Apr 22, 2025
MAG 76 (The Smell of Blood) is SUCH an underrated episode imo. We have SO much here:
- Expansion upon TMA-verse ghost lore
- Melanie laying out her revelation about how her former colleagues only ever investigated “safe” hauntings (and how earth-shattering that revelation was for her!)
- The absolute BANGER of a line “It was like once I had seen that there was a path to stray from, I couldn’t unsee it. And I couldn’t ignore the call from the woods all around.”
- Jon’s audibly offended “Yes, I know what a meme is”
- Melanie and Jon’s dynamic at its best (finishing each other’s sentences while talking excitedly about the paranormal)
#tma#the magnus archives#melanie king#mag 76#the smell of blood#the slaughter#jonathan sims#jon sims#I just love Melanie so much okay#also listening to this episode there are SO many comparisons to be made between Melanie and Miles w/r to their investigative methods#her and Jon’s dynamic especially at the end of the episode gives me inspiration about how to write some of her MFtN dynamic with Miles#except ofc Miles will not be urging caution he will be planning on breaking & entering along with her#they both are just. so very curious and driven and impulsive#MFtN
