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  • MAG117 - Case #0170208-A to F - Various
    Statements regarding the eve of departure for Great Yarmouth.
    The Magnus Institute archival staff record their thoughts and fears as they get ready for a grand outing.
    Content Notes: Body horror, death & dying, explosive violence, gun violence, spiders
    Starring: The Archivist - Jonanthan Sims; Martin Blackwood - Alexander J Newall; Basira Hussain - Frank Voss; Alice ‘Daisy’ Tonner - Fay Roberts; Melanie King - Lydia Nicholas; Tim Stoker - Mike LeBeau
    Writer: Jonathan Sims
    Director: Alexander J Newall
    Editors: Alexander J Newall, Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead
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  • @ashnesslinguistics3570
    @ashnesslinguistics3570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1365

    "aside from some, ah, office gossip, which I-I'm not sure is necessary, or conducive to a-a workplace..."
    IT'S CANON BOYS HE HEARD THE JONMARTIN GOSSIP

    • @a.b.6689
      @a.b.6689 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      I don't even care if they all die, it's just so damn satisfying that they both _know_

    • @azulBjort_1406
      @azulBjort_1406 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@a.b.6689 it be like that

    • @ghostofanant
      @ghostofanant หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      DUDE WHAT EPISODE WAS THAT I CAN'T FIND IT

    • @Smiles.Incorporated1864
      @Smiles.Incorporated1864 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ghostofanant Timestamp 4:28 in this Episode

  • @scubatuba3294
    @scubatuba3294 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1432

    MARTIN'S IMPRESSION OF JON O H M Y G O D WHY IS THAT SO FUNNY

    • @c.r.4985
      @c.r.4985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +216

      "'Good lord is Martin becoming some sort of spider person?', no, Jon, it's an expression chill out."
      Djsjjejdjdks

    • @f_mva
      @f_mva 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      @@c.r.4985 the way he said "good lord!" had me in stitches

    • @broblerone413
      @broblerone413 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      yeah i kept rewinding that part XD it was so perfect

  • @archsteel7
    @archsteel7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1117

    "Tim addresses the audience to tell everyone that he hates *you* specifically." POV ASMR

    • @Stevenontheside
      @Stevenontheside 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Still true as frick

    • @ilomilo850
      @ilomilo850 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What did I ever fricking do to this guy - the audience

  • @launch_queen
    @launch_queen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2233

    "i dont get those two"
    "its a hell of a bond"
    jon theyre lesbians

    • @L.clayton.
      @L.clayton. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      😂

    • @potatofufu5598
      @potatofufu5598 3 ปีที่แล้ว +306

      mate he's oblivious to anything that touches relationship, have you seen his reaction to the """""office gossip"""""???

    • @Manu-yw2nu
      @Manu-yw2nu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Jon is an oblivious dorky acearo icon

    • @k0rny672
      @k0rny672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      this was my exact thought as well

    • @machaelamcqueen883
      @machaelamcqueen883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@Manu-yw2nu He's not aro but he is ace

  • @fays.p.5663
    @fays.p.5663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1982

    It's kind of scary how we see other assistants changing because of the entities (Daisy with the hunt, Jon with the eye and Melanie probs let's be honest with either the hunt or the slaughter) but Tim, the guy is changing because he's just angry, traumatized and depressed. With Tim there's no *power* pulling the strings of his sanity. This comment brought to you by The Sad

    • @pathe8519
      @pathe8519 4 ปีที่แล้ว +272

      I feel like we're all avatars of The Sad at this point :((

    • @fays.p.5663
      @fays.p.5663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@pathe8519 aye too real

    • @SwirlyPinwheel
      @SwirlyPinwheel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      I dunno, Tim's feeling kinda Desolation-y, with the whole, "I hurt so I'll make others hurt" thing.

    • @fays.p.5663
      @fays.p.5663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@SwirlyPinwheel having listened to the rest of it, all I'm gonna say is hold your wig

    • @poxrael
      @poxrael 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I feel like Tim may be the end or the lonely

  • @lilimia100
    @lilimia100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2036

    "No, Jon, it's an expression, chill out" ain't that a mood

    • @b-blythe6763
      @b-blythe6763 3 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      honestly though i'm sure half of us were also like "web! web Martin!!" XD

    • @broblerone413
      @broblerone413 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@b-blythe6763 yeah i have to admit when martin said 'web' i stopped what i was doing in shock

    • @AshEnbyy
      @AshEnbyy ปีที่แล้ว +21

      When he said web my eyes opened so quickly and I was like MARTIN NO-

    • @MackenzieAham-pn3gg
      @MackenzieAham-pn3gg 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Genuinely laughed out loud at this part

  • @fays.p.5663
    @fays.p.5663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1171

    Bros. Tim went from bicon fratboi to Gertrude stan. If that ain't a sign of depression and trauma I don't know what is

    • @Lily-ge4tm
      @Lily-ge4tm ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Amen, bro.

