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nylongenesis · 6 months

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Here’s the thing about Timothy stoker

here it is the tim post

People who say tim is an asshole are partially correct.

People who say tim is ‘toxic’ are INCORRECT.

I am very strongly about this because. listen to me. okay.

SPOILERS UP TO TMA SEASON 3 AHEAD

Imagine BEING timothy stoker. After whats probaboy the secondmost traumatizing experience of your life in which you almost die if not by the worms then by the MEDICAL EMERGENCY (respiratory acidosis is a medical emergency :3) your body was put into- plagued with nightmares and the pain of your body being covered in holes and your medical issues, you come back to the archives expecting to see your best friend, That will make it all better. It’ll be so worth it once you can see her again.

And then she acts so distant. And you dont know why.

And you have just lost your friendship. The one that’s kept you going this whole time. The one you were starting to believe might have been unbreakable. And you Don’t. Know. Why.

Eventually after many failed attempts to reconnect, you resign yourself to the fact that she just got tired of you. That you were right this whole time. That she just pitied you. You still don’t know what you did wrong and it’s eating you alive, but she won’t tell you, so you have to settle with pretending to be glad that she’s at least alive, All while your boss is literally going insane and STALKING YOU???

Only to find out after a YEAR of believing you were just unlovable that this person? The person youve been trying to ‘reconnect’ with? That isnt your best friend, Your best friend dies and you never noticed. How could you not notice? But when you see the real picture of her she feels like a stranger and you realize you have no fucking escape from your horrible, unforgivable sin of forgetting your friend. Because no matter what you do, trying to look back at your memories, that *thing* is there instead. You can’t even enjoy your memories before she died.

So you sit there, alone and afraid. Angry, grieving, everything else. What are you supposed to do but make the thing that has haunted you since the disappearance of your Brother feel the kind of pain it is making you feel?

Tim isn’t toxic. Hell I wouldn’t even say he’s that much of an asshole.

He’s a hurt child.

Mentally, especially in season three, he’s having the equivalent of a child’s breakdown. The kind they have when they don’t know how to express the emotions they’re feeling. These emotions- this grief, this anger, this pain- it’s so big, it’s so much, and he feels so small, so incapable and weak, and he cannot properly handle it. He cannot cope. Especially since he’s still somewhat trapped in who he was when his brother was taken.

Now im not saying the way he went about this is at all great, but yknow. Everyone forgives reactions to trauma until they’re personally inconvenient or ugly.

Tim lost everything, and honestly i would be pretty damn similar if I was in his position! That’s DEVASTATING.

In the end, there’s such a horrible tragedy to his entire character that goes almost entirely unnoticed unless you’re like me and you’re insane and overanalyze someone based on one word in an extra audio thats not in the podcast.

Anyways, that’s why I love Tim.

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cult-of-the-eye · 7 months

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Ok so after MAG 80 and general spoilers from tumblr, here's a few of my thoughts on some of the fears:

The Corruption

ew ew ew ew

I hate it. I watched that one insect scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and I'm forever horrified by masses upon masses of any insect or worm. It just makes my skin crawl.

(sorry Ms Prentiss, I have immense fear and respect for you)

The Lonely

Mmm delicious

Seems peaceful tbh

What do you mean you're worried about me? I'm not self isolating and depressed, I'm just becoming an avatar of the Lonely!

The Eye

Hmm

I never really understood the paranoia and the fear of constantly being watched but I guess if I was then I would.

I do understand the thirst for knowledge though

If I were to become a ghost, I'd spend my days listening to people's private conversations and finding out about their personal lives and drama

The Flesh

Oooh I kinda like this one

It does give me a visceral reaction though I hate the idea of raw meat so fucking much oh my god.

But the idea of us humans just being piles of meat? Oh yes. I've had many intrusive thoughts about that

I like it in a poetry kinda way cause I am actually so squeamish in real life it's what I told my dad when I told him I didn't want to be a doctor lol

The Slaughter

No.

The Hunt

Bro I have no stamina and also no motivation

I do have spite so maybe I would be a good avatar? Hmm

The Dark

Yeah I'm fucking terrified of this one.

Listen I have no motor skills, I can barely walk when it gets dark i am not equipped for this

Whenever I go upstairs in the evening, I sprint up so the demons can't get me

The Desolation

Ooh I do like this one

I like the idea that burning everything down

I also intimately adore and understand Tim Stoker and his Rage

The End

Yeah ok I'm kinda a fan of this one

I like the idea of ending things for other people

And things coming to an end for me

I think it would be cathartic

Calm even

Yeah I'd be a good end avatar

The Web

I'd be mad if I found out I was being manipulated by another person but if I found out a hot crazy lady was manipulating me? I'd be fine with that.

Not a fan of a huge number of spiders though (see the corruption one)

The Stranger

I didn't think it was that terrifying until like MAG 79 when the not Sasha was like I'm gonna wear your skin and it's gonna hurt

God damn I was traumatised.

I'd also absolutely despise being the one person who can tell someone is different I'd actually burn everything down and then myself

The Spiral

Michaels is just a harmless little guy

This is just what being genderqueer is like (I say as a genderqueer person)

Yeah I know madness.

That one statement about insomnia really stuck with me

I could be a great avatar of the spiral, my friend said that conversations with me are like trying to find your way out of a maze

What have I missed

The Buried

As hozier himself said, "Lay Me Gently In The Cold Dark Earth"

Nice.

I'd like to be compressed.

Oh wait I am kinda claustrophobic though.

The Vast

Similar to the lonely

I think it would be peaceful

I like to imagine sometimes that the world is just a 15km radius surrounded by an expanse of fog or trees

It's nice knowing I'm insignificant I guess. It means I only need to worry about myself.

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ao3feed-jonmartin · 2 months

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The walls keep tumbling down

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Ca1G7z0 by Whovian_holmes One of the statements hit Jon a little too close for home while martin isn't home Words: 1322, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 1 of I just finished mag 200 help (TMA ONESHOTS) Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood Relationships: Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood & Sasha James & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist & Tim Stoker Additional Tags: Mentioned Sasha James, Mentioned Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives), Hurt/Comfort, Panic Attacks, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist Needs a Hug, Martin Blackwood Loves Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist Loves Martin Blackwood, MAG 161 referenced, No beta we kayak like Tim, damn you Elias bouchard, Protective Martin Blackwood, Eyepocalypse, Set in Episodes 159-160 | Scottish Safehouse Period (The Magnus Archives), Location: Alice "Daisy" Tonner's Scottish Safehouse, Guilt, lots of spoilers so just y'know don't be an idiot, may have cried while writing this, mag 200 killed me read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Ca1G7z0

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #tma #jonmartin #jmart #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #jonmartin fanfic

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late-to-the-magnus-archives · 1 year

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Vast!Jon Au - time for some REVEALS

Oh, oh, oh, there are some BIG CLUES as to what's going on in this scene.

