#chester and norris puter

[themagicmusicman]

@neim-batteries-not-included

[id: two ibm desktop computers on a plain white background. their screens have been coloured in bright blue with green sad faces on them. the first says “i’m chester”, the second says “i’m norris”, and together they say “we are in agonising pain”. below them is flame-text that says in all-caps “the puter boys”. end id.]

do the kids still say this

(id and image are courtesy of my pal @saintbleeding because graphic design is not my passion) (however shooting the shit on discord is)

[dirt-and-scrivles]

puters in love

[nyxiotart]

Jmart's been computerized

[rieturnsblue]

they're alright. i promise. keeping them safe on my desktop.

[clown-eating-pig]

Chester has been chatting it up lately damn

[bottlecap-joe-spooky]

These computer-core-whatever pictures I found on Pintrest (Sorry) are giving jmj error Chester and Norris vibes

[squash-a]

listening to every episode with Chester or Norris, kicking my feet and twirling my hair

[thearchivtheantichrist]

Alice would totally joke about shipping Chester and Norris and then see every screen having two men kissing and start ‘WOOHOO’ing and Sam is just going to be

[samama--khalid]

It hurts

It’s sharp

We’re hungry

Is- is there any way to get you out? Hungry for what?!

[arson-is-the-answer]

what if jon and martin aren't actually in the computers and their voices are just a coincidence . alice meets them irl one day and is just like : "CHESTER?? NORRIS?!? FROM THE PUTER???"

[sillywizardvoice]

OH i need a tma fix it like the ones with s5 Jon vs s1 Jon… but it’s Chester and Norris versus Jon and Martin. Like, Sasha gets a virus on her computer that’s just the puter boyfriends

[disacurveball]

Outrageous crack theory: Colin looks a little too deep into the ‘puter system and gets possessed by Norris, Chester or Augustus. He starts speaking in an English accent and everyone is freaked out

[sassy-cass-16]

the grifter's bone parallels are obviously immaculate but my brain immediately went to the piper when I listened to episode 4. we very clearly have an object connected to the slaughter in the violin, it's set during an older historical period, it makes its victims (bardwell, in this case) appear to be listening to inaudible music, etc.

I am also convinced that the man toting the sack full of artifacts was, if not jonah magnus himself, at least some kind of predecessor to the Magnus Institute's Artifact Storage department. potentially jonah might've gotten to him and stolen/bought stuff off of him. an emissary of Beholding definitely would've been able to get the unnamed violin player to talk more than he intended to about his life story.

it also feels very true to jonah's egomania that he'd introduce himself with a reading about something he directly caused, supporting the theory that he's stuck in the puter with jmart. there's no proper introduction or sign-off, either, which makes me think either the original document is so old as to have been damaged at the ends, or somehow jonah in the puter made the active decision to cut out any identifying features.

that would make sense with the fact that "augustus" doesn't have the moments of robotic audio that "chester" and "norris" have when they initially start reading.

finally: i've been nursing a pet theory that lena is a parallel of gertrude robinson, and that audio file at the end of this episode made me LOSE IT. who the fuck sent gwen that email? how would it have gotten onto her ancient-ass work computer? was it COLIN??? WAS IT JONAH FUCKING MAGNUS???

the fact that gwen's last name is bouchard, and she just happens to receive potentially criminal information about her boss immediately after a voice that is almost definitely jonah magnus started talking... I'm so suspicious.

[cool-person-yey]

ok but what are the puter voices trying to say????

or: my theory on what the fuck Chester&Norris have going on

so first of all, the voices are trying to communicate with the OIAR through reading the incidents, that's something that basically everyone has noticed, now here's the thing: what are they trying to say?

we only got one Augustus case ( at the moment I'm writing this) so I'm gonna leave him out of this.

anyways, now to the good part, first off let's start with our favorite whiny little toad:

Norris

Norris speaks in episodes 1, 3, 8 and 12

my theory is that Norris is trying to warn them of the consequences their actions (and choices because this is the "at the end of the day, you just need to make a choice" podcast) could have.

in episode 1, this one's a bit obvious, but it shows the consequences ( only " some parts" of their loved one coming back) of them trying to get the person they loved back.

in episode 3, it shows the consequences ( the guy turning into a fucking tree) of the ' statement giver' ( can't think of a better name sorry) killing his ex.

in episode 8, this one I'm not 100% sure tbh, like yeah the consequence is the guy getting a part of their body eaten, but the cause I'm not so sure. maybe the fact they accepted to go in the building ( even if they didn't understand why they did it. something something even if the choices are shitty you still made a choice), or maybe something relating to the ex-wife they mentioned earlier in the incident? that'd be a bit of a far reach, but I'm not discarding anything. It could also be just the fact that they applied and got hired for the job.

in episode 12, the consequences ( whatever the fuck that was. I'm still not over that) of Gwen giving Mr Bonzo that envelope. do i even need to say anything else?

now, to our beloved Archivist Spooky Computer Voice!

Chester

Chester speaks in episodes 1, 5, 7, 9 and 11

my theory is that Chester is trying to warn them to not fucking mess with that type of stuff, and if you're going to, fucking be ready

in episode 1, this one's a bit obvious, RedCanary choosing to explore the magnus Institute, and that resulting in... well, we still don't know yet it but it sure as hell didn't go well. that was a very clear " do not go to the fucking magnus institute manchester" and what did they do? go to the fucking magnus institute manchester

in episode 5 a warning about being desensitized to horror, the characters ( especially Alice) have mentioned dozens of times how they just don't get scared that much anymore, that episode was showing that that isn't always a good thing. also the more obvious don't trust spooky shit but eh

episode 7 it's a bit tricky, I'd say it's a warning to either a) hiring new people (aka Celia? maybe Chester doesn't trust her? idk) or b) trusting people, just like, in general?

episode 9, a warning about making choices, and how ppl are gonna make shitty choices bc they're in shitty situations— but hey, at the end of the day, you still made a choice. or simply about Spooky Artefacts™

episode 11 this one seemed to be very much targeted at Alice, and it seems to be warning her about the paranoia that a paranormal experience can give you. And considering Alice's earlier comment about being followed, I'd say the tattoo being the boat bring hunted by something is definitely something to consider.

but well, this is just a theory, a magnus protocol theory.

seriously tho, i love this initial point of every series cuz i can just make up a lot of connections that in the future prob won't make sense but like, we don't have shit so might as well make up our own lmao.

that being said, maybe i got a few things right! only time will tell. my goal is to say as much random theories as i can until i get atleast one (1) thing right.

thanks for reading all of this, and if you have any addition that you'd like to make feel free!

[sspace-cadett]

OKAY OKAY HOLY SHIT IGNORING WHAT CELIA SAID AT THE END OF THE EPISODE ((WHAT THE FUCK ?????!!!?)) THAT LITTLE “STATEMENT” WAS ABSOLUTELY JONMARTINJONAH TRYING TO ASK FOR HELP OUT OF THE COMPUTER AND YOU CAN NAWT CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE

we already know chester and norris have given VERY specific files to sam and the gang ((additionally, even the characters have noticed. how less subtle can you be.)) BUT AUGUSTUS. MOTHERFUCKING AUGUSTUS. YOURE NOT AS SLICK AS YOU THINK YOU ARE BABE.

SOMEBODY GET MY BOYS OUT OF THE PUTER !!

[deerforsacrifice]

alice dyer the type of person to start writing fake emails to herself from Chester and Norris after she finds out about Jon and Martin in her Puter

Alice : aweee Sam look Chester called me awesome

Sam : I saw you type that out..