#magnus spoilers

[zomaxi]

the “i don’t speak french” crisis monologue from jon in mag 102 is so funny out of context but in context it’s absolutely crushing because it’s a marking of his gradual realization he’s slowly becoming less “Jonathan sims” and more “The archivist, avatar of the beholding” and i screamed when it first clicked

[sepezzz]

Magnus characters part five! Woman put THROUGH it.

[thedeadhead]

Magnus Archive Spoilers

Thinking about that comment in the final episodes about “the web chose the eye because it was the stupidest”

especially when you consider one of the other fear gods is The Buried, literal dirt

Imagine being dumber than spooky rocks couldn’t be me

moral of the story: doesn’t matter how much you can see if you don’t have reading comprehension ig

[eighthman-bound]

Even the script is such a tease, we’re going to be pondering over what [ERROR] means for a while.

Also shout out to Sam, it took Jon two seasons to accidentally unleash a monster from its trapped domain; Sam accomplished that in ten episodes.

That’s our boy

[stuck-in-the-puter]

So, Sam was gifted and went to the magnus institutes gifted kid program, they didn't want him and... Now nobody is left. He said that nobody is left.

Did Jonah Magnus conduct his ritual with the institute in 1999, but with children? As they are more easily scared? And took those who wouldn't be missed, but Sam would have been? HNNGH??

[desecrated-host666]

Another one!! Im not the biggest fan of this one ngl but... Martin Blackwood - avatar of the lonely

[graylikethecolor42]

OMIGOSH OMIGOSH OMIGOSH

I KNOW THE SONG ALICE WAS SINGING WHEN SHE WAS DOING CPR

ITS NELLY THE ELEPHANT, MY DAD HAD IT ON A MIXTAPE WHEN I WAS LITTLE, IT’S ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS

[kirby-is-good]

Jonny sims! My favorite many eyed cryptid who can't help but record everything!!

[nico-thenecromancer]

= Spoiler For Magnus Archives Ending =

Finally finished Magnus Archives after years of putting off the podcast.

As well as about a year or so trying to stretch it out so I can listen to it as long as possible.

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First and foremost it was everything I wanted, even more so actually and a VERY satisfying finish...

--- Now that's sorted ---

I am very upset and will go straight to being the scenes and AO3 for comfort and different perspectives of the ending. Possibly a longer focus on the short period of Jon and Martins domestic vibes.

I will also hurt myself further and follow the cannon compliant ending and what goes on afterwards (which could go in many directions) as well as grievings and acceptance of the possibility that they have died.

[imlikethebluerose]

SPOILERS for the Magnus Protocol finale

I'm assuming we'll learn more about the TMP universes archivist soon enough now that Sam has been transported with it (maybe to the TMA universe which if so? Wild. And also maybe Basira and Melanie will be back which omfg I desperately want), but I'm going to say I am not convinced at all it is Jon (or Martin). Whatever is going on with them it's through the computers probably, this universes archivist works very differently to Jon, the main thing being it seems to have a much closer relationship with the other fears? When Jon took a statement it was less direct, Sam describes that as it was extracting his statement from him it was looking for other information inside his mind, which Jon could never do. Also even though resisting archivist compulsion from Jon could be fatal (see Peter Lukas RIP king) the TMP archivist seems as a side effect of its compulsion powers accidentally kills the statement giver by setting whatever power they encounter onto them, which also was never an ability Jon had. It also kind of adds up I think as to why Sam survived? Everyone before is describing the supernatural directly influencing them, whereas Sam was only a witness to someone else suffering. Anyway this was mainly rambling, my point is I don't believe the Archivist in this world is Jon at all. The voice didn't sound like him if I'm being honest, and this universes institute is too different. Here's hoping we learn a lot more next season, with Lena out of the way I get the feeling things are going to spiral out of control very fast.

[devotedcultist]

Funny little Magnus Archives theory I enjoy is that trans people are more likely to become avatars of the stranger then any other power because they already feel like they’re in the wrong skin.

[zomaxi]

eating up all the tim and jon interactions from mag 114 cuz it’s been far too long since they’ve been in the same room together for longer than 20 seconds

Jon unintentionally using his…watching..compulsion…on tim. tim questioning how jon specifically knew he would come to the archives. subtly hinting at his further progression as an avatar

“Buy one spooky telepath manager get one free”

Jon explaining he wants the knowledge Tim has but he doesn’t want to “archivist” him, the moment they come together about the circus

OUUUUUGGGGHHHH I LOVE THEM

[bignickrgxa2]

Weekly post-Maggy Propps post: episode 5 Personal Screening:

Oooh spoopy.

Spoilers obvs

I liked this one, I love the references to real world stuff, really helps ground it in culture when the culture is real. Using actual horror cliches, in a horror podcast, about horror? Metaaaaaaa. Super fun. I have a feeling that this theater/man/movie/something will potentially come back and become a plot thing. More so than anything else so far, this gives me a vibe of "this is a situation that might require further investigation". Having said all that, I think it might be my least favourite so far. Not saying much because I still really enjoyed it. The standard is SO high.

Now that I'm more used to the format of the casements, I'm really really into it. Perhaps more so than Archives. Really gives it an uncanny/future-bad vibe, an extra edge of something. Blog posts being read by a spooky voiced man, with spooky music underneath, just absolutely works super well. Immense credit to Jonny and Alex etc for making something so different, fit SO well into the previous format, and remain as scary and enjoyable as before.

I've been re-listening to Archives recently and I think I'm ready to suggest that Extinction might be explored here. I LOVE the concept of a new fear manifesting and extinction is a beautiful, very explorable and very real fear. One they didn't really get to explore too much in Archives.

We're also getting to a point where the characters now have... characters. Obviously Alice is wonderful, Sam is a little blank still but is absolutely likable. Colin is creepy man. Idk why but he gives me super-bad (not the movie) vibes

So far it's 5/5 for enjoyable episodes.

I fucking love this show already.

[thedeadhead]

Listening to Magnus Archives & Protocol protags reminds me so much of people drowning accidentally killing the person saving them in their panic, dooming both of them in an escapable situation

I do love how it’s consistently shown that these forces and things that go bump in the night do have terrible power, but they don’t have to do a ton because frightened people do the rest and that’s how they get their meals

Especially with how often people seem to spread their influence more than the entity could have on its own

Weird Monster: “hey look into this jar I have from a nonexistent dead culture pretty please “

Average TMA Londoner: “I’m actually going to stab you rn and take it for myself, then show it to all these people at my college and let them get sucked inside it, causing them to be crushed to death, all because the pot does a cool fuckin dance after it kills.”

Weird Monster, now stabbed: “L + Ratio + You Cannot Harm Me In A Way That Matters”

[bluismie]

This is my love letter to the most beautiful ship I witnessed this year. Cheers to us Jayvik nation 💫

[mewy101]

yeah