MAG 138 The Architecture of Fear
Added 2019-05-08 15:00:03 +0000 UTCCase # 8671302
Statement of Robert Smirke, taken from a letter to Jonah Magnus dated 13th February 1867.
Content warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.
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Edited this week by Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall.
Written by Jonathan Sims and directed by Alexander J Newall.
Performances:
- "Elias Bouchard" - Ben Meredith
- "Martin Blackwood" - Alexander J Newall
Sound effects this week by previously credited artists via freesound.org.
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Content warnings for:
- Body horror
- Paranoia
Comments
Was he gonna say he loved jon 👀
Julia
2025-01-12 22:47:43 +0000 UTCAlmost everyone we've assumed was Evil has turned out to have just been some nerd who thought he could understand and contain the forces. This bodes GREAT for Jon, surely. His legacy will DEFINITELY be recalled accurately, and he for sure won't be seen as a creepy evil bastard by future generations. Yep.
Rurrie
2024-11-05 17:17:49 +0000 UTCEver since Gerry confirmed there are no "good" powers out there—only fears—we knew the Eye was inherently Not Good. Though I'm still holding out that it's Less Bad than some others XD (watch the Crown turn out to be the ultimate bad lmao)
Rurrie
2024-11-05 17:14:39 +0000 UTC"I wish--" YOU WISH YOU COULD TALK TO JON?????? ahjsdksdkjghlsdjghkdfghsdf
Rurrie
2024-11-05 17:11:23 +0000 UTCMy heart. Poor Martin. And these people who we think are the bad ones who end up being attempted keepers of balance. Did we go through all these episodes thinking The Eye was good when all along it's just as horrible as the other Dread Powers?
Heather MacKenzie
2019-05-09 13:50:30 +0000 UTCWhoa.
Sigurd
2019-05-08 21:23:55 +0000 UTCCould NEVER have expected the start of this episode but i feel like i've been waiting for this since 118........ *crying emoji* That was amazing! also lol poor bob. leitner really was smirke.2 all the way huh
sAZAndorable
2019-05-08 19:53:15 +0000 UTCThe payoff for being a long time listener/fan continues! Smirke! This kind of reminds me of the belief aspect in American Gods by Neil Gaiman where the gods only exist as long as people believe in and worship them. However in MAG, the more people acknowledge the fears, organize them if you will, the more ‘real’ they become. I didn’t think I could look forward to the episodes more than I did but the anticipation keeps getting ratcheted up! Love it.
Gilligan Mungus
2019-05-08 18:22:50 +0000 UTCAmazing episode! I totally felt like there was at least three episodes’ worth of content. I loved Smirke’s suspicion that defining or naming the entities (and/or their rituals) made them more real; this is just the kind of fairytale logic that should work here.
Anne Eilertsen
2019-05-08 17:42:26 +0000 UTCThis fills in some of the history, while creating new holes. Nice work!
Mark Sutton
2019-05-08 15:35:40 +0000 UTCBrb putting this episode on repeat for the rest of my life
Devin Goodman
2019-05-08 15:34:10 +0000 UTC
