Cats Being Capable Of Understanding Accidents And Even Giving You A Little Head Bonk To Let You Know

jon gets tipsy off a couple sips of red wine and martin has to carry him around like a sack of potatoes

Me @ everyone

[Audio ID: edited clips from The Magnus Archives and Magnus Protocol.

ELIAS: I warned you, Peter. GWEN: I thought you’d want to see this. It’s really quite amusing, actually. ELIAS: He played you like a… like a cheap whistle. GWEN: I’m in charge now. You heard. Lena’s been let go on multiple counts of negligence, incompetence, possibly even corruption. (Elias and Gwen’s laughter overlap. The Mr. Bonzo Theme begins playing in the background) (computer beep) /end ID]

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Looking forward to Protocol Season 2!

Love how in TMA there are canonical Vampires and Werwolves and literally no one cares. Like none- they don’t even overtly tell you who in the cast is a werewolf you have to figure it out

i was planning to post a fully rendered version on valentines day but i like the sketch a lot and im impatient so here

NOOOOOOO

Day 6: Hugs

YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD HUG?

FOOL!!!

anyway I can't finished it in a day so here's a sketch

@jonmartinweek

podcasts are great because it's like having a friend tell you about their day while you're doing the dishes but instead it's a bunch of guys running around and experiencing the horrors

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