#table of contents tma

[eyes-in-the-void]

TMA SubTags: Episode Art, Characters, Artists

General Tags:

#tma, #tma fanart, #tma art, tma comics, tma text post, tma animatic, tma animation, tma audio, (audio), tma fic, tma au, meta, song comic, tma spoilers, 

#tma season art/ tma episode art: pre s1, tma s1, tma s2, tma s3, tma s4, tma s5, scottish safehouse period, somewhere else,

jonny sims, (goddamnit jonny, jonny dug his own grave), alexander j newal, q&a, rusty quill (general, includes: interviews, rqg, etc), the mechanisms, (the bifrost incident), meta (theories, connections, background info, help from rq/jonny), tma quotes,

TMA Characters:

#jonathan sims (s1 jon, s2 jon, s3 jon, s4 jon, s5 jon, ace jon, autistic jonathan sims, enby jon, monster jon, moth jon, selkie jon, jonsimsandcats2021, eye jon, jon madrigal 

Allies/Neutral: martin blackwood, jonmartin, georgie barker, melanie king, the admiral, what the girlfriends, jon and daisy, daisy tonner, basira hussain, sasha james (Archivist sasha), tim stoker, agnes montague, gertrude robinson, gerard keay, michael shelley, helen richardson,

Enemies/Antagonists/Monsters:  elias bouchard, (elias bouchard has a punchable face), peter lukas, lonely eyes, not!sasha, the distortion, (michael distortion, helen distortion), annabelle cane, nikiola orsinov, not tea

#the entities: the web, the lonely, the vast, the hunt, the eye, the spiral, the dark, the extinction,

Artists:

everchased, roboomic, megzilla87, linecrosser, skyberia, ggracee, blueberry star, satturn, yesoksure, luftballons99, beansmakesart, yamiiino, dudeiwannasleep, tatumsdrawing, coralreefskim, honeycakelion,  amarearts, lazyperfs,  disasterzoo, reidspng, tolbyccian, speakerunfolding,

Specific pieces/ series: theyellowmistress (Great series of episode art), ashsweet (Cursed teacups), octos art (Cassette tape art), lescarnetsdehaku (Great comics), planplantsilus (Pixel art),

glowbat, cael does art, oceanbrine (gifs), (a collection of yearning), ghostbri,

Pre S1: Martin’s Birthday, The Dog Incident,

TMA S1

01, 02 (Do not Open), 03 (Across the Street), 04 (Ex Altiora), 11 (The Dreamer), 13 (Alone), 22 (Colony), 26 (A Distortion), 32 (Hive), 34 (Anatomy Class), 38 (Lost and Found- Vase), 39, 40

TMA S2

41 (Too Deep), 50 (You’re dating the cop? -no Tim, I- Won’t tell anyone!) 51 (High Pressure), 60 (Observer Effect), 67 (Burning Desire, You can trust me with the key to the tunnels!), 74 (Trophy Room)  79 (Hide and Seek), 80, 

TMA S3

81 (Mr. Spider), 83 (I could be on drugs!),  86 (Blanket), 87 (Uncanny Valley), 89 (Jude Perry), 91, 92, 97, 99, 101, 102 (Melanie’s got a knife), 111 (Family matters) , 118, 119, 120 

TMA S4

121 (Far Away), 122, 126, 127 (There’s a door in my mind), 128, 129 (I miss you), 131 (Flesh), 132 (Entombed), 135 (Dark Matter, Basira beats up Elias), 136 (Puppeteer- “Boo hoo, I’m all alone and a monster”) 139 (Chosen), 140, 141 (Doomed Voyage), 142 (Scrutiny), 143 (Heart of Darkness), 146 (Thresholds- Confrontation/Intervention), 151 (Big Picture), 152 (Gravedigger- “When will the Eye make me monstrous?), 153 (Love Bombing), 154 (Bloody Mary, Let’s Gouge out our eyes and Make out), 157 (Rotten Core), 158, 159 (The Last), 160, Scottish Safehouse Period, 

TMA S5

tma s5 trailer, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200

#Personal #table of contents #table of contents tma

[swordsonnet]

happy 2nd anniversary to the magnus archives failing to reach the #1 trending spot on the day its finale was released because some dummy thicc boat was stuck in the suez canal

#tma #the magnus archives #mag 200 #ever given #what a day. i remember it like it was yesterday #i was in Deep Emotional Turmoil about my favourite podcast and everyone was joking about the boat being stuck 😔 #wish i could go back in time and tell past me about the magnus protocol though. i was so sad about my new special interest ending #only a few weeks after i got into it #and now there's going to be new magnus content in like half a year babey. how the turns have tabled

[kenphobia]

FOR EVERYTHING!

"Thank you, I really mean it."

summary. tim decided to throw you a birthday party! what could go wrong? (drabble / 1.1k wc / read end notes)

contents. slight tma spoilers for season 3, implied character death, romantic undertones, time-skip at the end, flerting with an a italicized e.

"C'mon!! Just a tiny bit of smile for me, please?"

