#read these ASAP

[jaypentaghast]

I love them please bring them back to meeeee

[emilinqa]

some things inspired by the wounded sky by diane duane

[crispywizardtale]

[i-am-not-a-who-i-am-a-what]

so about the header that proceeded today's statement:

Viability as agent: Low

Viability as subject: None

Viability as catalyst: Medium

i didn't know what to think of this part of the entry at first, but the longer the statement went on... was the institute in this universe trying to manufacture avatars?

the dice can't do anything without someone to use them, they can't be an "agent" by themselves, but might be capable of manipulation, so in that aspect their viability is "low."

the dice could be a "subject" in the sense that they could use further studying, but the statement itself was a very thorough investigation of their workings, so in that aspect their viability is "none."

the dice seem to influence their holder to roll them, or at least find more victims to roll them, and could therefore be described as a "catalyst" for someone's becoming. but, as seen in the statement, their owner can give the dice to someone else (albeit not without consequences), so in that aspect their viability is only "medium."

so what about the line following all this, what does "Recommend referral to Catalytics for Enrichment applicability assessment" mean? if we go by this interpretation, i'd say it could mean the institute wanted to find a way to make the dice even more potent as an artifact, maybe even remove that pesky ability for their owner to reject them.

imho all of this this brings a whole new level of context to the events of episode seven, of unknown violent agents going after an influx of objects that seemed straight out of artifact storage. was that the nature of the titular "magnus protocol" first mentioned in episode four, the one that involved the starkwall group? containing or destroying potential artifacts before the institute could get their hands on them?

it also makes their "gifted kids program," and sam's link to it as one of the kids being studied, all the more horrifying to think about. was it not just avatars in general they were after, but child avatars specifically? no wonder gertrude got so defensive over the possibility of sam and celia dragging gerry back into the institute's business last episode, we all picked up on her clearly knowing more than she's letting on but now we might know the shape of that information a bit better.

and one final bit of food for thought... this statement had a lot of familiar themes, didn't it? free will or the illusion of it, gambling and not-so-random chance, the statement giver being done in by one final hit from what feels like a bit of an addition... all hallmarks of a certain mother of puppets. doesn't it seem fitting that "chester" would use this kind of statement to warn sam about what harm pursuing the magnus institute could bring to him, considering the one his voice might draw from? and doesn't it seem so painfully ironic that his warning seems to have only driven sam further into that web?

[aroacetronaut]

Oh god there's two of them

Casey's turtle design belongs to this amazing artist! @somerandomdudelmao

look i have no explanation to this other than just wanting to draw turtle casey SO badly and seeing that one into the spiderverse scene that made me think "omg this is literally them"

[cliopadra]

Oh my god, I forgot tumblr had an inbox.

[emergingghost]

get callous stay tender.

stone butch blues - leslie feinberg // relative fiction - julien baker // favor - julien baker // stay down - boygenius

[trans-androgyne]

Exhausted with "what Imane Khelif went through isn't related to transmisogyny, it's just racism!" As if those things are entirely separate and transmisogyny isn't rooted in racism whatsoever. It's such a white take.

[cute-girls-from-vns-anime-manga]

there's actually a manga about a guy confessing to a knight girl who's nervous because she doesn't think she's worthy of love due to her battle-scarred body

Oohhhhh OHHHHH THIS LAD BE BASED AF

Manga is "How to Treat a Lady Knight Right"

[fumifooms]

Hijoushoku to Gochisou / A Feast of Emergency Rations

Mayonaka no Waltz / Midnight Waltz

Nagabe

[jay-wasstuff]

The only acceptable way that Philip and Benoit could've met and fall in love is by Philip being the prime suspect in a brutal murder case and Benoit is attempting to convince himself that 'this fine asf man with the personality of a golden retriever could not possibly be the murderer' whilst stacks of evidence builds against Philip, thus leading Benoit to slowly doubt his guts as well as Philip's innocence but by the end Benoit solves it and it was the actual killer trying to frame Philip or smt idk he's just innocent tho

[enlitment]

I'm pleased to announce JJ Rousseau's officially finished!

POV: You're reading Confessions and mark down any time something unhinged happens. Might have gone a bit overboard with this one...

[pointlesscandies]

Where is my spin off of We Are that’s just 12 episodes of Chain proposing to Pun in increasingly dramatic and desperate ways while Pun stands there completely oblivious and happy to be along for the ride??? Where is it???

[polyabathtub]

already started drafting the fic

[aofikofi]

more orv posting :fire: