The Magnus Archives is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial ShareAlike 4.0 International license. Today's episode featured me as the person quietly sobbing in the background.
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.
Jon and Martin are currently living in Montana. They unfortunately had been given all the tapes Jon recorded over the years and decided to trick a podcast company known as rustyquill, to use those tapes as a "fictional story" as a means of income for their retirement.
@@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.”
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.
Remember back in episode 82 how Elias said that Jon "didn't have the stomach for murder" but that he was hoping to be surprised by him? He got his surprise alright :)
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
@@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.
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.
@@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🤔🤗
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.
@@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.
I started listening to The Magnus Archives just under 20 days ago, and somehow paced it perfectly to reach the finale today. _To call it emotionally devastating might be an understatement,_ but the characters, the stories, and the presentation... it's all been amazing.
@@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
Fuckin Jonah having the gall to try to do a villain monologue of "you don't have it in you to kill me" and getting his ass stabbed repeatedly hahdhdb Love that. Also I'm so fuckin mad that we DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO JON AND MARTIN
@@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
Did I binged watched(listened?) all of TMA in a week? YES Did I devote all of my life for the week to listening to it? YES Did I come just a bit late to this? YES Did I sleep enough? DEFENTETLY NOT Did the end completly destroy me? YES Would I do it again? ABSOLUTLY This week has been a wild ride for me, but it has opened my eyes and heart to horror. Thank you Jonny, Alex and everyone who worked on this for giving us this beautiful story
genius bit of audio editing adding to the narrative: john's voice is consistently his elevated avatar voice throughout and then the web's tapes start pulling around 18:32, and we get consistent tape noise until a tape-scratch at 19:36 and then we're dropped into an intimate moment. it's just martin and john -- no tape (hence no web), no avatar voice (hence no eye), just them. two people, whispering to each other in their final moments, honest and real. "where you go, i go." "that's the deal." and then the tape noise starts back up again. why does the web give them this moment? it doesn't matter, i don't think, in the end. what matters is that john and martin have a moment to re-anchor themselves, recommit to each other using lines that sound like vows. til death, but hopefully not to part. god, i love this podcast.
Guys, I'm crying, as you all also probably are but... they kissed. We have to at least be happy that the last thing Jon and Martin did in this episode was say I love you and kiss.
if i pretend the video doesn't exist it can't hurt me again, right? on another note: huzzah! i loved every second of my journey with this podcast. the community surrounding it has been so nice and welcoming, its great. amazing job all and i'll see you in the rq gaming comments c: edit: hi I'm back and it still wounds me so.
GODDAMMIT SHE WAS RIGHT. MY COWORKER WAS RIGHT. She told me when I was back in the early parts of the show to be prepared for a really sad ending and I got to the second to last episode and was like hm maybe shes wrong and NOPE DEFINITELY SOBBING AT WORK NOW All that aside, I want to commend you guys on the absolute best horror series I've ever listened to since I finished binging all of Lovecrafts works over on horrorbabble. The hero's journey mixed with a dash of dante's inferno, mixed with rom com goodness and heartache was fantastic. Thanks for a solid two months of company while i work my lonely night shifts. Seriously. Thank you.
I just marathoned the whole series in a few weeks. My thoughts: - So The Web won? The fears got to escape into other universes? - It sounds like they were created here, from the primitive life that existed soon after the earth cooled. Not from another universe. So that means The Web really got it's wish. To spread throughout the multiverse. Hopefully they can't duplicate the process. - I saw a comment that suggested Jon & Martin got sucked into whatever world the Fears went to. So hopefully Jon's in a hospital, with Martin by his bedside. Wow, this series was great. I'm sad that it had an unhappy ending. But it was a great think piece along the way. Good show, Olde Chap.
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.
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”
Hey thanks no it's fine I'm just going to dive bodily into Ao3 to cope.... Holy shit. I don't even know what to say. I found this podcast at the beginning of 2020 when I had just started a graveyard shift job and it's really helped me through a rough time. So many lines and arcs and characters from this have stuck with me. Thank y'all so much for sharing this with the world. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
hi people who haven't been listening on youtube and only came here to ask how the people only listening on youtube are doing. i'm very excited to listen to it end very differently this time because What If It's Different This Time is the most valid way to engage with tragedies
@@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. :)
I uh... yeah. Holy shit what a journey this podcast has been. I only listened on RU-vid, so here we are. A part of me wishes there was more, but I think it's kinda perfect. Thank you Rusty Quill for making this wonderful series. I will definitely revisit it in the future. But now for now, let's just accept the end. Until next time Goodbye
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
this ending works well because jon, martin and melanie all acted upon the fears that controlled them, or could be interpreted that way, even if they found logical justifications for their plans. Melanie made sure jonah dying painfully was part of the plan, jon chose the path for himself where he would see the most fear the fastest like an addict, and martin told everyone to go early to ensure the webs plan was in motion regardless of what jon would do, then went after jon alone
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.