"I am not going to do that, Tim."

The camera rolled and played, prettily set up just across you. Your roommate, Tim, sat beside you with a pleading smile and his hands clasped together.

It was your birthday today, and though you were planning to not reveal that fact to Tim, he found out when your older sibling came to your dorm for a quick visit. And after another shitty day with your college professor on your ass, Tim decided to pull out a little cupcake, some decorations and party hats, and he decided it was a birthday party.

He even baked the cupcake himself! Though, it doesn't look exactly .. edible but it looked like one enough.

"Are you really going to say no to a gorgeous face like this?" He fluttered his eyelashes, pouting and moved his face closer to you. A sudden warmth creeped up your face as you pushed his face away.

"Personal space, Personal—!"

"Aah, I'm sorry!"

You laughed, a giddy feeling emerged and bubbled in your chest. "Fine, see? I smiled, can we get this whole thing over now?" You flicked your hand towards the table. There were multiple paper plates scattered around, sitting and waiting on the table as if someone was gonna come to use them.

Tim shooked his hand and wagged his finger at you. "Nu-uh, don't think you can suddenly get away with a fake laugh?" He glared at you in a playful manner, a mischievous glint suddenly streaked through his dark eyes and he smiled widely. "I know something that can bring out actual laughter."

You furrowed your brows, glancing back and forth at his face and to his fingers, he wiggled them in preparation and as a warning for what was going to happen. You rose from your seat, stepping back as Tim got closer and closer.

As you were about to make a full-on sprint, Tim tackled you to the ground and attacked the sides of your stomach. He worked his fingers and tickled you, pulling a wheezing laugh right after another.

"T-Tim! I swear to— Haha, Fucking god, I'm going to—" You sucked in a breath, trying your hardest to pull your friend's hands off your sides. Unfortunately, Tim does more exercise than you so his grip tighten the more you resisted him.

"Kill me? I can't even lift my finger, mate!" Tim howled out a loud laughter. The plastic tie that was keeping his hair in place snapped and all of his brown curls fell his on his face, You immediately took the chance and squeezed his sides like an orange.

A shriek escaped his lips as Tim fumbled down to the floor, coughing up tears and strings of curse as you poke his side, squeezing the little baby fats on his stomach.

"Who's got the high ground now, Obi-wan!?" You crackled, barely dodging Tim's frailing arms. He even smacked your face but he was too busy trying to release himself out of your grip.

Tim huffed, resisting the urge to laugh at your petty revenge and your stupid little references, the every same ones he could only get and love the most. His face was flushed, a dizzying wave washed over as he lets an airy laugh out for once. "I give up, I give up! Let me— Aha! —go now please!"

"Apologize! Apologize, you tall bamboo!"

"I'm sorry, okay!? Let me go, please!"

Finally, you slipped your fingers off and allowed your body fall flat on the space next to Tim. You heaved, sucking the cool air as you tangled your fingers in his. All you felt was exhaustion and a jittery happiness that wouldn't let your heart steady for a rest.

You looked at him who seemed to be going through the same thing as you. He grinned, turning his head to face you. "Looks like little Mx. Smartass here has some bite to them, after all." He booped your nose.

You blew him a raspberry, returning the grin as you press your forehead against his. Tim moved your hand to his chest, you can feel his heartbeat pounding om his ribs as if his heart wanted to put itself right in your hands.

"Shut up, Tim." You merely said, moving your hand to his hair and ran your fingers through it. It was damp, slicked with sweat but you can smell that intoxicating smell of mint coming from his clothes and dark locks.

"But I did make you laugh, didn't I?" Tim looked at you with a goofy little glint in his eyes.

"You said you'd make me smile, not pin me down and torture me." You rolled your eyes playfully.

"Same thing." He shrugged as he moved closer to you, you can feel his laughter vibrating from his chest. You found yourself nearly dozing off to the rhythmic pattern of his heartbeat. "... Happy birthday though, (Name)."

Three words were only hanging off the tip of your tongue, ready to be blurted out and confessed, but the pits of your stomach resisted and you buried your face deep into his shoulder.

"Thanks, Tim. For everything."

"Anything for my best friend."

✦

The lights flickered ever-so-slightly as you feel the fog grow more and more heavy. You were sitting down, a camera left discarded and nearly tipping itself off the table. A cupcake sat in the middle of it all, a single candle sticking out of its strawberry pink frosting.

It's too perfect to be called yours. Too clean to be from him.

The cold clung your skin, biting and scratching at you. And though you couldn't breathe, you only felt a slight uncomfortable feeling. Did you care? no, but would you care? You aren't sure if such thing is still possible.

The fog had grown heavily, enveloping you in its arms like chains tying you down to your seat. The chair creaked as you leaned backwards, sucking in a breath that tastes more metallic and lonely than ever.

A high-pitched buzzing pierced through the still silence, it kept coming and coming closer to you. You feel a hand rest on your shoulder, it was light but firm. You can feel the person's callouses through your thick coat.

