#MAG 019

[themagnustournament]

Round Two Part Five - Match 34

It's corruption in the police force versus corruption in the Catholic church! Yes neither of those are truly accurate descriptions of these episodes. Police Lights is coming in with a close win of 127 votes, while Confession had a bit more of a lead last round with 139 votes.

MAG 073 - Police Lights | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Basira Hussain, regarding the attempted arrest of Maxwell Rayner.

MAG 019 - Confession | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Father Edwin Burroughs, regarding his claimed demonic possession.

#the magnus archives #the magnus tournament #tma #mag 073 #mag 73 #mag 073 police lights #mag 73 police lights #police lights #basira hussain #maxwell rayner #callum brodie #the dark #dark #mag 019 #mag 19 #mag 019 confession #mag 19 confession #confession #edwin burroughs #the spiral #spiral #the flesh #flesh #the house on hill top road #house on hill top road #round two #round two part five

[best-magnus-archives-character]

Closed the nomination form! I made a list with all nominations by category! I'll accept suggestions of stuff to move around (change a character from minor to one of the other lists, but not the other way around cause the minor list is long enough). The Main Character list is a bit awkward with 18 characters, but I'm not really willing to move any away from it even if people might disagree? Unless I see a very strong argument.

the only nominations that didn't get in were the artifacts, since people voted for those to have their own poll later on!

So here's the 3 lists I have under the cut!

Main Characters 

Jonathan Sims

Martin Blackwood

Timothy Stoker

Sasha James

Basira Hussain

Daisy Tanner

Melanie King

Georgie Barker

Elias Bouchard

Jane Prentiss

NotThem/NotSasha

The Distortion

Nikola Orsinov

Peter Lukas

Gertrude Robinson

Jonah Magnus

Gerry Keay

Annabelle Cane

Minor Characters with Major Impact 

Michael Shelley

Adelard Decker

Michael Crew

Oliver Banks

Jude Perry

Simon Fairchild

Robert Smirke

Mikaele Salesa

Agnes Montague

Simon Fairchild

Jurgen Leitner

Julia Montauk

Trevor Herbert

Mikaele Salesa

Breekon and Hope

Mary Keay

Minor Character

Joshua Gillespie (MAG 002)

The Admiral (Georgie’s Cat)

Major Tom (MAG 016)

Helen Richardson (MAG 047) 

Karolina Gorka  (MAG 071)

Graham Folger (MAG: 003)

Alexander Scaplehorn (MAG 054)

Jordan Kennedy (MAG 055)

Hezekiah Wakely (152)

The Piper (MAG 007)

Gabriel/Worker of Clay (MAG 126)

John Amherst (Corruption Avatar)

Naomi Herne (MAG 013)

Amy Patel (MAG 003)

Werewolf/Hunt Avatar (MAG 031)

Alfred Breekon (MAG 096)

Alexia Crawley (MAG 110)

Emma Harvey (MAG 167)

Elias Bouchard (original)

Evan Lukas (MAG 013)

Laverne (MAG 136)

Callum McKenzie (MAG 125)

John Haan (MAG 072)

Tom Haan (MAG 030)

Jonathan Fanshawe (MAG 127)

Fiona Law (MAG 167)

Spider on the wall (MAG 038)

Leto (MAG 184)

Nathan Watts (MAG: 001)

Sebastian Skinner (MAG 087)

Carlita Sloane (MAG 033)

Erika Mustermann (MAG 034)

Jan Novak (MAG 034)

Piotr Petrov (MAG 034)

Pavel Petrov (MAG 034)

Fulan Al-Fulani (MAG 034)

Juan Pérez (MAG 034)

Jane/John Doe (MAG 034)

Lee Kipple (MAG 042)

Robin Lennox (MAG 100)

“John Smith” (MAG 100)

Celia/Lynne Hammond (MAG 100)

Brian Finlinson (MAG 100)

Carlos Vittery (MAG 016)

Francis (MAG 172)

Wilfred Owen (MAG 007)

Father Edwin Burroughs (MAG 019)