Fair warning: We don't know no stinking timeline. I am back on my self-indulgent bullshit, y'all, and that means it's ALL going in the pot.

Martin/Jon Childhood Friends

Vast!Jon, professional photographer

Lonely!Martin, YouTube baker

A plane crash! Angst! Drama!

Old guys playing dice with the universe!

Stoker brothers! Archivist Sasha!

Agnes Montague?

Mike Crew???

Nothing is sacred here.

And now... phase two.

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A week of nothing is good for them all, surely.

Jon and Martin text constantly, but Jon will not show his face, or say what he’s doing. So that’s fine.

Sasha swears she’s okay, and shows up for dinner with the Stokers. She won’t talk about Jon. So that’s fine.

Martin is sure none of this is fine.

But he’s in a holding pattern until Friday, which is when he must be at the top of his game. He spends some of his waning bank account on a haircut and a manicure, ensures his clothing and makeup are on point, and prepares for the show of his life.

Not one job application he's sent out has gotten a nibble.

This Lukas thing, whatever it is, has to work.

Tim calls it The Martin Effect.

Danny calls it a little bit spooky.

Martin calls it working the room, and considers it an easy performance. Even when performing for a bunch of weirdos.

The Lukas family is… more than a little bit weird, actually?

They’re all tall and freakishly pale, which has to be genetic. Eyes like ice, all of them. They stand in a cluster, watching their guests, like freaky gods made of stone and misanthropy.

Oh, their smiles are friendly, and their handshakes are good, but Martin is skilled at reading people and knows damn well not one of them is actually friendly at all.

But they sure do have a fancy as fuck house.

They'd invited him to their manor, in Kent - which is nearly eighty miles from London, and would have been an automatic no (Martin has seen horror movies) - except that they prefaced the invite by explaining it had to be on a certain date because others’ schedules weren’t very flexible.

Those others were several people like him (nobodies) and several of those YouTubers mentioned in the note (nobodies who’d made good).

The Lukases even sent a car to get him. With drinks.

Fancy.

Also weirdly lonely, because there was a divider so he couldn’t even speak to the driver, and the car wasn’t a limo but it was too big, and Martin sat in the back and played on his phone and felt severely out of place.

He’s still doing this.

The Mooreland House came looming out of an unseasonable fog like something in a ghost story. Huge, all gray stone, somehow both absurdly posh and weirdly featureless, it does not feel welcoming.

Martin arrived at the same time as everyone else, coordinated.

Then it was awkward-as-fuck meetup time, which is fine by him.

“No, that’s completely reasonable,” he says to his fellow nobody’s absolute rant about comment misbehavior. “It feels very personal, really.”

His fellow nobody beams like Martin gave them a prize.

Martin doesn’t mean a word because the rant is stupid. They’re internet comments. Yes, humans make them, but it’s humans on the other side of a screen, faceless, nameless, person-less.

Which is how they view you, even though they have your face and name, he thinks, but outwardly commiserates with BabyBrian (whose makeup isn’t very good, but Martin won’t tell them that), then moves on to meet the next nobody in line.

He’s spent time with nearly all the nobodies now. It’s horribly familiar; same as moving every few months and first trying to make friends, then moving every few months and just trying to make peace, same as not mattering and nobody mattering and sinking slowly into himself and his mum not caring, until they came to Bournemouth, when he was six, and his father walked away, and mum didn’t want to move again.

And Martin found Jon.

And for the first time in his life, felt seen.

He remembers that. Even though he was young, he remembers meeting Jon, more clearly than he recalls his father’s face.

But that doesn’t matter, because none of these people are Jon.

It’s so damn fake. Martin’s good at fake. He knows how to stammer just so, when to drop his eyes, how to smile.

Just keep it together, he tells himself, because he doubts very highly that the Lukas family (who is watching all of this with unreadable expressions) is going to give them all the golden ticket.

It’s obviously some kind of competition, though to what criteria, he doesn’t know.

So. He’s himself.

The part of himself that doesn’t have Jon, that is.

There are two nobodies left to talk to in this group, and lucky him, they’re standing together, making it easy. “Hello!” says Martin brightly as he walks over.

So, two things immediately jump out at him.

One: they are absolutely nothing alike, but when they turn as one to look at him, he feels in his core that they are absolutely the same.

Two: that something same is whatever horror now lives in Jon.

It damn near throws him.

They’re connected. They’re serving evil gods. He’s certain.

Martin smiles more brightly to cover his spike of terror and offers his hand. “Martin. I bake muffins.”

The guy responds first, smiling just as brightly and shaking his hand. “Mike. I do optical illusions.”

“Oh, I’ve seen those!” says Martin brightly. “I recognize your voice. CrewsClues, right?” It is a hell of a channel. Obviously, it must be camera tricks, some kind of manipulation, but no one’s ever figured out how he does it.

For the first time, Martin is afraid that maybe it isn’t technical prowess behind those tricks.

This guy can livestream, and while livestreaming, twist a road into spirals, or make it seem like the building he’s walking by has just rusted itself to holes and timber, to mold and curling paint. Fascinating stuff.

Mike also does gross food stuff, but Martin loves food, and won't think about that.

However, he wonders why the hell this guy isn’t on camera.

Mike is fucking hot. Fit, toned, tanned; nearly white hair, shocking blue eyes - and, intriguingly, the branches of some kind of lightning-scar peeking above his shirt to kiss his throat.

Maybe he doesn’t go on camera because his smile is as fake as Martin’s.

Something in the eyes…

Mike Crew is not a friendly person, and Martin logs him away as dangerous.

“That’s me,” says Mike. “This is Agnes.”

Agnes is… Well. Intense is one way to put it. She is unblinking, still as a sheathed knife, and does not smile. Her hair is long and auburn, her eyes seem almost orange, and she’s nearly as tall as Martin.

