#martin blackwood

[bone-apple-teeths]

big fan of artists who depict martin looking more and more like peter every season. also a big fan of artists who depict jon looking more and more like elias every season. like hell yeah remind me how they never break the cycle and are all just replaceable pawns to the same eldritch horrors I love it keep em coming boys.

#bonus points for people who draw sam and alice lowkey looking like jon and martin #tma #the magnus archives #tmagp #the magnus protocol #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #elias bouchard #peter lukas

[momokarp]

I’m really making this lined notebook just Magnus Archives Exclusive huh

#momoart #fanart #the magnus archives podcast #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #the magnus archives #sketches #pen

[orchidbreezefc]

ok. years have passed and we've had some distance, so i'm finally gonna take the leap of faith that tma fandom is finally ready to hear me on this. let's talk about tannins.

161 was the first tma episode i heard on early release, and i felt the bit where martin declines wine and cites tannins was pretty obvious in its implications. cool, got it, say no more.

imagine my surprise when i was one of maybe three people i saw read between the lines there, in a fandom famous for red stringing--a fandom that immediately caught the much less obvious thread of ignition sources in the same episode. i'll spell it out: alcohol is an issue for martin.

maybe it just felt obvious because addiction is a pet issue for me--as it is for jonny, who has said everything he writes is filtered through a lens of addiction. i don't know if that's due to his own experience or a loved one's, and i won't speculate; i also don't know if martin personally struggled with drinking or just avoids it for fear he would, but alcohol would fit what we know of his family. his dad walking out and his mum spiralling into bitter wallowing and verbal abuse? i'd bet one or both of them drank, yeah.

on a basic level martin tries to decline alcohol, and that alone should have raised eyebrows given what we know of martin and, again, a fandom that dissects everything. we already knew martin "K" blackwood lied about his personal life and his family in particular, especially pre-canon, which is when this flashback took place. i was shocked that everyone took his flimsy excuse at face value with no further questions.

and the excuse is flimsy. martin turns down wine by--nervously--exclaiming tannins are "a proven headache trigger!" which sounds like trivia from a magazine cover and not the words of someone who actually has headaches--and it hasn't come up before or since. jon, confused, points out that tea, a drink martin consumes to a degree that is memetic both in- and out-of-universe, also contains tannins, and martin squawks a panicked, "what?!"

if tannins are enough of a concern for martin that he knew they're in wine and so avoids it, why didn't he know they're in his drink of choice? why does he still drink tea at the time of canon, and why doesn't he struggle with constant headaches from consuming 'a proven headache trigger' day in and day out? why, indeed, would someone avoid wine and not tea?

when sasha insists martin drink he caves and agrees to 'just a drop'. i imagine him pouring it in a plant, which admittedly he could have done if tannins really were the issue. i will say that i, for one, would be less likely to falsely agree to something that makes me physically ill than to a private issue that i'd rather not be pressed on any further. this scene also establishes martin's birthday was an ice cream party instead of the more traditional visit to a pub.

also, this scene was in the first episode of the final season, as one of three flashbacks that could have been to any pre-canon event in the archives. prime narrative real estate. not really time one would waste on establishing the important character context that martin has... headaches. which never comes up before or after, even regarding the week he spent in spiral town. but you know what is pretty crucial character background...?

it felt like a no-brainer, and yet all i saw was h/c fluff about jon attending to martin's headaches. and i hate feeling bitter about disability representation. i want folks with chronic headaches to feel seen and have fluffy escapist fantasies. i don't want to be mad about people portraying a character with a disability. but, guys? you got the wrong disability. jonny sent a clear message, and it went over fandom's head.

#martin blackwood #tma #the magnus archives #tma meta #the magnus archives meta #tma 161 #mag161 #sage speaks #sage original post #meta #im sure others caught it that i didnt see but listen. i was DEEP in the fandom. people getting it made up maybe 1% of the response i saw #and i had people fighting me for saying it #alcohol cw #alcoholism cw #addiction cw

[friccafracc]

every time i remember martins poetry i go into a fit of hysterics. HES SO BAD AT IT BUT HE LOVES DOING IT SO MUCH....ITS HOW HE EXPRESSES HIMSELF.....TO ME THAT IS THE PUREST FORM OF ART

#txt #tma #the magnus archives #martin blackwood #tma martin #HE IS SO ASS #AND I LOVE THAT SO MUCH

[jacketpotatoo]

Jonmartin

#without The Horrors #the magnus archives #tma #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #jonmartin #fanart #jacketsketch

[therealdistortion]

Jon “let’s gouge our eyes out and make out” Sims

And

Martin “let’s go full kill bill” Blackwood

#they’re perfect for eachother #the magnus archives #tma #jon sims #martin blackwood #jonmartin #jmart

[mishoru]

let's rest for a minute

#illustration #procreate #art #fanart #tma jmart #tma podcast #the magnus archive fanart #the magnus archives #jon sims fanart #martin blackwood #jon sims #jon x martin #ceasless watcher

[sepezzz]

Jon "reaches out in his sleep" Archivist.

