not see. His friends had lost sight of his true purpose here. The road leads through her, not to her. Daenerys is the means to the prize, not the prize itself. "'The dragon has three heads,' she said to me. 'My marriage need not be the end of all your hopes,' she said. 'I know why you are here. For fire and blood.' I have Targaryen blood in me, you know that. I can trace my lineage back—"
He is entirely responsible for his own stupid decisions, but it's silly to pretend she had no influence.
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"Fuck your lineage," said Gerris. "The dragons won't care about your blood, except maybe how it tastes. You cannot tame a dragon with a history lesson. They're monsters, not maesters. Quent, is this truly what you want to do?"
"This is what I have to do. For Dorne. For my father. For Cletus and Will and Maester Kedry."
"They're dead," said Gerris. "They won't care."
[...]
"No doubt. But that was not my question. Men's lives have meaning, not their deaths. I loved Will and Cletus too, but this will not bring them back to us. This is a mistake, Quent. You cannot trust in sellswords."
Gerris Drinkwater is a great character.
Barristan Selmy, wrong again.
If this one had been the prince, things might have gone elsewise, he could not help but think … but there was something a bit too pleasant about Drinkwater for his taste. False coin, the old knight thought. He had known such men before. - The Discarded Knight, ADWD
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"They are men like any other men. They want gold, glory, power. That's all I am trusting in." That, and my own destiny. I am a prince of Dorne, and the blood of dragons is in my veins.
Maybe he's right? He does appear to suffer from Targaryen Delusion.
He's losing me.
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At this hour the house was less than half full. A few of the patrons favored the Dornishmen with looks bored or hostile or curious. The rest were crowded around the pit at the far end of the room, where a pair of naked men were slashing at each other with knives whilst the watchers cheered them on.
I'm going to pretend underground pit fighting was happening the entire time it was banned. That tends to be what happens you outlaw things.
Side note, today I learned underground pit fighting also happens in Westeros.
Question (from yours truly) what the hell is with Biter? Is he just a bad guy or is he something more....
George treated us to a never before heard back story of Rorge and Biter.....Rorge ran a dog and bear fighting place in Flea Bottom. Biter was an orphan whom Rorge grabbed up and raised ferally to fight in the pits. (Link)
Bwah!
Barristan Selmy in shambles.
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"My ragged raiment?" The Pentoshi gave a shrug. "A poor thing … yet those tatters fill my foes with fear, and on the battlefield the sight of my rags blowing in the wind emboldens my men more than any banner. And if I want to move unseen, I need only slip it off to become plain and unremarkable."
Including in case this becomes relevant later.
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Then a door he had not seen before swung open, and an old woman emerged, a shriveled thing in a dark red tokar fringed with tiny golden skulls. Her skin was white as mare's milk, her hair so thin that he could see the scalp beneath. "Dorne," she said, "I be Zahrina. Purple Lotus. Go down here, you find them." She held the door and gestured them through.
Aren't golden skulls a Golden Company thing?
Zahrina tried to buy Tyrion and Jorah in a previous chapter. Is she important? Probably not.
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He [The Tattered Prince] gestured at the bench across from him. "Sit. I understand you are a prince. Would that I had known. Will you drink? Zahrina offers food as well. Her bread is stale and her stew is unspeakable. Grease and salt, with a morsel or two of meat. Dog, she says, but I think rat is more likely. It will not kill you, though. I have found that it is only when the food is tempting that one must beware. Poisoners invariably choose the choicest dishes."
I'll keep that in mind for the future.
Daenerys wouldn't know locusts are delectable, but Hizdahr would.
Strong Belwas bellowed, "Locusts!" as he seized the bowl and began to crunch them by the handful.
"Those are very tasty," advised Hizdahr. "You ought to try a few yourself, my love. They are rolled in spice before the honey, so they are sweet and hot at once." - Daenerys IX, ADWD
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"I am a prince of Dorne," said Quentyn. "I had a duty to my father and my people. There was a secret marriage pact."
"So I heard. And when the silver queen saw your scrap of parchment she fell into your arms, yes?"
"No," said Pretty Meris.
I have so much secondhand embarrassment right now.
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"No? Oh, I recall. Your bride flew off on a dragon. Well, when she returns, do be sure to invite us to your nuptials. The men of the company would love to drink to your happiness, and I do love a Westerosi wedding. The bedding part especially, only … oh, wait …" He turned to Denzo D'han. "Denzo, I thought you told me that the dragon queen had married some Ghiscari."
"A Meereenese nobleman. Rich."
The Tattered Prince turned back to Quentyn. "Could that be true? Surely not. What of your marriage pact?"
"She laughed at him," said Pretty Meris.
Daenerys never laughed. The rest of Meereen might see him as an amusing curiosity, like the exiled Summer Islander King Robert used to keep at King's Landing, but the queen had always spoken to him gently. "We came too late," said Quentyn.
