#mag 23 schwartzwald

[themagnustournament]

Round Two Part Five - Match 38

Mary, with all her shitty parenting and Leitner collecting skills! But can she beat Albrecht von Closen's Archive (129)?

MAG 062 - First Edition | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Mary Keay regarding her first Leitner.

MAG 023 - Schwartzwald | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Albrecht von Closen, regarding a discovered tomb near his estate in the Black Forest.

[echioceras]

no little german boy! don't go into the strange tomb in the black forest near your home!

...OH MEIN GOTT! ZERE ARE SÖ MANY BUCHEN HERE...OH MEIN GOTT! HERR CEMETERY HAT NICHT EYES IN SEINE HEAD! EEEEEP!

[samwise1548]

Day 23/40 Schwartzwald

((it has been a real long time since I did one of these!! Hopefully I can continue it at least until episode 40))

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[ID: Two pen and paper comic strips of characters from the Magnus Archives from the twenty-third episode of the podcast, Schwartzwald.

Comic one: In the first panel, a figure wearing a long coat and wide-brimmed hat that obscures his eyes from vision, talks to Albrecht von Closen, a man wearing a scarf and a winter coat, poised to take something out of his satchel. The figure gestures to a building behind them and says "That crypt you seek is a very dangerous place." The next panel is a close up of the figures face as Albrecht says offscreen "What have I to fear from the dead?" The figure seems slightly shocked from this response. But in the next panel, he laughs and pulls his hat even lower. In the last panel an ominous, dark vignette halos the figures front facing face as he says with a wide, menacing grin, "No, sir. You've nothing to fear from the dead." Where the last word is underlined for emphasis. Under the comic is written "mag 23".

Comic two: In the first panel Jonathan Sims, a rectangle glasses wearing man with short messy hair and a moustache, is seated in a chair behind his desk. He has an angry expression on and a dark blue aura around him. He yells at Martin, a fat man with round glasses, curly hair, and arm hair. He says "Good Lord man, at least have the decency to wear trousers!!" in a green speech bubble. To which an awkward Martin, standing in the doorway to his office, says in a blue speech bubble, "sorry." The second panel is a close up of Martin's face from the bust up. We can see his red face and beads of sweat run down his skin. He is smiling awkwardly. Green and blue empty speech bubbles around him suggest he is still speaking with Jon. Behind him is screaming text suggesting his internal monologue being in turmoil currently. The top left corner reads "later." The artist would like it to be known that they forgot to exclude that from the drawing and it's not meant to be there. At the bottom some boxes text reads "Martin will be thinking about this interaction for the rest of his life." Under the comic is written "bonus mag 23"

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[pumpkinhrat]

Martin in his canned peaches era

testing a different pen (aka procrastinating instead of preparing for my exams :] )

[Image ID: A sketch of Martin Blackwood standing, dressed in red boxer briefs and an open button up shirt. At the bottom there is a screenshot of MAG 23 "Schwartzwald" transcript, that says "Martin! Good lord man, if you’re going to be staying in the Archives, at least have the decency to put some trousers on!" End ID]

[kat-and-their-cats]

Favourite Episode Masterlist

[beauty-and-passion]

TMA - Chapters 21-30: Andorra is a beautiful place

Here I am, once again, back with 10 more TMA chapters.

Things are starting to get very, VERY interesting.

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MAG 21 - Freefall

A statement all about skydiving and my mind flies to Ex Altiora. I’ll admit it: I kept wondering if the supernatural shit of this statement was related to this book in particular - or to any other book from my man Leutner.

But nope, today’s supernatural shit is something both weird and horrific at the same time: the sky itself, that ate a guy. The account is purposely left as vague as possible, with a clear emphasis on how difficult it is to describe the whole thing, but the image of the sky shifting and enveloping Robert is both beautiful and eldritch-esque. I really liked it.

And here we go again with the familiar names, this time it’s Simon Fairchild. Why is it so familiar? Why is every name so familiar?

