Episode 145, Infectious Doubts. Did a Gertrude portrait for this one. Gave her a lazy eye cause I think it's cool
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Episode 145, Infectious Doubts. Did a Gertrude portrait for this one. Gave her a lazy eye cause I think it's cool
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“The more I listen and learn, the more it seems to me we're all just groping about, trying desperately to find out what we're actually meant to be doing. These things that loom so large over our lives, trap us and push us and sometimes kill us, but never actually tell us what we're supposed to be doing. So, we scheme and we plot. We lash out at each other without ever really knowing why. I think Gertrude knew this, knew to focus her attention on those parts that could be understood and, well, and killed. But I'm really starting to worry there aren't any answers, not like I want there to be.”
- Jonathan Sims, Mag 145
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Nothing much, I just wanted this on my blog ‘cause oughhhhhh—
MAG 145
Gertrude, hello there
Might be less comments on this one, I'm also working on my English assignment 🧍♂️
Slay Gertrudd, kill that man
Rip Agnes
Gertrude what did you do
Are all archivists sassy to the max? Elias is this on purpose???
"Oh yes :)" GIRL
"Lazy fools >:/" Gertrude istg 😭
Twas the web
Oooh, research
GIRL DID YOU SUMMON THE WEB
Omgggg GERTRUDE
Exploding lungs
I knew it was the circle that poor guy broke
Rip random guy
I low-key feel kind of bad for Agnes
I feel bad for most people in this podcast
Oh wow, the sun, how interesting
Unrelated: I got a fucking choccy milk
OH GERTRUDE was who was keeping her less powerful
Poor Agnes :(
Born to die
"She was a child and person as much as she was a God" oughhhhhh
OUHHHH THE REGULAR ASS CHILDCARE BOOK
Arthur you dick why did you burn it you dickwad
Mmmjhhh... Choccy milk...
"Does ihh"
Arthur Jesus Christ you need a THERAPIST
"Aowll of theis"
JON :D
Hi jon
What a horrible statue
Christ Jon
OHR GID HE ACCIDENTALLY KNEW IT AND OH GOD
Georgie :D
Hello Georgie :)
Huh, Melanie
Oops, you accidentally knew it didn't you
He's doing shit, Georgie
YOU LIE JON
"Pretty sure I heard you talking about a screaming headless corpse just now" CALL HIM OUT
"You should probably get some therapy too"
Martin might take you, he's a homosexual
AH FUCK I FIRGOT HE WAS LONELYING RN, FUCKING HELL
Melanie really was the only one who could reasonably quit. She has someone on the outside to support her and no one she'll really miss on the inside to hold her back.
Basira doesn't feel as trapped since they value the world saving work more, and Jon only sees the price as worth it if it actually gives him something to live for. (Which being free with Martin would be). Martin, like Basira, is here for duty. And of course, Daisy and Basira likewise wouldn't leave without each other
JUST LISTENED TO MAG 145 AND THIS IMMEDIATELY CAME TO MIND
hot take but people are too harsh on jon given that he was only head archivist for like four years. gertrude was canonically about as much of a dumbass in her early years (as per mag 145). the only reason why she got so good at it was because she managed 1. to live for so damn long and 2. not to fully devote herself to the eye, in addition to the fact that they were much more open about the powers during her time (mag 167)
TMA What We Know -[145]- Infectious Doubts
pre-statement:
-Gertrude you are an absolute icon
-she's out here making open threats against Arthur Nolan
-he's trying to threaten her and she's like 'I killed your friend brutally and I can do the same to you :)'
-confirmation that Gertrude was tied to Agnes in some way, and confirmation that the spooky desolation tree circle was also a form of Gertrude's protections
-Gertrude accidentally bound herself to Agnes in an attempt to stop a desolation ritual
--STATEMENT--
-Agnes would refer to Gertrude as her 'anchor'
-Gertrude's on Team Gertrude and has no other allegiances. doesn't care about the Eye, doesn't care about the institute, doesn't really care about anyone else
Jon's post-statement:
-Jon's like 'wow no one really knows anything about anything. we're all just pretending to know what's going on.'
-Jon Knows and Feels the horrific non-death that Gertrude gave to that one desolation guy
-GEORGIE'S HERE!!! -Georgie's here to take Melanie to therapy
-she tells Jon he needs therapy too
-Jon's like 'would you take me there too :(' and Georgie's like 'no.'