Jon getting interrupted and called out had me cracking up. I'm really liking how the real world is gradually encroaching on the story telling! Maybe because more connections between stories and the real world are being made?
“Besides that, the writing itself was of… questionable quality.” Okay, you have a clearly cursed book on your hands, sir, but go ahead, by all means, insult it.
Everyone in the comments talking about Jon breaking character or his hate of Martin or Jurgen Leitner but not the fact that the guy who initially returned the book to the library is the friend of Dominic Swayne that was struck by lightning talked about in the first episode about a Leitner.
I love how skeptical and dismissive Jon is in all other cases, but as soon as Jurgen Lietner comes up he takes it dead seriously. It’s very effective in establishing the threat. Relistening after finishing the series a bit ago.
Most statments' beggining: I am just a regular person please help me with this weird ghost stuff This guy: Books are great and are also powerful immortal beings of thought that are superior to our weak human form :)
No one: Season 1 jon at any possible oportunity: MARTIN BLACKWOOD? STUPID IDIOT MOTHERFUCKING MARTIN BLACKWOOD. GOD DAMN FOOL SPIDER SIMPATIZER DUST EATING RAT LONELY BASTARD SHITHEAD IDIOT AVATAR OF THE WHORE. BIGGEST CLOWN IN THE INSTITUTE, LAUGHED OUT OF TOWN COWBOY MOTHERFUCKING MARTIN BLACKWOOD STOP PINNING ME WHEN I TALK ABOUT MARTIN BLACKWOOD. I HATE HIM SO MUCH WHY DOES HE WRITE SO MANY FUCKED UP POETRY? WHY DID HE DECIDE TO FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT IN MY ARCHIEVE? IS HE DEAD? IS HE A USELESS ASS? MAN HAS SUCH A VISCERAL AFFECT ON ME NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM NEVER TASTE THIS MANS TEA AND I KNOW IT HAS THE WORLDS SHITTIEST FLAVOR GET AWAY FROM ME
that was exactly what happened to me! I tuned out for like 30 seconds before and it went from just slightly unsettling weird library happenings to straight up fucking bleeding books. I fucking love this show sbbdhsnsdnf
that was exactly what happened to me! I tuned out for like 30 seconds before and it went from just slightly unsettling weird library happenings to straight up fucking bleeding books. I fucking love this show sbbdhsnsdnf
What I love about these stories is how smart the survivors are, and you can see why they lived (at least, in the moment). Not touching the book with your bare hands? Good decision, buddy!!
YES. Or in the episode with the coffin and how the subject entrapped the key in ice! I'm delighted that these characters are not vacuous sockets with no brain.
I'm only on ep 17 but I'm considering turning my one blank bedroom wall into one of those old evidence boards from police shows, complete with red string and brightly coloured pins, to help me keep track 😂
You know during my first listen I actually did that xD not an actual board, but a wide peice of paper where I would add names and connections all troughout the season x) After season 1 I believe it's less nedeed, the recuring characters have been introduced and you know what names to look out for. Hope you had fun listening to TMA anyway !
@@coreacartoonist There was nothing to investigate if I remember correctly. There was no evidence of the graveyard and the Lucas family refused to comment.
Nah, correct thing to do is what Michael Crew did: get rid of it or turn it in to the Magnus institute. Absolutely do not try to read it. Not my cursed book, not my problem.
@@karenlinares7541 *I’m not sure if this counts as a spoiler, but just in case* I need to know if you were relistening the podcast or if that was just a coincidence
1) i absolutely LOVE that jonathan is voice-acting all of these that's so fucking dorky in the best way 2) sebastian sounds genuinely upset and disheartened that he lost an old friend to something he can't handle mentally and that makes me So fucking sad oh my god 3) 25:03 "Record and study, not interfere or Contain--" please let that be an SCP reference *please god let that be an SCP reference*
It's implied that the SCP and TMA universes are one in the same. Although it's not entirely canon - any references might just be that; references. But there are SCP articles that reference TMA and vis versa. If true, I'd imagine the Foundation is the one that actually deals with the stuff the Institute digs up. The Institute doesn't exactly sound like it has the resources or personnel to deal with other-worldy horrors.
I know I'm late as fuck but WHY do I think that Gravity falls, the Liberians. The magnus archives, and the SCP foundation would BE A GREAT CROSSOVER? Like THAT seems awesome!
@@bugjams I don't personally believe that TMA and SCP take place in the same reality. Really your own interpretation is all you have at the end of the day, and any interpretation is valid but in my mind, the otherworldly locales, magic and monsters dont really operate under the same rules. SCP is, often, surrealist horror fiction, so lots of the entries often do include horror elements, but many aren't in any way scary, they're just anomalous. And TMA is a story about fear, and what makes a monster. It just seems like, in general, SCPs don't feed on fear the way the entities in tma do.
It feels so nice to see people go through the same things we went through, especially since We Know Now People's reaction to Jon's hate of Martin, Elias's introduction, the MANY Michaels already there, Jon's statement acting... it's so funny x)
@@space_0wl480it's a very nice community for new listeners, a lot of the relisteners are really cool about warning for spoilers and discussion of foreshadows, etc.
