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[sarcasticscribbles]

you have no idea how deep and mysterious I thought I was when I was 16 and posted this to DeviantArt

[corvidkidscreations-fandoms]

[Image ID: A digital drawing of Martin Blackwood and Jonathan Sims from The Magnus Archives standing together with their foreheads touching in front of a light green background. It is using line art from @sarcasticscribbles #tmaeyeball series.

Martin Blackwood is a large ginger-haired white man with light freckles on his face, neck, and hands. He has blue painted nails, and is wearing a teal suit with matching pants, a dark green vest, a white dress shirt, circular glasses, and a blue-green bowtie. His hand right hand is placed on top of Jon's with his palm up. He has a content smile on his face and his eyes are closed.

Jonathan Sims is an Iraqi man with long wavy dark brown hair with light grey streaks in it tied up in a bun. He has a short beard. He is wearing a full olive suit with tails, a green vest, and a dark tie. He is also wearing half-moon glasses with a chain containing a green glass eye charm halfway down. He has a content smile on his face and his eyes are closed. He is holding Martin's hand gently in his left, with his palm up.

Both men have short neat beards and moustaches. /End ID]

Alrighty, heres the next one. love these little fools and their dramatic disaster gay vibes

[witchinatree]

this site is so weird because ill see like incredibly detailed art of a character and itll have about 700 notes (NOT bad this isnt the point im making) and then i look at my dumbass post i wrote in 2 minutes with 800 and im like???? you guys could do SO much better

[catticry]

The Sashas!!!!! For @sarcasticscribbles TIMSASHA NATION RISE!!

[sieveyourtea]

Born Archivist AU Wrap Up Post

Image ID below the cut. Art by @dcartcorner !

Series Summary:

Agnes Montague was a failure, the ritual poorly planned and even more poorly executed. But for the Ceaseless Watcher and the Avatars who have learned from this mistake--perhaps things could be different...

...Jonathan Sims, John as he prefers, is eleven years old when Mr. Bouchard comes to see him.

A massive thank you to you all. For reading, especially for commenting, and for all the support in getting this over the finish line.

If you're interested in reading or seeing more art, please check out the links below the cut. You do need an Archive account to read!

My ask box is open, I'd love to chat theories, questions, and thoughts anytime! Please don't be shy!

What to Know:

Child of Illumination is a fic series with three primary story arcs that follows John Sims from age eleven to his time as Head Archivist of Magnus Institute after being adopted by Elias Bouchard and Peter Lukas.

All three main arcs are rated T and suitable for those who can enjoy the same sort of content as in the podcasts. CW's are provided on individual chapters.

The Main Story:

Part One: Child of Illumination:

Agnes Montague was a failure, the ritual poorly planned and even more poorly executed. But for the Ceaseless Watcher and the Avatars who have learned from this mistake--perhaps things could be different...

...Jonathan Sims, John as he prefers, is eleven years old when Mr. Bouchard comes to see him.

Image Id at the end. Art by @sarcasticscribbles!

Part Two: Shadow in the Hunting Grounds

Agnes Montague was a failure, the ritual poorly planned and even more poorly executed. But for the Ceaseless Watcher and the Avatars who have learned from this mistake--perhaps things could be different.

Jonathan Sims, John as he prefers, has lived with fathers for six years. Like for a lot of other young people, University presents a time for self-exploration, and a first occasion of being out on his own without someone...Watching quite so closely.

Image ID at the end. Art by @sarcasticscribbles!

Part Three: Blood of the Covenant

Agnes Montague was a failure, the ritual poorly planned and even more poorly executed. But for the Ceaseless Watcher and the Avatars who have learned from this mistake--perhaps things could be different.

Jonathan Sims, John as he prefers, has spent three years working as a Lead Researcher at the Magnus Institute. For someone for whom home has had a less than solid definition, the Institute offers a chance for safe place for John to finally answer the questions that have followed him for as long as he can recall.

Being able to work alongside his father is simply an added bonus, of course.

Image ID at the end. Art by @sarcasticscribbles!

Art:

COI wouldn't be what it is without the amazing artists who have brought it to life!

Official Scene and Summary art is by @dcartcorner who does exceptional work across the board.

Official Covers for all three main stories are by @sarcasticscribbles who's art is one of the reasons I started to engaged in fandom at all!

Official additional art of some choice scenes as done beautiful by @mxwhore who I cant thank enough for their amazing work!

Other creators who have made art related to COI include @obscuravoid, @the-awful-dread-that-leaves, @novae-viking, @basilikum7, @hemi-demi, and @moominmammaonhero1n!

Please, go and show them some love! I will post an Art-chive into the series on A03 as well to link back directly to all of the amazing work that's been made! If you've made something and don't see your name here, please let me know!

Additional Content:

Part of the fun of the series are the additional side fics. They cover a range of topics from John's interactions with various people, time spent with Peter and Elias, and the horror content that makes TMA what it is. There are all flavors, from G to E, and all can be found at the hyperlink above.

These are NOT necessary to understand the story and do NOT contain critical plot points. They're simply for fun! .

A special shoutout to @selinko for a lovely set of memes that absolutely made my day and continue to do so!

FAQ's:

The following are just some things that have come into my inbox the last couple of days in particular!

Can I make fanart of this story?

Sure! Please tag me, I'd love to see and spread the love!

Can I make other fanworks of this story?

Sure! Same as above, please tag me. I'd love to see and spread the love!

Will you be writing more?

I may do additional side pieces, but the main story is happily done. I have a total of 105 fanfics, 104 of which are Magnus if you're interested!

