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[gun-leg]

Happy one year to the trading cards I got to make for the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo's penguin walk.

[misclotus]

wherever you go, I go.

[the-magpie-archives]

One of the weirdest things I love about TMA is how embarrassing it all is. Like, romanticism is fun sometimes, but embarrassment equally so.

If you've ever meaningfully interacted with the supernatural, you know that shit can be awkward. If you've ever had an office job, you know how embarrassing it can be! Pretty much if you've ever experienced any form of life, you know how embarrassing a day of existence is.

And my god Jon's life is embarrassing! He can't stop getting kidnapped, he doesn't have any friends, he can't even get his job done due to infinite supernatural interruptions. That's really embarrassing.

He's an adult who effectively has to relive being a child because he's thrust into a world that no longer makes sense, and that vulnerability is so real!

But Jon's not the only one who's going through embarrassing stuff, oh no! Martin is hopelessly in love with his cruel boss who barely looks at him; Tim and Sasha hooked up only for Sasha to break it off against Tim's wishes; and hell, Melanie literally got laughed off of YouTube and BECAME A MEME.

These people are going through awful, otherworldly terrors, but not once is it ignored that they must still suffer through painstakingly awkward everyday moments too.

I suppose it comes down to realism. Understanding that the supernatural can become just another part of life in an annoying way, and letting the characters be normal fumbling people makes it hit so much closer to home.

I think all this is why The Magnus Archives is popular not only as horror, but as an explanation of human relationships; the everyday realism is so deeply entwined with the otherworldly but both exist in their own right. And this in itself is realistic, as how far away is horror from your daily life, really? And how different is fear to embarrassment?

[i-3at-s0ap]

Look at my tiny crusty jmart on my crusty off brand ear buds ft. my crusty nail in the left corner

[image ID: A shaky painting of Jon and Martin from the Magnus archives facing eachother and holding hands with a heart between them. They are very simplistic looking without faces of detail. They are painted onto a scratched up green earbud case being held by my hands with only the messily painted nail visible. ]

[simcardiac-arrested]

wait, that elias?

[celestialdaily]

The celestial object of the day is Rhea!

This moon has a really faint atmosphere called the exosphere, which is mainly composed of oxygen. This is the first oxygen atmosphere discovered outside Earth. Its cause? Saturn's magnetic field influencing Rhea.

[radishrainbowfarm]

I have a vision for the red hood

[bumblingbabooshka]

Archery Science Professor at the Vulcan Institute of Defensive Arts [Patreon | Commissions]

[tarantula-hawk-wasp]

Ground sloth skeletons are sooo. Girl ur body drives me wild. The wide platter of hips. The short legs and long arms. The curled robust feet. Tiny head dump truck ass.

[d3m0n1c-cl0wn3ry]

Me everytime i think about jon or just tma in general

[sitting-on-me-bum]

The Micromelo undatus was among the finalists for the mollusc of the year competition

Photograph: Aketa Herrero Barrencua/Senckenberg Research Institute/AFP/Getty Images

[revivisection]

i miss my wife

[kathasartblock]

[the-magpie-archives]

I think the real reason Jared Hopworth wanted a second rib from Jon is because he wanted him to be symmetrical, wanted to give him a neat waistline. He is, after all, notorious for creating so called 'perfect bodies'!

[nhws]

YEETING HIM HERE TOO as per request smile emoji. my cat. OUR cat. i just love his powers and personality and little mannerisms im this au so much. artifically produced in the lab for my self-indulgence will draw him covered in blood next time amen 🙏

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thusspoketrish]

New Chapter | The Art of Getting By

Chapter 9 | The Art of Getting By

Excerpt:

Once they’re safely back on the zoo’s path, Draco reflects darkly on Harry’s infallible knack for finding new and creative ways to endanger himself—and slowly drive Draco to the brink of madness. Whether it’s through his relentless flirting and sexual innuendo, his arseholeish sass, or his sheer, idiotic recklessness, Harry manages to infuriate and charm Draco in equal measures. It’s utterly maddening that, despite everything, Draco finds himself torn between wanting to suck his cock or toss him into a horde of angry flamingos.  Draco’s musings are cut short as they sidestep a group of tiny children wearing neon yellow vests, walking in two messy lines down the pathway. One little girl at the front stops, staring wide-eyed at Draco, and points a pudgy finger at his head while touching her dark red hair.  “Oh, pretty!” she exclaims, grinning and revealing two missing front teeth. “A pretty princess!” Draco blushes as Harry bursts into laughter. Oh, Merlin! He was getting hit left and right today with mortifying moments—an insane, man-eating snake, his equally insane, man-eating boyfriend, and now, a child calling him a princess! Just as Draco further contemplates his growing list of embarrassments, one of the child’s carers swoops in to usher her along. “Now, Isabelle, it’s very rude to point,” the older woman gently chastises. She glances up at Draco. “Oh my! You do have rather pretty hair.”

Read The Art of Getting By on AO3, here.

Please mind the tags and warnings.

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I need to give another shoutout to my glorious beta, @youknowyoudid for the phenomenal work she's been doing in triple checking over these chapters again before posting!!! Thank you!!! x

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Image Text:

The Art of Getting By

Interlude: Fuck Them, Only We Know

Written by Trishjames and Edited by YouKnowYouDid

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Chapter Playlist:

Banks: Fuck Em Only We Know

Sigor Ros: Hoppípolla

Saoirse Ronan: Tell Me