She did laugh, and none of the Dornishmen know what was said afterwards.
"Prince Doran." He sank back onto one knee. "Your Grace, I have the honor to be Quentyn Martell, a prince of Dorne and your most leal subject."
Dany laughed.
The Dornish prince flushed red, whilst her own court and counselors gave her puzzled looks. "Radiance?" said Skahaz Shavepate, in the Ghiscari tongue. "Why do you laugh?"
"They call him frog," she said, "and we have just learned why. In the Seven Kingdoms there are children's tales of frogs who turn into enchanted princes when kissed by their true love." Smiling at the Dornish knights, she switched back to the Common Tongue. "Tell me, Prince Quentyn, are you enchanted?" - Daenerys VII, ADWD
What she said isn't important, it's how it looks.
Quentyn is dead, it's Drinkwater and Yronwood who will tell Doran and/or Arianne what happened.
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"Yurkhaz zo Yunzak was the man who hired you."
"He signed our contract on behalf of his city. Just so."
"Meereen and Yunkai have made peace. The siege is to be lifted, the armies disbanded. There will be no battle, no slaughter, no city to sack and plunder."
"Life is full of disappointments."
Over Barristan Selmy's dead body.
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"How long do you think the Yunkishmen will want to continue paying wages to four free companies?"
The Tattered Prince took a sip of wine and said, "A vexing question. But this is the way of life for we men of the free companies. One war ends, another begins. Fortunately there is always someone fighting someone somewhere. Perhaps here. Even as we sit here drinking Bloodbeard is urging our Yunkish friends to present King Hizdahr with another head. Freedmen and slavers eye each other's necks and sharpen their knives, the Sons of the Harpy plot in their pyramids, the pale mare rides down slave and lord alike, our friends from the Yellow City gaze out to sea, and somewhere in the grasslands a dragon nibbles the tender flesh of Daenerys Targaryen. Who rules Meereen tonight? Who will rule it on the morrow?" The Pentoshi gave a shrug. "One thing I am certain of. Someone will have need of our swords."
"I have need of those swords. Dorne will hire you."
[...]
"I will pay you part when we reach Volantis, the rest when I am back in Sunspear. We brought gold with us when we set sail, but it would have been hard to conceal once we joined the company, so we gave it over to the banks. I can show you papers."
A very bad idea quickly getting worse.
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The Tattered Prince finished his wine, turned the cup over, and set it down between them. "So. Let me see if I understand. A proven liar and oathbreaker wishes to contract with us and pay in promises. And for what services? I wonder. Are my Windblown to smash the Yunkai'i and sack the Yellow City? Defeat a Dothraki khalasar in the field? Escort you home to your father? Or will you be content if we deliver Queen Daenerys to your bed wet and willing? Tell me true, Prince Frog. What would you have of me and mine?"
"I need you to help me steal a dragon."
Caggo Corpsekiller chuckled. Pretty Meris curled her lip in a half-smile. Denzo D'han whistled.
The Tattered Prince only leaned back on his stool and said, "Double does not pay for dragons, princeling. Even a frog should know that much. Dragons come dear. And men who pay in promises should have at least the sense to promise more."
"If you want me to triple—"
"What I want," said the Tattered Prince, "is Pentos."
How is Dorne going to give you Pentos?
Sorry, I've hit a point where I don't remember a single thing that comes next. Is this contract still active?
That seems less than ideal.
Final thoughts:
Call me Boomer Barry, I think I'm ready to leave Meereen.
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MAG 35 - apple cutting
I had a hard time with this episode first time around, especially because there is so much rambling at the beginning.
"He looked to be in his late teens, I’d guess." - This is how I narrow down Gerry's age. What's late teens? Teens go from 13 to 19. 16 would be middle, so he's definitely past that, so let's assume 18? maaaybe 17? We don't have a date of the event, but usually it's not more than a year before the statement is given. MAG 35 is given in 2002, so let's assume 2001 date of event? Can't be older than 2000, cause that's when Mastodon was formed. So Gerry is born in circa 1983/1984? That's about the estimation I like to think of^^
"He was dressed all in black, with heavy looking boots and a T-shirt with the logo of some band emblazoned on it, Megadon or Mastodon, or something like that. His hair was long and greasy, almost down to his shoulders, and looked to be dyed almost the same black as his clothes." - Metalhead!Gerry! He canonically listened to Mastodon as a teen, that is a metal band. If he's only half like the metalheads I used to hang out with, there is almost no chance he would listen to MCR. Thing is, he does have this trve edgelord vibe to him when we hear him, but I don't think he's as toxic as most of the metalheads are/were? (like holy shit, they can be toxic, that's why I said "used to"). He sounds like he's masking playing this act of hardboiled guy, but is genuinely kind and good and intelligent. So I'm not completely ruling it out, and by god, go for whatever hc you like, always! But generally, the whiny tone of emo as well as these depressing, over the top emotional themes are just something that I have seen very few of my metalhead or goth friends be into. I've been a metalhead/goth for… (oh god, I'm old) 18 years now (x.x), I did listen to Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge when it came out (still have the CD!) and I was super alone with this xD (Didn't like the slight style change in Black Parade, so I abandoned them then). AAAAANYWAY Fear Factory (I mean, come on, that band name!) is the perfect band for Gerry imo and this is the hill I will die on!! xD
From this episode I did remembered very well later on, that Leitner was Norwegian.
