#(kind of. but yeah‚ helen only became the distortion because michael fell apart and it had to find something to replace it-- | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

theokusgallery · 13 days ago

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YES !!!!! YES THAT IS THE POINT THE DISTORTION IS NOT MEANT TO BE MICHAEL AND HAVING A NAME IS COMPLETELY ANTITHETICAL TO ITS VERY EXISTENCE AS AN ENTITY!!!

It's supposed to be unknown because that's where all the horror comes from ! It's just Creepy Doors That Make You (Feel) Insane !!!! If you know what it is, if you know it's Michael, it loses most if not all of its horror, because now not only do you have a (nice, reassuring, grounding) name to call it, you're aware of what it is and of its danger which means you're never going to open the damn door !!! That's why Helen doesn't survive it -- because she doesn't know that Michael isn't human, and doesn't know what to look for!!

Calling The Distortion "Michael" in the same way people give names to their appliances. Michael The Distortion = Basil The Microwave. That's not really its name and if you call it that it doesn't really fit

#also more on Helen from your tags. because I have a very specific headcanon about it. and I love thinking about it #i personally love seeing helen as just Being A Better Fit For The Distortion than Michael is- Michael was forced onto it but it chose Helen #(kind of. but yeah‚ helen only became the distortion because michael fell apart and it had to find something to replace it--#--and on that note‚ i think it only did that because being Michael changed its nature as an entitiy #like. before that‚ it apparently just didnt have a name or a human form. so why be helen after michael ''gets distracted''?#my answer is that that's what it is‚ now. the distortion now has to have a name. its nature was changed by being michael.#and it's just gotta deal with it.)#which. that actually works really well with the ''michael is a reminder that you were something once'' thing. the ''new development stage''#michael is the trigger for the change but he is terribly unfit for the distortion.#he is so unable to be the distortion that it straight up loses him to his leftover humanity #(or thats my headcanon anyway. the way i see it‚ michael was so unable to conciliate the two 'parts' of its identity that it couldnt--#--act as shelley without losing the 'distortion' part of itself and eventually lost it while trying to take revenge for michael shelley)#whereas helen's issues are only there to start with and she gets over it reeaaal fast.#which isnt surprising considering she was already a dishonest person when she was a person! lying to clients‚ *secret* tory and all #she's just. kind of a natural at being the distortion. which is why it choses her!#and jon says something to that effect in MAG187 (the episode where helen dies):#''Michael had nothing you could use but a razor-straight desire for vengeance‚ but you saw something in Helen that would work on me much--#more subtly.''#helen works well as the distortion because it can use it to deceive the Archivist. michael only had anger.#the moment jon learns about michael shelley‚ michael's just straight up unsalvageable as an identity for it.#erm. that got long. thank you for coming to my TED talk i guess;#(sweats)#tma #tumblr was messing up my tags help. thats what i get for rambling

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