Last year, I discovered The Magnus Archives through some fanart created by @sock.on.shoes on Instagram. At the time, I was at the peak of my Good Omens obsession, figuring out my sexuality, and looking for solid gay representation. Based on the fanart I saw, I assumed JonMartin were a cute gay couple from a tv show I never heard about. A quick Google search told me I was wrong.

I hated horror because I associated the genre with cheap jump scares or images that would haunt my nightmares. I hated podcasts because I didn’t think I was an auditory learner. I’m the sort of person that would usually zone out and lose focus trying to listen to someone speak for too long. Back then, I was only starting to tolerate audiobooks because I wanted something to do while I ate meals alone, but I restricted myself to books that I already read before.

Nothing about The Magnus Archives should have attracted me, and yet, I found it on Youtube and decided to listen to it. 

Right away, I fell in love with Jonathan Sims and Martin Blackwood (because Jon merely mentioning that Martin “would contribute nothing but delays” was enough for me to project all my love into a character I haven’t even heard the voice of yet). I found the horror intriguing because the statements were short, interesting scenarios that didn’t try to randomly scream in my ear just to make me jump. The podcast made me stop and think about ethics and morals, what the right thing to do was or even if there was a right thing to do at all.

The more I listened, the better the podcast got. Outside the beautifully crafted statements, there was an actual world. More characters were introduced, more characters for me to fall hopelessly in love with because of how well-written they are. Fears were given names and I could point at them like warped up Hogwarts houses, latching on to the ones I blamed the most for my effed up head. I’m still in awe of it all.

This podcast got me through the second half of the pandemic. Because of this podcast, I found myself drawing and writing for fun again. I made a Tiktok as an excuse to cosplay some of my favorite TMA characters because I didn’t want to wait till Halloween. I became more active on Tumblr because I had no one to share this experience with in real life and I needed to rant somewhere. Then, I found @m-e-w-666 and from there I joined a Discord filled with so many wonderful new friends (you all know who you are and I love you guys <3).

I don’t know where I’ll go from here or if I’ll ever find another podcast that will match the obsession that I feel towards this one. I know there are other good ones out there and I have a list of some I want to try, but this one will always hold a special place in my heart because of the community it led me to. Thank you to the Rusty Quill crew for giving me much more than a podcast. It’s been one hell of a ride and every day I’m glad I jumped on.

Never forget that Athena was in a room with the goddess of beauty and the queen of the gods and said "yes that apple's for me. I smoke all y'all."

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Truly loving that we get to see more of Athena and her parenting style. It's no excuse for how she treats Annabeth but I do think we're getting to see a little bit of oldest daughter syndrome. Technically, in greek myths I believe Athena is Zeus' first kid since she was a result of his relationship with Maia. And with all her younger siblings running around Athena had to always be a perfect, shining example for them. It was her responsibility to make her family proud. Now, with her own kids, she can't expect anything less than perfection from them.

Chiron and Mr. D: We need you to go on a quest for your dad.

Percy: Hells no! My dad can go on a quest to find me and pay up his child support. No crusty, fish breath deadbeat is worth risking my life—

Grover: You need to go on that quest to save your mom.

Percy: Oh say less. When do we leave?

Jonathan Sims the Archivist and John Doe from Malevolent are such theater kids. Like why do they both go so hard with their narrations? Especially, John Doe like he could simply be like they're wearing a blue hat but no he has to be all dramatic like "They're wearing a blue hat, Arthur. It's the kind of blue a mother would choose for a nursery. The kind of blue that invites a feeling of calm. But this man. This man has a cold hard look in his eyes like he's seen things too terrible to repeat. I don't trust him. We should probably go." And then Arthur will be like "... Cool story, bro, but I think we should introduce ourselves."

I wouldn't wish Miraculous Ladybug on my worst enemy. I've already buried myself in this hole. It's too late for me. The rest of you... save yourselves

High Noon Over Camelot is one of those rare forms of media that understands a love triangle means that all 3 members have feelings for each other

How I decide what media I want to enjoy:

#1 ) If I can't picture an animatic of the characters set to a Crane Wives' song I dont want it

Odysseus: Did you do something to them?

Circe: Who? Me? All I did was reveal their true forms

Odysseus: You turned them into pigs...

Circe: Did I stutter?

I feel like most people interpret "I never understood the phrase like a deer in the headlights until she looked me in the eyes for the first time" as Jack immediately frozen, terrified, and intrigued by her cause hes literally about to be hit with something dangerous but bright. However, I always thought it was the reverse and he was describing Agnes' eyes. Like imagine a wide eyed Agnes seeing something in Jack, maybe recognizing that spark of hope, and being absolutely caught and terrified cause he was going to derail everything she was born to be.

Yall ever just watch a foreign historical film and think "wow this could contend for an Oscar if the Oscar wasn't run by racist snobs that can barely read subtitles"

Red, White, and Royal Blue spoilers

"He grabbed my hair in a way that made me realize the difference between football and rugby."

Me through a mouthful of popcorn: I don't know what that means but I want it

Good Omens S2 Spoilers

When the time comes for Aziraphale to apologize and for Crowley to hit him with the "I forgive you" I need someone to write down the date and time and take it to the morgue so that they know my time of death exactly.