#slay the archivist

[swanpyart]

Slay The Archivist - The End

A route in which Martin takes the knife and slays Jon as immediately as possible. After accomplishing the deed, Elias, who originally promised a reward, then forces Martin to kill himself with the knife. However, this doesn't last and he and Jon comes back for a second chapter.

The End is basically a dead Jon that's been stabbed in the stomach (if you know, you know) and has chilled out a bit in the paranoia after death. He and Martin can escape the Archives together if Martin lets him possess him. Still kind of rude, but warms up to Martin as long as they are cordial.

[slay-the-archivist]

OOC/Introduction/Outreach post

Hello and Welcome to Slay the Archivist!

Some basic rules:

No magic anons, but asks that reference up through Season 4 of the Magnus Archives are acceptable.

Any asks insulting my art style will be deleted without prejudice

Please do not send asks of a sexual nature or that include nsfw content. This blog is open to all ages.

Do not be the asshole that makes more rules necessary

And some brief notes:

As this follows Slay the Princess's style, ask input is a big deal. You can make whatever choices in asks, and the routes are first come first serve.

The plans are currently tentative and if I stop asks for a brief period it will be mostly to set up an ending and/or route.

This will not contain jon/martin, unfortunately, but it will contain jon/tim! If that's your jam, welcome aboard.

THIS BLOG WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR SLAY THE PRINCESS!!! Not necessarily plot spoilers but it will spoil some elements of the world and takes heavy inspiration from specific parts of the game. You should play Slay the Princess or watch someone else play it!!!

This will contain spoilers for the Magnus Archives but honestly if you go into this with no knowledge at all I hope it is still a valuable experience.

With that said, enjoy the show (whenever I begin it).

[kikiofthevast]

“Just an interest check” I’ve already started making Expression Sprites.

[quinncadens]

Jonathan-fucking-Sims is narrating my Slay the Princess journey?! The Archivist himself?!

[nikaandtea]

you are always perceived.

this piece was ROUGH but i slapped it together in the end. I have so many side things i want to do, and like 4 hyperfixations. anyway, protocol has a grip on me so have a proper jon fanart to silence my worms :))

[prettyholic7]

*Archivist voice* Statement of a hero regarding a path in the woods. At the end of that path is a cabin. And in the basement of that cabin is a princess. You’re here to slay her.

[stars4roryy]

posting old jon sketches because i cann

[universal-joke]

Slay the Archivist

Yes, Martin is the main character. His design is currently a work in progress.

(Click for better quality. Reference screenshots, close ups, and a little ramble about this AU in undercut.)

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I'm currently split on whether this AU happens in Somewhere Else or just in a universe where Jon and Martin are just two Gods (as the original game is). On one hand the reality of escaping one end of the world just to find yourself in a continual looping of a different end of the world is almost too good to pass up. On the other hand is just the meme about TMAs plot if Martin had had a gun (it makes sense I swear).

As I was drawing this I kept on stumbling on to all the ways that the Princess at her core (being only what others persevere her as being) mirrored/went thematically well with Jon's way of bing molded into the Archive. It's not a perfect fit (of course) but just the way that they both have no real choice in their ending fits too well to pass up.

Martin's mainly the main character because of the scene in S5 where he talks to himself and the fact that he stabbed Jon. I've only played once all the way through so far (working on a second) and I don't know if he's a perfect fit yet. The Long Quiet talks in almost as many circles as the Shifting Mound and so I haven't quite understood his motivations just yet. I just need to sit down and read his lines and maybe the wiki lol.

[deconstructthesoup]

So, this is inspired by @tai-janai's new Slay the Poet AU, where LQ has to rescue the Narrator and is being guided by Shifty. I saw their idea post, and my brain demanded that I put my own spin on it, so... yeah. Go check out their AU, though, it's probably gonna be better than mine and it actually has drawings.

