#fear entities

[oceanichymns]

THE HUNT

[ art for a TMA Collab hosted by @mintybagels ]

[jaybirdscoffee]

forever thinking about how the magnus archives really fumbled the Flesh. there was such potential there beyond just meat and whatever jared hopworth’s deal was. there’s the body, there’s the lack of control over it, there’s changes against your will, and sometimes hatred for it. there are uniquely horrifying bodily experiences that could have been explored that expand on it wholly. to me, the Flesh is the one fear i think never got enough development.

as a trans person, i identify with the flesh. i’m sure i’m not the only one, but the idea of a trans exploration of the Flesh and its nuances has fascinated me since i first listened to MAG 111, when we first learned about smirke’s 14. i would’ve loved (and still would) a trans or trans-coded Flesh avatar (because jared hopworth just does not cut it for me). jared’s flesh garden is something i think about often, though. the way the plants are tended, groomed and transformed into something else, people twisted into flowers comprised of their entire beings, still able to feel and exist with the horror of living as something you are not, something this world has shaped you into. i think a lot about a Flesh avatar with a similar premise, too. someone who saw themself transforming into something - someone - they couldn’t recognize, instead taking hold of it, molding their own flesh, cutting away and adding pieces, in an eternal state of visceral metamorphosis. and they wouldn’t have it any other way.

to me, the flesh is more than just meat. there are so many angles to look at it. the idea of feeling your emotions so viscerally they only manifest as bodily sensation, as nausea, as bruises and bleeding and bile, and you don’t have any idea why this is happening to you, because you’re fine. you’re fine, aren’t you? your mind is fine. sure, your head is pounding and your stomach feels like it’s a burning hole within you, and your bones ache so much you can’t move, but you’re fine. (for me, this is a big part of my being autistic. my feelings tend to register in my body before they ever do my brain). your body is turning against you in new and horrible ways, and you don’t know why. and the Flesh feeds on that confusion and pain. it loves it.

the Flesh genuinely had so, so much potential, and i wish there had been more on it, something that made it truly horrifying, especially since i think a piece of TMA’s fanbase found something in it that scratched their brains from the beginning.

anyway, yeah, i have feelings about the Flesh.

[whisperingphantasm]

[kreature-ofthenight]

Jonny Sims whenever he gets the chance: What if colours just fucking hated you and also there were doors?

[eatanorange]

Can I share a fear rq? can I share a fear with y'all? Can I tell you what I witness and what it manifests in to? Will it manifest the entity looming in the darkest parts of my head? Will you blame me for going insane or will you find some sort of sick, disorienting beauty in my destruction, in my fusing with said entity? Will I still be alone then? Will I be known, then? Will it sicken you to see how full of love I am and how colored by distrust it is? Will you look away when the hand you reach for turns to a blade and cuts yours off, or will you pull back too? Did you already have that prosthetic, there? Is that what you call self preservation?

[lemoneyshipz]

The world is not ready for what I’m cooking

[mydarlingdearestdead]

Did the Magnus Institute have a contract that no one read with a clause that said like Upon accepting this employment offer you may never attempt to quit or be terminated. If you do, there will be consequences including but not limited to: Death, painful death, fatigue, non-peaceful death, blindness, etc.

[rooseph07]

The reveal of the first five cards! I had them done a while ago and I got too excited so here they are! I also realised the quality of the last photos were kinda bad so apologies for that!

The cards are in the same order as in my last post, we’ve got The Web, The Vast, The Lonely, The Extinction and The Hunt!

Once again these designs are drafts and I will probably draw them digitally when all the cards are done! :D

[bee-ina-boat]

heres a collection of concept art for the rest of the entities for the mythos au!! if you're wondering where the eye is, they've been drawn already!

they are all FAR from done. keep in mind these are all just my initial concepts and i plan to do in-depth design sheets as i go to explore their designs more.

IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THESE DESIGNS PLEASE THROW EM AT ME- MY ANON IS OPEN AND I READ TAGS I DONT CARE JUST!!!! GIMME!!!!!

