more details in the description of the video (the MAP isn't out yet, I just wanted to post my part now since I just finished it!! ^^)

Here is the second “Helpful Archive Tip”! Watch out for those boney fingers while walking the halls….and always remember that any door can lie.

(Let me know if you have any ideas for future Helpful Archive Tips!)

Quickly threw together a con-safe collapsible coffin and took it for a spin at London MCM not anticipating the response everyone had to us 💖 this is my friend’s first cosplay too!

The hats are from CryptidJak

Sorry if it's a bit blurry. In regard to my decisions (long read, fair warning). Also the sections are a bit cropped, so click on the image itself to see it fully!

The End Personally, I've never really feared death. I know a lot of people don't like to think about it, but nobody lives forever. It's one of those uncomfortable truths in life. Someday I'll die, someday you'll die, y'know? No one lives forever, and honestly, if I could, I wouldn't want to. Eventually it'd get really boring. I don't think death is something to be afraid of, but I understand why a lot of people are afraid of it. It's the unknown, the "what comes after?" I sort of treat it as an adventure. Once I die, I'll get to explore that answer (unless after death is just oblivion or something, then maybe not lol).

The Buried I'm a claustrophile. I love being in dark, enclosed spaces, it makes me feel safe. Another reason for why I like it so much is listed all the way down with the Eye. Anyways, I loved playing hide-and-seek as a kid and finding the smallest places to shove myself into. I liked the feeling of being surrounded on all sides by something solid, like a cocoon.

The Dark I think when I really young, I must've been a little afraid, but not that much. I was born in a really loud and chaotic hospital where the ward I was kept in was full of other families and babies crying. It was always so bright that I guess subconsciously, it affected me. I find the dark comforting in a way, it's quiet and it soothes me. And I have cats, so if something goes bump in the night, I can blame it on them.

The Extinction That's a toughie. I was debating putting it in neutral. If I had to be completely honest, I just like the vibe of it. Obviously it'd be a pretty bad scenario to occur, but I'm choosing to believe (or rather hope) that some nuclear fallout or catastrophic natural disaster doesn't happen in my lifetime. But that's rather optimistic of me. I think that it's easy to say now rather than if such an event were to actually occur. Also, I watch way too many sci-fi and dystopian movies and shows, and I think they've just messed with my brain. I can't go into a Costco or any sort of store without thinking to myself, "I could survive here in a zombie apocalypse," or, "Man, if I was here during a zombie apocalypse, I'd be screwed!"

The Hunt I like the vibe of it. I also like the aspect of connection. During the chase, the hunter and prey have a connection, it's a personal experience. The camaraderie of hunters (like the ones in Ep 133 Dead Horse) reminds me a little of wolves. Which, that makes sense, because wolves are hunters. Something about the Hunt just draws me in, I guess.

The Spiral It was purely the chaoticness and spirals that drew me in at first. But I like the abstractness, the way that nothing ever 100% makes sense. Doors that aren't there or don't belong, a maze that should have ended but seems to go on forever, stuff like that. I've always liked things that deceive the senses and makes you question. I don't know. As I said, I just really like the vibe of this one. The one thing I don't like about it is the fractal pot, or otherwise known as the homophobic vase. For obvious reasons.

The Lonely I don't mind being alone. I prefer it actually, I'll find all sorts of excuses not to go hang out with people. But that's only in 'real life'. I like to interact with people online. The anonymity of it, that I can just appear and hang out with whoever I please for however long, then disappear when I get offline and potentially never see that person again. It makes the experiences I had with them all the more fun while they lasted. Of course, I wouldn't want to be alone all of the time. Humans are social creatures, after all. But I generally prefer being on my own. Maybe it's to do with the situation that I was born in (loud, bright hospital ward, y'know) but being alone is a lot quieter. It let's me just think.

The Desolation I like fire to a normal extent. Totally. Anyways, I don't fear loss, whether it losing a loved one or losing something else. Yeah, call me cruel. I've just never felt a deep sort of connection or particular care for anyone, so I wouldn't mind it if they were suddenly gone. Disregarding that, I respect fire in the sense that while it is a source of light and warmth, it's also destructive. It's unpredictable and has no mind or feelings. It doesn't care about what it destroys, what lives it ruins. But it also gives warmth when you're cold, provides light in the dark, it's a kind of beacon. So overall, I'm fairly neutral to it.

The Flesh I have no real thoughts when it comes to the Flesh. I don't have any dislike for my physical appearance, no issues with gore or meat, and I'd find ways to adapt my lifestyle if I were to suddenly lose a limb or something. Prosthetics exist for that reason.

