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[motziedapul]

@hinaypod has been shadowbanned for unknown reasons - either bad actors, or an auto flag, or because we post links as part of our podcast promotion. Or perhaps the Palestine posts, who knows.

Either way, while we wait for Tumblr to respond to our ticket, it's the perfect time to tell everyone to follow the @ above if you want to follow a Magnus Archives inspired, Rusty Quill Network official podcast about a Filipina immigrant dealing with supernatural threats in Toronto caused by cursed objects and immortal rich occultists from the 1920s who fuel their magic off violent death.

It's about how supernatural horror will never trump the horrors of real life fascism, and about how love, especially queer love, can change the very fabric of reality.

The protagonist is a 5 foot tall cheerful, warm and sunny Filipina woman with magic powers and personal trauma that's ten times worse than your average grumpy podcast man. The main villain is a faceless, nameless, powerful immortal threat in a fine suit, only known as The Benefactor.

It's got that delicious, TMA inspired analog sound (from phone calls and tape recordings) and spooky standalone stories mixed with an overarching plot that a lot of our listeners have made murder boards and spreadsheets for 👀 Theory crafting is popular in this fandom. Some episodes are so scary that people can't listen to them in the dark, but others have described it as their comfort podcast. We have more sound effects and music than base TMA; it adds to the horror, but we also like to include old jazz and classical music depending on the moment and character.

It's female led with a BIPOC majority main cast, and it's so overwhelmingly queer that we have a token cishet couple (an immortal Instagram influencer and her drippy bloody monster husband who crawls on the walls).

The protagonists are queer, the villains are queer, and we've got love stories both wholesome and toxic, happy and tragic. Old men in love, young men in love, young and old men and women in love, women in love in the 1920s, women in love in the 1940s, men who love women then men, women who love women than men, gay betrayals, lesbian tragedies, trans seductions of 150 year old former villains, NB romances in-between taking over the world.... Romantic surgeries and beheadings...

And milk tea 🧋

We're not the kind of podcast that'll ever get as huge as The Magnus Archives, but that's not really what we're aiming for. We're just aiming to reach people who would resonate with our message and love Hi Nay as much as we do!

So give us a follow and a listen! You can find us on Rusty Quill (they approached us, not the other way around 😉✨) and on almost all the major socials, and of course, wherever you listen to podcasts.

[hinaypod]

Hi Nay Fundraiser 2024 (34% Progress)

We're still at 34%! We can't continue Hi Nay in 2025 if we don't hit our $4000 goal, since we never hit our 2023 goal.

DONATE AND SPREAD THE WORD TO HORROR PODCAST FANS!

Here's art from the 2023 fundraiser by the wonderful @eleidoscope with Kakampink Mari 🌺🧋

If you're curious what Hi Nay sounds like, the first episode's a good place to start, or our original teaser. You can listen to it on Acast, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts!

Part of the Rusty Quill Network as of September 2023!

Originally inspired by the Magnus Archives (which is no surprise to anyone who listens) but less British and more Queer and BIPOC and incredibly Filipino

[vivid-and-void]

What do you see?

[enivrez-vous]

As I have been spending almost two weeks sick at home, I’ve been listening to podcasts a lot. A LOT. Currently I’m binging woe.begine. Despite all the killings and stuff, it is so light and funny in comparison to everything else I was listening to recently lol

[souloperatorpod]

After much anticipation, the season finale, episode 1.20 spuɐM ɟo ǝƃɐԀ is out now, everywhere you can listen to podcasts.

This episode features Tatiana Gefter, Mike LeBeau, Addie Nofal, Crystal Storm, Lucas Martinez, Dalia Ramahi, Dylan Griggs, Dorian Scott, Nova Limb, Angie Min, Gail Sullivan, Carter Mills, and Michael Blundell.

Creatures played by Shaun Oldfield.

Additional voices provided by Taylor Michaels, Lyssa Jay, and Pine Gonzalez.

Music and editing by J Strautman.

Join other folks reacting to the finale on our discord!

[marquainequeen]

Anyone having problems with The Magnus Protocol volume? I have to keep adjusting the volume because everyone's so quiet then having to quiet it down because the end credits blasts my ear so much

Woke up with a ringing in my ear today and I'm worried 😭😭😭

[thecellarletters]

Just found the notebook I wrote my Protocol case in. Memories!

[thatpodcastkid]

Magnus Archives Relisten 11, MAG 11 Dreamer

If someone came to my place of work proclaiming they had a prophetic dream about my death I would simply believe them. RIP to Gertrude but I'm just built different ig.

MAG 11 analysis, spoilers ahead!

