#the magnus protocol 15 spoilers

[theanxiousghostartist]

TMAGP 15 THOUGHTS

spoilers under the cut

Ok, I'm going to try to go in order of the episode so I don't confuse anyone 😅

● Pre - Case

First off, while reading the transcript, I noticed the title (under Episode 15) said "Good Show" while under the Announcer's lines it says "Well Run," the title used on YouTube. I wonder if this was the original title, a typo, or something else. Also, I did check every other transcript, and all match with the announcer's lines and top of the page title. Just something random I noticed lol

According to Wikipedia, a summary of 'The Pillowman' (the play Sam and Celia were planning on going to) is:

"Katurian, a writer of short stories that often depict violence against children, has been arrested by two detectives, Ariel and Tupolski, because some of his stories resemble recent child murders. When he hears that his brother Michal has confessed to the murders and implicated Katurian, he resigns himself to being executed but attempts to save his stories from destruction. The play contains both narrations and reenactments of several of Katurian's stories, including the autobiographical "The Writer and the Writer's Brother", which tells how Katurian developed his disturbed imagination by hearing the sounds of Michal being tortured by their parents."

I wonder if this might be foreshadowing: either for another Avatar, or maybe what someone is going to try to do to Jack (this would break me, I hope he stays safe 😭😭😭), or maybe it could be a nod to Sam's or Celia's past?

On a lighter note, I really enjoyed the Sam/Alice/Celia interactions! Maybe a polycule in the making?

● Case

This case was definitely of the Hunt. It kinda reminded me of the 'Murder Club' episode in TMA. Lady Mowbray is definitely interesting! I hope we get to see more of her :3 I wonder if her family is one of Avatars, like the Fairchilds (adopting other Avatars in, instead of focusing on blood like the Lukas'). Also, I wonder if the 'dogs' are like Daisy's transformation in S5, but more extreme. Just a werid thought I had lol

● Post - Case

Mowbray telling Celia that she's "different???" More nods to Celia being from TMA! (:

Also, the fact that Celia caught onto her being an Avatar and the "No you won't" to "catch you next time, dearie?" Let's go, Celia!

WTH is a 'Cheshire Bouchard?' Is it like the Fairchilds or Lukas'? Is it a family of Avatars? Are there multiple Bouchard families? Are Gwen and Elias even related? I have so many questions 😭

We also got to meet Luke which was cool! I hope nothing bad happens to him (me actively remembering what happened to Tim's brother) 😅

As for 'Victim' and Alice: the victim had to be a victim of the Vast, especially since they talk about stuff like the sea, the sky, deep blue, no ground, ect. And they seemed tied to the tape recorder in some way? I wonder if this universe's Archivist or Magnus or Head of the Institute had a similar power to Jon but more extreme. Like how Elias said that he was 'dream sharing' and was (accidentally) forcing people to relive their experiences with the fears in their dreams, I wonder if it's something like that, but more extreme and tied to their statements? Sorta like how Jon had the statements as an anchor, maybe the person anchored the victim's experience to the tape recorder, causing the spewing up water and choking and such.

Anyway, really interesting episode!

[doglikecadaver]

Lady mowbray from hit podcast magnus protocol the woman that you are…

Finally catching up on all the episodes OH MY GOD. Im normal guys im so normal TRUST.

-

-

[macabresymphonies]

If by this point you don't believe Celia is the same TMA universe Celia her meeting with Lady Mowbray cemented she is, because that was the most "seasoned Magnus Achives character meets an avatar" interaction we've had in a while:

ask her if you can do something for her just to make sure she scrams

don't give your name when trying to be tricked into saying it

ignore her creepy sniffing and vauge remarks

don't interact needlessly

don't play into her narrative

don't get caught on the stupid pun at the end

Godspeed Celia, you beautiful creature, if anybody is equipped to live till the end it's you.

