#lee rentoul

[kald-dal-art]

Me: *Haven't made a proper illustration for almost 2 weeks straight*

Also me: *Proceeds to make 4 illustrations in one day*

Anyways been listening (very slowly) through TMA again, and thought "Hey why not make some posters for some episodes I like". So here have 4 of my fave episodes of the first half of season 1

[cult-of-the-eye]

i've been thinking about posh ass jonathan sims roughing up his voice to play lee rentoul like oh yes i am a hooligan who beats up things yes indeed but its even funnier the fact that it does sort of work because yeah i did feel sufficiently menaced by Mr Criminal over here

[themagnustournament]

Round Two Part Two - Match 15

Julia and Trevor are double duty statement giving today in Nightfall. But will they beat out the Sweariest Statement Ever, Piecemeal, which ended Round One with 225 votes?

MAG 109 - Nightfall | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Julia Montauk, regarding her initial encounters with the hunter Trevor Herbert.

MAG 014 - Piecemeal | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Lee Rentoul, on the murder of his associate Paul Noriega.

[annabelle--cane]

#releasethefuckcutofpiecemeal

[damagecompilation-a]

i might add a tma character i just dont know who yet

[gristlebloom-orchid]

Rating Flesh statement givers

Keiran Woodward 15/20 he's chill, like him Lee Rentoul 16/20 Sick fuck, I like the energy (minus one because he was mean to Angela and Angela is neat) Sebastian Adekoya 20/20 MY BELOVED SEBASTIAN PLEASE BE IN TMP I WANT YOU TO BE THERE SO BADLY Christof Rudenko 1/20 I would give you a zero by how much of an asshole you are but your name rolls off the tongue nicely. Be happy you have 1. David Laylow 18/20 You're great, love your view on life, I like you very much, hope you recover well from your encounter dude Gregory Pryor 14/20 Yes, but why you gotta describe poor Hector like that Mrs.Carlisle 19.5/20 I need to know your name PLEASE YOU'RE SO BADASS (minus 0.5 is for lack of a first name Jonny give us the name of Mrs.Carlisle I need to know) Craig "Greg Goodball" Goodall 16/20 Craig "I didn't want my last thought on Earth to be lowkey racist" Goodall (this line fucking killed me)(and it's ironic.) Ross Davenport 25/20 MY BLORBO YOU NEED SOME THERAPY I'D BE WILLING TO PAY I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY Dylan Anderson 12/20 Take care of your pigs well, love them, please. Kind of forgettable tho, not the statement, just you Mikaele Salesa 13/20 JONNY STOP WITH THE MICHEALS how do you even write his name (also I used to think he was a girl) Lucia Wright 15/20 girl you recorded a statement about meat on my birthday/pos ALSO GNOSTISM??? THAT'S FUCKING INTERESTING Jared Hopworth x2 19/20 Dude I like you but WHY DID YOU KILL YOUR BEST FRIEND if you denied your internalized homophobia you could've dated also you have 7 hands and that's canon now (Alex said it) also what do you look like for your creator and VA to go NUTS about you Bonus - Reese "Gristlebloom Orchid" [No last name] - 30/20 ANOTHER BLORBO WHY ARE MY BLORBOS DYSPHORIC BODYBUILDERS BUT I LOVE THEM (also ft him getting me a cool user) Bonus - Tyler 19/20 I just think he's meat. I mean neat.

[sungsyc-amore]

The Magnus Archives

Season One Notes and Speculation

Main Cast

Spoilers for Season One Below the Break!!!

