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vampirealpaca · 2 days

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He’s just a silly little guy :D

#tma #the magnus archives fanart #the Magnus archives #micheal distortion #micheal shelley #tma podcast #digital art #my art #character illustration #tma michael #tma micheal distortion #he’s my favorite guy #tma fanart #fanart #the magnus institute

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hell0jon · 2 days

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behold

#I WAS PISSING MYSELF SO HARD WHILE MAKING THIS #CACKLING #ITS NOT FUNNY (I’m actually in tears)#haha behold(ing)#tma #the magnus archives #magpod #tma podcast #magnus pod #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #tma art #the magnus protocol #tmagp #the magnus institute #tma fanart

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the-magnusinstitute · 2 days

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WHY ARE THERE WORMS IN THE LIBRARY. WHY ARE THERE WORMS UP HERE.

-A disgruntled librarian.

They live there now I think.

#magposting #answering asks #its their institute now buddy boy #tmagpod #the magnus archives #tma #tmagp #the magnus institute

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cade-space · 22 hours

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Martin: it must be nice being rich instead of having to develop a likable personality

Elias: shut up.

Martin: buy my silence.

#cadespace #the magnus archives #tma podcast #tma #the magnus institute #the magnus pod #tma incorrect quotes #incorrect tma quotes #incorrect quotes #elias bouchard #tma elias

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theendorisit · 2 days

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apropos of nothing, I made Tape-E

Who is Tape-E?

During one of the TMA livestreams (trying to remember which one), a fan question was asked ‘Is there a mascot (for the Archives or the show itself not sure)?’ One of the team suggested ‘Tape-y?’, to which everyone else responded with ‘Oh no!!’. So I thought, oh yes! So yeah, this is your fault 😘

What is Tape-E?

As Mr Bonzo is a parody of Mr Blobby, Tape-E is a parody of Clippy (these last two names rhyme).

Who is Clippy?

Clippy was a microsoft office assistant, introduced in 1997. He was a little virtual paperclip (officially called Clippit, but that name never caught on) who sat on the bottom right corner of the page, and was programmed to give advice in popup speech bubbles when certain actions were taken. For example, if you wrote out an address and ‘Dear’, Clippy would say ‘Looks like you’re writing a letter. Would you like help?’. The name Tape-E in the livestream seemed to be referring to Clippy, as there are many similarities in the behaviour of Clippy, and the actual tapes/ tape recorders in-universe:

always on by default

appears at inconvenient times

provides help you do not want

hated by (mostly) everyone

watching you with cold dead eyes

enjoyed by nostalgia and retro seekers

Why make Tape-E?

As I am of the same generation as some of the RQ peeps, I unironically loved Clippy and Mr Blobby as a child, and it gives me great joy to imagine, in the TMP universe, Sam getting a little pop up: ‘Looks like you’re trying to code a case file! Would you like some help with that?’ In our world this would be impossible - Windows NT (as the official name) was dropped in 1996, one year before Clippy was born, BUT there is voice recording on TMP’s ancient computers, so it’s not totally impossible! 😅😁

What are cassette tapes?

Just a little recap for those who didn’t grow up with tapes: Cassette Tapes contain information embedded in magnetic tape, wrapped around one spool and attached to a second spool. When played, the spools are turned by the machine and the magnetic tape is wound onto the other spool, the information read out through speakers as the magnetic tape moves through sensors. As the magnetic tape can contain different information depending on the direction of tape movement, you can flip the cassette tape over in the machine, and play the tape again, hearing another load of information. This concept is never utilised in the show, but it does mean that cassette tapes have A-sides, and B-sides (as Vinyl records do). Here, of course, this stands for Archivist-side, and Brutalpipemurder-side. On occasion, the magnetic tapes would become damaged, or bent, and could be pushed out of the cassette, causing a horrible noise, and terror to small children who were only trying to listen to their Just William tapes. When this happened, a pencil (or in my case, my little finger) could be jammed into the spiky spool ‘teeth’, to rewind the magnetic tape back into the cassette. Maybe that’s why the eyes are red? 🩸 I am very glad that the TMA tapes are magic, and record endlessly, never need flipping, and never get chewed up by the hungry machine.

Why is the name Tape-E?

Canon answer: the name stands for Tape-Eyes. Possibly Tape-Entity? Undecided.

Actual answer: Tape-y, Tapey and Tapie spellings look weird to me. I think Tape-E looks best.

Why a tape and not a tape recorder?

if you can crochet a tape recorder, you’re a genius and I love you.