(also au context: the magnus mythos is an au where the entities are all gods, similar to various religious mythology, rather than paranormal entities that feed on fear)

design thoughts for each of them under the cut

The Web - God of Fate (she/it): im pretty happy with her design atm, shes meant to be a half spider half woman thing and i love that for her. shes probably the one ive thought the most on so far given her importance to the story. i want her to wear silks and shiny silver jewelry that just sparkles like wet spiderwebs do, not sure if im gonna keep the veil?

The Dark - God of the Dark (she/he/it): probably my weakest concept at the moment. it doesnt do the dark any justice. i mean i like the cloak idea but i want them to be very tendrilly, all consuming, shadowy, but i dont know how to properly portray them :/

The Desolation - God of Destruction and Fire (they/it): i have a neat vision for them! i want them to be made of coal and ash and smoke, to be burning and glowing on the inside, and their body is decorated with melted wax to look like clothes. not quiiiiiite sure about how their melty candle dress is now? i want it to be less constrictive

The Stranger - God of the Unknown and the Whimsical (he/she/they/it): it's meant to be this. weird wirey creature hidden behind masks and a lot of fabrics, like the framework of a poseable plush doll? i like the way the masks look but im not so sure about the body.

The Vast - God of the Above (she/he/they/it): im not so sure about his design at all im gonna be real. i want them to look like the atmosphere and be covered in clouds and have mountains for feet and an ocean cape but i feel like it might be a bit?? idk??? im just not that happy with it :/

The End - God of Death and Time (they/it): ugh i love this concept sm, making death read as less scary and more divine is so fun. theyre based on a seraphim and a sand timer,

The Buried - God of the Underneath (she/he/they/it): ANOTHER OF MY FAVORITES!!!! i love them. theyre inspired by hermit crabs!! and they have silver chains holding their shell to them. they look so endearing with their lil lopsided eyes ;; <3

The Flesh - God of the Body and Meat (she/he/they/it): i have so many ideas for the flesh y'all- im very excited to do a concept sheet for them. theyre meant to have no skin, just exposed bone and muscle, large limbs, hooves, exposed heart underneath a ribcage, teeth that close around their abdomen. white bandages that wrap around like clothes. a teeth/horn crown? i dont quite know whether to go for a more animalistic look or a more human one? like- theres so many ways to go with him idek!!!

The Hunt - God of Predators and Pride (they/it): see, i like this design but i feel like its too werewolf like? yknow? thats cool!! but itreads more monster to me than God :/

The Corruption - God of Nature, Rot, and Disease (she/they/it): i love this weird bug thing. this one i was really inspired for (mostly because. corruption aligned. so obviously im gonna think about this one alot) theyre this weird bug thing, the veil is inspired by the one from the art on the wiki! i want to maybe make them a bit more gross and weird because nature is like that sometimes, a moot on tiktok suggested that i add animal bones!! and i think thats SO smart im absolutely going too

The Spiral - God of the Incomprehensible (it/its): this weirdo is so hard to pin down istg. i imagine them as this spiral thing. body is kindof liquidy, arms are spindly and long, multiple shifting faces, overall just constantly changing and moving and like!!! how am i meant to draw that??? when my brain cant even wrap my head around what its supposed to look like yknow??? bruh jrdbhgfjdldgfh- that being said i think the main problem with the design is that it just gives me too many Michael vibes!!! is it the hair? the arms? its probably both.

The Lonely - God of Solitude and the Self (they/it): i like what this one has going so far! theyve got fog hair, fog tears, their body is meant to be splotchy like turquoise marble, i vibe with it so hard. not so sure what to do with their outfit tho :/

The Slaughter - God of War (he/they/it): another one of my more stronger designs i think! centaur with weapons sticking into them, face concealed, medieval armor and antlers- it vibes

the extinction isnt drawn because i literally have no idea what they should look like aside from color palette-

once again any and all suggestions will be taken!!!! i need ideas!!! plese!!!!

[randomfandomsgobrrrrrr]

honestly the world is so lucky I will never be a time traveler. I'd legit go to some random village in 1339 or smth and be like.