But most importantly: how badass is he? Just think about this man, who decided to give Robert the scare of his life and not because he had something against him, but just because. And he did it, by saying the most harmless thing ever. He literally woke up and chose violence.

Also, what the heck happened in the end? Glad to know Martin is back, but what’s happening? Did he bring slugs with him? Worms? Jane Prentiss? Some other supernatural shit?

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MAG 22 - Colony

Holy shit, it really was Jane Prentiss again.

I wondered if we would’ve seen more of her victims, but I never wanted Martin to be one of them! Well, it is kind of his own fault - I mean, his zealousness is admirable, but was it really necessary to go twice into that scary basement? And he even tried to take a photo, to prove to his boss that he was not insane! Martin needs a vacation away from all this shit.

And he survived for 13 fucking days, with Jane Prentiss (who is officially a trypophobic’s nightmare) knocking at his door every now and then and one trillion worms trying to find their way inside his house - and possibly inside him too. Disgusting, draining, terrifying, hats off to him for surviving. 

So the famous stomach problems were not real: it was Jane Prentiss doing shit with Martin’s phone. And she even has the balls to write something like “Okay, sheesh, keep him”. Kind of a boss, I’ll admit it.

O-oh, what is the “Archivist’s crimson fate”? Is it a sort of “curse” placed on the Head Archivists of this Institute? Maybe that’s why Gertrude Robinson died: the man from MAG 11 tried to warn her, but it was too late and the “curse” activated before she could escape it. But considering that there are supernatural shits everywhere, is the “crimson fate” a curse or just another supernatural shit?

(Don’t you DARE to tell me any spoilers)

One last thing: John has been very understanding, which proves he’s a nice guy after all. Even if he always tells shit about Martin, this time he gave him a place in the Archives, reassured him and told him he would hire extra security too. He trusted his words. Finally, Jon is becoming a better person XD

He also mentioned a statement from Jane Prentiss herself, so if I’m getting this series right, I guess MAG 23 will be about that statement.

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MAG 23 - Schwartzwald

It wasn’t Jane Prentiss’ statement. Sad :(

But we got a statement given to Jonah Magnus - who I suppose is the founder of the Institute. Pretty cool.

Okay, so we have the tomb of this Johann von Württemberg guy, a man with no eyes, a disappeared coin, a mysterious book and a lot of eyes again. The book immediately made me think of my man Leutner, while the eyes are a constant reminder of MAG 11/all other MAGs before & after and I am 100% sure these eyes are part of some other supernatural shit we still have to see. Is it related to the “Archivist’s crimson fate”, maybe? Only time will tell.

Here we are, the most important part of the statement: Albrecht is ready to enter the mausoleum, even if a weird guy gave him a weirder warning. The tension builds, Albrecht is here, he lights his lantern… and then we have Martin, who is apparently walking around the Archives naked and I burst out laughing because I just had this wonderful image of Jon all focused on the statement, while Martin is chilling around wearing nothing but his boxers. Best way to build the tension and break it at the same time, 10/10, kudos to the author of this series for doing that, it was the funniest shit ever.

MY (WO)MAN MARY KEAY. Don’t be silly, Jon, of course it’s not a coincidence - there are no coincidences in this series. This woman is the mother of my man Gerard, I am 100% sure. And I love how the Keays have always been involved with supernatural shits, ever since their ancestor Albrecht. It kinda explains why Gerard is always around them. It’s not that he doesn’t have anything better to do: it's literally part of his DNA.

And it could also explain why he’s searching for Leutner’s books: maybe the one in Johann von Württemberg’s tomb really was a Leutner’s book and Gerard is searching for all others.

That's very, very interesting.

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MAG 24 - Strange Music

A weird calliope organ and some murderous clown dolls. Not the most exciting story ever but hey, at least there are a couple interesting things here:

We hear Sasha for the first time and she appears for the most useless speech ever. I hope she will be more useful in the future. And Jon is sarcastic with her too, which proves to me that he’s not an ass: just a typical British guy XD (my dear Brits, you had it coming XD Don’t take me seriously, we’re all bros here <3)

Someone “legitimate” took the calliope. And my mind flies to our favorite delivery company “Breekon and Hope Deliveries”.

