#Caroline Rayner

[thenervebible]

Thunder knocked me, made me in the grass, 

listen. To the embarrassing color of the sky in what remains of the day. Call it gloaming, immediately. I want it to burn like I want everyone to put it down. I want to use it because I like it. Folded 

into the video. Tight 

where it counts. Delusional, and yes, unshaved. 

Mimosa. I could suck the glint until it shocks me into 

goddamn. 

That a bruise can bloom into something with soul, I understood, because while magenta came undone, I listened. This time, 

baby. Hammered with something to show for it. Photogenic thigh I have to arrange to let you see. No one does, or asks. I wait, still, 

like a dog. I know how to coax juice from cherries. Practicing in tights. You have to be gentle. Angel, believing, or having faith, or knowing an option with manners. Ideally with flowers. I thought I could wear this dress. I thought I could sing in it. Nothing dangerous enough, 

hot enough, 

to quiet down. You, inside, where light gathers, elegantly, around the karaoke machine. Me, this time, being good. 

I want to say, 

the hell do you intend, conspiring with a kind of divine I thought we edged until, finally, it began,

and I thought we decided, no blood, no hustle, but desire so atonal that we heave it into the yard, go with it 

like the hunting 

dogs we are, forever calibrating our stamina toward the source of light. 

How useless I become in the presence of a threshold, resistant to reading the room, 

conceding to my every vice in a single 

swallow. 

Glory to the weekend, 

deteriorating. Glory to the zodiac, I happen to be waiting, 

cicada inside my mouth. Required, in order to belt it, which will make it less like honey, 

more like shit. No one coming in from the kitchen, or doing anything, to prepare. Is it romantic, 

or is it fake as heat lightning. 

Bend me in that direction. No one else would with razor wire. 

Pin me with a blade 

where it matters, hammer down the same 

silver. Against the earth. 

I like what I like. 

Thong dangling where a wind chime belongs. 

How much, baby, will I owe in the morning, 

for the damage.

Caroline Rayner, from THE MOAN WILDS

[tiger-in-the-flightdeck]

Judd Winick taking over Batman: Tim is disguised as a hot nurse, and a doctor tries to pick him up.

Judd Winick taking over Green Lantern: Andre is thirsting after Kyle's butt, and Terry is flirting with him within seconds of walking into his apartment.

Judd Winick transitioning YJ into TT: Tim and Kon just hooked up in a closet.

Judd Winick creating Outsiders: Grace and Anissa are battle wives. And everyone thinks Dick and Roy should bone.

Judd Winick creating Lost Days: Jason flirts with men.

[a-mag-a-day]

Even though Callum turns out to be a little shit to all the other kids in the Dark Domain, I still feel really bad for him :(((

He had a really fucked-up home life with his dad Philip Brown being a massive dickhead to him and Caroline. Not to mention the trauma he suffered here being kidnapped by Rayner who attempted to use him as his new vessel.

Even though the image of people beating up old man Simon Fairchild to death is hilarious after the apocalypse ended, my mind almost always goes to thinking about Callum and all the other kids on Night Street. I hope Callum wasn’t treated too harshly after the apocalypse ended 😭😭😭

Yeah poor kid. The whole avatars vs. Victims lines being blurred really shows with his story

[nobleriver]

tag 9 people you wanna get to know better!

tagged by: @spacewives-in-spacetime in this post (who already knows I'm wordy as crap so all of this is your fault)

three ships: OTP: Doctorriver (from Doctor Who, all incarnations), BatCat (Batman/Catwoman), SasuSaku (Sasuke/Sakura from Naruto/Boruto)

I am a huge romantic. Romance, to some capacity, is required in almost every story I read or watch. As a result, I have a lot of couples I like. But shipping is another level of interest. So I decided to go with these three because I spent the most money on them lol. I've bought comics, audio dramas, books, and boxsets. And for those wondering why I didn't put Klaus/Caroline from TVD...they broke my heart that's why. :(

last song: Over the Love by Florence and the Machine

last movie: Avatar 2

currently reading: *takes a deep breath*

Ariadne: The Novel. Literally just finished this morning, so my frustration is still fresh. I absolutely adore the story of Ariadne and Bacchus. I almost wrote a novel based on them when I was 19 but I decided not to continue. But because I am so familiar and fascinated by them, I should not have bought this book. The book itself is fine. It was just a mismatch of expectations.

Yes, in the Greco-Roman myths, there is a running theme that some individuals are heroes to men but dogs to women. And there are few variations to Ariadne's story, so one never knows which direction the author will go. But there is more to Ariadne than being a perpetual victim to all the men in her life. At least, to me, there is. This is why, if I have doubts, I usually check the middle of a book before I buy it. I checked this time too, and I thought I was safe, but it was actually the last pages that ruined it for me.

I wanted to read the liberation and empowerment of Ariadne, her conversion from the naive, discarded princess to the triumphant Libera, the ascendant goddess whose name literally means free; the woman who latched hold of a once in a lifetime opportunity and carved a place for herself in the halls of Olympia after her lover, Theseus, abandoned her to starve to death on the shores of Naxos; the Libera who watched, enthroned, as her would-be killer suffered a series of mishaps and fell from grace in the eyes of gods and man.

And were all those mishaps accidents? Or curses? And if so, by whom? Her? Bacchus? Another deity? Is Ariadne foolish or cunning, haughty or generous, vengeful or forgiving? There are so many routes her story can go. However, this book does not take the route of the empowered Libera. It has a negative character arc, which - again - is fine, just not for me. Unless it's about the protagonist turning into the villain in which case it's 100% for me.

Other books I'm currently reading because I do not read one book at a time: Francine Rivers's The Lady's Mine; Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None; Tom Baker's Scratchman; James Patterson and Emily Raymond's The Girl in the Castle; and Jacqueline Rayner's Legends of Camelot.

And don't get me started on the endless list of ongoing manga/manhua I read monthly.

currently watching: Nothing really. I've been meaning to watch the latest season of You. And I've rewatched a couple Doctor Who eps for research (fanfic) purposes. But I don't really watch tv anymore, at least I don't regularly follow any tv shows like I used to.

currently consuming: electrolyte water as prescribed

currently craving: Food. I'm hungry but I don't want to cook. But guess who promised to cook today? Me.