Maxwell Rayner (MAG 002)

Rat from the Bone Turner’s Tale (MAG 017)

Sergey Ushanka (MAG 065)

Angela (MAG 014)

The Anglerfish (MAG 001)

Jan Killbride (MAG 106)

Natalie Ennis (MAG 025)

Alfred Grifter (MAG 042)

Benoît Maçon (MAG 102)

Dr Lionel Elliot (MAG 034)

Rosie Zampano (MAG 192)

Manuela Dominguez (MAG 135)

Petite Scarabée/Little Beetle (MAG 102)

Sarah Baldwin (MAG 001)

Agape (MAG 153)

Monster Pig (MAG 103)

Callum Brodie (MAG 173)

#bestmagcharacter #poll update

[yeswearemagazine]

The story of this image by the Serbian Jupiter Ovpstren in YWAMag is unbelievable. I’m gonna explain... Right after my text of the 20 June 2 023 with the reblog of a 2 019 Peter Solarz’ text about me and YWAMag, my text explaining the Tumblr boycott on me, my wife and partner Anne Pangolin Guéno and the mag in spite of our high artistic level and all I have been doing for art here and elsewhere since 2 008, Peter was on the Tumblr radar again, as it happened three or four times in the last years. Being on this radar or in its variation, “Tumblr Today”, brings a lot of likes, reblogs and follows. These things are not just “web glory”, for professional artists like me, web glory can bring money. Thus, obviously, political boycott “unbrings” money. A few days after (27 June 2 023), it’s Jupiter’s image which was on Tumblr Today, which brought the image one of the main amounts of likes and reblogs EVER in the mag, that’s to say since 2 015 on Tumblr - I’ll remind that the mag is a daily publication and has had more than 50 000 selections on Tumblr for hundreds of artists. It’s the FIRST IMAGE OR IMAGE OF VISUAL ARTWORK EVER among my thousands of pictures posted on my two personal Tumblrs  since 2 012, the few hundreds of posts of Anne (painter and designer) and the selections of YWAMag on Radar or Tumblr Today which is not a mosque image. Funny, or something else. Basile Pesso, YWAMag director since 2 014

#basile pesso writer #basilepesso writer #original content #yes we are magazine #web art magazines #fight boycott #original photography #artists on tumblr #photographers on tumblr #journalism #journalists

[falasteeniferret]

A Mag a Day Day 20: Episode 019, Confession I

@a-mag-a-day

#the magnus archives #tma podcast #a mag a day #tw religious imagery #my moodboards

[fabian-huesser]

OLD OAK TREE Ich meine, dass es wieder mal Zeit ist, für einen Baum 🤗 Eine ganz besondere Eiche - man schätzt ihr Alter über mehrere 100 Jahre. Es war ein atemberaubendes Spektakel mit dem Nebel und dem Gegenlicht von der Sonne. In Sekunden, wechselte sich die Situation. Von bunt und warm zu total grau und vernebelt. Entdeckt hatte ich die Eiche vor zwei Jahren per Zufall. Ich guckte von weit her durch das Tele und sah diesen interessanten Baum mit einem Loch im Stamm. Durch das strahlt aber nie die Sonne, im Gegensatz zu einer anderen bekannten Eiche. Also ging ich los und suchte den Weg dorthin. Als ich den Baum fand, hatte ich sofort das entsprechende Bild im Kopf. Obwohl ich in der Zwischenzeit schon oft dort war, schaffte ich mein Kopfbild bisher noch nicht. Entweder hatte es gar keinen Nebel, zu viel oder Kondensstreifen der Flugzeuge am Himmel. Und Himmel wechseln mag ich nicht. Gute Gründe, um immer wieder vorbeizuschauen, bis alles passt. Bis dahin eine kleine Preview 😬 Camera: Panasonic LUMIX DC-S1 Lens: LEICA 14-24mm F2.8 DG DN ART 019 Settings: f/18 | 1/50s | ISO 400 | 20 mm | RAW | with tripod #fabianhüsser #lumix_ch #lumixS1 #lumix_de #sigma_deutschland #naturephotographer #naturephotography #splendid_nature #splendid_earth #loves_united_landscape #treemagic #tree_magic #sunrise_sunset_photogroup #mistymorning #fog #landscapephotography #lumixherbst #splendid_woodlands #splendid_trees #landscapelovers #sunrise #pictascollective #igpodium #blickheimat #autumnvibes #autumniscoming #sunrisephotography #got_greatshots #mistymorning @tree_magic @splendid_trees @tree_brilliance @printolino @bildcreator @scatto_landscape (hier: Grossregion Nordwestschweiz) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck6UpSPM27V/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#fabianhüsser #lumix_ch #lumixs1 #lumix_de #sigma_deutschland #naturephotographer #naturephotography #splendid_nature #splendid_earth #loves_united_landscape #treemagic #tree_magic #sunrise_sunset_photogroup #mistymorning #fog #landscapephotography #lumixherbst #splendid_woodlands #splendid_trees #landscapelovers #sunrise #pictascollective #igpodium #blickheimat #autumnvibes #autumniscoming #sunrisephotography #got_greatshots

