half of these so called ‘fear entities’ aren’t even feeding off of fear smh
like the corruption’s clearly feeding off of disgust half the time
and “the end gets everyone eventually”– not everyone’s afraid of death. a lot of people aren’t afraid of dying. so either we’re just lying now or the end is feeding off of something other than fear.
Elias is, first and foremost, a genius businessman. He’s not a threat because he’s powerful (either physically, supernaturally, socially, or economically– although it’s clear he could be a threat on all spheres), but because he’s fantastic at all the necessary skills for running a business.
Excellent at forward planning. Excels at scheduling. We make fun of how sloppily it seems he was in leading Jon to getting the Marks, but given the time frame, it’s incredible that he somehow got all of them in in under two years.
Sends the Oh No It’s The Apocalypse statement when Jon is far, far out of the country and can’t just walk up to the panopticon and stab him a minute later.
Sets up a whole respectable academic organization where he not only feeds off of his employees (as per this post) but also has a passive stream of endless Food coming in (as per @archivalhaven’s post), just delivering their fear on a silver platter.
Was willing to wait 200 years for an employee who fit his longterm goals. Incredible. I can’t even wait 2 minutes to microwave frozen pancakes, this guy’s willing to wait 2 centuries for some good yummy delicious food.
go ahead and read this for yourself– this was on a page about the semantic differential. Which I was on just to look up what the difference is between that and the likert scale. this segment was NOT the type of content I was expecting.
I cannot emphasize enough how far removed CIA warfare is from any of this.
love how edmund tries for about 5 seconds to pull the same move iago pulls,, where he hints at an accusation but never says it outright
edmun really tries to go “when was the last time you spoke to dad? was he angry? did he say anything angry? did he maybe make an angry face at some point?”
but edgar’s just like “nope. nuh uh. not even a little bit.”
and edmund’s gotta change course and be blunt and direct with “ok well. he hates you and wants to kill you”
beloved shakespeare mutuals vs the full-on army of people that suddenly showed up after I made that first Magnus Archives post (y'all follow people after one (1) good post?? in the shakespeare side of tumblr you gotta consistently post funny things for people to even consider looking at your blog)
the magnus archives asks the question of What if you went through something horrible. what if you experienced unspeakable trauma. and whether or not you survive is irrelevant, because it changed you so fundamentally that not only does no one extend any sympathy towards you, but you’re now looked upon with fear and disgust for what you’ve become. you will forever be seen as a monster.
hamlet, who sees his uncle rise, but doesn’t chase after him
hamlet, who won’t break character
hamlet, who’s acutely aware of perception and facade
hamlet. who thinks of what comes next. so you kill the king. where does that leave you? where does that leave your family? will everyone be ok? will there be a way to get through this? is there any way to survive unscathed? there will be casualties. how many? are you guaranteed to be included among them?
I was tagged by @moringottocake to post 6 pics (not selfies) from my camera roll and tag 6 people to do the same. Thanks so much for the tag!! :D <33
Absolutely no pressure tagging: @my-deer-legolas @lyragoth @queerofthedagger @starshadeemilyart @annarobots @crypticcuntking and anyone else who would like to participate :)
Thank you for tagging me @ulmondil! I’m tagging @peasant-player @erendur @starsofarda @antlered-vixen @curufiin @melestasflight to share 6 photos from your camera roll and tag 6 people (no pressure!!)
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no one said what kind of photos specifically so here’s six pictures of my ex-bird (as in i don’t live with him anymore sadly 😔 he’s still alive and well afaik)
oooh, birb AND plane AND @maironsbigboobs’s prized keychains! ✨️
Please enjoy: a heap of fauxbubu, a nascent sourdough starter, my late uncle’s Three Grace’s replica that I finally got up on the wall, Phryne Sophia Underfoot, a sculpture of a fish with antlers, and a bee going about her business.
