#tma: all about jon

[cult-of-the-eye]

I love how intricate asexuality can be. No sex at all? Sure! Just want to watch? Brilliant! Only comfortable with topping? You go girl! Only rarely feel aroused and when you do it's very touch and go? Wonderful! Kinky but not in a sex way? Coolio! Queerness is full of nuance and people are complicated and things never live in a vacuum!!

#guess what made this dawn on me #reading jmart fanfic #and seeing all the different ways jon's asexuality is depicted #it just makes me so happy about the queer community #tma #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #martin k blackwood #jmart #queer #ace #asexual #acespec

[spooksier]

i thought you might be lost

#art zone #tma #mag 159 #do you think about mag 159? have you thought of mag 159? wiill think of mag 159? when will you think of mag 159? #AGAIN #HE WAS COVERED IN BLOOD WHILE SAYING ALL THAT GAY SHIT #having fun with making jon both (1) so in love and (2) the apex predator antichrist #jonmartin #implied #but always there #art zone plus

[aru-art]

long time no tma, here's the archival gang in my friends' & i's outfits :]

#i think about that tag often #the magnus archives #tma #martin blackwood #jonathan sims #jon sims #gerry keay #gerry delano #gerard keay #<- always feels evil to tag the last one #and yeah ill always include him in everything i draw thank u for asking #tim stoker #timothy stoker #sasha james #my art #2023 #i finished s4 and just started s5 the other day so u can imagine the horrors im going through atm #in my heart and soul ps sasha is also demi and theyre all very poly but tim especially #i wanted to do more but drawing sm fullbodies killed me

[casual-socks]

the fact that sasha stayed one of jons soft spots until the very end of the series. even in the tunnels where making noise could have KILLED him, jon told the not!them to shut up when it started to talk about the real sasha. in the unknowing, when he couldnt remember his own name, he remembered his anger at what happened to sasha. MURDERED the not!them, not when it threatened him or even martin, but when it once again mentioned sasha. trusted sasha the most out of all of his archival assistants, even when the not!them was making her the most actively suspicious. sasha is one of the only things jon will actively defend himself over. SICKENING. THEY MAKE ME SICK!!!!

#tma #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #jon sims #sasha james #jonsasha #if you so desire #i think about them literally all of the time #sasha james the woman you are..

[lizard-queen-izzy]

Thinking about Agnes Montague, Gerard Keay and Jonathan Sims. All chosen ones, in their own way. All intended by those who decided they were a chosen one to bring on the end of days. Or die trying. Or die while succeeding. They were only as valuable as their potential. Only worth what they could give.

And death was their only escape from those expectations.

Agnes had her church hang her.

Gerry died and then had Jon burn his page.

Jon had Martin kill him.

I just think there's something about them. Something about them all being doomed in such similar ways.

#tma #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #jon sims #gerard keay #gerry keay #agnes montague #agnes montague tma #jarchivist #savemejarchivist #characters doomed by the narrative my beloved #characters doomed by thise meant to care for them my beloved #characters who can't seem to win no matter how much they try my beloved #i am so so normal about them #i think about this a lot #i think about it all the time

[hauntedhotel]

As much as it isn't fun to hear Jon yelling at Martin, the end part of Mag 56 is so hilarious to me.

Listen, there is NO evidence to support Martin's claim about lying on his CV, and frankly it's kind of a weak cover story. You are required to show proof of your qualifications when you get a new job on the strength of them - not to mention ID - and even though on a relisten we know Martin's telling the truth and that Elias has his own reasons for hiring Martin, Jon doesn't know any of that. There's nothing to back up Martin's story and given how paranoid Jon's been since Prentiss, not to mention the fact that his specific concerns about Martin were that he might be hiding his own cunning behind the image of someone bumbling and soft (Jonathan "right for the wrong reasons" Sims strikes again) it is wild to me that he accepts this so quickly.

It's almost as though he's eager for Martin to be innocent, even though everything he's previously said about him would indicate that he'd rather it was Martin than Tim or Sasha, the assistants he respects professionally and likes on a personal level. It's so easy to picture him just blue-screening while poor Martin sits there expecting to be fired/screamed at again.

Martin: Okay, that's the truth, do your worst. Jon? Jon??