    • @hitrow2099
      @hitrow2099 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      none of those words are in the bible. amen

    • @skullsnbones_
      @skullsnbones_ ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@hitrow2099 hi jerma

    • @hitrow2099
      @hitrow2099 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@skullsnbones_ hi paradoxrot_

  • @ramikoh6655
    @ramikoh6655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2096

    Martin's "I need HIM to be ok..." MADE ME SO SOFT OMGGG

    • @paigefuentes1055
      @paigefuentes1055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      OMG SAME 😭🥺

    • @Nizati
      @Nizati 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      yup.. x3...... v.v he... he Had to have fallen for one of the most foolhardy dudes in all of history, didn't he?

    • @midnights2631
      @midnights2631 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same ;-;

    • @cupcaketv5673
      @cupcaketv5673 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah ngl it made me really soft as well

    • @kezkriune
      @kezkriune 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@cupcaketv5673 Same, though I’m sure it made someone here hard.

  • @huntercharleston5812
    @huntercharleston5812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +851

    Jon: "office gossip"
    Fans: 👀
    Martin: "i need *him* to be ok"
    Fans: 👀👀👀👀👀👀

    • @WraythSkitzofrenik
      @WraythSkitzofrenik 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      I caught that on my second listen. AWWWWW.

  • @harshadasamant6211
    @harshadasamant6211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +849

    Was... Daisy's statement just her loading.. a gun??? What a bastard icon

    • @lel1160
      @lel1160 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      out of all of them i think i like her the least, just because of how cruel she is/was in her job, but "bastard icon" is a perfect way to sum her up, and man do i respect that

    • @broblerone413
      @broblerone413 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      her statement perfectly sums up her character

    • @amphibiland7315
      @amphibiland7315 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I thought she was...murdering a water bottle or something

  • @wingdingdoes6687
    @wingdingdoes6687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1662

    Tim being borderline suicidal in this ep Really Hurts

    • @pianos4095
      @pianos4095 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      YEP

    • @L.clayton.
      @L.clayton. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yeah...

    • @azulBjort_1406
      @azulBjort_1406 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I felt it OH BELIEVE me a felt it!
      But at the same time, he finally got to make a choice, after having been trapped in this job for now year's, he finally got to choose what HE wanted.....
      But he totally still should have just gone to therapy..... as everyone else should😅

    • @midnights2631
      @midnights2631 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It really is ;-;

    • @Charlie._.Niron22
      @Charlie._.Niron22 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah...

  • @aesynthi6884
    @aesynthi6884 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1081

    okay, basira's rant about daisy + martin talking about jon?
    tma said gay rights

    • @toomany_bones
      @toomany_bones 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wait, I've definitely seen you pfp before🤔 do you make comments on the tma channel often?

  • @martianbunny
    @martianbunny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1944

    No one mentioned how sad it is to hear Tim so bitter and almost asking to die in this? Tim, who in the beginning was fun and had 'connections' to the police, slowly growing so cold and bitter, isn't that worth noting?

    • @HyacinthoIgnis
      @HyacinthoIgnis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      it breaks your heart doesnt it. and the fact that he hates us for watching passively

    • @vX-ter_
      @vX-ter_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Yeah it really hurts to see him like this

    • @CapitanaGabs
      @CapitanaGabs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      It hurts as hell dude.

    • @jeremiahjoseph2413
      @jeremiahjoseph2413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      'Statement of Joe Spooky regarding sinister happenings'

    • @pyrosianheir
      @pyrosianheir 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      That it hurts is why it's best to avoid talking about it... :/ Far better to talk about the cuteness.

  • @margo1574
    @margo1574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2281

    "Office gossip" what Jon, you didn't blush when you heard them talk about Martin's little crush on you, did you? 😏😏😏

    • @f_mva
      @f_mva 3 ปีที่แล้ว +254

      he's so oblivious?! "oh it's nothing" BRO HE LIKES YOU

    • @miratarnish6316
      @miratarnish6316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      I mean that, and pretty much outing him yeah

    • @rorygiambalvo2955
      @rorygiambalvo2955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      "Which I'm not sure is t-t-NECESSARY or t-CONDUSIVE" Bud no it's very true, Martin likes you a whole lot my man.

    • @skullsnbones_
      @skullsnbones_ ปีที่แล้ว +35

      i don't think he fully believes it in this but ohohoho i definitely think he was flustered regardless

    • @a_jae_doe
      @a_jae_doe 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      ​​@@rorygiambalvo2955 bet elias was watching and muttering "it kinda is actually" & has flashbacks of how fast and accurately martin works whenever Jon asks

  • @humanname99
    @humanname99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +552

    beaming ear to ear at Jon choosing to trust his colleagues aww :))
    also the amount he stutters talking about "office gossip" lmao

  • @cupidcalling5599
    @cupidcalling5599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +758

    i genuinely cried a little at tim's statement. he's just so... bitter. he's so beaten down and angry and he has no where to go, he hasn't been *happy* since s1

    • @tillmancat
      @tillmancat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      I miss Joe Spooky :(

    • @lilaboxx
      @lilaboxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      He was so happy in s1 and he deserves better... 🥺😭

    • @macabrecitrus2127
      @macabrecitrus2127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@lilaboxx
      It was a bit of a mask wasn't it ? He had already lost his brother... But at this point he has lost hope too, I guess

    • @lilaboxx
      @lilaboxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@macabrecitrus2127 i thought that he was doing a little better because he got along much better with Jon and Sasha was still there and that after s2 he felt a lot worse

    • @macabrecitrus2127
      @macabrecitrus2127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@lilaboxx
      Yeah he definitely was doing better before ! All I'm saying is that some sadness was already here...

