Reviewing time for MAG194! TwT
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Jonah: Oh no. How ever will I fund my Institute?
Gertrude: Extortion?
Jonah: I guess I have no choice-
Gertrude: Using Beholding to play the stock market?
Jonah (louder): -but to seduce Peter Lukas. After all-
Gertrude: Knowing the lottery numbers?
Jonah: -THERE IS SIMPLY NO OTHER WAY.
Reviewing time for MAG173!
Four months late and with a coffee, ~*MAG160’s review*~ (and the last season 4 proof that I can’t do anything without a deadline.)
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somebody on twitter was talking about there being the sound of martin bringing in wood at the beginning of 160 and in the next scene the sounds of a lit fire being heard and since i read it i’ve been fucking haunted by the mental image of martin in just like. a vest or an unbuttoned flannel chopping wood while jon watches through a kitchen window with a nice cup of tea
Y’all… I am gay… and Canadian… and I became possessed by the chopping firewood buff Marto…
IT WAS MY POST AND THANK GOD IT’S CATCHING ON THANK YOU THIS IS ALL I WANTED
*CRACKS KNUCKLES*
Okay, so for the sake of backing up my ClaimsTM (trust me, I've been wrong about everything during season 4′s airing except when static was involved):
(MAG160) [CLICK–] [LOAD OF WOOD BEING SET DOWN] MARTIN: Everything alright? ARCHIVIST: Just… making sure it works…! […] Especially if I’m trying not to, uh… “see” things, you know? MARTIN: I guess. [BITS OF WOOD BEING PILED UP, ONE BY ONE] MARTIN: You’re unpacked, then? ARCHIVIST: Mm? Oh, yes. [INHALE] Much as I can without any wardrobes to speak of, at least. MARTIN: Yeah, it’s… it’s not exactly the Ritz! ARCHIVIST: Well, it technically still belongs to Daisy, so… I’m just glad it’s not… some sort of… kill room. […] Not much in the way of food, is there? MARTIN: Hm? ARCHIVIST: [EXHALE] MARTIN: Oh! N–no, not yet. I was actually gonna head down into the village to go pick something up. ARCHIVIST: Mm. MARTIN: Maybe give Basira a call to check in, ‘cause: Daisy apparently couldn’t pick a safehouse with a signal, so…!
So:
* Small place (with windows, as we heard glass shatter towards the end of the episode)
* Martin had been outside of the room Jon was in, since he asks if Jon has unpacked; but he hasn't gone to the village yet, so he had remained close by
* Those are definitely sounds of wood in the background => Martin piling up logs?
* Jon’s “Mm? AHAHHAHA YEAH i'm unpacked it didn’t take a lot of time AHAHAH" => yeah no he was definitely staring at something else while Martin was outside.
* Next sequence begins with a sound of [FIREPLACE CRACKLING IN THE BACKGROUND], so Scotland Safehouse: Lit., Archivist: has eyes., and Martin: DEFINITELY Packed.
#THANK YOU#kingcael#THIS IS EXACTLY IT.#and an absolutely accurate jon reaction.#the magnus archives#tma season 4#mag160#tma spoilers#jonmartin#jonathan sims#martin blackwood#martin schwarzwald had been Foreshadowing all this time.#long post/#shirtless/#bare torso/#sweat/#(in other news: guess who suddenly realised that no it wasn't 'ahah i have time for mag160's review it's fine!')#(which is when i FINALLY understood that the sounds in the background weren't exactly unpacking sounds but... this)#(this is why i can't do anything without a deadline.)
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i have one (1) more thing to say about this episode and it was prompted by @intearsaboutrobots calling jon “jonah’s autograph book”
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The Eye Opens
#PLANET WHY TTTTTTTTTT________TTTTTTTTTTTT#the magnus archives#tma season 4#tma spoilers#mag160#fanart#art by op#planetsandmagic#oh no ;;#it's so good but i doesn't help me to Cope it's making me cry even harder TT__TT#jon's face being hidden/covered is so fitting ;;;#the dread powers#the beholding#jonathan sims
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A Brief Moment of Humor Going into MAG 160
Since TMA's season is rounding out and everyone is rightfully freaking out, I just wanted to make a post of the best lines/*few* good things that happened:
- 'Don't open the coffin.' 'Well, it is addressed to me.'
- Daisy came back!
