Jun 3, 2020
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MORE MOTHMEN! this time ft some digital art :)
Michael Distortion 2A? (With his LONG HANDS I think it will be hilarious)
This took longer than expected cause you can't just not go overboard when drawing Michael distortion!
(Refrence image)
Thanks for the ask! I had fun with this!
80- the librarian
Hhhhh I'm so stressedddd
Jon, you seem very composed for someone who sounded like he was about to pass out from sheer terror not too long ago.
Stop threatening the guy who just saved your life. I mean be suspicious if you want but don't let him know that. That's just a self-fulfilling prophecy. (Note how Tim is like 100% more likely to murder you now -.-)
Snrk. I like this guy he's so chill.
JURGEN LEITNER!!!!!?
OH OK NVM BE AS SUSPICIOUS AS U WANT JON. (But also like still u probably shouldn't be so obvious about it)
Interesting so he's kinda like a spooky wizard. That's super cool. Maybe people are just using his books wrong and he's not so bad.
I really like the theory of how his books work that's super cool!
"The prying eyes of your master" wait who's Jons master? The eye? Already?? I mean I knew the archives are related to the eye and Jon is in the archives and suchlike and so forth but he's already tied to the eye himself? When did that happen??
Ok, Jon's confused to so I didn't just miss something.
Oh ok, his library was destroyed. That's why all his books are everywhere. So maybe it really isn't his fault.
"Almost beaten to death by an angry goth" XD jahdjshdks I love both how chill Leitner is and the fact that Gerard keay just tried to beat him up.
Jon calling Gerard "our Gerard" ;-;
Mm, I feel like Leitner is a warning of what Jon could become if he's not careful.
Is Leitner part of the hunt maybe? Hunting for evil books?
Ooo kinda getting into the science of it. I'm very interested in what Smirk wrote about balancing the forces.
The stranger? Oh, no just a whole lot of fears!
"I think she was lonely"
*cough*Gertrude/leitner....*cough*
!!!! He's explaining it!!
Ya, where did they come from? Why do they exist!? I need to know!! Why would the world just naturally have these powers of fear and no powers of good to balance them out? There has to be something balancing them out or the whole world would devolve into them, right? Their existence implies that fear is the natural state of the world. But it's not. So there has to be some force pushing against them.
"Evil gods" sounds like maybe not the wisest thing to worship.
Ok so they're all sort of the same thing but different parts of it? Not sure if that's more or less terrifying.
The distortion! Oh! That's a beautiful name! The one that means "It-is-lies". I'll have to look up how that's spelled. The spiral! Ok, so Michael is part of the spiral. Is he just an aspect of it though? Like the not-them is an aspect of the stranger? Ya Ya unreality!
Elias!! Elias killed Gertrude!
They were going to DESTROY the archives? Ok, so Gertrude more than didn't trust them then.
"In his place of power" Elias shows his spooky!
Hhhhdkdhd the way Jon says "the eye" almost reverently.
Beholding
"You belong to it" nnnnnnggdshs
And then he calls him Archivist. Hhhhhhhhh
What? Who's this?
Elias!
Leitner ):
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Oh Jon ;~;
Leitner could have helped him...
Ok back to martin and Tim.
The woman? What woman?
Days?
Oh... Fucgcjjc
They think Jon did it!! Nono!
Yo if you’re still taking those art requests I’d love to see Jon + B2... I wanna see him happy... just once. :^)
Yep! Still taking requests!
Who is this man? The eye has never seen this before. (He's laughing too hard at one of martin's jokes)
(Refrence image)
79-hide and seek
That is a terrifying name.
So I really wasn't expecting the final to start yet but it did and ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhgggg
Idk Jon's probably gonna have to go into Michaels door (mm that sound kinda innuendo-y huh)
Also, I guess the table bound its power as well? Not just it's place? Does it bind it to a place? ...I guess we'll have to listen and see.
Hide and seek is a terrifying title tho given the circumstances.
Martin!!! *gasp* it's his poetry!
-aw. That was really good tho, also why are you recording conversations now martin?
Ya Tim knows.
Going to do what? What do you think he's gonna do Tim?
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Oh, Tim.
Jon's in the tunnels!
I mean, Ya you are a bit of an idiot jon but that's ok we love you anyway. Wait- you know about the web? And that not-them is something else? Has he been catching on from Gertrude tapes?
Martin angry!! ;-; Ahhh he yell! ;-; I love him I love him! Martin is me when I found out this is a tragedy. ;-;
Gosh, I love him.
