#mag 37 burnt offering

[heartub]

john is starting to be nicer to martin, good for him <3

he's leaving my shit list slowly

[charon-cries]

Gertrude Robinson commission for @thatf-ckinnerd through @magnusforgaza !!

[tmascrapbook]

Mag 37: burnt offering

[lurkingindoorways]

Favorite sub-genre of Magnus archives episode: man has the audacity, and gets what he deserves

[generalb]

MAG 37 “Burnt Offering” review: man, this is heavy…..

We start off with Sims grilling Martin about the movers, but lost importantly there’s a soft moment between him and Martin when Martin tells him he needs to sleep. But onto the statement:

This one was not as scary as others, but it definitely had good creepy vibes. There’s something menacing about how he didn’t describe what fire-related incident happened to his wife which makes the whole thing worse as you have to imagine what happened yourself. Most importantly, the photo in the glass jars surrounding the clearing are of Gertrude, Sim’s predecessor.

The same Gertrude who died at the same time of an incident in an earlier,m statement, though for the life of me I can’t remember which. I’d have to look through the transcripts and I can’t bring myself to muster up enough energy to read through them. Typing out that sentence made me feel like I want to do it out of spite so I’ll be back.

Okay, after combing through some transcripts I found that in MAG 25 “Growing Dark”, Gertrude Robinson died May 15th, 2015, the same day that police were called out to investigate the weird chapel that the vampire cult lived in, on account of neighbors hearing screams. I don’t think this has any connection to today’s Statement but I like to keep things connected. Gertrude…..what was your damage? Overall, this episode has a 6/10 for me, could’ve been scarier, will burn down a random man’s life again.

Statement ends.

[nintendont2502]

finished season one of tma last night ! just gonna dump my thoughts here before i start season two (so i can come back and see how wrong i was lmao)

jon's va is a PHENOMENAL actor, holy shit. like dont get me wrong theyre all amazing, but oh my GOD

speaking of, while im sure the out of universe reasoning for jon putting his entire archivussy into the statements is just bc it makes them more interesting to listen to, i still personally choose to believe that the institute purely hired him for his voice acting skills

theres something.... interesting with jons role that i cant stop thinking about. jane prentiss only referring to him as "archivist". the transcripts (or at least, the ones im using) only referring to him as "archivist". his first impulse being to grab the tape recorder during jane's attack and record the entire thing. the title of archivist is kinda beginning to feel more like... a mask i guess? something that takes over and kinda overshadows your old identity. youre not jon, youre not gertrude - youre just "archivist"

(also something about martin being forced to move into the archives (almost becoming part of the archives) and sasha literally having her identity subsumed and stolen by. whatever the fuck not!sasha is. both of those occurrences only happening because they were acting on behalf of the institute. kinda noticing a trend of identities being lost or stolen or changed because of (and maybe by) the institute, but that could just be a "i connected two dots" "you didnt connect shit" moment yk)

i fully believe the role of archivist is cursed. like one hundred percent. theres something up with that shit and theres no way in hell theyre being paid enough to make up for it

tbf theres no way in hell anyone heres being paid enough to make up for the bullshit they go through. id say they should quit but,,, i dont think they can

except maybe martin. please martin. go live a normal life and write your poetry and stop needing to corkscrew worms out of yourself

"i refuse to become another goddamn mystery" :((

i dont trust the institute. at all. i think at best theyre just a shitty workplace willing to turn a blind eye to some things for the good of their research, and at worst theyre actively hiding something or lying about what they are. theres just been. so many small details that rub me the wrong way yk - the archive team not being allowed to research cases that involve the lukas family in case they pull funding, sasha mentioning research students testing artefacts, the way MAG 37/Burnt Offering starts with jason begging the institute to save his son before acknowledging that theyll never do anything (makes me wonder how many statements they read and dismiss. how many statements they never read. how many people have died because of them?) - and i mean fuck just the general regard for employee health and safety seems to be non existent. also. yk. someone in the building probably murdering gertrude. thats a big thing

worms and rot and decay in the walls and a dead body in the basement. i dont trust them at all

this is definitely just me picking up what the episode was clearly laying out but holy shit gertrudes death feels *wrong*. all this build up, all the signs pointing towards it being something supernatural (the archive being filled with veins (?) in The Dreamers, the ritual site filled with photos of her in Burnt Offering, jane directly threatening the archivist in her statement (which wouldve been gertrude at the time if im not mistaken)) and then its just?? a gun?? and no one finds her body for a year???

