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Old magic sword summon animation for your perusal ft. Dexter (OC)

(I want to work on this more lmao and make some different variations)

The Inspiration

(Credit to Rainimator's "Falling" animation)

Ya know...

Sometimes I remember I actually have an old animation under my belt that proves I can in fact understand animation principles and make a decent enough seven second animation.

Lemme add it here lolol.

( @ace-the-birb you gotta admit this has aged weirdly lmfao lore wise)

@entities-of-posts What's the verdict, doc?

It's closing in.

Eye Lady TMA Takes (Part 2/?)

We needed more Spiral Avatars related to real estate this shit is maddening as hell (finding rentals feels like an uphill fight with the bloody rental crisis)

I cannot elaborate my braincells have been annihilated by binging real estate website scrolling.

Also I'm making Sarah Carpenter a Vast Avatar in my AO3 Fics AU because of that Leitner okay bye-

Stella is just perfect lmfao

You tell me this isn’t them-

Eye Lady is ADHD-ing (Part 1/?)

Not me recreating my pinned post to delay my uni work (I despise how this particular film camera saved our film and thinking about editing the footage makes me want to cry of boredom).

I just wanna draw Simone man why can't the Web leave me alone😭😭😭

HARPY JOHN SPOTTED, AGENDA HAS NEW FUEL FOR ITS FIRE 🔥🔥🔥

realized i haven't posted anything tma in a bit WHAT HAVE I BECOME? /j

heres a bunch of random doodles from the past few months to feed yall, mostly done on microsoft whiteboard while taking notes in my classes lmao

i am also sneaking in my dnd jmarts teehee theyre so sillay vv

LETS GO ANI OUR SPIRAL-EYE INTERIM ARCHIVIST AMNESIAC "AUSSIE FLAVOURED" IRISH QUEEN 🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️

(I really need a better way to describe her that ticks the boxes lmfao)

Shoutout to @the-lantern-lights for being so darn cool and having an absolute killer art style! Definitely recommend them for not only commissions, but also their cool as hell TMA AU's! Will defs commission again!

Second commission, this one for @dexterkronos of their oc :D More variations under cut

Having friends on tumblr is really great. I often refer to you guys in real life as “my friend from england/autralia/california/new york” and it makes people think I’m very well traveled when really I’ve just spent a lot of time on the Internet.

THE MISCONCEPTION ABOUT COMMENTING ON FIC

I’ve read all kinds of posts both from writers and readers lamenting about comments on fic. Authors are upset when they don’t get any, readers don’t know what kinds of comments to leave, etc. And it finally clicked in my brain why I think a lot of people don’t bother writing comments. 

And this is what it boils down to:

Writers do not want praise.  We just want to talk about our story. 

I can’t speak for everyone obviously - but I think the majority of writers don’t care so much for the “omg you’re a brilliant writer!!” comments as much as we just want to hear your thoughts on the story. Even if it’s just your thoughts as you’re reading of “oooh x happened! I can’t believe y said this! What’s going to happen now that z has happened?!” We literally just want to talk about what we’ve written like you would with a friend about a tv show. We’re not out here demanding praise like some entitled narcissist. 

While praising our writing skills or writing style is appreciated, it doesn’t need to be said on every fic and every chapter that you read. If you regularly comment on someone’s work that’s telling enough that you like our technique. Readers shouldn’t feel pressured to have to praise a writer’s abilities every time they want to comment. 

In the grand scheme of things, talking about the fic/chapter is actually more helpful to us writers instead of spewing praise. It’s the same with artwork. As nice as it is that people tell me “wow your art is so pretty!” it’s a LOT more useful to me to get comments like “I love their expressions!” or “the lighting on this is gorgeous!” because then I know WHAT people are liking about it. If no one ever comments on my backgrounds, I now know what to improve. If most people comment on liking the expressions, I now know the strong points of my art and can use it to my advantage to make even better art in the future. 

