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Tma doodles i did during my summer job

((ps: I'm not slacking off i swear is just pouring rain here so the day was pretty slow thanks to that))

A full version of my two doodles for MAG- 019 and MAG- 20. Mans really went through it

Nobody move.

This is how my brain pictures Gerry carrying Michael home.

For context: I think that sometimes keeping a human-looking shape is very exhausting for Michael so it just lets go and becomes a whatever shapeless long thing. Obviously, this also implies the doors and hallways are... Difficult to access. Clearly when you're a limp neverending ribbon-y blanket, it's not easy to turn doorknobs or walk into hallways.

So in comes the beloved, Gerry, who grabs it and drags it home to get some rest.

However, how does one carry a limp neverending ribbon-y blanket? With determination, which is something Gerry has plenty of, luckily. Even when it might look very silly.

Hey Night Vale is a domain of the Spiral and Cecil is an avatar of the Eye I'm sorry I don't make the rules

Loving tma so far!!

"Reflections unto a Mirror"

I'm gonna be brave and do an Oc reveal for my TMA AUs. This OC hasn't appeared or been mentioned in any of my AO3 fics (and probably won't for a bit), but she's extremely relevant to it all.

Introducing... "Ani", the Memory-Impaired (Interim) Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute (as of 2016)!

Introduction

"Ani" (the only name she remembers) quite literally appears in the Dalton household out of nowhere one sunny January, just a week after the People's Church of the Divine Host tried to complete their Extinguished Sun ritual. Despite this, she only has a marking of The End from her exposure to the Dalton stronghold, and an unknown Marking that not even Simone can decipher.

Very few things are gleaned from trying to Compel her, amongst those being that she's Australian, she thinks she's either 21 or 23 and, of course, her assumed name. Everything else she is forced to discover over her year-and-a-half apprenticeship under Archivist Quinn, and afterwards when she is forced to assume the Interim position due to lack of willingness from her co-workers.

(More info under the read more, I get my message is big lol)

Paths

"Ani" falls to The Eye as a result of her persistent internal voice nagging her that she has forgotten something extremely important, and her fears that the reason she has no memories now is because someone entrusted her with a dangerous piece of knowledge. It also triggers due to [Spoilers], but we're focusing on the main reason. Her abilities are mostly focused around finding the truth to a situation or to expand her understanding, giving her...

Statement Syncing/Taking (typical)

Compulsion

Knowing (+Translation)

Telekinesis/Levitation (learnt)

Dream Walking (learnt).

Her Spiral sub-path - the only one not granted via a weapon or Leitner - comes to her as naturally as breathing once she meets and makes a few deals with The Distortion (wearing the face of Emma Harvey), granting her...

Impossible Navigation (cannot get lost in domains lmao)

Short-Range Teleportation (learnt)

"Song of the Soul"

A term coined by Edalyn Gleave prior to her death, it stands for 'a song that you would live and die to, a song that fuels your every move when you cannot move anymore'. Hunters trained under Edalyn were typically ones posed this question, but the Institute begun taking up the idea too when the Thundering Strings started getting too confident.

"Ani" claimed her song was "Navigating" by Twenty One Pilots, but the song does not exist (yet). Thus, she hunts for a new song, and eventually finds herself resonating close enough with "What My Scene?" by Hoodoo Gurus due to her unfamiliarity with her place in the world, and her desperation to clutch to her homeland and its music.

"Try" by P!nk does seem familiarly powerful to her, but she can never bring herself to call it her "Song of the Soul"... more 'the old tune to a life I used to lead' (no one prompted her so she forgot that line afterwards lol)

Other

Jesus I yap alot...

If you wish to see more of her or of others in her era of the Archives, please let me know! I do plan to do more eyes, but I also want to draw the people in my AO3 fics... maybe. We're trying. Simone's a high priority.

LETS GO ANI OUR SPIRAL-EYE INTERIM ARCHIVIST AMNESIAC "AUSSIE FLAVOURED" IRISH QUEEN 🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️

(I really need a better way to describe her that ticks the boxes lmfao)

Shoutout to @the-lantern-lights for being so darn cool and having an absolute killer art style! Definitely recommend them for not only commissions, but also their cool as hell TMA AU's! Will defs commission again!

Second commission, this one for @dexterkronos of their oc :D More variations under cut

“I am not a Who, Archivist, I am a What.”

he is so silly and normally i’m not the biggest michael fan but i HAD to try my hand at drawing him

I made a graph of my alignments based on a WHOLE bunch of quizzes I took, each “one” is a different quiz. This isn’t the most accurate as I tend to view myself as aligned to the Eye, the Spiral, and then Vast in third, but it was fun to take overall.

It’s a little pixelated but here’s a funky Michael I did for class months ago on After Effects.

Multi-Fear Avatar Brainrot

It’s a concept that’s been on my mind for a hot minute now especially now that I’m relistening to The Magnus Archives. Is this a possibility? How would it work? Who could be a Dual- or Tri- Avatar? Well, friends, I’ve had too many a hot shower to think on this so here we go.

