THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES  

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Well it’s cannon now, thanks for cheering me up

Not Montana, a little town in a desert called NightVale

@@FernIsGay1121 YES YES YES

@@FernIsGay1121 “In other news, two strange new visitors, apparently from another world, have mysteriously materialised in the town, bringing with them horrific tales of monstrosities and the malicious powers that be. Disregard them. Or else.”

And me, the person loudly sobbing in the background :^D

And me: processing the 5 stages of grief in the midground

Today's episode featured *all of us* quietly sobbing in the background

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Am me, pretending tge ground fell out under Martin before he could grab the knife and Jon tears the world apart in grief and rage and spares us from being one of the worlds on the chain letter of horrors.

UGH WHY

why would you hurt me like that

Literally ALL he had to do was wait five minutes for Martin to get there. The outcome would've been the same, but they would have lived. Even if they're alive now, we'll never know. No one will. I am....huh

Dang you are right 😦

@@rorygiambalvo2955 Alternatively, all he had to do was not give Georgie that damned lighter. Then the outcome wouldn't been different; Jon and Martin could've lived for some time, at least until The End took everyone, including the Fears themselves.

Oh my god 💀

Martin Killsalot Blackwood (this is exclusively funny to me)

I'm not. Should have left Jon well enough alone and taken that world and its horrors down with them. Let's hope Sam in Protocol and Celia have better luck.

@@mello-by Martin Jartin is my favourite youtuber

Surprise! [Extended sounds of brutal stabbing]

we do not love the avatar of the whore

Insert the jurgen leitner rant here

[Sounds of Brutal Leitner Avenging]

If I was Jon, I would've fucking stabbed Gertude myself SHE SACRIFICED MY BOI MICHEAL!! RAGH!!

Damn gurl

wasn't the whole point that magnus couldn't archive and so employed a series of archivists to do the job for him?

@@nemnyoom thats what Iwas gonna say.. magnus was literally SHIT at Archiving

Bravo Jon

​@Ethan Cash he was so shit at it that his own boss had plans to have another guy do it for him

Yeah!! Kind of nice of them to end on Jon and Martin in love living together in a Scottish house pointing cool cows to each other though

@@guesswho8723 ikr! cottagecore boyfriends ftw

I agree :D

honestly best ending we could have hoped for. i'm really glad nothing evil or bad happened after that. i kinda wished for a longer finlae but the 5 minutes really ended it nicely.

Yea I know, it was kinda sudden, but I think it was perfect good thing they kept living together in perfect domestic bliss forever and ever tho haha

The irony of the eye

... why the heck didn't he think of that?

No. The End comes irregardless of bringing fear into the world. The heat death of the universe is mundane, sure, but it's an inevitable end all the same. That's the thing about The End. It was always going to come eventually. Best he could hope for would be to slip through infinite multiverses, gaining "true Immortality" be skipping into younger universes to avoid The End. It wouldn't matter though. The lack of The End can't exist without The End to prop it up, and if The End exists, the lack of it can't. The End would come for all that is and isn't eventually. Which, ironically is why The End can't ever, truly exist, not really. The End comes for Non-existence too, and so heralds the beginning, which is needed for The End in the first place. Let's say Eventually, The End of the entirety of The Omniverse,, the song that sings itself upon the tale of the tale that speaks of itself, were to speak of it's end, and stop singing. What then? Eventually the End has to End, and so The Dream dreams itself anew. In theory, on a grand, cosmological scale, everything exists in cycles. But that doesn't mean Magnus could slip through those cycles forever. Everything Ends, eventually. And then nothing ends, again.

Well the Web had other plans lol

Until his eyes rotted out of his skull, of course.

Yes, because if you do you very well may soon have "it" in you.

"What are you going to do? Stab me?" - Stabbing Victim

Jonah🤝gertrude "What, you gonna kill me?" [gets killed]

That's an interesting theory

✨Magus✨

@@spaghettiwrynnsurpremacy The Magus Insdiboot

i think jonah was wishing jon good luck on becoming the new god. encouraging him in the same direction he always did

I treat every comment hearted by Rusty Quill as canon

It's not bad communication, it's stupid Archivist.

didn't they plan to do this? except for jon and martin dying. but the "killing the eye" thing. i mean it went into other dimensions right?

