#MAG 32

[strongerpotions]

why is it always "you have an infestation" and "oh my god why are you covered in lesions" and never "how is the wasp's nest in your attic? is it nice? does it thrum with life and malice? does it sing that you are beautiful, that you are a home, that you can be fully consumed by what loves you?"

[roaming-pinata]

Jane Prentiss, in her statement to the Magnus Institute: "I'm not one of those fools chasing fractals."

The hive sings so sweetly, but apparently, it also just shit talks the spiral sometimes

[clairebearsparkles]

Pre and post worms Jane Prentiss. Someone requested bug au her so I had to whip up a normal version to pull from lol

[touch-tone-crowley]

The corruption! I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to get another out for you guys life has been hectic but I love the corruption and couldn't put this off any longer:] hope you like

[the-lonely-crow]

every time i relisten to mag 32 I’m reminded of just how easily the corruption would take me because what do you mean “Was I swayed and drawn simply by the prospect of being genuinely loved?” what do you MEAN “Sings that I am beautiful. Sings that I am a home. That I can be fully consumed by what loves me.”

[imaginable-horror]

One thing no one told me about The Magnus Archives was that after listening to it every single time I get even the smallest itch a voice in my head intones "I itch, deep below the skin." And! Not only does it apply to physical sensations but emotional itches as well!! The slightest discomfort or anxiety creeping in at the edges, my brain offers only the fact that I itch,, deep below the skin,,, the song is loud and beautiful and I am so very afraid...

[ashes-in-a-jar]

A fun theory

In this brilliant post, op shows how Jane Prentiss encounters and mentions all 14 Fears, describing them as though she deeply understands them all from within her corrupted lens. Op calls it an early hint in the narrative to the Fears and their role in the world but I want to posit an in-world theory.

I think that part of the reason the Web sent a spider to cause Jon to break the wall and lead Jane to act earlier than she wanted was because Jane's rudimentary ritual to bring the Corruption to the world (through the circle of worms which Tim later found) would have actually worked in bringing all the Fears because Jane was already marked by all of them and was now in a place of power (the tunnels under the institute) and ready to incubate and create a corruption-based apocalypse.

This is something that the Web did not plan for and would not be able to control, because, as Jon said in episode 152, "what did Elias call it? – Filth. I don’t think it really plans much. It just starts to grow wherever it can get a foothold, and, if no one stamps it out in time… game over." The Web has no control over a thing that doesn't plan and had to "stamp it out" before it caused a "game over" by derailing all its schemes of a controlled eyepocalypse, ruled by its puppets (Jon and Jonah).

[magnuspanoptes]

MAG 32 - "Hive" and Jon & Elias in MAG 1 - "Anglerfish" // MAG 161 - "Dwelling" // MAG 67 - "Burning Desire" // MAG 92 - "Nothing Beside Remains" // MAG 120 - "Eye Contact" // MAG 102 - "Nesting Instinct" // MAG 160 - "The Eye Opens" // MAG 158 - "The Panopticon"

[leaf-whimzy]

trying to build my graphic design portfolio, here’s Jane Prentiss

[kasztanek86]

I love her so much, nobody gets the bond between a maggot-infested woman and a person who likes to draw.

[skeletonfromthecloset]

YALL????? WHAT THE FUCK??????

ok so i’m listening to hive right. like mag 32, jane prentiss’ statement. and i was about halfway through??? she’s talking about how she used to work at the crystal shop!!! and then she said some guy named oliver came in??? OLIVER BANKS????????? i did not remember this wtf. also. WERE THEY CONNECTED????? i did not remember that either!!!!!! is jane dead????? did i entirely miss out on the bit where you have to die to become an avatar???? or is it just a you can be dead & an avatar type thing????? i forgor :( but like yeah anyways!!!! what the fuck!!!!! hey king!!!!

[gl00my-vampire]

No new tmagp episode today you know what that means

[shadow-the-crow]

We found a wasps' nest in my grandma's attic 0.0

It doesn't thrum with life and malice tho so it's fine

[secretlyhuntokar]

[touch-tone-crowley]

Statement of Jane Prentiss, regarding a wasps nest in her attic - a handwritten account.

[v4mp1reb4t-sketchbook]

just read Prentiss' statement (MAG 32) out loud to myself for fun, and can now completely understand how Jon gets so wrapped up in them. it's like a weird meditative state and its mildly unnerving...