February 2021

So...Magnus archive s3 finale...you were right. There is no rwby character that can match Elias. I don't think they'd be ready for him.

Precisely. And things just get better from here! 

Elias is too crafty and is pulling too many strings to have a RWBY equivalent. The fandom likes to talk about Ozpin as if he’s this evil mastermind  — which he’s not  — but the way his character has been twisted in the collective perspective is somewhat Elias-esque. Actually comparing the two canon characters is night and day though lol 

yamiiino:

Jon Sims epic funny moments

luftballons99:

georgie is the type of ex who recites vulcan marriage vows to embarrass jon in front of his crew

also someone on twitter brought up the idea of georgie being a starfleet captain of a ship called the uss fearless and i cant stop thinking about it

luftballons99:

drags myself out of my artblock to draw a dumb joke that has been in the back of my mind for months now (can you tell where i gave up?)

I got to Magnus Archives 92. Do you hate Elias as much as I do? Which Ruby character would be close to fitting him?

Omg, you’re coming up on one of my favorite Elias moments in 102, do enjoy. My overall experience with him is: I love you so much please suffer horribly. He’s one of my faves, but if given the chance I would absolutely dropkick him off a cliff into shark infested waters. Bastard man, you have entertained me a great deal, please have an awful day. 

Honestly… I don’t think he really has a RWBY equivalent and I don’t want to get deep into that explanation just because it would involve spoilers. The simplest thing I can say right now is, “RWBY isn’t written well enough to have an Elias, but he might exist in the imagined version of RWBY the fandom has created” lol 

ghostbri:

what’s in sannikov land?

skyberia:

admiral time

abduct-me-helen:

r/legaladvice

Posted by u/ebouchard 2 months ago

My husband has embarrassed me at the annual institute holiday party for the last time. I want another divorce.

My husband, soon to be ex-husband if all goes as planned, was leering at an archival assistant the other day. He also had a bit too much to drink, and started talking about various…personal activities that I would’ve preferred be undisclosed. Now, I’ve divorced him before, but this time he seems fit to antagonize me and not sign the papers. Not just that, but he’s also disappeared, which isn’t uncommon but is still frustrating when I’m trying to divorce him. He always gets in a hissy fit when I divorce him, but this time he’s just being petty.

Is there a way to divorce him without needing to track him down in order to have him sign the papers? He’s the captain of a ship and when he gets…petulant, he often sails for a few months before returning to his moorhouse. During these times, it’s notoriously hard to contact him, much less find him.

tl;dr: my husband ran away in an attempt to be petty and now I can’t divorce him. What do I do?

Edit: Please stop making remarks on the healthiness of our relationship. It’s none of your business, and we are perfectly fine.

Edit: We got divorced again since I made the first post.

Edit: We are now remarried again.

crawbed008 3.1k points · 2 weeks ago

    | He always gets in a hissy fit when I divorce him, but this time he’s just being petty.

wait, what do you mean by “always”??

     ebouchard 1.5k points · 2 weeks ago

             whenever I try to divorce him, he acts petulant.

                  sisenore_k 675 points · 2 weeks ago

                          do you divorce him often lmao???

                                    ebouchard 1.2k points · 2 weeks ago

                                        yes.

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getsome_69 352 points · 1 week ago

            op how many times have you two gotten divorced so far

                 ebouchard 2.1k points · 2 weeks ago

                       six, though there were a few we didn’t go through on legally.

                              kokobura2 126 points · 2 weeks ago

                                        SIX??? good god op why do you even keep remarrying

                                              ebouchard 1.5k points · 2 weeks ago

                                                      money.

                                         stonks 782 points · 2 weeks ago

i know op in rl and the real reason is that they’re the    

only people willing to put up with each other

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r/relationship_advice

Posted by u/bigboyman 1 month ago

I (48M) feel like my husband is very clingy and I’m a person who needs solitude to survive. What should I do?

My husband is always talking to me. I just want to be left alone, but he just keeps on scheming. He’s always ranting about hiding tapes and the watcher’s crown and it is getting tedious having to listen to his, well, words in general.

