THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES  

Elias was really like: "Anyway Martins gay, so if you need any updates, ask him" huh?

I don’t fully trust Peter yet _but_ I’m glad he’s making the institutes pockets hurt by sending everyone to therapy

I DO NOT like Peter Lukas, but he has earned some points by offering therapy for these poor bastards.

ngl for a moment there i really thought martin was gonna end up as the new head of the magnus institute

The sheer catharsis of Elias getting punched in the stomach Nice.

God I am so sad that Tim is dead... Admittedly, Elias getting punched made me feel a lot better.

My crops are watered, my skin is clear, my loans are paid off, and my soul is at peace - all because Elias got the life decked out of him.

Yeah my heart is broken. I was in denial about Sasha's death up until NotSasha died...but Tim and Daisy's deaths seems pretty final. I....Jeez

Mr Joe Spooky it's been an honor o7 😭 And I can see how the Lonely keeps managing to find spouses; Peter's very charming

It seems that Jon's only dreaming the statements that were given directly to him. And Helen's door is kinda sad but it might means that he can contact her from his dream

at least SOMEONE got to hit Elias

Elias getting punched is great and all.. but I was NOT quite ready for Tim dying :( I will miss that bastard terribly

Ah finally Elias gets decked

Elias is one of those characters I absolutely love to hate. He's awful, but you know that, as a listener, you're in for a good time when he appears. I love me an absolute snake who acts all sophisticated and proper Peter Lukas...I'm keeping an eye on you, mate.

I've listened to all three seasons in maybe a week, if that.

So much to unpack here - Peter Lukas did really take notes on "how to be a good boss". I hope he will remember the "less murder" part - Rest in Tim. I wasn't suprised by your death, I just hope you'll be happier now. Rest in too Daisy, I suppose, you left as you lived - the statement was so well-written, it's fascinating and terrifying. And the voice actor of Elias does a wonderful job ! Thank you to all the team

*50 YEARS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO MY SOUL WHEN I HEARD ELIAS GETTING PUNCHED IN THE GUT!* Edit: 18:09 That’s the time stamp. Just- *Chef’s kiss*

Oh that ending, when he said : "THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES IS A PODCAST DISTRIBUTED BY RUSTY QUILL LIMITED AND LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION NON-COMMERCIAL SHAREALIKE 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE" God that was good

9:56 Exterminator's hand: wassup bro. Jon, forced to watch and do nothing: not much. Just chilling here in a highly active REM coma while you suffer in my memories. Exterminator hand: 🐜🖕🐜🐜🐜

Peter sounds abit like old Tim, before he became bitter.

He FINALLY got punched

peter continues to be kind of an okay dude! surprisingly. everyone draws him so big and staring into space i keep getting surprised how upbeat he sounds. would it kill elias to give tim paid leave when he figured out the unknowing was going to happen soon? especially since he didnt want him to go. clearly they have the funds.

Well i guess i am one of the few people that actually liked elias as both a character and a really cool antagonist. And the sass of this guy i loved it

1. The Anatomy Students 2. The Computer Eating Guy 3. Grieving Lady(?) & Do Not Open(?) 4. Train to Nowhere 5. _Dig_ 6. Helen ;-; 7. Ants (The Exterminator) 8. Jane Prentiss & the Worms 9. Some people from the Hunt or Dark(?) 10. Unsure (Gertrude? The Death Gambler?) 11. Gertrude? Sasha?? 12. *The Watcher* 13. So on & so forth Ah, and Jon is getting increasingly less and less human. It is as painful as it is delightful

That moment when Martin realizes he just exchanged his more or less stable, reasonable, psychopathic both against a chipper, unhinged, psychopathic ghost boss. I already hate that screechy static with a passion! Also, please rest in peace, Tim and Daisy😔

"Be seeing you." A truth from an avatar of The Eye and a nice reference to The Prisoner all in one. I'd say nicely done, Bouchard, but I don't like you so get stuffed.

Loved this episode wow! I knew jon had nightmares but the fact that he's apparently living in the one's of other people's statements is chilling. Especially when all he can do is merely watch. Also peter lukas if you hurt martin i SWEAR

jon dreaming of the 14 fears is such a cool way to reference things that have happened and what weve seen

So... i guess in his dreams he meets each of the Fear Patrons. Cool.

now hold on this show is just the terrifying ordeal of being known huh

See, we all already know we cant trust Peter. However, if we didn't, the fact that he ended this episode with a "We are going to do great things, Martin. Great things" solidified it. No one innocent repeats that phrase.