Martin Blackwood- Helper for Jonathan whom he doesn’t like. Speaks Polish and Jonathan has disdain for his Latin. Claustrophobic. “Blessed relief if you ask me.” Jon about Martin being out with a stomach sickness. Martin comes back in MAG 21, Freefall with squishy squelchy stuff that Jon reacts to with “God- Martin!! What the hell is- what are these things?!” Ran into Jane Prentiss in MAG 22, Colony in which he stays holed up in his house for 13 days as Jane and her parasites kept trying to get in. He is invited to stay in the room Jon sleeps in during late nights post his incident. He feels stuck in the web of the archive. Jon thought he was a ghost in Infestation (MAG 39). He writes poetry and thinks tapes have a sort of lofi charm. It’s why he has the extra recorder. He feels incredibly guilty over leaving Tim and Jonathan in the tunnels, starting to tear up over it after apologizing in Human Remains (MAG 40).

Elias Buchard- The head of the Magnus Institute, doesn’t want Jonathan and crew looking into the Lukas family because they fund the institute. He hates Jonathan more than Martin and thought the parasites were an over reaction in Infestation (MAG 39).

Sasha James - Helper for Jonathan whom he doesn’t mind. Sets off the fire alarm to try and survive the worms. She joined as a practical researcher. Wishes she could’ve quit ages ago. She finds the table with the crazy geometric patterns and then the tape recorder glitches. Infestation (MAG 29). A feminine voice says into it afterwards “I see you.” The scream heard on tape is Jane Prentiss dying as seen in Human Remains (MAG 40).

Elias Buchard- The head of the Magnus Institute, doesn’t want Jonathan and crew looking into the Lukas family because they fund the institute. He hates Jonathan more than Martin and thought the parasites were an over reaction in Infestation (MAG 39).

Sasha James - Helper for Jonathan whom he doesn’t mind. Sets off the fire alarm to try and survive the worms. She joined as a practical researcher. Wishes she could’ve quit ages ago. She finds the table with the crazy geometric patterns and then the tape recorder glitches. Infestation (MAG 29). A feminine voice says into it afterwards “I see you.” The scream heard on tape is Jane Prentiss dying as seen in Human Remains (MAG 40).

Jonathan Sims- Head of the Magnus Archives, rather detached. This being said in Colony (MAG 22) he is shown to have started turning over a new leaf as he offers Martin his room in the archives. In Skintight (MAG 28) he shows an improvement in people skills as he treats the statement giver with a bit more respect than Naomi. He is adamant about not becoming another mystery, to make sure his successor knows exactly what happened. Infestation (MAG 39). Feels like he’s being watched when he records real statements. He also used to smoke according to Elias.

Tim Stoker - Helper for Jonathan whom he slowly seems to grow a distaste for, remaking he’s thankful for him being out of the office. He’s into Robert Smirke’s architecture as of A Distortion (MAG 26). Found tunnels in the archives and went crazy with gas to kill the worms in Infestation (MAG 39).

Other Characters

Sebastian Adekoya- Friend of Jared Hopsworth who delivers MAG 17, Bone Turner’s Tale. Died 2006, crushed on the road.

Angela- Witch from MAG 14 Piecemeal who slowly devoured the parts of Lee Rentoul and Paul Noriega through cardboard boxes with severed articles of various body parts

Asag- Fire mythos thing from First Aid

Sarah Baldwin- Victim of the Angler Fish (MAG 1) who later reappears in Skintight (MAG 28) being super quiet and also talking with a shadowy figure. She seems to remove her skin and then pull it tight and staple it quite regularly.

Breekon and Hope- The delivery boys from the end of one of the mags that give Jon a spider web lighter. Anatomy Class (MAG 34).

Antonio Blake- The Dreamer from MAG 11 Dreamer who saw a strange version of London and Gertrude dying in TMA FAKE NAME, KEEP EYES OUT

Edwin Burrowes- Catholic priest from Burnt Out. In Confession (MAG 19) he says a prayer in the house and feels heat. Then he starts to pray for himself and a demonic presence says through him “I am not for you. I am marked.” He proceeds to eat a human at the ushering of some unknown figure in Desecrated Host (MAG 20)

Michael Crew- Returned The Bone Turner’s Tale to Chiswick Library in MAG 17, The Bone Turner’s Tale

Harriet Fairchild- Went skydiving with Simon in MAG 21, Freefall. Said Robert was gone for 15 mins.

Simon Fairchild- First shows up in MAG 21, Freefall and tells Robert to “Enjoy sky blue” before sending him to a weird groundless realm. Robert Kelly is then later ate by the sky.

Raymond Fielding- Housed many people on Hilltop Road and was missing his right hand when he died

Trevor Herbert- Killed vampires for a living and died of lung cancer in the lobby in Vampire Killer (MAG 10). Dead as restated in Taken ill (MAG 36)

Naomi Herne- First ever person to make a statement with Jonathan and survived the Lukas’ in her ep, MAG 13 Alone

Timothy Hodge - Man who slept with Harriet Lee and heard her explode. DEAD AS OF A Distortion (MAG 26) for got turned into hive meat.

Jared Hopsworth- Friend of Sebastian Adekoya who assaults him consistently, first mentioned in MAG 17 The Bone Turner’s Tale. He, for instance, turns over an entire cart of returned books. He takes the book and runs out. He comes back later in the episode with more bones. And apparently more limbs

Mary Keay- Gerry Keay’s mother

Gerard (Gerry) Keay- Burns the Lightner books (seen in Page Turner) and was found covered in eyes and burn marks in MAG 12 First Aid. He puts a stop to the invisible flame.

Moira Kelly- Sees her son Robert Kelly get ate by the sky in MAG 21, Freefall

Robert Kelly- Simon Fairchild tells him to enjoy sky blue and then he gets ate by the sky in MAG 21, Freefall

Melanie King- Ghost hunter who sees Sarah Baldwin do her skin tricks in Skintight (MAG 28).

Jergner Leitner- Book maker and has a library, seen in Page Turner. Reseen in MAG 17 The Bone Turner’s Tale. Actually seen as a man in Old Passages (MAG 35) in which he asks people to dig underground.

Evan Lukas- Fell in love with Naomi Herne and then died.

Nathaniel Lukas- Owns the boating company for the Tundra as of Boatswain’s Call (MAG 33).

Peter Lukas- Captain of the Tundra as seen in Boatswain’s Call (MAG 33).

Agnes Montague- Witch lady with the hand tied around her with a chain, died the same day as the tree getting pulled down and apple melted

Julia Montork- Daughter of Robert Montork and witness of MAG 9- A Father’s Love

Jane Prentiss- Red dress lady from Squirm. She seems to be a hive for parasites and is no longer the actual Jane Prentiss as of Colony (MAG 22). She uses Martin’s phone in that episode to pose as him while trying to Squirm him. She says at the end through his phone, “Keep him. We have had our fun. He will want to see it when the archivists crimson fate arrives.” A statement by her exists somewhere in the archives. Hive (MAG 32) has her explaining how she felt itchy all the time and all the holes throughout her. “You can see it, and log it, and still never understand it.” Presumably she becomes what she is today after sticking her arm into the nest and screaming out in pain. She dies due to Elias making the CO2 go off in Human Remains (MAG 40).

Joseph Rainer - The man who survived the shell blast with Wilfrid in The Piper (MAG 7).

Maxwell Rainer- First appearance is MAG 9 in which he is described as the “defrocked pentecostal leader” who became a cult figure for The People’s Church of the Divine Host

Gertrude Robinson - Former Archivist, died, presumably in The Archives. Oh boy! So, in Burnt Offering (MAG 37) it is revealed her hair and image was used in some twisted altar thingy and a dude who smashes a bottle there has all his things go up in flames.

Lesere Saraki- Nurse from MAG 12 First Aid who feels watched after the incident in the hospital

Mikaele Selesa- First appears in Piecemeal (MAG 14) where he tries to sell something to Norigea. Reappears in Lost and Found (MAG 38) as he sells Andre Ramao a vase.