Facts: Statement of "Antonio Blake" regarding his dreams of Gertrude Robinson, Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute (Head Archivist is another odd and foreshadowing usage of proper nouns in the transcript). Statement given March 14th, 2015.

Statement Notes: Oliver I love you but I also hate you so so much.

It's so strange relistening to this statement. On my first listen, I was very sympathetic to "Antonio." He was this innocent man who suddenly developed psychic abilities that tormented him. Even in 121 when he describes what he did on the voyage to Point Nemo, he seems to be driven by fear and desperation. But knowing what happens after Point Nemo and who he becomes in the Eyepocalypse, I wonder how much influence the power of the End had on him. As Jon develops his abilities, he becomes less confident in "normal" social situations, but more confident and stronger in dangerous horror-based scenarios. This seems true with Blake/Banks as well. He's very nervous as his abilities are developing when he tries to talk to Gertrude or Jennifer from Grifter's Bone. As he becomes more attuned with his abilities and gives in to his desires, he becomes more powerful, shown when he is strong and devoid of emotion enough to kill the actual Dr. Pritchard. He becomes strongest when he "gives in" to the End, being most clear and charming as he gives his statement in 121 and the Coroner's Report in 168. Just being able to track this change so clearly from this first statement to the last speaks not only to Jonny Sims skills for character development, but also the power of the Entities to draw out the worst in a person.

Blake describes his dream world as an "overexposed" or "washed out" photograph. The fading imagery was very profound and strong to me. Death is a fear, a horror represented by the black tendrils, but also a simple force of nature, slowly sucking life and color from all things. Unstoppable.

I don't know why I'm harping on this, but I can't understand why Blake's dreams always begin at the top of Canary Wharf. Does that come up again in the show? Is it personally significant to Blake?

Character Notes: I already got into Blake, so my other main character concern for this episode is Gertrude.

Did she ever see this statement?

Did she simply miss it? Was she busy and didn't get a chance to look at it before it was too late? Did she read it and attempt to prepare? She was smart. She knew which statements were real and which weren't. She would have understood what Blake was capable of. Did she attempt to prepare and defend herself but just couldn't manage it? Did Elias hide it from her? Did she read it and just accept the inevitable?

But of course, I have to bring up the Graham mention. I always thought the Graham/Oliver ship was just a fun fan thing, but I didn't realize Oliver had broken up with a Graham in cannon. Moreover, I didn't realize that it was confirmed to be Graham Folger until reading about the Season 5 Q&A when working on this post.

This raises an interesting point about original Graham. Blake describes having a mental breakdown due to his job, and Amy Patel describes her office job degrading her mental health as well. Is there something about Graham that attracts people losing their minds in an office? While it could be something spooky, I do understand why people stuck in mind-numbing careers would be drawn to someone with the time and resources to explore what he actually wants to do with his life, rather than what he has to do.

Entity Alignment: This is very clearly an End episode. I very much believe that, while he may not be the most powerful or dangerous avatar in the series, Oliver Banks was one of the most deeply connected to his entity. His psyche, his spirit, and his physical body were all so entrenched in death. It's interesting that there is no "inciting incident" that causes Graham to become an avatar of the End, as usually there is one event that acts as the root of an avatar's development. You could possibly argue it was his mental health breakdown, but that seems unrelated to death or anything associated with the End.

[croshnaloov]

“A Child Conceived of the Flame”

I have nothing new to post bcs finals ABSOLUTELY DRAINED ME this semester. So here’s the final work for that October sketch last year. I wasn’t gonna post it cus I was planning on selling it as a print, but I gave up trying to set up a store :/ it’s like the internet really doesn’t want me to make money off art.

Anyways, Agnes my beloved 🙏✨

Had this idea a while ago bcs of all the parallels between the two messiahs, so I mixed in a little religious iconography for your feed today✨

[bepillian]

There’s something not right about the new milkman

[motziedapul]

That one domino meme on Twitter

[hinaypod]

Important questions for all audio drama listeners:

If you listen to Rusty Quill Network shows,

How many of them have Black actors, preferably recurring (not just Black characters, but actual Black actors)

How many of them have POC recurring actors and which ones have the most?

Numbers or names help if you have them!

[vivid-and-void]

WIP

[enivrez-vous]

I wanted to wait until a couple of episodes of The Magnus Protocol are released. Listening to more at a time helps me to better feel the mood and in general is more immersive.

Apparently it is impossible to avoid spoilers and I don’t have the strength to ban myself from Tumblr and Bluesky. I am staying with listening to things the moment they are released lol

[souloperatorpod]

Voting is officially open!

Check out the below link for the official Soul Operator Voting Guide! It doesn't cover all the categories as I am not familiar with folks in all the categories but there are many people who deserve love