Alone At The Edge Of A Universe // The Magnus Archives Finale MV [SPOILERS] 

in related news: do yall like ciphers? 🙃 EDIT: hd screencaps are up! have at ya :mega.nz/folder/T180AQAC#huOni8weolR5ZVpmH719Ww

the gravetone says "here lies nobody" for anyone curious. still working on deciphering the note but i have a feeling its 'apologies for the deception' lol

I really like the detail of having Martin stab John's eye, leaving it ambiguous if he truly killed him or just cut him off from the eye. That's my working theory for what actually happened in the finale now.

The Magnus Archives is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill and licensed under a creative-commons attributions non-commercial 4.0 licence. Today’s episode-

Ceaseless Watcher, turn your gaze upon whoever disliked this video like seriously screw them

Yeah ok I'd like to nominate this for the title of greatest piece of fanmade content in the history of fandom as a concept. Assuming I won't change my mind after the glow fades away. This was extremely good for my eyeballs

*slaps video* this baby can hold so many secret messages

Have no Idea what I was spoiled for, but I loved everything I saw, from the art style, to the colors. Whatever is "The Magnus Archives" is I'm definitely gonna check it out.

fun fact: i decided to start the magnus archives after seeing the first few seconds of this! knocked it out in a month and a half, came back to watch this and cried. so so so good

THIS IS THE MOST VIDEO EVER

The one dislike is Elias bc he's salty that Jon killed him

DREAM SWEET IN SEA MAJOR? IN MY MAGNUS ARCHIVES???? IT'S MORE LIKELY THAN YOU THINK IN OTHER NEWS. I FUCKING LOVE THIS I WAS *NOT* EMOTIONALLY PREPARED

4:19 Thank you for the cutest martin/jon interaction ever, really unfortunate that plot happened right after that

This is beautiful. I am sad. The Magnus Archives was a podcast. Thank you all for coming to my TED talk.

I loved how the artist was able to keep a sense of unease and tension by correlating the art with the music. Letting the music add a tone that may not be present in the scene itself

You did it, this is the Whole Podcast in seven minutes

Dude! The TMA famdom goes so hard sometimes and this is the fucking epitome of it!

WELL YOU CHOSE THE RIGHT TIME TO UPLOAD THIS, I HAD JUST STOPPED CRYING FROM 200

Just listened to mag 200 and I am literally not in any headspace to give a coherent comment BUT CHRIST THIS IS SO GOOD??? I LOVE THE EVERYTHING THANK YOU FOR THIS ASKJDFAJKDSAFHLKS

Well, you officially got mentioned in a TMA stream! Incredible work!!

I know its probably been said before but I love the part where Elias's suspended body reflects in Jon's eyes at the end. Literally the perfect, most symbolically appropriate way to evoke the envy Martin reported seeing in Jon's eyes.

The devil works hard but TMA fans work harder (Also loved the video, you are really talented :DD)

THE COLORS!! THE EDITING!!! YOUR ART STYLE!!! THE SONG CHOICE!!! ohhhhHHhh my god this is absolutely BRILLIANT Instantly one of my favorite animatics, and not just from the TMA fandom! Definitely going to be rewatching this a lot :3

My only wish in life is to be as serene and chill as Mike Crew when he's falling at 1:34

Not to be gay on main but i did a lil cry when martin looked at john in the cabin 😭😭

HOLY SH*T- THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE WHERE DO I EVEN START- THE ART STYLE CHANGES WITH THE DIFFERENT MELODIES ARE STUNNING, HOLY HELL, I CANNOT GET OVER THE EDITING THIS IS JUST PUT TOGETHER SO WELL!!!!!!! OMG-

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!! Full colour? Your thin lineart style and your geometric style? All of the fully animated sections? This song is so long????? This is so good. Thank you. I'm going to have to rewatch this a million times

It’s important to me that you know I can’t listen to this song on its own anymore without thinking of this animatic, and getting ready eyed every time it gets to “you look quite divine tonight”

WELL I DIDN'T THINK MY HEART COULD SHATTER ANY MORE THAN IT ALREADY HAS BUT SEEING MARTIN PHYSICALLY STAB JON MAYBE WAS THE MOST DEEPLY UPSETTING THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME. THANK YOU

This is just- visually stunning. Words can’t describe how amazing this is. From the paper looking cut outs to the scratchy white pencilly lines to the clean coours, it all creates an amazing atmosphere in each scene and god you are such a big inspiration to me, you deserve so many more views.

