Getting Into The Magnus Archives Fandom Before You Finish The Series Is Wild Because They’ve All Made

did anyone hear that. it sounded like an alien attack

my ADHD ass could never use a leitner properly even if my life depended on it. “read this specific passage to change the—” ok my eyes have already skipped to the bottom of the page. “one or two words is enough to—” and I zoned out and skimmed 2 pages so I’ll see ya later in the hell dimension

has anyone ever… like…. casually listened to the magnus archives. did anyone ever consume that podcast normally and then just.. do something else. I’ve never met someone who listened to tma and didn’t absorb it into their blood and bones

eat up, all you michael fans (im michael fans)

couldn’t stop thinking about my own dumbass post

Hey girl! Are you Jonah Magnus? Would you like to be?

this is what I was trying to get at with my gertrudeposting earlier today, though not nearly as thoroughly or eloquently as OP

regardless of its other successes or failures one thing i feel that the magnus archives did really well was create a narrative and worldbuilding that refuses to allow you to categorize its characters by the dichotomy of 'abuser' and 'victim' without ignoring major themes that define the shape and course of the entire story. despite one of its most central themes being that "we all get a choice, even if it doesn't feel like one" many of the characters we encounter are faced with genuinely horrifying ethical dilemmas that emphasize just how difficult that choice actually is to make, and allow the audience to sympathize with their plight even if not with their actions and decisions. many of the avatars are arguably just as much victims of the entities they serve as they are perpetrators of the violence they cause, and those who fight them in many cases choose to descend to monstrosity themselves in order to be able to keep pushing back - a choice some of them try to rationalize to themselves by arguing that the magnitude of the threat they face necessitates that the ends justify the means, but which is nevertheless a choice that they make, and one with a devastatingly high cost that is repeatedly, unflinchingly presented to both them and the audience. the human capacity to exercize our free will for better or for worse whilst taking into account the various internal and external influences that may affect the decisions we make is thoroughly explored with a great deal of care and nuance that i appreciate.

hey guys I think I have a new headcanon about gerry keay

my ADHD ass could never use a leitner properly even if my life depended on it. “read this specific passage to change the—” ok my eyes have already skipped to the bottom of the page. “one or two words is enough to—” and I zoned out and skimmed 2 pages so I’ll see ya later in the hell dimension

"weeping angel"

Distortion headcanons, you say….? :)

Fractals usually seem to have a pattern where the iterations get infinitely smaller.

However, the hallways and corridors and things within the distortion do not appear to shrink infinitely or anything.

This is only because the person is essentially inside of the distortion and therefore is basically also infinitely shrinking at the same rate as the place around them. To them, nothing appears to change, if that makes any sense-

Also, the “center” of the distortion is probably referring to “C” in the equation for the Mandelbrot set (Zn+1 = Zn^2 + C), which is the starting value for the set.

Uhhhh And Uh uhm er

Mirrors

Y’know that cool effect that happens when you put two mirrors up facing each other? I think that’s why they’re in the distortion.

the shrinking fractal hypothesis is canon now btw. I just made it canon actually. that is the best explanation I’ve read for infinitely branching hallways that isn’t “it’s just like that”

this is why all of you need to go out and adopt math people into your fandoms. see? see the benefits? (yes I work a STEM job. that doesn’t mean I know shit about it)

anyway that unlocked a memory. as a young child I used to sit between two facing mirrors in my house and just stare while moving my arms so they looked all messed up and honestly I think that’s why I’m like This