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It is remarkably easy to buy a hammer in Central London
I'm still thinking about the new merch and I can't get over the implication that colin. puts his name. on his clothes. like hat, sure, but a sweatshirt?? how often is this happening
and it's not like a family/roommate situation his name on both items is written as "C. Becher" which is a much more formal way of doing that. girl who is stealing your clothes and why is it probably alice
i'm sure he's fine
but if he isn't i think he deserves to return as a computer creature
Matches my own thoughts about Choice. Glad I'm not the only one seeing that as a pattern!
(minor TMA spoilers and general TMAGP spoilers) Having so much time to think about incidents in TMAGP due to hiatus made me realize that all of them, to some degree, contain the theme of "sealing your own fate" or "consequences of greed/hubris".
You see, while I do not believe that TMA had a consistent theme every statement was based on, the overall messege seemed to be that horrors are inevitable. Once you've been marked you cannot escape, no amount of therapy or running can release you from it. I think Michael Crew is the best example of that:
"The thing that chased me, you see, it was an arcing branch of the Twisting Deceit, taken shape to follow me. (...) And I knew within that book was something that could not only release me from my pursuer, but chain my being to that rush of wind and vertigo forever." Michael Crew in "The Coming Storm"
You cannot escape it once you've been marked, only bind yourself to different one and this marking is, most often than not, nonconsensual. Jane Prentiss would run around and infect random people, Not!Them didn't need anybody to come to them before it was sealed and Peter Lukas also tended to just disappear random people just to feed. The fears were very predatorial and active and the victims were selected based on their own fears and anxieties. This is not to say there weren't victims who failed due to their own curiosity/hubris/greed, but I think it's telling that few of the most greedy/curious people in the series, Mikaele Salesa and Jurgen Leitner, stayed largely uncorrupted by the fears not cause they avoided interacting with them, but simply avoided getting marked by them.
Now we come to protocol and every incident so far has the main subject of that incident actively engage with the horror and have one or multiple points at which they could stop and leave, but they do not. Daria went to the tattoo shop on her own accord, Harriet wanted her husband back no matter what and even Dr Webber was described to be able to leave the garden whenever he wanted, but, due to hiding from authorities, chose to stay until it was too late for him. Every incident so far seems to have this theme of consent, characters detailing very clearly that consent was given to engage with the abnormality:
"Ah well that’s a tricky one. Sort of? In many ways he stabbed himself on me. By the time he saw the needles we were already very close. Close enough to smell his sweat and cheap aftershave. In fact, he barely had time to be afraid before we embraced. He’s terrified now of course…" Needles in "Introductions"
"The young man's interview was not exceptional as he had no experience in charity work, no driving license nor any demonstrable experience in retail. He claimed however, to know the Hilltop Centre better than anyone and as he was the only applicant in the role I elected to give him a try." Dianne Margolis in "Give and Take"
"I hesitated a moment but before I could consider her strangeness a particularly high tide of color swept down the corridor toward me. I panicked, and before I realized what I was doing I had darted inside the lift and slammed the close-door button." Terrance Stevens in "Running on Empty"
It does not matter some of these are under duress or deception, all of them contain some type of action "confirming" consent. Mind you I do not believe all the victims of of these horrors confirm consent in some way, like people who get killed by Bonzo probably didn't agree to it (though considering he's most likely a hitman, some degree of "you agreed to this by overstepping your boundaries" philosophy could be applied), but subjects of the incident very much pay for consequences of their own actions.
That brings us to OIRA itself, and how every character so far seems to actively dig themselves deeper by their own accord, Gwen wants position of power, Colin wants to figure out the system, Sam wants to know why he wasn't chosen and Alice is in it for the money (for her brother which still counts as consent). This is literally said directly to us in episode 1:
"If you hate working here so completely, you are perfectly within your rights to resign. No one is forcing you to stay here." Lena to Gwen in "First Shift"
All of this, all this horror is happening due to their own accord, curiosity, obligation, greed for knowledge or just for the money, it does not matter, the choice is there, but they delve deeper anyway. We will see how long it holds up, but I will be on the look out for this theme in the future.
confession….
*kicks dirt*
i still like sam/colin….
“stop. hammer time.”
— colin becher probably
Does anyone else feel like colin is alot like early seasons melanie?
Someone share theories!!
O.I.A.R stuff after couple of episodes
minor tmagp 25 spoilers
I had to use a hammer today for general life shit and my first thought was
omg Colin core
the brainrot is real
divorcity win colin becher from the magnus archives likes men and is multiple times divorced!!!
I’m delusional and you can’t prove me wrong till season 2🤝
Gotta claim the tag for Polygramming because the ship is fricking hilarious to me.
Sometimes a relationship is between a grumpy it guy, a funny office worker, and a computer program. And that’s ok.
Alright time to servey the possible Polygramming ship dynamics. Since it’s a polycule there’s tones of possible verity even with just 3.
Alice and Collin could both be dating Freddy but not eachother
Alice could be dating both Colin and Freddy but Colin gets to keep his hatred for Freddy.
Alice is dating both but Colin has a sort of enemies to lovers arc with Freddy
They are all dating eachother and love eachother but all act like they hate eachother on the outside because it’s funny.
Dang now I need to come up with a ship name for Collin Becher x Freddie. I can’t just make Fr3yer and Polygramming and leave that one out.
Let me just
You have got to be kidding me. Have we learned nothing? We as a fandom can do better than samcolin. I refuse to stand by this ship name. Pathetic. In a world where we have Dyhard and Chorris you want to go with two characters first names being called like “Sam! Colin! the computers just leaked my bank information to the mafia!”. Do better. Or shall I say Becher?
I’m my mind Colin Becher has both long hair and a beard, is dirty blond, maybe ginger, wears alt-rock band shirts, and has lots of jewellery. There’s just a specific vibe he has in my head that’s difficult for me to fully put into words. Like he give similar vibes to one of my dad’s friends who woodworks and I just don’t know how to put that verbalise the vibe fully.
Just realised I never actually posted this. Anyway this is my ship lol, enjoy.