#week 008

[thisweekinfandomhistory]

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MINISODE #008 QUESTION:

How do you deal with it when good art was made by a bad person? How has holding artists to accountability changed for you in your time in fandom?

You have until Wednesday, March 19 (2025) to send in a response! This episode will come out on March 26, 2025.

[purgemarchlockdown]

Magic as a TV Show

(CWs: Child Abuse, Cults) (Edit: Did some light editing, still a bit messy but should be fine now)

So, it's not a secret that I'm a big fan of Magic. It's my favorite T1 MV and one of my favorite Milgram MVs in general. Even before Purge March I'd re-watch it over and over again just because I liked it so much.

One of my favorite things about it is the way the visual language and symbolism develops over it's runtime, and with Purge March it's gotten ever better so lets talk about it!

Based on True Events

So, Magic is the very cheery TV Show that is based on the horrors going on backstage, and it's also aware of it's own fictional nature. It ends with the real Amane watching the show. It knows it's a world created by a 12 year old who wants to be Good.

This causes something interesting when viewing it's imagery. As Magic depiction of events can be both very literal and very metaphorical at the same time.

For example: Something that surprised most people (including myself) is the cat being real, and while it is representative of Something (which we will get to) it is very much an actual cat that was killed.

Magic plays with what is real and what is fictional very loosely, and while certain things Happen in the real world, you can't really separate the real from the fictional here. It's too interconnected with each other and the imagery would lose it's impact if you did separate them.

So with that established it's visual analysis time!

The Set

So Magic is set in one place for the majority of it's runtime. This set! Which resembles a lot of educational kid's tv programs, usually ones for preschool and under.

Here's are sets from an early season of Hi-5 and Imagination Movers to compare.

You can see the similarities, it's heavy on bright colors and wacky designs, the logo of the show is plastered Somewhere you can easily see, and only some of the props can actually be used!

These two examples are also very music based. Both of them being shows starring children's musical groups.

The animals here (except for the Cat which is in a Complicated situation) are probably representative of the audience. The other people of the cult being taught along with Amane.

Audience Participation is a big thing for shows like this, you'll see them perform with a bunch of children on the side cheering and dancing. It's a fun time for everyone!

Going back to the set, while the main set only has the colorful stage we do see a few props in Magic. You can see a Choir book right here so the group can sing.

A Whiteboard to teach.

A Donation box to show your generosity.

And...

A Game Show Stage to see if you understood the lesson.

Age Rating

I've talked...extensively before on how Pain is handled in Magic and while that post is outdated because I posted it right before Purge March a lot of it still stands to some extent.

Amane's pain in Magic is downplayed in Magic, it's nothing serious. Even though this pain is something Inflicted Onto Amane Physically by Gatacha.

I was going to talk a bit about corporeal punishment in Japan before realizing that this isn't even something that is considered a punishment. It's just a finger flick. This is something your older brother does to you cause he thinks its funny. It's the lightest possible kind of "punishment" there is.

This makes Amane's reaction to it seem silly. An Overreaction to something that isn't even that bad. She has cartoonish swirls and falls over dramatically. It's...Immature of her to react like this.

Even though we know these are injuries are much more serious than they are shown here. Magic doesn't portray them as serious, and also portrays Amane as Immature for acting like this.

Which points to something interesting, as I said this show resembles a preschool show and it's strange that twelve year old Amane Momose, almost a teenager Amane Momose, is existing in a world like this.

It gets even weirder when we consider that, while Amane most likely hasn't been exposed to much media her mind still conjures up a marching band in Purge March and she talks very "adult" in both her VDs and hates it when people treat her like a child.

Not only that, but Amane Momose in both Purge March And Magic is drawn visibly older than she actually is.

It's not the easiest to see because I can't find a good picture but you can see it in just the face shape. Outside of Magic and Purge March Amane's face is more squishy, with less defined cheeks and bigger, rounder eyes. While Magic and Purge March have her face be more defined and her eyes smaller and sharper. Making her look more like a young teenager rather than the seven year old. She's even called Big Sister Amane in Magic's credits.

If Amane Momose's mind is depicting her as older than she actually is, and Amane Momose outside of it acts very "adult" and hates it when people treat her like a child. Why then does Magic portray her actions as immature? Why is she put in the spot of a preschooler learning from their teachers?

Why is Amane Momose, in her mind, stuck in a preschool show?