What gender is Tape-E?

I might refer to Tape-E as male sometimes because that’s how people often referred to Clippy. But Tape-E is whatever gender Tape-E feels like being.

Why now?

Why not? also now is a good time because TMP episode 15 is an excellent episode

*What’s going to happen to Tape-E?*

I’m going to gift it to Jonny sometime, if we get more cons or book signings. It’s his fault this exists after all. Plus you can write whatever you like in the speech bubbles! Hopefully I can give it calmly? But maybe Tape-E will be yeeted in his general direction in a fit of ADHD-fuelled social anxiety. Only time will tell.

Tape-E is a pattern and design created entirely by myself. The inspiration and world building from whence it came, is entirely the genius of @jonnywaistcoat Jonny Sims, Rusty Quill @rqbossman and The Magnus Archives, which is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill and licensed under a creative commons attribution, non-commercial share alike 4.0 international license.

Clippy was invented by Microsoft and Kevan Atteberry, who now illustrates children’s books.

Mr Blobby is an adorable abomination, created from a fevered mind.

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offbrandhand · 3 days

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Here’s a wee Gerbear. I love our goth son ❤️❤️

I whipped this bad boy up in honor of the new eye tattoos I’m getting on the top of my wrists soon

#the magnus institute #the magnus archives #the magnus archive fanart #tma fanart #tma art #tma #tma podcast #magnus archives #gerard keay #gerry keay #tma gerard keay #tma gerry #the magnus pod #magpod #he only smokes for the aesthetic

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completelyboredandconfused · 5 hours

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throwback to the time where i used my old tiktok account to freak out a non-tma fan with tma quotes

#the magnus archives #tma #the magnus institute #tma jon #tma tim #tma gertrude #tma elias #tma martin #sasha tma #tma michael #tma shitpost #tma podcast #the magnus universe #the magnus archives is a podcast #the magnus archhives #the magnus pod

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foxdrawdoodles · 6 hours

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Almost 100 episodes later and my Gerry gets the glow up of his life

God I love art, only a couple months apart but the improvement is huge, I can only wait to see how much my art changes in the next couple of months <3

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michaelmylove · 6 hours

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#tma #the magnus archives #the magnus pod #the magnus institute #magnus archives #tma podcast #tma shitpost

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silasloveslemons · 22 hours

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Annabelle my beloved

#the magnus archives #the magnus archive fanart #artists on tumblr #digital art #the magnus institute #tma fanart #tma podcast #art #artwork #pixel art #annabelle cane #annabelle cane fanart

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the-crim-rat · 7 months

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“kill them with kindness” wrong. ceaseless watcher gaze your eyes upon this wretched thing👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️

#tma #the magnus institute #has this joke been made already #tma shitpost #tma jon #this is about the magnus archives #magnus archive #the magnus archive #the eye #tma the eye #the magnus archives #magnus archives #tma spoilers #jonathan sims #jon sims #ceaseless watcher #the ceaseless watcher #tma reference #tma podcast

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imanerdnamedmariawhodoesart · 1 month

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John used all his simussy in that line

#art #dibujo #draw #drawing #fanart #tma #the magnus institute #jonathan sims #the magnus archive fanart #the magnus archives #jon sims #jonmartin #the archivist #podcast #rusty quill

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vickozone · 6 months

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[major spoilers for S2, S4, S5]

The Magnus Archives is RED

[I’m back with more fake screenshots!] Part 1 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

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the-magnusinstitute · 2 days

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have you considered putting a welcome doormat infront of your front door. i think it would be a great design choice and i have no alterior motives.

We used to have one, actually, but it kept getting stolen. We considered carving the words ‘welcome’ into the doorstep, but we’re in a listed building. Sorry :(

#magposting #answering asks #you clowns. foiled again #go somewhere else shoo shoo shoo #tmagpod #the magnus archives #tma #tmagp #the magnus institute

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cade-space · 3 days

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Jon: you're the most jealous man I know

Martin: you know other men??

#cadespace #the magnus archives #tma #tma podcast #the magnus pod #jonmartin #tma incorrect quotes #incorrect quotes #incorrect tma quotes #johnathan sims #john martin #the magnus institute #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #martin k blackwood #tma martin #tma john

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ciao2-bambi · 2 months

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Around season 3

Jon knows he's changed a lot.

#jonathan sims #the magnus archives #the magnus institute #tma #tma podcast #the archivist #tma fanart #the magnus archive fanart #the airport guy is just my random oc don't mind him he's not canon

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