#i second this statement

[badolmen]

People against piracy fail to realize that no, I can’t just ‘buy it.’ They stopped making DVDs and Blu-Rays. They’re barely offering digital copies for download. I am not spending money I could use for food or bills to pay for a subscription service just so I can always have access to a beloved piece of media. Especially not when the service will remove media on a whim without concern for how the loss of access to that piece will make its artistic conservation nigh impossible.

For example, I recently learned that Disney+ had an original film called Crater. It’s scifi, family friendly, and seems cool - I would love to buy it as a holiday gift for my little brother! But: it’s exclusive to D+ and THEY REMOVED IT LITERALLY MONTHS AFTER ITS RELEASE.

The ONLY way I can directly access this film is through piracy. The ONLY available ‘copies’ of this film are hosted on piracy websites. Disney will NEVER release it in theaters, or as something to buy, and it may NEVER return to the streaming service. It will be LOST because we aren’t allowed to purchase it for personal viewing. If I can’t pay to own it, I won’t pay for the privilege of losing it when corporate decides to put it in a vault.

So yes, I’m going to pirate and support piracy.

#ra speaks #piracy #media piracy #pirate to make hondo ohnaka proud #obligatory ‘don’t fucking pirate small authors/artists works wtf dude’ statement. #anyone who’s seen my media bitching before knows I’m a hype man for indie films this ain’t about them #this is about corporate streaming services killing physical media bc sales numbers are less impressive than number of streams #edit: USAmericans stop telling me to buy DVDs and blurays at Walmart. think outside your borders for a hot sec. fun thought exercise. #your experiences are not universal #edit: WHO GOT THIS TO 100k. I JUST WANT TO TALK (this post is my second to hit 100k woahg.) #in other news: fix your fucking posture. drink some fucking water. and go the fuck to bed if it’s late bc it’s for me rn. peace and light.

[vivitalks]

i'm sure this post has been made before but the "the list of people i trust and things i believe is down to no one and nothing" to "i trust angus mcdonald entirely" journey that taako takes in the span of roughly one in-fiction hour during lunar interlude reunion tour is so important to me. adventuring partners and friends who have saved his bacon more times than he can count? nah fuck em. organization that has protected him and given him a purpose and fresh start? new stone of farspeech who dis. this nerdy ass boy detective? "angus i trust you implicitly and here's the 100% exact truth as we understand it"

#taako is such an enigma. he's sexy he's unknowable he doesn't give a shit he cares more than anyone in the world #his relationship with angus is soooooooooo. to me. #stuff #taz #taz balance #the adventure zone #the adventure zone balance #taako #angus mcdonald #like also i know that taako says that first thing and then continues trusting magnus and merle and even barry kinda #but the fact that his verbal statements on trust just leap from point A to point B #within the span of about an hour maybe less and with like. NOT that much information gained in between statements #taako swift: i don't trust nobody and nobody trust me #taako 5 seconds later: o shit i forgot about boy detective. i trust 1 somebody

[we-are-knight]

Armour vs “Armour”, by Kyoung Hwan Kim

#knight #lady knight #plate armour #fantasy designs #full plate #'armour' #armour concepts #chivalry #(I like how the artist was showcasing both and contrasting what practical armour looks like in fiction) #(I also have to say that the second 'armour' design is a hell of a fashion statement if not a protective one)

[gob-lob]

bro i can watch gore in tv and i can even kinda sorta tolerate sex scenes but i cannot handle second-hand embarrassment. please get me out of here i want to die this is so humiliating i can’t watch this anymore

#daredevil #it’s so good but I’m stuck on this ep bc I can’t get past 1 minute of awkwardness #it’s been paused for the last 10 minutes i’m trying to comfort myself through it but it’s not working #S2 E7 Semper Fidelis is the ep btw #they’re at court and they need to give an opening statement and they’re woefully unprepared and Matt’s not there and ohhh my gosh 😧 #this is so so embarrassing it’s painful #I always experience such strong second-hand embarrassment in everything 😭😭😭 hate it so much

[heteromerous-rhyming]

guys, can - can we stop saying that percy jackson is an unreliable narrator who thinks he's an idiot? bc like. rereading the books.

he's doesn't??? think he's an idiot????

like sure he'll say things like "echidna.... isn't that a type of anteater?" but he doesn't think that he's himself an idiot for that.

let me quote you the book: "Go ahead, call me an idiot for walking into a strange lady’s shop like that just because I was hungry, but I do impulsive stuff sometimes."