She also doesn’t shake hands, apparently. “Hello.”

“She’s got that It All Burns channel,” says Mike.

“Oh! Oh, that’s… wow. Fascinating,” says Martin, looking fascinated, internally terrified.

It All Burns somehow combines an unnerving, visceral fear of the dark - of what’s in the dark, unseen - with sudden and violent flame, and there’s never any way to know just what she’s going to set on fire.

Martin hadn't even know the channel was run by a she. The host never speaks.

Of course, it isn’t real, say the comments, because it’s illegal, the things she burns - from as small as fancy men’s watches to entire derelict flats. Because someone would have caught her if she were actually doing arson, and besides - no matter what she’s burning, the flame she sets always looks the same.

It’s white.

The last time Martin glanced at her comments, speculation was still rife as just what she was doing to make flame white, regardless of fuel.

He stopped checking after that. Agnes’s videos disturb him.

Agnes disturbs him more.

Now that he knows monsters are real… “It’s great to meet you,” he chirps, smiling brightly. “Hey, can I refill your drinks?”

“Naw, I’m about to bail,” says Mike with a shrug that stretches his half-buttoned shirt (white, to make his tanned skin more interesting). “I don’t think this is for me, anyway. I was curious, but I don’t really need the help.”

“Lucky you,” Martin laughs. “Well, I’m glad I got to meet you.”

“Yeah,” says Mike, with an unexpected and appreciative look. “You’re cuter than on your videos. Maybe we should collab, sometime.”

Martin laughs like that wasn’t absolutely audacious flirting. “I don’t really know what baking and illusions could do together.”

“Could do a test. See what happens to muffins over time.”

Mike had a couple of live feeds constantly monitoring food allowed to rot.

Martin pushes those out of his head, because they’re gross. There are maggots.

Why the fuck live feeds like that had an audience, he has no idea, but he’s not letting anything like that near his muffins. “Not a bad idea. Let’s chat about it sometime, okay?”

Mike knows.

He knows he just turned Martin’s stomach.

Mike's smile is cruel.

Martin’s is sweet and sunlight and fresh-found honey.

“See you,” says Mike, and leaves.

“So that was - ” Martin starts, but Agnes is leaving, too. Did they come together? “Not for you, either, huh?” says Martin.

“It’s a trap,” says Agnes.

Martin can’t quite hide this reaction. His eyes go wide, and he goes too still, just for a moment. “What?”

“I like you. I hope you lose,” says Agnes, coat donned, hair pulled free from her collar. She meets his eyes, pinning him again. “Good luck.” And she leaves.

“But what are you - ”

Nope. She’s not going to tell him what the trap is. She’s gone.

Oh, Ariana, we’re really in it now, he thinks hysterically, and sips his drink to cover it.

So does he leave?

He has no other options. He tried to get a job. He tried to get a loan. He has to do this.

He can’t take his mother into his closet-sized flat. Not only would her hospital equipment not fit, they would definitely kill each other within a week.

Jon…

He knows Jon would take him in.

He knows Jon would spend his own money to care for Martin’s mother.

Martin will not do that. He’s refused the offer before. He won’t.

He doesn’t even know why, but he won't.

“Excuse me, everyone,” says a cheerful voice, and Martin turns to find yet another Lukas has joined the fray.

This one’s different, though. He’s not so pale. His smile reaches his eyes. “Thank you all for coming! My name’s Evan. I guess you all know why you’re here, so I won’t drag it out. Leave the long speeches to the old guys, right?”

And it’s not really funny, but his delivery is so charming, and so personable, that Martin finds himself chuckling with the rest of them.

“It’s time for your individual interviews. Now, I need to stress this: just be yourself. A front isn’t something anyone can maintain forever, and we’re looking for genuine above all else here. As I’m sure you’ve guessed, only one of you is going to get the sponsorship this quarter.”

Yeah, they’d all guessed. A few people sip drinks, nervously.

Martin is not one of them.

“We’re going in alphabetical order,” says Evan. “And hey - there isn’t anything to be afraid of, all right? In fact, we’re giving you all financial compensation for spending the day with us so nobody feels like we wasted their time. Right! Martin Blackwood?”

Oh good, I’m the guinea pig, he thinks, and raises his hand and smiles. “Present and accounted for!”

“Come on dooooown,” says Evan.

Martin snorts. Only one other person in the room seems to get the extremely dated Price is Right reference - the sea captain, Peter Lukas.

Everyone else's looks are just... stone.

“Follow my aunt Susie.” Evan shakes Martin’s hand. “Love your muffins, by the way. They’re great for parties.”

“Right? Thank you,” Martin says, feeling like this is the first time he’s smiled for real all day, and follows aunt Susie down the hall.

#tma fic #tma au #fic in progress #vast!jon #lonely!martin #agnes montague #mike crew #michael crew #peter lukas #wip #amwriring

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icgaminglogs · 2 months

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Nightwing's Log, Night 24

We know about three Man-Bats. Tim and the others are trying to trace the signal controlling them. If I can take care of the monsters that's one less thing for them to worry about; once the signal's gone we shouldn't have to worry quite so much. I hope, anyway.

One down. I'm a little annoyed this one chose WayneTech as its roost, but it won't be making any more trouble. Two to go.

Two down. These things like high places, clearly. Makes it a little easier to find them, at least. But high also means less interference for the control signal, so who knows if it's their preference or something built in by Talia?

And that's three. The hospital this time. But that should be all of the ones running loose right now, I hope. We've tracked their point of origin to the cemetery, as if I needed another nod to Bram Stoker. Though these things aren't as charming as Dracula was. Should I stop off somewhere and grab a stake and mallet, just in case

The Wayne family crypt? Really? You really can't just let him be, can you? There is nothing sacred to you, is there, Talia? I bet you think this is nicely symbolic, don't you, you absolute bitch. Leave the dead in peace!

Great. Another secret cave system. At least this one has a convenient trail of lanterns to follow. I guess the League hasn't mastered echolocation yet. Lucky me.

...Lanterns that double as booby traps. Really should have seen that coming.

A dino-....oh...oh no...why here...?

This is...something's off. Why did that cave lead here? It wasn't a part of the Batcave system, I'd have recognized it. I don't like this...

What was that?

Welp. Found the League. I don't like that they're here, mostly because I don't like what that implies, but so long as this means I'm on the right track I'll take it.

How far do these caves go? How did Bruce not know about them? Hell, maybe he didn't know how far they went; they weren't naturally connected to the Batcave, the League did that tunneling themselves. Where even am I at this point?

...Looks like I found it. How long has this place been down here...?

Oh god. No. No no no no....no, please don't let me be right, please, I lost him once, I can't...

Fuck.

You would want me to stop you. I know you would. So I will.

Come on, come back to me, I know you're in there. Jason was. So are you. Come back to me, Bruce. I'm not gonna let her do this to you, not without a fight, come on!

Oh thank god.

No!

I'm not losing him again, I can't lose him again, we can't...! Bruce, stand down, I got this. You passed the job onto us, remember? Let us finish it. Let me finish it.

Kinda figured taking Kane out wouldn't end the Court. Didn't expect them down here, though. But they're outmatched; especially here next to a damn Lazarus Pit, Talia's got power they can't even imagine. At least I don't have to fight on two fronts, though.

Time to end this? Gladly.

Shit.

Wait.

Bruce, what are you doing...?

Oh god...

...it's over. I'm going home.

#nightwing's log #dick grayson #gotham knights #gotham knights game #nightwing #fanfic #fanfiction #dc fanfic #nightwing fanfiction #dc fanfiction #[one more to wrap this up #and then I have to find something new to post >w>#if y'all have enjoyed this maybe leave a comment #drop me a line via askbox #something so i know I'm not just posting to the void? ^^;]

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sunfaggot · 4 months

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Ohhh i'm sad over Tim Stoker...

He was so different in s1, you know? The jokester, the guy you'd go for a drink with and just talk to, because he's a friend.

But then he becomes so unapproachable, resembling nothing of his past self, because of how devastated and traumatized he is. He can't get out of his job, no matter how hard he tries, and what devastates him so damn much; being unable to remember anything about his friend.

He can't even record a statement because reading out these people's stories, doing his damn job, makes him so damn angry. He interrupts himself and goes on a rant about how stupid everything is, how much he doesn't give a shit anymore, and it's all so stupid stupid stupid!!! What's the point of it all??? What's the point if he can't get out??? If he can't even remember her face?? Her voice?? Her damn personality?? His friend, who he loved so much, is all a blur now AND HE CAN'T FUCKING REMEMBER HER AND IT HURTS. It hurts having to ask a stranger what she was like.

He doesn't even know who he's sad for.

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d-lissa · 11 months

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Liveblogging TMA - Season 3 - MAG 115-117

"I suppose in some ways it’s strange I’m not a vegetarian yet, what with everything I know."

TAKING STOCK :

Oooooh, a Salesa statement !

And from the man himself, rather than of his poor victims.

He sounds surprisingly decent ? I was expecting more of a bastard to be honnest, but he was an ok boss, I guess ? Though letting his crew eat human meat when you could've stopped it is fucked up, man.

Of course, that one was a Flesh artefact. God, I wonder where they even come from. Gotta agree with Jon here, I am pretty sure that this entire story is just a veiled attempt to make everyone vegetarian.

Jon is antsy, and god do I get him, we're almost getting there after all. Sometimes, i just wish the statements weren't even there or apart of the episode, I am just so eager for more story to happen.

The Helen situation hurt me though. Of course, i get where Jon is coming from, and God knows I wouldn't trust Helen ever, but. Seeing her somewhat struggle with her newfound monsterhood is painful to watch, you know ?

I don't think she could be "saved", or put on a straight path. She isn't human anymore, and it's not even like the avatars, she just got overtaken by The Spiral, but she didn't seek to be. Helen just wanted to escape, but instead, she trapped herself forever in a state that will chip away at her humanity until nothing but the fear and madness are left.

But still, having an ear to listen to her might have helped make the transition less painful, somehow. Of course, it wasn't something Jon was willing to give, too affraid of his own changes to bear see them reflected in Helen.

I think they could've been pretty ok, together. Somehow, anyway.

THE SHOW MUST GO ON :

"They dragged a thing that wasn’t a thing, but instead a mouth upon a tree that hated the Turk and all it brought upon the world."

On today's episode of "The Institute is A Death Trap", the shady and manipulative boss is shady and manipulative, as well as gleefully sending everyone to their probably doom !

How fun.

Except for Martin. That I'm still unsure on whether or not is going to die. Surely Elias wouldn't go for two in one season, right ? One dead assistant achivist is enough per season, I say.

Although ... Season 2 didn't have an archival assistant dying, did it ? Anyway, pretty sure at this point that Martin is just assurance, a back up in case Jon dies doing this.

Loved the statement though. It had a certain kind of whimsy I quite enjoyed, never getting anything ever.

TESTAMENT :

Timothy Stoker :

"I’m gonna hurt them, though. I’m gonna hurt the thing that stole my brother and wrecked my life."

... Yep.

It's confirmed, Tim is the one dying this season.

This is ...Great. Just absolutely wonderful, really. We just can't have nice things, ever, can we ?

... Rest in Peace, Tim. You were entertaining while you lasted, you beautiful suicidal bastard.

He has been a bit frustrating, but never in a way that I couldn't understand. How his character hurt, how he evolved, all of that made sense and fit him. I liked the sarcasm, this guy definitely dethroned Jon as the reigning sass king, in my mind !

I'll miss him.

I hope that his last moments will be the kind to make him proud.

MARTIN BLACKWOOD :

"Like nothing can go back to normal after this."

Honnestly, I still don't care much for Martin, but I'd be lying if he didn't pull at my heartsrings from time to time.

This one being one of them.

He is so easily pushed to the side, overlooked. Never the priority to anyone, and always giving pieces of himself to help others, but never appreciated.

Honnestly, if not for The Web "connections" to him, I'd almost imagine him someone marked by The Lonely, you know ?

He isn't that interesting to me, but he is a damn cutie and I will protect him however I can ! Please Jon, notice the pining baby whenever this fucking mess of over and done with, you know he has feelings for you.

I think Martin would treat Jon pretty well !

That being said, I can't wait to see what Martin's trap will be.

MELANIE KING :

"When did I start to lose the parts of me that weren’t just anger?"

Melanie is ... Complicated. I love my girl. She's kind of a bitch, but you know ? After all the bullshit she went through, she deserves to go apeshit !

Would be nice if she didn't board the Stoker Train destination Blame Jontown, but it is fair and I get it. Her life have been kind of hell, recently. I mean, everyone's is, but I feel for her.

She's resiliant though, and I can admire that.

She should probably check with someone for those anger management issues though.

BASIRA HUSSAIN AND DAISY :

"I think sometimes you feel like you’re adapting, but it’s just denial."

Man, Basira is cool. She's great, a grounding force in the midst of all this chaos and pain and anger. I get why Daisy is so focused on her.

Why they both are so fxed on each other.

Frankly, it is difficult to speak of one without speaking of the other, because they are so connected. I can't imagine one living without the other without absolutely falling appart, somehow.

Daisy in a murderous rage, obviously, but you get me.

JONATHAN SIMS :

"That same petty little part of me rather hopes it doesn’t."

God, he is so tired. And he is trying so hard to understand the others, to trust them, even if it isn't even possible for him at this point, he makes the choice to do anyway, and I just.

God, he hurts me in the best of ways. Focus on yourself baby, take a break after all this, please.

With Martin, maybe ?

After all, he did listen to the same tapes as we did. Wonder how surprised he was over the "gossip". Can't imagine he didn't know already, the guy hasn't exactly been subtle, nor has anyone around him, but it's ok. Martin is cute enough that we forgive him.

It's funny, I am trying to make a section entirely about Jon, but I still can't not mention others, because even his own part of the episode was him focusing on them, rather than himself, at least not for long.

I guess it makes sense. Just like The Eye, he is always watching. An Eye hardly can watch itself.

The quote of the post will be :

"I am here, and I give you my words. They are all I have, and all you want, and perhaps when I am free of them then I will be allowed to sleep."

End Liveblogging.

#tma #the magnus archive #liveblogging #liveblog-tma

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vmprsm · 10 months

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𝘛𝘔𝘈: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘈𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨

Since I apparently have to find the weirdest ways to appreciate a piece of media, here's a fun little music dive I did when I realized a lot of songs in my personal playlists have to do with the feeling of panic. (Starts below Read More, songs are all linked by title.)

The Staff: Attack of Panic, Aly & AJ Here me out here. This song has an urgency, an inevitability, and it also has the self-awareness that everyone else is feeling it too, but there's nothing you can do about it. It's all about clawing towards control in an impossible situation, and it's a theme song for everyone when they're in the Institute. "It's okay, keep breathing Only way it's leaving It's okay, keep breathing Fighting for a feeling, There's a panic in you There's a panic in myself Talking heads inside us And they try to bring me Down" Jonathan Sims: Panic, DEZI Raw is the word that comes to mind for this one, and the lyrics are so spot on. It's got a deep, uncomfortable feeling to it, the recognition that you are changing and its scary and you can't stop it. This is Jon slowly figuring out that he can't go back, he can't get away from the things that want him and want him dead. "I don't wanna panic But I see myself across the room It's fuckin' cinematic But honestly it's torture too I'm switching into autopilot Empty thoughts, radio silent I don't wanna panic, Sometimes I crave going numb I crave it 'til I succumb I'm somebody I don't recognize Seeing through matte black eyes I don't know what I'm about I am within and without Stalling out at a green light My breath is getting too tight, Fight, fly, freeze I'm on my knees Everybody's telling me it won't last But I'll be here forever 'till I bring myself back"

Martin Blackwood: Panic Attack, Liza Anne This song has a ton of self-deprecating energy, and the gentleness of Liza's singing really softens the blow. It's a classic, clean song without a lot of electric influence that exemplifies the quiet panic of suffering alone. "I never learned to pull myself Out of my own damn head Shoulders caved in to protect All of my insides from falling out Of the hole above my neck I'm feeling light in my head Somebody come close I just wanna be alone.. ...Think slowly, try to remember I'm alive My body is here and I am inside"

Sasha James: Panic, Caravan Palace It sucks we got such a little time with her, but this one has the joyous, wild, creepiness that I'd associate with the Stranger. Plus, the lyrics, whoof. Have fun translating the French at the beginning. "I will never (I will never) Free you (Free you) Hand in hand (Hand in hand) Oo oo Together (Together)"

Timothy Stoker: Panic, SM6 Tim was SO SO hard to pick for. He's a complex character, and an asshole (lovingly). I picked this because its a straight panic song, no frills, and Tim was a straight-forward guy who knew he was marked, and its got some punk vibes that really ring to me for him. "I'm spinning out right now No highs only come downs Why do I feel so trapped? Why is my head so loud? I'm really freaking out I'm so fucked up right now I'm in the state of emergency, It feels like What's this? Can't breathe All my anxieties Coming for me I try to scream but I just start to panic"

Melanie King: Panic Room, Au/Ra I'm content on the song choice here, but I m torn between the original and the acoustic. The acoustic is more lonely, while the original has more horror movie feelings. I picked this one because it really reminded me how easy it is to lose yourself, and how she almost did. "My phone has no signal It's making my skin crawl The silence is so loud The lights spark and flicker With monsters much bigger Than I can control now... ...Welcome to the panic room You'll know I wasn't joking When you see them too, see them too"

Basira Hussain: Panic Switch, Silversun Pickups For much of the series, Basira is defined by Daisy, and this is the source of most of her anxiety. This song shows that and also the panicky guilt of knowing your choices are wrong. It's also got a good upbeat yet dark energy that I like for her. "When you see yourself in a crowded room Do your fingers itch, are you pistol-whipped? Will you step in line or release the glitch? Can you fall asleep with a panic switch? ...If I go everywhere you want me to go How will I know you'll still follow?"

Daisy Tonner: Panic Attack, Dream Theater & Panic Cord, Gabrielle Aplin Hey Alice, why does your mom let you have two names AND two songs? Well, in my mind there's two Daisy's. There was the one that was the Hunt, and the one that fought back. The first song is pure terror and speed and heavy instruments and its drawn out to eight minutes like a good hunt. "Rapid heartbeat pounding through my chest Agitated body in distress I feel like I'm in danger Daily life is strangled by my stress, A stifling surge shooting through all my veins Extreme apprehension, suddenly I'm insane Lost all hope for redemption A grave situation desperate at best" The one that fought never looked for forgiveness, but was always worried about her existence around those she had wronged. This one is far softer. "Maybe, I pulled the panic cord And maybe, you were happy, I was bored Maybe I wanted you to change Maybe I'm the one to blame This meant more to you than it did to me I was full of doubts and you believed The more that you keep coming over The more I know it's over"

That was longwinded!! I really like music and super like putting things in little boxes like the advanced monkey I am, so I hope you enjoy. I'm very normal about TMA.

