#mag 43

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Episode forty three, Section 31. It's them! It's Dasira! I originally didn't care much for Basira specifically, but honestly I think hearing her voice actor, Frank Voss, as Ashes O'Reilly made me like her a lot more, and also I missed most of her character by playing Baldur's Gate 3 while listening to most of season two 😭 not an idea I recommend

[tma-wwk]

TMA What We Know -[43]- Section 31

pre-statement:

BASIRAAAAAAAA

it's the BASIRA EPISODE!!!!

-The Magnus Institute has their own type of NDA-style system, where tapes can be marked 'for internal use only' so members of the public can't request them. or cops. cops also can't request them.

--STATEMENT--

-Section 31 is a form cops sign to make sure they don't tell people about the spooky things they see

-only Sectioned officers deal with The Magnus Institute

(had to pause the episode because my friend just called to tell me they're making an Epic the Musical movie. not even a text., not even a voice note. a whole entire phone call. that's how big and exciting the news is. By the time anyone's gonna be reading this, everyone will probably know about the Epic the Musical Movie,,, but anyway. when it comes out and I watch it, I'm gonna have Basira's voice in the back of my head telling me about how she saw something spooky. permanent association between Epic and Basira's Spooky Experience 👍)

-Basira was called to an arson case that's definitely supernatural

-DAISY MENTION!!!!!!!

-I love Daisy so much. I adore her. she's so blorbo shaped.

-Daisy knows about vampires

post-statement:

-we're not investigating the stories Basira told us because she wasn't supposed to tell them to us in the first place

-the burn victim who Gerard killed in mag12 is the same guy as the guy in this statement

SUPPLEMENTAL -Basira will be sneaking some of Gertrude's tapes to Jon -Jon spoke to Gertrude a couple of times back when she was archivist

[generalb]

MAG 61 “Hard Shoulder” review:

HOLY SHIT. There’s no way. A DIRECT FUCKING SEQUEL TO MAG 2?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! AAAAAAAKDLVOGFKRBHSUAHWHDOFOFORPFFK SOMEONE CALL MY BOY JOSHUA WE NEED HIS SERVICES! And the vampires are confirmed to exist by the police?!?!?! OMG! God this episode was a glorious euphoria of satisfaction.

Okay so the casket was nothing like I thought. Stairs leading into nothingness like a TARDIS. Hmm. Also yet again another confirmation that the brothers Breekon and Hope respectively feel like hard inanimate objects(I don’t actually know if the brothers are called that, I’m just calling them that). Are they even real? I’m reminded of MAG 54 “Still Life”. I’m vaguely certain they were mentioned there as well but I could be wrong. Still though, this was an incredibly great episode. Not a scary one at all but it felt so satisfying to hear a continuation of such an early episode. Gosh.

Oh yeah and it turns out the friendly camaraderie between Sims and Basira was only true because she thought Sims was the killer. Honestly that’s on me for forgetting that ACAB is a constant application. Shame. This Detective Alice, while a lot harsher is at least honest now that they had gone through the camera footage. Which only confirms that Sims was doing something before he had Gertrude’s job. Was he in the position Martin was in? I don’t know.

I’m giving this episode a 9 descending staircases out of 10 burning vampire protocols, would suspect Jonathan Sims of murder again.

Statement ends.

Supplemental Review:

Is this even a supplemental? This felt like the actual ending statements moreso since it was a live statement. I’ve got nothing interesting to add here. I’m just glad Trevor Herbert isn’t insane. Breekon and Hope remains a mystery transportation organization for the supernatural. Hey, you ever wonder if those vampires ever fall for the Angler monster from MAG 1? Just a thought, lol. Hope Sims gets his sleep.

End suplemental.

[if-loki-was-a-fox]

I am so obsessed with how incredibly abruptly and beyond unsubtly Jon cuts off the recording when he asks Basira to let him have the Gertrude tapes in mag43. Buddy, buddy please, you could not be more suspicious if you were actively trying </33

[a-mag-meme-a-day]

meme for @a-mag-a-day Day 45

MAG 43 - Section 31

basira my beloved

[a-mag-a-day]

I love Basira’s introduction

Basira: “Look. I’m breaking the law by saying this, especially on tape.”

Jon: “Oh, you can write it down if you want-“

Basira: “No. Anyways my full name is Basira Hussain and I work as a police constable”

Like yes disregard those non disclosure agreements!!! Section 31’s got nothing on you!!!

EHEHEHEHEYE

[somanyfuckedupiftruebooks]

Mag 43

[Waves like an overexcited mum seeing her child in a school play] Hi Basira!!!!!!

What struck me most about this episode for this relisten was how quickly Jon and Basira seemed to click with each other. These two were on each other's level from the first few lines.

More information about how the Institute works! Makes snese that they'd have thorough policies in place for information control, and cool that Jon is apparently good enough at his job by now to be familiar with correct procedure off the top of his head.

Look at how much effort Jon is going through to reassure her and help her feel comfortable giving her statement! This is such a far cry from his behaviour during every previous live statement he's ever taken. Took him long enough, but I guess he's finally decided to be more lovely.

Look at this! An attempt at levity! This is basically banter. Maybe Tim isn't way off base for thinking these two had something going on. This is definitely the most pleasant Jon has ever been with a statement-giver that wasn't one of his employees.

Always so great when the Archivist switches into statement mode and the statement-giver is like '...wtf do you want me to do now.'

Love this in terms of world-building. There are people who know about the supernatural and basically have the job of sweeping as much of it as possible under the rug, but don't expect them to know what's going on because they don't get told anything more than anyone else ever does.

At some point I'll have to put together a larger post about way that various institutions in the world must have been effected by the presence of the Entites, because its an aspect of the worldbuilding of TMA that is endlessly fascinating to me. Really hope this is something we get some new angles on in TMAGP.

I know a lot of people had issues with the portrayal of law enforcement (and Daisy and Basira's arcs specifically) in TMA and I don't intend to dive super deep into it, mostly because I'm a white woman who has never had any significant interaction with law enforcement, so I probably don't have anything particularly insightful to offer. All I'll say for now is that I think the series does a better job of saying ACAB than some people give it credit for, and we can see that in moments like this that explore 'us versus them' mentality within the cops (especially from the POV of Basira, who has her own issues with black and white morality and loyalty versus ethics).

I really can't imagine Basira being thrown by any amount of weirdness. Do we ever see her lose her composure over supernatural shit?

God Molina's such a fucking moron. What was his plan here? Just walk away from the fire dipshit, don't hang out raving like a lunatic and getting into fistfights.

Haha, Basira is the kind of person who takes welding classes on a whim. She's going to fit in so well with all the autism/ADHD girlies in the Archives.

[themagnustournament]

Redemption Round 3 - Match 8

Section 31 vs. Burnt Offering

Section 31

Burnt Offering

Voting ended onMay 27, 2023

We were so close to a Desolation v Desolation, y'all. Alas, Section 31 stayed in the rankings with 126 votes last round, and is up against Burnt Offering and its 136 RR2 votes for 256 Redemption Votes so far! Side note, I don't think I put this in any of the posts yet but did y'all know Burnt Offering is partially based on a true story? Like the finding a weird ritual site?

MAG 043 - Section 31 | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Police Constable Basira Hussain regarding her time investigating strange occurrences as part of Section 31. Statement taken direct from subject.

MAG 037 - Burnt Offering | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Jason North, regarding the discovery of an alleged ritual site found near Loch Glass in Scotland.