How should I ask for more space?

poorandtiredbutyolo 2.2k points · 2 weeks ago

I have a clingy partner too, and what I do is set clear boundaries. I also make sure to set time towards my partner outside of those times when I’m alone, like having dinner every night and having movie/games night once a week.

      bigboyman 1.5k points · 2 weeks ago

           I interact with him far less already then I would if I did that.

                   asunachan3 203 points · 2 weeks ago

                        how much do you talk to him?                                   

                                     bigboyman 1.5k points · 2 weeks ago

                                               at least once every three months

asunachan3 203 points · 2 weeks ago

                                                                   and you’re MARRIED?!???

                                                                            bigboyman 1.2k points · 2 weeks ago

I know, it’s a lot. You see why I can’t stand him being so clingy?

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tania9 421 points · 2 weeks ago

    from reading the replies, I can only assume you hate your husband.

              bigboyman 1k points · 2 weeks ago

                                despise, actually.

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Pastasauceandspagett 608 points · 1 month ago

      I don’t know how OP could possibly salvage this relationship if they hate each other and only talk every three months.

bigboyman 4.2k points · 1 week ago

                                The wedding is in four days.

 

Allicecarter2002 4.2k points · 1 week ago

                               I thought you were already married??

                                                                      bigboyman 4.2k points · 1 week ago

oh, we got divorced about a week after I made the post and then he proposed again a week after that.

 

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r/pettyrevenge

Posted by u/notjonnydville 3 weeks ago

I had my archival assistants spit in his tea.

My boss is a huge bastard. He is just, awful. He always looks like you’re amusing him but in that kind of way where he’s looking like you like a meal. He is just a horrible human being. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if he killed someone. That’s the kind of person he is.

Anyway, I usually try to keep a professional relationship with my assistants but a few nights ago they invited me to go out for drinks with them and my friend blackmailed me into it. We got hammered. It was a truly…special experience. Ever since then, I’ve been on better terms with them. We even have a groupchat.

The situation goes like this: he’s been ranting to me for the last hour about things I ALREADY KNOW in that pompous, annoying voice of his. Anyway, I texted one of my assistants, I’ll call him M, and M comes in mid rant. I very sternly ask “why haven’t you made [our boss’s name, I’ll refer to him as E] tea yet?”

I kind of put him on the spot and he just stayed there with his jaw dropped. I told him to go make E a cup of tea, so he scurries out.

I wait about 30 seconds and then discretely text the groupchat: “spit in his tea M.”

Anyway, they go absolutely *ballistic* and T, another one of my assistants, sprints halfway across the building (I hear he even knocked into our secretary), just to spit in E’s tea too. My last assistant is a bit wearier but she does it too.

M comes back with the tea and hands it to E before quickly leaving. A few minutes pass and E still hasn’t touched his tea.

So I remind him that M makes very good tea and he’d be disappointed if E didn’t drink it.

There is a quiet battle of wills.

Now, I don’t know how to put this without sounding insane, but our boss…he just *knows* things. He’s psychic, or something like that. There is absolutely NO way he didn’t know the tea was messed with. He knows, he knows I know, and we silently stare at each other without moving.

Finally, *finally*, still making direct eye contact with me, he takes a sip of his tea and purses his lips. I ask him if he isn’t thirsty.

He says he isn’t, and leaves the room. I never did find out what happened to that tea.

tl;dr: I got my archival assistants to spit in my asshole bosses’ tea. It was glorious.

leavemealone 2k points · 2 weeks ago

    holy *shit*, OP, did you ever get in trouble????

           notjonnydville 2.1k points · 2 weeks ago

                   he didn’t have any evidence, so no.

maya_herse331 782 points · 1 week

    did he ever try to get revenge?

           notjonnydville 7.1k points · 2 weeks ago

                   he framed me for murder, but I’m still not sure if that was directly related.