@iceinherheart-kissonherlips @livingdeadblondequeen @expelliarmus @wibblyowzah @whogirl42 @benoitblanc @nostalgia-tblr @watson-emma @clarabosswald

[ladyherenya]

Sequels and retellings, mostly.

Also read: Circling Back to You by Julie Tieu and “Death of Snow” by Tansy Rayner Roberts.

Reread: Fangirl and Carry On by Rainbow Rowell.

Total: Eleven novels (including one audiobook), one graphic novel, one short story collection and one short story.

My favourites: The Swallows’ Flight (perspicacious and poignant and vividly-written), Return of the Thief (tense, with twists and revelations I didn’t anticipate and a satisfying ending) and “Winter Songs for Summer” in Scattered Showers (the early noughties tech made me nostalgic and Summer’s relationship with music was interesting).

I’d also recommend: Ten Thousand Stitches, Great or Nothing, Fangirl vol. 2, Scattered Showers and If the Shoe Fits.

Cover thoughts: The covers for both The Swallows’ Flight and Great or Nothing are lovely. I like the internal illustrations for Scattered Showers more than its cover. I think I would have read Return of the Thief sooner if its cover were less ominous.

Titles, authors, genres and ratings listed below, with links to my reviews on LibraryThing.

The Swallows' Flight by Hilary McKay. Children’s historical fiction about growing up during the 30s and WWII, set in England and Germany. 4☆

Naughty Dragons Try School! by Natalie Jane Prior (illustrated by Simon Howe). Sequel to Naughty Dragons Make Trouble! Children's fantasy. 3½☆

Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater. Romantic Regency fantasy about a housemaid who receives an offer of help from a faerie lord. Same world as Half a Soul. 3½☆

If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy. Contemporary retelling of Cinderella, about participating in a dating reality TV show. Single POV. 3½☆

By the Book by Jasmine Guillory. Contemporary retelling of Beauty and the Beast, about an editor's assistant and an uncommunicative author. Single POV.

“Death of Snow” by Tansy Rayner Roberts. Murder mystery retelling of Snow White. Short story.

Great or Nothing by Joy McCullough, Caroline Tung Richmond, Tess Sharpe and Jessica Spotswood. A retelling of the later part of Little Women, set during WWII. 3½☆

Circling Back to You by Julie Tieu. Contemporary office romance.

Fangirl: the manga (volume 2), adapted by Sam Maggs and Rainbow Rowell and illustrated by Gabi Nam. Part 2 of 4, adapting Rowell's novel about a fangirl at college. 3½☆

Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell. A collection of nine short stories. Three stories revisit characters from her novels.  Most are romantic. 4☆

Four Kings by Karan K Anders (aka Andrea K. Höst). Sequel to The Book of Firsts. A very low-key sort of book about uni students who have the resources to pursue their passions -- in terms of their studies, artistic ambitions, paid work and unconventional relationships. 3☆

Return of the Thief Megan Whalen Turner. Fantasy. Final Queen's Thief book. 4☆

[wankerwatch]

Commons Vote

On: House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 20

Ayes: 98 (91.8% Con, 4.1% DUP, 1.0% RUK, 1.0% Ind, 1.0% UUP, 1.0% TUV) Noes: 375 (92.5% Lab, 2.7% Ind, 2.2% SNP, 1.1% PC, 1.1% Green, 0.5% SDLP) Absent: ~177

Day's business papers: 2024-11-12

Likely Referenced Bill: House of Lords (Exclusion of Hereditary Peers) Bill

Description: A Bill to amend the House of Lords Act 1999 to remove the by-election system for the election of hereditary peers; to provide for the exclusion of hereditary peers from the House of Lords over time; and for connected purposes.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: 2nd reading

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (90 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alex Burghart Alicia Kearns Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Murrison Andrew Rosindell Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Bernard Jenkin Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Charlie Dewhirst Chris Philp Christopher Chope Claire Coutinho Damian Hinds Danny Kruger David Davis David Reed Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Edward Leigh Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Gavin Williamson George Freeman Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Harriett Baldwin Helen Grant Helen Whately Jack Rankin James Cartlidge James Cleverly James Wild Jeremy Hunt Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont Joy Morrissey Julian Smith Katie Lam Kit Malthouse Laura Trott Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Louie French Luke Evans Mark Francois Mark Garnier Mark Pritchard Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mike Wood Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil O'Brien Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Oliver Dowden Patrick Spencer Paul Holmes Peter Bedford Rebecca Harris Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Fuller Richard Holden Robbie Moore Robert Jenrick Roger Gale Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Shivani Raja Simon Hoare Stuart Andrew Suella Braverman Tom Tugendhat

Democratic Unionist Party (4 votes)

Carla Lockhart Gavin Robinson Gregory Campbell Jim Shannon

Reform UK (1 vote)

Nigel Farage

Independent (1 vote)

Alex Easton

Ulster Unionist Party (1 vote)

Robin Swann

Traditional Unionist Voice (1 vote)

Jim Allister

Noes

Labour (344 votes)

Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Al Carns Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Norris Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison McGovern Alison Taylor Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Martin Andrew Cooper Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy McDonald Andy Slaughter Angela Eagle Angela Rayner Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Antonia Bance Bambos Charalambous Bayo Alaba Beccy Cooper Becky Gittins Bell Ribeiro-Addy Ben Coleman Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Bridget Phillipson Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Cat Eccles Cat Smith Catherine Fookes Catherine McKinnell Charlotte Nichols Chi Onwurah Chris Bloore Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Evans Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Ward Chris Webb Christian Wakeford Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Clive Efford Clive Lewis Connor Naismith Connor Rand Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Jarvis Dan Norris Dan Tomlinson Daniel Francis Daniel Zeichner Danny Beales Darren Jones Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Baines David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Smith David Taylor David Williams Dawn Butler Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Diana Johnson Douglas Alexander Douglas McAllister Ellie Reeves Elsie Blundell Emily Darlington Emma Foody Emma Hardy Emma Lewell-Buck Emma Reynolds Euan Stainbank Fabian Hamilton Feryal Clark Fleur Anderson Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Fred Thomas Gareth Snell Gen Kitchen Georgia Gould Gerald Jones Gill Furniss Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Grahame Morris Gregor Poynton Gurinder Singh Josan Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Frith James Murray James Naish Janet Daby Jas Athwal Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jen Craft Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Jess Phillips Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jon Trickett Jonathan Brash Jonathan Hinder Jonathan Reynolds Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Josh Simons Julia Buckley Julie Minns Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Kanishka Narayan Karin Smyth Karl Turner Kate Dearden Kate Osamor Kate Osborne Katie White Katrina Murray Keir Mather Kenneth Stevenson Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kim Johnson Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Pitcher Leigh Ingham Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Linsey Farnsworth Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lloyd Hatton Lola McEvoy Lorraine Beavers Louise Haigh Louise Jones Lucy Rigby Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Margaret Mullane Maria Eagle Marie Tidball Mark Ferguson Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Marsha De Cordova Martin McCluskey Martin Rhodes Mary Glindon Matt Rodda Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Maya Ellis Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Miatta Fahnbulleh Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Reader Mike Tapp Mohammad Yasin Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Naushabah Khan Navendu Mishra Neil Coyle Neil Duncan-Jordan Nesil Caliskan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Nick Smith Nick Thomas-Symonds Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patricia Ferguson Patrick Hurley Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Paula Barker Paulette Hamilton Perran Moon Peter Kyle Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Phil Brickell Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Rachel Taylor Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosie Wrighting Rupa Huq Rushanara Ali Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth

Samantha Dixon Samantha Niblett Sarah Champion Sarah Coombes Sarah Edwards Sarah Hall Sarah Owen Sarah Russell Sarah Sackman Satvir Kaur Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Shabana Mahmood Sharon Hodgson Shaun Davies Simon Lightwood Simon Opher Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stephen Doughty Stephen Kinnock Stephen Morgan Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Reed Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Tahir Ali Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Terry Jermy Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tonia Antoniazzi Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Vicky Foxcroft Warinder Juss Will Stone Yuan Yang Zubir Ahmed

Independent (10 votes)

Apsana Begum Ayoub Khan Ian Byrne Imran Hussain Iqbal Mohamed John McDonnell Rebecca Long Bailey Richard Burgon Rosie Duffield Shockat Adam

Scottish National Party (8 votes)

Brendan O'Hara Chris Law Dave Doogan Graham Leadbitter Kirsty Blackman Seamus Logan Stephen Flynn Stephen Gethins

Plaid Cymru (4 votes)

Ann Davies Ben Lake Liz Saville Roberts Llinos Medi

Green Party (4 votes)

Adrian Ramsay Carla Denyer Ellie Chowns Siân Berry

Social Democratic & Labour Party (2 votes)

Claire Hanna Colum Eastwood

[zorknogg]

Books I Read in 2023

Ranging from the terrible (Altered Carbon) to the great (Elena Ferrante is one of the GOAT) to the Hunger Games.

The List:

-Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy

-The Road by Cormac McCarthy

-The Hunger Games 1-3 by Suzanne Collins

-Soft Inheritance by Fawn Parker

-Strong Towns by Charles Marohn Jr.

-Speech Acts by Laura McCullough

-Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré

-The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli

-Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber

-The Trouble With Being Born by Emil Cioran

-The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante

-Salmon by Sebastian Castillo

-The Moan Wilds by Caroline Rayner

-The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power by Robert Caro

-The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent by Robert Caro

-The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan

-I'd Rather Be Lightning by Nancy Lynée Woo

-The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism by Katherine Stewart

-Politics by Aristotle

-The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton

-No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

-Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

-Dying of Whiteness by Jonathan M. Metzl

-June 30th, June 30th by Richard Brautigan

-Real Life by Brandon Taylor

-Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork by Richard Brautigan

-Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados

-Normal People by Sally Rooney

-Jack by Marilynne Robinson

-Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

-All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

-Passing by Nella Larsen

-Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen

-The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

-The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

-Energy and Civilization: A History by Vaclav Smil

-(re-read) The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein

-Stalinist Confessions by Igal Halfin

-A History of Russian Thought by William Leatherbarrow

-Dream Work by Mary Oliver

-House of Light by Mary Oliver

-Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan

-Call for the Dead by John le Carré

[lifeinpoetry]

i get real / & we burn / the house down.

Caroline Rayner, from calorie world

[pooks]

(disclaimer: the Welcome to Somewhere Else universe belongs to @sm0kebreaks @kerink and game-warden. all i have is thoughts and theories)

had some thoughts regarding Callum in WTSE universe, which was prompted by some weird dreams last night (the heatwave and a weird subconscious causes some really ultra weird dreams)

for example "when does he come in?" well, i figured Callum enters Night Vale's universe significally later than Jon and Martin.

think of the distance between Night Street and the Panopticon. 27 episodes between MAG 173 and MAG 200. i would say it's less than half of JonMartin's journey. so the collapse of the Panopticon and the Fears being dragged to "somewhere else" took longer, depending on where in the Fearpocalypse they were.

so Callum appears in Night Vale between Acts 3 or 4, i assume (i may eventually ask the actual WTSE creators about this, but working up my courage cause I'm very shy)

my second take is "what does Rayner to do with this"

allow me to explain.

we don't know for certainty what happened with Rayner in canon. Jon referred him as "died in the light", but i thought his line was more of an assumption than actual truth when Jon interrogated Callum in MAG 173.

this is what happened with Callum: Maxwell Rayner and his ritual to bodyhop Callum failed, in Basira's statement. Callum was saved by Basira and the police that signed Section 31. but Rayner didn't die because he was missing a body to die in, so he had already bodyhopped Callum but the light saved Callum from being taken over,so Rayner lived inside his soul like a parasite.

and he heavily influenced Callum pre- and post- Change.

but as Callum lands in Night Vale, Rayner doesn't need a body to freely exist so a mistake is made when Callum and his friends do an "experiment" that involves an Ouija Board (kids, seriously. do NOT try this, not even in Night Vale). so Rayner frees himself from his vessel, but is still plans his Ritual and wants to take Callum's life as a sacrifice.

the whole Callum vs. Rayner is an mini-act on itself and touches on Callum's relationships with his new dads, especially Cecil.

the third point, "which dad is Callum closest to?"

simple answer? it's Cecil. but Callum is close to all his four dads on equal, different levels. but he has the strongest bond to Cecil.