The Circus of the Other. What the heck is the “Other”? My bet is another supernatural shit.

Holy shit the organ is in the Institute?! Was it the Breekon and Hope Deliveries to deliver it or did the Institute take it?

Is there something Elias knows for sure, or all he knows is that things are “maybe/probably somewhere”? This man is useless XD

Now that I think about it: Elias is the head of the Institute, right? So he bought it from some of Magnus’ successors, I suppose. Now, does he know about the “Archivist’s crimson fate”? If this “fate” is some sort of curse that takes all Head Archivists, it probably took more Head Archivists before Gertrude Robinson, right? And Elias never asked himself why all these Archivists were casually dying under his nose?

Or maybe I’m getting it all wrong and the “crimson fate” isn’t a curse that affects all Head Archivists. Well, then I have another unrelated question: how's it possible that the goddamn Head of the Institute knows nothing of his Institute? How involved is Elias in the Institute and its organization?

There are still many missing things and I can’t wait to connect them all.

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MAG 25 - Growing Dark

The statement itself isn’t very interesting, just “guy finds some random shit in a dark creepy place”, but there are a few details that caught my attention.

First of all, here we are again with a closed eye. I suppose that the People’s Church of the Divine Host and these Hither Green Dissenters are all part of the same gang, considering they both share closed eyes as their symbol. Also, now there’s Alesund mentioned too. Is this the birthplace of the supernatural shit they all worship? And are closed and open eyes related to the same supernatural shit or they're two different shits?

We also have the exact date in which Gertrude Robinson died: May 15th, 2015. And this is a problem for me, because I don’t remember any date and I suck with dates in general, unless I have a scheme/timeline/whatever. So tell me: should I do a timeline?

Fuck, I’ll do it anyway.

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MAG 26 - A Distortion

Holy shit. HOLY. SHIT.

*I think I’ve finally found my Michael. And it’s not Michael Getty, Michael Crew or Michael Whatever: it’s Michael the Supernatural Shit. And I love him. I mean, he is:

a chill guy, who buys flowers and drinks coffee

a poet, considering that when Sasha asked him what he is, he said: “How would a melody describe itself when asked?”. Best way to answer, he’s amazing, I’m in love

a cool boy who is creepy as fuck while not appearing creepy at all

probably the guy “with all the bones in his hands” mentioned in MAG 8

a good boyo who wants to help

*I wrote a timeline just in time, because as soon as I heard the name Timothy Hodge, I instantly remembered he was from MAG 6. The timeline is useful: I will keep updating it, then.

*Poor Martin is being stalked by the goddamn colony of silver worms. Martin, I think it's time for a vacation far away from all these supernatural shits. What about Andorra? Andorra is between the mountains, so good luck finding it. The population is less than 90k, so basically there are more people in my backyard than in the entire state. And it’s in the Pyrenees, so I’m pretty sure the nights are probably shorter than in Norway.

Think about it, Martin: no supernatural shits, no worms, long days. And spas. They have spas too.

I dream this for Martin.

*Two statements ago I asked for Sasha to be more useful and here she is. She is useful indeed! Thank you for your service, Sasha: you finally gave me my Michael and you’ve probably saved Jon’s life. Great job.

But you know how you can save everyone's life even more? Move to Andorra. They also have traditions related to fire and burning things, just in case some worms find you. Listen to me and run away from all this shit.

Andorra is a wonderful place.

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MAG 27 - A Sturdy Lock

Another not-very-interesting story, just “supernatural shit knocks at my door during the night”. Also, it comes after that bomb that was MAG 26, so the backlash is even stronger. I mean, after all the shit Sasha told him, Jon thought it was a great idea to record another statement. Seriously?!

Andorra, Jon. Andorra is a nice place to live.

Also, who the heck is Sarah Carpenter? Is she important too? Should I remember her too?

