MAG 165 - Revolutions
Added 2020-04-29 15:00:03 +0000 UTCCase ########-5.
Ruminations on identity and the lack thereof.
Audio recording by the Archivist, in situ.
Thanks to this week's Patrons: Anna Stachia, SimonFeliks, Monica Quirk, doopliss, Tori, SelfAware, Mollie, AirmidCelt, Dian Syafeeqah, Ivy Piper, lilikoi, Maja Flink, Mei Parsons, Eddie Currant, Eli Lassiaille, Diana Read, Kieran, Harry Thompson, Erin Biddle, Malraza, Jasper 'is The End looking for any sexy new avatars' Graham, Ley, Gene, Sharon V., DisasterNick, Amanda Nengel, Kiore Hernandez, Shannon O'Leary, Anika DuMont Arvanitis, Reagan Mellan, Jacob, Keelin Lawlor, Felix Nicoll, Jasmine Bloom, Brendan Abolivier, Lysimache, AaronBurrSir, Mandy, Zach Davis, Becky N.
Edited this week by Annie Fitch, Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall.
Written by Jonathan Sims and directed by Alexander J Newall.
Content warnings:
- Loud / Discordant SFX
- Mass Pain
- Character Death
- Body horror
- Impostors
- Dissociation
Performances:
- "Martin Blackwood" - Alexander J. Newall
- "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims
- "Not-Sasha" - Evelyn Hewitt
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Comments
Oh man that's even better than what I thought he said. I thought he said, "you SMOKED her".
Moth
2024-12-19 07:11:31 +0000 UTCMy name is Hannah and every time I listen to this episode and hear my name it make me jump 🫨
Nesdarnanner
2024-11-26 20:32:00 +0000 UTCJon being able to do that is *probably* a bad thing, but I am as giddy as Martin about it lol
Rurrie
2024-11-11 15:42:27 +0000 UTCThis is one of my favorite episodes due to the prose. It's incredible.
FyreFlye23
2023-10-16 00:09:24 +0000 UTCThe poetry is sublime despite its grimes, or perhaps because if it. Performances were magnifent all around. My favourite line: "You SMOTE it!"
marie CD
2020-08-28 15:41:25 +0000 UTCThis one had Edgar Allen Poe vibes. I loved it!
Tabbatha Dunn
2020-08-27 04:04:25 +0000 UTCHe can do that?!
Sigurd
2020-05-05 01:13:05 +0000 UTCA friend of mine texted me to ask, "Tell me, as someone who judges such things: was this weeks episode of TMA a good poem or a bad one?" and "/very Jon-like in her poetry appreciation as you know". This is my string of texts back: That is /great/ poetry as voiced by Jonny Sims, my god. Probably also effective as words on a page, but he really nails every little nuance of it - and what a tour de force of breath control! I am In Awe it really enhances the creepiness of the content - doing it as poetry adds to the effect because it liberates even more from the comfort of usual syntax, usual sentence length, usual care not to let the music of language start to take control of where the sense is going In the context of the circus, amping the musicality of the language and loosening its familiar patterns to make words themselves go a little Stranger is pitch perfect skew of form for skew of function and I LOVE IT :D === tl;dr wow wow wow, and, I would LOVE a text transcript of this, gosh. -J.J., who occasionally commits poetry herself
JJ Hunter
2020-05-04 15:15:55 +0000 UTCOh this one fucking RIPS
CaesarVulpes
2020-05-01 15:03:22 +0000 UTCI don't even have words to express how incredible this was. Everything about it- the writing, the characterization, Jonny, Alex, and Evelyn's performances- I'm just utterly speechless. Thank you all so much for bringing this to us!
Sam Lueke
2020-05-01 14:02:32 +0000 UTCMe: Absolutely FERAL for monster!Jon. absolutely love it Also me: worried that maybe he is losing himself a little considering it seems he didn’t really have control over himself at that moment?
Evangeline
2020-05-01 08:25:04 +0000 UTCNausea, because of the horrible things in it!
Lasgalendil
2020-05-01 02:01:49 +0000 UTCFantastic statement! I'd love to read this one in verse form (or however the script is formatted) if you'd consider releasing it as a Patreon bonus.
