Waking Dreamer

Probably covered in yarn. | Lucid, formerly known as Michael, formerly known as the Distortion, formerly known as Michael. 🏳️‍⚧️Genderfaun⚧️

[distortionposting]

Not me watching mathematics videos to figure out exactly how the distortion works and actually having a eureka moment

[distortionposting]

This is the video btw

[jupik-obecny]

tma spoilers (just in case)

"am I evil, archivist? is a thing evil when it simply obeys its own nature? when it embodies its nature? when that nature is shaped by those who revile it?"

i love michael so much. the way he gets treated by gertrude hits home a lot and i'm generally a fan of the spiral. as someone who's been to a lot of psychology related doctors and deals w a whole host of issues, the wonderland episode is so fucking cruel and also relatable. rip michael distortion, you'd love my therapist. i too wonder if i'm evil by nature, it's lovely

i got a whole series of these! i'll add the links in edit :3

[toastyglow]

the backrooms are simply not as scary conceptually if there is Something In Them

[toastyglow]

the whole reason why they're so unnerving is BECAUSE there's nothing in them!! because they're unrelentingly liminal and lonely and uncomforting. there shouldn't be a monster guy in there chasing you. you should glimpse other humans (?) from a distance but they walk away before you can close the gap and then they're gone. things should run away from YOU. do u get it

[toastyglow]

"and there was a MONSTERowooowwohhhh" the monster is isolation and banal beige sameness and uncanny valley architecture. you fool. you rube. you're putting a hat on a hat and the second hat is not only unnecessary but it ruins the first hat!!!!!!! "there's a monster in there" great so now it's just another place for a monster to be. ridiculous

[lookcaitlin]

[distortionposting]

[hiddeneyesthemacncheesedevourer]

Fan design of Michael Shelley

[el-crafts]

based this drawing off of penumbra_cosplays' (instagram/tiktok) awesome Michael Distortion cosplay!!! (Truly the coolest Michael I have ever seen)

This was originally supposed to just be a quick warm up thing to test SIMPLE rendering... whoopsies... That late night 2am power hit me I guess 🤷

Since a good portion of the brushes are ones that come on procreate- I also shared which brushes I used for this drawing! You have my sister to thank, since she "so kindly" asked for them

[lostinbordrland]

[agnes-come-back-challenge]

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.

[the-story-of-the-tucks]

@dykobra-kid gave me this idea and I couldn’t not make it

[catonthemountain]

I've been thinking about Gerry

[chez-cinnamon]

( WIP ) Miss Orsinov lemme be your Mx Orsinov ........

In that phase of planning a v indulgent AU for the fandom I'm obsessing over ( The following names are in danger : Nikola Orsinov , Breekon and Hope , Michael Distortion , Michael Crew , Jared Hopworth and Jane Prentiss )

[chez-cinnamon]

I just- AAASAGUIGIUGUGUHik

Fell in love with your Avatars roommates AU.Thinking about possible situations, comedic or not. Like Mike just coming with terms living with Michael, who is a branch of the Spiral he tried escape for so long and that's, ironically, has same name to him. Or Jaded in the morning that gets a morning voice that is even lower than his normal one. Or Strangers being Strangers. Or Jane and Nicola becoming friends and having girls nights just for themselves. And so much more. I love it. I'm vibrating just with thoughts of it.

I desperately need more, even if that's just your thoughts about it. I will eat up anything you made. Do you have anything planned for it in the future?

I thought the idea of Jared having a super deep morning voice to the point you can't understand him was so cute <333

I'm so glad you're enjoying it !! Didn't expect this much love so fast but I've got lots of ideas !! I plan on making rough lore related doodles as to why they're roommates but I wanna draw them being stupid together , spending nights indoors , drinking , arguing , what they do for a living to stay afloat , etc <3

The lore so far is that in another dimension the fears have created a parallel universe of London that inhabits deceased avatars / entities and destroyed artefacts. These guys are reborn after their respective deaths and over the course of the podcast and after Mag200 they all get together out of neccessity

[chez-cinnamon]

What do you do when you have 7 favourite characters who the majority have not interacted in canon ?

Obviously you make them roommates :3

Need them all to be so fucking annoying w each other <3

[chez-cinnamon]

Professional ragebaiter

[thouartadeadthing]

Robert Wiene set design from Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)

[your-local-alian]

First piece of fanart!

Lowkey a work in progress