[drinkslope7]

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[therabine]

#TMA #MAG quotes daily #magnus archives #calligraphy #lettering #MAG 19 #MAG 019

[resuelta]

tantalus edits:  ↳ tantalus clients & affiliates from magnolia’s past

archibald holmes  (  victor garber  ):  tantalus financial sponsor and politician,  first to request access to using magnolia as an asset.  ian bailey  (  jude law  ):  upper class socialite,  paid for tantalus to take magnolia’s kidney when his was failing.  lillian atwell (  michelle dockery  ):  socialite and politician,  utilized magnolia’s abilities to gain information on her rivals for blackmail.  randall douglas  (  david tennant   ):  politician and businessman,  utilized abilities to gain classified information and sell government secrets.  theodore wilson  (  tom hiddleston  ):  socialite and investor,  just wanted a telepath to parade around his parties and get information on his peers.  thomas halsey (  ben kingsley  ):  bureaucrat involved in tantalus funding and operations alfred larsen (  mads mikkelsen  ):  socialite and businessman,  utilized magnolia to gain information on his competition.  paraded her around at some parties to flaunt wealth.  annabeth taylor greene  (  elizabeth mitchell  ):  politician and lawyer,  utilized magnolia to gain information about opponents.  also used her to spy on her husband. 

#019. #mags.

[salt-water-sable]

A full version of my two doodles for MAG- 019 and MAG- 20. Mans really went through it

#illustration #procreate #sketch #digital art #fanart #the magnus archives #tma #digital illustration #podcasts #sable’s tma doodle series #tma season one #tma Edwin Burroughs #tma the desolation #tma the flesh #tma the web #tma the spiral #tma the eye #tma the stranger #tw cannibalism

[thelukasfamily]

adelard dekker the anti-exorcist

So TMA excels at breaking down classic horror character tropes, and Dekker is a brilliant example of this.

Horror is full of exorcist-heroes who survive in a horror-filled world by virtue of their religious faith. See Tomas Ortega in The Exorcist, Ed Warren in The Conjuring, Father Lucas in The Rite, etc. They beat demons by praying, by waving around crucifixes, and using other trappings of Christianity. It’s a very standard and popular character type.

And The Magnus Archives tell us unequivocally that this doesn’t work.

Unlucky Father Burroughs is a prime example of how faith - no matter how strong - will not protect you. He’s a trained exorcist and by all accounts a much-respected priest, so predictably when facing the desolation/web at 105 Hill Top Road, he tries the exorcist-standard prayer and blessing. And it goes catastrophically wrong (MAG 019).

His faith can’t help him; his prayers only reach the entities. His downwards spiral is full of attempts to find salvation in Christianity, only to find that Christianity perverted by the entities. The bible is distorted to read him ominous passages, his confession is made to an imposter, his taking the eucharist is murderous cannibalism. Over and over again, we see that faith cannot beat the fears.