Well, there's two layers to this.

First of all, Good preschool shows are usually very empathetic to the kids watching them and good preschool shows don't patronize or talk down to the viewers.

Even if the problem is seemingly irrational or nonsensical.

It's important to be empathetic with your viewers.

And to treat it their problems and issues with respect and understanding.

A concept that would be very appealing to Amane Momose, person who gets tortured for even showing a smidge of "impurity."

Second, why...wouldn't Amane Momose be portrayed as the preschooler learning here? She's the one constantly messing up, still not a good girl even though she should have learned by now. She's immature by the standards of her cult.

She's the perfect actor for this role, a girl that cannot be a good girl but wants to be.

Only if, only if, only if I could be a good girl I hope, I hope everyone can be happy and smile Forever, forever together would be a dream

The big sister that everyone can learn from, a character who has to learn from the older more experienced folk in the cast before becoming like them. The one who fails so that everyone else can learn.

This is the role Amane Momose has given herself.

Well...that and one other thing.

Cast

Will I ever get over the cat parallels?

The answer is no, but ignoring that, Amane has gotten two acting roles! The cat here is both the actual Purge March cat but is representative of Amane. As seen by how the injuries on the cat are her injuries in Magic and Purge March and how the cat gets directly paralleled with her in shots. This cat is, for all intents and purposes, both The Cat and Amane.

This gives the scene where Amane helps the cat a neat double meaning. Amane is helping the cat but it's also symbolically her helping herself...and failing.

Because Your not supposed to escape your trial.

Amane: Both pain and illness are trials.

This is one of the worst things you can do.

Amane: According to our teachings, those who run from them are the worst evil there is. That’s one of the four great principles. No matter who you are, that cannot be forgiven.

Your especially not supposed to steal those trials away.

Amane: Oh – speaking of which, there is one among the prisoners right now. An evil existence that’s trying to steal people’s trials away from them.

The cat is Amane's sinful desires to escape pain and help people, because that's Bad Apparently. She is cast as both the sinner and the thing that tempts people to sin. The corruptive force and the one who falls for it.

If were talking TV: She's the one in those 90s PSA episodes who gets Wrapped up in a Bad Thing and also the person who's the gateway to the Bad Thing.

(Blueepink has a wonderful addition to one of my posts over here which elaborates on this and is what made me realize it in the first place. Go read it she talks about some fun animal symbolism in it!)

Amane does however redeem herself in the end. You can always learn to be better after all. Even if you are the Worst Girl.

But you can't get rid of the devil that easily, she had some help!

(You can't get rid of the devil that easily in general, but it's nice to imagine you could-)

Let's talk about the mascots!

And Crew

So as people have noted each mascot corresponds to one of the doctrines.

In Magic introduction order we have:

Gachata- ’Tis ordained, thou shall stay thine course, then perish Yuri- ’Tis ordained, thou shall deliver unto those thou believest in Gozake -’Tis ordained, thou shall discard vulgarity Riyone- ’Tis ordained, thou shall follow thine destiny

(Fun fact: The doctrines are introduced opposite to how the mascots are introduced in Purge March. I don't know what this means but it certainly is interesting)

Like a lot of children's tv show groups, each mascot seems to be focused on a specific task/idea.

Gachata is Teaching Yuri is Donations Gozake is Choir And Riyone is Complicated

Each design reflects this in one way or another. Gachata is a robot because robots are associated with being smart and logical. Yuri's clothes are patched up and he's wearing a bin making him look, well poor. Gozake is in priest's wear and has a Conductor's Baton and Riyone...

Well, she has bandage ears. But that's a weird design choice isn't it? Especially since the cult is so against medicine, or more accurately against escaping pain, that Wrapping a Handkerchief around a cat's leg is considered wrong.

Amane literally wants to kill Shidou Right Now for violating that rule...so why does Riyone have bandages?

The answer is she doesn't, this is Magic Exclusive Design Choice.

Here is the best picture of Riyone I Could get in Purge March.

These are not the same ears, their rounder and smaller and don't have the bandage holes at the end.

Do you know what else is weird about Riyone?

This sequence.

Because as Amane has stated in the T2 VD, your not supposed to run from pain.

So why is Riyone suggesting healing the cat's physical injury through prayer?

Especially since, presumably, the rule about pain is under her. She's the one representing it.