Callum and Cecil share a bond because it was Cecil who saved his life when Cal was starving to death in Night Vale. and then saved his life a second time when Cal was nearly taken by Rayner. and Callum has 80s vibes as guilty pleasure which Cecil indulges in wholeheartedly. such as aerobics, listening to music on cassette tapes and of course, shopping in the Night Vale Mall.

and the last and fourth question "what happened to Callum's mother, Caroline Brodie?"

easy. she was killed by the Spiral in Helen's "hotel" in the Fearpocalypse. Caroline was searching for her son, got tricked and trapped in Helen's Spiral Hotel where she got herself devoured. a "fragment" of Caroline existed deep within Callum, once he allowed the Eye to take him as an acolyte.

in the Rayner Arc, Cecil dives into Callum's subconscious with Jon's help and to find him (Cal is possessed at this point and unresponsive). Cecil meets with the fragment that is Caroline Brodie and it's revealed she managed to plit and send a small part of herself to her son before she was devoured by the Distortion. Caroline gets the story of what happened to Callum so far and asks Cecil of only one favor: to take Callum as his son, protect and love him until the end of time.

Cecil finds that to save Callum, he needs to make Cal realize he is loved and cherished by his family and it throws Rayner off-guard.

the difference between Rayner and Jon, to an extent, is they're both actual eldritch monsters feeding on fear. but Rayner is completely incapable of understanding love while Jon embraces love as a infinite force that no fear can destroy.

short answer is Cecil decides to honor Caroline Brodie's last wish before she faded into nothingness (or the eternal infinity, as Cecil calls it).

and my point with all this that Callum is a 13 year old boy who got traumatized by an old evil regency eldritch monster and needed to find his path of healing, but not before getting himself lost and then finding the right people who could love and support him, like an actual adult should've done.

[afaimsarrowverse]

Arrowverse Update 2021:

I am doing one more of those before the new Seasons are rolling in, because we got major news about one project and some more bits about everything else, so… let’s start with the bad news and then continue with the rest:

 Green Arrow and the Canaries

 Is officially dead. It is currently unknown if and how we are going to get a resolution of the cliffhangar from the Backdoor-Pilot and its other open plot-threads. Yes, we were promised that all of this would get resolved somwhere else, if the show would not get picked up, however that was one year ago. Since then a lot has changed.

The main problem is that the project was just buried a couple of days ago, meaning that there is no chance for anything of this to be resolved in this TV-Season, which is already completly planned through for all the Arrowverse-Shows (and even half filmed already in some cases). The other problem is that a good portion of the people responsible for „Green Arrow and the Canaries“ is not a part of the current Arrwoverse anylonger. Yes, Marc Guggenheim could come back just to do a Crossover that resolves all that is still open, but why would The CW want its next Crossover Event to revolve around a never picked up show? There would have to be something else in that Crossover Event, provided one of those could even happen any time soon. As for doing just a singular episode the problem is where. The shows with ties to „Green Arrow and the Canaries“ might not be around any more or be in their final season by the time such an episode could be made, and all of the shows might again get shortened seasons, so the producers are going to have other priorties for their own shows in the next year.

So we might not get a resolution to „Green Arrow and the Canaries“ at all. On Televison that is. There is the alternate route though: A Comic Continuation.

As of now however it’s way to early to know anything for sure though. They are looking into it, but as I said, things are a lot more complicated right now, then they were a year ago.

Batwoman

 Season two is rolling around in a few days, therefor they released a new accurate synopsis and The CW has been and is still putting out a lot of promo material. You can watch most of it on Youtube.

A couple of days after I wrote my last one of these, it was reported that Christina Wolfe will be part of the main cast this season. In other news, we also were told that we will get yet another version of Victor Zsasz. The Arrowverse-Version will be played by Alex Morf.

Also David Ramsey will guest star as John Diggle and also direct an episode (but probably not the same one). And yes, this might be the Crossover Episode. However is has to be said that is has become awfully quite around that illusive „Batwoman“/“Superman&Lois“-Crossover. Given the news about David Ramsey being in all shows, it might have been replaced by a Diggle-Storyline that goes through all the shows including „Batwoman“. We will have to wait and see.

The Season opener will go into Kate Kane’s fate (without her being in it though) and Gotham will have to confront the False Face Society and new drug called Snakebite in the opening episodes. The tone of the new Season might be drastically different from before, there are hints for that, and I am not speaking about BLM instead of LGBT-issues. The words „goofy“ and „fun“ are kind of present, if you know what I mean, however this could just be promotion.

 As for the episodes:

 2.01 „Whatever happend to Kate Kane?“ (Directed by: Holly Dale, Written by: Caroline Dries, Airdate: January 17 2021)

 2.02 „Prior Criminal History“ (Written by: James Stoteraux & Chad Fiveash)

 2.03 „Bat Girl Magic“

 2.04 „Fair Skin, Blue Eyes“ (Directed by: Menhaj Huda, Written by: Ebony Gilbert)

 2.05 „Gore on Canvas“

Black Lightning

 Everyone is still very tighlipped about the final Season of „Black Lightning“. So I have nothing new, apart from titles (which are in line with the previous seasons and therefore not telling us anything, if we are honest):

 4.01 „The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter One“ (Airdate: February 8 2021)

 4.02 „The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter Two“

 4.03. „The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter Three“

 4.04 „The Book of Reconstrucion: Chapter Four“

 4.05 „The Book of Ruin: Chapter One“

 4.06.

 4.07 „Painkiller“-Backdoorpilot

The Flash

 So, yes, someone on the Production Team was tested posivite, and they had to shut down the production for a short period of time because of this, but it remained a pretty isolated case (or so it seems) and the production did resume. To make up for the lost time the Christmas Break was shortend, and they are back to filming already, so no need to worry, everthing is on schedule.

This season will see the return of John Diggle to Central City. David Ramsey will also direct an episode (but probably not the same one). We will also see the return of the Meta-Human Task Force, which will clash with Frost. This storyline will also involve Joe. Eric Wallace has hinted before that there will be a storyline involving the police and abuse of power with Joe in it, and I did assume it would be BLM-storyline, however this is „The Flash“, so this storyline might be what he talked about instead, and we might get a Meta-Human are being hunted and abused-Storyline as a substiute.

