Oct 15, 2024
Someone on The New York Times Strands team is a The Magnus Archives listener
I fear they are a Dexter Banks fan (or, more positively, an Alexia Crawley fan)
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Someone on The New York Times Strands team is a The Magnus Archives listener
I fear they are a Dexter Banks fan (or, more positively, an Alexia Crawley fan)
After catching someone close to me up on the goncharov (1973) lore, I've just been informed that there is a Magnus Archives episode about this exact premise and I am cackling.
MAG110: Creature Feature, for those interested
MAG 110 - Creature Feature
“Eat Eat” / Spiders Are Eating, or Giant Spider arranges for a Creature Feature to bring half-remembered dreams of a spider never sated to grisly life. Rendered in the style of a 1960s movie poster to match “Kumo Ga Tabeteiru” as a mid-to-late-60s movie. Permanent marker, red marker, red pastel.
Me, literally any time the word “book” is brought up in TMA: Leitner? Leitner? Is it a Leitner book?
also. martin is getting more and more comfortable reading statements and idk whether to be relieved or worried
Tea?
(MAG045) MARTIN: Hey, I-just-wanted-to-check-if-you-wanted-a-cup-of-tea. ARCHIVIST: Aaah… MARTIN: Oh, oh, sorry, you were recording. I thought you were done for the day. ARCHIVIST: I– I was, I am, it’s, uh… MARTIN: … Why do you have pictures of Tim? […] D– did you want that tea? ARCHIVIST: Nnno. Thank you, Martin.
(MAG065) TIM: Oh? They have, have they? “Things” have been difficult. You spent a month staring at that footage, double-checking every moment, timing every tea break, looking at me like I somehow staged it – but no, you’re right! Things have been difficult. […] No. No, you listen for once. I was fine in research, happy. Then you asked me to be transferred here, and suddenly it’s all monsters and killers and secret passages, oh my! And the worst thing? The actual worst thing is that no one here has my back. With any of it! Elias doesn’t care; Martin just wants a tea party; and Sasha… god, and you!
(MAG069) MARTIN: Here y’go. […] Just talk to him, please. ARCHIVIST: I think we’ve said more than enough. I doubt there’s much more words can do for us. MARTIN: You can’t… work together like this. ARCHIVIST: Ironically, I think working is all Tim and I can do together. [SILENCE] MARTIN: … Look. Jon… when was the last time we all just… talked? Just talked, without all of this– ARCHIVIST: Thank you for the tea, Martin. MARTIN: … Oookay. Fine. [OPENS DOOR] He’s not wrong, you know. [CLOSES DOOR] ARCHIVIST: … [SIGH] [WEAK] I know.
(MAG081) ARCHIVIST: Er, I was going to make a cup of tea, if you want one? GEORGIE: Mm, maybe later. I’ve got a recording of my own to do. ARCHIVIST: Right you are. I’ll… I’ll keep quiet.
(MAG093) GEORGIE: Jon, these… these things you’re talking about. Is… Is one of them, like… Death? ARCHIVIST: Uh… yes, I–I–I think so, th– There’s one I’ve heard called “The End”…? Why? [SILENCE] GEORGIE: … I’ll make us a cup of tea. [CLICK]
(MAG110) BASIRA: Look, Martin. I know you care. I know you do. But caring isn’t enough. You can’t just stand next to someone with a cup of tea and hope everything’s gonna be alright. MARTIN: That's. not. fair. You don’t even know me. BASIRA: Prove it. We need to do something. Because if we just let him– MARTIN: Oh, h–hi, hey, hey Melanie! I, I, c–can I get you – a – cup – of – tea? [SILENCE] MELANIE: Sssooo she told you, then.
(MAG117) MARTIN: Anyway. I guess I’m just… sick of sitting on my hands, drinking tea and hoping everyone’s okay. This way I finally get to do something. It’s gonna hurt, but… I’m ready. And I want to. Also, I get to burn some stuff, so that cool! I just… really hope everyone makes it back. … And I want to win on my own. Oh, and I hope the world doesn’t end. Obviously.
(MAG122) ARCHIVIST: Just you and me. … And, Melanie and M–Martin, I, I guess. Honestly, I’m surprised Martin isn’t… BASIRA: [INHALES SHARPLY] ARCHIVIST: What? Oh god, the, their plan, it’s, Martin is– Is he okay, or– … What did Elias do? BASIRA: No, nothing. […] We don’t see him around the Archives much these days. Best I can figure, he’s working on something with Lukas. ARCHIVIST: No, that– No, that, that… that must be something else. […] BASIRA: Anything else? ARCHIVIST: Water. Please. BASIRA: Sure thing. [OPENS DOOR] ARCHIVIST: … Oh, or a cup of t– BASIRA: [CLOSES DOOR] ARCHIVIST: … [SIGH] Okay…
(MAG137) ARCHIVIST: I feel like I’m on a deadline, like I’m running out of time somehow – and I don’t even know where to go! What to look for, o–or… [EXHALE] Just casting around blindly for more clues to just… drop into my lap. Everyone else is… running towards something, or running away, and I… [SIGH] I don’t know what I’m doing. [PAUSE] [SIGH] I’m just tired. Think I might go lie down for a while. Get a cup of tea. [HUFF]
(MAG045) MARTIN: Hey, I-just-wanted-to-check-if-you-wanted-a-cup-of-tea. ARCHIVIST: Aaah… MARTIN: Oh, oh, sorry, you were recording, I thought you were done for the day. ARCHIVIST: I– I was, I am, it’s, uh… […] MARTIN: … D– did you want that tea? ARCHIVIST: Nnno. Thank you, Martin.
(MAG065) TIM: And the worst thing? The actual worst thing is that no one here has my back, with any of it! Elias doesn’t care, Martin just wants a tea party, and Sasha… god, and you!
(MAG069) MARTIN: Look. Jon… when was the last time we all just talked? Just talked, without all of this– ARCHIVIST: Thank you for the tea, Martin. MARTIN: Oookay. Fine. [OPENS DOOR] He’s not wrong, you know. [CLOSES DOOR] ARCHIVIST: I know.
(MAG110) BASIRA: Look, Martin. I know you care. I know you do. But caring isn’t enough. You can’t just stand next to someone with a cup of tea and hope everything’s gonna be alright. MARTIN: That’s not fair. You don’t even know me. BASIRA: Prove it. We need to do something.
(MAG117) MARTIN: […] Anyway. I guess I’m just sick of sitting on my hands, drinking tea and hoping everyone’s okay. This way I finally get to do something. It’s gonna hurt, but… I’m ready. And I want to. Also, I get to burn some stuff, so that’s cool!
(MAG122) ARCHIVIST: … What did he do to Martin? BASIRA: Er, I… don’t know. We don’t see him around the Archives much these days. Best I can figure, he’s working on something with Lukas. ARCHIVIST: No, that– No, that, that… that must be something else. BASIRA: Maybe. I don’t know. […] Anything else? ARCHIVIST: Water. Please. BASIRA: Sure thing. [OPENS DOOR] ARCHIVIST: … Oh, or a cup of t– [DOOR CLOSES.] … [SIGHS] Okay…
(Casual reminder to remember about the mug of tea, now cold, that you’ve forgotten a few hours ago.)
MAG110 - #0121403 │ Creature Feature
always happy to hear Martin
fxcking spiders again
I don't even hate spiders
I even talk to the few that show up in my apartment
but this fxcking podcast...
I mean, a live spider is bound to be more realistic than an animatronic, so I guess it works...?
it's the transphobia that sxcks the most still