#Rusty Quill

[they-call-me-haiku]

gwen when she first finds out that lena didn’t succeed in murdering someone: pathetic. embarrassing. you can’t even kill a man with your bare hands? couldn’t be me.

gwen after finding out that she may have inadvertently caused the death of a few people:

[sepezzz]

Jon "reaches out in his sleep" Archivist.

(takes place before s1 finale, while martin is living in the archives)

[sharklovingcriminals]

I've just finished episode six of the magnus archives for the first time and i feel absolutely betrayed. I was so used to the formula, that the main character lived and was fine that i didn't even think about someone dying after they gave their statement. I feel the same way i did when i first saw Halloween and realised Michael was immortal and jamie lee curtis was never going to be safe, suddenly I'm worried about the protagonist of all the other stories so far. I thought (for an embarrassingly large part of this episode) that the woman was going to have been possessed by a snake and I've decided that parasitic worms are one of the worst monsters ever to be on this podcast because they actually exist. horrifying. excellent. love this show. people keep telling me it's going to get wild but doesn't seen to have happened yet idk we'll see

[shitty-tmagp-theories]

Ah yes the 16th fear: self sabotage

[anouchard]

Episode Thirteen. Lucky for some ... ?

Nope. No, probably not, actually. This *is* The Magnus Protocol, after all.

Enjoy!

😊

[throatofdelusion-incarnate]

i find tmp very hard to listen to, because of all of the distortions. I tend to zone out when the robotic voices are reading statement and cant properly understand the muffled recorded conversations. I feel like its gotten better, but I dont really know what was going on in the first few episodes

im really enjoying alice tho

[ithinkimfaking]

I like how many statements in the magnus protocol we've gotten so far where I feel no sympathy for the person giving the statement. Like I wish that did happen to more crypto bros tbh. Ur the one who decided to roll those dice dick fuck around and find out. Makes it much easier to take delight in their downfall. I'm having a great time.

[they-call-me-haiku]

i know that everyone loves alice and i do too, but i think it’s time to recognize that she is absolute shit at coping with her lingering feelings for sam and as a result, is just making things harder for herself AND everyone around her

[lost-leitner-database]

Leitner borrowed from a friend who later seemed to have no memory of it: a book of dinosaur facts, affiliated with the End. Entranced its victim to the point of obsession.

[sharklovingcriminals]

I've just finished magnus archives episode 7 and i think you guys have been getting to me with the reblogs saying it's gonna get crazy because I'm sure something was wrong with this episode. Why was it from the 1920s? why was it so deeply tragic rather than scary like usual? Where do i recognise the name Joseph rayner from?

i know that name as soon as he said rayner i knew i should recognise it but I just can't remember who he is. I'm actually going insane you guys

[frxitbeebol]

helen richardson. breathe if you agree ^.^

[shitty-tmagp-theories]

Less a theory with evidence and more my personal pet way of sorting fears BUT

What if fears were sorted slightly differently in this world? What if instead of being sorted by the what part of the contents of the encounter were scary, they were sorted by what might cause someone to be scared by them?

“Hey Jack, what do you mean by that?”

I mean that in this scenario, Mr Bonzo would be filed under childhood. People that have skewed relationships with their own childhood tend to get more attached to spookies that have a similar theme. Think dolls and five nights at freddy’s and spooky nursery rhymes.

A lot of the statements occurring in The Magnus Protocol seem to stem from insecurities of some kind of another, whether those insecurities be financial, social, medical, etc which I think fits nicely with this more personal sorting system. Less about the spooky itself and more about who might be affected by it

Idk if any of this makes sense. I’m just sorta spewing words at this point. I would love to hear your thoughts on this

[thatpodcastkid]

Magnus Archives Relisten 7, MAG 7 The Piper, Spoiler-Free Version

This is a spoiler-free 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." 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.

Character Notes: 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 is too funny for me to ignore

[imanerdnamedmariawhodoesart]

John used all his simussy in that line

[chleckypecky]

Tmagp episode 7, grandpa sliding into sam's email