#remnants: an audio drama

[magnus-brain-rot]

My current listens/obsessions.

- The Magnus Archives

- The Magnus Protocol

- Rusty Quill Gaming

- Remnants: An Audio Drama

- The Mechanisms

- Hi Nay (I just started)

-Epic

[needlesandflowers]

what i have noticed when re-listening to remnants so far (up to episode 5):

oranges are associated with romantic/sensual love

pairs! everything comes in pairs, the apprentice and sir, lovers, siblings, friends

benoit reappearing!! first direct link i noticed between two remnants

broken objects - life cut short vs. whole object - lived to old age/not accidental death or murder

what i have questions about:

are we moving forward in historical time?

did someone translate the morse code and can i have it?

why are the scarves read as one object, did they actually have to be reshelved or discarded together? does that mean their lives are intertwined?

any more direct links i did not notice?

i’m going crazy putting pins on my wall here please feel free to join in on the madness!

edit: i want to document my train of thought so please see my reblogs for updates!! im seeing a lot of you like/ reblogging just the original post but a lot of these theories are not in line with new episodes! added the episode number at the top to make sure it’s clear

[aslongasitistold]

remnants character recurrences and theories

Okay. I convinced my best friend to listen to remnants and she loves it just as much as I do. We just had a very long facetime call where we poured over the transcripts. I believe we have identified each character recurrence in the podcast so far. You can see these connections plus some theories below :) (I might be spelling some of the names wrong I'm very sorry if I am) (Might not be 100% in order either but it should make sense)

Benoit is Celine's son in episode 1 and in episode 4 he talks with and kisses Marcus.

Lord Du Perier is in episode 1, he is the person that Celine has a relationship with and we know that he is married at this time. It is mentioned that Du Perier is not his real name. In episode 7 we meet his daughter Amelie and he calls himself Teddy.

Sarah is the nanny in episode 2 of both Paige and Christopher. She is mentioned in episode 9 as being Paige and Jonny's nanny and as being assaulted by Christian, falling pregnant with his child.

Mr Jones is the Bevan family (Paige, Jonny, Maud and Christian)'s gardener and also seemingly the landlord of Annie and Sally as is mentioned in episodes 9 and 10.

Christian and Maud are the parents of Paige and Jonny. They are mentioned in episodes 2, 6 and 9. Christian is who Eliza, from episode 6, is in a relationship with. It is mentioned that he has a young wife, Maud and that the Glanville family is friendly with the Bevans. It is assumed that Christian is the father of Eliza's child, though in episode 9 Maud doubts that this is the case, saying that the son does not look like how Christian's children usually do. It is said that Pearl sent a letter claiming that Christian is the father and also that Eliza died in childbirth.

Edward Pocket is the adopted son of the Pocket's as is mentioned in episodes 9 and 10. In episode 10 Sally says that he died along with his parents; however, in episode 9 Annie meets him after coming back and he claims that Sally died saving him. We know that this is not truly Edward, rather it is someone impersonating him, because he does not have the eye colour that Annie remembers and he does not know that he is adopted. He takes over the law firm Cratchet and Pocket. Interestingly, he appears in episode 3 as the solicitor who gives Gerald Simmeon's will (the scream I scrumpt when we discovered that omg). It seems to be implied that Ted could be impersonating Edward because he would know about Victor and Sally as Edward does when he meets Annie in episode 10. However, he mentions Victor having a sister and Victor only ever mentioned a brother.

I strongly believe that whoever is impersonating Edward Pocket is connected to at least Annie's murder, indicating that he might be connected to the others as well.

Very interesting that in this episode it was revealed that A practically is a remnant himself. Does this mean that Sir’s insistence that A judge the remnants is more so that he can judge A and work out how to process him? Is all of this not actually about sorting the remnants at all and more about sorting A? I’m not sure. 

Also I'm thinking the sentient dust might be like, the consciousness from discarded remnants. That’s a TRUE crackpot theory though.

The moths from the podcast cover being the moth-like letters of the apprentice written across whatever extreme amount of time is very interesting.

The music box is also very interesting in that it appeared both times A’s memory got wiped. I also mentally connect it with episode 6 beyond that, because the song it is playing is from Swan Lake and Eliza dreamed of being a ballet dancer. Which COULD mean NOTHING. If we get a remnant that is a music box I'll literally scream. Especially if it ends up being Eliza's.

[im-secretly-a-frog]

Guys the song at the end of episode 6 is swan lake- 19 No. 10 scène (moderato) if anyone was wondering (I thought it might be important and I spent half an hour figuring out what it was)

[the-voldsoy]

My current thoughts about Remnants (pod), as of ep10

(a disjointed list of theories, thoughts and opinions that have been bouncing around in my head and need to put down somewhere. A lot of this will likely be disproven when e11 comes out.)

