#mag147

[cosmichearter]

“Let it never be said I do not dance the steps I am assigned.”

[Image ID: A drawing of Annabelle Cane, a thin black woman with short curly blonde hair. She’s in a theatrical fainting pose with one foot kicked up behind her. She’s wearing a white button up shirt tucked into a pair of high-waisted pants. Almost all of her joint and limbs are held up to the ceiling by threads of a web. Some spider legs creep out of the shadows. A spotlight shines on her. There are purple X’s on the ground, which are marks of where Annabelle is meant to step.]

[regainingparadise]

A thing I love about Gertrude Robinson:

Though she is technically an Avatar of the Eye (per her job contract and her supernatural abilities), she is fundamentally a "pandeific" being.

We get reminded over and over and over how aligned she is with other entities.

The Web:

Annabelle Cane in MAG147, "The Weaver"

Gertrude Robinson, described by Michael in MAG101, "Another Twist"

Gertrude Robinson, talking to Arthur Nolan in MAG145, "Infectious Doubts"

Let's continue with those two episodes--she's Desolation and Spiral as well as Web

MAG145:

(not to mention that she survived binding herself to Agnes, and during that ritual her "lungs try to burn [her] alive from the inside out," and that she just overall has quite an affinity for fire and explosions)

MAG101

Eric Delano confirms her willingness to lie as well in MAG154

The Dark

The common symbol of The Dark (or at least Maxwell Raynor's cult) is a closed eye; in hiding from Elias, she too takes on that aspect of the Dark

MAG054, "Still Life"

The Lonely

This one, Jon says outright in MAG167, "Curiosity"

The Corruption

And I think that leads to her affinity with the more "metaphysical" aspects of the Corruption. This one doesn't have as obvious evidence, but understanding that the Corruption covers toxic relationships (MAG160.02), relationships where one being is used up by another, then what else characterizes even her most positive and genuine relationship?

(MAG111 "Family Business" and MAG137 "Nemesis")

That covers 7 out of the 14. I gotta think more about the last 7, but she definitely became enmeshed in so many parts of the Fears

[im-the-knight-of-stardust]

This episode is so disconcerting. Jon reading out Anmabelle's statement regarding himself and he just reads on and on in her voice like he always does. Im afraid to get to the end. How much is Jon aware of himself during the statement? Does he realise he can't stop, does he actually process in real time what he's reading, or will he come back to himself at the end to realise what he just said. I don't like this, folks. I really don't, this is worse than the normal statements.

[idhren]

MAG 147 - Weaver

Weaver is an apt title for this episode’s statement - the words are a web of manipulation, and I rendered them here as a funnel spider’s web, a classic ambush predator’s trap. Statement quotes incorporated: “Well, let it never be said that I do not dance the steps I am assigned” and “Free will is simply ignorance”. The latter has a hypnotic pull towards the center of the trap, drawing the eye and attention down the webhole towards an unknown and likely terrible fate in the unseen Spider’s jaws. Pencil lines for the webbing to match the silvery lines of web described in Guest for Mr Spider.

[dykehozier]

cinematic parallels

[daethsticks]

This small part of Anabelle Cane’s statement in mag147 has fucking shook me I can’t believe it never occurred to me that Jon has been summarising statements before actually reading them this entire goddamn time

[podcastsmakemecry]

While people smarter than me go ham over all the Web bits in this ep, I’m still stuck on and replaying that beginning at Hilltop Road. I mean, obviously, it’s another rushed and foolhardy plan toward danger and disaster that ended on an anticlimactic note. But, while they’re far from a unified team, just seeing them even attempt to work together toward a common goal is such a relief. Baby steps hopefully?

Side note that I am SO happy for Melanie! “Trying to be more open about these things” is 100% therapy talk and it’s so good. Her therapist is obviously telling her that instead of bottling up her frustrations, even minor ones like occasionally being called a nickname she doesn’t like, she should give voice to them to see if they can be resolved instead of letting them stoke the fire. And it works! Daisy respects that easily and we get one more wrinkle smoothed over.

And of course, Daisy joking around and Jon picking up on it. I love their friendship and the fact that they have the same sense of humor (hence I repeat why Basira was able to tell Jon was funny long before Martin did). Even Basira got in a bit about Gertrude being explosion-happy. As tense and fearful as they all were, there was quality banter here. If only they would all be in the same room for more than a few minutes without an emergency or intervention happening...

[proserpinasacra]

“when a spider reaches a certain size, it is often not entirely made up of spider anymore” excuse me?!