#hieronymous loxlee

[alicedyers]

Trustfall | MIDST 3x16

[acaptainbyanyothername]

One of my favorite themes Midst is exploring is what it means for a person to become an idol, a symbol. How they and the narrative deal with that is FASCINATING.

Obviously we have Lark. Clara Mire was shoved into her symbol at a very young age— she became the poster child for Caneum, the boogeyman under Trustee’s beds, the universal villain. She has spent her entire life running from that symbol, adopting an alias and jumping from place to place. But her tragedy is that in running from her symbol, she has had to partially become it. Lark is TERRIFYING, and leverages that all the time, against Fuze, Phineas, even Tzila. Lark became dangerous to run from her symbol of Dangerous.

Then we have our buddy Tripotentiary Moc Weepe. Upon his transformation, he becomes the symbol of the Trust. He literally and figuratively makes the Trust translucent to show off its diseased, rotting insides. He is the true Trust, inside and out. No wonder everyone hates him.

Jonas Spahr is forced to be this golden idol— don’t show weakness, put on a media-ready smile, not a hair out of place and it’s showtime. He groomed to be this way like one of Costigan’s plants, and she’s snipped away all of his natural humanities. He is golden and perfect at the cost of his personhood, and it’s killing him.

Contrast that against Phineas Thatch. Phineas tries to become that golden idol, Spahr tries to cull his imperfections, but it doesn’t stick. Phineas is too messy, too human, he can’t become the untouchable symbol. So he’s rejected and abandoned by his idolatristic society.

I think even Hieronymous Loxlee could count as a symbol— if Weepe is the Trust, Harry’s the Breach. Secretive, in disguise, hidden in plain sight. It’s a heavy burden to carry though, causing him to have to make decisions as a symbol rather than as a person. He needs to maintain the Breach above his own personal relationships—drop the moon on Midst if it saves the Breach, even if it dooms his loved ones and his own daughter. He can’t afford to be a person, he has to be the symbol.

But then Midst episode 15: Breach comes and says they’re just people. Lark is just an old woman. Jonas Spahr is just a man. It’s a clash of these various symbols and ideologies and inflated idols but they’re all flesh and blood that can die in an explosion. Anyways

[jestersloverre]

Hi! I’m Harry, and this is my ex-partner Sherman, and this is Sherman’s ex-situationship Lark, who murdered my current wife Imogen Loxlee’s previous husband Maximillian.

[hello-eeveev]

shoutouts to sherman guthrie and hieronymous loxlee for both going after two women on opposite ends of the hot old lady spectrum after their split. love that for them.

[midstpodcast]

Distinguished new character art is up on Midst.co for Fold subscribers to explore! 🧡 ⚪ ⚪ ⚪

[captainofthetidesbreath]

I love that Hieronymous in Trustfall is mostly providing tension relief. He's having the worst day of his life but in the funniest way. His contributions to the episode in the field of much needed levity are duly recognized and deeply appreciated. Thank you for your service, Mr. Loxlee. 🫡

[calamity-unlocked]

Hieronymous Loxlee:

[playmobill]

After relistening to Midst 03x16, i genuinely find it so funny how we learn that Hieronymous Loxlee, the fucking head of the Breach, is absolutely and utterly helpless when it comes to handling stressful situations. When stuff went to shit he just completely lost it. He just got hit with a massive panic attack and fully stopped functionning. HOW THE HELL DID THIS MAN SPEND YEARS LEADING A SECRET ORGANISATION AND HIDING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM THE WHOLE ABSOLUTELY MILITARISED SOCIETY, INCLUDING HIS OWN WIFE???

[gideonthefirst]

it's so awesome that hieronymous was willing to risk destroying midst -- where sherman and tzila and saskia and lark were/are -- for the breach but is totally opposed to causing any real damage or chaos to the HL itself, where he lives, where he's built a life, where he's happily married. already uprooted himself and destroyed his life and left everyone he loves once! maybe doesn't want to do it again! maybe that's got much more to do with it than being worried about hurting people!

[alicedyers]

Balance | MIDST 3x19 (1/2)

[kendaizhai]

Midst for... Halloween? (or cosplay in general)

Hello! I'd be willing to work with anyone in the NYC metro area who is interested in embodying a Midst character.

I have a workshop! Raw materials! Space to work with weird and stinky glues and materials! LEDs and circuit boards!

Message me and we can meet up irl and talk about your idea. We'll get the videogame armor, however stupid, to work.

My current project is to make a "levitated" shard of Midst-cosmos mica... will post pictures as work progresses.

[hello-eeveev]

please enjoy my first midst fanart, in which I try to depict the complicated family dynamics centered around Sherman and Tzila Guthrie

EDIT: too saskia-pilled, forgot that sherman’s name also starts with ‘S’, completely misinterpreted the s3e11 appendix as a result. pls disregard the Saskia/Lark line.

[midstpodcast]

Is Hieronymus, in fact, fucking that old woman?

How committed is he to the cause? What does the Trust's divorce situation look like?

🔮: Hey, Imogen Loxlee is a CATCH

[captainofthetidesbreath]

"Hieronymous is clawing for handholds, hauling himself up to safety." obsessed with how this suggests that Hieronymous almost fell out of the Vault when the floor first collapsed

truly, he is having A Day. Doesn't really wanna be doing this. Almost falls out of the Vault into the razor-filled Un by accident. Later has to fall out of the Vault into the razor-filled Un on purpose.

[iiitsnotbase]

If Saskia had a gun the conversation with Hieronymous would have been a lot shorter. I think Saskia should have a gun.

[mothertraumas-hat]

They gave me Hieronymous in bi lighting, so I present to you him in bi lighting over a bi flag.