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Some reactions to The Magnus Archives 169, "Fire Escape," ( under the cut )
May. 29th, 2020
purple hair, purple hair
May. 29th, 2020 04:43 pmIn honor of being called "creepy" by a transphobe on Twitter, I'm putting some purple streaks in my hair. (Manic Panic Ultra Violet.)
This is a thing I've wanted to do for ages. But first I was trying to be taken seriously as An Actual Professional Scholar, and then I was unemployed, and then I was in a job that wouldn't allow it, and then I was trying to be taken seriously as a Trans Man.
And then I said, "fuck it."
I blame Rusty Quill for this, as for many of my decisions lately. Anil's painted nails, and Jonny's occasionally painted nails, and Mike's rainbow hair (now blue), and . . . it was all a reminder of something I've always believed but that hasn't always come through in my behaviour. Namely, conventional masculinity is stupid and constricting, and nobody should have to do it.
Painted nails may be next (they might have been first, but pre-pandemic, part of my job involved preparing food, and painted nails aren't really allowed). I want to go to an actual store, though, and see the colors. Something blue or purple or silver.
Besides Rusty Quill, the other factor is that I'm finally starting to get some facial hair. Shaving has become something I do every few days to avoid looking scruffy, rather than every two weeks out of wishful thinking. (Eventually there will be a beard, I hope. But I'm a long way from having enough facial hair for that yet!) Now that my body is cooperating with my gender a bit, I feel more free. Which is good.
This is a thing I've wanted to do for ages. But first I was trying to be taken seriously as An Actual Professional Scholar, and then I was unemployed, and then I was in a job that wouldn't allow it, and then I was trying to be taken seriously as a Trans Man.
And then I said, "fuck it."
I blame Rusty Quill for this, as for many of my decisions lately. Anil's painted nails, and Jonny's occasionally painted nails, and Mike's rainbow hair (now blue), and . . . it was all a reminder of something I've always believed but that hasn't always come through in my behaviour. Namely, conventional masculinity is stupid and constricting, and nobody should have to do it.
Painted nails may be next (they might have been first, but pre-pandemic, part of my job involved preparing food, and painted nails aren't really allowed). I want to go to an actual store, though, and see the colors. Something blue or purple or silver.
Besides Rusty Quill, the other factor is that I'm finally starting to get some facial hair. Shaving has become something I do every few days to avoid looking scruffy, rather than every two weeks out of wishful thinking. (Eventually there will be a beard, I hope. But I'm a long way from having enough facial hair for that yet!) Now that my body is cooperating with my gender a bit, I feel more free. Which is good.
For complicated reasons, there's only one kind of Magnus Archives fanfic I can currently bring myself to read, and that's workplace stuff. This story is a great example of the mundanity in the horror, and the horror in the mundane. I'm not sure I 100% understood it, but I liked it an awful lot.
The Supervision and Oversight (Irregularities) (EU Exit) Regulations 2017: a post-exit regulatory regime for the Magnus Institute (2558 words) by Raven
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jonathan Sims/Martin Blackwood
Characters: Jonathan Sims, Martin Blackwood, Elias Bouchard, Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives)
Additional Tags: Unconventional Format, Epistolary, Kinda, regulation is very important, I'm sorry about who I am as a person
Summary:
The Supervision and Oversight (Irregularities) (EU Exit) Regulations 2017: a post-exit regulatory regime for the Magnus Institute (2558 words) by Raven
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jonathan Sims/Martin Blackwood
Characters: Jonathan Sims, Martin Blackwood, Elias Bouchard, Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives)
Additional Tags: Unconventional Format, Epistolary, Kinda, regulation is very important, I'm sorry about who I am as a person
Summary:
The Department is grateful for the time and input of its stakeholders and welcomes in particular any observations by the European Agency for the Oversight of Irregularities and/or the Magnus Institute, London.
Don't worry, everything is fine.