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pronouncingitwang:

hey how do we think love of my life adelard dekker is doing with tim in the Land of the Kayak? i ask this both because i would LOVE to Behold the casual conversation dynamic between mr. adelard “based on his description i would have called it a ‘rave’… but when i said so, he looked at me like i didn’t understand what he was talking about >:/” dekker and timothy “i spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocaine powder :D” stoker, and also bc they are both badasses who blew themselves up to kill an evil fear avatar and i think that’d make for some good bonding moments

spoondrifts:

I just came up with something fucking hilarious please keep reading

what if the magnus institute had spirit week???

a single week where the dress code doesn’t apply (as if it applies to the archival staff anyway) to everyone in the institute. a single week of absolute chaos.

(idk if england even has spirit week but we have it here in america so)

the first day of spirit week is pajama day. Jon comes in with just an old band t shirt because he really hates spirit week and will only slightly participate to keep Tim from harassing him all day. Tim is wearing a full panda onesie. Daisy and Basira have matching slippers. Melanie has a bunch of ghost hunt uk merch on. Martin has normal pajamas. no one expects Elias to participate but then their boss waltzes into work wearing a onesie covered in eyes and slippers with little ships on them, and Tim is affronted.

“Tim,” Jon says tiredly, “please don’t turn this into a competition.”

Tim is, in fact, turning it into a competition.

the next day is 80s fashion, which means Tim comes in wearing ray bans and a fanny pack and a jean jacket and is confident he’s won this round, when Elias comes in wearing shit like this:


and Tim almost loses it. almost.

everyone else realizes it’s funnier to watch the ensuing drama than actually try to dress up for spirit week themselves. Jon, relieved that the pressure is off of him, returns to his sweater vests.

wednesday’s theme is colorful. Tim wears a shirt covered in rainbows, some weird baggy pants that are a painful neon green and printed with vibrant palm trees, rainbow socks, and white shoes that he splatters with violent pink and yellow paint. he’s sitting at his desk, smug as hell, and everyone is actually doubting Elias’ ability to match Tim, until Martin runs into the archives and says, shaken, “Elias is here.”

Tim’s jaw falls open.

Elias’ hair is dyed bright blue. scattered on every patch of visible skin are painted green eyes. his suit is so pink it hurts to look at. his tie is covered in purple and orange stripes that clash horrifically. his dark blue pants are absolutely covered in glow-in-the-dark spiral patterns. his shoes glow and pulse with rainbow lights as he walks. and to top everything off, he has a full-body rainbow cape draped over his shoulders.

the archival staff can only gawk in faint terror.

“Good morning,” Elias says, then turns and walks into his office.

oh boy. ohoh. Tim cannot let this injustice stand. he will reign triumphant and Elias will fall into ruin, crushed beneath Tim’s raw fashion sense. it’s a flawless goal. Jon quietly dumps thirty sugar packets into his tea.

for thursday, the theme is twins, which requires a partner.

“No,” Jon, Basira, Martin, and Daisy say at the same time.

“Fuck yeah,” Melanie says.

Tim doesn’t think Elias even has anyone to match with, but he’s still not taking any chances. he and Melanie end up wearing clout glasses, fluffy pink boas, and matching What the Ghost merchandise.

“Who’s Elias matching with?” Tim asks at work on thursday.

Jon looks pained. “You’ll see.”

Elias struts into work hanging off of Peter Lukas’ arm, and they are identical. they’re both in full sea captain gear, with matching hats and badges and even shoe brand. they both have wedding rings on their hands. somehow, against literally everything, Elias had gotten Peter to shave his beard and style his hair to perfectly match Elias’. Tim wants to scream.

“This is my husband,” Elias says, not a flicker of emotion on his face. “Peter, won’t you say hi?”

Peter looks uncomfortable and miserable and Tim feels a sharp stab of satisfaction. then, apparently having served his purpose of antagonizing Tim, Peter hastily says goodbye and vanishes into thin air.

Tim is. very VERY close to giving up.

but it’s friday and he has one last chance. friday is meme day.

“Elias doesn’t even know what memes are,” Tim stresses, a manic note in his voice, as Martin absently nods along. “He’s an old man! He’s got no clue!”