Michael Shelly- “How would a melody describe itself when asked?” He needs help, likes giggling at Sasha. Says that the hive (Jane Prentiss) is rash. Knew Jon, Tim, and Martin’s names. Shows how to kill the worms in A Distortion (MAG 26).

Robert Smirke- An architect. He worked for Jergner Leitner to build an underground club as seen in Old Passages (MAG 35).

Nathaniel Thorp- Immortal being from Cheating Death (MAG 29)

Places, Concepts, and Organizations

Breekon and Hope Deliveries- Company that takes away the coffin from MAG 2 Do Not Open. Also the same company that gives the church the pale yellow stool in MAG 20, Desecrated Host.

Formula of Sacred Geometry- The intricate patterns we’ve been seeing that Jonathan says there are different schools

Hill Top Road- The place where Burnt Out takes place, had the apple underneath the bleeding tree in the intricate pattern box

The Magnus Institute- Founded 1818, has a series of tunnels under its building and seems to slow the horrors when inside its building.

Open Skydiving- An organization that seems to have never existed. Fairchild’s are connected to it

The People’s Church of the Divine Host- A small cult that grew around the defrocked pentecostal minister, Maxwell Rainer, in London during the late 80’s and mid 90’s

St. Thomas Hospital- Had the fire incident from First Aid and the nurse still feels watched there

Speculation

My inclinations about the horrors having certain types seems to be spot on. You have the Leitner Tomes, Sacred Geometry, Prentiss Parasites, Breekon and Hope distinctless entities, the Hands, Strange Music- even if I’m not spot on you can definitely group some of the ongoings together.

As for characters, Jonathan is slowly becoming a better person as he unlocks the skill empathy by being subjected to horrors himself. I believe the Lukas family will play a big part in the upcoming season as Elias seems to becoming more of a big player and with Elias comes more talk of funding and whatnot. Something I’d like to point out is that the institute is most likely not a good organization as all of the tendrils led to the archives and even Michael seems to hint that the Hive of parasites are right in wanting to destroy it.

Speaking of, Michael himself is then drawn into incredibly questionable territory. He used the attack to rid the archives of his recorded files and taught them how to fight Prentiss. He wants the institute around which just confirms to me that it has to be a rotten group.

As for where the plot goes from here I’m not entirely sure beyond more Lukas and Micheal involvement. We now have the added worries of Sasha and her experience with the Not Sasha voice we heard as well as questions as to who killed Gertrude Robinson as WELL as why she was being used in the horrors rituals.

Now for just my fun thoughts- I adore Martin. I think he’s my favorite character. He has so much thought and empathy put into all he does. Like the dude was running scenario after scenario in his mind to make sure everything would be okay when Jane attacked- and it sort of was because they fended her off and saved Tim. Alexander J Newall also kills his voice acting- I love how timid sounding he is and the delivery of his lines to Jon about being sorry for leaving him behind- AAAGGH it literally tore my heart into bits.

Anyways that’s enough rambling. Stay tuned for my season 2 notes and ideas!

[ominoustaperecordernoises]

TMA Bracket- Fuck around and Find Out Edition

(14. Piecemeal) Statement of Lee Rentoul on the murder of Paul Noriega (aka dude asks for a flesh (?) avatar to take out his enemy, then when he kills his enemy the curse transfers to him)

(22. Colony) Statement of Martin Blackwood regarding a close encounter with the entity known as Jane Prentiss (aka martin knows not to fuck around and find out, but commits the cardinal sin of curiosity and is stalked by worms)

[thatpodcastkid]

Magnus Archives Relisten 14, MAG 14 Piecemeal

All men kill the thing they love. Sometimes metaphorically. Sometimes by sending them to investigate scary jigsaw puzzle women.

MAG 14 analysis, spoilers ahead!

Facts: Statement of Lee Rentoul regarding the murder of his associate Paul Noriega. Statement given May 29, 2011.

Statement Notes: I relate to Lee Rentoul because I too am destroying my body piece by piece. I'm just clumsy, but there's a solidarity there.