The same goes for fic. If multiple people tell me they liked a certain part of the story I now know that things similar to that are a hit. It’s feedback I can use to improve the story and give my readers more of what they want. Without that I have no idea what they like about the fic.

Talking with a writer about their story also gives them inspiration!! Nothing gets us more in the mood to work on a fic than to have people wanting to talk about it. A lot of times just talking about one of my fics with someone will give me that push to continue working on it. Getting a comment that just says “great chapter” or “you’re a great writer” doesn’t do much to motivate us to continue that particular fic. But if you talk about the story and the characters it gives us motivation to continue working on it, may even give us ideas for future chapters. I would hope that those of you with “comment anxiety” find this approach so much easier than trying to praise the writer every time you read.

So that fic the author hasn’t updated in forever that you’re dying to read? Talk to them about the fic and the elements of the story! It will make the writer want to talk to you about it and will get their mind thinking about it, hopefully inspiring them to continue where they left off. Fics that are left in silence are more likely to be abandoned or even deleted because nothing feels worse than putting your heart into a story to have no one say anything about it. 

TLDR; Writers do not want praise, we just want to talk with our readers about the story itself, and these are the kinds of comments that inspire us to keep writing more. 

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who tore through it with the voracity of The Eye.

It was just so damn entertaining and also slightly messed up; my favorite type of Time Travel / Alt merging fic. Literally impossible to put down no matter how hard I tried.

so i just read Rewind. Reset. Rewrite. in one sitting and just

wow, what a fic.

Slime Rancher x TMA?

Okay but seriously, imagine if Jon and Martin commit MAG 200 and just end up on Slime Rancher's Far Far Range. What then?

(Welcome to your lecture on why my abilities to cook have been restrained by divine ordainment [irl responsibilities])

How It Would Work

Mistaken Identity as their alt selves or assuming the lives of their alt selves as they have completely replaced them

They both have separate farms on the Far, Far Range on opposite ends, and don't know where the other exactly is (they both think they're on distant islands to each other lol).

Martin becomes very adept with Slime wrangling in particular, but still remains an effective slime rancher in the ways of taking care of them. He adopts a particular Tabby (unbeknownst to him an escapee from Jon's ranch) and calls it 'Merry', and Merry stays by his side at all times.

Jon is very particular about only owning docile slimes like Pinks, Tabbies and Puddles, with a lot of his slimes being mixes with Tabbies because cats. He makes a sole exception for ONE Crystal-Tabby that he calls 'Calcite', who becomes a bit of a ranch defender Largo. It is so picky about what it eats or absorbs that there is zero risk for him to become a Tarr.

Jmart end up finding each other when Jon goes chasing after a Tabby-Phosphor with Calcite in an attempt to get it somewhere dark before daylight. Both are overjoyed to see each other obviously and immediately work together.

They have a teleporter between their ranches and help each other out with random tasks. They obvs can't combine ranches now, but they do lots of sleepovers at each other's ranches lmao,

Jon ends up going into Slime Sciences because duh of course he would lmao. He's the reason both farms have cannons to repel Tarr slimes.

They get therapy before even so much as thinking about advancing their relationship further because holy hell these dudes need it. (Therapy is already in swing at the start btw, I'm not delaying their roads to mental stability)

Other Info below the keep reading tag so we don't flood your feed lolol.

Relationships with Canon Slime Rancher Characters

Martin is the one who usually deals with Slime Market stuff because people like BOb exist.

Martin befriends Thora easier than anyone else due to her kindly nature. Let's give the man a nice older lady figure in his life to be a mentor.

Jon become notably friendly with Viktor Humphries, and they collaborate often since Jon has Martin and his own interest in slime collection to help him.

Both find Mochi a bit like Melanie at first, but warm up to her when they start to learn more about her (both can relate to strained relationships w/parental figures, especially Martin).

Both find BOb complexing and typically try to keep conversations curt lol.