Even more important, what does that mean that Mr. McKenzie’s bedroom door “does not have a keyhole or a lock”? Was his door just a wood panel? Did it have only a handle? I’m kinda confused by this, honestly, but maybe it’s just me not being able to visualize it.

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MAG 28 - Skintight

The statement isn’t particularly captivating, but Sarah Baldwin peeling off her skin and putting it back is a bit creepy, I’ll accept it.

Also, since Jon said she was in some previous statements, I searched for her and here she was, among all the missing people mentioned in MAG 1: disappeared in August 2006, while this statement is from April 2016. So the girl here clearly isn’t Sarah Baldwin.

That kinda explains her weird words about trespassing: she (it?) was probably apologizing to another supernatural shit in the hospital for entering their territory. But if I’m right, that means every supernatural shit has a territory like mafia bosses and no one can invade them? Or maybe this applies to some supernatural shits and not others. Maybe there is a hierarchy or similar and the most powerful can do whatever they want and go whenever they want, while others control specific, limited territories. Can’t wait to find out.

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MAG 29 - Cheating Death

Oh, that was interesting! So, according to this statement, when you win death, you become death. Until someone else wins, then they become the new death and you turn back into a human, but you’re immortal. Very cool, a good variation to the topic of defeating death/cheating death/immortality.

Once again, the series listens to me and provides an answer to my questions: I wanted to know more about Elias and here we find out he was a filing clerk when Gertrude Robinson was still alive.

Well, this explains why Elias never cared about other Head Archivists before Getrude: he was just a clerk. Maybe he wasn’t even hired yet, when there was someone before her.

This also explains why he doesn’t know a lot of things: he was just a clerk, after all.

Still, it’s very weird that he managed to go from filing clerk to goddamn head of the Institute in the span of nothing. What happened to the previous head of the Institute? Did they die too, along with all the previous staff members? How? And only Elias survived this unexplained massacre? That’s very, very suspicious. If I were Jon, I would ask Elias a couple of things.

But if I were Jon, I would’ve already moved away from all this shit, so I wouldn’t ask anything anyway.

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MAG 30 - Killing Floor

I’ll quote Jon for this one: “Hmm. More meat. Interesting.”

Is meat part of another supernatural shit? Should I be scared by it? In this case, it kinda failed to do so. I mean, this isn't a bad statement… just a little meh. After all, it’s just an endless slaughterhouse featuring the Obligatory Dead Guy. Nothing truly amazing.

And it’s kinda sad, because we had MAG 26 and now this post ends not with a bang, but with a meh. Sad :(

But even more sad is that Jon, despite all of this, is still recording statements.

Listen to me, Jon. Andorra is a nice place to live.

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In conclusion

So, that's my theory for now:

There are a lot of different supernatural shits in this world. Some are more powerful and can do whatever they want, others are “minor” and they control smaller territories.

The Magnus Institute contains the worst/more powerful supernatural shit of them all. The Lukas family took/found this shit in Norway and decided it was very cool - but a little hungry too, so let’s close it in the Institute and let’s use the Institute as a huge “feeder” to feed it.

This supernatural shit is what Jane Prentiss referred to as the “Archivist’s crimson fate”. Every Head Archivist is somehow “cursed” to become food for this thing. That’s what happened to Gertrude Robinson, that’s what happened to her staff and that’s what happened to the staff before them.

Elias somehow survived and either 1) he turned into a supporter of the Lukas family or 2) he’s used as bait to find more people to feed to the supernatural shit.

How much of this is right? How much is wrong? Only time will tell me :D

Speaking of Jonathan: my man, I’m a skeptical person too, so I understand that you’re skeptical. But you literally have silver worms everywhere, someone threatened you via Martin’s phone, the most reasonable member of your staff told you she met a supernatural shit in real life and the supernatural shit confirmed something bad will happen to you. And after all of this, you are still recording statements as if it’s nothing?! My man, that’s not being skeptical, that’s not having any self-preservation instinct at all! First Martin threw himself into a basement that screamed “DANGER HERE”, now you're ignoring all red flags, wow you’re perfect for each other…

Wait... wait... are you two the homoerotic couple? Are you two gonna fall in love? I’ll admit it, it would be very funny if it’s you two. But, again, only time will tell.

