#ask the archivists

[ask-thearchivists]

Speaking of Luz and the others! How are they doing? Anything interesting happening on Titania recently?

The Collector: Well, it's summer in the human realm now, so Luz is doing her term at Hexside. Her principal worked with the other teachers to give her a modified syllabus so she won't fall behind even when she's not going there. Oh! And Grom is coming up. Luz said her and Amity are planning to both volunteer this year. Hunter goes to school now and he seems a lot happier. Gus got glasses. I actually have a picture!

The Collector: I got this the last time I visited. They were all going to take a picture together but King wanted us to jump in front of the camera right before it went off to prank them.

#ask blog #ask the archivists #asks are open #the owl house #toh #id in alt text #toh the collector #the collector #toh collector #return of baby #king clawthorne #king toh #luz toh #luz noceda #amity blight #hunter toh #gus porter #willow park #lumity #hunter is looking at the Collector fondly because they are siblings in my heart #hunter and his older little brother #This took me over three days to draw because I have been stuck doing appointments and babysitting almost every single day (agony)

[swordfright]

this might just be because i'm a bit older than your average mcyt fan, but it makes me kind of sad to see all these younger fans scramble to wipe their mcyt fanworks off the internet the second a content creator is revealed to have done something awful.

don't get it twisted, I'm a big believer in rescinding financial support to ccs you no longer agree with or admire by unsubscribing, deciding not to buy merch, or refusing to give them ad revenue by watching their content. if you don't feel comfortable giving someone money, don't give them your money. material support isn't what i'm talking about here - I'm talking about fanfic, fansongs, fanart. yknow, content that fans create for themselves and each other, stuff that's not for ccs.

in the past year (and especially the past week, obviously) i've seen tons of mcyt fans saying they're planning to delete their art (or that they already have deleted) because they don't want their work to be associated with content creators who behaved badly, and that they want "a fresh start." I've seen fan writers say the same thing about their fics. and like, this is fine, do what you want with your stuff, but i'll be honest...it does make me sad that so many younger fans seemingly have been made to feel such a high degree of responsibility for ccs that they're unable to enjoy fandom (a thing that is FOR US! FOR YOU!) or take any measure of pride in their past fanworks.

again, at the end of the day you should do what you want with your own shit. but what i will say is, if what you want to do with your work is delete it, at least think first about why you're considering the nuclear option. you aren't responsible for a cc's behavior, and that goes for literally anyone who's ever had a hand in making anything you like: books, movies, games, anything. you shouldn't be made to feel ashamed of having created fan content for a piece of media that a shitty person was involved in making. straight up, this kind of shame isn't something i believe should exist in fandom, because it's parasocial in the same way that positive emotions towards media/creators can be parasocial.

and also, as someone who's been involved in fandom for a long time, i can say with confidence that creators will keep disappointing you like this. there are shitty people out there. if you're searching for a piece of media with zero shitty people ever involved in the project, you will not find it. i'm not saying this to normalize shitty behavior on the part of creators, I'm saying this to emphasize that bearing the shame and guilt of every creator to this degree is not sustainable or healthy (and it's not how fandom used to operate, but that's a conversation for another day, perhaps.)

i understand why so many folks are considering deleting their fanworks, and if that's you...think about it before you do it. that's all i'm asking. you don't want to create a habit of divesting yourself of all evidence of having been passionate about art created by someone who sucks, because if you do get into that habit, then your chances of ever truly enjoying a fandom again are, unfortunately, pretty slim.

#mcyt #fandom #also deleting all your stuff is a nightmare for archivists but that's admittedly a selfish reason for asking ppl not to delete lmfao #....sigh #idk it just makes me sad to see so many kids panicking like this #long post

[astridianmayfly]

jon was 28 when he became The Archivist 😭😭 he should've been at the club

#he knew it too! #you got your whole life to rot in a windowless basement jon #just ask jurgen #the magnus archives #tma #jonmartin #jonathan sims #jarchivist #the archivist #jon sims #tma spoilers #tma season 5 #tmagp #magpod #how old are you -38

[regular-gnome]

What would a grown up Collector look like to you? All the designs I've seen in the fandom are so cool but I'm curious what your vision would be. (I adore your art btw!!!)

youngest Archivist

going with the convention of their older siblings:P

#but at this point they would probably take on another name:P #(:D!!!) #ask #the owl house #owl house #toh fanart #toh archivists #the archivists #toh collectors #toh the archivists #toh collector #the collector #the collecter toh #toh the collector #regulart

[occudo]

Your tags for Slaughter!Melanie said that the Alternate Archives would feature her.

Would it help if I said this is what Melanie is looking at?

#occudo's art #tma fanart #georgie barker #alternative archives #archivist!georgie #ask

[bebyebeeh]

local archivist slowly goes insane

#the magnus archives #tma podcast #tma #jonathan sims #sasha james #martin blackwood #timothy stoker #the archivist is going crazy #silly little man #hes loosing his mind #but hell deny it if you ask

[silverskye13]

What about Tanguish (other than his bravery in the face of death and his kindness) is Helsknight (begrudgingly) fond of?

