#Mag 7

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Magnus Archives Relisten 7, MAG 7 The Piper

Thank you for your patience while I worked on these! This is an analysis of Magnus Archives MAG 7, The Piper. One of the best-written episodes in the series. Pure poetry.

Facts: Statement of Seargent Clarence Berry regarding his time serving with Wilfred Owen during World War One. Statement given November 6, 1922.

Statement Notes: "Hey you know Wilfred Owen? The famous poet Wilfred Owen? The guy whose poems you had to read in class Wilfred Owen? Yeah, what if he was possessed? Wouldn't that be fucked?" -Jonny Sims at the Rusty Quill pitch meeting.

In all seriousness, this episode is incredible. The description of the three faces of war is so detailed, yet so brief. I want to take a little time to explore each face and set of arms.

The First Face: "One to play its pipes on scrimshaw bone." This line is apparently where the title "The Piper" comes from. As the story goes on, both Berry and Owen describe hearing strange music. This seems to be the "song of war" that the Piper plays, signaling a truly gruesome battle. This song doesn't necessarily warn off or compel the soldiers, but seems to do a bit of both. A war song doesn't just encourage a soldier to fight, but also warns an enemy. Wilfred Owen believes this being is The War itself, therefore its song should encourage violence from all sides, but also instill a deep fear in every soldier.

To me, this face fits with the hand raised "in a crisp salute." Reminding me of MAG 163, this hand and face prevent a false majesty and honor to war. This face tells the soldiers fighting is good, they will be rewarded, they will be valued. But of course, underneath its muddied green coat, all that the War has is a scarred and bloody body. "Nothing remained but the wounds themselves."

The Second Face: I've chosen to associate the face that "screamed its dying battle cry" with "the arms gripping blades and guns and spears." This face seems to represent the adrenaline violence and war brings, even as it kills you. I've always thought adrenaline not as good or bad, but creating more tangible and real emotions than other things can.

The Third Face: "One that would not open its mouth, for when it did blood and sodden soil flowed out like a waterfall." I associate this face with the hands begging for mercy. Clarence Berry is under 22 when this statement takes place, and (the real) Wilfred Owen would be between 22-24. These are practically children. They are going to die. They are going to die before their time, before it is fair. They are going to beg for mercy. This is the nature of war, and so is the nature of The War.

There is an implication that The War kept Owen alive so he could create poetry that glorifies The War. I wonder if this is out of ego--it wanted to be seen as glorious and beautiful--or simply to drag the battle on longer. If it seems inspirational, it will continue.

Overall I think this episode demonstrates the tentative balance World War One held between being "the writer's war" and "the technological front." The war represented a shift in humanity's ability to be brutal, but also spawned art and innovation. This doesn't justify the violence that occurred, but rather the acts of destruction and creation during the war existed in tandem, like two sides of a coin.

Entity Alignment: This is such a good Slaughter episode. As much as the Slaughter is associated with war, you don't see many battle episodes in the series, so this is a cool intro.

I wonder if "The War" is an avatar of war or if it is specifically the embodiment of World War One. The latter has the horrifying implication that mass events can not only be caused by entities, but feed entities. Even more frightening is that, in spite of the sheer volume of terror and violence, the war wasn't big enough to be the Slaughter's ritual.

Character Notes: Wtf is up with Joseph Rayner. Is he a Maxwell Rayner incarnation? Is he related to Maxwell Rayner? Why is he fighting in the British army? Why is literally never mentioned again?

I know that Jon was speaking through the statement when he was making fun of Owen's poetry, but the idea of Jon being a cannon poetry hater from season 1 is too funny for me to ignore.

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Photo courtesy of Manuel's Instagram

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the first time I listened to MAG 7 I didn't realize wilfred owen was A Real Person and then two months later during a history test one of his poems was used in a question and it was so much of a punch in the face I had to stop taking the test and stare at a wall for ten minutes

Love random tma realization moments, bonus points that it happened during an exam xD

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guys does anyone have good book recs for people that like mag 7 (the piper) like. idk what’s an easy war book with more psychological content than war content

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Gwen is totally Elias, just not a wuss this time

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Round Two Part Eight - Match 59

Today we have Daisy’s crimes! The Eyewitnesses is against The Piper, coming in with 169 (almost nice) votes. The Piper really has to run the Daisy gamut, huh.

