the magnus protocol + tma

very autistically hyperfixated on the magnus protocol since it came out because i’ve already finished TMA and have been buzzing waiting for this i need it all in one place

[lukewarmtomatosoup]

my jon has not been looking nearly pathetic enough recently… guards!!! skrunkle him!!

[sarcasticscribbles]

Redraw of The Archivist (2022 Jonathan Sims, 2024 Sasha James)

[sarcasticscribbles]

my one headcanon for Tim is that he's a hairguy, his hair routine is more expensive than my rent, and he's so real for that

[magnus-brain-rot]

I’ve got some tma thoughts. I’ve seen some explorations of want vs need when it comes to how Avatars feed. Do they NEED to feed on fear or is it more like an addiction? I think that it’s a bit of both.

For example, in Jon’s case I think he NEEDS statements. They feed him. BUT I don’t think he needs LIVE statements. The paper ones feed him just fine, they just don’t “taste” as good and may not be as filling. But, he would just need more paper statements than he would live.

I think part of why he has more trouble than Daisy with control is 1) he is a fully fledged avatar who died and was reborn and 2) he didn’t have the emotional anchor(s) that she did. Daisy had Basira, who helped keep her human. In season 4, Jon was surrounded by people who didn’t like him. They weren’t friends. They blamed him for their situation. Daisy was eventually a friend to him, but she was also an avatar.

I think that Jon was losing his humanity and slipping into being a traditional avatar in season 4, but didn’t fully slip because of Martin. I think that in order to keep their morals and humanity (even when no longer human), avatars need human anchors to remind them of what they were.

[jaybirdscoffee]

reblog if you want a photographer to capture you diversing all over the place

[jane---prentiss]

so has this been done yet?

[localsamalicer]

What the two will be separated by now ep 26 and 27 have happened

[sidsvidsyt]

As a non-Archives listener, this is what I’ve gathered.

Archives Fandom, aggressively shaking and sobbing: What are you doing in my house?!? What are you doing in my house?!?

Trevor Herbert, delightful autism pose: I Want Waffle Fries.

[kairos-polaris]

Jonah sacrificing that guy isn't a parallel to Gertrude sacrificing Michael. Jonah did it for the sake of his curiosity while Gertrude believed she was saving the world. But you know who sacrificed their assistants for the sake of knowledge?

JURGEN MOTHERFUCKING LEITNER GODDAMN FOOL

[ashpkat]

i think that tma s1 has that perfect podcast vibes. it’s low budget. the voice acting is awkward at times. the sound quality is peculiar. those are the vibes everyone !!! it feels almost indie in a way that scratches an itch in my brain. and something i like from the earlier seasons that wasn’t included later is the moments of silence. there’s no background music, it is just jon’s voice and the sounds of a tape recorder. mmm. that is the shit

[ladyyellow-thegremlin]

Season 5 Jon and Martin be like

[bucket-of-spiders]

The fact that Gwen simply refused to get fired from her position is so funny to me. Like she wants to experience The Horrors and will stop at absolutely nothing to do so.

[eminentsleet388]

pov youre sam and celia

[sann1kovland]

why is Helen still a real estate agent. why does she talk like the Distortion. why does she laugh like the Distortion to the point where the transcript specifies it. what the fuck is going on

[ceaselessims]

when i tell you i was on the edge of my seat waiting for some gross body horror to make me gag like the last few episodes, only to hear Sam and Celia kiss, i just about busted a fucking lung

[keyntac]

just another goddamn mystery

[soupdwelling]

the closest alex can get to putting the word magnussy in an actual episode