#tma crit

[pocketsizedquasar]

i think, like, any book on the relationship btwn capitalism and whiteness/white supremacy should be required reading before some of y’all post/write about jonahlias magchard

#quasartalks #tma #the magnus archives #elias bouchard #jonah magnus #tma crit #the magnus archives crit #fandom crit #fandom racism #this man is the textual embodiment of capitalism and therefore of white supremacy #like. jonny could not have made it more obvious if he put a glowing sign on elias’s head saying THIS MAN IS THE EPITOME OF WHITE CAPITALISM #he is not brown. he is not jewish. he is not trans. if he IS queer he is a cis white gay man actively engaging in racial and #—colonial violence #do you think a wealthy white brit in the 1800s who is actively designing and building a prison to observe the suffering of its incarcerated- #-inmates ISNT a violent white supremacist?? hello???? #inspired by shitty takes we were complaining abt in discord <3 #he’s not a ~burnt out gifted kid~. he’s not a ~fallen hero~. he’s not a hyper flamboyant caricaturized gay man. #he is a violent abusive white supremacist capitalist. #mwah <3 #do not archive

[viv-weylin]

Thinking a bit about TMA recently. I dunno why. I kind of dislike jonmartin. I feel like my favorite parts of tma are the statements, they've always hit pretty decently to really hard, but jonmartin kind of... changed that? Suddenly the statements mattered less and less and less because of these two guys with little chemistry.

Jonmartin feels a bit hammed in. S5 had some of the best statements and a good atmosphere but if you don't care for jonmartin good fucking luck!

I love the world of tma (i am running a CoC campaign set in the TMA universe rn) and im so sad it stopped being explored after a while.

Also i hate how the fandom treats martin. Martin isnt a good person hes terrible and jon is sort of unbearable. I dislike the two seperately and put them together and suddenly... eugh.

Anyways. Those are my thoughts.

Average melanie king kinnie things /j

#jonmartin crit #jonmartin neg #tma crit #tma neg

[goose-onthe-loose]

Are there any fics that are like. Rewrites of late season 4 to the end? TMA crit Tumblr has put Ideas in my head and now I wanna see Jonah be more present in the last season or Jon's completed villain arc.

#tma crit #tma fanfic #jonelias #you guys are the main ones responsible for this

[mongeese]

Damn it's official, 3 season tma sequel. Like I'm gonna listen because I adore the original too much not to but this is a real loss for the anti-sequel, pro-self contained stories girlies

#tma #the magnus archives #tma crit

[rosemaryrockor]

people are excited for tma2. this is surprising to me, as when discovering it would be multi-season while on call, i entered a fugue state where i could do nothing but hurt and kill

#the magnus archives #man i GUESS #tma crit #peter.txt

[circus-critter]

Bro I have no interest in watching higher-up pencil pushing Nothing characters belittle and mock the Magnus Institute

#tma crit #tma critical #clown.mic

[harimenui-forever]

I suppose y'all enjoy your "TMA 2: no magnus then why magnus boogaloo"

I will hold the first four and a bit seasons gently close to my chest and ignore the rest

#tma #tma crit #ig #listen I can't be really stoked about it... Like come up with a better title this sounds like a joke #do not archive

[scarlettmarlens-blog]

You’ll never see more creative and hive mind fanart than of podcast blorbos. So widely different but so perfect each time

#taz #tma #wolf 359 #dndads #dimension 20 #d20 #taz balance #critical role #crit role #the adventure zone #the magnus archives #dungeons and daddies

[artsybi]

[IDs in alt text]

gerry keay my BELOVED dead gay goth son. i love him so much.

#the magnus archives #tma #gerry keay #gerard keay #fanart #tma fanart #my art #my stuff #i made this #digital art #artists on tumblr #id in alt #smoking #scopophobia #i guess? #struggled a bit w this alt text so as always i take crit if youve got any

[thecatfight2023]

The Bracket™ is here!

here are our competitors!

to space out the polls some, we have them divided in mini-brackets (each mini bracket will be posted a day as to not overwhelm everyone with all of the polls at once)

THIS WILL ALSO BE UPDATED TO HAVE THE LINKS TO THE POLLS!!

mini-bracket 1

Mewo (OMORI) V. Spider Cat (OMORI)

Domino (Amphibia) V. Ghost (The Owl House)

Thomas O’Malley (Aristocats) V. Marie (Aristocats)

Oliver (Oliver & Co.) V. Mochi (Big Hero 6)

Cat (Coraline) V. Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland)

Tasque (Deltarune) V. Tubbs (Neko Atsume)

Daffodil (Spiritfarer) V. Black Cat (The Witch’s House)

Neite (Runescape) V. Black Cat (Divinity Original Sin 2)