 As for the first couple of episodes:

 7.01 „All’s Wells that Ends Wells“ (Airdate: Feburary 23 2021)

 7.02. „The Speed of Thought“ (Airdate: March 2 2021)

 7.03 „Mother“ (Airdate: March 9 2021)

 7.04 „Central City Strong“( Airdate: March 16 2021)

 7.05 „Fear Me“ (Airdate: March 23 2021)

Superman & Lois

 The new Morgan Edge is in and it will be Adam Rayner, who will inherit the role from Adrian Pasdar. We also learned that Joselyn Picard will play the other Cushing-Lang-Daughter Sophie. Reporters we will get to meet on the show not only include Ron Troupe but also Chrissy Beppp played by Sofia Hasmik, while Leslie Larr played by Stacey Farber will be a cold former idealist, probably tied to Morgan Edge, and presumable an antagonist.

David Ramsey will guest star as John Diggle somewhen this season and will direct an episode as well. He will make his way through most of the shows (as Diggle) and might be the Crossover-Factor of this season. Even though the „Batwoman“/“Superman & Lois“-Crossover is not officially of the table, we haven’t heard anything about it in a while, so maybe this actually is it.

We got a proper look at the new suit and also the first real trailer, which is … unusal. More artsy then revealing, but is around one and a half months until the season starts, so there will be another trailer coming out soon.

 The first couple of episodes:

 1.01  Pilot (Directed by: Lee Toland Krieger, Written by: Greg Berlanti, Todd Helbing, Airdate: February 23 2021)

 1.02  „Heritage“ (Airdate: March 2 2021)

 1.03  „The Perks of Not Being a Wallflower“ (Airdate: March 9 2021)

 1.04. „Haywire“ (Directed by: James Bamford, Airdate: March 16 2021)

 1.05 „The Beacon“ (Airdate: March 23 2021)

Legends of Tomorrow

 Aliyah O’Brien will guest star as Kayla a fearsome deadly alien warrior in this season, who won’t be to happy about the Legends, because she is a pro, and they are …. well … the Legends. David Ramsey will also guest star this season, however he won’t be playing John Diggle, but another role instead. Who or what this other role will be remains a mystery. He could play Diggles ancenstor or descendant, if time travel is still an element in Season 6, or a shape shifting alien or an illusion, however they could also go full prosthetics and have him playing a character with no connection to Diggle at all.

David Ramsey will also direct an episode this season. Caity Lotz did already direct an episode, Episode 5, and given that she tweeted about the strain of directing and acting at the same time, we will see more of Sara in this episode than in last year‘s „Mortal Khanbat“. However still expect less Sara in Episode 4 and 5 than usual.

There was an early air-date floating around for „Legends“, which proofed to be a mix-up. Don‘t expect Season 6 (or any mid-season replacement for that matter) before the end of May, and even that would be early.

 As for the episodes:

 6.01 „ Ground Control to Sara Lance“ (Directed by: Kevin Mock, Written by: James Eagan & Mark Bruner)

 6.02 „Meat: The Legends“ (Directed by: Rachel Talalay, Written by: Matthew Maala & Morgan Faust)

 6.03 „The Ex-Factor“ (Directed by: David Geddes, Written by: Grainne Godfree  & Tyron Carter)

 6.04 „Bay of Squids“ (Directed by: Sudz Sutherland, Written by: Phil Klemmer)

 6.05 „The Satanist’s Apprentice“ (Directed by. Caity Lotz, Written by: Keto Shimizu, & Ray Utarnachitt)

 6.06 „Bishop’s Gambit“ (Directed by: Kevin Mock, Written by: James Eagan & Emily Cheever)

Supergirl

 Here we are again, with crumbs only. I still can’t tell you anything with value that happens this season. A couple of casting tapes leaked, one involving a prison break plot, however there is no telling if this isn’t just a single scene that leads to something totally different or the beginning of an actual sub-plot. We do know however that Young Alex and Young Kara will make their return this season.

We also know, that „Supergirl“ is about the only show on this list that does not have a finished Episode 1 as of now. They might have one or two finished episodes around Episode 5 or 6, but that’s it.

The reason we know this is that even though they are up to Episode 6 with filming, just like the other Vancouver-based shows, they did start a lot later, meaning they did not film whole episodes. The other reason we know that is that Melissa is just returning to the show this months. And there is no way she won’t be in Episode 1. She might sit out a couple of episodes that star Young Kara and Young Alex instead, but there is no way she won’t be in the first six episodes at all.

We will also get less Alex this year, or tob e more accurate less Chyler. She is having her directorial debute this season. Episode 6 is her episode, and this is the one with Young Alex und Young Kara in it. However present day Brainy und Nia are also in it, so it won’t be a total Flashback Episode. However, expect Chyler Light Episodes 5-6. Episode 7 will be directed by David Harewood. David Ramsey will also direct an episode this season and will guest star as John Diggle, however probably not in the same episode.

Also Odette Annable is back for the final season in some capacity. Wether as Sam or as Reign or both and for how much is unknown at this point.

And yes, „Supergirl“ is also the only show on this, where I can’t give you an episode list, because this is all we know.

Yes, it is the final season and they are extra-tight-lipped because of that, and also as I said they don’t really have finished episodes at this stage, but still it would be nice, if someone up there in Vancouver or someone from the Writer’s Room would give us anything. But it seems like they are holding back with any kind of promotion at least until Melissa starts filming if not longer.

[thenervebible]

Caroline Rayner

[kendallroystigmata]

The ex wife of Phillip Brown (the guy from the wakefield prison statement with Robert Montauk and Maxwell Rayner) was named Caroline Brody. As in callum brody??

[owlrageousjones]

I really love the decision to make the Avatar for TMA 173 a kid because it really emphasizes the cruel and capricious nature of the Fears - in the end, the Avatars are just... traumatised people. 

It’s a cycle of abuse.

They were afraid and so to escape that Fear, that terrible all consuming Fear that hunted them and pursued them and chased them and wanted them, they fed others to it instead and became the Feared.

From Jane Prentiss, who heard the song of the Hive and felt the itch down in her bones, who felt herself drawn to it without understanding it, terrified and desperate. 

From Michael Crew, who traced the fractal lines of his scars until the the fractal lightning chased him through the streets, until ozone and pain dogged his every step until his only escape was into the arms of lightning and sky. 

Jared Hopworth, who never liked his body, who was tall and strong but without a future, without hope. His body - his muscles, his bones, his blood - they were the only things he thought was worth it about him. He was afraid that was all he would ever have going for him and so what other choice did he have but to embrace that? What other choice did he have but to make others understand that?

