#this is a serious question tho

[its-your-mind]

*deep breath in*

the fears 👏 have always 👏 been (in one way or another) 👏 parallel 👏 to 👏 desire 👏

let me explain.

so many of the statements given by actual avatars center around some sort of need that was met by their entity. Lots of them even had a positive relationship with the fear that drove them.

Jane Prentiss is an excellent example - the Corruption has always been about a form of toxic and possessive love, but she personally has a deep desire to be “fully consumed by what loves her,” and finds a perverse joy and relief at allowing herself to be a home

Jude Perry is another - she fucking loved watching people’s lives be utterly destroyed. The Desolation only offered her a power of destruction on a grander scale, and then gave her a more intense rush of joy as she did its work. When she tells Jon that he needs to feed the Eye before it feeds on him, it’s almost as an afterthought; she was happily feeding the Desolation long before it burned her into a new existence.

Simon Fairchild. Every time that old loose bag of bones wanders into the picture, he is having a fucking EXCELLENT time playing with the Vast. He loves showing people their own insignificance, and he loves luring them into situations where he can throw them into the void as he smiles and waves.

Peter Lukas (hell, the whole Lukas family (except Evan. RIP Evan.)) hated. people. all he wanted was for them all to go away, to leave him alone. The Lonely only fulfilled that desire.

Daisy, Trevor, and Julia, all devoted to hunting those things they deemed monstrous.

Melanie, holding tight to that bullet in her leg because on some level, she wanted it. It felt good, it felt right, it felt like it fit right alongside the anger and spite that drove her to success.

Annabelle Cane first encountered the Web when she was a child, running away from home in order to tug on her parents’ heartstrings in just the right way to have them wrapped around her little finger. Later on she volunteered to be the subject of an ESP study. Hell, she’s the one who dangled the “Is it really You that wants this?” question over Jon’s head in S4.

And that brings us to Jon, beloved Jarchivist, the Voice that Opened the Door. Ever since he was a child targeted by the Web, he was looking for answers. He joined the Magnus Institute’s Research Department looking for them, he stalked his coworkers in search for them, he broke into Gertrude’s flat and laptop out of desperation for them. And when he realized that all he had to do was Ask to get truthful answers to his questions? It was only natural for him to jump at that opportunity.

Elias told S3 Jon that he did want this, that he chose it, that at every crossroads he kept pushing onwards, and the inner turmoil that caused was one of the focal points for Jon’s character through the rest of the podcast.

There’s a certain line of thinking in many circles about the power of the Devil: he’s not able to create anything new. All he’s able to do is twist and warp that which was already present, making it something ugly and profane while still maintaining the facade of something desirable.

Jon didn’t choose the Eye. But he did wander into its realm of power, exhibiting exactly the qualities it was most capable of hijacking and warping to its own ends. Jon didn’t choose the Apocalypse. But Jonah picked at him little by little, pointing him towards each Fear individually. Jon didn’t want to release the Fears. But the Web tugged on his strings just so and laid a pretty trail for him to follow until he reached its desired conclusion.

Jon didn’t choose ultimate power, or omniscience, or even his own role as Head Archivist. But he said “yes” to the right (wrong?) orders and kept on pushing for the right (wrong?) answers. He wanted to succeed at the work he had been assigned. He wanted to protect his friends. He wanted to rescue them when they were lost. He wanted to prevent the apocalypse, to save the world. He wanted to know why he was still alive, when so many had died right in front of him.

The Great Wheel of Evil Color that is the Entities might not fit as neatly into categories in this universe - maybe there was no Robert Smirke trying to impose strict categories on emotional experiences, or maybe the ways they manifest in the world has turned on its head (goodness knows many of them have been showcased and blended in some very fun and new and horrifying ways so far) - but their fundamental foundations seem to be the same. Hell, in episode one we learned that there had been enough individual incidents to create a distinction between “dolls, watching” and “dolls, human skin.”