HE doesn't think he's an idiot, but he does assume that YOU, THE READER, will think that. and that's true to his life experience, true to his school experience, true to anyone with a learning disability like his.

#like the two other time that he calls himself an idiot #it's not a self worth statement #the first one is an “i feel awkward in this armor it doesn't fit me” #and the second one #is when he stops at the entrance to an alley #he's calling himself an idiot bc he holds his streetsmart up to a high standard #like guys #guys #please. #THE ONLY ONES CALLING HIM AN IDIOT ARE YOU #THE READER #(at least in the first book fair warning haven't read past HoO) #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo tv show #but only in the sense that it's in reference to the show that i see this type of defense rn #i'm just really salty #bc i've seen my brother do the same thing #where he assumes he'll be taken as an idiot or dumb #even though he knows and is confident in his own intelligence #.

[sanicmaster]

I'm sorry

#i have no idea how accurate the second part of that statement is BUT STILL #rocket raccoon #gotg volume 3 spoilers #guardians of the galaxy #ow

[yaboyspodcastpalace]

something something jon buying the axe that later tim uses in the unknowing something something both of them dying there something something burying the hatchet, you know? you know

#You Understand #the magnus archives #jontim #I GUESS #idk i was thinking a s5 comic of those two in The Au and it ends with jon being like #'we should bury it' it being the axe and it takes a few second of tim being like why would we... #to Get what hes saying. and he just laughs. whether it was actually a joke or not bc yeah...ok #statement ends #magnus archives #but then i thought abt canon and went oh god oh fuck *explodes and DIES*

[ambyandony]

every time I draw pannacotta fugo in sketches he’s always just holdin papers n shit 😭

#he has so much paperwork #like it’s always no matter what whether it’s pre-VA or post-PHF bro is always holding paperwork #tax documents and shit #even though he’s like 16 #Bruno lets him do it because if he doesn’t have paperwork to do he starts going insane #symptom of academic trauma #fugo when he has time off: im going to do Math. i will not be taking a Break. i do not Need it. let me do Taxes. #He’s always found passed out in the office #lil guy doesn’t know how to have fun on account of all the PTSD and other issues #doing paperwork IS how he has fun #Bruno’s like I’m worried he’ll wear himself out if he doesn’t have time to relax. I’m not giving him any paperwork so he can take a break #and abbacchios like you and I both know he can’t do that. the kid will start killing people if he can’t do paperwork. #just give him the income statements or some shit he’ll be fine. #bruno gives him a crossword book and it keeps him occupied for like 3 hours #but the second his break is over he appears at Bruno’s location and is like I’ve done the crosswords. I need to do Work now or I’ll explode #jjba #vento aureo #golden wind #amby yells #pannacotta fugo

[a-name-or-three]

OKAY so full list of weird shit that has happened in the TMA circle recently, for people smarter than me to decode. All information correct as of 11/10 (6PM GMT):

TWITTER:

At 5PM on October 10th, the official RQ Twitter posted a single eye emoji (👁). We are Beholding respectfully.

Source: ... The official RQ Twitter.

{ID - a screenshot of the aforementioned tweet, posted at exactly 5PM, October 10th, 2022. END ID}

INSTAGRAM:

The official RQ Instagram added to their story, showing a gif with two eyes (one of top of the other).The story has since expired (I expect it was posted at the same time as the tweet), and I didn’t think to get a screenshot so for now I have to say...

Source: just trust me besties.

PATREON:

In the latest Patreon mail, under the announcements, there was a string of text, “U3RhdGVtZW50IFJlbWFpbnMK”, which translates to “Statement Remains” in base64.

Source: u/heartydurian on r/TheMagnusArchives

YOUTUBE:

The official RQ playlists for “The Magnus Archives - The Complete Collection” and “The Magnus Archives - The Web Spider Collection” have been updated ‘today’, as of about midday. Neither shows any unlisted videos (save for the Music Making Of from 2020 on the Complete Collection) though there may be private one(s) added. That’s just theorising, though, and nothing is confirmed.