Sad to see this series come to an end, but I do feel some sad form of vindication in the ending. THANK YOU, to everybody who was involved in the making of this series. The music, sound, story and voice acting thrilled me like no podcast ever has before. Thanks again.
You know, I'm choosing to believe they just end up together somewhere else, it's canon. Jon said it could be and if Agnes getting a coffee shop AU literally stopped by itself the entire Desolation End-Of-The-Worl-Party it is absolutely possible Jon and Martin get their own happy fluff AU
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]
I started this podcast on the brief recommendation of OverlySarcastic, and wow, what a fantastic ride! I was riding the denial coaster of John killing Elias so hard, I thought it was a ruse. But no, Johnny boy made one last silly decision in the end (or was it his?). Anyways... Thank you so much Rusty Quill crew for this gem of eldritch horror. You inspire me and my GMing, and I can't wait to see what's next!
that feeling when you finish a really really impactful book + the feeling after you leave the movie theatre , multiplied a thousand times. man. i know endings are inevitable but i can't believe it's really over
*Dad Meme Voice* "Are ya crying, Son?" Seriously, my heart breaks every time I listen to this episode, but it's a good ending - everyone involved did an outstanding job with this podcast. Much love 💚
What a fantastic podcast! I’m so heartbroken it’s over, and so sad that John and Martin ended the way they did. I’m happy they are together, but wish they didn’t have to go. As a crazy cat lady, and glad I got to hear The Admiral mentioned one last time, and that a can of tuna was the perfect treat for him. Thank you for the amazing podcast!!
This podcast is something else, loved every moment of the journey, and will miss this very much... All my admiration to you, guys, you made something beautiful ❤️
Okay, so now that the initial sadness wore off, i have a question that's nagging me. Assuming that the tapes got carried along with the Fears into another reality (presumably ours?), what about that last bit with Georgie, Melanie and Basira, which happened after all was done? How did it reach us? Does that imply that the Web still has some amount of influence in the TMA reality? Or am i just reading too much into this?
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 was not ready for that. I even spoiled myself with comments, and it still hurts. It was amazing listening to this, and the only thing I regret is that I'm about a year late. Thank you so much, Rusty Quill. This was an incredible listen. On another note: Statement of Jon and Martin, The Archivist and The Archivist's plus one, regarding where the fuck the are now.
I just want to say, I loved and still love this series dearly and I thank every person who was involved with the making of it. You're all extremely bright and talented people and my only regret is that I may never be even half as talented or as clever as you guys. Thank you for creating The Magnus Archives (even if I did sob loudly at 2:30AM over Jon and Martin because of it). I choose to believe Jon and Martin survived and went somewhere else where they could be together and free of the Fears. Maybe they're still pointing out cows to each other to this day.
[Spoilers] I was too busy crying during my first listen, and I didn't even hear the kiss! I had to go back and relisten to it (and of course cry some more)
So, I'm in college, and I got an esa to help with my mental health. Long story short, I ended up with a feral cat. This was in September. And as weird as this sounds, when I first got him home, I started sitting with him and listening to this podcast with him, as well as reading to him. He loves it. When he started becoming more comfortable and more active, we stopped listening as much, because it was really hard to find a private spot for the two of us to listen together. Yesterday my cat got some vaccines, and the seem to have made him not feel very well today. He got put in the bathroom for the first time since he came, and in an attempt to get him to relax, I put on this podcast. He fell asleep with the biggest kitty grin, and has glared at whoever comes in and pauses it. So thank you, you are one of the main ways my cat and I bond.
The first time i cried during this series. I'm fucking depressed now.. Thankgod fanfiction is but still. Wtf i will never forget this wonderful experience of listening to such a mind-blowing and enjoyable podcast that i found through tiktok suggesting there's whimpering men and a great story. :)
I'm not okay. Shit, what an ending. This has been a year long journey, begininning in one of the darkest periods of my life, and I hadn't realized just how much I'd miss these characters until this episide was over. I genuinely want to cry over Jon and Martin's destiny. Thank you for keeping me company while I drived to work and class in the morning, for filling my days with wonder and my late nights with the most welcomed terror ❤
This series man… it kills me every time. Masterfully written, and I can’t say that I’ve ever heard any story better. Congratulations to the writers of rusty quill, you’ve won, nothing will ever beat this. Well… maybe Protocol… we’ll see
I am at a loss for words. It's perfect. It's the culmination of all of them. Jon refusing to doom other realities and taking his place as the pupil of the eye to see the web truly. Jonah accepting that immortality was never going to last (and sorry but god, his last words wishing jon good luck. i am not ok.) Martin having to accept to lose the most precious thing to him. The web technically winning, getting its apotheosis despite it all, like the goddamn COVER ART foreshadowed. Sasha and tim and gertrude probably cheering from the ghost dimension. The girls inheriting a ruined world, saved but at what cost. Thanks for the ride, rusty quill. This has been the highlight of my year. ❤
Oh I also realized when Jon talked about some individuals actually seeking those fears out in return and being fascinated and also repulsed by them, I just thought to myself "oh that sounds like me since I'm getting more and more into horror... huh"
I started listening to this podcast because i was watching a random video talking about it that i clicked thinking it was going to be one of those random analog horror recaps and the guy said "i recommend listen to the podcast first before watching this" and i said "ok", of course after 200 episodes i have no idea who it was that i was about to watch and never did. thank you random youtuber. it was a great listen
What an incredible podcast unfortunately I think it's set the bar too high, I don't think i'll ever find anything as good as this series very glad i got to be a part of this community, even if i was a bit late
Good fucking damn it I’m bawling my eyes out in uni. I knew about the ending even before I started listening to the podcast but damn it still hits hard
I AM SO DEVASTATED, oh my gosh. I should have known I'd be devastated one way or another, but did you have to rip my heart from my chest like that? 😢😂 In all seriousness, this ending was such a well crafted tragedy! Oh, what a wild ride this podcast was from beginning to end.