What is a Dual- or a Tri- Avatar?

A dual- or a tri- Avatar are the unfortunate souls who have completed the death requirement for Avatarship for multiple Entities. They also have to be able to handle the pulls and hunger from multiple Entities. The highest number of Entities we’ve seen one Avatar serve is three. Four or more Entities sharing one Avatar is deemed impossible.

Different Avatar Relationships

The different dual- and tri- Avatar relationships are as follows:

Dominant: The Entity being fed and used the most. Usually the first Entity to claim the Avatar. Holds the most sway. If not fed, ruins and affects the entire system.

Cooperative: Entities have equal amount of power with the Avatar. Feeding processes usually involve feeding both at the same time. Usually present in Entities that rely on each other (i.e. Buried and Vast). The easiest option on the Avatar itself. No power struggles.

For Tri-Avatarship:

Co-Dominant: Rare. An extremely special case in which both Dominant entities are related to the same death. They must occur at the same time or else will result in one Dominant and multiple Passives.

Co-Passive: Passives can occur at separate times and do not have to be related to one another to feed off the actions of the Dominant. However, when related to one another, the feeding process is much easier.

Passive: The Entity that feeds usually from the actions of the Dominant. Still present in the Avatar and will have its own feeding rituals sometimes. If left unfed, doesn’t take down the whole system but begins to inhibit the use of the Dominant.

Most Common Types

A Dominant/Passive relationship is the most common in dual-Avatars. A Dominant/Passive 1/Passive 2 is the most common in tri-Avatars. Any dual- Avatar with Cooperative or any tri-Avatar with Dominant/Co-Passive relationship can consider themselves the luckiest with their lot. A tri-Avatar with a fully Cooperative relationship has yet to be seen.

Examples

Barnabas Bennett (MAG 92) - Barnabas could have easily become a cooperative dual-Avatar of The Lonely and The Web. In his letter to Jonah Magnus, he states his enjoyment of being alone as well as the fact that he doesn’t have much family or connections. During his entrapment in The Lonely, Barnabas was able to manipulate the outside world through his actions in The Lonely. This gives me reason to believe that if he was able to escape The Lonely (through Jonah or other means), he would be able to use this manipulation from The Web through The Lonely in order to feed both Avatars.

The Narrator (The Stanley Parable/The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe): Narry is dealing with a Co-Dominant/Passive Relationship. The Eye and The Web were both present and related to Stanley’s death in the Countdown Ending. When Stanley walks into The Mind Control Facility, he sees all of the screens watching and monitoring him and his co-workers. Going further into the facility reveals that his actions and emotions were being controlled. Stanley tries to take control of the facility himself. The Narrator begins the Countdown Ending, showing Stanley that he doesn’t have a choice in the matter. The Narrator is the one in control. The Entities bonded themselves to The Narrator at Stanley’s death and bonded themselves together since they were both equally present. The Spiral was tacked on later during the Mariella Ending where Stanley walks through an endless loop of corridors. This causes an existential crisis and he succumbs to the madness. The Spiral is usually fed by the insanity induced by the feeling of being controlled and watched. At the moment, The Narrator is only Avatar in my fandoms that I believe can handle three Entities. It makes sense considering he’s usually akin to a god when I write about him.

Thoughts? Comments? “Hey this character could fit this system!”? Let me know! Reblogs are appreciated!

Dude I'm so glad I desided to look at you page after you promised that wonderful bribe that was cross-over fanfiction. Cause your pinned is 100% very cool and swag and right. The narrator is 100% a web and eye avatar n id argue the parable itself is a domain of the spiral. You know, loopin madness n all that.

Ah!! Thank you! I’m so glad you did and enjoy my funky system! Trying to “pspspsps” votes for Narry anyway I can!

Absolutely! I’ve seen The Parable used as a Spiral domain a few times so I absolutely agree! I’m mostly focusing on the people in this AU rather than the places so, Spiral Narrator it is!

I do hope that The Narrator wins so I can talk about The End/The Lonely Stanley as well! Hehe <3!

VOTE FOR NARRY!! HE MUST WIN!

Listen, I just love Simon from watching Adventure Time when I was younger. I haven’t even gotten around to watching Distant Lands or Fionna and Cake yet. However, this art is making me go absolutely feral. This man is such traumatized Avatar material, bless him…

Also does that mean his crown is a Spiral artifact?

adventure time (delusional)

I just want to put Michael Shelley, Needles, and Kayne in a room just to see what would happen.

I am in desperate need of a TMA OC/s that's either a cooperative dual avatar Stranger/Spiral or a couple who serve each one that run a vintage boutique in which the clothes are so enticing that you must buy them however, there's always something a little off. The sleeves are just a bit too tight. The colors should go together but are slightly the wrong shade. The pants fit everywhere but the hips where wearing a belt feels silly, but you have to pull them up every time you stand. Or maybe they fit perfect, but the bit of the plastic tag seems to be lost in the outfit and scratches slightly whenever it's worn. I need it. Thanks <3.