#tma 15

[theredhood1e]

I watched the film "the descent", about a group a friends (girlies, which—we need more female-only cast in horror, and in general) who go cave diving (it's a horror movie), and the end credits had barely rolled in that i took my phone and started Lost John's cave. This is honestly a combo that slaps pretty hard, because I now have the visual representation to go with Jon's voice, and its something else

[imnothinginmysoulifnotobsessed]

tma 15 Lost Johns' Cave is actually the scariest thing ever now im gonna go cry

[drachedraws]

MAG015: Lost Johns’ Cave

[kat-and-their-cats]

Favourite TMA Episode Season 1

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MAG 15: Lost Johns' Cave

MAG 26: A Distortion

MAG 34: Anatomy Class

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[constanttea]

lost john's cave really hits every time whew

[burninginthegymplplinko]

MAG 15 - Lost Johns' Cave

doodle 15/200; days left 95/110

once again posting late because my joints hurt as hell yesterday and even the thought of holding a pencil was making me cry. But! i watched OFMD in one sitting >:))

I...could have put more work into this one and it would've turned out much better buut i dont have that much time....

[tentativelyteal]

Maybe people have already pointed this out, but

132 Entombed is such a perfect mirror/reversal of 15 Lost Johns' Cave?

(Yes, I'm relistening and just got to Lost Johns' Cave)

First of all, there's the parallel of both episodes having to do with the Buried.

But then, but then, in Lost Johns' Cave, two sisters, Laura Popham and Alena Sanderson, went in, and only one returned; what's more, it's a near certainty that Laura basically sacrificed her sister in order for herself to escape unscathed. Meanwhile, in Entombed, we have Jon going in alone and returning with Daisy, and, AND, as we all know, he was ready to sacrifice himself in the attempt (Jon appreciation hour again T~T.

Then there's this contrast. Laura saw being 'lost beneath the earth' to be 'an intensely private thing' and was 'appalled' at the thought of being entombed together with her sister. While in Entombed we have this gem (im gonna start crying again):

DAISY: N-Not alone, though.

ARCHIVIST: (barely a whisper) No. No, not alone.

It's clear that they saw the companionship (despite their history up to this point) as a source of solace (🥺🥺🥺). And there's also Laura's dishonesty (in this bit, with her smiling and nodding, and also in the entire statement) contrasting with how Entombed is the first time Daisy and Jon could be completely frank with each other, that scene was so raw and I just- kdsjsjsjsjjssk

This is also a nice mirror to the original story of Lost Johns' Cave, where both were lost and did not emerge again, whereas Jon and Daisy returned, and it was such a moment of hope, despite the general suffering in s4 and all that came after (*sobs*). And something something ep15 is titled 'Lost Johns' Cave', and something something we have Jon, and Daisy who is a mirror of Jon in the sense that they were both afraid they were/would become monsters, and were resisting the call to give in to their eldritch fear gods.

Just something along that line. And now I'm emotional about Jon and Daisy friendship again, great.

(Transcript Text ID under the cut)

[TEXT ID

The 1st screenshot is an extract from ep15 'Lost Johns' Cave' of The Magnus Archives:

[a portion of the statement of Laura Popham] She said everyone puts the apostrophe in the wrong place, when talking about Lost John’s Cave. As the stories go, it was two men, both named John, who were the first to delve deep into the cave. They went too far, though, and their candles had gone out. They lost their way together in the sprawling labyrinth of tunnels, and never emerged. Alena said she thought it was quite sweet, in a strange sort of way, and joked that if she ever got trapped underground, she’d want it to be with me.

I smiled and nodded, though secretly, the thought appalled me. It wasn’t at the thought of being entombed down there – at the time, it didn’t seem like such an awful fate – but the thought of having to spend my last days with Alena was a bit too much. I’m sorry, that’s a horrible thing to say about the dead. I loved my sister, and I loved spending time with her, but to be lost beneath the earth is such an intensely private thing. Maybe she realised that, at the end.

The 2nd screenshot is from ep132 'Entombed' of The Magnus Archives:

DAISY: John?

ARCHIVIST: I know.

DAISY: Th-The way out?

ARCHIVIST: No. I know where we are. There is n-no out, not here. This is – This is forever deep below creation. Where the weight of existence bears down. This is The Buried, and we are alive. There isn’t even an up. Oh god. (pain) What have I done? (whispered)  What have I done?

[SILENCE, BUT FOR DAISY’S BREATHING.]

DAISY: N-Not alone, though.

ARCHIVIST: (barely a whisper) No. No, not alone.

END ID]

[ufolighters]

i’m returning from the dead to drop the trailer i made for magnus! i have spent many many sleepless nights on it the past few weeks and now is time to share !