THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES #56 - Children of the Night 

Martin:"I lied on my CV" *Tense music stops* Jon: "...Wha-?"

Jon being happy Martin is only lying about his credentials is both very hilarious and very very sad,,, Jon please take a vacation

The way Jon breaks down laughing after Martin's confession because a) the RELIEF and also b) well shit that explains SO MUCH

Jon needs a nap. Maybe a hug. Glad to know he's still capable of smiling. Also yaaaay more Martin

I want a whole book series about Trevor Herbert the heroin addicted vampire hunter.

im a big fan of the fact that the big bad in this episode is just like 1,000,000 spiders in a trenchcoat

i'm concerned for jon he seems like he's an ill-phrased sentence away from snapping

scariest part of this series so far is jon yelling. a swarm of maggots closing in on our main characters? scary. jon yelling at resident sweetboy martin? chilling. be nice jon! >:( be nice to our sweetboy martin

almost jumped out of my skin when jon yelled yikes. nice relief that martin was only lying about his credentials tho

If anything I'm glad that Martin didn't take Jon's outburst as unreasonable or a threat. To me his thought process read as "Aight....you've been through hell and nearly worse. I at least owe you the truth." "AND THAT IS?" "I'm a high school dropout and lied on my application." "......so you're still here and actively checking on me because you're loyal happy to have a job and trying to help. Martin I think this is the first time I've felt happy in years."

_i’m starting to think the sound of unexpected yelling is a fear of mine_

Jon growing increasingly violent and paranoid is the most frightening part of this season and I'm dreading where this is going. At least he seemed to take Martin's explanation well. I hope this is a turning point but I'm afraid to hope.

A woman brimming with wasp larvae, a man with an affinity for ants and now a hollow shell of a woman consisting of spiders... welp that's a trend if I've ever seen one.

Oh I really like trevor's vampires stories. He is like the most realistic vampire hunter I ever hear

Love how Jon completely accepts the spiderwoman because "I'm not that lucky"

I'm so relieved, that Jon believed Martin.

Martin continues to be an adorable little bean

I.....so here's the thing. I've believed Martin was fine this whole time and Jon was simply spiralling. I distinctly remember yelling into the open air at one point when Jon first started being suspicious of Martin that he just needed to trust him! So....why, now that he's provided an actual explanation, do I suddenly feel so uneasy about it?

oh martin

O shit he didnt say "end recording" he mad

i'm never gonna get over the confrontation at the end of this episodes, i keep coming back to it, there's so much to digest in it. jon has been on a bit of a roller coaster when it comes to martin this season. he was the first person jon voiced any suspicions about, but the extent of his investigation was going through the things he left in document storage, reading his poetry and fishing his unfinished letter out of the bin. he's stalked tim's house and dug into his work history, he's uncovered elias' bad grades in uni and his pothead phase, but he didn't do the basic research to find out if martin's 'masters in parapsychology' actually existed. i don't think he wanted to. he kept the jar of ashes martin gave him, thinking it was fake but appreciating the placebo. last episode he found out that no, martin really did persuade a member of the ecdc to let him have human remains that should probably be considered a major biohazard, because he knew it would make jon feel safer. perceiving martin's misremembered or incomplete recollection of trever herbert's incident as a lie makes jon snap so quickly because martin's care being false is the nightmare scenario. jonny sims is such a fantastic voice actor, when jon learns the truth the relief in his voice is so palpable, you can hear his smile before martin points it out. and martin. how long has martin been waiting for this shoe to drop? basically his entire adult life, apparently. he's 29 in 2016, and he was working for the institute in 2010 when trever made his statement, when he would have been 23. there's nothing to suggest that he was new to the institute at the time. he's probably always kept people in his workplace at a cheery arms-length to avoid slipping up about his age and his qualifications, and between that and his life outside of work being focused on caring for his mum, it's so easy to see how he could end up without any close friends to check up on him when he 'gets sick' for 14 days. living this lie must have been so isolating. he was able to spend months living in the archives seemingly without much change to his routine. when martin confronted jon about his skepticism at the end of season 1, jon responded by confessing his fears. i think that moment of vulnerability, their brief heart to heart, was enough to make martin want to care for jon. unfortunate then that that's when jon starts his descent into paranoia, jeopardizing his recovery from the prentiss attack by trying to come back to work early, trying to hide suspicious injuries and obviously lying about them, destroying his relationships with his co-workers with his mistrust. he kept caring for jon even though he must have dreaded him eventually finding out about his secret. he probably thought the reason jon was so angry when he called him in was because he'd found out. obviously it must have hurt to learn that jon suspected him of murder, and seeing him so angry and scared clearly rattled him, but i think this was also a relief for him. he was able to come clean, and instead of it ending his career and destroying what trust there was between he and jon, it was treated as the best news he could have given him. basically what this rambly wall of text amounts to is: i love these two disasters, and now i'm just thinking about how when martin snapped at jon, jon revealed a truth that made martin understand him better, and when jon snapped at martin, martin revealed a truth that made jon understand him better, and how this kind of parallel is exactly my shit.