And he's angry at Tim cause Tim is trying to run away(from the archive? From the mystery in general? ...from the web?). I mean you all should probably try to run away, but also I get what martins saying I think?
Ok, hold on I need to break down this whole conversation. it's really interesting hearing stuff from someone other than jon cause he's not a very trustworthy narrator and has been, as martin mentioned, having a bit of a breakdown. Martin being mad at Tim makes me think maybe Tim hasn't been being all that reasonable either, meaning martin has been stuck with two people having a breakdown and a literal monster for the past month or however long and like... He was also pretty traumatized by the worms before and... Hhhhhhh,, my boy, ;-;
Also, Tim thinks Elias is useless *snrk*
Micheal!!!
AaaHaaksjsma!! I didn't know that he and martin would meet!
Ahsjsjd all this Michael content! I didn't realize he would show up so regularly? Idk I've probably jinxed it now and he won't show up again till like season 4 or something.
I still love the way he says "ar-kie-vist".
Ahdkd martin is threatening Michael!!? To protect jon!!? I love him!? Ahahhsj
Also, Michael mentioned again how they're protected in the archives and not in the tunnels. I wonder if that's something special about the archives or something special about the tunnels.
Did Martin go in the door!!? What just happened??? Tim's still with him? Did they both go in? Did they have a choice? What happened?? Did Michael like herd them in with his pointy knife-hands?
Ok back to jon?
Oh, he's got a pipe? ... Is this leading up to pipe murder? I know there's some sort of pipe murder at some point.
He's so scared.
...as a lover of angst, I can kinda appreciate the powers feeding off of fear.
Oh.
...ok but you should talk about it jon.
Au where not-Sasha isn't evil and they talk about their insecurities together.
Dsksjsksksk her voice is still the creepiest thing.
"SHUT UP!"
"There you are!"
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Ooh! Tim and martin!! Ah, all the static! Is it cause they're in Michael's door? (Is there any way to talk about Michael's doors without it sounding innuendo-y. I mean technically they're litterally just in Michael rn... There has got to be porn written about that aspect of Michael isn't there......)
Oh, jon again. U ok? I mean no, but-
Dsksjdjd Her voice getting louder.
Aaaah she's talking about the eye
;-; jon jon no no it's ok don't listen to her. It's not your fault!
Oh, who's this? Is this the guy who's been living in the tunnels? Or was that Michael?
Gosh fuck though how she would talk to him till he'd get so terrified he would give himself away ;-; and talking about wearing him and being the archivist. And making jon guilty.
Also "you are the eye of its pupil" aaaaaahhhhh
101- Another twist
So I did listen to all the extra stuff and I really enjoyed it! But since none of it was really directly Magnus Archives related (except maybe the assistant interview which was also lovely but I don't have much to say about) I decided not to try and write out a reaction to any of it. The fan stories we're super cool and I loved both of them a lot.
Ok maybe I have one thing to say about the assistant interview and that is that Tim breaks my heart even more now and I demand a blooper episode soon.
Anyway, on to the episode. Micheal related perhaps?
Nikola!!
Hsbdksjjon! Jon!
Jsjdjd what's happening? So so Jon has been kidnapped and Nikola found his tape recorder?
Oh? Does she think Elias will listen to this? -or that he IS listening to it? Maybe cause the tapes seem connected to beholding and Elias is apparently somewhat all-knowing and is maybe connected to the tapes? Is Jon connected to the tapes in the same way? He didn't seem to know about Tim and Martins's conversation on the tapes, at least not as they were being made, but Elias is a lot closer to Beholding I guess?
Oh, they still have the coffin? Why do they have it here?
So... Are Breekon and Hope somehow tied to the coffin?
Nikola: "Sarah wanted to use nails"
Jon in the background: mMMM!!?
Same Jon. Please do not NAIL Jon to the chair. Tho... The symbolism? ...
Ok, so Jon is gagged cause he wouldn't stop asking questions. I mean that seems like the sensible response to too many questions, more sensible than setting him on fire or launching him into the vast anyway.
Also, Nikola talking to Elias like he's Jon's parent or something... There's some weird thing going on with Elias in regard to Jon. I suppose probably cause he's the head of the institute and seen as being like in charge of the archivist? I wonder if the previous heads we're involved like Elias is... Does Elias count as an avatar?
I can tell that Jon just tried to say "fuck you" through the gag. Great. Excellent.
"You're quite powerful yourself" mmm I don't like how she says this in comparison to the skin...
Is... Is she planning on skinning him..........
