#tma the dark

[clairebearsparkles]

Here’s a piece of Manuela Dominguez and Maxwell Rayner based on a different artwork I saw. (Ref included under the cut)

Original painting by Aruntzazu Martinez

#this was fun but also challenging #also this is probably the only time I’ll be drawing Maxwell Rayner #tma #the magnus archives #the magnus institute #the magnus pod #the magnus archive fanart #tma art #tma fanart #magpod #magnus pod #manuela dominguez #maxwell rayner #tma the dark #people’s church of the divine host #clairebear art

[mag-madness]

When I was scared of the dark as a child, my dad comforted me by saying, "There's nothing in the dark, that doesn't already exist when the are lights on."

He explained that I wasn't scared when the lights were on so I didn't have any reason to be scared when they turned off. My bed was still my bed, my cupboard was the same cupboard, etc.

Now as an adult, that line chills me to my bones because I've watched and read too many horror stories. "There's nothing in the dark that wasn't already there in the light," now makes me think of the false sense of security we have just because a light is on, like a child hiding under a blanket.

#tha blanket never did anything #horror podcasts #the magnus archives #fiction podcast #jon sims #wtnv #podcast blog #rusty quill tma #elias bouchard #jon the archivist #deviser podcast #tma #tma the dark #tma fears

[ermine-57047]

Mundane things that feel like TMA entities

The Buried - When you cover your entire body in blankets but have to poke your head out a few minutes later bc you can't breathe.

The Corruption - Being anxious about opening a tupperware from the back of the fridge, the contents of which have probably been rotting in there for months.

The Dark - When you turn off the lights in a room and walk just a bit faster than normal back into the light.

The Desolation - Burning paper, tossing something into a bonfire just to burn it.

The End - Trying not to think about how the elderly people you know won't be around in a while.

The Extinction - Anxiety about not recycling a singular plastic bottle.

The Eye - Looking at yourself in those little surveillance monitors that show customers in a store what the cameras are seeing.

The Hunt - Playing tag or any other chasing/being chased game.

The Flesh - Picking at your skin, in any way.

The Lonely - Driving at night through the suburbs.

The Slaughter - Killing any sort of bug, stomping on ants just because.

The Spiral - Losing something small, upturning everything around you, only to find the thing in a pocket or a place you don't remember putting it.

The Stranger - Not liking your voice in recordings because it sounds different from how you usually hear it.

The Vast - Looking out the window on an airplane, watching the world fade away beneath the clouds.

The Web - Going through a bureaucratic procedure like renewing a passport or filling out banking paperwork.

#tma #te rambles #tma entities #tma the buried #tma the corruption #tma the dark #tma the desolation #tma the end #tma the extinction #tma the eye #tma the flesh #tma the hunt #tma the lonely #tma the slaughter #tma the spiral #tma the stranger #tma the vast #tma the web #hooo boy that was a LOTTA tags #the magnus archives #the magpod #tma fears

[saintbleeding]

[ID: Digital drawing of Manuela Dominguez from TMA. She is a fat woman with medium brown skin, dark brown hair in a messy bun, and eyes cloudy and grey from cataracts. She wears comfortable, practical clothing, and is sitting with one knee pulled to her chest. She is reading A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking and there is a serious, determined expression on her face. Her surroundings are dark and there is a vague, eerie glow reflected in her eyes. End ID.]

she could do unethical science on me. if she wanted. happy women wednesday

#women wednesday #tma #the magnus archives #manuela dominguez #tma the dark #the dark #mr pitch is a sick name. to me #my #saint draws #i was talking to my wife and she figured cataracts would be pretty standard for a nigh-immortal physicist #who had been staring into a dark sun for like. years. plus rayner had a similar thing. #also it’s absolutely not Wednesday yet in most places. but i will make it last as long as possible

[squircatlies]

Here's some notes I've compiled for trans people seeking to become fear avatars:

-the flesh- classic, we all know what's going on there, body image issues, additional limbs, twisted bones, general body horror, a lot of toxic masculinity and way too many gym bros in the space. Very popular with trans people in the fandom, because it's relatable but for me it's mid at best. 5/10

-the corruption- you can transition into a cool bug of your choice or a hive and noone could tell you shit about using they/them pronouns, very accepting community, but there's no place for privacy or personal space. 7/10

-the beholding- somehow I doubt the Magnus Institute's insurance policy covers gender affirming care, but maybe you could get someone else to pay for your transition via blackmail or sugarbabying, don't be surprised if your scars open to reveal eyes though, I think body hopping via eyeball exchange is only for Jonah, but maybe you could figure it out. 6/10

-the lonely- not gonna do much for you, unless you wanna transition into mist, also you easily cut off all the bigots from your life and send anyone who tries to mess with you into the fog realm, but it's gonna be really difficult for you to get a solid support network. 4/10

