#prettylittlepasha

[dathen]

OKAY SO, each season has one of the entities as the main enemy and while s5 is the eye on the surface (imo) I think towards the end of the season the web is gonna bust out to reveal how it has been the main enemy throughout the whole series. I know that peter said back in 134 that he thought the web doesn’t want to do a ritual BUT; I feel like 167 suggests—in context with a lot of other stuff—that the web was attempting to learn HOW to do a ritual that would actually work by using emma 1/?

experimenting on her fellow assistants. The web has seen other rituals fail dozens of times now and NO ONE can ever remember the web attempting a ritual before? I don’t think so. Peter claims the web likes the world as is bc everyone is already manipulating each other already, but what better way to manipulate the other powers than to make them assume you don’t WANT to do a ritual. Plus, that way the web was free to pull it’s strings and test what would actually work. 2/?

I think the web figured out that for a ritual to work they would need someone who had been marked by each fear to go through with a ritual. I think the web tested all of this with emma, and after they got what they wanted the pulled the strings to get rid of her and later, gertrude. I know jon is the archive, and the beholding’s avatar, but I can’t help but wonder if being marked by the web before being taken by the eye is gonna come into play towards the end? 3/?

(if you sent any more after the third one they didn’t come through!)

BUT YEAH. VERY INTERESTING.  TMA 167 showed us some purposeful manipulation from the Web when normally we just get an isolated action, or a maybe-action, and have to figure out from the results of those what it meant all along.  

For one, I see Peter’s comment in TMA 134 taken as fact that We Know the Web Didn’t Want the Apocalypse, but I feel you’re absolutely right in questioning that.  For one, Peter Lukas is not the most....reliable source.  The danger of the Extinction wasn’t even that much of a thing.  He got duped by every main character he interacted with.  He made many assumptions, and so many of them turned out to be false or shaky.  But in TMA 134, he didn’t even try to frame it as a fact, just as an educated guess:

There are two powers that, to my knowledge, have never attempted to fully manifest. Never had followers set them up for a ritual. Mother of Puppets, and Terminus. The Web and the End. 

The Web, I’ve never really been sure about. If I were to guess, I would say it actually prefers the world as is: playing everyone against each other. And so on.

Taking this as a done deal because Peter Lukas guessed it is a HUGE jump to conclusions.  My theory?  The Web never attempted a ritual because the Web knew they wouldn’t work.  The Web is about connections, the Web uses and manipulates the other fears.  If any forces knew the truth of how to draw itself into the world, it would be the Web.  I am 100% with you on “I think the web figured out that for a ritual to work they would need someone who had been marked by each fear to go through with a ritual.”

(this got long oh no, more below!)

I’m not entirely sure if the Web was still figuring this out during Gertrude’s time, or if it was trying to get Jonah to figure it out.  If we assume the Web knew the secrets of how to end the world using the Apocalypse, it would still need the participation of an Archivist.  Gertrude herself was tricked into receiving what was arguably a simultaneous Web and Desolation mark when she was a brand new, 25-year-old Archivist:

Of course, what I thought was a banishment ritual turned out not to be. The circle I constructed was more of a - (exhale) - an invitation.

It let the Mother of Puppets bind me to Agnes, interweave our existences at some… metaphysical level, as it had with Fielding and the house.

It was the most painful experience of my life. I mean, I’m sure it’s nothing to you, but I’ve never had my lungs try to burn me alive from the inside out before.

Jonah said the Web mark would have been the most difficult to arrange, but here it reeled Gertrude into one right from the start.

...But after that, we don’t have any evidence of her collecting more marks.  She grew cautious.  There were probably a few, sure, but her strategy involved distance, whether sacrificing others or setting up C-4.  

After binding Gertrude and Agnes, the next thing we know the Web interfered in was with Emma.  She became a scar-distributing machine.  If Gertrude wasn’t going to collect the scars, now the Web had someone who would make sure someone else was.  And if that someone else died or was lost, Emma would start again with someone else.

But what was the use of all this without Jonah knowing?  That’s where the Web’s next move comes in: 

And all through it Gertrude could not see what was happening. And certainly the Spider smoothed things, elided questions, wiped away evidence, but it barely had to. Far better to feed Gertrude a steady string of plans to foil and rituals to derail.

The parade of rituals didn’t stop after Emma’s death, so I think the motive behind this was more than just distracting her from what Emma was doing.  My bet is that by overwhelming Gertrude with rituals to stop, one would eventually slip through the cracks.  And one did--the Dark’s, which taught Jonah the last of what he needed to know to complete his own ritual.

...Or should I say, the Web’s?

Things got thrown out of whack by Gertrude and Agnes’s interference.  Gertrude was too good at actually stopping rituals, so it took much too long for Jonah to learn that a ritual cannot succeed with a single entity.  Also, Emma the scar-machine was discovered and killed, which got rid of the most efficient way to set up a potential pre-scarred Archivist.  How far along on the path was Sarah when she died?

