#miss martine

[professorcalculusstanaccount]

"He's behind you!"

This festive season, Archibald Haddock has partnered with Narwhal Theatre to bring over a beloved British holiday tradition - the pantomime! Expect ridiculous antics, magic, high camp and of course, live musical numbers. This year, Cinderella, played by Martine Vanderzande, will be rushing off to the hottest event of the decade - the Royal Ball! The Fairy Godmother shall be played by the stunning Bianca Castafiore. Book your tickets now, and hurry before the strike of midnight!

After returning from a disastrous stay in China, Tintin wonders if he has finally bitten off more than he can chew. In an effort to save a struggling theatre, Haddock and Ramo Nash have produced a panto of Cinderella to raise funds. Tintin accepts the offer to be stage manager, hoping that staying busy during the holiday would keep his mind off the heartbreak from Chang's family drama back in Shanghai.

Not only has he underestimated how difficult stage management is, he has to deal with friction between the cast members, his own relationship issues with Chang, and a mounting pile of violent threats from far right groups who are deeply offended with the production...

The show must go on!

Haddock wrote the script, and Ramo Nash is overseeing set, prop and costume designs. Casting Chang as Prince Charming and Martine as Cinderella was an easy choice for Haddock - as Chang and Martine used to go dancing all the time, they've become excellent dance partners. Martine could also really do with the extra income, as the museum is closed for a part of the holiday.

Filling the other roles was more challenging. Haddock reluctantly casts Castafiore as he hopes her star power will draw crowds. Nobody auditioned for the role of the evil stepmother, other than irritating insurance salesman Jolyon Wagg. Surprisingly to Haddock, Wagg is a powerful presence on stage, being very capable of camping it up for the audience. Ignorant to Haddock's seething hatred of him, Wagg wants to do this to entertain his large family!

After receiving death threats from local fascists, the actors playing the ugly stepsisters drop out, fearing for their own safety. The Thompsons are sent in to monitor the situation, deciding the best course of action is to play a part in the pantomime themselves.

Calculus and a couple of trainees are brought on as stage technicians, joining Tintin backstage. Tintin finds it difficult watching Chang dance with Martine, as it constantly reminds him of how his relationship with Chang must remain secret.

also yes, this poster is a reference to the poster for Tintin and the Blue Oranges

[the-magnus-protocol]

Tma + tmagp art masterpost

[bleepzip]

where you go i go

[cabinette]

had a really crazy dream where tma got a fandub

[potato-lord-but-not]

made some new stickers for you lovely queers <33 (I just really wanted to draw Jon in a big ol ace sweater he needs it ok) + some other doodles of the sillies !

[someones-there-1]

remembered some poetry excerpts that i liked so boom martin comic. text in first page is from @/ineloquent-creature on tumblr, second page is from @/sainticide on twt, fourth and fifth page is “how to cure a ghost” by fariha roisin!

i always think about like. some quiet moment in the safehouse where martin is struck with the realization that he finally wants to live again. y’know

[soupdwelling]

late night in the archives

[bealzebubbb]

hiiii gently slides you more s5 jarchivist art. i miss you jonathan sims

[kaijukebox]

Ah yes, returning to my Jmart roots.

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No refs today

[iiiumihottie]

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some soft safehouse jmart from a while back... they deserve to sleep in a little

[fox-guardian]

martin strikes me as the type not to start gossip, but he will corroborate and/or correct information if he can. and he will Definitely listen to all the gossip you can offer

[professorcalculusstanaccount]

Prof. Calculus, I can endure any hardship if there’s resolution on the other side, do Martine and Tintin ever reconcile?

Martine is now incredibly wary of Tintin and the danger he brings. It will take some time for her to start trusting him again. Tintin doesn't know how to handle friendship problems without doing some wild stunt, nor does he know how to handle not being fully in the right.

Context - this is the aftermath of this story where Tintin steals an ancient whistle from a museum archive Martine works at to return it to its original owners (but more so to impress Chang after he points out how a lot of museum artefacts are stolen!). A noble thing to do, but very poorly executed and with arguably selfish intentions...

[drawsmaddy]

[ID: A digital illustration of Jonathan Sims and Martin Blackwood from The Magnus Archives. Jon is a thin British Indian man with long dark hair streaked with grey and Martin is a taller fat white man with short, curly, light brown hair. Jon is smiling as Martin kisses him on the cheek. Behind the main drawing are various sketches and doodles and some writing. There are portrait sketches of Jon and Martin (the drawing of Martin has "Martin!!!" written next to it), a drawing of Jon looking sad with "I miss Martin" written beside it, doodles of a cup of tea, eyes, a tape recorder, and a heart, and text reading "gouge your eyes out with me babygirl" and in quotation marks "I just need him to be okay, I just do". End description.]

I relistened to season 4 of TMA while I was working on kofi doodles this week so fair warning I might be finally back on my Magnus Archives bullshit

[bleepzip]

midnight doodle

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[macabremonsterstudios]

Re listening to TMA and jonmartin makes me so soft. I whipped this up really quickly omg I love them pls i miss them