Well, this is Amane's fictional TV show. The one she's writing to bring herself comfort. Why Wouldn't she want Riyone to be a healer who could stop the pain?

You will note that this gives extra responsibility onto Amane for not following what is the obvious Good Action. Healing the Cat with Prayer would have Fixed everything but she had to go Too Far and needed to be taught a Lesson and now the cat is Gone.

Riyone is also paralleled with her mom.

This is probably due to the rule she's associated with, as that's the rule her mom punished Amane for breaking and the rule Amane punished her for breaking.

Amane has Not acknowledged that what was done to her was Wrong, she has just acknowledged the hypocrisy of the action. Riyone is portrayed as right for punishing her since it Is her doctrine she broke, while her mom is portrayed as wrong because she was not able to live up to her own standards.

This is probably why Riyone doesn't disappear in the end. As said above, Magic plays very fast and loose with what is real and what is metaphorical. Riyone represents her mom Yes but She's more representative of the rule, a rule that Amane still (wants to) believe in it.

For now at least.

Lighting

So I haven't mentioned the stage light yet even though it's a really important part of it, it's what sets off the chain of events that end in Winged Amane. It's the most real looking thing in this entire MV.

In a move I will find funny forever, this is one of the few things in Magic that doesn't seem to be connected to any specific real world event, object, or person. This stage light is most likely, purely a metaphor.

The way it disguise its nature is really interesting to me. Magic is so obviously fictional and fantasized that the real looking stage light stands out, especially since it hurts The Cat. It's unexpected and concerning, it feels out of place in this cheery world.

Except, I've mentioned it multiple times now that Magic plays fast and loose with the boundaries of fiction and reality. Magic is a show and it knows it. This Stage light was always apart of it's visual identity as a show.

This Stage light is the most obvious Show element out of everything. It's the lighting AND the inciting incident. An important backstage element and an important story element all wrapped up into one light.

This is also probably a reference to an early scene in the Truman Show.

The light falling is one of the first things that clues Truman to the nature of his world. It's the inciting incident because Truman starts noticing more strange things happening in his town, and an important backstage element, a star in the sky.

Plus, the stagelight was already breaking when we see it in Magic, we can see it flicker for a few seconds before falling.

It wasn't sabotaged with the intent to hurt. The light of this world is Literally Breaking. This image of stable happiness was never going to last forever and has probably been broken multiple times in the past.

It just so happened that The Cat was the one it fell on-top of this time.

Audience

I would go into more costuming or the storybook sequences in Magic if this post wasn't already so long. I think Magic is a deeply interesting MV and honestly it doesn't even feel like I'm scratching its surface sometimes.

I sometimes call it Amane Momose's self-insert hurt/comfort fix-it-fic because that really is what Magic is. It's her fix-it fic. Her TV series. Her maladaptive daydream that makes her feel like she still Has Something to hold onto.

Even I can say "I'm sorry" Even I have hope I swear! I'm going to be a good girl now! That's it!

This is actually something she shares a bit with Fuuta but if we talked about those parallels we would be here forever and it's also very much out of the scope of this post.

But, as I mentioned, we see Amane watching it at the end. She's an audience member for her own show, detached from all the silly, empathetic, understanding, fun events going on in that world.

Amane Momose is Very Aware that the world she wants isn't real.

But even so, that Want for it to be real is going to bleed into everything.

[brittanytm]

i just put the finishing touches on my summer reading book report and i don't know about you guys, but i've never felt so ready for the big day tomorrow. this is totally going to be my year, i can feel it. sorry ig if you were hoping it was your year, maybe next time. 💁‍♀️ anyway, how was everyone's summers? i just got back from florida, and i totally miss it already, but it's good to be home. lord tubbington is not a fan of the heat, other than the kind that lady cats sometimes get in.

[jessetm]

▶ glee club task: week eight: “passion” duet with @xstunningingenue

[spencetm]

▶ glee club task: week eight: “passion”

[tinatm]

▶ glee club task: week eight: “passion”

[good-beans]

Mini character picrew dump because the last tag game reminded me of a few I have lying around :3

[darpow]

WHO: Darrius & @chloenwckobia

WHERE: downtown Merrock

WHEN: November, 2023

"Nwokobia!" Darrius yelled out, spying the familiar face from across the street. He had decided to spend some time helping with the lights in the park, wanting to get out, do something productive... have an excuse to play in the snow. Alright, that might have been the biggest motivating factor. And of course, if he saw Chloe nearby, he was going to talk her into helping. Unsure if she had heard him, he took matters into his own hands, leaning down to drag his fingers through the snow and scooping up a handful, a wicked grin spreading across his face as he balled it, cocked back his arm, and threw it in her direction. "Heads up!"