@@thedistinguished5255 Yes, they dumped the fears down the reality hole into other dimensions. I'm SURE the Fears won't EVER be back hahahahhaha The Web knew this would happen. It primed Martin to trust Annabelle rather than Jon, everyone turned on Jon always so he went crazy with guilt, then they 'voted' to terrorize the multiverse so Jon went on his own to try to take over and kill the Fears. He would've succeeded perhaps if Martin hadn't betrayed him and told the others to go early, preventing Jon from securing the building. Martin's need to control Jon (out of love, sure, but still control) was part of this. The Web tugged at Georgie, making her want the Web's special lighter, and when Georgie asked to keep it, Jon didn't even hear her, the Web deleted the knowledge from his mind like always. So Georgie had the special lighter to set the gas main on fire. Nothing Annabelle said could be trusted. It was all manipulation. Martin WAS the Web's agent of control without being aware of it, just as Jon was used without being aware of it. I'm not sure what happened. Jon could have been pulled along with the Eye, like Annabelle planned on doing. But Martin? Maybe. Haven't watched the Protocol yet.

To quote the man himself "Empathy only holds you back in the end"

@@nateds7326 It’s quite clear from that quote that he is an empathy less man/human/horror or what ever he is, empathy is what makes you think about things & try to do the best for everyone & save them or at least try to save as many as you can. Empathy is what makes one human🤔🤗

"Thats rough buddy"

Parallels 159 there dunnit? “His only wish was to die alone” “tough.”

.......👍

I read that as "Disturbing by Rusty quill..." for a second and didn't even blink an eye. 😐

And licenced under a creative commons attribution non-commercial sharealike 4.0 international licence.....

@@Thisone109 i mean,,, that's not wrong

These words have been carved into my bones by how much I’ve heard them

We do now 💀

​@Bip4rl0 that's concerning oh no

@@petrichordaydream5771 😇

@@Bip4rl0 they either died or went somewhere else.

What is it I don't feel like listening to the new stuff

Thank you

same, i listened it just perfectly and was able to attend the finale (the spotify one) The discord server was chaotic af

​@@RustyQuill A fantastic podcast! My favourite Also who would go to the lengths to write and produce a fic to break our hearts? The series ended on episode 160, at 5:30

I finished this in 14 days and I am sobbing

Why? What's not on RU-vid that other podcast platforms have? Do they have alternate endings? Do they have special endings Marvel-style?

@@devinsiegfried9351 on all other platforms this episode came out on march 25, youtube is three months behind on uploads

@@marinao4412 thank god I've only just binged the series, but in any case, is there like more content on other platforms like Spotify or the only difference between the one on RU-vid is the late upload date

@@senormooples2354 there is more bonus content on other platforms uploaded in season hiatuses, things like q+a episodes, ttrpg episodes played with cast and cree members, standalone horror pieces written by fans in writing contests, blooper reels, etc. the only strictly canon bonus content are trailers for each season that feature extra scenes right before they begin that do some great character supplementing a liveshow done in 2019 that takes place on jon's first day of the head achivist and features a fun jon/martin meetcute, but some of my other favorite bonus content includes a short fan written "fluff episode" and two full episodes of what the ghost

@@marinao4412 I should definitely check that out

Same here, i binged watched it in a week and now i am a completely mess of tear 😭

Literally same, and not only it opened my eyes and heart to horror but also to tragedies as well 😂😢

It shows, again, how well suited Martin was for The Web.

no but like same

So, you know how Jon, Martin, the tapes and the Dread powers got sucked into other universes, and now we are able to listen to the tapes? Therefore, the tapes are clearly present in our universe... Doesn't that imply that all along we were listening to tapes from a different universe, and now the Dread powers are in our universe... This is also supported by the fact that The Magnus Institute does not appear to have ever existed in our world and I don't recall experiencing any apocalyptic nightmare hellscapes.

@@bookend2002 Yes.

