#from mag170

[kerink]

can i just say. it's also not lost on me that a lot of people keep peter fat while making martin depression skinny.

like if youre going to apply the idea of depression to the lonely go for it. but the lonely is not necessarily meant to be a depression analog. it's about lack of human connection and feeling disconnected from society, whether self-imposed or due to external circumstances. iirc, only mag150 had a lonely victim who didn't expressly state they preferred to be alone

like why wouldnt martin still be eating his favorite foods, dressing how he likes, having his tea prepared sweet, going for walks on his break, reading his favorite books, but just doing it alone. depression is not only social isolation and not all socially isolated people are depressed

he doesn't hate himself, he doesn't hate his life, he isn't hopeless or helpless, he's grieving the loss of his mother and jon. he's struggling after elias showed him the truth depth of his mother's hatred. he was convinced he was better off by himself and doing his own thing. and even when martin was trapped in the lonely in mag170 martin was fairly cheerful and optimistic, nervous and suspicious yes, but not what id consider to be depressed

and he joked with also!martin, he had confidence and hope, and left feeling self-assured about what his plan was, even if it went against jon's

#personally i DONT think martin was depressed i think hes anxious and has childhood trauma #it's totally fine if you personally disagree and think he was depressed #this isnt a dig this is just reflecting based on what we were talking about wrt weight loss martin #tma /

[a-mag-a-day]

i am not immune to mag170

all of it hurts but especially “Maybe the fog’s here because I want it here.” crying sobbing wailing etc i am never recovering from this episode . i need to give martin a hug

That’s such a mood.

#a mag a day #tma #the magnus archives #episode asks #mag 170 #elliotpireflyy #mod elian

[pathos-logical]

Finding a blog from someone else with eye strain who posts image descriptions!!!!! AND u like TMA? This is probably not as rare as I think but so far it's been hard to find more than like 10 quality blogs with frequent image descriptions. Plus Ive just discovered the term eye strain which is close enough to what I get that just seeing someone else with it and having the term on their blog is nice ? ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Anon can we hold hands. Can we hug. Can we be best friends. This is SO NICE (so nice) to read and I'm REALLY (really) glad you think so!!!!! I have to say that I don't actually experience eyestrain, but I do try to tag for it consistently, so I'm really glad it helps you and that you learned something!!!

Also, I have TONS (tons) of quality blogs to rec to you if you want blogs that are almost fully visually accessible (plus, most tag with (no id" / "undescribed")! Just some beloved mutuals part of the accessibility club (picked off who came to mind first, sorry!!): @jasmineteabag, @evilpaninis, @mushroomjar, @grrrrl, @iveofficiallygonemad, @loveize, @101rats, @norstrume ... the list goes on and this can't even be close to it all :)

And there are so so many wonderful tma/podcast blogs who are also focused on accessibility!!! If you haven't already followed them, @rq-described is an AMAZING (amazing) resource that I worship at the feet of. There's also @anothergoddamnmystery, @mag170, @benchofindigo, @coulson-is-an-avenger, @saintbleeding, and so so many more!! (Some of the people named above also post tma btw :) )

Also I am for real always ready to talk people's ears off about tma, so if you wanna chat on my sideblog, I'd be delighted to!!!!! 💜💜💜💜 Have a wonderful day, anon :)

#SORRY IF THIS IS A LOT. THIS MADE ME SO HAPPY #mutuals if i missed you A THOUSAND APOLOGIES it really was me just going through whoever was in my activity and who came to mind first #asks #anonymous #accessibility #🥺🥺🥺

[fuckdudeidk]

Listening to MAG170 with my mum! I sure hope I don’t cry! (Tears slip from beneath my shades, though you cannot see my eyes the tremble of my lip betrays me, tearing open my chest, leaving my heart exposed to the viewer)

#the magnus archives #mag 170 #I cried like a baby while my mum fiddled with the headrest in the car #martin blackwood #tma s5 #tma #I’ll never forget the experience of being 16 in a pandemic with one friend but I will never again experience it #and for that I am grateful

[jungwookjins]

#from mag170 #the magnus archives #tma #jonmartin #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #tma s5 #tma spoilers #audio #mine

[catsnraincoats-archive]

hey if I begin to reblog less art its only bcs I'm trying to only reblog art with IDs. Heads up!

#also also #I mostly see art from mag170/rq described #but pls tag me in art any of yall make in the comments #bcs I want to see it!