So let’s wait and see what will happen: will my theories be correct? Will Michael the Supernatural Shit become Best Boyo of the series? Will my man Leutner still wreak havoc all over the world? Will Gerard come back to deal with this shit like he always does? How many more iconic weirdos will I find in the next 10 episodes? Will Jane Prentiss still haunt these poor people?

And most importantly: when will Jon and his staff finally listen to me and move to a better place?

>> Next post

(How about a coffee? ☕)

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[statementsranked]

MAG 23 is a letter to Jonah Magnus reguarding a dark forest and a mausoleum

MAG 125 is a statement by a cop reguarding an instance where she went into a house where all the residents had torn eachother into pieces

So sorry about the description for both of these if anyone wants to add onto the plot of these episodes please do!

[a-mag-meme-a-day]

meme for @a-mag-a-day Day 24

MAG 23 - Schwartzwald

[ndsvkwac]

MAG 23: Schwartzwald

[iamabigbox]

Finally finished my relisten of season one of TMA so here is TSH characters as TMA S1 statements (basically whether I think they’re similar to the statement giver, victim or would end up in that situation)

Richard

Mag 1 Angler fish - he would get drunk fall down stairs and then avoid being killed(??) by not being bothered to get up.

Mag 2 Do not open - Again with him getting into situations but avoiding death (+ him doing it for some cash seems about right) him and Joshua Gellespie have the same vibe

Mag 3 Across the street - not saying he’s a stalker or anything but he would end up in this situation

Mag 6 squirm - again I think he’s the one most likely to end up in this situation

Mag 23 Schwartzwald - Richard writing to Henry vibes

Mag 33 boatswain’s call - would survive in this situation by just following along with what everyone else is doing

Henry

Mag 9 A father’s love - okay idk what about this just reminds me of him honestly he reminds me of the Father ( killing people to serve a fear entity to protect himself/who he cares for is right up his alley idk)

Mag 19 confession I - his hubris leading to his downfall sounds like something that would happen to him

Mag 34 Autonomy class - Julian as the teacher and Henry as the students

Bunny

Mag 21 Freefall - he would be eaten by the sky

Mag 31 first hunt - do I need to explain myself with this one

Mag 37 burnt offering - fucking around and finding out

Camilla

Mag 15 Lost John’s Cave - out of the pair of them I think Camilla would be most likely to try sacrificing Charles to save her own life

Mag 28 Skintight - idk I just feel like Camilla and Melanie would share the same/similar attitude in this situation

Charles

Mag 10 vampire killer - your sibling dying bc of ur inaction then becoming a vampire hunter seems like something he would do

Mag 14 Piecemeal - you can’t tell me this statement isn’t just a variation of Charles and his hatred for Henry

Francis

Mag 29 cheating death - was considering putting this for Bunny but the whole bold not brave thing gives Francis vibes

Mag 36 taken ill - his thing with disease (I forgot the name of what it’s called but yk what I mean)

Mag 38 lost and found - the homophobic vase got him + I think he spiral would destroy Francis if given the chance idk why

I’ll probably also do this for season 2 when I eventually listen to all of that again as well. I love doing these silly little comparison for my current two fave interests icl

[corens-relisten]

MAG 23 Schwartzwald

"my dearest jonah..." "next time i have the pleasure of your company" gay. idc. ive decided that jonah magnus is at least a little bit homosexual. oh albrecht is married? hmmmmm

"fascination with the macabre" huh? i wonder how he got into all that creepy stuff, enough to make the institute. but omg its so cute that albrecht heard from someone (hc that its another bf IDC) (any hcs i have abt jonah's collection of bfs is automatically a joke) that he got a new interest, then he immediately writes a letter and tells him abt macabre stuff! thats so sweet!

spoilers <3

i wonder how magnus got into the Eye, in the first place. from what we've seen, working at the institute is the best way to become an avatar. but it seemed that Magnus had always loved Knowing about everything, especially "creepy" (related to Dread Powers)

martin coming in with no trousers and jon having a perfectly normal conversation with him is so ace... and so me.

URGH i know i had a really good thought but i lost it. BOO OMG THATS RIGHT!! so, we k ow that statements are as eloquent as they are bc of the Eye, and them being compulsed by the archivist, right? does that apply over letters, phone, emails? i wonder. bc this dude seems plenty eloquent and traumatized

anyway, i think this is the Beholding! all the books, containing info and such (bc you know info lol), and being "seen" in the tomb, and feeling watched in the forest, etc. plus the being followed by an eye-less dude who could still see him.

spoilers over

does anyone who sees these actually care abt spoilers? i know my friend does so ill keep putting the warnings but i still wonder

anywho, i really love cemeteries. the consept of them is so interesting. i would so explore stuff like this if i could

i remember there being a letter as a statement, and it being addressed to jonah magnus, but not the contents of it. its really good though! i rly understand the mc of this one. and omg being followed is so creepy this whole statement is really amazing. i dont quite know how to put it to appreciate it well enough.

carla or clara, jon? which is it? lol

IT IS A RATHER A RATHER PLEASING DISCOVERY, ISNT IT?? i was so excited when i heard the name Magnus

well, thats all my lil commentary for this one. WAIT NEVERMIND THAT. MICHAEL KEAY?? (really jon. another michael.) MARY KEAY?? OMG???

okay now kim done! haha. heres my offering!

some jon for your travels. excuse how fried the photo looks, i tried to fuck around w the filters to make it actually visible bc i drew super lightly

have a great day!

[themagnustournament]

Redemption Round 2 - Match 38

Our previous Archive at Schwartzwald earned 143 votes in Round Two and a total of 272 votes! It's against evil mosquitoes in Blood Bag, which had 104 votes in Round One.

MAG 023 - Schwartzwald | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Albrecht von Closen, regarding a discovered tomb near his estate in the Black Forest.

MAG 045 - Blood Bag | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Thomas Neill, regarding his experiences working in malarial research during the spring of 2010.

[randomatthingy]

TMA Credits Songs - Season 1

If TMA became a tv series, with a different end credits song every time, this is what I'd want them to be.

MAG 1: Anglerfish - "Who Are You Really" (Mickey Ekko)

MAG 2: Do Not Open - The Work Song (Hoser)

MAG 3: Across The Street - Somebody That I Used To Know (Gotye, Kimbra)

MAG 4: Pageturner - Thunderstruck (ACDC)

MAG 5 - Thrown Away - Skeleton Appreciation Day (Will Wood)

MAG 6: Squirm - Butch 4 Butch (Rio Romeo)

MAG 7: The Piper - For Whom The Bell Tolls (Metallica) *OR* - Great War (Sabaton)

MAG 8: Burned Out - Burned Out (dodie)

MAG 9: A Father's Love - Murders (Miracle Musical)

MAG 10: Vampire Killer - St. Benard (Lincoln)

MAG 11: Dreamer - Momento Mori (Will Wood)

MAG 12: First Aid - Play With Fire (Sam Tinnezz)

MAG 13: Alone - Everbody's Lonely (Jukebox and the Ghost)

MAG 14: Piecemeal - Modify (Lemon Demon)

MAG 15: Lost John's Cave - bury a friend (Billie Eilish)

MAG 16: Arachnophobia - Spider (Bo Burnham)

MAG 17: The Boneturner's Tail - Body (Mother Mother)

MAG 18: The Man Upstairs - Mirror Man (Jack Stauber)

MAG 19: Confession (Part 1 of 2) - Amazing Grace (Mandela Catalogue Version)

MAG 20: Desecrated Host (Part 2 of 2) - Hellfire (The Hunchback of Notre Damn)

MAG 21: Freefall - Freefallling (Tom Petty)

MAG 22: Colony - Deep Dark Basement (AJJ)

