#CELIA TELL ME YOUR SECRETS

[helpimstuckposting]

Ep 1: nahhhh it caaaant be the same Celia, that’s wishful thinking

Ep 17 Chester: hey Celia does this story about a guy showing up in a parallel universe and then killing his doppelgänger sound familiar to you? Lol

[worms-in-the-brain]

Once again I ask:

Hey Celia, what do you mean?

[maikissed]

a secret sweetheart

jude bellingham x reader

summary: an unexpected article containing an appaling gossip is out. everybody wants to know who Jude's secret sweetheart is... warnings: none, maybe some misspells, I'm sorry, I'm writing like crazy to release some stress as of late...

You jumped up on you seat as soon as your eyes landed on the article. Your mouth wide open, you were hurriedly eyeing the words written in the most outrageous and presumptive manner. And the pictures too, how was it that the moment captured by lenses of a camera was showing such inconsistent image? Giving off the impression that everything described below might most likely be real. Your eyes turning wider and wider with every read word, you turned restless in a span of a second. You huffed analysing the photos, your lip nervously placed between your teeth, you were fuming. It perfectly presented your wide smile, little summer dress on you, his hand placed on your hip, he was looking down at you, his eyes engrossed in something you might have had said seconds before the picture was taken, delicate, tender smile upon his lips. It was indeed sending some kind of message. And you were furious.

“Jude” you called after energetically entering the living room.

His eyes shot up from his phone, he eyed you curiously.

“Have you seen this?” you approached him quickly, the screen of your phone practically in his nose.

He groaned, grabbing your wrist to steady your hand and fleetingly eyed the article. Not even giving it a proper attention. He didn’t seem bothered at all, your eyes widened at his reaction, or lack of it, truth be told.

“What about it?” he asked nonchalantly in a calm voice.

“What about it?! Can you see what it says?!” you screeched, feeling almost hysterical.

“I can see they called you stunning” he beamed at you, relaxing on the sofa.

“Jude!” you almost yelled “The whole world now believes that I am your secret sweetheart!” you accented the last two words using your fingers to present the quote gesture; these were in fact words used in the material.

He opened his mouth to comment on that, but you silenced him angrily with a quick flick of your hand and started to read:

“Now we can say that it is kind of unexpected turn of events for us. Jude Bellingham, an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and the England national team, finally presented his secret sweetheart! Not yet spotted accompanied by any lady, despite many rumours of dating the prettiest lot of models and famous influencers, was seen strolling the streets of California with an… unknown beauty. We must say she is stunning, true pleasure to the eyes. And we are surprised, we’ve been hearing so much about his latest infatuation with the Dutch model, Laura Celia Valk” you could hear him scoff but you did not avert your gaze from the article, raising your voice to make sure he won’t interrupt you “But there weren’t any unveiled revelations about their relationship and now we can openly say – multimillionaire star has his eyes and attention somewhere else. And his eyes are full of adoration! We have it all on pictures! Just take a look and tell us this is not the most enjoyable view of a young love blossoming between these two. Why all this secrecy, Jude? Scream, shout and show your happiness to the whole world! We’re waiting for some more sweet content from these two!”

Your cheeks heated, your chest rising and falling in exasperation. You looked at him expectantly. You could see he was fighting a smile, the corner of his lip rising in a smirk. He was amused, you were vexed and anxious.

“When will all this shite with Laura end?” he frowned and you grabbed the nearest pillow placed beside him to throw it in his direction.

“It ends now because the whole of Internet will blow out with these pictures!”

“Wait a second, let me call them and tell them to delete it this instant. What was the name of the site again?” he leaned to grab the phone from you but you swiftly yanked your hand up.

“Be serious” you growled.

“We were on vacation, they were smart and took the pictures. It’s how media and paps work, there’s not much we could do” he shrugged, still way too calm about this for your liking.

At some point you were prepared that the ongoing, growing interest in his persona would make him more vulnerable and seen, followed. You knew people were very much interested in private lives of stars, especially the rising ones that were the hottest subject around, but you hoped that none of such assumptions would be brought regarding the relations between you two. It was a threat for your own life, your privacy. You feared the repercussions, yet somehow you turned a blind eye. And there you had the consequences. Right in your hand.

“What happens if Kit sees these?” you murmured looking away from your friend.