Obvs because I'm not replacing Beatrix, they do meet her and are pretty neutral to her. Nothing extraordinary and nothing unextraordinary since Beatrix is more a proxy for the player so I can't gauge much on how she'd be without our interference.

Ogden & Hobson are also a neutral relationship but that's just because I can't think on how either of them and Jmart would work lol.

Likely Queries

Fears When?: No Fears in the Slime Rancher universe because I say so. The Fears just don't have influence here anymore haha. That means Jonah Magnus stays deceased.

How is Jon not like, barely sane or whatever (referencing the 'how much of me is the Eye stuff')?: Well, they did merge/overwrite their Slime universe counterpart so like... e.

Does Jmart retain Fear powers?: No. Maybe. I'm not sure tbh I think if anything it'd be subtle things. EG: Jon being able to identify certain things changed in an area or have a better grip on understanding body language. EG2: Martin being less noticeable when he wants to be or just having a bit of cold resistance.

Why can't they move in together?: Because I doubt the 7Zee Corp would be able to find a buyer for either ranch too quickly, but I could be wrong. Idk I like the idea of them having space of their own separate from the other since those dudes need therapy and time to work on themselves.

Do they look like themselves or their alternates?: Alts with the exception of MAG 200 injuries. The Alts just look like their S1 selves lmao.

SlimeRancher!Sasha, SlimeRancher!Georgie & SlimeRancher!Tim? Yes. None would properly notice a difference in Jon because he's more just their Jon with some weird ass baggage attached. Martin would DEFINITELY be something they'd note as 'unusual' but ultimately set it down to 'omg he's matured so fast having to deal with Jon lolol'. Sasha and Tim would be fellow Ranchers on another area nearby and Georgie either stayed on Earth or is a Tarr Wrangler with SlRa!Melanie.

What about the other Magnus people? Not sure, defs think SlRa!Melanie would exist as a Tarr Wrangler w/Georgie. SlRa!Elias would likely be on Earth still and just living his Pre-Eye life lolol. Sl!Ra Gertrude should be a rancher elsewhere that's just died but other than that idk.

Do any other Slime Rancher alts get their other worlds memories? Maybe Georgie and Melanie but only via 'oh wow that was a funky dream haha' since they were in the Panopticon. Elias doesn't count towards this since there was no more Elias by the time of the series' beginning (source: MAG 193).

Welp, I don't keep eye promises on the Craniopagus end due to uni grind, so here's my rendition of Toy Soldier from @candlecoo-sideb-art's Somewhere Else (In Space) AU in both a lineless (on eyes) and lined (own) art style! Having the excuse to practice the artificial again was nice, though I know I can do better. I tried to base the eyes more or less on Woody and Jessie from Toy Story with how their materials work, but I definitely need more practice outside of head-on eye arts to see it as 'perfected' in my own eyes. Toy Soldier's only real trouble for me was trying to do their obvious upper eyelid, as it just never felt right until i got that colour there. Regardless, we did it lolol. The resident Eye Lady makes no clear promises on the release of certain eye arts but will try her best! Maybe after she does a Simone art because Simone won't leave me alone-

No joke I need therapy after that episode holy hell.

What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck

Why does this show keep making me bawl my eyes out what is wrong with you all screw you 😭😭😭

What is your problem??? 😭😭😭

No need to be this harsh towards me

Its them omg 🥺 Low-key miss their og looks but alas, war drip is war drip

Random drawing from class that i actually finished

I can't be the only one who thinks S5 of TMA can best be told with "Navigating" by Twenty One Pilots, right???? Right????? Or even just have it be a Jonathan Sims, Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute song???

I spoiler because omg i'm gonna go rant mode and you should have a barrier.

Obvious spoilers for MAG 160 ~ MAG 200 (The Magnus Archives).

Like just give me a moment to cook. Jmart POV, starts with reflections of Martin in the Lonely ("the haze around my face / makes me feel so alone") OR its to show Jon's thoughts post-Door Open.