Leitner seemed like a real asshole in that episode as well.
"Alf kept asking Rachel if the corridor was getting narrower, and every time, she would dutifully measure the width and inform him that, no, it was exactly five feet wide. I couldn’t blame him, really, I’ve never had any sort of claustrophobia, but I was finding it hard, at points to catch my breath, to dismiss the feeling that the walls were pressing on me." - Buried tunnel. Also that is a concept Jonny really likes, it seems? MAG 41, MAG 50, now, Caroline in 13 Storeys also measures the hallways.
"We came to a crossroads. Or, more precisely, a star. The chamber was small, round and featureless, but there were doorways leading out in a circle. I counted thirteen, not including the one we had come in from." It was only this May when I realized that each passage was dedicated to an Entity xD
"The “kid”, who I think it is reasonable to assume is none other than Gerard Keay, remains just as impossible to contact as he ever was. " - that is a weird way to say that they couldn't reach someone because they're dead... Always struck me as odd.
God, I love Breekon & Hope! Recognized them immediately^^
It's an episode I often forget about until it happens.
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what did you think of the rg interactions in kill list 👀
ummm not much!
i think the unfortunate part of the "every episode is one day" thing is that with the chasm in their relationship to each other (that was made even worse by the events of connor's wedding), plus roman's grief and general sibling-induced maladjustment, there are less opportunities to resolve the underlying gerri issue because they just don't have the time...yet. plus i really like that they're committing to roman being pretty one-track minded in the wake of logan passing, focusing on proving himself by Doing Business And Not Thinking Of Anything Else, and keeping his relationship with her sterile is definitely a part of that
that being said, i liked in the opening scene when they're discussing lukas' list of names that he drops the sarcasm to direct a genuine question to her, then seems to consider her opinion sincerely – it sort of subtly communicated that respect he still has for her (above karl and frank). i also think, for gerri's perspective, in the scenes we see with the old guard and the kids, her eye tends to linger on roman more than the others simply because she likes him more lol. that's not to say she dislikes ken or shiv, but given what they went through and how close they got, i think she does have a lingering, unconscious bias towards him ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
and i like that they're standing next to each other on the first gondola :) even though he's clearly turned his body as much as possible to not look at her lol
#i'm firmly committed to the 'no happy endings' motto as you all well know#BUT i think there's still potential for something meaningful (positive or negative) to happen between r/g to come#roman x gerri#answered#anonymous
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Martin and Gerry Foster Brothers AU part 2
In which Gerry ages out, and Martin realizes some spiders AREN’T good for the local ecosystem.
Part 1 Part 3 Ao3
Also, ignore that the boys home didn’t exist since the 60s... I didn’t see that when I was prepping. This is taking place during canon Martin’s childhood years,
“Is there any way I could tell you to stop playing with that thing without getting a 20 minute lecture about the ecosystem?”
“Maybe. If you call her by her name.”
“Ughhhh. Fine. Martin, please put the soul devouring eight-legged monstrosity that you call Petunia away. You do know Spiders aren’t supposed to live 3 years, right?”
“I know that.” Martin said as he gently placed the arachnid onto the windowsill. “This is probably Petunia the 50th or something like that. Unless you think it’s one of the Smirke monsters from the books.”
“The monsters aren’t from the books, there are just monsters and books. And the books can be monsters.”
“Right, sorry.” In the years that they had been friends, Gerry had told Martin a lot about the ‘fear entities’ that his mom had served. Martin had come to the conclusion that Mary Keay was a very, very disturbed individual and it was a very good thing that Gerry had gotten away from her when he did. That would be true even if you did believe in these dread powers and eldritch horrors. Martin… wasn’t sure if he believed.
Gerry definitely did, told stories about how ‘no these aren’t from a cigarette, there was a Leitner that turned your freckles and imperfections to burns’ and ‘Yeah my mom broke my thumb but that was the only way to stop me from reading the book that would make me go blind’ and ‘I can hold my breath for over two minutes, I had to learn because the Atlas of the Sea Leitner made you feel like you’re drowning but we needed information from it’. It had scared Martin a lot, had sent him to a school counselor actually. The nice man had gently and kindly explained that sometimes kids who were abused from a young age had odd ways to process it, to protect themselves.