A good connection, but given the "fractals" theme of where we last heard that phrase, I think it was probably referencing a certain other character who hasn't been introduced yet...
I‘ve been laughing for about half an hour over Jon’s character break and it’s literally 2:30 am right now. He reacted the same exact way I do whenever someone walks in on me doing something and I’m all for it
I feel like creating a mind map to keep track of all the characters and how they connect to one another, 'cause I honestly can't remember names to safe my life!
I literally have a note in my notes app with a list of names and what they sound like. Rn all I got is Jonathon Sims Rough, sharp voice, Aizawa-like, Head Archivist in London, sounds like he does NOT get paid enough for this spooky crap Elias Deeper voice, mellow and thick like deep water. Kinda reminds me of someone who would wear suits literally everywhere just for the sake of petty annoyance Martin All I know is that Jon isn't a fan of him and he has glasses. We do not like Martin (at least not until we actually meet him??)
@@atiredweeb8551 It's been a while since I listened to TMA but this comment has made me want to revisit it. You'll absolutely love where the story takes you
Did anybody else look up when the door opened? It gave me a giggle when I realized I had done so, as if I thought I was going to see who just interrupted Jonathan! XD
Me listening to Arachnophobia: oh this is nice, a little standalone horror tale. I wonder if this will come up later? Me listening to The Boneturner’s Tale: JURGEN? MICHAEL CREW? :O
Man I'd personally love a spinoff where Jonathan Sims just writes all the Leitner books, sells them so us the fans can be deeply disturbed by the contents irl and say we have Leitners lol
Blind listener here: SO, I have deduced the Luca family is part of one of the antagonistic cults suggested in the episode of the lightless flame and, as so, them being contributors to the instituto are the reason why in the episode of the dreamer, the institute seemed tainted, polluted by a bright ¿red? (Was it red?) light. Did they kill Gertrude?
Everyone: talking about things they don't understand with Jon and his voice (mild spoilers under the cut) Meanwhile I'm cracking up about Jon's boss telling him not to upset the family of his sugar daddy husband lmao
I'm cackling. Relistening and I had to pause the episode like four different times when he broke character. Nice to know Elias and Peter were getting along at this point
2nd relisten, mild spoilers that bit about martin being sick hits so differently knowing hes already hiding from prentiss and they wont know for like 10 more episodes. my boy's struggling im literally almost crying this podcast is making me feel so many things. also normal jared feels... weird. all i think of when i hear about him is the flesh garden....
The whole flute deal just reminds me of the piper episode. I am a few years late to the series but im so unbelievably hooked on these. Im so glad im barley at the surface, this is my go to series now
Really late listener here but everyone talking about the interruption and recognizing names meanwhile I'm in shock that I just heard what I believe to be the piper gaining a new flute to play a "merry tune"
Holy shit. was passing one of those little free library boxes today, the take a book leave a book kind, and I found this big beautiful looking book called the Canterbury Tales and was like “wtf is this? Looks cool” and took it home, it is sitting on my coffee table right now. I’m listening at midnight and when I heard them say the book was the Canterbury Tales I looked up and realized it was my mystery book. I’m so freaked out right now
@@jazz5842 nope, but I kept it in case I wanna read later. Apparently it’s a very popular book so not as weird of a coincidence as I originally thought
I really dig the stories that are connected to Jurgen Leitner. Also the beginning of the statement has some pretty cool lines about language and books in a broader sense. From a fiction writing standpoint I like the idea of language as a living being that literally lives in the minds of humans.
I just realized something, looking back at this episode. When Jon gets interrupted, Elias mentions the Lukas family and how theyre patrons of the institute. The Lukas family was the strange family of Evan Lukas' mentioned in the Alone episode.
I don't know if I hate or love comments from people rewatching it being all like "it's all coming together !" and whatever cryptic sentence under comments about John's voice acting. I'm frustrated that I don't understand what you are talking about but on the other hand, I want to know more thanks to all of you (and it helps me keep track of what is important to remember).
It helps a lot to learn why humans are freaked out by those sounds and how they make the sound effects that freak us out tbh. Sadly, I can't remember the details of why humans are freaked out by both very high and very low sounds together; I'll have to find the source for it again. As for the creepy music itself, the effect that sounds like quiet screeching metal or the sounds of exploring a shipwreck is just a violin bow on the edge of a large metal cymbal. I have had to remind myself of that a lot. "Don't get freaked out by the creepy shipwreck sound, self. You know that sound. You have /made/ that sound. You are a musician. You know how that sound works."
@@Rachel-fi4scah, i remember being in concert band and they had a HUGE.,,. Contraption? Just for this. Like, largest hunk of metal i had ever seen; oblong and shaped like a rounded cheese grater. I had to try and block its' sounds from my head during sections that used it because it was so loud and so grating. Hats off to the percussionist who had to play it, lol.
