gertrudes tape: theres a gas main undeneath the magnus institute that i planned to light on fire to burn the place down before i died the web, who sent jon that lighter back in s1:
some plot thoughts: in both recordings jon listened to, there was a bit about sources of ignition inside the archives.
in the gertrude tape, she’s talking about using a gas main and petrol to burn down the archives. leitner mentions her “pyromaniac streak.”
and in the birthday party tape, tim makes a whole show out of bringing matches into the archives and lighting candles, freaking jon out.
jon wants to know why jonah sent the tapes, and martin claims he’s gloating. but what if jonah wasn’t the one who sent the tapes? because there’s a common theme in the two we heard, and it’s not a theme that would bode well for the archives or, presumably, jonah.
and in general, what if the tape recorders mysteriously clicking on isn’t actually a beholding thing? like it’s obvious why we assume it is, but important objects showing up mysteriously and machines switching on without anyone pressing the button sounds very web-like to me. anyway, that would be an intense twist.
Ok I know that we’re all lovingly giving Martin shit for having a crush on the man who infodumped about emulsifiers at his birthday party, but we need to remember that Jon also fell in love with the man who uttered the words “tannins are a proven headache trigger” at an office social event. Those two are perfect for each other.
Thank god for Ben Meredith really. He saw how much people were thirsting over Elias and knew he needed to do something. First time I heard Elias’ voice I googled Ben and what do I see? The Worlds Worst Facial Hair. It’s an instant kill to hornyness. Now every time I hear Elias’ voice I instantly picture that weird fuckin moustache and it shuts down the part of my brain that makes ‘I’d tap that’ juice. Incredible. What a service he’s doing. And at the expense of his own body. Truly a hero of our times
elias bastárd himself!! the first in what i hope to be a series of animations like this one, that I imagine to be the case files of some government or other on the various avatars. ;)
helen walking around in HEELS fucking YES queen of STILETTOS queen of FASHION queen of being VAGUELY MENACING and having the MOST INTENSE COUGAR ENERGY i have EVER FELT IN MY LIFE you KNOW a bitch is strutting around in a pantsuit made entirely of swarovski CRYSTALS you KNOW her acrylics are 2 inches long and coffin shaped and HOLO you KNOW she got on those LOUBOUTINS them red bottomed HEELS yes GOD she is VIBING every fucking day is margarita monday for helen YES BITCH live your best LIFE i support YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
so the fears can’t be destroyed and they can’t be banished back to where they came from so…hmm
hmmm if only… there were a supernatural structure that specialized in collecting fears and was built originally as (or on? whatever) a prison and already had a warden seated in the middle of it. a warden that has made it perfectly clear throughout the series that killing him would be ill-advised and deserves a fate worse than death anyway! hmmm if only!!