that being said the mental image of jane and her merry band of worms sneaking into the archive just to shoot gertrude with a Regular Ass Gun is fucking hilarious

the only episode that really got to me was A Sturdy Lock, and i think that was just bc i got unlucky enough to listen to it on the one night i was home alone. woke up at 4 am, stared at my doorknob for a few minutes and forced myself to go back to sleep

favourite statement is probably a tie between The Dreamers (i love how perfectly it captured the distorted, off, slightly... disturbing vibes i get in my dreams, and as someone who was really vivid really weird dreams - it hit close to home) and Hive (bc holy SHIT jons acting in this was insane. jesus christ. the writing was incredible too holy fuck)

favourite *episode* is Infestation, just bc im a sucker for hearing Jon out of character (for lack of a better term - its fuckin *weird* hearing him emote. i love it) and i love getting more of the other archive staff (especially martin. martin my beloved martin my light more martin forever please and thank you). also jon admitting that he does believe most of the statements and hes fucking terrified of them hits like a truck when youve been making "jon doesnt believe something - take a shot" jokes for the last 38 episodes like i was

jons such a bitch /aff i love him. pathetic wet cat of a man

i fully expect him to try and kill someone next season. potentially himself. hopefully not martin

leitner and your fuck ass books when I Fucking Get You

where is sasha. where is my girl. give her back.

mahtiin :(((

[magnuspanoptes]

mag 37 - "burnt offering" // mag 39 - "infestation"

this is so funny to me because the /how man eyes does count magnus have? a thousand eyes and two/ reveal doesn't happen until much later, so for a pre-mag 80 audience the only conclusion to be drawn here is that for some mysterious reason his boss has a wayyy better grasp of his character than any of his colleagues. now why is that.

[pillowspace]

"" Now, up in the north of Scotland, the bit without all the people, there are plantations of evergreen trees. "' -MAG 37: Burnt Offering

Relistening to The Magnus Archives, and it feels so strange that one of the statements takes place in northern Scotland. I'm so used to northern Scotland being associated with wholesome peace in the fandom due to the safehouse period, like it's untouched by horror unless the other characters have anything to do with it. Turns out they've got their own wacky things going on up there in the TMA universe

[thesilliestcryptid]

we’re on a tma re-listen so i’m rating the episodes on here as i go. warning for vague spoilers and a long ass post

MAG 1 - anglerfish - love it. very cool, also very sentimental

MAG 2 - do not open - iconic, he's still the smartest person in the whole podcast

MAG 3 - across the street - not my favorite

MAG 4 - page turner - MIKE!! AND GERRY!! this one's good

MAG 5 - thrown away - somehow just didn't listen to this one the first time. it's fine

MAG 6 - squirm - hehehe worm sex

MAG 7 - the piper - not a fan. it's mid

MAG 8 - burned out - hilltop road <333

MAG 9 - a father's love - love this one but like. always forget it once i’m done which is sad bc it’s cool

MAG 10 - vampire killer - trev is so silly in this one

MAG 11 - dreamer - silllyyyyyy!! feels like it should be web/end instead of end

MAG 12 - first aid - gerry!!!

MAG 13 - alone i could yap for hours about why this one is canon relevant but the statement itself is mid

MAG 14 - piecemeal - this one always cracks me up

MAG 15 - lost john's cave - nice. iconic buried ep

MAG 16 - arachnophobia - idk the web doesn’t do much for me

MAG 17 - the boneturner's tale - cool

MAG 18 - the man upstairs - i LOVED this one the first time i listened to tma so it’s very sentimental

MAG 19/20 - confession/desecrated host - i freaking LOVE these 2

MAG 21 - freefall - the sky are her son 😔

MAG 22 - colony - poor martin man

MAG 23 - schwarzwald - hehe very silly. hate jonah tho

MAG 24 - strange music - mid

MAG 25 - growing dark - this one’s v cool

MAG 26 - a distortion - SASHA!! AND MICHAEL!!!!!

