#MAG 194

[microclown]

I refuse to accept that Jon went to say "we" and then had to correct himself to "I" because Martin is gone...

Instead I'd like to believe Jon slips into French when he's stressed. And he is alright.

[underratedgrapeju1ce]

congratulations alexander j newall you are able to beam images into my brain

[gammija]

"That wasn’t fear, it, it wasn’t even anger... It was envy."

@a-mag-a-day Seeing all the other art for this episode again today inspired me to draw a lil smthn too 😏

[shedk1d]

update 😦

Spoilers for MAG 194/195

Guys I’m so scared, I can’t do it

i should’ve stopped listening in season 1 😔 then they could’ve been happy office workers forever

THEY TOOK MY BOY MARTIN 😭😭😭 I was literally so scared to listen to the MAG195 after that, I put off listening to it for so long, but then it was a relatively calm episode NOW IM TERRIFIED

ALSO the Mr spider tape playing in the background AHRRASHNKJEFABUKDSAK I’m so scared I’m so scared

part of me wants to not listen to the rest of TMA so that it won’t be over, but i also want to finish it soon so that I can listen to TMAGP

I’ve seen people saying they cried during MAG 200, and I keep telling myself maybe it’ll all be fine, but then I remember it’s a horror 😔

anyways I’ve been working on more fanart :p, and I’ve recently finished an animated trailer for TMA S1, so lmk if you wanna see it

[tumb1rprincess]

Ugh, Jon and Martin’s argument sucks because both of them have a point. Martin doesn’t want to immediately jump to Jon replacing Elias, he wants to explore other options first. And in Jon’s case, if they can’t turn the world back and he can make it a little more fair, it’s better than nothing.

Uuuuugh, the body horror in this statement, if I wasn’t at work I would be cussing so much more, that was so icky. The sounds of choking on blood in the background didn’t help.

Thank god Melanie is here to think rationally while Jon is panicking. Like, his reaction is totally justified, but still.

Annabelle, if you hurt one hair on Martin’s head, I’m gonna sic Jon on you so he can smite you into oblivion.

[a-mag-meme-a-day]

Meme for @a-mag-a-day Day 202

MAG 194 - Parting

[go-to-the-mirror]

I bet on losing dogs I know they're losing and I'll pay for my place By the ring Where I'll be looking in their eyes when they're down I'll be there on their side I'm losing by their side

MARTIN Yeah, but if, if you're that connected, that dependent, what happens if we actually, y'know, do manage to— ARCHIVIST We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. For now, I just need us to be moving on.

The price of a long due reckoning Laid in blood when the battle has done Old King Cole has paid the toll Of the crimes levied upon his soul The rebel blades have achieved their goal Laid in blood when the battle has done

Pip: We're doomed Flip: We're not. Pip: Are you sure?

There's been so little time to share We've always had our loads to bear I won't forget I won't leave you this time This time

MARTIN I refuse to accept that this— ARCHIVIST (Firm) Tough! The world doesn't care what you accept. It just... is! It just is.

It's getting late, Little Moon. Finish the song. It's not that late. You are my moon, Little Moon, and it's late enough. So climb down out of the tree. Is it safe? Safe enough. Are you dead as well?

MARTIN Yeah, yeah. Come on. We've got a job to do.

(“i bet on losing dogs” - mitski // “mag 181 - ignorance” // “laid in blood” - the mechanisms // “war of the foxes” - richard siken // “ragnarok v: end of the line” - the mechanisms // “mag 194 - parting” // “the worm king’s lullaby” - richard siken // “mag 181 - ignorance”)

[job-ross-the-second]

MAG 194

ANABELLE BRING MARTIN BACK!!!