  • @random_boi_5006
    @random_boi_5006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1037

    I feel like I’m personally to blame for everything that even happened to Tim
    like I’m sorry dude

    • @itstictac2825
      @itstictac2825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      That's exactly how i felt too x))

    • @f_mva
      @f_mva 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      like bro im sorry im listening in i can't help it

  • @clovercard22
    @clovercard22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1300

    Just don't die Jon.... or Tim, or Basira, or Daisy
    Nice save, Martin.

    • @SI-nx3fo
      @SI-nx3fo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      he even followed it up with an "I guess"!!! for real!!! like... dude.....

    • @lilaboxx
      @lilaboxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      I CARE FOR ALL MY COWORKERS... Jon 🥺🥺🥺 and the... uh... others too i guess

    • @timmagness7949
      @timmagness7949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@lilaboxx I want Martin to disappear from this show because he’s suddenly been courted by Zac Effron and they’re off traveling the world or something. He’s so sweet to Jon and Jon doesn’t deserve him 😭🥺

    • @lilaboxx
      @lilaboxx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@timmagness7949 nooo, Jon tries his best and everyone is just bullying him at this point

    • @cupcaketv5673
      @cupcaketv5673 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "I guess"

  • @shepherdleewilliams18
    @shepherdleewilliams18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    "Martin Blackwood, he was always scared and then he died. The end" had me fucking ROLLING

  • @aaliyahadesida2815
    @aaliyahadesida2815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +432

    "This feels like an ending"
    Yea bro Season 3 is wrapping up

  • @scubatuba3294
    @scubatuba3294 4 ปีที่แล้ว +691

    It must be so hard for Jon to destroy knowledge as an avatar of the eye...😔

    • @melissaharris3389
      @melissaharris3389 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      It seems to physically pain him to the point he's almost incapable of doing it.

  • @jeffgoode9865
    @jeffgoode9865 4 ปีที่แล้ว +878

    The first time I spoke out while listening to this podcast was to say "...no..." When Jon mentioned keeping Gerard's page.
    The most relieved I've ever felt while listening was hearing Jon struggle, but finally burn the page.
    My boy's not a monster, yet!

    • @f_mva
      @f_mva 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      "yet" plzz ;~;

    • @kingofpoliwhirls7464
      @kingofpoliwhirls7464 2 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      In a way, it feels like the opposite of what Jon becoming a monster would mean. He's the Avatar of the Beholder, meaning he feeds it with knowledge. Gerard, as Jon said, is a fountain of knowledge at his fingertips. Yet he still defies his patron and burns the page.

    • @ShadowyMiles
      @ShadowyMiles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      @King of Poliwhirls I love this detail especially because you can HEAR Jon hurting from burning the page. He's hurting for getting rid of endless knowledge and The Eye hurts him because it hurts to lose that page. This series is too much 😭

    • @Cambion_Heir
      @Cambion_Heir ปีที่แล้ว +28

      * Despite everything, he's still him.

    • @Glamiers
      @Glamiers ปีที่แล้ว +5

      “Yet”

  • @sophienah4654
    @sophienah4654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +800

    martin keeps securing himself as my favourite over and over

  • @AmericanKitty1
    @AmericanKitty1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +817

    Jon's acting in the last statement is excellent! It sounded like he was in so much pain when burning the page

    • @caseygrothe3791
      @caseygrothe3791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Jerry's page?

    • @mimkyodar
      @mimkyodar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +181

      @@caseygrothe3791 I think it's because he was destroying knowledge, which is not what the Eye does.

    • @coffeewolfproductions9113
      @coffeewolfproductions9113 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@mimkyodar Either that or its the Desolation and the reminder of the pain in his hand after getting burned.

    • @azulBjort_1406
      @azulBjort_1406 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@coffeewolfproductions9113 I actually immediately started wondering if he was holding it with his burned had, and thought: John! Dropp it before you burn you're hand again! 😅

    • @coffeewolfproductions9113
      @coffeewolfproductions9113 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@azulBjort_1406 AKFJAKCJDR
      Yeah I can see that XD

  • @Mixtape804
    @Mixtape804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +456

    A single word: “Okay.”
    Nice work Daisy, a real heartwarming statement, coming from a place deep within.
    I love her.

