#the magnus proticol

[mushroom-draws]

some messy alice sketches from yesterday

[raine-moore]

Okay, so, The Magnus Protocol theories.

We know from the ARG that Sam attended the Magnus Institute with Gerry, since it's a school in this universe.

We also know it burned down 20 years ago.

We don't know how old any of the characters are, of course, but I'd guess late twenties/early thirties, similar to Jon and Martin.

That means Sam was actually really young when he attended the Magnus Institute and was around 10 when it burned down, which is obviously not an easy to remember time frame anyway, but considering what the Magnus Institute dealt with in the Archives Timeline and assuming its similar in Protocol, I'd guess it's safe to say it was a traumatic experience as well.

Sam started researching the Institute, which makes me believe he either left before it burned down and is curious what happened, or he doesn't remember it, presumably as a trauma response, but might be something paranormal.

All very interesting. Obviously they'll research the Magnus Institute more as the show goes on, but I think they will also "unlock" (for lack of a better term) Sam's repressed memories piece by piece and we'll find out what happened to the children at the Institute.

Of course we will also find out how the Institute burned down at some point, but what if it was a child's involuntary reaction? A young servant/avatar of the Desolation (or a differently categorized fire-associated fear)? What if it was Sam? I, for one, want to learn more about the Desolation and would love to see a main character associated with it.

[existingoutofspite]

MASSIVE MAGNUS PROTICOL EPILOGUE AND ALL OF ARCHIVES SPOILERS

So Colin’s death in the prologue actually does explicitly mark the difference in tone between Proticol and Archives

think about it! with Colin, the door creaked open and his body was discovered with a bloodcurdling scream. for as many people die in archives, it’s never been presented like this.

the most we would get out of archives was maybe some crying and an “oh…”

sasha was dead for a whole season before anyone figured that one out and when they did- jon just went “oh figured that out, gonna go buy an axe” and we only saw like post learning about it by at least a month or something with everyone else.

tim dies in front of people then jon gets coma-d, no reactions besides “he was a good man 😔”

Daisy’s is very different for obvious reasons, but we still don’t even get classic horror screams

any entities that die are practically just moved on from immediately, sometimes even played as jokes or exclusively for jon development in season 5, even if they were mostly human.

the only real body discoveries i can remember were Gertrude by martin and Lightner at the end of season 2 which were offscreen or an “oh jon…..”

the deaths are vaguely somber but not a big deal

but in protocol it’s blood, guts, a character we know well, and it’s more classic movie horror than anything archives did and it’s much more obvious and loud about it.

idk if that makes sense but i want colin back and i’m gonna go cry about it

[thevoiceofdesertbluffs]

the magnus proticol. amirite haha

[vaultedvagabond]

This is the most the magnus proticol has been a podcast in a long while

[united-under-skyfall]

sorry to hear youre having a rough day :(

choose your pick of:

Are you excited for the magnus proticol have you heard anyof the trailers

Did you hear about the chicken

whats your third favoutire colour and why

for some reason my computer isnt letting me write question marks so enjoy my bad grammar ig

thanks bud <3

1. yes i'm very excited!! haven't listened to any of the trailers yet and it's kind of a double-edged sword bc i keep forgetting it's a Thing that's Happening and then remembering and getting excited again lmao. vicious cycle

2. no what happened? did he stop winging it?

3. don't really have favorite colors tbh? if i think too much about any of them i hate them lmao. i could probably single out a sort-of favorite, but i don't think i could make it all the way to third on the list haha