Did any of you guys notice how the rain was described in this episode-- still, falling heavily, no wind-- it matched the exact description of the rain described in episode 2, the one with the coffin which started singing during rain, and this has me excited because like the dates are around the same time too
I just started the series but this is my favorite episode so far! I love the world building in and out of the story. The call back to the library was great and the idea of the bone turner is so scary and fun! The ending was chilling as well!
Now, I'm no poetry expert, but if someone just walked up to me and told me that they took a marrow flute form someone's rib cage, I would be able to surmise that they'd stolen a rib. Also: Is no one gonna talk about how Elias was just casually discussing the Lukas family? I mean, they just showed up in an episode not too long ago.
@@trucetruce335 I belive he got struck by the lightning (idk if that's the same Michael though), he also found some bodies (etc. Alan the garbageman) and now he gave the books away Actually now I am on episode 33 so I am even more interested in the "Michael guy" but oh well... These thoughts are spoilers :)
The mention of no intervention or containing made me wonder if there is anyone in this world who does that as someone who came here after spending a year diving deeply into SCP articles and tales.
Why is it that all ladies that run a library are called Ruth? Like Bro The lady that works at the library in my school is called Ruth The lady that runs the village library is called Ruth I'm-
THAT MAN! The book man from episode three or whatever! His library! Maybe. Edit: Lol I used to mentally mock people who commented before finishing the video, share in my enthusiasm anyways.
The Leitners are certainly a neat concept that TMA bring to the Horror table. Them being part of a soft magic system rather than holders of "kNoWLeDgE tHaT BRinGs mAdnEsS" specifically, since the latter is rather trite and more than a little ableist when handled poorly.
Alchemic Punk And when people do have mental breaks as the result of exposure to horrors, it’s almost always presented as PTSD, not some romanticized version of psychosis. As far as I can remember, when it looks like someone has broken with reality, either they’re in the grip of one of the entities, or they’re in touch with reality and it’s reality that’s broken.
Corvus Morve Lmao just look how triggered you’re getting over a word. Do you really think letting yourself get this upset about a TH-cam comment is really worth it? Take a deep breath. I promise, you’ll be fine.
tbh this was the first time my immersion was broken in the series - Boss walks in & asks if he's busy "yes im busy come back later" thats not how that works! lol
i'm a former library worker, and i wanna give a thumbs up for the various library-related details being true to life! i felt my bad memories crawling on my back
So many aspects of this episode felt familiar so i went back to check in the page turner episode and look at this passage describing the second book mary keay handed Dominic Swain- "I opened the book, and for a few seconds was confused to see that nothing seemed to have changed. The writing was still unintelligible to me and it felt no different. I lifted it to have a closer look, and as I did I heard something clatter lightly onto the floor. I looked down to see bones. Small animal bones, from what I can tell, but each one was slightly bent and warped into shapes that bones should not form". Dominics friends who btw as someone pointed below is the same person who returned this book to the Library
![[ENGSUB] UNPRODUCTIVE DAY ใช้ชีวิต (เปื่อยๆ) ด้วยกัน 1 วัน! | OUROAD CLOSEFRiEND SS2 EP.9](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pyYKZ3kra9w/mqdefault.jpg)
his name was Jared he was 19 and he never learned how to read .
This made me crack up.
my mans never learned how to read so he simply turned to Bone Turning
LMAO
FUCKS SAKE LMAO
I don’t get it
The shift from the statement-persona to Normal Jon Voice is so jarring and I love it
it is perfection ^^
:)
@@SingingSealRiana to olll c-cc2- - - -
And so low
Jon getting interrupted and called out had me cracking up. I'm really liking how the real world is gradually encroaching on the story telling! Maybe because more connections between stories and the real world are being made?
How the hell do you get 2700 likes and not one reply.
@FeedMeSalt hell if I know
Dude, I thought your pfp was Shaggy smoking a fat blunt
Librarian, crying: The library is closed
Jared: _GIVE ME THE B O O K_
I want Waffle Fries
jared: did i stutter?
The library may have a 'closed' sign up, but his name is Jared, he's 19 and he never fucking learned how to read
I YERN FOR THE PAGES
@@krexs3201😭🤣
i wouldn't have even needed to DO this recording if R O S I E- -
...
Nosy Rosie...
A *C O M P L A I N T* ? ? ?
@@heresthadude1080THE FORESHADOWING
I love how this implies Jon canonically does this voice acting for the archives and It's not just the choice of the actual voice actor
He's a theater kid
Jon, so dramatic we love him for it.
@@avet9413 we do indeed 🥹
👀
Most other statement-givers: "I was paralyzed with fear when I saw the monster"
Sebastian: "Come CATCH THESE HANDS"
The entity: TF hey that was mean 🥺 *proceeds to make a bad imitation of Exorcism*
Also, Sebastian: Man, aren't books just like, so cool? I mean, they're literally immortal an- OMG, is that a FLAT RAT!?
Also Sebastian: not my book not my problem
Elias: "The Lucas family are patrons of the institute..."
