#martin will manipulate that

[agnes-come-back-challenge]

I love that everyone in TMA is just. Unremarkable. Jon isnt a heroic character; he's self-loathing and depressed and he exhibits the same self-pity as I do when I'm self-loathing and depressed. He doesn't stand out for his strength of will or quick-thinking or virtue. He's a good person but he stops trying to stay human when it gets uncomfortable. He's everything that a regular person is when theyre trapped in a horrible situation and it's ugly and insufferable and Real.

#and dont even get me started on the rest of them #martin is jealous and petty and manipulative #and look at his life— look at his mother— of course he is! #basira would never do the things daisy does but she's perfectly content to look the other way and ignore it #and she does the same thing in the archives— the world is ending and she hides away with her books and pretends it's none of her business #and oh god MELANIE #like #it really drives home tim's point that all you need for the fears to ruin your life is just bad luck #tma #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #jon sims

[barbiediamondcastleofficial]

I’m so obsessed with how Martin Blackwood casts himself as Pylades/Horatio/Samwise Gamgee, deciding early on that his role within the narrative is to Be There for Jon as he descends into tragedy and that he can’t really affect the narrative otherwise. He doesn’t fully consider the consequences of his actions because he’s so confident that he doesn’t matter enough to impact the events around him. He hurts people because he doesn’t think he has the power to hurt people. His fatal flaw is his absolute conviction in his own unimportance. WHAT a character

#Archetype-savvy-but-complete-lack-of-self-reflection Martin Blackwood is what I’m saying #God I’m so obsessed with him #He’s literally manipulative enough to be a web avatar and he doesn’t even know #the magnus archives #martin blackwood #tma #Please know what I’m talking about with this character archetype #Martin <3

[thermodynamic-comedian]

martin/elias is an absolutely hilarious ship if you ignore the angst potential because like. they would outwardly look like a genuinely loving relationship but they're playing 4d chess mentally the whole time. martin's doing his whole innocent and caring sweetheart act to manipulate jonah. jonah's doing his whole boring and non-threatening manager act to manipulate martin. it's like a fake dating trope but both of them think they're fooling the other into thinking it's real

#''i am so good at manipulation'' <- these idiots don't even realize they're literally just being boyfriends now. #tma #the magnus archives #jonah magnus #elias bouchard #martin blackwood #martin k blackwood #tma ships #tma shitpost

[a-victorian-girl]

There is nothing like returning to the warmth of home after an extremely exhausting case. Home, sweet home.

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[jewishjon]

Look, I love Jon as much as the next person but I think some of you have gone so far along the ‘Jon is a sad little man who did nothing wrong’ route that you’ve genuinely forgotten all the times he held power in a situation or like. Made a decision that hurt people

#yes Jon was in a terrible situation where he was manipulated and was often powerless and blamed for things he had no control over #yes there have been times where the fandom has been overly critical of Jon and it’s ok to try to combat that #but that does not mean Jon is completely powerless and ‘stupid’ and did nothing wrong!!!! #the entire Point of tma is that the morality of your actions and their results cannot be simply defined as good or bad #Jon was just a person who tried and sometimes failed #also it was a pretty big part of s5 that Jon was the most powerful person in the world. like. did we forget about the murders or #AND the stalking AND him being a totally arse to Martin in s1 #anyway I understand where the poor little meow meow characterisation comes from but to me it’s just doing a disservice to Jon #ugh I can’t believe I’m kinda engaging in discourse #gonna be brave and maintag this: #tma #the magnus archives #Jon sims #be nice to me pls

[cult-of-the-eye]

Praying to Martin K Blackwood to one day have as much audacity as he does

#falling in love with his boss??? #walking around with only boxers??? #lying on his CV??? #the persona of oh im so incompetent i just make tea hiding his actual bitchy self???? #manipulating peter lukas???? #loving highland cows???? #delicious character #10/10 #tma #the magnus archives #martin k blackwood #martin blackwood

[safedistancefrombeingsmart]

So this just happened...

#martin freeman #benedict cumberbatch #john watson #johnlock #sherlock holmes #sherlock bbc #bbc sherlock #my gfx2 #photo manipulation

[opportunityarose]

trans malcolm is so. imagine if the person the most accepting of you was your serial killer dad

#martin being agressively supportive because he is afraid to lose malcolm! his ass WOULD be like ive always wanted a son... #jessica not being That Happy ab it because malcolm moves away from being her precious little girl to someone who can be dangerous. #who can be like martin. but also shes gotta be supportive because shes scared to lose him to martin #every “my boy” and “my son” from martin gains an extra weight. assuring but also manipulative. remember who was there for you... #jessica and martin both think they knew first but it was actually gil lmao #malcolm feeling like he failed ainsley because he couldn't be the caring older sister who stepped up after their mother's substance abuse #and also his transmasc swag. #martin being sooo smug that his new name is similar to his own #malcolm bright #martin whitly #jessica whitly #ainsley whitly #gil arroyo #prodigal son #og post

[barbiediamondcastleofficial]

Actually I lied I don’t like sex put your clothes back on today we’re going to talk about CHARACTER ARCHETYPES, TROPE SUBVERSION, and MARTIN K. BLACKWOOD