[fractal-voidling]

MAG194 - ########-34 │ Parting

hey, TMA team, give me the address of the guy who thought it smart to add repetitive slurping noises in the background of the statement, I just wanna talk 🔪

"hey girl, I thought about asking you out on a date, but my left shoulder was being a judgy bxtch, so I changed my mind"

oh that distorted supermarket easy music is brilliant

aaah, I missed the horror

that was proper disturbing, godsdamn

nooo, Martin 🥺

fxcking Annabelle

Hilltop Road?

yup.

fxck.

[a-mag-a-day]

I think Jon deserves a bit more credit in the beginning scene... As far as they know, at this point, there are only 2 options: Jon becomes the Pupil or they do nothing.

If you had the power to shift things around, when you just experienced so much suffering and fear, wouldn't you feel like you HAVE to do something? And again, baring in mind that at this point there are only 2 options available, wouldn't it feel like any searching you do would just end with you right back here with this decision?

Jon is acting with what little knowledge he actually has available to him at the moment. This is the Web table or the anchor for the Coffin on a much larger scale.

Though, unlike before, he FINALLY has someone to confide in over his decisions, something he desperately needed 😭

On a lighter note: you can just see the hearts floating around the word "boyfriend" when he says it 💕🥰

I am not sure where the fandom take of "Jon is showing his monstrous side in this argument" is coming from. The desperation in the plan he comes up with (which, before knowing Annabelle's alternative, is a horrible plan and he knows it) is very human and seems to come from a very genuine 'this is the only place I can actually make a difference' place rather than letting his inhuman urge to be "evil and powerful" show. And this is after Martin kept raving about how he's humanity's only hope.

Granted, he needs to talk (or argue) it out to understand how it's a bad idea to appoint himself the jury judge and executioner of humanity but he does and then storms away to mull it over and comes back with a more healthy understanding of the situation

It's Martin here who misinterprets Jon and ends up not trusting him and leaving with Annabelle

[somedayourocean]

i just finished episode 193 and the next episode is called Parting

THIS IS FINE

THIS IS FINE

(am I going to need emotional support for this next episode????)

[microclown]

I’m relistening to the Hilltop Rd episodes before I move on to 195 because I need a refresher, and I have to say I’m not liking the implications of these parallels…

The “anger” From MAG 8

and MAG 162

The feeling of there being no other choice…

In MAG 8

MAG 20

And MAG 194

…👀

[underratedgrapeju1ce]

this episode is so agonizingly human. this is like one of the only times jon actually expresses his feelings openly, and even though they argue, martin still treats him like a person. this doesnt feel like martin "talking at" jon, or vice versa. it doesn't feel like elias gaslighting him or basira and melanie invalidating his feelings. it feels like a couple having an argument, albeit a very intense one.

its so. gut-wrenchingly mundane, in the midst of so much supernatural insanity. its one of my favorite episodes

[lucifer-spawn]

jon and martin arguing makes me cry

[lycanlovingvampyre]

MAG 194 Relisten

Activity on my first listen: mowing the lawn.

YouTube must be so happy now. It tried to recommend this episode to me for weeks now and finally I'm going to click it...

MARTIN: "Alright. Alright, we’ll, we’ll go back to the tunnels, regroup, figure out what our next move is. See what other options there are." JON: "… Yeah… Yeah." MARTIN: "Jon? … [Warning] Jon?" Martin is so scared already... He knows something is up...

JON: "That place, the centre of The Eye, i-it’s… It wasn’t made for him. That’s why he’s like that, it’s too much, it’s overwhelmed him, his whole being, just destroyed." MARTIN: "Oh yeah? But let me guess, it was made for you?" JON: "Yes." MARTIN: [Petulantly] "Of course it is. Of course it is! Because how could this journey possibly end with anything less than the final, supreme destiny of the Archivist, plugged into the great fear machine for all eternity and, and abandoning humanity." That's what I meant last episode when I said Martin will summarize this perfectly. It's such an understandable reaction.

