Jonathan Sims - Blog Posts

BREAKING: Local archivist almost gets eaten by worms and then refuses to go home until he's interrogated all his co-workers.

When I said new art was coming soon I didn't mean this soon but the grind never stops I guess.

I'm thinking of doing a jmart comic soon but I've never really tried to draw anything like that so maybe I will maybe I won't, you'll just have to wait and see.

The distortion formerly known as Micheal Shelly.

Oh mY GOD THIS TOOK SO LONG. Jonny sims has a choke hold on me at this point and I'm going to do so much more tma fanart, if I'm bothered, I might even finish an animation for it but in the mean time have this.

I just finished the magnus archives what the fuck, this was meant to be fluff but now I think it's more bitter sweet than anything.

Anyways, nothing happened after mag 159 and Martin and Jon lived together in a cabin for the rest of their lives I swear.

Archivist sketches! :D

I just finished tma season 2 and OMG ITS SO GOOD WHERE HAS THIS BEEN ALL MY LIFE.

Anyway, I drew this as prep for a comic that I'll probably never draw but, hey, I might so keep your eyes peeled.

Not!sasha and Micheal drawings coming soon!

>:)

I finally listened to the magnus archives and made some Jon sims fanart.

+sketch :) also PLEASE DONT GIVE ME SPOILERS IM ONLY ON EPISODE 33

3 of my favorite podcast mcs!

Day 30 somewhere else

Jonmart meet cecilos

Day 29!, outfits, jon in Martians sweater anyone?

@emerald-emerlad

Day 26!, found family!, its a messy sketch but its here

@emerald-emerlad is the creator of the list ive been using for the magnus archives prompts

Inktober day 13!, from the magtober prompt list yet again, eldrich john anyone?

One again prompt list by @emerald-emerlad

perfectly normal work place comedy (nothing of note happens)

drop your skincare routine Nikola pls

I just had another weird thought about my fave spooky podcast and most recent hyperfixation.

The Five Seasons of The Magnus Archives Seem Thematically Parallel to the Stages of Grief.

Season 1, Denial - Jon feigns skepticism as he reads the statements and hides that he's scared of whatever monsters lurk in them

Season 2, Anger - Jon takes the offensive in that he begins to investigate Gertrude's death and starts spying on his coworkers in an increasingly antagonistic fashion. Everybody rightly gets very upset with Jon's behavior.

Season 3, Bargaining - Jon learns (part of) the truth; okay, how does he fix this? Look into the Stranger, save the world, maybe that will validate the fact he's becoming less human? What does he have to do to be safe?

Season 4, Depression - And I quote, "Boohoo, I'm so alone and a monster". He has lost a larger piece of his humanity and is going through the motions, nobody he can trust or talk to and sinking into the addiction of hunting victims.

Season 5, Acceptance - John has come into full power and, while he still doesn't like the fact that he does, he enjoys the perks of avatarism and being the harbinger of the change.

(If this observation has already been made I apologize but my late night thoughts need an outlet.)

Oh i didn't think of that

Holy shit

ALL HE WANTED WAS NOT TO BECOME ANOTHER MYSTERY

THEY DIDNT EVEN FIND HIS BODY

FUCK

i don’t have an excuse can anyone please shoot me

This shit had me giggling in class I swear

they're so silly and in love (not doomed trust)

oh they are so in love and gay

YOU. KEEP TALKING.

Tma + tmagp art masterpost

I miss them

(Old art from last January of JonMartin to celebrate TMP coming out)

TMA Season 4!

What a CRIMINAL way to end the season, holy SHIT!

Now I understand why I’ve seen so many artists do scar maps of Jon, it really did all come together in the end. And the way Elias, or Jonah, really, orchestrated it all with the cherry on top of giving Jon a false statement that he couldn’t stop himself from reading; truly the master plan. The words for the Watcher’s Crown ritual itself were very cool, just the right amount of nonsensical almost-rhyming to make it flow nicely.

And the fact that three of the most iconic TMA quotes/moments happen so close together near/at the end of season four is WILD; I was not expecting all of that! First we got “Where are his eyes?” “Where they’ve always been, Martin. Watching over my institute.” THEN “Look at me Martin, what do you see?” “I see… I see you, Jon. I see you!” and to wrap it all up “Jon…?” “Look at the sky, Martin! It’s looking back!” *maniacal, distorted laughter.* Absolutely insane place to leave off. (Also the bonus of Jon using his named attack of “I see you!” on Peter Lukas).

I can’t forget Basira and Daisy, either. Their story is so good, I love me some tragic yuri. (Although for their sakes I hope it gets less tragic tbh; I want them to be happy 🥺). But I’m not that hopeful, considering we got ~2 minutes of Jon and Martin being content at the safe house before things really went to shit. At least Melanie got away, she’s been through so much. And I’m happy she got together with Georgie, that’s so sweet 🥹

The Extinction and the fact that new fears can emerge was an interesting plot thread for this season, both for how it fit with larger events and how it gave us a new kind of spook. I liked the hunger-world amusement park one the most, I kept thinking about it when I went to the fair myself the other day. I also noticed there were more episodes where it wasn’t 100% clear which fear entity was behind the statement, or even that there were multiple involved. Like with ‘A Gravedigger’s Envy’, it could be both The Buried and The End. It was fun to see how the fear entities could be mixed and matched, then of course to find out how that aspect, too, fits into the big-picture meta-plot. After having episodes with this type of spook, it makes more sense how no ritual can succeed if it tries to separate one fear entity from the others.