Smirke’s Fourteen isn’t going to be relevant as common parlance, RQ said that already, but I don’t think that means the Fears themselves (and their Dream Logic-based rules) are different - I think it means that the levels of understanding, language used, and personal connections among people “in the know” are going to be entirely unfamiliar

#tma #tmagp #the magnus protocol #tmagp meta #tmagp analysis #the entities #robert smirke #smirke's fourteen #mind write a meta post that doesn’t turn into a fucking essay challenge #I literally thought about citing my episode sources here but decided that would get too FUCKING long. #anyway I’m pulling mostly from Gerry’s statement (111) and #and the Big Elias Group Confrontation (92) #and Annabelle’s statement (147) #and then finale - 196 / 197 / 200 #there are other little lines that I grabbed - tbh feel free to ask about anything I’ve said bc I feel like I’m ready to defend a thesis #I’ve been thinking about this on and off for a few weeks since the desire thing started going around #I have an obsession with Themes as they relate to Worldbuilding and now I have subjected you all to it as well #I am serious tho if anyone wants me to pull the specific parts I’m talking about (whether cuz you have Questions or you wanna ref them too) #lmk #my hyperfocus on silly media brain might as well come in useful somehow #aight peace ✌️

[luck-of-the-drawings]

"I think this is the most inhuman; and human, that I've ever felt.." MUCH CAN HAPPEN IN A YEAR. IN FIVE YEARS. A DECADE. imagine how much can happen in a century. just ONE (1). How will you grow? what phases do you find? even in 5 years, you will find patterns.

#jrwi fanart #jrwi show #jrwi suckening #jrwi suckening spoilers #jrwi the suckening #arthur bennett #HEY SO THE REALLY FUNNY THING THAT THE CHARACTER DID THAT SEEMED RLY SILLY N GOOFY IN THE MOMENT? #LIKE THE WHIPLASH BETWEEN SERIOUS N SILLY ALMOST PISSED YOU OFF? WHAT IF I FOUND A WAY TO MAKE YOU SAD ABOUT IT #this was meant to be a scribble that would be a bigger part of a bigger page.might leave it on that page. #but still. bc o that i nearly posted it onto my wacky side blog.BUT NAYY I SPENT TOO MUCH TIME N ENERGY N YOU GOTTA SEE IT #ARTHUR BENNETT DRIVES ME CRAZY. I FEEL LIKE ITS ODD FOR HIM TO BE SO TECHNOLOGICALLY OUT OF TOUCH #WHERE HAS HE BEEN. HAS HE BEEN IN WAR? IS THAT WHERE MAGNUS CAME FROM? WHERE WAS HE WHEN HE WAS WITH EDWARDS CREW? #ARTHURRR I HAVE QUESTIONS ARTTHUUURR!! HEY CAN I ALSO ASK; WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU BECOME #DO YOU THINK HE HAD ANY IDEA HE WOULD VEER CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE MONSTER HE DESPISES. ALL BC HE DESERVES IT. OR WATEVER #HE FASCINATES ME SO MUCH. TO LOOK AT THE STONE COLD STOIC FOOL FROM THE START OF THE SHOW #AND TO FIND OUT THAT HE USED TO BE A BAD BOY.. A DELINQUENT... A LIL PRANKSTER.... MY GODDD THATS ADORABLE #I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE.... BUT I DOUBT THE LAST EPISODE IS GONNA ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS..i love arthur bennett so much.... #AS FOR THE ART!! i mostly used the fire alpaca watercolor brush. tbh im not a brush guy. anti aliased default pen tends to be my main game #but LATELY IM SQQQUIRMIN OUT OF AN ARTBLOCK so expirimenting like this is helping #DONT LOOK TOO HARD AT IT!! im still proud tho. colors are fun :3 im also very proud of the backgrounds #I LOVE THE CARTOON THING where the background looks all fancy n painted but the characters are solid colors #what else can i ramble abt. OH YEAH. i looked up the bikes to make sure they were time accurate tehehehe. 1913 to 2012. #almost a century apart!! isnt that neat? ALSO FUUUCK CAN I JUST MAKE A QUICK CONFESSION. DOWN HERE IN MY TAGS. #only the strongest can read my tags anwyay. SO I REALIZED WHY I LOVE ARTHUR SO MUCH. TIME IS A FLAT CIRCLE #while arthur is a Stoic and Cool vampire w a knack for being playful/silly; who alsos been alive fora century thus witnessing HORRORs #THERE HAPPENS TO BE A ROBOT FROM A BAND W A TITANIUM ALLOY SPINAL COLLUMN #WHOS A Stoic and Cool ROBOT w a knack for being playful/silly; who alsos been alive fora century thus witnessing HORRORS #the fuckkkiiinnngggnn The Spine from steam powered giraffe. WHATEVER. i cant escape from my heart. i guess. #i think The Spine and Arthur could be friends. Arthur saw the band perform back when they were the Steam Man Band #EDIT: WOOPS I DIDNT REALIZE THIS WOULD END UP IN THE SPG TAG. HI GUYS DIDNT KNOW U WERE STILL ALIVE SORREE 4 THE CROSS CONTAMINATION