MAG 158 DNI - Those sounds of Elias in chains
- MARTIN! SAID! FUCK!
- Melanie got some therapy!
- Melanie! got! out!
- Georgie/Melanie confirmed!
- "He played you like a cheap whistle."
- Jon vibe checked Peter Lukas! #BabysFirstMurder
- 'What's the blood?' 'That's Leitner too!'
- Simon Fairchild. Just. Everything about him.
- 'And then... *whoosh*.' 'Sorry, what's *whoosh*?'
- Jonny saying that he loves that everyone just decided that Peter and Elias have been married and divorced like 10 times.
- 'I can show you how to use it-' 'No, no, can't stand computers.'
- ::Archivist voice:: "Baaa."
- [WET, MEATY LAUGHTER]
- In Fanon world we got Archive Dog (@units214 you absolute icon)!
- @hartrofucker gave us the magnusgenerator!
- 'Do you know what my least favorite part of a case was?' 'The police brutality lawsuits?'
- 'Maybe when I get kidnapped three times I'll come to you.'
- We tended at #1 three(?) Times!
- 'Oooooh I'm so lonely! And a monster!'
- Feel free to add on!
- “No, you just remind me of someone.” “Aaah, I’m sorry. Were they–” “Evil. Yes.”
- “Hm. An Englishman returning from Scotland with a fear of bagpipes and sheep. I’m sure we can all relate!”
- “… Was it hard to come by?” “No, I just popped down Superdrug. Yes it was hard to come by.”
- “So it’s down to us. You and me. The dynamic duo.”
- “I believe you’ve recently lost Melanie.“ “… We saved Melanie.”
- “Nikola said you were funny. Didn’t believe it.”
- “Jon, you stupid idiot! What did you think?!”
- “Elias was, perhaps unsurprisingly, unwilling to help.”
- “And as far as the coffin goes, there’s not much I can do about a bull-headed Archivist who seems hellbent on self-destruction. My powers only extend so far.”
- “Then, your detective friend went on one of Elias’s wild-goose chases, then Jon wilfully hurled himself into the coffin. I did not intervene, because thankfully, I did not agree to protect your friends from their own idiocy.”
- “He’s not a moron.“ “… If you say so!”
- “Regardless, he’s in there three days, and then what do you know! He manages to pull himself out of the coffin, like a grubby Jesus. And he even brings a Penitent Thief along, in the form of your pet murderer! Does this seem about right to you so far?” “… Yeah.”
- “We have bigger concerns than this little soap opera you call an Archive.”
- “W–will she want to join us?“ “If she doesn’t, I’ll rip her throat out.” “Uh…“ “It’s a joke, Jon.” “… oh. Hahah…! Yes… Uh, I–I’ll get my coat.”
- “Daisy’s got me listening to The Archers.”
- “Great. Great, great. So, what you’re actually saying is that you’re gonna be… no help whatsoever!” “Just like old times~”
- “I’m curious to see what it was she did to derail this big ritual – because I’m sure she didn’t pay poor Jack Barnabas to fall in love with Agnes…! … Well. Ninety percent sure.”
- “… Did he look like he hadn’t slept in like–” “Mm–mm.” “–a week?“ “Yep, uh…“ “… Right…”
- “So, what, this was another waste of time? What, no Church, no Dark Sun? … I’m gonna kill that son of a bitch…!”
- “Thinking about it, the amount of pain, and loss, and legitimate devastation I’ve caused amongst your little cult over the last, what, forty years…? I think The Desolation is probably very fond of me.” “That’s blasphemy, that is.“ “Is it? Or maybe you just picked a bad god.”
- “I’m sure this is just the normal number of webs that grow up organically…!”
- “So, where are all the spiders?“ “Ah– I mean, they, they hide. You know, it’s a thing they do, spiders – they hide.”
- “Well… We’re here now. Might as well push on.” “… Famous last words.”
- “… Here we go… Good evening, Detecti– [PUNCH] OW!”
- “… No. I–it–it’s fine. I–I’m, I’m sorry.” “Oh yeah? For which part?” “[HIGH-PITCHED] … All of it…?”
- “Goodness! The things they could learn here…! Turn your hair white, eh? Best to keep them out, I say!”