[cragsnow]

i think we need to get you some air and perhaps have a long talk about unresolved childhood issues.

something has brewing since the morning. from the minute that he'd gotten out of bed, things had felt... off. and that wrong feeling had been simmering under the surface all day. he'd thought that he'd been hiding it well, but apparently not because dwight zeros in on him like a bloodhound and suggests they take this outside.

‘ i'm fine, ’ he snaps, and it's a lie because he's definitely not fine, which is why he allows himself to be led outside by a firm hand that begs no argument. not that he has any argument to give.

the sea air hits him, he can taste the salt on his tongue, and suddenly it's all too much. he turns away as he feels the sting in his eyes, hiding in his own shame, still reluctant to let his friend see the true extent of his feelings even though they've done this dance so many times before. ‘ it's just been a long day. ’ // @sanitatcm

[tinatm]

private.

...you think i'm hot??

totally. yes! i'd love to, i don't have any other plans for the holiday, it could be fun. and it'd give me an excuse to wear my costume somewhere besides my bedroom.

um... goth. two are blonde, i'd need a wig. but maybe it'd be a nice change of pace, you know?

private.

i don't wanna sound like a perv, but u realise that you're hot, right?

knew it would be, you can be my official secret keeper... and a perk of that roleis getting to see me on secret princess missions 😂 you want to come trick or treating with kids?

i have no idea who those people are... describe them and i can make an opinion.

[jessetm]

▶ duet - sung privately in the auditorium with @xstunningingenue

[linagram]

one of my fav things ever is that considering everyone's covers, linagram characters absolutely have the potential to cover this sick deco mashup (? is that the correct word??)

THE ORDER DRIVES ME INSANE TOO. like wdym it would start with yurika and then shun goes right after her. kei and eiji would have something like a duet part with one of them singing vampire and the other one singing animal in the background. yurika and naomi singing together and then naomi singing with kei and riku?? that is so cool..

(just in case, everyone's covers here are: yurika - salamander, shun - cinderella, eiji - animal, riku - ghost rule, asahi - iiya/118, kei - vampire, naomi - ghost rule)

[luvyeni]

TWO DUMB VIRGINS ๑. ( 박지성 )

𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗘 ──── you wanted to lose it . he was tired of being made fun by his friends. both of you thinking he’d pull out fast enough… but what can you expect from two stupid virgins ? …

( 対 ) park jisung + fem. reader genre young parent au , smau · contains! mentions of sex. pregnancy talk. crude language. jokes among friends mature content.

started. april 21st

upload schedule. mon. wed. fri.

taglist. send an ask or comment on this post.

CHAPTER !

000. yn + her friends profiles ! | jisungs + the boys profiles !

001. A B friend group … ( 3.3k wc. )

002. be friends …

003. ANYONE PLEASE ❗️❗️❗️❗️

004. ho , is you cool 😟 ??

005. passenger princess …

006. stomach bug? well no … ( 1.1k )

007. you’re gonna die in 7 days …

008. he’s a lair … and his head big asf …

009. you’re cooked…

010. so dumb … ( 1.2k )

011. not all men …

012. two dumb virgins …

013. #mpreg …

014. a femdom and her bottom …

015. “our baby”

016. today is the day 🎉 …

017. help me 🤕🤕🤕 …

018. he spent the night …

019. i can do it … ( 0.6k )

020. out on the field ⚽️ …

021. please put down the drill 😭😭… ( 0.4k )

022. she’s a witch !

023. free wingstop …

024. support a small business! …

025. i’m coming…

026. third floor … ( 1k )

027. daddy duty …

028. 6 week appointment …

029. back to work! …

030. my future wife …

THE END !