[falling-forever-upwards]

hi I love them

[Image ID: a two panel comic in greyscale of Jonathan Sims and Basira Hussain in episode 195 of The Magnus Archives. The first panel shows Basira from the chest up. She has light brown skin, a black hijab, and a grey coat. She looks surprised and asks: "...Jon?" The second panel shows Jon in a rowboat, oars in hand. Jon has brown skin, long wavy salt and pepper hair, a short beard, a light grey coat, a grey scarf with black and white stripes tucked into their coat, black jeans, and a backpack with bed roll tucked between their legs. They're smiling up at Basira and asking: "Need a ride?" /ED]

(image ID courtesy of @mag170, tysm!)

#the magnus archives fanart #the magnus archives #tma spoilers #mag 195 #tma 195 #jonathan sims #basira hussain #my art #Jonathan ''noodle arms'' Sims rights #edited with image description #art

[spiderriot]

We're really in it now

Song- Your Ex Lover Is Dead by Stars

ID courtesy of @mag170

[ID: a digital drawing of the hands of Jonathan Sims and Martin Blackwood from The Magnus Archives, surrounded by flames. Jon's hand is on the left, his palm down and reaching out to Martin. He has brown skin with several scars, black nail polish and an ace ring. Martin's is on the right, his palm towards the viewer and his index finger about to lift Jon's hand. Martin's hand is broad with light skin, several scars, black nail polish and an ace ring. Text above and below their hands reads: "When there's nothing left to burn / you have to set yourself on fire". The background is grey, slightly tinged red from the flames. /ED]

#the magnus archives #jonmartin #tma spoilers #tma #my art #thank you so much for the id

[robin-price]

I posted 1,199 times in 2021

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#5

Look at Jon go! \•_•/ Who’s he running towards tho?🤔

(i have no idea how animation works so excuse this mess lol)

||Please don’t repost my work||

[ID: an animated gif of Jonathan Sims from The Magnus Archives running to the right. He's drawn with black lines on a green background. Jon has long wavy hair in a half bun, a short trimmed beard, and half round glasses. He wears an open button up with rolled up sleeves over a What The Ghost shirt, several bracelets, white jeans with rolled up cuffs, and high all stars. He's smiling and moving his arms as he's running, his hands in fists. When Jon is almost to the right side of the image, the gif jumps back to the starting position. /End ID] -description by @mag170

270 notes • Posted 2021-02-03 10:13:46 GMT

#4

Martin: “No, but I have seen my mug.” -.-

Local mug stealer over here lost their glasses.

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334 notes • Posted 2021-01-21 00:20:45 GMT

#3

Might I offer you some wholesome Jonmartin in these trying times?

(Can’t listen to the new episode until tomorrow so this is how I cope lol. Please no spoilers)

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(Click for better quality please, tumblr sucks)

Other versions under the cut cause I like them too much:

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846 notes • Posted 2021-02-11 22:38:35 GMT

#2

I just think they’re neat🥺

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1310 notes • Posted 2021-02-20 19:23:54 GMT

#1

Jonathan Freakin’ Sims, everyone! (And lil Martin)

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4369 notes • Posted 2021-01-09 19:19:56 GMT

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[gammija]

The final Web!Martin evidence list

Now that canon is done, and we’ve got word of god confirmation that Web!Martin wasn’t complete nonsense, I decided to go back to my lil chronological evidence list and actually clean it up a bit, delete parts that in hindsight weren't all that indicative, and put everything in a slightly more readable format. (Obligatory disclaimer that i don’t and never did believe or advocate for some kind of evil web!martin, and that I'm not intending to connect a moral judgement to martin (or anyone else for that matter) having some of these traits)

So here: The (hopefully, please) final list with Web!Martin Evidence! Presented in order of importance, according to. me

The final (hopefully) Web!Martin evidence list

(In order from most to least obvious)

Spiders

I mean, it’s called the Web. TMA reiterates quite a few times that Martin liked spiders. Sometimes it IS that easy.

MAG022: Martin: "I like spiders. Big ones, at least. Y’know, y’know the ones you can see some fur on; I actually think they’re sort of cute -"

MAG038: | Sasha: "A spider?" Jon: "Yeah. I tried to kill it…" [...] Sasha: [Chuckles] "Well, I won’t tell Martin." Jon: "Oh, god. I don’t think I could stand another lecture on their importance to the ecosystem."