- “Wait, “Simon Fairchild” as in…” “As in “all those people who said I did horrible things to them and their loved ones”? Yes. They have been in, haven’t they? I’d hate to think I’m underrepresented in here, not when Peter tells me that that… “bone” fellow has at least half a dozen.”
- “[CONSPIRATORIALLY] I’m pretty sure he was home-schooled, you know!”
SIMON: Peter said you’d have a lot of questions about that one. MARTIN: I do. [PAUSE] How are new powers born? SIMON: Hm… don’t know! MARTIN: How soon could it attempt its ritual? SIMON: No clue! MARTIN: How do we stop it? SIMON: Can’t help you! MARTIN: [THROUGH GRITTED TEETH] Could you, at least, try? SIMON: [FRANTIC] … No–no–no–no, you’re right, of course!
- “Because it… wasn’t a very good idea…? The Fear wasn’t out there, not like I hoped it was. It all sort of… fizzled. Also, a Hunter broke in and destroyed the mechanism, sent me and all my sacrifices plummeting to the bottom of the ocean.”
- “Alright. Let’s… try one of those analogies Peter finds so annoying.”
- “Oh! Nothing, just my own hubris. I should have known. When I came here, I said to myself: “Simon,” I said, “you’re going to answer this young man’s questions, but you’re not going to give The Watcher a statement. You’re better than that.” But it’s a hard one to resist, isn’t it?”
- “If we’re about done–” “We’re not. Sit back down.” “Boooold~ I like it.”
- “I’d say “anytime”, but honestly, if you see me again… I may just throw you off something for a joke.”
- “How do you feel about… rollercoasters?”
- “But it– … What if it kills you?” “Always said I was dedicated to justice…!”
- “You got old.” “Better than being dead.”
- “[SIGH] [SOFTLY BUT WITH FEELING] … Fuck.”
- “What, [CHUCKLING] you gotta gouge your eyes out or something? [SILENCE] … Fuck off?!”
- “So, I guess we’ll want to look out for a pair of homeless serial killers now…! I’ll add it to the list.”
- “I’ve left a proper resignation letter, on Lukas’s desk. It was quite satisfying to write, actually. Almost made me wish it was Elias! He would have hated me not serving out my two weeks-notice, huh!”
- “We’ll… miss you.” “Wish I could say the same…!”
- “You know… I’ve been wondering about your batteries. Like, could I just take the batteries out each time one of you appears and just… have an infinite supply of batteries? I mean, I, I won’t, don’t worry.”
- “Peter, we have talked about this!” “In my defence, it is still quite funny.”
- “No, I insist! Watch.” [SILENCE] “Very impressive.” “I’m reading. Shush.”
Reviewing time for MAG157! ;___;
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Someone in the early access discord (I think @ flammenkobold?) called Gertrude the Chuck Norris of fear gods, and I got inspired.
Death once had a near Gertrude Robinson experience.
Gertrude Robinson beat the Beholding in a staring contest.
Gertrude Robinson found the end of the Vast.
When Gertrude Robinson visited John Amherst's house, she left it spotless.
The Desolation did less damage to the rest of the world than Gertrude Robinson did to them.
Gertrude Robinson made the Flesh vegan.
The Web is being manipulated by Gertrude Robinson.
The Not-Them tried to impersonate Gertrude Robinson. It spend the next decade hiding in the table.
Gertrude Robinson confused the Spiral.
Gertrude Robinson can see in the Dark. The Dark can't see Gertrude Robinson.
Hunters hunt vampires. Gertrude Robinson hunts Hunters.
Gertrude Robinson once set off so many explosives at once, the Slaughter thought its ritual had succeeded.
Gertrude Robinson uses the Coffin as a sleeping bag.
Gertrude Robinson made friends at a Lukas family gathering.
The Inheritors are afraid of Gertrude Robinson.
Yes that was me! And I’m cackling at every single one of theses jokes you made out of that!!! Thank you for those :D!
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Behold
(Click the image, it’s transparent!)
#such a PUNCHABLE FACE; i want to grab him by the shoulders and shake him while screaming to spill his secrets#which probably means it's an absolutely accurate fanart uh.#efudhsnrez i hate him and his canonical grinning face.........#also hHHhhh the transparent elements..........#the magnus archives#tma spoilers#fanart#art by op#planetsandmagic#suits#elias bouchard#the beholding
Reviewing time for MAG138! /o/
Reviewing time for MAG130 /o/
- Fun game!
