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ellascreams · 2 months

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You know I frequently think about what Magnus Archive entities different characters from things would be warlocks for but I don’t think I’ve ever really talked about any of my thoughts on it before. Maybe I should start doing that, just for fun. Someone might find it interesting. This one is for IEYTD because I don’t expect this hyperfixation to die very soon. Spoilers for all the games. Oh and if you want to use this as inspiration for some weird crossovers you can, but please tell me if you do, because I wanna see it.

Agent Phoenix: The End This one is especially fitting if you think of the time loops as being in universe, stuck dying again and again, but it works even without that. Constantly close to death, feeling the fear of death, but never actually dying. Causing others fear because their friends have to deal with grief and their enemies have to be terrified every time they survive something they shouldn’t have. You could make an argument for The Beholding, you can for most protagonists, but it doesn’t make as much sense to me.

Handler: The Beholding He watches his agents do such dangerous things and can’t do much more than watch. He can help in someways but not too many. I imagine it would also be uncomfortable for Zoraxis agents to know they’re being watched by someone who they can’t see, someone other than the agent in front of them. Alternatively, he could be The Web. (“A mere puppeteer, they only enslave you,”) I just don’t think that works as well since he also has to answer to The Agency and he doesn’t have any malicious intent with his manipulations.

Dr. Zor: The Web Constantly orchestrating schemes from the shadows, has no loyalty to anyone and will kill their highest ranks without remorse if they interfere with their plans, too clever to ever be caught, and knows what Phoenix will do well enough to leave messages for them. Could also make arguments for The Stranger, The Beholding, The End, and The Extinction, but I think all of those connect back to their plotting and masterminding.

Daniel Sans: The Corruption Very minor character but I felt like adding him here. He made a super virus. That’s it that’s all I’ve got.

Zoraxis AI: The Buried Specifically the one in the escape pod. Does this even count as a character? No idea, but you can’t tell me that escape pod doesn’t sound like it would be the subject of someone’s statement if they got out of it alive.

Hivemind: The Corruption He’s literally just bees. Like, a bunch of bees. His name is Hivemind. What else can I even say?

Solaris: Uh The Vast Maybe? Because space? I’ll be honest I’m not really sure about this one, if anyone has any ideas I’d love to hear them.

The Fabricator: The Desolation She seems to enjoy the pain she causes with her inventions, whereas some of the scientists in game seem more like they’re just hurting people for the sake of their science. I’d also definitely accept The End for her since death traps are kind of her main thing.

John Juniper: The Stranger He’s got the masks, the acting and lying, he impersonates people, it seems like a perfect fit honestly. I guess he could maybe work for The Spiral but that’s mostly because it’s so similar to The Stranger.

Gibson: The Beholding Ok this one might sound a bit weird but hear me out. Phoenix pretends to be Gibson for a reason, his radio allows him to eavesdrop and he probably does eavesdrop just so he won’t miss Juniper’s commands. Gibson is just a butler, but he hears all about these worldwide conspiracies and gets caught in the crossfire, and there really isn’t much he can do about it. Except threatening to share the things that he’s heard, which is very affective, because he’s heard a lot of important secrets.

Shawn in HR: The Beholding Honestly he really does give me archive assistant or object storage vibes. Just doing his job hearing about and sorting the horrors. The big difference is that the horrors in this situation are corporate espionage and conspiracies.

Dr. Prism: The Extinction Ok once again, this may seem a bit weird, but hear me out. Her main goal in game is to replace the agents with robots and there is an element of humanity being replaced to The Extinction, not just everyone dying. Then there’s Zor’s betrayal destroying all her robots at once. Then she helps Phoenix save all the agents in the world from death. Even if it’s never an extinction of humanity she certainly has experience with extinctions. An alternate might be The Hunt because of her obsession with revenge and killing Phoenix or Zor, and the Agency trying to track her down.

Robutler: The Stranger or The Spiral He just seems so friendly and happy to talk to you while he attempts to kill you.

Ollie: The Lonely I swear this isn’t just because Ollie’s voice reminds me of Alexander J Newall’s. The poor guy just got abandoned in the ocean for like at least a month. His coworkers and bosses seem to be pretty mean to him too.

Director Morales: The Web He really is just running The Agency behind the scenes. We really don’t hear much about him orchestrating anything but maybe that’s just because he’s really good at it. Out of all these characters, he would probably be the creepiest to me if he was actually a warlock for an entity.

The Phantom: The Web We really don’t know much about them but they manage to leave coins for Phoenix to find everywhere they go knowing that they’ll find them. Very Web like behavior. Maybe The Hunt. The coin thing is kinda like a scavenger hunt and they do have to track down Phoenix to leave those clues.

#You could probably make all these characters The End if you wanted to #the game’s named after death for a reason #but that’s not as fun nor as fitting for most of them #Oh and about Ollie’s voice it’s not really his voice itself that reminds me of Alex but something in his delivery #Like something about the emphasis and tone sound a lot like him and his characters to me #ieytd #I expect you to die #the magnus archives #ranting #If you have thoughts on this wether you agree with me or not I am very open to hearing them and discussing it with you btw #tma

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thinktosee · 5 years

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IN SERVICE to THE COUNTRY or REGIME?

“We the citizens of Singapore, pledge ourselves as one united people, regardless of race, language or religion, to build a democratic society based on justice and equality so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation.”

- The national pledge of singapore which all school children since “independence” recite every morning before class.

Today, Aug. 9, 2019 is what is termed “National Day” in singapore. In most countries of the world which had suffered from colonialism, this day of liberation is named “Independence Day.” But not in singapore. Perhaps it is because we did not liberate ourselves from colonial Britain. No. Imperial Britain just got up and left one day. Just like that. How generous! Or did they really leave?