“Is he that insecure?” he mocked, but you didn’t answer him, your gaze timid and withdrawn as you looked at him briefly “What is it? You didn’t tell him who you’re friends with?” he asked in a simple voice, you stayed silent and a second after you could hear him let out an amused gasp “Ooh, were you keeping me secret, sweets?”

You sharply turned your head to spot a cheeky grin painted on his face. You started to look for that pillow once more.

“Why would I bring up the subject of Mister Jude Bellingham so soon? It’s very fresh, he’d probably end up pining over you” you spat, crossing your arms on your chest.

“Is your choice in men that poor?” he chuckled.

“Don’t be rude” you fought “Like your choice in girls is most tasteful”

“From that appealing article I’d say it is”

Your hands fell down your body and you squinted your eyes at him, agitated by his unmoved attitude and ignorance.

“You will not use me for your good press!” you hissed turning around with intention to leave the room, but Jude quickly grasped your hand before you stormed off.

“That’s not what I meant, y/n” his voice calm and gentle when he pulled you closer to where he was seated.

You stood between his knees, upset and worried, your head down.

“Come here” he murmured making more room for you to sit beside him.

Many thoughts kept raging through your brain. You’ve been thoughtless and silly, hoping that your lives would stay easy and uncomplicated no matter the odds. There was worry blooming inside you, but not exactly about your own self, your own private life; you worried such events would made you both have to choose. Choose to be close, or choose to finally part. You were fearful.

“What’s on your mind now?” he whispered, gently nudging your side.

“How can we be friends amongst all this?” you asked turning your head to look at him.

He had the extraordinary ability to calm your nerves with a soft blink of his eyes, delicate, reassuring smile and tenderness seeping into his gaze as he looked at you. You held it in highest regard, the fact that he always was your safe haven. It should worry you, it did sometimes, but you relished in it still.

“Oh no, don’t start with it” he whined with a funny look on his face “I’m not breaking up with you because of some gossips”

You snorted at his reaction.

“How will I be able to date if any man I meet would most likely compare himself to you?”

The sarcastic question made him laugh loudly and you slapped him briefly on the arm, feeling abashed. How infuriating this boy could be.

“Too bad for them” he shrugged “You can date me then, everybody thinks you already are” that added sentence making you scoff.

“Fuck you” you retorted.

“Sure, why not, we could start with that to break the ice”

“Jude!” you gasped in protest, adding a frustrated groan at his flippancy, trying to stand up from the sofa, but he was quick to snatch you back into his arms.

Your life would most likely complicate much more as long as he was present in it.

[maidfrin]

so what i'm really curious about is... ok. so. celia is definitely weirdly suspicious right. we all realize that. she keeps sleepwalking and waking up in the middle of the road/train tracks/etc, SUPER interested in the magnus institute, interested in stuff involving time travel and interdimensional travel etc...

but what i'm curious about is her name. she shares the same name and va as tma-celia yes, but something i don't see a lot of people mentioning is that tma-celia's name *wasn't* originally celia: her name was originally lynne hammond, and she only started going by celia because she forgot her name and most of her memories in one of the Domains post-change.

if she is a doppelganger in the same way darrien from ep18 is (assuming that the celia we see now killed/stuffed away the normal-tmagp-celia in the same way darrien did to his double), then why is she still going by celia ripley and not lynne hammond? a name change is possible, but are we just assuming nobody in her life questioned a sudden name change? where did the last name "ripley" come from? how did she get in contact with georgie- was the original tmagp-celia/lynne friends with georgie (not unlikely, as this universe is similar to normal tma with changes, ex. gerry and gertrude) already, or is their relationship new? why does she recognize the voice of jon on the computer? i have so many questions. celia i love you. please tell me your secrets

[caliburn-the-sword]

welcome to the secret shanghai hunger games!! may the odds be ever in your favour

The bloodbath:

Biblically accurate romajuliette

secret shanghai tumblr pre-fhh would've been cheering her name. i think we still will because we support womens wrongs

!! the inlaws are fighting!!

WHAT DID I TELL YOU??? ENEMIES TO LOVERS FTW

things not looking so good for the benmars stans (me)

cousins alliance ig??