Annabelle Crane, who was terrified of spiders, who wanted to do anything to stop fearing them. Oliver Banks, who ran from Death to the remotest point in the world. Tova McHugh who tried to be healthy only to die from a sudden seizure, who was willing to do anything to avoid the fate she realised was in store for her.

Even the Avatars who come to their Fear from a place of love and desire are filled with the fear of it. Hezekiah Wakely, who longed for the serenity of the restful slumber of the dead but terrified of what it meant. Simon Fairchild, who lost himself in the sky but only fell into it when he literally fell. Peter Lukas who was steeped in the Lonely from the moment he was born, who would’ve watched his siblings removed and all but disowned for being ‘loud’ and ‘sociable���.

(I think more than anything Peter Lukas was secretly afraid of other people, of human connection, of wanting to connect, how fitting to be destroyed by being known, how cruel to be annihilated by the thing he hated most)

And now we have... Callum Brodie. Callum Brodie, who wasn’t a ‘nice’ kid to begin with. Callum Brodie, who was selected to be the next vessel for Maxwell Rayner and came face to face with that awful terror, that dreadful all consuming night that was Mr Pitch. Callum Brodie, who was chosen because his father had been directly marked by the Dark.

(There’s even an implication that his father could’ve been Philip Brown, who was marked by the Dark when it came to kill Robert Montauk, who became an abusive alcoholic after he was dismissed for his ‘negligence’ in that very same incident, but if the dates are accurate, Callum would’ve been born after his mother, Caroline Brodie, left his father. Of course, his father is dead according to Callum himself, and his mother... well. She probably wishes she was.)

Callum Brodie, who tried to act brave and tough but when the Beholding pressed, he cracked and revealed that he’d been terrified and afraid and he wanted others to feel what he felt.

[a-mag-a-day]

For MAG 52: Exceptional Risk

I totally missed this factoid on my first time through, but the ex-wife of the statement giver is Caroline Brody! The statement giver, Phillip Brown, was visited by Maxwell Rayner shortly before disappearing. And twelve (ish?) years later, Rayner goes after the child Callum Brody. Did Rayner do anything to Brown in that visit to predispose Callum to the Dark?

I'm just impressed at the writing! Every name dropped in each statement could potentially link back to the main plot, and you have to be paying attention to catch it!

Yup! A father marked by the Dark must make it easier to be tracked down for later use by the Dark avatar so I'm assuming that helped

[me-myself-and-my-fos]

Fankids list

Last updated: June 6, 2024

Happily Ever After

Tag: #hopper kids

Ichabod Jiminy Hopper (dob: 7.17)

Elizabella Abigail Hopper (dob: 2.03)

Lily Grace Hopper (dob: 11.20)

Jokemancer

Tag: #jokemancer kids

Daniel James Valeska (dob: 10.28)

Tiberius Jeremiah and Sarah Lila Valeska (dob: 3.16)

Augustus Alexander Valeska (dob: 6.14)

You’re My Kryptonite

Tag: #nax fankids

Mira Rachel Smith (Mira Nax) (3.31.2001)

Faye Amanda Smith (Faye Nax) (6.18.2004)

Stella Caitlin Smith (Stella Nax) (12.25.2007)

Autumn Ophelia Smith (Autumn Nax) (11.24.2010)

Inspect My Heart

Tag: #molk fankids

Jasper Sebastian Molk (dob: 9.02.2010)

Alexander James Molk (1.03.2016)

Leah Julie-Ann Molk (8.30.2017)

Smoking Love

Tag: #becker fankid

Victoria Michelle Becker (2.21.2006)

Cryptid Love

Tag: #meeks fankids

Darrell Meeks Jr (dob: 9.01.2000)

Ignatius James Meeks (dob: 10.05.2002)

Danielle Francine Meeks (dob: 1.27.2004)

Lawrence Eric Meeks (dob: 11.07.2007)

Tyler Joseph Meeks (dob: 12.02.2009)

Books and Binary

Tag: #graves kids

Josephine Annabelle Graves (dob: 5.17.2000)

Anthony Richard Graves (dob: 1.03.2002)

Hailey Abigail Graves (dob: 12.28.2003)

Pastries and Spells and Wands

Tag: #alaric’s kids

Onyx Cedrella Weasley (Slytherin) (dob: 5.01.1969)

Argyll Septimus Weasley (Gryffindor) (dob: 3.08.1972)

Balthasar Arthur Weasley (Ravenclaw) (dob: 1.27.1974)

Arthfael Leopold Weasley (Ravenclaw) (dob: 6.27.1976)

Freya Nicole Weasley (Gryffindor) (dob: 4.30.1980)

A Hunter’s Love

Tag: #whitenmacher kids

Virginia Amelia Whitenmacher (dob: 7.29.1996)

Noel William Whitenmacher (dob: 12.23.1999)

Frankie Daniella Whitenmacher (dob: 11.27.2000)

Joan Marie Whitenmacher (dob: 3.10.2003)

Southern Charm

Tag: #morris fankid

Annabeth Mary Morris (dob: 4.09)

Law and Marriage

Tag: #timmons fankid

Yvonne Michelle Timmons (1.02.2000)

Star Date: I Love You

Tag: #jonas girls

Anna Marie Jonas (dob: 2.08.2382)

Penelope Winifred Jonas (dob: 10.07.2385)

My Chemical Romance

Tag: #jekyll boys

Thaddeus Henry Jekyll (dob: 4.10)

Bartleby Theodore Jekyll (dob: 5.31)

Trickmancer

Tag: trickmancer fankid

Astrael Abigail Blake (dob: 8.09.2018)

Suspenders and Pens

Tag: #barba fankids

Catalina Olivia & Elizabeth Abigail Barba (dob: 9.17.2015)

Frederico Rafael Barba (dob: 2.26.2018)

Mariana Nicole Barba (dob: 3.28.2020)

Brains & Hearts

Tag: #debeers kids

Silas Alexander McDonough (dob: 8.26.2022)

Genevieve Ariana McDonough (dob: 9.22.2025)

Rival Minds

Tag: #weasley fankids

Molly Ginerva Weasley (dob: 8.22.2007)

Lucile Abigail Weasley (dob: 6.02.2011)

May My Heart Be With You

Tag: #kenobi girls

Padmé Kenobi

Sabine Kenobi

Andromeda Kenobi

To Hell and Back

Tag: #winchester fankids

Charlotte Mary Winchester (dob: 11.02.2021)