Okay, this is one of the coolest fan things I have every seen. First of, the colors. They are incredibly vibrant and show off the mood so well. Second, the music choice. I have never heard this song before, but its so unlike anything you usually hear in amv's and it really fits. Its both beautiful and incredibly haunting. Third, just the mood in general? That's a amalgamation of all the edits and choices in images, but its incredibly well done. This just oozes with atmosphere and has a pull that almost impossible to escape. I can only image how much work went into this. Just incredible work! Don't mind me while I go on discord and spread the word of it

the hair animation in the first scene is just immaculate omg

I have no idea of what The Magnus Archives is but I am surely getting into it

The fact that this doesn't already have millions of views is tragic

The change in style to realistic collage for the s2 ending.... The little details in the framing of every shot, the beautiful colors and designs. God I'm going to watch this for the next hour

Coming back here after the launch kickstarted stream of magnus protocol to confirm again that yes, this is without any doubt, one of the most beautiful things this fandom has

Been rewatching this a billion times and I just realized at 4:02 it showed Jon's scar from his handshake with Jude Perry? The DETAILS here, unbelievable brilliant masterpiece

I cant believe you got the final episode in the animatic before posting it!!!!! I love it so much it made me cry all over again 🥺 you're amazing!

THIS IS SO INCREDIBLE. THIS REALLY IS A LOVE LETTER TO THE ENTIRE PODCAST

This has probably been said before, but I keep coming back to this video and I find it so satisfying that for each shift in musical tone (I guess), there is a new art style, each playing off of that specific auditory style. It’s so wonderful and I can only keep watching.

What? Oh, no, that was just the sound of mY hEaRt bReAkInG inTo a bIlLiOn cRuShEd pIEcEs uNdEr tHe hEel of rUstY qUilLs sHoes-

holy shit the way you drew this?? the style switch at 2:12??? and the animation at 3:06, , ,, and your portrayal of the mood with jon and martin,,, 5:41?? oh me oh my, , god this is making me Insane. thank you so much for this while I procrastinate on listening to the final episode!!

Really, the amount of time and effort, the dedication to detail in this? This is stellar and breathtaking. Truly incredible.

Me at the beginning: Is this gonna make me cry? Me at the end: *tears streaming down my face* I guess the answer is yes

the scottish safehouse part didn't need to go that hard but it did and by god every eye was on perfect beat with the music

the depth and 3D effects! the transitions! the music choice! the designs! the colors! everything about this is iconic and i am going to SCREAM

This feels like... like an official credits or an official TMA themed music video for this song. I had so many vibes from this and every one was amazing. The music was perfect, the shift in style for each season and plot beat was amazing. I'm not an artist but I know in my gut that it takes an incredible amount of skill to make all these different styles of art and music mesh so perfectly.

I wish I could like this more than once, this was MAJESTIC. That last shot is such a gutpunch, it makes the happy scenes with Jon and Martin at the cabin before it all goes to hell even sadder

My 8 yr old brother just told me Elias was t-posing and now I'm crying

I have to appreciate the oasis at 6:07... it's a blank space! Indicating it's invisibility from the eye! Smart

I think my favourite parts are probably the eyes w the piano chords at 4:38 and jon and martins little walk cycle starting 5:55

dear reader, hello! i'm a stranger in the comment section of an amazing peice of art! a peice of art that means more to me then even *I* understand. this was the thing that introduced me to TMA, a podcast that i have been been entangled with for the past year and a half. i may not have been there during its original run, but that won't stop me from loving it. thank you Akidachi, you gave me something that i will never forget.

I don't even know the source material, yet this is perfect, The visuals, like, have you seen 3:05?

This is literally one of the most well made videos I've ever seen on the internet. This is absolutely beautiful, the colors are amazing, the transitions are so clean, the song choice is great. I love this so much

That moment when Akidachi uploads post-finale despite clearly promising themself to a dread power to make content this good.

you did not need to go off this hard and decided to share this beauty with us anyway

I started the magnus archives 2 months ago. Ever since then, this video repeatedly appeared on my recommended. I promised myself I wouldn’t look at this until I finished 200. So here I am. Crying. Thank you.

this was drop-dead gorgeous. just. wow. my brain's been eviscerated since the finale so i can't do words but this was absolutely incredible

I’m gonna be honest, I haven’t been able to stop rewatching this. Absolutely PHENOMENAL job, dude, this is genuinely one of the best fanworks I’ve ever seen!