Damn. I legit jumped when Jon yelled!

I love how Jon smiled when he found out Martin hadn't lied about anything major or harmful, he wants to trust the bean and I ship it

"I... Lied on my CV." "Wot."

yeah, jon definitely needs some therapy. and a nap. and a hug. also it's nice to see that everyone in the comments is jumping on jon for yelling at martin. we know, like, nothing about him and we're all ready to jump on jon for raising his voice xD

Timestamps on loud noises/yelling. 19:09 Start of confrontation. 20:05 Start of yelling (ie when I considering it yelling and not just a raised voice). 20:19 Hand slams down/shouting name. (Loudest.) The top comment is about unexpected yelling and considering there are no cw and I hate yelling, I'm leaving this for my future self and hopefully others.

If you thought the actual episode was scary, just wait until the supplemental afterward. Jesus, this man is at the absolute end of his rope-

I never pinpointed why Jon yelling at Martin scared me so badly, but after multiple unfinished relistens to this podcast, I've come to the conclusion that it's because he is horrified. This is a man breaking down and spiraling into damn near insanity because not only did he just experience extreme trauma, but the archivist before him was killed. Of course he's lashing out and spiraling into paranoia, and of course he's grasping at straws. He's *horrified.*

My favorite part of all this is the fact that Martin is 29 years old, the same age as I am and all I can think is "hey he is a worse situation then me and dealing with it alright, maybe I can too"

Jonathan's done playing games lol

Jon's little "wot" at the end there had me in hysterics XD

Paranormal things? Cool. Creepy entity interactions? Nice. Jon yelling at Martin and not even at the listener? I'm on the verge of tears because of fear. And that, ladies, gentlemen, nonbinary folk and other creatures, is on ☆ childhood trauma! ☆

am i the only one surprised martin is 29 ?!?!?!? like i thought he was so much younger

Every time Jon yells my fight or flight response kicks in

John: Reads a note/letter by Martin that says he's lying about something Very suspicious! Martin is clearly sinister! Must not trust! Oh no, another inconsistency with what Martin told me? What even plot could this be?!? Also John: Hears Martin explain himself What a misunderstanding! Martin is completely trustworthy! Clearly he cannot be lying at all! John really needs a break before he goes off the deep end for good or makes a serious mistake....

Jon, sweety, we all know youre pretty, go take your nap

I feel like people are sleeping on " the only proof for this spider person is that im too unlucky for it to be a lie"

On one hand, the spiders sound very similar to the Flesh Hive. Jane Prentiss even says spiders have their own kind of music, or something to that affect, in her statement. On the other hand, in Arachnophobia and I think the episode where Jon explores the tunnels its stated the spiders are eating the worms. Jon broke open the tunnels initially trying to kill a spider, which forced the Flesh Hive to launch its attack prematurely and is probably why the staff were able to survive. Feels weird asking this, but were the spiders angling for Jane Prentiss' death?

Feeling bad about the homeless spiders now.

god it is SO weird to hear alex go from smol bean martin to terrifying gm (but we respect his craft) back to martin again

Fuckn' Martin!! Damn, you got me questioning everything about what you could be laying about and it just about SCHOOL!!!! MY GOD!! I thought you were working with Michael or something like that!!

dude i dont even have *that* much trauma associated with yelling but every goddamn time someone raises their voice in my vicinity i start to cry. even if its a recording of someone voice acting, if they sound genuinely accusatory and upset i break down lmao

I think Jon yelling at Martin is this first time this show has genuinely scared me. Like I've been creeped the FUCK out and very unsettled quite frequently but that was...something else.

I like to imagine that all the bug colonies are just like rival gangs or distant relatives that hate each other. The worm don't get on with the ants, and the spiders kill the worms

When Jon repeated after Martin about firing him, it sounded like firing him is the least he would do to Martin.

I really like Trevor, glad he is still alive. We even saw him with a woman in the nursing home episode I think. I hope there is more with him in it.

DON'T BE MEAN TO MARTIN! D=

Of all the scary sh*t in this podcast, Jon yelling is the thing that scares everyone the most... Makes sense

Aw Jon, I'm glad he believed Martin. Hopefully he realized that there's at least one person in the archives that he can trust.

this really feels like something martin should of been more upset about i understand why he wasnt but god the fact jon just doesnt even say sorry guy needs to treat the people who care about him better

I can only imagine just how elated and relieved Jon must've felt to know that a lie on his CV was all Martin was lying about. Nothing to do with Jane Prentiss or Gertrude Robinson just... a lie on his resume to help support him and his mother

*murder, supernatural creatures, gore, everything creepy thing to ever exist* me: " I love this podcast" *Jon yells at Martin* me: jumps a foot in the air and has to focus on not crying

Jon’s shout scared the heck outta me!

