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     Martin has always had issues with taking pictures of himself. It probably comes as no surprise that he’s more than a little insecure about his looks; he knows he’s heavyset and pale and his hair is an awkward mix of red and brown that his mother told him washes him out. So, of course, taking photos of himself is always a challenge. And choosing photos of himself to put on an online dating profile is even harder.

     The photo he does settle on for his profile picture is more blurry than not, but he likes the way his smile looks in it and it’s the only photo that doesn’t make him nauseous to upload. The rest of the photos he includes conveniently leave his (round, soft jawed, uneven) face out of view, focusing instead on things like his hands and his jumpers. He doesn’t have any group photos with people, either, that he’s particularly keen on putting up. There’s one from a night out with the archival staff that he thinks he looks halfway decent in, but he’s stuffed under Tim’s shoulder. Greek god, jawline that could cut diamond, endlessly charming Tim, so he decidedly leaves that photo out.

     What he ends up with is an awkward profile devoid of clear photos of him but overflowing with personality in the written sections. Which, he decides, is a good representation of him as a person, anyway, so he hits save and doesn’t look back. If nothing comes of it then so be it, but at least he’s tried.

     Yeah.

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     Jonathan Sims is not a ‘dating app’ sort of man. In fact, he’s turned his nose up at friends who’ve used the ridiculous applications in the past, not-so-silently judging them for their borderline desperation. It just seems like a bit of a farce; you put up pictures that are supposed to entice people into wanting to talk to you, but half the time the only thing they’re interested in is sex. And even if they’re not immediately opening with thinly-veiled innuendo, the conversations are awkward and stilted at best. Tim has loudly shared enough of his messages in the archives break room for Jon to be more than sure that he wants no part of this dating app nonsense.

     And yet, Jonathan Sims has a dating profile. He didn’t know he had one, not before Georgie had texted him a screenshot of his profile on Tinder with just the caption “?!?!?!?!?!” and a slew of uninterpretable letters and symbols. The revelation comes as quite a shock to him, as does the fact that he’s apparently a Tinder+ member. He quickly checks his bank account online to make sure his funds aren’t being used for this ridiculous endeavor, but it seems whoever set up this account is using their own money.

     The fact that his profile photo is a sloppily edited picture of his Magnus ID badge and the rest of the pictures have clearly been taken within the archives itself gives him a good idea of who the culprit is, though. 

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     “Ooh, Sash! We’ve got another match! And whoo boy does this one look promising.”

     Sasha perks her head up from where she was curled over her computer, brushing errant braids away from her face, to make a face at Tim.

     “Are you sure? Because last time you said that they opened with ‘if you were a fruit you’d be a fineapple’ and then a bunch of pineapple and eggplant emojis. So, like, I’ve sort of lost my confidence in your definition of promising.”

     “Aww c’mon, eggplant emoji users deserve love too! Besides, this one seems perfectly respectable. His profile is about poetry.” Tim waves her over and Sasha crosses with a sigh to read the profile over his shoulder, flopping her arms around his neck.

     “Martin, 29, likes tea, poetry, and cows…” She squints at the profile and leans in further to see, ignoring Tim’s squawk when they nearly overbalance. “What’s with that profile picture? You can barely see his face!”

     “Yes, well,” Tim says, righting his chair so they’re no longer leaning dangerously. “Jon doesn’t seem particularly concerned with looks anyway, so I’m sure it doesn’t matter.” Sasha shoots him a look and Tim shrugs. “What? He said he wasn’t ‘as invested as all that’ when I was probing about his dating life, so I’m sure he’ll like this Martin no matter what they look like.”

     “Tim, he’s ace not blind. What other photos does the profile have up?”

     The two of them click through the profile, skimming the long paragraphs of text and swiping through the few photos. Sasha pulls back, her hands on her hips.

     “Y’know, I’d say this seems suspiciously similar to another Martin we know.” She tips her head to the breakroom where their Martin is currently eating his lunch. “But the ages don’t match and he doesn’t seem the type to lie about that sort of thing on a dating app.”

      “Ooh, do you think someone’s catfishing as him and just got the age wrong? I mean, our Martin doesn’t look 33, I can see how someone would mess that up. Plus all the photos are intentionally vague! Maybe he’s being–”

     “Tim.”

     “What?”

     “No one’s catfishing as Martin.”

     “We’re catfishing as Jon,” he points out. This earns him a glare.

     “No, we’re setting up a profile for Jon. There’s a difference.”

     “Is there really, because–”

     “Just swipe right on the profile and get on with it, will you? Jon can decide for himself if he likes him when we hand over the account.”

     Tim pouts as Sasha returns to her desk and blows him a kiss.

     “Whatever. I still totally think this ‘Martin’ is a catfish.”

ANON, I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

And i love the idea of Martin having a cute pic with Tim. Had such a hard time sketching it out cuz my hands were shaking so much out of excitement - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WRITING IT!

If you'd like me to credit you please let me know!

(And i'm totally keeping the "likes tea, poetry, and cows", so cute)

[Image ID: Picture of Tim embracing Martin with one arm over his shoulder. They are both smiling, though Martin in a bit shy manner. End ID]

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I'm hosting a DTIYS Challenge!!!!

I reached 700 followers on Twitter today and wanted to celebrate! So thank you everyone here and there who are following me and supporting my art <3

Rules are:

  • This is just for fun, so no actual rules
  • I won't be picking a winner or giving a prize. That's just too much pressure for me (sorry)
  • No deadline, feel free to draw whenever :)
  • For anyone participating, please tag me or use the hashtag so I can see your drawing!!! I WANNA SEE YALLS ART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reblogs are appreciated!!!

