[ID: Magnus Archives fanart in the style of an autorefractor vision test, which depicts a white house in the center of a sunny field within a circle framed by black. A stylized eye floats above the house, and Jon and Martin’s transparent, glowing hands reach for each other over the sky, just beginning to hold each other. The background is black, but a faint green circle of eyes borders the frame. End ID]
the joy in jon’s voice whenever he puts a piece of the puzzle together is so endearing. and ofc I <3 whenever he reverently calls sth ‘monstrous’ beautiful
darlingggg. ik Elias is frothing at the mouth listening to this
[ID: an excerpt from episode 111.
Archivist: Sh-She never showed any… er, abilities, or talked about… I don’t know, destiny? Like she was… b-becoming something?
Gerard: Hmmm… Well, she could make people tell her stuff, sometimes. They’d suddenly get real talkative, and lay out whatever she needed. She didn’t do it often though. I don’t think she liked it.
Archivist: [Perky] Oh, er, I can do that, too.
Gerard: Huh. Do you like it?
Archivist: I-I don’t know. I never really thought about it. Yes, I… I suppose I do.
My single scenario of wholesome self-indulgence (DIFFERENT from my evil self-indulgence) is a conversation between Jon and the Admiral. It fixes nothing because he is just a cat, but Jon cries anyway.
Jon’s pure love for the Admiral here is so touching to me in a way I’m usually resistant to. That’s what something something the love was there it didn’t change anything but it matters that the love was there means to me.
Of course the Admiral couldn’t change anything, even leaving aside that Magnus has a hopeless narrative–he’s just a cat! But the moments he shares with Jon at a time where he’s having the worst time ever still matter. Jon himself says, “bet the world ends and you’re just fine”. It’s a joke, of course, but it shows that Jon views the Admiral as someone removed from the world he’s been thrust into. The Admiral is the only recurring character who never does anything to judge or harm Jon, after all. And it’s (naturally) illusory, yes, as we see when the ritual happens and the Admiral feeds the Hunt as any other cat does, but it matters to me that Jon had that last place of comfort even if it didn’t change anything in the long run.
okay I need to talk about my fav part of the brutal pipe murder scene actually
So when Jon first has the pipe in MAG 79 he clinks it against the wall just so there is a show don’t tell moment (link to clip). And there the pipe sounds properly heavy and like metal, the transcript even supports this:
[ID: A screenshot of a Magnus Archives transcript. It reads: “ringing of metal pipe against a wall” End ID]
but then when Elias is done with his murder in MAG 80 and he puts it down it sounds so… quiet (link to clip). Like it comes across as way less heavy, while the transcript also says this:
[ID: A screenshot of a Magnus Archives transcript. It reads: “pipe drops and rolls” End ID]
which leads me to these explanations:
a) dropping a metal pipe is pretty loud so they didn’t want to put that loud noise into the sound design and scare listeners just for accuracy
b) it’s not dropped against the floor but Elias is more leaning it against something where it can roll like an inch
or my fav option c) Elias is kneeling down and very gently lets it drop mere millimeters above the ground
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