©️LUVYENI

[spencetm]

spencer: is it? he's a total grouch in the mornings. spencer: thank god. spencer: jesus, i hope it's not me. spencer: i feel like i'm a little too not obviously fucking gay for her tastes, though. spencer: maybe kurt. spencer: wtf spencer: that's so rude. i'd have shared him with you. spencer: so i have time to slip in before then, got it.

sugar: ur going running with mason? that's hot 😏 sugar: bb i love u sm but i could never crush on u like that. it would be weird af. sugar: omg should we put bets on the next gay tina falls in love with?? 💅🏻👏 sugar: dibs mean he's mine 👀 i loved him first. he's off limits... but i'll totes send u a picture of his butt when he finally falls in love with me. sugar: p sure he's waiting until i'm out of school #respect

[peacheeeliz]

CASUAL

SYNOPSIS ⤏ when wooyoung, mr. "scared of commitment," finds himself catching feelings for you, his supposed friend with benefits, he struggles between keeping things casual or possibly ruining your friendship.

PARING ⤏ nonidol! wooyoung x fem reader

GENRE ⤏ smau, a handful of written chapters, rom-com, angst, established situationship, fwb to lovers, commitment issues wooyoung falls hard for reader

FEATURING ⤏ ateez, minho & hyunjin from skz, renjun from nct, karina from aespa, and ryujin from itzy

FACECLAIM ⤏ faceclaim for y/n purely for picture purposes!! (@ ggwonnaa on ig)

WARNINGS ⤏ no smut, but heavily nsfw/suggestive (they are so horny i fear), swearing, kms/kys & nsfw jokes, pls ignore timestamps 💔

PLAYLIST ⤏ casual, chappell roan | blind eyes red, minnie | selfish waltz, ateez | one more night, maroon 5 | party monster, the weeknd | heartbeat, childish gambino | meddle about, chase atlantic | after hours, the weeknd | les, childish gambino | commitment issues, tiffany day

STARTED ⤏ 4/24/2025

STATUS ⤏ complete ♡

NOTE ⤏ just thought i'd tease it before i disappear again 😭😭 this one is gonna take awhile to come out as i'm gonna be busy with school work for the next few weeks, but i will set aside time to work on it in my free time!!

PROFILES & CHAPTERS

hot mess express | pirate's melody

prologue. yes u horny freak

001. thunder storm (545 wc)

002. bros before hoes

003. the m word

004. PREGAME!!!

005. imagine being this down bad

006. 99z line

007. "i'll think about it"

008. ew

009. oh that sounded real bratty

010. well duh

011. need some me time

012. woo?? have FEELINGS?

013. i should be happy for her

014. skill issue

015. WOOF

016. sough rex

017. jung wooyoung (865 wc)

018. we need to talk

019. cara mia <3

020. I'VE GOT THIS

021. stay away from me (757 wc)

022. pirate's melody's princess

023. not that i care

024. still not forgiven (791 wc)

025. BEYONCE?

026. we do care :(

027. gatekeeping kitkats

028. u troglodyte

029. all-paid trip to japan

030. no lmao

031. fivesome..

032. i didn't know where else to go (469 wc)

033. you should know this too (846 wc)

034. hypothetical advances

035. she wants me so bad

036. u have no idea

037. under pressure (743 wc)

038. please (885 wc)

039. why does it ache

040. maybe a little biting (796 wc)

041. i have a choi san

042. BBY PLS

043. full time simp

044. boyfriend

045. public service announcement

046. a rockstar and his number one fan

☆©peacheeeliz, 2025

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ taglist is closed!

[cherryrikis]

OPERATION: LOCKDOWN

pairing -> gamer!riki x beauty influencer!fem reader

warnings -> swearing

genre -> smau, fluff, humor, angst, kinda love triangle

synopsis -> you hated gamers. riki hated ulzzang’s (except you). so after weeks of fighting to be the top streamer, (and riki’s poor attempts to charm you), he suggests to collaborate so you could both be number one. you tried to keep it professional. but the more time you spent producing content together, the more you realized just how much nishimura riki really meant to you.

status -> september 6 2024 - october 15 2024

taglist is closed.

profiles -> nintendo sponsors | diors angels

stream 001 ; who is nishiriki2005

stream 002 ; gamer stereotypes

stream 003 ; looks but no personality

stream 004 ; angel wings

stream 005 ; miss dr jart ambassador

stream 006 ; persistent guys

stream 007 ; persona

stream 008 ; mickey and minnie

stream 009 ; for me, or for you?

stream 010 ; rainbow road

stream 011 ; the after party

stream 012 ; second first date

[fin.] stream 013 ; locked down

authors note - titles are constantly subject to change

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