You asked me why I love you and I said "I don't know"

And I could tell that you were disappointed with that answer

So I carried on--

#answering asks #archetypal-archivist #redstone and skulk #helsknight #tanguish #sending me asks like this is unfair you're giving me emotions about my own blorbos #rns asks

[anglerflsh]

everytime I mention the type of job I'd like to have (archivist) people tell me that literally no one on earth wants to do that which normally would be annoying but. you don't want to sort documents? to preserve things from the past? do you not like excel sheets and burocracies? my best friend burocracy?? sad

#[.txt] #''theyre asking retirees to go back to their job because theres not enough archivists'' rip to them. thanks for the free job market #most people that want my same magistrale (archival science and biblioeconomics) do it to be librarians afaik. Boo. 👎 #i dont want that. I want a dark underground room where I can be left alone

[mochinomnoms]

Consider- telling Jade you 'wanna get bread' (bred), waiting a moment, then asking for the location of the nearest bakery. Thoughts?

He's not quite stupid enough to fall for it, but he is enough of an asshole to play into your game. You're not finishing your sentence as he takes you to the nearest room with a lockable door and breeds you silly 🥰

You asked after all! What else was he supposed to do, just leave you be? Anyways, since you want to be bred so bad, how many kids should he give you?

Oh, did you also want bread from that nearby bakery? He needs to make sure his newly bred partner is fed nice and well so that your children grown big and healthy!

#mochi asks #archetypal-archivist #twst #twisted wonderland #jade leech #twisted wonderland x reader #twst x reader #jade leech x reader #!nsfw #!breeding kink

[hadrassians]

painting practice ft. jarchivist

#the magnus archives #tma #tma fanart #magnuspod #jonathan sims #the archivist #ask to tag #trypophobia cw #eye horror cw #scopophobia cw #body horror #i like the thought of him unitentionally choosing eye accessories b4 the big reveal idk #my art

[longelk]

Trick or treat!! 🪱🪱🪱

oh look! i drew an uberbot one time

#and a very heavily referenced normal p03 #ask #p03 #archivist #my art #if its not clear im giving out old unposted art for halloween because im too tired to make normal posts LOL

[ask-thearchivists]

hey other anon, the coordinator informed us of the fact that there is titan blood in the collection to have released the Collector. it just wasn't done as to wait for the titan to hatch and hope some mortal would listen to the stories and free the Collector themselves while hopefully also getting rid of the last titan. at least that was what the elder two seemed to have planned

The Collector: Stars, I knew it! Those asteroids! I should steal that while I'm here! They're as dense as black holes! They have stardust between their ears!!

The Collector: I'm so mad I'm gonna keep swearing because none of them can stop me! Entropy!!!

#ask blog #ask the archivists #asks are open #the owl house #toh #toh the archivists #the archivists #toh the collector #the collector #id in alt text #a little visitor #*sprinkles in a little bit of the goofy ass Collector (species) swears I thought up*

[sevvaddle]

Retwisted.

Illustration for chapter 29 of @chrisis-averted's fic, Rewind. Reset. Rewrite. Link in replies!

#the magnus archives #tma #jonathan sims #jon sims #the archivist #michael shelley #michael distortion #eye strain tw #tw eye strain #ask to tag #wheee #goose drew a thing #rrr

[ask-courier-eddie]

Regarding the Archivist (Page 1/??)

Context / Part 2

Archivist Frank @ask-archivist-frank

Do you really think I forgot? Well I didn’t, im just going through it too this past weeks due my finals, so I’m trying my best to finish this mini comic [the next pages won’t be on color since, it takes more time and I really want to show this comic as fast as I can!]

#welcome home multiverse #wh multiverse #couriereddie #askcourier #multiverse family #welcome home #ask blog #asks #eddie dear #welcome home au #WTTMV lore #archivistfrank #archivist frank #the archives #frank frankly

[regular-gnome]

Do The Archivists ever trip because of their long capes?

sometimes

#sure they could float buuuut #it was honestly too funny to pas up #ask #the owl house #toh #toh the archivists #toh archivists #toh fanart #the archivists #toh collectors #owl house #regulart #toh collector #the collector #c:i anatomist #c:i wayfarer

[occudo]

I don't recall if it's ever mentioned, but in the archivist!Georgie AU, what is Danny's reason for taking a job at the Institute? Obviously he doesn't die, and neither does Tim, so I'm really curious what his "driving factor" is! (btw, I love all your AUs- they're just so cool! :D )

I don't mention it, but let's just say, he didn't escape unscathed after meeting Nicola. I didn't want to spoil this before, but I don't plan to make more comics about the archivist!Georgie AU rn, so have some sketches of Danny's story arc

#occudo's art #tma fanart #danny stoker #archivist!georgie au #ask