This episode is a great example of what I call "Parallel Horror." This is a term I use to describe horror stories in which someone has a strange habit or hobby that is revealed to relate to a larger, more frightening reality. Examples of this are the taxidermy in The Landlady or Blue's interest in history in Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. Angela's use of jigsaw puzzles doesn't directly cause her curse on Rentoul (as opposed to someone destroying a voodoo doll), but it does draw an unsettling connection that upsets the audience and builds anxiety.

There is an element of Angela/her curse reaching through time here. She is mailing Rentoul his own body parts before he's lost them. This means he knows what is going to happen, but is utterly helpless to stop it, building misery and hopelessness in addition to fear. This extreme level of reality manipulation demonstrates the extreme power of the horrors.

I would love to know exactly how Lee ended up cursed. It seems that he is either taking on Noriega's curse because he did not allow Angela to finish the job, McMullen turned on him, or Salesa is taking revenge for ruining his deal. This would require Salesa to not only know Angela (and possibly her relation to Noriega) but to also actively seek her out and make a deal with her. I like to imagine what cursed items Salesa could give Angela in exchange for a hit. Of course, the issue of the exchange makes this theory unlikely, because Angela requires something stolen from the victim in order to make the attack, and Salesa and Rentoul had never even met. Therefore, it seems more likely that Angela either acquired a claim over Lee when he killed Paul Noriega, or Mcmullen got spooked and turned on him.

The line "You guessed it" from Rentoul is just wild. Literally wanted for murder while being plagued by an unstoppable curse and decides to be cheeky in the middle of his statement. What a guy.

Genuinely though, Lee's intro in this episode is so strange. If it were Naomi Herne from Alone or Carlos Vittery from Arachnophobia, who don't have hard evidence of what happened to them and may be able to find practical explanations for the horrors they were facing, it would make sense. But Vittery is losing body parts every day. There's no way this his "mind's playing tricks," but he wants to believe it so bad. There's a definite division in the series between characters who want to escape what's happening them and characters who throw themselves deeper into it. Many characters try to "escape" by running, moving away, etc., but they still buy into their experiences and are plagued by fear. The entities feed on fear, so the people who find ways to walk away are more likely to survive. But Rentoul is stuck; he doesn't want to buy into the fear, but he also can't escape it, so he's going down in flames. Jon is going through the same thing.

Entity Alignment: Classic Flesh episode. Rentoul having pieces of himself "stolen" and being broken down "piece by piece" really conjure that gross and broken image of someone whose soul is ignored and turned into meat.

When Angela forces Lee to eat his hand, that brings the Flesh back to its center. The Flesh episodes usually work in the real and the raw and the gory. This episode utilizes deals and curses and magic, things that require a little more nuance and order. But when Rentoul eats his hand, that brought everything back to the Flesh's core message: "Meat is me."

Character Notes: Season 1 Jon everybody, the coldest mfer on the planet. Actually just tried to kill Martin. The note I have from when he said that literally just reads "WTF."

In all seriousness, Jon's canonical coping mechanism is to deny and reject things that frighten him. As far as we know, Jon's had one serious relationship and--in spite of the fact that he and Georgie are still friends--it ended poorly. While I don't think Jon had feelings for Martin in season, I think he recognized Martin's feelings for him and was anxious, prompting his outright rejection of Martin as a colleague, let alone a friend.

[maidfrin]

no matter how bad my day is going i know lee rentoul is having a worse one

[jordankennedy]

i like lee rentoul so much sorry i love when a statement giver has a super strong and clear personality especially if that personality is like. “huge asshole”

[donttellaweirdweakling]

Lee Rentoul: I want this guy dead but I want him to die and I want it to happen slowly

Lee Rentoul, 2 seconds later: Why isn't he dead yet???