"Hi there, so you know the 7 deady sins and 7 heavenly virtues yes? Well let me introduce to you the 14 fears :)"

And each time I'd go in a cloak with slightly different properties. One time I would go with very gentle eye patterns with a few eyes painted on my hands with some elias bouchard jewelry, and others I would go covered in dirt and with a shovel on my back and each time I would look like and tell tales of each fear until I became a myth of some weird lady who'd tell you of the world with eyes and claws and knives and doors and holes and skies so blue and-

[dearestdeeer]

Assigning each Bat Family Members a TMA Fear entity cuz multiverse shit (we love crossovers)

Dick Grayson: The Vast

Jason Todd: The Desolation AND The Buried

Tim Drake (he's fucking complicated archivist material for real) : The Eye / The Lonely / The Stranger

Damian Wayne: The Slaughter

Duke Thomas: The Dark

Bruce Wayne: The Hunt

Stephanie Brown: The Spiral

Cassandra Cain: The Web

Barbara Gordon: The Eye

art is from WFA

[me-know-nothing]

Would the concept of Time fall under the vast, the spiral or the end?

[the-hotel-bella-muerte]

I love the Magnus archives but tbh I was never really scared by any of the episodes?

I’m a big fan of all sorts of horror but I’ve found that this a thing with supernatural horror for me. I really only get deeply frightened or disturbed by things that have some potential— however slim— of actually happening, and I’m just not a supernatural believer at all. And because I’m a sick little freak, I will often seek out the type of horror that scares me the most, just to feel something. There is just no greater evil than what normal humans are capable of doing I guess!

But…

There was one fucking moment.

I was listening to TMA while doing some dishes late at night.

And i finished up and walked into the living room, podcast still in my ears.

Only to see a man I don’t know standing in my apartment.

And for a second I really thought “This is it. the Stranger has come for me. I’m a goner. It’s so over for me.”

Turns out: it was just my roommate’s casual noncommittal boyfriend!

Apparently he’d been over at our place for a few hours just hanging out with her and I simply had not seen him.

Why my brain went “supernatural entity” and not “apartment break-in”? I do not know.

But for a moment this man watched me experience the Sheer Mortal Terror of believing that somehow the monsters from the stories being pumped directly into my brain via earbuds had begun to manifest in my living room. For just a moment, I actually Got It.

This is the real danger of binging podcast audio dramas 😔. You are not immune to the spooky (this is good actually!)

[yupekosi]

Ok you seem like you understand the entities and shit. How does one go about categorizing what entity you'd be an avatar of???? Ive taken so many online quizzes but i dont know which i am and its driving me insane

OH SHIT I JUST SAW THIS ASK. HOLD ON

so it's not exactly the same as other fandom personality quizzes (think the shitty wizard school one) because becoming an Avatar in TMA is more of a personal hell than a personality trait. it's a mix of 'which entity would target me based on my personal phobias' and 'which kind of monster sounds least awful to be'

for example- if you're a very solitary, introverted person who finds it hard to make connections, you might be a Lonely avatar. if you think insects are fascinating but the idea of touching one makes your skin crawl, the Corruption might choose you. most TMA Avatars are as afraid of their Entity as they are devoted to them.

it's also, at the end of the day, a conscious choice- not just 'would this thing target me' but 'between becoming part of this and dying to it, which would i choose'. if the Spiral was about to eat you, would you pull a Helen and eat it, at the cost of your sense of self?

[toms-topic]

My friend and I were joking and tldr they're in an internet washing machine

(Hunt and Slaughter are not included bc I didn't feel like they fit as well as the others and I am limited to 12)

(My friend is like 6'1 the only way to get a proper wash on a person that tall is to put them in the bed sheet cycle)

[magpod-confessions]

I wholeheartedly believe The Extinction is underestimated, I mean, fear of catastrophic change? Impending doom? You mean the entity in control of anxiety just "isn't strong enough to be taking avatars yet"? The episodes related to this entity are my absolute favorites and really are the only ones where the statements could spook me. The use of technology in horror is something that could've and should've been used more.

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