February 2024

altades:

my offering to the beholding ig

gamergoo:

ganondorf:

abstract and modern art haters are sooo snobby like klein literally Created an entirely new pigment and then painted a canvas in a way where the brush strokes wouldn’t be visible. the insinuation that people with no skill could reproduce that is so annoying because unless you are skilled at color mixing and painting you definitely couldn’t lmao

Also even in the case of works where the technical skill required isn’t immense, you can never recreate it because art is a product of its context!

To use the example of Jackson Pollock, he didn’t wake up one day and decide to make a bunch of splatters, he was part of a movement of abstract expressionists, specifically born out of the surrealist movement’s focus on automatic and subconscious decisions, hence the decision to physically distance the hand of the artist from the canvas. His work emphasized the motion of the painter’s strokes, not their subject or intent. If you seek to just recreate his work(which is impossible given the automatic and chaotic systems at play), you’ll never have the context it was made in or the same artistic goals.

And even if none of that were true, none of the “anyone could do that!” Crowd are going out and doing it!sube you could, but you don’t, and that’s exactly the point!

The way capitalist societies incentivize a lack of education about the arts is so sinister, and also just fucking annoying, because it results in people who don’t want to have their worldview challenged.

“An abstract painting will react to you if you react to it. You get from it what you bring to it. It will meet you half way but no further. It is alive if you are. It represents something and so do you. YOU, SIR, ARE A SPACE, TOO.”

Ad Reinhardt - How to Look at Art, in Arts and Architecture (1947)

Jumping in with one of my favourite quotes ever because I think everyone who is interested in art needs to hear it

potato-lord-but-not:

WOLF 359 JUMPSCARE ‼️‼️

npdsalad:

npdsalad:

i hate hate hate hate hate hate hate when a monster is loved and that love turns them human I HATE IT I HATE IT SO MUCH. tell that thing that goes bump in the night that you love the way its fangs glimmer in the moonlight and the way its horrible gnarled claws are so gentle with you or GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!

^ Yeah

skeletaltumbleweed:

my favourite ship dynamic is “me and the bad bitch i pulled by being autistic” but you can’t tell which is which

vezhenart:

the sillies :3

Jongerry and "Distracting kisses from someone that are meant to stop the other person from finishing their work, and give them kisses instead"?

blasphemous-lies-and-deceit:

I like how you think, anon


“It’s late.”

“How would you know?” Jon asked distractedly, not looking up from the pages he was organizing. What he’d thought was two statements was actually one, and putting them in order revealed yet more missing pieces that he knew, with that awful Beholding certainty, were in the Archives somewhere. He didn’t know where, but he needed to assemble it all together before he could record it and move on.

“Went out for a smoke.” Gerry settled himself in the chair across from Jon’s desk, examining his face with his deep intense eyes. “Its gotten dark out. Everyone’s gone home.”

“Good for them,” Jon grumbled, feeling briefly envious of his coworkers who had homes to return to, and lives to live outside of the Institute. It seemed more and more difficult for him to leave the Archives with every passing day, and that would certainly feel more concerning if he didn’t have a million other worries in his mind.

At least Gerry also seemed to have given up whatever semblance of a normal life he’d had as well, and all but moved into the Archives with him. That made Jon feel inordinately pleased, in ways he could hardly understand. Not just the simple pleasure of companionship, or even the undefined…thing between them that made Jon’s chest feel hot and shivery and wild with delight and anticipation. It was something deeper, Beholding-touched, a connection between Archivist and Assistant that gave him the deepest feeling of satisfaction. Gerry was supposed to be there with him, and he was, and that was exactly how it should be.

“Here.” Jon shook himself out of his thoughts to slide one of the folders across his desk. “Can you go into Document Storage and find the missing pages for this statement?”

“No.”

“…what?” Jon asked belatedly, utterly put off by the unexpected refusal.

“It’s late,” Gerry said again, giving him a sharp look. “I’m not doing any more work tonight and neither are you.”

Jon scoffed at him, automatically resistant to the very idea. The late hour meant nothing when he never left the Archives, and it wasn’t like he had a schedule to adhere to. Sleeping was also out of the question, so there was no reason he shouldn’t keep working. “You may do so if you wish,” he refuted, looking back to his files, “but I need to straighten this out. Go on, then.”

