#tma 113

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MAG 113 - Breathing Room

doodle 113/200; days left - 3/110 15/128

Mahtin, stahp trying to touch the plastic explosives 💔

[kat-and-their-cats]

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[ashes-in-a-jar]

AU where the archive crew actually work in artefact storage instead and Jon spends all day trying to make sure martin doesn't touch anything

[college-cryptids]

okay so yes i know the lore implications in this episode are really important for jon's character development or whatever but also martin constantly trying to touch dangerous artifacts is giving me life

[a-mag-a-day]

The best thing about the martin-touching-things bit for me is that knowing that jon already likes martin by this point (at least according to georgie) this is less of a

"Martin you stupid idiot don't touch things that will kill you"

And more of a

on jon's part

(and also yes a BIT of a martin you stupid idiot don't touch things that will kill you)

It's absolutely a bit of both haha!

[avatarofthebeholding]

currently studying for a biochemistry final and i just had a realization about about mag 113 - idk if this was an intentional choice or not, but the way carbon monoxide poisoning works is a very good analogue for the End itself.

oxygen in your bloodstream binds loosely enough to hemoglobin that it “lets go” when it reaches capillaries in the lungs and other parts of the body. carbon monoxide binds about 200x more tightly to hemoglobin, and it doesn’t let go nearly as quickly. it’s quite similar to the veins that curl through Oliver’s dream-London in that sense - they both hold tightly to their victims, only detaching sometime after the moment of death.

neither acts with malice. both are still terrifying.

[roguecanoe]

Mag 113: Breathing Room

[biromantic-treebark]

The shift from "Who the hell is in Jon's dreams??" To "Ah Hilltop Road. My dear old friend." Is very amusing to me

[themagnustournament]

Redemption Round 3 - Match 11

See, this is what this tournament is about. Breathing Room, 131 Redemption Votes, one of my personal Scariest Episodes. I Guess You Had To Be There, 133 Redemption Votes, perhaps The most iconique episode. Pitting bad bitches against each other.

MAG 113 - Breathing Room | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Adelard Dekker, regarding the near-death and subsequent activities of Justin Gough.

MAG 100 - I Guess You Had To Be There | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Assorted live statements. No further details available.

[girlwholovesturtles]

Breathing Room

Jon, please be ready to explain things this episode or I swear to god!

Martin! You should not need to be told not to touch random books. Danger!

Yeah, Melanie never did explain that story. I assumed that it would come up but it never did.

It's true, you're not really paranoid if you're actually in danger.

I'm a little frustrated with the audio of this episode. I had to relisten to a single bit just to hear "Martin's plan is solid." I get what they're going for here but still.

Makes sense that she would- what? What are- WHAT?! OLD WOMAN, WHAT?!

Uh, why are we jumping into this? Just to distract the Eye so it will stop listening?

Wait, wasn't Tim coming along with them? Not really relevant right now but I'm confused as to where he is.

Why is this man waxing poetics about sleep right now? Is that gonna come up in the episode? Terminus?

Okay, yeah, that was pretty dumb my guy... I can't help but wonder if these god get the souls of the things that were killed in their name?

I'm guessing this is the End's doing? ... Yep, confirmed.

Not completely surprised this man is not a hero... this dude just lobotomized a man...

Did... did they mention Adelard Dekker before? Cus I unfortunately don't remember this man.

[lycanlovingvampyre]

MAG 113 Relisten

Activity on my first listen: cutting apples again!

MARTIN: "So, you actually met vampire Trevor then?" Trevor Herbert plays quite a role in Jon an Martin's relationship. First that little dispute whether he's dead or not, which led Martin to reveal his forged CV and, so I think, brought them a bit closer. Now they're chatting about him. And in S5 there will be quite a moment again...

MARTIN:"Ugh, ooh… Is that the one Trevor…?" JON: "Yes." And they also talked more than just "I met Trevor Herbert" it seems, Jon already told him Trevor got rid of a Stranger thing.

More of Gertrude's no-eyes-policy, except for Gerry of course!

JON: [Exhales] "It’s just a notebook. I think… um…" [MARTIN SIGHS IN RELIEF] MARTIN: "What’s in it?" JON: "Not sure, er… Names, locations, dates. I’ll, I’ll check properly later. Doesn’t look like it’s to do with the Unknowing, I don’t think." Do we actually ever get back to the content of that notebook? I can't remember...

MARTIN: "I mean… it wasn’t actually paranoia, though, was it? Because, they were out to get you." Thank you for being the voice of reason, Martin!

MELANIE: "Wasn’t a great time back here, either." God, the way Melanie immediately shuts their conversation down.

MELANIE:"I don’t need your apology. Or your pity." JON: "Of course. ... Of course." This is already a foretaste for Jon of what's to come in S4.

Martin touching everything is so funny. And then that little fight he has with Jon about it and their simultaneous, annoyed "What?", like they rather would have continued bickering! That is something I love about them because you can tell they don't mean it in a hostile way. They already did that wonderfully in MAG 39, and they weren't even planned to get canon back then.

I think this scene is a wonderful example of demonstrating in an audio medium what their surroundings look like and what items they are looking at, by somehow talking about it. Is happens so casually in conversation. And the way they talk about the C4 also creates a bit of build-up.

JON: "I just – I mean – I forgot!" MELANIE: [Indignant & furious] "You forgot?!" MARTIN: [Screeching] "Turn it off!" JON: "I am! Just give me a second –" MELANIE: [Clenched teeth] "Turn it off!" I know (and I also thought this before) that there is the question whether that first "Turn it off" was also Melanie. But go back and listen closely (5:56). It actually is Alex/Martin screeching. You can very well recognize it in the "turn" of the line.