"And at last, the Archivist looks up. At last, he looks into the eye that sees all, and knows all, and clutches at the secret terrors of your heart. The Ceaseless Watcher of all that is, and all that was; the voracious, infinite hunger the tears at his soul, invoking him to discover, to observe, to experience all, and everything, and forever. It stares into him, and it stares out of him, and he is falling into the devouring eternity of its pupil. He wants to cry out in horror, but he cannot. He. Is. Whole." DAMN, Mr. Sims....

Is it just me or did anyone else have a weird feeling wash over them wile listening to this statement, like for starters jons dreams are a compilation of all the statements he's read, also this episode was (mostly) in third person. This is the first episode to be in first person and that makes me feel kinda odd. Its honestly mildly fascinating.

As much as i already love lucas for giving our favorite crew of archival assistants some therapy, im worried that he will push Martin to becoming like jon, a Avatar. Not for the Eye, but for the Lonely

1. Oh Jon 2. You go officer! 3. Oh yes totes not suspicious Mr. Lukas 4. I keep being surprised by his voice vs the fanart

OKAY HAH is it just me or did Daisy die the exact same way her senior colleague died when she first encountered a Section 31 that literally changed the course of her life? Coincidence? I THINK NOTT

A nightmare sequence for Jon... Must be really horrifying if this series is a game. Daisy somehow lost herself from her nature, she growls and killed Hope in with the power from the Hunt's entity, here in s3, things are building up... for the upcoming new arc, the one i would like to call as... "Hunting season arc" Where Trevor and Julia probably go and attack Jon for taking and burning Gerry's binded soul to that page of the book. Also, Tim... Yeah... "Rest in... just rest." Basira was able to press the right buttons in her QTE (Quick time events) she was able to lead herself to safety... At season 4, or 5, maybe she'll turn out to be a more stronger character. So yeah... maybe... Jon did not die because he leveled up as the head archivist in the right moment. (all thanks to the verbal abuse of Nikola and the time spent for him to think the one liner... "I SEE YOU") Unlocking the passive: "Immortal" to see and experience things *forever* --- Also yeah... errr... yeah, goodjob punching Elias... err... I rather want him than one of em family stuff that is tied to a different fear... aka the one that is involved with isolation. I'm pretty sure he's going to be one of the antagonists in the next season...

Relistening again. RIP Tim Stoker, absolute madlad and king.

Here's the new boss! Same as the old boss.

I love that Lucas becomes the head institute guy and the first thing he does is give them all therapy lmao

When Elias said "be seeing you"... Interesting choice of words

Ik everyone is supposed to hate Elias, but i just cant get over how awesome he is as the mastermind supervillain. Like he is literally magically intelligent, a trait that would normally make such a villain more of a hollow character but due to the unique power system of the world it just justifies the confidence that make villains like him such magnificent bastards.

Alright,just wanted to get some thoughts out, time to analyze the season like an English teacher. I feel like Season 3 was mainly about Jon's struggle to retain his humanity and deny the fact that he was becoming a monster. It would explain why Jon declined talking to the Distortion again, who also was struggling with becoming something it did not want to become. Jon didn't want to admit that was what was happening to him. This episode really finishes that off, as Jon is trapped in a state where he can only watch, and not do anything. His attempt to stop the Unknowing was also probably his attempt to have some form of self-determination, to prove to himself that he's not stuck watching, an he's not just doing what the Eye wants. In the end, it seems he's lost his fight.

honestly, its poetic that the archivists nightmare is watching everything, without being able to do a thing. A god in mind and perception, but nothing in action.

This episode is one of those that stand out for its haunting prose, so well done. Elias getting what was coming to him doesn't hurt either. Peter Lukas is pretty chill but that just makes me dread him more, so I'll be fully expecting horrible things. Congrats on another excellent season! Onto s4.

