A collection of theories and speculation from TMAGP 13
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Celia: It's interesting that (assuming she is telling the truthee about Jack/his age) that she would have chosen the name Jack for her baby. Jack is an old nickname for John. I know names aren't really a big factor in the show (Jonathan Sims took his name for the main character of TMA lol), but it's still interesting. Also, she mentioned that it had been a few years since she "moved here" but we know that Chester, Norris, and Augustus showed up about a year and a half ago (the first episode mentions a year, but Same mentions in this episode that it had been about 6 months since he got the job). So we have 3 possibilities, assuming that Celia is from TMA and that Chester and Norris are Jon and Martin (and Augustus is probably Magnus):
1. Time works differently. Celia showed up a few years ago, probably 1-2 years before Jon and Martin, therefore time could work differently for Jon and Martin in the computer system.
2. Celia is lying. I don't remember hearing an glitches while she was talking, so this may be unlikely, however, it is possible that Celia showed up around the same time as Jon and Martin and lied about it to Sam to giver her more of a past. In this episode, she said Jack is around a year old, which could fit into this timeline, if Jack was a premie or if Jack came with her either from TMA or he randomly showed up when she arrived.
3. Celia could have just said the time frame wrong. It's possible that Celia could have said a few years, when she actually arrived around a year and a half ago. This would be untrue, but technically not a lie as a year and a half could be counted as 2 years, which could be counted as a few years. It's possible that she did this intentionally or it's possible that she actually thinks it was a few years. Since she was having "a werid time," her memories could be messed up, especially if she traveled from TMA.
Sam's past: Sam said everything started going wrong after the Institute, which eventually landed him at the OIAR. Could this be the Web's doing? We know that the Web has manipulated a future archivist before, with the Web being the first to mark Jon, so it's possible that it's doing the same to Sam.
Lena & Gwen's discussion: Lena says that her group is "managing the bad guys" which makes me wonder: Is something else controlling the fears? Did the Web take over? Or did this world just figure out how to deal with the fears?
Personally I think it's either a different entity entirely controlling the fears/keeping them in line or the Web (we already know that the Web has manipulated most of the fears before, with Gertrude's/Agnes's bond, Jon, the eyepolcolypse, ect).
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Ok I haven't seen anyone mention this but can we talk about the ending of episode 13 when Lena reveals that the OIAR is managing the Fears as opposed to serving one? In TMA, the Fears don'are mainly served by individual Avatars some of whom create or infiltrate groups like the Magnus Institute, the People's Church of the Divine Host, and the Church of the Lightless Flame; while others tend to do their own thing like Simon Fairchild. But in TMAGP, it seems the UK government seems to know of the Fears and is actively covering their existence up (in 004 Alice says 'this is not something you go poking around in... if you want to keep your job, or your neck.'). So while the Institute wanted to bring the Ceaseless Watcher into our world, the OIAR is not subservient to any fear (though seemingly eye and web aligned), but instead has its finger in every pie to keep that balance and prevent what happened in the original podcast.
Also, one of my favourite bits in TMAGP so far is the bit about the starkwall massacre - I love the use of retrospective delineation to make it clear that we don't know any more than what we're told about this world. It's the inconsistencies both present (tea/coffee etc) but also in the little snippets of the past that have been revealed to us like the San Pedro Square Massacre and the Institute being in Manchester rather than London that make this so enthralling for me.
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Sam my boiiiii. Can't wait to see what horrible main character narrative you have coming for you. He wears baggy shirts and layers to hide his noodle arms.
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Im a bit late to the party but MAGNUS PROTOCOL !!!!!!!! I LOVE MAGNUS PROTOCOL
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