That seemed… reasonable, but the one time he had broached the subject with Gerry, the teen had spit something about not being a part of the Spiral’s domain, and he knew what he saw. Martin had never mentioned it again, and he wavered. Sometimes he thought that there was no way these things could be real. Other times he thought that there was no way Gerry could have such detailed explanations for something that he made up. “Regardless, I don’t think Petunia is one. She’s not even venomous.”
“This whole place is web Martin, woven so strong that even I can’t escape.”
“Do you want to go into the city then? Just get out of the place and the webs for a bit, stretch our legs one last time? I know that they’re still there,” That was Gerry’s common argument when he mentioned going into town, “But it’s gotta feel at least a bit less oppressive, right? And besides, it’s second Saturday.”
“Right, what is that one again?”
“Miss Bunson. We can get you a pastry for your birthday.” He said the words in a tempting sing-song, smiling through the tension that was running through him at the thought of his friend’s coming of age. Gerry scowled.
“Can’t. I have to pack.” He spat the words shortly, clearly just as unhappy as Martin. There was a moment of tense silence before the older teen-now young adult- sighed. “But you don’t need to help out. It’s not like I have much. Why don’t you go down and get something for us to split.”
“I’m not leaving you. Not today. Not when-“
“You’ll be back in plenty of time to send me off, it’s not even lunchtime yet and they always come in the afternoon. Besides, I’ll be back. Or, not back, but- I’m not leaving you Martin. As soon as I get a cell phone I’ll call you, and until then I’ll write. You’re not getting rid of me that easily.”
Martin swallowed, and it was like he was 11 again, in that hospital and walking away with the social worker with a sucker in his mouth. He still couldn’t stomach peach flavoring. “Are you sure?”
“Yes.” Gerry said firmly. “I promise, Martin. I’ll be there for you. You’re like my brother, my anchor.”
Martin nodded solemnly. He wasn’t sure what anchor meant but… “Brothers. We are the family we have left.”
“And family sticks together, real family.”
The younger teen let out a deep breath. “Fine. Okay, I’ll get you your pastry.”
“Something chocolate.”
“Yeah, yeah.” Not willing to risk it, Martin grabbed Gerry into a tight hug before rushing down the road. It probably was better for him to get out of the house, and the older teen knew it. He only really messed around with Petunia when he was stressed, when things were going outside of his control. Not that he ever had any control really, he tried to grasp it when he could, but it always seemed to slip from his fingers like his handholds were no more than spiderweb.
Oh, that was a good one, he should use it for his next poem. Maybe he could get beyond an honorable mention for once.
Arriving to town, Martin alternated between shy smiles and obtrusive head ducks as he wove through the buildings. After so many years, the village knew him well, and he knew who to avoid. He also knew who he could convince to do some bending of the rules if a sufficiently polite and shy abandoned child hinted to it. Miss Bunson was one of them.
She owned a small bakery in town, and had an agreement with her family to go on a blind date at least once a month. She was hopeful, but either she was extremely picky or her family were really bad at figuring out her type, because come the next day she was disappointed, bitter, and lonely. She felt bad about really ranting to her family though, but was more than willing to complain to a strange child who one day discovered that she would ply him with free desserts for as long as he looked earnest and made the right commiserating noises.
While it would look weird to any observer, it was a good deal for both. She got to vent out all of her anger to a neutral party, and he got the kind of treats that they rarely got at the boy’s home. Also, there was something nice about seeing that not all adults have their lives together. That even people with their own businesses and families and friends could sill feel… lonely sometimes. He also hoped for the day that she would actually come with good news, she really was a sweet person, it would be nice to see that loneliness end.
The bell on the door cheered just as happily as ever when Martin bounded through the door, though he had to duck when he accidentally hit a bit of a wreath that had been put up. He was going through a growth spurt and sometimes still struggled with realizing how tall he was. Mum had been fairly slight, but in his memories of his father, the man was towering. He had no clue how tall he would get, but he was already catching up to the 17- er- 18 year old Gerry. “Hi Miss Bunson! Hope you’re doing well! I just wanted to duck in to see if your date las night was better than the last one.”
“Ugh! Martin take a seat. You would not believe what they did. So, we went to that fancy place over on fifth, awesome great, but then-“
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Martin stepped out of the bakery with a deep breath, finding the bracing cold and clean scent almost a relief after the oven-warmed bakery and the myriad of scents. It was kinda funny, the way stepping into the bakery had been such a welcome thing when he stepped in. Contrasts he supposed. He waved at the window as he left the homey spot behind, chuckling to himself. For as unfortunate as these dates ended up being, Ms.Bunson sure made them entertaining to hear about.
