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Art by yunpeng Liu
Sharing the joy.
My first thought on seeing this was, "I should build an RPG campaign around this artwork!"
The Time Crystals of Mars
@re-dracula
Skeleton ship captain from the Castle Dracula boat ride that once stood in Wildwood, NJ.
So it occurred to me this morning that Lena might be unable to feel fear. The only place where we hear sound at all afraid (and even there it might be sadness mixed with frustration) is in the video Gwen uses to blackmail her.
Places I can think of where you would expect someone to be afraid, and Lena very definitely wasn't (probably not exhaustive) :
Finding out an employee is attacking equipment with a hammer, and might have injured another employee.
Finding out an employee was attacked by the external she sent her to recruit (Gwen was very definitely afraid; Lena, uh, nope)
Dressing down Gwen for bringing Lady Mowbray into the OIAR. Lena sounds angry, but not afraid.
When an employee tries to blackmail her with a (failed) snuff tape.
Honestly, it would make sense that they'd want someone immune to fear in charge of the OIAR.
Answering the ones I feel like
1.) what’s the first podcast you listened to? Welcome to Night Vale
2.) what’s a podcast you’ve cried over? The Magnus Archives
3.) Favorite podcast pet? The Admiral (TMA)
4.) what podcast has the best soundtrack/music? The Magnus Archives
8.) what’s a podcast where you mix up the characters voices? Sometimes on Magnus Protocol, there's a guest actor who sounds a bit too much like one of the regulars.
10.) what’s a podcast that you wish you could listen to again for the first time? The Magnus Archives
11.) what’s a podcast you’ve listened to more than once? The Magnus Archives
12.) what’s a podcast you wish more people listened to? The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
13.) what do you like to do while listening to a podcast? Housework, phone games, veg, drive
17.) what’s a podcast that you can’t stop thinking about? The Magnus Protocol
18.) are their any podcasts that you regret listening to? Generally I stop listening if I'm not enjoying, and you don't find new stuff to love without occasionally stumbling over stuff you don't. There are two I finished that had disappointing endings, but I enjoyed the rest (seems rude to name them), and one that was just kinda meh but I made it through. (also not going to name it)
19.) whose your favorite podcast couple? Jon and Martin (TMA)
20.) whose a podcast character that you think would dress really cool? Alice Dyer (TMP)
Podcast themed ask game cause I’m bored!
1.) what’s the first podcast you listened to?
2.) what’s a podcast you’ve cried over?
3.) Favorite podcast pet? (Idk if that’s worded weird but like if one of the characters has a cat or smth)
4.) what podcast has the best soundtrack/music?
5.) what’s a podcast that you really like but find it kinda hard to follow the plot?
6.) what characters from different podcasts do you think would be friends?
7.) what characters from different podcasts do you think would hate each other?
8.) what’s a podcast where you mix up the characters voices?
9.) what’s a podcast that you know the characters so well you can recognize their breathing?
10.) what’s a podcast that you wish you could listen to again for the first time?
11.) what’s a podcast you’ve listened to more than once?
12.) what’s a podcast you wish more people listened to?
13.) what do you like to do while listening to a podcast?
14.) who is a podcast character that you love?
15.) who is a podcast character you can’t stand?
16.) what songs do you associate with a certain character/ podcast?
17.) what’s a podcast that you can’t stop thinking about?
18.) are their any podcasts that you regret listening to?
19.) whose your favorite podcast couple?
20.) whose a podcast character that you think would dress really cool?
Going to ponder about Protocol for a bit...
What can we guess about "The Magnus Protocol" in-universe?
It is at least as old as Isaac Newton.
It seems to be a way of keeping the Fears in check or balance or some such.
The O.I.A.R. "externals" are part of this effort, getting to use their dread powers to keep other powers from getting too strong.
And some vaguely related speculation:
It's a bit unclear how the timelines between Protocol and TMA connect/overlap/line-up/work, but since it seems that the fears have always been in this universe, presumably once they "enter" a universe, they have been present for the whole of that universe. Does that mean whatever's left of Jon and Martin has also been present for all that time? If so, they could have set up the Protocol themselves, to try and keep the Fears from turning this world into another hellscape. But then, why did their voices only show up on OIAR computers a few years ago?
Hang on. In TMA, Jon needed to read statements (or, well, extract them) to Feed. Are the voices in the computers doing that for him (or whatever's left of him)? Did he have another source that dried up a few years ago, so that he invaded the OIAR computers for a fresh source?
As for what happened to this universe's Jon and Martin, I wouldn't draw any conclusions until we see the bodies, lol. The "reveal" was from weak data and a lot of guesswork.
That's probably enough rambling for tonight.
