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Arin, aged 20, they/them to most of you. In the deep past (2021) I was a JJBA Part 5 writer around these parts, now I mostly clown and make Magnus Protocol theories. @PseudoPossum is my IRL PseudoWife. Banner art by Amindele on Reddit.
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Gotta hand it to the writers this episode. I was laughing my arse off at the beginning when I realised they were going to have fake blobby attack a stag do and even though it turned out to be exactly that, some of the imagery genuinely got to me by the end.
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I’VE BEEN TELLING Y’ALL THE OIAR IS GOING TO HIRE NEEDLES
(And it won’t go well for either them or him)
Interesting detail: both Bonzo cases have been Category 1, Rank B. The only other CAT1RB case has been Needles.
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YES I was thinking this too! He’s killed before but I don’t think he’s used to telling people about it (he didn’t know the emergency call centre didn’t have his location). I think he’s going to get recruited by the OIAR and regret it.
Given the way Lena was talking about the “externals” in ep 11 I wonder if the Needles introduction will give us insight into their creepy government acquire and use the supernatural process later on. I feel like he will be back at some point.
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Thanks for posting this so I don’t have to.
Just the fact this episode dropped on the same DAY as Mag protocol 11
Task: Work out who is following you.
I didn't know Mr. Bonzo was still making tv appearances, what a treat.
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Awesome shoplifting strategy:
1. run in
2. collide with a clothing rack
3. run back out again.
So Needles is covered in/made of needles, right?
So imagine him trying to like, interact with any kind of fabric
And just getting stuck
The image of this spooky needle monster walking through, like, a clothing store or something and accidentally bumping into a sweater and just getting stuck is so funny to me
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OMG I didn’t think of this but you are so big brained!
So we need to talk about the prevalence of tattooing in the Magnus Protocol. I’m sure I’m not the first as of the newest episode but I wanna give my take.
In addition to two episodes directly about tattoos, we’ve also got Needles, who hasn’t been confirmed to be related yet but the possibility presents itself pretty clearly. We’ve also got Gerry, who in the old universe is associated with tattoos for two separate entities - remember after death he would probably have words from the catalogue of the trapped damned written on his skin, like was done for his mother.
So between two and four references in 11 episodes is clearly too much to be an accident, knowing these writers. But tattoos themselves being important seems a bit… superficial, for this franchise? The way Magnus categorises fear has always favoured abstraction over the tangible, such that the entities representing tangible fears like the buried and the web usually have more abstract tie-ins, like stress and manipulation for those two respectively.
I think that while significant, tattoos are somewhat a red herring. And I think what they really represent is hinted at in the title of the last episode: “marked”.
The Magnus Protocol, more so than Archives, is about being scarred by one’s trauma, both physically and, more importantly, metaphorically. Needles says his victims aren’t just scared to die, but to live with what he’s done to them. The man who killed his wife sees indirect (or maybe direct, who knows yet) karma in being turned into a plant while the voice of the woman he murdered encourages him. Emotional scars are given physical manifestations.
Maybe this ties to the theory people were having at the beginning, which seems to be dying down now, that Protocol is about desire. Many people find vindication in their traumas being made visible, contrary to how the eye sought its power. Compared to Archives, there’s more emphasis on power in visibility, as opposed to secrecy. And what represents that more explicitly than wearing your story in a tattoo?
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So we need to talk about the prevalence of tattooing in the Magnus Protocol. I’m sure I’m not the first as of the newest episode but I wanna give my take.
In addition to two episodes directly about tattoos, we’ve also got Needles, who hasn’t been confirmed to be related yet but the possibility presents itself pretty clearly. We’ve also got Gerry, who in the old universe is associated with tattoos for two separate entities - remember after death he would probably have words from the catalogue of the trapped damned written on his skin, like was done for his mother.
So between two and four references in 11 episodes is clearly too much to be an accident, knowing these writers. But tattoos themselves being important seems a bit… superficial, for this franchise? The way Magnus categorises fear has always favoured abstraction over the tangible, such that the entities representing tangible fears like the buried and the web usually have more abstract tie-ins, like stress and manipulation for those two respectively.
I think that while significant, tattoos are somewhat a red herring. And I think what they really represent is hinted at in the title of the last episode: “marked”.
The Magnus Protocol, more so than Archives, is about being scarred by one’s trauma, both physically and, more importantly, metaphorically. Needles says his victims aren’t just scared to die, but to live with what he’s done to them. The man who killed his wife sees indirect (or maybe direct, who knows yet) karma in being turned into a plant while the voice of the woman he murdered encourages him. Emotional scars are given physical manifestations.
Maybe this ties to the theory people were having at the beginning, which seems to be dying down now, that Protocol is about desire. Many people find vindication in their traumas being made visible, contrary to how the eye sought its power. Compared to Archives, there’s more emphasis on power in visibility, as opposed to secrecy. And what represents that more explicitly than wearing your story in a tattoo?
#tmagp spoilers#tmagp#tmagp theory#tmagp 11#I wrote this while listening to 11 on a walk so sorry if this is unhinged#the magnus protocol
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So it’s trans day of visibility and I’m thinking about telling my mother I’m non-binary. She’s said a lot of transphobic things but she’s improving, and I’m emigrating soon so it won’t really matter.
I just need a good lead in.
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Heyyy I don’t know if anybody here is into dragon ball but that one dragon ball fic I write has been dragged from its grave and has three new chapters.
It’s a Bulma-centered fic set in a saiyan revival AU, shortly after the end of the Super anime. It’s got adventure, worldbuilding and VegeBul. And Gine is a central character.
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When someone leaves a nice comment on my fanfic.
Specifically for The Cocoon Splits on AO3.
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Whenever a victim client wants a full body tattoo Ink5oul just pours paint over Needles and let them roll over the victim client
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If your plot feels flat, STUDY it! Your story might be lacking...
Stakes - What would happen if the protagonist failed? Would it really be such a bad thing if it happened?
Thematic relevance - Do the events of the story speak to a greater emotional or moral message? Is the conflict resolved in a way that befits the theme?
Urgency - How much time does the protagonist have to complete their goal? Are there multiple factors complicating the situation?
Drive - What motivates the protagonist? Are they an active player in the story, or are they repeatedly getting pushed around by external forces? Could you swap them out for a different character with no impact on the plot? On the flip side, do the other characters have sensible motivations of their own?
Yield - Is there foreshadowing? Do the protagonist's choices have unforeseen consequences down the road? Do they use knowledge or clues from the beginning, to help them in the end? Do they learn things about the other characters that weren't immediately obvious?
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I acquired a ‘higher cat’. There was no obvious features of the cat whether physical or behavioral that made it a ‘higher being’ than normal cats, it just was, and everyone knew it. It was my solemn duty to protect this ‘higher cat’ at any cost.
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Okay this is roughly what I was expecting. I cannot lie I am a little worried for my guy.
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I’ve consulted my brain and this is a magnus archives blog now.
#still not going to write fanfic ever again though#it wasn’t really the best time in my life I got obsessed with just pumping out stories and it wasn’t very healthy
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