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Magnus Archives Lockdown

@queenlilith43

Julie || She/they || Bi || Autistic I post about Shadowhunter books, but also a lot on the Grishaverse. Plus, The Magnus Archives. I just finished it and I am obsessed. Profile pic by @justlgbtthings; header by @icycoolslushie Home of Janus the Reading Duck. 🦆 SWIFTIE. Asks are always open, y'all.

Welcome everyone

Looking for my theory list? It's moved to here.

Hello, welcome to my blog! I'm Julie, and this is my crazy Tumblr. You can read more about me under the cut, or scroll through my blog and try to figure out what's going on here.

Asks are always open! (I delete any anon hate.)

tiktok porn is so so funny.

why even try at this point

Imo the funniest part about tiktok is that despite how ridiculous and pervasive the censorship is, there's no evidence that any of it actually works. People get videos with allegedly suppressed words to go viral all the time. The Washington Post's social media team even did an experiment where they tried to get a video suppressed or banned by saying as many "bad" words in it as possible only for it to become their most popular video by a wide margin. Hell, the only tiktok to crack a million views on my account is also one of my most profane, and some of my other most popular vids are jokes about BDSM with no censorship.

The practice of self-censorship was developed because people saw that their videos were flopping and assumed it was because they were getting shadowbanned for mature content rather than accept the reality that The Algorithm is random and unpredictable.

That entire app has made it standard practice to use Orwellian newspeak euphemisms for everything for literally no material reason. It's like the online equivalent of every desk fan in south korea coming with a timer because a huge swath of the population there believes with no evidence that you can asphyxiate if you sleep in a room with a fan running overnight.

A similar phenomenon happened on Twitter. People straight up believe they can't say words like "commission" or "fundraiser" or "auction" or else the algorithm will hide their posts from people, but the fact is people just tend to interact less with posts asking for money or advertising a product. Despite several tweets debunking it, I still see people still to this day censoring the word commission because they think it will help more people see their posts.

Mythology is not an ancient rock but an ongoing, unceasing river in the bloodstream of all humanity. Ignore the presence and flow at your own destruction.

The actual threat from using the word “commission” on a twitter post is bots flooding the replies asking you to dm them to work out the details/pricing of the piece you mentioned.

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“Death is a rare mercy” Alright folks, time to add a new quote to the list of things that go hard and sound like they’re from classic lit, but actually come from unexpected places

thought about how angels having hundreds of eyes means they can see in every direction at once simultaneously and gave myself a headache just trying to imagine it

*smites a city because i'm overstimulated*

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Overly Specific Typecasting in podcasting/adjacent (compilation)

- Jessica Law as sentient inanimate objects that enjoy violence, putting on shows, and stealing vocal chords from living people they have murdered

- Lydia Nicholas as woman with too many knives and not enough social skills

- Alistair Stuart as Ship Dude

- Tim Ledsam having a bad time in tunnels

- and. I cannot get over this. Jonathan Sims as tortured academics named Jo(h)n recording the horrors they uncover into an audio format

ok no i wanna talk about jessica law more

theres the toy soldier obvs, who stole someone’s voicebox

then nikola, who stole skin AND voiceboxes #girlboss

AND THEN. theres also the queen of hearts in alice, who stole peoples skin.

three seperate times, she is stealing body parts. what the fuck.

Where you go, I go, that’s the deal… one way or another- together.

The reversible print I created for the Magnus Arcana zine featuring my beloved Jon and Martin. The zine is a collection of tarot inspired tma artworks and is still up for preorders until 31st December, with all profits going to charity! (Merch items can be ordered separately, so you can order just my print if nothing else catches your eye)

Preorder the zine here! Or keep up with the zine over on Twitter!

added to last year's holiday card :]

[image id: a digital drawing of the crew of the aurora, from the mechanisms. ashes, marius, brian, raphaella, the toy soldier, and ivy are all tangled up on a series of beanbags and a low couch on the floor. ashes and marius are talking about something, and marius has a stem glass resting on his crossed knee. ivy is reading a book in brian's lap with her legs crossed with marius'. they all look very happy. nastya is standing behind the pile, in front of a small table on which sits a menorah and plate of sufganiyot (jelly donuts). one of aurora's mechanical noodle arms is wrapped around her in a hug, and she holds the claw hand tenderly, smiling down at the five lit candles. tim and jonny are fighting over the control to the lights wrapped around the christmas tree behind them all. jonny is much shorter than tim. he's yelling, and tim is laughing, the controller in his hand. the three portholes behind them show earth, the moon (intact), and carmilla floating by with her ukulele and a jaunty little wave. there is a calico octokitten on top of the christmas tree instead of a topper. over all of this, the text "Happy Holigays from the crew и девушки of the starship Aurora", with the G in holigays clearly written over a d and "and girlfriend" written in russian in the same bright red. end id.]

aaand closeups of every character :]