Enter Dekker. He’s introduced in the same manner as Burroughs (an unexpected knock on the door) and introduces himself with nearly the exact same words (MAG 008 and 078):

But Dekker’s exorcism is completely different to Burroughs’. There are no prayers, no blessings or appeals to faith. Not once do we see Dekker utilise his religion/faith as a weapon against the entities. He beats NotCarl with the web’s table (MAG078). He beats Justin Gough by driving a metal skewer into his eye (MAG113). He beats Amherst with pesticide and concrete (MAG157). He provides [EDIT: helps store] plastic explosives to beat the Unknowing (MAG130). These are intensely practical and non-religious solutions.

Dekker’s faith is a massive part of his character, but unlike a classic exorcist he never uses it as a tool to beat the entities. This makes him one of the series’ few base-level human badasses, and it’s a terrifying way to expand on TMA’s nightmare logic: in this world, no amount of faith will beat the fears.

#adelard dekker #edwin burroughs #tma meta #the magnus archives #meta #my thoughts #please give us a dekker statement in s5 #edited but fuck its too late #this post is out of control and im gonna have to live with the shame

[themagnustournament]

Round One Part Five - Match 39

Would you rather vote for autism arbitrarily sorting or for cannibalism in the Catholic church? That's a lie they're Anglican. That's another lie he's Catholic.

MAG 138 - The Architecture of Fear | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Robert Smirke, taken from a letter to Jonah Magnus dated 13th February 1867.

MAG 019 - Confession | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Father Edwin Burroughs, regarding his claimed demonic possession.

#the magnus archives #the magnus tournament #tma #mag 138 #mag 138 the architecture of fear #the architecture of fear #the eye #eye #robert smirke #jonah magnus #mag 019 #mag 19 #mag 019 confession #mag 19 confession #confession #edwin burroughs #the spiral #spiral #house on hill top road #round one #round one part five

[theneonthorn]

✨🦷 MAG 034 // STELLAR FIRMA 019 🦷✨

#Stellar Firma #the magnus archives #tma #teeth #an apple full of teeth #parallels

[ieatmypizzawithaforkandknife]

MAG 019 - Confession (part 1)

Summary: Jonathan reads the first half of the statement of Father Edwin Burroughs, regarding “his claimed demonic possession.”

Our first two-parter! Not that I realized that when I listened to the episode the first time, despite it being right there in the title, because I have the observational skills of a blind muskrat...but I’m excited because I know there will be more multi-parters in the future. I like the episodic format right now, but I know that as Things Begin To Happen, I’ll appreciate the increased breadth and depth of longer stories.

89 Bullingdon Rd is the third street address featured in the series so far, the other two being 93 Lancaster Rd in episode 5 and 105 Hill Top Rd in episode 8. Unlike the first two, however, this one actually exists - kind of. According to google maps, the house numbers on Lancaster Rd in Walthamstow run from about 1 to 85, and the numbers on Hill Top Rd in Cowley run from about 1 to 75. But 89 is right in the middle of the range of house numbers on Bullingdon Rd in Cowley, and while google maps says there’s an 89A but not an 89...it’s close enough. On one hand it’s super cool that these locations are relatively real (the towns are real, the streets are real, it’s just the exact buildings that aren’t). On the other hand 89A is a little too close to 89, and I wish Jonny had picked a number completely outside the range of addresses like he did with the first two, just to avoid crazy fans descending on real people’s houses.

It is definitely worth noting the proximity of 89 Bullingdon Rd to 105 Hill Top Rd. They’re only about half a mile (or about a kilometer, since this is in the UK after all) away from each other as the crow flies. And for both of them, the location itself seems to be tied to the paranormal happenings of the episode(s) they’re featured in. In episode 8, Ivo Lensik feels that unnatural burning start when he’s alone inside 105 Hill Top Rd, which stops as soon as Father Burroughs arrives. In this episode, Father Burroughs feels that same unnatural burning start when he’s alone inside 105 Hill Top Rd, and it only stops when Ivo uproots the tree. And in this episode, Bethany claims her problems are being caused by the Bullingdon Rd house itself, though she doesn’t explain what made her think that. But it’s very concerning that she can’t seem to see the only creepy thing about the house that we’re aware of: the old Latin word written in faded blue paint on the exposed wall.