MAG059: Jon: "I have done my best to prevent Martin reading this statement in too much detail. I have no interest in having another argument about spiders."

MAG079: Jon: "Apparently, biologically, his account of the spiders doesn’t make any sense according to Martin."

MAG197: Martin: “What? Because I like spiders? Well, used to.”

Lies and subterfuge

Martin is able to use lying and subterfuge to achieve his goals, and is called manipulative a few times.

Lies:

MAG022: Martin: "[He] became slightly more co-operative after I lied to him and told him that one of the upstairs residents had buzzed me in."

MAG056: Martin: "I lied on my CV."

MAG158: Peter: “But you said –” Martin: “Honestly, I mostly just said what I thought you wanted to hear.”

MAG164: Jon: "You – I actually believed you!"

MAG189: Martin: “Sorry. Sorry, John. Not sure how much everything up there actually understood what was going on. But, y’know, I didn’t want to take any chances so it made sense to… um…” Jon: “Put on a show?” Martin: “Yeah, basically, more or less.”

MAG191: Martin: "That's not true." Arun: "Liar!"

Subterfuge:

The plan in 118, which revolved around convincing Elias that Martin was only “acting out”, to create a distraction for Melanie. (Also compare the way he evades giving a straight answer here with the way Annabelle talks in 196.)

Working with Peter in s4 under false pretenses, to distract him from Jon and eventually try to learn what Peter wanted.

Manipulation accusations:

These, I know, are somewhat contentious, since it’s mostly villains saying this to him. I’m still including them, since

1): From a media analysis standpoint, being mentioned 3 times is a sign to pay attention, even when it may not be the full truth.

2): I only see it as describing Martin’s behaviour in the previous points, not as a moral judgement; Especially since he almost always ‘manipulates’ people in positions of power over him.

Still, if it bothers anyone, feel free to ignore these.

MAG138: Martin: "That’s it? No, no monologue, no mind games? You love manipulating people!" Elias: "That makes two of us."

MAG186: Martin: “I can be a real manipulative prick, you know that?” Also Martin: “Oh yeah.”

MAG196: Annabelle: “Because you always managed to get what you wanted through smiles and shrugs and stammerings that weren’t nearly as awkward as they seemed.” [SMALL SOUND OF MARTIN’S CONCESSION TO THE POINT] Martin: “Point taken.”

The Lonely/the Web

The Lonely and the Web sometimes affect Martin to similar degrees.

In season 3, when Martin is getting used to reading statements for the first time, most of them leave him emotionally affected: MAG084, MAG088, MAG090,

MAG095: Martin: “S-S-Statement… done.” [HEAVY BREATHING & TREMBLING AS MARTIN STEADIES HIMSELF] “I don’t like recording these. There. I-I said it.”,

MAG098: Martin: [Panting] “End of statement.” [Deep breath] “I, um, I think I might need to sit down. Oh. Yeah, I am. Right. I don’t, uh, I’m not really sure if these are actually getting easier or harder. I mean I don’t feel –”

Only the last two statements he reads are remarkably easier. This might be a hint that Martin is just getting used to reading them, but the quote from MAG098 seems to contradict that. Either way, it’s likely not a coincidence that those last two happen to be the Lonely and the Web:

MAG108: Martin: “Statement ends.” (exhale) “That wasn’t so bad…”

MAG110: Martin: “Statement ends.” [...] “I mean, I think it sounds like a Jurgen Leitner book. About spiders. Hm. Good John didn’t have to read this one, anyway. I know he’s not a fan. Although, this one wasn’t too bad, actually! I – yeah. Anyway.”

In season 5, there are two powers’ Domains that actually affected Martin mentally, as opposed to only physically: the Lonely’s, in 170 (and arguably 186), and, depending on your interpretation, in 172, when Martin went exploring without knowing why he did so.

Proximity

Martin investigates a lot of the Web statements during season 1 to 3 (in other words, when the archive team still researches statements). The only ones he isn’t mentioned in during this period are MAG019 and MAG020, when he’s being harrassed by worms, and MAG081, which Jon records by himself outside of the institute.

Most notably, he’s the one who discovered the statement in MAG114, ‘Cracked Foundations’, which is the one statement in the entire show that sets up the interdimensional properties of HTR.

The Web!Lighter passed through Martin's hands first, before he gave it to Jon.

Similarly, Annabelle mostly spoke to Martin in season 5, despite most other Avatars usually focusing on Jon.