Martin politely does not bring up the fact that Jon looks older than Elias and still knows what a meme is.

friday goes like this

Tim, on a skateboard, rolling around the institute: I don’t know what the fuck just happened, but I don’t really care, I'mma get the fuck up outta here, fuck this shit I’m out

Tim: wait what the fuck

Elias, a piece of paper with the words ‘barbecue sauce’ on it taped to his chest, smug: so I’m standing there, barbecue sauce on my titties

Tim: WHAT THE FUCK

Daisy, lifting Jon above her head effortlessly: thiS BITCH EMPTY-

Jon, screaming: I did not consent to the yeet

Melanie, filming: this is going on the official institute website

(anyway. elias used his beholding powers to know exactly how to piss tim off every single day. the eye revokes his avatarship for several weeks after this debacle and the institute no longer has a spirit week)

luftballons99:

you crazy son of a bitch you actually did it

fabaesuaves:

wow leap year days are so weird right? blink and you miss it….

Jon, staring up at the unblinking sky: Hey, Ceaseless Watcher! I’ve got a question


Ceaseless Watcher: 👀👀👀!!!!!!👀👀👀?????


Jon:  W̶̧̨̗͔͓͚̮͔̊̆̓̉̽͊̀̕ͅh̴̢͚͎̲̲̬̿͊͝͠ͅy̴̢̧͍̲̝̻̟̥̝̎͆́͜ ̸̻͚̻͚̫̋̕ͅa̵͕̰̗͙̬̠̗͆͌ͅŗ̷̹̬̟̘̪̪̻͇̀̊͗̈́̌̈e̷̡̨̛̥̬̜͔̻̫̫͛̏̋̑͗̂̃̀͐ ̷̪̲͈̍̽̌̉̂͒͒͜y̸͚̖̹̪̜̻͒̀̅̀͊͌̉̒͛ͅơ̴͙͓͎͖͕̻͂̔͊̓͐͐͘ư̴̩͉͇̹̯͙̗̩̆͗͊̔̔̈́͘ ̵͉̜͆s̴̨̩͈̜̜̯̱̞̹̦͋̂̀̄̉͂ư̸̠̺͙̺̩̤̜̩̹̍͒̑̓́̎͊̈c̶̟̤̥̙͔̀̒h̴͎͚͖̼̽̏̓̿̕ ̸̧̘̝̱̠̣̘̫̟̈̎̈́a̸̡͚̯̲̣͖̭̜͋͋̂̓̏̅͜ ̷̢̨̛͗̎͑͐͘ļ̵̪̫͕̩̯̻̻̓̽̔̈̑͂̕i̵͉̝͓͙͎̹̒̂̕t̶̡̩̥̣̗̣̗̩̣͇̔t̷̜̺̒̾̊̑̓̆̚ḽ̶͓̠̦̪̮̭̮͇̓̆ȩ̶̥̰̯͕͓̖͈̥͇̑́́͑͆̓̀̋͝ ̶̞͊͗́́b̸̢͓̝͕́͑i̶̭͔̇̏̇͑̍̇́̃͠t̴̙̝̥̼͔̥̻͗̎͒̿̀̽c̷̗̺̿̅̎͆̚h̶̗̹̫͇̍̇̐̓̈́̉́͆̽?̵̞͊͠


Ceaseless Watcher : ≖_≖ ≖_≖ ≖_≖

andhumanslovedstories:

WHY IS EVERYONE SO MAD AT JON ALL THE TIME. HE COULD NOT HAVE LESS POWER OVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES EVERYONE HAS FOUND THEM IN. HE WAKES UP FROM A SIX MONTH COMA AND EVERYONE IS LIKE “DID YOU HAVE A NICE NAP YOU FUCKING LOSER”

officialspec:

based on this post which i cant stop thinking about

Honestly Salem’s antics this episode were a bit too wacky for me. From her literally Naruto Running down the hallway, to her Reed Richards arms on Emerald. I get CRWBY wants to go body horror for her now, but the way it’s executed honestly makes it difficult for me to take her seriously at all anymore.

Though it does make me wonder what would happen if they just chopped her body up and put the pieces into jars like that one Immortal Hulk (great comic btw) moment.