...okay. okay. So. Uh, Lukas (not gonna call him Peter for now, don't trust him) is already a better boss than Elias, and that's on his first day. I guess, uh, Daisy died doing what she loved? Um. I'm really quite sad for Tim, way more than I thought I'd be. Feel like I'm gonna have to relisten to that statement to really understand what was going on. Almost gave me a heart attack when the Spotify playlist kept going and the voice of Tim went "Hello everyone! Mike here!" and for half a second I thought the fucker lived. Anyways. I don't even know how to verbalize how much I loved this? I do like horror, but this season, even though it didn't focus on it, was my favorite. It's just... really really well done, in terms of pacing and, everything, I guess. I have been listening to this for a long time. Time to listen to the Q&A I guess. Thanks for making this.

(s4 spoilers) bruh I'm relistening and it's pretty fucking bold for peter "physical manifestation of a depressive episode" lukas to be like "you can go get therapy now if you want :)" to martin

AAAAAAAAA THIS SEASON WAS SO GOOD IM SO HYPED TO START SEASON 4

i know elias getting arrested is all in part to martin and melanie but i like to think it was his previous actions in ep 118 that really did him in like yea sure he's got a couple murders under his belt but making martin cry?? go 2 jail eyeboy!!!!!!!!!

Here is a list of every reference he makes in this episode and what he is watching: (None of the below contains spoilers assuming you've watched everything up to and including this episode.) 1. MAG 34: Anatomy Class, Statement of Dr. Lionel Elliot 2. MAG 65: Binary, Statement of Tessa Winters 3-4. "Those He Cannot Watch" refers to those who joined the Archive and are no longer subject to dreams. MAG 28: Statement of Melanie King, MAG 73: Statement of Basira Hussain, MAG 76: Statement of Melanie King 5. MAG 61: Hard Shoulder, Statement of Daisy - Daisy is missing as she was placed inside the Coffin (MAG 2) during The Unknowing (MAG 119).The Buried is obscuring her from The Eye's power. 6. MAG 71: Underground, Statement of Karolina Górka - The advert saying 'Dig' is a reference to MAG 88: Dig 7. MAG 47: The New Door, Statement of Helen Richardson - Helen was consumed by The Distortion under the guise of Michael, however The Distortion has taken on the guise of Helen now. 8. MAG 55: Pest Control, Statement of Jordan Kennedy 9. MAG 89: Twice as Bright, Statement of Jude Perry - As a avatar of The Desolation, she is shielded from The Eye and Jon's dreams. 10. MAG 109: Nightfall, Statement of Julia Montauk and Trevor Herbert 11: MAG 13: Alone, Statement of Naomi Herne 12: MAG 94: Dead Woman Walking, Statement of Georgie Barker - Georgie lost her ability to fear, thus while she is in Jon's dream it is absent The Eye's power. She watches back sadly as she cares about Jon and can see what he is becoming. It seems the dreams and nightmares people refer to in several statements regarding The Institute are due to The Archivist forcing them to relive their trauma every night after giving a live spoken statement. Every single episode above are people who gave live statements, not pre-recorded or written. Several statements confirm Gertrude did this as well and that the ability is not-voluntary or intended, simply a side effect or consequence. It is unclear if written statements have similar effects or if those who gave live statements to Gertrude were free after she died.

This whole episode sounds like a Twilight Zone episode.

Tim no... And Bisara will be so heart broken... Sry Daisy

the watch time picking up around when elias gets punched in the stomach is my favorite thing about this fandom and i agree with it wholeheartedly, i love you all

I finished this entire season. In 5 days. SEASON ONE TOOK ME A MONTH HOW THE HELL

I don't even know how to feel anymore. Tim & Daisy are dead. John is barely alive. Elias is in prison. I feel like my brain and heart is being ripped apart.

I love that the woman who was like fully fine with death is still like *oh this dream again, oh look I have a friend will this isn't so bad. I'll see you tomorrow for my next nightmare*

I hope you will get s4 up on youtube ASAP! I'm hard of hearing and youtube's auto captions make it so much easier to follow the podcast. Love everything I've listened to so far.

