#archives from london

[house-of-mirrors]

#meme archive #fallen london #alexa play tales from the vienna woods waltz

[the-magpie-archives]

For around six months now I've been living next to an actual real life archive, and it's unnervingly similar to TMA! Here's a few notable things from these past months:

-i watched a balding man in a very posh suit carry a massive antique briefcase out of the building and put it into his car at 4am

-at 12:30am i made direct eye contact with someone working at a computer on a floor I'd never seen anyone go before. (there's a section of car park and pavement between my building and the archive so this was pretty impressive! )

-The smoking area is always full at weirdly specific hours of day and night (presumably breaks), and completely empty the rest of the time. Clearly archiving really does encourage a smoking habit!

-one of the floors has really bright LED lights which were left on day and night for a week, then off for four days, and now are on with every single blind closed.

-for the first few months I only ever saw three people go in or out of the building- a generic looking security guard who yells at people that park in front of the entrance; and a dishevelled looking man, pursued by another man from the smoking area.

-from my window I can see directly into a room that's filled with mannequins! I couldn't tell what they were at first due to the sheer amount, but they range from cpr dummies to full body mannequins.

-despite being able to see many desks I've only consistently seen two people working at them.

-the fire alarm once went off for hours and nobody evacuated.

-recently at 3am I watched a security guard from the building come out to feed bagels to the fox in the car park (not really that relevant but I thought it was quite nice)

-two of the windows have humanlike figures in them at all times, but they're impossible to focus on so I have no idea what they are.

#I wish I could share more details about it but since it's the only one of its kind in London it would make it VERY easy to find my address #But it's great‚ gives me something to watch from my window! It's like my terrible awful version of bird watching #Damn... I wonder if the archive staff have a sense of being watched all the time.... You know what that reminds me of... #Every archive has its beholder <3 #(in all seriousness I'm not tormenting archive staff don't worry 💀💀) #tma #the magnus archives #the magnus institute #jonathan sims #Also I wish this was an 'and everybody clapped' moment but it is genuinely true and beautifully ironic

[cult-of-the-eye]

Listen guys, I know that the venn diagram of tma listeners and traumatised is a circle, so for all us memory loss hotties I have a suggestion. Get a bunch of blankets, snacks and a couple of hours and tell your whole story, as much as you can possibly remember, into your phone as it records.

OBVIOUSLY ONLY DO THIS IF YOU ARE SAFE, COMFORTABLE AND IN THE RIGHT HEADSPACE. FOR SOME PEOPLE THIS CAN MAKE EVERYTHING SO MUCH WORSE BUT IT CAN HELP FOR OTHERS. I AM NOT A PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFESSIONAL. THIS JUST HELPED FOR ME SO I THOUGHT I COULD SHARE IT. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES.

#I wrote it down first #and then recorded it #cause then I could really get the tma statement vibes #and I did the whole pre-statement #Jonathan Sims #Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute #London #It's a great way of knowing exactly how much you remember #what parts are locked away #putting it all into perspective l #and just generally having a log #that you can add to if and when you remember other things #It's a lot. #I'd definitely say give yourself a few days after for fallout #but I liked it because it was my hyperfixation #it was safe and kinda removed from my actual life. #tma #the magnus archives #tma meta #statement begins #trauma #mental health #jonathan sims

[koszmarnybudyn]

Daisy's been on my brain recently.

#tma #the magnus archives #my art #alice tonner #daisy tonner #tma spoilers #probablly nit a very original design but that's how i imagine her #idk what the police wear in london so this is from googling 'british police officer' lol #how old is she idk but shes middle aged to me

[kafkaequerat333]

Relistened to the Magnus Archives again recently.

Season 1’s ending was bone crawling

Season 2’s ending was skull crunchingly fun

Season 3’s ending was explosively emotional

Season 4’s ending was a shocking and cunning

Season 5’s ending pierced my heart with a knife.

#magnuspod #magpod #the magnus archives #I feel excruciatingly normal about this series #tma jmart #can’t wait for Magnus Protocol #magnus archives #this blog was written from the Magnus institute London.

[wouldtheybecomeafearavatar]

might i suggest her enduring majesty from sunless skies for the vast?

#empress victoria #her enduring majesty #the traitor empress #fallen london #sunless skies #the magnus archives #tma #polls #the vast #mod Moth 🦋 #Mod note: Thanks for sending an ask from this universe! #I love Fallen London and Sunless Sea so much #I've been meaning to get around to Skies for a while #maybe I'll take this is a sign

[penultimatestalematewithdeath]

Internet and Phone technology can’t exist in the Lockwood and Co. universe because if it did, someone would have created a “Pokémon Go, but for Ghosts” and George would get nothing done because he’d need to catch all the types of Visitor to complete his collection.