Source: The mentioned RQ playlists on YT

{ID - the aforementioned youtube playlists, both reading as updated today. The complete collection has 201 videos; the spider playlist has 15. END ID}

SPOTIFY (and other podcatchers):

The description for MAG Goodbye For Now, has been updated to include the following string of text, which it appears no one has yet been able to decode. It does not appear to be base64, and does not seem to be a key/link to anything on Spotify, Youtube, or the RQ website.

“ktOoV6VdMvqVjHIVnPd7″

Of note, this part of the description hasn’t been added to the RQ-hosted version of the episode. It is, however, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all other podcatchers’ descriptions as far as I can see. As a matter of due diligence, I checked, and this addition to the description is at least relatively new. Wayback shows previous instances of the description from earlier this year, where the string is not present.

Source: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and acast, as well as Wayback Machine snapshots of these sites.

what's going ON

#tma #the magnus archives #rusty quill #rusty quill podcasts #you can tell im mentally ill by the way i was thinking about this all day at work and then #wrote this the second i got home #i'd be a sick archival assistant #statement ends #statement remains

[fabaceous]

isnt it so interesting and so reflective of being a teenage girl how the yellowjackets collectively and sort of automatically/instinctively assign certain roles to certain members of the group, often roles that involve getting their hands dirty and doing things that are anywhere from gross to ethically questionable to truly morally reprehensible but necessary for their survival, because no one else can stomach it, and then they punish her for acting out the exact same role that they assigned her?

#im thinking of nat the hunter lottie the girlprophet and shauna the butcher here #roles that feel like they were created just to be hated and scorned #i mean i think it makes sense on a certain level that the group dynamic NEEDS clearly defined roles to function #especially in such a precarious situation #and someone has to play each role #but those three in particular seem to be set up to fail #they're damned if they do damned if they dont #i may elaborate on this eventually but i feel like i need to see the full extent of the wilderness play out first #but to my other point its ACTUALLY LITERALLY JUST EXACTLY THE TEENAGE GIRL EXPERIENCE #you get put in a box and if you try to get out of it then everyone hates you #but if you live up to the expectations everyone still hates you #ok after so many tags im arriving at my thesis statement #its about how the group is so prepared to punish people for the very things they know they benefit from #do you feel me? #ok. anyway ending this here unless i get a second wind and want to delve into specifics #yellowjackets

[pineconnie]

someone should make a tma statement that’s about the house that the 17yo got taken in by the mr spider book and like the house is infested with spiders now and it mentions offhand an old book inside/near the doorstep that looks like it’s been sitting there for decades (but like that isn’t the main focus of the statement idk it can be another web thing) i think it’d be really evil for jon to have to read about that in s1 while still in deep denial

#tma #i wish i could write so bad you dont understand #ib the second statement being in bournemouth and jon going ‘it’s nice to hear my hometown isn’t entirely devoid of odd stories’ #LIKE yeah!! i’m sure after trying to ignore that traumatic event your whole life it’s nice to hear that it’s not completely impossible!! #but what if i gave you a statement directly talking about the remains of that event that you probably haven’t revisited since you moved away #jonathan sims #the magnus archives

[ckret2]

if the thing needs to be powered with a paradox, why not write "this sentence is false" and use that?

Powering the thing isn't a problem. They can already power the machine with any paradox:

Fiddleford pointed at the trash can. "And in here I've recreated the environmental conditions of the Dontium's native paradox universe."

"Amazing," Ford said, crouching down to inspect the pipes. "How did you do that?"

"I stuck a cat in a box and stuck the box in the trash can."

They're gonna switch out Schrödinger's cat for another paradox—but that's the easy part, they're not even concerned about that. They aren't struggling to power it; they're struggling to make it generate fuel. That doesn't require just "a paradox."

"Now! Dontium's properties change dependin' on whether it's observed or not. To synthesize it, it needs to be observed, and not. You followin' so far?" [...] Now, in the paradox universe, I reckon one fella could just doublethink his way into producin' Dontium. But we've got to do it with two brains that are as near to identical as possible. [...]

Fiddleford turned to Ford. "I need you lookin' right at the particle accelerator, at all times, to keep it under observation—but not think about it! [...] "And Stan, I need you to not look at the accelerator at all costs, but don't stop thinkin' about it once. You 'n' Ford's thoughts and non-thoughts will work like the plus 'n' minus poles on a magnet; it'll attract the mental energy outta Ford, into the accelerator between you two, and jump start the matter synthesizin' process."