Briar
2020-04-30 20:42:49 +0000 UTCAlex has mentioned before that sometimes voice effects layering with environmental effects can be too much and tank the quality/audibility, so that could be a factor. Also, they’re outside, not in the institute or underground tunnels, so some of that reverb wouldn’t be as significant. And I wouldn’t be too surprised if Not!Sasha chose to present as “human” “Sasha” to taunt them
Nicky
2020-04-30 17:56:56 +0000 UTCThis was amazing on every level, and hats off to Evelyn, who really brought it!
Meredith
2020-04-30 17:11:30 +0000 UTCThat was so good and amazing.
James Rule
2020-04-30 16:48:22 +0000 UTCone word: sexy.
ledgem
2020-04-30 16:10:08 +0000 UTCTranscripts are being prepared, it's just a question of time, I'm afraid.
Rusty Quill
2020-04-30 16:08:47 +0000 UTCElizabeth has been doing an absolutely fantastic job on the soundscaping for this season.
Rusty Quill
2020-04-30 16:07:03 +0000 UTCWe'll bear that in mind, but we tend to cover that under "body horror".
Rusty Quill
2020-04-30 16:05:18 +0000 UTCI absolutely love it when Jon goes Eye-feral-angry, AMAZING!
Rebecca Dupont
2020-04-30 15:57:43 +0000 UTCThis season is some of the best horror ever written. Well done.
Mammon
2020-04-30 14:26:44 +0000 UTCWell this was nothing short of astounding. Every episode of this season I continue to be blown away by how each statement feels exactly like a condensed nightmare but THIS. I had to concentrate so hard to feel like I was keeping pace that I felt like I was EXACTLY in the place of the victim trying to outpace the relentless pursuit. What I love the most is how this is a perfect use of the medium. I look forward to reading the text of this episode but no visual could ever evoke what Jonny's performance brought to life out of this. I really can't say enough. It's brilliant.
Mallory Sunshine
2020-04-30 08:42:45 +0000 UTCnot only was this gorgeous to listen to i absolutely got CHILLS at the end!!!
Dez
2020-04-30 06:28:07 +0000 UTCI AM LOVING IT!!! tho English is my second language, and I need to concentrate harder than usual, this eps is AMAZING! Will there be a manuscript for this eps? I’d love to read it.
Grace
2020-04-30 06:16:29 +0000 UTCI love how impressed Martin sounds at the end. I am also very impressed with Jon. I didn't expect him to do something like that but I can't say I didn't love it.
Eboni Daniels
2020-04-30 05:16:17 +0000 UTCAs soon as I heard the statement being read in a poetic cadence I may have teared up a little not gonna lie
Anna Godfrey
2020-04-30 03:34:46 +0000 UTCIncredible
Brooklen Ashleigh
2020-04-30 02:30:08 +0000 UTCi thought i couldn’t be more impressed with the writing, but then jon. jon. also martin was extra good in this one
A. Kamil
2020-04-30 01:34:41 +0000 UTCAhh same, I literally just listened to it this morning! Giving me the spooks in a good way.
Zorya Dolgushkin
2020-04-30 01:21:29 +0000 UTCAlso Martin wanting so badly to listen to his poetry!!
Zorya Dolgushkin
2020-04-30 01:17:23 +0000 UTCWhaaaaa amazing!! Yes to Stranger poetry statement! And I love how the cadence of it mirrors the action of the merry-go-round. Jon going full beholder badass on Not!Sasha and Martin being absolutely gobsmacked and in awe of him. This season just gets better and better!
Zorya Dolgushkin
2020-04-30 01:15:51 +0000 UTCHoLy sHIt, hOLy ShiT, hooooLY SHIT 😍😓😱😲😨
Jampersand
2020-04-30 00:12:10 +0000 UTCMartin: What about the merry-go-round? The Archivist: I don't know Martin: Why you always lying? Mhmm, oh my god.
Nick Oliverio
2020-04-30 00:08:15 +0000 UTCThis statement was SO captivating and original, absolutely loved it!
