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thatpodcastkid · 3 days

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Magnus Archives Relisten 17, MAG 17 The Boneturner's Tale

Honestly, if my high school bully got their hands on a Leitner I think basically the same thing would happen.

MAG 17 analysis, spoilers ahead.

Facts: Statement of Sebastian Adekoya regarding a new acquisition at Chiswick Library.

Statement Notes: "Books are amazing, aren't they?"

The first line of this statement is so hopeful. Sebastian approaches what happened to him with this strange light pouring out of him. He takes on the world with a realistic yet deeply optimistic outlook. His character feels out of place in the Magnus Archives world because, although he's afraid, he isn't sick or sad or angry or desperate. Despite the horror he finds himself facing, there isn't any actual disruption to his routine, meaning he doesn't have to change in the face of danger. Adekoya is a static character in a dynamic setting.

As a book lover, Adekoya uses a lot of flowery language in his statement. He spends the first minute giving a speech on the beauty and power of language and the written word. He serves as an incredible contrast to Jared. They don't necessarily have conflicting beliefs, but conflicting focuses. Adekoya deals in the beautiful and abstract, Hopworth deals in the messy and real. Language is art, humans are meat.

Since Sebastian and Jared are around the same age, and Adekoya just graduated college, we can assume Jared is about 22-23 during the events of this statement. His characterization was very realistic. People often joke about hearing the bully of their secondary school getting arrested, but it's very different when you realize the violent but ultimately harmless kid you knew has become a violent and harmful adult. Often, that violent energy is turned against family members first. Those who tried to help, those who enabled, those who don't deserve it.

The end of the statement was very frightening. The violence enacted against Adekoya is a show of power by Jared and, in turn, The Boneturner's Tale. The Magnus Archives is an eldritch horror story, and The Bonetruner's Tale holds power no human can possibly understand. It is capable of enacting violence no human can understand. Its power is so great, we are left to assume a car killed Sebastian, because no living thing could do that much damage. Right?

In addition to Mike Crew's strange strategy of dropping the Leitner off in a random library, he chose to file it as Trainspotting of all things. This means that not only did Crew check out Trainspotting from the library, but he now owns the copy. Does this matter at all to the plot or metaplot of TMA? No. Does it matter to my heart? Yes.

Entity Alignment: Another strong Flesh episode. When Hopworth's mother is described as missing bones in her arm, I began to wonder if Boneturner was how Hopworth first began harvesting for the meat pit. Early on, he likely had no knowledge of the ritual. But since Boneturner is what allowed him to steal the flesh of others, it would make sense that he would utilize it to feed and serve the entity.

If not, and Jared only used Boneturner to steal for and add to himself as his powers developed, there is something to be said about the Flesh's affiliation with greed. Humans eat meat partly out of necessity; it's accessible, it's filling, it's fuel. But the excess of meat consumption, the ever-increasing animal slaughter across the world at the expense of our own health and environment? Is that because we're hungry, or because we just want more?

I also noted how Sebastian didn't seem attracted to Boneturner at all. There's a motif with Leitners regarding them "calling out" to people and drawing innocents into their dark ways. But clearly, it's not indiscriminate. The isn't an apple of discord or ring of power situation; Leitners are capable of choosing who they want to attach themselves to. While I don't know much about the Canterbury Tales (feel free to educate me in the notes), it does seem that as the book makes Hopworth stronger, he makes it stronger by feeding its written desire for blood and violence.

Character Notes: Who speaks to their boss like that. Who. I get Elias needs him but is it not suspicious to everyone else when his employee can just say stuff like that? "Fine, fine, I'll be more lovely?" You sarcastic bastard?

This is a...weird intro to Elias to say the least. While of course Jon is being rude and they're passively sniping at each other, Elias does seem calm. He seems responsible and put together. He's not antagonistic in any way. If anything, Jon is the aggressor in the conversation. Up to this point, Jon has been the listener's only lens to view this world through. So when we are presented with a new character to compare him to, and Jon is snippy and rude, we are essentially forced into seeing this character as calm and rational. There was no way for the audience to ever perceive Elias as the villain. Which is exactly what he wanted.

