"We could leave here" - [The Magnus Archives Animatic]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- Hoooo boy this took about a thousand times longer than it was supposed to, but I'm glad I could get it out before season 5! I've never done anything like this before which is maybe evident lol BUT it was fun and I love two disaster boys. Enjoy!!
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[Finale posting] ONE WAY OR ANOTHER HUH!!! TOGETHER HUH!!!!! johnny you've destroyed me
Yeah I came back to this animatic just to suffer again gods the expressions you drew are good they're both so tired and it doesn't get better but one way or another they were together so that's enough right? Right?! :'(
FUCKIN J O H N
Johnny be like "you want together? I'LL GIVE YA TOGETHER"
YEHA I FINISHED IT TODAY IM HURT
OH HOLY SHIT. I DIDNT CATCH THAT PARALLEL. HOOOOLY FUCK
"You're the first," "Why" "BECAUSE IM GAY, MARTIN"
I believe hes ace
@@nathanaelwaters2509 you can be homoromantic or biromantic and asexual :)
@@tarantula-ash I suppose you can, please ignore my ignorance
@@nathanaelwaters2509 no problem! Everyone starts somewhere :)
@@tarantula-ash I think Jon’s an asexual biromanic.
god jon archivist is a hopeless romantic "run away with me we can gouge our eyes out together and i might die but at least we'll still have each other" m8 you already live in a greek tragedy you don't have to orchestrate one
vs season 1 where he was like “martin is an absolute buffoon, his every action is just a mess i have to clean up, i hate him and his shiny hair and his blue eyes and his adorable little smile... i hate it!”
“You already live a Greek tragedy you don’t have to orchestrate one” that’s such a good quote
Spoilers....
That's basically what happens at the end. "Let's run away together to possibly another plane of existence by you stabbing me and maybe I die but at least we'll be together".
@@cubalayabandit5591 thats. aaaaaaa. that's true.
well tbf the Greek tragedy where they leave is a less tragic one than the one they and the entire world are headed for soooo.
Fellas is it gay to ask your archival assistant to run away with you?
Yes
Not if you say no homo
Idk, maybe try to ask the demon who asked the angel to run away with him to the stars when the world was going to end
Is that a One Topic At a Time reference or just a real life one?
But in this case, yes, always
@@ominous-lm1cq Good Omens, I believe.
"What, you've gotta gouge your eyes out or something?
...fuck off."
Dunno why, but that just tickles me. You'd never hear it from Martin, yet here it is.
Martin got the right to say “fuck”
This was my exact thoughts lmao
All i hear when I listen to this is Jon saying “Martin run away with me. As bros tho ahahah.... unless?”
He basically just said "gouge out your eyes and run away with me, platonically of course."
fellas, is it gay to gouge your eyes out and run away with another man??
I'm like 6 or so episodes in but I keep getting these animatics and honestly only a minute and a half into this video I'm sensing mad romantic tension going on here. I dont know shit about these guys except that they both work at the archives (I think Martin works there?) and Johnathan is supposed to be the guy trying miserably to organize a wrecked system of files. I got to stop watching these spoilers but man the chemistry with these characters is just too good
@@hamburgerdog25 hows it going so far !!
@@wqtcher finished it a few days ago. This podcast is just too good. Really brought me back to my theorizing days with Gravity Falls
Putting aside the Gay, Jon and Martin are all that's left of the s1 crew. Elias is alive but absent. Jon lost Sasha, swore he wouldn't lose anyone else, and then lost Tim. After waking up from that and struggling with his change, he's been hated by his new assistants and largely ignored by Martin, the one person who's been his constant the last few years. At this point, regardless of Jon's feelings about Martin, that man is all he has left and he is desperately clinging to the last remnants of his human life.
When you put it like that it makes sense why the two got together.
That on top of the fact that Elias picks people for the institute who wouldn't be noticed if they went missing, so neither of them really have any meaningful relationships outside of the institute. They're both literally all the other has.
Not to mention Martin is in the same boat. We saw him get along with Melanie and the rest of the new crew but after his mother’s death he felt like he had nobody. When Jon came back he had a purpose, a reason to live again. Make sure Jon is safe, no matter the cost to himself (or others is implied by Martins actions in S5 but not specifically in S4). Martin //does// technically have people like Basira (god I hope I’m spelling her name right) and you could make an argument he also has Melanie, sure she’s a bit prickly right now but she’s only downright homicidal to Jon and we’ve seen them get along just fine.
The way Jon hesitated after Martin refused was... interesting to me.
Because Martin's right. Jon doesn't want to blind himself. He doesn't want to die. He wants to live, no matter how difficult it may be.