"What are you doing here?" You asked the stranger.

The stranger kept quiet, the buzzing only continued and got louder. Your chest felt heavier.

"I could ask the same, (Name). Why are you still here? He's gone, isn't he? That stoker boy." The stranger returned the question.

You don't respond, only furrowing your brows as your blank expression turned into a scrowl. You'd grip your coat but your fingers were too numb to even move.

"Tell me, (Name). What do you feel?"

"I feel..." You look down at your hands, moving it with the best as you could. Your toes had already stopped moving long ago, your legs has lost its purpose once you sat down on that chair.

The knots on your face, your brows and your frown, had simply faded and lost any sort of life in them as you watched the fog grasped the tiny candle in its hold and put out the flame, the very thing that had kept you grounded for so long, Your Tim.

"I feel absolutely nothing."

author's note. hurt-comfort? naur bestie, comfort-hurt >:)) but seriously, this is my first fic and i think the only character i really have a good grasp on is either tim or sasha.

but that's because both of them barely had much screentime (sasha mostly) and i can fit them into any mold i see them fit <33 might write a little headcanon thing for the entire scooby doo gang or whatever the tma fandom calls them. idk if this is will get a lot of notes like my wh fics, but at this point, i just like doing fanwork.

but yeah!!! any support is appreciated btw <33

#writing log! #the magnus archives x reader #tma x reader #tim stoker x reader #WE NEED MORE FICS OF THIS MAN OMFG #jon is so cool and martin is so hot but C'MON #TIM IS LITERALLY THE RESIDENT HOT GUY

[teamfortresstwo]

I feel like Martin could’ve been a really interesting character in tma but so much of the content about him is about jmart and being like “oh he’s so nice!”. Character who should be put on a high up shelf for a tiny bit while the fandom considers it a little maybe. He has a bunch of moments I really liked but I’m not a huge fan of the interpretations most people have.

I got somewhat more rambly than usual and most of my mutuals probs don’t want to see this so:

YEAH SO TRUE!! He is literally so compelling in s4!! There is so much to like about him!! There’s so much I want to know more about and an arc I wish so badly that he’d had!!!…..

But then he just. Kinda didn’t? Like they put a bunch of cool ideas for him on the table then pushed them all off in s5 by giving him nothing to do except nag at Jon which did nothing but make him sound really annoying. Plus like…. He was framed more righteously than before y’know? Like the narrative was leaning into those ‘cute little UwU bean’ interpretations and it just came across as so…. !!!! Like!! Annabelle Cane literally talks about how good of a web avatar he would make so why didn’t we spend ANY of s5 exploring that!! Why did we barely get to explore him at all outside of like 2 lonely based episodes!! Why is everyone convinced that he’s both super smart AND the epitome of moral righteousness!! We’ve only seen him be manipulative once (which lead do the end of the world) and then got a whole bunch of lip service about it and we were straight up told that a lot of his fluffier qualities are a straight up lie!! And nothing interesting comes of this AUGHHHH!!

Sorry for rambling a bit, I just remembered how much wasted potential Martin had and it hurt.

#Martin negative #TMA critical #like I literally loved all the s5 statements that were focused on him why couldn’t the rest of his cha #characterization in s5 been like that aughhhh. #me bwood I love you but I hate you but I love you #Please explore him. if you’re going to have JM then at least use it to explore their characters a bit more like it could be so interesting #it canonically *is* interesting it’s just also framed as the most boring and flat thing by the narrative #which is also how I feel about s5 Martin #TMA negative #anti TMA #anti Martin #Martin critical #discourse #fandom critical #trying to tag everything I can think of so nobody who doesn’t want to see this does

[rauchendesgnu]

Bookbinding Shenanigans #1

Since I've been asked about my current bookbinding projects, here is the complete first season of TMA printed out in signatures. I have an abysmal printer and I had to flip the pages to make sure both sides were printed since it doesn't print double-sided by itself.

I'm not an expert in typesetting, I usually just fuck around until it doesn't look entirely horrible, so I didn't make any screenshots of that, but it was fun and tiring, and I only have four more seasons to typeset and print (yay).

Anyway, here's the result of an afternoon of folding 167 a4 pieces of paper to make an overall of 665 pages and 143,097 words (including credits, table of contents, chapter titles, and content warnings). I find folding signatures soothing and almost meditative. It's easily one of my favourite parts during the process of making a book.

#bookbinding #gnu's bookbinding adventures #the magnus archives

[12-toads-in-a-trench-coat]

will i finish whumptober? probably not. Did i promise i would? yes. do i feel guilty about this? yes. Am i going to do anything about it? probably not! I just don't feel quite as silly or attached to these characters as I did before. I don't really engage with their content as much if at all anymore but i do still appreciate the good times I had in the fandom.

Writing 3000k+ words every single day for three weeks did kinda burn me out and I haven't really written anything at all since then. The works i have up will stay up and I love them to bits but I probably won't finish whumptober. It's honestly as disappointing to me as it is to some of you lot but I write for fun and if it's no longer fun then I won't write.