Abigail Rowena Winchester (dob: 1.23.2026)

Alice Estelle Winchester (dob: 3.06.2027)

Cold Graves

Tag: #Clay fankids

Colette Clay

Caleb Clay

Clifton and Cassandra Clay

Clementine Clay

A Painting Worth A Thousand Words

Tag: #rayner fankids

Julius Harold Kayden Rayner (dob: 12.01)

Alexandria Ryland Rayner (dob: 8.30)

Written in the Stars

Tag: #rider twins

Sirius Goldwin & Selena Caroline Rider (dob: 5.20)

Clone My Heart

Tag: #kinney fankid

Gabrielle Kinney (dob: 7.18)

Biscuits and Hugs

Tag: #scamander fankids

Acamas Newton Scamander (dob: 8.09)

Tiberius Theseus Scamander (dob: 9.20)

Alexander Michael Scamander (dob: 4.27)

Double Trouble

Tag: #mischievous kids

Arthur Ronald, Fred Gideon, and Loki Abigail Weasley (dob: 3.27)

Daisy Amelia and Hannah Molly Weasley (dob: 6.05)

Super Couple

Tag: #super fankids

Alexandria Catherine Blake-Danvers (5.29.2023)

Noah Clark Blake-Danvers (9.20.2026)

Dorks in Love

Tag: #reed fankids

Jackson Carl Reed (dob: 12.04.2028)

Sarah Abigail Reed (dob: 4.07.2033)

James Isaac Reed (dob: 11.27.2035)

Guns and Buns

Tag: #mundy fankid

Artemis Maria Mundy (dob: 10.06)

Wind Beneath My Wings

Tag: #wilson kids

Cyrus Steven Wilson (dob: 1.10.2019)

Sarah Abigail Wilson (dob: 7.20.2024)

Look into my Heart

Tag: #heimdal fankid

Björn Heimdalson (7.30.2022)

The General’s Scribe

Tag: #swain fankids

Tiberius Swain

Lorelei Swain

Ambrose Swain

Cryomancer

Tag: #mahkent fankids

Eira Miracle Mahkent (dob: 9.30)

Cameron Mahkent Jr (dob: 12.01)

Harold (Hal) Conner Mahkent (dob: 3.07)

Shrimp and Hugs

Tag: #dibny fankids

Ralph William Dibny Jr & Abigail Debra Dibny (dob: 10.31.2020)

Archer Bartholomew Dibny (dob: 11.29.2023)

Jessie Caitlin Dibny (dob: 3.31.2025)

Harrison Francisco Dibny (dob: 4.27.2026)

Atoms and Ice

Tag: #palmer fankids

Lea Felicity Palmer (dob: 10.12.2021)

Lisa Sara Palmer (dob: 2.20.2024)

Oliver Nathaniel Palmer (dob: 6.10.2028)

Scarmancer

Tag: #maximoff fankids

Natasha Victoire & Pietro Steven Maximoff (dob: 6.20.2023)

Run to Me

Tag: #thawne fankids

Thaddeus Zachariah Thawne (dob: 6.20.2185)

Elizabeth Beatrice Thawne (dob: 5.31.2188)

Hera Cordelia Thawne (dob: 11.30.2191)

Nimue Arielle Thawne (dob: 2.29.2193)

The Stars Between Us

Tag: #scott fankids

James Alexander Scott (dob: 11.18.2258)

Thomas Montgomery Scott (dob: 2.05.2261)

Saoirse Marie Scott (dob: 6.10.2266)

You are my home

Tag: #dunn fankids

Luna Elizabeth Dunn (dob: 4.31.2017)

Benjamin Ethan Dunn (dob: 8.10.2023)

You’re my Narrative Foil

Tag: #blake king fankids

Elizabeth Freya Blake-King (dob: 1.31.2003)

Aoife Andrea Blake-King (dob: 2.01.2016)

Love for the Ages

Tag: #brynjar fankids

Vídarr Brynjarson (dob: 2011)

Merindah and Hrókr Brynjarson (dob: 2013)

Suits and Pies

Tag: #nelson fankids

Delilah Abigail Nelson (dob: 3.07.2021)

Daniel Matthew Nelson (dob: 8.17.2024)

Fletcher Thomas Nelson (dob: 6.20.2027)

Break and Mend the World for You

Tag: #lance fankids

Alastor Cornelius Lance Jr. (dob: 3.08.2003)

Queenie Moira Lance (dob: 1.29.2006)

Zachary Daniel Lance (dob: 9.05.2011)

Juniper Amelia Lance (dob: 6.10.2013)

Safe and Sound

Tag: #Krill Fankids

Joyce Amelie Krill (dob: 8.20.2028)

Wilbur Orion Krill (dob: 4.09.2031)

I don’t mind the cold

Tag: #holmes fankids

Odelia Margaret Nicole Holmes (dob: 8.03.2017)

Arthur Alexander William Holmes (dob: 9.17.2019)

Christopher Henry Tiberius Holmes (dob: 10.10.2021)

The Night Calls

Tag: #langstrom fankids

Aaron Harold Langstrom (dob: 3.11.2021)

Delilah Abigail Langstrom (dob: 6.28.2024)

Knight in Shining Armor

Tag: #blood fankids

Adam Damian Blood (dob: 12.01)

Aldrich Jason Blood (dob: 10.31)

Russian Love Story

Tag: #Goreshter Fankids

Pavel Goreshter

You give me butterflies

Tag: #hart fankid

Ravenna Judith Hart (dob: 9.20.2004)

More than enough

Tag: #falcone fankids

Isabella Cersei Falcone (dob: 7.04)

Giovanni Federico and Matteo Dante Falcone (dob: 1.01)

Cecilia Sofia Falcone (dob: 2.14)

I’ll love you for eternity and beyond that

Tag: #

Astrid (dob: 2002)

Harald (dob: 2005)

Gunnhilde (dob: 2007)

Sigfrid (dob: 2009)

I love you. Isn’t it obvious?