Now all of this theorizing just stops at the end of the season 4 timeline, of course.  I think the Web very very much wanted the apocalypse, and everything from the Not!Them’s table delivery to sending Oliver to wake Jon was for the goal of collecting his scars.  It still wants something now, though, and whatever it is can’t be good, but my bet is that it already accomplished what it collected Jon’s scars for.  

I think what it wants now is Martin.  That sudden urge Jon had to leave the cabin and kill Elias?  Annabelle’s repeated attempts to get in touch with Martin after?  I can’t even begin to guess what her goal is (other than she does not already have Martin on her side, otherwise the calls make no sense at all), so I’m just going to angrily hiss in her direction for the time being.  

#tma #the magnus archives #tma spoilers #when I think about the web I just turn into agnes #and all the spiderwebs in a mile radius evaporate into smoke from my rage #thank you so much for your thoughtful theories! #prettylittlepasha

[bedabug]

i visited pasha’s town in dreams and it delivered

#prettylittlepasha #joan plays acnh

[archivebottles]

your art sparks joy every single time it comes across my dash. i made the last panel of the good cows art my desktop background so i could see and think "this sparks joy" each day.

^_^ 

every time someone lets me know theyve put my art as a bg for something im like woah........ive made it big...........

#ask #(lights my computer on fire) im sparking joy #good news i have a pic im hoping to finihs today....we shall see...its..alot #prettylittlepasha

[beetlemancy]

🍓, dove ♥

you are my DONUT you will always be my DONUT i lurve you to white powdery pieces. Seriously though, we grew up together, we know things about each other only private school kids know. we were part of an undercover queer squad, apparently, as we learned later in life.

we don’t get to spend time together anymore but i miss you so a lot and i’m so glad we’re occasionally into the same thing so the tumblr algorithm shows me that you exist and are doing okay. also, i love this new thing where you send me beautiful moth people.<3 <3 <3

#compliment ask #prettylittlepasha

[experimentalmadness]

prettylittlepasha

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Started the Magnus Archives cause I heard the main...

Pls share you’re thoughts with me as you listen. This podcast has quickly consumed me in the best way possible and i have some Thoughts

NGL your posts about the show are 100% responsible for getting me to finally tune in. I just started ep 43 so that’s where I’m at now. 

#prettylittlepasha #and lo it's my EXACT aesthetic

[megneato]

prettylittlepasha replied to your post: That reminds me, what if the researchers studying...

what if astrid and eodwulf are working on the beacon

oh man, if they aren’t currently under cover infiltrating the dynasty council, they’re definitely working on the beacon. or maybe, one is an empire spy and one is doing research. if astrid is working on the beacon, then cree mentioning the ‘spellslinger from the capital’ and that theory just got more interesting lol

#prettylittlepasha #critical role

[kimabutch]

all alright by fun. gives me real strong caleb vibes. got that good melancholy feel he gives off, especially wrt people leaving and that hollow feeling.

Oh shit, yeah...

“I've given everyone I know/ A good reason to go/ I was surprised you stuck around/ Long enough to figure out”

That’s so Caleb :( (Caleb, your friends love you!)

Come yell at me about the songs that remind you of Critical Role! I’m making a giant playlist! (Song masterpost | CR music tag)

#critical role #cr music #prettylittlepasha

[vengerturtle]

prettylittlepasha replied to your post: I’m still so annoyed that SMUSUM don’t have a...

IT’S SO RUDE NOT TO HAVE A NATIONAL DEX

like honestly, i understand. there are SO MANY OF THEM and it’s overwhelming for new players. but it sucks for the ones who have been collecting them all and moving them and breeding them etc. I always thought the national dex only appearing after you beat the game was perfect because then most people stop there and the people who want to do that can continue doing it. it’s so frustrating bc I actually finally DID get a living dex and literally the next games it became irrelevant. 

#prettylittlepasha #blah blah #AND I DIDN'T CHEAT

[rogueslove]

Fanfiction: Even Happy Memories Hurt

Author: prettylittlepasha

Verse: 616

Ship: Rogneto

Author’s Synopsis: “It was the good dreams that hurt the most.”

Notes: Amazing drabble on Magneto’s dreams and Rogue’s comfort

#Fanfiction Friday #rogneto #roguento fanfic #prettylittlepasha

[jakey-beefed-it]

Tagged by @fuukonomiko

rules: tag 9 people you would like to know better/catch up with!    

Last song: “Zeig Dich,” Rammstein

Last movie: Knives Out. Liked it pretty well despite lingering Star Wars bitterness inclining me against the director*.