GUYSSS TELL ME THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN IN FLF. but also. rip to rosalind's and silas' headaches from celia and orion arguing the entire time

take the L. no one press F to pay respects

TAKE THE FUCKING L DIMITRI. THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR BEING A BITCH

this hurts even more when you read it as tvd/ove alisa

PLEASE GUYS SILAS ABANDONED THEM FOR PHOEBE HONG THAT'S SO ICONIC. also literally both of these groups are "i can't believe that it's finally me and you and you and me just us and your friend STEVE" except fuck paul he's no one's friend

Literally only the montagovs have kills by the end of day 1. that's actually so iconic of them

Day 2:

THE GASP I JUST GUSPED. FUCKING TRAITORRRRR

Did you mean: the OVE epilogue?

the inlaws are getting along again~ <3

GIRL YOU'RE SUCH A BACKSTABBER. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ALLIANCE???

Did you mean: Rosalind Lang for the duration of flf and fhh?

Day 3:

sibling behaviour honestly

Did you mean: Orion's brainwashing arc?

LVC couple are dead </3 also what an oregon trail type death lmao what

NOOOOOO

w- what happened to their alliance in between day 2 and night 3

Day 4:

NOOOOOOO COME ON SILAS YOU'RE BETTER THAN THAT

what i'm hearing is that the tvd duology would've been over in 5 chapters if they just gave phoebe a gun (she would've been 12 years old)

that one scene in the flf duology

NOOOOO. that resurrection button is looking highly clickable rn

Day 5:

and what if i said that rosalind would actually do this if roma posed a threat to orion's life-

i suddenly really don't like our last two contestants

Day 6:

hot girl shit

Day 7:

was it the sprained ankle orion???

CONGRATULATIONS TO ROSALIND

[lickmycoffeecup]

TMAGP 22 spoilers

Y’ALL

Absolutely avoid this, and the tags, ANYTHING, cause I think everyone is going to want to go in blind for this one.

Friendly reminder to tag your spoilers, keep spoilers out of post tags, and put spoilers under cuts!!!!!

I am LIVING for Lena putting Gwen in her place. Gwen isn’t interested in knowledge, or knowing what the hell is going on in the OIAR. She’s just gonna get herself or someone else killed thinking she has any kind of handle on the situation.

I wonder if this will bring her and Alice closer? Or if Gwen, still retaining her title, is going to try to strong arm the situation in her favor.

I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STATEMENT?

Who was talking?

Were they living in that man’s head?

“I” BUT ALSO “WE”? YET THEY’RE ALONE?

Did something come out of his head?????

What was making contact? WILL WE HEAR FROM IT AGAIN?

We stan Ursula, and her impressive ears.

I am LOVING the statements for TMAGP. They are wet, and visceral. Bloody, with a creeping sense of dread. They leave you with questions, but also wanting more.

WHO ARE YOU AUGUSTUS?

Sam had every right to get mad at Alice. I don’t know if she’s jealous. I think she just missed Sam.

But more importantly, GURL WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU MEAN BY “I thought we could—-,” THOUGHT WE COULD WHAT?????? EXCUSE ME? I wasn’t on board with Alice knowing more about everything, BUT I AM ABOUT TO CRACK THAT SKULL OPEN AND TELEGRAPH SOME SHIT. TELL US YOUR SECRETS.

DON’T MAKE ME GET THE TAPE RECORDER WITH TEETH!!!!!!

AND. CELIA.

HOW THE FUCK LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HOLDING ONTO THAT?

JUST WAITING.

TO JUMP SCARE US ALL?????

CELIA YOU HAD ME CLAWING AT MY DESK!!!!!!!!

I NEED IT TO BE NEXT TUESDAY ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I. AM. SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[just-an-enby-lemon]

"I... Of course I had a childhood, Alice!" Gwen complains, trying not to pout. She had tricked herself into believing that her new promotion into external research would've come with some extra respect from her coworkers. It didn't.

Colin only mumbled something about suicidal ideas and "do you know what you're dealing with" before going back to his usal cutting cabbles and threatining the computers. Sam, well, Sam was actually very enthusiastic about the future results of her research. It was quite nice. She honestly didn't care much about Celia. New people often didn't stay and she had no reason to think Celia would just because she was acting creeply non-affected by the whole awfull job of cursed stories ordeal.

And there was Alice. That one was on Gwen. She should've known better than to expect that Alice would change, likely Alice doesn't even know what being respectifull meant.

"A boooring chidlhoold." Alice said, her attention still mostly in her computer scream. Playing solitaire. Somehow Alice managed to find a way to do barely any work and never have any backlog and Gwen had gave up on discovering how.