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[ID: A drawing of of Jonathan Sims and Martin Blackwood from the Magnus Archives podcasts. The pair are dressed in fancy clothes and dancing together. Jon is wearing a long green dress with his arms and back exposed, with short greying hair with a small clasp pinning it in the back. Martin is wearing a navy blue suit with a white bowtie. His orange hair is tied up high behind his head. They're smiling at each other. A soft pink aura surrounds them as well as yellow sparkles. In the top left some blue text reads "Draw This in Your Style", and right underneath in green text, "#samwise1548DTIYS" \End ID]

lotr au? lotr au.

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This could work so well for Gertrude in Gandalf's place, too.

I love the concept of Sasha and Tim being Merry and Pippin but part of me puts Tim in Borimir’s place and something about Sasha feels rather Elven

TMA Dating App au

where Tim and Sasha create a dating app profile for Jon and soon he starts talking with mysterious Martin (who has a blurry profile picture), who surely can NOT be the same Martin he works with.. right?

[Far from canon, the only horrors that happen are official meetings and Elias's scoldings]

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@prim-moth​ Thank you for giving me Jon’s inner most thoughts

[ID: 2 busts of Martin and Jon from The Magnus Archives. Martin is a fat white man with short, shaggy brown hair. He wears glasses and has a bit of stubble on his face. He also wears a t-shirt with a cartoon face of a highland cow. Martin is looking off to the side, smiling, while holding two oars in a rowing motion. Jon is a skinny south-east asian man, with almost completely white hair pulled back into a half bun. He has glasses, a moustache and a beard and his face is covered in pockmarked scars. He’s looking off-screen at Martin with wide eyes and a small blush, also holding two oars.

Underneath is a small sketch of the two of them sitting across each other in a boat. Jon is blushing, the thought bubble above his head reads: ‘arms’. Martin is looking at Jon and says ‘Jon you’re rowing the wrong way’.

Finally there’s a screenshot of a reply by tumblr user prim-moth reading: Strong arms boyfriend martin rowing a canoe go brr /End ID]

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jon actually adopted a little stray black kitten while in the safehouse which followed them around the apocalypse and became a watcher, it just wasnt mentioned because it didn't have an impact on the plot @jonsimsandcats

I COMPLETELY ACCEPT THIS

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some doorkeay hcs:

  • michael shelley loved disney and so gerry took him to disney world on institute funds claiming it was a “stranger avatar hotspot”
  • michael loved the haunted mansion ride and kept wanting to ride it over and over but it secretly freaked gerry out (michael was being adorable about it like “awww is my gerrybear afraid of ghosts? :3 i’ll protect you!!” while gerry was about to stab the next thing that moved too close) 
  • when they first met michael was absolutely fascinated by gerry’s tattoos (“gosh these must’ve hurt!! what do they mean??” “um… that one is an eye, it means… eye things”) and asked to touch them and so gerry just stood there nearly hyperventilating while michael traced his fingers over his arm and gertrude watched in disappointment. 
  • michael begging gerry to take him to concerts and gerry finally giving in. they go to some metal band and michael loves it and it’s just this fluffy blond haired golden retriever in a lavender jumper and long bright green skirt jumping around happily in a sea of goths doing funky pop dances to some screamo song 
  • alternatively michael taking gerry to concerts for his fave artists (a mix of spice girls, beatles, simon and garfunkel and bruce springsteen) and being all excited with his band tee and flower crown whereas gerry is just standing there in all black looking terrified of the fan girls 
  • michael loving history and dragging gerry to museums every other weekend. 
  • on their genoa trip gerry keeps having flashbacks to going there with his mom and having a bad time meeting a flesh avatar so michael talks non stop about the history of the city while they walk through until gerry stops looking panicked 
  • michael takes gerry to meet his parents who are basically just older versions of him so gerry spends a night walking around town looking like the stray black cat that some golden retrievers took in. the shelley’s are super nice and keep gushing about how cute gerry and michael are and how happy they are michael found someone
  • elias keeps trying to dress code them but can’t figure out whether to dress code gerry for wearing makeup as a guy or to be transphobic and try and make him wear a skirt to work. he eventually just says that “goth culture promoting clothing is not appropriate”. as a protest, everyone in the archives dresses goth for like a week. michael wears fishnets on his arms and gerry gets a bloody nose. gertrude shows up in full victorian gothic regalia, corset and ballgown, and emma wears a mesh shirt patterned like a cobweb 
  • michael finds stray cats all the time but his apartment won’t allow them so he secretly hides them in the archives. they all adore him and so sometimes gertrude will just see him walking into a room whispering “no! no! you can’t follow me in here! miss robinson doesn’t like animals in the archives!! im sorry lil guys!”. he doesn’t question how he magically always has enough cat food. 
  • he names one of the cats, a scruffy black one, gerard and so one day gerry finds him petting it and just going “hey gerry, hey baby. i love you so much” and michael just blushes incredibly deep. gerry just is panicking bc he named one of the cats michael and didn’t realize michael was the one taking care of them. 

things that my allo friends don't understand

-I want to date people but I don't want to kiss people

-I want to date people but I don't actually want to date people

-aesthetic attraction

-I find people pretty but would never want to be romantically involved

-physical looks aren't the only thing I find attractive about people

-I find people attractive but im aroace

-shirtless people scare me

-I find hands really attractive

-I kind of want to be people I find attractive