#the magnus archives s4

[snowwgravve]

"look at me, martin."

screaming crying slamming my head on a table at s4 finale. great heavens

[afurtivecake]

Love that Elias can do all the supervillain-mind-fuckery-manipulation he wants but if someone wants to just walk up to him and punch him in the face, there's not much he can do about it.

[xelidonia]

Man... The statement in MAG 122 is messing with me in a way very few others have.

From a plot perspective, this is a statement about a victim of the Lonely and/or the Stranger, who believes she is the only real person left in the world. The first half is about her inner feelings of doubt, and the second half is a proper spooky encounter with some puppet man, which confirms that she's surrounded by soulless zombies just pretending to be human. As far as actual supernatural encounters go, this is pretty standard for TMA.

But as the one listening? I'm terrified of the statement giver. See, I know all too well that however a real, normal, human person is supposed to emote... I don't really do that... I don't have that natural intuition; I go about attempting to display the correct responses, mostly getting it right, sometimes getting weird looks or scoldings. Wondering my entire life what it is they have that I do not.

It was just certain people; I watched their reactions, the emotions they didn’t quite get right, and I knew they were a facade. It became like a game to me. Watching out for those… soulless husks. Whether on the bus, the street, or even meeting a client for work, I would look into their eyes for just a second, and see the emptiness inside.

The idea that someone out there knows, that they see through my social pretending, that they can tell I'm "born hollow" and that they're right... that their revulsion is justified... that's scary.

And back in-universe, this statement comes just as John is having to come to terms with his own (in)humanity. More and more, he's looking like one of the monsters now. The ones that terrify, that destroy, that cause disgust and dread, that are fair game to kill. He wants to ignore it; but it's impossible.

(And isn't that sort of knowledge you wish you'd never known just what the Eye is looking for?)

[stageturn]

(slides u a jon) got time for a draw this in your style?

use #stageturnDTIYS to participate :D

HAVE FUN!!!!! (closeups under the cut :3)

and here's the actual doodle of s1 Jon

[wojtekaneko]

That's how it went

[thatoneguyletoturnedintoafrog]

s4 Jon you will always be famous

[hatedbyiife]

So this is how elias was in court before he was placed in prison right

[vickozone]

[major spoilers for S2, S4, S5]

The Magnus Archives is RED

[I’m back with more fake screenshots!] Part 1 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

[st4r-t3ars]

The Archivist ver. 2

[mishzar]

and when the web is spun, will you find yourself the spider or the fly?

[mindlessmedic]

Daisy and Jon are best friends, to me

(original under the cut)

[bloopdydooooo]

jon sims literally cannot access a lot of the internet cause he gets to the ‘i am human’ button and starts sobbing

[beegs-bugs]

Live footage of Jon gaslighting himself into thinking he’s only jealous of Peter Lukas because Martin is such a good assistant. No other reason.

Art by my irl friend Vin Who Isn’t On Tumblr

[the-crayonchomper]

various characters: you are a disgusting individual, barely even human at this point. I wish you never woke up from that coma and I honestly think you'd be doing everyone a service if you curled up and died right now. don't ever touch me or talk to me again unless it's absolutely necessary, you fucking prick.

Jon:

[ceaselessims]

thinking about how elias admits to martin that he's been trying to figure out a way to shatter martin's "precious image" of jon but hadn't found how yet so he has to go with the weaker option of bringing up martin's mommy issues (which fails)

martin truly too gay for the narrative he's fucking up everyone's plans

[wojtekaneko]

Season 4 Martin was really going through it... (audio from here)