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Drawing is effectively one of the only creative activities that I am actively bad at.

That being said, I want to get better. So I'm going to start drawing on a semi-regular basis. And maybe posting them here.

I am drawing for myself. I am not looking for praise. I do not expect anyone to look at this.

i just finished MAG 12 i might make this a reblog chain on my side account just with my reactions and guesses for horror(s) are represented after each episode so here are my thoughts so far

This is a bit wobbly but as my speed ran first attempt at using tapestry crochet for words, I’m pretty happy with it.

OH FUCK YEAH

IM SO HAOPY YOURE LISTENING YOURE GONNA LIVE IT

Crow's Review:

Ahhhh anglerfish <3 It’s been pointed out many times, but I find it so fun how the title is relevant to the episode, but also symbolic of Jon getting lured into the archive. I do appreciate that the first 3 episodes all have circumstances that could lead to the statements being easily dismissed (ppl being under the influence of substances or head trauma) to kind of “ease” the listener into the idea of things being For Real, rather than tossing us into it headlong. In retrospect though, its pretty funny having Jon still completely belittle the story after the investigation turns up some pretty damning evidence. 

The whole….. idk .. ending episode twist / mic drop that is typical of many tma episodes feels rather silly / over the top in this one. It definitely gets better, but the “And There Were Cigarettes In His Pocket AND Check Out This Photo AND Most Of The Disappearances Were Confirmed Smokers” was …. a lot. 

Is that what would become known as “the eye static” on the tail ends of “Can I have a cigarette?” It would be fun if it is! But its completely plausible that its unintentional considering this is the first ep. Could have just been intended as general “spooky sound design”

Ratings Scary: ★★☆☆☆ Story: ★★☆☆☆ Personal:  ★★☆☆☆

Spring's Review:

A good solid intro episode! The little segment at the beginning introducing Jon and mentioning his team is pretty iconic for a reason, you get a strong grasp of Jon being a hashtag Skeptic, and the beginning of his opinions of at least Martin and Gertrude. There’s just enough info that pulls you into the character and the world, even if you’re just expecting an anthology series. It’s a shame we won’t get much else for like 10 episodes.

I’m gonna try to avoid being long winded but largely my opinion of the earlier seasons is that they’re very slow, which works very well and makes sense. You’re slowly being lowered into the story and horror as time goes, kinda frog boiled in it. But on relistens it can feel annoyingly slow. That isn’t much of a problem with this one since it’s the first episode, but I wanna mention it now early on so I don’t say it Every episode of the earlier seasons.

I do not care for Sarah Baldwin. I don’t think she’s like an important character but I find it a little weird to hope people remember a random name among 6 others in a group (with 4 main characters also being name dropped in this episode) from the First episode, up until how ever it takes for the name to reoccur. Obviously it worked better as the episodes were coming out when people were analyzing things much closer.

Also I like that the name of the episode is a “horror” twist on the usual Pilot, it’s an angler fish, it Luring you into the series.

Also also, the horror mic drop. Crow asked about this as we write these reviews and it’s like, the end statement final little twist/reveal that kinda goes ooooo it reeaaaal. A LOT of the statements do this, and it makes sense as a final little pseudo-cliffhanger stinger w/e, but it’s a little cheesy in retrospect.