[cowsnotcrows]

eat the rich before they eat you

[inessencedevided]

A thought about Gwen: She was so fucking horrified at Mister Bonzo and obviously shaken to her core at having aided in his murderous rampage just a few episodes ago, but this week? Lady Mowbray forces people to hunt each other for sport and then eats them and Gwen? All polite conversation and chatting about family connections. Why? Bc that bitch is a Bouchard and this is whom she grew up around. Yeah Lady Mowbray murders people but she's classy about it.

My point? Mister Bonzo is a working class horrible monstrosity hero

[lostwords-found]

Oh shit. I just looked up the beer, Doom Bar, that Luke orders for him and Alice at the end of ep 15. Fun fact, turns out it's named for a treacherous sandbar that has wrecked hundreds of ships...

Ships that were sailing into Padstow. Where episode 11 was set.

With the repeated emphasis on food and drink in Protocol, there's no way that one's a coincidence. Luke Dyer--whether or not you know it yet, you are in it, lad. You are in it much, much too deep.

[murderandcoffee]

I think lady mowbray and gertrude need to start something upsetting and homoerotic

[momokarp]

Wowee I have a lot of feelings about Well Run 😳

[brettanomycroft]

"hostile work environment" is just about the funniest CW a person could put on an episode about a man who is forced to hunt down his own staff and then prepare them as a meal like "yeah the vibes at work today were rancid"

[clairebearsparkles]

I hope she bites me oh my god /asexual

Listen I loved Needles, but a little pathetic man can only get you so far. Plus Lady Mowbray has dogs so like it’s a win all around

[hawstar]

my contribution to the “something is up with luke dyer and his water association” theory is the fact that he plays the bass. he plays the Bass. fish pun.

[theanxiousghostartist]

TMAGP 15 SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT

So I drew Lady Mowbray to try to deley art block...

Holy crap, her character is so fun. I definitely want to see more of her in the future! :3

She was very fun design as well. Her outfit is based off of old British hunting outfits that I saw on Google, her gun is based off a rifle, and her dogs are based off of my dog for proportions (she is a lab mix) and a cat hunting pose from Google.

HCs for the dogs:

* She has a ton of dogs, but these two are the oldest and her favorites, so they go everywhere with her.

* When they are not hunting, the dogs play with each other and her household staff

* I've been calling these two dogos Phobos (left dog, greek god of fear and panic) and Artemis (right dog, greek goddess of the hunt)

If not friend, then why friend-shaped? ( I love dogs, lol)

Lady Mowbray HCs:

* She is serves a few fears: the Hunt (she hunts people, like Daisy, and her tatics remind me of the Murder Club TMA episode), the Web (forcing people to hunt eachother, very manipulative setup for the most recent case), and the Slaughter (commits mass violence). She may also serve the Flesh since it's implied that she eats her kill, but I'm not entirely sure on that one.

* Her family is more like the Fairchilds that the Lukass: while she does value blood as a bond, she also adopts a lot of people into her family that have the same goals/serve the same entities. I feel like her family would be sorta like a pack of wolves in terms of how they function.

🖌 IBIS Paint X (Ipad + finger)

⌛️ 6hrs 15min

(Note for time: usually, I take breaks and split up the stages (sketch, lineart, base colors, shading, background, final touches) but for this one, I hyperfixated, so it was me working 6hrs straight 😅)

Also my references from the transcript below:

[shootingstars-or-airplanes]

Can't get over the capitalism metaphor that is a bunch of rich assholes hiring working class people under the assumption they are to serve them and then turning around and making them kill each other for sport and entertainment in order to get paid before ultimately killing off the sole survivor themself.

[thswrtchdthng]

THE TAPES ARE OUT OF THE INSTITUTE I REPEAT THE TAPES ARE OUT OF THE INSTITUTE

[statementlives]

yes yes jumpscares are cliché. but lady mowbray abruptly appearing and finishing celia's sentence as if having emerged from the case audio itself was. effectively scary, actually.

[sapphirenightshade]

THIS!!!

Celia: I’ve already had my name stolen once by the hand of one monster, I’m not about to hand it to another on a silver platter, thank you very much.