#the Magnus archives season 5

[zabala0z]

Welcome back to the first episode of “Listening to TMA S5, blind” I’m your beloved host and guys. Guys guys. I actually am freaking out.

MAG 161: Dwelling

I’m actually screaming. Hearing the old gang actually made me want to cry. SASHA. SASHA I MISSED YOU :(( also Elias: “I’d like to keep an eye out” you think you’re so fucking funny. I loved the very off key singing of Happy Birthday. Accurate. I wonder if Elias/Jonah sent the tapes for a reason. It’s definitely not to gloat. Is this apart of a wider web of manipulation? The Web style? Also, the fact Sasha could’ve been head archivist. Jesus

Hearing the description of the entities, that they don’t care enough to keep humanity fed and watered unnerved me a lot actually. I don’t know.

MAG 162: A Cozy Cabin

GERRY!!! Nice to hear him as a human, without all the ghost-like qualities. Although hearing Jon rewind the tape over and over and over and over again just made me feel bad.

And then Sasha and Tim.

“we had the ill-advised hookup, the awkward aftermath, and the gradually rebuilt friendship, but – that’s all season two stuff. We’ve got like five more seasons before we get the heartwarming epilogue that makes it canon.”

“No. You took it too far! I’m unforgettable!”

So what if I just ended it all?

Also Jon’s monologue. For a bit, I thought he was “knowing” one of Martins poems that he made during this since Martin was the one who did not like staying at the cabin but no, I was wrong. But time to see the outside world

MAG 163: In The Trenches

I wanna go back to the cabin.

I love TMA so much because of how the format switches up every season. Like season 1 was pretty simple enough with season 2 having Jon add in those supplementals and having a new setting (the tunnels). Season 3 cranks it up with having live statements from recurring characters, statements read by others, and dropping some lore. season 4, while similar to season 1 in terms of format, has Martin reading statements, more god damn lore and some new settings. And now season 5 has uh all this. It’s so amazing and I love it and I’m terrified.

Hearing Jon describe everything going on actuslly made me horrified. Like I got spooked out by the statements but this made me feel so much dread like I’m not even kidding. I also wanna know more about that weird ass doctor and the man with the red flower. Avatars of The Slaughter I presume.

Also that phone. ???? What???

MAG 164: The Sick Village

Gross. While the previous episode made me experience horror, this made me feel disgust. Disgust that just burrowed into my bones (get it. Cause..the episode-). I had such a deep instinct of repulsion. Like actually. I also read the triggers just cause you can never be too careful and I remember thinking, “how can xenophobia be involved with The Corruption?”…apparently xenophobia was very prevalent

Now I know where the whole “Martin’s middle name” thing comes from. I’m glad Basira is alive. And heart broken at the tragedy there is. She’s always chasing Daisy and Daisy is always chasing another thing SOMEBODY SEDATE ME

I think Georgie and Melanie are in the tunnels. It’s been established before that Elias can’t see in the tunnels which probably means Jon can’t see them. I’m glad they are safe. They need it.

Helen! Nice to see her again, I actually cackled when she said “check up on the happy couple”. Nice to see a confirmation about the relationship. This is like the worst time to be dating someone though 💀 Helen’s so happy. I’m sure she has a ton of people in her hallways. I don’t know if she’s lying about the “friend thing, but it’d be funny if she wasn’t

Okay. That’s everything. Sorry for the long wait, I had to take a break after season 4’s finale and then ANOTHER one after listening to the first 3 eps. This is like, actually heavy. Kinda draining. But god, I’m actually going insane.

I want to know how this is going to be fixed. Like. There’s gotta be some happy ending. ??? Right??? Please tell me there is one.

[froopa-coopa]

in the safehouse

[themaidenofwords]

Season five is prime

Jon: I CAN murder people, but I really shouldn't.

Martin: Well...

Jon:

Martin: Maybe a little murder? :3

Jon:

Distortion!Helen: Yasss Martin. Slayyy.

[thefrogbakery]

HELEN MY FAVORITE MATCHMAKERRRR

[opheliaweeps]

martin k blackwood u will forever be famous

(from mag 197: connected)

[mintytea-exe]

"I love this ship so much, it's so sweet and comforting" and the two people involved is one sopping wet personification of Guilt in eldritch horror form and the other is a sweetheart with a propensity for loneliness and self isolation. oh, and they are travelling through the literal apocalypse which one of them actively created

[cataclysmcrows]

ill draw some serious tma fanart at some point i just needed to get this out of my system first

[lesbianmothman3000]

You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack (in a safe house)

You may find yourself in another part of the world (in a fearsome, transformed reality)

You may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile ( in possession of power beyond comprehension)

You may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife (you don’t remember this place. You don’t remember at all.)

And you may ask yourself: “Well, how did I get here???”

You may ask yourself- “what is that beautiful house?” (Hilltop road)

You may ask yourself “Where does that highway go to?” (Where will these decisions lead? Through to another reality? To Somewhere Else?)

And, at the panopticon, you may ask yourself “Am I right? Am I wrong?” And you may say to yourself: “My god! What have I done!”

[cyrus-solaris]

season 5 TMA spoilers

Martin and his boyfriend’s incessant need to ominously monologue. i can picture it now.

jon: starts ominously monologuing in front of another survivor, not realizing he’s scaring tf out of them

martin, pulling out a spray bottle: no. bad jon.

bc he definitely has to use a spray bottle on him.

[blububbie]

Hey gang. Um. What!

[nikkodikko]

Listening to s5 is actually turning me into a creature, have more doodles

[plaguescoffin]

Omg a what If AU

[kmarttelescope13]

"Fire Tim" so what if that was it for me

[void-lingerer]

Gristlebloom Orchid | SPOILERS FOR TMA SEASON 5

The concept of the Gristlebloom Orchid and the experpt for the care guide (taken from the transcript of episode 171 The Gardener) belong to Rusty Quill

More about the piece under the read more

So, the assignment was to make a design meant to be printed on a shirt, and ofc I decided to illustrate the most complicated design I possibly could on the project with the shortest deadline.

I do plan to at least make some plant guide concepts for the other 'flowers' of the mortal garden, making a complete series of it. I just think it's really neat and the mortal garden is so underrated. It was one of my favorite episodes.

I will probably make myself a shirt with this design at some point because it's too cool not to, but idk if I'll do anything more. Mayhaps I'll finally have the courage to pitch this as a proper merch idea to Rusty Quill if I get over my idolization of them TvT"

[dragonish-the-drat]

I literally just finished The Magnus Archives Season 5, in fact, im actually still crying while writing this. I’m not going to go into detail but my god i will never emotionally recover from this. I havent been listening to the podcast as long as others, i wasnt there when it came out, but in a strange way this podcast has done more good for me than any other piece of media I have cared about. Without going into detail, my mental health has sucked in the time I listened to it, alot of identity problems and this series has really brought me on a weird self discovery journey in a way. Although this post won’t be seen by many, let alone those who worked on the podcast, I want to thank them for its existence and creating what will now be easily my favourite piece of media. What incredible story, characters and writing. Every part of it was brilliant. I doubt i will ever find something that has struck a cord with me in the way this series has ever again. So my final verdict on the magnus archives?

11/10

I fucking love The Magnus Archives.

[wndelta]

Creeptober Day 4: Phone Call

Back to our regularly scheduled Magnus archives stuff and of course I had to make the reference to Annabelle Caine annoying the shit out of Martin

@creep-tober