"I know you see me standing still / When our fingers touch, I feel my way back home"

This the most MAG 161 & MAG 162 coded shit in history. Martin being the one to act as 'home' as they move from the cabin.

First chorus is just them going through the first set of domains, with 'give me some advice' happening during the Not!Sasha smiting. Maybe there's some flashes of the real Sasha in there, who knows.

"Don't know how long it's been / My, oh my / How things change so rapidly / I find my self-esteem / Then turn so cold"

MAG 166 ~ MAG187 pipeline.

Chorus 2 is the ways to the other domains, eventually ending in the Panopticon.

"Don't know how long it's been / Since I responded to your question / If you really wanna know what I'm thinking"

Annabelle and Hill Top scene. I take my seat.

"Kind of feels like everybody leaves / Feeling the reality that everybody leaves / My dad just lost his mom, I think that everybody leaves / And I'm trying to hold onto you / 'Cause everybody leaves"

YOU CANNOT TELL ME THIS ISN'T THE PRE-JONAH STAB CONVO IN A NUTSHELL. YOU CANNOT DELUDE ME AWAY FROM THIS IM DYING ON THIS HILL-

Second-to-last chorus is the Jonah erasure stuff lol

AND THE FINAL LENGTH OF THE SONG, IS JUST MAG 200 TEARING US TO PIECES WITH INTERLACED FLASHBACKS ENDING WITH A BLACK SCREEN TO RUIN US EMOTIONALLY.

So anyway have fun with this torture :3

"Reflections unto a Mirror"

I'm gonna be brave and do an Oc reveal for my TMA AUs. This OC hasn't appeared or been mentioned in any of my AO3 fics (and probably won't for a bit), but she's extremely relevant to it all.

Introducing... "Ani", the Memory-Impaired (Interim) Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute (as of 2016)!

Introduction

"Ani" (the only name she remembers) quite literally appears in the Dalton household out of nowhere one sunny January, just a week after the People's Church of the Divine Host tried to complete their Extinguished Sun ritual. Despite this, she only has a marking of The End from her exposure to the Dalton stronghold, and an unknown Marking that not even Simone can decipher.

Very few things are gleaned from trying to Compel her, amongst those being that she's Australian, she thinks she's either 21 or 23 and, of course, her assumed name. Everything else she is forced to discover over her year-and-a-half apprenticeship under Archivist Quinn, and afterwards when she is forced to assume the Interim position due to lack of willingness from her co-workers.

(More info under the read more, I get my message is big lol)

Paths

"Ani" falls to The Eye as a result of her persistent internal voice nagging her that she has forgotten something extremely important, and her fears that the reason she has no memories now is because someone entrusted her with a dangerous piece of knowledge. It also triggers due to [Spoilers], but we're focusing on the main reason. Her abilities are mostly focused around finding the truth to a situation or to expand her understanding, giving her...

Statement Syncing/Taking (typical)

Compulsion

Knowing (+Translation)

Telekinesis/Levitation (learnt)

Dream Walking (learnt).

Her Spiral sub-path - the only one not granted via a weapon or Leitner - comes to her as naturally as breathing once she meets and makes a few deals with The Distortion (wearing the face of Emma Harvey), granting her...

Impossible Navigation (cannot get lost in domains lmao)

Short-Range Teleportation (learnt)

"Song of the Soul"

A term coined by Edalyn Gleave prior to her death, it stands for 'a song that you would live and die to, a song that fuels your every move when you cannot move anymore'. Hunters trained under Edalyn were typically ones posed this question, but the Institute begun taking up the idea too when the Thundering Strings started getting too confident.

"Ani" claimed her song was "Navigating" by Twenty One Pilots, but the song does not exist (yet). Thus, she hunts for a new song, and eventually finds herself resonating close enough with "What My Scene?" by Hoodoo Gurus due to her unfamiliarity with her place in the world, and her desperation to clutch to her homeland and its music.