The word “mentis” is Latin alright, but Father Burroughs translates it as “mind” which...isn’t quite right. “Mentis” doesn’t strictly mean “mind”, it means “of the mind”. The endings of Latin nouns change based on how they’re used in a sentence, so if you’re talking about the word “mind” as the subject of a sentence (or as the word in general) it is “mens”. “Mentis” is specifically the possessive form of the word. I don’t know whether this was deliberate or accidental on Jonny’s part, since if you look it up the dictionary entry shows “mens, mentis”. (It’s standard practice to include both the “subject” form and the “possessive” form in the dictionary since they’re different.) It makes me wonder if this word was part of a phrase and if there were other words hidden under the wallpaper. (Also, small shout-out to anyone reading this who is also a Latin geek, and I hope I explained it well enough that the non-Latin-geeks also understand that explanation.)

On the subject of language, this isn’t the first time Latin has appeared in connection with the paranormal. Ex Altiora, the Leitner found in episode 4, was written entirely in Latin (including the title), and the Lord’s Prayer was written in Latin on that long strip of singed paper found in the second trash bag in episode 5. It’s interesting that the same constellation of details from the trash bag incident are also in this episode: Latin, Christianity, and burning.

Latin isn’t even the only dead language to make an appearance this episode. When describing his experiences performing exorcisms at the beginning of the episode, Father Burroughs recounts: “I was once cursed at in Sumerian by a young man who was illiterate.” In episode 12, the phrase muttered by the hospitalized man that seemed to summon the “lightless flame” contained the word “Asag”, which is the name of a Sumerian demon that could boil fish alive in their rivers. Father Burroughs doesn’t appear in episode 12, but if he had been at that hospital, I think he would have pegged that guy as possessed and wanted to have an exorcism performed. So is there a connection between Sumerian and possession and burning? And how do all the different dead languages that have appeared so far (Latin, Sumerian, and Sanskrit) fit together?

I am also very interested in that nurse, Anna/Annie/Anne Kasuma/Willett. (Seriously, how many names does one person need?) For my purposes, I’m going to call her “Annie” because she seems to go by that. In this episode’s statement (made in 2011), Father Burroughs gives her surname as Willett, and in Jonathan’s wrap-up at the end of episode 8 (which he recorded in late 2015 or early 2016), Jonathan gives her surname as Kasuma. As an older, fairly conservative Catholic (she was a member of the congregation at Father Burroughs’ church, fully believed in demonic possession, etc.), it is highly unlikely that she changed her name for any reason other than marriage or divorce. Ivo Lensik described her as “Malaysian”, and Kasuma is an Indonesian name, whereas Willett is found overwhelmingly in predominantly white countries (the U.S., England, Australia, and Canada are at the top of the list of countries where the name is found). So it would make the most sense to me if Kasuma were her maiden name and Willett a married name. BUT when Jonathan mentions her in the wrap-up to episode 8, he calls her “Mrs. Kasuma”. Since everything else fits with the idea that Kasuma is her maiden name and Willett her married name, I’m thinking Jonathan just messed up the honorific, since he also referred to “Miss Popham” at the end of episode 15 when “Popham” was very clearly Laura’s married name. (This overly detailed surname analysis brought to you in part by my ongoing obsession with genealogy. If anyone reading this has anything resembling a passing interest in the subject, feel free to hit me up about it. I will gush.) All of that nitty-gritty was not without purpose: I think she’s important somehow. I could be reading too much into things, but why would Jonny give her a name change if it weren’t somehow important? Even I realized the nurse from episode 8 and the nurse from episode 19 were the same person on my first listen-through, when I missed or forgot 90% of the details in any given episode, so I don’t think he was trying to trip us up. And she has a direct connection to 105 Hill Top Rd: she grew up on that street, and had a lot of information on the property’s history dating back to before she was born, possibly indicating her family lived on that street even longer. But we haven’t met anyone else with either surname, so for now that’s where it stands: possibly a lead, muddled with a probable mistake.

