Michael Shelley - Blog Posts
Michael Shelley this, Mike Crew that. i think you're forgetting
"But Gertrude Robinson had given poor, disposable Michael one more thing before sending him to me. She had given him a map. I couldn’t say how she would have gotten such a thing, or if she somehow made it. And yet it was a map. A map to me. It made no sense, lines overlapping and inverting, but once within, Michael knew which turns to make, which doors to open, which mirrors to shatter. Until he became me." MAG 101 🌀
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I saw it mentioned that in your Michael survives AU he gains some spiral powers, could you explain kinda how those work? :D
Yes! In the beginning, it’s all things he’s doing unconsciously. They’re really small at first, but become more frequent if Michael is particularly frustrated that day. Extra/Missing steps on a stairwell, the doorknob being on the wrong side, the paper size in the printer is wrong, the pen someone is writing with is a different color, etc. Not enough for anyone to REALLY notice but it does start to build up.
Even when he is intentionally being vindictive and trying to be chaotic, like the highlighter reports, he starts to accomplish things that aren’t physically possible. He doesn’t really realize what’s happening unless someone actively points it out to him or he’s making an conscious effort to try and control himself.
Once he’s more aware, he works with Gertrude and Gerry to develop techniques that keep him grounded, and he tries to use his abilities as little as possible unless the situation is dire.
As for his abilities LATER ON… those are more complicated and I’ll take time to elaborate in another ask cause I have some silly ideas.
For @scarletlight-has-issues for the tma gift exchange hosted by @tma-art-exchange ! :D Sorry for the delay but I hope you like it a
Gift for lux_spams_alot on insta! Exchange hosted by the lovely @cherry_sushi_845 :D uhh I actually posted this on insta nearly a week ago and I'm only getting around to posting it here now whoopsiee
I’ve just tried digital art for the first time, I think it turned out nice enough.
“It was a small, unremarkable door, painted dark yellow, with a matte-black handle. And it wasn’t there before…It was lit by electric lamps attached to the walls every ten feet or so, and the walls were papered over in a swirling green pattern. Running down the middle of the faded yellow carpet was a rug, black and thick, that disappeared off as the path very gradually curved to the left.”
took a break from writing about michael shelley to . draw michael shelley.
y’all know how it is
Guys new headcanon unlocked.
Edit: according to my friend he’s not actually good at it.
ANOTHER
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS CIRJIENDIWF
Oh however shall Gordon “Cringe champ” Feetman resolve this case of breaking and entering by an eldritch being? Find out next time on Friday Night Magnus but the Archives are Self Aware 😩
YOOOOO THISS IS SO COOOL AAARARAGRAG
Michael, you would fall and turn the white snow red as strawberries in the summertime.
Super inspired by @weevildead 's michael painting! I hesitate to post this bc it was super experimental, and i hate the hair and how unblended the edges are w the obvious layers and weird blurring and stray marks...but idc im posting it.
been playing around with various Michael designs. I spent a ton of time on the coloring, and basically none on the line art, and it SHOWS. Overall I’m pleased with it. Expect more in the coming days and weeks.
occasionally people will draw designs for Michael Distortion that look very similar to me and I just need those people to know that I’m a little bit in love with them.
hm… no I don’t think Gertrude was feeling cold and uncaring when she sacrificed Michael. I don’t think she just dusted her hands off and walked away. I think she was used to risky plans and close calls, even used to an occasional casualty, but her blood ran cold when she realized she was choosing to send one to their death. not collateral damage — a sacrifice.
and I think she tried to be as numb as possible, calculating, deciding, even as she knew deep down that only one of her assistants would walk straight into hell on her word.
and I think she found him a bit annoying before that. the jaded resent the naive — it isn’t fair, but it’s true. but by the time he brought her tea the next day, in her mind, he was already dead. everyone looks better dead. optimism, trust, loyalty all become virtues where they were once liabilities.
I don’t think she didn’t feel the gravity of her choice. I think she did it anyway.
and she did not hesitate.
OP’s tags are the most correct opinion anyone’s ever had. actually.
why does everyone ship Michael with Gerry when Eric was right there, and a dilf
she who on my what til i— oh my god whh at t he ff u ck ist that th i n g