YES OH MY GOD IVE BEEN HOPING FOR MORE PEOPLE TO ANIMATE TO DREAM SWEET IN SEA MAJOR

Ok, it's not even just that this thing is GOOD because believe me, it genuinely is. It's that you managed to craft something into a seven minute video that feels like it belongs in an art exhibit. I've truly never experienced anything quite like this and I think it's absolutely the peer of the original content. If the creators ever see this thing, they would be as blown away as they would be proud of you for this.

holy SHIT AKI THIS IS THE BEST THING IVE EVER SEEN FROM THE MAGNUS ARCHVES FANDOM TO DATE AND I DON'T THINK ANYTHING COULD EVER TOP IT

This kind of weirdly felt like watching the end credits- I'm- Either way... excellent work.

4:31 Happy jonmartin, the calm before the storm

This has permanently changed how I feel while listening to this song. the ending especially just hits me so hard and makes me feel the true sorrow of the finale

Welp I have a new favourite MV now 10/10 I’ll have this on loop forever

When it got to the scottish safehouse period I tell you I started fucking SOBBING. GOD ITS SO GOOD AND IT HURTS SO MUCH!!!! FUCK!!!!!!!!

I liked the bit were it ended at exactly 5:00

Dude I don’t even WATCH this show but the sheer skill in this video keeps me coming back

You're one of my favorite artists/animators because of your seamless use of so many different and really eyepopping styles and then THIS ANIMATIC REALLY JUST BLEW THE DOORS OPEN??? HOLY CRAP

HSGHSGCVGDC?? THIS IS SO GOOD HOLD ON I NEED TO GET MY THOUGHTS IN ORDER edit: okay heres my thoughts, sorry if theyre still disjointed im. this is so good and i lack frivolous things like "organized thought processes" 0:00-0:21 okay okay ! starting out strong with a tape recorder and a bunch of eyes. very neat and it all looks so pretty hehe 0:22-0:36 ough that hair is so smooth... the way it speeds up when the scene changes... so good 0:35-0:38 [distant wailing] 0:39-0:41 the colors r so pretty here ,, im gonna be using that word a lot, full warning 0:55-1:08 this is when i realized the backgrounds were going to be super detailed and wonderful i just. yeah :o) 1:11 rip gertrude 1:14-1:49 okay first of all. this is so good etc etc. second of all, did you just do a bunch of normal aspect-ratio drawings and edit them to scroll like that or did u just do one really long one and scroll. cuz if its the latter that is hilarious to me for no reason. just the image of a 1,000px by like. 4,000,000px drawing is so funny. anyway 1:50-1:58 ough ..... pretty gradients.... also blood! death! 2:07 i have nothing to say about this i just feel the need to bring attention to it 2:11-2:12 pretty!! also more blood and death 2:13-2:31 this entire sequence is so cool n creative. jumping from digital to traditional rly sells the ... idk, roughness of s2. works well with the song too. idk if this part made sense 2:33-2:38 green :o) 2:39-2:43 fuck you elias you snotty little bastard. the animation is very smooth tho 2:53-3:05 idk how to explain it but the super bright, thick lined background with the black and white, thin lined foreground and a slight glitch effect is selling the house of wax vibes so well. makes me feel like im going insane but in a good way 3:06-3:08 bone apple teeth 3:09-3:12 im pretty sure this is a call back to the episode where a guy eats his computer but, much like the homophobic vase episode, that one has completely left my mind. i dont remember anything about it. anyway this looks very cool 3:15-3:16 rip qrergb u will be missed 3:17 HUH?? THIS IS ANIMATED SO WELL?? THE WAY JON MOVES IS SO REALISTI C IM . . GOD HOLD ON . I im good. im fine 3:29-3:42 heehee hoohoo see. see look he took gertrudes place. look he. oh god no jon r u ok? 3:54-4:05 pretty... also fruits (affectionate)❤️ 4:20-5:00 :oD what there arent any eyes here. theyre fine, look, theyre okay theyre- 5:01-5:09 -haha thats ominous and foreboding. im sure everythings fine- 5:10-5:15 -so everything is definitely *not* fine, but at least everything looks really pretty. oh my god. its . 5:21 mhm. look at it 5:55- idk how u got the idea for s5 to be like. a video game. but now im never gonna stop thinking about it. 6:19-6:59 okay how did you get this sequence done so quickly? im starting to suspect magic. bc like okay with some of them, yknow, you've had weeks to work on them, its still amazing but at least realistically possible. but u just got like. what. 5 frames done in a couple hours? even if ur tracing over old art (which is fine, btw, work smarter not harder) there is stuff there u couldnt have predicted, right? im simultaneously in awe and in terror of ur power. other notes: holy shit this is 7 minutes long ??? ur patience is immaculate....