Currently Watching: just finished my rewatch of Mindhunter to cleanse my palate of Hannibal, looking forward to Wednesday’s new episode of The Expanse.

Currently Reading: Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Currently Craving: justice and stability, in that order of preference

*don’t get me wrong I also have lingering bitterness toward Abrams and everyone involved in the studio clusterfuck that ruined the sequels despite great characters and cast. It’s not just Rian Johnson I dislike.

tagging @motheatenscarf, @iratescientist, @aurrieccentrics, @copperforge, @petepaintswarhammer, @relentless-endurance, @prettylittlepasha, @savvylikeyeahhh, @cederikleeuwe

#meme thing

[demoiselledefortune]

What's your take on AtloK? Did you like House of M? Also why does Godot's coffee swallow noise irks me so much?

My take on AtloK hahaha, well this is a bit embarrassing. So I watched the first season of Korra, and well, I was a bit disappointed. Lots of good stuff about it in term of atmosphere but the storytelling wasn’t as good as the AtLA, it didn’t have enough space to properly stretch itself, but still managed to waste time. Second season still had similar problems, in wildly different ways, like some stuff about it were great, but overall, I didn’t like it much.

So my enthusiasm was dimmed until I started hearing some very nice noise about the following season. At this point there was also a friend I often watch series with who said she wanted to catch up with the series. She had already watched the 1st season, but not the second one so she wanted to watch it first, before getting to the third and 4th season.

So we ended up watching the second season of Korra together, the second time for me even though I hadn’t liked it much.

But then we got distracted by other stuff and we never got to the third and 4th season. (tbh the whole thing left me with a rather bitter feeling me).

So I still haven’t watched it all.

Korra is great. Asami is great. I also really like Lin Bei Phong because she’s hot. I always felt the series was set too soon after AtLA, and that I didn’t want it to have so many characters directly tied to that series and to spell out exactly what happened to those characters, but it does seem to have done interesting (in a flawed way) for those characters.

Did you like House of M

Actually, yes. Not without a lot of caveat. It treats Wanda horribly and I hate what it did to the mutant setting and there’s a bunch of stuff about it that are... worth of criticism. But- House of M is one of the main reason my main Magnus Family tag is “Magnus Family Epic Tragedy”. It’s just epic and baroque and evocative in a way that inspire awe ! The miniseries that covers the raise of Magneto is also pretty damn cool; and overall as an alternate setting there are a lot of intriguing thing about that setting. If you dig deep enough into my tags, I think i’ve actually written a lot about it (especially I’ve had long discussion with @quickwitch-blog about it...)

found a few for you (I’m sorry, you might not have known how big of a Magneto’s family fangirl I was XD):

https://quickwitch-blog.tumblr.com/post/14942821839/prettylittlepasha-demoiselledefortune

https://quickwitch-blog.tumblr.com/post/15008444962/demoiselledefortune-quickwitch-wanda-how

https://quickwitch-blog.tumblr.com/post/15467573266/demoiselledefortune-persiflet-oh-my-god-it

https://demoiselledefortune.tumblr.com/post/15478344209/quickwitch-demoiselledefortune-a-combination

https://demoiselledefortune.tumblr.com/post/15172320447/quickwitch-demoiselledefortune-regarding#notes

https://demoiselledefortune.tumblr.com/post/15487137581/quickwitch-its-all-right-father-i#notes

Also why does Godot's coffee swallow noise irks me so much?

I’m not sure, I just know how we see his neck and adam’s apple move when he does is hot.

#legend of korra #house of m #aka #not enough thoughts #too many thoughts #saecookie

[bedabug]

IT BURF, HAP BURF

THANK

#asks #prettylittlepasha

[pragnificent]

prettylittlepasha replied to your post “Tell me about something good pls. ”

today one of the dogs i was grooming at work fell asleep in my hand while i was trimming around his face

That’s such a good feel. 

#prettylittlepasha

[beetlemancy]

🌻

I convinced the fam to move. We’re considering Oregon. Might finally get out... feeling weirdly nostalgic about our hometown now though, even though it might take a year or so to move properly. I’ve been going around taking pics of random things. Send me some suggestions maybe? I won’t publish ‘em. Also, Hostess has been around since 1919, so i think we should invent time travel just to see what the first one tasted like.

#prettylittlepasha

[experimentalmadness]

prettylittlepasha replied to your post: What the fuck does it mean when you have a dream...

take me with you into the vast, dream entity tbh

Me and the Vast are just vibing. 

#prettylittlepasha

[megneato]

prettylittlepasha replied to your post “prettylittlepasha replied to your post: That...”

astrid is defo working on it, bc nott also said there was a woman that the goblins asked to punish her, and presumably she used to beacon to turn her into a goblin

OH. oh my god.

#prettylittlepasha #catch astrid out here #lookin' for random ppl to experiment on #if they're anything like trent now that tracks ><