MAG 27 - a sturdy lock - poor guy smh

MAG 28 - skintight - melanie appearance this early?? love

MAG 29 - cheating death - old ass statement. fun story though. reads like a creepypasta or folk tale.

MAG 30 - killing floor - love the slaughterhouse episode

MAG 31 - first hunt - petition to change the name of this one to 𝓪 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓱𝓾𝓷𝓽 𝓮𝓹𝓲𝓼𝓸𝓭𝓮

MAG 32 - hive - JANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MAG 33 - boatswain's call - very mid

MAG 34 - anatomy class - i love the anatomy students with my whole heart

MAG 35 - old passages - i like the gerry appearance but otherwise not great

MAG 36 - taken ill - pretty cool

MAG 37 - burnt offering - this one's cool, i love the desolation

MAG 38 - lost and found - HOMOPHOBIC VASE

MAG 39 - infestation - nothing beats waking up to sasha's scream in the middle of the night because you fell asleep with the podcast on shuffle

MAG 40 - human remains - actually so wild

MAG 41 - too deep - no jon. dont go in the tunnels. jon.

MAG 42 - grifter's bone - my dream man /j. also accidentally gave myself a really bad cut while crafting (needed stitches) while listening to this episode so that's fun

MAG 43 - section 31 - acab except for basira /hj

MAG 44 - tightrope - it's eh. i mean, i love the circus of the other, but the statement isn't that good.

MAG 45 - blood bag - this one's so funny. what do you mean evil mosquitos. theyre bugs the size of a pea

MAG 46 - literary heights - mike <3

MAG 47 - the new door - helen!!! and michael. i love the distortion

MAG 48 - lost in the crowd - such a cool concept & very well done

MAG 49 - the butcher's window - meat hole.

MAG 50 - foundations - very mid

MAG 51 - high pressure - yummyyyyy

MAG 52 - exceptional risk - love the dark, hate the statement giver (dick)

MAG 53 - crusader - yumyumyum

MAG 54 - still life - ohohoho taxidermy

MAG 55 - pest control - love

MAG 56 - children of the night - good ol trev

MAG 57 - personal space - YAYAYA SPACE EPISODE

MAG 58 - trail rations - kinda boring

MAG 59 - recluse - cool. i heart agnes

MAG 60 - observer effect - pretty cool, not the best

MAG 61 - hard shoulder - daisy :))))

MAG 62 - first edition - love the episode despise mary keay

MAG 63 - end of the tunnel - kinda goofy lmao

MAG 64 - burial rites - i mean, it’s about a mummy

MAG 65 - binary - USHANKA

MAG 66 - held in customs - also kinda goofy

MAG 67 - burning desire - ily agnes

MAG 68 - the tale of a field hospital - very cool, love the corruption

MAG 69 - thought for the day - decently cool and i love annabelle

MAG 70 - book of the dead - this one’s pretty cool

MAG 71 - underground - evil subway. heart emoji

MAG 72 - takeaway - this one’s kinda sucks, some parts are decent but mostly just boring

MAG 73 - police lights - cool,, i heart the people’s church of the divine host

MAG 74 - fatigue - so fucking good. one of my favorites

MAG 75 -a long way down - kind of hilarious

MAG 76 - the smell of blood - ily melanie

MAG 77 - the kind mother - mid

MAG 78 - distant cousin - also mid

MAG 79/80 - hide and seek/the librarian - the s2 finale is so messy

MAG 81 - a guest for mr spider - bro has TRAUMA

MAG 82 - the eyewitness - so good……

MAG 83 - drawing a blank - woah crayzay

MAG 84 - possessive - love

MAG 85 - upon the stair - SO GOOD

MAG 86 - tucked in - iconic

MAG 87 - the uncanny valley - this might be the funniest episode

MAG 88 - dig - he sure did

MAG 89 - twice as bright - what if instead of jude perry her name was jude freaky and instead of burning people she got freaky

MAG 90 - body builder - i hate this one /pos

MAG 91 - the coming storm - MIKE !!!