Was... Was Jon just trying to call for Elias? ;-;
XD Nikola is unhappy with Jon's skincare.
Ok but yea she is going to skin him..... Don't like that.
Jon is so frustrated with the gag. Especially when she asks him stuff and he can't answer.
Time skip? Jon sounds a lot more tired now.
Hdjdks Michael!!
Dhksdjnomicbeal!!! No!! Don't kill him!
Jon's just resigned sigh that yet another person is threatening to kill him.
Oh no, Jon sounds like he's about to cry.
Oooo Michael backstory!!
"Micheal Shelley"
Gertrude betrayed Michael? ):<
He trusted her.
He trusted her.
He trusted her.
"Am I evil? Is a thing evil when it simply obeys its own nature?" That is the question.
Oh, Jon. No.
"Ok" No no no! Jon no! He's just gonna open it no!
What's happening? Micheal? gdhshdbdvdbshsjshsjbsmicheoalsbdidgdjbddnhdhdbdnononsosbrhdjdnzkbksjdkdksksjon? Jshs what?
Micheal just became Helen?
Rip Michael??
Oh ya, how long has Jon been here?
I knew there was a reason I never liked Gertrude. So I guess "Michael" has(had?) a grudge against the archivist cause of that but Gertrude was too hard to kill. I wonder if the archivist position has a sort of collective consciousness like the distortion seems to? Although I guess having such a confusing state of being fits the personification of delusions and insanity better than something about knowing things, but I wonder if there's some shared knowledge for the archivist or something? Are all avatars kinda like that? Like there are rolls that get passed down and to some extent other avatars don't really care who is actually filling the position so much? I'm curious to see what stays the same about the distortion with Hellen and what changes. Obviously, Distortion doesn't have a grudge against the Archivist anymore and Helen seems to like Jon, maybe she knows he tried to save her?
And the Distortion itself was around for forever? Was there a time when it wasn't a person at all? It seems like its role would be hard to carry out without the human element. Was it someone else before Michael? Also, distortion mentioned that Michael's friend was taken by "something like me" so not them, but it seems like they were taken by something from the spiral, so are there other spiral avatars? Are they all like Michael?
So it seems like the distortion is the overall consciousness but the people who find it's door (whatever that means) form the personality? Do the personalities carry over any?
I also find it interesting that Michael said that Jon is a better Archivist than Gertrude. Perhaps he's figuring stuff out faster than she did initially? Or is he doing crazier stuff trying to gain knowledge? (Seems unlikely)
Boy do I love weird mind stuff like this, it's so fun to play with.
Oh!! I've just had a thought, maybe the-man-who-wasn't-there was a previous incarnation of the distortion which was why it seemed so different than Michael but Jon still recognized it as being Michael. Maybe? Idk is that episode ever explained cause it really fascinates me but I'm still so confused about it. (Note: someone has to some degree explained the episode to me since I originally wrote this.)
Ya know? Until now I'd been trying to decide whether I was more eye, lonely, or web aligned, but I've just realized. Spiral is the thing that kinda combines all three of those. Web with the focus on lies, lonely cause isolation, and it seems pretty easy to go crazy trying to serve the eye... *glances at Jon*. And I think I'd be more the-man-who-wasn't-there vibes than Michael's bright crazy unreality stuff.
I want to hear more from pre-distortion Michael tho. Gosh f*ck, he trusted her...
Even half out of his mind he trusted her.
I'm literally actually tearing up over Michael Shelley. F*ck Gertrude! Probably shouldn't trust the distortion but f*ck Gertrude!
Guys,,, this still isn't even the finale ;-; Jon i fear for you.
100-I guess you had to be there
Eyy! Finally in the hundreds!
Jons just constantly getting beat up huh. I hope he's ok.
Oh back to Martin then...
XD this lady is being so difficult!
...is it cause it's not Jon so it's not a proper Statment? I still feel like she's being a bit overly difficult.
Martin is struggling XD
Oh ok I guess this is a collection of the assistants try to take live statements without Jon around. Right cause it's special for the 100th episode.
And ya, if I'd just read the description I would have known that. *facepalm*
Tim!
XD this guy.
Basiraa!
Ok ya this is 100% accurate to how people actually tell stories about themselves and I love it.
Basira sounds so done.
Daisy!
To be fair the assistants aren't all that good at interviewing people either...
Poor guy *pat pat*
Poor martin.
Martin is STRUUGGGLINNNG.
XD martin got so embarrassed he just gave her money for coffee. Martin... My precious precious boy.