Tagging: @theblacknessdyer, @theawkwardarchaeologist, @risingmoonrevenge, @twofoursixohjuan, @jaz-the-bard, and @bioluminescent-fungus !
ooh that art wall is very nice
please enjoy the tangle of jewellery excavated from the stash of my 13yo self for a steampunk ball, my dreadful sketch of @mostlyonthefloor’s bard having confusing emotions, a vaguely ominous bus, Western Wolves v. what I think is Raven Guard (ft. my mate Shaun in the hounskull with the halberd), the baby possum that attached itself to my brother and would not be removed, and the note that the lovely lady at the airport wrote on my armour bag
and I’ll tag @mostlyonthefloor @absolutely-existing @thelastranger @goldenclasp @canofhappy and @august-is-a-dragon
thanks for the tag! excellent jewellery
first 3 photos are sorting out the pattern/details for a doll of my friend’s oc (commissioned! since they’re actually going to have it irl and the oc has Details), the 4th and 5th are wip photos of @sunflowers-and-scales’ oc katie (working on the head now, you can kind of see it in the background of the first few pics), and the 6th is a reading guide to brandon sanderson’s cosmere universe (another friend wants me to read it)
Thank you for the tag! Everyone look at my cats now :3
White and grey is Jackson, orange is Toby, and grey is of course my Ellie <3
I will tag @happinessisntfun @regallibellbright @afurtivecake @composeregg @dykekarkat @an-aura-about-you
thank u for the tag!! this is actually good timing bcus i was just on vacay so i have some actually decent photos for once <3
first four photos are from a day trip to prague (mucha museum, strahov monastery, and the grotta), the stained glass is from salisbury cathedral, and the last is a piece in the ashmolean museum in oxford :)
no presh tagging @ceorl @kidspawn @kiwiaok @chickenbyday @liaisun @donghuamuqing and anyone else who wanta to join <3
Danke for the tag ^_^
Gonna tag @andreilscat @shoezuki (for kitties) and @structural-integrity :)
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thanku. i tried SO HARD to not have this be All cats cuz apparently i. only take pics of my cats. so first 2 is cats but the rest is things i took pics of at work.
@istralius @arsonmurderandjaywalking @allinduetimethefirst @bruh-incoming if u guys wanna or not
Oooh thanks for the tag!
I too, will attempt to not fill it with cat pics
Pictured below you will find
Soup (snow fungus)
Soup (lemon chickpea)
Soup (ginger chicken soup)
Fat cat
Avocado toast
Drunk nachos.
Tagging @bl00dalchemist @creechurrr @bellatrixobsessed1 @dazaisflatass @lilflowerpot @maxknightley. No pressure tho!
thanks for the tag :D tried to find some of my more interesting ones, so here we go! i think my personal favorite is the one of my cat reading the odyssey
anyways, @ace-of-rabbits @ratsinmamouf @garblegarden @fish211 @pepa16 @zetrif get tagged!!!!
BIRDS AND CATS AND BEAUTIFUL ART AND SUNSETS- how can I top this omg…
My crazy ass dogs and my fav sunset pic that’s how
(gonna be honest if I tagged you and you don’t know who I am it’s bc I can’t think of six people to save my life and just wrote down a familiar url lmao)
two month old tag game but I’m catching up on these now :)
people in books and tv shows are always getting so upset they throw an untouched meal in the trash. that would never be me. i’d receive the worst news of my life and still be like Let me put this in the fridge.
“what if when jon and martin landed Somewhere Else they ended up in our world?”
the horrors and implications of that though. there’s a podcast detailing their lives, clearly produced and distributed by The Web.
the guy who voices jon is conveniently also names jonathan sims.
jon would, of course, go through the trouble of tracking him down and investigating his connection to The Web.
if he messes up this investigation too badly, or pulls too much information from (real human)Jonathan sims, he would get stuck in a situation where he would BE the supernatural encounter (real human)Jonathan sims could make a statement about.
which. unfortunitely. would be “Statement of Jonathan Sims, regarding his encounter with The Archivist”.
idk man., I just think that would mess up our jon. he’s already got identity issues after all this. he wouldn’t handle that well.
