i had a dream last night. i was cold and wet. i felt heavy, like i'd been drugged. and when i woke up, the sensations didn't go. i was feeling sick and confused and i was starting to get scared. i needed to see mum, to talk to her. i stumbled to her room and as i stood there at the bed watching them, i was overcome with this intense sadness. then the sadness turned to fear. i just stood there paralyzed with fear and i realized that there was nothing that they could do for me anymore. i've never felt so utterly alone. everything felt wrong – my body, the way things looked. then i realized that there was something wrong with me. i started to cry standing there at the foot of their bed
This Archive is a project I've been working on for a year (started in January 2025 and finished in January 2026). This document, 339 pages, roughly 80,000 words, contains all of my notes on the series episodes and materials, which I have compiled into various sections for the reader's ease of access. The preface tab explains everything you will find on this Archive, but I will include a description of what you will find below. In each tab, you will find a guide on how to navigate the tabs, what they're for, and other disclaimers about content, and information is sourced and referenced. The document WILL work on mobile, but it's recommended to look at it on a PC.
This is something of my magnum opus in this fandom, something I've never attempted before. I have no idea who is going to see this, if anybody will read it, or even if anybody will care, but I'm sharing it with the hopes that it can help someone understand the series, or even just be a refresher on stuff they might've missed. If so, I'd love it if you'd tell me, either through asks, comments, or reblogs.
Table of Contents (included in the preface):
Character Profiles: Compiled character profiles of all the major human & alternate characters in the series (thus far). This includes pictures & notable information about them for a localized reference guide.
Chronological: Mostly canon events in the Mandela timeline are organized by probable or confirmed dates. This includes a few educated guesses for events where there's no canon date, which will be noted as being non-canon.
By Episode: All of my episode notes on all the official episodes. This includes notable observations and information, speculation and literary analysis, and external research notes.
Unofficial Episodes: All of my episode notes on all the unofficial episodes. This includes older versions of episodes or volumes, non-canonical episodes, and promotional videos. Episodes are linked, with some being re-uploads.
Misc Information: All of my notes on information from sources outside of series episodes, including interviews with Alex, other statements he made, outside research, and a cataloged version of information or conversations from the series. Curated to contain information I have personally been able to verify, or found compelling enough to include.
Theory & Analysis: Contains all my personal theories and analyses I've made based on a combination of episode notes and outside research, sorted by major and minor. While I try to be objective across the other tabs, if I am being subjective about a conclusion, it will most likely be explored here.
MandelaTECH Website: A recreated version of the now-deleted MandelaTECH website. Note: does not contain the apparently hidden “prophet” page, since I have not seen what it looked like.
BPS Website: A recreated version of the now-deleted BPS website. Note: only contains the pages viewable through the Wayback Machine; if other pages were present, I have not seen them.
A.Murray Journal Entries: A series of journal entries made by Adam, including the images that appeared. Note: This is actually a part of the BPS website, but since I made this tab first, I didn't wish to combine the two, since it would break the existing bookmark links.
MCPD Website: A recreated version of the now-deleted Mandela County Police Department website. The Neocities version can still be accessed with direct links available on the Mandela fandom wiki.
Thatcher Login Access: Thatcher’s police case files contain evidence on cases and other personal effects. Officially, this is a part of the MCPD website; entering his log-in information into the Login Page would lead here. I’ve made it a separate tab here for accessibility, since it’s a document and not a proper website. The Neocities version can still be accessed with direct links available on the Mandela fandom wiki.
Suddenly struck with a need to explain to you how boat pronouns work (I work in the marine industry).
When you're talking about the design of the boat, you say "it".
When the boat is still being built, your say "it".
When the boat is nearing completion, you can say "it" or "she".
When the boat is floating in the water you probably say "she", unless there is still a lot of work to be done (e.g. no engine yet) then you say "it".
When the boat is officially launched and operating, you say "she". If you continue to say "it" at this point you are not incorrect but suspiciously untraditional. You are not playing the game.
If you are referring to a boat you don't really know anything about you may say "it" ("there's a big boat, it's coming this way"). But if you know its name, it's probably "she" ("there's the Waverley, she's on her way to Greenock").
If you are talking about boats in general, you say "it" ("when a boat is hit by a wave it heels over")
If you speak about a boat in complimentary terms, it's "she" ("she's a grand boat"). If you are being disparaging it may be it, but not necessarily ("it's as ugly as sin", "she's a grotty old tub").
If she has a boy's name, she's still she. "Boy James", "King Edward", "Sir David Attenborough"? The pronoun is she.
If it's a dumb barge (no engine), you say it. But if it's a rowing boat (no engine), you say she.
I hope this has cleared things up so that you may not be in danger of misgendering floating objects.
dick makes people mentally ill. dick havers, dick wannabes and dick lovers are all insane. it's like toxoplasmosis, you have compulsive need to defend and push and worship dicks all the time and spead your dick mania to everywhere you go.
this seems rational and grounded in empirical evidence
As a 19-year-old sophomore at Stanford, Elizabeth Holmes decided to transform diagnostic medicine so she dropped out of college and used her tuition money to start her own company, Theranos. Ten years later, Holmes, pictured here holding a micro-vial, is on the cutting edge of medical technology — her new blood testing method allows hundreds of tests to be run using only a few drops of blood. And, Holmes’ methods are cheaper, faster, more accurate, and less invasive than conventional methods which often require a separate vial of blood for every test.
As Holmes told Wired.com earlier this year, “I started this company because I wanted to spend my life changing our health care system. When someone you love gets really sick, most of the time when you find out, it’s too late to be able to do something about it. It’s heartbreaking… We wanted to make actionable health information accessible to people everywhere at the time it matters most. That means two things: being able to detect conditions in time to do something about them and providing access to information that can empower people to improve their lives.”
She is featured as Forbes’ youngest self-made woman billionaire.
Her tests will revolutionize the public health world as we know it; Making diagnostic testing accessible and affordable for more people (and potentially saving Medicare and Medicaid ~$100 billion each over the next decade). (x)
She is a coauthor on 82 US and 189 foreign patent applications. (x)
Her fear of needles served as a motivator for launching Theranos. (x)
