#Computer Jon

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I've seen the theories about how Chester and Norris aren't actually Jon and Martin following the most recent episode (or are and are evil / controlled by the web) and I'm not ruling it out but IDK.

To me, this could still be another case of Jon trying to warn Sam away (albeit one that goes horribly, horribly wrong). Like the statement starting immediately after Celia sort of convinces Sam to give up looking into the Magnus Institute is kinda damning and I can see why people are seeing it as a lure. But on the other side of things, Sam is still doing the same stuff that Alice keeps warning him is going to get him into trouble, he's engaging with the weird shit in the office. He's filling out the deeply cursed paper work and answering the deeply concerning questions.

So a statement about someone doing something seemingly innocuous (rolling a pair of dice) and being met with costly rewards and horrible misfortune doesn't exactly seem out of place. (we can all see the parallels between 'I refuse to give it the satisfaction of giving up', 'It's kind of compelling at this point.' and 'I still don't really know if they made me roll them' and 'I don't think I ever felt them calling me' right?)

Also insert small domino to big domino meme here but the first step to Jon destroying the world and possibly dooming the multiverse was literally him signing a contract (and the contract itself does have some supernatural significance based on the way daisy joined). I also think - given we don't know how much control Jon and Martin have over their statements (but there are thematic parallels) the Magnus Institute link might be at least in part Jon's own trauma - (please for the love of god this place is deeply cursed and the worse nothing good can come from this it only has eye mutilation and cursed dice) and part hey Sam remember your horrible hidden trauma about this place, it is so much worse than you think pls stop poking around while you still can.

Like I think the first statement, the 'canaries should stay above ground' was just a general warning. Look at this horrible thing that happened but don't look to hard, let's just move on, we're not even going to tell you what happened just allude to the horrors. Only Sam didn't take that warning. And Jon's been here before, in this exact position in fact, being kept ignorant never did him any favours it just meant he made things worse in his search for answers. So I think this is his way of saying look, this is the kind of thing the Magnus institute dealt with. This is how horrible it was, and how terrible it could be for you. STOP.

(I actually kind of think that the Gerry thing was another attempt to do this that backfired. Gerry was the one who properly clued Jon in about the world and if we assume that Jon has access to the supernatural files but only the supernatural files then he knows that Gerry was involved with the MI but not what happened to him after. So he might have been hoping that Gerry would give Sam this universe's version of colour theory only for Gerry to turn out to be a happy, friendly painter - better for Gerry but not as helpful as a haunted encyclopaedia)

[thegaydepressedone]

They’re having fun

[buildoblivion]

GEORGIE!!!!! PLAY SOMETHING WITH JON’S VOICE FOR SAM!!!!!! MENTION HIS NAME TO SAM!!!!!!!! SAY ANYTHING TO SAM!!!!!!!!!GEORGIE!!!!!? GEORGIE!!!!!!

[zacharie070]

*Alice voice* "Pick up, Sam. Pick up. It’s on Santa's Sleigh, It’s on Santa's Sleigh!"

[pencildragons]

hello sam, apologies for the email,

[socvincjpeg]

The death(s) of Jonathan Sims

[elegantmarigold]

Sam being immediately called out for lying about being done with the "Magnus stuff" is so funny. Absolutely no one believes you. The computers don't believe you. Alice doesn't believe you. You don't believe yourself. You are in a series titled "the Magnus protocol". This is the most obviously incorrect statement in the entire podcast so far.

[rattsin]

Fury made Alanna gasp for breath. How could anyone get well in a menagerie? How could Jonathan breathe? This went against all the commonsense rules Maude had taught her for healing: clean air, quiet, absolute cleanliness, calm and reassuring voices. Didn't these people know anything?

[maplebitts]

Jmart on there way to kill jimmy magnum(Jonah Magnus)‼️

Also finished the Magnus archives :D mag 200 was painful, 10000/10 will listen again

[barnowlive]

[shaking dragon jmart like a bag of cat treats]

pspspspsps come get yalls dragons

[seizethegay420]

[catattack08]

Tiny chibis of s1 archive crew for my own reference

[aurinkokaniini]

More of the Gravity Falls AU :-)

[daredevil-vagabond]

Hello Chester (or is it welcome back?)

Liquid sound waves pour from my eyes My heart cries out to you in desperation 7 a.m. is when the station plays its sounds

- Housewife radio, GHOST

Stills:

[moominmammaonhero1n]

I blame The Magnus Archives for why I want to be the next BBC Sound Effects Archivist.

Like imagine having to fight the avatar of the ‘slipping on banana peels’ sound effect

[feelmyskinonyourskin]

Pete and Rachel

Frank and Amy - The Punisher 2x02