MAG 161 - Dwelling
Added 2020-04-01 15:04:42 +0000 UTCCase ########-1
An assortment of personal statements.
Thanks to this week's Patrons: Ashton, Andrea Paternoster, Isa, Laurie Rich, Lizzie Jacobs, Elisabeth Dixon, Robin Allez, Joe Bell, Veronica P, Sam and Phobos, Kira, Dr. Badvibes, Sara Freeman, Hannah Earnshaw, Anne Fabe, Kiro, Lauren Nabet, Hannah Jordan, Robin Stone, Nancy Crawford, Kristin Jeffords, The Laughing Kookaburra, Murmuruk, Mrs. Mighterbump, Jorj Car'das, Jess Donaldson, Constantin Valdor, Joia Vita, James Rule, ProbsNotJosh, Izzy Aliberti, Ethan Morris, Debra Mitchell, Angharad, Sarah & Michelle Poiani, Matthew McCorkle, Nikki Nelson-Hicks, Vili Kaneli, Sam Oliver, TalesHunter
Edited this week by Elizabeth Moffatt & Alexander J Newall.
Written by Jonathan Sims and directed by Alexander J Newall.
Content warnings:
- Isolation
Performances:
- "Martin Blackwood" - Alexander J. Newall
- "Sasha James" - Lottie Broomhall
- "Tim Stoker" - Mike LeBeau
- "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims
- "Jonah Magnus" - Ben Meredith
- "Gertrude Robinson" - Sue Sims
- "Jurgen Leitner" - Paul Sims
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Comments
SOBBINGGGG. TIMM!!!!!!
RatBandit
2025-05-10 03:00:46 +0000 UTCMe listening in 2024, watching the apocalypse finale at the end of 2019: 👁👄👁
Rurrie
2024-11-11 13:12:28 +0000 UTCok the happy dance I did when he said "I love you" tho
Rurrie
2024-11-11 13:08:50 +0000 UTCThat was a fantastic followup to S4's climax. And the 'I love you'... devastatingly beautiful and brilliant.
marie CD
2020-08-26 22:33:46 +0000 UTChey i only just here and i want to say that the opening of this episode is the single cruelest thing anyone has ever done to me. i thought i was ready to be emotionally devastated but clearly i was not correct! i was not correct. thank you for this beautiful suffering <3
gojo fujoshi
2020-05-15 20:54:24 +0000 UTCThe birthday recording had me almost in tears. I didn't realize how nice it would be to hear Tim's voice again. Or hear how happy and normal they all sound.
Eboni Daniels
2020-04-14 04:16:22 +0000 UTCThanks for the shout-out, it made my day! Looking forward to another amazing/terrifying season!
Dr. Badvibes
2020-04-08 21:04:12 +0000 UTCThis episode was beautiful and heartbreaking. Amazing how different the Archivist sound now compared to the birthday recording.
YamiKakyuu
2020-04-04 22:35:14 +0000 UTCOh, and nice play on words in the title
Alex
2020-04-03 02:15:37 +0000 UTCI just wanted to drop in and thank y'all for providing solid apocalypse-themed fiction during the apocalypse -- I appreciate the content warnings and the encouragement to folks to be extra careful, but I am also very grateful that you've stuck to what was always your overarching plan for this thing you've created. For me I very much like having fictional stories that directly help process what's going on right now instead of hiding from it, though I know the, uh, increasing similarity between art and life as the seasons have gone on wasn't exactly planned (even to the point of "hey, we hit a totally different apocalypse before the climate apocalypse even had a chance to kick in" - which, hey, are y'all absolutely sure you're not prescient in some way? :D).
Alex
2020-04-03 02:14:24 +0000 UTCThe Magnus Archives. The only podcast that can make fluff painful 😢
Debbie
2020-04-02 15:25:07 +0000 UTCthis is such a good opener for the season, if anyone needs me I’ll be lying facedown on the ground preparing for my inevitable death. I cannot wait to see where this season goes!!
Noah James
2020-04-02 13:32:29 +0000 UTCHello yes i am crying this was sooo good
Mikael
2020-04-02 13:20:32 +0000 UTChappy to report that everything about this episode successfully managed to break my heart :,)
ledgem
2020-04-02 13:08:46 +0000 UTCThis is just such an amazing episode. Well done everyone!
Kitkat
2020-04-02 09:59:58 +0000 UTCFuck
Regine Kjærran
2020-04-02 07:27:17 +0000 UTCI'm pausing this episode at 6:28 and pretending it was another fluff winner and nothing bad ever happened after that 🙃
Jessica Ma
2020-04-02 04:38:46 +0000 UTCwhy does jonny want me to cry so early in the season?
belated
2020-04-02 03:50:43 +0000 UTCdid not realize you could comment here!!! anyway this made me ;') I'm so glad they decided to go forward with the season and not change anything due to the current state of the world
Stephanie Anne Sorter
2020-04-02 03:04:50 +0000 UTCI knew Jonny would break my heart at some point this season, but I didn't think he'd do it in the first minute of the first episode, with a happy flashback. So amazing.