MAG 92 - nothing beside remains - i hate elias. not affectionately. i want him dead

MAG 93 - contaminant - mold by beloved

MAG 94 - dead woman walking - SOSOSO GOOD FAVORITE QUOTE ALSO I LOVE GEORGIE

MAG 95 - absent without leave - war am i right !?

MAG 96 - return to sender - i mean that’s just an L to breekon

MAG 97 - we all ignore the pit - they sure did

MAG 98 - lights out - this one is kind of boring

MAG 99 - dust to dust - dirt 🤤

MAG 100 - i guess you had to be there - guy who literally walked out of the spiral you will always be famous

MAG 101 - another twist - michael :) helen :))

MAG 102 - nesting instinct - bug sex episode you will never not be funny

MAG 103 - cruelty free - man eating pig you will never not be funny

MAG 104 - sneak preview - poor tim god damn

MAG 105 - total war - ily slaughter

MAG 106 - a matter of perspective - SPACE STATION DAEDALUS <3333

MAG 107 - third degree - i like this one

MAG 108 - monologue - meh

MAG 109 - nightfall - JULIAAA <3 TREVOR <3333

MAG 110 - creature feature - trans rights i guess

MAG 111 - family business - gerry ily

MAG 112 - thrill of the chase - murder club you will never not be funny

MAG 113 - breathing room - i always forget about this one

MAG 114 - cracked foundation - who up magnusing they protocol

MAG 115 - taking stock - yeah this one is cool

MAG 116 - the show must go on - lowkey boring

MAG 117/118/119 - testament/the masquerade/stranger and stranger - freaking s3 finale. UGH

MAG 120 - eye contact - i likey. dreamss

MAG 121 - far away - SO GOOD FAVE

MAG 122 - zombie - sure has zombies in it

MAG 123 - web development - i dont remember this one at all. it's cool though

MAG 124 - left hanging - me when that old man that lives in the sky

MAG 125 - civilian casualties - this one's very cool, i like it

MAG 126 - sculptor's tool - i remember listening to this one on my birthday 3 years ago

MAG 127 - remains to be seen - boringgggggg

MAG 128 - heavy goods - who up breekoning they hope

MAG 129 - submerged - i like this one a lot

MAG 130 - meat - there sure was meat

MAG 131 - flesh - there sure was flesh

MAG 132 - entombed - daisyyy

MAG 133 - dead horse - this one's pretty cool

MAG 134 - time of revelation - the extinction <333

MAG 135 - dark matter - ily manuela

MAG 136 - the puppeteer - this one's decent

MAG 137 - nemesis - the slaughter <333

MAG 138 - the architecture of fear - who up roberting they smirke

MAG 139 - chosen - AGNES :,(((

MAG 140 - movement of the heavens - mwah i heart the dark

MAG 141 - doomed voyage - mid

MAG 142 - scrutiny - he's such a bitch <3

MAG 143 - heart of darkness - manuela :))

MAG 144 - decrypted - THIS ONE. THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE EPISODE EVER

MAG 145 - infectious doubts - more agnes

MAG 146 - threshold - i like this one a lot

MAG 147 - weaver - love annabell cane but this one is boring

MAG 148 - extended surveillance - the security camera episode! yay

MAG 149 - concrete jungle - i like this one, it’s very cool

MAG 150 - cul-de-sac - veryy good

MAG 151 - big picture - simon fairchild needs a new va that is NOT an 80 year old man’s voice

MAG 152 - a gravedigger's envy - welcome back hesikiah wakely

MAG 153 - love bombing - it’s good but also i like every story about cults so

MAG 154 - bloody mary - freak mary keay!! dont like her

MAG 155 - cost of living - ehh it’s fine

MAG 156 - reflection - this one’s actually pretty cool

MAG 157 - rotten core - i LOVE this one

MAG 158 - panopticon - i hate jonah magnus

MAG 159 - the last - poor martin

MAG 160 - the eye opens - hello jon. apologies for the deception

MAG 161/162 - dwelling/a cosy cabin - make me sad :(

MAG 163 - in the trenches - they sure are

MAG 164 - a sick village - it sure is

MAG 165 - revolutions - sasha :(

MAG 166 - the worms - that’s definitely some worms

MAG 167 - curiosity - makes me sad

MAG 168 - roots - oliver :))))))