MARTIN: "Breaking his promise." JON: "That’s not fair!" MARTIN: "Isn’t it?" Nah, Martin's right on this one. They took one look at the Panopticon, they haven't even looked for another solution yet and Jon already wants to become the Pupil of the Eye. But it is also so Jon of him. He always rashly jumped to conclusions and decisions when he was under a lot of stress. That plus his martyr complex...

MARTIN: "And what? Replace them with new avatars from the people who don’t want to?" JON: "I mean, that has to be better than those that chose it right?" Riiiight, just like Jon chose to become the Archivist, or Oliver chose to become an Avatar of the End, or Agnes chose to be the Messiah of the Desolation. There are probably a lot of watchers out there who didn't want this either. Sure, there was always something there, which attracted on of the entities. But being nosy and curious is not the same as watching over a hellscape where people suffer for eternity.

JON: "Sure I can’t make it “go away”, but I could at least make it fairer. The Eye doesn’t care, as long as it gets its fear, it’s happy either way." [MARTIN SCOFFS AT THIS JUSTIFICATION] MARTIN: [Incredulous] "Christ, can you hear yourself? “Make it fairer!” It’s not enough that you’re the ‘all-powerful Archivist’, you also have to appoint yourself the literal judge of everyone as well?" Yeah, that's problematic. I always have to think back to MAG 155, I fucking love that statement. The dilemma of deciding about people's fate and by what criteria you would go.

JON: "Don’t." MARTIN: "I know what it’s like to be powerless. A-And I know you do too. And I also know what it’s like when you get a taste of– wh-when you’re finally able to–" JON: "That’s not what this is!" That gets Martin to reel back a bit. He's been so panicked and angry that he didn't get through to Jon. Now he did, in a way. And yeah, what Martin says absolutely makes sense.

MARTIN: "I’ve been out there with you. I saw the kick you got out of making them scream for once." JON: "What happened to “Kill Bill”?" MARTIN: "You weren’t meant to enjoy it this much!" Ohhh, Martin shooting himself in the foot with this one. Jon's right, Martin pushed him to do it. And it was Jon, who ultimately put an end to their vendetta.

JON: "Why won’t you believe me when I say that this isn’t something I want to do?" MARTIN: "Because I saw your face when we walked into that room! [Despondent] That wasn’t fear, it, it wasn’t even anger. It was envy. And it scared me more than anything else I’ve seen." JON: "… Martin…" Jon's not denying it... He saw how scared and hurt Martin is and doesn't know what to say anymore.

JON: "What other choice do we have?" MARTIN: "I-I don’t know, alright! I do– But there is one. Because there has to be." JON: "But what if there isn’t? How long are we going to wander around hopelessly searching before we end up back here anyway?" Longer than 5 minutes would be a good start. It is ridiculous, they're been up there for not even an hour, that's not enough. That's not trying.

JON: "We can’t just dismiss this. It might be our only option." MARTIN: "… No." JON: "No?" MARTIN: "No. I forbid it." JON: [Incredulous] "You forbid it?" MARTIN: "Don’t laugh at me." JON: "Why not? You’re being ridiculous." I'd be crying so hard by now, but I'm an angry-crier, so hm... It still is so extremely hurtful.

MARTIN: "I refuse to accept that this –" JON: "Tough! The world doesn’t care what you accept. It just… is! It just is." Ahh, there it is! Out of the two I totally wouldn't have suspected Jon to be the angry-crier. I think that actually is their worst fight by a long shot even. And it is so well written, it feels so real! Bouncing around from being scared, not getting through, not being taken seriously...

MARTIN: "Stupid… Stupid, arrogant…" I mean, Martin should have known that Jon can be stupid and arrogant xD

MARTIN: "[Calling] Jon? J– … Shit." Hmm, what was that about? Martin processing what just happened on high speed and already coming to the conclusion that splitting up right now is a bad idea?

JON: " You don’t even have a mind, not really." ¬‿¬ Not really!

