#TMA season 1

[themaidenofwords]

Have I mentioned how gut wrenching the slow progression from "Jonathan Sims-- Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute, London" to "Jonathan Sims-- The Archivist" is?

These are Jon's introductions of himself. He had already had people simply calling him "The Archivist" way back in season one, but he never introduced himself that way. He declared his title of Archivist as what he saw it to be-- a job title and nothing more.

And then we reached season three and there was a gap where we had "Jonathan Sims, former Archivist" and the words were still spoken as one would a job title but with a certain sense of grief that was incongruous with the professional veneer.

And finally, the reveal of what the Archives were and what being The Archivist truly meant happened, and Jon stopped pretending-- even to himself-- that it was just a job. No, he was Jonathan Sims-- The Archivist-- and it was spoken with the gravitas and responsibility of a king's title. It was now part of who he was.

And then, season five, and it's no longer "Jonathan Sims--". It is merely "The Archivist". Because Jon believes his humanity to have died along with the world he was tricked into dooming. His person-hood is secondary-- and can perhaps be considered more of a job title now in a similar way to how Jon referred to being The Archivist in season one. In season five, Jon believes his entire being to have been consumed by the Watcher. The Archives and his job as the Archivist can no longer be seen as a job, or even as a part of who he is, because it is ALL he is. There is no part remaining of Jonathan Sims, because he is The Archivist first and foremost. He doesn't believe his own humanity great enough to be mentioned.

He is, of course, wrong. But it wouldn't be a tragedy if he didn't realize that until it was too late.

[nikkodikko]

"I had expected Gerard to leave immediately, but instead he walked over to my metal waste paper basket and placed the book inside. He reached into his jacket pocket, and pulled out a bottle of lighter fluid-

[ID: A Magnus Archives comic. Gerry's tattooed hands can be seen opening a bottle labeled as "Leitner Fluid". Then Gerry is shown in full as he pours the bottle into a trash can containing Ex Altiora. He tosses a match in, then smiles as the book is set alight. End ID]

Oh sorry Leitner fluid and a box of matches."

[itsdefinitely]

i think the dread powers having social media would be great for everyone and nobody would suffer

[future-crab]

ADHD really can make you feel like you’re being attacked by that homophobic vase from the Magnus Archives

[windwenn]

"I thought this was an exterior wall..."

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Feeling a little conflicted about this piece but i'll post it anyway lol

[iwikpines]

so they did a Secret Santa gift exchange!

[ganem-ouchie]

She is actually my roman empire

[jouxlskaard]

he managed to get a selfie before the ECDC showed up

addition: a humble introduction to Creepy Ring Doorbell Elias (credit to my friend Pickles you are incredibly cursed and amazing for suggsting this)

[kald-dal-art]

Me: *Haven't made a proper illustration for almost 2 weeks straight*

Also me: *Proceeds to make 4 illustrations in one day*

Anyways been listening (very slowly) through TMA again, and thought "Hey why not make some posters for some episodes I like". So here have 4 of my fave episodes of the first half of season 1

[the-magpie-archives]

Jane prentiss so effectively impersonating Martin over text clearly means one of three things:

-Martin didn't text very much so it'd be hard to judge whether it was his typing voice or not. (unlikely)

-Martin texts in such an unpredictable way that such a change of tone wouldn't be weird. (possible)

-OR, Jane Prentiss scrolled through all his texts giggling and kicking her legs at his pitiful yearning, and copied him like a teenager role-playing their favourite fictional queer. (most likely)

[themaidenofwords]

Season five is prime

Jon: I CAN murder people, but I really shouldn't.

Martin: Well...

Jon:

Martin: Maybe a little murder? :3

Jon:

Distortion!Helen: Yasss Martin. Slayyy.

[clairebearsparkles]

This is my favorite statement of the whole series, what’s your favorite?

Design available as sticker and prints HERE

[daily-tma]

Daily TMA 222 - Tim dragged them all out partying to celebrate their new jobs!

[khathastrophe]

my gift to the The Magnus Archives community

i have just finished season 1 and I am totally normal about it :)))

[iwikpines]

Tim and Sasha

Close-ups under the cut!

[a-mag-meme-a-day]

[ALT text for last panel: "i am now woerm"] MAG 6 - Squirm I spent 20 minutes on this meme. like 15 of those were spent hand drawing EACH INDIVIDUAL WORM bc copy + pasting one single one over and over again wasn't looking right.

Thank you to the Lost In The Archives...Lonely discord server for giving me this prompt. (Yall can join this 14+ TMA/Mechs server here)