I hope Jon gets his act together somewhere down the line. I mean, you can't 100% blame him for acting like this after all he's been through, and I love him. But if he acted like this with anyone else, they could have him reported for harassment & I'm sure they would considering he's already been reported before for stalking Tim, etc. It could get him fired or worse and I think we all know this podcast would be nothing without him. I worry for these fictional characters, lol.

Jon, sir, you are going insane calm tf down

Aight, Jon srsly needs to like chill

Don't be rude, Jon :(

when i say i JUMPED when jon yelled, I can't imagine how Martin felt oh god it was terrifyinnnng

Jesus jon

Seriously though, Jon screaming at Martin is soooo concerning and scary. I legitimately still feel frightened

It's kind of weird to not hear Jon just deny everything because he's not hiding it anymore I always expect him to be skeptical but then he agrees and im just like "what- oh right okay."

Love the parallel of the vampire hunter relating the time his suspicions were wrong and Jon being wrong about Martin. Interesting also that we then get a web and spider lady and there is currently a web table issue with a woman that Jon is missing.

o he mad

Ok but I think considering this is a horror podcast I am far more scared of Jon yelling than I should be

Jon yelling randomly is the scariest thing in this entore series

Awe poor Martin. I know Jon is not in a good mental state right now but I really do hope he apologizes properly, Martin sounded a few seconds away from crying honestly

I dunno how to feel about the fact that I consider Martin a precious cinnamon roll who I must protect but he's a few years older than me

Jon's screaming accusation at martin so far has been the most scared i've been in this series. not to say that the other episodes haven't been scaring me(and they very much have been), but i'm most concerned about not seeing martin cry. T-T

I gotta feel for Martin. I'm only 29 also. Only? 🤣

After everything creepy we've heard on this show and yet nothing scarier than a man raising his voice 🙃

I hope this means he lets himself trust Martin, so he can be less alone in his pursuit of the truth about Gertrude. It would be really good for him to confide in someone, have someone help him… maybe he could get more sleep knowing that at least Martin can be trusted. I really don’t think this will happen, knowing Jon, but one can always hope…

Jon owes us an apology for yelling at Martin, darnit

I was so sure that Martin was not okay last season, and when it came to be that he was unhurt, I was overjoyed. If something happens to him...

Ugh, the whole Dupont situation is just... now I feel sad :(

Martin and Jon both need a hug, a week off, and a mug of something warm and calming. Not sure who needs it more, but... yeah....

Every time he said 'the hunt' i had Bloodborne flashbacks

Jon!! Stop it you'll scare him :(

Oh nice I really enjoyed the other vampire one.

jons acting is just insane, I could see his body language and expressions through his voice

Geez! Poor Martin.

ah yes, the episode i come back to so i can remind myself that i do, in fact, get scared from people yelling

From all the things so far, John's sudden scream got me the most. It kinda got me out of nowhere 🥺

Suddenly all the times Jon shit talked Martin's work makes so much sense. I used to wonder if Martin ever listened to the tapes being like "he hates me😭 why won't senpai notice me" now I'm thinking he probably thought "shit he's onto me"😂

The supplemental part brought me to tear up a little...

“The Hunt became an addiction of its own” it sure did Trevor. It sure did. :)

Jon sounded so relieved hearing Martin only lied about his credentials, this man meeds a vacation.

Dang.... gotta say I love the voice acting for Jon whenever he freaks out. Amazing emotions being portrayed right there!

Like how he casually mentioned saving the funeral lady

Martin: I lied on my CV John: A😃 ok then

Bro when Jon shouted "Martin" That spooked me. 💀

Somehow "im only 29" made meburst out laughing

spiders in a human husk. creeping crawling, wait till dusk. homeless shelter, in they creep. time to get some human sleep. Angry man with a knife wants to end they're very life. cuts a hole in their shell. scuttle out and run like hell.

jon sounded so happy im gonna cry

-Woman without Backpack or anything/ knowing desires? -webs - arachnophobia connected

Jesus, the interaction between Jon and Martin at the end of this episode..... Jon needs a giant cup of tea, a blanket, and a hug. D:

Since Trevor says he can see vampires way more easily than others and he said he always felt stronger on the hunt then maybe he's also someone that's marked somehow or he somehow is linked to the supernatural

19:10 start of supplemental

Bruh were fans just so enamored with this dude the writers decided to revive him from the dead so we could get more of him??

All these stories so far: I sleep Angry people start yelling: loss of appetite, shaken up, need to take a break

I was just straight up running throughout that last part. God, Jon must be really scary when he screams.