do you ever get incandescently furious about how utterly unquotable some of the most hard-hitting lines from the magnus archives are. how the fuck do i explain to someone without context why i—open—the door is legitimately horrifying. how am i supposed to explain why “i see you, jon. …i see you” can elicit tears without sounding batshit. how do i convey the unspeakable emotion in “helen… was that a lie?” without first giving 186 episodes of backstory
absolute bangers people are mentioning in the notes:
- can i have a cigarette?
- the blanket never did anything
- she took him from me. made us a me. and she doesn’t get to die for that
- there is a wasp’s nest in my attic
- i got eaten by worms because of you!
- look at the sky, martin. look at the sky.
- i don’t want to just survive!
- i am not a brave man, but i am, in certain circumstances, a very stubborn one.
- i really loved you, you know?
- ceaseless watcher,
- the audience is only safe when the story isn’t about them
- hello, jon.
absolute bangers people are not mentioning in the notes:
- perhaps i have never even seen a beach
+ my personal fave
- jonathan sims, are you trying to save the world?