#THOUGHT FOR FOOD

[magnus-marmot]

TMAGP Archivist theory

After giving way too much thought to alchemical symbolism and transmutations in this post, I feel like I have a pretty solid theory for what's up with the Archivist.

When the Magnus Institute burned down, someone must have been locked up under the trapdoor in the Archivist's office (whether or not this was the actual Archivist is still up in the air). The fire burned them alive along with all the information they had been archiving, calcinating it all together into a massa confusa and apparently dissolving it into the waters accumulating at the bottom of the "manky hole". For 25 years it's been putrefying in the sealed vessel of the office until Sam and Alice freed it. If the person wasn't the Archivist when they died, then the putrefying process made them into one by mixing them with the archived material. But it's still just a black shadow without a proper form.

After being released, it entered the peacock's tail phase, which is characterised by colours appearing into the blackness and is often symbolised by eyes. It's a clever red herring, making us think it has something to do with the Beholding, but it doesn't (at least initially, but if the Fears have truly entered this universe, then it's not an impossibility that the Eye would latch onto it). The peacock stage is a transitional phase between nigredo (the putrefying stage) and albedo (the purifying stage). Which is where we're at now.

(Side note: I know I've seen an alchemical illustration of a man wearing all black and covered in eyes, but for the life of me I can't find it now. So just trust me on this.)

The albedo stage is all about washing matter with mercurial waters until its true essence shines through. The Archivist goes around distilling peoples fear and memories, ingesting their pure essence and leaving the concrete manifestations (Salt) behind. It's purifying itself with Mercury, or the Mind. The proof is in how the transcripts describe the compulsions with watery metaphors:

"Gwen begins monologuing, the words pouring out of her unstoppably like a river." (Episode 21) "Words seemed to tumble out in a cascade" (Episode 26) "The dam breaks and the words gush from the CUSTODIAN’s mouth." (Episode 30)

The words are the purifying water, they are the Mercury. The Archivist is a work in progress, which is why it's repeatedly dissolving and coagulating (see my post on episode 37). And I bet that every statement brings the Archivist closer to revealing its essence until coalesces into its true form, whatever that might be. The tape players appear to be the catalyst for this. It's also interesting to see whether or not the form the Archivist takes will be affected by what the people on the TMA side think it should be. We're working with dream logic and manifesting ideas, so it's not out of the question that it might take a form reminiscent of their own Archivist. Or at least whatever they saw him as.

[vikramsharma007]

[idrinkyouryouthquake]

[clemsels]

I think mime would absolutely hate thespian’s (my oc’s) guts it’d be hilarious. like ‘who’s this other guy running around annoying capes with questionable morals and a theme similar to the joker???’

anyway I like mine a lot good oc very nice

Oh absolutely

Joker brings Thespian up at some point and calls them amusing and Mime is immediately a prick about it. “Nono, but I’m so much better. I was so amusing you kidnapped me!!!” - maybe they have a rivalry or something… if Thespian copied Mime would they be like a really loud clown or something since Mime is completely nonverbal and only communicates thru pantomime?

[infectedyke]

leave me alone by new order is soooooooooooooooooooooo will byers coded

[noknowshame]

I’m watching Splash (1984) which is a romcom about a guy who falls in love with a mermaid, and when she chooses a human name she chooses Madison and guy says “that’s not a real name, but alright” which seems to imply that Madison was not a name until at least the 80’s and all girls named Madison are actually named after the mermaid. thought you should know

[c-atalanta]

thank you @delicacysblog

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“what was the most pain you have ever felt”

healing from someone, i once thought i would heal with

[simplykaren]

Class 1 recall on Tostitos. (Class 1 means they can kill you if consumed, this time because of undeclared milk. Having food allergies really sucks.)

[aperturedlens]

for being named kat i act very much like a feral dog

[caughtinthematrix]

[vikramsharma007]

[idrinkyouryouthquake]

No, I do not want to go to a party. I want to walk around with my headphones on listening to Zeppelin while taking photos of stray cats.

[joegeniusblog]

FOOD: Sweet n Low and other "artificial" sweeteners

Sweet!

My current employer has dropped Sweet n Low from its roster of artificial sweetness. To be sure Sweet n Low isn’t exactly “Sweet n Low” as generic Sweet Time offerings are employed in an effort to stem ever rising COGS. When a guest orders tea, and my employer sells precious little coffee, 4 packets of sugar, 4 packs of Sweet n Low, 4 packets of Equal, 4 packs of Splenda and 4 packs of Stevia…

[rooniearts]

hedgehog eating habits

[infectedyke]

“my roman empire” “the girl version of the roman empire” PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!! just say the fucking topic that you’re interested in, or the thing that you find intriguing!!!!!!!!!