[themagnustournament]

Round One Part Two - Match 17

Today we have the first appearance of both the House on Hill Top Road and Agnes Montague up against the Sweariest Statement Giver Ever. #ReleaseTheSwearCut

MAG 008 - Burned Out | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Ivo Lensik regarding his experiences during the construction of a house on Hill Top Road.

MAG 014 - Piecemeal | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Lee Rentoul, on the murder of his associate Paul Noriega.

[shinysnek]

EPISODE FOURTEEN: PIECEMEAL

“I need you to save me from whatever is happening. I don’t have much time. I got a box this morning, a few hours before I came here.

It was a tongue.”

(Sorry for the delay! We hope to get more pieces out soon to compensate! Thank you all for your patience and support so far!)

[ID: A digital drawing of Lee Rentoul, a pale-skinned man with messy dark hair. He’s depicted from the waist up, staring straight ahead with a an expression of terror. The right half of his face and his right fingers are gone, collapsed into scattered puzzle pieces that float on a pool of bright red blood. The same blood stains his knuckles and drips down his nose. The numerals XIV are displayed in bright red puzzle piece outlines, and scattered letters down the left side of the page read “PIECEMEAL”. /End ID]

[dieanywhereelseart]

@infisolsticestudios some fleshy palettes for u

[thatpodcastkid]

Magnus Archives Relisten 14, MAG 14 Piecemeal, Spoiler-Free Version

MAG 14 analysis, spoilers-free!

Facts: Statement of Lee Rentoul regarding the murder of his associate Paul Noriega. Statement given May 29, 2011.

Statement Notes: I relate to Lee Rentoul because I too am destroying my body piece by piece. I'm just clumsy, but there's a solidarity there.

This episode is a great example of what I call "Parallel Horror." This is a term I use to describe horror stories in which someone has a strange habit or hobby that is revealed to relate to a larger, more frightening reality. Examples of this are the taxidermy in The Landlady or Blue's interest in history in Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. Angela's use of jigsaw puzzles doesn't directly cause her curse on Rentoul (as opposed to someone destroying a voodoo doll), but it does draw an unsettling connection that upsets the audience and builds anxiety.

There is an element of Angela/her curse reaching through time here. She is mailing Rentoul his own body parts before he's lost them. This means he knows what is going to happen, but is utterly helpless to stop it, building misery and hopelessness in addition to fear. This extreme level of reality manipulation demonstrates the extreme power of the horrors.

I would love to know exactly how Lee ended up cursed. It seems that he is either taking on Noriega's curse because he did not allow Angela to finish the job, McMullen turned on him, or Salesa is taking revenge for ruining his deal. This would require Salesa to not only know Angela (and possibly her relation to Noriega) but to also actively seek her out and make a deal with her. Of course, the issue of the exchange makes this theory unlikely, because Angela requires something stolen from the victim in order to make the attack, and Salesa and Rentoul had never even met. Therefore, it seems more likely that Angela either acquired a claim over Lee when he killed Paul Noriega, or Mcmullen got spooked and turned on him.

The line "You guessed it" from Rentoul is just wild. Literally wanted for murder while being plagued by an unstoppable curse and decides to be cheeky in the middle of his statement. What a guy.

Genuinely though, Lee's intro in this episode is so strange. If it were Naomi Herne from Alone or Carlos Vittery from Arachnophobia, who don't have hard evidence of what happened to them and may be able to find practical explanations for the horrors they were facing, it would make sense. But Vittery is losing body parts every day. There's no way this his "mind's playing tricks," but he wants to believe it so bad. There's a definite division in the series between characters who want to escape what's happening them and characters who throw themselves deeper into it. Many characters try to "escape" by running, moving away, etc., but they still buy into their experiences and are plagued by fear. The entities feed on fear, so the people who find ways to walk away are more likely to survive. But Rentoul is stuck; he doesn't want to buy into the fear, but he also can't escape it, so he's going down in flames.

Character Notes: Season 1 Jon everybody, the coldest mfer on the planet. Actually just tried to kill Martin. The note I have from when he said that literally just reads "WTF."