"It wasn't boring." It really was. Her parents took formality very seriusly and had a tendency to see childrem as small adults. But sometimes they had nice trips and Gwen liked to play office or lawyer. Besides she usually had fun with her cousin, well, when he wasn't using picking her up from school as an excuse to pass by his weed dealer or forgetting her in places. Honestly he was still a better deal than the babysitters. At least for her social life.

Alice raised an eyebrow.

"I was a very well-dressed child." It was not a defense of anything. It was basically a non-sequitor but Gwendolyn needed to protect her family from the insult of having a child with a less than perfect childhood and her mind went blank (probably because of stress. It wasn't really a bad childhood was it?).

"Oh no." Alice said in a ton that was actually sympathetic. "Please tell me your parents didn't force you into formal wear."

It was soo sincere that Gwen sort of broke (and it was just because Alice was rarely sincere and not because the other woman was really attractive in a soft way when sincere).

"My older cousin once told us that if we didn't look presentable we would be switched by an evil regency body hopper." Alice giggled delighted and it was all that was needed for Gwen to keep going. "When I pointed out he was the only one in informal wear he turned to me and told me, as if the biggest secret, that the reason he was always smoking was because the evil georgian tracked bouchards by smell and the weed kept him hidden."

"What a delightfully strange cousin." Alice said. "Maybe your childhood was not all that boring. Maybe it's just you."

Gwen frowed. All the good feelings from before turning into smoke and going slowly away.

"I don't know why I still even talk to you."

Alice opened her mouth, likely to tell another joke. But stopped.

"It was a nice story, Gweeeen, no idea why you told me, specially knowing that now I will want more absurd tales from Tiny Gwen as the blood payement for surviving this place, but it was nice. "

It was an olive branch if Gwen ever saw one.

And even if things never became actually good between them, even if she woke up tomorrow feeling dumb for thinking Alice cared, even if it would make her fantasies of kissing Dyer worse. Gwen took it.

"I have enough stories for it. But don't expect then for free, I'll trade for biscuits, Celia mentioned you have a secret stash."

"Dammit Sam." Alice mumbled but she was smilling.

[r0semultiverse]

Was Celia drunk as fuck or is this something supernatural?? 👀

Who the fuck is Jack?? 👀

Alice is such a delight, I love her!

Oof so one or both of them have trauma involving grandparents then.

I love Samama & Alice so much. 💜 They have a great dynamic!

Oh shit, right, Gwen is probably still getting over Mr. Bonzo too. 👀

"I just… I dunno. When I left the coffee shop, it felt like someone was following me."

Please don't take away Alice, she's one of my faves! I hope this post doesn't age poorly. Watch me have to quote this post very soon.

OH NO, is it that [ERROR] following her??? 😰

"Don’t joke about that, mate. I was dreaming about it all day." Okay, yeah, that's a creature.

Sam & Alice are both about to run into a creature... 👀

"Classifying unspeakable horrors all night for no discernible reason?" @/entities-of-posts & @/which-entity-this-post-serves is that you? :]

Hmm, now why is this episode called "marked?" I assumed Mr. Bonzo was gonna find his mark, but maybe Alice is marked by an entity/creature that was locked in the Magnus Institute?

"giving up the ghost" okay so someone saw an apparition? Honestly not sure what entity this episode is about so far.

It's giving The Corruption ✨🧟‍♀️⚰️ (maybe The Buried)

"It’s just that one of the graves had a body in that was too well-preserved for the age it should have been." 👀👀👀

This thing is about to jump out of the grave & run off, isn't it? 🏃‍♂️

"The back was completely covered in this complicated tattoo of a ship sailing across an open sea towards an open horizon." Peter Lukas?!?!?

Oh 100% The Buried, without a shadow of a doubt.

Lots of tattoo & carvings in walls imagery in this sequel prequel sidequel, isn't there? 👀

Hey wait, that's Ink5oul from episode 2, isn't it? 👀 Ink5oul definitely feels like a conduit or vessel for The Flesh or some other kind of entity.

Okay, there's something weird going on with this place, the salt water & waves near this cemetery are kind of seemingly enticing them to come drown in it's waters. In the very least it's messing with these guys' mental states! Pretty freakkyyyy! 👀🌊

Also the repeated emphasis on dreams is interesting this episode, wonder if that'll play a part in something later on. 👀👀

"If it’s any consolation, he’s with the sea now. The deep will care for his bones." I literally called it!!

