Just two guys out for a cig <3

I wish we had more of them ;-;

one (1) gerard

Self-proclaimed rival Vox comments: "totally lame and definitely not cute at all!"

Happy Hazbin day!

TMA/TMAGP sketch dump—- literally been incapable of drawing anything other than fruity little freaks this week.

Okay okay okay, I need everyone to listen to me about this.

I know I kinda talked about this before in a reblog to someone else's post, but the idea has been rotating in my brain ever since and I feel like it needs to be further explored. A lot of people have been talking about the differences between TMA and TMP, and memeing about how people can actually quit the OIAR (which btw, I'll believe when I actually see it, by which I mean if we're able to get through the entire series without Teddy either coming back or turning up dead or otherwise facing "You can quit but you can never leave" levels of repercussions) but like nobody, from what I've seen, has been talking about what imo is the pretty glaringly obvious element at play here. So let's talk about the spider in the room, shall we? What do we know about the Magnus Institute in TMA?

People came there to give statements regarding their spooky experiences, including people who had doubts about doing so (because they weren't sure if the Institute was reputable, because they weren't sure if they believed what they had experienced, because they served a different entity so what reason would they have to do something for The Eye, etc).

The head archivist would ultimately become the Archivist, an Avatar of the Eye.

The Archivists abilities included enabling statement gives to give their statements without going off track or leaving out details (we even see what happens when it's not the Archivist taking the statement), and being able to compel people to tell them things against their will, from statements to their darkest secrets.

You couldn't quit, at least not without gouging your eyes out.

The Magnus Institute was a part of the Eye.

Or was it? Because the other thing we know about the Magnus Institute is that the Web was using it as part of its plan to break free from the TMA world and gain access to the other worlds out there. How much of the compulsion aspects of the Institute-- people being drawn to the Institute to give statements, the Archivists ability to draw statements and secrets out of people, people's inability to quit the Institute--was actually because of the Web? Where does the Eye's "compulsion to seek out knowledge even if could be bad/ harmful" end and the Web's "not being in control of your own actions" begin? Was the Archivist--at least in the form Gertrude and John took--really purely an Avatar of the Eye? Or were they an Avatar of a mix between The Eye and the Web, much like how Martin, if he were to ever become a full fledged Avatar, likely would have been a mix of the Eye and the Lonely, just like his domain in S5 was? After all, Jonah was an Eye Avatar, was he not? And as far as we saw, he never needed to compel information out of people. He just Knew it (and used it to torment people).

One of the themes I've been playing around with in my TMA fanfictions since I first finished the podcast for the first time last winter is how the course of history would be different in the alternate worlds, where the Web wasn't interfering--at least not on the same scale, or for the same reasons--since it had already gotten what it wanted at the end of TMA. And I think that's exactly what we're seeing a version of in Protocol. I think the OIAR is what it looks like when it's entirely the Eye at play, with 0 interference from the Web. The Eye is all about having your secrets exposed, being watched, being followed. The tape recorders--something that would need to be turned off and on (controlled) in order to record something--were a tool of the Web. Now we're "witnessing" the events of the podcast through the audio from security cameras and other things that are constantly running; constantly seeing and listening without needing to be turned on and off. The statements aren't being given by people who somehow found their way to the institute and were on some level or another compelled to tell their tales. They're journal entries detailing a person's private thoughts. They're letters meant only for the eyes of the recipient, sharing secrets not meant for anyone else. They're recorded therapy sessions.

And the statements that are related to the Eye? The ones read in John's voice? They're forum and blog posts, which not only makes them the only ones whose sources didn't have the same expectation of privacy as the others, also ties them to the Web, since computers and websites were previously established as being associated with it.

I'm really glad to see that everyone seems to be having a good time with The Magnus Protocol, and my heart is very full with all the wonderful comments people are making, but I do need to flag something up.

For some of these episodes, a lot of folks are giving me credit for stuff I did not actually write. The cases for episodes 3 and 4 were both by guest writers, Graeme Patrick and Cole Weavers respectively, and they really deserve some love thrown their way.

That's not to minimise my own part: me and Alex certainly do editing work on them, and add in a few bits here and there to make sure everything cohesively fits in with the overall story and tone of the show, but if you enjoyed these episodes, then Graeme and Cole are the ones to thank for it.

And for that matter, Alex wrote episode 2 and deserves more of the accolades for how good that one was than I think he got (my edits just made it a bit... squishier).

Protocol is much more of a team effort than Archives was and so while, in a broad sense, you can still lay most of the blame for bad things happening to characters you love squarely at my feet, it's genuinely important to pay attention to the "written by" section of the credits this time around, 'cause often it's not gonna be my name there, and someone else deserves the thanks for giving you a horrible treat.

Mam, are you implying what I think you're implying?

TMP: mentions employees not lasting long

Magnus Institute employees:

the yuri protocol

Help they need to put my boy on ice

TMP sketches! The first episode came out yesterday (on my birthday :)))) and I’ve been chomping at the bit to draw these losers

Currently brainstorming on a satirical comedy about two brothers in 1950’s New York who get murdered by their mom and go to heaven and hell respectively. Something something about the trama of evangelicalism— this is mostly an excuse to draw 1950’s outfits and take cheap shots at Christianity.

S1 Archive crew!!

I’ve had this weird headcannon Martin was Polish Catholic for the longest time (defo not projecting a bit)

ARCANE | Jinx’s PowPow Modeling | Tony Lebrun

Art by Chen Li

Penumbra Snapshot #1

And so begins our scrapbook journey through the infamous escapades of the Aurinko crime family!

Their shopping day usually ends with making a quick get away.

Photo taken by: Rita

Check out the comic to find out what trouble Nureyev got himself into:

Penumbra Snapshots is a collaborative fan art series depicting the everyday life of the Aurinko crime family through the lens of a communal camera. That means I want to hear your ideas!

What moments do you think should be captured? Tell me your ideas and requests for photographs! Message me or leave them in the tags!

Reblog, be creative and have fun!

GUESS WHAT BABEY IT'S LOVELACE ANIMATION TIME!!!

i've had this idea in my mind for years, and it took this long to finally have the skill and time to accomplish it. wolf 359 is forever ingrained in my uni rushing homework at 2am memories and it has such such such a special place in my heart. i taught myself quite a bit to make this video: rigging a harmony puppet, lighting effects, render settings (seriously, why are rendering settings such a hassle). anyway, i hope you like the video as much as i love wolf 359 and eris and lovelace! mwah!!

(also if you like what i do and want to support me, i'm super close to monetizing my channel, so even just watching the video will help a lot! i've also linked my kofi in the video description)

(also also, in case you didn't know, there are three extra videos about this project that go behind the scenes of how it's made! they're all up on the channel as well 💪)