On a lighter note, i still plan to carry on with the generation loss fix-it fic and there might be some new fanfiction on the way for different fandoms!(wink wink nudge nudge tma) Plus, the idea of Half of Me is Half of You Now as a full-length fic is still on the table!

#sbi whumptober

[killmebythebeach]

My favorite episodes of tma are always the three episodes right before the season finals I think. Cuz it has a certain formula I think (though I haven't listened to s5 so the patter could be broken).

3rd ep to last: important realization/stupid descision (NotThem statement and table breaking, just how dangerous and what the Unknowing entails, Panopticon with just like. Everything. Killing the spider and revealing worms)

2nd to last: the action! (The Wormening, getting chased by NotSasha and kind of sort of Micheal, all the shit in the Unknowing, going in and saving Martin from the Lonely)

Last: the cool down, usually just a statement (just getting all the recounts of what happened with Prentiss, Leitner's statement, Jon in the coma... okay Jonah's monolog is pretty intense but it's SUPPOSED to be during a wind down period)

Idk what it is! Maybe these episodes are just attention grabbing, cuz there's usually 4+ characters in each, which is different from the rest of the seasons' content being a solo statement and then an interaction between two characters.

Does anyone agree? Like, is your favorite episode in one of these categories? Of the three, which is your favorite?

#tma #the magnus archives spoilers #the magnus archives

[lyrebright]

Over the past two work days, I got through the last chunk of TMA S1 episodes I had left, and got through the first two episodes of S2.

Those S2 episodes will get their own post about my thoughts, but here I just want to ramble about how I felt approaching the season finale.

MAG033: I actually posted about starting this episode a few days back; I won't reiterate my thoughts on the opening when they're already there in my liveblog tag.

That said: it's still really funny.

The actual content of the statement actually did manage to live up to the absolute banger of an opening though; in a stunning display of memory that I rarely possess I do in fact remember the Lukas family being mentioned and involved in another statement and it seems they are, indeed, just That Fucked Up.

Rumour come out: Does Institue Sponsors Is Spooky?

How badly did I just age my online presence with that.

MAG034: another live statement!

Finally, I have context to the anatomy students I've had mentioned. I've literally had no context except that there are anatomy students in TMA somewhere and my friends stan them, apparently, so this was a big moment for me. Very exciting.

Idk what the teacher's problem was I support these inhuman monstrosities getting an education.

Could've done without the teeth apple maybe.

ANOTHER FUCKED UP BOOKS EPISODE (minus fucked up book?)

omg baby gerard. little shitty teen gerard.

Knowing things I know now from the season finale I am looking back at it like Hmm because honestly outside of 1) baby gerard and 2) the closing statement it didn't really stand out that much to me?

(A friend informed me that Mr Smirke was like a real dude tho so :0)

Speaking of the closing statement: I see you delivery guys. I see you.

I know we literally get it confirmed that these delivery guys are Those Delivery Guys but I sussed it out immediately!! Prommy!! I am very smart.

I was listening to MAG036 as I was doing a second coat on a door frame I'd painted the day before and a little beetle was very determined to crawl into my fresh paint and that did not help my experience with this episode.

Might have enhanced it in a way, though?

Just a solid spooky Ugh from the statement though Jon in the closing statement bringing up Vampire Guy and saying that his female companion seemed familiar...i was not given enough of a description of her in any way to lay claim to that same familiarity so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

spiders. Hmm.

And that table. God. I'll get more into my thoughts about it later. It'll be more relevant around the actual finale.

MAG037: confirmation about the delivery men! Good to have

Gertrude FR What Was Up With You

(The finale has only given me more questions)

Jon's repeated stating of how tired he is across the past few episodes has me ):

MAG038: this episode was so mean

I can't believe this cursed piece of monster furniture literally stole this man's husband.

if you or a loved one has been victimised by homophobic furniture, you may be entitled to

trauma

I'm gonna be upset about this forever.

This is the npc statement I'm choosing to Stay Mad about

God I was so caught up in homophobic ceramics I forgot: hello third mike.

I've been helpfully informed there's only like, four Mikes I need to keep straight, but that is still honestly entirely too many Michaels.

What Jonny Sims has in writing talent he lacks in the ability to name characters things other than Michael (or some variation of)

The ending to this episode blew my goddamn eardrums out I swear

Time for the fun stuff though!

:D

Actually you know what. The finale episodes get their own post. Hang on.

#lyre does tma #tw: furniture that hates you and your husband so so much #honestly this entire run of episodes minus my good pals The Anatomy Students just felt like #a sprint to the finale? #like the statements were as well written as ever and some added important Hinty Tidbits #but the opening/closing statements were the real star of the show #anyway #it's worm wife hour gang

[journalofimprobablethings]

hey there! for the wip game: may I know some more about the tma theatre au? 🌱✨

This one is my obligatory "put jmart in your profession and give them a Situation to deal with" fic, and I do hope to finish it one day because I enjoy the excuse to just write about working in theatre.