“I’m not going anywhere without you.” Oh. The tone of Gerry’s voice spoke of mischief, even as the words themselves caused a rather different reaction in his chest. Jon tried to level his best glare at Gerry, but of course his favorite Assistant was quite immune to that by now.

“I’m busy-”

“And I will carry you away from your desk if I have to.” Damn him, he probably could. Jon quickly dismissed the thought of how nice it would be in Gerry’s arms and sat back more firmly in his chair, just to be difficult. Gerry’s own glare broke a bit at that, cracking into a rather fond smile at his behavior.

“You know,” he murmured lowly. “I have other ways to convince you.”

Oh dear. Gerry most certainly did. Jon sucked in a deep breath, feeling his resolve weakening just from the thought. “Don’t you dare,” he protested weakly, but Gerry was already out of his chair, rounding the desk to crouch next to him, leaning in to put his lips to his ear.

“Give me a reason not to,” he whispered, lips brushing the sensitive skin beneath his ear, and Jon melted with a soft sound. He knew he could, he could say no to Gerry’s advances if he really wanted to. His Gerry would never push him like that. He had no real desire to keep working, but his stubborn streak still kept him from easily giving in.

“I’d like to see you try,” he challenged, and felt Gerry smile before ducking in, littering kisses across his upper neck and hinge of his jaw, cupping his chin gently to keep him in place as he assaulted Jon with affection. It was so tender, so genuine, so lovingly deliberate that what was left of Jon’s resolve completely crumbled away. He leaned towards him with a moan, and Gerry took advantage of his change in position to press in closer, changing the course of his kisses to his lips, gently coaxing his mouth open to kiss him deeper, making a pleased noise of his own at Jon’s compliance. It was so truly good, the best thing in his life, that Jon wanted to drown himself in Gerry’s kisses, and drag him down with him.

“It’s working, you know,” Gerry told him between kisses, his hands stroking Jon’s hair back from his face.

“What is?” Jon rasped out, completely uncaring about anything that wasn’t his Assistant.

“You’re not working anymore,” Gerry gloated, kissing him again before Jon could register his words. “You might as well call it a night.” He rose slightly out of his crouch, one arm sliding around Jon’s back to pull his hips to the edge of his chair. “Let me take you to our spacious and luxurious cot and distract you some more, doesn’t that sound nice?”

“It certainly does,” Jon agreed with a sigh, thoroughly and mindlessly enchanted by Gerry’s kisses and words. Gerry scooped him out of his chair just as easily as he imagined he could, and Jon made no noise of protest as he was carried out of his office. Gerry was far too good at distracting him.

wolfertinger666:

wolfertinger666:

when I see people draw transmasc characters with a chest I kick my feet in the air and do a twirl and start doing a lil bunny dance and then I do backflips and start breakdancing.

I think more people should do that it’s rly cool. (being transmasc is a spectrum and we all don’t look the same)

cielle-b:

cielle-b:

Guys, would you still love me if I made a fiction podcast?

I wasn’t gonna post it yet, but I’m sleep deprived and not making the right decisions in life so here you go

Do note that I do not voice act and am just doing this for fun

tilhii:

contributing to the gerry propaganda…

accidentalautomaton:

this is kind of old but i have so many drawings of this fucking Guy.

spooksier:

i thought you might be lost

completely-real-and-normal-human:

mudskipperappreciator:

completely-real-and-normal-human:

fellas i am galaxy braining rn

alice and gerry would be such fucking besties man. theyd love each other. alice would get such a kick out of burning leitners

i need to write/draw them rn im going insaaaane

I would like to propose that Alice would befriend most of the archives staff bc she would also absolutely be friends with Tim and Sasha

buddy i am delighted to inform you that since i made this post, myself and the discord server have been galaxy braining all over the place and concluded that alice would end up in a gigantic polycule with a significant part of the tma cast

which resulted in this masterpiece:

