THEY AREN'T THE FEARS ANYMORE!! THEY'RE DESIRES

(SPOILERS for TMA, and all of TMAGP episodes so far)

Okay, here me out

Tmagp1: Darla wants to hear Arthur's voice again. She even says: "I just couldn’t face the thought of the rest of my life never hearing him again, I had to try" and later on she even says: "But I had to know, so I went to the cemetery."

Tmagp1: RedCanary wants to know about the Magnus Institute. They want to know why it's listed under 'cleared' when there's no evidence of it. Hence why they go and explore it.

Tmagp2: Daria wants that absolute perfection. She wants to change who she is and get out of that dark place. When she talks about the thing that she felt was missing, she says, "... and that’s when I decide I need a tattoo. I had a couple already – just little things on my shin and my wrist – but I decided I needed something big. Something that really changed my look." She also mentions when talking about Ink5oul that "they just kept pressing me about my life, about why I wanted the ink" instead of asking what design she wanted. And when she got the tattoo she describes herself as now being, "Someone I wanted to know more about." Afterwards she even says how "For the first time ever [she] wanted to attempt a self-portrait. Something real and physical, [she] wanted to feel the brushes in my hands and the oil on [her] fingertips." I think a lot of her statement is about her desire and impulsive need for that perfection and that wholeness that she has been aspiring to for her whole life.

Tmagp3: Samuel wants to stay hidden. He wants and he "need[s] to get up, get out of here for treatment." He wants to get better and most of his delirious thoughts are the things that he wants, or feels like he needs. E.g. "I so much want to see it [the sun] again. This night seems endless. I want to be warm again. I am terribly afraid. Thank god for Maddie. I need to treat her better."; "I just need to rest."; "I need to be careful or we’ll drift apart." And then obviously as the narrative continues, Samuel wants to grow and 'put down roots'.

Tmagp4: The narrator wants to be revered and accepted into the Royal Court Orchestra of the Palatinate. He wants to show off and impress. The violin "was a creature with needs and purpose of its own. The needs were simple enough. Blood. Flesh." It has these needs and desires.

So far, I'm interpreting it to be that everything so far can be interpreted as a desire of sorts, varying in the strength and intensity of it. Obviously, fear is still a big part of it all, because if you want something so badly, aren't you afraid of it being stolen from you? Of it being out of your grasp? Of it being unachievable or impossible in some capacity? Of it being a lie?

Even Sam wants to find out more. He wants to know the why and the reason for things. Gwen wants Lena's job. Collin wants to fix all these bugs and keep Freddie running. Alice wants to just get on with it because she found out that wanting to know the 'why' of things is dangerous.

I think that somehow when the Web took all the Fears into a different universe, they morphed into something else. Or they changed to fit what was the most prevalent thing in that universe, because after all, everyone wants something, even if it's something small and inconsequential. Life and aspects of it has always been characterised by that desire for something. Like people wanting food, shelter, safety, love, warmth, happiness, etc. And I think since the Web was so intwined with Jon and Martin, it absorbed some of their emotions when it found its way into this new world, because after all Jon and Martin wanted to stop Jonah/Elias, to stop the apocalypse, to destroy the Panopticon, to be safe, and they wanted each other. I think the wanting and fear of things are really entwined in it all, though this could be absolute bullshit haha

what’s she gonna say next? skibidi? ohio? rizzler?

magnus thursday tomorrowwww

I’m genuinely loving this so much, not only because I wasn’t in the fandom for the original magnus thursdays, but also because with protocol I genuinely just have no fucking clue what will happen. in terms of both the big plot and the individual episode statement / story, I’m completely in the dark. IT’S SO EXCITING AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH

”guys it’s magpod Thursday!” “Guys it’s Thursday, new protocol episode has dropped!” I wanna take part in these Thursday shenanigans but alas, for me it will be FRIDAY when I get new protocol episodes

BABE WAKE UP MAGNUS THURSDAY IS BACK TOMORROW

The Magnus Protocol tag: does not trend on tumblr for several consecutive magnus thursdays

MAGP 08:

The Magnus Protocol tag:

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GERRY

Pleasure to meet you both. I’m Gerry!

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Magnus Protocols ep 4 spoilers!

GRANDPA OF GRIFTERS BONE BABYYYYYY

So far we’ve had statements from (in order)

The End

The Eye

The Flesh

The Rot (with flesh undertones)

The Slaughter

Also a special appearance at the end from LENA BEING A FUCKING VILLAIN?!? Who is getting disappeared???? WHO THE FUCK IS KLAUS?

Much to consider

anyways as a violinist this episode was fuckin sick

I Dropped a mug on my foot in the morning and then later Fell head first into concrete and spent the rest of the day in bed. (Also my art application isn't working so might have to replace my god awful Chromebook)

Buuuuutttt atleast it's a magnus thursday

I think 'The Deep' has just consumed Colin at this point

oh shit gotta post about the new TMAGP episode wait fuck no that came out yesterday, uh uhhh uhm, oh uh, imagine if it turned out the UK Government was actually the big bad, I don’t know.

MAGNUS THURSDAAAAAAY!!!

Happy Magpod Thursday! Let's all get ready to collectively lose our minds at a shred of a hint to something TMA related, or something that Sam and Alice did, or something that Gwen did.

Or just the episode in general.

Let's just lose our minds.

im abt to have fhe best magnus thursday ever, i'm literally going to an amusement park and then by the time i get back the new episode will be out 🤭