I feel like the dread jumps from one world to the next so each world has a chanse to stop it

They weren’t necessarily created here remember it said Fear wasn’t sure if it just came to be or it if came here “but then it became. Or perhaps it always was and simply entered”

​@@madisonking1134I'm pretty sure Anabelle said that the fears weren't unique to our world, but there were many worlds without them.

IT SURE WAS AHAHA. AHAHAHAH. HAH. HAHAHA. HAAAAAAA.

all whilst, you know, desperately trying not to act upon fears and give in, all whilst trying to destroy those very things that control them

Erm. Jon took over so other innocents wouldn't be tortured as well. And so he could kill the Fears. As it is, the Fears can come back. A big problem was that no one ever took Jon seriously. They dismissed his feelings over their own desires. It makes too much sense that things were set up that way by the Web.

Thank you for listening

Oh god yes I’m burying myself in fan content for the rest of the night

There can always be more, that's why we made fanfics!

Your wish has been granted.

@@pyrat42 holy crap! what should I wish for next?! :o

@@Rivonar Personally I'd wish for a few Leitners.

spoilers: it ended in the same way

I suggest you watch/listen to Hadestown if you haven’t already.

@@ZenBearV13 i mean maybe it'll end differently the next time i watch/listen to it?

@@nemnyoom that’s the hope :)

@@nemnyoom ..There's a video game that keeps track of every time you redo this one time travel mission. The main antagonist starts to comment how you look familiar and its very deja vu, until you do it enough times he remembers EVERYTHING and wants to completely change how the scenario goes. Really interesting little story. :)

It was! And hello to you, it's nice to see you on all of these episode comment sections.

I agree, id like to think they ended up in a friendly desert community where the sun is hot, the moon is beautiful and mysterious lights pass over head while we all pretend to sleep

@@lilaboxx agdshdjjs Jon would be having aneurysms all the time "MARTIN I SWEAR THAT MAN HAD ONE TOO MANY EYES AND HE KNOWS E V E R Y D A M N T H I N G THATS HAPPENING" "Jon I promise you Cecil and Carlos are very nice and not avatars of the Eye trying to bring the Apocalypse again. The man has a tumblr page where he posts wood carvings of animals, he's not planning the end of the world"

@@guesswho8723 "Jon just, sit down and drink a cup of tea, do you know how hard it was to get decent ones in the states, please stop shouting at the radio"

@@lilaboxx ahdhsjsjjs no canon end means this is now canon "-the shadow person is now back at their usual place in the ominously shifting shadows of your corridor so we can all stop worrying about that. In other news our new neighbours that appeared in a flash of light and deafening noise in the town hall just two weeks ago straight from the strange land of the United Kingdom - let me tell you the UK has changed a lot since I last heard about it, and they seem to have made tremendous progress with their transportation systems even though Jon and Martin refuse to tell me how their teleportation works and deny it has anything to do with blood sacrifices - are still quite the local celebrities. Martin actually came by yesterday and brought me a delicious cup of tea, even the secret police agent who came to take the last remnants of tea after Martin left shared my enthusiasm - well at least I think so, they demanded I hand the practically empty cup over before they examined it and after a few minutes ominously wrote something on a piece of paper and left - which we all know is probably their way of approving the tea as they didn't throw it at the wall before incineration the studio and sending every witness to the behavioral correction center! Jon does seem to still struggle with his move and appears to be worried about Eyes and something about Avatars and too many eyes which we all know is ridiculous as the City Council deamed the use of more than the usual three eyes completely illegal on Tuesdays! So please dear residents of Nightvale, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming and friendly desert community - unless it's towards those horrible little people of Desert Bluffs or Steve Carlsburg ugh Steve - so let us make him feel welcome in his new town - although I'd recommend visiting him not now as he is currently gazing admiringly on the yes of his boyfrien" "mARTIN?!!?!"