I was so glad when Father Burroughs made the differentiation in this episode between perception and will: “Bethany told me that her will was still her own, but she could no longer trust her senses, and had found herself doing much that she did not understand.” She tried to eat a small slab of slate, and she apparently couldn’t perceive the word “Mentis” that was literally written on a wall. This might be the first time that the author of the statement calls attention to the recurring theme I’ve been calling “altered reality”. This “altered reality” is a heavy presence in the second part of this two-parter, but I’ll wait to talk about that in that episode’s post. Coupled with this “altered reality” is the “eating of something you really shouldn’t be eating”. In this episode, it’s Bethany trying to eat a slab of slate before being abruptly pulled back to reality by Father Burroughs, only then realizing what it was. Hinted at in this episode, and shown in more detail in the next one (minor spoiler, I guess?), is Father Burroughs eating human flesh and only realizing what it was when the police arrived. The only other time I remember these two themes working in tandem is in episode 3 when Graham Folger ate a notebook. No one stopped him or made him realize what he was doing, so we don’t know for sure that his reality was altered, but it makes the most sense to me that he, like Bethany and Father Burroughs, truly didn’t realize what he was doing. I’m not convinced that the events of this episode (and the next one) are actually related to the notebook incident in episode 3, but it’s an interesting parallel.

On a completely unrelated note, I’d like to talk a bit about Father Burroughs’ “possession” itself. First off, I get that Bethany saying “I’m so sorry...it wants your faith” was supposed to be an ominous line, but why is that the only thing she said throughout the entire attempted exorcism at the hospital? She couldn’t even say, “Hey, man, this isn’t working”? All she could do was look at him with pity and say that? I’d be OK with those being her only words if whatever was “possessing” her also affected her speech the way it did to Father Burroughs later...but she specifically established that she was free to speak and act as she wished, it was only at certain times that her perception of reality was altered. So I’m a little annoyed at her for not giving Father Burroughs (or us) any kind of useful warning or helpful information during the failed exorcism.

I was really confused by the apparent theft of the sacramental wine, too. What was the significance of that? Was it just an example of something weird Father Burroughs noticed that keyed him in to the fact that All Was Not Well, or was there something more to it? (This is only a semi-rhetorical question - if the answer to this was said outright or implied in this episode and it isn’t a post-S1 spoiler, please do fill me in. I sometimes miss stuff that’s super obvious to other people.)

I also find it interesting that he can say “God” towards the end of this episode. He stumbled over it, but by contrast he was completely unable to say “Lord” and “Jesus” at the very beginning. Not sure if this is significant, since there’s no real difference between the words “Lord” and “God” in my estimation. Jesus is specifically Christian, and while “Lord” tends to be associated with Christianity, it’s not exclusive. “God” is the most general of the three terms, yes, but in context he is very obviously referring to the Christian “God”, so his difficulty with getting certain words out isn’t based solely on their contextual meaning. Jonny could have written it without him getting out the word “God” at the end and I think most people listening would have understood that’s the word he was going for. It’s either some kind of clue, or Jonny just got sick of stuttering.

Father Burroughs’ call for protection is the point at which he knows something is Very, Very Wrong, as he feels his lips move even though he himself isn’t moving them. But, as with so many of these stories, Things Were Bad Long Before You Realized It. Bethany told him “it wants your faith” years before the Hill Top Rd incident. He himself admits that his pride led to his downfall, since he initiated an exorcism/blessing on Hill Top Rd when he wasn’t supposed to be doing them at all. But it wasn’t just his pride - it was something taking advantage of his pride. I think that, as much as any person can be, Father Burroughs was a victim of whatever possessed him. He made mistakes in his life - his sins, if you’re looking at it religiously, as he did - but he never wanted to be evil or commit crimes like cannibalism. Like the characters in so many of these stories, I don’t think he deserved what he got, and I mostly just feel bad for him.

