Oh Yeah, It's Allllllll Coming Together Now......

MAG 101 has the Spiral asking "am I evil" and while that's a very Spiral™️ question, I feel like TMAGP is genuinely exploring this. Fear can be fun, when it's a story. It's not innately "evil"- and here's all these stories, scavenged ephemera more than Official Statements, where the fear wasn't really the point.

TMAGP has me thinking about the sublime. The idea of beauty and terror sharing a space in your brain, and the exultation of artistry - a painter like Daria or the virtuoso with the demon violin - to the point of destruction. The joy and horror at seeing a loved one return from the dead. The excitement and fascination of becoming something not quite human, the distress and panic as your body is changed. The shiver of fear as a pleasurable sample of terror.

I wonder where they're going with this.

Feb. 5. 2024

why did Lena even hire Gwen??

Lena seems to like Alice supposedly cause she (seemingly) doesn't care whatsoever about the horrific stuff going on, and likes her enough to pretty much ignore her and consider Sam based on Alice's recommendation. Even if Sam was just hired because they were scrambling for a replacement and needed someone traumatized by The Horrors, Lena likes Alice enough to not be immediately worried about the possibility that Sam may end up being Alice#2.

Sam, Alice, and Colin don't at all seem like they may one day want her position, and all are not particularly interested in challenging Lena (directly at least. Sam's snooping and Colin's IT rage aside).

Gwen on the other hand has so far presented herself as nothing but focused and uptight. She's always been gunning for the top and to have that respect. Why would Lena hire anyone that might threaten her position? Maybe Gwen just changed a lot (like people being surprised that Elias became head of the institute lol) and she just wasn't like that before.

Running theory though is nepotism (as per ep. 1) and Lena didn't have much of a choice. In which case, who has the connections to be overriding Lena, how does it connect to the horrible stuff going on, and why this job specifically? (I'm sure if Gwen has those sorts of connections she could get a more "respectable" job elsewhere) What stakes does Gwen (and supposed nepotism connection) have in all of this.

I guess we'll get some more insight on their dynamic when we find out what Gwen does with her young lena blackmail. Will be interesting to see if Gwen can actually force something from Lena using the video and/or potential connections

Dans le fond des forêt,

Votre image me suit.

In the depth of the forest,

Your image follows me.

Phedre by Alexandre Cabanel (1880)

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PRESS F TO PAY RESPECTS I GUESS

RESURRECTION

REANIMATION

TRANSFORMATION

IVE ALREADY STARTED ITS BUILDING

He's called Butcher

This is so wholesome

Initial malevolent impressions:

🍁American🇨🇦: "I'm inside you and I don't want to be"

☕British🇬🇧: "Lost my sight to disembodied book mind. Ah well, whoopsie."

The Magnus Archives is wild because it'll make you glad a character's dead. Yes! Finally they can be tortured no longer! Freedom from this fearful world!

CLOWN FIGHT

CLOWN FIGHT

CLOWN FIGHT

-The Duel After the Masquerade-