The arms I didn’t mind so much, just because we’ve seen that before from other grimm, but yeah, the Naruto run was… something else entirely lol. That run combined her with shocked “The lamp!” also feels like it messes with the All Powerful Ruler characterization she’s got going on. I mean, Salem isn’t trying to convince others she’s this powerful, she is that powerful, and she’s had over a thousand years to build up a lot of casual confidence. I personally would have had her sigh and close down the whale (she seems to be able to manipulate its body at will), calmly walking in on our group trying desperately to get out. She should treat them as nuisances because, right now, they are (and then yeah, if/when they undermine her it’s that much more satisfying). But Salem knows she’s better than everyone, has the power to back it up, and even if everything does go wrong, she has endless time to inevitably win. Having her panic and rush out like that felt like the reaction of a far lesser villain. 

Literally my thought after the Volume Six lore dump! Not cutting Hulk up (lol), but the general question, “So… can’t they contain her somehow? Or at least try?” I’m not saying that has to be the solution here, just that the group should have considered containment options if the show wanted us to believe they’re really this smart, strategic, heroic group. You have magic and crazy semblances at your fingertips, but no one bothered to run some creative ideas by Oz? “Hey, ever considered tossing Salem into one of your vaults? Trying to separate some of her goo when you damage her? Fiona has a dimension inside her hand, what happens if she tried that on Salem?” They can all fail and/or be established as undoable for any number of reasons, but the point is to try

In The Magnus Archives a powerless character faced off against a, not immortal, but very hard to kill being. Solution? I’m going to pour four feet of concrete on top of you! Salem would be slightly less of a problem is our heroes figured out that not every problem has to be solved with a punch to the face. They act like being immortal is the same thing as being unbeatable. 

quicksilver26:

I almost lost the entire second page of this which would have been an absolute travesty anyway season 4 q&a got me thinking about workplace attire

Hey, thanks for getting me into the Mangus archive.(I needed a new excellent series after RWBY.) I am only under a season in and wary of all spoilers. Thanks for the heads up on the nature of the genre. I don't watch many works in that genre.

The archive claims another! :D You definitely want to avoid spoilers for this series (unless you need them for trigger warnings and such) as the experience of going in blind is an excellent one. With that in mind, I’ve been reblogging/posting a lot more stuff of late, so if you want to avoid my own posts know that I tag all of it with “TMA” 👍

lesbianshepard:

funniest statements from the magnus archives in no particular order: 

questbedhead:

questbedhead:

no spoilers but I’m in the tma early access chat and discussion of the episode fully stopped for like ten minutes because Anil dropped the bomb that in the official show notes they spell it ‘John’

Why do they do these spellings to us

Thanks for getting me interested in the Magnus Archive. I can't stop now. But I'm creeped out.

Literally me right now: 

(Source

The Magnus Archives is so good but yes, absolutely creepy af. I made the mistake of listening to the episode “Tucked In” while (formerly) happily in bed  — fellow TMA listeners you know what line did me in  — and had a Bad Time about it lol. But like… in a good way? I want to send Jonny Sims a card reading, “You gave me nightmares, made me wary of things I’d never looked at twice before, and have emotionally scarred me for life. Thank you so much <3″ 

More seriously though, I’ll pass on the warning that was kindly given to me when I first started: know that this story is a horror tragedy. It’s been described that way consistently and Sims has been upfront (both jokingly and more seriously) about doing right by the genres he’s writing. I only just started the final season and thus can’t speak to what the current situation is like  — and wouldn’t anyway here because spoilers  — but it’s definitely not going to be sunshine and roses. “Tragedy” can have any number of meanings in a show like this, some more palatable for an invested audience than others, but it’s just good to be aware of. If you’re someone who needs a story where everyone makes it through and receives their Happily Ever After, look elsewhere. 

(Source

Elias in the Magnus Institute, waiting for the sky to start looking back at him, but Jon is full from Peter’s statement and is too busy talking about cows with his boyfriend to bring forth the apocalypse: 

ggracee:

Spoilers for MAG 102!
I never thought I’d make an animatic for anything, but HERE WE ARE. I wanted to draw a bunch of the bastard man. So. Uhm. This happened. Take it as you will!!