antagonists in detective stories: good evening, fellow people at this dinner party, one of whom I recognize to be the World’s Greatest Detective. I will now kill one of you and attempt to blend in with all the other suspects. the World’s Greatest Detective, who is here, and who I’m aware is here, will surely fall for the red herrings I’ve placed and will arrest the wrong person, leading me to getting away with this scot-free. Yes yes I know he always solves any case he’s involved in, but I trust and believe that I’m a special exception who’s gonna be able to create a crime he can’t see through :)
the difference between the spiral and the stranger’s brand of Lies and Deception is so compelling to me
because the spiral is like if someone comes up to you and says that one plus one is three. and you know it’s objectively not. but this person keeps insisting it is. and maybe they can do some sleight-of-hand magic where they can ‘prove’ it’s three. but you know it shouldn’t be. you’re still positive it’s Two, you just can’t prove it.
the stranger, however, is like if someone reached into your mind and ate the concept of Two.
and it’ll never come and ask you what’s one plus one. but it’ll inevitably come up one day. and you won’t be able to answer.
re: what the fears taste like, if you're interested in my hottest takes
desolation. anything that's just too hot. food that's too hot.
vast. have you ever been on a speedboat. I haven't gone skydiving but I imagine the air going into your mouth feels about the same. (it never specified that it has to taste like a food item. vast tastes like air. going into your mouth at a high speed.)
buried. yeah dirt.
corruption. anything spoiled. so right so true.
end. (hate to break it to you but you can't taste when you're dead.) but maybe everything at once as your neurons all fire off one last time.
extinction. eating my computer yum yum yum (I'm of the opinion that that statement's the extinction)
hunt. your own dry tongue, your dry dry mouth. dry from breathing hard. from chasing or from running.
slaughter. blood.
flesh. meat.
lonely. one of those popsicles that you're supposed to split with a friend. except you have no friend and you eat both yourself.
eye. popcorn.
dark. NyQuil
spiral.. have you seen that picture of a candy bowl filled with a mixture of m&ms skittles and reeces? yeah. that.
stranger. contaminates your food with covid and messes up your tastebuds so badly you can no longer properly taste anymore.
web. hands you a plate with a sandwich on it. it's a normal sandwich. you eat the sandwich. it tastes fine. as you're leaving the room you see an emptied pill bottle in the trash. did it put something in your food? you feel fine. everything's probably fine. you go about your day. everything goes horribly wrong. you get fired from your job, your partner breaks up with you, you fight with your best friend. did everything fall apart because you were in an altered state.. was it the supposed drugs that made you act out of character? or was it all just bad luck? or are you truly a horrible person who deserves everything that happened to you? you'll never know. you don't even know if you were drugged in the first place.
The Desolation is so true. If you eat it that’s an ER visit for sure.
The Vast is also very true, but unfortunately I did have the thought “Would that be a seagull taste like?” because it’s 1AM and I’m borderline delirious.
Okay but have you considered that maybe I’ll be able to taste when I’m dead if I tried hard enough? Because you’re probably right but I don’t like the mortality reminder.
I’ve never ate a computer before but I feel like it would taste like static and that fits The Extinction well. (I also think that episode is linked to The Extinction.)
The Hunt and Slaughter is gross but yeah. The Flesh sounds kind of good RN as long as you aren’t talking about like…flesh meat.
I would still eat all of The Lonely.
Picking popcorn for the eye since it’s a “watching” food is so clever. Fantastic choice. Nyquil is to because the whole thing with that is if you drink enough you might see a shadow man.
Somehow I hate the idea of m&ms, skittles, and reeces all mixed into one bowl slightly more than I hate the whole “eating a computer” thing. I think disgusted feeling makes it the perfect food to represent The Spiral.
The Stranger and The Web are genuinely horrifying concepts…so yeah you nailed it!
I’d give this ask a 10/10 for accuracy.
so glad you approve of my hottest takes
I had to eat so many Fears to write that,, glad it was worth it
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