Aesthetics

Apart from the above obviously Web related areas, there are some other aesthetics which are mentioned in connection to both the Web and Martin, throughout canon.

These are describing the Web;

These are describing Martin.

Tapes:

Martin is the only character to treat the tape recorders as friends - any other character is either indifferent, or treats them as enemies.

MAG039: Martin: "I think the tapes have a sort of… low-fi charm."

MAG154 Martin: “Oh. Hi. Hello again.” … (small laugh) “Sorry pal, false alarm this time.”

MAG156 Martin: “Mm? Oh.” [HE LAUGHS, GENTLY.] “Yeah. (rustling paper) I was going to read one. Hate for you to miss it!” [SHORT, FORCED LAUGH, AS HE FLAPS THE STATEMENT AROUND.]

MAG170 Martin: “Oh. Oh, hello. What’s this? Wow, retro! What are you up to, little buddy; just – listening? That’s okay. It’s nice to have someone to talk to.”

MAG190 Jon: "[The tapes] seem to like [Martin]."

Retro:

MAG069: Statement: “I only saw Annabelle Cane once during this period. She wasn’t hard to pick out. She dressed like a vintage clothing store exploded on her, and her short bleach-blonde hair stood out sharply against dark skin.”

MAG160: Jon: “Anyways, don’t tell me the phonebox down there doesn’t appeal to your retro aesthetic.” Martin: “It – might. Maybe.”

MAG163: Annabelle/the Web callying Martin via an old payphone: [ A PHONE RINGS. IT’S NOT THE TINNY, ELECTRONIC SOUND OF A CELLPHONE – NO, THIS IS A TRUE, HEAVY, CLASSIC RING.] Martin: “Uh. John? Uh, J, John – the, uh, payphone that’s – here, for some reason – it’s ringing?”

Hatred of burns:

MAG067: Jack Barnabas’ statement: “I looked up and noticed within the corner of the room, where there had been a spider’s web this morning, there was just a faint wisp of smoke.” “Another held a bag that seemed to be full of candles, while a third had a clear plastic container filled with hundreds of tiny spiders.”

MAG139: Statement by member of Cult of the Lightless Flame: “The Mother of Puppets has always suffered at our hand; all the manipulation and subtle venom in the world means nothing against a pure and unrestrained force of destruction and ruin.” Agnes burned down Hilltop Road.

MAG145: The Web ties Gertrude to Agnes, stopping the Desolation’s ritual (the only Power whose ritual the Web is known to have prevented).

MAG167: Gertrude enlists Agnes’/the Desolation’s help in order to burn her assistant Emma, who was Web aligned.

MAG169: Martin: "Look, I just – don’t want to get burned, all right? It’s, it’s like my least favorite pain ever. [...] I, I legitimately hate burns, alright? They’re, they’re awful, and they scar horribly, and they just – it – it just makes me sick; I, I hate it. Hate it!"

Phrasing:

MAG039: Martin: "I’m trapped here. It’s like I can’t… move on and the more I struggle, the more I’m stuck. [...] It's just that whatever web these statements have caught you in, well, I’m there too. We all are, I think."

MAG079: Martin's poem: "The threads of people walking, living, lovi–"

MAG117: Martin: "This last couple of years, I’ve always been running, always hiding, caught in someone else’s trap, but, but now it’s my trap, and, well, I think it’ll work. I know, I know it’s not exactly intricate, but it felt good leaving my own little web. Oh, oh, Christ, I hope John doesn’t actually listen to these. “Good lord, is Martin becoming some sort of spider person?” No, John, it’s an expression, chill out! Besides, spiders are fine. I mean, yes, people are scared of them, obviously, but actual spiders, they just want to help you out with flies."

MAG167: Jon: “Methinks the Spider dost protest too much.” Martin: “Jon –” Jon: “Joking! Just joking.”

Personality:

How applicable these are depends heavily on how you interpret Martin's own personality, so your mileage may vary.

MAG008: Statement: “Nobody ever said a word against Raymond himself, though, who was by all accounts a kind and gentle soul [...]”

MAG123: Jon: "The Web does seem to have a preference for those who prefer not to assert themselves."

MAG147: Annabelles statement: "I discovered a deep and enduring talent inside myself for lying. [...] My manipulations were not intricate, but they were far beyond what was expected of a child my age, and I have always believed that the key to manipulating people is to ensure that they always under- or overestimate you. Never reveal your true abilities or plans."