  • @jadynnkotch1833
    @jadynnkotch1833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +628

    i feel like Melanie's character is so underrated, and people forget that she was literally the person who caught the NotSasha. i really like Melanie, either way :)
    ALSO:
    "i need *him* to be okay"
    MARTINNNNNNNNNN T^T

    • @ZeroOhClock
      @ZeroOhClock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I'm so mixed about Melanie because on the one hand like I get it but the other hand I'm so scared of the fact that she's dead set on killing Elias after all he's said about all of them dying. Like,,, with everything else going on it just doesn't make sense and it wouldn't help and I get it she's traumatised obviously cause Elias is a d*ck but it really puts me on edge.

    • @donnashippee1588
      @donnashippee1588 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Melanie kind of annoys me. She is angry and feels so betrayed. But she was pretty much the only one who was warned before she became part of the archives AND had a choice. And yes, Elias is a dick, but she tried to kill him multiple times before he really did anything to her. And as the only one with any knowledge before choosing she still thinks herself the most cheated. Sigh...
      Honestly, holding on to anger over a long time always kind of confused me in general. Anger is an defensive 'emotion' (or more precily: a reaction), when you can't confront your real feelings, because vulnerability, fear or hurt often are petrifying emotions, and you often have them in situations that (make you feel you) need you to be active. But holding on to that, means staying in denial while keeping the want to directionless destroy things (and hurt people) around you activ.
      Yes, these emotions are difficult to process, I get that. And, yes, it takes time. But your a grown up, so take responsibility for yourself!

    • @lordbaphie
      @lordbaphie ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I think people often forget that she's being influenced by the Slaughter as we speak. It's not that obvious at the start, but the fact that she mentioned about her anger at the same time as she gave her statement about the ghost bullet on her leg is not a coincidence.
      Of course she wants to kill Elias and of course she knows it will kill everyone. And what does Slaughter does? KILL EVERYONE

    • @PedroKing19
      @PedroKing19 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think people often believe that she CHOSE to join the institute when that's flat out not the case. To me, it has always seemed obvious that she was compelled to join. That, to me, explains a lot of her anger.

    • @bluewolf619125
      @bluewolf619125 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@PedroKing19Does Elias also have the ability to compel people? Cause this is my first run on the podcast and I remember both Tim and Martin telling her it's a bad idea to join as soon as Elias made the offer but she just seemed to ignore it. Then she went on but hurt that people weren't happy she was there after they told her she shouldn't have joined. Then she blamed John about her being stuck there when that whole happened while he was MIA at the institute. Its kinda why I'm still heavily on the fence about her. Also I feel like if Elias could've just compelled her then he would've done that again instead of traumatizing her into submission.

  • @2001Pieps
    @2001Pieps 4 ปีที่แล้ว +402

    George Icarus is a suiting pseudonym. In the end it's hubris that got him.

    • @vivecthepoet36
      @vivecthepoet36 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Really? Shouldn't it be "George Lead Pipe?"

    • @everythingcoffee8901
      @everythingcoffee8901 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @@vivecthepoet36 Or "George Extended Sounds of Brutal Pipe Murder"?
      edit: iTs a fAmiLy nAmE

    • @no-name-eu3ew
      @no-name-eu3ew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@vivecthepoet36 bit on the nose, i think

    • @broblerone413
      @broblerone413 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah i was thinking the same thing!

    • @broblerone413
      @broblerone413 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vivecthepoet36 OMG NOOOO

  • @proinsiascassidy2888
    @proinsiascassidy2888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +573

    I quite liked these. As someone with a long history of PTSD, I really felt Melanie's "When did I lose the parts of me that weren't just anger?", misdirected as that anger may be. And don't get me started on Martin and Tim's statements... I get the awful feeling I'll really need to bring out the paper tissue box for the next couple of episodes.

    • @AbstractQueer
      @AbstractQueer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Right? You forget what it was like to not Hurt

    • @broblerone413
      @broblerone413 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      oh yeah it's such good writing

  • @beltaya276
    @beltaya276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    "rest in... just rest" broke me... jerry :( and just this whole episode was a suckerpunch, tim being basically suicidal is just so heartbreaking

  • @_mel_9953
    @_mel_9953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    Jon getting all hesitant and stuttering when talking about the office gossip? He was definitely thinking about Martin’s crush lmao

  • @agoatinthecircus125
    @agoatinthecircus125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    tim feels like the kind of guy that wouldnt be as surprised as much as DELIGHTED to find out the eye was an audience of physical people. if only so that hed have something physical to pour his rage on

    • @cae2212
      @cae2212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Stop implying that Tim could break through my wall every second to violently slaughter me with his axe

    • @mjamin9124
      @mjamin9124 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@cae2212 oh god oh fuck

  • @birbelle
    @birbelle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    Bro!!! It deadass physically pained Jon to burn Gerry’s page, but he still did it!! Go Jon for resisting your spoopy instincts!!

    • @elizabethpemberton8445
      @elizabethpemberton8445 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      He had to COMPEL HIMSELF to do it. Still human despite the powers.

  • @mrs.han_whitethorn
    @mrs.han_whitethorn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    OFFICE GOSSIP!! HAS JON HEARD BASIRA AND MELANIE DISCUSSING MARTIN'S M A S S I V E CRUSH???

