#tmp 27

[purpleender29]

the two really gave off the same vibe tbh

[the-amethyst-artist]

Sorry my penmanship is so bad, I just don’t have eyes rn.

[galliro]

All aboard the vore mobile!

[agftheorist]

Trevor as minister but imagine this: when he comes to the office, the computer reads a vampire statement 🥰

[magnus-glitch-archive]

The Magnus Protocol Episode 27

Gwen: "Just junk." In response to Alice questioning what the strange email had attached to it.

Gwen: "Nothing important." Describing the attached files. This sounds a little more like static than a glitch.

Gwen: "Sorry, already deleted." When Alice asks to see the files.

Alice: "It's fine." After complaining about all of the strange and mundane stressors piling up on them.

Alice: "I'm fine." Continuing after the last line.

[lunali-moon]

Eye freaks victorian bastards who lure their acquaintances to die horrific deaths be like: He didn't even manage to maintain decent handwriting when he was flayed!😒

[lunarhorrors]

hilltop road mention. You Know What That Means!!!!!!! manifesting agnes montague returning . i need this so bad. no one understands

[allbluegem]

The Magnus Protocol Episodes 27 and 28. These two were probably the hardest to do. I can now delete all the growler and skeleton references off my phone.

[atola]

Jonah Magnus really went "lemme name drop myself and flaunt my super awesome leadership skills real quick"

"I'm sooooo awesome they even named the institute after me. Now watch me murder this useless assistant of mine"

[two-crows-in-a-trenchcoat]

tmagp 27 spoilers

I have many thoughts on this episode but mainly Trevor Herbert is an mp and that's the funniest thing

Trevor I've been breaking the law since I was 14 Herbert is now a member of Parliament

this is the wildest switch of all the tma characters and its is genuinely hilarious to me

[watcherglowcloud]

just listened to tmagp 27 and wow gertrude robinson learned from the best huh

[aroace-nut-case]

TREVOR HERBERT!?

[kowe444]

OMG THIS IS ACTUALLY SO MYCH FUNNIER NOW

ok hear me out, the minister that they’re talking about is actually agnes

[jonnywaistcoat]

Hi Jonny! What are your thoughts on people making original characters to fit into the tma/tmp universe?

As someone who has spent the last 27 years of his life playing tabletop RPGs, it goes without saying that the idea of creating your own characters to play with in a fictional world you didn't entirely create yourself disgusts and repulses me. How dare you enjoy putting your own ideas in conversation with the things I've written! What absolute nerve to think any character you create is worthy to exist in your mind at the same time as my work!

Yeah, mate, it's obviously fine and doesn't affect me at all. My thoughts on it are I have no thoughts knock yourself out.

[bardicious]

Making sense of Kirk's Timeline

It's another day for thoughts of Jim Kirk 😩

Little Jimmy stuck on Tarsus IV at the ripe ole age of 13, forced into a leadership position to protect younger kids, sentenced to death because he was deemed lesser and unfit for living. And then being "rescued" soon after by the late Starfleet ships.

Between the ages of 19-21, he became a cadet and was instantly bullied by Finnegan. Around the age of 21, he beat the Kobayashi Maru, and met Benjamin Finney. His relationship with Finney was so close, Finney named his daughter after Jim.

Possibly graduated Starfleet Academy at the age of 21 and granted ensign rank and boarded the Farragut.

At some point**, boards the Republic and meets Finney again, and got Finney reprimanded and demoted. Eventually boards the Farragut. Meets Tyree, inhabitant of Neural, at the age of 22.

At the age of 24, faces off against the Dikironium cloud creature at Tycho IV. Blames himself for the death of half his ship crewmates, including his Captain at the time.

Ages 24-26, possibly after the Tycho IV disaster, Jim comes back to the academy as an instructor and meets Janice Lester, they have a relationship for a year before it falls apart due to Janice Lester's bitterness. Sometime in the next year, Jim meets Gary Mitchell, who probably introduced him to Carol Marcus, the "little blond lab technician". In the couple of years as an instructor, Jim gained a reputation as a "stack of books with legs" and a "you either think or sink" professor, who nearly flunked Mitchell out of the academy.

At the age of 26, becomes the youngest first officer in starfleet (due to his commendations from the Tycho IV incident), breaking his father's record. In the same year, Pike shows interest in him as a potential successor due to time travel shenanigans. The same year, his on again off again girlfriend becomes pregnant with their son, David. Jim also meets Uhura, Spock, presumably Chapel and Mbenga this year.