His little sigh.
XD tim's guy. This is literally my grandmother. Gosh I feel u Tim I feel u.
Basira's guy is just me trying to explain my newest story idea to anyone who will listen.
Ksvdksjekd "I realized I'd be late to dinner so I left" he just leaves the spiral... Micheal must be so disappointed. Or impressed. I'd be impressed if I were Michael.
Daisy (-or Melanie? I have a hard time telling their voices apart), spider guy is having a panic attack now... /:
"Maybe here is safe?" "It's really not" XD
Ok actually him breathing like that is a bit distressing.
Ok, we're good it didn't last long. (I did notice they at some point started putting cw's in the descriptions :)
I think... Is this guy voiced by the same guy who voices Tim? I think it is.
Jshdkdj audio!! What what who is this? Hdndnsksjd PETER LUCAS!! his voice is a lot different than I expected.
...he's so odd. I dunno, I expected him to be spooky but he's just kind of happy? Not overly happy, like it's not spooky...
What? Oh no! Don't have done something to him!?? Don't hurt the poor spider man!
You know what his voice is like, it's like those color tests where you've got the word "yellow" or something but the word is colored blue and it's hard to tell what color it actually is cause you keep wanting to say yellow instead? Like his voice is misleading. The tone doesn't tell you anything. Or rather his tone tells you everything's fine and you have to ignore it to figure out what he's actually saying.
Episode 81- a guest for mister spider
Okokok I have seen fanart for this and like seen mentions of "Mr.spider" everywhere? But it's always so vague that I actually still don't really know what it's about? Just that it's got to do with Jon's childhood and maybe a Leitner?? Ahhhakdjdkesjdjdjd I'm so excited!
I also haven't listened in like 2 or 3 weeks so I'm super pumped to be listening again.
Statement of Jonathan simsssssjjfkdjdkdkdkdjhdjdjehrueisjsidkshdjsksknsyesyesyesbsbdakNJsjahakBJHsbsb FORMER HEAD ARCHIVIST!!? KAHSKSHSKSHSKWJSJS HHHHHHHHHHHHHH im so nervous.
Okokok. Every time there's an emotional episode I can not get over how good his voice acting is!!! Jon's voiceeeeee. Like how he can get it to just almost tremble but not quite. I swear I don't have a voice kink but maybe I have a voice kink.
This is already so intense.
Ya. Jon's just had his whole world view changed. This is... A mood.
Ya, that's true he did always take the statements with Jurgen Leitner seriously. I had just assumed that leitners being legit was some sort of common knowledge within the institute, but now it doesn't seem like there's really any sort of "common knowledge" in the institute.
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"My suffering pales in comparison to what has befallen others far more innocent than I. But perhaps not for long." Ddddggg jonnn
"These beings that lurk beyond us know my name" dgsksjdj that's such a good line.
"One has already claimed me." Gosh, Jonny just went ham on the good writing for this one huh.
The spidershdjkssnbsjdjdjd
)):mmmmmm grandmother.
Mmmmmmmmm grandmother ))))):<
Mr spider
His voice ;-; (shut up Look the voice acting is just very very good in this podcast and im going to appreciate it at every opportunity so get used to it.)
"Mr.spider wants more" gggshshd
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He doesn't "deserve" anything from you jon. Even if he didn't necessarily deserve what happened to him you still don't owe your former bully anything.
...and certainly not to have taken his place jon!!!! Jon!!Jon ;-; jonjonjon;-; hhh he's being honest with himself about his emotions and how he thinks,, for once. Hey! The first step is realizing you have a problem!!
"I need help" ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you can't just speak these words aloud to me and then not have a convenient way to launch me into the universe and help!!!;-; ...martin! You're the only helpful person here! Do something! Intuit the need for help! Save the world via tea and hugs I don't know;-; it could work. your tea is just that good.
Oh Ok, so he's not head archivist any more cause everyone thinks he murdered Leitner. Wait so... Is he on the run right now!!?!? Are there at least any other suspects??
Oh? Who's this?
Georgie!!!!
The admiral!! Yes yes yes!!
Agghhhh yepyep this was a good one. Hhh and him being kinda eye aligned even as a kid too. Has to find new information. Also! Physical description!! The greying hair is cannon! Heck yeah! That's like my favorite part of his design!
Wait hold on!! Former head archivist... Was jon able to quit!???!?!?!?? Wait how was he able to quit! Maybe it's not official? But I mean then what's preventing everyone from just taking permanent "vacations" or something??