@@guesswho8723 this is my favorite thing I've read in a while, i love this "What Jon, I'm just trying to be nice, don't want them to shout INTERLOPERS at us again..." [Jon sighs] "I know it's just... I guess i need some time to get used to..." "Not being a god anymore?" [They laugh] "Everything i guess" [Radio broadcast continues "And now news from the Night Vale School district: there has been a sudden increase in students for the "Teach a spider to read"-programm so there will be try outs for at least two more teachers. Applicants should bring their own bloodstones and chalkboard since all the school funding us currently used to worship the ALL POWERFUL AND MIGHTY GLOW CLOUD" [SOUNDS OF AN EX-ARCHIVIST FAINTING AND FALLING INTO HIS BOYFRIEND'S ARMS]

Maybe you already know this or maybe not but scp stories are pretty good in case you want some good late night binging. I recommend "The exploring series" they do excellent readings

@@ecxscariot335 I've read a few and enjoy the idea of it's universe. I just wish there was more stories of characters interacting with the scp universe. Maby there are stories like that and I haven't found them yet. Thank you for the suggestion though!!

There's "I am in Eskew", about a man trapped in a spooky city that honestly could be it's own apocalypse domain in TMA, "The Silt Verses" which i recommend if your favourite bit of TMA was the Avatars and their relationships with their patrons, "Archive 81" which is probably the most similar to TMA but much more lighthearted in tone (and american lol), I haven't listened to "Alice isn't dead" myself yet but I've often seen it recommend for fans of TMA

You're welcome - thank you for listening

So are the Acast listeners!

also the apple podcast ppl 🤧🤧

Sob I’m a sad youtube fan

Can I get a hug? I am late to this but damn im not okay.

Thank you for listening

@@RustyQuill ♥️♥️♥️

Thank you for listening

I wasn't even able to hear it over my sobs the first time I listened to it

Same. This is actually my second time through

And i brought tissues because we're gonna need em.

The- The blanket never did anything

Two years late But In need of a blanket thank you TvT

​@@Luna-wl6ce *holds your face gently* why

My theory is that it's the tape recorder that was there during the final events in the Panopticon. And the fact there are no bodies means Jon and Martin ended up somewhere else (dead... Or alive... well I'd like to imagine they are...)

I'm interpreting the ending as the Web and the Fears coming into our world, which is why we're hearing all the tapes, and then Jon and Martin got dragged with them. So Jon, whatever is left of him, is in a London hospital getting whatever treatment you get for stabs and burns. And Martin is by his side, as always.

@@rorygiambalvo2955 Yeah... We can imagine they survived or we can imagine they didn't... A very meta ending

​@@rorygiambalvo2955 those fears will have to make room for out world fears then))))

@@PyramidXSlender The Magnus Protocols is actually following the gang wars between the incumbent Fears and the new ones

Good luck

Yeah. I had a whole prediction thought out where the Scooby Gang would try to enact some other plan, but Rosie, having finally seen Elias was helpless, has a breakout of desperation and murders Elias/Jonah at just the wrong time.

Got to admit this was a fucking incredible podcast.

This needs to be pinned. *chef’s kiss* Well done. 😊

A new fan as well! There’s a sequel by the way 👀

Enh. I blame the others. They mistreated Jon from beginning to end, even Martin. If everybody votes to torture a kid, are you prideful to say "Hell no"? Martin knew Jon wouldn't go along with it, and rather than confronting him, he backstabbed Jon by telling the others to go ahead and blow the place up. And Annabelle was pushing things in this direction as well. Georgie didnt get the Web lighter by accident. It was the One Ring of this scenario, conveniently falling from its previous owner to a new one to serve it. (Possibly why there was a tape recorder still there at the end. The recorders followed the lighter. And an example that the Web's power still works even though everyone thinks its gone and they're safe haha)

You need some fix its ?

There's no definite endings so you can't be wrong lol... But I get it, gosh

I chose to believe they are happy in some alternate dimension. Alive, happy, and in love. And nothing will change my mind.

MAGNUS ARCHIVES 2?

good news the magnus protocol

Yes please

waaAHHHHHHHHHHHHH*sobs* (yes pls)

Taking up Martin's position now that he's somewhere else eh?

If it isn't Oolong, sure.

Can I have a cigarette?

You are very welcome - thank you for listening

no but fr!! I got so many spoilers but somehow it STILL managed to leave me in shock 😭😭😭