Your Elias is SUCH a wretched little man... the sheer bastardness he exudes... PEAK character design.

sneckoil:

thanks anon. ill be sure to pass that comment to elias

Because I enjoy imagining crack-ish scenarios for the horror/tragedy media in my life — and I remain an absolute sucker for time travel — I invite you to picture, for just a moment, the utter chaos that would ensue if a later seasons Jon somehow found himself back in the early Season 1 archive. 

To be clear, this is stuffy academic, supernatural skeptic, really doesn’t know what a social life is Jonathan Sims being replaced by The (Chaotic) Archivist. Due to a series of incredibly convenient events worthy of a soap opera (Jon is wearing gloves that hide his burned hand, Sasha is off in another department to retrieve something, etc.) it takes a surprisingly long time for him to figure out that this is not his archive and them that this is not their Jon. During that time, various people witness such insane events as: 

Tim, for Reasons™, mostly hears about this insanity secondhand, but is absolutely living for a feral Jonathan Sims. You say he got hair extensions over the weekend? He’s smoking again? He asked Martin to get him Starbucks? He’s witnessing his boss have a midlife crisis in his 30s and it’s everything he never knew he wanted. 

…Right up until Tim actually makes an appearance, wherein Jon bursts into tears and starts begging for forgiveness. Tim just mechanically pats Jon’s head with an internal monologue of what the fuck what the fuck what the actual fuck is happening

Bonus comedy sad times: Jon, pointing at a Sasha, “The hell is that.” 

innocet:

I don’t think we talk enough about how funny mag 92 is

The episode starts. With Elias calling the police like he’s ordering a pizza. He then reads a letter from his dead ex-boyfriend and casually mentions he keeps his bones in his office. (Why. Why would you do this.) Then he says some spooky shit about how Jon Should See People As Disposable, Actually. Jon comes in having the WORST DAY OF HIS FUCKING LIFE. He almost got fucking killed TWICE and then was immediately dragged to help his would-be murderer kill his boss. He tries to use the powers he only recently realized he had on Elias, only for Elias to be weirdly horny about it. Melanie is here. She only MARGINALLY knows what’s happening. Martin has to confront that the police are murderers for the first time. Tim is already going through it. Elias confesses to two murders. He gives basira a job but make it spooky. Then he gives Jon some vague as shit answers and says something along the lines of Being Human Is Overrated before sending him on a wild goose chase around the world to stop the evil mannequins from doing a puppet show. What part of that isn’t hilarious

ggracee:

Season 2 of the magnus archives , where Tim is salty, Jon is feral, and Sasha is ą̶̧͔̪̩̬̂̂̄́ȃ̴̱̻͙͙̟̼͝k̸̖͇̚d̵̟̏͐ͅj̵̛͆́̄͘ͅw̶̧̪͍͔̭̙̃̾̌̽͝l̵̫͖̜͍͔͒̈́̏̂͠w̴̨͈̔̔̍̃h̷̝͒x̴̡̡̦̠̮̦̖̮̕͜

alittleoptimistic:

everyone go home this is the funniest thing I’ve ever drawn.

bigowlenergy:

Daisy: Did you kill that old man?

Jon, looking her dead in the eyes: if I killed Jurgen Leitner, you would know. Everyone would know. I would never shut up about it. It would be the only line on my resume for the rest of my career. I would have shirts printed that say ‘I killed Jurgen Leitner’ and -

Daisy: Okay, god fuck fine you’re innocent.

Jon: and pissed about it.

Some poor statement giver: So… what’s the best way to avoid the supernatural? 

Jon: Well, putting aside for a moment the simple fact that such encounters are often unavoidable, surely knowledge is our greatest weapon. The ability to record, analyze, prepare, even in a limited capacity. It doesn’t hurt that I have powers granted to me by—

Tim: Axe 

Jon: S-sorry? 

Tim: AXE 

Basira: Gun

Melanie: Knife

Daisy: Bigger knife 

Martin: Fire extinguishers. And tea!  

Gertrude, rising from the grave: An absolute shit-ton of explosives 

Jon: … 

randomitemdrop:

shiftythrifting:

Look at this horror show on shopgoodwill https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/113602331

Item: some poor warlock’s failed practice Homunculus. Its many eyes can see anything everywhere ever but it can only communicate through twitching and muffled screams