(under the cut because there's a lot)

First of all, Sir. I don't think he knows what he's supposed to be doing, really, either. Or rather, he knows the what but not the why. He might be afraid, and that might be for a lot of reasons. It might be for what they're doing together, it might be for A. It might be something else entirely.

I also have half a theory working right now that Sir was either made with the First And Last Place[which I will be calling TFALP from now] (has always been there, doesn't remember anything from before or why), or was a previous Apprentice. In this case, he could be lying to the Apprentice so that he doesn't try to replace Sir in turn.

Sir is not human, we know that. He might have been, once, but he's not anymore. He seems to have some sort of magic(?) that can make A forget things, and possibly has wings (flapping noise in e6). He also may-or-may-not be something of a biblical angel, in the sense that his true form cannot be comprehended by A without his mind exploding.

The Apprentice. He is there to give (unbiased?) judgement about something he doesn't understand. That is his purpose. His memory is wiped every time he gets too close to understanding what TFALP actually is, although it is unclear whether it is because Sir has an ulterior motive or just because A's mind can't handle it all. I'm leaning more towards the "understanding TFALP causes eldritch madness" idea though, it makes more sense with the evidence we have.

It is possible that neither Sir nor A are actual people, but rather constructs made by a larger force, or simply just concepts given bodies

The code of capitalised letters from the episode captions so far is: HE IA M OR EOR LESS MST HAS ILTOT [spaces separate episodes]. The only clue we have been given is a picture of 2-in-1 shampoo/conditioner from Eira. I think this means that it will be able to decode/be separated into words in multiple ways, rather than the words themselves having double meanings, but I have no confirmation for this.

However, I also think it's multiple different codes(?), being separated by every time A is "reset". (look, just hear me out).

The "HEIAMOREORLESS" part came ep1-6, and the "new" A is shown in e7. If we take this as a separation point in the code, then this part reads "He I AMore Or Less" (Am, more). This would make sense in the context of the show itself and other clues we've been given.

But the next part (ep7-10) can't be put into any obvious words (yet). "MSTHASILTOT". This needs to be decoded differently, possibly with an actual cipher.

I don't know, we don't have the whole code yet so it shouldn't make any sense yet so I'm probably completely wrong but you see my point I hope?

So far the morse code reads: Apprentice / reshelve or discard / the question / is not what / it may / first / / appear to / be if indeed / it appears / to be /

I reckon the next parts will say "anything at all". Not a huge theory or anything, I just wanted to guess. However, this does tell us that there is more about "Reshelve or discard" than is immediately obvious. I have so many thoughts about that though, it needs its own post.

The TL;DR of what I think right now is that yes, it is reincarnation, but it's not clear which option makes the person in the Remnant reincarnated -- I think it's the discard option, because reshelve implies that the ones on the shelf can always be moved around but the discarded ones are gone (living a life?).

I am not confident in that though

But if that is the case, then which is worse?

I haven't thought about it very much yet, but all of these Remnants are going to be connected in some way, I just haven't figured out why. It could just be that the show is more fun (on a meta level) when you have to break out the red string, but the fact that Sir seemed to have some sort of investment with e6 makes me think it's more than that.

Or, rather, what was so important about e6? Why did he care so much that A read it? Did it reveal too much too soon, or did Sir have some sort of emotional investment or involvement with it?

If Sir has an involvement with some of the Remnants implies...I don't know what it implies to be honest. That he was a person once? That he does, in fact, feel emotions? That he has read the Remnants? We already know he seen all the Remnants, he's told us that outright, and he says he doesn't remember "the way that you [A] do" (e10). Is Sir God?

That sounds like a joke but I am making faint connections in my mind ok I'll explain that when they're clear enough to see

I think it would be kind of cute if Sir just sort of...went to a jumble sale and bought a bunch of trinkets, and that's why they're all related

Someone in the Discord said those dust-sprite-things might be discarded Remnants also. That doesn't help my theory at all I just wanted to mention it because those Dust Sprites and the letters from e6 and TFALP itself all mean something but I don't know what

When I was reading through the e6 transcript, I forgot that A says he thinks there's something else in there with them. Not sure if he meant the Dust, or TFALP itself, or the Remnants, or something else entirely, but it does intrigue me.

If it is something else, it could be an antagonist of a sort. There seems to be something working against Sir, creating the "paper trails" and showing A e6, which Sir was not happy about. But why was Sir not aware of it happening? He acts as though he should have seen it?? Could it have been left there by A previously, as a clue so that he could try and remember and find answers again?

Why does Sir care so much about A? He apparently has to regularly erase his memories, would it not be easier to get a different random person each time? The fact that it's always the same person makes me think that A was created for specifically this purpose, but he also seems more...human? than Sir, understanding sarcasm and jokes and empathy and that sort of thing. Is A supposed to be a representation of all of humanity? So that he can be a fair judge? Sir does say that A always has the job (e7)

And Sir says that "Things will not change, not until I see fit" in that episode. This implies that he has some level of control over TFALP and the Remnants and how it all works. So the question is, why? Why can he control it, why is it how it is?

