#the magnus archives first listen

[ziploc849]

Jon: my coworkers are acting weird and are avoiding me. I have done nothing to deserve this and this clearly means they are conspiring against me

Jon: Spies on his coworkers, is clearly becoming deeply paranoid, goes looking through people’s things and trash, is getting more and more aggravated as time goes on

Jon: I just don’t know why they’d be acting so strange around me unless they were hiding something

[deadlykitten404]

MAG 187 - ooooh FASCINATING I think the Distortion is so interesting because of how little Helen lies, considering she's a being made of the fear of lies

also everyone loves Michael and Helen because they're designed to be likeable, but also out of all of the other chapters in the series there really are so few that are easy to sympathize with. like, all of the fan favorites really are the ones that are still kind/friendly (ig is the best way of putting it). Like, the statements where people just kill or torture without remorse are the ones that have the characters I like the least, but then you have characters like Helen and Agnes and Annabelle who really are more victims of the narrative that are just making the best of their situation

MAG 193 - oh I didn't realize that Elias was an actual stoner, idk why I fully thought it was like a fanon thing (like the lonelyeyes divorce subplot)

MAG 194 - Annabelle?? I still haven't figured out what the Web's motivation is here, frankly I'm surprised that it still has any notable power amongst everything the Eye has.

I'm so glad Melanie is still like, a normal (fairly) rational person, it's refreshing around all the supernatural explanations for stuff loll

YOOO HILLTOP IS BACK??? I thought getting rid of the apple like destroyed the place???

MAG 195 - BASIRAAA

MAG 196 - wait,,, were the tapes from the web?? or did Annabelle just take tapes??? either way writing a statement from the position of the house is fascinating

MAG 197 -oooooh so they are from the web!!

usually lore dumps are kinda tedious, but that was fascinating. it's so cool seeing everything come together.

MAG 200 - "I don't want to die" bold words from a man who condemned the whole world.

I loved the little lore dump about the fears, getting their backstory was so interesting ! also the web literally having a mind of its own is pretty cool.

oooh so now the cover art makes so much sense. I thought it was going to be like Jon's connection to the Web and the Eye, but NOPE ITS ALL THE WEB

also this was the only thing going through my head while Jon was giving his closing monologue, so enjoy both versions of the meme (im sure it's been done before, but I couldn't decide which one was funnier so I'm doing both)

[stompandhollar]

“…Let’s go.”

[cabinette]

Tim and Sasha because i miss them.... and also a siiiingle jmart doodle. as a treat for you guys

[egg-noodle]

Mark him up, lads!

[crying-over-really-dumb-things]

Thinking about Jonathan “went to a coworker’s birthday lunch stressed as hell, picked an old man ice cream flavor, infodumped about his current hyperfixation, left the lunch and promptly blacked the memory out” Sims……..

[potato-lord-but-not]

quit my job last week and thus gathered up all my work doodles !! thought it’d be fun to share a year’s worth of sillies :)

[bardic-irritation]

losing my mind what do you mean martin is canonically Down Bad for jon? and jon is canonically ace? these were casually confirmed in the span of like 30 seconds? i thought those were just the typical in-denial fanbase headcanons, they're REAL?!?

[primewritessmut]

the fact that jonathan sims was kidnapped by russian circus mannequins for an entire month and his only reaction was “my skin has never been more moisturized” is insane

this man is not beset by horrors, he is inviting them in

[theglowingeyeballz]

I miss listening to this funny man for the first time

[goat-goth]

Sticker wip! Gonna touch up and color digitally

[ziploc849]

Still listening to Magnus archives the first time and. Do I need to make a list of all the people mentioned????? The same damn people keep getting brought up and I’m only 19 episodes in like I feel like I should be making a flow chart

[deadlykitten404]

mag 173 - I was worried I was going to have to skip this episode, but it was tamer than it could have been

mag 174 - well, this was unsettling,,, until the second half. I was frankly so confused as to what the thing was supposed to be that it became not scary. like, it's a titan made of people?? I guess??

mag 175 - I think I now have a solid list of words I hate hearing Johnny narrate. bulb/bulbus. bulging. lump. sac. why does he say them like that.

mag 176 - OOOH DAISY GOT EM

[alex-strike-is-transgender]

Finished series one of tma so some predictions:

The coffin from one of the earlier episodes is important

Graham is important

That cave too

Martin dies

Something cult related

Not all the worms are dead

Someone drowns

Drugs happen

After all that they're still not really taken seriously by professionals

Don't tell me if I'm wrong or right I wanna find out on my own

[deqncas]

you are SO dear to me Jonathan Sims.

[probably-undead-void-creature]

Tfw your name is Martin/Martyn and you're at the mercy of an all-seeing god-like being that really likes eye imagery.