I am just in awe of this webseries. I don't even know what to do now. Well, I'm gonna listen to the whole thing all over again.... And then find the other podcasts I hope? But I don't think I will ever find something this amazing. I'm both glad i got to experience this, and very, very sad that it is over. But perhaps it'll be fun starting from the beginning with the knowledge I have now, connecting all the dots again. Thank you so much, rusty quill.
The Magnus Archives is one of the best pieces of fiction I've experienced. Horror or not. I appload all the creators - you rock! I'm very excited about all the multiverse shenanigans in the new series. About the finale - I don't understand why so many people call it tragic or sad. It showed a huge possibility of Jon and Martin "jumping" to another reality with Fears. And even if not, they spent their last moments in each other's arms and are finally resting together, free of guilt and suffering. No matter how you look at it, I see it as a good ending for them. Much better than one of them losing the other and having to live with this loss and broken heart. It's just like they said: "Where you go, I go" and "Together - one way or another". I still think we got too many clues about going to another reality with the Entities' powers (which Jon had in the end), Jon being the Eye's favourite boy and Martin who is liked by the Web (who won). Martin stabbing Jon could have cut his connection to the Eye and this reality just in time to do the "jump" to another one. Anyway, it's a kind of happy ending to me - this universe is saved, JonMartin are together wherever they're, and the Fears going to other dimensions ensured us a continuation of the story - all I see is wins :D
i decided to listen to the whole thing all the way through *checks time* about a week ago. and here i am, 4:48 in the morning, listening to the final tape click off. what a ride, i knew this was going to be good when i was first recommended it two ish years ago, right around the time these videos were posted. i listened up to episode 90 on spotify before the app stopped working and i moved on for a bit, but i've had a blast this past week and i'm pretty sure everyone else in this comment section had a blast as well. frankly, i with there was more, though i guess that falls to us seeing as the series is over. now i just have to get my brothers into it so i can enjoy it all again and hear their theories.
And that's another listen through done... I've gotta be close to a dozen now. Honestly, TMA is one of the few things that helps keep me sane while im at work.
new fan here ! 👁️ i started listening to TMA about a month ago, and it honestly carried me through the past weeks. i will without doubt relisten, thank you so much to everyone involved in the making. what a journey
Getting this notif was emotional whiplash of the highest calibre, _jesus._ I can't tell if seeing that the AR sidequest was posted was better or worse than this
ive been so bored at work lately that i have listened to the whole tma TWICE in the last 2 months to keep myself occupied. ive listened to this whole podcast 5 times in total and it hits every time
tell me why the only thought produced by my only braincell rn after finishing this masterpiece for the first time is just the word "penoptiJohn" on repeat
God people remember what happened in the Apocalypse? Probably for the best for Jon and Martin. I do not believe Jon could have survived long from his guilt even without people knowing what happened anyway. And god there was a 4th option right there and I dismissed the possibility! Integrate the Archive itself to the Eye and then let them go, which means other worlds have higher chance to survive. Well it feels like it is not a happy ending but, a good ending as it can get when the world already ended. We do not get a horror story going full fledged apocalypse and then coming back with reasonable reason AND A CHILL. TMA is one of the if not the greatest horror story I've ever experienced. Thank you all so much for this masterpiece.
Welp, just finished this and it was a hell of a trip. First of all, thanks - thanks to TMA and my inability to keep my hands off my phone and my eyes off the comments section if I was idle, I have finally learned to crochet. I'm sure my grandmother is very proud. Also, the ending was spectacular and I loved it so much.
It's a privilege to be able to listen to all these episodes without having to wait for them to release. That being said it was a wild ride. So glad I got to listen to this at work and finally finish it at home. What an ending, we finally get to hear Jon and Martin kiss too, even if it was right at the end of everything. What a lovely podcast...
Started listening to this last October, my friend recommended me "Welcome to Nightvale" and saw how much I liked it but hated that I only listen to spooky things in the fall She recommended this and after the first few episodes I couldn't stop listening, Halloween passed and there I was putting it on still cause I needed to know, I wanted to listen. My favorite coincidence was on my birthday I started season 5... When they all sang Happy Birthday to Jon and we got to see everyone again, honestly that was one hell of a gift~