Me, dragging out my red string board, going absolutely insane: "EPISODE 13"
help sksmfn me when I was first listening to this
YES????!!
@jaisy fushia Hahaha
I have a red string board too hahaha
i see, you started early
“Besides that, the writing itself was of… questionable quality.”
Okay, you have a clearly cursed book on your hands, sir, but go ahead, by all means, insult it.
Lolo
When cursed, very least it could do was to have a decent prose and plot
Everyone in the comments talking about Jon breaking character or his hate of Martin or Jurgen Leitner but not the fact that the guy who initially returned the book to the library is the friend of Dominic Swayne that was struck by lightning talked about in the first episode about a Leitner.
I can't blame them though, all these names are making dizzy. Thanks for pointing that out
I was about to write that too!
I'm seriously about to start over and keep notes
i thought nobody else picked that up by the comments but yea that caught my attention
Thank you for pointing it out, I didn't notice at all
I love how skeptical and dismissive Jon is in all other cases, but as soon as Jurgen Lietner comes up he takes it dead seriously. It’s very effective in establishing the threat. Relistening after finishing the series a bit ago.
I mean same honestly, every time I hear jurgen lietner I pop off so much
Same
looking back it makes so much sense
Coming across re listeners in the wild makes me so happy even if it's from two years ago
Most statments' beggining: I am just a regular person please help me with this weird ghost stuff
This guy: Books are great and are also powerful immortal beings of thought that are superior to our weak human form :)
Seems legit
as an academic in training I think academics are just. like that.
I happened to be reading this comment at the same time as the statement started with him saying that xD
You forgot the vampire slayer
@@nualahalpin6119 it's true
Michael Crew? As in, the childhood friend on Page Turner who got hit by lighting? These references, god
I wish I could catch them. But I'm very bad at remembering names. :(
@@Artrysa same
@@Artrysa keep notes
… page turner, bone turner…
Time stamp?
elias: marti-
jon: i hate martin. martin? yeah, i hate him.
elias: good for you.....?
Spoilers
Not for long Jon... not for long
No one:
Season 1 jon at any possible oportunity:
MARTIN BLACKWOOD?
STUPID IDIOT MOTHERFUCKING MARTIN BLACKWOOD. GOD DAMN FOOL SPIDER SIMPATIZER DUST EATING RAT LONELY BASTARD SHITHEAD IDIOT AVATAR OF THE WHORE. BIGGEST CLOWN IN THE INSTITUTE, LAUGHED OUT OF TOWN COWBOY MOTHERFUCKING MARTIN BLACKWOOD
STOP PINNING ME WHEN I TALK ABOUT MARTIN BLACKWOOD. I HATE HIM SO MUCH WHY DOES HE WRITE SO MANY FUCKED UP POETRY? WHY DID HE DECIDE TO FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT IN MY ARCHIEVE? IS HE DEAD? IS HE A USELESS ASS? MAN HAS SUCH A VISCERAL AFFECT ON ME NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM NEVER TASTE THIS MANS TEA AND I KNOW IT HAS THE WORLDS SHITTIEST FLAVOR GET AWAY FROM ME
@@trashpandalady9512 I was thinking that as well.
"I'll be more lovely"
"This makes me deeply unhappy"
Ah, Jon, you adorable little bastard.
Me: *gets distracted for a second*
Me: *tunes back in*
TMA: The books were bleeding. I laughed.
that was exactly what happened to me! I tuned out for like 30 seconds before and it went from just slightly unsettling weird library happenings to straight up fucking bleeding books. I fucking love this show sbbdhsnsdnf
that was exactly what happened to me! I tuned out for like 30 seconds before and it went from just slightly unsettling weird library happenings to straight up fucking bleeding books. I fucking love this show sbbdhsnsdnf
Its much like Welcome to Nightvale
If you dont pay attention to every line you need only a few seconds to become utterly lost and confused
It's awful for me because English isn't my first language 😭
"How many limbs he had, he had added some" like man I just wanted to see what my dog was doing rq not get jumped by this stuff
he hates Martin so much... it's literally HILARIOUS.
yeah, my favorit up till now was ". . . not that I want him to be chopped up or anything . . ." The hell John ^^
Whos Martin?
@agravemisunderstanding9668 an assistant who becomes so much more later.
Not for long.... not for long...
It’s gets even more hilarious as the seasons go on, for a very different reason.
"It w- uh.. oh. Hello Elias." Lol why is that so funny to me
Same lol, that character break to surprise to the recovery of his normal voice. It's beautiful
"That's not how it works *Jonathan* ."
What I love about these stories is how smart the survivors are, and you can see why they lived (at least, in the moment). Not touching the book with your bare hands? Good decision, buddy!!
YES. Or in the episode with the coffin and how the subject entrapped the key in ice! I'm delighted that these characters are not vacuous sockets with no brain.
well they need to be, otherwise we would not get their statments
No way! He still read it?!
I mean, I couldn't say that about the arachnophobe, kicking the tv?