Gabriel Wolfe
2020-04-29 22:01:26 +0000 UTCMe: It’s okay, you don’t need to listen for a 17th time Me @ me: TURN YOUR GAZE UPON THIS WRETCHED THING
Devin Goodman
2020-04-29 21:45:33 +0000 UTCDizzying. Going to have to listen to this a few more times to appreciate it, it can't wait for my next turn on the Magnus merry-go-round. Out of interest, why didn't Not-Sasha have her spooky voice? Was she appearing in human form?
Robbie Lyons
2020-04-29 21:20:47 +0000 UTCI do not understand how he managed to avoid tripping over any words. Further proof he is actually a supernatural entity!
NotAVandyGirl
2020-04-29 20:39:12 +0000 UTCThis episode is second only to 159 in the number of times I yelled “Holy shit!” while listening. Wow.
NotAVandyGirl
2020-04-29 20:37:32 +0000 UTCI love it when Jon flexes his Archivist abilities when he's angry.
Jericho
2020-04-29 20:24:29 +0000 UTCS5 keeps giving things I never even knew I wanted. Excellent poem like wow
Nide
2020-04-29 19:58:13 +0000 UTCI would like to point out that the prose of this episode was outstanding and I am continuously wowed by the writing on this show. That being said, my first thought at the end of the episode was “pew pew! eye powers activate!” but that’s just a me problem.
Φ
2020-04-29 19:52:05 +0000 UTCJon casts Power Word: Kill , the episode.
Φ
2020-04-29 19:49:02 +0000 UTCI really just sat with my mouth open like a fool for 20 minutes, unbelievable.
Mantha Grant
2020-04-29 19:39:44 +0000 UTCWow. I sat in astonishment as I listened to this performance
Marissa Mendoza
2020-04-29 19:36:03 +0000 UTCBest written episode? Best written episode.
Cat Thompson
2020-04-29 19:36:01 +0000 UTCWhat a marvelous sound experience this season has been every. single. week. That was fucking BADASS!!! I think I'm going to relisten to this one quite a lot.
Rudy Urroz
2020-04-29 19:29:48 +0000 UTCWow...Not-Sasha just experienced the most fatal game of Peek-A-Boo!
JA Baldwin
2020-04-29 19:06:59 +0000 UTCWOAH! The rhyming "statement" was fantastic. I'm really enjoying this new season.
Sofia Gustafsson
2020-04-29 18:53:07 +0000 UTCFlexing some seriously impressive poetry muscles there, Jonny! Beautifully horrifying, as always <3
Linnéa Sandberg
2020-04-29 18:43:46 +0000 UTCI'm in love with this. Always knew Martin was ride or die
LainyJP
2020-04-29 18:20:46 +0000 UTCMARVELOUS
Finn Patrick
2020-04-29 18:19:50 +0000 UTCMan, this series is too good for us.
Craig J. Rickard
2020-04-29 18:17:54 +0000 UTCDaaaaaaaang jonny boy
Jax
2020-04-29 17:54:40 +0000 UTCGood holy HELL. If Shakespeare, Poe, Geisel and Lovecraft collaborated, they couldn't have made a more hair-raising, brilliant piece of poetry. This episode is getting a couple of listens back to back right now to appreciate. Rusty Quill, you should know I'm going to come back to this series like an old friend again and again.
Andrew Hamilton
2020-04-29 17:45:44 +0000 UTCThe Stranger/the NotThem are my least favorite of the entities being that they freak me out the most. As soon as I knew it was going to be their episode along with the 'character death' in the content warnings, I spent the entire episode in a state of anxiety. Now that that fantastic ending occured, I can listen to the episode again and enjoy it for its horrifyingly descriptive nightmare poem.
E.A. Fleming
2020-04-29 17:41:36 +0000 UTCThis episode was wonderful as always! Jon's breath control was a-ma-zing, I'm speechless. I think I'll listen to this one over and over again.
Julia Soares
2020-04-29 17:26:52 +0000 UTCTwo quick things: 1) I loved the scattered rhythm and rhyme of Jon's "statement." It's just close enough to classical poetry to be recognizable but off enough to be disturbing. Perfect for the Stranger (just like the Beekon episode). 2) that ending. Holy. Hell. That's all I can say without spoiling it, beyond saying I listened to it three times in a row and found it wonderfully satisfying. Excellent episode.
