Full episode thoughts on MAG 117!!
Jon baby you know the tape isn't that bad at picking up sound. You don't need to be huffing and puffing directly on the bloody thing every statement /j
Basira is awesome. She's like, the most normal person here and somehow that makes her the weirdest. I don't like Daisy but Basira's bond with her almost makes me like her so thats saying something. I also find it very funny that she managed to befriend and somewhat balance out two of the characters in the near vicinity with the highest propensity for violence (she just hasn't managed to befriend Tim but he's suffering still from Stranger anxiety so not quite an option to begin with)
Also I really like Melanie's statement in this episode. I love characters that are unapologetically angry, and even more than that I love it when they DESERVE to be angry. God, yes. Her and Tim? My crashout queen and king. Also this statement in particular, about her clawing her way to the top and still fighting even as she goes down, well, it reads as very minority coded to me. I know its probably just referring to her struggle as a woman in a patriarchal society (not saying that isn't minority in a way) but honestly I kind of need to headcannon her as POC just for this. I also think, ironically, she suits the Institute very well, in a similar way that Jon does. Her relentless search for ghosts before her got hired at the institute, hah, well, unfortunately very Eye core.
Sheeeshhh Tim's VA had BILLS to pay this season huh...the vitriol in the "Statement ends" but you can HEAR the wry smile.....Man yeah uhm yeah I saw someone include him when speaking about characters who know exactly what genre they're in and hate it and yeah uhm thats a very summary of his character. God I love that he's so desperately searched for meaning or some reasoning or sense to all the awful things that have happened to him and the fact that he came up absolutely blank is killing him. Mmmmm realizing how senseless and cruel the universe is for no reason other than it just happened. Yeah I can see why people like Desolation Tim, even disregarding how he went out the rage and the theme of bad things happening for the sake of them happening very much fits, plus all the obvious stuff about loss. Also I don't have anything thought out to say but I really like the way they portrayed his well, basically suicidal mindset in this episode. This mission is a kamikaze to him fr.
Is...? Is this Jon's hunger for knowledge grappling with his logic/emotional obligation to Gerry? Damn, the compulsion is worse than I thought.
Sigh. Tim death next episode. I'm not ready chatterinos, I'm not ready.