I've already typed out the overarching plot (tldr, Shifty's the player and LQ is the "guide," and Narry is a professor who's trapped in a library in an abandoned city), but here's what I think the Narrator's chapter 2 vessels would be like:

The Wizard: You get the Wizard if you don't go into the library's basement with the knife, you make the decision to free the Professor, and you resist when the Guide makes the desperate choice to take over your body (while repeatedly apologizing over and over in your mind). The Wizard is unflinchingly kind and has that classic Disney-fairytale whimsy about him, and will always encourage you no matter what you do---and is the only one who undoubtedly means you no harm. The voice you gain in your head is the Voice of the Apprentice, who believes that the Professor is a learned and wise soul who can teach us everything, and we must listen to him.

The Warlock: You get the Warlock if you don't go into the library's basement with the knife, make him think you're going to free him, and kill him---either via getting the knife or letting the Guide take you over and winning the ensuing struggle. The Warlock is a slightly draconic being who is devious and cunning, but very clearly bitter towards you, and there's no doubt that he's thirsting for revenge. The voice you gain in your head is the Voice of the Charming, who uses flattery and deceit to get her way, and encourages you to do the same to the Professor---after all, we did it once, and we can do it again, can't we?

The Creation: You get the Creation if you immediately kill the Professor, attempt to leave and fail (which causes the Guide to panic, saying that this wasn't how it was supposed to happen and he doesn't know what's wrong), and kill yourself once you see no other way out. The Creation is a stitched-up, reanimated corpse who somehow managed to bring himself back, and he's a lonely soul who just wants you to set him free. The voice you gain in your head is the Voice of the Restless, who's a listless and tired individual who's aching for things to change... and whether or not we choose to help the Professor or not is entirely up to us.

The Scientist: You get the Scientist if you go into the basement---either armed or unarmed---talk with him, and decide to just leave him there... except, if you do, he'll figure a way out, and he'll electrocute you with a single touch. The Scientist is every bit the sadistic mad genius, and while he knows full well that he needs you in order to get out, he sees no problem with torturing you if that's what it takes---and he's incredibly transparent about his desire to end you once he's finally free. The voice you gain in your head is the Voice of the Doll, who claims that she's not scared and that everything is fine, but is very bad at lying and is clearly shaken by everything the Professor does.

The Academic: You get the Academic if you go down into the basement with the knife, talk with him, attempt to kill him... and when he fights back, you submit. The Academic is self-absorbed, condescending, and controlling, believing himself to be superior to you in every way---and he soon proves that he's not just some entitled asshole, as he's able to take control of you with his words alone. The voice you gain in your head is the Voice of the Humbled, who is openly terrified of the Professor and sees no problem with just doing what he says.

The Archivist: You get the Archivist if you go down into the basement with the knife, decide to free him instead, and resist when the Guide takes you over. The Archivist, who is free from his chains but is unable to escape without your help, has nothing better to do other than to reorganize and catalog the books in the library, and has become incredibly cynical and emotionless as a result. The voice you gain in your head is the Voice of the Curious, who constantly asks questions and wants to look further into random things---something that at first seems irritating, but you eventually realize just how helpful she can be...

The Doctor: You get the Doctor if you go down into the basement with the knife, talk with him, attempt to kill him, and fight him until neither of you can fight anymore. The Doctor openly hates you and sees you as his only obstacle, and will engage you in combat whether you want to or not---and once you fight back, you discover that no matter how brutally you fight, he knows just how to set his organs back to normal, and he knows just how to wreck yours. The voice you gain in your head is the Voice of the Hateful, who wants nothing more than to crush the Professor to a pulp and make him suffer.

The Dragon: You get the Dragon if you go down into the basement without the knife, decide to free him, and don't resist when the Guide takes you over---though you do let the Professor win, in the end. The Dragon is the most beastlike and inhuman of the vessels, and all he wants is to devour you so that he may escape. The voice you gain in your head is the Voice of the Warrior, and she knows exactly how to fight him so that you can make it out of there alive... but be sure to listen to her, because ignoring her warnings could end very badly.

The Inventor: You get the Inventor if you either kill him immediately and check to see if he's dead, or if you question for one second whether or not he's armed... either way, you soon discover that you've brought a knife to a gunfight. The Inventor is cheerful yet murderous, and has several contraptions up his sleeves that are designed to end you---in all sorts of fun and exciting ways. The voice you gain in your head is the Voice of the Prepared, who's quick on her feet and can easily improvise ways to evade the Professor's onslaughts.