#lockwood and co #pokemon go #hed have all the visitors from the Archives and London area #and beg Lockwood to approve a *company vacation* to other places to catch more visitors #listen the cold maiden is only available on the marshes so we *have* to go! #lucy just like - george youre going to get killed by an Actual Visitor if you dont put down your phone and pick up your rapier

[likhopinetree]

started archival course.

sasha was so right about being mad jon got the job without right degree holy shit

#there's a lot to know about the archives #which obviously jon didnt #jon bestie idk about london but my city has weekend archival school #i think youd benefit from one #tma #the magnus archives #the magnus archives is a podcast #jon sims #sasha james #jonathan sims #magnus archives

[burninginthegymplplinko]

MAG 163 - In The Trenches

doodle 163/200; days left - 14/110 4/128

the boys r going to londom 💖💕

#tma #the magus archives #tma 163 #mag 163 #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #tma s5 #tma spoilers #ah yes that one garden in central europe u need to cross when going from scotland to london ú__ù

[thefuturewithoutus]

fiveverse: c'mon, let's go.

#the heart #tma #the magnus archives #jontim #jonathan sims #timothy stoker #fiveverse #dialogue from mag 192 but it's used as filler i hc this happening later into the journey to london

[jamelalatise]

I’m so excited to share with you all, and invite you to my first course at my studio in Copeland

It’s been a real labour of love – I’ve put together a programme that I believe is truly interesting, insightful, and illuminating for anyone that might be doubting their ability to tell stories (or wants to remember they can!). 

For those interested, the curriculum is practical and filled with exercises, and will include seminar styled discussions among the small cohort. Expect intimacy, because you will be drafting and sharing lots, vulnerability because creativity often comes from the heart, and walking away with an understanding, network, and growing portfolio. 

See more here

#storytelling #jamel duane alatise #honestly just replicating the post from instagram lol I think tumblr feels more like an archive and safe space than it does for werk uno #London

[the-magpie-archives]

Introducing the new hit game: 'Is that a magnus archives reference or is it just London?'!

#The smoking area one is from the archive I live next to that's why it's there lol #And ik Jerrard is the wrong spelling but I didn't get a picture of the Gerrard one (ironically it's called Gerrard Way!) #Tma is literally real and alive in London ngl #tma #the magnus archives #the magnus institute #jonathan sims #gerry keay #Tma the web #tma the eye #the rusty quill

[ihavenohotcocoa]

POV :)

POV — something that’s already happened, retold from another character’s perspective

I haven’t posted anything from London Fog yet, so consider this a sneak peak at Chapter 1!

————

Tim didn’t recognize the guy who bumped into him. He was pretty tall by most standards, maybe a few inches shorter than Tim himself, and he was kinda chubby. Super nervous too, it looked like he would shatter into glass if you pushed him too hard.

"S-sorry! I'm so sorry- oh god this is terrible introduction-" The man rambled.

Tim just chuckled a bit, "Nah, don't worry about it!"

He asked the man what he was doing in the Archives. Tim figured either the poor guy worked here, or he was Research's victim of the month. If he was from Research though, he was a new hire.

The nervous man stumbled out "Oh uh, I- I work here, actually!”

Coworkers, then.

Maybe this job wouldn't be quite so boring.

#london fog #the magnus archives #tma #timothy stoker #martin blackwood #the scene goes on for a bit longer #but i decided to just cut it off here for this lol #for context: the scene is told from martin's perspective in the actual scene and it's when he meets tim #the fic is canon compliant so this is just my headcanon on how i think they met in the actual podcast lol #also /please/ do not tag as ship #ask game

[mightybeaujester]

So if, hypothetically, I'd be going to London next week and interested in doing a "important spots from the magnus archives sightseeing tour", which spots would come to mind?

#the magnus archives #Tma #Mag #magnus archives #Smirke #This is partly a #I'm deep in my tma hyperfixation again #And partly a #When I went w that same friend to London and we decided to just check out some important spots from Sherlock #It ended up being not that much about Sherlock and more about the small interesting places that we would have never found otherwise #So yes any ideas are welcome as long as they play any roll in tma #Prob gonna check out some smirke architecture but some actual statement locations and stuff would be so fun

[apocalypsenowredux]

some of the names look a bit janky at the moment BUT i uploaded the album as individual tracks so feel free to check it out ! theoretically this is the actual original lineup for combat rock so that’s cool. this goes out to all of the mick enjoyers in the audience fr

#me when i archive idk #hopefully it doesnt get taken down #the clash #rat patrol from fort bragg #combat rock #joe strummer #mick jones #paul simonon #topper headon #terry chimes #give em enough rope #london calling #sandinista! #punk #punk rock #post punk #new wave #bootleg #bootleg audio #clash bootleg #1983 #archive.org

[swiffin]

I wanted to draw this lad normally but the urge to green squiggle was too great :>

[ID: Magnus Archives fanart of Jon Sims sitting at his desk, clicking a tape recorder and beginning to read a statement. Much of the background is filled by the snaking green coils of Jon's speech bubble, which contains the opening lines of MAG75- A Long Way Down.

The next two paragraphs are the statement text; otherwise, the ID ends here.

Jon reads: "Statement of Stephen Walker, regarding his brother's disappearance from the top of Tour Montparnasse in October 2006.

Original statement given November 7th 2006.

Audio recording by Jonathan Sims, Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute, London.

Statement begins.

"I hope my brother is dead. He must be dead. I would love to believe that this is all some elaborate prank, some bizarre attempt to fake his own disappearance, but deep down I know that's not my..." End ID]

#tma #art #artists on tumblr #the magnus archives #jon sims #digital art #jonathan sims #tma fanart #mag 75 #swiffin