I think Gordon Alan Johnson also wants to be with David. 👀🌊🌊

I think Gordon Alan Johnson also wants to be with David. 👀🌊🌊

I don't know, Gordie, I think you did it! Unless Ink5oul is collecting tattoos like an alternate universe version of the Leitner books. Wait yeah, what if the tattoos are like conduits for the entities of this world or even the original one? 🖌

Another way to look at this is asking... Is The Deep a new entity/fear or is it a servant of a fear like The Vast? I stg there was a colossal water monster at some point in The Magnus Archives!

Okay so yeah, there's already a precedent for this. Also feels like The Lonely, The Buried, The Corruption, The Vast, & maybe even The Flesh are all involved in this one though I don't know if Flesh (Ink5oul) is working with or against the other fears at this time.

Gwen, you can tell your coworkers what's wrong, oh my fucking god. Please. Celia, you have me so invested in whatever is going on with you.

Weird unexplained noise at 17:44 too as Celia enters the office. Wonder what that's all about, maybe it'll come up later on.

"He is one of our Externals." Okay; so, there's more of them & they have their own secret hitman title too!

Mr. Bonzo when he was on TV

"And they usually like it." I bet fear creatures do like it when you scream. That makes a lot of sense actually.

Also what's that weird "boowomp" noise as they're talking or is it just the OST? 👀

Is Gwen going to be turned into something not quite human at some point? Just throwing darts at a board with that speculation, but wouldn't that be wild?

Okay; so, these little digitized noises are absolutely important!

I wonder how many times & when people have lied so far throughout this season. 👁️👁️

[disappointingcabbage]

Tmagp 17 thoughts, spoilers under the cut as usual

Oh fuck, Celia not only spontaneously teleported in her sleep again but her teleportation is putting her life in danger AND it made her miss her date with Sam :(

lmao they were going to see a horror movie, continuing the trend of bringing work on their dates

The glitches while Celia is trying to tell herself that she’s ok are both really sad and really supportive of the glitch=lie theory

OH GOD OH FUCK IT’S THE MAGNUS INSTITUTE

Oh Jesus they kept people captive for their research

“From the look of you you’d probably benefit from it” daaaamn called that researcher out

Big softie behind the desk?? Stutters all the time????? MARTIN, PERHAPS??????

AND THE BOOKISH LOOKING OTHER PATIENT??? JON, MAYBE?????

How the fuck does meditation make you wind up miles away and supposedly having lost time??

Another you but with a better life? Funky

I think this guy universe hopped

That poor housekeeper, imagine dealing with two copies of your shitty boss

Oh god, this motherfucker has a secret torture basement doesn’t he

Of course it’s his shitty dad

Did this dude get teleported to the universe with the worst version of himself?

I mean good for him I guess?? If some alternate version of me had a murder basement I’d fight them too

“It’s not exactly the same” CELIA I FUCKING KNEW IT WE ALL FUCKING KNEW IT

That settles it, definitely TMA Celia

Alice please clean your keyboard, you’re right that the errors are probably not because of that but leaving crumbs in it is gross. Oh ew I’m agreeing with Gwen aren’t I.

Also .jmj error is back. Inch resting

Gwen doesn’t think Colin is coming back. That’s probably not good. I don’t think Colin is going to be beating the “he’s fucking dead” allegations anytime soon.

Enemies to lovers, Mayhaps?

[helpimstuckposting]

Notes about Celia

I’ve decided to put together every single suspicious thing Celia has said or done so far over the course of this season, for my own sanity.

MAGP6 - introductions

“I don’t scare so easy these days”

MAGP7 - give and take

“I mean, it’s an old system, but it could have been worse. It’s not like we’re wrestling with tape recorders and manila folders.”

“Is there any way to look up specific files? Oh, I don’t know. Every case about… being buried alive, or meat, or… whatever.”

“Do you know who voices “Chester”? Just thought I recognized it for a moment.”

MAGP8 - running on empty

“I’m trying to look into… Weird physics stuff: time travel, other dimensions, teleportation, all that good stuff.”

“I’m doing a favor for Georgie.”

MAGP11 - marked

[wakes up on the side of the road] “Oh, Christ, not again.”

MAGP13 - futures

“And before you ask, no, there’s no dad on the scene, not even sure who he is. I had a… couple of wild years after I moved here. It was a really weird time for me.”

“The cases at work. Do you think they’re real? I’m pretty sure they’re real.”

MAGP15 - well run

Lady Mowbray: “My, we are an odd one, aren’t we? A fine specimen… strong and… different…”

MAGP17 - saved copy

[wakes up on train tracks] “For gods sake! Not again!”

