Lena losing her patience and furiously berating Gwen for potentially endangering the staff members of the OAIR is quite literally the opposite of how Elias ran the Archives.

Elias used the Archival staff—as well as his Archivist—as pawns that can be readily replaced as needed. His patron offered them minimal protections at best (the Archivist’s privileges notwithstanding), and even then, he would never actually intervene to save any of them if they were in danger, much less take precautions to protect them at their headquarters. They are used as bait, as sacrifices, as currency, as objects. The listener knows, eventually, how easily he could discard them if his plans called for it.

But Lena. This episode showed us that Lena keeps her entire organization running through keeping her subordinates hidden, safe, and unnoticed by the Externals. It’s quite clear through her conversation with Gwen that such a safety risk has never happened before.

As far as we know, Lena has successfully kept all of her employees alive, watched them come and go, bemoaned the turnover rate, and then got them to look the other way while they documented and dutifully filed the horrors.

But most impressive of all, she’s kept her real work hidden from her subordinates, and her subordinates hidden from her real work—a feat Elias had no interest or desire to accomplish.

The lines notebook is finished but there’s still some pages in here with stuff I like :)

Look at the sky, Martin. 👁️

k I’m gonna go eep now

love the difference between Jonathan "I didn't ask for this pls tell the avatars to stop kidnapping me" Sims and Gwendolyn "you can't take this spooky job position from my cold dead hands, give me my assignment" Bouchard

"Chester"?

without the effects^^

You know James, Stoker and Sims? From research?

The Archifish

it took me entirely too long to do all those eyes enjoy !!

last words

the og archives lineup s1 - s5💯💯

Commission for @morning-softness! Thank you for the support!

[Image description: John, Tim, Martin, and Sasha from The Magnus Archives. The four of them are sitting around a table in Jon's flat, playing a board game. Jon is staring intently at the board, thinking about where to place his tile. Tim is smiling and leaning over to give Jon advice. Across from Jon, Martin is covering his mouth and laughing, happy to be there with the others. Sasha is holding a drink, and giving Martin a knowing look from across the table. Jon is a fat British-Indian man with medium brown skin, shoulder-length black hair streaked with grey, and glasses. He is wearing a white dress shirt, a sweater vest, and an ace ring. There are small silver studs in his earlobes. His sleeves are rolled up and his hair is slightly rumpled from where he has been running his hands through it. Tim is a thickset man with tan skin, brown eyes, greying brown hair in an undercut, and a short beard. He has gauged ears, and wears a fidget bracelet on one wrist. He is wearing a brightly colored button-down shirt, with the collar unbuttoned. Sasha is a thin Black British woman with long type 3b hair, wearing a turtleneck shirt and glasses with a chain. Martin is a fat Vietnamese-Polish man with short, dark brown hair and light, freckled skin. He has gauged ears, and stubble on his chin and neck. He is wearing a jumper and thick glasses. End image description.]

selfie!!!

+ alts :P

Very funny of Jon Chester to not wait even a whole week after Alice is traumatized by a grusome, supernatural death of a stranger before hitting her with "local, annoying, chronically online alt girl gets humbled and dies horribly after being exposed for being a poser by powers beyond her understanding" statement.

Very cool, digital wet cat man, way to get people on your side.

shoutout to the asexual stuck in the puter

Can I just say. 5 days a week I am thinking abt little clown Jon. Like damn he gets it. Patron saint of clown college workaholic. Love him sm<333

So real. It was a great au and I am blessed that a comment you made gave me the inspiration to doodle it more than just one time.

Luckily, the clowns were recently found resting, for once

[ID: An animated gif of Jonathan Sims and Martin Blackwood from the Magnus Archives, dressed as clowns. The pair are sat leaning against one another, fast asleep. \End ID]

This scene makes me laugh because I’ve always thought of Jon looking dishevelled, greasy hair, eye bags, slouching being a sassy bitch tryna insinuate that he’s a prophet

I don’t even know what I’m doing anymore, Cringe is dead, only me and my insanity remains