@@Catflers LMAO 😂
The Virgin Book Demon: "GIVE ME THE BOOK"
The CHAD Librarian: "Sorry. Library's closed."
I'm only on ep 17 but I'm considering turning my one blank bedroom wall into one of those old evidence boards from police shows, complete with red string and brightly coloured pins, to help me keep track 😂
Same😂😂
You know during my first listen I actually did that xD not an actual board, but a wide peice of paper where I would add names and connections all troughout the season x)
After season 1 I believe it's less nedeed, the recuring characters have been introduced and you know what names to look out for. Hope you had fun listening to TMA anyway !
same 😅
Same, had this thought for past few episodes 😅😅😅
This comment is what made me realize I was on episode 17 I didn't even notice I was so enraptured
w
WAIT
LUKAS FAMILY?
AS IN EVAN LUKAS FROM 'ALONE'?
yep
He did say Ms. Herne made the complaint. That was the girl's name in Alone and she was upset after the statement that Jon didn't seem to believe her.
Kaylynn Davis Oh.. Is that why Jon didn’t investigate..
@@coreacartoonist There was nothing to investigate if I remember correctly. There was no evidence of the graveyard and the Lucas family refused to comment.
oh OH _OH_ I didn’t catch that!
Maybe Jon has a secret passion for voice acting with how seriously he voice acts these statements even though he thought they were bull 😂
Theatre kid Jon
@@hufflepuffbadger2931 Honestly any kid named Jon is destined to be a theatre kid
They actually do address that detail in later episodes. But as this post was made a yr ago you probably know that.
@@Nizati :]
Remember everyone if you see a book from Jurgen Leitner’s library burn it immediately
But what if burning the book causes it to do weird shit?
@@siposmarton8324 Then run like hell and pray to whoever that whatever it's doing doesn't kill or change you
Ehhhh I shoullddd but imma read it anyway. If I die I die lol
Nah, correct thing to do is what Michael Crew did: get rid of it or turn it in to the Magnus institute. Absolutely do not try to read it. Not my cursed book, not my problem.
Careful. It might like the flames
Oh so the Lukas family are patrons of the institute. Hmmmmm
Julie Kavanagh yep
It's the alimony checks 😂
everything (or almost) is coming together slowly here
@@gallifrey_falls I was about to make this joke. lolz.
I'm only in ep 17 but I'm already hearing jon narrate my thoughts
He’s the real eldritch horror
@@karenlinares7541
*I’m not sure if this counts as a spoiler, but just in case*
I need to know if you were relistening the podcast or if that was just a coincidence
@@February_Flowersi shouldn't of had pressed read more... god,what what do you even mean😭😭
Edit: OH
Jonny boy doesn’t narrate my thoughts, but apparently my “thinking voice” has now taken on a distinct British accent lol 😆
@@djphoenix279 same !!! and im not even a native english speaker HAHAAHAH
I love how Jonathon sounded embarrassed when Elias interrupted his narrator voice lmao
Jon was having his theatre kid moment
Jon usually: this supernatural mumbo-jumbo stuff ain’t real, I don’t believe it
Book says Lightner on it, Jon: welp I believe this completely
6:49 is the time stamp for the interruption
THANK YOU SO MUCH AA
Thank you! Looked through the comments for this!
Thank You so much XD
jon if you say any more bad about martin you shall meet the back of my hand
Yeah Martin doesn't deserve that kinda judgemental shit
Maybe if Martin would stop being so useless :P
yes idk why but i just love martin 😀
Me married to a Polish man named Martin: 😐
I wouldn't worry too much Martin and Jon.... yeah I wouldn't worry haha
1) i absolutely LOVE that jonathan is voice-acting all of these that's so fucking dorky in the best way
2) sebastian sounds genuinely upset and disheartened that he lost an old friend to something he can't handle mentally and that makes me So fucking sad oh my god
3) 25:03 "Record and study, not interfere or Contain--" please let that be an SCP reference *please god let that be an SCP reference*
I love both TMA and SCP podcasts and how they have similar tones in respectively more dark-academia and sci-fi genres :))
It's implied that the SCP and TMA universes are one in the same. Although it's not entirely canon - any references might just be that; references. But there are SCP articles that reference TMA and vis versa.
If true, I'd imagine the Foundation is the one that actually deals with the stuff the Institute digs up. The Institute doesn't exactly sound like it has the resources or personnel to deal with other-worldy horrors.
I know I'm late as fuck but WHY do I think that Gravity falls, the Liberians. The magnus archives, and the SCP foundation would BE A GREAT CROSSOVER? Like THAT seems awesome!
@@bugjams I don't personally believe that TMA and SCP take place in the same reality. Really your own interpretation is all you have at the end of the day, and any interpretation is valid but in my mind, the otherworldly locales, magic and monsters dont really operate under the same rules. SCP is, often, surrealist horror fiction, so lots of the entries often do include horror elements, but many aren't in any way scary, they're just anomalous. And TMA is a story about fear, and what makes a monster.
