#but ONLY VAGUE spoilers

[lucabyte]

Comfortable in New Skin

#wanted to give loop some like... vague clothes. since while they dont Need to be covered... accessorising is a human right #and boy do they need some of those. one can assume the only place theyd be getting clothes is isa though. so. ponder it #in stars and time #isat fanart #isat spoilers #isat loop #loop isat #isat #lucabyteart #SPOILERS TAG BECAUSE UM. CAPTION IS UNNEGOTIABLE. SOZ #anyway i do have Even More doodles on the way. primarily about loop. predictable. a lot of thoughts on the body horror of it all. #if you were to ask me. i think loops quote unquote skin is uncannily loose when pushed or pulled in any way #almost as if it were clothes covering the skin rather than skin itself. probably feels fuzzy and vague too. as for their head? #non-solid but in the way where theres a force pushing outwards. radiating you could say. yknow. vague. undefined. not quite real #but thats just my headcanon. tee hee

[softsoaps]

Safe in my arms

#trigun #trigun maximum #vashwood #vash trigun #vash #wolfwood trigun #nicholas d wolfwood #wolfwood #maybe i should also tag this as #trigun spoilers #? #only vaguely though #my art #mine

[oneinchfrog]

do you think nigel dickerson and mr bonzo ever explored each others bodies

#tmagp #the magnus protocol #nigel dickerson #mr bonzo #theyre roomates after all. what if theres only one bed #tmagp vague #tmagp spoilers

[sleepless-crows]

hearing "look i didn't want to be a halfblood" in the show, despite reading it multiple times over and over, it hit me just what it meant. percy was saying he didn't want to be a halfblood, he didn't want to be born this way, and i guess that's something many of us can relate with. a lot of the time, whether it be because of adhd, dyslexia, or whatever else, we are made to think that we are broken. that there is something wrong with us. and yet, when you hear percy say those words, and you see just how much he has achieved as a halfblood and because he was a halfblood, it gives you some courage and strength that despite and maybe actually because of your own halfbloodness, or whatever makes you different and singular, you too can achieve great things

#im sorry but this show. THIS SHOW. #something about it allows you to see deeper into the books #pjo #percy jackson #pjo spoilers #i only mentioned like very vague spoilers that you wont even know are spoilers but you know

[sherokutakari]

Okay but can we have Mary meet Ed

PLEASE can we have Mary meet Ed?

#Our Flag Means Death #OFMD #OFMD 2 #Our Flag Means Death 2 #SUPER EXTRA BIG BONUS POINTS IF IT'S RANDOM AND SANS-STEDE #idk why they meet butnthey end up talking about Life #Ed loves her bc she found the love of her life after her husband died #and when it turns out he faked his death she decided he was gonna die anyway and Ed LOVES THAT for her #Mary hates him at first bc big annoying pirate man and she has had eNOUGH of pirate nonsense #thankyouverymuch #but then ends up loving him bc he literally chose life and love and happiness over a past he no longer identifies with #and she starts to view him as a kindred spirit #THEN Stede can show up and it all starts to fall into place in the most hilarious way #initiate spiderman points all around #please you know it would be hilarious #BlackBonnet #GentleBeard #spoilers #only very vaguely by name

[leafykat]

trimax

#trimax #trigun maximum #vashwood #oh my god there was only one bed #vague spoilers #nicholas d wolfwood #vash the stampede

[jouxlskaard]

Strap in, fuckers. This is a long one.

I've seen a lot of discourse and discussion recently about why TMAGP isn't resonating with listeners as much as TMA did, with a lot of people pointing towards the infrequent structure of each episode and the lack of subtlety that TMA had once excelled in. And while both of these are true, I think the main culprit that has caused these problems for listeners is one thing: the pacing.

TMAGP is only going to be 60 (Edit: 90) episodes long, compared with TMA's absolute behemoth of 200. When I'd found out about this, I'd assumed that it meant TMAGP would have a much smaller story - not having to establish as much information as TMA did, and allowing the story to have lower stakes as a result. This certainly wasn't a bad thing, as many sequels that have tried to one-up their predecessors have gone disastrously wrong, but I knew that the structure would be different to TMA as a result.

