#sims 4 spoilers

[simbico]

Putting my thoughts of the new EP under the cut to hide spoilers because it seems Steam accidentally put it up too early, people caught it, and I don’t want to be the one to accidentally spoil it for others who are trying to avoid spoilers with all their might (because I know it’s really hard when you want to be on social media sites).

ooooohhhh I might have decided on a “nectar” shop for my sims instead of a floral one... or maybe both! By the time I get to a point where they’re ready to take that on all the mods will probably be updated for this EP since I’m taking so long to get there. lol Also it’s assuming that their bills have stopped being ridiculously high....

This has me worried though.... does this mean they take up another slot like cats and dogs do? I like that horses can be kept on your sims’ lot, but please, I hope I’m assuming too much about them taking up more slots. Please give us special slots/add more household slots if they need slots! 😭

The mini goats and sheep look cute though.

[noecantsleep]

WE ARE SO BACK

[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.

[vickozone]

[major spoilers for S2, S4, S5]

The Magnus Archives is RED

[I’m back with more fake screenshots!] Part 1 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

[froopa-coopa]

"I live a lonely life without you. And I may be troubled, but I'm gracious in defeat."(in dreams - ben howard)

fanart inspired by the fic "buried my love in a shallow grave" by iamcringebutiamfree on AO3 / @grahamfolgersdeliciousnotebooks !!Set right after Jon made it out of the buried. I love it so much🍊💙

[mitwodlemi]

She watches me ceaselessly til I'm a wretched thing!

[drownedbycoffee]

THEY AREN'T THE FEARS ANYMORE!! THEY'RE DESIRES

(SPOILERS for TMA, and all of TMAGP episodes so far)

Okay, here me out

Tmagp1: Darla wants to hear Arthur's voice again. She even says: "I just couldn’t face the thought of the rest of my life never hearing him again, I had to try" and later on she even says: "But I had to know, so I went to the cemetery."

Tmagp1: RedCanary wants to know about the Magnus Institute. They want to know why it's listed under 'cleared' when there's no evidence of it. Hence why they go and explore it.

Tmagp2: Daria wants that absolute perfection. She wants to change who she is and get out of that dark place. When she talks about the thing that she felt was missing, she says, "... and that’s when I decide I need a tattoo. I had a couple already – just little things on my shin and my wrist – but I decided I needed something big. Something that really changed my look." She also mentions when talking about Ink5oul that "they just kept pressing me about my life, about why I wanted the ink" instead of asking what design she wanted. And when she got the tattoo she describes herself as now being, "Someone I wanted to know more about." Afterwards she even says how "For the first time ever [she] wanted to attempt a self-portrait. Something real and physical, [she] wanted to feel the brushes in my hands and the oil on [her] fingertips." I think a lot of her statement is about her desire and impulsive need for that perfection and that wholeness that she has been aspiring to for her whole life.

Tmagp3: Samuel wants to stay hidden. He wants and he "need[s] to get up, get out of here for treatment." He wants to get better and most of his delirious thoughts are the things that he wants, or feels like he needs. E.g. "I so much want to see it [the sun] again. This night seems endless. I want to be warm again. I am terribly afraid. Thank god for Maddie. I need to treat her better."; "I just need to rest."; "I need to be careful or we’ll drift apart." And then obviously as the narrative continues, Samuel wants to grow and 'put down roots'.

Tmagp4: The narrator wants to be revered and accepted into the Royal Court Orchestra of the Palatinate. He wants to show off and impress. The violin "was a creature with needs and purpose of its own. The needs were simple enough. Blood. Flesh." It has these needs and desires.

So far, I'm interpreting it to be that everything so far can be interpreted as a desire of sorts, varying in the strength and intensity of it. Obviously, fear is still a big part of it all, because if you want something so badly, aren't you afraid of it being stolen from you? Of it being out of your grasp? Of it being unachievable or impossible in some capacity? Of it being a lie?

Even Sam wants to find out more. He wants to know the why and the reason for things. Gwen wants Lena's job. Collin wants to fix all these bugs and keep Freddie running. Alice wants to just get on with it because she found out that wanting to know the 'why' of things is dangerous.

I think that somehow when the Web took all the Fears into a different universe, they morphed into something else. Or they changed to fit what was the most prevalent thing in that universe, because after all, everyone wants something, even if it's something small and inconsequential. Life and aspects of it has always been characterised by that desire for something. Like people wanting food, shelter, safety, love, warmth, happiness, etc. And I think since the Web was so intwined with Jon and Martin, it absorbed some of their emotions when it found its way into this new world, because after all Jon and Martin wanted to stop Jonah/Elias, to stop the apocalypse, to destroy the Panopticon, to be safe, and they wanted each other. I think the wanting and fear of things are really entwined in it all, though this could be absolute bullshit haha

[the-crayonchomper]

various characters: you are a disgusting individual, barely even human at this point. I wish you never woke up from that coma and I honestly think you'd be doing everyone a service if you curled up and died right now. don't ever touch me or talk to me again unless it's absolutely necessary, you fucking prick.

Jon:

[iwikpines]

you guys seemed to like my tma valentine's comic very much! so here's a super cute not-angsty-at-all continuation to it :3

[boonsandwhatever]

the tma brainrot is back

[ravicalruseum]

Watching my friends reaction to tma so far has been so entertaining

[strawberry-nia]

...hi?

[ganem-ouchie]

The Eye Opens

Dddont really like how it rendered out but the idea fucked massively, so here you go I love pain

[clairebearsparkles]

Oliver is one of my fave avatars

Image Description under cut

[ID: A Magnus Archives comic of Oliver visiting Jon in the hospital. Oliver is a thin, tired-looking Black man with long locs and an undercut wearing an oversized purple cardigan. Jon is a comatose brown man with long, fully gray hair in a hospital bed.

Oliver waves at Jon with a smile and says a little awkwardly, "Um... Hello, Jon. Do you… mind if I call you Jon? I, I mean, you don’t actually know me." He takes off his messenger bag and shrugs wryly, "It’s just, well. 'Archivist.'" The word "Archivist" is written in alternating case and surrounded by eyes.

He smiles nervously while sitting down and says, "It’s so formal, isn’t it? And I do kind of know you…?" He looks down sorrowfully. "Haven’t had much choice, really." He smiles sadly at Jon and says, "Dreams are like that, you know. No matter how lucid you think they are..."

A close-up of Oliver shows his troubled expression, staticky eyes, and the faint black veins across his face as he says, "There’s always that part that just drags you along." We see Jon in bed, and Oliver says pensively, "Guess I don’t need to tell you that. At least, not right now." End ID]

[neishroom]

Ambrosine Dimaano, everyone's beloved Lola.

[namelesspages]

I dont think I've seen any posts about this, so I'll ramble about it. In season 4, when Jon is in hospital, we hear the ticking of the clock in his room. It's the first time we hear this sound, and it's not present anywhere else

EXCEPT, when we get to Martin's statements later in the season, when he is going into the Lonely, there is this same ticking. Martin's perception of the Lonely has the same background noise as the hospital room where Jon lay during his coma. That's the first place Martin felt so truly alone that it started to affect him, and that sound just keeps hauting him throughout the entire season