But that's also why Martin's wrong. Because he also wants MARTIN to live, but he wants MARTIN to live a life that's happy and safe and free of pain. I legitimately believe that if Martin had given the word, Jon would've done it without hesitation. Hell, he probably would have found some way to do it painlessly (for The One He Loves, not for himself). That realization was the one that made him pause to look for words. Not that Martin was right, but that he didn't know how much he means to Jon.
Hello! Welcome to the collection of insightful comments about this show I keep screenshotted on my phone!
look, you did NOT have to kill me like that. oh my god
@@MeghnaRIyer uwu
Heck I think laser pointer dots would be a less painful way to damage your eyes and they can be obtained on an extreme budget
@@someoneawesome8717 may I introduce you to our wonderful friend the sun?
I'm still not over the fact, that Jon asked Martin to run away with him. I love your character design
He really jumped to the gay yearnin lmao
Same
@@elsiejadlow Mustve taken enormous restraint but you know he was looking out for Jon 😪
And at this point he’d not even hinted at reciprocated romantic feelings yet either. Imagine Martins POV. Jon goes right from colleague to let’s blind each other and run away from our jobs together.
@@Sheena000 he went from 0-100 really quick.
“I don’t like you.”
“We should gouge out our eyes”
I love how john thinks that its the lonely’s fault that Martin doesnt want to gouge his eyes out
I mean if the guy you loved said "I would quit my really expensive life saving medicine just so that you could follow your dreams" would you agree to do so?
@@someoneawesome8717 you’re underestimating how much anxiety I have-
No
I wouldn’t, I’d feel too anxious about it, feel like a burden, and that I’m the only one getting something out of it
ah yes, the "let's gouge our eyes out and make out" episode
I quote this on a daily, btw
The height difference you gave Martin and Jon has me shooketh it's so good
Imagine: Jon being an idiot and not taking care of himself, as usual. Refusing to leave his desk for five minutes to eat some goddamn food. Martin: oh no no no NO. That’s not how this goes. EAT.
Jon: youre not my mother you can’t make me
Martin: *picks Jon up out of his seat* It’s tea time dumbass
Matthew Haggar YES
We’ve established that john is indeed smol
@@ominous-lm1cq I mean all the descriptions we've gotten of him are from people insulting him
"You sneaky little freak"
"He looked like he hasn't slept in a long time"
"Listen here you scrawny little prick"
Conclusion: he is tired and twiggy
@@someoneawesome8717 i don’t know why or how but now I’m imagining Jon as an irritated stick
I love how Martin talks to the tape recorders/audience. He’s a mess at human interaction but takes all this weirdness in stride.
I talk back to him in my mind sometimes when I’m listening
Jon: "Well, I'll be going... if you ever do need me"
Martin: "I hope so..."
Jon: "Just don't wait to long-"
FoR ChRiSt'S SaKe, jUsT mAkE tHeM cAnOn aLrEaDy-
This comment aged incredibly well
How you feel rn?
@@nuhahasan952 satisfied😌
@@yalejosie Seriously?!
@@frogonthebikeheh Is there something wrong with the comment?
The fact that gouging their eyes out and running away would have been the gOOD ending!
WHY THOUGH- 😭
1:45 Theres something so satisfyin about this scene like, Martin's hand thing on gouge your eyes out, then Jon looks AWAY, and then Martin puts his mug down, sits up straight and sighs disbelievingly, "fuc off!" Gosh I love this!!!
YEah. As fucked up as the situation is that line is always funny to me, like in the original episode. And the animation makes it better.
_"We could leave here, you and me, escape!" this is gay storytelling hell YES_
this shit HURTED. and also isn't this identical to that one scene in good omens? "we could run away together" like damn. didn't need to tear out my heart like that.
Axel Espinosa it issssss ))):
I WAS THINKING THE EXCACT SAME THING
YES !! I was thinking that too :0
@@starlesscitiess OH MY GOD YEAAHHHH
i was LITERALLY. just thinking that. goddamn.
my brother who i love dearly, whos intuition I trust more than any map or book, just told me to my face that martin looks like masculine velma and I am!! screaming and crying
OMG.... This is my favorite thing anyone has ever said about my art hahahaha
Oh no now I can't stop picturing his sweater as orange 😅
bruh explains why he looks like me and many glasses-wearing butches that I know
OOOOHH MY F@$#ING GOD. That image is now permanently stuck in my head now
one of the worst parts of being in a small fandom is that awesome animatics like these aren't recognized more like this is amazing and somehow has less than a thousand views??
