#this is why you relisten

[mechanical-v1scera]

started relistening to some of TMA while cleaning today and I MISSED AN OLIVER BANKS CAMEO

ITS HIM

#this is why you relisten #the magnus archives #mag 42 #oliver banks #oliver banks tma #grifters bone #tma transcript

[ourladyofthepronouns]

My absolute favorite thing about harrowhark is that under all the robes, veils, and the countless bone-jewelry of her office as reverend daughter, that girl is a jeans-and-a-tshirt with big boots type dyke. A dig in the dirt bitch

#the locked tomb #yes i have started relistening to gideon why do you ask

[swordsonnet]

i'm never going to stop thinking about annabelle cane. how manipulation was the only language her mother spoke, and so she learned at an early age to become a master manipulator herself, because it was the only way she could survive in that environment. how an intense need for control is a common response to trauma. how she knew she had to leave her family because there were too many variables, too many things she couldn't control. how her first attempt to break free of her abusive upbringing led her to her first encounter with the web, which left her with a fear of spiders that eventually led her to join that study at surrey university. how she was literally a victim of a highly unethical psychological experiment, and yet she calls it her apotheosis. how she is the one pulling all the strings, but at the same time just a puppet herself. how she speaks almost wistfully of her past self who read war & peace for fun. how she goes to all these lengths to achieve the outcome the mother of puppets desires, but we never learn what she wants, how she feels about anything. how she tells jon about her past and then suggests it may have all been a lie, like her own life is a story to be moulded to her whims, like nothing that happened to her was ever real. how she is crafting the narrative, but the story has never been about her. "let it never be said that i do not dance the steps i am assigned."

#yes i relistened to weaver today why do you ask #i really hope we'll get to hear more about (and from!) annabelle in protocol #she is such a fascinating character #tma #the magnus archives #magnuspod #annabelle cane #mag 147 #tma meta

[finncakes]

it's thursday, have another pile of scribbles :) <3

#critical role #imogen temult #laudna #fearne calloway #orym of the air ashari #dorian storm #imodna #ashrym #if you squint ig but i'm insane abt them now :) #cr laudna #also teeechnically fc g but they're so tiny i am not counting that. ash too. #i relistened to those 5 seconds of orym just to make sure he actually said 'forgive me. badass ononeathose.' #idk why i'm like this. it's the autism probably. #anyway i think dorian should come back cause he's so embarrassing. he's like the jerma of exandria to me. #<- insane sentences to type. but i'm speaking my truth <3 #the ribbon in dorian's hair is from fearne #ep doodles #also not really but ehh

[hephaestuscrew]

When it becomes clear that Pryce is threatening to walk Minkowski out of an airlock in Ep57 The Devil's Plaything, Eiffel says No for three lines in a row. The first of these lines is a low Oh no of horrified realisation. The third is a defiant shout against the idea that he'd surrender. But nowadays it's the second of these lines that gets me the most: a No that's soft, understated, almost breathed, not addressed to Minkowski or Pryce, just a word which escapes him as the full reality of what might happen sinks in. It's quiet enough that it'd be easy to miss if you were listening in a loud place. It's not an initial sound of realisation. It's not an attempt at defiance. It's not Eiffel trying to plead with Pryce or snap Minkowski out of Pryce's control. He'll do those things later: yelling at both Pryce and Minkowski, banging against the airlock door, crying out in desperation. But before that, he breathes the word No, and he's not trying to communicate anything to anyone. He's just whispering No, expressing beneath his breath - perhaps unconsciously - that this cannot happen. Minkowski cannot die.

#Wolf 359 #w359 #Doug Eiffel #Renée Minkowski #Timestamp is around 24:55 if you want to relisten to accompany this post #that's on the ad-free feed though #Sorry for not including the clip #Anyway it's such an excellent Zach Valenti acting choice #Eiffel is normally so loud about his emotions #which I think is why it's so powerful that this is a more understated moment #This whole exchange is more understated in the episode than in the script #In the script when Eiffel realises what Pryce is threatening #his line is 'Oh. No. No #no...' #But in the actual episode it's just the one 'Oh. No' before Pryce speaks again #In his shock and fear and denial he's quiet at first #It's also particularly powerful because we're so used to hearing Minkowski react to Eiffel being in danger #which is often louder and less understated than this #but this is the first time we get Eiffel really seriously fearing for Minkowski's life #I think that's partly why he reacts how he does #Minkowski's not the near-death situations one so this can't happen #Also I think about how in the Patreon Q&A that they did soon after this ep #someone asked 'would Eiffel really have let Minkowski die rather than surrender?' #and Gabriel responded by saying something about how Eiffel obviously isn't thinking clearly in that moment #and that's how I see it too #like if he was able to properly think it through and he really believed that the only two options were #Minkowski dying or him surrendering #I think there's no way he'd let her die #But he believes so strongly in the third possibility that Minkowski will snap out of it #and Thank God he's right