-the dark- go ahead and disappear from your old life if you want to, noone's gonna find you even if they try, you could also dabble in body hopping via black goo, the religious aspect might not be everyone's vibe though. 6/10

-the end- fake your death and live your best life, you could also shed your mortal vessel or perhaps become a skeleton, no notes. 9/10

-the web- if you want to transition into a spider this one's for you, very specific, but better than corruption imo, also web binder/tucktape anyone? 8/10

-the hunt- you might transition into a werewolf, very badass, be careful not to transition into a cop though. 5/10

-the stranger- literally just steal any face you want, frankenstein your perfect skin, it's that easy. 10/10

-the slaughter- there's no place for gender in war, sorry but you're getting ptsd, not hrt. 0/10

-the desolation- you get to sculpt yourself into any shape you want, kinda like the flesh, but without all the baggage, it's gonna hurt like hell, but you'll get used to it, be trans, commit arson. 9/10

-the spiral- your gender is literally unknowable, also you might become a maze-like structure or it may become you, if you ever felt gender envy while looking at a door, this one is for you. 7/10

-the burried- if you ever slept in a binder get in the coffin, I don't make the rules. It does give you a feeling of safety and cool dinosaur fossils, so why hide in the closet when you can hide underground? 3/10

-the vast- not a lot in terms of gender affirming care, unless you get gender envy from like space or something, but you get to fly, live really long and feed your enemies to the sky. 2/10

-the extinction- noone can question your gender if everyone is dead, I guess. But also there's trash everywhere. 1/10

#the magnus archives #tma shitpost #tma headcanons #tma the eye #tma the web #tma the spiral #tma the stranger #tma the vast #tma the buried #tma the desolation #tma the beholding #tma the lonely #tma the flesh #tma the slaughter #tma the hunt #tma the dark #tma the extinction #tma the end #tma the corruption #tma fears #transgender #feel free to add your own foughts on this #tma

[the-hurrucanes-remnants]

TMA Entities as Colorado Gothic things

The Buried - Do not explore the mines alone. The mountains are hungry, the gold rush gave them a taste for blood and they want more. They have not been fed in years.

The Corruption - Pine Beetles turning once green mountainsides grey with the corpses of the trees they devour.

The Dark - Have you ever been camping in the depths of the Rockies? You'll want to keep a lantern with you.

The Desolation - The summer and fall wildfires and the smoke that wafts over the front range from them, sometimes swallowing the mountains and burning your eyes.

The End - The coffin races in Manitou Springs.

The Extinction - The alleged bunkers under DIA.

The Eye - Have you ever been in a grove of aspen trees?

The Flesh - Greely. Need I say more?

The Hunt - Do not investigate the yowls of the coyotes at night. No matter how human they sound.

The Lonely - The open plains of the east. Don't bother with the few and far-between farmhouses, all you'll find are splinters and mold.

The Slaughter - There's a reason the rocks are such a bright red here.

The Spiral - The Stanley Hotel isn't haunted. Oh boy is it not haunted, but trying to understand what lurks there will simply twist your mind further.

The Stranger - You're not sure if the person who went to the four corners is the same person who came back.

The Vast - Be careful when you visit Rocky Mountain National Park. The sky might just snap you up if you get too close to the edges.

The Web - Ever notice Buell theater's show attendees never notice the strings?

#colorado gothic #unreality #tma #tma entities #tma the buried #tma the corruption #tma the dark #tma the desolation #tma the end #tma the extinction #tma the eye #tma the flesh #tma the hunt #tma the lonely #tma the slaughter #tma the spiral #tma the stranger #tma the vast #tma the web #regional gothic #midwestern gothic

[cloverjester]

Man, I just realised, what a pethetic excuse of a Fear The Dark is, I can’t even take it seriously, all Fears are terrifying in their own way and then there’s Mr Pitch, it’s just such a fucking loser, like The People’s Church of The Divine Host is fucking pathetic. Okay cool a cult of avatars, but The Cult of The Lightless Flame is right there and actually fucking slays???? They had a fucking messiah and can melt people’s skin just by touching them, tf can those church bitches do? Turn off the light? I can do that do, it’s called turning the light off with a switch, they ain’t special. Their leader is so pathetic too, he’s just Jonah Magnus with extra steps, or he would be if he didn’t just straight up die before even meeting Jon and it wasn’t even fun. Couldn’t you get obliterated by Jon like the others? Like, Jon met so many avatars but the only Dark avatars he met was that woman who didn’t even know her whole cult is dead or arrested and the 12 year old bully, I am not even joking what the hell is this shit. There might have been someone else but they were so unremarkable that I don’t even remember. Oh and don’t even get me started on Jon’s mark of The Dark, all mark’s deeply scar him emotionally and/or physically and this one was just, oh look a big black ball. Oh you looked at it, it’s gone now, what a boomer. And then the avatar who made the ball started running away from one of Jon’s pet cops and then got swallowed by Helen, like she didn’t even try to fight them she just skaddidled away, how pathetic is this. Oh and their ritual? It failed. Nobody even stopped it, it just fucking failed. Oh and their domain in the Eyepocalypse? Full of children. All Fears feed on adult but Mr Pitch is so pathetic it can’t handle that, it needs to go after minors. It’s not even surprising that The Eye is the one Entity whose ritual succeded, if The Dark is the one it has the most antagonistic relationship with.

