#the panopticon

[jouxlskaard]

there isn't a barber in prison

[excaliburarts]

Omg I just realised I hadn't posted this tma piece that I spent way too long working on in June. I'm so dumb.

Full disclosure this clearly was just an excuse to draw the panopticon. As a criminologist, a special interest of mine has always been prison design. So me and the panopticon go way back haha. Even wrote a whole research paper on the design's failures lol. Also resulted in collecting a whole bunch of quotes that give major tma vibes so here's a couple.

"The Inspector was in fact all-seeing: his gaze extending beyond the limit of the visible into the invisible." (Bozovic, 1995)

'Upon seeing the panopticon plans Edmund Burke (philosopher) remarked "there's the keeper, the spider in the web."' (Hummelbarb, 1968)

Also if anyway is interested here is Jeremy Bentham's original design mock-up.

[the-magpie-archives]

[iwikpines]

statement ends

[interdimensionalbugs]

the background of my last jon drawing, the perspective’s a bit funky but i like how it turned out so here it is without jon blocking most of it

[klm-zoflorr]

Pagnogtigpion

[mechanical-v1scera]

sonothan jims :0

[ravelqueen]

Just listened to the Panopticon and JFC THE MAGIC MAGNUS ARCHIVES??? SURE IS??? A PODCASTS???

First of all BIG CHEER FOR MARTIN! so many issues in just one man!! Fucking up an old evil man's plan one inferiority complex at a time!! So fuck yes trolling Peter!! We love to see it! Though his love for Jon is Hurtful to me personally.

Next: the lesbian better be OK SO YOU HEAR ME 2019 JONNY THE LESBIAN BETTER BE OK!!!

Next next: the audio production on the skinwalker and the montauk duo? Inspired!

Also: ELIAS MY BOY MY EVIL FAVOURITE I MISSED YOU!!! What an absolute treasure of an Elias episode, he's so Deliciously and Delightfully Evil, it is a joy to witness he's SO HAPPY to be fucking with people ESPECIALLY Peter, what an absolute joy

Finally: Jon [deepest of sighs] Oh Jon. My heart hurts for you and it's not like I don't get it I DO! But can you like...ask your sugar eldritch monster to beam "How Not To Get Manipulated Into Making Clearly Bad Choices" into your head or does the Eye think that's what makes you charming?? You are an AVATAR OF KNOWLEDGE stop being so easily played I BEG

[spiralingwatcher]

A panopticon is a prison built so that all the prisoners can be seen by the guard without being able to see the guard. The tower is the central part of the panopticon where the guard watches from, but the tower isn't the panopticon, the prison is. In tma s5 the tower is referred to as the panopticon, but the panopticon is the whole prison, not just the tower. The entire world is the panopticon, the tower is just the center of it.

[pastellich]

Two concept drawings of the Panopticon

Chack out my other illustrations

[yumaisbored]

okay but who is Hazel Rutter though and what happened regarding a fire in her childhood home??

[tigwrbwetle]

TMA Season 4!

What a CRIMINAL way to end the season, holy SHIT!

Now I understand why I’ve seen so many artists do scar maps of Jon, it really did all come together in the end. And the way Elias, or Jonah, really, orchestrated it all with the cherry on top of giving Jon a false statement that he couldn’t stop himself from reading; truly the master plan. The words for the Watcher’s Crown ritual itself were very cool, just the right amount of nonsensical almost-rhyming to make it flow nicely.

And the fact that three of the most iconic TMA quotes/moments happen so close together near/at the end of season four is WILD; I was not expecting all of that! First we got “Where are his eyes?” “Where they’ve always been, Martin. Watching over my institute.” THEN “Look at me Martin, what do you see?” “I see… I see you, Jon. I see you!” and to wrap it all up “Jon…?” “Look at the sky, Martin! It’s looking back!” *maniacal, distorted laughter.* Absolutely insane place to leave off. (Also the bonus of Jon using his named attack of “I see you!” on Peter Lukas).

I can’t forget Basira and Daisy, either. Their story is so good, I love me some tragic yuri. (Although for their sakes I hope it gets less tragic tbh; I want them to be happy 🥺). But I’m not that hopeful, considering we got ~2 minutes of Jon and Martin being content at the safe house before things really went to shit. At least Melanie got away, she’s been through so much. And I’m happy she got together with Georgie, that’s so sweet 🥹

The Extinction and the fact that new fears can emerge was an interesting plot thread for this season, both for how it fit with larger events and how it gave us a new kind of spook. I liked the hunger-world amusement park one the most, I kept thinking about it when I went to the fair myself the other day. I also noticed there were more episodes where it wasn’t 100% clear which fear entity was behind the statement, or even that there were multiple involved. Like with ‘A Gravedigger’s Envy’, it could be both The Buried and The End. It was fun to see how the fear entities could be mixed and matched, then of course to find out how that aspect, too, fits into the big-picture meta-plot. After having episodes with this type of spook, it makes more sense how no ritual can succeed if it tries to separate one fear entity from the others.

Season four tied up a lot of loose ends and got the official statements of big names that have been lurking around since season one, like Simon Fairchild, Annabelle Cane, Adelard Dekker, Peter Lukas, and of course Jonah Magnus himself. Personally, I’ve been wondering about the statement of Mr. Paul MacKenzie and which fear entity was responsible for his demise since season one, so I’m glad we got the statement of his son so far down the line to say ‘Spiral’ for certain.

I can’t believe I’m already about to start season five, this has gone too quick!!

[skell3]

Watcher In The Sky

alternate title:

Last Stop

[felix-krain]

I had no idea it was inspired by a real thing, honestly the Panopticon as a concept is terrifying if you think about it. I had not realized it listening to the show but holy shit...

[buriedintheflesh]

Last Words.

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\/ Version without the words + close up \/