2025-08-30 13:24:27 ¶ ● ⬈

toseebirds:

> I got to Episode 102 in my relisten of The Magnus Archives, and it is just absurd to hear Melanie tell Jon that her situation is “all your fault”, especially after he’s been kidnapped for a month by The Stranger.

> How is her taking a cursed job that several people tried to warn her away from anyone’s fault but her own?

> I believe Jon gets scolded later by Basira for pointing out that Melanie is a danger to herself and others and about to become an avatar of The Slaughter, because she found her violence useful. And he puts himself at great risk to save her from the ghost bullet in her leg… which she seems to consider “all his fault”, despite Basira being demonstrably the other half of that plan.

> And Helen Richardson, actual Spiral avatar, is meant to be fine because Melanie likes her.

> Don’t get me wrong, I love this character being a hypocritical jerk! But I find it odd that she’s treated as reasonable, and even noble, by the narrative.

> (and I will always find it funny that #tma means a tag for a horror podcast and not some silly trans discourse)