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Welcome to TMA Retro Week!

TMA Retro Week - an event focusing on people and events of The Magnus Archives universe from before the time of Jonathan Sims and his assistants. Do you think Micheal deserved better? Do you want to explore the many weddings and divorces of Peter and Jonah? Are Gertrude and Agnes constantly on your mind? Or maybe you just want to see Gerry happy? Either way, we invite you to join TMA Retro Week!

Projected dates for the event are 22-28 of April

Prompts TBA

An interest check will go out soon!

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Taneda watching as two minors work in a semi-legal detective agency: sir, is this child labor?

Fukuzawa, hugging Ranpo and Yosano: no its a family business

#bungou stray dogs #bsd #bsd anime #bsdtaneda #bsd ranpo #bsd yosano #bsd fukuzawa #fukuzawa yukichi #incorrect quotes #source: my brain #big happy family #of detectives with superpowers

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I was just drinking a Dr pepper and the next thing I know this just

Gone???????

It was here two seconds ago and there's no evidence of it in the kitchen or recycling????

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i haven't drawn soukoku in a really long time so have chuuya kissing a very flustered and overworked dazai okay gn :3

#soukokou my loves #i could talk for hours #bungou stray dogs #not my art #bsd dazai #bsd chuuya #soukoku

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Does anyone know that trope where two characters in a romance accidentally get knocked or pushed into water? Like what's it called? How do I write a good scene like that?

Example: Percy and Annabeth being thrown in the lake and having the underwater kiss

Does that trope have a name

#writing prompts #tropes #romance tropes #writing #writeblr #authors

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i have fallen in love with this gayass elf.

#the wedding will be fun #gigolas #lotr

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wait oh my god that's so good

I have a proposal for the TMA Fandom

so, LonelyEyes is Elias/Peter, but the term LonelyEyes can also be used for Jon/Martin, which can be confusing, so here is my proposal:

Elias/Peter is now Eye Captain

Jon/Martin is The Teaholding (courtesy of my brother). Like the Beholding but with tea

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Alright, we've got to talk about this scene because for a scene as short as this one, it packs a huge punch! They manage to cram a frankly impressive amount of information into less than a min. This will be a long one so strap in and let's start at the very beginning, right after Ori asks, "What about Bilbo?"

Up until this point, we have only ever heard Thorin's voice crack once. Just once, and that was when he thought that he missed his chance to enter Erebor. A huge defining moment in this quest. The second time was right here when he said, "Give him more time." Please note how Thorin is standing. Hands pressed together and head bent, his back completely turned to the mountain. He doesn't even turn his head until Balin utters the word "Killed".

Now Here Thorin says, "You're afraid." He does it in an almost accusatory way and directly after Balin finishes his above sentence. I truly think this is because he has been sitting here dreading Bilbo's fate for hours. This, combined with the dragon sickness that's starting to take hold, wreaking havoc on his psyche. In this moment, the lines between Bilbo and the treasure are getting blurred. His face is a picture of discontent and fear. So in usual Thorin fashion, he lashes out. He voices his fear to Balin as an accusation. I don't think anything articulates how bizarre Thorin is acting more than the below gif.

Balin fully leans away from him in shock, eyes searching this face before going on to say that he fears for him with tears in his eyes. Thorin is at war with himself. He's at war with the growing greed pumping through his veins, and how much he cares and worries for Bilbo. His love for Bilbo is winning because he is desperately forcing himself to detach Bilbo from himself. They go out of their way in the next 13 seconds to tell us that multiple separate times! I will break those down for you now.

Let's start here with this line and how it's said. Time and time again, clearly on and off screen, Thorin has shown his regard for Bilbo. The handful of time we see is not enough to invoke this strong of a reaction from Balin, a Dwarf who has known him his entire life. Would not hesitate is a powerful choice of words. Think of the things you would not hesitate to save from death or destruction. They're all things you love, things you can't live without. That is what Balin is implying Bilbo is to Thorin. Balin knows the depth of Thorin's affection.

And here we have the response and the third time we ever hear Thorin's voice crack and stutter. He chooses to call him "burglar" and forces the words out through his teeth like a curse, like he's fighting something. The statement in and of itself is an obvious lie. He has risked his life for Bilbo multiple times. The trolls, the cliffside, even when Bard threatened them, and he practically glued himself to Bilbo's side.

