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fake idgafer. i saw tht haunted look in ur eyes

This is so Jonathan Sims

"You're losing blood" no I know exactly where it is. The floor. Don't ever underestimate me.

this is part 1 [part 2] Happy TMAnniversary haha the song is  A Complete List of Fears Ages 5-28 (Aprox) by The Yellow Dress I really love this podcast so so much. I just finished it like a month ago and it still lives in my brain so i just had to do a little tribute

emails from peter

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

One of my favorite things about The Magnus Archives is how we're initially introduced to two characters: One who is an Archivist who is very scholarly, curious, and observant. And the other is a kind man who likes to make tea and is said by multiple people to have no survival instincts.

Then as the series goes on the kind man with "no survival instincts" is slowly reveled to be someone who is quite cunning and manipulative when he needs to be. He's consistently shown to be one of the smartest characters in the series, and he pulls off some pretty impressive feats like playing Peter like a fiddle for the majority of season 4 and having enough foresight to put an end to the apocalypse in season 5.

Then there's the Archivist. While he is very book smart, most of his street smart plans rely on ✨vibes✨ and the phrase "Gee. I sure hope this works!" He got lost in the tunnels where his boss was murdered. He has been kidnapped an unreasonable amount of times. He read a statement about a binding ritual trapping a creature to a table and decided to hit said table with an axe.

Martin and Jon are such good subversions of their character archetypes and it's so fun to think about. Martin, who tends to be portrayed as the worst assistant in season 1, ends up making logical choices even when they contradict with what his heart/gut instinct wants. Meanwhile, Jon, who is first portrayed as this guy who is "logical to the point of skepticism," ends up spending most of the series making choices with his heart and/or gut instinct. He's not great at using his head when push comes to shove, but he's usually trying to make the choice that feels right in the moment.

Jon and Martin's growth throughout the series takes them in opposite directions that break their archetypes, and that makes the series so much more enjoyable to me. It wouldn't be the same if Martin hadn't burned the statements in front of Elias or if Jon hadn't broken into Gertrude's flat, and I do love how the "logical Archivist" is genuinely one of the most unhinged characters in the series by like... season 2.

[ID: A five panel digitally illustrated comic of Jonathan Sims and Martin Blackwood from The Magnus Archives. The first panel shows just Martin's right hand, holding a large knife as Martin asks "Are you sure about this?". The second panel is a wider view, showing Jon propped up in Martin's lap, his head being cradled by Martin's left hand. Jon's left hand is holding Martin's face as Martin cries. Jon says "No, but I love you" and Martin replies "I love you too." In the third panel they move towards each other, eyes closed and mouths slightly open, and in the fourth panel they kiss. The fifth panel shows Martin stabbing the knife into Jon's chest as Jon gasps. End description.]

One way or another, together

"It doesn’t want to harm me."

"And me?"

"I won’t let it."

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