my blood, your bones & TMA
Sep. 16th, 2022 05:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
umji hiiiiiiiiiii back for my yearly post bc i have been thinking a lot about my recent fic and have also been listening to the magnus archives again and wanted to talk about horror and thoughts and stuff :)
so. maybe a little back ground? MBYB was inspired bc i wanted to write something murdery, i had a brief hannigram moment where i was considering rewatching the series (i started when it first came out but couldn't really stomach it) but in the end i didn't and just channeled the vibes into writing instead lol. i listened to s1-4 of TMA in 2019, with the 5th series coming out like april? 2020, but we all know what happened then and i am if nothing good at abandoning tv/film series/anything halfway through so i didn't think about listening to the final series until recently and i didn't want to dive right in without going back and refreshing myself on all the prior events. and good job too! i forgot how much:
i am only season 2 of my relisten so there are still many things to go, but i'm slowly remembering as jon learns more the Big Bads and what that all entails. i was thinking this morning about MBYB and where the cult would fall in TMA world and just thought i would share lol
so. the cult. i actually got inspired to write a cult when i was reading through one of my medieval non-fic books and there was a chapter on a real branch of chr*stianity which is focused on JC's body and his suffering. idk how this immediately translated to the suffering of the planet and the earth but it did. maybe because i do enjoy environmental body horror (shout out to annihilation (2018) got to be one of my fav genres) and that tied w remembering the mix of death + nature in hannibal it all kinda came together
first chapter was mostly exploring chan + how he kinda just... accepts minho even though what he and the church do is undoubtedly fucked up, bc my fav kinda moral grey area is the 'how far are you willing to go for the ones you love' sorta stuff and whilst from a reader perspective the church is obviously a cult and doing bad, from a character POV, i think if you're in more of an easily persuadable mindset (or in love) it's easier to convince you things are ok, or even if they're not ok, that it's just something you can live alongside
my one (1) issue w chapter 1 was chan's slight lack of agency, which i couldn't think how to remedy (i didn't think there was anything else really to explore in that chapter), but it was really bugging me lol and then i had a super quiet day at work and it kinda just clicked whilst i was mindlessly staring at pencil cases that it would be interesting to see minho pov bc it could show the opposite: c1 = minho taking care of chan, c2 = seeing minho is clearly not All Ok and that chan takes care of him. i got it all out in 2 days and now i feel a lot better about the equality in the relationship LOL
anyway. back to the magnus archives. i figured i would just list the ones that tangentially could fit the cult, as i don't actually think there is one it could directly relate to? but there are a few aspects of some that do i think tie in.
so. maybe a little back ground? MBYB was inspired bc i wanted to write something murdery, i had a brief hannigram moment where i was considering rewatching the series (i started when it first came out but couldn't really stomach it) but in the end i didn't and just channeled the vibes into writing instead lol. i listened to s1-4 of TMA in 2019, with the 5th series coming out like april? 2020, but we all know what happened then and i am if nothing good at abandoning tv/film series/anything halfway through so i didn't think about listening to the final series until recently and i didn't want to dive right in without going back and refreshing myself on all the prior events. and good job too! i forgot how much:
- i enjoyed the series
- how much info i had forgotten and context i would have needed
- i would have missed out on having my little TMA moment five years behind everyone else LOL
i am only season 2 of my relisten so there are still many things to go, but i'm slowly remembering as jon learns more the Big Bads and what that all entails. i was thinking this morning about MBYB and where the cult would fall in TMA world and just thought i would share lol
so. the cult. i actually got inspired to write a cult when i was reading through one of my medieval non-fic books and there was a chapter on a real branch of chr*stianity which is focused on JC's body and his suffering. idk how this immediately translated to the suffering of the planet and the earth but it did. maybe because i do enjoy environmental body horror (shout out to annihilation (2018) got to be one of my fav genres) and that tied w remembering the mix of death + nature in hannibal it all kinda came together
first chapter was mostly exploring chan + how he kinda just... accepts minho even though what he and the church do is undoubtedly fucked up, bc my fav kinda moral grey area is the 'how far are you willing to go for the ones you love' sorta stuff and whilst from a reader perspective the church is obviously a cult and doing bad, from a character POV, i think if you're in more of an easily persuadable mindset (or in love) it's easier to convince you things are ok, or even if they're not ok, that it's just something you can live alongside
my one (1) issue w chapter 1 was chan's slight lack of agency, which i couldn't think how to remedy (i didn't think there was anything else really to explore in that chapter), but it was really bugging me lol and then i had a super quiet day at work and it kinda just clicked whilst i was mindlessly staring at pencil cases that it would be interesting to see minho pov bc it could show the opposite: c1 = minho taking care of chan, c2 = seeing minho is clearly not All Ok and that chan takes care of him. i got it all out in 2 days and now i feel a lot better about the equality in the relationship LOL
anyway. back to the magnus archives. i figured i would just list the ones that tangentially could fit the cult, as i don't actually think there is one it could directly relate to? but there are a few aspects of some that do i think tie in.
- THE BURIED: considering the church is mostly focused on giving back to the earth and the power of mother nature, i think this is honestly the best fit. there is lots of reference in the fic to burying, and i have no doubt they would also bury someone alive to further their ritual. the dirt is the main thing it links too though, less so the other aspects of the entity
- a sprinkle of THE CORRUPTION with the bees. bees and probably earthworms. i think this is where they kinda merge together. i definitely think this could play a role though, bc really you gotta be a little fucked up to look at a human bee hive and think hm yes perfect
- THE HUNT is another. i dont think minho is a part of this. i think the violence and the killing is just part of the job so to speak for him, but i could definitely see members of the church falling into the need to hunt for sacrifices to their cause.
- hmm last thought i guess the church itself could also be tied to THE EXTINCTION.. maybe they are driven by fear of what the earth might do if they don't continue to respect it (whether that is natural earth destruction through natural disasters or man-made through war/pollution etc)