[after hearing a statement about a universe hopping doppelgänger] “Thanks, I guess. Not exactly the same, though, is it?”

—

Additional details: she woke up in Oxford the same location as the doppelgänger in MAGP17 (also confirmation that Celia’s probably teleporting since she definitely didn’t walk from London to Oxford), her baby is one which I’m pretty sure is also the length of time JMJ have been speaking statements out loud.

[cool-person-yey]

YOU KNOW THE DRILL TMAGP NOTES 23!!!

• that title is not concerning. not at all pffft not at all.

• ik it was written by harlan so im hyped

• * ominous music * my beloved

• * office noises * hehe

• hello sam my beloved

• hello lena my dear

• oh the response department!!

• Sam why do you keep doing that cmonnn

• " I just want to know how deep the rabbit hole goes" yeah yeah yeah sure

• oh! chester

• heyy forum thread again

• oh hey nice I guess

• peace right? please tell me they're not saying piece

• oh they are aren't they

• voice is more human!

• you have to be sneaky huh

• oh relationship problem yippee

• so very much alive.

• aquariums are very cool though I agree

• I hope that's an emoji and not :) bcuz if :) ever appears it better be read as two dots parentheses

• oh I relate so hard

• the trans experience right here

• wait who's he

• sorry gamers the auditory isn't processing today

• hahaha wdym is it safe

• oh no I dont think it's going to go well

• it bled a lot hmm that does not seen good

• secret?

• oh that's. that's ominously sweet?

• I'm sorry what???

• you're not?? feeling it??

• oh no

• OH NO

• I mean it does sound cool but oh my

• EYES MENTION

• keep your name,,,

• this is. so trans codded. or is it just my trans ass seeing it everywhere

• the surname being Newman is fucking hilarious

• hi why suddenly everybody commented

• haha sorry what

• oh no not the locked thread again

• who dat

• opening the transcripts

• Celia and Sam!

• he rly called Jon a basic bitch

• try searching for martin k blackwood next

• elsewhere??

• BASIRA??? HELEN???

• we got the whole gang now we just need Melanie???

• hey Gwen

• no you're not <3

• oh no

• hey Alice

• yeah you're totally fine Gwen definitely

• the moments I've dropped my mug wasn't fun

• freak in the sheets Alice mug is not canon then

• she's really dropping everything

• yes of course hide your actual feelings behind jokes haha

• HOW MANY EYES??? TAPE RECORDER??? FUCK OFF

• NO

• OH FUCK ME

see y'all next Thursday if I don't die

[riveracheron]

okay the thing that freaks me out about the protocol statements is that its unconsentual. at least in the archives you consent to tell people your deep dark trauma. but in protocol if its on the internet and it Can Be Found . with the archives backstory episodes the characters are Telling eachother their deepest secrets but in protocol they. can be found. without consent. like fuckin.. imagine sam is out w celia and alice and gwen are chilling and all of the sudden a case is pulled up thats Sam's institute test report. and they know all his trauma but he doesnt know that they know.

absolutely terrifying

[rebeccasteventaylor]

Magnus Archives 16! Spoilers below!

Oh, poor Alice. Who’s hugging her? According to the transcript it’s just Celia and there’s comforting stillness (I dunno, sounded more FABRIC RUSTLES to me)

Who did Alice and Sam see die? Did I miss that? Is that something we know? And Celia doesn’t even ask about it as anyone else would so - she knows…

Poor Alice seems so badly shaken, so in need of comfort and protection - I hope she stays safe (as every other character in Magnus who needs comfort and protection stays safe. Nothing bad ever happens to them EVER).

‘I paid my horror dues working here’ damn, Alice knows she is in a horror…and hoped the OIAR would keep her safe.

Bad joke Sam. Very bad joke.

Oh! Oh! A voice for Ink5oul!

Oh my god, Madam Electrum is the worst kind of influencer - totally up her own arse, talks in hashtags and slang she only half understands.

And no, she’s not a proper Goth.

She was DMing Ink5oul? She thought they were friends - even more?

Highgate cemetery? Bit - cliched, isn’t it? And it’s patrolled at night. I know more private cemeteries in London (i absolutely do not hang around in cemeteries after dark. Uh-uh. No way. You’ll never catch me doing something so deliciously dark and forbidden…)

‘Don’t make me break your heart’ ooh, good line…

So - Ink5oul gets ideas from bodies, like the one in Marked?