"It’s not like I sleep enough to worry about dreams." Another build-up for that dreams thing. Though it's a bit odd since this is a written statement. With Jon it's very clear it has only been live statements which create that effect.

"I was pursuing my researches into the new emergence I mentioned earlier. I know you are dismissive of the possibility, but if I’m right, the sudden urgency of these “immediate dangers” you are so focused on could very well be a direct result." Extinction foreshadowing!

"I wonder if… death is the same way? No clear dividing line, just… gone, only to realise after it’s happened, except for the fact that there isn’t an after. Is that a comforting thought or a terrifying one?" Aw fuck, thoughts like this always get me... Because I've had them is the very same way before. It has been a while since the last bit like this in a statement. (I think last time it was MAG 78? The other times MAG 70 & 72.)

"I don’t know if my little ‘theoretical’ is strong enough yet to start taking avatars" It is quite a convenient little coincidence there, that Dekker also uses the term "Avatar" for people who can channel a Fear through their body and mind^^ I mean, since it's something Georgie just threw into Jon's brainstorming about a suitable description.

"It’s hard to scream with a breathing tube in you" [surgery/anesthesia/intubation content warning for this bullet point] I mean, I haven't tried to scream and I think the general anesthetics still did a good job numbing me, but being aware of being intubated wasn't so bad. I once woke up still in the operating room (surgery was luckily already over!) and gave the tubus a good bite, asking myself "what the hell is that thing in my mouth- oooh, the tube!" The machine recognizes when you start breathing on your own, so I wasn't force-ventilated. But I guess - and this is total speculation - you wouldn't be able to scream because all the air goes through the tube and therefore can't bring your vocal cords to vibrate.

"The nurse I talked to hadn’t been there, but he had apparently had some sort of near-death experience, and had been describing awful visions to those attending him, muttering obliquely about “terrible things” he’d had to do to return, and prices that would need to be paid." Sounds similar to that one in MAG 155, but still not quite...

"As you know, I am not by any means a Hunter, and if Justin Gough was as far gone as he appeared, it was likely he was no longer human enough for me to remove him without the aid of one." Interesting lore there. Some, who serve the Fears, can only be destroyed by a Hunter. That’s gonna be important for S5...

Dreams kinda seem to be an End thing though, since Oliver Banks describes his quirks also to be dreams. Do dreams come up in other instances or just the End and the Eye?

JON: "I’m not too concerned, to be honest, my dreams are, uh… well, let’s just say I don’t think they’re going to be letting anyone else in any time soon." How can he be so sure of that? He already knows what they are and how they work I suppose...

@a-mag-a-day

[itssomethingcosmic]

mag 113 — breathing room

@a-mag-a-day

- I genuinely love Jon and Martin’s catching up!!! It’s so cute how Jon is super excited to tell Martin about all of the statement celebs he met in America!!! I love this infodumping dork <3 And Martin is so excited to listen 🥺

- LMAO I love how the music kicked up when Martin was reaching for the book. Martin, bestie, one of the statements you read in the last few months was about a Leitner!!! Never trust anything resembling a book!!!

- I also can’t get over how Jon was the one to pick it up and see what it was… He’s always protecting his friends, especially around strange books... 🥺😭

- The C4 bit is so Iconic!! Martin and his sticky fingers <3 Jon has some of the best lines here as always <3 I think this “Good lord!” is probably my favorite xD

Statement thoughts under the cut (+ a podcast rec w/ VERY similar vibes)!

- “I’ll even make it a statement. Give your patron something to keep it satisfied. It’s not like I sleep enough to worry about dreams.” — This part is confusing to me. I thought that only people who give a direct statement get bad dreams? Or does everyone who gives a statement, even if they write it down, still get a few bad dreams?? (w/ the exclusion of the Archivist staring at them?)

- This is something about the gruesome nature of The End that REALLY gets me. The End and those who serve it know that everyone and everything must eventually end (even It is aware of its inevitable end). But it also seems to savor it??? Justin was dying for 52 SECONDS before he finally died! The End takes pleasure in dragging out the end as much as it can… well, at least until people see Death as a mercy and run into Its waiting arms…

- This string of episodes is so fascinating!!!! Jon only just learned about Smirke’s 14, but now here he is learning about a potential Emergence of Something New. I am an Extinction!Truther so I’m so glad Jonny dropped these crumbs of a 15th Fear basically right after the reveal of the main 14 !!!!!!!

BONUS: Podcast Recommendation!

If you like this episode, but need more of The Extinction in your life, I highly suggest you check out The Edge of Sleep — a highly immersive horror audio drama!!! Millions of people around the world mysteriously die in their sleep overnight, and the few people still alive are now forced to stay awake. Something dark has been released; it stalks the earth killing anyone who falls asleep...

Season 2 (+ a TV show) coming soon!

[libraryfag]

... wait who was adelard dekker again? at first i thought they were the PI from the butchers window but apparently not. this is one of the few times i can't recall a name

[moriartyyouwhore]

the Elias Bouchard’s only good decision pop remix STAYS ON

[portuguesedisaster]

Also, guy from one of the first statements who dreamt of people's death? End’s avatar?

[a-mag-a-day]

With Martin's "So, you actually met vampire Trevor then?" - and flashing back to s2 when it was Trevor's statement that sparked the conversation that led to the CV reveal - I love the idea that, the second Jon recognized Trevor in America, his first thought was oh my god, I have to tell Martin about this.

Trevor plays an intricate part in Jon and Martin's relationship development and doesn't even know it. Tragic