i think i entered the fandom too late because most of the blogs recommended last posted months ago lmao.
anyway! if everyone's still alive in this corner of the internet, hi. you can call me erase, im in my mid-20s and somehow i only become interested in mark's videos very very recently
this is my sideblog for markiplier posting. mostly liveblogging, gifs, and i would probably post pics i randomly found on twitter or pinterest and ask to the void for context. it seems like theres decades of content and most of it arent something i would get even on mark's main channel. it would be nice if older fans could point me in the right ways.
a snippet of mark's disney era, a period of time where im choosing to believe he's forced to sell his likeness to disney for a bit. like, come on, he doesn't even sound or act like his usual self. like, those are disney jokes and disney bits, not markiplier's
There are a few scenes in Iron Lung, particularly when Simon is lost in the cave system, where it looks like Simon is chewing. I never knew what was up until the digital release. You can see the contents of the kit the submarine was equipped with, and there is a 1200 calorie "food" package inside.
My guess is that scenes were filmed of Simon having a little snack courtesy of the C.O.I., but that they were cut for runtime and pacing reasons. Only the chewing scenes remain. One of the more noticeable times is when Simon is almost about to drift off as he tries to navigate the cave system. He has this polite, chew-with-your-mouth-closed deal, and it's adorable.
I am dead curious about what an MRE from the C.O.I. looks like. It's just hardtack, isn't it? It's just a big old brick of hardtack.
But! I will say that since some of the convicts made it back up, they sent Simon down with water, food, and emergency medical supplies--and the Council Authority decided to stop all exploration of AT-5 once Simon's sub went missing--the C.O.I. might not be nearly as gung-ho about killing those responsible for attacking Filament Station as it might seem to Simon.
David, of course, lost his temper with Simon and said there were "plenty more" where Simon came from, as in more convicts to send into the blood ocean. But, again, he was really mad at that time, and also not in charge of operations. Ava and those she answers to definitely don't seem as keen to let a man die down there as a form of punishment. There's just too much bad blood between the factions for there to be trust. It makes Simon's decision to do as Ava asked at the end of the film all the more lovely.
This is a harsh world, and a desperate one, but there is mercy hidden in the corners of every shadowy secret. Very small, and malnourished, but still there is mercy.
The Book of Enoch - Simon as St. Michael Slaying the Dragon
This is a photobash under the hood, that then got painted and "rendered." Not well, but, yeah, "rendered." It is based on a late 13th century illustration by an unknown artist that depicts St. Michael defeating the Devil.
The Book of Enoch isn't considered canon, but it's got all the fun stuff people like about Christianity like angels and mystic visions. You know, the GOOD stuff!
I don't think Simon is a Christian of any stripe that would count as one today. But bits and pieces of old religions endure in new ones. For example, the halo was originally used in depictions of sun gods like Apollo. When Christianity developed, artists needed a shorthand way to show divinity quickly and effectively to a largely illiterate population that would have been very familiar with the idea of gods and goddesses running around interacting with mortals, and also with how those gods and goddesses were traditionally depicted in religious art. Ta-daa! Just like that, the halo becomes Christian iconography, and the world just keeps on turning.
Clearly there are almost vestigial remnants of Christianity on Eden in the world of Iron Lung. The name of the space station alone carries a lot of weight. But, no, my goal in making this little piece wasn't to try and push some idea that Simon would have worshipped a Christian god or that he would believe in angels.
I promise, I just think of Simon as a dragon slayer, so it was either Michael or George, and Michael won the coin toss. :D
Darling Simon gets a halo here, but it looks to be made of uranium and a porthole made with Filament Station glass. Whoops.
For more about the Book of Enoch and for a the illustration I used to create my little Saint Simon, have a look below the cut!
13...In those days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire and to the torment and the prison in which they shall be confined for ever.
14 And whosoever shall be condemned and destroyed will from thenceforth be bound together with them to the end of all generations. and destroy all the spirits of the reprobate and the children of the Watchers because they have wronged mankind.
15 Destroy all wrong from the face of the earth and let every evil work come to an end, and let the plant of righteousness and truth appear, and it shall prove a blessing; the works of righteousness and truth shall be planted in truth and joy for evermore.
16 And then shall all the righteous escape and shall live till they beget thousands of children, and all the days of their youth and their old age shall they complete in peace.
17 And then shall the whole earth be tilled in righteousness, and shall all be planted with trees and be full of blessing.
-From the Book of Enoch, Chapter 4
Well! Wanna read about Sacred Trees and tortured sinners being bound together for eternity, and the righteous triumphing over evil and getting just a bunch of trees in paradise and such? If so, Enoch is one trippy book you could get into.
Like, look at this from Chapter 7:
Then Uriel, one of the holy angels who was with me, answered and said:
"This accursed valley is for those who are accursed for ever. Here shall all the accursed be gathered together who utter with their lips against the Lord unseemly words and of His glory speak hard things. Here shall they be gathered together, and here shall be their place of judgement.
I mean, don't you get "An arrogant god sees the world through a pinhole" vibes? I do! The eel screaming about the Light just kind of echoes in my head when reading passages like this.
Thanks for stopping by and coming to my apocryphal TED Talk.