Mark Sutton
2020-04-29 16:51:07 +0000 UTCJON YES!!
HoloXam
2020-04-29 16:44:52 +0000 UTCi’m going absolutely ham and eggs. i am losing it. i have listened to this five times. i am going to magically turn this mp3 into a dish and consume it
Ailem
2020-04-29 16:41:57 +0000 UTCOMG IM SPEACHLESS
Igor
2020-04-29 16:37:28 +0000 UTCWOW
fromgloriousjupiter
2020-04-29 16:30:16 +0000 UTCFunky Fear Apocalypse! Wonderful turn of phrase and perfect for Season 5. Bravo! 👏
Gilligan Mungus
2020-04-29 16:26:28 +0000 UTCOh my Cheesus!!!! That was AMAZING!!!! Go John!
Gilligan Mungus
2020-04-29 16:24:49 +0000 UTCAlso damn Martin really is into monster!Jon huh
Eli Lass
2020-04-29 16:21:02 +0000 UTCAbsolutely incredible! Though could I ask, do you mind adding "skinning"/"skin horror" as a trigger warning please? it's one of my big squicks and I think people need to be ready for it.
Eli Lass
2020-04-29 16:20:31 +0000 UTCThe rhythm of this episode is just do lovely. Alex was right, this is a fun one. This is definitely an episode I could listen to again and again just because.
romi רוֹמִי
2020-04-29 16:14:45 +0000 UTCThe poetry! The weird murder! The Martin! What's not to love? Once again I am delighted by how much I just really hate the stranger, and really appreciate Martin in this funky fear apocalypse.
Mars J
2020-04-29 16:09:09 +0000 UTCi swear, if you told me Jonny did the whole statement in one take i wouldn’t even be surprised. what CAN’T the man do
red
2020-04-29 16:04:44 +0000 UTCi was well blown away by that. both the writing and the performance was absolutely stunning, thank you for that
Enea
2020-04-29 15:54:55 +0000 UTCThat was really fun!
Opaline illyria
2020-04-29 15:52:02 +0000 UTCwow, this episode was incredible and I am once again blown away by Jonny's diction and voice control. That was an INCREDIBLE reading
elizabeth p.
2020-04-29 15:49:34 +0000 UTCOkay. This was incredibly creepy (in a good way) but also very satisfying to listen to.
Skoegul
2020-04-29 15:31:57 +0000 UTCThat was cool. That was very cool.
Lauren G
2020-04-29 15:28:34 +0000 UTCLegit just re-listened to the Unknowing a few days ago, nice to hear that music again! Also Martin's excited reactions to not only that last bit but by the idea that Jon had a 'carousel-phase' are so, so delightful.
Nicole Stevenson
2020-04-29 15:27:33 +0000 UTCTHIS WAS INCREDIBLE!!!! God the way that statement carried was everything, I'm constantly baffled by how incredible the writing is, episode after episode. Remarkable work, as always!! <3
Celadonleaf
2020-04-29 15:27:01 +0000 UTCDang! That was a really good poem!
Courtney Kelly
2020-04-29 15:26:57 +0000 UTCThe Archivist has Eye lasers pew-pew! GREAT episode!
Brian Taulbee
2020-04-29 15:26:56 +0000 UTCI love how poetic and rhythmic the writing in Season 5 has been! This one especially!!
Emory Kjelsberg
2020-04-29 15:26:45 +0000 UTCOh woooow.....Ok The Stranger and all things Uncanny scare me so I'm legitimately freaked out by this episode. Favorite fun thing..... Martin's delighted "WHOAAA" Yeah that's right, Martin, your man did that!
LainyJP
2020-04-29 15:22:16 +0000 UTCThis just have me so many chills! Time and time again I'm so extremely impressed by the amazing quality of the writing. 💞
Mattanja Koenz
2020-04-29 15:18:20 +0000 UTCOh, i see, a different sort of revolution!
Of Winter
2020-04-29 15:10:18 +0000 UTCNOT SASHA? i am excit.e Also the name of that episode... nice
Of Winter
2020-04-29 15:05:14 +0000 UTC