MAG 082 - The Eyewitnesses | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Alice "Daisy" Tonner, regarding the crimes and death of Calvin Benchley. Statement never given.

MAG 007 - The Piper | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Staff Sgt. Clarence Berry regarding his time serving with Wilfred Owen in the great war.

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Slaughter statements don't usually do it for me, but this one has always stood out. Partially because the Piper is such a memorable character, and partially because of the inclusion of Wilfred Owen. I don't know a lot of poetry, but I was forced to read a lot of his stuff by a British exchange teacher I had in high school who had a massive hard on for everything to do with WW1. The line 'Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori' has stuck with me for more than 10 years now, and it still repeats in my head any time I hear any kind of pro-military sentiment.

It's such a cool part of TMA's worldbuilding, that Jonny takes certain iconic historical figures and integrates them into the lore of the series. It really makes the world feel lived in and true. The Entities have been around for all of human history, they've had their fingers in all sorts of things...

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I listende to more and I still like it it’s just a complete surprise if I’m scared out of my life or don’t care. Maybe it has to do with how well I understood the episode or something.. ehh

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meme for @a-mag-a-day Day 8

MAG 7 - The Piper

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Chapters: 4/? Fandom: The Magnificent Seven (2016) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Joshua Faraday/Vasquez, Sam Chisolm & Joshua Faraday Characters: Joshua Faraday, Sam Chisolm, Vasquez (The Magnificent Seven 2016), All Seven (The Magnificent Seven) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Alternate Universe - Post-Canon, Post-Canon Fix-It, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Behavior, Period Typical Attitudes, Adaptation, Not Beta Read Summary:

After the Battle of Rose Creek, Chisholm presents the Seven with a new job, cleaning up the mining town of Personville, Montana. A hotbed of corruption and scandal, the Seven will have to use their wits and not just their guns to untangle the town's complicated politics.

Inspired by Yojimbo and the novel Red Harvest. Because one Kurosawa adaptation isn't enough.

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what in the world was maxwell rayner doing in mag 7

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The Piper my beloved <3 @a-mag-a-day

One of my favorite episodes of s1… This one is so immersive that I can simply lose myself in the statement. I can imagine everything as it is described but especially the Piper itself.

Of course this is 99% due to Jonny’s amazing writing and narration, but can we pause for a sec so I can scream about the sound design??? I know Alex has said the music isn’t actually in-universe and it’s meant to flesh out the recording more, but !!!!!!

There is a low melodic yet somewhat tinny hum that plays softly in the background - it’s ambience that they reuse in quite a lot of episodes for “spooky vibes”, but I believe that no where is it better utilized than in this episode. At least, this was the episode that first made me pay attention to the music in the background.

Examples of when this happens within the episode, so you can know what I mean:

When Wilfred comes back and during their conversation in the hospital, the one where Wilfred says “he will now play its tune as well”. 

When Sgt. Barry describes looking into the faces of each soldier; the ones with a distant expression, a slight tilt of their heads, “as if straining their ears to hear a far off tune”, and those men didn’t come back.

It continues right after that because the fairytale that coined the phrase “to pay the Piper” pops into his mind: were they the children stolen from their families, or the rats who were drowned cause they ate the wealthy’s grain?

The last time it is heard is when Sgt. Barry talks about how he's trying to move on from this, but he had to shut the window when the marching band played a similar tune in the parade for Armistice

As an aspiring sound designer who is also just a major music enthusiast, this episode blew me away the first time I listened to it. THAT MELODIC DRONE ACTUALLY ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE THE SOUND OF DISTANT PIPES ??!!!????!!! LIKE THE SOUND OF THE PIPER !!!!! WHISTLING ON THE WIND !!!!!!

The Piper is one of those episodes that proves you don’t always need an elaborate soundscape to create a memorable and immersive experience. Just a good narrating voice and some good fucking ambient music ❤️‍🩹

We will hear another of my favorite episodes that does a similar thing like this in a couple weeks or so… 😘