Francis and the spider from mag 172, I adored this episode and I might do a quick animatic of it if I have the opportunity to

MAG 172 - Strung Out

doodle 172/200; days left - 15/110 3/128

thEM :(((

also martin slapping jon just bc he can, hello???? xD

sorry for the low quality of these pics but i had to take them myself like this ↓ so it was hell on earth

PLUS i did most of it while waiting to get my haircut and hjkhjggk???? we had to listen to the hairdresser talk shit abt ukrainian refugees and GOD IM SO ANGY NOW

our country gives them 5 000 Kč which is like 200 dollars + it's only once so it's basically nothing and like no miss lady they really aren't "abusing the system" or whatever shiut your fuck im so angry omg

"ooh blahblahblah kids r dying or both sides" NO??? THEY AREN'T?? pls go read some reliable sources omg???? and go donate.

More old art, based off MAG 172

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when the eldritch horror torturing u respects ur pronouns 😍😍

clearly they wouldn’t appreciate The Tragedy of Francis: A Comic Puppet Show in All Acts

it's a podcast.

“You don’t get it, like – it’s my decision. I know what I’m doing; just – can we stop talking about it, please? It’s fine, i-it just. Helps. It helps.”

THIS EPISODE WAS THE MOST DISTURBING ONE IVE HEARD HOLY SHIT . HERES A SKETCHY THING IM GONNA GO THINK ABOUT THIS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK

I love this episode i love this episode i love-

OKAY. SO. FRANCIS. They're a fuck gender. Like me. I love them. I was so happy to realise they're non-binary and I love them dearly they're amazing.

Poor Francis I hope they recovered easily and were okay after the apocalypse :(

There probably are valid things to be said about all the dead enbys, but also I don’t know what to tell you, it’s a horror podcast, the nonbinary characters are going to suffer and/or die horribly.

"The Tragedy of Francis, a comic puppet show in all acts.

Act forty-eight thousand sixty seven: A stage that is a room that remains a stage. The audience watches, drooling, expectant. A table stands in the middle with a single chair. On that table can be seen a bottle, cigarettes, paraphernalia of all shapes, sizes, and consumptions.

From the space above the stage hang the hooks. They shift, gently, without the breeze, as eager and hungry as the patrons in the seats.

Enter Francis, stage left. They walk slowly, unsteadily. Every limb is shaking.

FRANCIS: Please. Please god, not again. I don't want it to happen again.

Pause for laughter."

[Laughter from the audience]

Diversity win! The eldritch horror/avatar of the ceaseless watcher who must bear witness to this world of terror, brought about by his hand, is gay!

Round One Part One - Match 4

Remember when everyone got mad at depictions of addiction? Wild time. Today we have the Web as a force of addiction (so true bestie) against Simon Fairchild’s love for his antiques!

MAG 172 - Strung Out | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

The Tragedy of Francis, a comic puppet show in all acts. Recorded by The Archivist, in Situ.

MAG 051 - High Pressure | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Antonia Hayley, regarding a deep dive that took place near Sable Island, Nova Scotia.

“I don’t want that anymore. It’s different now; I’m different now. I’ve worked so hard.”

THE SPIDER: “I don’t care.”

Good morning all I am Not Dead I am just Very Bad at doing literally anything including using Tumblr skvjsbfbbd

Life updates:

1. I got a new job in Minnesota and am moving there in November!! No more 100+ days of 100F+ heat for me!!!! Living in a blue state again will be so nice!!!!!!!!

2. It'll be the same work (rehab engineering/assistive technology) but a pay bump and a position in a much bigger dept that is actually well supported rather than the One Man Army I've been down here

3. I got back on the Magnus Archives train and just finished 170 and let me tell you. I was neutral on Martin before this season but he has grown on me rapidly. Several of the unreality/depersonalization eps have hit me pretty hard but 170 almost literally knocked me the FUCK out it was So Good I am DESPERATE to finish this show

4. (also I continue with my string of "Blorbo who has special powers that set them apart from other people, but they're just A Guy, a guy who is kind of an apathetic dick at the start of the thing but grows to learn and love and trust people. Also they are autistic and ace" with Mr Jon Sims who I love very much) (following behind minato arisato and neku sakuraba and setsuna f seiei, my beloved children)

5. I unfortunately still have the anxiety (tm) and am incapable of writing short posts

6. I maybe will write a short BDTS oneshot in the near future to try and get back into the swing of fic things? Equally likely that I will write some tma angst. bc I haven't gone deep into the ao3 tag yet, but I have not yet seen any of what I see as some low-hanging fruit, which means I Have To Make It Myself

So anyway hello everyone how've you been??

MAG 172 Relisten

Activity on my first listen: cutting the French tamarisk in my garden.

JON: "Ah, hold up. Uh, I, I need to, um…" MARTIN: "Now? Seriously? We’re almost out of here." JON: (kinda breathy) "I’m sorry. Not really up to me." MARTIN: "Fine." (sigh) It is actually a really shitty thing to do, to react to physical needs of others like that, making them feel bad about it. I speak from experience and I’m sad to say that I was the shitty one. I taught myself to ignore my bodily needs, I drink very little, I eat very little when it's an inconvenience for me in any way. My spouse drinks the amount of water a human normally should to stay healthy and therefore has to pee a lot more often than I do. In the past I also reacted annoyed when we were out travelling and they had to seek out bathrooms while I wanted to push on. I realized how shitty that was of me and while it is hard to change my thinking pattern I don't blame them anymore for needing a quick break.

JON: "If you’re bored, you could always… take in a show." MARTIN: "That’s – That’s not funny, Jon." JON: "If you say so." Is Martin really so averse to the statements? We know for Jon it feels good to let it out, all that has build up. And the fear around him feels good. But also, he's the Archivist, it's his thing. It really is a bit as Jude put it. Leeching on all the other fears, feeding off of everything, not just the victims in his domain. Martin does have Eye in him, but is it enough that the fear of victims, who are not in his domain, does something "positive" for him? Jon may imply here it's not all bad for Martin with his "if you say so", he surely could Know that. Or he's just dismissive of Martin's sour mood.

That "pause for laughter" is what gets me most in this one. Being watched and judged and mocked. I don't have any experience with addiction/substance use, so the others stuff doesn't really get to me.

Also can we appreciate the soundscaping? It's so good!

Okay, scratch the "only pause for laughter gets me", those hooks, piercing through all kinds of Francis' body parts make me wince every time... But that's more the territory of body horror.

MARTIN: "I went exploring, alright? I don’t know why; I shouldn’t have." JON: "No, y,you shouldn’t have!" Martin going exploring in a Web domain... Not suspicious at all! Still teasing Web!Martin.

MARTIN: "Being here – (sigh) I-It just makes me second-guess all of it, and I – I don’t like it, it – really scares me." That's fair in a Web domain. Almost ventures into Spiral territory here...

JON: "Knowing… Seeing… i,it’s not the same thing as… understanding." Yeah can relate. I can be really good at coming to conclusions, or identifying if one thing has something to do with another thing, or doesn't. But there are also a lot of times where I am fully aware of both things and it just takes me sooo long to connect the dots.

JON: "pattern of consequences and subtle nudges, but I, I can’t – I can’t hold them all in my head at the same time." That's how I describe TMA to others. Like it's so good at surprising because it has such a vast lore. And when things come together it still makes sense, like you feel like "Oh yeaaah, right, there was something about that!"

JON: "Would you like to leave now?" MARTIN: (…decisive) "Yeah, screw this place. Never liked the theatre anyway." That is so funny to hear from someone who likes poetry XD I always thought it’s a rather similar art.

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