#mag184

[mag200]

MAG184: Like Ants

watercolor, acrylic paint, and ink // kofi

#my art #a statement a day #tma #the magnus archives #tma art #jordan kennedy #the corruption #art #mixed media #watercolor #ink #mag184 #like ants #ants #insects

[gammija]

MAG120: "And at last, the Archivist looks up. At last, he looks into the eye that sees all, and knows all, and clutches at the secret terrors of your heart. The Ceaseless Watcher of all that is, and all that was; the voracious, infinite hunger the tears at his soul, invoking him to discover, to observe, to experience all, and everything, and forever.

It stares into him, and it stares out of him, and he is falling into the devouring eternity of its pupil. He wants to cry out in horror, but he cannot.

He. Is. Whole."

MAG184: "Ceaseless Watcher, look upon this man, subsumed by terror and gripped with swarming fear. Gaze into him, through him… And out of him.

Make him a vessel of your hunger, staring out and harvesting with a thousand, thousand, thousand, tiny, eager, eyes.

Gift him your power and protection. Make him yours."

Chants to induct a Watcher

@a-mag-a-day

#not a v in-depth analysis #but the similarities are fun to note #tma #tma s5 #a mag a day #mag184 #the magnus archives

[im-the-queen-of-stardust]

So Jordan is exactly where he was in Jon's dreams from episode 120. Which makes sense of course, even though I hadn't thought about that until now. But narrativly that's a nice closed circle. And again I wonder where Georgie and Melanie are, because they were in his dreams too, but are somehow somewhere else.

#really curious what jon will do with jordan #tma liveblog #mag184

[tma-latino]

MAG184 – Caso ########-24 – “Igual que Hormigas”

Un análisis de la mentalidad de colmena.

[Disclaimer/ Aviso]

[MAG183] | x | [MAG185]

#MAG184 #tma #the magnus archives #the magnus archives pod #magnus pod #Rusty Quill #tma translation #tma spanish translations #traduccion en español

[incandescent-creativity]

Obsessed with the implications of Jon’s actions in Mag184, Like Ants.

I grasped the problems with consent immediately upon realizing what he was doing to the Jordan in the ant tunnels, and I feel like it might become one of my favorite moments in the series?

It’s a fascinating exploration of the morality of this new hell world, and seeing the different reactions to his transforming someone without asking them if they wanted to be transformed is so so interesting.

But I also think it speaks to a deeper level of Job wanting someone to be like him. Martin might be the avatar of the lonely, but John is truly alone in this world up until this point. Nobody else is like him… until now.

#and you can see both sides! #He saved him. He doomed him. He did both at the same time. #I’m obsessed #tma #mag184

[jonny-b-meowborn]

One thing I really like doing in my speedpaints, is while I'm drawing I write notes on the canvas to the audience. Silly stuff happening around me, my cat doing something, my thoughts related to the art process. You know, silly lil messages that probably won't be read by most viewers, because they appear for just a few seconds and aren't important.

Well in my tomorrow's speedpaint, my newest good omens drawing, I'm hornytalking about MAG184 and with the timelapse it's visible for the perfect amount of seconds. Like I was watching this video after I edited it and laughed fkdnbdnnd

#mag184 is the one where jordan kennedy aka tim ledsam aka gunpowder tim is screaming in pain while being eaten alive by ants. btw #bee buzz

[the-sun-falls-like-a-guillotine]

admittedly, I just love feedism content in general, but the reason I love it so much in TMA fanworks is because The Magnus Archives is about hunger.

it's about thirst — bloodthirst (MAG112, MAG176), thirst for knowledge (MAG92, The Eye) — and hunger — hunger for power (Jonah Magnus), statement withdrawal (MAG148), feed your patron or it will feed on you (MAG89, MAG184). Any food and drink mentioned are often corrupted, whether literally, by memories, or by paranoia, like the human teeth apple from the anatomy students in MAG34, or the oolong tea offered by Also Martin in MAG186, or when Martin offers Jon a sandwich and Jon is so suspicious that he actually comes to the canteen to make sure it isn't tampered with (MAG53).

one of the only actual physical descriptors we get of Jon is scrawny (MAG185), so there's something very satisfying to me about relationship weight; about him recovering from years of deprivation and neglect; about a squidgy little belly in the palm of Martin's hand when he spoons in behind him. the thought of Jon and Martin safe and happy and healthy and together delights me, be it curled up on the sofa with tea and a bun, or making soup, or going out for ice cream.