However, from the 12 episodes that we've seen so far, it appears that TMAGP is going to have similar levels of stakes to TMA - not the same stakes, of course, but they'll likely be on close to equal footing. This means that TMAGP has to establish the same amount of information to listeners with significantly less time to do it in, and the pacing has to speed up to adhere to that. In the first 12 episodes of TMA, we had established one possible recurring statement character (Gerry), a disturbing worm woman (Prentiss), and the fact that Jon doesn't like his assistant and refuses to believe any of the statements. In the first 12 episodes of TMAGP, we've established every important protagonist and what they sound like, two recurring statement characters (Bonzo and Ink5oul) with one that has already physically appeared, much of Sam's backstory and his ties to the Magnus Institute and the fact that something is deeply wrong with their workplace. That is a big difference.

This difference in pacing is what I believe is turning listeners away from what they'd originally enjoyed about TMA, because there's no longer that warm, comforting atmosphere when you listen to it. Its sound isn't designed to come from a tape recorder and a tape recorder only anymore; it's no longer a sit-down and listen to the Archivist tell you spooky stories for 20 minutes anymore; and, like I mentioned earlier, the structure is no longer the same throughout each episode. The horror anthology aspect, whilst still being there, has now taken a back-burner to the metanarrative because so much has to be established in so little time. To many, that's a bad thing. They listened to the original because they liked the statements, and the little things connecting them hinted to a much larger story at play. When this story was revealed, we got to see Jonny Sims and his brilliant prose at its best, because there was no longer anything to hide and the statements were in their purest forms - no longer having to establish information to the audience, and simply basking in the fear.

I'm sure we'll get to see the same thing in TMAGP once the narrative reaches that point, but the current pacing has uprooted a lot of listeners' expectations for the show. I'm going to listen to the entire thing, personally; yeah, it's different, and it doesn't deliver the same vibes and comfort as TMA did, and I probably won't be able to fall asleep whilst relistening to the more obscure episodes like I could before, but in a frankly disturbing way, I'm still fascinated with what Jonny, Alex and the other writers have created. This type of horror is the only kind that I genuinely enjoy, and I'm excited to see what direction Protocol goes in.

Edit: I feel like I should clarify that I don't see this comparison as something that takes away from TMAGP. Alex has said that it's going to be different from the get-go, and I do think that comparing it to TMA is an exercise in futility to an extent. I just wanted to talk about the shows together because I feel like they complement one another, and the narrative beats that I've talked about are less to do with TMA on its own and more to do with general narrative structure. We have buildup, payoff and pacing no matter what show it is, because that's what makes a story. I think TMAGP could be taken a little bit like Deltarune in terms of its relation to the original source material: separate entities with some overlap in character and themes. At the end of the day, it's still early days for the show and this entire spiel could just end up gathering dust - I just think it's a cool thing to think about, and it gives me an excuse to infodump about how pacing can affect a narrative and the audience's response to it.

I wrote this while my cat was laying on me. Have a picture as a reward for reading this whole thing.

#the magnus protocol #tmagp #writing #tmagp theory #tmagp spoilers #tmagp vague #tma #the magnus archives #magnus archives #magnus pod #the magnus universe #the magnus institute #this isn't my usual post but i write fantasy and horror in my free time #i'm certainly not qualified enough for this to be considered the one and only take #but i've been thinking about it and i think it's kind of interesting #this pacing is actually pretty conventional for horror podcasts #but because we're used to tma levels of pacing it feels contrived #i'm just an aspiring writer guys don't take this too seriously

[silversternart]

Kenjaku but he tips his scalp like a fedora

#jujutsu kaisen #jujutsu kaisen memes #jjk fanart #kenjaku #geto suguru #gojo satoru #jjk spoilers #shibuya arc #i hope this doesnt spoil anyone #but then again who tf on tumblr is anime only for jjk at this point #vague feeling this has been done before but perhaps only in text form..??

