theres the standard heraldry with the lion and the unicorn, ‘non vacillabimus’ translates to 'we will not falter’
but what im curious about right now are these:
the chevrons (these things; ^) are again heraldry stuff, vaguely represent protection/defense
the other symbols are alchemy symbols
the 🜔 is salt and represents the body
the ☿ is mercury and represents the mind
the 🜍 is sulfur and represents the spirit
in alchemy these three symbols are considered tria prima, the three primes of life
you can see other alchemical symbols in the background of the whole logo as well and it is going to be very interesting to see how/if these elements play into the show
I don’t think Jonny and Alex will be playing Jon and Martin in The Magnus Protocol… I think they’re going to be Don and Marvin, two normal men who are definitely not wearing fake beards and have absolutely nothing to do with the paranormal whatsoever, nope, no sir
[VD: A grayscale Magnus Archives animatic of Jon and Gerry talking in episode 111 of The Magnus Archives. Gerry, a ghostly goth, and Jon, a thin brown man in a graphic T-shirt, sit together at a table. Gerry says scornfully, “Playing politics with things they didn’t understand. Reckoned her tradition was less the academic and more the, uh…” Jon offers dryly, “V-Village witch?”
Gerry laughs, pleased, and asks, “You sure you don’t know her?” He sighs, sobers, and says, “Yeah. But deep down what she wanted wasn’t all that different from the ivory tower idiots she hated. Y’know, I think, secretly, she dreamed of starting a little mystic dynasty of her own.” He grimaces. “With me.”
Jon says a little eagerly, “Like the, the Lukases? Or the Fairchilds?” Gerry corrects, “Well, Fairchild’s just a name, they’re not really family.” Then he does a finger gun and says, “The Lukases, though, yeah.”
He turns away, pensive and frowning, and says, “Thing is, it’s harder than it looks. What’s out there… doesn’t care about blood.” Jon, grinning a little, says, “Well, I-I mean, except for the vampires…” Gerry scowls, “Yeah, obviously except for the vampires.” Jon looks abashed, and Gerry looks down sorrowfully to say, “But they care about your choices, your fears, not your parents.” End VD]
[ID: A still of the scene where Gerry scowls and says “Yeah, obviously except for the vampires” to an embarrassed Jon. End ID]
Edit: OP kindly added this to the og post, so please go reblog from them instead!!
people talk about the pitfalls of autism like “oh meltdowns” “gee sensory issues” or even “its destroying interpersonal relationships” but those are all bullshit. the true evil of autism is that my internal dialogue sounds disturbingly like one Jonathan Sims from the Magnus Archives, a podcast distributed by rusty qui-
Yo! It’s Grubby Jesus! (Jonathan Sims, head archivist of the Magnus Institute, London)
[ID: Digitally painted Magnus Archives fanart in the style of an old illuminated illustration. Jon is a thin brown man with thick, long wavy hair wearing dark robes. He stands in profile and holds a tape recorder to his chest while turning to look behind him. He has a stylized white third eye on his forehead, and a gold circle backs his head. End ID]
my favorite thing about tma has always been the avatars who love the fears they serve, who show that love so vibrantly that, for just a moment, they sway you into feeling like you could learn to love that fear the way they do. when jane prentiss said “not loved as you would understand it, a deeper, more primal love, a need as much as a feeling” and when jude perry said “as the heat warped my bones and bubbled my flesh, all i heard was the loving exaltation of my god” and when mike crew said “falling had always held a special place in my heart, that wonderful border between terror and delight” and when manuela dominguez said “and at his words i felt afraid, and my heart soared in terror and elation as my eyes brimmed with tears, for i knew he spoke the truth” and when hezekiah wakely said “i had never felt such safety as within the crushing weight of earth all around me, the pressing embrace of the buried.” do you get me
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