The Magnus Archives : Severance

aka: MagSev! An AU by @fiuworks combining the eldtrich workplace fear horrors of TMA with the sterile psychological workplace thriller Severance! All characters owned by Rusty Quill, and the Severance source material by Ben Stiller and Apple Tv!

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Running a casual Q&A during hiatus! Pop an ask or a comment or something in the ask box and I’ll get to it at some point with a doodle and a response 🔥 for the series or for the individual characters all is good 🔥

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hi

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1 yr since I created the Magsev blog 🥳

Don’t worry- I do intend on one day returning to Magsev!

That, however, will not be anytime soon…as I’m working on other projects right now, namely writing an entire Hunger Games from the ground up! (If you’d like to see that, it’s on A03 under Arpeggi - The First Quarter Quell)

I just have stagnated on Magsev due to shifting motivations and interests- it happens to everybody! But trust and believe I’ll pick it up again one day when the whim consumes me and I’ll get s2 finished….one day…

Hope yall are doing good…dissapears into the fog

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Now that we've officially met the best character ever...

What's the Admiral's favorite toy?

why, Jon, of course!

@jonsimsandcats

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Are rosie and Elias severed? I haven't watched severance so I don't know what characters they're meant to be. haven't read all of the fic yet either, and if it was said I missed it. Thank you if you respond :)

So, this raises a really interesting point I need to make, as only you've explicitly come to ASK me this question- but the long and short of it is that while there are characters that function as stand-ins for Severance characters, they aren't and 99% of the time wont function exclusively in the role they're 'supposed' to be in. Nobody in Magsev is 'supposed' to be anyone in Severance. For example, Martin has a wakeup scene simmilar to Helly R, but does not share her temprament, and Melanie makes up for that. Rosie fills a simmilar administrative role to Mr. Milchick, but Oliver also stewards some of Milchick's energy, so to speak, and thus doesn't concretely embody the character of Miss Casey, so on and so forth. You shouldn't read with the expectation of 1:1 series-to-fic adaptation, because i'm about to pull some EVIL shit from under your noses in the future just you wait.... As for the first part of your question? See the above (runs away cackling and giggling and cycling on my clown bike)

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I haven't watched severance but I really want to read this au because I think it sounds super interesting 😭 could I hypothetically still enjoy this without any context from the show...? (I read the first post you made introducing the au, and it seems like I could, but I'd still like clarification/reassurance)

Hey there!! No doodle as I’m about to pass out but

I was asked this a handful of times during both former Q&A’s ran for this fanproject and the answer is a definite yes!

Things to consider, though:

- The plot to this fanproject includes spoilers that mirror plot points from Severance that, were you to watch Severance afterward, you’d get more of an inkling to the shows plot twists and reveals because of what I choose to include in this fanproject, thus potentially spoiling your future viewing experience just a little (or at least tainting it with the flashbang of ‘this happened in a fic I read wooaaghh’)

- Some plot conventions from severance, while I try to explain them naturally as best I can, tend to be a bit confusing sometimes! However; leaving comments can push you in the right direction because I like to explain further about the nitpicks of Severance terminology/processes when and if I can! (Sometimes I have to leave everyone in the dark for spoiler purposes…..necessarily evil I fear!)

However, if that doesn’t phase you, please feel free to jump in!!!

TLDR: Magsev is all about me putting the plot and characters of The Magnus Archives into the Severance worldbuilding, so you really only need to have listened to TMA (and maybe TMAGP if you want to be more familiar with the way this is being written (plot progression through observation etc))to enjoy it!

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MAGSEV 019: INTERVENTION.

" As long as you’re willing to improve, this won’t take very long. Your team needs you, Jon."

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The severed floor stages an intervention for Jon's behaviour. On the ground, however, his outie's guerilla investigation tactics only ramp up further.

IT'S HERE. TAKE IT!!! TAKE IT!!!! TAKE IT NOW!!!!!

This marks the midseason finale of Magsev s2!! I'll be writing out a longer post about this hiatus sometime soon, but just know that I planned it this way, and this indefinite hiatus is to ensure i can now lean back and take a break from some insane burnout with this project, and so that i can come back from vacation hopefully in the right mindset to finish writing the season and get back to producing the artwork for it!

Please enjoy this episode and stay tuned for updates and WIP progress on this account! I don't intend on abandoning everyone completely mwah

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yeah im just gonna drop it now....woe, magsev midseason finale be upon ye

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guys i fucking did it i finished the last thumbnail before hiatus now i dont have to draw another one of these magnus fucking things for at least half a year GOD BLESSSSSSS IM FREEEEE

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How do we feel about an EARLY release for once....??

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Saw the severance cast in person today 🥹 such a beautiful experience I love this show with all my heart and Adam Scott specifically I’ve been hyperfixating on media he’s been a main character in way before severance so . Yeah….color me misty eyed….

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MAGSEV 018: HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

"Whatever the case- it might be me, it might be the people, but I’ve never really managed to insert myself into the actual body of society in Jonesford. I don’t really care."

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Jon visits the annual Jonesford Halloween Fair on his way home from a food shop. The Cataloguing Department languishes over Jon's behaviour. More research is done.

Yazoo, Magsev 018 at your service! this was truly just me and three different gradient map layers against the world i could not get the colors to look right, but it's here for you to read fresh off the press!!

This is the penultimate episode before the planned hiatus, and all the details about that will come this Sunday at 10pm alongside the drop of Magsev 019!

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Gonna aim to finish and release the next magsev tonight! When? Mystery. You gotta fuck around and find out…

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guys im back in STRUGGLETOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i started writing magsev 022 in EARLY JANUARY and it is now almost MARCH and ive NOT EVEN WRITTEN A THIRD OF IT

im going crazy

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update I still haven’t made any progress on it clown emoji however I do want to set aside some time of my vacation to write because I know it will heal me godbless

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Hey guys I’ve had a busy few days doing a cosplay photoshoot a finale watch party and then I’m going to two different things in the city back to back tomorrow and I thought I’d finish the next thumbnail tonight but I’m so exhausted and alas no 😞 probably looking at a monday or Tuesday release again! But I’ll definitely be able to put the last ep pre hiatus out on time for sure

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finished severance s2 yesterday and maaannnnn…..

don’t get too attached to anyone in this fic I am having ideas

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fuck it I’m going to put in as many oc cameos into magsev as I freaking want

you’re getting oc cameos not just from tma ocs but from ocs throughout the multiverse . This is a treat for ME