MAG 169 - fire escape - i like this one a lot

MAG 170 - recollection - martin just can’t catch a break

MAG 171 - the gardener - love the story hate his voice

MAG 172 - strung out - kinda boring tbh

MAG 173 - night night - evil kids. i guess

MAG 174 - the great beast - verryyyyy cool

MAG 175 - epoch - i like this one

MAG 176 - blood ties - daisy :(

MAG 177 - wonderland - probably my fav s5 episode

MAG 178 - the processing line - meat :)

MAG 179 - accomplice - i like it quite a bit

MAG 180 - moving on - i like

MAG 181/182 - ignorance/wellbeing - mikaele silasa is a very fun character

MAG 183 - monument - i like this one a LOT

MAG 184 - like ants - they sure are

MAG 185 - locked in - call me mag 185 because i am Locked In (cool episode btw)

MAG 186 - quiet - martin :(

MAG 187 - checking out - i love helen

MAG 188 - centre of attention - eye-conic (im so funny)

MAG 189 - peers - this one is very cool

MAG 190-191 - scavengers/what we lose - i would join their cult

MAG 192 - an appointment - she is so girlypops

MAG 193 - a stern look - we should’ve gotten more of og stoner elias

MAG 194 - parting - i’ve read creepypastas exactly like this

MAG 195 - adrift - the girls are fightingggggg

MAG 196 - this old house - i like hilltop road

MAG 197 - connected - annabel cane :))

MAG 198 - precipice - ily basira

MAG 199 - seeing it through - ily melanie

MAG 200 - last words - FUCK YOU JONNY SIMS. WHEN I CATCH YOU JONNY SIMS

[ominoustaperecordernoises]

TMA Bracket- The End of Agnes Montague

(37. Burnt Offering) Statement of Jason North regarding the discovery of an Alleged Ritual site

(145. Infectious doubts) Statement of Arthur Nolan regarding the Life and Death of Agnes Montague

[kat-and-their-cats]

Favourite Episode Masterlist

[iamabigbox]

Finally finished my relisten of season one of TMA so here is TSH characters as TMA S1 statements (basically whether I think they’re similar to the statement giver, victim or would end up in that situation)

Richard

Mag 1 Angler fish - he would get drunk fall down stairs and then avoid being killed(??) by not being bothered to get up.

Mag 2 Do not open - Again with him getting into situations but avoiding death (+ him doing it for some cash seems about right) him and Joshua Gellespie have the same vibe

Mag 3 Across the street - not saying he’s a stalker or anything but he would end up in this situation

Mag 6 squirm - again I think he’s the one most likely to end up in this situation

Mag 23 Schwartzwald - Richard writing to Henry vibes

Mag 33 boatswain’s call - would survive in this situation by just following along with what everyone else is doing

Henry

Mag 9 A father’s love - okay idk what about this just reminds me of him honestly he reminds me of the Father ( killing people to serve a fear entity to protect himself/who he cares for is right up his alley idk)

Mag 19 confession I - his hubris leading to his downfall sounds like something that would happen to him

Mag 34 Autonomy class - Julian as the teacher and Henry as the students

Bunny

Mag 21 Freefall - he would be eaten by the sky

Mag 31 first hunt - do I need to explain myself with this one

Mag 37 burnt offering - fucking around and finding out

Camilla

Mag 15 Lost John’s Cave - out of the pair of them I think Camilla would be most likely to try sacrificing Charles to save her own life

Mag 28 Skintight - idk I just feel like Camilla and Melanie would share the same/similar attitude in this situation

Charles

Mag 10 vampire killer - your sibling dying bc of ur inaction then becoming a vampire hunter seems like something he would do

Mag 14 Piecemeal - you can’t tell me this statement isn’t just a variation of Charles and his hatred for Henry

Francis

Mag 29 cheating death - was considering putting this for Bunny but the whole bold not brave thing gives Francis vibes

Mag 36 taken ill - his thing with disease (I forgot the name of what it’s called but yk what I mean)

Mag 38 lost and found - the homophobic vase got him + I think he spiral would destroy Francis if given the chance idk why