Word of God and Annabelle

I kinda wanted to ‘prove’ that Web!Martin had quite a bit of evidence to back it up, hence this header being last. But of course, in this post-canon world, there are a few lines that most obviously confirm the theory:

MAG197: Martin is Web enough to be able to read the 'vibrations', like Annabelle, and see Jon and Basira (the latter being especially notable, as he hadn't known she was there beforehand): [CHITTERING, BUZZING AND HIGH-PITCHED SQUEALS CHANGE CADENCE] Martin: "Wait… Wait, hang on, is that him?" Annabelle: "Yes. I guess you’re better with the Web than we thought." Martin: "And – Wait, ha– No, uh… is that… Basira? He – He’s got Basira with him!" Annabelle: "Yes."

Season 5 Q&A part 2: Jonny: “Essentially, it was fascinating looking at the fandom and, like, the Web!Martin believers, because what they were doing was correctly picking up on hints dropped in the early seasons that were later, like, not exactly abandoned, but it was much more like, ‘Well, no, he does have like aspects of The Web to him, but he is moreover The Lonely.’ And that came about very… very organically, really. Because throughout Season 3 and going into Season 4, we had this conversation and we were like, ‘No, actually he's like-” Alex: “‘It can't be, it cannot be, it must be the other way round’ Yeah.”

(Note that they say “throughout season 3 and going into season 4,” which likely means that season 1, season 2, and at least part of season 3, aka half of the entire show, were written with Web!Martin as an intentional possibility.)

If you read all that, thanks so much! Obviously, Web!Martin never really came to fruition, so it's fine if you still don't like it. This is just a post explaining where it was coming from, at least for me and the other theorists I've spoken to.

#the magnus archives #magnus archives #tma #tma s5 #web!martin #web martin #webmartin #or as jonny called it: #spider!martin #tma theory #tma meta #martin blackwood #martin k blackwood #martin #tma martin #magnuspod #i feel like i say this every time too but #when i say martin lies a lot i dont mean that #in comparison to 'normal people' #i mean that in canon he gets specifically mentioned to lie; at a higher rate than the other protagonists #ditto for everything else. im not speaking about real life people who might have these traits. im doing a media analysis #my own real life bedroom curtains being blue dont mean im depressed but in media sometimes aesthetic themes can be deeper signifiers #and tma especially has some very strong aesthetic themes #ok i think im done talking now. webmartin theories always get me rambling #EDIT: oops i changed a part on mobile and now the formatting is a bit fucked #ill fix it back tomorrow #if anyone cares #EDIT EDIT: ok fixed it

[thevoidcannotbefilled]

There's some Corruption!Martin art on my dash atm, and it's got me thinking about how closely linked the Lonely and the Corruption Are:

Okay, so the Lonely and the Corruption are very close in how you give yourself up but in opposite directions. The Lonely tells you that you don't need others, that it would be better for you to disappear than to exist as a person. The Corruption meanwhile tells you that you deserved to be loved, but in a very specific way, in a way that makes you lose yourself because at the end of the day, you need to BE loved, not take the choice to love.

But at the end of the day, it stems from the same idea. The idea that you aren't enough as you are. One just tells you to become more and the other tells you to be less.

(Which, in regards to Martin, brings us back to how he got out of the Lonely House in MAG170. Not "I am loved" but rather "I am in love". In combination with "I Am Martin Blackwood," his final speech showed Martin making the active choice to be himself rather than a lonely fog. Maybe in another life, it would have been the choice to be Martin Blackwood instead of the very hive that corrupted him).

#It's very good art #But I want to ID it/wait for an ID first alskdjas #tma #the magnus archives #tma meta #martin blackwood

[welcometogrouchland]

Late night conversations with the bestie about slowly becoming an avatar of terror <3 part 2 of the spiral!Sasha au, this time featuring more Tim, more angst, and more knife hands (please click for quality (and look in the tags for Lore™)) image ID by @mag170

[ID: a five page digital comic of Sasha James and Tim Stoker from The Magnus Archives in a spiral!Sasha AU. The background is a dark purple and there's coloured iconograpy of various entities on the panels, specifically spirals, eyes, webs, and theatre masks. Tim is Malaysian with several round scars, short black hair, a lavender shirt and a green hooded vest, Sasha is Black with long curly brown hair, round glasses, a light blue longsleeve, and a purple skirt.