(takes place before s1 finale, while martin is living in the archives)

#tma #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #jon sims #martin blackwood #jonmartin #jmart #tma fanart #fanart #i'm sooo silly for them it's nottt even funny #also projectingggg onto my babygirls #rusty quill

[bagofdo-ritos]

domestic jonmartin would’ve been so good if the scottish safehouse was actually safe

#arab jon sims is my favorite thing ever #giving a new definition of evil eye #tma #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #jon sims #tma fanart #martin blackwood #doritosart #jonmartin #teaholding #jmart #tma jmart #tma spoilers

[arielledrawsstuff]

#tma fanart #the magnus archives #jonmartin #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #tma 159

[daily-tma]

Daily TMA 202 - I accidentally science-fiction-ified him

#tma #the magnus archives #mod moth #tma martin #martin blackwood

[mxwhore]

a new family member arrives at the Blackwood Sims household! full sketchpage now up on patreon

#im gonna upload all of these here but im missing an Amars centric sketchpage to complete the set :) #still! support me if you can <3 #tma #tma au #jonmartin #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #amyas blackwood sims #amara blackwood sims #the blackwood simblings #tessart

[momokarp]

I’m nearing the end of this lined notebook but I’ll be damned if it’s not filled with more Jon and Martin being spooky men in love

#momoart #fanart #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #pen #the magnus archives podcast #jonmartin

[zarchivist]

Apocalyptic boyfriends:)

#the magnus archives #tma podcast #jonathan sims #the magnus archive fanart #martin blackwood #jon sims #fanart #jmart #jonmartin #tma #teaholding #tma s5

[g1rlb0yatth3v4mp1r3m4n510n]

The lads in the computer!!!! Digitally edited+unpainted versions below the cut+some sketches :•)

I’m super happy with how this turned out, it’s nice to actually finish things!!!!

#tma #magpod #the magnus protocol #tmagp #the magnus archives #my art #tma spoilers #elias bouchard #jonah magnus #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #traditional art #my hand really hurts #there’s definitely something wrong with it #I like drawing though

[rauchendesgnu]

"Would you like a seat?" Gerry asks over his shoulder as Sam follows him deeper into the apartment. "Only if it isn't a bother," Sam says despite the throbbing in his hip. "Oh, it's no problem at all. Let me just--" The young goth rushes ahead into some sort of studio, clearly expecting Sam to follow. Every spot in the room is either occupied with a painting, or painted on, or splattered, or filled with utensils, tools, and other stuff that is necessary for art. Gerry sweeps a pile of pencil sketches from a chair and offers it to Sam, who sits gratefully, eyes still wandering over the atelier in overwhelmed amazement. "I can make some tea?" Gerry offers. "Oh," Sam says with an awkward smile. "I'm more one for coffee." "Do you mind if I make one for myself, then?" "No, go ahead." The sounds of an electric kettle being filled and switched on reaches Sam, whose eyes fall onto the sketches. He leans a bit closer to get a better look. It's not very polite, to go snooping into the drawings of a potential friend, but he can't help himself. He's always been so damn curious. The first sketch shows a short, thin man with dark hair that is starting to go grey despite his young but tired face. His brown skin is covered in scars and his eyes are glowing. Sam blinks, and for a second he feels like the drawing blinks back at him. He quickly moves the sketch to the bottom of the stack and shakes his head. It's the sleep deprivation. He's not starting to see movement in traditional sketches. The next few sketches show the same man, over and over again, eyes blazing, mouth set in a thin line, exhaustion weighing down a face that could once have been called handsome. He's not the only one, though. There's a second man, tall and broad, with red hair and a dusting of freckles on his nose and cheeks. He's barely recognisable in the fog that surrounds him that gets thicker with every new sketch Sam discovers. The last one is that of a man who wouldn't have looked out of place in Pride and Prejudice (as written by Cassandra Austen), with a neatly pressed collar and a cravat, as well as jewellery in the form of eyes. His grey eyes are intense, piercing Sam through the page. Sam is about to put the sketches back when a piece of paper slips, and his heart stops. The woman on the paper is a detailed pencil drawing of Celia. It's almost scary how perfect that sketch catches her likeness. Surely Gerry would have needed more than one look at her to draw her so realistically? Sam fights the wave of jealousy that wants to overtake him. It's none of his business who Celia meets in her free time. There is only that one sketch of her, and as Sam finds the last page, he's a bit disappointed to discover that there is just two sentences scribbled in nearly illegible handwriting.

The maze is sharp on my mind. The angles cut me when I try to think.

They are underlined with so much force that the pencil nearly broke through the paper. In the kitchen, the kettle turns off, and Sam quickly places the pages back in order. "Gerry," he says when his host returns, mug of tea in hand, "who are these people you sketched?" Gerry glances over his shoulder, then shrugs. "Now that you say it...I have no idea. These are from a while ago. Why, did I accidentally draw someone you know?" He says it with a smile, like it's a joke between artists. Did I accidentally draw you? Sam's gaze drifts back over the man with the glowing eyes. "I don't know," he says softly. "I don't know."

#the magnus protocol #tmagp fanfic #sam khalid #gerry keay #gerry delano #disabled character #tmagp #tma episode 65: binary #tmagp chester #tmagp norris #martin blackwood #jonah magnus #jonathan sims #jmj error #my writing #ficlet #alternate history