This show is amazing, I have torn through it in less than a month, and even when I'm not listening, I feel a slight feeling of unease. Thank you for the chills, the laughs and the mystery! I will take a little break before I go searching for season 4, I think ;)

I'm in pain now TT_TT

There'd been a few statements before this that freaked me out more than most. But this one was the first time I spent pretty much the entire time just gaping with an expression of bone-deep pure absolute horror just frozen on my face, and the reactions I sent to my friends on discord consisted almost entirely of long, bolded, italicized, caps lock keysmashes, punctuated by tons of question marks and exclamation points. And afterward all I could say was: "......Well. ...The Magnus Archives, as they say, is a podcast."

I’m so sad Tim’s gone :(

I'm enjoying listening to this again and I just wanna share that whenever I imagine the scene where Jon watches the exterminator's pleading hand get covered by ants, and Jon doesn't do anything to help him, the shape of an ant covered fist flipping him the bird slowly disappears under the crawling brown mass.

This episode absolutely devastated me. I loved the writing on the previous one, but this... This is... I feel like the Unknowing is still happening in a million universes that are parallel to ours, and I can't seem to quite grasp the concept of thought. I am one huge ball of feeling, and pain, and awe, and fear, and I can see everything, and I can express nothing, and every one of my nerves is screaming in agony while I'm yearning for more pain, and fear, and pleasure. And I feel like I am the one true Archivist, listening to this again, and again, and again, watching these people suffer, bringing Jon along for the ride to feed off the screams of his tortured soul, locked inside a body with an unbeating heart, with unmoving lungs, where only the brain is struggling to survive in the suffocating wet darkness of the skull, refusing to accept the simple fact that it. no longer. is. I sit here, in the cold unfeeling silence of the night, and I drink to the Archivist. And I drink to Tim. And Daisy. And Sasha. And everybody we've lost. And I drink to you. And I drink to me. And I drink to the brand new world that will see the light of tomorrow's dawn. Right on time. As always.

Alright. First of all, I'm going to go cry about Tim. Didn't deserve that. But at least he got to rest, and he left doing what he wanted most, so... yeah. That foreshadowing about Gertrude's 3 assistants all meeting terrible ends is really coming together, and I don't like it in the slightlest. Also, the reason why he wanted to save all of the "statues" (I mean, aside from human kindness) was probably because he hoped his brother was in there somewhere. That's depressing... Also thinking about Daisy... Basira's going to be devastated. Im happy Elias got some consequence going back at him! I really liked him as... not really a villain, but not an ally neither. He had a goal, and did everything to fullfill it. He is an interesting character, and I think it's not the end of him. But at the same time, I reaaaaally don't like Peter Lukas being now the head of everything. I mean, dude basically sacrificed one of his crewmates back in his statement? John's nightmares are absolutely horrible, and terrifying. Freaking Eye is NOT good, or better than the other. That feeling of powerlessness... just having to watch. So yeah. What an end of the season. I really liked how everything was kind of coming together, but still confusing and definitely not done. The voice acting and sound design were absolutely amazing!

"I only have two eyes after all" does that mean you can only see two things at once? Elias...?

Honestly one of the best episodes ever

Peter said mental health check✌

I don't know why so many people here are saying Lukas seems like a better boss than Bitchard. I may be reaching but "paid leave" sounds a lot more like "time encouraged to spend alone without much to occupy your thoughts." he knows exactly what he's doing to Martin >:(

Really great final episode. sets up so many delicious plot points that have me screaming at my computer screen.

I dont know what I enjoyed more. A whole episode from Elias or hearing him getting punched

At least Lukas is offering free counseling with the deaths and all

rip tim, forever in our hearts,,, i also hope elias will get punched in the stomach more through out this serie

oh, this is just horrible... i feel so bad for jon.. AND TIM.... thanks mr sims my heart has been thoroughly shattered

I really appreciate how it's clear how terrified Jon is of Jane Prentiss two full seasons after her getting iced. It makes a character who is more or less the "Starter Boss" of the series still feel consequential and menacing, even in death.

It's been 11 days since I started this show. Would've been less if it wasn't for me being terrible with horror stuff so that I have stop for the day when it gets dark

It's like a Jon is having a beyond weird fever dream of all the statements he's read. I don't know how I feel about that

Well this was a phenominal listen - onto S4

I cannot hate Elias I am such a clown I cannot do anything but love him goddam bastard

after all this they're finally gonna get some therapy. if only tim could be there to heal... i feel like his arc was cut too short. amazing season though!

Martin taking down Elias is everything I wanted to hear.