Martin brought his backpack around to put the pastries away- a chocolate peppermint tart that was overwhelmingly peppermint-y. The bakery was still very much experimenting with their holiday flavors and this was a bit strong. Gerry would probably like it though, he went through mint gum like mad.
A rough shoulder bumped into Martin and the teen had to scramble not to drop the treat. He looked up to see one of the bigger jerks at the home sneering at him as he swaggered away. Martin looked away timidly. Without Gerry he didn’t tend to pick fights with the meaner kids, and besides nothing at this boy’s home got worse than a few shoves and mean words anyway. He could ignore it, he was used to it.
The stranger thing was that the boy was in the village at all. He and the cronies around him tended to stay in the common room, hogging the telly and making the younger boys too nervous to enter. He almost never came into the village proper like this unless…
Fear shot through Martin and he sprinted off, stuffing the pastry into his pocket and ignoring his half-open backpack. The only time that they came into the village were those odd moments where everyone collectively left the building when someone was being aged out. It was a wordless understanding to give the now-homeless teen their privacy to leave, respected by even the biggest lowlifes of the home, but that meant-
Martin felt like he was fighting something as he ran to the house, like he was sludging through muck or being pulled back, but he kept his mind on his brother and carried forward, even as he panted through a familiar path that really shouldn’t be this much effort.
He arrived just as Gerry was led through the door, his eyes blown wide in fear even as he walked emotionlessly behind Mr.Fielding. The caretaker glared at Martin. “What are you doing here?” He sneered. “You’re supposed to be in the village.”
Martin struggled to breath through his reply. “I-I wasn’t going to let Gerry go without being here to see him off.”
Something was wrong. Something was very very wrong. Why wasn’t Gerry saying anything? Why wasn’t he moving? Why was he looking at him like that?
Raymond scowled, and Martin was preparing to beg, when something… odder happened. The man’s hair… parted strangly, moving in a way contrary to the wind, and Martin was almost certain he saw something-several somethings- shifting in it. Tension left the man’s body and he nodded almost absently. “You’ll come with us, then. He always wants more, after all.”
But I’m only 15. Martin wanted to say. Who is ‘he’ and what does he want? But he found himself unable to open his mouth. His body seemed to move without his permission, following dully behind Mr.Fielding. All at once, Martin understood Gerry’s odd behavior, and believed his stories without a doubt for the first time.
This… whatever this was, it was the work of monsters beyond the ‘coping mechanisms’ the counselor had gone on about. This was real and it was terrifying. He followed the two older men into a basement he’d never known existed, where he was surrounded by human-sized bundles of white and walked through spiderweb after spiderweb, despite following behind two people who should have broken them.
His legs shook with effort as he mentally tried with everything had to escape, despite his legs no longer seeming to be of his control. Gerry’s breathing was heavy and terrified, and Martin’s matched it’s cadence. It felt like he was struggling against bonds that moved him on, hooks and ropes moving him that he couldn’t control no matter how he fought.
From the ceiling, a- a beast descended. It looked like a spider, black and bulbous with a body bigger than Martin’s girth and Gerry’s height combined. The fangs themselves seemed to be the length of an ear of corn, dripping with noxious-looking venom. Martin shuddered from his place, fighting against invisible bonds without moving as Gerry took step to painful-looking step closer to the beast.
At his hand, he felt the familiar tickle of Petunia crawling on his hand, and for the first time ever wanted to brush her off. She, or whatever spider was crawling on him, avoided his fingertips as it scuttled back and forth along his hand and wrist. The back side of his brain, the hindbrain that was in extreme denial that any of this was happening at all, noted that she was avoiding his hands because of the peppermint. He’d read once that it was a insect deterrent.
Oh. Well. He was about to do something absolutely monumentally stupid, wasn’t he?
Martin stopped fighting against the bonds, stopped trying to run away. He instead moved towards the beast, quickly overtaking the still-struggling Gerry. It was like he’d been struggling against a rubber band the whole time, like it was so used to people pushing back, it wasn’t ready for someone to step forward, to come towards the spider. The beast itself seemed surprised, looking up at Martin in surprise as it opened it’s mouth to brandish fang and mandible at him.
Quickly, Martin pulled his wax paper bag out of his pocket, shoving the hopefully-poisonous tart down the creatures throat. Whether the peppermint was truly effective or if the creatures was just choking, it didn’t matter. It worked well enough to break both of them from their hold. Raymond roared in anger, a wholly foreign sound from a usually mild-mannered man. Gerry didn’t hesitate, flying at the man and decking him across the face. The man’s head crumbled like it was a puppet head, or a bundle of something-flimsy making up the shape of a man, and Spiders started swarming out. With a cry of fear, both teen’s ran to escape the basement, shoving the door closed behind them.
