One thing I love about orv is that it initially bait and switches you by convincing you early on that the constellations are the "big bad" of the story - voyeuristic beings that gain enjoyment off the suffering of others - until the reveal that they are also going through their own scenarios. This mirrors how us as the readers are going through our own lives and our own struggles yet we consume media highlighting the experiences of others. We root for these characters, we follow their journeys, we see ourselves in them. And yet we're not villains - we're just surviving. We're escaping the struggles of our own lives by indulging in these worlds created by human imagination. Similarly, many of the constellations in orv do not have malicious intentions despite living off stories - uriel cares greatly for the incarnations she supports (as the "fangirl" archetype) and sun wukong and abfd also greatly support kimcom throughout their journey.
This is further solidified in the reveal of the oldest dream. Despite unintentionally creating worldlines through his imagination, the younger kim dokja was never a villain or "monster". He was simply a child who sook to escape the tragedies of his life through a webnovel. He depended on that novel to survive. And that was in no way the sin he thought it was - not even secretive plotter who had gone through countless regressions and witnessed the despair of the universe could hold it against him. Nor han sooyoung, nor yoo joonghyuk of the 1864th round, nor yoo sangah, nor anyone else in kimcom. No one thought dokja needed to atone for anything - they loved him and cared for him even when he couldn't love himself.
Just like kim dokja and just like the constellations, we are readers seeking an escape from the struggles of reality. And we too are loved - regardless of whether we know it or understand why.
the archivist before his morning statement
one time this nondescript guy came into my dunkin donuts and ordered a small black coffee with blueberry flavor shot, and for some reason that peculiar order stuck with me so much that when, seven months later, i saw him in the parking lot walking towards the door, i quickly made a small black coffee with blueberry flavor shot. he ordered it and i was already holding it.
i would describe his demeanor that second time as “incredulous”
(Across the Spider-Verse spoiler)
finally, i can sleep so i can attend my class,
to boop or not to boop tis the question, i will continue on my journey of boops tmr 🫡
Y’all are really out there havin sex? I thought we just blogged about it
When I first watched Puppet History, a show where Shane Madej sat behind a curtain hurling thinly veiled insults at Ryan Bergara via a hand shoved up a furry blue ballsack's ass while entertainingly delivering honestly interesting lessons on historical events, I did not expect to roll into Season 5 and be kicked in the crotch with the fact that they Magnus Archived me into a lore-filled horror ride that can only be described as "The Muppets Do Black Mirror."
I'll add the Mama's boy Steve Harrington content to the fandom myself one post at a time if I have to, here we go
(disclaimer, I know it's not canon. I know he has bad parents. I know you may not agree. Drink my fresh squeezed delusion lemonade and let's get to business)
- That boy put his mama as his reference for Family video with no lack of confidence and saw nothing strange about it when questioned (Canon)
- she absolutely put curlers in his hair when he was younger and when he got bigger he put them in hers. They bitch about their neighbors together in house frocks and curlers on Sundays
- he 100% modeled his bitchy kingy persona after her when she talks to his dad's secretary/ his dad/ the neighbors they gossip about
- he loves to gossip with Robin, Max, Dustin, Argyle and eventually corroded coffin guys, but doesn't really get that he's gossiping, he's "just talking about people, it's normal". He's "just talking about people" with Erica one time, one hand holding a mug, the other popped on one hip when someone (Mike) calls them both gossips and he gets really "its not gossiping, were just talking, duuh, dumbass" complete with an eye roll and waving the mug around, about it, just like his mom does
- he realizes it's gossiping like a minute later
- but also realizes he can't be bothered to be bothered ya know, cest la vie
- his mom also taught him that
- his mom notices Steve needs glasses and makes him get a prescription "either you go by yourself like an adult, with your pride, or I take you there by the hand and be very loud in the waiting room about how MY LITTLE BOY WOULD LIKE TO GET HIS EYES CHECKED TODAY BY MISTER DOCTOR, PLEASE. TELL THE DOCTOR WHAT'S WRONG STEVIE, DON'T BE SHY". Steve goes by himself and makes her wait in the car.
- she gets him multiple frames that match the colors of shirts he wears the most
- their favorite cocktail (Steve is absolutely a cocktail man, don't argue with me here) is amaretto sour
- she actually got that one from him, not the other way around
- she eventually finds his nail bat and confronts him about it by dangling the bat in one hand, the other on her hip leaning on his bedroom doorway like "Steve, sweetie, I know we don't like your father, but this seems a little excessive and too messy to cover up afterwards, don't you think"
- Steve has to stammer that he's bat-sitting for Dustin's... Art... Project. Yes, mom, that is a weird art project, I don't know what to tell you, they get weird kids in school these days.
- she doesn't buy it but accepts the answer and Dustin ends up telling her about it after UD is revealed, anyway
- not that Steve wouldn't have told her eventually, he just forgot that detail among telling her everything else
- Dustin walked pass them when Steve was filling her in on the lore and just dropped the bomb of "you should see his nail bat, Ms Harrington, he killed a dog with that thing"
"STEVE." "IT WASN'T A REAL DOG, MOM, DUSTIN I SWEAR TO GOD. "
steps into a big pot of bubbling oil and sits there like its a hot tub and i snile at you so nicely that you step in after me and youre immediately boiled til theres nothing left