It's Harder to Stab When You're Being Punched in the Face
Peruse, if you will, what I believe is one of the first press releases from the Harris campaign, released after a Fox News appearance by Donald Trump earlier today: Two points to make here. The first is that not only are the gloves off, they were never on in the first place. The second is that one advantage that the GOP had in the last two election cycles — the presumption that the Democrats…
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Excellent.
i never really do stuff like this, i used to do video editing in middle school but idk. idk I'M EMBARASSEDDD LMAOOO just take this and shut up
"jonathan sims; another mystery"
i got really inspired by the amount of angst potential from the word "who?" and idk this showed up (i'm lying i've been doing this for over 6 hours)
it was originally gonna be like tma vs tmagp but then the jon sims brainworms took over and now it's sad shit about my wife
i am trying to be more than just a yapper so i might do something like this again, depends on if i get motivated again
so yeah, podcast is the magnus archives/protocol, the song is voyager by boygenius, and i used capcut to do this!!
ummm if it's like.. bad.. don't tell me that 😔 i haven't ever done audio editing and it's been over 3 years since i did regular editing so AGGHRHHHJFHAHHD
edited because i posted this at 1 am and forgot half of the stuff i was gonna say
Relistening to some TMP eps and just had the thought, "Oh, no. Alice's brother is either going to run into Grifter's Bone*, or become them."
*Or whatever the equivalent in this universe is called.
surface ripple waves water striders dancing peaceful interlude
Water striders at the park, your moment of Zen. The way they skate around on the surface tension always fascinated me when I was little.
postcard c1910
I shall pass through this world but once, any good thing therefore I can do, or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now, let me not defer it or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.
Perfect.
Okay but you COULD do a Dracula episode of Leverage and it would be hilarious.
I would do it like this. We'd have some wrong place wrong time protagonist called Jonathan who keeps accidentally witnessing parts of the con in such a way that they appear to him to replicate the events of Dracula. Like, the crew has inhabited some castle but Oh No, the mark's innocent little lawyer man is here, can't let him catch on
Sophie yeets the mirror because our friend Jonathan is about to accidentally see the crew hard at work behind him and she panics. "Oh you don't need this honey" or whatever (something something man's vanity)
He happens to open the window and Parker is just climing the castle like a lizard because that's. What she does
Nate is in an Old Guy disguise for one part of the con, but then Jonathan Not In On It happens to see him out of costume and WTF WTF WHY IS HE GETTING YOUNGER
Letters with fake dates make perfect sense when it's a con
Gets home happens to see the Leverage crew just walking around for the next part of the con, freaks tf out
Quincey Morris is exactly the kind if character Eliot would play
Sophie gets made, decides to have an elaborate Death Scene wherein Elliot and Hardison (as a "definitely licensed doctor") "help" the Mark try to "save" her
Parker plays Hardison's "assistant" but she plays it very VERY Renfield. Jonathan swears he can see her eating bugs (maybe it's a com that she panics and pretends to eat to not give away the game)
Poor Jonathan again sees her up and about post death scene and is like WTF WTF WTF
Eventually they cotton on to what has happened and Elliot (who hasn't been made yet) promises to help Jonathan kill the vampire once and for all
All of their aliases are drawn from Dracula and this is not played as intentional in-universe
Anyway, the whole thrust is that it's a perfectly normal Leverage episode except for one guy who, due to an increasingly unfortunate series of coincidences, believes he is in the novel Dracula. Like Rear Window, only it's Leverage Dracula.
Back when everyday objects were crafted artistically.
animal-shaped bells by Fatimahandicraft
So much yes.
my most boomer ass take is that i hate when i unmute a video of a cat and its just the most obnoxiously loud pop music playing over it. bro put that shit away i'm here to listen to your cat. i wanna hear what he has to say.
If you like the word “queer” reblog.
Sound designing a vampire being hit in the face with a shovel is... challenging. Who would've guessed.
Beautiful and ominous.
Shelob's Lair (NEW) directly from The Astronomy101 telescope.
A tiny bit of peace is such a big thing.
Here’s a video so you can hear the water and the thrushes. I took it for you because you couldn’t be there. <3
There is a road that's built from bone, from what none alive knows, 'tis ruined now, the bones near-dust, you can follow if you look close.
A cabin lurks at the road's end, its logs do not look right, more bones, some say, and look away, avoiding the grisly sight.
The cabin has a colossal mirror, its surface shiny and bright, and every time you look in it, you nearly die of fright.
It shows you things that cannot be, From future and from past, And when you turn around to leave, Those things will come to pass.
Variations in Bone and Glass (Urban Legend)
Some say the road only appears on moonless nights; others say the moon must be full and gleaming bright in the sky. Both versions agree, though, that the road is nearly impossible to see, and that you might find yourself walking on it without realizing it.
There is supposed to be a cabin at the end of the road (which is reported as anywhere from half-a-mile to ten-miles in length), possibly made of bone, or possibly of some very pale wood that resembles bone. On entering the cabin, a room familiar to the pilgrim will appear, but in a ruined state. Most commonly people report seeing their childhood bedroom, but classrooms, church sanctuaries, and suchlike, are also common. Somewhere in this room will be a very large mirror, whether or not the original room had such a mirror, so large that it inevitably draws the viewers' gaze.
At first, the mirror will reflect the room back as it is, but then the view will change. Sometimes it is a modification of a scene that took place in the original room. Sometimes it is something from a different location entirely. Either way, the stories agree that if you watch for long, whatever you see in the mirror will come true, usually to your detriment.