  • @spookyfable5367
    @spookyfable5367 4 ปีที่แล้ว +287

    Jon saying "it's fine" about the office gossip but sounding really hurt made me so sad.
    And the end when he's scared but burns the page anyways and whispers "just rest"? oof ouch I didn't need a heart!

  • @yelyahcos
    @yelyahcos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    "good lord is martin becoming some sort of spider person?" I am laughing so hard

    • @Misty_Grey744
      @Misty_Grey744 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      First it was ghosts, now it’s spiders🤣🤣🤣

  • @clovercard22
    @clovercard22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Oh how Tim says it only takes to talk to the wrong person, open the wrong door, take the wrong train... I think that's what's scary and real about TMA. Horrible things can happen no matter whether you are looking for trouble or minding your own bussines.

  • @arifhossain9751
    @arifhossain9751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +412

    So... lemme get this straight...
    All of the protagonists are either marked by or under the influence of one of the... uh... "patrons".
    Jon- Beholding
    Melanie- The Slaughter
    Martin- The Web
    Daisy- The Hunt
    Georgie- The End
    Basira- i dunno
    Tim- The Unknown
    Very clever indeed

    • @wren7248
      @wren7248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      For a second I thought there was another "patron" called 'i dunno' lol

    • @agoatinthecircus125
      @agoatinthecircus125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      basira is just the one normal person among the bunch of freaks

    • @Macey88
      @Macey88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Yeah and also that one dude had that creepy conversation with Martin, the Lukas one, and Brasira also had a run in with the darkness guy too but I don’t know these are just observations. I don’t really think Martin fits the web but I’m not really sure cause he isn’t really scared of spiders.

    • @peachlasagna4625
      @peachlasagna4625 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      I think Basira goes with The Dark, 'cause it's pretty much the reason why she ended everything with the police and ended up working in the archives

    • @arifhossain9751
      @arifhossain9751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Yeah... After much deliberation I would have to agree with peach here. Especially because from all I cam gather, the Dark feeds on faith, and Basira still has a bit of Muslim left in her despite all that's going on around her, as evidenced by ep121 when she gets irritated when Georgie calls the fears "Gods"

  • @Kaleidosaur
    @Kaleidosaur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +422

    I didn't think I could like Martin any more than I did, but his opinion on spiders is rare, and appreciated >v<

  • @kilogramate
    @kilogramate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    "I need... HIM, to be okay" OOF

  • @jaderush4141
    @jaderush4141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Tim's character...development...if you could call it that... It really, really hurts.
    S1 finale: "Statement of Joe Spooky regarding sinister happenings!"
    S3 finale: "Honestly, I hope that John learned something from her because, because I don’t expect I’m going to be coming back from this..."
    This S1 Tim was so short-lived. He appeared, won our hearts over with one phrase, and then turned into air and smoke, a beautiful memory of something that could have been, but wasn't.
    And I know. I know that Tim was a front. He never actually existed. There always was only this angry, depressed, broken man with no hope and no reason to live anymore. But it still. Hurts.

  • @GoliathPyroson
    @GoliathPyroson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    Martin’s my favorite still ofc but damn, removing knowledge really does hurt the guy meant to store it all away, huh?

  • @hazyrory3121
    @hazyrory3121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    martens excitement for arson is hilarious to me for some reason

    • @broblerone413
      @broblerone413 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yet another reason martin is my favorite character

  • @lyonsrobbie999
    @lyonsrobbie999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    I do wish everyone didn't hate Jon so...baselessly. Tim, Melanie, and later Basira, treat Jon like he isn't also just some poor bastard who stumbled into this nightmare just because an evil mastermind and his dark god have singled Jon out.

    • @theprideling
      @theprideling 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Kinda like an interim manager who everybody's super pissed at but they have no real power bc the Boss is actually the one pulling the strings. To be fair Jon's p much left them to their own defices (again, not his fault!)

    • @DJSilly9
      @DJSilly9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I feel like the only person that's actually doing it baselessly is Basira. Tim was getting stalked by jon in S2 and by season 3 is basically just about off the deep end, and Melanie's got a slaughter bullet inside of her, but Basira is kinda just... a bitch. She can tolerate daisy, but not jon when hes starting to go through the same thing she did.

    • @melissaharris3389
      @melissaharris3389 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​​​​​@@DJSilly9Basira's hypocrisy is something that season 5 tries to deal with but never really succeeds at. She needed to acknowledge her own culpability and enabiling of Dasiy but never got a chance to as they barreled toward the finally. I would have appreciated a few more episodes with Basira instead of Georgie, Melanie, and their sycophants, personally.
      It's Melanie's constant refusal to take responsibility for her own choices while blaming Jon that really sours me on her. Slaughter influenced her but she made _choices_ , just like all the other characters, but is the only one who tries to excuse them by blaming others (namely Jon).
      The theme of the series is free will and choice. Melanie in my opinion shows what happens when we shirk responsibility for our choices.
      She ends up blind.

