THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES #147 – Weaver
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Published 2020-06-04
Statement regarding their history and their observations of the Magnus Archives, London.
The Magnus Archives finds the story of a familiar arachnophobe and considers the issues surrounding the nature of free will.
Content Notes: Spiders, manipulation, drug use, self-harm
Starring: The Archivist – Jonathan Sims; Basira Hussain – Frank Voss; Melanie King – Lydia Nicholas; Alice “Daisy” Tonner – Fay Roberts
Writer: Jonathan Sims
Director: Alexander J Newall
Producer: Lowri Ann Davies
Editors: Alexander J Newall, Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead
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All Comments (21)
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I think the real reason other avatars keep asking Jon: “Can I call you Jon?” is because they’re asking if he’s still human enough to care if he has a name or not
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"Addiction is one of the strongest vectors of control there is." Jon smokes Jon has a lighter with a spider web pattern on it He had the strong urge to smoke when talking to Leinter, who was killed on the time he was off Sneak bastard
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The real monsters were the friends we made along the way
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I’m pretty sure this is the first time Jon is made acutely aware that he’s at the point where he literally can’t stop reading a statement once he’s started. Most of the time he has no reason to try to stop reading, but I’m 100% sure he tried here and realized he couldn’t. That’s why he was so shaken afterwards. “I didn’t like that. I-I couldn’t...” He couldn’t stop. 😞
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"Gee, I sure love how he puts on the voices when he reads the statements"
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...isnt it, jon? can I call you jon? I'm going to call you jon. nikola flashbacks
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"Addiction is one of the strongest vectors of control there is." ...how long has it been since Jon started smoking again?
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"I guess they . . . bugged out." Daisy, goddamn, I love this character development of hers
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I misheard one particular part of this statement and now I will never be free of the mental image of Annabelle asking Jon, in a deadly serious tone of voice, if he has ever read One Piece.
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Welp, here's to those days when it was all fun and games and I thought the serious no-bullshit archivist might have a guilty pleasure on voice acting. Cheers.
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Ending of last episode: stop using your eye powers Jon its creepy Beginning of this episode: hey Jon you see anything helpful with those spooky powers of yours Please make up your mind guys and be nicer to Jon😖
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didn't expect a dive into cognitive neuroscience from a spider devotee. good soup Jon coming to terms with the fact that he wants to serve The Eye and doesn't care if it hurts people... chills, literal chills
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Sounds like someone's addicted to archives
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lmao the transcripts Melanie: (drier than the Sahara) Sorry we couldn't stop for a snack. XDD
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I thought annabelle asked "have ever you read one piece, jon?" and I thought I was going to be forced to like her before I realized I misheard
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I've noticed that The Web seems an awful lot like it's linked to storytelling, and if The Eye is symbolic of the audience then perhaps The Web represents the plot of the story? I mean, Jon's realization is that he's important to The Web, and who's more important to the plot of a good story than the main character?
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theory: maybe the web doesn't want a ritual because the world right now was formed after its ritual succeeded, the way we use language and culture and norms to limit and bind people (ourselves and others), how we often feel trapped in a larger system but can't really do anything because we are given a false choice where there isn't really an alternative.
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I love dry humor Daisy. "Bugged out" lol.
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What she said about spiders getting so big that "they're not entirely made of spider anymore," may actually have some truth to it. I read recently in a book called "Putting the Science Back In Fiction" that bugs could never get monstrously huge because their bodies just couldn't handle the mass. I suppose the implication here is that it has a little... help. In true Magnus Archives fashion, it's probably become some kind of hideous amalgamation.
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Ok but what if some day he goes “end recording” but the recording doesn’t end
