#Martin TMA

[dontmixpaintinyourcoffee]

Season 1 John is extremely clear in my head, so here's the guy himself! He's such a bitch, I love him.

Martin is a little more nebulous? Specifically his hair really eludes me. I don't want to just give them the same haircut, but I also think that both John and Martin would've gone to get themselves the most Professional™ haircuts possible when the job change came along.

Speaking of hair, I find it extremely funny that John lies so readily about being 10 years older than he is. It implies that people just believe him normally and the only reason Sasha doesn't is because she went snooping for it. I bet Tim and Martin had to entirely recalibrate what they thought about him when they realized he was their age.

[ashironie]

reblogging bcs i have a lot of thoughts

i fucking HATED how Jon treated him s1, we also have to remember that before we see ANYTHING of Martin straight from the horses mouth, we see him from Jon’s pov. And Martin probably wasn’t very good at his job, but that’s reasonable since he transferred from the library to an archive, he most certainly didn’t expect to be in research 2.0. Martin has no clue how to do his job and he couldn’t let anyone know that because he wasn’t even supposed to be there. The reason i started liking Martin was because i hated Jon, and the reason i hated Jon was because he was mean to Martin. My thought process was thus; Jon’s an Ass to Martin for really no reason, so I’m going to like Martin to spite Jon

Now, i too sorta dislike s5 Martin, when i first listened i found him to be really whiny and kinda ungrateful. During my relisten a lot of the problems i had with him were lessened because i was just so unuse to this new Martin, and before, he would do everything I would, but now he was a lot different, which gave me whiplash. it’s like expecting the driver in a car to take a turn and then they just don’t, you can’t blame them but there’s a sense of wrongness in your stomach. Now again most of these problems i had were fixed when i relistened, knowing what was going to happen, and that was my main complaint with s5 in general, expecting a turn and the driver just keeps going straight

Now going back to s1 (since i realized i didn’t explain my point very well). When ever Jon talked about what Martin did it was heavily biased, and whenever we hear Martin talk it’s around Jon. Around the person he doesn’t want to get in trouble by. We heard in the beginning of s5 tapes that Sasha and Tim were a lot different then when being recorded in s1, so obviously Martin (with a more easily identifiable reason) would also be a lot different. Then when everything went down and he dropped the act a little, we do know he was still acting. The tapes we get in s3 before the Unknowing are the closest thing we get to him being genuine, and even still he doesn’t want to admit how much of an asshole he is.

Now it’s fine if you don’t like Martin, he’s specifically written as a very complex person, and that means that sometimes people just hate him for no reason. But I dislike the criticism that his personality was very touch and go, it’s just that we didn’t know what was actually going on in his head until end of s4 and s5.

Now my defense of why I like Martin is;

He has a very heavy faun response, which same, and that aspect makes him really interesting to me. Being manipulative and having a heavy faun response are the same, but are seen differently.

i detest the idea that he is never in the wrong or that he’s just a sweet cinnamon roll. Martin, early on, just follows the lead to anyone who makes it seem like they understand even a little, then does a full 180 into thinking he knows what’s right and wrong without any input from anyone. Then realizes that, he really doesn’t know, nobody does, and he still thinks he knows better more often than not, but he recognizes this in himself. There is no ends to anyone’s character arcs in TMA, they still grow and struggle with the same things, but they find new solutions and new problems. And i think all of that is really interesting! It adds to the tragedy, it’s fine if a character dies when they are finished atoning for whatever narrative sin they have be set up with, but it’s tragic when they never get to! They are told what they need to do, and try to do it, but die before they can. Sasha died before she could be anything but a memory, someone who almost just haunts the narrative. Tim died in a noble way, but ultimately pointless one, as we come to find out. He is still just as angry, and he still didn’t bring the two people he wanted to save back from the dead. He didn’t win, even if he and everyone else thought so. He could’ve healed, but he killed himself before he could. And Martin tries like hell to figure out how to listen to people without only listening to him, and he fails a lot, a LOT a lot. But he died before he could just relax. Jon was the same, he got too deep and thought that, with enough time, he could figure out a way, not out of the hole, but closer to the surface. And he would’ve, if given the time. But he was dragged back into the same bullshit by the same man and by the same fear.

sorry that one was a lot longer but yk.

Martin is also stubborn. He was endlessly patient with Jon early s5, and the idea that he’s impatient the rest of the season i disagree with. He is just very careful with what he gives his time, maybe a bit to careful, but again with him over-course correcting. But he is still very stubborn, which i feel like is a good word between perseverance and determination. He knows that they will find a way to get everyone safe, as much as possible. He is too patient to believe the easy answer, and too persistent to allow everyone else to settle for that either. He does dumb things sometimes, but when has a tma character not? but is still fiercely protective of his people and ideals. if not a bit misguided at times

I'll be so honest with y'all, I always thought Martin was written to be an intentionally dislikeable character (like s1 Jon) for like character development or something, and then I was even MORE sure of that by season 5, and then they just kinda never touched on it and the fandom was all obsessing over him and it's like?? What do y'all see in him unless you relate to him omg 😨

[kitsuna21]

[yoki-loves-stars]

POV you’re Jude Perry

[underratedgrapeju1ce]

❝what actually is a .jmj error?❞

[mortal-kingss]

crush that brittle archivist stat

[charon-cries]

nap time

reblogs for this post are silenced because i dont like this drawing and i want to cease getting jumpscares of it in my notes 🔕 there's a better jmart drawing (MAG 200 SPOILERS) here though <3 enjoy

[nikkodikko]

"From beginning to end" a double page collage tribute to the horror podcast that forever changed my brain chemistry :]

[shedk1d]

Been cooking up so much TMA fan art

I’m almost finished my first listen, only 6 more episodes I’m so scared </3

[bernard-the-rabbit]

Me and the devil walkin' side by side

[chaoticgaywitch]

saw this post (op on the slideshow: @ashenmind ) and thought it was so martin coded HAHAH 😭

i may draw a better version later (but thats what i say every time and it never…. happens……)

[starsh0ck]

Apocalypse partners ☁️ 👁️

[johndead]

Is that a fucking magnus archives reference????

(Text backwards reads "That's it. Now you're the TMA reference.")

[reegis]

🪱💖you look lonely….💖🪱

[underratedgrapeju1ce]

hes so bitchy in s4 and 5 i love it

[mikasnazz]

Martin has absolutely no fashion sense and is a little geek [Jon is a nerd, Tim is a dork]. Anyway. How are you supposed to react when you see your eldritch future selves kiss?

“Oh, Christ.” Sounds about right to me.