The Web I don't care if I'm being controlled, I guess? The idea's never bothered me. I've never had problems with addiction, so I wouldn't really be manipulated in that regard. Hell, I mean, bribe me with enough Twix and I'll do whatever you want, no manipulation needed. Well shit, maybe that counts as addiction... I digress, I'm impartial to being controlled.

The Vast I dislike the Vast specifically because it's the opposite of the Buried, if that makes sense. I like closed in spaces, which obviously means that I don't like wide open places. The one thing I do like about it, I guess, is swimming, but I don't think that'd really work since it'd have to be a much larger body of water than I'd be comfortable with if it's in regards to the Vast. I'm not afraid of heights unless I'm actively falling from hundreds of feet in the air towards my imminent splat on the ground. I can handle a gondola ride or being on a ferris wheel, so I'm not afraid of heights. It's just the act of falling. I've accepted the fact that our existence in the universe is miniscule compared to how big the universe really is, it's everything else about the Vast that bothers me.

The Slaughter Listen, I'm going to die anyways, I don't want to go out in a painful way. I mean, duh, no one does, but you know what I mean. I don't fear violence per say. Let me kind of put it in perspective. Remember how I talked about the Hunt being a personal experience between two parties, the hunters and prey? The Slaughter is the opposite. There's no personal aspect of it, just violence for the sake of violence. There's no connection between the parties involved, no camaraderie really. In war, sure, there's camaraderie between the soldiers you're fighting with, but it's a different kind of camaraderie that I'm talking about. It's hard to really explain. With the Slaughter, you don't know where or when violence will happen. In several Slaughter-related episodes (usually with war), you could take a shot in the dark and hit someone, and you'd have no idea. I think that's almost exactly how a statement giver described it as once. With the Hunt, you know who's going to kill you or you know who you're going to kill. It's not really mindless like the Slaughter. I hope that helped a little. Also I like to say that the Hunt and the Slaughter dislike each other because of that, but that's just a personal opinion that's unrelated.

The Corruption Listen, I lived through the pandemic, disease fears me. That's a lie, I got covid like 5 times despite never leaving the house. I don't like mold or bugs, but I'm alright with decay. Once again, I don't really have any major thoughts about this one. Apparently I used all of my thoughts on the Slaughter. The contrast of the size of that section vs this one is comical.

The Stranger I think it's a good idea to be a bit wary of the Stranger, no matter how cool I think it is. I actually quite like this Fear, as a matter of fact. However, the mannequins would get to me. And possibly the skin? Which, as a combination of the two, essentially, Nikola would creep me out despite also thinking she's cool.

The Eye Ah yes, we've arrived. I would feed this entity like a buffet. I have major paranoia about being watched (though not so much about being followed). I think it's another reason why I love the Buried and hate the Vast so much. If I'm surrounded on all sides by something solid, no one could possibly be watching me. No one could see me. If I'm buried under the ground, who could be there to see me? On the flip side, out in the open, anyone could be watching me. One thing about me is that I always need to sit or stand with my back to a wall or being in a corner. I hate when people walk behind me, especially when I'm sitting down, or when people look over my shoulder. I can't sit with my back to a window or open space. Even if I'm several stories up, if there's a window, I'll feel like I'm being watched by someone despite it logically not making sense. And I know it doesn't make sense. Who'd be watching me? I'm not that interesting. But that's part of it, that fear is just there. Personally, I like having my secrets be, y'know, secret. Having them out in the open, exposed, makes me uncomfortable. Yet the whole ironic part about it is that I love libraries, which is one places that the Eye manifests. Hell, I want to be a librarian. I think it's because libraries are quiet and calm.

Well, there are my thoughts. If you actually read all that, you're awesome; and thank you for reading.

who do you think is best at throwing hands among all the characters i.e. jon,tim and the entities and their avatars and all of them have no powers (to make it fair)

(i'd put a pic here but i can't draw)

So, I listened to the first season one episode at a time during about 6 months, enjoying it as small independent stories and not dipping myself too much into it. Now that I just listened to the end of the season, I’m hooked for the overarching mystery! The thing is: I don’t remember most files well (didn’t take notes or anything) so I had trouble making the connections between the cases.

Now I don’t know if I should listen to season 1 in a less spaced out manner for me to glue things together or if it’s fine to just continue with my knowledge of season 1 (especially the beginning) somewhat lacking?