That brings us to this moment. This is right after the dragon's roar. The look of pure panic at Balin's words. He looks at the door, and the battle between Bilbo and the Arkenstone flips to Bilbo like a light switch. In this moment, Bilbo is more important. He rushes through the door into fiery danger, and the relief in his voice when he sees Bilbo, is clearly audible. Now we all know in the next scene, he holds Bilbo at sword point, and it flickers again. After that, however, Thorin's sickness seems to reconcile Bilbo and the treasure as one thing. Why else would he give him the second most valuable thing in the hoard? Treasure can't steal treasure.

I do have a theory that if Bilbo had revealed the stone, Thorin would not have been upset. It was only when he gave it away that it was deemed betrayal in the highest order.

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Nico: can I have some popcorn?

Mr D: absolutely not

Mr D 2 minutes later: here you go, I learned it from youtube don't end up dying

Finally getting around to reading stuff on my tbr! Starting with The Sun and The Star and I might post live updates

Also the first page being a peek into what's to come has already wrecked me

#the sun and the star #rick riordan #percy jackson #pjo hoo toa #nico di angelo #will solace #solangelo #liveblogging #dionysus #mr d pjo

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"What was one straight boy when you spent your whole life longing for the impossible?"

Mkay... ummm

Who told Nico that Percy Jackson is straight??

Because there's no way the percy jackson nico is talking about is the percy jackson I've read 10 books, watched a 2 hour musical, and then reread those ten books about.

Finally getting around to reading stuff on my tbr! Starting with The Sun and The Star and I might post live updates

Also the first page being a peek into what's to come has already wrecked me

#guys am i insane #is percy straight??? #the sun and the star #rick riordan #percy jackson #pjo hoo toa #nico di angelo #will solace #solangelo #liveblogging #istg hes not straight #percy is so bi

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Percy, Apollo, Meg, literally everyone: I would rather shadow travel than ride in the gray sisters' taxi

Nico: how dare you say that about my favorite people ever

Finally getting around to reading stuff on my tbr! Starting with The Sun and The Star and I might post live updates

Also the first page being a peek into what's to come has already wrecked me

#the sun and the star #rick riordan #percy jackson #pjo hoo toa #nico di angelo #will solace #solangelo #liveblogging #this is gonna be fun #and long

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Finally getting around to reading stuff on my tbr! Starting with The Sun and The Star and I might post live updates

Also the first page being a peek into what's to come has already wrecked me

#the sun and the star #rick riordan #percy jackson #pjo hoo toa #nico di angelo #will solace #solangelo #liveblogging #maybe

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Aragorn, son of Arathorn, thirty-ninth descendant of Isildur! Sit down, Legolas. As you’ve understood, or haven’t understood or didnt want to know it — I love Aragorn very much. Next time I fly to New Zealand I’ll rob Weta workshop for some of his stuff. And yes, I am slowly preparing you for my book about my fairytale of Middle-earth

#fuck yeah aragorn #lotr fanart #aragorn #reblogged

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A drawing of Thranduil I made for my amazing friend @tox-ic-world 's birthday ❤️‍🔥

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He is NOT SCARED of the dead people!!!!! >:((( It’s the elf!!! HE is the scared one that wanted to hold hands!!! NOT HIM!!! >:(((

art • commissions

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The official cast and logo for The Magnus Protocol, courtesy of the kickstarter update.

A link to the arg site is also available!

#aaaaaa #the magnus archives #tma #the magnus protocol

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MAG 28

Melanie: Well, Georgie Barker--

Jon: oh it's probably not MY Georgie haha that would be crazy--

Melanie: who hosts "What The Ghost?"

Jon freezing on the spot: coolcoolcool

Jon after Melanie leaves: *throws a phone into the assistant's office with Georgie's number attached like it's a hot potato so he doesn't have to call her*

#the magnus archives #tma podcast #jonathan sims #jon sims #jarchivist #tma spoilers #tma relisten #georgie barker #what the ghost #melanie king #what the girlfriends #wtgfs #who was gonna tell me georgie was mention in SEASON ONE #fr I did a double take and said “Georgie Georgie?”