#tw incredibly dead meme format #tma #martin blackwood #god I just fucking love him #Like ah yes classic kind likeable guy character except he’s also manipulative and bitchy #and has to do absolute mental contortion to justify his own strict but fucked up moral code #AND he writes the world’s most mediocre poetry. And I love him so much #He thinks he’s not important enough to DIE #the magnus archives

[a-victorian-girl]

"Guess we should see what we came here for?" John offered, leading the way, "think the library is back here? Ah!" He flicked on a lightswitch behind a pair of double doors ... and a . "WHOA!!!!" Slipped out of their mouths simultaneously ... jaws dropping. As the darkened warehouse before them flickered to life, row ... by illuminated row ... Revealing hundreds ... if not thousands ... NO ... HUNDREDS of thousands!!! Of stories ... . Written about ... them? . John winked at Sherlock. Before dashing ahead in a mad chase. Each grabbing up several volumes apiece and meeting to read a few pages ... . "Look at this one!" . "John - you won't believe-!" "Sherlock!" "John!" . "This is-" "-I'm taking this one!" "This is brilliant!" . "We're in a sci-fi!" "oooh an epic!" "OHmyGOD!" John's giggling could be heard a few rows down, and Sherlock tucked another in his pocket and swung around the shelving to peruse over John's shoulder. His jaw dropped.

This is an excerpt from this brilliant fic written by @helloliriels, you can read it completely here (( my gift to you, sweetie, I LOVED TO READ IT!! ))

And... this is also my tribute and gratitude to all the wonderful writers, illustrators, digital retouchers, and GIF makers in this glorious fandom, to which I've been very attached for almost a year :)

❤️

#sherlock #It Belongs In A Museum #helloliriels #sherlock fandom #johnlock fanart #sherlock fanfic #bbc sherlock #sherlock bbc #benedict cumberbatch #martin freeman #vicky retouch #adobe photoshop #photo manipulation #artists on tumblr

[theguiltinessisyours]

I've been thinking a lot about Jon and Martin's dynamic in s5 and how devastatingly sad and cute it is and how they each keep each other grounded but also how sometimes I find myself irritated when Martin gives Jon a hard time for being an avatar and knowing things but tbh. it's so understandable when you think of his nature and how much I can relate to him. I mean he is so Lonely aligned so of course you have the whole Lonely-Eye opposing each other thing going on but also when you have the thoughts that for a long time have been with him (and probably still are), the concept of the only person that stays with you and which whom you literally are in a state of constant fear, dread and uncertainty paired with extreme fear of being left - the possibilty of them knowing these thoughts becomes unbearable. And so he lashes out and reacts with anger or irritation. When I'm having particularly severe depressive episodes I would rather die than tell some of the people close to me the thoughts I'm having. (which. for the record. isn't healthy at all!! You should always be communicating and talk about the stuff that's going on. Just saying that that's how I personally feel.) I guess what I'm saying is that neither of them is perfect and that they both have so much shit going on so that inherently their relationship is complicated because it'a also very fresh, but ultimatively they are each others anchors in a hostile world. Climbing the walls I need to rotate them in my mind forever

#also Martin's sense of morality being basically thrown into the water and him having to recontextualize everything which #is a lot harder when you don't know shit #frankly this is not me saying ooh Martin is so soft and innocent and he cannot be in the wrong ever #because he is selfish and he has manipulative tendencies #but idk I just feel him so much #martin blackwood #jonathan sims #tma #the magnus archives

[mcskullmun]

My own personal Jmart and Lonelyeyes hc parallels and comparisons (because it’s this or Another fic) Many words under the cut

-Tw abusive relationship

-The Lonely as an allegory for depression

-Non consensual mind reading

*mind reading*

-Jon actively tries to avoid, and in most cases succeeds in avoiding, reading Martin’s mind. It’s a clear boundary in their relationship

-Elias actively attempts to see inside Peter’s head. It’s only Peter’s strong connection to the lonely that keeps him out and in some cases where he burnt out/hurt he just can’t. Big angst potential, Very Unhealthy

-I think Martin doesn’t do the whole ‘I want you to look inside my head and see my true feelings as an act of love’ thing. He trusts Jon to know how true it is when he tells him he loves him. He knows Jon might not believe him with certain things, and that that kind of thing should be up to him, not to Beholding. This (in my opinion) is healthy

-Elias doesn’t trust shit. I hc him as secretly paranoid as hell. The nature of the lonely makes things kinda fuzzy when he tries to Look at them which drives him crazy. And Peter Is manipulative. He Does lie. So it’s almost impossible for either of them to know when the other is being genuine. Again very fun to write, Very Unhealthy. So Peter does open his mind to Elias when he wants him to trust him, and Elias just doesn’t. He has no idea if Peter’s somehow tricked Beholding or is Very Good At Lying or anything- there’s never any certainty

*Compelling*

-As a rule Jon tries his hardest not to compel Martin. Martin tried it once to see if he would be able to read poetry aloud more fluently and Hated it. So yeah never again.