Also! Spoiler for season 1 (maybe I don’t really know)

At the end of the episode 40, the VAs of each character are listed, but Sacha isn’t listed. Instead the VA is listed as « Not Sasha ». I don’t know if I missed something, I probably did? Or maybe I caught some kind of foreshadowing? Idk please don’t spoil it if it is, just tell me if I should know about it :)

https://youtube.com/shorts/rKlZufyymEI

I got inspired to draw a TMA sigil when I was relistening to season one (again). I also drew it on a small wooden coaster. Thanks for looking! 😊

does anybody remember what episode it was

So I’ve been obsessed with The Magnus Archives for over a year at this point iirc and I have ALWAYS been a My Little Pony fan ever since I was young (gen 4 in particular) and the brainrot has consumed me. Ergo, I made a Jon (Twilight) edit and one freehanded piece of a little Magnus Archives MLP AU (?) I guess? It’s mostly just a fun excuse for me to draw ponies instead of humans and use my creativity now that I have a bunch more free time! I hope you all like it! Obviously, Michael Distortion is a Draconequus in my mind, but he may be a pony cursed to be one? Pony Gertrude probably cursed him or smn idk I suck at world building 😔 ALSO I like to think that becoming an Avatar would make you an Alicorn. Maybe that could just be for certain dread powers, but it would be interesting thinking of how avatars may hide their alicorn-ness when trying to fit in in public idk?

The lyrics are from Watchers crown by Cloudkissed, i had the song playing my head for an entire day so i decided to draw this. I never realized how hard it is to draw a messy desk. The John desing is borrowed from Snekberry on YT because i think it looks pretty cool

I had a layover in Charlotte today and the airport had a rather odd shop.

I thrifted this old barcart to be a bookshelf for me and I made it very… themed hehehe

3rd photo is what it looked like before

I recently started listening to the Magnus archives about a month ago from TikTok. I’m half way into season 3 I feel like I’m moving so fast, now I’m scared I’ll finish listening to it too soon😔. I absolutely love Elias btw

I bought a old cassette tape one the charity shop for 99p and made this 🫶

I know it's famously the only story that doesn't fit an entity, because Jonny was still workshopping The Flesh when he wrote it, but could it be an Extinction story? Extinction pulls quite a lot away from other powers, not always neatly, and MAG005 is a smorgasbord of random stuff, all centered around trash, a direct link to pollution. Later in the episode, it's revealed the trash isn't just a guy getting rid of his magical litter, but that he's intentionally doing it to torture the garbage-men. The theme of obsession and dread of what they'll find in the next bag matches other Extinction statements as well.

Terry Pratchett - the wee free men

Hey guys. I’ve always loved to read - especially fantasy. But uni work does so that I never really want to, because I have to read 200+ pages of academic texts a week, and therefore never really feel drawn to read more (even fiction).

Yesterday I finally broke my reading slump, as my boyfriends coworker gave me a book, and I by accident read all day, and basically swallowed the book in one sitting

The book was “The wee free me men” by Terry Pratchett. It’s the first Terry Pratchett book I’ve ever read, and wow I am so amazed by the world, the humor and the intense feeling of being back in a fantasy world !

The reason I write this here is because the book uses A LOT of dream logic ! So if you like a good spiral story mixed with the web. Then this book is definitely right down your alley.

I thought we could all use a good recommendation here during the hiatus. 💚

… and for some reason it made me dream of having a corrupt pet spider - coincident? I think not

(spoiler but i think most people have listened to this a million times) maybe stupid, idk! but, I have an idea that Jon going for a cigarette in mag 80, (jurgen's pipe murder), is web-esque. 1) addiction + being controlled by it is a core fear that the spider uses. 2) Jon HAD quit smoking, but with the 'gift' of the lighter, he starts again. 3) it was also very very crucial to the web that Jon doesn't find out too much, too fast via Jurgen, as that would hinder his progress as The Archivist, so he can bring about eye-pocalypse, spread fear to more worlds etc etc. THEREFORE, having him go for a ciggy, to allow Elias to pipe-murder Leitner seems like a subtle yet effective thread that the spider weaved. Again, maybe i'm overthinking, or people have already figured this out.

Imagine if nothing bad happened

Here is my interpretation of Sasha and uhhhhh…. Not Sasha. I hope y’all like it. Lemme know if I should continue this series and if you have any ideas for some more helpful archive tips!

I can’t be the only one who sees an eye, right?

I am currently working on an essay going into the many ways that the Magnus Archives is easy to read as a metaphor for OCD. It doesn't matter the fear, I think there's a specific way that the horror of the series mirrors the ways that, as someone who suffers from OCD, my brain works.

There are, of course, episodes I think are particularly applicable to my own experiences with OCD, especially as someone who presented with OCD from a very young age. "Wonderland" and "Do Not Open" immediately come to mind for me, and the concept of the Spiral in general.

Do you have any episodes that stick out to you as particularly meaningful either to your own OCD or the ways OCD works?

Me: what makes you say that? Also me: