#The Magnus Protocol

[artromanthur-lester]

This came to me in a vision. a stupid vision, but a vision nonetheless

[zoomclown]

thinking about Jonathan Sims and Samama Khalid.

Thinking about how, by all laws of Horror Story Trope, Jon should not be the protagonist. If I'd never heard of tma and you showed me a lineup of the archives crew and asked me to guess who died first I would have pointed to Jon. He's the paranoid professor archetype. The one who dies discovering some crucial bit of information at the beginning to push the plot forward. He's unfriendly, cowardly, insecure, and makes other people do his investigation for him for all of season 1. He doesn't do anything even remotely heroic until the second half of the show. He has no interest in romance for the first half of the show. The audience wasn't even aware Jon had a dark past until he starts telling us about A Guest for Mr. Spider. But he is *Chosen.* Despite the fact that he has no actual qualities of a hero, he's chosen as the eyes special boy. Over the course of the show he starts to become more and more like an actual protagonist. He starts trying to save the world, resist the eye, all that jazz. For one reason or another, being the Archivist turns Jonathan "definition of a side character" Sims into the main character.

Then we have Sam. Sam starts acting like a horror/mystery protagonist almost immediately. He is young, charming, has a mysterious past (that we are made aware of pretty much right away) and a curiosity that causes him to frequently put himself personally in the path of The Horrors. He pokes around where he doesn't belong and looks for clues. He's the center of an office love triangle for goodness sake. He has a strong sense of duty to others and will put himself in harms way to protect those he loves. He exudes main character energy. He has everything a horror protagonist needs to push the plot along. But Sam wasn't *Chosen.* Despite being exactly the person you'd expect the plot to follow. And I can't help but wonder if, in the same way that the narrative made Jon important, it's going to make Sam unimportant. Irrelevant. If, with his rejection from The Magnus Institute, Sam is going to disappear completely. Become a mystery.

Because at the end of the day, so much of your life, your impact on the world, your relevance, has absolutely nothing to do with you. So much of it has everything to do with those in power, and whether they decide you're important.

It all comes down to your own rotten luck.

[g0bleen]

Jonathan Sims but every time I draw him my rendering skills level up

It’s so silly but I found out I can use wallpaper arts and crafts motifs to add a little bit of ✨spice✨ to clothes and I don’t think I will get over it// ITS SO SATISFYING 🤌

[sinistertaperecorders]

somethings going on

[secretlyhuntokar]

What if Gwen is transfem and Elias is her deadname what then huh

[t0byee]

[anouchard]

what do u think Lena had stored away, what kind of beverage? and did Gwen enjoy it or was she choking it down LOL

Whisky. Knocked it back like a champ.

Kidding, she probably sipped it while spinning in her chair and giggling.

The sweet, sweet taste of victory, eh?

[floorbeastie]

i feel like the location of her eyes depends on where you're looking at her from

[uncannily-handsome]

can't wait for Gwen to pull a Jon (try to fix the work of their predecessor just to discover that was the only thing keeping The Horrors™ at bay)

[static-sulker]

Funny. “Canaries should stay above ground” the statement that I feel like stuck in most people’s heads really enwraps Sam’s mistake. Funny that he didn’t listen to that first statement, that his downfall happened both times he entered spooky basements. The archivist and the betrayal of Celia both taking place underground.

It’s one of those statements that ring around peoples head, not exactly in the fear way but it has the same impact that “the blanket never did anything” feels to me

[justicefortyvarkell]

Season 2 of the Magnus Protocol is going to reveal that the rift wasn't to Archives-universe but to a completely unrelated one and Sam and the Archivist split a flat in Leeds across from this universe's Magnus Institute.

[yesimtrashforit]

Redoing this poll, for my fellow audio drama/fiction podcast (the magnus archives, malevolent, penumbra, etc.) listeners, where do you listen to your podcasts?

[krispchipss]

oh yay alice!! <3

I updated my Alice design and I love it <333

[witchinatree]

this came to me in a vision after relistening to episode 17

[sasha-n-james]

a very dyhard halloween 💋

why SHOULDNT they be lesbian rocky horror?????

[parsleysaauce]

okay i am curious about the ratio of people who assumed celia was lying about sam jumping in to save her. because so far i think it’s just me