Guys… GUYS…

If your reflection is missing

1. Do not touch the mirror. If you have already touched the mirror, SKIP TO STEP 15 IMMEDIATELY.

2. First, make sure that your reflection is really gone. Make sure that you are visible. If you are not visible, the lack of a reflection is normal.

3. Check another mirror to see if your reflection is there. If so, the mirror without a reflection is simply broken and needs replacement.

If you have confirmed you are visible and your reflection is gone from all mirrors:

4. Do not touch the mirror.

5. Fill a bowl with water. Overnight, leave it at the base of the mirror nearest to your bed.

6. When you wake, if the bowl is empty, your reflection simply has business elsewhere for a while. You may rest knowing your reflection will return when they are ready.

7. If the bowl is still full, your reflection has been taken.

If your reflection is gone:

8. Be ready. They may come for you.

9. Prepare for a journey. With your reflection gone, you may pass through the mirror, but first, be sure you are prepared.

10. Bring food and water. Beyond the mirror, eat or drink nothing unless it has specifically been offered to you. Dying of hunger or thirst is better than the alternative.

11. Tie one end of a ball of string around your ankle, and the other to something on this side of the mirror, like the foot of your bed. This will not help, but sometimes reassurance is necessary.

12. Do not trust what your eyes or ears show you. Count the number and direction of each step you make. Make no marks. Take nothing with you. Leave nothing behind.

13. What state you find your reflection in will vary. I cannot advise you on this. Trust your instinct. Do not trust them.

14. Follow the steps you made back to the mirror. Do not let your reflection ahead of you. They will be grateful for your rescue, but they may still try to leave, trapping you in their place.

IF YOU HAVE ALREADY TOUCHED THE MIRROR:

15. I’m sorry.

16. Try to wash the chrome off your hands. You will not succeed.

17. Wait. Be ready.

18. They are coming for you. There is nothing you can do.

19. I’m sorry.

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i got literal chills when annabelle explained how the web used the tapes and jon's voice to cast a line out into other dimensions. that's a very subtle way to break the 4th wall and one that adds an extra level of fear to the listening experience. the magnus archives is a podcast distributed by rusty quill, but it is also a lure. a line cast into our dimension by the web. a pathway for the fear entities to follow through to this dimension, should jon and the others decide to remove them from theirs. i'm now not only invested in what happens to these characters, i'm also invested in their choices because of the implication that they will affect me, the listener. 10/10 good horror, very creepy. would listen again.

One of Jon’s most lovable traits is the way he clings to his humanity and morals even as he becomes something distinctly not human, the way he continues to try his best against all odds. However, he also deserves to go fully apeshit as a treat, and Beholding monsters are sexy. Both of these truths can and should coexist.

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Welcome to episode 170: "Recollection" or, as I like to call it:

"I hate the Lonely and what it does to Martin."

Or even better:

"Peter Lukas get out of your little hiding place and you'll see, NOT YOUR FUCKING FOG, but ME BECAUSE I'M COMING FOR YOU-"

My god, Daisy, I love you almost as much as I love when people make fun of the Archivist.

Also, he's thinking about Maaahtin <3

In italian the translation was done well, but they changed the original concept of the dialogue: While Makino tries to get them to say "Hello, what's your name?" Ace keeps on saying "I am Ace! Who are you?", which in Italy and probably everywhere else in the world is kind of unpolite, but not too much. When Makino tells him that that's wrong and not a polite manner of speaking, Luffy corrects him with " You have to say "Who THE HELL are you?" which in Italian is even LESS OKAY. The funny thing is that Ace does not use an even worse correction of the phrase, but he just rolls with Luffy's correction, repeating it to Makino; making this seven year old little boy the bringer of chaos in the conversation. Which, to me, is adorable.

I’m kinda curious how they translate this joke in English, actually, because the comedy in Japanese comes from the fact that Ace and Luffy just straight up SUCK at choosing appropriate ‘you’ pronouns. Makino is TRYING to get them to say ‘hello, what’s your name?’ but neither of them can think of an actual polite way to say ‘you.’

Ace starts with teme, which is so hostile it’s essentially a swear word, and Luffy tries to correct him to omae, which is less rude but still really not polite (and also what Luffy uses to address literally everyone in the present), and then Ace tries onore, which is less commonly used than teme but ALSO super angry/derogatory. 

How am I feeling after the TMA finale?

I'm at my third? Fifth? (I actually lost count) Ricky Montgomery song, and I'm pretty sure this playlist will follow this up with some good old:

Achilles Come Down by Gang of Youths

Ship in a Bottle by fin

Liar by The Arcadian Wild

Stray Italian Greyhound by Vienna Teng

As the World Caves In and Less and Less by Matt Maltese

A couple of dodie songs

A pinch of Lincoln

A handful of Mother Mother

Basically the entirety of Mitski's discography

I'm doing great.

I might need a few more tissues by the end of the night.

Other than that, I'm great.

My vision for a Carmilla adaption is them leaning into both the fact that the novella is a confession and also that Laura is a liar. I want Laura to narrate that she absolutely didn’t fuck Carmilla while onscreen she fucks Carmilla. My vision.

Eric: I can’t really emote anymore.

Eric, 30 seconds later and audibly disgusted: Elias Bouchard????