throwback to the most baffling interaction of my life, when I was at a pride club thing for college a couple years ago and met someone who was into the magnus archives and wanted to try more podcasts, and asked me for recs
me: so I really like the penumbra podcast and stellar firma, [proceeds to give a brief plot pitch]
them: ...are those, like, anti-capitalist?
me: ...yes?
them: oh, I don't want anti-capitalist stuff, I don't believe in that
me: ...the magnus archives...is... anti-capitalist?
them: it is???
They genuinely had no idea. They also were shocked when I mentioned Daisy and Basira being an allegory for police brutality and complicity. I still have no idea how they listened to the whole thing without an inkling of any of the themes.
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“i will live a hundred lifetimes if it means that in one of them i can sit beside you and- even if just for a moment- know that you are mine.”
“then let this be the hundredth one and no more- for there is no life of mine where you are not beside me.”
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Can we have some Paul and Claymore appreciation!?!
Paul; stole a sword in the middle of a war, when he couldn't even see what they were up against and started fighting with his theatrical fencing knowledge.
Howard; literally got dragged into a godly family drama, shot Lamia with steel bullets and somehow made it work when she killed his friend and ended up basically adopting this boy who lost all his family when he previously said "I don't like kids." Fastest character development of all time/hj
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May I ask for more details about the tag "ivanhoe meets film noir"? Because I would like to preorder this possibly nonexistant novel. 😀
Oh you absolutely may, thank you! It is not a novel, but it was an idea by @halfbad-333, and I thought "ooh, that would be a fun fic," and some months later it has accidentally acquired several subplots and a bibliography. @counterwiddershins is generously beta-reading. The first chapter is up on AO3 here.
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thinking about model au towa (and body guard madarame)
towa in a corset…. or in a line of lingerie….
sometimes like I think for his job he’d barely keep his health together otherwise people won’t want him
he is really skilled at pre-emptively covering any and all scars/blemishing with makeup —> but once Madarame enters the scene he forces him to do it for him as a sort of push and pull
Edit: adding a read more I didn’t think id yap for so long
towa has a set of fake eyes to put in depending on his shooting, prefers none
the only shoots he really enjoys are the ones where he gets to choose who he models for — they “model” towa as they see fitting which gets up to canon euphoria levels of intense
likes pornographic shoots the least, thinks they’re the most boring out of all of them.
begrudgingly maintains his health. like forces himself to eat meals and the only one he tolerates is Rei’s cooking. he tearfully purges the alcohol in his apartment, though he would at least retain cigarettes. thinking about a scenario where he’d be on an alcohol ban to improve his health for an upcoming shoot and madarame would be an ass and drink in front of him.
during bans towa gets really curt and easily bristled, taku would be his agent placating him and madarame would immediately resort to using pleasure as a way to shut him up.
a lot of chances that force madarame and towa into less violent sexual encounters bc they can’t royal screw up towa’s body before a gig/shoot.
madatowa’s down time together is madarame lounging reading books and towa sprawled in his arms reading model or art magazines. in a good mood they also explore new coffee shops and bars. sometimes they’ll force each other to go to literary or art meet ups, sometimes browse through museums.
id like to think rei and taku interact with madarame the way disgruntled disapproving parents who won’t intervene tolerate a clearly bad influence boyfriend that they can find no proof of being bad. taku and him would have very terse loaded tension convos, while madarame would either ignore rei or say things that get him arguing. but they’d still tolerate each other fine and maybe at some point get along… in the distant future.
madarame would also kinda be more relaxed / complacent since he’s put into a limiting position—outside of work hours, towa can rarely ever track him down and it’s always unknown what he’s up to. towa is playful in how he bosses madarame around as his bodyguard/ aide, trying to constantly test madarame’s limit.
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went to Pat Evangelista's book talk and bought the book Some People Need Killing during the event. i also waited nearly an hour for an autograph even if I didn't read the book prior nor even know of her before she was introduced
Mister Math guy introduced the book to me but i didnt get past the first page in the ebook he sent. he had lots of books he wanted me to read too so going through the list was overwhelming, especially when reading it on the phone or the laptop (he recommended Dostoevsky for god's sake, dosto on ebook?? my easily distracted brain can not! I'm placing an order for a paperback Dostoevsky soon instead)
I've started Some People Need Killing again, now with a paperback and gosh, it's so good writing! just as great as the author's voice too! also, being a filipino living in the philippines reading the book is so... freaking sad. i dont know the right word for it
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