If buildings hated me

29, xe/they. Magnus Archives and other horror/fiction podcast content + general horror, icon and header by me, squeeneyart (sideblog, follows by squeeney). Definitely has untagged spoilers for TMA

[radladrobin]

Statement of... good lord!!! 🐟🐠🐡

Is that thing still alive???

WIP shots:

[franksfishies]

If you come down to the woods today you’re sure of a big surprise, and it’s bogs.

[jonnywaistcoat]

Have you ever been to the USA, if you have the chance do cuz we are a big as country and you’d definitely re-think the idea of having one central branch for the usher foundation…

I have, yeah, and I'm well aware of how big it is, but I suspect you might be doing a lot of extrapolation as to what the Usher Foundation is and how it works, since as far as I recall it's only vaguely referenced in a brief mention or two. Like, the Magnus Institute isn't a "central branch" that covers all of Europe, or even the UK - it's an academic institution based in London. So one would assume the Usher Foundation is an Academic institution based somewhere in America (I generally imagine it in the Boston area, or somewhere in that region of New England due to the Poe connection). Also, if academic institutions were like public agencies that had a responsibility to cover geographical areas or populations, I think the more egregious problem would be the Pu Songling Centre in Beijing, as China has five times the population of the USA in roughly the same geographical area.

Also, while I do a lot of research for my stories, especially international ones, and try to get a sense of the specific area I'm writing about, I'm obviously always going to be writing as a Brit and thus with certain British assumptions about how places work. And to be honest, after living my life in an anglophone culture dominated by USAmerican media and constantly seeing those, uh, "interpretations" of the UK, there's a slight feeling of turnabout is fair play.

[cranberrybogmummy]

Actually thanks for this amazing, articulate and nuanced answer. I hope you get to visit my country again, see more of it. yeah no matter how much research is done and how many people from that country you know.. looking over the work things will be wrong. I’m actually really happy with this you rock!

EDIT: due to misinterpretation let me clarify... what I meant, I didn't mean an Usher foundation branch for every town in North America. I meant like central hub in DC and various branches in cities across the USA covering huge regions. Like a Northeast branch in Manhattan with a small staff that handles all supernatural statements from Pennsylvania to Maine etc. etc. So about six branches that handle every other region and like two in Texas, cuz fuck Texas is huge.

[jonnywaistcoat]

Yeah, I mean there's every chance the foundation has other branches or facilities elsewhere in the country (or the continent), but as I say, they're not actually providing a service. It's not like hospitals or fire stations or what have you - there's no reason they need to be covering every area. Academic institutions tend to have a main location and just draw whatever they need from the area around them - hence why there are so many dubious psychology studies that make sweeping generalisations about the fundamental nature of humanity, but are actually talking about the fundamental nature of undergraduates at the university that did the study.

[squeeneypod]

been watching goopy horror movies with roommate while other more squeamish roommate is out, Julia Cotton Please Call Me

[squeeney]

midst s3 starts on February 14th happy valentines day you Will listen to Midst

[squeeneypod]

don't know when I'll listen but I was really hoping/expecting protocol to be on its own feed :/

[jesterlavorres]

Exposed | MIDST 2x19

[squeeneypod]

guess I gotta sit down and listen to uhhh every podcast in my backlog first

[squeeneypod]

ach. the first ep of the magnus protocol is out

[squeeneypod]

tbh for my tma designs the highest compliments ive gotten are (parahprased) 'your martin looks just like my friend who sounds like martin' and 'your tim looks like a guy who worked in publishing'

[strongerpotions]

why is it always "you have an infestation" and "oh my god why are you covered in lesions" and never "how is the wasp's nest in your attic? is it nice? does it thrum with life and malice? does it sing that you are beautiful, that you are a home, that you can be fully consumed by what loves you?"

[squeeneypod]

me drawing five million lines and hatch marks: anyway every time jon talks about jane prentiss in a way that's equal parts sadness and understanding i lose my mind. haunt that narrative my beautiful worm wife

[squeeneypod]

[squeeneypod]

ok before the final episode next week im gonna make two separate predictions that have been floating around in my head for a few weeks now

tony is a person that brian/greg has turned into the IID, similar to how he was thinking of reporting his coworker (brian/greg might even be a member of the IID himself, him and his dog people dont like)

tony is one of brian/greg's childhood center friends that he has no memory of (thought about this idea since the part about your center friends and how in the moment theyre youre best friends only to drift apart once you go on with your lives)

[squeeneypod]

the real shit is that i need to draw more basira and tim to release the demons that scream whenever i see boring/ooc things about them

[squeeneypod]

anyway the character that brings out the most fun in elias as a character is basira send tweet

[squeeneypod]

the rituals are intricate and come with vitamin supplements (not actually included)