alice dyer, a tall woman with spikey hair in pigtails, snakebite piercings and a t-shirt reading 'future roadkill' in all caps, is holding gerry keay and tim stoker on either arm. she is smiling and sticking her tongue out and making the metal gesture with both hands where they poke out from under gerry and tim's thighs. 
tim is lanky and has a mullet and stubble. he is wearing a hawaiian shirt and cargo shorts. he's leaning towards alice with one arm propped on her shoulder. his other hand is visible behind her head making a peace sign. he is smiling widely and excitedly.
gerry is taller than tim and sits slightly straighter on alice's arm. he has long hair badly dyed black; his roots are undone. he's wearing a black t-shirt with a skull on it and white ripped jeans. his only visible arm is propped on alice's shoulder. he looks fondly down at alice and tim with a slight smile.ALT

alice with two of her (many) boyfriends <3

more to follow on this au, perhaps. who knows?

eva-birdman:

Double Jacobis’ misadventures on the Hephaestus

hikaaa-bi:

AU where instead of having freakishly long and pointy fingers, michael flaunts a set of hot pink acrylics on each hand.

poseidonsarmoury:

i love you physical touch i love you hugs i love you kisses i love you brushes on the wrist i love you cuddles i love you nose touches i love you arms on shoulders i love you handholding i love you running hands through hair i love you hands on waist i love you resting head on chest and shoulders i love you platonic touch i love you physical intimacy and affection

pyrrhuria:

A screencap of Spongebob screaming to an audience of shocked faces, captioned "I fucking love when artists I followed for a certain type of fanart shift focus onto their own ocs. I want to fucking learn all about their cool original ideas, enjoy their style in a new context, and continue supporting them."ALT

meme i made years ago still holds true

hello hello! your gerrymichael art is eoouggh. if that is a skirt michael is wearing, then you've indeed got his style down to a T. (trans). look at them. waa!

HII THANK YOU SO MUCH:’) It is a skirt yes, they are the most t4t genderfuck couple to ever exist

rosees3ray:

reblog if it’s okay for your mutuals to message you and create an actual friendship, not just interactions

initial-lime:

No context, you either know or you don’t

halemerry:

Hey everyone what’s your favorite mug look like?

Gerry being an Aquarius makes a lot of sense but I reeeaaaallllllyyyy want him to be at least a little bit Taurus… I need to be him please

to me gerry is a february birthday and michael is an april birthday i cant explain this but it feels so right to me

Michael feels very April you’re totally right… the vibes of late winter for Gerry and early spring for Michael 👌

I usually see michael as a Gemini or Pisces though 🤔 I need to work more on these headcanons

m3djed:

“he would not fucking say that” but you ever be looking at fanart and suddenly its “he would not fucking have abs”

I’ve been thinking about Gerry’s tummy all afternoon now smh

I bet it’s fuzzy from T too.. perfect for the admiral to make biscuits on

You have such good takes on GerryMichael and DoorKeay I'm leaving you friendship flowers and a little maiz 💐🌹🥀🌺🌷🪷🌸💮🏵️🪻🌻🌼🌾

Thank you so much😭 I am arranging them into a pretty friendship bouquet<3

hypnogogyc:

Ms. Dyer give me a chance

brightlotusmoon:

dzook:

the new statements are driving me insane

For a writing prompt, how about some Gerrymichael getting stuck in the rain?

robyn-i-guess:

ask and you shall receive

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lucy-x-5billion:

modernbaseball:

Never give in to the flat tummy propaganda

a screenshot of the above post, blacked out to say "give in to the fat tummy propaganda"ALT

🫡🫡🫡

I think Gerry has a smirk when he’s masking but an absolutely precious awkward toothy 😬 smile when he’s genuinely happy

murderandcoffee:

love of my life, light in the darkness… it’s tgirl tuesday, so you know what that means. alice dyer comin’ at ya

(based off that one fantastic photo of susan kare, which is below the cut!)

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melandrops:

melandrops:

should i post my short dyhard fic

posted :)

sourcreammachine:

e-rose:

sometiktoksarevalid:

🖤🖤🖤

unironically this is what sheer absolute delight looks like

starrypawz:

So I recently listened to the snippet we get in TMA of Gerry and Gertrude and like man the layers here

Because on the surface it seems fairly lighthearted, Gerry and Gertrude banter. It seems affectionate, Gertrude seems to like it I think like she’s quick witted and Gerry is too and you can almost read this as sort of sweet in a way?