Season four tied up a lot of loose ends and got the official statements of big names that have been lurking around since season one, like Simon Fairchild, Annabelle Cane, Adelard Dekker, Peter Lukas, and of course Jonah Magnus himself. Personally, I’ve been wondering about the statement of Mr. Paul MacKenzie and which fear entity was responsible for his demise since season one, so I’m glad we got the statement of his son so far down the line to say ‘Spiral’ for certain.

I can’t believe I’m already about to start season five, this has gone too quick!!

TMA general update:

Okay so I’ve finished season 2 and now I’m almost done season 3, so we’ve got a lot to cover.

There have been so many death flags for Tim, even before he asked Elias to kill him :((( Finding out about Sasha really broke him, and then we find out The Stranger took his brother from him too. I have a feeling he will not survive the third season, rip. I’m putting off listening to the ‘Masquerade’ episode cause my guess is that’s when he’ll die, or something worse will happen to him while they’re trying to stop The Unknowing.

Jon’s character development has been truly masterful. He’s gone from a paranoid wreck to an avatar getting used to his burgeoning powers, I’m proud of him tbh, even though he’s literally becoming a monster. I like the new style in S3 where Jon travels around collecting statements and Martin reads more back at the Institute. The reappearing characters are great to see too! MAG111 was so interesting, we finally got an explanation and names for ‘The 14’ entities that have been behind all the spooks and abominations! And of course we met Gerry, another assistant Gertrude fed to the horrors without hesitation. Michael’s statement in MAG101 was also a big piece of lore, considering he’s a main antagonist/meddler. Finding out about the Impossible Altar, the Watcher’s Crown, (Eye-pocalypse?) and the other rituals was so exciting! I sense the overarching plot at work here…

Elias finally getting his hands dirty with some good old-fashioned pipe murder for the S2 finale was something else. He’s certainly been showing his true character in S3, snarky and devious but also has powers and knows how to use them. And ya’know, I thought it was fanon, but from the two Peter Lukas visits I’ve listened to so far, they really do act like an old married (for convenience) couple. Speaking of, the second time he showed up, Martin got transported to The Lonely when Peter Lukas talked to him!! Not his first time in an entity’s realm/domain, and luckily not his first time escaping from one. I’m so glad he got let go, I was really scared for him for a sec there.

Melanie and Basira have joined the team, (Elias’s prison), and it’s nice to have more pov characters to follow! I love how they made Basira a bookworm so much, it warms my nerdy heart! I was sad when Elias revealed Melanie’s father was a victim of The Corruption at that old folks home, (something-Ivy?), although I do appreciate her attempts at offing Elias, and I want to see where her research into war ghosts leads her. (We finally found out how she got shot by a ghost!)

This is the “oh yeah, it’s all coming together” point in the story and I am living for it! TMA is doing the mystery + horror balance very well; we’re learning some important lore in between getting scared by monsters. The darkness one from MAG86 still haunts me, its “the blanket never did anything” line was so cold, it would’ve terrified me particularly bad as a kid.

That’s all for now! I’ll do another one of these around season 4, probably.

TMA season 1 finale!

Just finished listening to season one of tma! Holy shit!! I was not expecting Sasha to get replaced/distorted so soon. (Yes, sadly I’ve been spoiled by the beautiful fanart). I wonder if we’ll ever get the real Sasha back… It will be interesting to see what Not!Sasha does and if anyone figures out something’s wrong. Doesn’t help that I couldn’t understand which artifact Sasha said she found right before it happened. That might’ve been on purpose though, idk.

And omggg Jon is beginning his descent into madness disguised as a quest for knowledge! 🎉 I love how they set up his paranoia for next season, it’s understandable but I also suspect he’s gonna accidentally hurt people who care about him.

Speaking of!!! As of season one’s ending, I think the jonmartin ship is still one-sided with Jon being oblivious to Martin’s feelings. I’m sure it’ll get worse before it gets better.

I might make an actual pin board for tma S1, I really might. For now I have tumblr lol.

P.S. I really like Tim, he’s silly. He should burst through drywall Koolaid Man-style more often.

flipaclip doodles of pathetic little men

what date is it ... ?

lots of doodles and drawings i'm not too much of a fan of cause while i drew like my life depended on it during some months (July, August, September, fucking OCTOBER, jesus), on others it was kinda like i forgot how to hold a pen,, regardless !! it's over. happy,, uh,, January,,,, 16th. yeah.

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c!Tommy

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Law n Luffy

Grian (my beloved)

Grian and (s3) Jon Sims (Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute, London)

GRIAN

pride duo ((PlanetLord and SpokeIsHere

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prideduo :((

submission for 1vy's (@/1vyballs on youtube) xmas art contest, character by 1vy ((wanted to put my Hatsune Grian art for this month but this was the only thing i rendered ALL FUCKING YEAR good job smartass so i felt obligated

woah what a year. i'll drink to the next one being ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE IT. okay yeah that's all.

billsona but it's not a sona at all it's just an accident prone homeless man with a bad habit of shaking the wrong people's hands

cw: mild blood (the triangle bastard Does Not care for Jon's wounds correctly. or at all.)

((season 3 btw

"Jon wouldn't take very good care of his hair after season 1" but what if (now walk with me here) he did. what if he has a ten step hair care routine and brushes it twice a day because it makes him feel human. cause it gives him a sense of routine. cause it gives him something normal to focus on for a second.

"jon wouldn't wear that outfit" but consider: what if he did. second consideration: what if he served cunt

something i drew a few days ago

idea from therealdistortion and audio from strawberry_sockss (both on tiktok)

obligatory gay post for pride month

JONATHAN SIMS

Jon, distressed: If I kill a killer, the number of killers in the world stays the same-

Martin, pretending he doesn’t find it kinda hot: Kill two

Added some fun fog to the gays eyepocolyps adventure

Adds some fun funky depth to them wooooo