[ddeck]

an ultimate pro of drawing is that you can just make up any guy

#serious question tho do they have vocaloids in star wars #and if so is there a star wars hatsune miku #i need to know its for science

[cobaltfluff]

Arajin observation notes so far:

- good reflexes? (dodging the trip in ep1)

- strong enough to hold up Matakara??

- is the punches to Matakara's kicks :3c

Kid was definitely serious about becoming strong back then 😂

#bucchigiri?! #watch and yell #spoilers #honestly i think arajin is still very strong on his own #but he's likely hampered by fear and his sense of guilt #also might tie in with the best friend stone and how he feels like he doesnt deserve it?? he probs still has it tho #i am SEEING the VISION #everybody loves Arajin except the one person who he wants to love him back LMAO #ALSO THE VERY END OF THE ENDING SONG?? #WILL EVERYONE GET TO DO THE HEART POSE??? #this feels so old school in such a good way i love it SO MUCH #also i am glad i was right that WAS matakara's brother #now why is he in jail(?) is the real question #running theory that arajin feels responsible for it #maybe big bro was protecting lil bro when arajin ran off and it got serious #something like that? #i am thinking way too hard about this #but I NEED TO KNOW

[saintirulan]

your girl has to wake up at 7 am tomorrow to go to the penis festival, but she stayed out with random ass people until 2 am 🫨✌🏻 who would have thought socialising was so fun diwjuwbwuq

#shared a fruit & whipped cream sandwich with with a dude and it was SO GOOD. #japan was made for me with all the whipped cream everywhere <3<3<3<3 #and we're like thinking of booking some place for okinawa together during golden week maybe!!! #id LOVE to go to okinawa it would be a DREAM #anyways. tomorrow ill be gone all day probably and then we have lessons from monday and yea #but ill get some more diary entries on here as well if i manage <3<3<3 #also im distraught. i cant figure out if i have an italian accent or not #two guys told me i do not and i was like :( but other people were like i LOVE your accent #can you like decide please i want to know what you all perceive LMAO #also the russian girl from the other day was like. are you getting in tinder while you're here? #like what kind of question is that please 😭 love her tho shes a serious sweetheart. doesnt like dune 2 tho #irene.🇯🇵

[pcktknife]

don’t be mad but the next splatfest is shiver vs frye vs big man. literally

I CAN FINALLY SIT A FEST OUT

#you wanna know something crazy a year ago i wouldve picked shiver for this #frye is the correct answer to the question whod make the best leader but i going by callie v marie fest i wouldve voted shiver #but whatever this question dumb af following a 6-7 win streak like be fucking serious 😐 #good luck to everybody else tho #maybe theyll do a callie marie thing again but the winner of this dies and disappears forever or something #asks #anon

[synthshenanigans]

Okay so the words he mouthed in that one clip is "One day you're going to die" Which is a lyric to Memento Mori [another ww song]

Which first of all, means that Memento Mori is very likely one of the next songs in the power hour

And second, all the bits referenced in Nerd are fully there! Red being one he did in the past [or what he was doing at that moment with the Cage line] & Green being references to the next two power hours after it

But then like, whats the last power hour???? Cos there's no more lyrics that are referenced I don't think?

