MAG 167 - Curiosity
Added 2020-05-13 15:00:03 +0000 UTCCase ########-7.
An examination of Gertrude Robinson.
Audio recording by the Archivist.
Content warnings:
- Manipulation
- Reported violence
- Immolation / Death by fire
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Written by Jonathan Sims and directed by Alexander J Newall.
Produced by Lowri Ann Davies .
Performances:
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- "Martin Blackwood" - Alexander J. Newall
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Comments
omg I was just looking at merch (thinking I was beyond spoilers at this point) & saw the "You are my reason" print! I knew it was Martin & Jon but I did not expect how SASSY the line would be delivered 😂
Rurrie
2024-11-11 16:41:52 +0000 UTCGertrude is my wife. Thank u
Eli Lass
2020-05-20 15:12:25 +0000 UTCThank you for the food
Rene Hardigree
2020-05-15 15:01:47 +0000 UTCthis was such a surprising and welcome insight into Gertrude's time as the Archivist!
ledgem
2020-05-15 07:41:50 +0000 UTCi love gertrude so much. thank u
Chel
2020-05-14 17:01:42 +0000 UTCI love the backstory sharing, Just to hint at the listeners how well and truly screwed we all are. And now I'm even more scared for John and Martin.
Heather MacKenzie
2020-05-14 15:34:52 +0000 UTCGertrude and her Web Assistant that she always overlooked and now Jon with his possible Web Assistant that he keeps not digging too deep into, I now know what Fear is.
Alex
2020-05-14 05:42:17 +0000 UTCI can’t get over how amazing this episode was
Isabelle
2020-05-14 03:18:40 +0000 UTCI’m currently running a bookstore by myself during this pandemic—unless we count the bookstore poltergeist, which of course I do—and GOSH did I accidentally knock some books over with my visceral reaction to the line of questions at the very end of this episode. 😳 Thanks for keeping this bookseller going during the pandemic even if I’m screaming (and the poltergeist happy—I think it likes the horror?).
Nicole Brinkley
2020-05-14 00:56:49 +0000 UTCI don't know how every episode this season is better than the last, loved to get more history from Gertrude's time and more old archival assistants. Not to mention, I love Martin asking the hard but also sweetly normal questions, he is the levity and the love we need in this scary season!
Rebecca Dupont
2020-05-13 20:26:54 +0000 UTCI saw the title of the episode and that Gertrude was involved and I was like "....are we about to get a story about her cat and the Desolation?!"
JA Baldwin
2020-05-13 20:12:45 +0000 UTCAlso feeling a sense of foreboding... Gertrude had a web aligned assistant she never paid mind to the machinations of until too late, per this statement. Martin’s sitting there with all his web-qualities that Jon doesn’t seem to notice... I have FEAR.
Gabriel Wolfe
2020-05-13 19:37:27 +0000 UTCWhen Jon mentioned Emma brushing away webs I literally felt my chest tighten... It was so CHILLING hearing about her "experiments"
Jasmine Boss
2020-05-13 19:01:06 +0000 UTCBackstory, backstory, I love backstory!! Every time Michael the assistant gets mentioned it breaks my heart all over again. I love Martin being Jon's reason and him coaxing him into saying it but yes it puts me on edge as well, what will happen if something happens to his reason? I just love all these twists and turns the story is taking us this season, so interesting!
Zorya Dolgushkin
2020-05-13 18:49:56 +0000 UTClove the backstory on gertrude and giving her some big weaknesses, i am in the same state as martin right now (can't pull away even though i know this is going to tragedy town)!
olliegarden
2020-05-13 18:45:56 +0000 UTCMartin asking specifically about the others... Not him as well because love, or because web?
K. C. Millheiser
2020-05-13 18:31:01 +0000 UTCOkay wow. Huge fan of the Gertrude lore, even more fascinated by the web than before, super worried about Martin... Wow!!!
Miria
2020-05-13 18:11:57 +0000 UTCHoly Ominous Foreshadowing Batman. Martin's ties to the Web get more and more deeply concerning with every episode. And WHAT KIND OF QUESTION was that last one??! D: Halp.
Linnéa Sandberg
2020-05-13 17:56:48 +0000 UTCI’m having horrible suspicions of foreshadowing. Martin is the only thing keeping John from losing his mind and going full-time Full Metal Archivist™️. Does Annabelle and/or Jolias cause something horrid happen to Martin which in turn makes John lose it and take Jonah’s place atop the eye encrusted tower?
Gilligan Mungus
2020-05-13 16:48:37 +0000 UTC‼️‼️
Uni
2020-05-13 16:47:05 +0000 UTCWAH! This brought up so many loose ends and questions I still had but in such unexpected ways! So much Institute lore, so much tension, so many more questions... Going to be relistening to this one a lot, I adore it!
sAZAndorable
2020-05-13 16:28:50 +0000 UTCno, that was sarah baldwin!!
mathias elliot
2020-05-13 16:19:05 +0000 UTCWait - wasn't Sarah Carpenter one of the victims of the Angler Fish? EDIT: Nope. Thanks Mathias!
EmZeez
2020-05-13 16:09:36 +0000 UTC[laughs nervously] what the fuck?
Lyssi
2020-05-13 15:59:13 +0000 UTCWith every day, I hate the web more and more 😂
Arcturus
2020-05-13 15:58:14 +0000 UTCThis one was hard to listen to. God the Web...
YamiKakyuu
2020-05-13 15:47:04 +0000 UTC@ martin what the fuck kind of question was THAT
Griffin Irradiatedsnakes
2020-05-13 15:42:15 +0000 UTCGood lord I love backstory.
Jessica Vance
2020-05-13 15:37:56 +0000 UTCThis is so sad. There's one good thing for them in this nightmare world: their love for and trust in one another. And it's being chipped away, little by little. Martin's domain is the Lonely, of course, and I'm not sure Jon will be able to help him escape it when they face it again. *sniffles*
E C Marlowe
2020-05-13 15:37:22 +0000 UTCI feel like now I really get how Jon felt after ‘eating’ statements because that was an absolutely delicious infodump.
Rowan MacBean
2020-05-13 15:35:49 +0000 UTCThis was really good, and quite sad. This season has been very good at balancing these statements with humor that isn't at all "jokey" or forced. Very interesting to learn more about the past assistants. I really feel like each episode is better than the last
LainyJP
2020-05-13 15:32:13 +0000 UTC*brilliant absolutely brilliant!!* love that sweet sweet lore dump
Francesca Forrest
2020-05-13 15:31:19 +0000 UTCI've always wondered about Gertrude's other assistants, so this is super interesting.
romi רוֹמִי
2020-05-13 15:28:34 +0000 UTCOf course you are his reason Martin! .. so cute ! Loooove all that backstory, I was wondering about previous assistants for so long !
kogla
2020-05-13 15:28:17 +0000 UTChow we feeling lads
meowcury
2020-05-13 15:28:14 +0000 UTCHECK DUDE
Leo Mason
2020-05-13 15:26:06 +0000 UTCArchivist: "Yes, Martin, you are my reason" Martin & Me: "COOL"
james evelyn
2020-05-13 15:25:12 +0000 UTCOooh this was super interesting! I love info dumps on characters!
Kitkat
2020-05-13 15:22:08 +0000 UTC