Peter's comments about less murder being preferred from Martin's boss suddenly has much more meaning, since Elias seems to have been outlying a succession plan in their little meetings.

Every single statement in a dream, one after another... That has gotta suck.

Listened to this all in about a fortnight hahaha

I cant say how much about the relationship between Elias and Peter that I read is true, but they are definitely close if he lets him lead while he is gone

How can someone simultaneously get exactly what they deserve and so much better than what they deserve

People really hate Elias, and there is me, who fell in love with Elias since season 1🧍‍♂️

Season 4 is on Spotify just so ya know.

Hate that Tim is dead love that elias got punched made me cry that Jon’s nightmares are just having to watch people get hurt and beg for his help him being unable to help

My theory from this episode and what we know so far: So, Tim and Daisy are dead.. And although Tim is definitely dead (from what they said in their q&a) (you will be missed Tim), I'm not really sure if Daisy is really dead or not. I mean, before the explosion, she was with Breekon and Hope and killed one of them, so maybe she's not dead but on the hunt for the other one or taken by him for revenge? Or she fully emerged as an avatar of the Hunt so she survived the explosion and left before others came to see what happened? Also, though I didn't understand much from Elias' "statement", what I understood is that John dreams about specific statements and, though my memory isn't the best, the one thing some of them have in common are that they were given directly to John, so I assume that John dreams about all the statements that were given to him directly. But in his dreams, the victims never escaped, and since the entities are fears, I'm guessing one other aspect of fear the Eye feeds off from is the repetition of a statement's victim's fear over and over again; like by giving their statements they also gave their fear of the incident to the Eye and the Eye is making it so that they're on loop in an alternate reality (in this case, either John's dreams or a dimension of the Eye that John enters while he's asleep) so that there's always fear for it to feed on, like a garden of fears of some sort (I hope that makes some sort of sense).

The Observer: PROLONGED EYE CONTACT Jon, dreaming: prolonged eye contact it was heavily foreshadowed but I'm still sad over Tim's death.......... ELIAS GETTING PUNCHED GIVES ME LIFE but I don't trust Peter Lucas, he might be trouble. offering vacation and councelling is great tho

Ah i wish the later episodes could be on RU-vid

The trick to nightmares is to simply not be afraid and go with the flow. Example of a dream I had which I would *not*describe as a nightmare: Started with kissing a pretty girl, then I had a mouth full of worms. Instead of panicking, I spat out the worms and asked her what the heck? The worms were long, thin, white, and smooth. Many had been cut in half by my teeth and there was a good bit of blood from the holes the worms had already eaten in my mmouth. She apologized and I told her that it was ok. As thousands more worms began emerging from her flesh and a nearby wall, I decided to run away. It is important to note that I rean because I *did not want to* be eaten alive by worms, rather than because I was *afraid of* being eaten by worms. It is a small distinction, but an important one. The difference is that I maintained agency. I had a goal I acted upon, rather than a fear which acted upon me. The chase was much as other dream chases go; suffice to say I was eventually trapped and surrounded. Then I had a choice, though most would not see it. I *could* fight against the tide, stomping and pushing them back untill they overwhelmed me. *OR* I could laugh, admit defeat, and just let them eat me. In choosing the latter, I was still in control. I merged with the swarm and went back to hang out with the pretty girl from earlier. Sure, I was a hideous mass of writhing vermin, but so was she on the inside and it wasn't a problem.

God I loved this season the pain I felt hearing about Tim and Daisy was not ok

Am I the only one who isn't happy Elias was gone? even if he acted horribly he still facilitated Gertrude and her expeditions, I feel like things are going to get very unfortunate in the next few seasons.

Policebrutality never sounded so good

Since this is the last full season on RU-vid, gonna be listening on acast :D see y'all on the other side!

Oh gods no, it’s Lukas

the writing of this episode really reminds me of Rod Serling in the original Twilight Zone, but much more grim, and sadder too. this season was so incredible, i can't wait to start s4

It does make sense that getting rid of Elias would just prompt someone else to step in instead, but the paid leave was a nice gesture.

Creepy AF... And I guess that's how the Eye really gets its fear-up. If you can just terrorize people in their dreams for forever after they give their statement, reaping the benefits of what the other entities have tried, that'd be REALLY effective.