  • @claude3429
    @claude3429 4 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Tim's cranking out those death flags like crazy
    Also Gerry :CC
    The climb before the climax is so exhilarating @_@

  • @kyberserpent6397
    @kyberserpent6397 4 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    To think Tim was happy once...damn.
    Martin just gave me 10 years of life.
    Tell Jon you love him plzz
    Also man Jon has come along way...

  • @River_StGrey
    @River_StGrey ปีที่แล้ว +40

    This episode really solidified Jon as one of the good guys for me. Overcoming every personal and supernatural instinct to preserve the wealth of information that Gerry was, and keeping his promise? Bangarang.

  • @BoredxISxI
    @BoredxISxI 4 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    Daisy's statement is top notch

  • @aaliyahadesida2815
    @aaliyahadesida2815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    "Except Elias" lol

  • @triciajanedomalanta1860
    @triciajanedomalanta1860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    jon finally allowing himself to trust people in the prelude to what could very well be the cause of their deaths is such a jon thing...it’s like. wow!! no better bonding activity than going on a 3 hour roadtrip and committing arson to save the world!!

  • @nightfallprince
    @nightfallprince 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    "Statement ends"
    Tim is a deeply heartbreaking character.

  • @yeetusdeletus84
    @yeetusdeletus84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Jon talking abt Basria and Melanie gossiping is my favourite thing ever lmaooooooo
    -
    Martin saying that he needed Jon to be okay made a piece of my soul leave my body that's so PURE
    -
    I swear Tim being "I wanna die during this" made me think of when I was like that and I almost started crying
    -

  • @jadethegemstone9545
    @jadethegemstone9545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    "Rest in uh... just rest." Idk why, but I really liked that line.

  • @voidmatic
    @voidmatic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    hA ! Martin doing a lil impression of Jon is the funniest thing to me oh my g o d

  • @TH-is8cf
    @TH-is8cf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    Ya know I understand why completely but it's sad that only about 3 and half people actually like john

    • @mackenziedillon295
      @mackenziedillon295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      A half?

    • @tifftom2132
      @tifftom2132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@mackenziedillon295 Martin is worth more than one person, we love him

    • @SS-kv3iw
      @SS-kv3iw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      i actually dont understand why they dislike jon at all actually???? Seems like everyones just throwing the blame on him for things he has little control over

    • @spookyfable5367
      @spookyfable5367 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@SS-kv3iw He did feed the Eye at first. Like he had some awareness of when he would Compel people. But I feel like that's not the reason at all why people don't like him. And he's been trying really hard lately. So really it all seems misplaced. People blame Jon for THEIR OWN decisions.

    • @b-blythe6763
      @b-blythe6763 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I really want Jon to have more friends T-T

  • @RoseMultiverse
    @RoseMultiverse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Martin: I need him to be okay
    me: 😳😳😳

  • @FCHenchy
    @FCHenchy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    They're all aligning with different powers. That's going to lead to either one heck of a team or a catastrophic breakup.

  • @Iquey
    @Iquey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    The JONMARTIN feels in this episode!!!!
    I feel like...does anyone else feel like the Slaughter has touched a nerve with Melanie? The fact that she is very angry most of the time? After being shot by the war ghosts in India? Maybe instead of killing Elias she just pokes his eyes out? Would that even help?

  • @zhxabi4920
    @zhxabi4920 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    for a horror podcast its really nice how tma depicts the horrors of war and imperialism from the cololized places (aka china & india), even just in passing

  • @aaliyahadesida2815
    @aaliyahadesida2815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Oh dear the death flags in this episode...

  • @L.clayton.
    @L.clayton. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "I need him to be ok."
    Oh. Oh, Martin. Please be safe.

  • @f_mva
    @f_mva 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    i'm so glad jon burned gerry's page like he asked, even if it physically hurt him. you're doing amazing sweetie

  • @mabelmouland6114
    @mabelmouland6114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Martin's like of spiders is forshadowing something, I feel anyway

  • @scubatuba3294
    @scubatuba3294 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Martin, oh... oh martin,,,, I love you,,,

  • @beyo944
    @beyo944 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    A silent minute for Sasha please, who cannot be with us in these times.
    (For the first time since they rid off the NotThem I realized how long it’s been since the last time I heard Sasha and that she’s gone (unless she appear sometime again but no spoiler)

  • @ramikoh6655
    @ramikoh6655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    i like melanie but why does she antagonize jon so much? what on earth did he do to her for her to wish him pain im?? sis he just called your show garbage it aint that deep

    • @dracorei5143
      @dracorei5143 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Rami Koh I never hated Melanie. I actually really liked her, but after this episode it all goes down the drain. No one at the Institute is having a good time but I feel like she’s blaming other people, mostly Jon, for her mistakes. She really needs to get over herself and stop complaining so much.

    • @WeAreAirborne
      @WeAreAirborne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dracorei5143 y'all b feelin real stupid right about now XD

    • @dracorei5143
      @dracorei5143 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      WeAreAirborne Why? Because she hurt herself? I’m glad she’s out of the Institute. I hope she’s barely in season 5 if she’s in it at all.