[Insane theory ramblings in the tags v]

#chonny jash #cj wwph #that or im stupid #chonny jash power hour real/j #okay but now with this & i thought will wood would be last given as its a “big one” ig? #since he's a big fan of we & so are most of his fans #so like. what are we ending on?? #im actually serious on a cjph tho like actually #OH MY GOD WAIT #the a “question of the day” channel in the discord right #a cj related question is asked by a mod & we answer our opinions & thoughts #for day 100. as a special fun lil thing. Jash submitted a question for that day #which was like “If I had to redo a song. what would you want?” #tho with that he did say that he doesn't intend on redoing/remaking anything in the near future he was just curious #but what qualifies as a near future? #cos that was back in early August #which was right before the first power hour came out.... #am i crazy #do i sound sane right now #are you picturing me in front of a corkboard with red string right now #with this song and some of the other talking about/hinting about him or his old self. that would tie into it a bit #and then there the ode of the cog/dear machine voice at the end. him saying its all about me like the lyric from Art #DEAR MACHINE REFERENCES DREAM. POCKET. & WINGS OF WAX #ALL OLDER SONGS ONE FROM EACH ALBUM. POCKET ALSO BEING IN NERD #I HAVE SOLVED CHONNY JASH YET AGAIN #it is 5am i have not slept i am so sorry #i am going to bed now #but HEED MY WORDS #I SEE THE FUTURE!!!! AND THE FUTURE IS GOING TI BE THE PAST #past songs that is

[lesvegas]

Do I just like, spread it on toast or put it in tea or..

#jk serious question tho: is it fine if i apply it at night instead of the morning

[ct-multifandom]

(Reposting this as a screenshot lol)

#aitsf #ai the somnium files #nirvana initiative #aini #kuruto ryuki #tama aitsf #was this obvious to other people idk #fairy (somnium tama somehow becomes real just to fuck ryuki) vs walrus (ryuki’s getting dommed by a glob of gel) #I should add guided reading questions to my posts #ai3 or dlc whatever they’re teasing please address #happy April fools day. not this tho this is serious

[dwcmarshalarts]

i want to ruffle louis' hair and pet him and possibly give him a forehead kiss (if he'd enjoy that) (i'm very sorry i'm completely insane about your characters)

A+.

Astounding. No notes.

#dwc ama #questions for dwc #y'all make me laugh i'm serious #Louis P deserves some love tho yall right

[obsessive-evie]

Idea kate proposes to cc on senior night

i’m cleaning out my inbox and genuinely like i have questions.

like when i get these kinds of asks do you guys GENUINELY want to see that or are you all collectively fucking with me. bc i think i get 5 fuckass anons for every 1 serious one so wtf is going on in the evie nation

#lmfao evie nation #seriously tho like when i get these weirdly worded weird asks like #what do you want me to do. #bc are yall SERIOUS #or satire. #like i cannot tell #wcbb #kate martin #ask #anon #ITS A GENUINE QUESTION

[scentedluminarysoul]

If your otp randomly turned out (read: got retconned) to be related, what would you do?

Imagine you've been shipping ZoSan for 20 years (as I have), and Oda decided to be funny and made them, idk pick something random, first degree cousins, would you continue shipping them?