At the age of 27, Jim is officially a father, but his relationship with Carol Marcus is presumed to have ended and he is not allowed in his son's life.

Between the ages of 27-32, probably more horrors to witness. 😭💀

Becomes youngest Captain, Captain to the Enterprise at the age of 32.

Ages 32-37, Jim Kirk captains the Enterprise and goes through an insane amount of trauma.

Age of 37, Jim becomes admiral and recommends Will Decker to be his successor. Spock leaves to purge his emotions. Jim is earthbound.

Three years later, Jim is 40, TMP occurs, the Enterprise goes on it's next five year mission.***

** Much like Jim boards the Enterprise sometimes, it seems he's done this to other ships as well, which can possibly be how he met up with Finney again on the Republic. Wikia mentions Kirk being a midshipman but that doesn't make any sense, and likely retconned out because of that.

*** There doesn't appear to be any consistent answer to how much time took place between TOS and TMP, but imo, I like the idea of the original timeline taking place at the years of release but in 2200s, so I'm sticking with that and ignoring inconsistencies.

**** Some information had to be rearranged and timing hypothesized due to vague canon descriptions. I went for what made sense. Idk what the standard cadet schooling is, but boy, it seems like Jim excelled.

[bonzos-number-1-fan]

TMAGP 27 Thoughts: Uber Eats

We've broken the guest writer run with another Jonny episode and it's quickly apparent why. Super pleased to hear another Augustus incident. As I mentioned the last time we had one of these I was half expecting it to be the last of the season. Glad to be wrong and glad for another fantastic episode.

Spoilers for episode 27 of TMP and general spoilers of TMA below the cut.

There isn't a whole lot to get into for the opening scene. Lena is obviously very anxious for this visit with the minister. I'm fairly sure that's just Lena being Lena but you never know.

As I've mentioned I'm thrilled for another Augustus episode. Tim Fearon has killed it in every performance and I think the style of incident he gets are some of the most enjoyable. In no small part to the gravitas he lends these older incidents. This is going to be another quote heavy breakdown too as there are a fair few bits to really pull apart in the incident.

I really enjoyed this incident. Just a lot of fun and Augustus incidents are always great. I'm not going to get into the plot of this one too much as I feel that's fairly easy to follow. There are some details to get into all the same though. Firstly, our PoV character is an unnamed Magnus and while it'd be tempting to say it's Jonah you can't rule out the fact that their first name, and gender, wasn't mentioned here. There are also few mentions of the Great Work here too. This is something I talked about it my ep 21 post Y2K [Errors] so I won't repeat myself here. This being set in 1845 is pretty important for a few of the details but it also means it takes place just 14 years after episode 4 and so the stranger with the violin could well be our PoV character, as has been speculated by myself and others. Our Magnus' mention of being at work for 3 decades would also line up well with that timeline.

With all the more general thoughts out of the way it's time for a lot of quote.

While I have no hesitation in accepting N’s recommendation, the particulars of the collapse must be confronted directly.

The only N I think this might be alluding to is Isaac Newton. There is a later reference that, while not directly supporting this idea, reinforces it. Newton would potentially be aligned with the Institutes goals. The Great Work is the goal of alchemy and as we've seen from ep 19 it's something he was invested in. However, this episode takes place in 1845. Newton died in 1727. The "recommendation" could be something foundational to the pursuit and as such laid down before Newton passed the phrasing does make it seem more immediate than that. Which probably means this N isn't Newton, or Newton never quite kicked the bucket. Whether because he's achieved the immortality alchemy promises, or is using more sinister means. It could also be a title that's passed down too. That would be fun.

and thus far are still unable to effect transmutations beyond those endeavours we each undertook alone.

This is a very interesting quote. There are two ways of looking at this to my mind. The first is that the Great Work is simply too vast a topic for any one mind to pursue to fruition. The second is that it's impossible for one man to do it alone because the aspects of the Great Work are governed by separate powers and you can only serve/be claimed by one. If it's the second one then this is a set up anyone familiar with TMA will be very familiar with.

No, I must excise such doubts from my mind. Purification is not only to be found in chemical processes, after all.

This one isn't super important but I did want to mention that purification is the second stage in the traditional four stage process to create the Magnum Opus.

It is strange how the work of natural philosophy attunes ones eye to the things that might be termed unusual.