But then shortly after this she chastises him.

And Gerry’s reaction. He has instant panic where he cant scrabble an explanation quick enough. He then goes ‘I’m sorry’ with a soft tone that makes him suddenly seem much younger, much smaller. And then he says it again, slightly more indignant.

(And not to project too much as for me this hits kind of close to the bone and if you’ve been in a similar situation I think you know this feeling)

And then Gertrude says 'You are occasionally useful’ and sure Gerry plays it off with sarcasm but there’s some hurt behind that sarcasm. And Gertrude’s tone is… I’d say condescending?

And just in 111 Gerry says

Just yeah

starrypawz:

So I recently listened to the snippet we get in TMA of Gerry and Gertrude and like man the layers here

Because on the surface it seems fairly lighthearted, Gerry and Gertrude banter. It seems affectionate, Gertrude seems to like it I think like she’s quick witted and Gerry is too and you can almost read this as sort of sweet in a way?

But then shortly after this she chastises him.

And Gerry’s reaction. He has instant panic where he cant scrabble an explanation quick enough. He then goes ‘I’m sorry’ with a soft tone that makes him suddenly seem much younger, much smaller. And then he says it again, slightly more indignant.

(And not to project too much as for me this hits kind of close to the bone and if you’ve been in a similar situation I think you know this feeling)

And then Gertrude says 'You are occasionally useful’ and sure Gerry plays it off with sarcasm but there’s some hurt behind that sarcasm. And Gertrude’s tone is… I’d say condescending?

And just in 111 Gerry says

Just yeah

I loooove projecting my own mental illnesses onto my faves he’s just like me for real<3<3<3

You are so extremely real for making Michael a 40 something.

For some reason, him being in his 40s makes so much sense to me. Something about that number just feels right for him

cielle-b:

timeline wise it makes sense. vibe wise it makes sense. it’s just the perfect age for him. can’t imagine him as anything else.

here’s more of him :3


bonus part of the one where Gerry finds out that Michael is 48:

starrypawz:

Also whilst I’m still chewing on things I will never get over how similar Eric and Gerry sound like

Not just in terms of accent they have similar speech patterns, similar brands of sarcasm, they’re highly perceptive and empathic and the way they talk about their futile attempts to escape the fates they were dealt and clinging onto the tiniest smidge of hope that things could be better and daring to attempt to trust the wrong person

galahadwilder:

themountainsays:

incensuous:

just saw someone post “it’s common knowledge ur not supposed to spam reblog from someone ur not mutuals with” …..?????????? am i confused??? IS that common knowledge???? i try not to spam if i can help it but i actually personally love seeing spam notifs lmao??? unless i dont know what spam reblog means

Reblog if you like it when people “spam reblog” from you or whenever that means at any time

It’s common knowledge that you ARE supposed to do that, actually, and anyone who says the opposite is a confusing this with Instagram

feather-bone:

Earthworms for valentimes :-)

[ID: an illustration of two earthworms arranged in a heart shape on a dark dirt background with stones, twigs, and leaves. Above them, text reads “would you still love me if I was a worm?” End.]

nebulations:

streetlight-halo:

why’d you have to get marked by a horrific eldritch entity unbound by the laws of this world and beyond human comprehension. can’t you see he’s on vacation

[ID: TMA fanart of Gerry Keay looking up with an annoyed expression from a mug of coffee. End ID]

oh–joy:

the curiouser and curiouser <3

bitter-limelight:

canadianwheatpirates:

I think we need to have higher standards as transmascs. Yesterday I saw someone saying “my friends told me T is poison but it’s not like they discouraged me from transitioning” and friend, I think telling you that the HRT you want is poison counts as discouraging you from transitioning

“my boyfriend says he still loves me and sees me as a man but won’t use my pronouns and says I still have to wear lingerie in bed and won’t let me look into top surgery”

“everyone at work is supportive but they still say I’m one of the girls and they went to HR when I corrected them on my pronouns”

“all my friends love trans men, they said I was their sweet bean, but now that I have facial hair and I’ve started working out they’re getting distant”.