#don’t take that rant too seriously #it’s not a critique of tma it’s a critique of that pathetic ass fear #magnus archives #the magnus archives #tma #magnus pod #the dark #tma the dark #maxwell rayner #manuela dominguez #callum brodie #jonathan sims

[burninginthegymplplinko]

MAG 63 - The End of the Tunnel

doodle 63/200; days left 32/110

heeeelll yeahhh dark statement! dark statement!! >:DD

#tma #the magnus archive fanart #tma the dark #mag 63 #tma 63 #tma s2 #school is rlly kicking my ass rn so idk how will the upload schedule look like this week :// #inside me there are two wolves #one wants 30th of june asap so the school finally ends #the other wants june 30th to be like 3 months away so i can make all these doodles in time

[council--board]

The Dark from TMA stimboard

my favourite entity. I got stuck listening to ep 9 for a long time and had to restart the podcast to get going lol

Requested by: no one

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#tma stimboard #tma #the magnus archives stimboard #the magnus archives #the dark tma #tma the dark #tma entities #tma entity #stimboard-logs #gabriels stimboards #stimboard #dark stim #teeth stim #water stim #forest stim #dark forest stim

[seriseriously]

I’m just saying she literally created a blackstar, how was I supposed to not relate it to David Bowie???? I love Manuela Dominguez with my whole heart, she is possibly my favorite non-main crew avatar.

it’s also the fact that she grew up with religious parents, and turned away from that, and got roped into a cult. Like the catholic guilt this babe was carrying around was a recipe for disaster.

I gotta draw more Manuela and Datalus art, I adore the storyline so much.

anyways, live laugh love Manuela Dominguez, evil lesbian scientist.

#art #drawing #digital art #Fanart #tma podcast #tma #tma art #tma Manuela Dominguez #manuela dominguez #datalus tma #the magnus universe #the magnus archives #the magnus institute #the magnus pod #tma the dark #the magnus archive fanart #the magnus archives fanart

[clairebearsparkles]

If I am giving Another Believer to Gerrymichael, then Helen and Manuela get Stranger Danger by Hemlocke Springs

#tma #the magnus archives #the magnus institute #the magnus pod #the magnus archive fanart #tma art #tma fanart #magpod #magnuspod #mag fanart #helen distortion #distortion helen #helen richardson #manuela dominguez #tma the spiral #tma the dark #helenmanuela #helen/manuela #clairebear art

[jonsimsmissingbraincell]

i'm on my 7th listen and i still don't understand why brackish water is associated with the Dark.

#the magnus archives #tma #tma the dark #tma relisten #tma podcast #tma posting #magpod #i've googled it multiple times but i still don't completely understand what brackish water even is

[itisonlyeyes]

Spooky lad

#tma #the magnus archives #callum brodie #tma callum #tma the dark #the dark avatar

[humann0taliean]

Probably the only thing I'm every going to post on here 💀

My TMA oc :]

I drew the reference, but barkingworms drew the other things of her <3

I love her so much :]

#tma #tma oc #tma ocs #tma podcast #the stranger #tma fears #avatar #oc #oc art #oc artwork #the magnus archives #the magnus institute #tma the stranger #tma the dark #tma avatars #silly #silly little guy

[stolas-does-fandom]

Page 8 - Avatar of The Dark

The Sandman

#the magnus archives #tma #magnus archives #tma fanart #the magnus archives fanart #magpod #the magnus pod #tma the dark #tma the sandman #the sandman

[lazykiwi]

I had a thought about this and I want opinions, so (Spoilers s5) you know how at the end of s5 we find out that people were very not happy with Simon fairchild, do you think something like that happened with callum brodie? Like all the parents enraged that this teenager had terrorised and traumatised their children for fun? Imagine all the older siblings pissed off at this kid for messing and traumatising their younger siblings? I don't think it would have been as bad as fairchild, but still, I'm curious.

#the magnus archives #magnus archives #tma #callum brodie #callum brodie tma #the dark the magnus archives #tma the dark #the dark