I’ll probably also do this for season 2 when I eventually listen to all of that again as well. I love doing these silly little comparison for my current two fave interests icl

[corens-relisten]

MAG 37 Burnt Offering

spoilers already oop-

breekon and hope, avatars of the stranger, looking "exactly as youd expect" IS SO COOL id forgotten aboht that detail but honnestly i love it so much like yes the weird and uncanny can be creepy but so can the completely ordinary

"were arent in the business of destroying knowledge" also elias told jon to destroy the table?? OH MY GOD??

im here already, so may as well make my guess. i think this is the Desolation, of course. all the heat nd stuff (: oh and the Web too!

spoilers done!

omg martin <33 hii wait did jon just call him a "waste of tape"?? dude.

"it keeps the fear away" hm. i genuinely love how pissed he is at the archives, bc he just hates himself and he knows it and he wants someone or something to take it out on.

the whole foreshadowing whats to come and "i regret what happened without saying what happened" usually irritates me a bit but i really loved it in this one. idk i love the anger i guess haha

OMG HE DIDNT LOSE ETHAN!! whys he in a foster home tho? OH SHIT THATS WHY- OOP yes yes jon thats very normal for alcoholics LIKE WTH DUDE YOU CANNOT TRY TO CONVINCE URSELF THATS NOT SUPERNATURAL

oh Gertrude??

anyway heres my offering! silly lil angy jon (i think near the end of s1 he has to start tying his hair or slicking it bad)

omg only 2 episodes left to the season!! have a nice day!

(i keep forgetting to post these lmaoo)

[randomatthingy]

TMA Credits Songs - Season 1

If TMA became a tv series, with a different end credits song every time, this is what I'd want them to be.

MAG 1: Anglerfish - "Who Are You Really" (Mickey Ekko)

MAG 2: Do Not Open - The Work Song (Hoser)

MAG 3: Across The Street - Somebody That I Used To Know (Gotye, Kimbra)

MAG 4: Pageturner - Thunderstruck (ACDC)

MAG 5 - Thrown Away - Skeleton Appreciation Day (Will Wood)

MAG 6: Squirm - Butch 4 Butch (Rio Romeo)

MAG 7: The Piper - For Whom The Bell Tolls (Metallica) *OR* - Great War (Sabaton)

MAG 8: Burned Out - Burned Out (dodie)

MAG 9: A Father's Love - Murders (Miracle Musical)

MAG 10: Vampire Killer - St. Benard (Lincoln)

MAG 11: Dreamer - Momento Mori (Will Wood)

MAG 12: First Aid - Play With Fire (Sam Tinnezz)

MAG 13: Alone - Everbody's Lonely (Jukebox and the Ghost)

MAG 14: Piecemeal - Modify (Lemon Demon)

MAG 15: Lost John's Cave - bury a friend (Billie Eilish)

MAG 16: Arachnophobia - Spider (Bo Burnham)

MAG 17: The Boneturner's Tail - Body (Mother Mother)

MAG 18: The Man Upstairs - Mirror Man (Jack Stauber)

MAG 19: Confession (Part 1 of 2) - Amazing Grace (Mandela Catalogue Version)

MAG 20: Desecrated Host (Part 2 of 2) - Hellfire (The Hunchback of Notre Damn)

MAG 21: Freefall - Freefallling (Tom Petty)

MAG 22: Colony - Deep Dark Basement (AJJ)

MAG 23: Schwartzwald - Dead (They Might Be Giants)

MAG 24: Strange Music - Entry Of The Gladiators (Julius Fuicik)

MAG 25: Growing Dark - No Light, No Light (Florence + The Machine)

MAG 26: A Distortion - The Distortionist (Ghost)

MAG 27: A Sturdy Lock - Mr. Backwards (Jack Stauber)

MAG 28: Skintight - Ghostbusters Theme (Ghostbusters)

MAG 29: Cheating Death - Wherever I May Roam (Mettalica)

MAG 30: Killing Floor - People Eater (Sodikken)

MAG 31: First Hunt - A Hunting We Shall Go (Simon)

MAG 32: Hive - Nobody Like's Me, I'll Go Eat Worms

MAG 33: Boatswin's Call - How To Disappear Completely (Radiohead)