His call for protection, he says, was answered by something that was not God, and when Jonathan reads the words that Father Burroughs’ lips were forming (“I am not for you. I am marked.”) we once again hear that creepy static or interference. And I still can’t decide if this is supposed to be some kind of clue or if it’s just to make things creepier. It feels like a clue, but I can’t figure out what exactly it’s supposed to mean. Most of the times I’ve noted it appearing (probably not a complete list - I’m working on it) it appears during a specific quoted phrase or instance of someone speaking: “Can I have a cigarette?” in episode 1. “Isn’t it funny, Amy, how you can live so near and never notice. I’ll need to return the visit someday” from not-Graham in episode 3. “Some hungers are too strong to be denied” from Angela in episode 14. Laura’s sister Elena asking her “how lost I was, in a low, grating voice” in episode 15. If the examples were limited to things like this, then I’d say that it occurs whenever some as-yet-undetermined otherworldly monster is given a human voice to speak through. But it also occurs the first time Ex Altiora is said in episode 4 and the first time The Boneturner’s Tale is said in episode 17, as well as two different moments during the recounting of the story inside TBT. So how is it connected to the Leitners? It didn’t occur when Jonathan read the title Key of Solomon in episode 4, which is implied to be a Leitner. And there’ve been a few other occurrences where something obviously supernatural is happening but that doesn’t involve speech or quoted words at all: When Laura describes the light changing from appearing like an approaching candle to sunlight (which it still wasn’t...) in episode 15, and when Jonathan reads the description of the bleeding books in episode 17 (”red dripped and pulsed from the cart”).

I don’t know what to make of the creepy static yet. But my specific concern with the most recent instance, when Father Burroughs “said” “I am not for you. I am marked” is: Who are the “I” and the “you” referring to? Is the “I” supposed to be Father Burroughs, or the thing “possessing” him? And who on earth is the “you”?

This post is part of a series where I write my thoughts about each episode and obsessively connect dots in an effort to figure out The Big Mysteries of the series. All posts in this series are tagged “is this liveblogging?” Comments and messages are welcome but I have only listened to season 1, so I ask that you not spoil me for anything beyond episode 40. In the words of Jonny Sims…thanks for listening!

#personal #liveblogging #is this liveblogging? #The Magnus Archives #guys this took me so long to write because I CANNOT BE SUCCINCT #nor can I leave anything out because IT'S ALL SO INTERESTING #I am so sorry

[callmearcturus]

Favorite TMA Eps

Because I just wrapped up Season Three and I honestly need a little time to process everything that happened, here’s a list of my favorite episodes from each season. This is not based on the metaplot, but purely the contained story told. So no finales and no picking episodes because I Love Team Archive So Much.

Season One

MAG 002 - Do Not Open (you're a real one Joshua Gillespie, the smarted fucking person in the entire show)

MAG 010 - Vampire Killer (literally the most interesting vampires, great narrator)

MAG 014 - Piecemeal (hell's fucking bells what incredible karmic retribution)

MAG 019/020 - Confession/Desecrated Host (just incredible, a fantastic story, horrific and terrible)

MAG 034 - Anatomy Class (LITERALLY STILL THE FUNNIEST EPISODE OF TMA)

Best Ep: MAG 002

Season Two

MAG 052 - Exceptional Risk (tremendous writing of a fucking horrible narrator who is totally blind to the fact that he himself is a monster, as well as a good overall story)

MAG 054 - Still Life (honestly another great narrator in over his head, super fucking spooky taxidermy shit, but man this narrator is a cutie)

MAG 066 - Held in Customs (Salesa and some really riveting scary claustrophobia shit)

MAG 073 - Police Lights (Basira is an amazing storyteller and hell yeah, quit your job! fuck the cops!)

MAG 077 - The Kind Mother (honestly completely sells the horror of the NotThem, very sympathetic narrator)

Best Ep: MAG 077

Season Three

MAG 081 - A Guest For Mr. Spider (legit made me scared of a children's book, which is genuinely impressive)

MAG 098 - Lights Out (Martin's a very good reader and also wow what happened to this guy was Intense)

MAG 100 - I Guess You Had To Be There ("if I were trapped in a horrible eldritch maze, I would simply leave. rip other victims of the Spiral but I have dinner plans." also martin fucking giving the one woman his pocket change because her shitty ghost story, jfc. this ep is a disaster.)