There's a dating site in that statement and we already know from What The Ghost that dating sites are the Eye, but I cannot help but find it funny that elderly persons are also the Eye XD That stereotype of old people sitting in their rocking chair out on the front porch to judge everyone in their sight xD (That's a very american picture, but we have those people in Europe as well. Here they sit on the front balcony for example.)

"Gingerly, he unbuttoned his shirt, sliding the rough fabric down his torso, and examined the shining protrusion. Some sort of callous? A tumour? Malcolm’s mind began running frantically through all the worst-case possibilities. And then… [FLESHY SOUND OF OPENING] it opened. The iris was dull grey, surrounded by yellowed, bloodshot tissue, and the pupil was dull, almost cloudy, but the eye staring out from his shoulder seemed to focus well enough." Oh god, the body horror of this statement is so fucked up...

JON: "Not exactly subtle. But then you never were, were you? Not really." Not really, yaaaaaaaaay!

JON: "If that’s the most compelling argument you have… [Smiles] I’m going to go apologise to my boyfriend." Can someone pls again explain to me, if this statement can somehow be read as something similar to their situation (because of the "not subtle" and "if that's the most compelling argument you have") and if yes, what it is? Is it about Jon wanting to get rid of Jonah, but it wouldn't do anything? Also that tone of "I’m going to go apologise to my boyfriend." and that little breathy chuckle at the end. Already said it in MAG 187, I think he likes the sound of that.

JON: [Very quietly] "Where are you, Martin… Don’t try and do this to me. Not now." I love their relationship so much...

MELANIE: "Not yet. But then she needs to actually go places to look at them. She can’t just pop up top and check ‘the big picture’." JON: "Melanie, please, not now." MELANIE: "… Sorry." Ahhh, at least she immediately gets that this is serious and Jon is actually really, really scared and can't put up with Melanie-humor right now...

JON: "This is my fault." MELANIE: "What?" JON: "We… We had an argument. I said some things I shouldn’t have. If, if I hadn’t we would have come back here together, and I-I’d have been there to stop her taking him." Aaaaand the old guilt machine is running again...

JON: "I mean, he wouldn’t have gone willingly! Would he?" Martin, who desperately wants another option, one which saves Jon, suddenly gets a visit by Annabelle, an Avatar of the Web and Jon thinks Annabelle would have had to resort to violence to drag Martin with her?

MELANIE: "Right. Fine. So… we do this the old fashioned way." JON: [QUIETLY] "What?" MELANIE: "Why would she take him? Uh, do they have any history?" MVP Melanie here, we have to give her that! Keeping a clear head, working through it one by one.

MELANIE: "For god’s sake! Pull your head out of your arse, stop trying to use it as a bloody antenna, and actually try thinking!" JON: "Just listen, Melanie. I – argh!" [THE ARCHIVIST IS STRUCK, NOT WITH A REVELATION BUT MELANIE’S CANE] MELANIE: "Think!" JON: "Ow… I don’t know! Somewhere she’d be strong! A, a place of power, a, a Web domain…" First of all, that fan transcript xD Second, anyone else got that scene from The Lion King in their head, when Rafiki strikes Simba with his staff when he's trying to get him to work something out?

JON: [Realising] "Oh god…" MELANIE: "What?" JON: "They’re going to Hill Top Road." Every episode ending with a cliff hanger now^^

@a-mag-a-day

[latetothepartyandconfused]

@a-mag-a-day

[ID:digital drawing, the magnus archives fanart It shows man sitting in front of a computer. He is shirtless and his head is is turned to look at his shoulder that has big grey eye on it, staring at him. He looks scared. He Has lioght skin, blue eyes and dark hair. The computer has bluebackground and has green window open on it that has photo of girl with red har and unnaturally big smile on her face. There is also carnivorous plant on the table. Behind it, there is windows mostly covered by purple curtains. Throught it, we see green yes looking in. The wall around is light yellow end ID]