MAG 34: Anatomy Class - Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

MAG 35: Old Passages - Teenagers (My Chemical Romance)

MAG 36: Taken Ill - It's Just A Burning Memory (Everywhere At The End Of Time)

MAG 37: Burnt Offering - Burning Pile (Mother Mother)

MAG 38: Lost and Found - Come Along (Cosmo Sheldrake)

MAG 39: Infestation -Breezeblocks (alt-J)

MAG 40: Human Remains - This Is Home (Cavetown)

[tibialtybalt]

MAG 37 - Burnt Offering

Martin is so tired of Jon 😭😭 again?? Why do you need it on tape?? I don't get where the doormat characterization comes from!

Look, Jon, I do think we should destroy the table, though. I mean, if it’s the one from Amy Patel’s statement. Just in case.

ARCHIVIST Elias told me the same thing.

Can you imagine if they had done it right then. Also BITCH ALERT

We’re not in the business of destroying knowledge.

I think about how it was physically painful to destroy Gerry's page. Mr Eyes

MARTIN Thank you. [DOOR OPENS] Look, you need to get some sleep. … I’ll see you later.

Aaauauuuuuu...............

But yes, I know, you want the whole goddamn story, don’t you? So you can look over it in ten years and go “Hmm, interesting” long after Ethan and me are dead.

This statement was given in 2009. Jon is recording it in 2016.... 😬😬

IT'S A WEE BEAR‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

This is like the platonic ideal of a Desolation statement

I love that the Archivists are always London's Most Hated

How did they get her hair...?

The misery in the "That's all!"......

Deserving. What a concept <- s5 Jon voice

ARCHIVIST Statement ends. He didn’t, in the end. Lose Ethan, that is.

BANGS MY FISTS ON THE GROUNDDDDD the emotion in that is crazy

I have no idea what this means. I have no idea what any of this means. I’m very tired. End recording.

I have to make a choice. Do I make a joke about how extremely apt these lines are as a description of Jon throughout the entire podcast. Or do I fly off the handle and go on an inarticulate and undefined Category 9 Blorbo Moment.

[under-a-shady-ash-tree]

MAG 37 Burnt Offering

This is funny to me I’m sorry

Usually Jon’s interactions with other people are funny to me actually

Jon don’t say “useless” to Martin’s face he’ll assume you’re talking about him 😭

(And. I’m pretty sure you are honestly)

(Well that’s not entirely true I think he’s mostly irritated that no one has any answers for him but still)

“Luckily he phrased it as advice rather than an instruction” Jon I swear to god

I love you you loophole-finding bastard

If there aren’t fey!Jon AUs I will be deeply disappointed but FOR NOW what the hell man just destroy the cursed(??) table

Also yes thank you Martin he DOES need to get some sleep

My general amazement (and amusement, mayhaps) at the voice acting is back

Jon I love you

IM TELLING YOU AS SOON AS HE SAYS “statement begins” SOMETHING FUCKING POSSESSES HIM AND HE I S THE ONE GIVING THE STATEMENT UNTIL HE SAYS “statement ends”

Ooohh

Yeah I got nothing this one’s interesting and I’m deeply intrigued and also feel really bad for the guy

“He didn’t, in the end. Lose Ethan, that is.”

Thank you for clarifying and also I. I love you

“I have no idea what this means. I have no idea what any of this means. I’m very tired.”

Go to sleep 😭

But also yeah your mental health has been declining recently hasn’t it

Okay yes I’m posting the TMA notes I have so far. Not technically live-blogging, but I will be updating this thread when I have more

Notes will be sparse and there are several episodes I don’t have any for but. Here ye are

There may be… a lot of direct quotes from the show with minimal commentary. If there’s a whole chunk of dialogue from the podcast with no added notes it’s because I liked it and maybe couldn’t properly formulate my thoughts on it at the time

Or just liked it enough to save it somewhere but didn’t really have thoughts

Anyway!! I’ll be reblogging with a new post for each different episode I have notes for

MAG 4 Pageturner

“Jurgen Leitner has done the world enough harm and we must pursue all available avenues to ensure that he does no more.” -MAG 4 Pageturner

What do you mean by that Jonathan (that is his name right)