Look, Madam E, you try to dig into Ink5oul secret, tell everything online, chicken out of the real goth stuff and then mock them online and you’re surprised Ink5oul made a callout video?

What’s the tattoo over her heart? Bees stinging her on her heart over and over again - that sounds like a tattoo needle digging deep..

Sounds like Ink5oul has followers to do their dirty work for them (glad the cats are ok)

‘I just wanted to be noticed’ oh, that’s real. That’s such a cry for help.

And that was Alice listening - Alice who also laughs loud and makes jokes and does everything to draw attention to herself - wanting to be noticed. Wanting to be loved - but everyone leaves her in the end.

Lena is so furious at Gwen bringing Lady Mowbray in! ‘You introduced her to your colleagues! That poses a completely unacceptable risk to your colleagues’

Wait - Lena is worried about the others? Lena wants to protect the others? Lena is trying to make sure they’re safe? Excuse me a second while I readjust all my opinions of Lena. (Maybe that why she couldn’t murder Klaus - not because she was incompetent but because she didn’t want to)

Oh, Gwen. Why didn’t you realise Lady Mowbray is dangerous? I’m rooting for you Gwen, but honestly. This is the kind of behaviour I would expect from the Bouchards of Cheshire - the kind of aristocracy who say ‘Bertie’s a lovely chap, no-one kinder, once beat his valet to death with a shoe but you can’t hold that against him, he’s a sweetie really’

I mean, Gwen is right. Lena is keeping secrets and not training her but now I wonder if she was hoping Gwen could fail so she had a reason not to send her to the Externals - that she was trying to protect Gwen and and all the others?

Ooh, I have a new theory - I already thought Alice was trying to protect everyone and she is trying very hard not to know the horrors. What if Lena is also trying to protect everyone by being the only one who knows all the horrors?

I need more Lena. Right now.

I need someone to love and protect Alice.

Don’t let me down, Gwen

[somuchbetterthanthat]

I was questioning everything that's going on with Alice right now, because once again this episode threw me off (I swear I want to study her under a microscope at this point) and then I realized that maybe instead of focusing on what she was saying, per say, I could think of what she isn't; or rather how she's behaving in this episode.

'Cause I think this is the second time now that we see Alice trying to go behind someone's back after we had the first part of a conversation that didn't betray her "real want".

That is: so far, from what we heard about Colin and Alice, Colin likes Alice. They have a good working relationship, or so it seems, until suddenly Alice is asking Sam to go to Central IT because she thinks Colin might be messing things up on purpose. And she doesn't want that -- but she also doesn't want Colin to know that it's a specific worry of hers, so he can keep seeing her as a friendly figure.

Similarly, last episode - and all the ones beforehand, to be honest - Alice has seemed adamant that Sam should stop thinking about the cases so much. She keeps telling him to stop prying into stuff. But of course that means she can't go around asking Sam "what are your specific theories here, what did you say, specifically". So she has to go behind his back -- and asks Celia, pretending like she isn't already aware that Sam and her have talked a lot about work during their date. She has to ask on the off chance that Celia will reveal more to her. But WHY does she want that? Why does she need to know what Sam is obsessing over, all the while shutting down Sam's attempts to discuss it himself with her, which he has tried beforehand?

If anything, this episode just kind of confirms to me that Alice is doing something for the OIAR; of course I might be biased, because in my head I've already been imagining her as a "Internal liaison agent". Reporting/redirecting/assessing/protecting(?) the people who work here when they begin to... think/ask too much about everything that goes on here. But maybe i'm off-track and she's just got her own non-official secret, like the others do.

........................ Also I literally cannot decide if her last remarks were jokes to distract Celia from her feelings for Sam, jokes that hold some truth about possible feelings for Celia, or jokes to close a conversation in a way that lets on she was only prying for "sentimental" reasons and not for other more specific work reasons.

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‼️ WARNING: Some spoilers for the Novel ‘The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo’ and spoilers of quotes that spoil parts of the book‼️

I found myself wondering who Taylor was talking about in ‘…Ready for it?’ With the lyrics

“And he can be my jailer, Burton to this Taylor,”

The lyrics are about Elizabeth Taylor and one of her husbands Richard Burton. Now, I got very excited when I saw it was a reference to Elizabeth Taylor ‘cause, she is one of the inspirations of my favourite book ‘The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo’, wich, if you don’t know, is a queer book about an old Hollywood (around the 1950’s) actress names Evelyn Hugo (Not her real name she had to change it for a couple of reasons) who ends up writing a Tell-All book at the age of 79, and ends up telling the story of her youth as a famous actress in the 50’s through to the 80’s and her “Seven husbands”.