It just seems like, in general, SCPs don't feed on fear the way the entities in tma do.
I absolutely love how the comments on these are mostly people listening for the first time trying to put all the pieces together
It feels so nice to see people go through the same things we went through, especially since We Know Now
People's reaction to Jon's hate of Martin, Elias's introduction, the MANY Michaels already there, Jon's statement acting... it's so funny x)
It’s my first time watching and I was recommended to take notes. So I have my notes open every time I watch one of these 😅
@@cakeday4058 hmmm... i'm starting to think i shouldn't have chosed this series to be my "thing i'm listening to while working" stuff... oh well.
@@matheusribeiro4733 saaaaaaaaaame.
@@space_0wl480it's a very nice community for new listeners, a lot of the relisteners are really cool about warning for spoilers and discussion of foreshadows, etc.
"he had all his bones in his hands", anyone?
A good connection, but given the "fractals" theme of where we last heard that phrase, I think it was probably referencing a certain other character who hasn't been introduced yet...
@@Amalgemotion Wasn't he already introduced in "Burned Out"?
i like to imagine The archivist is a huge acting nerd, and hearing him quickly come out of that when someone comes in is really sweet
Theatre kid icon
That's not how it works *Jonathan*
Your mother works .
I‘ve been laughing for about half an hour over Jon’s character break and it’s literally 2:30 am right now. He reacted the same exact way I do whenever someone walks in on me doing something and I’m all for it
mans really was repulsed by the fact he has to be more lovely
I feel like creating a mind map to keep track of all the characters and how they connect to one another, 'cause I honestly can't remember names to safe my life!
I literally have a note in my notes app with a list of names and what they sound like. Rn all I got is
Jonathon Sims
Rough, sharp voice, Aizawa-like, Head Archivist in London, sounds like he does NOT get paid enough for this spooky crap
Elias
Deeper voice, mellow and thick like deep water. Kinda reminds me of someone who would wear suits literally everywhere just for the sake of petty annoyance
Martin
All I know is that Jon isn't a fan of him and he has glasses. We do not like Martin (at least not until we actually meet him??)
@@atiredweeb8551 It's been a while since I listened to TMA but this comment has made me want to revisit it. You'll absolutely love where the story takes you
JFJDJDNFKFJFKY MICHAEL CREW IS THE CHILDHOOD FRIEND OF THE PROTAGONIST WHO GOT STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN PAGETURNER OH MY GOD
"books are amazing, aren't they?"
Me, remembering episode 4: oh you have no idea
Did anybody else look up when the door opened? It gave me a giggle when I realized I had done so, as if I thought I was going to see who just interrupted Jonathan! XD
Lol 🤣
The guy misreading Jorgen Leitner's name as a library has the same energy as Pepe Sylvia
Elias has such a posh voice compared to fan art I have seen of him
I've only seen fanart of him as Kermit the frog, and I continue to imagine him as Kermit
Elias is evil and doesn’t deserve to look posh
Never seen fanart of him but always imagine he looks somewhat (if not exactly) like Mumbo Jumbo's fanart 💀
@@atiredweeb8551 Just without the spoon and clumsiness act I guess (haven't been that deep in this series)
First line: Books are amazing, aren't they?
Me: OH DON'T MAKE ME HATE BOOKS NOW!
Me listening to Arachnophobia: oh this is nice, a little standalone horror tale. I wonder if this will come up later?
Me listening to The Boneturner’s Tale: JURGEN? MICHAEL CREW? :O
gonna go out on a limb here and say jared's problemwas that he got too handsy.... hope it's not a touchy subject for him
I hands off hate puns, on the other hand I.... don’t hate you.... ->-
You’ve all made the same joke.
@@trucetruce335 you sound pretty upset, no need to throw hands over a bad pun
CC Kuhnighut * pops off my hand like it’s a Barbie’s head and chucks it at you *
Hands down, that was the worst joke I’ve ever heard
i love how they're starting to introduce new voices into the podcast now. love it.
Sebastian: not my book not my problem
smart man...
Tbh the fact that Elias, of all people, is the first person to interrupt Jon while he's recording a statement is kinda funny to me
It really is, especially if you take into account later seasons
@@happylittleloser yep, that's what I'm saying!
Man I'd personally love a spinoff where Jonathan Sims just writes all the Leitner books, sells them so us the fans can be deeply disturbed by the contents irl and say we have Leitners lol
RQ produced an official 'A Guest for Mr. Spider' book as part of their TMA TTRPG Kickstarter.
Blind listener here: SO, I have deduced the Luca family is part of one of the antagonistic cults suggested in the episode of the lightless flame and, as so, them being contributors to the instituto are the reason why in the episode of the dreamer, the institute seemed tainted, polluted by a bright ¿red? (Was it red?) light. Did they kill Gertrude?
I love the shift in tone between narrator Jon and analyzing Jon. Almost makes it feel like 2 separate entities.