Alpine (Marvel) V. Goose (Marvel)

Isis (Batman: The Animated Series) V. Alfred the Cat (DC)

Mikeko (Ace Attorney) V. Shoe (Ace Attorney)

Cats (Jet Set Radio Future) V. Shadow (Super Lesbian Animal RPG)

Fat Louie (The Princess Diaries) V. Orion (Men in Black)

Milo (Milo & Otis) V. Miss Kitty Fantastico (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Cat God (Identity V) V. Yuumi (League of Legends)

Opalescence (MLP:FIM) V. Ice Cream Kitty (TMNT 2012)

mini-bracket 2

Ichigo Momomiya [cat form] (Tokyo Mew Mew) V. Alto (Tokyo Mew Mew)

Kyo Sohma [cat form] (Fruits Basket) V. Kuro (Blue Exorcist)

Sakamoto (Nichijou) V. Kuroneko (Trigun)

Prince (Genshin Impact) V. Neko (Genshin Impact)

Pusheen (Pusheen) V. Simon’s Cat (Simon’s Cat Animations)

Nyan Cat V. Minecraft cats

Video (Strong Hearts are Mandatory) V. Ginger (Brimstone and Roses)

Midnight (Castle in the Air) V. Jenny Linsky (Jenny Linsky books)

Schrodinger’s cat V. Tuna Sandwich (Kid Cosmic)

Pura (Crash Bandicoot) V. George (Spyro)

Tom F14 (Atom: The Beginning) V. Murr (The Case Study of Vanitas)

Mausfänger (Pentiment) V. Myau (Phantasy Star)

Cam (Squishmallow) V. Autumn (Squishmallow)

Serafina (Barbie Princess and the Pauper) V. Wolfie (Barbie Princess and the Pauper)

Melog (She-Ra 2018) V. Curious Cat (RWBY)

Judd + Lil Judd (Splatoon) V. Webkinz cats (all of them)

mini-bracket 3

Tama V. FDC Willard

Stray Cat J V. Pangur

Grumpy Cat V. Miette

Jinx V. Jorts

Gandalf V. Raymond 

Smudge V. The Cat Foretold

Forever’s Brood V. Norman (SolidarityGaming)

Jellie (GoodTimesWithScar) V. BB (Jacksepticeye)

Garfield (Garfield) V. Meowth (Pokémon)

Puss In Boots (Shrek Cinematic Universe) V. Kitty Softpaws (Puss in Boots)

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess cats V. The Garreg Mach Monastery cats (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Purrsula (Dragon Quest Treasures) V. Shiro/Blanche (House 1977)

Slugcat (RainWorld) V. Pussyfoot (Looney Tunes)

Li'l' Mittens (WordGirl) V. Mittens (Wander Over Yonder)

Greebo (Discworld) V. Maurice (Discworld)

You (Discworld) V. The Cat (Infinity Train)

mini-bracket 4

Cat (Ghost Trick) V. Cat (Stray)

Salem (Sabrina the Teenage Witch 1996) V. Binx (Hocus Pocus)

Firestar (Warrior Cats) V. Scourge (Warrior Cats)

Mothwing (Warrior Cats) V. Leafpool (Warrior Cats)

Sprigatito (Pokémon) V. Litten (Pokémon)

Meowstic (Pokémon) V. Shinx (Pokémon)

Jiji (Kiki’s Delivery Service) V. Luna (Sailor Moon)

Artemis (Sailor Moon) V. Diana (Sailor Moon)

Morgana (Persona 5) V. Ravage (Transformers)

Fukumaru (A Man and His Cat) V. Nyanko-Sensei (Natsume Yuujinchou)

The Judge (OFF) V. Mr. Midnight (Fran Bow)

Khoshekh (WTNV) V. Catbus (My Neighbor Totoro)

Grudge (Star Trek: Discovery) V. Spot (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Lumi (Cats are Liquid) V. 808 (Hi-Fi Rush)

Ser Pounce-A-Lot (Dragon Age) V. Warmseeker (Elder Scrolls Online)

Frumpkin (Critical Role) V. The Admiral (TMA)

polls for mini-bracket 1 will be scheduled to post around 2 pm EST tomorrow! also reminder they will be open for 1 day each!

propaganda is encouraged!! go wild! we will do our best to reblog as much as we can and it will be tagged with "purr-opaganda" (for those who want to filter the tag). we also recommend making propaganda for your cat blorbos sooner rather than later so there's a chance for them to win!!