Or maybe Sir cares about him because of familiarity, he's gotten used to and fond of A being around, he doesn't want to have to replace him. But that then raises the question of why he kept him around to start, before he got used to him, and it circles back round. Maybe they were both human, once, and they knew each other, and now only Sir remembers for whatever reason.

[magnus-brain-rot]

It was not terrible at all. In fact, it was really good. It seems like Apprentice had sorted the box before, given their intense reaction. On the one hand, I want to believe that Amelia did live happily, but on the other I want to know why Apprentice had such strong denial. What terrible thing happened to her for Apprentice to stop processing the remnant?

You don’t have to answer any questions, I just wanted to share my thoughts cause I enjoyed the episode.

i am having a Normal One and freaking out that episode 7 was in fact terrible, but i do not have time to go back and do anything about it

[holisticdogpark]

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[hangingslothcentral]

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[btbluetangerine]

Hello @remnantspod!

I have a little something-something for you. I hope that you like my take on Apprentice :)

Please, check out the podcast, emotional catharsis is guaranteed!

[skyfullofpods]

Happy audio fiction Sunday! This week I listened to a heartbreaking episode of @hellofromthehallowoods, a wonderfully bonkers episode of @worldgonewrongpod, and enjoyed the first episode of new microfiction podcast @allatseapod!

[magnus-brain-rot]

I should have taken the “Too Weepy for Work” warning more seriously

[vestaclinicpod]

Audio Drama Sunday - 22nd September ✨

I’ve been so unwell this week, it feels like I��ve barely listened to anything! I was very grateful for the pods that saw me through! 

🌲 @hellofromthehallowoods (168) oooOOOH my GoD. All my locked tomb readers MUST be shouting the same name I am shouting. They must be. 

🧳 Travelling Light @monstrousproductions (33) SO thrilled to have travelling light back in my ears, even despite the heartbreak of losing my fave. I loved Duytren’s tale of compulsory monogamy and the gentle reminder that platonic relationships are just as important as romantic ones - are you listening, Traveller?

🧋 @hinaypod (19) I always forget that Mari can just … astrally project. It’s so useful, honestly. Cannibals in the hospital is such a nasty concept (compliment). I’m so pumped for this camping trip! I’m sure nothing at all is going to go wrong! 

🦋 @remnantspod (10) oh my heart!! It’s fascinating to see part of this story from a different perspective. I feel like there’s something going on with the way people are dying (a striking number of blows to the head, no? If you’ll excuse the pun) a lá More Than This by Patrick Ness. There’s just so many layers in this show! 

🎩  @ethicstownpod (Ship’s Theseus) oh, Ian… that’s just… it’s just not very good, is it? I’m actually a little surprised the surgery didn’t work… hopefully we’ll find out why sometime soon. 

Rest well and have a good week 🥰

[aslongasitistold]

Just listened to the new remnants episode the way my stomach DROPPED when I realised it was Sally. Surely whoever is impersonating Edward Pocket had a hand in killing Annie? I just relistened to the end of episode 9 and right before she’s killed Annie says she hears an unfamiliar voice call her name but surely he has to have had something to do with it?? And I’ve had the assumption that the murders are connected somehow so does that mean he’s related to those?? When he first sees Annie he asks if she’s Victor’s sister and Victor is Sally’s friend in episode 10 so am I right in assuming that Ted might be impersonating Edward or is the implication that he died?? I can’t quite tell but I feel like that’s just me being dumb lol. Alsoooo there doesn’t seem to be a mention of Victor having a sister in episode 10?? Or did I miss that?? HMmmMmM much to think about.

[monstrousproductions]

✨Travelling Light - Episode 29✨

It's decision time aboard the Tola; and the Traveller explores a city with a colourful past…

Plus the reveal of last week's audience vote!

Subscribe now Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcatcher of choice 🚀✨ Full transcript available here.

Travelling Light is a science fantasy podcast that follows the Traveller as they explore their galaxy, collecting stories from the people they meet and adding them to their community archives.

This week’s fabulous entry came from Snazzycrow! 🎨💚 You can send in your own archive entries on social media, by email, or through monstrousproductions.org. Every entry we use will get its own illustration from co-creator Matt (@diabeticspoon92)

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🚀✨ See you next Friday! ✨🚀

[freezingfogsblog]

REMNANTS. GO LISTEN TO REMNANTS

[remnantspod]

Just landed, two brand new episodes!!

Meet Sir and the Apprentice in the First and Last Place, where they process the remnants of those who have passed on. They must decide: shelve, or discard.

But what does it mean? And what are the criteria?

You can find the show by searching 'Remnants an audio drama' wherever you listen to podcasts. Its the show with the moths on the cover.

Or, find it here: https://pod.link/1745543424 Transcripts here: https://hangingslothstudios.com/remnants-transcripts/