Entities? 😮
Everyone: talking about things they don't understand with Jon and his voice
(mild spoilers under the cut)
Meanwhile I'm cracking up about Jon's boss telling him not to upset the family of his sugar daddy husband lmao
I'm cackling. Relistening and I had to pause the episode like four different times when he broke character. Nice to know Elias and Peter were getting along at this point
2nd relisten, mild spoilers
that bit about martin being sick hits so differently knowing hes already hiding from prentiss and they wont know for like 10 more episodes. my boy's struggling im literally almost crying this podcast is making me feel so many things. also normal jared feels... weird. all i think of when i hear about him is the flesh garden....
I knew that Martin calling in sick was odd, but what’s this about the “prentiss”??
@@emgomez5863 you def shouldnt have read that if you dont know her. jane prentiss, worm wife, shes the main antagonist of season 1.
Jane Prentiss is first mentioned in ep. 6, Squirm.
@@klbzplbworm wife >:]
The way creepy jared is described really reminds me of the monster in across the street 😶
Me too… do you think it’s the same guy?
@sammy I think that Jared Key Presented here might be what has become out if our presented here Jared H.
@@midai8313 It's Gerard Keay, so I don't think that theory will work.
Is Jared an allegory to something or have any meaning tied to it, or did the creator of this podcast really hate a guy name Jared?
I was never afraid of spoilers, and now name Michael alarms me.
The whole flute deal just reminds me of the piper episode. I am a few years late to the series but im so unbelievably hooked on these. Im so glad im barley at the surface, this is my go to series now
Really late listener here but everyone talking about the interruption and recognizing names meanwhile I'm in shock that I just heard what I believe to be the piper gaining a new flute to play a "merry tune"
Holy shit. was passing one of those little free library boxes today, the take a book leave a book kind, and I found this big beautiful looking book called the Canterbury Tales and was like “wtf is this? Looks cool” and took it home, it is sitting on my coffee table right now. I’m listening at midnight and when I heard them say the book was the Canterbury Tales I looked up and realized it was my mystery book. I’m so freaked out right now
Did you read it ?
@@jazz5842 nope, but I kept it in case I wanna read later. Apparently it’s a very popular book so not as weird of a coincidence as I originally thought
@@Claire-hv4vqone of the most famous 'old English' books. Very cool to find!
@@Claire-hv4vqit's really good! They're popular, like you said, but that is pretty funny
Oh! This is the other book from Pageturner! The one the old lady owned which dropped bones that had been twisted into improbable shapes.
That one was written in Sumerian
@@aplant9980it was sanskrit wasn't it?
@@Mystic-jd9dyyes
I really dig the stories that are connected to Jurgen Leitner. Also the beginning of the statement has some pretty cool lines about language and books in a broader sense. From a fiction writing standpoint I like the idea of language as a living being that literally lives in the minds of humans.
I just realized something, looking back at this episode. When Jon gets interrupted, Elias mentions the Lukas family and how theyre patrons of the institute. The Lukas family was the strange family of Evan Lukas' mentioned in the Alone episode.
Ow oof my bones.
I don't know if I hate or love comments from people rewatching it being all like "it's all coming together !" and whatever cryptic sentence under comments about John's voice acting. I'm frustrated that I don't understand what you are talking about but on the other hand, I want to know more thanks to all of you (and it helps me keep track of what is important to remember).
As a wise, fellow man named Kronk once said:
"Oh yeah it's all coming together."
got full body chills at the mention of the "Scandinavian library"
Lmao I love how after being interrupted Jon took some time to properly get back into character 😂😂 so relatable
When the ominous music comes in, I can't help but be .. intimidated by it and freaked out
It helps a lot to learn why humans are freaked out by those sounds and how they make the sound effects that freak us out tbh. Sadly, I can't remember the details of why humans are freaked out by both very high and very low sounds together; I'll have to find the source for it again. As for the creepy music itself, the effect that sounds like quiet screeching metal or the sounds of exploring a shipwreck is just a violin bow on the edge of a large metal cymbal.
I have had to remind myself of that a lot. "Don't get freaked out by the creepy shipwreck sound, self. You know that sound. You have /made/ that sound. You are a musician. You know how that sound works."
@@Rachel-fi4scah, i remember being in concert band and they had a HUGE.,,. Contraption? Just for this. Like, largest hunk of metal i had ever seen; oblong and shaped like a rounded cheese grater. I had to try and block its' sounds from my head during sections that used it because it was so loud and so grating. Hats off to the percussionist who had to play it, lol.
Jon: statement begins
*dramatic theatre music swells*
I forgot how Low Elias’ voice was in the begining compared to later appearances
As someone who owns rats, the image of the poor thing being mangled from the inside out terrified me
“That’s not how it works, Jonathan…”
Omg I KNEW it was going to be a Jurgen Leitner book ahhhh
im never really affected by these but "it was a closed casket funeral" for some reason just made my stomach turn
Did any of you guys notice how the rain was described in this episode-- still, falling heavily, no wind-- it matched the exact description of the rain described in episode 2, the one with the coffin which started singing during rain, and this has me excited because like the dates are around the same time too
when he said episode seventeen i thought he was gonna say “the SPREAD EAGLE” and then i realized i was thinking of chicago
I just started the series but this is my favorite episode so far! I love the world building in and out of the story. The call back to the library was great and the idea of the bone turner is so scary and fun! The ending was chilling as well!