E C Marlowe
2020-04-02 02:56:54 +0000 UTCHoly shit. Holy shit, Elias just fucking showing up for cake! And wine. Oh good lord that throwback to happier times drove the knife in so much deeper. 😰
Chekhov
2020-04-02 02:17:02 +0000 UTCThanks for murdering me with the "I love you." (Also, the whole bit with Gertrude was brilliant. Wow do I hate Elias.)
Jordan L. Hawk
2020-04-02 01:49:58 +0000 UTCdevastating! I love it!
Avinashi Bhandari
2020-04-02 01:40:47 +0000 UTCepic
danny
2020-04-02 01:17:06 +0000 UTCElias singing happy birthday dear archivist 🔫🔫🔫
daethsticks
2020-04-02 00:57:37 +0000 UTCAbsolutely amazing! Such a good opener for a season I'm sure is going to rip me to shreds. Looking forward to it!
aubree
2020-04-01 23:25:52 +0000 UTCIn the last few months I have gotten a couple of my friends to listen to MagPod, but none of them have quite caught up so I’m just sitting here vibrating in my seat wanting to discuss the episode with them but I CANT. QUALITY CONTENT FROM ALL OF THE RQ TEAM. Y’all KNOW that I had to pause and take a breather when Jon said THAT PHRASE. Thank you for the WHOLESOME MEAL
Evangeline
2020-04-01 23:14:56 +0000 UTCJon casually dropped in an "I love you" and just about murdered me. Oh god please don't take Martin from us.
brk5239
2020-04-01 23:03:01 +0000 UTCTrack 1: ILOVEYOUILOVEYOUILOVEYOUILOV Track 2: Can You BELIEVE! CAN you BELIEVE!!!! The AUDACITY of the man???? Can you believe this bitch? ¿? ¿¡ "Cake?" You want CAKE???? *stabs Jonah Magnus in the eyes* SCREAMS
fromgloriousjupiter
2020-04-01 21:30:03 +0000 UTCi am in shambles
Espen
2020-04-01 20:27:29 +0000 UTC:)))))))))))))
Julia K
2020-04-01 20:16:19 +0000 UTCAnother great episode! Thank you. Totally did not cry at the first 5 minutes...
Ginmik
2020-04-01 20:04:46 +0000 UTCok well that hurt
Lauren Smithwick
2020-04-01 20:03:41 +0000 UTCFunny, I actually wondered how they were going to address food production. The possibility didn't occur to me that there needn't *be* any.
James Cunningham
2020-04-01 20:03:16 +0000 UTCcan't believe how soothing AND distressing this podcast has become for me </3 ;o;
Mantha Grant
2020-04-01 19:38:53 +0000 UTCI'm not ready Oh dear...
Ginmik
2020-04-01 19:35:49 +0000 UTCMe too!! I've been 100% fine with the subtlety of their interactions, and never wanted an I Love You just for the sake of it, this fit so well into the statement though. It sounded so natural.
LainyJP
2020-04-01 19:24:40 +0000 UTCListening to S1E1 right after this is SO PAINFUL
NewtSalad
2020-04-01 19:11:34 +0000 UTCreal foolish of me to listen to this on my lunch break, huh?
A. Kamil
2020-04-01 19:00:49 +0000 UTCI'm so glad I joined patreon cause this episode alone made it all worth it!! That little "I love you" made my year
Uni
2020-04-01 18:58:08 +0000 UTCIf you think I didn’t rewind and listen to that weary I love you at least four times—
Sarah C
2020-04-01 18:37:25 +0000 UTCI want to like this comment a million times
Grace
2020-04-01 18:31:08 +0000 UTCLife is a roller coaster at the end. I need a Martin Doll so I can hug him.
Grace
2020-04-01 18:29:19 +0000 UTCThis was fantastic, thank you so much. I flapped and flailed so hard i tired myself out physically.
sAZAndorable
2020-04-01 18:27:10 +0000 UTCim dead now. thank you
Griffin Irradiatedsnakes
2020-04-01 18:21:12 +0000 UTCThis is absolutely gorgeous, in every single facet. I'm stunned. Feeling very grateful to have heard this story, and to be around for its end. I hope everyone involved feels very proud.
Audrey Salo
2020-04-01 18:04:53 +0000 UTCThis is so wonderful! I really liked (OK, it was very concerning, but such a great detail) Gertrude's commentary about Sasha :(
Kath
2020-04-01 17:52:08 +0000 UTCI have experienced so many emotions in the last 22 minutes. I am in awe.