-Elias doesn’t like compelling Peter. He’s more into the observing side of Beholding, so actual confrontation is more difficult. More than that he hates it when Peter resists, but tells him of his own free will anyway. This is one Peter hasn’t asked him not to do, but still actively resists.

*Disappearing*

-Martin will not send Jon into the Lonely. He occasionally disappears himself, but knows Jon will find him no matter what. They’re working on it together.

-Most conflict ends with Peter vanishing into the Lonely. He doesn’t send Elias there because it feels like pushing someone else into your room and slamming the door on them? If that makes sense. It’s his space to torture people he doesn’t deem quite as real as Elias.

*Memory loss*

-As far as I’m aware Martin would not be powerful enough to have this power. If he did I don’t think he’d use it

-Having said that inducing memory loss is tied to domains not Avatars, but I’m giving it to Peter for angst reasons

-Peter doesn’t actually use it on Elias. He sure as hell thinks about it, about starting over and pretending he’s still the original Elias (whole other can of headcannon worms), but he won’t. I think he used it on original Elias for some time to hide the fact he was an avatar/isolate him for his own purposes

*Non Avatar related section*

-Jmart do at home dates. Sure they go out places sometimes but outside is tiring as hell. They prefer reading or cooking together and watching weird documentaries

-Lonelyeyes don’t really do dates. Their idea of a bonding moment is burying a body in the woods and not speaking again for months

-Both Jon and Martin have rocky relationships with birthdays so they both try so hard to make them the best they possibly can be

-Elias is fucking ancient and Peter hates interaction, these guys don’t do birthdays

*end*

Sorry for having an obvious Lonelyeyes bias but Peter and Elias have a fucking vice grip on my mind (it’s the whole Jonah/Original Elias being not quite two different people in Peter’s eyes) (And also the voice)

#the magnus archives #tma #elias bouchard #peter lukas #martin blackwood #jonathan sims #jonah magnus #tma spoilers #tma headcanons #tma hc #manipulation #mind reading

[gammija]

There's such delicious dramatic irony in Martin saying, "This isn’t about saving the world, it’s all just some power play against [Elias.]" and being right about that! Peter's ultimate goal isn't to save the world, it's to be the one to end it, and, in the short term, to win a bet -

but Martin's also wrong about his own unimportance, because this is perhaps the clearest shot anyone had at stopping the apocalypse. and if Martin had actually killed Jonah here, the Spider would've had a real hard time fixing that gap in their web

@a-mag-a-day

#not impossible #but by just the fact that the web doesn't actually try to cause the apocalypse themselves #id wager that they... cant. t #thats way too direct for the power of manipulation to be able to do #they have to manipulate other powers and people to enact their plans #they can nudge and pull and push but i dont think they wouldve been able to send an effective hello Jon #tma #a mag a day #martin blackwood #martin #tma s4 #the magnus archives #and martin talks about this whole thing later as well of course #also martins interactions with villains keeps being delightful of course #Elias again not actually lying to him #maybe martin wouldve done it anyways... if Jon hadnt been at risk of being affected by the fall-out #or do yall think at this point he was too lonely to care about that #joos yaps #idk if dramatic irony is technically the correct term #but yall get it

[ashes-in-a-jar]

I do stand by the belief that the Desolation is so chaotic, unpredictably destructive and canonically able to fight against the web (to some capacity) that had anyone in the archives leaned into it it would aid in undermining any plan by anyone ever

#not gertrude or gerrys desteuctuon which was always aimed at aomething specific and had a purpose #but just. unbridled devastation #why? because fuck it #also not like melanies rage slughter which was also supposedly aimless violence. but still predictable and easy to manipulate #tma #the magnus archives #martin blackwood #i chose martin because he was like kill bill and plus i get to burn things and also got a jar of ashes #hes canonically insane (affectionate)

[mcwebby]

mods are asleep! post archivist tim and girlfriend sasha!

#brainstorming the outfits and trying to marry their concepts as characters with jon and martin was REALLY fun #i also tried to make sure their colors matched one way or another... #share with me your tarchivist hot takes. my inbox is open and so are the tags. #tim would be new on the job and absolutely not qualified but he skates by with being overly friendly and charming only to literally just #snap and lose his mind after the prentiss attack #instead of becoming paranoid and stalking his innocent coworkers he probably starts getting really enraged #sasha is definitely touched by the web instead of the lonely first #and i feel like in defense of tim she would start trying to manipulate everyone who's shying away from him into forgiving him #and being patient! but not in a malicious way she just wants everyone to get along so they can figure shit out #jon probably calls her on it and martin definitely self-isolates #sasha james pupil of annabelle cane moment #anyway here are tags #tma #the magnus archives #magpod #the magnus archives art #my art #tim stoker #sasha james #tma au

[murderandcoffee]

I like to think that Martin is sort of like the kind of manipulator that makes you feel comfortable. He makes you feel at home and like you can trust him, then he fucking gets you.

And Jon is his boyfriend :)

yes :) #mansplainmanipulatemalewife

#or mansplain manipulate manwhore. or mansplain manipulate manslaughter. martin contains multitudes #god that's a lot of m words #ask murderandcoffee #anonymous #martin blackwood #tma #jmart