Gerry started running down the hill, but Martin turned towards the building. “What are you doing?” The older teen asked, terror still ringing through his eyes. “The’re going to get into the house!”
“They- They’ll just come after everyone else if we can’t- if we don’t- if-“
The goth jumped back and forth before his face set with resolve, as though he wasn’t sure he agreed, but he was determined to follow Martin regardless. They ran into the house. “What’s the plan?” Martin asked.
“What?” Gerry asked, incredulous. “This was your idea!”
“Well I don’t know how these things work! You’re the expert!”
“If I was the expert at killing these things, they’d already be dead! I’ve lived here for years.” The boy shook his head, trying to think. “Fire? I think fire usually works. Unless its one of the fire ones.”
“And this isn’t a fire one, right?”
“No! It’s a Spider one!”
“Well I just wanted to be sure, I don’t know!”
Martin ran to the kitchen, and the two boys ransacked through the draws, searching desperately for a book of matches. For a long moment, there were no sounds but the clattering of drawers and cutlery, and the ever-loudening sound of thousands of scuttling feet coming closer and closer.
Martin looked up and yelped, seeing the familiar sight of Agnes standing silently next to the stove and kettle with the same placid expression she always had when asking him for tea. Despite being around 20, she was still here. He had no clue how she had avoided the evil spiders. “Wait- w-what are you- I thought everyone- never mind it doesn’t matter. I don’t have time for tea, we need to find matches!”
The girl did not reply verbally, as was normal, and instead simply cocked her head in a curious expression. “W-w-we I- There are spider monsters in the basement! People have- there are bodies down there, they’re killing all the boys who aged out. We-we-“
“We’re stopping it.” Gerry interrupted Martin’s terrified blundering. “Everyone’s gone so we’re burning this place to the ground, keep it from happening to everyone else.”
Martin could count the number of times that he’s heard Agnes speak on one hand, and they’d ‘hung out’ for years. Still, he’d never heard her speak so much as she did then.
The girl smiled and spoke with a voice like an aged smoker, with a bit of puberty’s voice breaks cutting in, though on her they sounded like a crackle of flame. “That sounds like fun.”
Then she turned and, no match or lighter in sight, touched the cloth curtain over the nearest window. It burst into flames.
For a moment, neither Martin nor Gerry said anything. Then, Gerry swallowed. “That works.” And he sprinted out the door. Martin followed as the fire started spreading to the wall. He turned when he realized Agnes hadn’t moved. “Hurry!” He called. “Come on.”
She looked surprised, then smiled the soft-fond smile she gave back when he’d handed her the first cup of tea. “I’m fine.” She stepped into the growing flames. “I’ll be picked up soon, but I want to watch it burn. It’s beautiful.”
Martin swallowed, mouth dry from exertion, heat, and fear. Then, without another word, the fifteen year old ran for the exit, ignoring the pained whining of thousands of dying spiders behind him. Looking down the hill, Marin could see the village starting to stir as the burning building was first noticed by those below, but Gerry had gone the opposite direction, waiting for Martin by the woods. The younger teen joined his brother and they watched the orange flames lick higher and higher up the house.
No spiders tried to escape.
#TMA#the magnus archives#the magnus archives fanfiction#tma fanfic#tma fanfiction#gerry keay#gerard keay#martin blackwood#agnes montague#raymond fielding
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How about B, I, K, M, N, O, U for the alphabet ask thing?
Alphabet Asks
B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.
hahah well TJ.. as you know you've been very influential when it comes to ships - especially for Naruto. First one that comes to mind is KakaGai, but there's also YamaSai and KankuSai and ShikaCho. All of them I still love <3 Also, thanks to you I shipped GaraShir before I even watched the show. And there are just countless ships from other fandoms that I'm not (really) a part of that I have a soft spot for, because you sell them so well :))
I - Has Tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?
Errr I guess you could say HP? But that's not Tumblr's fault - all it did was share the messed up things Rowling said and did and gradully all of the moments HP got tiny kid me through rough and lonely times started feeling like a very big lie and I can't even think of it fondly anymore.
K - What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc?
Oh gosh, so many, but let's go for Fjord from Critical Role. All the little and big steps he takes towards learning to accept himself throughout the campaign and the way they don't come all at once but are spread out over like a hundred plus episodes, including inevitable steps backward. The strength it took for him to walk away from the one who gave him conditional power and to accept unconditional love that is extended by his friends and the Wildmother. His arc just makes me so emotional and happy every time I think about it. I love him and I love his journey and I cannot wait to see it animated.
M - Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.
Yamato from Naruto seems like a perfect friend. He's kind and loyal and usually a reasonable, level headed person who can calm you down in stressed situations. But he's also someone you can have fun with!
N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).
