#tmaspoilers

[lollyloopsart]

"I am to be the king of a ruined world, and I shall never die."

[douglysium]

The Buried- Would you still love me if you were a worm right?

Sam- You mean if YOU were a worm right?

The Buried- ....

Sam- Right?

Jonathan Sims- “Down, down, down, down, down below the earth, there was a worm. He had not always been a worm, of course, but time and tide and life had pushed him to it...”

[douglysium]

Some other parallels

"Gwen, you do not have main character syndrome. Run. Leave." You are correct considering what happened to the real Elias Bouchard (he had his body quite painfully stolen from him).

Lena does imply that Gwen could've died in this interaction-

GWEN

"I thought he was going to kill me!"

LENA

“But he didn’t, which means you’ve passed the first part of your probation. Congratulations. Did you scream?”

Here we can see a couple similarities to Jon. A boss that seems to appreciate a worker that seems like they won't die in addition to being someone that can witness the fear and horrors of the supernatural to internalize / comprehend them.

The second statement of Episode 1 of TMAGP seems extremely similar to the first statement of TMA in regards to the presence of something resembling the Anglerfish. Not only does it steal someone's skin to impersonate them after an encounter in the night but when asked when Harriet asks “Arthur” if it’s really him he says “Some of him”, and when Jon asks Sarah Baldwin if she is still herself in MAG 096 (Return to Sender) we get this.

ARCHIVIST

"Are you the same Sarah Baldwin that disappeared in Edinburgh in August 2006?"

SARAH

"Some of her. Skin. A few memories. Not on the inside."

Lena and Elias / Jonah are both bosses that supposedly murdered people that came out of hiding. Elias / Jonah murdered Leitner after he came out of hiding from the tunnels, but in Lena's case it's sort of reversed. Klaus says he can disappear again before Lena supposedly kills him but it is revealed that she actually helped fake his death and thus helped put him into hiding.

In the most recent episode (11) Ink5 mentions "Sutherland Macdonald" when talking about the tattoo Gordon and his crew uncovered. Sutherland is an actual historical figure famous for his tattoo work, which is quite similar to how Robert Smirke is a real historical figure and architect.

The cases Sam and co review are quite similar to the statements of TMA, and even seem to cause mental stress on certain people (Martin seems worn down from listening to statements, which Jon notices in TMA and Alice recommends trying to tune the talking cases)

Like in TMA, we the audience are perceiving the story through some sort of recording device(s).

Sometimes Sam gets cases that are conviently related to whatever he is looking into which resembles how Jonah left breadcrumbs for Jon via various statements and how Archivists in general could randomly "know" things. This also mirrors how Jonah left out files for "Nosie" Rosie to pique her curiosity.

In Episode 10 it looks like something was once again sealed / trapped under the Institute. Leitner trapped Not-Sasha in the tunnels under the Institute in TMA.

In episode 6 Celia quips “Four weirdos in a basement reading scary stories. Dream job.” This sounds like how one might describe the job of Jon and co in the basement. 4 weirdos (Jon, Sasha, Martin, and Tim) going over spooky stories in a basement or some other weird room (a basement or underground warehouse of sorts is not unlikely considering the access the characters seem to have to the tunnels under the Institute).

Gerard gives Celia and Sam a painting called “Camden Epiphany”. In MAG 004 a painting Gerry made of an eye is described as saying "Grant us the sight that we may not know. Grant us the scent that we may not catch. Grant us the sound that we may not call." An epiphany is defined as "a moment of sudden revelation or insight" so one could argue the painting in MAG 004 is indeed related to some sort of epiphany or asking for one, and both paintings are potentially related to insight.

In Episode 10 we get this interaction

ALICE 

“Ew. That explains the pattern on the floor.“

SAM 

“Oh yeah… What is that?”

ALICE 

“Worm tracks. Or y’know symbols of ancient otherworldly power. One or the other.”