1: A full page drawing shows Sasha lying on her back on a dark blue couch with her hands folded on her stomach, Tim sits with his back against the armrest and his hands under his legs. Sasha says: "I don't know. Lately I've just been feeling like the rug is constantly getting pulled out from under me, what with Jon and... the incident with detective Tonner." Tim replies: "I feel you. Things have gone to hell lately. I'd like to knock out Elias's teeth as much as the next guy and, quite frankly, I wouldn't mind an apology from Jon for all the stalking but... *sigh* ...I don't know. At least we have each other." Sasha: "True. I just wish I could know what was going on, that I could get a straight answer out of Elias... that things weren't so uncertain... all the doubt and anxiety... it reminds me of the corridors."

2: The first two panels show Tim, looking to the side as he says: "I get it. After my brother... every face looked rubber to me. Everyone smiled too wide. I felt so alone." He turns his head to the side and continues: "Going through that... it changes you. And not for the better, no 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger'. But I'm here and so are you. Y'know, despite it all." The next panel shows Sasha from above, she's blushing and raising one hand and says: "Yeah..." This is followed by a close up of her raised hand shown against the ceiling, the panel is cut off by another showing the same hand with spirals on the knuckles and long pointed extensions on her fingers, the ceiling is replaced by a yellow and pink spiral and the panel is surrounded by pink spirals. A close up of Sasha's eyes shows her looking shocked.

3: Sasha shoots upright, staring at her hand and screaming. Her speech bubble has a faint multicoloured spiral in it. Tim turns around with a worried look and asks: "Sasha?" The next panel shows Sasha from the front, still staring at her hand. Tim has stood up, clutching one hand to his chest, and asks: "What's wrong? Are you okay?" Sasha looks behind her, surrounded by spirals and a wide, toothy grin, and replies: "Oh, um, I'm fine, just-". Tim looks her in the eye and cuts her off: "Bullshit."

4: Three panels are spread diagonally over the page, the other two corners are filled with text that fades out at the edges over a purple spirally background with a white hand with long pointed fingers. The text is from Sasha's statement in the spiral AU, the image in the top right corner is upside down. In the top left corner Tim continues: "Pretending you're fine when you're not is a classic Stoker move, and I don't intend to let you get away with it. You don't have to be 'fine' all the time, Sash. You know I'm here for you." Sasha looks away, above her are two pieces of text, one reads: I'm here for you. The other reads: Ha ha. She then turns back with her eyes closed and answers: "I know."

5: Five panels, first two close ups of their hands. Sasha reaches for Tim, her hand displays white phantom fingers that are long and pointed, around her arm are pink spirals. Tim's arm is surrounded by pink mannequin hands, between their hands are ellipsis. Sasha then firmly grabs Tim's hand. Their hands are surrounded by an orange wavy line and eyes, while an angry looking face with spiral eyes and a wide toothy mouth looks on from Sasha's side and a sad theatre mask with an X for an eye looks on from Tim's. The next two panels are close ups of Sasha and Tim respectively. Sasha is smiling and has a fond look as she says: "I'm here for you too." Tim blushes and smiles back, glancing sideways at Sasha. The final panel shows them silhouetted and looking at each other, Sasha on the couch, Tim against the armrest. End ID]

#the magnus archives #tma #sasha james #tim stoker #spiral! sasha #timsasha #can be interpreted as platonic or romantic i think? that's kind of what i was going for at least #i was barely able to hold myself back from making a sixth page because apparently im a masochist #it was just gonna be extra dialogue but i decided to just trust myself and my ability to communicate w my art #anyway yeah tim and sasha have a death grip on my psyche so of course the next comic had to be about them! #tim is still dealing w trauma in this au he's just not as bad as he was in season 3 in canon #I see tim as very people oriented? he's got his ingrained flaws and his scars BUT if he has support he deals w that better #and in regards to sasha i think (at the time of this comic) she's in an uncertain place? she doesn't know what's going on with jon or- #-not!daisy and elias won't give answers so she's feeling a bit paranoid and disoriented (which just fuels the spiral) #and it's only when she starts to fuel the spiral herself does she gain a footing again (but that's obviously at other ppls expense and- #-then WHOOPS it's a classic tma moral quandary) #((in regards to avatar stuff: i think Sasha gets very tempted by monsterhood (because having power after you've been repeatedly victimised- #-is something that's really hard to turn away) BUT i think that sasha ''all we have is our actions to say who we are'' james would try and- #-pull herself away from feeding on people like jon and daisy in s4. i don't think she'd leave the institute but she'd probably feel really- #-guilty about having a domain in season 5)) #also the knife hands panels: idk if they're just in Sasha's head? i think they're like. the spiral taunting her with what she's becoming #and only she can see it #OK TAG RANT OVER ENJOY CONTENT #page stretcher #long post