So in this Jon and Martin are both stage managers (it me!); Jon has accepted a position from Elias stage managing an opera even though he has never done that before, and Martin is one of his assistants (it was supposed to be Tim and Sasha, but Sasha gets sick so it's Tim and Martin). so we have the classic s1 dynamic of Jon feeling insecure about his job and taking it out on Martin. Meanwhile Elias is the director and knows Exactly the position he's put Jon in, and manages to make things worse the way only Elias can do.

I haven't worked out all the beats yet but I definitely want to have a moment where Jon yells at Martin so terribly that Tim is like, "that's not on" and Jon goes to apologize. and then they get to start over, but with a better understanding of where they're both coming from.

Thank you for asking about this one! Writing this made me realize why people enjoy writing coffee shop aus so much, it really is fun to take character dynamics and adapt them to a new setting.

And once again I have rambled, so excerpt is below the cut:

Now, as though Jon's thoughts have summoned him, the doors burst open as Martin bustles in, his glasses slightly askew and his bag hanging off one shoulder as he tries to juggle his umbrella and a cardboard carrier holding three cafe cups.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry," he says as he enters. The cups tilt dangerously when he tries to straighten his glasses and kick the door shut at the same time.

"Good lord, Martin," Jon says. He crosses the room to take the cups from him before he can spill their contents everywhere. "You're late again," he says coldly.

"I know, I'm sorry," Martin says. "There was a delay on the Central Line, and then the line at the cafe was long, and--" he cuts himself off at the look on Jon's face, as Jon conveys with no words at all that the cafe line is not a viable excuse for tardiness. "Sorry," he says again. He quickly drops his bag by their table and gestures weakly at the cups. "I brought your tea?"

Jon contemplates whether he should tell Martin off, but decides it isn't worth it. He will just be late again tomorrow. He may as well conserve his energy.

He sighs and returns to his seat, opening his laptop and pulling up his first-day checklist in a vain attempt to regain some sense of control of the day.

"You really don't have to bring me tea, Martin," he says. "The supplies we have here are perfectly adequate."

Martin shrugs. "I know, but the cafe has that Asaam you really like, and I know all we have here is PG Tips, which isn't bad, of course, but I thought, first day, why not get something special? And they have real milk there, too, not just those creamer packets." He stops again, going red as Jon stares at him. "Anyway. It's no trouble."

"Hm."

Jon does not look up from his computer.

This is the trouble with Martin. He is disheveled, constantly late, perpetually scattered and, when Jon is feeling particularly harsh, borderline incompetent. But he does things like this--like remembering what kind of tea Jon likes, even after only a week, and taking the trouble to bring it to the first rehearsal--that leave Jon completely wrong-footed.

#ask game #yay asks! #tma #tma fanfic #theatre au #i also have another vague notion of a post-breakup theatre au where jmart are actors performing in much ado #but i enjoy getting to write about stage managers because nobody ever does! #thank you for the ask friend! #scribblings #long post

[dwarvenstrapon]

TTRPG Rec: Lichcraft

The Year is 2069...

The setting is Great Britain. The Tories have been in power since 2010. 

Due to National Health Service cuts, trans healthcare has become increasingly hard to access. The waiting list for a first appointment at a gender identity clinic is now 300 years. They don’t want to outright refuse you; that would imply that the health service is over capacity or underfunded. Instead they will simply add you to the end of the list and wait for you to die. 

But they are fools. For you have learned the secrets of immortality. And you will get to the end of that waiting list, even if it means waiting another millennium...

-

Went searching and realised that nobody on this website seems to be talking about this game, which I think is a shame! I backed it on Kickstarter ages ago, and it's now available on Itch.io for $10

Super rules-light, I've played this game a few times, mostly as one-shots and once as a two-parter. It hits a really good balance between super flavourful and also being very easily adaptable. The groups I've played in have all brought real-world locations/local in-jokes/etc to our playthroughs, which has been really fun and made the catharsis of the game really hit

The only downside I'll give to the minimal prompting/light rules is that it's probably not one for newbie GMs to run. The prompts/setting text are super flavourful, but pretty light on specifics. I think if I'd GMed this near the start of my GMing experience, I wouldn't have had a super fun time

This is especially the alternative settings provided - there's a 40k spoof ('in the grim, cis, far future, there are only waiting lists') and a Roman-inspired setting which are both fun, but because the content on them is about half a page each, there does need to be a lot of work on players' part. I don't mind this too much (and with the groups I've played with we've had a lot of fun with worldbuilding), but it's something to be aware of

Speaking of groups, this game is designed for 2+ players, with the base mechanics intended for one GM and one player. I've only played it in larger groups though, and have found it adapts without much issue

I've always had a super fun time with this game. Despite the dark subject matter, the tone has always played tongue-in-cheek, and I've never stepped out of a game without finding some kind of catharsis. I think it's one you'll need to safety tool a lot with beforehand - my tables have been people I've been playing with for years, so we have a pretty good sense of each other, but still had some pretty frank discussions first. I also want to caveat that I've only played in all-trans groups (and been the only non-TMA person in most of them), which has def coloured my experience