I have wonderful news for you
"THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES #154 - Let's Gouge Our Eyes Out And Make Out"
That dry laugh of disbelief Martin has.. I break me everytime! First he is sweet and sounds happy to see John but that laugh.. I sounds like "I don't believe you care about me" and that's just the worst...
The “fuck off” GOT ME
TINY JON TINY JON TINY JON
I will always and forever head canon Jon is small. That is it. That is all. (god i sound like Martin from season 1)
“let’s gouge out our eyes and makeout”
Martin's little sniffle and wiping his nose on his sleeve. Good stuff good stuff!
“You and me, getting out of here. One way or another.” OH MY GOD. O W.
Heart was in pain, and I had to pause it. audibly screamed into my hands too 👍
oh wow you made this entire scene a hundred times worse - - - and that's absolutely a compliment!! painful, gorgeous art, thank you for sharing
his voice was so SOFT when he said "just dont wait too long, okay?"
Ahh yes the "lets gouge out our eyes and make out" episode
“even if this all ends up in a puddle of burning goo, we could.. go off together!”
“go off... together? ...listen to yourself.”
IT‘S…. IT‘S ENOUGH SLICES!
there isn't anywhere to go :(
I dont need double heartbreak 😭😭
“Maybe its worth it? The risk- you and me, together, getting out of here. One way or another.” *SOBS IN MAG 200*
It's sad that John is right the world wouldn't have ended if he had blinded himself
Yes but also... SPOILERS, DUDE!
Haha bro what if we gouge our eyes out and run away together,,,, hahahah,,,jkjk,,,,unless...?
Your pfp makes this 10x better
This scene was so painful. I imagine Martin had fantasized about this sort of thing a lot pre season 4
Martin being a lot taller than Jon is something I never thought of, but I do like it
He's... so smol....
Is Jon a gnome? I love him.
hes a hobbit
HEHE MARTIN TALL THIS IS AMAZING
(or jon is very short and that's even better)
In season one , Martin did said that one of the worms jumped 6 feet to his face , so I’m assuming he’s pretty tall
John is smol
seeing this scene absolutely WRECKED me holy shit im VERY SAD right now
I'm fine, I'm fine *sniffles* I'm fINE -
ok holy shit my dude this was so good, Martin's body language surrounding the "fuck OFF" moment was absolutely superb especially, and Jon's hopeful expression just kept breaking my heart all over again. Absolutely superb, well done.
you made me live thru this scene again , op!!!! see you in court!!!!
This entire scene is the most unsubtle confession of love and dedication I’ve ever seen and you depict it so honestly. Who needs a director when you can just follow the instructions of an animatic? I just finished listening to this episode and I came here looking for community and I am eternally grateful that you are the one I found.
Wow. This really helped me visualize this scene better bc it is really hard for me to visualize the scenes just in audio format. But seeing it how you animated it made me pick up more on the tone that I hadn't even noticed before. and I live the way you draw them and the effort put into the art is obvious and consistent. it looked like every frame was important and well done. this is great!!! thanks for the amazing content!
Wow thank you so much, this is such a kind message!! :') thank you for sharing, im so touched to hear that!
Heyo, idk if you know this already, but there are unofficial transcripts you can find. If you want m to post a link to help you, I will.
This scene HUUUUURTS
The pining is off the charts
hey op? this is very Very good. the staging and their gestures and facial expressions are just spot on (and can i say? very well drawn). you should be very proud of this
"Let's gouge out our eyes and make out"
they should have just blinded themselves and left to the countryside to live together. Martin making his tea while jon adopts a pet cat
This scene made me really like Martin for the first time. It shows you how smart he is, and how self aware of his own shortcomings.
Hey small detail, but I liked the emphasis put on the tape recorder, sort of making itself know throughout
IM ABSOLUTELY OFF MY SHITS FOR THIS IM SO SOFT IM SO EMOTIONAL!!! THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND WELL DONE AND YOUR JON AND MARTIN DESIGNS ARE LOVELY!!! EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS IS SO PERFECT
the poses and movements! i love how you made this feel like a natural conversation, like martin picking up his mug and slouch in the chair,. also jons hair. is good!
i let out an audible pained noise at 4:14 ;;;;;;; this is amazing tho, i cant imagine how long it must have taken for this level of detail!!
i like the fact that you made Jon slouch when he walks, it adds to the effect of him losing himself, hungry. overall, this is really nice! very lovely fluid movements 💕
*Kicks down door* “MARTIN HOLY FUCK”
"Together, getting out of here, *one way or another*"
Ohhh
OH
My goal: Try not to cry
Obstical: This video *sobs uncontrollably*
I'm leaving comment to
1. Let you know that this is amazing,
2. Let you know I'm saving this to my playlist of animatics I really like
3. Maybe boost this video, because it deserves more views goddamnit.
Everything hurts,,, it’s so good tho,,,,
OH MY GOD MY BOYS NOOOOO!!!!! This animatic is so gorgeous, I'm so happy to see it but oh my god my soul is shattered!!!!