"Try" by P!nk does seem familiarly powerful to her, but she can never bring herself to call it her "Song of the Soul"... more 'the old tune to a life I used to lead' (no one prompted her so she forgot that line afterwards lol)

Other

Jesus I yap alot...

If you wish to see more of her or of others in her era of the Archives, please let me know! I do plan to do more eyes, but I also want to draw the people in my AO3 fics... maybe. We're trying. Simone's a high priority.

OWL 👏 JOHN 👏 AS 👏 AN 👏 ACTUAL 👏 OWL 👏 👏 👏

Seriously though the fusion between Moth and Owl is so good tho like aaaaaaaaaaa

My owl son

Jonathan Sims as an owl with moth wings, because I think that it's neat. Could also be a really weird non-fandom owl dependng on your point of view.

Ink on paper

Tfw your mate assdials you and you stay on call because you were at first worried, then confused, and now just wanting to mess with them.

It has been 33 minutes.

Update: He figured it out at the 40 minute mark. Bro was confused

OWL JOHN OWL JOHN 🗣🗣

(God I love these sm)

More owl Jon

the propaganda grows (@justsomecorvid s comment gave me the idea :3 )

Ooo another one

The Eye: Here

The Lonely: ---

The Corruption: ---

The Buried: ---

The Hunt: ---

The Dark: ---

The Desolation: ---

The Stranger: ---

The Flesh: ---

The Spiral: ---

The Vast: ---

The Web: ---

The Slaughter: ---

The End: ---

Jmart: ---

Sasha / Not Sasha: ---

Dasira: ---

The Distortion (dunno if i'll do): ---

America Hunters: ---

Melorgie(?): ---

Leitner: ---

Oliver: ---

Elias: ---

Annabelle: ---

Jane Prentiss (probs wont do): ---

Mr Spider (hehehehe): ---

Simon: ---

Peter: ---

Celia: ---

Ceaseless Watcher: ---

Tim: ---

Anyone else doing the ink-tober thing? I’ve made my own list based off tma. I would love to see what others are doing!

I don’t do many ships. The pairings in here are souly the relationships they have in the show. Example: I don’t ship Trevor and Julia beyond a fatherly to daughter relationship.

*and with that, the Eye Lady gets a terrible idea*

(Also we got Magtober 24 list les gooo)

Boom!! My very own magtober prompt list!! I’m gonna do my best to complete this!! It’d be super cool if people tagged along even if just for individual prompts (:

If you follow along my list make sure to tag me!!!! I wanna see what creative stuff y’all get up to!! Any mediums welcome!!!

There’s at least prompt for each fear, plus a couple extra buried ones because. Well. It’s my me damn list

Oh no she writes fanfictions ru-

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Soo… I missed Jmart Day 2024. Oh well though, I still made the fic! Feel free to enjoy my AU’s Jmart meeting when Jon... tries to shred a Leitner.

...I swear he’s very intelligent sometimes.

—— Summary:

In most other universes, Jonathan “Jon” Sims and Martin Blackwood meet in the Magnus Institute.

This does not change here.

What does change is the circumstances; this time around, Martin is the Beholding’s favourite Librarian in the centuries old Institute, and Jon is a Hunt Pseudo-Avatar trained by their Head’s late wife… and the sound designer for a fearless-led podcast that treads ever too slightly close to the world of Entities for their liking.

It is because of this podcast that Martin and Jon meet and debate false memories as they rush to contain the Leitner Beast that they let loose.

Whoops.

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AKA; Jonathan Sims, Leitner Hunter and Student of the late Edlayn Gleave meets Martin Blackwood, Librarian and Unusual Focus of the Beholding. Things sure do happen. [Jmart Day 2024 Fic!]

(Also @trans-jon-rights look! Walkman recorder!)

Legit so happy to have Lil ole Dex drawn for this lolol. Please give this awesome, accidentally-kidnapped-into-Fractures-fandom artist your love and support.

The art doodles have all been finished (for this round)

Thank you so much to everyone who submitted and allowed me to draw their characters!! ※\(^o^)/※