MAG 110 - Creature Feature (honestly, HONESTLY, the best statement of season three. great story, trans narrator, fucking salt thrown at Tarantino, good spook factor, and read by Martin. nothing bad here)

MAG 112 - Thrill of the Chase (a fucking Murder Club turns into a Murder Club, holy shit. good stuff.)

Best Ep: MAG 110

#tma #the magnus archives

[fabian-huesser]

WATERFALL IN AUTUMN Seit mehreren Jahren besuche ich diesen Wasserfall regelmässig, in der Hoffnung, ihn einmal mit genügend Wasser anzutreffen. Nach einer Regennacht, versuchte ich es am darauf folgenden Morgen ein weiteres Mal. Ich war erstaunt, ganz alleine vor diesem Klassiker zu sein. Leider liess die Wassermenge einmal mehr zu wünschen übrig. Dafür zauberte das Herbstlaub wunderschöne Farben. Ohne künstlich ein buntes Blatt hinlegen zu müssen 😉😬 Ich nahm mir viel Zeit, um eine andere Perspektive, als hier üblich zu finden. Mag sein, dass die schon zuvor jemand fand. Mir ist es immer wichtiger, die Motive nicht so abzulichten, wie sie schon tausend Mal davor gesehen wurden. Schaffe ich nicht immer - auch nicht weiter schlimm. Aber ich fordere mich weiterhin heraus. Dazu habe ich ein gutes Vorbild. Die Dame liest mit 😉 Camera: Panasonic LUMIX DC S1 Lens: SIGMA 14-24mm F2.8 DG DN Art 019 Settings: f/11 | 1/5s | ISO 800 | 16 mm | RAW | single shot | with tripod #fabianhüsser #lumix #lumix_ch #lumix_de #lumixS1 #amazing_shots #splendid_shots #splendid_nature #waterfall #earth_shotz #loves_united_switzerland #waterfalls #splendid_nature #blickheimat #longexposurephotography #nature_perfection #amazing_shots #ig_switzerland #pictascollective #igpodium #got__greatshots #suissebook #super_switzerland #woodlands_and_water #naturephotography #lippenrütiwasserfall #waterfallsfordays #splendid_earth #landscapephotography #longexposure_shots #waterfallchasing @lumix_ch @lumix_de @lumix @loves_united_switzerland @blickheimat @suissebook @super_switzerland @got__greatshots @igpodium @pictascollective @woodlands_and_water @amazing_shots (hier: Canton of Lucerne) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj5wV7jMCyZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#fabianhüsser #lumix #lumix_ch #lumix_de #lumixs1 #amazing_shots #splendid_shots #splendid_nature #waterfall #earth_shotz #loves_united_switzerland #waterfalls #blickheimat #longexposurephotography #nature_perfection #ig_switzerland #pictascollective #igpodium #got__greatshots #suissebook #super_switzerland #woodlands_and_water #naturephotography #lippenrütiwasserfall #waterfallsfordays #splendid_earth #landscapephotography #longexposure_shots #waterfallchasing

[pharology101]

LOTD: Tanjona Masoala

(from: http://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/mdg.htm)

Tanjona Masoala (Cap Masoala)

1970s? Active; focal plane 80 m (252 ft); five white flashes every 20 s. 25 m (82 ft) round unpainted rubblestone tower with lantern and gallery. A photo is below and Bing has a satellite view. The Masoala Peninsula projects southward, sheltering the Bay of Antongil. Most of the peninsula is included in the Parc National de Masoala. The cape itself is not included, but the offshore waters are a marine reserve. Located on the southeastern tip of the peninsula. Site status unknown. ARLHS MAG-019; Admiralty D6948.3; NGA 32412.

(image found here; previously on Panoramio; ©eldaron)

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