Now, I'm no poetry expert, but if someone just walked up to me and told me that they took a marrow flute form someone's rib cage, I would be able to surmise that they'd stolen a rib. Also: Is no one gonna talk about how Elias was just casually discussing the Lukas family? I mean, they just showed up in an episode not too long ago.
That Michael guy has seen some weird stuff
I mean he's literally everywhere
Where have we seen him before?
@@trucetruce335 I belive he got struck by the lightning (idk if that's the same Michael though), he also found some bodies (etc. Alan the garbageman) and now he gave the books away
Actually now I am on episode 33 so I am even more interested in the "Michael guy" but oh well... These thoughts are spoilers :)
theres like 4 michaels in this series
@@icaruslukas7041 yep, I am finishing season 2 and there's a lot of Micheals already haha
Mike Crew.. He sure is odd
The mention of no intervention or containing made me wonder if there is anyone in this world who does that as someone who came here after spending a year diving deeply into SCP articles and tales.
I _already_ inexplicably hate Elias...
You might want to keep a hold of that
Yes, fester in your hatred, this is only the beginning
It's his overwhelmingly "corporate boss" voice
yeah
Hello, are you in love with him now? That seems to be a common theme. /j
Why is it that all ladies that run a library are called Ruth? Like
Bro
The lady that works at the library in my school is called Ruth
The lady that runs the village library is called Ruth
I'm-
Where do you live again?
Wait the lady at my school who was in charge of the library was also called Ruth
(Here it's quite an uncommon name too)
THAT MAN! The book man from episode three or whatever! His library! Maybe.
Edit: Lol I used to mentally mock people who commented before finishing the video, share in my enthusiasm anyways.
Yes I noticed that too!!!! I just finished the episode and was scrolling to find someone like me who found it too!
The Leitners are certainly a neat concept that TMA bring to the Horror table.
Them being part of a soft magic system rather than holders of "kNoWLeDgE tHaT BRinGs mAdnEsS" specifically, since the latter is rather trite and more than a little ableist when handled poorly.
Alchemic Punk And when people do have mental breaks as the result of exposure to horrors, it’s almost always presented as PTSD, not some romanticized version of psychosis. As far as I can remember, when it looks like someone has broken with reality, either they’re in the grip of one of the entities, or they’re in touch with reality and it’s reality that’s broken.
@Corvus Morve wtf?
Corvus Morve you are the epitome of oxegyn wasting
Corvus Morve
Are you really so sensitive that seeing a word you don’t like makes you this upset?
Jesus, that’s pathetic.
Corvus Morve
Lmao just look how triggered you’re getting over a word. Do you really think letting yourself get this upset about a TH-cam comment is really worth it?
Take a deep breath. I promise, you’ll be fine.
anyone else notice how all these stories occur in late october and early to mid november?
SPOOKY SEASON
SPOOKY MONTH 🥵
Elias: Jon please don't pis off the lukases my husbands getting angy
Slowly but surely, we learn more about the Archives.
THIS WAS FROM THE SAME LIBRARY AS THE BOOK FROM AN EARLIER EPISODE
What episode was it?
@@tomdaly7088 Episode 4 - Pageturner
"Merry Flute"
Oh Fuck thats the Pipers bone flute.
(Firstime listener, using the comments to put together things)
I mean let's face it all of us podcast fans probably loved libraries as a kid or student!
tbh this was the first time my immersion was broken in the series -
Boss walks in & asks if he's busy
"yes im busy come back later"
thats not how that works! lol
The description of Jared when he returned for the book gave me the chills, seems like Sebastian couldn't escape the curse. Poor dude.
i'm a former library worker, and i wanna give a thumbs up for the various library-related details being true to life! i felt my bad memories crawling on my back
oh lawd Jurgen, how's he gonna get out of this one?
Waitwaitwait he believes every word???? A miracle has happened!
Personal experience?
@@BeautifulEarthJa huh?
DID THAT GUYS RIBS TRY AND EAT HIS FUKIN HAND?!
SEASON 4 SPOILERS BUT...
...
Oh he took a rib, now, did he?
im on a relisten... MICHAEL CREW! Michael fucking crew.
"it was from a jergen lightner or something like that"
me:*sweats*
So many aspects of this episode felt familiar so i went back to check in the page turner episode and look at this passage describing the second book mary keay handed Dominic Swain-
"I opened the book, and for a few seconds was confused to see that nothing seemed to have changed. The writing was still unintelligible to me and it felt no different. I lifted it to have a closer look, and as I did I heard something clatter lightly onto the floor. I looked down to see bones. Small animal bones, from what I can tell, but each one was slightly bent and warped into shapes that bones should not form". Dominics friends who btw as someone pointed below is the same person who returned this book to the Library