The quote here isn't important. The way this quote is said very much is and I've not seen anyone mention it at the time of writing. There is an unnatural strain on the word "eye" and it's obviously not a coincidence. Given the text itself doesn't have any strong meaning so I can only conclude that the problem speaking the word is with the speaker rather than the text. While it's not exactly revelatory it's likely the strongest hint we have at who Augustus is: TMA's Jonah Magnus.

our London offices

Not a whole lot to say on this bit other than it's interesting they had these at all. We knew they were snatching up a lot of land but had these been particularly prominent you'd expect them to have been mentioned by now.

Perhaps my recent frustrations with our progress and the increased scrutiny by Boyle’s incessantly meddling inheritors have pressed me to put more significance on this than is warranted

This is our second reference to episode 19. You'll all no doubt remember that Robert Hooke wrote to Robert Boyle in that episode about Newton and referenced the "Protocol" multiple times. It would now appear that my earlier speculation is correct. The histories of the Institute and the Protocol are deeply tied together and that whatever the Protocol, or rather its enactors, grows into the OIAR is connected too.

Archibald Cameron’s notebook, and found it surprisingly legible, if somewhat soiled. It is no great loss to the Institute

Okay, so this one is just bizarre. Archibald Cameron is a fairly important historical figure. He was a very prominent figure in the Jacobite rising of 1745. 100 years before this incident is set. He was the last Jacobite to be executed, in 1753. While that's now viewed as a pretty shitty move it does mean he should be well dead. There isn't really another famous Archibald Cameron that would be alive here either. So this is either the "young" 138 year old Archibald Cameron, or it's just a very odd choice of naming/a mistake. If it's the first that also means our as yet unnamed Magnus is much older than 138 if Doctor Archie is "young". Which could very well be the case if our Magnus is famed alchemist Albertus Magnus. He was born somewhere around 1200.

the rate of digestion, for lack of a better word, seems to be linked to his own levels of fear

Fear makes it hungry. Hunger theorists are either in shambles or elated.

I think that's all the interesting stuff to pick out of this incident. A really fun listen and I can't wait to hear more about

I do always enjoy Gwen and Alice hating each other. It seems like strange emails are back on the menu. Although this time I think it's more likely to be from Klaus, or one of his potential associates like Einsamernarr, than it is another John email. Especially as the address was nonsense and it contained files. It's not the first time he's leaked stuff after all, and not the first time it's been direct to Gwen.

Just… junk. Old paperwork. Nothing important. bzzt Sorry. Already deleted. bzzt

Also Alice mentioned she's trans in text now. It was always canon but now people can't deny it.

Sam and Celia's continued Magnussing doesn't have as much to dig into as you might expect here. It's all pretty explanatory and if it isn't there isn't a load to say. The obvious stuff is Hilltop and Oxford. Celia's fascination with this is obvious as she ends up in or going towards Oxford when she "sleepwalks". The Institute, and other powers, interest seems to be tied to other worlds. The Hilltop Centre is where the charity shop the hard to remember strangers packed full of strange antiques. It's also now confirmed to be where the Magnus Institute's "Outreach Centre" was that scooped up Darrien 3 in episode 17. It's also burned down in either case. It's really nice to see Alice getting more on board with all this too. I thought it was rapidly approaching the point where she wouldn't be able to just do nothing. Totally weird Celia is so concerned about the word "Archivist". Its just a job title for boring nerds.

You also have no idea how much I regret not including a joke about Trevor Herbert being the minister. I wrote a joke about the irony of going from killing blood sucking leeches to being one. I cut it because I already made the better joke about Tories that post and thought it was enough politics.

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Incident/CAT#R#DPHW Master Sheet and Terminology Sheet

DPHW Theory: 5535 seemed fine but I expected H to be a good bit higher on this. You can, obviously, just not fall for it. It does seem like a hard thing to escape from after it's gotten you though so I'd expect more H here. First one in a long time I've sort of disagreed with.

CAT# Theory: CAT3 is sort of interesting for the "It's not Person/Place/Object" thing. This is another one in the same sorts of realms as Mr. Bonzo or a doll, presumably, where something is ostensibly an object but has some higher level of reasoning. All three are different CAT#s too.

R# Theory: B felt quite high for this one but it's got multiple witnesses who both documented their sightings of it. For one of them they documented it while being victim to it. So that's probably fair.

Header talk: Kidnapping (Carriage) -/- Consumption [Letter]. WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN "[letter]"‽‽‽ Why did formats stop? Why did they start? Why does it not have a crosslink subsection? Can you only have 4 terms in a heading at once?

This was done to spite me, and me alone.