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The experience of relistening to TMA is so fun because. I know what happens. And I can read into the little things the characters are doing SO much more.

[Spoilers for the last few episodes of TMA S2]

When Martin and Tim are like “ohhhh shit Jon’s up to his schemes again” and Martin insists that he HAS to go in the tunnels. And he was all like “Nooo, Tim, it’s totally fine you don’t want to come with me. I don’t care. I’m just apparently the only one who cares” like he was doing it so subtly…. We all know you’re a master manipulator Mr. Blackwood. He is a bitch to his core and I love him for it

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how to (not) be a human being 🍁

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The last few theories I've had since TMAGP S2s first break....... suffering...

[SPOILERS for TMAGP]

I didn't say they would be good I just said they would be theories

Anyways, I'm starting to feel like TMAGP and TMA are a bit more connected than the end of S1/start of S2 had led me to believe, which is very exciting (I mean. Yes they were already very connected because multiple characters in TMAGP already existed/were transported from TMA. but still.)

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hold each other

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i know it probably won’t be this BUT i’ve been entertaining myself thinking about what if alice and sam find the tape with episode 200 (maybe minus the part with basira n friends) in the ruins of the magnus institute and they just stare at each other like:

while listening to

guy from computer doing a murder

guy from computer lore dumping

SECOND guy from computer yelling at guy from computer for doing a murder

GUYS FROM COMPUTER ARE GAY FOR EACH OTHER? love wins.

what’s this about traveling other dimensions?

second guy from computer doing a murder. love loses.

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TMAGP Theories I had before S2 came out

I’m gonna be honest, I’m really not as good at theories as a lot of the people who listen to TMA/TMAGP are, so these are completely wishful thoughts I had when I was listening to S1 lol. All brought to you from me and my friends insane Discord channel

[SPOILERS for all of S1 TMAGP and all of TMA]

Also here’s just a few more of wild messages we sent

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Theory about the Magnus Institute in Protocol

[Warning: Spoilers for TMAGP (older episodes, not recent) and S2 of TMA]

Okay, so I’m on my first relisten of TMA (trying to fuel the empty space in my heart as I wait for new TMAGP episodes) and I came across something I thought was really interesting!

In MAG60, Observer Effect, Rosa Meyer was being watched by a creature that came from a mirror, and had eventually gone on to give her statement to the institute. She mentioned specifically that the feeling was worse while she was there. Quite a few years after this, she went on to kill a delivery driver, steal the truck, and fill it with petrol.

The interesting part of this is that the truck belonged to a company that supplied the Magnus Institute with its stationary, as heard in the clip below:

Now this could be literally nothing, but we know that the institute in TMAGP burned down in 1999. Rosa Meyer’s statement was given in 1972. If the years match up properly (it was mentioned that she had killed the driver about two decades after the statement was given) then it’s very possible that somehow, in the TMAGP universe, she had been successful (the only reason she hadn’t been in TMA was because she had gotten into a collision and arrested).

Again, this could be complete coincidence, but I’ve learned not to take coincidences in TMA very lightly lol.

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Jonathan Sims ALIVE?? I Believe I Have Proof.

(Spoilers for The Magnus Protocol!)

You heard that right. And if you've listened to TMP 39 - Dependents, you've heard it too. Not only can I prove without the shadow of a doubt that not one, but two Archivists are roaming TMA's London, but I can also prove with spectrogram + phonetical analysis exactly what Jon is saying.

Let me prove it to you.

First, let's start with an unedited audio sample, taken at 16:30:

Did you catch it? If you didn't, I don't blame you. There's a lot happening here. Let's check the official transcript for more context about what we're hearing.

So, what we're hearing is definitely the Archivist. It's evident that it's whispering something, but the specifics are currently hidden under layers of reverb, static, and tape winding. Let's clean it up a bit to get a better listen. I pitched the audio down 30%, reduced the background noise, and ran it through a few frequency filters to make the speech more prominent.

Oh.

Oh, shit.

Yeah, that's definitely Jon.

At the very least, we know this is obviously not Beth Eyre, who voices [ERROR]. Since the transcript states that this audio has to come from an Archivist, that really only leaves us with one other possibility.

But let's assume you still don't believe me. I took the liberty of isolating the vocals entirely and running them through a linguistics analysis programme called Praat (which is fantastic + free by the way!). This way, we can analyse the speech all the way down to the position of the Archivist's mouth when speaking.

Here's the new sample we're working with:

I admit, the speech is a tad more muffled in this version. However, the lack of background noise makes the spectrogram much easier to read, which is what we are aiming for here. We're far past the point of just using our ears.

Behold the Spectrogram:

Looking at this diagram, we can conclude that there are four words being spoken here. (The second word is the gap in the middle part. Note the density shift at around 1000Hz. We know this word must be free of any sharp consonants.) More importantly, the formants provided can be compared to samples of Jon's RP dialect to determine if there's a match. If the frequencies match, it's the same voice. If we get the wavelengths to match, it's the same word.

Let's start with the first word. I'll skip the specifics, as explaining every minute detail would take forever and bore everyone to death. The left image was extracted from the spectrogram above. The right photo? That's Jon saying the word "this."

Note how both waveforms are split into two halves, low then high. Note how the high half trails off at the end. Take into account the similar placement of the red formants. This is the same word, pronounced in the exact same dialect, with the exact same frequency. It is Jon.

Let's do that again with the second word.

Again, the formants line up in the exact same order. The audio on the right is a bit louder, which is why the waveforms have a higher contrast.

What did this word happen to be? World.

Here is the original spectrogram in Audacity. The two bright spots on the right-hand side are easy. It's the same sound as the end of the first word as well. (Notice the frequencies are the same.) These are an easy Letter S. I then fact-checked this using methods like before.

Finally, we have clear, undeniable proof:

"This world isn’t yours."

Edit: thank you to @thestrangepoet for correcting “is” to “isn’t!” The presence of the letter T was a bit inconclusive, but it makes so much more sense in this context.

Now, what does that actually mean? Well, he’s likely referring to Sam. The extent of what he actually knows I’m uncertain of. Feel free to theorise and let me know! I have an idea about how this affects the overall story, but that's a post for another day.

I furthermore checked every single instance [ERROR] spoke for occurrences like this, and what did I find? Nothing. There was a bit of whispering in TMP 10 that I couldn't manage to isolate, but the voice was definitely Beth Eyre's. The only other time an Archivist audibly appeared in this fashion was... Oh, Hello. The TMP series teaser with Jon and Martin. Brilliant.

Now I just have to hope that nothing gets debunked by tomorrow. I'm crossing my fingers, TMP 40.

Thank you to Rusty Quill for sending me down this rabbit hole! The details added to all corners of the production bring so much life to the Magnus mystery. I'm glad I could dig deep and analyse this - We love you!

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Helloooo. I’m Aly/Batsy.

This is my sideblog for TMA/TMAGP — right now I mostly want to post any theories I have and repost Magnus art I like.

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