The Substitute: You get the Substitute if you avoid going to the library entirely, and instead choose to wander the city---resulting in the city reverting entirely to libraries. Because of this, the Substitute starts off as nothing more than a blank slate of a man, and gets more and more jumbled and confused the more you attempt to talk to him. The voice you gain in your head is the Voice of the Rebel, who doesn't really have a goal other than to just goof off and have fun---making choices for choice's sake.

And, uh... that's what I got!

[notachamealeon]

Life is so crazy. You can watch a playthrough of a new visual novel about killing a heir to a kingdom with a little British narrative.

Then, after binge watching a podcast with a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 International License

You go back to the videos game and then you're like

IS THAT JONATHAN SIMS?!??!?

[ocglaze]

My silly (read: maliciously intended) rabbit 💕✨

[swanpyart]

Slay the Archivist (TMA and STP Crossover AU)

I haven't seen a fully fleshed out Magnus Archives and Slay the Princess Crossover, so as someone whose binged both, its my duty to create it.

Backstory

After the end of MAG200, Jon, Martin, Annabelle/the Web and some remnants of Jonah Magnus/Elias are shunted into the multiverse, and into a new world where they can spread their fear. Being exposed to the Fear Entities in such an upfront way that no other mortals have ever managed to achieve, Jon, as the Avatar of the Eye, is prioritized by the Fear Entities and proceeds to absorb them into his Avatarhood, basically becoming a God of Fear itself. While his old self and humanity isn’t completely gone, it’s certainly much more diluted amongst the new influx of power.

Annabelle of course, as the Avatar of the Web, which was once the Brain of the Fear Entities but has essentially been usurped by Jon, decides to trap him and Martin in a sort of pocket dimension. Both of them forget their names, and have their memories wiped, now convinced they are still working in the Institute and having no memory of their relationship. Using Jonah Magnus as a sort of puppet, Annabelle uses his voice to guide Martin into destroying Jon once and for all.

Speaking of, what is Martin in this case? Martin’s personal connection to the Lonely, Annabelle empowering him with the Web, and Jon subconsciously empowering him through the Eye means that Martin, like Jon, is empowered by multiple Fears, which gives him more of a chance to kill Jon then she does. Yet, Martin still retains his humanity for the most part and therefore Jon's power relates specifically to Martin's own fear, making him a sort of antithesis to Jon: If Jon is the God of The Things That Are Fear, then Martin is the God of The Things That Are Not Fear.

The Construct

Within the construct Annabelle created is essentially a dollhouse-like recreation of the Magnus Institute. Jon and Martin both are in the mindset of their season 1 selves, with Jon being distant and bitchy and Martin being insecure and a bit of a pushover. Both are actually Gods, but have no clue to their true natures.

Annabelle, using Elias’ voice, calls Martin to his office and demands he kills Jon in order to protect the world, taking the role of the Narrator to guide Martin into doing the job right. In the hallway is a knife on a desk, which Martin has the option to take or not.

Jon, being an Avatar of all of the Fears, now has an interesting caveat in that, depending on how Martin chooses to interact with him, his appearance and personality changes in tandem with what they are BOTH afraid of. Jon embodies a different Fear in every route, changing the more he and Martin butt heads.

Because of their godhood and the nature of the Construct, Martin and Jon can’t ever actually die, even if they kill each other; they’ll simply be shunted into a new chapter picking up from the previous one.

Blade VS No Blade

Much like STP, the "Player's" choices alter how Jon appears. If Martin takes the knife, Jon’s demeanor is more like his Season 2 self; paranoid, angry, distrustful and secretive. Without the knife, he acts more like his Season 1 self; incredulous and snobby.

That's it for now, but I'll be expanding on this in the future with the different Fear Vessels.

[wormdramafever]

Goodbye Volcano High got 3 Honorable Mentions at the Independent Games Festival (IGF)!!!!

Excellence In Narrative, Excellence In Visual Arts, and Seumas McNally Grand Prize!!

[cyclochila]

jon from the discord server based on this jacket

[t4tstarvingdog]

jon as a christ figure literally so compelling

[universal-joke]

Two monsters enjoying their 'Somewhere Else'

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