Jon, internally: Martin's innocent Martin lied to Elias but not me Martin didn't kill Gertrude Martin's safe Martin's still my friend Martin doesn't want me dead

Martin: Jon?

Jon, internally: MartinMartinMartinMartin

#tma #a mag a day #mag 56 #the magnus archives #martin blackwood #jonathan sims #jmart #hotel talks about tma #if martins crush on jon really took hold when jon believed him about prentiss #took him seriously and did his best to keep him safe #then this is where jons crush on martin really started #when he realised that martin really did just care about him and all the tea and lunches and fussing were straightforward kindess #and that martin is a safe space for him too #neither of them have ever felt safe #obviously they would fall in love with the one person that tried so hard to keep them that way

[wanton-votaress]

WHERE IS THAT FUCKING PIXEL ARTIST THAT DREW JON AND MARTIN TRAPPED IN A COMPUTER??? BUDDY I THINK YOU SHOULD TALK TO NOSTRADAMUS

#my thoughts on a page #the magnus archives #tma #jonathan sims #jon sims #martin blackwood #I’ve been thinking about this all day

[just-an-enby-lemon]

"The Mechanisms were Jonathan Sims college band" and "Jon is the secret real past of Jonny D'ville" are both great takes but I present "Jon's descend into an unwilling antichirst figure is The Mecs new album and Jonny plays him in the songs because they just have very similar voices for some reason."

#tma #the magnus archives #the mechanisms #jonathan sims #jonny d'ville #the mechs singing about Jon's life and interacting with it as a way to get more of the story is fun #ashes would love to join the corrupt avatar old men group for the maniuplation #they would be in all elias and peter divorce and marriage parties #Jonny is angry that people actually call Peter capitain #he is also at all grifters bones shows #and even played with them once or twice #breakon and hope accidentally adopt the toy soldier for a while #ivy helps jon be a proper archivist #marius tries to psicoanalyse elias #jonny is also just melanies bestie #she call him better jon #brian and jon discuss what it is to be human #gunpowder tim makes a whole presentation about why blowing up the moon is cooler than blowing up some clowns and he is the better tim #he also gives weapons to Martin #ralph becames an eye avatar somehow #manuella and brian insult suns together #ashes and anabelle became besties #ashes annabelle and jude perry go to parties together #ashes also hangs with gertrude and agnes they might have helped them became a couple because they now tragic saphics is a mecs classic #nastya just chills with her girlfriend at earths orbity and accidentaly saves dark sacrifice space guy and lonely experiment guy #she also bonds with manuela they discuss about spaceships and suns #she and aurora add manuella to spicy their sex life for a bit as a friend with benefit of both

[thecatspasta]

One of my favorite and most interesting thing about Jon is that he sorts peoples actions into Human and Monster

To him, the actions of monsters cannot be forgiven, as seen with Daisy, Helen and Jared

But along with that, the actions of humans always have an excuse, like Basira and his grandmother

The most prime example of this is with Jurgen where, prior to his meeting with him, he wrote Jurgen off as evil and when he did meet with him he dubbed Jurgen as just a spoiled confused child

And what makes this more interesting is how he perceives himself as a monster. He sees himself as unforgivable and monstrous, even when hes just doing what he needs to survive

He forgives people who hurt him, like his grandmother who neglected and obviously resented him and Basira, who threatened to kill him if he so much as stepped out of line, because they are human. They are people against a monster

The only time he doesnt blame himself for something is when he can blame another monster, like in mag 146, Threshold, where he blames the Web, another, different monster

And what makes his mentality so much more devastating is that many avatars, the monsters in his mind, are shown to not often be in complete control, whereas humans do have entire control

Avatars have to spread fear and hurt or they themself will die. In more explicit cases of lack of control Jon himself has stated he often doesnt realize what hes done until after its happened and Daisy becomes completely mindless by the end of the series to the point of only recognizing two things, a hunt and Basira (daisy also sorts people into monster and human, but thats because of hunt reasons)

Humans dont have these restrictions, humans are entirely free to do what they please, with the only con being they are significantly weaker than avatars

When Basira threatens him, she is doing it entirely through her own choice, whereas when Jon hunts statement givers he is doing it partly because hes forced into that position. But he will still forgive and rationalize Basiras actions while condemning and scrutinize his own, because she is the human and he is the monster

