the magnus archives is a podcast

i wonder *why* gerry was actually there? did mary send him or was it his own idea? the book he gets is obviously mary's bone dropping book from the ex altiora ep, but was he already rebelling against her and intending to destroy it or was he working with her? i want a gerry timeline

jurgen leitner is really painted as an absolute rich asshole from the beginning by that conversation the statement giver describes. like seriously holy fuck

i thought smirke did get to design at least one church? there's that statement about the murderous shadow in a church basement and i could swear smirke was mentioned as the architect

i know it's a thing to joke about jon being way too sceptical in s1 but like. he doesn't even try to dismiss this statement and many others? of course this one has a lot of context he already knows with gerry and leitner there, but the trend i'm noticing with my relisten is that when he's presented with a live statement he has a hard time *addressing the thing that made the statement givers so afraid* and whether it's real, rather than just being mean for the sake of it. which of course checks out really well with the reasoning he gives later, so idk i guess this is more me noticing that jon's characterisation has been thought out and consistent from the beginning in a way i haven't paid attention to before.

and here's what i really care about: jon calls for martin *specifically* when he notices the worm. he does sound pretty angry but the way he says it really makes me think it's just the same deflection he does with the statements, as in hiding his fear behind anger, while actually seeking help from him here. i'm not sure but i think martin might have caught onto at least that by this point...

when the statement starts jon's voice instantly shifts from a slightly off archivist voice to convey pure shithead in a way it's never done before this point

the statement giver who just wants to prove his hilariously fragile masculinity gets hunted for sport by some dude who just casually saunters around the woods the guy thought were peak Manly Survival he would get to terrorize deer in

what's fascinating to me about the other guy in the ant domain is that his relationship to the ants sounds basically like jane prentiss? but despite forming such a strong relationship w a manifestation of the corruption he failed to become and avatar and instead is now afraid of killing the creatures he loves, so did something stop him from becoming an avatar? what are the implications of that?