-mod orange

#cat fight #cat showdown #cat bracket #cat tournament #cat contest #mod orange #mod calico #warrior cats #garfield #stray #ghost trick #hocus pocus #pokemon #wtnv #star trek #hi fi rush #critical role #crit role #the magnus archives #tma #discworld #infinity train #the owl house #amphibia #coraline #splatoon #omori #aristocats #deltarune #neko atsume

[primedy]

perhaps the itch has always been the real me

#interrupting my crit role spree #its jane prentiss #jane prentiss #the magnus archives #the magnus institute #art #digital art #trypophobia #tma fanart #tma podcast #tma

[pocketsizedquasar]

things my brown ass would like to stop seeing in tma fanart but that y’all (esp white artists) keep doing anyway, a nonexhaustive list by yours truly:

generic ambiguously brown jon with no thought to his actual specific race (bc all brown ppls is the same right /s) and no thought to how that might change how he interacts with the story written by a white man

brown/Black Sasha and white not!Sasha (apart from not making sense w how the not!them works this is just racist)

less common but still a problem, white Sasha and brown/Black not!Sasha

butch Daisy (why are you all making the serial killer cop butch. esp when she canonically chose the name daisy bc of its femininity. do y’all not realize the violent history of queerness and cops n particularly BUTCH queerness and cops)

hijabi basira. again. why are u making the killer cop muslim.

uwuifying daisy and basira in general. they’re not ur cute badass lesbians they’re killer cops.

martin drawn with very little effort put into his fatness. this isn’t a race thing but it still annoys me

caricaturizing ur poc (this is not abt stylization; this is abt when Only the poc get stylized to wild and usually racist features and the white characters look normal)

giving everyone the same fucking nose and hair/basically just drawing a white person + eurocentric features and slapping brown skin on it. learn to draw hair curlier than 2c and noses other than button noses pls. look at a single reference of a poc i’m begging u.

all the brown/Black characters being ashy and desaturated. again. pls look at a poc

brown/Black elias or jonah. do i need to explain this.

brown/Black peter lukas, or really any of jonah’s Old Rich White European Victorian Family who Explicitly Gains Their Power Thru The Suffering of Others gang. again. do i need to explain this.

making the characters of color (jon, annabelle, etc) WAY more monstrous/horrifying than their white counterparts.

referring to characters of color as dirty, violent, stupid, “skrunkly,” feral, etc. comparing them to rats/other racist animals. stop it. it’s racist. stop calling jon dirty and feral and then drawing him brown. stop it. i’m going to steal ur knees.

if you’ve read this far u get a cookie; thank u goodbye

if u wanna know why these things are shitty i and many others have talked abt them a lot in the past. linked a couple of the posts above, but my #tma crit tag talks abt most of these

#the magnus archives #tma #tma crit #the magnus archives crit #jon sims #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #daisy toner #alice daisy tonner #basira husain #fandom crit #fandom critical #fandom racism #racism #quasartalks

[ourflagmeansgayrights]

i’ve said this so many FUCKING times but i literally cannot fucking believe izzy taunts ed with “piiining for his boyfriend” and people are really out here on tumblr dot com and also twitter i assume idk saying with their entire fucking chest “izzy’s not homophobic. that’s not a homophobic thing to say.” what fucking planet are you people from

#mine #txt #if this post is in the izcourse tag no it isnt u just dont know how to use tumblr #ofmd fandom crit #izzy hands #izzy critical #s1e10 #i was in the tma fandom and in the last season there’s a part where the main character and his bf run into some guy #and the guy is like “who’s this? your boyfriend?” and we aaaaaall understood that this was homophobic!! #like what the fuck is going on. i feel like i’m being gaslighted like what do you M E A N that’s not homophobic??????? #og

[go-to-the-mirror]

I understand wanting your blorbo to have Done No Wrong and be perfectly innocent and good, so you never have to think about the implications of your favourite character having done horrible things, with the justification not erasing it.

You want your blorbo to be good. You don't want to think about the bad stuff they've done. I get that. But taking away the whole essence of the character, removing the elements of them that make them interesting, removing the point of them entirely, isn't good.

I should say "it's fine, everyone has their own interpretations," and sure, do what you want with your interpretations, but if you want my opinions, no, it's not fine, it's bloody irritating.

You take this fantastic character, where half of their point is "moral complexity, am I right?" and reduce them down to where they're no longer that character. You know, you can love something that isn't perfect. You should start loving something that isn't perfect. Or maybe make an OC, because I've muted so many people on AO3 it's unreal.

#landscaping your mind chapter one #this has been my ted talk #fandom #fandom tumblr #fandom crit #discourse #this is about tma like-

[rosemaryrockor]

the autism lost today girls😔😔

#tma crit #tmp crit #no more. no mas #no more corporate no more stiff business no more comfortable rigor of bureaucracy #the magnus protocol #or whatEVER

[circus-critter]

Going through straits the more I learn about tmp. Feel like this.

#tma crit #tma critical #clown.mic