[deus-ex-mona]

sena 🤝 yujiro

older siblings (who see themselves as unreliable) who look out for and love their (relatively aloof) younger siblings unconditionally

#finally relistened to shortleg song off the clock and finally realised why i thought the vibe of the song felt so familiar lmao #it’s just watashi no tenshi with extra steps (pun not intended) isn’t it #imagine what the someya bros’ relationship could’ve been like if longleg hadn’t pitted them against each other in kabuki man. #this is all your fault longleg you need parenting classes :( #i’ll be waiting for the someya bros duet hw— #though come to think of it i wonder how mona and shortleg would interact in canon #lock yujiro and sena together in a room and they’ll probably talk about work and stuff all professionally. #lock mona and koichiro in a room together and they’ll stay in there trash talking yujiro for hours… maybe #now i wanna see shortleg become mona’s partner in yujiro-related crimes lmaoooo what if he ‘stole’ *that* cd from yujiro upon her request #or maybe they’ll be honest with each other about their feelings for their older sibs #like a ​‘my older bro/sis is sooooo irritating… but i love ‘em and support their careers anyway’ kinda thing #now i wonder what shortleg would’ve been like in honeypre (rip) i want him to talk to ken too… #man. this sure was a pointless post. i think i need more sleep. gnnnnnn (it’s 7.30 in the am) #染BODY ONCE TOLD ME—

[curiositykilledtheradiostar]

"While his world it dies, he's left alive, the Once and Future King..."

#LOOK. HNOC MAKES ME SO EMO. IT GETS ME SO MUCH MORE THAN THE OTHER ALBUMS. #yes i did relisten to it today why did you ask #Once And Future King goes harder than anything else ever written it is The Song Ever #jewel rambles #the mechanisms #hnoc #high noon over camelot

[ceaseless-watchers-special-girl]

Slip, trying his best to explain: it's just this step, see, I've been planning for a really long time, and—

Nureyev, because he can: planning to play poker??? 😡😒

petya nuryeev y r u such a lil bitch

#my desktop autocorrected petya to petty i feel like that fits #you know when you do relistens and you're just like *sigh* why is he like this #tpp #peter nureyev #the penumbra podcast #top ten audio recordings taken moments before disaster

[fyncherly]

A text I sent my friend as I spiraled (haha jk) over vampolitics regarding vague plotlines about a multi-chapter suckening fic that diverges after episode 4 and explores an au in which Edward's plotline doesn't play out quite like it did and there's other plays for power alongside his own and what if some key events still happened but, like, a little to the left and within the context of this slightly altered version (an au if you will) and what if the twins and Gref went with Arthur to London and found more and what about that guy Uncle Lazarus huh something up with him and what if the twins leaned more into their royal status and did something with it (or tried to in a more concerted effort) and Mary Davis will be there (mirror Mary sorry this is after ep 4) and obviously Vex & Viv and what if there's a touch more domesticity cuz I'm a fool for that and what if Gref realizes he's been manipulated and they have to confront this and it's messy and awful and necessary and there's layers guys layers and what if I just speculate and make up lore for the stuff that will probably be answered in season 2 anyway hm and what if and what if—

#listen #do i have a plethora of wips #yah #and do i have a freaking clue about anything at any given moment #nah #but the urge to make this fic starting just after episode 4 but slightly to the left and #kinda like if you watched the Suckening through your friend's prescription glasses while wearing your own contacts #is encapsulating like i just want to go a lil off the rails here and write a “well if this happened this is how it'd go down” sort of thing #of fanfic ya know and i wonder if anyone else would care about this #sometimes i wonder if im fandoming wrong lol why do i do this #i'm already on my relisten to prepare for this and guys i have some suspicions regarding Uncle Lazarus #he distracted me with his silly voice and pheasant talk #but something's off here #and i'm going to explore that in my fic because it's called fanfiction for a reason #god i wonder what would happen if i put this much effort and enthusiasm into creating original things #anyheehoo gonna start writing it today probably maybe #also not a set in stone thing but... what if i made illustrations for each chapter #just a thought... a musing of mine... a whimsical pondering #fuck being into both writing and drawing my life would be so much easier if i was only interested one #oh also ships??? genuinely dunno if that'll be a thing but if there's interesttttttt i'd love to hear what people may want to see?? #if i do end up writing this and all CUZ WE CAN DO WHAT WE WAAAANT #kudos to you and a pat on the head if you read all the way down here i love you #jrwi suckening #jrwi: the suckening #jrwi the suckening fanfic

[capelizabeth]

taylor’s worst sin MUSICALLY is putting the best songs on the deluxe edition because from the bottom of my heart what the FUCK was that???????