[guinevere01]

TMA artists beware! I’m taking part in @fandomtrumpshate this year (a charity auction for fandom stuff, benefiting progressive causes) and I’ll be offering image descriptions! Have you been interested in making your art more accessible but aren’t you sure how to do it yourself? Do you have a huge backlog of posts but simply not the time or energy to go back and describe it all? Here’s your chance! I’ll describe 10 posts per $15 bid, for a maximum of 100 posts, though you’re of course welcome to bid higher. Bidding for the action is possible from February 23rd to 27th, but the auctions are already visible since yesterday (February 20th).

Here’s the link to my auction page.

This particular auction is for the fandoms: The Magnus Archives, Rusty Quill Gaming, and musicals. We can of course work out your preferred description format/amount of details together!

I’ve shown a few examples of my descriptions (as originally posted on my sideblog @mag170) of traditional and physical art below (link with examples of digital art here). I asked and received permission from the respective artists to add each of these works to this post.

ID: a poster style pencil drawing of Martin Blackwood, a man with short curly hair, freckles, and large round glasses, from The Magnus Archives. The poster is vertical with on the left a white border with the vertical text “Martin Blackwood”. In the center of the poster stands Martin in a winter coat holding a steaming mug. He’s looking at the viewer with a kind sorrowful expression. The steam of the mug turns into tendrils of fog that cover most of the background. The fog completely hides Martin’s lower body but stays mostly clear of his head and torso, excluding four points where the fog seems to melt into Martin. This happens at both shoulders and both sides of his head. The four corners of the poster are covered in a spiders web with a couple of strands continuing over the rest of the image. All webs contain a multitude of spiders, from the top ones a few spiders dangle down on strings. End ID

Art by @vanecksweater​, description by me, original post here.

ID: An art piece based on episode 170/the tapes from The Magnus Archives in a black frame on a white painted background. The piece consists mostly of a single strand of tape lint. At the top is a physical cassette tape with the tape lint partially pulled out to form the rest of the piece. Directly beneath it is the text: “Familiar?” in a large flowing font with an elaborate capital F. It then continues down to form a shoebox tape recorder with the text: “The shape of you in my hand…” in a smaller blocky font to the left, right and bottom of the tape recorder. The tape recorder has a diamond patterned speaker, six buttons with the leftmost button (the record button) filled in with tape, a carrying handle, and two physical tape wheels in the cassette slot, the left one being almost full. The continuous line moves in and out of the tape reels, connecting them to the rest of the piece. The tape lint alternates between lying flat and standing upright to create thicker lines for the text/recorder and thinner lines for the connections between them. The order in which the tape lint forms the different parts is: cassette tape, ‘familiar’, 'the shape’, tape recorder, 'of you’, 'in my hand’, question mark, cassette tape. The dot of the question mark is a spiders web made of loose, thin strands of tape. End ID

Art by me, description by me, original post here.

ID: a painting of a somewhat humanoid figure in a dark alley, partially lit by the orange glow of a streetlight. It seems to not be touching the ground and to have its head tilted, dark eyes looking expectantly at the viewer. End ID

Art by @daily-magnus-art​, description by me, original post here.

ID: a comic done in pencil about Martin’s daydream as described in episode 186. At the top of the page is the text “The big climactic”. Underneath is a very smug looking Elias, he’s wearing an earring of an eye on a chain and a button up with an eye on the collar. Around his head is a ring of floating eyes, reminiscent of a crown. He’s saying “So, you have finally reached the Panop-” In the next drawing he’s getting punched in the face, his eyes are closed by the impact and the floating eyes now show a spiral where there was a pupil before. A speech bubble reads “-ti- urgh”.

Under the words “showdown with Elias” is the next image. This one is a drawing of Elias on the floor, defeated. Instead of the detailed facial features he had before, Elias’ mouth is now a straight line and his eyes are X’s. There are various eyes on the button up he’s wearing, they all have an X for a pupil. Above Elias is the text “victory”, next to him is in all caps the text “noises of brutal pipe murder” surrounded by alternating long and short lines going out in a circle, like the rays of a sun.

