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it’s INSANE how we’ve gotten an ‘iconic line’ in every tmagp case so far. we got “some of him,” we got “canaries should stay above ground,” we got “if i wanted to clear the canvas, i would’ve used turpentine,” we got “i think i shall stay here for a good long while”
the writing in this show is crazy so far
i dont know why this annoys me so bad but why do ppl keep saying freddy runs on windows 95 when they explicitly state its NOT windows 95 but its PREDECESSOR, windows NT 😭 its a whole funny little bit! you know! in that episode you just listened to!
thinking about alice and sam going to the magnus institute ruins.
thinking about the redcanary case.
being extremely afraid for both of their welfare.
update on the Lines™ of the magnus archives
episode one: “some of him” and “canaries should stay above ground”
episode two: “if i wanted to clear the canvas, i would’ve used turpentine”
episode three: “i think i shall stay here for a good long while” / “nothing is wasted in the garden”
episode four: “the blood for its strings need not be your own”
episode five: “voyeur needs to be seen to be believed. the scariest movie i have ever seen”
Ruins of The Magnus Institute FACTS WE KNOW:
Someone (who runs an urban spelunking forum 👀👀👀) marked it as “cleared,” which has led to a lack of exploration
Pictures don’t upload to the internet and also just fucking. disappear.
People leave with a weird sense of paranoia
Scorch marks from fire 20 years ago 1999 (FIRE? 20 years ago??? Web bond gertrude/agnes hilltop road tree????????)
Third floor mostly gone
Feeling like doors were gonna close and TRAP YOU INSIDE
All! The! Fucking! Papers! In! The! Archive! Are! Gone! FUCK!!!
Old graffiti: symbols - also found on an empty wooden box???
Gross stains all over the floor (hello smooshed worms)
Only images posted (after graffiti images were promised) were of gross/gory Eyes
ALRIGHT IVE BEEN HOLDING ALL OF MY INSANE AND DETAILED THEORIES INSIDE FOR FOUR MONTHS AND THEY HAVE GROWN AND FESTERED INTO SOMETHING ENTIRELY THEIR OWN AND I’M MAKING THEM ALL YOUR PROBLEM NOW HERE WE GOOOOO
okay so anyway my current main theory is that Jon Martin and Jonah got schlorped into this other reality along with the fears but the way it happened led to EITHER their weird entrapment in mostly digital media (a lá the Leitners), which ALSO led to Jon and Martin and Jonah also getting stuck in whatever this equivalent of collecting fear-based stories shit is. So obvs they’re those three voices Norris (Martin), Chester (Jon), Augustus (Jonah) (Jon and Jonah are ENTIRELY guesses at present - if it is Jonah he’s the one with the v pretentious-sounding name for SURE tho) I have forgotten what those names are. Apologies.
Anyway I think it’s a weird fusion of whatever the Web was attempting with that website that collected stories, AND the role of the archive AND the creation of the panopticon by a man who was VERY. DEDICATED. TO. SORTING. AND. CATEGORIZING. So they’re collecting data, archiving stories for the Eye (Jon is still the Pupil and the Archivist, after all), but Jon and Martin prolly wanna help. Categorize. Give these people a fighting fucking chance. If I think about them too hard rn I’ll have an emotional breakdown so that’s a post for another time.
But anyway. The forced categorizing (dolls, watching / dolls, skin / all the subcategories under “Reanimation”). The voices reading them out. All of the computers and cameras and mics recording all these convos between the employees. The organization whose job is just reading and filing supernatural data and stories accurately which is important for some reason that no one can really understand or explain. Hahaha. Sounds familiar.
Anyway I’m obsessed with all of these new characters. I’m so excited to spend all of the time with them!! And be terrified of the horrors that are gonna come after them!!!!
THE MAGNUS PROTOCOL EPISODE 1: FIRST SHIFT PUBLIC RELEASE ALERT
The Magnus Archives 2: The Magnus Protocol is the prequel/sequel/”sidequel” to the internationally renowned Magnus Archives podcast. The Mag
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Released 18 Jan 2024 Episode written by Jonathan Sims Co-written by Alexander J Newall
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