I keep coming back to this. Not only is it a perfect conclusion to Magnus, but a perfect music video for this song.

this is probably one of the best directed and edited animatics I've ever seen.

I might be completely off, but at 3:45 Jon wears a ring on his right hand's middle finger. Might this, by any chance, be the black asexual ring?

AHH I LOVE THIS SO MUCH AND THE SAFEHOUSE SCENE MADE ME CRY

brb, listening to TMA so i can watch this without spoilers

1:10 oh god, someone split Gertrude's milk everywhere

I have no words, this is too incredible for them

Oh it’s so good like I mean of course it would be given the hell you went through for this project, but wow it’s just so amazing...

i have to admit, i’ve never heard of the magnus archives before, but i did watch this entire thing :) i have no idea what happened but it was amazingly animated sooooo

how did you perfectly capture the fever dream vibe of both this song and the series

I cannot watch anything TMA related without feeling empty now, but this is still very beautiful!

god you made this song sound like it was made specifically for this animatic, holy shit that was amazing omfg

I watched the final season of TMA just to see this. Totally worth it

I finally finished TMA tonight. I've been putting it off for literal months and I'm just. So sad it's over. This is gorgeous in the most heartachey way.

this is the only thing holding me together after the finale ty

Your art is amazing! Your character-designs are pretty much the way I see everyone ever since I found your channel with the video ‚A distortions trial‘

i dont even go here but this left me screaming /pos absolutely gorgeous, and oh my god? i barely know anything about TMA rn but somehow you just. made this song fit the story so well... incredible work.

Each time i rewatch this, it somehow it gets better

I have to say it. *I'm no joking that this is one of the best animatics about "The Magnus Archives".* Everything of this video fits so well, looks great, and I really love that style you have. Those were 7 minutes too enjoyable and I appreciate the effort you put into this video for so many months. For some reason, it is very rare that I give a like to a video, since I am very selective in these, but once the video was finished I gave him one right away and I hope that those who are watching this video do the same. *PS:* Sorry for my English. Pero tenía que escribir ese comentario, tu trabajo es increíble.

5 seconds in: oh this is gonna be good 10 seconds in: OH THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD GOOD OKAY edit: 4 minutes in all i feel is pain

7 minutes????!??? DO YOU NOT LOVE YOURSELF??? also: absolutely amazing.

I've never heard The Magnum Archives, but Dream Sweet In Sea Mayor is one of my favorite songs at the moment, so seeing a video this well done related to it fills me with joy. Definitely might check TMA after watching this, it looks very interesting.

This is truly amazing! Although I'm crying all over again, just man what a journey this podcast has been. I'm so glad my best friend dragged me into this fandom cuz damn it's been a remarkable ride!

this is incredible i can't even put it into words oh my god

This Fucks So Immensely Hard!!!! i'm in awe of the whole thing but i can't help but be completely obsessed w the bit with tiny jm walking through the domains. that's what's happening inside my brain at any given time. good good good GOOD job w this!!!

well I haven't thought about TMA in months.. RU-vid recommened this to me and now I'm crying. This so perfectly encapsulates the whole series!! I love this and now I have to relisten to the whole podcast

THIS IS SO GOOD ITS UNBELIEVABLE MY EYES WERE POPPING OUT OF MY SKULL

I ADORE THIS The use of different art mediums and styles throughout emphasizes the different parts of the song as well as the story! It all comes together fantastically and I love how you represent each character. Definitely going to be rewatching this and showing it off to my friends.

I've watched this several times since the podcast finale and it is seriously my favorite MAG animatic. This medley filled with vignettes telling the story feels like such a love letter to the characters, the writers, the actors, and the story. I cry every time I watch it, and I'm blown away by your stunning art, the changing styles to show different parts of the story. The creative decision to change style with music is done so magnificently. You know it's happening, but the transition is impressively smooth. Seriously, great work. You've got a new sub here