#indie ttrpg #ttrpgs #role playing games #rpgs #transgender #litchcraft #sigurd's game recs

[rageofdyinglight]

All of my thoughts and reactions (that i remeber) to tma season 1 + the first 7 episodes of s2 because i didn’t get the chance to really live react

…

- heavily attached to jon but i can’t tell if i want him or want him to be my father

- actually had to skip most of ep 6 because it grossed me out too bad

- there’s so much reliance on remembering stuff from earlier episodes BUT IM STUPUD

- live laugh love gerard keay stupid emo ass

- dreamer is BY FAR my favorite episode it’s SO COOL the idea of the husks of almost dead people in the not quite right city, it’s actually really funny because i have a ttrpg character i’m playing right now that has a very very similar concept, down to the death omens, black tendrils, and even the pulsing red light leading to somewhere

- i tend to spoil myself for the sake of i want to know more about hyperfixation but can’t consume content fast enough to satiate so i’ve been looking into the entities and it’s fun to try to piece together which entity the ep is based around (bc i think that’s how it works)

- how did jon not realize the construction guy that pulled the tree up in ep 8(i think) is the same guy the priest saw pull up a tree in ep 19/20 what is he stupid even i figured that one out

- i’m having a terrible time here for someone who doesn’t really like body horror

- killing floor made me want to throw up easily most uncomfortable listen for me

- ep 31 is just a dude from europe experiencing Average Appalachian Activities lmao

- i must have missed them talking about jane before because when it started coming up originally i was so confused about what was going on

- as soon as they mentioned the delivery guys (likely the ones from the 2nd ep with the coffin) bringing that table i KNEW someone was going to get yoinked and i was RIGHT

- why was gertrude kind of a badass

- live laugh love mike crew

- seriously i cant wait to find out more about what was chasing him (<- his ass LOVES lightning imagery)

- LIVE LAUGH LOVE MICAHEL DISTORITION

- the technical effects on its voice is SO cool oh my god just the subtle clips and echos that add into the inhuman-ness is GRGEGHRGRGGRGR i’m biting at my enclosure

- also off handedly i wonder if michael is somehow tied to the bone tuner thing? bc it mentioned that dude having the long fingers and distorted limbs or whatever idk

- looking forward to more tales from tim on joe spooky

…

AND THATS IT FOR NOW- loving the show so far i’m excited to watch it unfold

#the magnus archives #the magnus institute #the magnus pod #tma #tma podcast #statement001

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Review: The Compositional Nature of Tense, Mood and Aspect: Volume 167

ICYMI: SUMMARY Henk Verkuyl’s “The Compositional Nature of Tense, Mood and Aspect” is an innovative and critical exploration of the intersections of tense, mood, and aspect (TMA) in natural languages. It consists of a table of contents, a list of figures and tables, a preface, eight chapters, an appendix, a bibliography, and indices for authors and subjects. It is intended for specialists and advanced researchers in the field of TMA studies. It proposes a new approach toward modeling linguistic rese http://dlvr.it/ScxVQt

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okay long brain ramble about my fantasyhighlive thoughts because WOOOO that was an episode

spellbook —> coin

familiar —> plague

sanctum —> curse

arcane focus (broom) —> tree

name —> ???

so just personally i feel like it’d be weird if kalina is the familiar-turned-plague. like. i get it, the classic witch motif with a black cat? and kalina being “infectious” like a plague? sure. but she’s not a cat! she’s a tabaxi! that’s a person! it’s like... i don’t think it’s impossible that that’s what brennan will do, but i don’t want that to be it. idk. also, why was she pok’s partner? was that just a ruse? was kalina just an earlier “victim” of the infection, one whose form the shadowcat took on because it was almost catlike and reminded them of their familiar form? oh damn i actually almost might like that. the shadowcat is familiar-turned-plague, and kalina was infected but out of nostalgia for feline features the plague did more than just look out from her, but took her body or her image as a way to interact with the world.

not sure if the coin is actually in their possession (or was) but i have a feeling it is. or was. theyve been passing money around a lot but iirc a lot of it was to... trusted contacts i guess? like how much of it was just to ayda for the sending spell. oh wait didn’t they... hmm they gave alistair some money to pay bill. i mean there are other outside people they gave money to, and there are “associates” they gave money to, and they still have a lot of the money themselves... but... if the coin ended up in bill’s hands and they’ll have to get it back? that’ll be... interesting. potentially very good. i just wonder if brennan knows where the coin is (assuming it is one of theirs — otherwise obviously he’d know) or if he’s going to luck roll it out at some point. god that’d suck. imagine if they’re right at the last moment and they need the coin and they’re like... luck roll nat 1 the fucking fancy goose restaurant or w/e has it.

maybe this is stupid but i feel like the curse sanctum thing is... the forest they’re going to? im just thinking, like, it’s weird to go from being a place to being a... concept? so i’m thinking of a place and that one seems uh pretty cursed. with that weird deadish elf dude? that could also overlap with the broom tree though. not sure. these two i really have no strong thoughts on.

