#Midst fanart

[dracolichen]

Mother Trauma, my beloved <3

[danikatze]

[ID in alt text]

Just a little Jonas Spahr sketch! May have gone a bit overboard on the hair (compared to the canon images of him) but I like it and I think Spahr should have a lot of it :3

[trixeclipse]

Really wanted to draw my take on Phineas Thatch, from Midst 💎✨

[kendaizhai]

After several attempts by dedicated builders, everyone realized that they couldn't begin to do justice to the entire Lazaretto without twenty thousand bricks, and assistance from a four-armed harbormaster. So eventually the Order signed off on this instead.

Mother Trauma objected -- it is, of course, GREATLY oversimplified.

[essektheylyss]

"do not show weakness"

—midst fan edict for when this show makes you need to breathe into a paper bag

[stickandthorn]

did a quick little sketch of Tzila

[captainofthetidesbreath]

Happy Midst season three premiere day AND Valentine's Day! I've been working on some Midst-themed cards to celebrate our double-feature holiday today.

It would also be very Valorous of you to check out the Valor-tine's posted by the @midstpodcast socials (including here on Tumblr) earlier in the week, so don't miss out on that—more cards with which to express your Midsty-eyed affection.

I would also like to thank all of my Midst mutuals who enabled this, some of whom pitched suggestions for lines. 💗

[elfietheespeon]

I just realized I never posted any of my Midst fanart to Tumblr before... I need to fix this, posthaste! ^.^

[gruenschnabel-art]

a fold wail passing just beneath the mediun

[torheit]

Making of Kozmar

[dracolichen]

The Most Valorous Tripotentiary, aka King Triangle

[danikatze]

[ID in alt text]

Inktober day 14: outlaw.

If you've listened to Midst it will surprise no one that I love Lark. If you haven't though: it's really cool!! I highly recommend it!

[ID in alt text]

[master-dellamorte]

My quick take on Lark, she is watching outside, preparing to speak about her past.

Version without violet light under cut

[kendaizhai]

Whatever you do -- don't call her "Ma'am."

[iwilltryalittlearter]

Eyyy I finally got around to Midst

[darkwater-smidge]

Thatch Haired Youth

A Phineas Thatch fan mix

With line notes about song choices below the cut.

Icarus

The classic tale of a trapped boy trusting to be freed using the wings built by his father and crashing into the sea after flying too high and too fast.

Locker Room

The industrious masculinity of the setting mixed with the desperate need to prove one's worth matches the Phineas we meet early in season 1.

Boy on the Bus

The Phineas we know is about 22 (stated to be no more than 10 years older than Tzila). To be Adsecla to the Prime Consector by age 22 means he probably started with the Company much younger.

The Kids will be Alright Eventually

There's a driving desperation to Phineas where he feels the need to feel grateful for the opportunities he's been given, but those same opportunities are what put him into debt with the Trust. So, like the bridge of the song says, he's good, for nothing.

The White Shore

The people who grow up in The Trust, particularly those in The Highest Light are taught to turn a blind eye to the violence and manipulation The Trust uses to perpetuate itself.

I Wanna Be Your Dog 2

Phineas going straight from Trust foster care/orphanage to The Company has made a young man so desperate to be given orders that he doesn't know what he is without the system he built himself around.

Accident Waiting To Happen

The incident at the Black Candle Cabaret was in many ways inevitable. Phineas's world view to this point was just like his mica armor, rigid and protective but explosive and unstable if hit with resistance at the wrong angle.

Yes All Cops

Even if they're called Consector or Adsecla, they're still cops. Phineas displayed the violence too obviously and so was abandoned as a scapegoat, but no matter how peaceful and enlightened the Trust pretends the company is they're still space marines in giant video game armor zip lining into missions with mica weapons and fold grenades.

I Broke My Own Rule

What Phineas did to Sherman starts to sink in and he starts to spiral

Bad

More spiraling, but this time about being disconnected from the Trust and having no opportunity to document his deeds either good or bad. Having no feedback or support to Do Good in the way he's used to.

Make a Change

Phineas needs to change, and at first he thinks he needs to change to be more like the image of Jonas Spahr in his head, but trying to live up to someone you've put on a pedestal leads you to see the hard fascade of the statue instead of the equally fallible person they are. And it was only when Phineas was removed from the environment of the Trust entirely could he see any other way to change himself.

Dreams Of Cannibalism

Phineas starts to grapple with how the Trust treats needing help as something to repent for. Meanwhile he paid back that kindness by being turned into a weapon of prosecution. Now he's trying to figure out what mortality means to just him.

Change in the Weather

Thrown into a tailspin by the events of season 1, Phineas had no hope of feeling the light again, but has some new perspective and and feels like he's climbing out of the hole he put himself in.

God Hates Facts

It's a long and painful road to distance yourself from a toxic ideology you were raised in. One with doubt and violence but one that lots of other people walk too if you can keep yourself from hurting them before you can connect.

Face the Void

Phineas has a lot of big ideas and strong opinions but didn't have nuance and perspective until he faced the void of the Fold. He had used Fold grenades countless times but didn't understand the weight of it until he was on Midst. And after that he didn't see the beauty of the Fold until he went deeper and experienced it first hand.

The Market of Compassion

A reflection of the Trust and how it turns kindness into a transaction.

It's Alright

It's good to remember that the actions of our past aren't everything we are for the rest of our lives and it's a lesson Phineas really needed from the Mothers. He's still trying to fly on new wings though and still views redemption as a binary balancing of the scales rather than a lifelong journey.

Little Skylark (worsted wood)

Ending on a lullaby, Phineas had found the space to rest and collect himself, but the story isn't over yet and he's still caught in the wilderness.