They need, specifically, for a single person to both observe the experiment without thinking about it and think about it without observing it—or at least something as close as possible to that. "Have two twins do it" isn't as-close-as-possible enough.

#(all that said slapping 'this statement is false' on a paper and chucking it in the trash can probably wouldn't power it either) #(some component of the machine has to EMBODY a paradox) #(but again that's not their issue. I already have a second stupid paradox joke lined up to power the machine) #anonymous #ask #bill goldilocks cipher

[thedroloisms]

“he helped push a narrative where caiti is a liar” girl she literally admitted to lying

#like I have sympathy for her apparent discomfort #but I’m also not gonna be gaslit into thinking that her first and second statement don’t include obvious contradictions #the job of the eyewitness is to provide their account of what happened #which is what Dream did . all he said was that she appeared to be reacting positively and that George’s account seemed more accurate #to what he saw. which caiti outright confirmed when she came out with her second statement saying that yeah she stood up #multiple times and was laughing and smiling while uncomfortable (instead of being silent and still like she first said) #like there are multiple places where we have proof of her lying or she literally admitted it herself idk what to tell you

[chiropteracupola]

there's something so interesting about writing specifically in the genre of horror and tragedy on ao3, a space where the convention is to describe your story via its tropes rather than its genre.

if it's going to end miserably, you often know at the outset in a way that isn't quite like many other ways of experiencing a story, and that's Interesting!

much like the concept of fic itself, you're entering the story knowing the characters and a general plan of the setting, even if the writer's dropped you entirely in medias res and let you read from someplace in the middle. but that worry is already built at the outset, a ratcheting line of checkmarks to be ticked as you read forwards.

...now, I wonder if there's any way to purposefully leverage that to build Dread in the reader's mind even before you begin your tale...

#today's art adventure #dunno Where I was going with this but it has been On The Mind of late for sure! #this is specifically drawing off the reading experience of soundsandsweetairs' 'devil in camp' and luzula's 'a double nature' #both of which are longform/serialized tragedy (the first of which would read as ratcheting dread for Historical Fiction Reasons) #actually there's a parallel statement to this that is about the similar ratcheting dread that you can use in historical fiction! #specifically when it's geared to a reader who's knowledgeable! #But You've Got To Do It Reallyreally Well (I have strong opinions on that second topic that this is Not The Post For)

[littlebunnysander]

Screenshotting my original post so my addition shows up in the tags.

Two-siding a genocide in your ongoing podcast while an actual real world genocide is going on is WILD.

The humans have been confirmed to be colonizers of land originally inhabited by monsters. They have carried out multiple genocides and forced the monsters out of their homes and into cities on the fringes of the world. Then more human invaders show up to destroy those cities (also the monster cultural centers).

We have confirmation that the city they hit first has been leveled entirely now. The city that Olala was seeking because it contained so much information and history about monster kind.

We've also got political leaders refusing to get involved unless the bombing comes to them, and the monsters being treated as primitive and ineffective against the advanced tech of the off-world humans. This is a really uncomfortable if unintentionally a parallel and actually awful if it is intentional. Best case scenario, it's trying to make a connection between fictional monsters and real life people in a way that's both othering and pretty racist. Worst case, the writers actually believe this is a two side issue and that any attempt to stop Israel is "just as bad" as an ongoing genocide.

Does anyone know if anyone has made any statements? I'm not expecting every creative to do so, but when your work is hitting this close to real world situations, it might be necessary.

#The Penumbra Podcast #TPP #TPP Critical #The Penumbra Podcast Critical #The Second Citadel critical #The Second Citadel #tw genocide #genocide mention #tw genocide mention #Again I'll say that Eskew Productions made a statement when their show skewed close to real world happenings #it's wild that Penumbra hasn't when what they're doing is much closer #If anyone has anything more coherent to add please do #I might revisit this again with transcripts later #This season has already been a slog and now just... woof

[ruelpsen]

me w/ my fave

#watched an interview once of his actor and he made a statement suggesting he didn't like his ass #which first of all- his body is fine as it is #it's fine to have a fat ass and there's no objective problem with it #and second of all- BARK BARK BARK THE CHARACTERS YOU PLAY ARE HOT #one can simultaneously be for body neutrality and be h*rny okay #idk where i was going with this but here ya go #body politics #<- ig because of the previous tags? #not sfw #londarling