MAG 23: Schwartzwald - Dead (They Might Be Giants)

MAG 24: Strange Music - Entry Of The Gladiators (Julius Fuicik)

MAG 25: Growing Dark - No Light, No Light (Florence + The Machine)

MAG 26: A Distortion - The Distortionist (Ghost)

MAG 27: A Sturdy Lock - Mr. Backwards (Jack Stauber)

MAG 28: Skintight - Ghostbusters Theme (Ghostbusters)

MAG 29: Cheating Death - Wherever I May Roam (Mettalica)

MAG 30: Killing Floor - People Eater (Sodikken)

MAG 31: First Hunt - A Hunting We Shall Go (Simon)

MAG 32: Hive - Nobody Like's Me, I'll Go Eat Worms

MAG 33: Boatswin's Call - How To Disappear Completely (Radiohead)

MAG 34: Anatomy Class - Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

MAG 35: Old Passages - Teenagers (My Chemical Romance)

MAG 36: Taken Ill - It's Just A Burning Memory (Everywhere At The End Of Time)

MAG 37: Burnt Offering - Burning Pile (Mother Mother)

MAG 38: Lost and Found - Come Along (Cosmo Sheldrake)

MAG 39: Infestation -Breezeblocks (alt-J)

MAG 40: Human Remains - This Is Home (Cavetown)

[ash-rabbit]

Everyone has a different 'scariest' episode of TMA, but none have filled me with horror as much as MAG 118 had.

It's not the threat of Elias or the choir of skin puppets that turned my stomach.

It's Martin Blackwood.

Martin and his wanton destruction of historical documents. Albrecht's letter in particular.

Below is just a vent about that letters possible research significance and why it's destruction is devastating from like a small scale. Information Science people could probably say it a lot better, but it is 2 am and still thinking about that.

Working off the assumption that the letter is the Schwartzwald statement Mag 23, well-

It's devastating. Albrecht's letter actually operates as an excellent primary source within the world of Magnus as a study on cursed books. Leitner's library was a known and infamous variable within the supernatural community, and Albrecht's library was essentially a precursor to it.

I'd also like to point out that MAG 53 also offered up another source of cursed libraries and the foul fates of their caretakers

And MAG 127 is a follow up to MAG 23, further reaffirming the assumptions made in 53 regarding the fates of failed archivists.

Even if that's a completely unrelated letter, it was stored in the archive because it was considered relevant for future researchers, archives don't just hoard every gossipy letter, those would go into a separate collection based in the library if anything.

And all of these related statements are all in English, which is kind of insane? So maybe I'm bitter that I've had to change multiple thesis' due to a lack of relevant primary sources, but Albrecht is such a pivotal lore character in universe.

My uni makes history students attend a seminar on how to handle materials from archives and rare book libraries, and the librarian promised great violence on those who would use a stapler or pen anywhere near those texts.

So really, Martin got off incredibly easy for purposefully destroying an invaluable record. Irregardless of sentiment, I think Jonah under reacted. In that situation I think Jonah Magnus would have been more justified in brutal pipe murdering a man then he had with Jurgen Leitner.

There is nothing inherently evil about knowledge, about books and records. The ethics lie within the acquisition of said knowledge, it's usage, and what it's destruction represents.

[a-mag-a-day]

Date: November 10th, 2022

Episode of the day: MAG 23 Schwartzwald

"My dearest Jonah,"

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MAG 23: Schwartzwald

[Day 23/200]

He asked me, in low, peasant German whether I was planning to explore the tomb. [...] He laughed again, and told me, “No, sir, you have nothing to fear from the dead.”

Episode 23′s drawing came later than expected. Back when I finished MAG 22 and I was preparing with ideas for MAG 23, life got very hard. I wasn’t able to keep up with my artistic needs, work has gotten unbearable and my anxiety has been out of control.

Being stuck in an art block and not having any ideas what-so-ever got me stuck and I didn’t go on with the daily TMA art for a while. I decided to just skip this episode, hoping I will be able to get back to it once my creative juices started flowing again ^^