May 14
This one has been a wip for so long bruh </3 still kinda hate it but whatever
The scribbly scribbly on the side is supposed to be the map he had btw
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This one has been a wip for so long bruh </3 still kinda hate it but whatever
The scribbly scribbly on the side is supposed to be the map he had btw
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Episode 101, Another Twist. This episode is not in my top five. Which is fucking insane. In any other series, this episode would be number one. It's pure poetry, and completely perfect at that! There isn't a single thing I would change about this episode! AND STILL!!! IT'S NOT IN MY TOP FIVE!!! holy god this podcast is good
Oh no jello’s at it again here we go
I finished TMA recently so here’s mag101 ig
We’re going to pretend the reason it’s trash is bc I drew it on my phone with my finger and not just bc I have a poor artistic eye
It's so interesting how Michael Shelley (the human) was so trusting, caring and so honest, but that lead to him being deceived, tricked and lied to and made him become the living embodiment of lies, delusion and confusion.
I think that's why the Distortion chose Helen over him. Michael still had that small human part of him that was the exact opposite of the Distortion.
Michael the Distortion doesn't want to be Michael because of how the nature of Michael Shelley and Michael the Distortion contradict; one is honest and trusting and deceived while the other one lies, deceives and confuses, and this robs the Distortion of its purpose. The only reason Michael even became the Distortion is that he had the map to help him.
Michael the Distortion wants desperately to be understood, for someone to know the injustice of what happened to poor Michael, and so he lets Jon take his statement and know the honest and bare truth.
Michael got "distracted" with the feelings of Michael Shelley, leading to the door to the Distortion being locked for him and Helen becoming the Distortion.
Leaving Michael once again discarded and disposed of, for simply being too honest and human. Ironic how the first time he's discarded is when he opens the door, and the second time is when the door does not open for him anymore.
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text posts that remind me of tma: part 3
part 1, part 2, part 4, part 5, part 6
Gertrude:
Jon and Tim:
mag 160:
mag 101:
type of shit Mary would send Gerry:
Jon:
Melanie:
Gerry:
okay so I don't know if this is a common interpretation or not, but I don't actually think Michael was planning to kill Jon in 101.
Like, Helen was good at being the Distortion, which is why she seemed so (over)friendly. Michael, in contrast, kind of sucked at it. I made a post about that years ago that I'll never find again that went into more detail about that, but essentially: even when he acted confusing, he made genuine attempts at explaining things. It tried particularly hard to accurate describe its own nature; it literally told Jon directly that it wanted him "to understand, even if it d[id] go against [its] nature."
The Distortion itself is a part of the Spiral, AKA It Is Not What It Is AKA It Is Lies. Helen acted helpful, because she wasn't. Michael acted like an enemy despite never working against the Archival staff. The only times Michael actually interacted with them, he 1) showed Sasha how to defeat Jane Prentiss, 2) tried to warn Jon about Not-Sasha, 3) gave Jon a headstart against Not-Sasha, and 4) gave Martin and Tim a door into the corridors. In that last one, I think it is very worth noting that they later got out of the corridors, and Michael didn't come for them again the way it did Helen Richardson. He pretty much just removed them from a situation that was likely to get them killed. When it showed up in MAG 101, I think it was planning to do the same thing — save Jon from Nikola while threatening to kill him, and then let him miraculously find a way out.
Michael played up how dangerous it was a lot, but I'm pretty sure that was just as much a lie as Helen's friendship. At the end of the day, I think it was less Michael's "razor-straight desire for vengeance" that the Distortion couldn't use and more his desire to explain and understand and help.
You see emptiness here is the purported familiar and your house is endlessly familiar, endlessly repetitive. Hallways, corridors, rooms, over and over again. [Mark Z. Danielewski]
The Magnus Archives, episode 47 // M.C. Escher’s “Relativity” // Twin Peaks // House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski // “Labyrinth” by Kenyatta Rogers // Severance // House of Leaves // The Magnus Archives, episode 101 // Twin Peaks: The Return // Twin Peaks: The Return // House of Leaves
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