Can I send you questions/thoughts/songs/things that made me think about the story?

Yes, my ask box is open and there is an anonymous option. I will delete rude asks, but otherwise am happy to answer. Any spoilers, I'll put below a bar.

Image IDs:

Cover Art: A painting showing John Sims at the center, playing chess with an unknown opponent. On either side above him are Elias Bouchard, surrounded by books, and Peter Lukas, holding a stack of playing cards. Together, they hold a crown of gold and green eyes over John's head, framed by a spider-web window. At John's feet are three animals--a lion, a cobra, and penguin, looking up from a base of fire that shows Agnes Montague, Tim Stoker, Martin Blackwood, and Sasha James respectively. 

First Cover: Cover Art of John giving a statement to Gertrude the portrait. He is 11-13 years old, wearing square glasses and talking to her as if she is an old friend.  

Second Cover: A family style portrait of Elias Bouchard (aged around 40), John Sims (aged seventeen to eighteen), and Peter Lukas (aged around 50) years old. 

Third Cover: John Sims and Peter Lukas are playing a round of cards. John is debating whether or not to be on this hand with chin resting in his hand. Peter is holding a 2 of diamonds and a 7 of clubs, considered the worst draw in Texas Hold 'Em. Elias Bouchard, with a faint green light around his eyes, watches from behind John's shoulder, the whole viewed over by a Portrait of Jonah Magnus with the same faint green light. 

Thank You!

Thank you all again for letting me share this story and journey with you. After one year and nineteen days of writing, I am very happy and rather proud to say the series is complete. It's my longest fanworks project by a mile and wouldn't have been possible without all of your lovely support.

With all the love in the world, Sieve signing off.

[hi-helen]

No one Mourns the Wicked.

The Wicked and TMA brainrot are eating me alive, so here’s an edit! ^

Artist Credits under the cut!! (there’s ALOT)

@sarcasticscribbles

@justsmth2

@wolfythewitch

@friszil

@shyaringan

@catticry

@alienicmars

@doesephs

@dekuboya

@occudo

@tiresomespaceplant

@yenshui

@wondering-jackalope

@zabala0z

@ghostyary

@yelloartt

@kiwiiiman

@ezrazzle

@cabinette

@ceaselesswatchersspecialboy

@ineffablelunatic

[blackoutbugza]

a little birdie ( @sarcasticscribbles **lmk if you don’t wanna be tagged ) once said that one image reminded them of tim and sasha/not!sasha so uh

[hearts4pearlescentmoon]

Do NOT listen to My Chemical Romance as a Magnus Archives fan

Based off of this by @ sarcasticscribbles

[officially-nothing]

@sarcasticscribbles you are actually insane /pos

[alukardtheabysswalker]

"Statement of Remo Chase…”

The intensity of this character is palpable, @sarcasticscribbles really nailed it with this one and it was a pleasure to play as

Music: by Universfield & daub_audio from Pixabay 

[zabala0z]

Good afternoon. My name is Alex Jones and I am a tattoo artist working out of concord NC. My insta is @ajonestattoo if you wanna look over to verify. Annnnnyways. I had a client reach out to me wanting some of your art tattooed on her and I was reaching out to see if I could get permission to do it for her of course with giving you credit and everything. I will attach the picture here that she shared with me. Anyways, I really hope I can make this happen for her. Have a great day and hope to hear from you soon!

Hey there! That’s not actually my art, you might be confusing me for @sarcasticscribbles who is the actual artist. I suggest you ask them instead!

[nightmaretherabbit]

@oleander-witch

Oh, what a waste...

[corvidkidscreations-fandoms]

First of my coloring of @sarcasticscribbles's TMAeyeball challenge!!! Thank you so much for posting these Soph!!

[Image ID: A knee up digital drawing of Jonathan Sims from The Magnus Archives with his left hand above his head, and his right hand level with his shoulder. The line art is from user @sarcasticscribbles. He is an Iraqi man with long wavy dark brown hair with light grey streaks in it. He has a short beard. He is wearing a full olive suit with tails, a green vest, and a dark tie. He has burn scars on his left hand, a long scar on his neck, and small hole like scars on his arms, face and neck. He has one normal dark brown eye, and one fully green eye, as well as many extra green eyes on his face. He is in front of a mint green background with a large green eye centered behind him. /End ID]

[tea-moth11]

Back on the anniversary of episode 39 I had made a video of Joe Spooky using @sarcasticscribbles wonderful audio.

Still quite fond of it.

[not-entirely-made-up-of-spider]

I've been thinking about Sasharchivist a lot lately (almost entirely thanks to @sarcasticscribbles lovely artwork).

Something interesting about that AU, as I would write it, is the potential to use Jon Sims chronic (and perhaps terminal) Main Character Syndrome to my advantage.

Like, let's say they still hire Jon in this AU, just as an archival assistant alongside Martin and Tim. Tim is so jovial and laid back that Jon can't help but have an elitist complex about him, and Martin, not under threat of being fired by his boss, reveals that he lied on his CV to Jon much earlier. Jon sees his own lack of qualifications in both of them and internalizes it until he becomes Mister Mystery Solver incredibly early on.

Jon goes to investigate even without Sasha's request or approval. Jon catalogues and defines actors and characters alongside Sasha and is a teachers pet of sorts. He's already in the tunnels before season 1 is over.

And then the horrors get to him! Hooray!

He is TERMINALLY The Eye. He wants to know. If he wasn't forced to be in charge, I think he'd play things even more risky than he did in the original universe.

[digitalclowns]

My transmasc goals are to look like @sarcasticscribbles ‘s portrayal of Gerry Keay /srs