#the magnus archives #tma #character analysis with music #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #timothy stoker #melanie king #basira hussain #daisy tonner #sasha james

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littlebigmouse · 1 year

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TMA MAG 64-65

... We're getting a lot of stories about undergrounds, burials and tunnels lately aren't we. I'm sure that doesn't relate to anything at all.

Also I'm sorry, but the image of someone looking into a camera and eating an entire computer piece by piece sounds hilarious to me. Those 24 hour charity stream have really taken off, huh?

And now to the most important piece of the statement: The psychological terrorism Jon is inflicting on his coworkers I mean the office drama!

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Tim Stoker did nothing wrong, ever, in his life.

And god, I love the VA's performance in this episode. Such a good job!

OH NOW Jon is suspicious of the CCTV footage. Lord give me strength.

Jon, if you really think that Tim is a murder suspect, then why are you telling him about your suspicions regarding the footage? If you think there's a chance he did it or is an "agent" of something sinister, why are you tipping your hand like that just when everyone would have reason to believe you've been placated?

Or maybe, the fact that you've been friends for so long, as Tim is alluding to here - which, I need more details on that backstory AHH - maybe you still believe in that friendship and maybe you just desperately want to tell anyone of your findings, maybe you do actually need the support of people who regularly flirt or hack their way into police files to uncover this mystery.

I know paranoia is not supposed to be rational. But I will keep yelling at Jon to please maybe THINK for a second.

Also. Tim's practically solving this mystery for me. I feel very heard. And also damn, I need to point out and appreciate Tim's social/observational skills here. Tim is aware that Jon's been having a rough time because he went through the exact same trauma, and he acnowledges that. Tim gives further support to my "Elias doesn't care" theory by virtue of having it himself. He rightly points out Martin's - at this point - harmful conflict avoidance, and he just cuts himself off when he gets to Not-Sascha.

What have you noticed about her, Tim?

Honestly, I headcanon Sascha and Tim were something like best buddies pre-and-during-season-one, since they're mentioned to work together a lot. Maybe he noticed the 180° in her personality. Maybe he feels just as betrayed by her dismissal of Jon as by Martin's, but if it were just that, he wouldn't cut himself off, would he? I can imagine he tried to reach out to her about his troubles, but due to whatever Not-Sascha is up to, or maybe because she lacks the bond/the memories of the real Sasha, she probably brushed him off.

UGh, I am so invested in this.

What's most infruriating is that just as Tim realizes that he can't leave, and Jon explains to him that the archives are trapping them - that should have been Jon's clue that Tim is being genuine here, that he didn't kill anyone, that he's trying to get out of an incredibly shitty situation that Jon is absolutely responsible for.

But instead, Jon still refuses to trust Tim. And if Jon really thinks that Tim is faking here, that he is pretending to be this emotionally distraught, that he was faking what, years of friendship? That he is that good an actor, than that means Jon also does not take much stock into their friendship, into the very real struggle Tim is displaying here. He doesn't acknowledge it because he doesn't believe it, and that's a paranoia that's downright heinous. Imagine you're having a mental breakdown and your long time friend is so wrapped up in their own shit they don't believe you. While you're standing in front of them, having symptoms and a face full of worm holes.

So yeah, our man Tim does not deserve any of this shit.

Also, Jon's absolute social inability shining through brightly here, that he thinks that Tim thinks that Jane Prentiss is his fault. Ma brother in horror podcasts, everything after is the problem, and the fact that Jon refuses to own up to it here kind of shows that even his previous apology to all of them - what, 5 episodes ago? - was not genuine.

You're an asshole, Mr. Archivist.

Do you guys think Elias knows that none of them can leave? I think after Gertrude he should have realized the archives appear to be a job for life. Has he tried to leave himself? Maybe he doesn't give a shit because he knows, whatever is going on, he cannot escape. The only think he can do is watch everyone around him go insane and or die, until the madness claims him as well.

Now that would be interesting, wouldn't it?

#tma #tma live reaction #tma season 2 #tim stoker #jonathan sims #the gertrude murder mystery

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Ongoing list of characters who will be included in the bracket under the cut—still adding but please ask for any you don't see:

Clive (Rose)

Steward (The End of the World)

Raffalo from Crespellion (The End of the World)

Moxx of Balhoon (The End of the World)

Jabe (The End of the World)

Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)

Gabriel Sneed (The Unquiet Dead)

Redpath (The Unquiet Dead)

Toshiko Sato (Aliens of London/World War III)

Indra Ganesh (Aliens of London/World War III)

Diana Goddard (Dalek)

De Maggio (Dalek)

More under the cut!

Cathica (The Long Game)

Suki (The Long Game)

Nurse (The Long Game)

Sarah Clark and Stuart Hoskins (Father’s Day)

Dr. Constantine (The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances)

Nancy (The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances)

Kathy Salt (Boom Town)

Idris Hopper (Boom Town)

Rodrick (Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways)

Lynda Moss (Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways)

Unnamed Male Programmer (Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways)

Unnamed Female Programmer (Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways)

Danny Llewellyn (The Christmas Invasion)

Major Blake (The Christmas Invasion)

Alex (The Christmas Invasion)

Sally Jacobs (The Christmas Invasion)

Chip (New Earth)

Duke of Manhattan (New Earth)

Clovis (New Earth)

Novice Hame (New Earth)

Captain Reynolds (Tooth and Claw)

Lady Isobel and Sir Robert (Tooth and Claw)

Parsons (School Reunion)

Katherine (The Girl in the Fireplace)

Sally Phelan (The Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel)

Rita-Ann Smith (The Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel)

Mr. Crane (The Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel)

Mrs. Moore (The Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel)

The Connellys (The Idiot’s Lantern)

Zachary Cross Flane (The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit)

Ida Scott (The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit)

Danny Bartock (The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit)

Scooti Manista (The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit)

Ursula Blake (Love and Monsters)

Bliss (Love and Monsters)

Bridget (Love and Monsters)

Mr. Skinner (Love and Monsters)

Trish Webber (Fear Her)

Yvonne Hartman (Army of Ghosts/Doomsday)