THE NAME. i’m really leaning towards the “the name was turned into the crown” idea! i think that’s. that’s something! but really i have no idea but I think whatever it is it’ll be cool and make me scream at brennan

bonus thoughts: gilear not being there is almost certainly not secretly relevant. i think he’s... mostly a comic relief character at this point, and brennan’s trying to bring it all a bit down now that we’re presumably reaching the end. i think he left him there and hoped nobody would remember in time and it worked. lmao. but who knows! maybe gilear really is the nightmare king. maybe night yorb real.

#long post #fantasy high live #fantasy high #dimension 20 #fantasy high spoilers #and now a break from your regularly scheduled tma content nobody cares about to bring you... #OTHER HYPERFIXATION CONTENT THAT NOBODY CARES ABOUT!!! #most of this is nothing its not actual theorizing its just. processing. #also just to mention very briefly things i loved tonight #AYDA!!!! #and FIGAYDA!! #the hangman being BACK BAYBEEEE #hangman doggo good boy #fabian being BACK BAYBEEE! SPRING BREAK #artificer gorgug #gorgug SHINING today honestly #zac FINALLY BRINGING UP FLUID TRANSMISSION THEORY and either it or betrayal seemingly being correct? #bonus: zac being late definitely because he was making a quesadilla. brennan recieving multiple calls in the middle. #murph apparently posting naddpod from the table?????

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Set in episodes 159-160 | Scottish Safehouse Period (The Magnus Archives)

[Image ID: A digital drawing of Martin from the Magnus archives sitting shirtless at a table in front of a window. Martin is a fat, white, non-op trans man with glasses and reddish brown hair. He is leaning on his forearm against the table and holding on to a steaming yellow mug. There is a cuckoo clock on the wall behind him styled to look like a barn, and decorated with two small highland cows. The clock indicates that it is 11:00 am. The window is overlooking the Scottish countryside. It is cloudy and rainy. Martin is looking off screen with a small contented smile, the intended implication being that he is smiling at Jon, who has just walked into the room. End image ID]

(for tma body positivity day! Pls click for quality :/)

#tmabodypositivity #martin blackwood #trans martin blackwood #tma #bare chest #partial nudity #my art

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Lonely Avatar!Reader x platonic Archive staff crackfic headcanons (requested)

Request : Heyo! Idk if your requests are open atm but I wanted to request a TMA platonic fic + maybe crackfic about reader being an avatar (bonus points if they’re Lonely aligned) that just appears sometimes in the archives like some cryptid and acts like one (ex. Found in odd places, stands in front of doorways, found *doing* odd things in odd places) just to fuck around with staff, especially Elias (probably quaking at all the weird drawings of capybaras in magical girl outfits and can’t do anything about it). Preferably season 1-2 to make it more funny I hope you have a good day/night! P.S. I really liked your Nikola and Michael fanfics ^^

TW: Reader is a lonely avatar, Elias gets messed with.

Sorry this took 89 years to post! Hope you enjoy! @johnnyjohnnyjo

No one has the permission to repost this on any website. I will not post these on other websites so if you see any of my writing on another site, let me know. Do not use my content or claim it as your own! I do not own these characters, they are made, owned and are the property of Johnathan Sims. I am in no way profiting off of this and this is made with full respect to Rusty Quill.

Martin may have brought a dog into the archive, but you showed up on your own acting like a weird ghost cat that appeared a bit before Sasha admitted to knowing Michael. You were known for doing odd things in the institute building and showing up in places you were not supposed to. Although Elias told the archive staff that you were banned from the property, you kept getting into the building and no one else cared about Elias’s orders. If security has not kept you out, then obviously Elias was all talk, right?

A list of crimes committed in the Artifact storage (list not complete, just the most noticeable incidents)

T posing on top of the cursed table, was told off by artifact storage workers and asked to leave.

The Fractal vase was missing, eventually found in the workplace kitchen. The Vase was positioned under the sink tap, and water had been pouring into it. It is unknown how long this went on. The vase was somehow empty when picked up, and was returned to artifact storage. When the security cameras were checked, it was found that Y/n had moved the vase.

The apple full of human teeth has appeared on Elias’s desk a total of 8 times and has never been checked out, considering it is a biohazard. While the cameras have never picked anything up regarding these incidents, Elias firmly believes you did it. No one else does, though. The apple has since been locked away tighter.

How the staff feels about you

Elias greatly dislikes you. While you might be interesting to Watch, your actions in the archives are disruptive and annoying at the best of times. He especially hates that he cannot See you enter the building, you just appear and disappear though the Lonely and he has no idea when you will appear. You are unpredictable, and Elias doesn't like that.