I love the idea of Jon's much-improved appetite still not quite stretching to finishing his plate and he always insists that Martin finishes it without so much as one guilt-tinged word because he looks so ridiculously gorgeous when he's full, one big broad hand resting contentedly on the crest of his belly; or that scene I still have to work in somewhere where Martin catches Jon engrossed in their own reflection, studying the little roll of chub that now swells out over the waistband of their boxers, and Martin begins to panic because when he does that, his mind is loud and swarming with the voices of his mother, of other kids in the school playground, of the shitty men he settled for because he just wanted to be touched: oh, don't wear that top, Patricia, it makes you look fat; my mum has big tummy like you but there's a baby in hers; sorry, I don't think I can go through with this. I don't like girls and your hips are just... too wide. but Jon just turns to him and smiles with sparkling eyes and says I look... loved.

I'm also working on a polychives au where the worm bites across his back and shoulders restrict Tim's movement so working out isn't really an option anymore, and one by one all his coping mechanisms fall through leaving only food. the weight begins to pile on, stretch marks spreading like lightning across his belly, his chest, his hips, and for a time he feels so horribly conflicted about it because it feels good, but it doesn't feel like himself in any way that he's used to. then Sasha tells him in no uncertain terms how much she likes it, and once a miscommunication is sorted with Martin, and Jon begrudgingly agrees to try the four of them being together, he starts to love his swelling belly, his puffy little tits, every bit as much as they do.

I love love LOVE picturing Tim with this big lovedrunk smile, absolutely boneless in a cuddle puddle as he jokes that he should get a ouija board planchette tattooed around his belly button because of how often they each have a hand on his pudgy belly, like they all do now.

just... the softest of soft recovery and comfort against the cruelty of the original work.

#the magnus archives #tma #polychives #jon sims #martin blackwood #tim stoker #sasha james

[clownwithoutamedicallicense]

sometimes you’re tying to rant about MAG184 and then your friend hits you with THIS

and there is NO WAY to recover

@leafamaranth you have killed me. I am dead.

#tma #the magnus archives #literally how do I recover from this #jonathan sims #martin blackwood

[monggay]

tim ledsam in mag184 like ants :( <3

#LOVE IT SM #HEEHEE

[megmahoneyart]

Really hammering home the tragedy, in this horror tragedy, this week.  I have, a lot of thoughts...

#tma #tma spoilers #the Magnus archives #mag184 #jonathan sims #Martin blackwood #jordan kennedy #artists on tumblr #sketchbook #ink #blood tw

[lucreziaborgiagf]

ah thanks, mate. that clears it up.

#jon is me trying to explain something #the magnus archives #tma #tma spoilers #mag184 #mag 184 #magnuspod #jonathan sims #jordan kennedy

[iamnmbr3]

Jordan Kennedy: ants last night, and ants the night before... 🎵 

#the mechanisms #the magnus archives #Jordan Kennedy #TMA #mag184 #mag 184 #tma spoilers #my post

[sealbf]

Top 10 Guys Who Got Filled With Ants and Only Own Clothes In Shades of Brown and Beige; Number One,

[IMAGE ID: The left image is a digital painting of Jordan Kennedy from The Magnus Archives, he's a slim white man with broad shoulders and curly brown hair, wearing a beige shirt and brown jeans with a brown leather belt. He has pink nails and golden hoop earrings. He faces the viewer straight on while crying. He is holding a heart covered in ants and flames, with a band of green eyes surrounding it. Behind him is a large green eye serving halo, inside the eye, there are 14 golden circles that contain misshapen ants. This is a reference to Our Lady of Sorrows by Cecilia Lawrence.

The image on the right is the same painting but with the colours edited slightly to be starker, and have more obvious contrast. The pupil and white of the eye are a grey-lilac colour, while the rest of it is green. End image ID.]

#the magnus archives #magpod #tma #Jordan Kennedy #mag184 #mag55 #like ants #the exterminator #chatter #my art #please please please for the love of god. #I EDITED IT TO ADD THE SECOND ONE LOL

[tma-latino]

MAG183 – Caso ########-23 – “Monumento”

Consideraciones sobre el conocimiento.

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[MAG182] | x | [MAG184]

#MAG183 #tma #the magnus archives #the magnus archives pod #magnus pod #Rusty Quill #tma translation #tma spanish translations #traduccion en español

[psychaoticpeace]

“As the embodiment of ALL knowledge I’m not entirely sure that’s true, but okay.” -Jon Sims

#lmao I’m not sure why I love this so much #it’s just funny #tma #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #jon sims #the archivist #mag184 #tma184 #season 5 spoilers tma #he really said “go off I guess

[selfmade-sam]

MAG184 

#the magnus archives #tma spoilers #tma memes #the Magnus archives spoilers #mag184