    • @WeAreAirborne
      @WeAreAirborne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@dracorei5143 she was literally shot with an Anger Bullet my mans, the antagonism was HUGELY due to supernatural interference and the rest due to a traumatic imprisonment in a shockingly dangerous workplace, u know? u don't have to like her as a character, but she wasn't intentionally being horrible to anyone, u feel me? sis was going thru it

    • @TheShadowlord18
      @TheShadowlord18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@dracorei5143 she was literally marked by the slaughter. She has as much control over her anger as Helen has in being creepy or Jon has on reading statements

  • @dizzy388
    @dizzy388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +573

    Martin: "Just don't die, John. - oh, right, and also, uh," *looks at smudged writing on hand, "tom, and basil, and... dairy? i guess."

    • @broblerone413
      @broblerone413 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      the little "i guess" at the end was hilarious

    • @r_idk
      @r_idk ปีที่แล้ว +34

      The “I guess” but with a question mark at the end

    • @catdn7011
      @catdn7011 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Help where does this meme come from

    • @kat251
      @kat251 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@catdn7011 tumblr circa 2015 or 16

    • @melissaharris3389
      @melissaharris3389 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Martin is legitimately _in_ love with Jon at this point. It's gone beyond crush and office 'thing'.
      It's now in Jon's court if _he_ feels the same.

  • @Piper_____
    @Piper_____ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    “And aside from some office gossip, which I’m not sure is t-tr-NECESSARY,”
    Oh man, this dude. Just go and ask him, for goodness’ sake.

  • @table2.0
    @table2.0 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    You can hear him trying to hide his blush when he talks about the “office gossip” he listened to on the tapes~

  • @mistykat3137
    @mistykat3137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    "i need /him/ to be ok" I AM GOING TO CRY

  • @trashpandalady4161
    @trashpandalady4161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The "i need him to be okay" and "jon just dont die or Tim or Basira or Daisy" got me almost crying and also laughing cause like wow Martin just completely forgot he was on tape that Jon could fricken look at later

  • @stephenderry9488
    @stephenderry9488 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I haven't felt so much fear, resentment, trepidation and apprehension before a group visit to a wax museum since last time I was taken to a wax museum.

    • @melissaharris3389
      @melissaharris3389 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And you will _never_ go to a wax museum and see it the same way again 😂. TMA does things to you.

  • @noomre9105
    @noomre9105 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    I ship Daisy and Basira *_violently_*

    • @TenjoTengeCT
      @TenjoTengeCT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      SAME, i just love them so much omg

    • @drorey9437
      @drorey9437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      OP ARE YOU OK AFTER 179 HOW DO YOU FEEL

    • @nanusantos1696
      @nanusantos1696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@drorey9437 I'm really happy you weren't more specific. Now I'll be at the edge of my seat waiting for one of them to die or for them to kiss.

    • @drorey9437
      @drorey9437 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nanusantos1696 tell me how that goes when you get there! I wanna hear your reaction!!

    • @broblerone413
      @broblerone413 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      same

  • @annapascal8652
    @annapascal8652 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This is my second or third time listening and it took me just now to realize that every time Melanie starts speaking about the violence she wants to commit . . . the background rumbles. Like when Michael shows up and the tape starts hissing.

    • @kamkazymyriv5254
      @kamkazymyriv5254 ปีที่แล้ว

      OH SHIT

    • @melissaharris3389
      @melissaharris3389 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah. Everything about Melanie from the first episode she's in is Slaughter influenced. It's only on a relisten you get it but her trip to The Cambridge Military Hospital, the train yard and Indian are ALL Slaughter manifestations. The first statement she reads is Slaughter. This episode statement alludes to her association with the Slaughter.

  • @mrjones2721
    @mrjones2721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I’ve never been prouder of Jon than at the end of this episode.

  • @mayormayo1853
    @mayormayo1853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I miss how carefree and easy going Tim was. He’s going to keep spiraling, if he lives. I have my doubts about that. Unfortunately killing Tim off makes the most sense from a narrative standpoint

  • @Alsmythical
    @Alsmythical 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Martin *doing an impression of Jon* :"Good lord is Martin becoming some sort of spider person??" seems like everyone's getting sick of Jon's BS.

    • @Badficwriter
      @Badficwriter 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Practically half the comments here are about Martin being marked by the Web. Basically becoming a spider person.

  • @allenl5960
    @allenl5960 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    TIL 'smörgåsbord' is a word, and it's a wonderful word.
    On a different note, wonder if that ghost bullet is why Melanie seems so angry all the time?

  • @paigefuentes1055
    @paigefuentes1055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "It's amazing how much you can ignore when you keep your head in a book."
    Bookworms : Don't WE know it 😏

  • @blep5340
    @blep5340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Even the intro sounds more tired, I like it

  • @Record_Scratch
    @Record_Scratch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Greatly enjoyed everyone's statements (and Jon in the last segment) but man Martin's was my favourite.

