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genuinely believe that the best and funniest thing you can do in any story is send the characters to literal hell

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why did sasha james go so hard. she hated horror movies she walked directly into danger at all times she committed murder she was marked by two entities within seconds of each other she had no concept of privacy she spoke with a slight lisp she almost died saving tim her name was enough to goad jon into murder 126 episodes after her death she knew gertrude's disappearance was fishy from day one she had no external friends she worked in the field for a decade she was so bad at archiving and she was in SIX episodes. she was even aro.

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Made some pins from audio entertainment I enjoy!

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carved my first stamp today oh yeah (with a lot help from my lovely friend who actually has previous stamp carving experience)

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nice pair of characters who trust each other more than anyone else in the whole entire world it would sure be a shame if one of them betrayed that trust for the sake of trying to keep the other alive. it would sure be a shame to love someone so much you destroy them

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It has come to my attention that people have been using my mspaint doodle as a reaction image- and I'm flattered however I realized I didn't sign it so I made a signed version. Use this one instead please and thank you!!

Drawn while listening to Malevolent, but can apply to a wide variety of horror podcasts or listening experiences. I'll tag a few for safe measure

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I keep seeing posts that are like "season 1 Tim would be friends with this character" or "season 1 Tim would make archives team watch trashy movies with him" or "season 1 Tim would do this, or this, and season 1 Tim is so friendly and nice with everyone!". And like. There is nothing wrong with headcanons. But I feel like it's very demonstrative of the larger fandom problem of completely ignoring canon to favour a carefully crafted, wildly spread and completely incorrect fanon.

Because believe it or not, season 1 Tim is.... not like that. When I first listened to TMA, before I had any interactions with the fandom, I didn't perceive him like this. Then I started interacting with the fandom, and I, too, saw this interpretation and said, "Oh! I'll add that to my belief system!". But I recently relistened to season 1, and realised how wrong that was.

Tim is "the hot one." Sure. That's canon, Basira said it in season 2. However, Tim is also an incredibly closed off and secretive person. And actually, canonically, he doesn't have many friends at the Institute. Which makes even more sense than him being friendly with everyone. He arrived at the Institute traumatised by The Stranger of all things, making him very distrustful of everyone. Yes, he became friends with pre-season 1 Jonathan "don't talk to me I'm busy" Sims, but Jon was also a traumatised person who was desperately looking for answers.

Sasha (who, by the way, I find is way too often ignored by the fandom) is the friendly one. Sasha became friends with Tim and Jon, Sasha tried her best to make Martin feel accepted in the Archives, Sasha is the nosy one who gets into everyone's business. Not Tim.

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Not a popular opinion on tumblr I know but I would argue character death is good for stories, actually, and often a death with long narrative consequences is much better use of a character than having them linger with no more important plot beats to hit.

Character death isn’t writers being mean to viewers or something characters don’t “deserve,” it’s an important part of narrative and plotting to give stories stakes and emotional beats. The work making you have an emotion is in fact the point, not something to avoid.

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Some MORE moments from

"A deeply Annoying child"

by @ajkal2 on ao3!

Part 2/2

Closeups:

There's a lot of great scenes that i also have ideas for but for now these are the ones I've finished.

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fuck this horrible Vessel im in

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maybe !

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Consider-season one Jon and the Archival Assistants doing the sound effects for each tape diegetically

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you ever think about the dissonance between how Tim's perceived vs how he sees himself. he's the hot one but the girl he's actually interested in doesn't like him that way. he's supposed to be cool and confident but he sees himself as less than his little brother in every respect. he acts chill and laid back but he's so close to snapping -- he's quick to anger, after the prentiss attack, he breaks. he has this persona he's trying to embody, that doesn't really match up with his actual self.

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thinking about how melanie said john was welcome "as a friend". thinking about how she wasn't mad at him when they met again even after everything he did to her. thinking about how she just wanted a friend and how john never could have been that for her. thinking about how even if john had accepted her offer she's found happiness he won't allow himself to. thinking about how melanie is a john who knows when to seek help and how georgie is a martin who knows when to draw boundaries. thinking about melanie's hatred and fear of john but still trying to communicate with him. thinking about how when the anger and fear is gone there's only peace left. thinking about how the way john and melanie clash could have been lighthearted arguments and injokes in any other situation. thinking about the john and melanie friendship that could have been.

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distortion + foxglove

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Never ever be normal about fictional characters but please GOD be normal about the people who play them, I am begging you