Dr. Rajesh Singh (Army of Ghosts/Doomsday)

Adeola (Army of Ghosts/Doomsday)

Gareth (Army of Ghosts/Doomsday)

Nerys (The Runaway Bride)

Julia Swales (Smith and Jones)

Mr. Stoker (Smith and Jones)

Oliver Morgenstern (Smith and Jones)

Dolly Bailey (The Shakespeare Code)

Milo and Cheen (Gridlock)

Pale Woman (Gridlock)

Thomas Kincade Brannigan and Valerie (Gridlock)

Businessman (Gridlock)

Alice and May Cassini (Gridlock)

Tallulah (Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks)

Frank (Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks)

Solomon (Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks)

Sylvia Thaw (The Lazarus Experiment)

Jenny (Human Nature/The Family of Blood)

Tim Latimer (Human Nature/The Family of Blood)

Kath McDonnell (42)

Billy Shipton (Blink)

Kathy Nightingale (Blink)

Chantho (Utopia)

Professor Docherty (The Sound of Drums/The Last of the Time Lords)

Vivien Rook (The Sound of Drums)

Albert Dumphries (The Sound of Drums)

Thomas Milligan (The Last of the Time Lords)

Mr. Copper (Voyage of the Damned)

Morvin and Foon (Voyage of the Damned)

Bannakaffalatta (Voyage of the Damned)

Alonso Frane (Voyage of the Damned)

Penny Carter (Partners in Crime)

Caecilius (Fires of Pompeii)

Evelina (Fires of Pompeii)

Metella (Fires of Pompeii)

Quintus (Fires of Pompeii)

Soothsayer (Fires of Pompeii)

Ryder (Planet of the Ood)

Solana Mercurio (Planet of the Ood)

Ross Jenkins (The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky)

Cline (The Doctor’s Daughter)

Hath Peck (The Doctor’s Daughter)

Lady Eddison (The Unicorn and the Wasp)

Miss Chandrakala (The Unicorn and the Wasp)

Roger Curbishley (The Unicorn and the Wasp)

Hugh Curbishley (The Unicorn and the Wasp)

Robina Redmond (The Unicorn and the Wasp)

Miss Evangelista (Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead)

Other Dave (Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead)

Proper Dave (Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead)

Anita (Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead)

Strackman Lux (Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead)

Lee McAvoy (Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead)

Dee Dee Blasco (Midnight)

Professor Hobbes (Midnight)

Val, Biff, and Jethro Cane (Midnight)

Unnamed Hostess (Midnight)

Rocco Colasanto (Turn Left)

Jival Chowdry (Turn Left)

The Shadow Architect (The Stolen Earth)

The German Woman (The Stolen Earth)

Rosita Farisi (The Next Doctor)

Malcolm Taylor (Planet of the Dead)

Capt. Erisa Magambo (Planet of the Dead)

Barclay (Planet of the Dead)

DI McMillan (Planet of the Dead)

Lou and Carmen (Planet of the Dead)

Nathan (Planet of the Dead)

Angela Whittaker (Planet of the Dead)

Yuri Kerenski (The Waters of Mars)

Mia Bennett (The Waters of Mars)

Steffi Ehrlich (The Waters of Mars)

Roman Groom (The Waters of Mars)

Ed Gold (The Waters of Mars)

Maggie Cain (The Waters of Mars)

Tarak Ital (The Waters of Mars)

Joshua and Abigail Naismith (The End of Time)

Minnie Hooper (The End of Time)

Addams and Rossiter of Vinvocci (The End of Time)

Jeff (The Eleventh Hour)

Dr. Ramsden (The Eleventh Hour)

Lilian Breen (Victory of the Daleks)

Edwin Bracewell (Victory of the Daleks)

Guido (The Vampires of Venice)

Isabella (The Vampires of Venice)

Nasreen Chaudhry (The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood)

Ambrose Northover (The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood)

Sophie Benson (The Lodger)

The Unnamed Curator (Vincent and the Doctor)

Aunt Sharon (The Big Bang)

Amy’s parents (The Big Bang/The Pandorica Opens)

Dorium Maldovar (The Pandoria Opens)

Canton Everett Delaware III (The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon)

Jennifer (The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People)

Lorna Bucket (A Good Man Goes To War)

Alex (Night Terrors)

Auntie and Uncle (The Doctor’s Wife)

Rita (The God Complex)

Howie Spragg (The God Complex)

Joe Buchanan (The God Complex)

Gibbis (The God Complex)

Cassandra (Asylum of the Daleks)

Harvey (Asylum of the Daleks)

Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)

John Riddell (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)

Indira (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)

Ellie and Dave Oswald (Rings of Akhaten)

Onegin (Cold War)

Stepashin (Cold War)

Grisenko (Cold War)

Hila Tacorien (Hide)

Professor Alec Palmer (Hide)

Emma Grayling (Hide)

The Van Baalen brothers (Journey to the Center of the TARDIS)

Ada Gillyflower (The Crimson Horror)

Porridge (Nightmare in Silver)

Alice Ferrin (Nightmare in Silver)

Missy (Nightmare in Silver)

Handles (Time of the Doctor)

Tasha Lem (Time of the Doctor)

Clara’s Gran (Time of the Doctor)

Linda (Time of the Doctor)

Abramal and Marta (Time of the Doctor)

Journey Blue (Into the Dalek)

Gretchen Allison Carlisle (Into the Dalek)

Orson Pink (Listen)

Psi (Time Heist)

Sabra (Time Heist)

Adrian (The Caretaker)

Captain Lundvik (Kill the Moon)

Perkins (Mummy on the Orient Ecpress)

Rigsy (Flatline)

Seb (Death in Heaven/Dark Water)

Shona (Last Christmas)

Albert Smithe (Last Christmas)

Fiona Bellows (Last Christmas)

Ashley Carter (Last Christmas)

Jac (The Magician’s Apprentice)

O'Donnell (Under the Lake/Before the Flood)

Cass (Under the Lake/Before the Flood)

Lunn (Under the Lake/Before the Flood)

Bennett (Under the Lake/Before the Flood)

Lofty (The Girl who Died)

Walsh (The Zygon Invasion)

Anahson (Face the Raven)

The General (Hell Bent)

Ohila (Hell Bent)

Moira (The Pilot)

Heather (the Pilot)