Which is probably meant to be a cheeky nod to whatever the fuck the worms were doing in the Institute's tunnels. Time even mentions "I didn’t stay long, ‘cause it had a lot of worms in, and they weren’t acting like the others. They were sort of… wrapping around each other, like they were trying to form a… thing, like a structure or something. A ring." Entities, such as the Corruption could indeed be accurately described as an "ancient otherworldly power." This is because the Entities exist outside of the physical universe and because they were sent to the Protocol universe from TMA.

There's probably more but that's most of the obvious ones I have. I definitely don't think all the characters are 1-to-1, but this definitely feels like a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run type situation where there are certain thematic parallels or takes on each of the characters along with some nods or cheeky references.

Haha. Hahaha.

[bare1ythere]

Guys I don’t think we can time travel fix-it au our way out of this one 

[a-reb]

“...no-one escapes at the end.” 

[bare1yart]

[ID: Two small pen doodles of Martin and Jon from TMA. In the first drawing, Martin is a fat white man with short wavy hair wearing a cableknit sweater and jeans. He's grinning with his hands on his hips, saying "I crave violence against Alexander J. Newall." The second drawing is of Jon, a skinny south asian man with medium length hair tied back in a high ponytail. He's wearing a flannel over a T-shirt and has bandages wrapped around his neck. He's smiling awkwardly, saying "Y'know, the clown entity, the- the Spiral?" End ID]

Two highlights from the new TMA retrospective feat. Martin Kviolence Blackwood and S3 Jon who doesn't understand the entities yet

[artificialdaydreamer]

Martin: Man I can’t wait to get to this lake so I can show off how good I am at rowing and my boyfriend will be so impressed and we can have a romantic moment (despite Basira being there) and it will be so- WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT’S A CLIFF LADDER?

[youre-not-a-god]

#Let’sgougeoutoureyesandmakeout

Alright y’all, first fanart up on the new blog. TMA is my recent obsession, so have a drawing of this iconic moment. I have some other TMA stuff to upload as well but let’s see where this goes first

[the-magnet-archives]

‪big eyes and crooked teeth 🦑‬

[charlie-artlie]

The biggest plot twist reveal so far: Jon didn’t have to sign for his package because Rosie thought he was fucking annoying and didn’t want to deal with him

[lollyloopsart]

[quillmasblog]

Mag 200

[myasphodelmeadow]

The magnus archives was the Web's ritual. The mother of puppets really knows how to play the long game.

[bare1ythere]

HE THOUGHT! HE REALLY FUCKING THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA BE KING OF A RUINED WORLD! He really, really thought he was gonna be this RULER of an apocalyptic WASTELAND and he’d have all this luxury and status above everyone else. THE WHOLE REASON he did this was to achieve power and immortality. AND IN THE END HE HAS NOTHING. He’s practically fucking DEAD, nothing but a channel for the eye. If Jon is almost entirely beholding, then that’s literally all that’s left of Elias. JON is the king of a ruined world. Elias IS and HAS NOTHING. I doubt he’s even fucking AWARE of the statements he’s channeling, the way Jon zones out when he’s recording his own. He isn’t even conscious of his own EXISTENCE! He’s literally just a CONDUIT OF FEAR! Whatever’s floating up there in the panopticon, That’s not Elias Bouchard, That’s not Jonah Magnus, that’s NOTHING! HE LOST! Jon may have said that he won, but DID HE REALLY??? There’s Nothing left of him now! King of a ruined world MY ASS!!

[a-reb]

that finale huh

[bare1yart]

[ID: A painted sketch of Jon from TMA, a skinny south asian man wearing an overcoat, sweater, and ripped jeans. He's sitting nonchalantly upon a glowing red throne, face resting on one hand with the other in his lap. His right eye is glowing green, on the left side of his face is obscured in shadow. In its place, several glowing eyes move up and away from him. He's frowning boredly as he looks down upon the viewer. The whole drawing is tinted a deep red. End ID]

The Lonely King

aka I'm currently being haunted by the alternate chocolate torte of tragedy ending. Holy shit.