For Saraiya Goyou:
1) anyone other than me making stuff for it lol. Usually I don't mind it so much, but sometimes I almost desperately wish I would see the tag update and it's not something I made.
2) drawings and fics from the past are mostly for Yaichi and Masa. I'd love more art and writing for other characters and pairings (romantic or otherwise)
3) sneakily shared fan translations of the prequels and spin-offs would be great lol. They're never going to be translated officially, but scans are taken down immediately as well. I bought Futagashira but I have no way of reading it unless I learn to read Japanese myself ^^;
O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of?
Shuffle produced Pulling Teeth by Green Day. "I'm all busted up, broken bones and nasty cuts, accidents will happen, but this time I can't get up." That's definitely Meg and Zagreus from Hades. They beat each other up on a regular basis lol and I was so bad at this game in the beginning I got Zag killed by her a lot (sorry Zag..) Not top 10 ship for me, but I like them well enough!
U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.
1) Matsu from Saraiya Goyou: during my first reread the manga, after I learned that he loved Yaichi, I fell in love with him through his subtle and heartbreaking expressions. That's when I really got to know and understand him more. I love that he's charming as can be for his job, but doesn't know how to behave around his friends. He's so skilled and he knows it, yet has such a low self esteem. He's just a highly skilled, very pathetic little grumpy guy that deserves all the love in the world. And I give him as much as I can.
2) Caduceus from Critical Role: perfect, big, chill cow man who has the best advice and calming words for others, but can't recognise his own problems, let alone how to deal with them. He's so dumb and wise and I love him.
3) Gerry from the Magnus Archives: he's one of those people that seems to be full of contradictions. He's so bitter and stubborn and impatient and crude, but in a way that feels friendly? His life was so full of grief and horror from the moment he was born and he just wants a break from it all, but at the same time he can't stop himself from helping people who are about to fall - or have already fallen - victim to the horrors. The fear and defiance he lived (and died) with is heartbreaking and admirable.
#replies#tj-dragonblade#long post#thanks TJ! This was a lot but also lots of fun <3#alphabet asks#aks meme
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i need to catch up on your fics but i am chin hands about trans fem gerry. i remember you talking about it before but id love to hear any new or updated thoughts :0
some of it would be spoilers for the PBR epilogue so i'm going to keep that to myself until then, but! ultimately i just was thinking about the fact that he uses she/her pronouns and enters Girl Mode in his happiest moments, his most intimate and vulnerable moments with people he trusts to love him, and what that says about his actual state of being outside of those moments. it means he's not fully happy or comfortable, there's something holding him back, which i've gathered is a fairly common feeling.
he's still got an attachment to being A Son specifically it's just rooted in his being but look me in the eyes and tell me that ever made him feel safe in his own body or head or surroundings. y'know? there's spoiler territory there with that part of the discussion though so heehee.
(not that long i just don't want everything stretching the dash where i might not be able to edit it later)
i do think she's always going to identify himself as a fag though which is also pretty common because things are more complicated than they are binary and he's always a color wheel understander. his gender is faglady but realistically her gender is also just nothing you could comprehend if you're not open to contradiction. you can't expect him to fit into neat little boxes, she just won't do it, it's not anybody else's business but his.
so. transfem gay man is probably still where he's at in general at this point in time in my writing but as time has gone on his egg has increasingly cracked lol it's just a matter of like... what's going on in his life, who she's with, how safe he feels being herself. as of right now, she saves herself for tim and tim is nothing but reverent about it and i could go ON about how her sex life goes hand in hand with her gender but i don't want to flood the dash with BDSM discussion LOL even though i have thoughts for MILES about it. i talked a bit about it in the link above iirc. it's incredibly soft and meaningful and also, crucially, sexy. but mostly it just makes her feel so incredibly safe and desired and respected and these are all things that were previously missing from her life in such a huge way, like.
look at his life. look at the life he's lived and tell me he's ever been fully happy playing the role he was put in. the expectations his mother had of him, that gertrude had of him, the way he was expected to obey and sacrifice and even hurt people at times because that's just how the world works, right.
well, he's never wanted to participate in that way of living! and he only did it as a survival mechanism because where else could he go but always come back home to mary and her dreams for him which were always just an extension of herself, he was nothing to her but an extension of herself and her wants and her beliefs and he was anything but that, even when he tried to blend in. half the time he measures his life from injury to injury. his whole life felt like nothing but punishment and for a long time he wouldn't even know what for.
it can be such a transgender narrative if you look at it. the repression that he'd have had to deal with is insane even if you look at how loud and proud he is about his sense of style (which is extremely queer in and of itself.)