#taylor swift #the tortured poets department #jack antonoff when i catch you jack antonoff #get AWAY from her #they’re not doing anything interesting together anymore #like i was listening to the regular version and it was like this is goddamn elevator music #like god this might be worse than midnights even #the only songs that stuck out to me were loml and the smallest man who ever lived #i can do it with a broken heart was pretty fun and i did like the florence feature #but daddy i love him is quite literally one of her worst songs ever i’m so serious #not just bc it’s about ratty healy it’s so bad #i was giving the album maybe a 6.5/10 then i got to the 2am tracks #with loml and tsmwel rating a lot higher but still #but god aaron CARRIED these 2am tracks #the theme is still there but it’s like a completely different album it’s so much better #why is it like this???? #who’s idea was this???? #bc the main album kinda sucks #jack antonoff ur dead to me #i need relisten and get some sleep before i have a ranking #bc rn i do think the 3am tracks did fall off a get a little dreary towards the end #anyway it’s 3am i need to go to bed #ellie chats

[gracklinging-electricboogalo]

episode 61 is like so emotionally devastating but it is kinda funny that sometimes itll just cut to jacobi getting his lights kicked out

#SORRY #wolf 359 #why is he so smug about it #im only relistening bc ive got a fic wip for post-ep61 so #“lets dance” MY GUY I THINK YOU SHOULD TONE IT DOWN #ask me abt that fic wip btw the ask box is there

[random-human-being2311]

All Things Must Pass (1970) save me

All Things Must Pass (1970)

save me All Things Must Pass (1970)

#omfg why is every single fucking song such fire #currently relistening to Behind That Locked Door and holy fuck is that what heaven feels like #me on almost every single song like “holy fuck is that what heaven feels like” #I feel as though that's probably the intended response to this album given how spiritual it is and everything #george harrison #all things must pass #the beatles #I know it's not a beatles album but you know what I mean #first listened to this album less than a week ago #and now Isn't It A Pity is engraved into my brain #and so is My Sweet Lord #and so is What Is Life

[artfulacrostic]

the web, the spider, the mother of puppets, which controls the kids at the halfway house on hilltop road into complacency so that when they're old enough to leave they can be puppeted back to the house's basement, eat a cursed apple, and get made into a spider cocoon/egg sac: 😈🕸🕷😈

also the web: YEAH YOUR FUTURE IS TO BE AN EGG SAC BUT YOU ARE ALL STILL GOING TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH EVERY DAY OR SO HELP ME 😡🦷🪥‼️‼️‼️

#mag 59 #the magnus archives #tma #r relistens to tma #ronald sinclair #the web #hilltop road #sorry it's just so funny to me bc that's smth that ronald notes as a specific instance of the stuff they would all do without realizing #why does the web care about good dental hygiene?? #idk but it's hilarious to me especially considering the ending most of those kids ended up with #you may have been consumed by a dread fear power #but at least you have great teeth! #r tags #r speaks #mag 59 recluse

[ladysqueakinpip]

not me lying wide awake at 5:30am on a sunday on my day off bc after almost a full year I finally FINALLY realized the implication of the end of remember them from the cyclops saga

#that song has one of the most powerful ending crescendo sequences ive heard in maybe all of musical theater #so it. always felt incomplete after ALL that buildup during the I AM THE INFAMOOOUS #only to just drop to SILENCE. no music. no fanfare. just ODYSSEUS! #he doesnt even really sing it he just sort of... shouts it #and then its followed by the faintest sound of ocean waves #its poseidon. listening. THATS why athena said DONT #poseidon heard that declaration and came back to get him later #😬 #i just looked up the lyrics for ruthlessness too and poseidon basically spells it out 😂 #ive only listened to that song once or twice tho and i guess i wasnt too focused on the words #anyway i relistened to the songs on friday and theyve been rotating in my mind like a 7/11 hotdog #the whole cyclops saga especially is just.... so so good #they truly dont make music about bashing peoples heads in like they used to #the first 3 songs of the saga especially... oof #how they blend one into the other back to back and end up making like a 10 minute narration of events #the whole thing is so bone chilling #it gets my heartrate up lol #PLUS the theme of pain and vengeance bring more pain #EVERY time polyphemus says 'what gives you a right to deal a pain so deep' #and when odysseus says 'what good would killing do when mercy is a skill more of the world could learn to use' #rocking back and forth sobbing crying #remember them the next time that you DARE choose not to spare! remember them... remember us... remember me! #cant wait for everyone to turn their back on this musical in 5 yrs #like they did with hamilto.n #hamilto.n never stopped being good actually #yall are just embarrassed about being weird fanatics over people who rly existed

[autumnhobbit]

anyway in the end, I’m feeling more and more there won’t be any end

#the oh hellos #yes I relistened some yesterday why do you ask?

[skeletencat]

Statement begins…

#magnus archives #jonathan sims #it is finished! #i love him #i’m normal about him #magnus archives art #me painting it while relistening to the Magnus archives is great because it means when Jon does something stupid I can just glare #at the painting going ‘why are you like this jon #he’s my little guy