(MAG106) BASIRA: Hm. I dunno, I mean, you should have seen him when I turned up last year. I think he thought I was trying to steal his precious Archivist. […] Huff. That [INSERT TITLE HERE] needs to relax. MELANIE: Or at least find someone else to fuss over. BASIRA: Yeah, [x]’s got it bad. … Do you know if [x] and Jon ever…? MELANIE: No clue – and not interested.
Is this conversation between Melanie and Basira about: a) The Distortion about Jon? b) Elias about Jon? c) Martin about Jon? d) The Web about Jon? (Jon, you serial heartbreaker.)
In all seriousness (kind of.): the Web has it BAD about Jon, indeed. Which is necessarily not a good sign given that if someone from the Web were to tell you it wants you to carry its babies, you would have to understand that it means hollowing you out and turning you into a spider egg sack.
The Web sent him a lovely lighter in MAG035, that Jon still had on him as of MAG111, because Jon ~chose~ to go back to smoking after five years of quitting! Jon discovered the worms infestation back in MAG038 thanks to a lil’spider on a wall (BECAUSE OF COURSE: JONATHAN “I PERSONALLY READ MAG016’S STATEMENT ABOUT A GUY MINDCONTROLLED TO REPEATEDLY SMASH A SPIDER ON A WALL” SIMS ASSUMED THAT HIS OWN ACTIONS WERE HIS OWN AND TOTALLY NOT CONTROLLED UH.) Lovely helpful spiders eat the worms carcasses in the tunnels! Cobwebs were welcoming him into the wax museum when they were planting bombs in MAG118! “She” sent Handsome Black MLM Oliver to encourage him to wake up in MAG121! And now the spiders are leaving tapes for him in his desk when Jon is having trouble thinking about his next moves! uwu
… Meanwhile, what have you done for Jon, Beholding. You fucked up a perfectly functioning researcher, gave him anxiety, nightmares and the constant feeling of being watched, is what you did. (… Well, the Web also gave Jon trauma, misguided hatred, and a visceral phobia of spiders but HEY, at least, it’s giving Jon useful presents in his Quest!)
Oliver had confirmed that the Web had never really left Jon alone after all these years (MAG121: “But… you know better than anyone how the spiders can get into your head. Easier to just do what She asked!” and the mere fact that Oliver came… because “She” had sent him to talk to Jon), we still don’t know its/Her intentions and neither does Jon:
(MAG131) ARCHIVIST: I found this tape tucked in the corner of my desk drawer. [AGGRAVATED SIGH] Covered in cobwebs. I suppose subtlety is gone out the window a bit. And the question is now simply … how much I trust the Spider to have my… best interests at heart. … Hm. I suspect my assuming it has a heart might be a clue I’m looking at this the wrong way.
(Obviously, the answer is that it wants to win YOUR HEART, Jon!!)
Reviewing time for MAG125 /o/
- I’m still going to nickname that power ~Insight~ until further notice because of MAG123 (“I have no theories on it, no… no sudden insights.”), though Basira’s “spooky brain” is A Very Tempting Phrase to cover it. Interestingly, there were similarities in the ways it has manifested so far:
(MAG124) ARCHIVIST: Still no sign of Peter Lukas of course, or Mar– [STATIC] Wait– Wait.
(MAG125) ARCHIVIST: Peter Lukas is just… sitting up there, doing whatever the hell it is he [STATIC-] and Elias have planned, and Melanie still has that bullet pumping violence into her, waiting to turn this place into another Lanncraig. [/STATIC] I just wish there w– … w… … Wait, I, I, I didn’t… Did I read that somewhere, or…? R–right, yes [CLEARS THROAT]. The bullet, er, didn’t show up on… electronic or… mechanical scans, but it’s still lodged in her leg, just above the tibia. … And it’s been getting slowly infected ever sin– I have to find Basira.
1°) After Jon read a statement. (It had also been the case in MAG099 when he had dropped Gerard’s name amongst the list of Gertrude’s acquaintances when he’d been given absolutely no reason to do so.) 2°) Both times, regarding the assistants – who are Jon’s primarily concern as of now (at least explicitly). (3°) Right after Jon mentioned Peter Lukas, but that one is most likely to be a coincidence. Probably.)
-> … is this the equivalent of Beholding throwing him a treat and going “thank you for the meal”.