[vaguely-concerned]

I'm playing through Dragon Age 2 again and I just can't get over how... idk how to say it exactly, but the way you feel, in every moment of this game, how much Varric loves Hawke. It feels entwined with everything, it breathes through every part of the narrative, it blooms diegetigally through the integration of story and gameplay, makes you a co-conspirator in that love in a way maybe only a video game could.

It's in the way I don't think this story is a defense of Hawke only -- or even primarily -- directed at Cassandra, but at Hawke themselves. Beneath everything else going on there's the quiet, utterly unshakable refutation of Hawke's worst fears: Did you think you mattered, Hawke? Did you think anything you ever did mattered? . . . You're a failure, and your family died knowing it. Rising through the story as Varric tells it there's a fiercely tender voice saying: Yes, you did matter. In tragedy or in triumph, for better or for worse, in love or in hate, you always mattered. The ultimate tragedy of Hawke is always right there in the open before the story even starts letting you in on telling it; they couldn't fix anything. They couldn't stop the downward spiral Kirkwall was set on -- the real truth is that no one person ever could. And yet the point of DA2 is that it matters that they tried, and it matters that there were people who loved and were loved along the way, however badly it all failed in the end. Hawke is the Bioware protagonist who succeeds the least, and they're the character who matters the most, to me. (This is also why the Absolution reveal did not shake me in the least haha, my love for Hawke has nothing at all to do with whether they succeeded or failed at anything.)

What Varric is saying, in the only way he seems to be able to say the really real things -- through stories -- is so simple and so fundamental. You were here, and I loved you. There's the emotional heart of it, at the end of it all, that love and grief and recognition. It's so dizzyingly intimate. There's so much distancing, layers upon layers of obfuscation, to be able to say it. It drives me insane!!!! It makes me feel the same way that 'Poem' by Langston Hughes does:

I loved my friend.  He went away from me.  There's nothing more to say.  The poem ends,  Soft as it began,— I loved my friend. 

He loved his friend. They went away from him. What more is there to say. (Many, many, many things, when you're a compulsive liar and storyteller, but hey sometimes you have to deploy a whole armada of lies to tell one simple truth, I understand, I'm a writer too lol)

#dragon age #varric tethras #dragon age 2 #dragon age meta #hawke #on second thought let's not go to kirkwall; it is a silly place #when merrill says she just says 'I love Hawke' to herself because it's the only thing in the world that makes sense sometimes... #varric clearly Felt That lol #how can I have played this game so many times and still have such intense feelings about this. help. the unreliable narrator got to me ok #dragon age absolution spoilers #it's real vague but let's be safe. anyway meredith can come back idc. the dragon from the bone pit could come back. #Hawke could keep falling on his face forever and I'll still be out here like 'You're doing amazing sweetie don't worry ;____;' the whole wa

[goated33]

It’s not my fault! I’m not to blame. It is that wretched girl, the witch who sent this flame!

Inspired by @sharkscene ‘s tags

#to be clear it’s not her going to hell it’s her being terrified of it #heaven isn’t threatening her either she’s just breaking down from fear #vaggies the one ending up in hell after this #this was supposed to be a shitty sketch. again. I need self control I need restraint #ten productive and healthy ways to deal with your severe internalized homophobia! one: Kill Her #[my art] #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel spoilers #(vaguely) #lute #vaggie x lute #lute x vaggie #fallenwings #….. #luggie #it’s only implied but that Is what it is #Ik what the songs about but it’s real funny to imagine that she had (1) romantic thought about her sparring partner #and immediately freaked out like this #not the cover I initially had in mind but it’s the only fem one I can find that doesn’t. slur #(use a slur. I mean)

[slices-of-naranja]

Hm. Leo Valdez and Nico bonding over religious trauma.

Everyone points out that Nico would be Catholic since Italian, y’know, yeah, makes sense. But Leo Valdez is Texan, Mexican, and his Tía Rosa literally called him a demon when he came to live with her after his mother died (if I remember correctly). His first response at Camp Halfblood was to ask if God with a capital G was real. (Which, fair, a lot do that, but still).