  • @user-kn9zj5eu4v
    @user-kn9zj5eu4v 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Basira’s “at the request of Jonathan Sims” is giving strong “go ask mom what’s for dinner” “mom, Alice wants me to ask what’s for dinner” vibes

  • @Sevalithi
    @Sevalithi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I just remembered notSasha had been going out to lunch w her "boyfriend" at Madame Tussaud's

  • @conibal5045
    @conibal5045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    so jon definitely listened to the "basira and melanie talk about martins crush on jon" tape and i also love that jon is actually trying to trust his friends!! im so proud of him
    it kind of sounds like melanie was maybe influenced/chosen/idk by the slaughter tbh, that would explain her anger and her murder attempts at least i think (but theyre also very valid and cool either way)
    martin i'm-
    "no jon its an expression chill out" rjgnerkgjnse
    im so worried about tim

  • @itstictac2825
    @itstictac2825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Jeez I just so felt so many emotions during this episode
    I swear if anything happens to any them I'm going Berserk on Stranger. Don't care it's immortal Im ENDING IT
    Tim borderline suicidal tendency was so painful to listen too, I just want him to be happy and delivering his "statement of Joe spooky" again
    Martin, my boi, don't do anything stupid please
    Melanie is spiraling DOWN and I don't like it AT ALL
    And John's bit at the end, I really feared he wasn't going to burn the page. Congrats, man.
    Basira and Daisy better make it both out of this too I need them together

  • @ricejuice8982
    @ricejuice8982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Martins impression of Jon had me rolling "no Jon it's an expression chill out" LMAOO

  • @moonevangelista
    @moonevangelista 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Martin organizing a "plan," thinking ahead with placing CO2 canisters in light of Prentiss' attack, his love of spiders...well, if those aren't traps and the Web

    • @kamkazymyriv5254
      @kamkazymyriv5254 ปีที่แล้ว

      BROOO

    • @moonevangelista
      @moonevangelista ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kamkazymyriv5254 Are you doing a re-listen? I had completely forgotten I thought about this lol

    • @kamkazymyriv5254
      @kamkazymyriv5254 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@moonevangelista nah its my first time, I’m just dumb and can’t remember anything

    • @moonevangelista
      @moonevangelista ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kamkazymyriv5254 Oh!!! I hope you have a great listen then!! ✨

  • @SunnyCapricious
    @SunnyCapricious 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "Martin Blackwood. He was always scared then he died. The end." Lmao 🤣

  • @Drak_buddy
    @Drak_buddy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I love how Martin basically confesses in this tape as if Jon isn’t gonna listen to all these also Tim’s statement 😭

    • @melissaharris3389
      @melissaharris3389 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah. Martin basically confirms he's _in_ love with Jon here.

  • @Charlie._.Niron22
    @Charlie._.Niron22 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Tim saying that he hates us...
    Yeah... I'm an Avatar of The sad now...

  • @logicallyanxious
    @logicallyanxious ปีที่แล้ว +6

    jon's stuttering when talking about office gossip is hilarious

  • @maddyc2025
    @maddyc2025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    All of these statements made me really emotional :'(((
    I just want everybody to be okay, and make it out alive

  • @1408alejandro1408
    @1408alejandro1408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So an avatar of BEHOLDING cannot physically destroy knowledge without an extraordinary amount of willpower, hunnn fascinating.

  • @swompyy_
    @swompyy_ ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Man was kicking his feet and twirling his hair talking about the "office gossip"

  • @dude59974
    @dude59974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    No Jon he literally doesn't owe you anything. YOU owed HIM one. For giving you that information. You burning his page is YOU paying HIM back. NOW you two are even.

  • @rainbowbonez_
    @rainbowbonez_ ปีที่แล้ว +7

    “i dont know if i want to” TIM STOKER. FULL STOP. BAWLING MY EYES IUT i love him and miss him dearly every day of my life i hope tmp at least mentions him

  • @flamingtorrent2109
    @flamingtorrent2109 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    the sounds of physical pain when Jon burnt the page.. another aspect of being an eye avatar? valuing knowledge so much that it actually hurts to erase it from the world...

  • @CamilleChauTempsDesCerises
    @CamilleChauTempsDesCerises 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    "I trust them. All of them. Except Elias"
    🤝
    Tim's "SuRe LeT's TrUsT ElIaS"

  • @TheJuliana0901
    @TheJuliana0901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    first let's start with the good things, it's VERY nice to hear Jon recognize his paranoia and take a hold of it. and, Jonathan, you sure seem a bit flustered over some office gossip. now, when the episode was trying to break my heart and I'm barely coherent anymore things: aw Melanie my girl... MARTIN YOURE GONNA MAKE ME CRY "I need him to be safe" I NEED TO WIN THIS ONR ON MY OWN/IM AFRAID ALL THE TIME. TIM. TIM NO. I swear if I could jump out of this screen and do more to help you than just... watching, I would. Sorry, dude. Also you better burn that damn thing John give Gerry some peace

  • @AckermanYuki
    @AckermanYuki 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "chill out john" SJBSKS

  • @tangible.7244
    @tangible.7244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Martin: *BABE MUST RETURN SAFE* and I hope the world doesn't end or whateva