This is fine, I didn’t need my heart, ow
god i wish they had just left together, mag200 killed me
This is literally one of my favorite scenes in the entire podcast so THANK YOU this is beautiful :’)
Every time I hear Martin say "Fuck off!" my heart skips a beat
"It's the ineffable husbands all over again" - me to my best friend reacting to this scene
GOD this scene McFucking hurts, this animatic is just...... sO good. youve made it even more painful and i love it
why is "i think it always did" somehow the saddest line out of all this
This hits so hard post finale T_T
thanks for the pain, this is the perfect visual to go along with this scene. the blocking matches what i imagined so well, you really captured jon's nervous energy and martin's resigned coldness, your designs for the boys are so good! i live for the "what, you gotta gouge your eyes out or something" "......." "...fuck off." sequence, and you've done it such great justice.
I love how you draw Jon. Not just his design, but his posture and his movements. You have truly captured his rat bastard energy (affectionate).
i usually listen to the podcast on 2x speed, it hurts so much worse at regular speed ohhhhhhhhh god
Yall if martin agreed the apocalypse wouldn't have worked, or at least it would be delayed until elias would have been able to create another anxious archivist marked by all the fears so,,,, some food for thought ;(
Literally asked to run away together...how far these 2 nerds have come. My God.
I’m not even in this fandom and I’m teary-eyed
God this episode always gets me. "Nothing, it's just ironic" --> "that the only situation you'd ask me out in is one where you're hoping I'll tell you no"
I love your designs for them! They both need hugs so badly...
Martins hand wave steadying himself is so wonderful! Just absolutely amazing! Wonderful job.
0:34 the wiggly hand GOT me asjsjshaagd
Let's gouge our eyes and make out!
The body language and expressions really enhance the feeling
Your animation of “just don’t wait too long ok” gives me life
I love your disign for Martin sm! You somehow managed to draw him exactly how i pictured him in my head!
i love their body language here, especially jon's, im emotional
your expressions are Something Else. i love this
SPOILERS for 200:
God this hits DIFFERENT after the finale. Imagine if Jon had just gauged out his eyes that same day, or Martin had agreed... If Jonny had gone with the web!Martin plan, this would totally have been evidence. In 154, he chose maybe saving the world over them being together and escaping it all; in 200... (Sobbing sounds)
been catching up with this show recently. i heard this episode today and martin's "fuck off" really gave me a chuckle. great animation! very expressive
The way you chose to draw every change of expression is so so good. And the character design!!! Martin looks peak soft (This is one of the most painful scenes bc of what could have been. Also I find it so funny that Jonny refers to it as the “let’s gauge out our eyes and make out” scene)
*slamming fists on table* NOW KISS
I saw this animation yesterday but hadn't listened to the statement yet so i didn't click. Then just an hour ago i listened to this episode and the first thing i did was search this animatic and my god
"Like... permanently..?" 🤝 "Like in general or..?"
literally just got past this point in the podcast (pls no spoilers 😭😭) and HDSGAGSCWGAGSV SCREAMING ANS CRYING WTF
this is so GOOD! i love all the gestures/expressions. the whole scene felt super natural. god i love tthis
Ouch!! This was lovely, I love the blocking and I love your Martin design and I love this a lot. But it made me sad for our boys
Really great body language, and perspective changes!
idk what it is about this one, but the expressions, the timing, the characterizations, this is one of my absolute favorite tma animatics, absolutely brilliant work!!
I can't stop looking at their hands. You draw hands so well! Also I love Jon's nose. I always imagine him with a big nose LMAO
alright op see you in court for making me cry into my expired mac n cheese
I come back to this animatic aallll the time. Your character designs, expressions and body language for these two are just SO perfect, and is probably the reason this is one of my favourite scenes in the entire series. I'm re-listening to the show and when I got to this scene I saw your video in my head as I listened 🥰 This video gauges my heart out and eats it every time. I definitely don't cry watching it though haha... unless?
the way you draw them they are both so good... my brain is MELTINGGG
Your art style has added years to my lifespan. They both look so flipping CUTE.
Martin's nose makes me so happy! The boys are adorable and I love the art so much,, even if this part makes me so so sad. Thank you for animating this! 💕