Tim thinks you are funny. You always have the oddest responses to his questions and you liven up the work day. Pranks are even more fun with you around, and he likes how sneaky you are. He always wonders how you get into places unseen, but with the Crime Talent of the archive staff he doesn't ask questions. Plus, you are a great listener, especially when he bitches about Elias.

Sasha is the only one who believes you are something supernatural. While she doesnt bring this up to anyone after a particularly insulting conversation that went along the lines of

Sasha: They teleport, obviously they are something supernatural.

Jon: It's not like you are even that perceptive. You just don't see them before they make themselves known.

Sasha: Ignoring how rude that was, I have seen them come out of nowhere. Try to refute that.

Jon: ? SuRe yOu DiD

But as long as you don't mess with her and her things, she has no problem with you hanging about the archives. She enjoys your conversation when you do speak, but is not bothered by the times she has seen you stare at the empty coffee pot for a grand total of 47 minutes without looking away or moving.

Martin is worried about you, to say the least. He thinks you are an enjoyable person, but he feels like you have an air of sadness around you that he just can't place. He wishes he could help, but doesn't know how to go about doing so. But what he can do is make tea and sit with you, something you both do often.

Jon has opinions on everyone, and he mostly just finds you odd. While he admittedly isn't that observant, and he genuinely thought you were an employee somewhere in the building for a long time before Tim told him. This confused him more, because he had no problem sending you to be helpful, and if you weren't an employee then why did you do it? He has sent you multiple times to do things like breaking into a building with Tim or getting somewhere to ask questions you should be able to. He is a bit annoyed, because ever since you showed up cursed memes have been added to his conspiracy board, and while everyone swears it isn't them, he does assume it is you, but he has not had any evidence to properly accuse you.

Bonus

The knock on the door interrupted Elias from organizing his office again. You see, there was an issue he noticed when he walked in that morning and realized all of his papers were out of order. While this could be seen as a janitor putting things back in the wrong place, he Knew better. It was you again. Honestly he wishes he could See where you were lurking today, just to know what crime you would commit against his holy archive next. He considered asking Peter to talk to the menace haunting the archives, but realized that asking two avatars of the embodiment of solitude and loneliness to meet would never go well.

“Mr. Bouchard? May I come in.” Rosie's voice drifted through the door, interrupting Elias from his pondering.

“Come in” he said, straightening up and dusting off his suit jacket as she entered.

“I have a file from the archives that was sent up, where do you want it?” She asked politely, knowing how stressed he was by the odd occurrences at the institute.

“The desk, please, I will look at it in a moment” He waited to move till she placed the folder down and left the room, closing the door behind her as quietly as she could. He tried Looking at the file from his location

When he checked the file, the first page was a statement from the Boneturners Tale, a statement he knew Jon had filed away and read a week ago. He was not afraid to see the next page, but he did not want to turn it, but the need to know and see cursed him, so he flipped it.

It was another goddamn capybara dressed like Sailor Jupiter.

#tma fanwork #tma x reader #tma sasha #the lonely #platonic tma #tma tim #tim stoker #sasha james

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Transmasc Discussion

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Identity vs. Position

Testosterone is not a “violent” hormone

Masculinity is not inherently toxic & Femininity can be toxic

Cis manhood is not the golden standard of manhood

On Transandrophobia

Transandrophobia on Tumblr

Transmasc experiences in statistics, Follow-up., Additional follow-up

How transandrophobia works  

Twitter thread on transmascs by @Azure_Husky

In the Wake of Elliot Page

J.K. Rowling and Trans Men

Hating transmascs is still transphobia

“Man hating” feminism hurts transmascs

TERFs love it when transmascs and transfems hate each other

Weaponizing feminist talking points against trans men

Common arguments against transandrophobia

“Trans-Inclusive” Radfems

Building Transmasc Community

Why Are We Silencing Each Other?

Yes, we know misandry doesn’t exist.

Trans Men & Male Privilege

Transfems, Transmisogyny, and the Fight to Recognize Transandrophobia

Other Discussion

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Queer History & Resources

“Transgender” and what it used to mean

Cis people fucking with gender is good for trans people too

TME/TMA’s “Identity = Oppression” problem

TME/TMA & Perception

TME/TMA Origins & “AFAB Privilege”

What Were Baeddels?

Common TERF talking points

Exclusionist Tactics 

“Kill all Men” & White Feminism

Yuri On Ice & Queerness

Interview With An Ex-Radfem

Hot Allostatic Load & Callout Culture

Competition vs. Obligation

On M-Spec Lesbians

Joan of Arc & “Crossdressing”

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Transmascs of Color Rec List

Transmasc Creators Masterlist

TransTape: A Guide, (Don’t buy it on Amazon), Kinetic tape isn’t always cheaper

Types of Top Surgery Incisions  

My Top Surgery Experience

Transmascs in History

DIY packing underwear tutorial that isn't ugly

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Let’s Talk About Baeddels (Part 1) (Medium ver.) (Video reading) (Original Tumblr post)

When Baeddels Took Them (Part 2) (Medium ver.)

Brushes with Baeddels (Part 3) (Medium ver.)

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