But, it turns out that almost all of her husbands were beards. She ended up falling in love with one of her co-stars, her name was Celia St.James. It’s such a beautiful book and so deeply upsetting, you should read it!

Anyways, Evelyn was a Bisexual woman and Celia was a Lesbian. The book touches on topics like, Homophobia, Biphobia, Racism, Sexism and a lot of other things as you can imagine.

So, the fact that Taylor referenced Elizabeth Taylor has made me so happy! Though, this isn’t to say that it was a reference to Evelyn Hugo, it certainly is fun to think so!

Some of my favourite quotes from the book are:

“Please never forget that the sun rises and sets with your smile. At least to me it does. You’re the only thing on this planet worth worshipping.”

“I spent half my time loving her and the other half hiding how much I loved her.”

“But if you have to go, then go. Go if it hurts. Go if it's time. Just go knowing you were loved, that I will never forget you, that you will live in everything Connor and I do. Go knowing I love you purely, Harry, that you were an amazing father. Go knowing I told you all my secrets. Because you were my best friend.”

“You wonder what it must be like to be a man, to be so confident that the final say is yours.”

“I'm bisexual. Don't ignore half of me so you can fit me into a box.”

“Say to them, “Evelyn Hugo just wants to go home. It’s time for her to go to her daughter, and her, and her best friend, and her mother.” Tell them Evelyn Hugo says good-bye.”

“And just as she was about to leave the mircophone, she said 'And to anyone tempted to kiss the TV tonight, please don't chip your tooth.”

“It’s not wrong,” Celia said. “It shouldn’t be wrong, to love you. How can it be wrong?”

“It’s not wrong, sweetheart. It’s not,” I said. “They’re wrong.”

“The love of my life is gone, and I can't just call her and say I'm sorry and have her come back. She's gone forever. So yes, Monique, that is something I do regret. I regret every second I didn't spend with her. I regret every stupid thing I did that caused her an ounce of pain. I should have chased her down the street the day she left me. I should have begged her to stay. I should have apologized and sent roses and stood on top of the Hollywood sign and shouted, 'I'm in love with Celia St. James!' and let them crucify me for it. That's what I should have done. And now that I don't have her, and I have more money than I could ever use in this lifetime, and my name is cemented in Hollywood history, and I know how hollow it is, I am kicking myself for every single second I chose it over loving her proudly.”

And the most famous one from this book that you may recognise from TikTok;

“No … because they are just husbands. I am Evelyn Hugo. And anyways, I think once people know the truth, they will be much more interested in my wife.”

If you have read all of this, thank you very much for listening to me. I have a lot of feelings about this book. It’s so good, I love it so much.

[void-botanist]

Last Line Tag

I promised @vacantgodling some last lines and, well, I've been working on the scene where Sorian meets Horatio for the first time. With timeline adjustments, Horatio is 22 in this scene.

“What about your wife?” Sorian pressed his fingertips harder against his thigh. “Well, she found out about it recently. We’re separated at the moment.” “You didn’t tell her?” Horatio’s incredulity seemed so naïve, but maybe Sorian had been too when he made the decision not to tell her, at an age barely older than Horatio was now. “It would have made everyone’s life a living hell for the next nine months. And after that, well…I moved off planet too. I hoped that maybe I could keep that secret and not have to hurt her with it.” “And she went with you, off planet?” “Yeah, no, we were good until very recently, when she found out, and then she kicked me out. I know she was being sarcastic when she told me to go try and meet you—well, my son—but I thought I might as well, since I had the chance.” Horatio looked like he was having trouble swallowing all this. His hand silently slipped into Celia’s, and Sorian was viscerally reminded of himself and his sister. His sister who was going to have a hard time hearing all this too, when he mustered the guts to tell her. “Your wife,” Horatio said. “Is her name Avis?” The bottom dropped out of his stomach. “Yeah. Do you know her?” There was no way. “I know of her. Sid Reid is my best friend, and he’s been talking about her.” “Ah.” Horatio didn’t look at him for an endless moment. Then: “I think I would like the money for that paternity test.”

I'll tag @sam-glade, @sarahlizziewrites, and @akindofmagictoo, plus anyone else who wants to join in!