Tag: #Tech fankids

Cerbos Lithal (15 BBY)

Orion Lithal (13 BBY)

Trivia Lithal (10 BBY)

How to love a werewolf

Tag: #giles fankids

Juliet Minerva Giles (dob: 2.29.2004)

Bernard Caspian Giles (dob: 10.30.2006)

Every King needs a Queen

Tag: #pendragon fankid

Reyna Pendragon (dob: 12.17)

Love Knows No Distance

Tag: #bumi fankids

Ann (dob: 137 AG)

Lixin (dob: 143 AG)

Ping (dob: 145 AG)

Love is the best Medicine

Tag: #acosta fankids

Bianca Lauren Acosta (dob: 8.20.2023)

Abigail Jennifer Acosta (dob: 2.10.2025)

Eleanor Naomi Acosta (dob: 10.16.2027)

Alejandro Miguel Acosta (dob: 3.19.2029)

Heart of the Sea

#Crow

Augustine Crow

Judith Crow

Victoria Crow

Of Charm and Faith

Tag: #DnD fankid

Hope Blake-Fitzwilliam

Frosted Cookies

#Elfling Fankids

Autumn Louise Bell (dob: 10.30.2010)

Elsa May Bell (dob: 5.10.2012)

Edith Reese Bell (dob: 1.01.2014)

Francine Abigail Bell (dob: 7.22.2016)

Hazel Rose Bell (dob: 6.12.2024)

Soulmates

The Pages of Your Heart Written with the Ink of my Soul

Tag: #Conway fankids

Catherine Blake Conway (dob: 6.17.2000)

Nicholas James Conway (dob: 4.19.2003)

Joan Colette and Sydney Madeline Conway (dob: 9.16.2006)

Clara Jane Conway (dob: 1.31.2008)

My Very Own Disney Prince

Your Existence is tied to Mine

Samuel Marcus Pierce (dob: 3.02.2021)

Old Fashioned Love Story

Tag: #dugan fankids

Douglas Buchanan Dugan (dob: 2.17.1947)

Joanne Margaret and Francine Abigail Dugan (dob: 10.20.1950)

Michael Steven Dugan (dob: 4.28.1952)

Ivan Phillip Dugan (dob: 5.18.1953)

Susan Marie Dugan (dob: 6.11.1957)

From Lab Partners to Life Partners

Tag: #Abrams fankids

Joan Blake Abrams (dob: 1.27.2020)

Penelope Violet Abrams (dob: 11.20.2023)

TBD

Tag: #Tribbiani fankids

Joseph Francis Tribbiani III (dob: 5.20.2005)

Antonio Chandler Tribbiani (dob: 2.14.2007)

Oliver Randolph and Stefan James Tribbiani (dob: 1.10.2008)

Alfredo Gregory Tribbiani (dob: 9.10.2009)

Cassandra Abigail Tribbiani (dob: 7.08.2011)

Thinking of You

Tag: #Hawthorne fankids

Harriet Elizabeth Hawthorne (dob: 03.15.1804)

Colette May Hawthorne (dob: 07.08.1805)

Louis Ignatius and Matilda Rose Hawthorne (dob: 07.20.1806)

Guinevere Violet Hawthorne (dob: 02.17.1808)

Abigail Luna and Aurora Madeline Hawthorne (dob: 09.19.1810)

Theodora Winifred Hawthorne (dob: 08.29.1811)

Grace Elowyn Hawthorne (dob: 05.20.1813)

Connor Nathaniel Hawthorne (dob: 07.16.1814)

You’re Insufferable

Tag: #Gardner fankids

Hannah Lucille Gardner (dob: 9.9.2021)

Vivian Marie Gardner (dob: 2.10.2026)

Harold Wallace Gardner (dob: 3.27.2029)

Emma Penelope Gardner (dob: 7.7.2031)

Gaunt Fankids

Tag: #gaunt fankids

Dahlia Constance Gaunt (dob: 10.31.2005)

Amos Jackson Gaunt (dob: 1.13.2009)

Lilith Morticia Gaunt (dob: 6.6.2010)

Raven Abigail Gaunt (dob: 2.13.2015)

[canonicallyginger]

Okay i’ve been thinking about something regarding the meta of The Magnus Archives that i honestly have no idea how to describe succinctly. So i won’t even try to be succinct.

Spoilers for everything so far, and speculation on the finale and uhhhh... idk, read at your own risk i guess.

As we learn more and more in season 5, here’s which fears are getting to me in a meta sense:

The Web. Everything so far has been connected, and I don’t know how things will play out. From the very beginning of the podcast, every statement has had direct connections to entities. Jon flat-out didn’t even bother recording statements that didn’t have bad audio on modern equipment. Every single statement has relevance. A lot of statements have extremely subtle relevance. Example: In MAG 52 (Exceptional Risk), A man named Phillip Brown gives a statement on the day Robert Montauk was killed by Maxwell Rayner. Phillip Brown is mostly irrelevant, but his ex-wife was named Caroline Brodie. Phillip was most likely the father of Callum Brodie, who the People’s Church of the Divine Host tried to get possessed by Maxwell Rayner. And even tho that attempt failed, Callum is an avatar of the Dark. Robert Montauk’s arrest was first mentioned in MAG 9 (A Father’s Love), in a statement given by his daughter Julia Montauk, who later kidnaps Jon. Every episode with any connections has a LOT of connections. Any episode without major connections usually continues exploring the fears. Still connected, but only by association. The Web is all about how everything is connected.

The Eye. Obviously this one is relevant. The Panopticon is off in the distance, watching. Jon is watching. The Ceaseless Watcher is watching, ceaselessly. We’re listening. We’re experiencing the story using the same method Archivists are drawn to making recordings: cassette tapes.

The End. Also known as The Coming End That Waits For All And Cannot Be Ignored (which is very wordy). This specific name can be applied to the finale, which is looming over everything. We know its a tragedy, and it’s only a matter of time before the tragic end of the podcast. A big part of The End’s whole deal is the anticipation of inevitable death. And that anticipation can give so much dread.

The Desolation. This fear is all about loss and destruction, especially when something is destroyed before it can reach its potential. Every major character who died before season 5 has had a LOT of potential. Sasha and Tim especially. And that’s part of the tragedy for those two.

The Stranger. Because our only way of experiencing the story is via a slew of unreliable narrators, it’s hard to know what to trust and what to take with a grain of salt. Who’s telling the truth, and are they even aware of the truth? Who’s lying, and is it a lie or a misunderstanding of events? Or is it projection? Jon’s statements in season 5 are all heavily representative of Jon’s own fears.

None of this is me trying to make a point. I’m just making observations about TMA in terms of meta.