The words “Then you two kiss” are followed by a drawing of Jon and Martin kissing. Jon has dark skin and long hair in a bun, Martin has fair skin, curly hair, freckles, and big, round glasses. They’re both smiling happily. Under the text “And push a button that” is a big button with the text “go back”, a hand is swiftly coming down to press it. Next is a drawing of Jon and Martin standing next to each other and smiling, Jon is clutching Martin’s right arm with both of his and rests his head on Martin’s shoulder, his eyes closed. Above them is the text “World saved!”, there are several hearts drawn to either side of them. The image is followed by the text “Just magically saves the world”

In the bottom corner is Martin, his eyes closed and smiling happily. He has his hands pressed to his cheeks and he’s blushing, from behind his head forms a cloud that surrounds the rest of the image, as described above, showing that it’s all merely a dream.

The full quote that’s interspersed between the drawings reads “The big climactic showdown with Elias, then you two kiss and push a button that just magically saves the world” End ID

Art by @gh0stlymoth​, description by me, original post here.

#the magnus archives #tma #accessibility #image described #charity auction #martin blackwood #elias bouchard #angler fish #other martin #fth #fth 2022 #reblogs are much appreciated!!

[bare1ythere]

Ways Elias might’ve sustained himself as an avatar

In order of how much I believe them

1. Elias took statements from people as victims- I mean, this is pretty straightforward. I don’t think this is the case, since Elias isn’t really the type to get his hands dirty (as said by Nikola).

2. Elias took many statements from people in the past, enough that he can survive off of the fear from their dreams alone- Elias has been alive for 200+ years at this point. If he did take statements, I’m sure he could’ve taken enough to sustain him. This probably falls apart though, as I don’t think the Eye would really settle on “just enough” people scared by its avatar. Also, as people die off so does their fear, so this would be unsustainable.

These two also assume that Elias has powers similar to Jon, which I don’t think is really true. I think The Archivist is a very unique position with unique abilities, but thats kinda unrelated-

3. Elias fed off of the background fear generated from OG!Elias being able to watch his life be taken away from him but is unable to intervene like some kind of built in battery- I really like the theory that OG!Elias can see everything that’s happening from Jonah’s eyes, unable to do anything about it. My only issue with this is how much that fear really is the Eye. Sure, part of the fear based in watching your life go by from the outside, taken from you, unable to do anything, but on the other hand I think that would better fit the Lonely or the Web. Then again, Smirke’s 14 + 1 is kind of arbitrary, so I could see how this still might work. (It’s also pretty similar fear-wise to Elias’ ability to put knowledge into people’s heads, so who knows)

4. Elias specifically hired certain people to the Magnus Institute to act as fear-generators for him to live off of- This one I’m pretty sure is what Elias actually did. I’m sure he did this more than once (like Jon being under-qualified but still hired as Head Archivist in S1), but I think the best example of this would be Martin. Martin lied on his CV and was terrified that he’d be found out and fired for it the whole time he worked at the institute. Elias knew this from day one, and still hired him. From MAG170 it really sounds to me like this was intentional. Other than to later be an assistant for Jon to “throw away,” why else would Martin have been hired to the library when Elias was aware of this?

These are just four ideas I had, and I bet there’s definitely more/combinations, so feel free to add on!

#the magnus archives #elias bouchard #jonah magnus #tma #magnuspod #shut up me #NOW! I sleep! #sorry if this felt self explanatory to anyone else i am simply tired and bad at understanding literature #tma deserves to be called literature i think #ok for real im sleeping now

[jungwookjins]

he’s not lonely anymore! he has friends and he is in love! and don’t you forget it

#i would die for martin blackwood #from mag170 #the magnus archives #tma #jonmartin #martin blackwood #tma s5 #tma spoilers #audio #mine #and on today's episode of jonny hitting homophobic fans who want jm to be platonic over the head with a rolled up newspaper

[irradiatedsnakes]

playing more around with that melting-into-mist imagery that im like, pretty sure i accidentally nicked from brother bear, with some mag170 stuff.

#trying to do something w/ the I Am Martin Blackwood And I Am Not Alone Anymore bit because AHHHHHH but hasnt come out right yet #art #martin blackwood #tma #tma spoilers #tma5 #yes i know this looks like the one i posted earlier today. becuase that was just playing around w concepts #and if i hadnt Accidentially Predicted the ep i wouldnta posted it i dont think dvkhbdsdh