Felicity (Knock Knock)

Paul (Knock Knock)

Harry (Knock Knock)

Pavel (Knock Knock)

Shireen (Knock Knock)

Dahh-Ren (Oxygen)

Abby (Oxygen)

Ivan (Oxygen)

Penny (Extremis)

Erica (the pyramid at the end of the world)

Colonel Babbit (pyramid)

Kar (The Eaters of Light)

Lucius, Simon, and Thracius (The Eaters of Light)

The Captain (Twice Upon a Time)

Karl (The Woman Who Fell to Earth)

Angstrom (The Ghost Monument)

Epzo (The Ghost Monument)

Jade McIntyre (Arachnids in the UK)

Astos (The Tsuranga Conundrum)

Mabli (The Tsuranga Conundrum)

Eve Cicero (The Tsuranga Conundrum)

Yoss Inkl (The Tsuranga Conundrum)

Prem (Demons of the Punjab)

Kira Arlo (kerblam)

Dan Cooper (kerblam)

Willa Twiston (the witchfinders)

Ribbons (it takes you away)

Andinio and Delph (The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos)

Lee Clayton (fugitive of the judoon)

Jamila and Gabriela (Praxeus)

Jake Willis and Adam Lang (Praxeus)

Tibo (Can You Hear Me?)

Shaw (Village of the Angels)

Professor Jericho (Village of the Angels)

Gerald and Jean (Village of the Angels)

Sarah (Eve of the Daleks)

Nick (Eve of the Daleks)

Ying Ki (Legend of the Sea Devils)

Ji-Hun (Sea Devils)

#dw polls

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What soups best represent each of your f/os

call me fuckin SOUPerliminalselfships bc i will answer this question for the whole damb (romantic) list. god i wish it wasn't still hotter than fuck out here i wanna make soup so bad. note that i have not personally tried all of these soups but if it's on this list i would like to try it.

tim wright is chili. i don't care what anybody says, the difference between a stew and a soup is the difference between a square and a rectangle, so for my purposes chili is a soup. anyway it's a southern favorite that warms you to your soul but has a bit of a kick so of course it's perfect for him.

brain says fate is avgolemono because it looks like it'd have a very rich taste bc of the eggs but also with that bite of acid from the lemons. heart says fate is clam chowder (new england, not manhattan, i think if someone gave me a tomato-based clam chowder i would scream) because it's one of my two favorite soups (the other being chili).

evan is potato soup. i dont have a concrete reason for this other than "athletic guy needs good carbs to maintain all that energy"

steph is minestrone for reasons of "she has a lot in common with my irl best friend, whose favorite soup is also minestrone, so she always has Minestrone Liker Energy to me"

tim stoker is beef noodle soup (either one, although i personally prefer the taiwanese version). appealing from the start, unexpectedly complex, and hot (sorry had to make that joke the man receives one word of physical description in canon and that word is "hot").

michael is binignit. unique, intriguing, and sweeter than you'd expect.

nikola is borscht. i also don't have a concrete reason for this one i just think she would like it from an aesthetic standpoint.

gerry is oxtail soup--well-traveled and endlessly complex.

sasha is lobster bisque--cafe fare that's classic for a reason.

jared is goulash--heavy and warm with a kick. side note i think it's bs that wikipedia lists goulash as a soup but not chili. there's barely any fucking difference.

kars is barley soup. ancient but powerful, and is still around for a damn good reason.

steely dan is gazpacho. it feels like the kind of soup you'd eat while on vacation to a pleasantly warm country so that's why it reminds me of him.

n'doul is haleem because of the soups i looked up for this ask that i haven't tried before that's the one i want to try the most, sort of like how i saw n'doul well before i watched part 3 because i would hang out with my brother while he played eyes of heaven and i was like "i cannot WAIT to see that guy when he shows up in the anime"

tonio is cioppino because i feel like that's the kind of thing he would serve at trattoria trussardi and it would heal you of all ills even without pearl jam cooked into it.

ghiaccio is ajoblanco because it's cold, light, and (at least sounds like it would be) refreshing.

weather is chicken soup. more complex than everyone thinks, but healing and comforting all the same.

rouxls is gumbo because it's made with a roux (something he is canonically good at making) and can be made with anything that crawls, walks, swims, or flies so technically it can include worms.

spamton is rose hip soup. kooky, offbeat, and intriguing.

bruce is lobster stew. pricy but something that makes sense to pay for because it is actually good.

selina is fisherman soup because cats like fish and for some reason i feel like she would have a taste for hungarian paprika.

eddie is butternut squash soup because he canonically likes pumpkin pie so i feel like he has an affinity for fall vegetables.

dak is saimin. man canonically loves him some noodles and i feel like he'd be a spam liker.

tech is cream of mushroom soup. i have no concrete reason for this i just feel like he'd like it.

z is pho also because i feel like he'd like it and because the contrast of the broth and the sour/spicy garnishes reminds me of his personality in some way.

akira is miso because he canonically likes it and because i always thought that it tasted kind of oceanic (i used to think it tasted like seawater lmao) so it suits him as a fisherman.

aurelia is salmorejo because it's cold but still very rich and fancy. seems like something that would be a first course at a fancy party.

artemis is soto--another one of those "well-traveled" soups that has a lot of regional variants.

lamplighter is acquacotta--like a lot of what's considered "peasant food", it's meant to give you a lot of energy for not a lot of money, which seems appropriate for his situation.

moneybags is brown windsor soup because it is comically british and it sounds like it was nobility food back in the day just judging from the ingredience.

bruno is pozole (which is mexican, not colombian; although a colombian soup i think represents him is ajiaco) because i personally associate it with home (because it reminds me of a beef and vegetable soup my mom makes) and kindness (because last week one of my neighbors i've never seen before brought me a bowl of it out of the blue)

bubby is hot and sour soup because. well. he is both (and i do mean hot as in attractive but i also mean hot as in pyrokinetic)

milton is cereal because i feel like they'd use the commonalities between cereal and soup as part of an argument that soup as a category is meaningless.

grady is chicken noodle soup because that's another southern favorite (at least in my experience).

and hollis is tom yum because a) i think she'd like it and b) it has a lot going on but still manages really well (like how she's stretched thin at the beginning of the game from being acting head of the psychonauts)

#thanks for the ask!!#food ment #sorry for taking three fucken days to answer this

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