Map of the Malay Archipelago. Image courtesy Researchgate.net

The new localized government which took over 60 years ago surprisingly continued as if nothing changed – no freedom of expression; racist and racialist policies remained; voting age at 21 years but military conscription at 18 years (you are old enough to die fighting if necessary for the regime but not old enough to vote!); discrimination against minorities by race, gender and sexual identification; indefinite detention without due process for political opponents and deemed criminals; oligarchic/monopolistic state and family-operated, but publicly listed (and subsidized) corporations, along the lines of the original British East India Company, which monopolized trade in the Far East, including opium; a euthanized main stream press; a public school system which emphasizes uniformity rather than individuality and creativity; and more (pls also refer to our previous posts on this aspect as referenced at the end of this essay).

Today, we are celebrating this totalitarian system.

Perhaps a local man who kept up with the colonial traditions says it best :

President Nixon (USA) : What do you think of Indonesia?

Prime Minister Lee (SINGAPORE) : It would be best if they spread the benefits beyond Jakarta. The Generals in power are acquiring wealth. In Islam wealth comes with power.

- Excerpts of a meeting in the White House on April 10, 1973. Courtesy of U.S. Government archives c/o Central Intelligence Agency library.

And I always thought Lord Acton knew a thing or two about power when he said:

“Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” (1, 2)

Lord Acton. Image courtesy acton.org

What has Lord Acton’s statement got to do with religion or race or whatever? His statement applies to all who wield power. When political leaders harbour racist and autocratic attitudes, it shows in their policies!

In previous posts, I asserted that singapore existed because of the Malay archipelago. The produce of Indonesia and Malaysia since the time of Raffles post-1819, were centralized or collected in the geographical middle – singapore, to be -re-exported to Europe and America. That was and is how singapore grew, or perhaps a glaring expression – singapore leeched onto its neighbouring islands. It continues to this day via the banking system (3, 4). We owe our prosperity to our neighbours, it seems. Or perhaps they are exploited because of us?

And what of Imperial Britain? Did they really leave? Check out this list of the top 10 companies of the singapore stock exchange (5):

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1, 3, 7, and 10 positions are Jardines of Britain. Add them up and Jardines is the largest company in singapore by far. And who is Jardines? They started out long ago as opium traders in China (6, 7).

And what of our local heroes? This report makes some strong allegations against a few of them and their apparent smuggling activities :

“These Communists sold stolen rubber to Tan Kah Kee at Katong, Singapore through Tan’s son-in-law Lee Kong Chian. Large contracts were made with Clychin, Soviet trade commissioner. The intermediary was Samsudin, councillor of the PKI……” (8)

The PKI was the communist party of Indonesia.

And what does this make of singapore’s official political history? Perhaps French philosopher, writer, and poet, Voltaire had a point when he said :

“What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.” (9)

Voltaire (1694-1778). Image courtesy Getty Images.

But hey! Voltaire also said this :

“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.” (10)

Singapore is a city in the Malay Archipelago, pretending to be a country. Just as New York City cannot survive without the USA, and London exists because of UK-Europe, Shanghai because of China and Tokyo to Japan, so too is singapore to Malaysia and Indonesia.

In closing, Shawn Mendes makes a lot of sense with this song titled, “Youth.”

Image courtesy Pinterest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs-Hr-gEJAU

Let us celebrate Independence Day……someday.

In the Spirit of David Cornelius Singh

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- David’s father

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Sources/References

1. https://oll.libertyfund.org/quotes/214

2. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/death-lord-acton

3. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/tax-amnesty-indonesians-repatriate-88b-from-singapore

4. https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/government-economy/indonesians-declare-1173t-rupiah-of-singapore-assets-under-tax-amnesty

5. https://www.ig.com/sg/news-and-trade-ideas/shares-news/which-are-the-largest-companies-listed-in-singapore--190204

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War

7. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asian-studies/article/opium-and-migration-jardine-mathesons-imperial-connections-and-the-recruitment-of-chinese-labour-for-assam-183439/A134444374DF3A96067987EC634710FC

8. Central Intelligence Agency Archives, Apr 29, 1949 – INDONESIA

9. https://souman.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/history-is-a-lie-commonly-agreed-upon-voltaire/

10. Cambridge Introduction to French Literature. Brian Nelson, p.60. Cambridge University Press, 2015

Links to previous posts on status of human rights and free speech in singapore :

https://thinktosee.tumblr.com/post/169657515203/1x2-2

https://thinktosee.tumblr.com/post/164059219793/singapore-independence

https://thinktosee.tumblr.com/post/163055702153/david-the-pacifist-part-2

https://thinktosee.tumblr.com/post/162595903613/pink-dot-and-human-rights-in-singapore

https://thinktosee.tumblr.com/post/166390138328/open-letter-to-prime-minister-of-singapore-death

https://thinktosee.tumblr.com/post/166812496953/an-open-letter-to-the-defense-minister-singapore

https://thinktosee.tumblr.com/post/174098279818/time-to-scrap-military-conscription-in-singapore

https://thinktosee.tumblr.com/post/178728829463/59-59-an-open-letter-to-the-american-government

https://thinktosee.tumblr.com/post/178506731468/open-letter-to-the-archbishop-singapore

https://thinktosee.tumblr.com/post/185290827333/there-cometh-a-time

https://thinktosee.tumblr.com/post/185359183988/open-letter-to-the-world-editors-forum-new-forum

https://thinktosee.tumblr.com/post/185406507263/open-letter-to-the-world-editors-forum-new-forum

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