Marissa Mendoza
2020-04-01 17:41:41 +0000 UTCMade the terrible decision to listen on my lunch break and I'm Emotional!! Great job guys!! 😢👍❤
Grace Holsten
2020-04-01 17:29:00 +0000 UTCLoved the episode! I had pretty high expectations after 160 & the trailer, but it absolutely delivered. For some reason I find the correspondences to the current situation really funny (like it's absurd that this is what we're dealing with now), or just a relief.
joyceful
2020-04-01 17:27:43 +0000 UTCI've been looking forward to this, and it was definitely worth the wait. The first tape was both nostalgic and subtly menacing, especially with what we know now. Then there's Jon, who's torturing himself by listening to the tapes, including one that basically acts as the "wise mentor telling the entire story" (I'm sure there's a trope name for that, but I can't think of it). Martin remains a strong character. He won't give up to hope, and maybe that will be enough to change things. Not that I'm expecting happily ever after, but maybe he can help someone survive and thrive. I look forward to seeing where it goes from here.
Mark Sutton
2020-04-01 17:27:40 +0000 UTCI legit cried with the first tape. Tim and Sasha - Sasha’s kayaking with Tim, right? Right?!? First episode of the season and my heart is already bleeding. Onward to a bloody pulp, I say! 😁
Gilligan Mungus
2020-04-01 17:24:04 +0000 UTCFeeling of the day is intense melancholy. Thank you. It is better than terror
Thegeekgene
2020-04-01 17:22:07 +0000 UTC!!!!! My heart is literally RACING!! I'm so worried and terrified and excited for this season!!
Malin
2020-04-01 17:19:51 +0000 UTCidk if there’s somewhere better to ask, but can you put a content warning for the talk about not eating? i know it’s in a very different context but that can be triggering to people with eating disorders
Noah
2020-04-01 17:01:06 +0000 UTCGod I miss Tim 😭 this whole episode singlehandedly destroyed my entire life 😭😂
Grace Lang
2020-04-01 16:56:34 +0000 UTCI don't think I've ever been as happy as I was when listening to the beginning of this episode! AMAZING.
Crystal Hoover
2020-04-01 16:54:45 +0000 UTChey do you guys at the rusty quill know that I would die for you? I just think you should know. that's it.
Oscar Penrose
2020-04-01 16:36:15 +0000 UTCThis episode singlehandedly crushed me, it was OUTSTANDING! The parallels and irony throughout were just so much fun. What an absolute banger of a premiere (rq is the best)
Isabelle
2020-04-01 16:34:38 +0000 UTCthis is gonna be a good season
Angel
2020-04-01 16:31:45 +0000 UTCDO YOU THINK I DIDNT GO ABSOLUTELY BATSHIT AT THAT I LOVE YOU HOLY... i’m. it’s so. ugh.
Angel
2020-04-01 16:31:36 +0000 UTCAn excellent beginning to the new season!
Briar
2020-04-01 16:29:40 +0000 UTCWifbksbdjshdisgrhs 💕💕💕💕
Jess V
2020-04-01 16:27:22 +0000 UTCI’m losing my M I N D BLESS ALL OF YOU THAT WORKED ON THIS AND GAVE US THIS!!! That recording at the start brought me to the brink of tears. Jeeeeeezzzz
AlexandraThePosh
2020-04-01 16:26:59 +0000 UTCtears in my eyes not even one full minute into the episode and then more tears at the end.....absolutely lovely job you guys!!!!!
Egg
2020-04-01 16:26:32 +0000 UTCoh admiral we're really in it now...
Lasgalendil
2020-04-01 16:25:49 +0000 UTCHooo boy, we're in it now lads
Roo Jones
2020-04-01 16:24:36 +0000 UTCI imagine The Archivist feels like a lot of us now. Thank you for deciding to release this without change or postponement. As dark as this season may get, I think many of us would prefer to listen to this, because we know eventually the remaining are going stand up and fight back. That said...this episode was just.... I had to put my tea down at times I was so emotional.
Heather MacKenzie
2020-04-01 16:14:18 +0000 UTCWOWZERS THIS HIT DIFFERENT. Every single second had me going on a face journey, from smiling until my cheeks hurt, to hiding my face and yelling into my pillows. Astonishing job, RQ team, I'm so excited for the rest of the season!! I'm going to go quell my heart aching with some tea. Hopefully real tea.
Celadonleaf
2020-04-01 16:10:26 +0000 UTCY'all just took me out back and shot me I'm so excited for this season hoooooly
Emma Schindler
2020-04-01 16:04:31 +0000 UTCI'm speachless. What a fantastic way to start the season.