Brother could make fire with his hands, experienced the worst tragedy of his life because of it, and just lived seven years not knowing what the fuck was up with that??? Being called a demon at eight years old, after all that he went through, by a religious Mexican lady would definitely have a lasting effect. (Speaking as a Catholic Mexican).

Like, you’re not gonna tell me that some part of him didn’t secretly believe that. That it wouldn’t keep him up at night, wondering what the fuck he was. That he didn’t look back at his fucked up childhood, at the lava and brimstone in his veins, and not think “What if she’s right? What if I’m going to hell? What if I am a monster? A demon?”

Killing is a sin. Murder is a sin. And whatever the fuck he was, whatever kind of horrid creature he is, it wasn’t getting into Heaven. Don’t tell me he wouldn’t cry at the sight of a nun. Get nervous when his fosters would take him to church. Whisper silent prayers to be fixed, to have whatever was broken inside of him, whatever he was being punished for, to stop. To maybe stop existing at all.

I’m willing to bet that when an eight year old knows for a fact he isn’t human, fire flowing through his blood, and gets called a demon because of it during the worst time in his life, when not being human caused the death of someone he loves, it might stick with him. He might believe the words thrown at him.

So, yeah, I think Nico and Leo would get along.

Also- literally not in the headspace to articulate this correctly but I hope u see my vision.

#Leo valdez #Leo valdez angst #heroes of Olympus #hoo spoilers #heroes of olympus spoilers #nico di angelo #really hope I ain’t making half of this up #I only vaguely remember the Aunt Rosa stuff

[loremaster]

this is a multi-part post! please reblog the complete version! thank you!

#rain code #master detective archives #mdarc #rain code spoilers #master detective archives spoilers #mdarc spoilers #vivia twilight #yakou furio #yuma kokohead #viviakou #(only vaguely but i know y’all shippers are gonna wanna see this) #abcd art #pls wait to reblog until i get all the parts out

[radiantmists]

the whole "it would be kinder to kill them" exchange re-contextualizes murderbot's initial willingness-- even eagerness-- to kill other SecUnits in an interesting way, doesn't it.

#murderbot diaries #system collapse #the murderbot diaries #system collapse spoilers #murderbot spoilers #i still think a big component is that it's internalized the idea that secunits are dangerous #and that their lives are of less value than human life #but it's also like... even after it hacked its governor module it spent what. three years still working for the company? #because the idea that it could be anything but a slave who would eventually die in violence was so inconceivable #even as boundary-breaking as it is murderbot is still coming to grips with the idea that it can change the way things are #even for individuals #that killing other secunits probably feels like the only feasible way to end their suffering #even if its better judgement has always been vaguely aware there are other options #its instincts are still coming along

[havethehappyduometup]

guys what the fuck was that.

#this is in regards to todays event. I just finished watching bads stream #qsmp #qsmp spoilers #mcyt #badboyhalo #q!badboyhalo #q!philza #elquackity #quackity #q!fit #UH #U H #OKAY SO. IM ONLY VAGUELY CAUGHT UP ON QSMP RIGHT. #I HEARD ABOUT THE SHIT THAY WENT DOWN TODAY #WATCHED THW STREAM #GUYS????????? #WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT #WHATS GONNA HAPPEN TOMORROW. #IS BAD GOING APESHIT. IS DAPPER THE ONLY ONE LEFT. #HOLY FUCKING SHIT. #I speak words

[samglyph]

Malevolent Part 31 Faroe lore out of context

#malevolent spoilers #but only really vague #malevolent part 31 #malevolent #malevolent memes #this joke courtesy of my roommate who doesn’t listen to malevolent but let’s me explain all the episodes to her

[generallyjl]

our scrumptious scoundrels!!

#dimension 20 #the ravening war #dimension 20 spoilers #the ravening war spoilers #this is 99% for me to come back and reference their little intro thing and first character sheets later lol #images only vaguely described #trw spoilers #is that the acronym? i hope so trying to tag spoilers correctly rip