DPHW Reminds Me Of The Aarne Thompson Index For Fairy Tales. I Wonder If They're Categorizing The Type

This version of the story is in the Volsungsaga (or Saga of the Volsungs) and you should read it.

It's got everything: women bitterly exacting revenge for unwanted marriages, a warrior who knows the future and that he's powerless to prevent it, and a god who rears up one bloodline only to cut it off when it's outlived its use.

Also several women burn their husbands' houses down. Of course.

Gudrun Setting Fire to Atli's Palace by Edward Burne-Jones (1833 - 1898)

Let me wallow me in my delusions about what they meant here

TMAGP 7 SPOILERS

FUCK YEAH FUCK YEAH FUCK YEAH

Celia:

- wants to search by "meat"/etc.

- recognizes Chester's voice

Colin:

- says there's "real stuff" outside the emails/etc.

- violently refuses to allow external electronics onsite

- discusses a weird email from "John"/"Jon" with Sam

Gwen:

- shows the Klaus video to Lena

- believes someone paid Lena to attempt his murder

- confirms with Lena that there's "real work"

- becomes the "externals liaison"

Statement:

- HILL TOP, HILL TOP, HILL TOP

Theory:

This feels like almost complete confirmation for all of the following:

1. Hill Top Road allowed MAG's powers in (does not confirm if they remained in their old forms i.e. Smirke's 14),

2. Celia is "that" Celia,

3. "Chester" has the voice of Jonathan Sims, not just the man but the character, and the same for "Norris" having the voice of Martin,

4. "Augustus" also has the voice of a significant character,

5. The "Response" part of OIAR will become more important.

I know these are basic conclusions, but I'm just laying it out to process. I think with the computer voices' sources confirmed, that removes a lot of uncertainty regarding how much TMAGP will engage with MAG's immediate consequences and characters.

I hope it leads to "grumpy computer archivist archly assists with casework" but you never know.

P I P E

How many years has it been

Happy to share that I have illustrated Kristen Britain's new Green Rider novel, 'Falling in a Sea of Stars' coming later this year from DAW books. The commission request was made for me, with a field of stars and Karigan in armor!

Hard to believe, this is the eighth painting I have created for Kristen since first tackling High King's Tomb back in 2006!

Link for the preorder of the novel from our local bookstore, here in Brooklyn: https://booksaremagic.net/item/deHNKsv3TS9YU1PYnWXK2g

Falling in a Sea of Stars

24" x 36" Oil on Panel 2025

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I would not put this past Johnny Sims

(but I do wonder if undead Mr. Winstead will turn out to be more important than he seems so far. The red canary definitely gets more attention in all the theories I see.)

All this about red canary being a warning vs anglerfish drawing you in (which I do find to be a very fun idea) but what about HARRIET WINSTEAD'S HUSBAND?

Something thought dead and gone for good but desperately brought back by someone who couldn't bear to leave it be and it comes back wrong. It's messed up and horrible and worse than they could've ever imagined. It's not what it was at all.

It's The Magnus Archives. It was gone for good but it came back in The Magnus Protocol and it's so messed up and bent out of shape. Jonny and Alex and all the fans still here just couldn't leave it be.

Harriet saw something strange in the figure and almost ran, but the sound of her husband's familiar voice convinced her it was safe. So many people were worried and skeptical about there being a tma sequel but hey! It's Martin!! We all know Martin!!

But is it Martin? Is it the same tma we all know?? No, it's only some of him, some of it. And it laughs at us for ever thinking it was the same thing we'd grown to love.

Tim, Publisher of the DPHW

*slides RQ a tenner* now do tim

One titty out, shaking fist at god. Miss the old days

-Job-

Ironic bc I'm autistic and wondered if Data was in there. I am more world weary than my beloved Data, however.