Real takes and real experiences I know of. I am begging trans men to work on their confidence in a world that only pretends to tolerate us.

mag170:

pearlescentpeonies:

pygmypouter:

there’s nobody better than u 🚬

[ID: a 7-page comic about Jon and Martin from The Magnus Archives, set to the lyrics of Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart by Mitski. Jon is depicted as a brown man with long, dark hair, a tired face, and circular scars flecking his skin. Martin is depicted as a white man with big, round glasses, short hair, and a sweet face. They both wear a lot of jumpers. Smoke is a recurring visual theme, and the pages are slightly animated to show its flowing movement. Full description under the cut due to length concerns.

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(ID copied from under the cut)

Page 1: The first panel is a portrait of Martin, with his head turned slightly away and head partially obscured by smoke from Jon’s cigarette further down the page. The text reads, in all caps, “There’s nobody better than you”. The next two panels show, on the right, Jon from the knees up looking tired and holding a cigarette. He says, “it took me a while till I knew. but you knew from the start it was us didn’t you?” On the left, Jon and Martin are standing close together in the archives, with Jon looking down at a paper in his hand and Martin looking into his face and reaching to touch his arm. The bottom of the page reads, “it just took me a while till I knew.”

Page 2: The first panel is Jon, laying on his bed, staring at the ceiling. The next panel, to the right, is more smoke and a simple “Call” icon, like from a cell phone. The text reads, “Now here I lay as a study a blank wall. Would you spare me your voice if I call?” The third panel shows Jon and Martin’s hands as Martin hands him a steaming mug of tea. The text reads, “Cause you waited and watered my heart till it grew. You just grew a little smarter too.”

Page 3: Smoke nearly bisects the entire page diagonally. The first panel shows the original 3 archival assistants – Martin, Sasha, and Tim, in inaudible conversation. Martin, who is facing us, looks faintly troubled. The text reads, “so I don’t blame you if you want to / bury me in your memory / I’m not the girl I ought to be.” At the bottom, it says, “but maybe when you tell your friends you” and then cuts off. On the next panel, on the other side, we see a slightly younger Jon with shorter hair. He is looking down at his wringing hands, which are raised slightly in front of his chest. The text continues, “can tell them what you saw in me”. The final panel shows him, mirrored amidst the smoke, with much longer hair and surrounded by eyes in darkness. The text finishes, “and now how I turned out to be.”

Page 4: This page shows him at his desk, smoking. The first shot is zoomed in on his face, eyes closed as he takes a drag, then he turns away from the viewer and leans heavily on his elbows, which rest on his desk. In the empty space not inhabited by panels, we see a lighter with a web pattern on it. The text reads, “there’s some kind of burning inside me / it’s kept me from falling apart / and I’m sure that you’ve seen / what it’s done to my heart / but it’s kept me from falling apart.”

Page 5: The page is mostly occupied by a shot of Jon and Martin standing together in the Archives. Jon reaches out to clasp Martin’s shoulders. There are tears on both their faces, and they look lost. There is a closeup of Jon’s right eye, pinched with sadness and with tears flowing from it. The text reads, “Now here I lay as I wonder about you / would you just tell me what I’m meant to do? / cause I waited and watered my heart till it grew / you can see how it’s blossomed for you.”

Page 6: Martin looks down as Jon raises a hand to hold his cheek in the first panel. The next is of their faces drawing closer, nearly obscured by smoke. In the third, Martin turns away slightly, but we see now that his hands are on Jon’s shoulders, now. The text reads, “and I don’t mean to make your heart blue / but could we be what we’re meant to be / I’m just about to beg you please / then when you tell your friends you can tell them what you saw in me and not the way I used to be”

Page 7: The two of them, shown from the knees up, the smoke flowing around them but no longer obscuring their faces. Jon has one hand on the small of Martin’s back and one on his cheek as he leans in again, eyes closed. Martin holds his shoulders and is no longer turned away. End ID]

please please please draw some gerry key art, I'm love him

squiddymaru:

What is there not to love about him? I don’t do him justice. I hope you like it thanks for your request!

windwenn:

I cant stop imagining s4 jon on public transport

myfandomrealitea:

“Its so hard picking between X and Y ships!”

You pick between ships?? You only ship one ship per character?? You limit yourself on ships??

kati-draws:

besties!!