and i also just do not buy transmasc gerry i'm so sorry you can absolutely have that HC if you want and i will not attack you for it but look at him. listen to him. and also remember that eric, who died when gerry was 2 years old, referred to him as his son. sorry but that to me says he's amab because He Was Un Bebe. also in what WORLD would mary be a supportive parent to a trans kid. she literally insists on calling him by his full birth name that he DOESN'T LIKE BEING CALLED; classic trans thing! he canonly has a PREFERRED name. a preferred androgynous name!
it just makes more sense to me that he's transfem. i don't believe he has a desire to be all that traditionally masculine. he literally is so gnc in canon and his whole life just reads to me as "person who did not get the chance to fully embrace themselves because everything was just too damn hard." i also enjoy depicting people transitioning later in life, because it's never too late! it's NEVER too late to embrace who you are and work out who you've wanted to be for a long time.
i think he still lives in ambiguity and grey areas and blindspots. it may not have even occurred to him that she wanted to transition until later in life anyway because life never slowed the fuck down for him enough to let himself ask the questions! but he knew he wanted his hair long. he paints his nails. he wears eyeliner and dangly jewelry and alt clothes and yeah, cis people can do that, but it's also a way to flag! a very strong way of flagging! these are all the things that felt right to him in canon and no one stays that alt into their thirties without a little bit of gender going on somewhere in the mix, be serious, y'know? g-d. i'm so invested forever in gerry's gender jfhbnkjn.
he doesn't like labels, he really doesn't. and she might not ever call herself a woman as much as a lady in particular but she likes the phrases "good girl" and "princess" in bed, she likes being seen as feminine in comparison to a partner, she has feminine preferences. she would probably use more reclaimed slurs to refer to herself than i'm comfortable just tossing around but like, a lot of people prefer those as identifiers than "man" or "woman" like i refer to myself as a fag dyke all the time and it's more affirming to me than trying to decide if i'm a trans guy or if i'm a butch dyke At All Times. gender can be complicated! i think it IS complicated for gerry at the moment with his baggage but i imagine if he were ever able to really let go of that baggage, she'd be a very different, happier person. i think she would like it to be simpler sometimes. she treats it simply even if other people might not be able to. she's really calm about all of it, and even as it changes, it just makes her confidence grow. really comes down to the people she's surrounded by and the opportunities that she manages to grab a hold of in terms of finally letting herself just be. and i just think the results of it are really gorgeous.
anyway transfem gerry truther forever
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Hi id love to hear your thoughts about what you think happens to Kendall post finale (with as much detail as you'd like) :)
HIIIIIII and ok so ok first of all let me preface this by saying that this will definitely be silly and not very eloquent because i don't know how to write and how to articulate my thoughts as well as some people on succession tumblr who are incredible and should definitely become writers
i also think my thoughts on where i see kendall going are definitely affected by how i see him through rose lens glasses (i am in love with him) and i understand it's probably kinda a far cry from what jesse armstrong would say is realistic for kendall moving forward
because realistically i imagine that losing waystar would send him on a downward spiral and it would take him time to forgive shiv and maybe roman also and also he was never a good father to begin with (plus the poison drips through) so why should that change ETC.
however in my head losing waystar was the best thing to ever happen to him!!!! he's finally free!!! and of course it will take some time for him to make sense of it and realize that, time he will spend getting high with stewy and having lots of tender sex with him but then a new life will start for kendall roy. he will get over shiv's turn because by that point he will have realized that losing waystar was the best thing to ever happen to him!!!! so actually he will feel bad for shiv who is still not only attached to the company but to tom as well and he will reconnect with all the sibilings and they will continue being bratty jealous mean petty best friends :) and then he will meet shiv's baby and he will think they're sooo cute like a tiny ginger baby are you kidding? and that will remind him that oh he has some kids of his own!!! and so he will start to rebuild his relationship with his children he will apologize for the menken thing and for having been a terrible dad and they will begrudgingly forgive him and then kendall will start playing with his money and with stewy and they'll talk about building or buying a new company but then kendall will be like, you know what i'm 40 years old and i am super super rich so i don't want to work! i want to buy an awesome loft to live in with my soulmate (stewy) and a huge amount of cats that will all have stupid names like batholomew and stuff and then he will be very happy everyday until one day he'll wake up in bed in a fancy villa by the sea in like bali and he'll think, oh man it's been so long since that day i almost jumped in the sea after shiv turned on me haha and then he'll go have breakfast with shiv and roman and his kids and shiv's kid who are also all in bali for a family vacation and he'll think, wow losing waystar was really the best thingto ever happen to me!!!! (stewy still asleep) (kendall will always keep his buzzcut because i think it's so hot and maybe he'll have a beard because i think that's very hot too) (shiv will have killed tom but because she's so hot and rich nobody ever found out it was she who murdered him and the only people who know are her brothers and colin) (gerri is also in bali)
#also kendall will become a big bookworm and his favorite book will be moby dick (starbuck stan)#hope this answers your question!!!!#ask#anonymous
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