Saphron
2020-04-01 15:59:04 +0000 UTCSuuuuuch a good episode!! So worth the wait! The decision to go on with this despite how the world is going is greatly appreciated. Horror may be an escape, historically speaking it has always been a reflection of the times and often gains popularity during times of crisis. I could discuss the psychology of horror all day....but won't haha, just that it is appreciated.
LainyJP
2020-04-01 15:57:24 +0000 UTCThank you thank you thank you to everyone at Rusty Quill who make this wonderful wonderful show
elizabeth p.
2020-04-01 15:56:45 +0000 UTCThere's just something so especially grand and epic about this episode and how it marks the (emotional) length of this journey so far. It was such a badass season opener, loved it. ^_^ Thank you for all your amazing hard work Rusty Quill!!
Rudy Urroz
2020-04-01 15:56:20 +0000 UTCOh BOY that was bittersweet and wonderful.
Iz McAnder
2020-04-01 15:56:07 +0000 UTCAmazing job once again, I'm so excited for what's to come!
Wayward Wren
2020-04-01 15:55:54 +0000 UTCI completely agree with your comment. I also think that TMA has always, always been a hopeful horror story, and it will continue to be so throughout its last season, apocalypse be damned - and I think that's something a lot of us could use right now.
Iz McAnder
2020-04-01 15:55:13 +0000 UTCJonny. JONNY. J O N N Y . 😭
Rowan MacBean
2020-04-01 15:54:35 +0000 UTCOn the upside, we're about to get some SOLID advice on how to react should a million eyes open up in the sky!
Iz McAnder
2020-04-01 15:53:11 +0000 UTCPerfect mix of uplifting and fear!
Rebecca Dupont
2020-04-01 15:51:25 +0000 UTCI'm a whole mess of emotions right now, it's perfect!
Ania Trzoch
2020-04-01 15:47:20 +0000 UTCThe thing about the state of our current world is that there are patterns of pain in our history reflecting so many similar events in the past like this. People have always been pushed into isolation and overcome by fear, both for themselves, their loved ones, and their world. I appreciate you providing an outlet for these feelings that feels genuine. The tragedy of it is real and resonates so deeply with me and no doubt many, many others. But to know that someone is writing this with love and care and hope - even if that hope doesn't necessarily turn into what we really wish it would - means the world. This is one of the only podcasts I could ever actually sit through, as focusing is very, very hard for me. I haven't been this excited for something in a long time, and during this self-isolation I've really needed something like this to channel my energy. You're doing a fantastic job, and everyone's performances are stellar as always!
Jack Abele
2020-04-01 15:46:40 +0000 UTCthat was the sound of a thousand headcanons and fanfics coming to fruition
ieatahottchip
2020-04-01 15:44:41 +0000 UTCgod that first scene was so incredibly unsettling!! on another note, I really appreciate your decision not to change the podcast despite the circumstances. in an odd way, it feels a lot more normal, and just speaking for myself but that's really needed right now.
catboy
2020-04-01 15:43:51 +0000 UTCI admit I was super startled when after 4 seasons this alleged audiodrama turned out to be a documentary :o but I 100% support your decision not to let the unfortunate state of world events alter the creative vision of the final season. I think it would have been a disservice to the fans and to all the effort you all have put into creating this amazing work. Thanks for giving us this to buoy us through hard times, or, for folks who need to hold off on listening, to give us something to look forward to once things have improved.
Coldtoes
2020-04-01 15:41:03 +0000 UTCThis is so fantastic! Thanks so much, Rusty! I've been waiting for a while, and this exceeded my expectations!
Cora Larson
2020-04-01 15:40:30 +0000 UTCi was fine. i was FINE. even with the recording at the start my heart was only mostly broken???? and then i got to 19:38 and now it hurts too much to breathe. thank you so much for this incredible episode!! xx
kate shipley
2020-04-01 15:37:31 +0000 UTCExcuse me while I SCREAM. What a rollercoaster of feels. This is so good, y'all, a perfect premiere. Absolutely brilliant work as always. I can't wait to see what the end of the world has in store for us next.
romi רוֹמִי
2020-04-01 15:37:03 +0000 UTCOkay, that was so worth it. I love the silence before the storm.
Mattanja Koenz
2020-04-01 15:34:39 +0000 UTCWow! Thank you all so much, I can just tell we’re in for such a ride.
Mary A.
2020-04-01 15:34:37 +0000 UTCIncredible as always - you’re all amazing! Thank you
Disaster
2020-04-01 15:33:36 +0000 UTCAhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for all your hard work, Rusty crew!!!!
jadefyre
2020-04-01 15:29:31 +0000 UTCI literally ripped my headphones out of my pc. I am so hyped!
Mattanja Koenz
2020-04-01 15:07:22 +0000 UTC