#On shipping #Serious question tho #ZoSan #One piece #Personally #I'd ignore it #Or write ceackfic shitting on it #Anyway #This is a random thought and not related to anything that is currently happening at all

[todayisafridaynight]

any hopes for kiwami 3? like things u wanna see added or changed stuff like that

if they dont keep kiryu's goofy walk stance and the hoof-like walk sounds i dont wanna play it

#snap chats #no one understands how much i love that from y3 and y4 its genuinely one of my favorite things about the game #oh but i guess i have to give an actual answer now. HMPH. #id scream if they revived kanda calling mine limp wristed. homophobia in 4k #OK BUT TO BE SERIOUS uhhhh i dont know. im a real simple guy i think #my only like. If This Isnt There Im Leaving deal is mine's palette and im so serious #rgg's scaring me with all the black-hair/purple-suit mine stuff as of late and i cant stress how hard ill vomit if thats in the final #HYPOTHETICAL final anyways. yk3 isnt coming out for. IDK A WHILE #i wanna say i hope they highlight daigo and mine's relationship more but i dont know how theyd do that #i really like how mine's handled in y3 as is so i dont think i want scenes injected like what they did with yk1 and nishiki #someone said a Mine Saga after the game and... hm ... sounds too unrealistic for me to hope for it #like im REALLY trying to think how they could possibly reference the rggo stories in y3 since those are EXCELLENT but #i think . MAYBE. you could reference the story where richardson calls mine as he's driving to the hospital #the only thing you'd have to exclude though is mine stopping by the bar- like JUST keep the phone conversation maybe #cause in that scene that subordinate does question mine if he can really kill daigo and i think thatd be neat. in my opinion. #yeah i dont know. in regards to rggo its hard to think of what i want without intervening things i already like about y3 #its a real head scratcher ... #a really good epilogue addition would be adapting that RGGO bit where daigo ruminates on mine. that's a fair ending for him i think #it also fulfills the need to see how daigo saw mine even if its just a little #and to non-rggo readers it could start to answer 'how does daigo feel about everything that happened' #im still so curious as to if daigo was briefed on EVERYTHING that happened but .... anyways.... #sorry all my hopes for y3 are just mine/minedai centric fLVKELKA BUT LIKE. i really am content with everything else with y3 surprisingly #idk. i want kiryu fucking up that curry in high definition tho. thats important to me #THEY HAVE TO KEEP THE QTES DURING THE RICHARDSON FIGHT ILL BE PISSED #i need the fight to be AS CAMPY and unnecessary as it was in the og. INCLUDING richardson's voice acting i need it wack as hell #is it weird i actually appreciate the Diet Building Loredumping being like. in replayable-cutscene form #i thought id prefer just One Long cutscene but im glad theres the option to skip those segments #BUT being able to get a refresher in case you missed something somehow #im running out of tags jesus christ i shouldve put this in the main text but vjALjlagj those are all my thoughts for now bYE

[luvvtrent]

i love him 😭

#jordan poole #washington wizards #serious question tho #what’s his hogwarts house

[losttheclown]

What would you do if you went blind?

Probably cry

Idk, I trip over my own 2 feet and I can see relatively fine, so, lets hope I don't go blind huh? /lh /j

#the clown wants attention #my circus freaks ask #my children have questions #i genuinly dont know how to answer this without making a joke #sorry if you wanted something more serious #not really what my page is about i guess #pog question tho

[bruggle]

Because this is funny:

Someone: Is Omega at least nice to you?

Brook: Oh no, he's an asshole. Watch this.

Brook: HEY OMEGA, WOULD YOU LOVE ME IF I WERE A WORM?

Omega: No, you'd be gross and slimy. And I wouldn't be able to tell you apart from any other worm.

Brook: See? Asshole. I'D LOVE YOU IF YOU WERE A WORM.

Omega: You pick worms up off the sidewalk.

Brook: YEAH, AND PUT THEM BACK IN THE DIRT. BECAUSE I LOVE THEM.

#she is not being serious #nobody is sure if he is tho #be quiet bruggle #shitpost #the dreaded worm question