Anyways I like Jon he needs therapy

#im filling my 'go feral about jon' quota #i didnt draw him obsessively today so im just. yea #i love this guy hes so fucking interesting #i have no clue if anyone else has made this connection yet #but I HAVE so all of you get to hear about it #i like basira btw shes also interesting and she sorts people by determining whos the biggest threat and ally to her #tma #the magnus archives #jon sims #jonathan sims #jon tma #the magnus archives fanart #jarchivist #garlic breath #daisy tonner #basira hussain #the web #jurgen leitner

[fiendishartist2]

shout out to elias bouchard for fucking up a perfectly good mildly toxic workplace. you literally couldn't have done worse

#another character line up bc i love comparing heights as you all know #s1 jon has a particular personality that makes him so appealing. like the villain in a movie about fashion #hes like that model with the fuck ass bob from confessions of a shopaholic #im so tired rn i just had a 4 hour life drawing class and then eating with friends #i just wanna go to sleep... but i have fanfiction to read bc im dedicated to the cause o7 #i have zoom class tomorrow so thats nice. i dont have to go anywhere lol #my art #the magnus archives #tma #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #jonmartin #kinda #timothy stoker #sasha james #character design

[drinker-of-paint]

He's doin a big think.

A ponder.

(Another 'Jon just kind of existing' post because I'm I'm fixated but don't get ideas anymore so I'm telling myself I'm practicing painting.

On that note I do think the paint lining went a bit better this time)

#messed up some of the proportions and perspective on this one #but im here to draw jon get serotonin not to think about it #tma #the magnus archives #jon sims #the archivist #jonathan sims #jon doodles #because if all im ever going go make now are aimless doodles i might as well have a tag for it #s4 jon

[artlefty]

noo dont get taken by the notthem your so sexy aha

#told you it was all i could think about #do you ever think jon sits and ruminates his autistic ass on her last few moments as sasha james #cause i DO #tma #tmaposting #the magnus archives #notthem #sasha james #i was listening to oh ana on loop idk

[cirrus-grey]

Maybe he wasn't. But-

maybe

Jon

was.

#idk im just feeling sappy about jon learning martins sense of humor so that he can make him laugh #happy valentines day and all that ♡ #the magnus archives #jonmartin #the dinghy #88 dig #117 testament #tma s5 trailer #180 moving on #183 monument #original post #my magnus archives stuff #magnus archives speculation/analysis #500 notes! #1000 notes! #2000 notes!

[theglowingeyeballz]

With all the stuff going on in protocol let’s just take a moment to appreciate kid Jon

#can’t stop thinking about him being a child and just reading all day #his silly little books #exploring odd places #trespassing #jonathan sims #tma jon #tma #the magnus archives #tma fanart #digital art #my art

[lizard-queen-izzy]

"Jon and Martin are in the computers" I hear you, I hear you. So then walk with me. A lot of people quote Jon's "I will not become another damn mystery." when they discuss why him being trapped in the computer is tragic. But I think you are all missing the even more devastating quote and the episode it comes from.

“Supplemental. It looks like my posting on a few of the more tech-savvy boards appealing for statements has worked. While the incident itself seems ultimately inconsequential, I was able to convince Tessa to have a look at Gertrude’s laptop, claiming to have locked myself out,”

From MAG 65. And what is MAG 65? Tessa Winters' statement about Sergey Ushanka. The man who tried to upload his consciousness to a computer and got trapped in it.

"While the incident itself seems ultimately inconsequential" Jon, you truly cannot stop being a self-fulfilling prophecy, can you?

#tma #the magnus archives #tmagp #the magnus protocol #jon sims #jonathan sims #jonny sims #when i GET you #i seriously dont know how no one else is mentioning this along this theory #its all ive been thinking about #granted. i spend a lot of time thinking about MAG 65. #so #ANYWAY #jarchivist #savemejarchivist

[tildexart]

look, I get that Jon was "losing his humanity" and all, but if I got offered sick Knowledge powers that wouldn't bother me. I aint weak. I am 100% willing to Comprehend and Watch and Know. Where do I sign

#for all purposes this is a joke #at least the part about Jon is #i would 100% devote myself to the Ceaseless Watcher #I wanna know yall!! #tilda rambles #tma