Jon also states the Institute's goal is to "record and study, not interfere or contain." This makes sense for an academic institution (you wouldn't expect a forensic research lab to arrest criminals and keep them on-site), but it becomes interesting in the context of The Magnus Protocol. The Office of Incident Assessment and Response explicitly intends to respond to the supernatural even though it's still questionable how/if they do. Jon's initial goal isn't to take action against the entities, but he is more or less forced to. As of now in TMAGP, Sam wants to be involved in the supernatural, but is forced into a state of inaction.

Also Elias calls him "Jonathan." That doesn't mean anything but god to be a fly on that wall.

There's also the strange implication in this conversation that Rosie is in charge of the recording equipment. If this is true, it clearly doesn't last as Jon slowly becomes lord of the tape recorders. But still, the only reason I can think of for Elias giving his assistant access to the tapes is to indulge her "nosy Rosie" habits. She seems to only have access to the digital recordings, so none of the "real" stuff. But she can still listen to other people's private thoughts and experiences. Elias wants her to look into other people's business so he can keep her on in the world to come.

The first indicator of Martin's absence. "Stomach problems." There is the continued question of Prentiss' lucidity. In her statement regarding the wasp's nest, she seems to be losing her grip on reality. Several statement givers describe her and other infected as mindless monsters. But, she clearly was conscious enough to concoct an elaborate story of Martin's illness and maintain text communications with the archival staff. She would also need to be lucid if she was consciously conducting the corruption ritual, but it's equally possible the ritual was driven by animalistic and unnameable drives given to her by the entity. The Corruption needs Prentiss mindless enough to serve as a source of nameless protruding rot, but still sentient enough to A) not be captured and B) fulfill its worldly tasks. This is another instance of TMA dream logic: Prentiss is lucid enough to lie and form plans, but too far gone to be reasoned with.

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wolfythewitch · 2 months

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Flesh, Desolation, Spiral

#art #sketch #character design #body horror #tma #michael distortion #michael shelley #helen distortion #helen richardson #agnes montague #jared hopworth #the magnus archives #anyways shoutout to jared top surgeon extraordinaire and trans ally king

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wilkoakdraws · 6 months

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My 2023 Inktober, done all as Magnus Archives illustrations!

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pan0pticonn · 24 days

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Jared being homophobic is so funny to me like out of all the reasons you could have had to make a mocking comment you choose homophobia and it didn’t work bc they were actually gay

"Whos this then? Your boyfriend?"

"Yes actually"

"Oh" mission failed successfully

#Like it’s so silly #monsters attack Jon all the time #and then Jared was just kinda like haha gay #jared hopworth #TMA #the magnus archives #jarchivist #tma jmart #jonathan sims #martin blackwood

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ashes-in-a-jar · 3 months

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I can't help but make a parallel between Lena sending Bonzo names and addresses of people to "deal with" and Jonah sending Jared Hopworth letters with names and locations of people with "good bones"

Once again office bosses are the comically obvious bad guys in every universe

#tmagp #the magnus protocol #tmagp spoilers #tma #jared hopworth #1k

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gammija · 11 months

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it's been too long since i drew something silly so here yall go

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bonniebugsy · 3 months

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This poll is for people who have NOT listened to The Magnus Archives:

#the magnus archives #jared hopworth #nikola orsinov #annabelle cane #agnes montague #simon fairchild #jane prentiss #john amherst #peter lukas #mike crew #jonathan sims #magnus archives #the magnus protocol

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dcartcorner · 11 months

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networking night

#tma #the magnus archives #peter lukas #simon fairchild #elias bouchard #annabelle cane #jared hopworth #oliver banks #FoggySkies #dnd #fanart

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nanaarchy · 29 days

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HEY BABES so I was relistening to tma s4 and I couldn't help but notice how.. uhm...

THE WEB SENT JARED HOPWORTH REPEATED LETTERS WITH A NAME AND AN ADDRESS OF WHERE TO ATTACK SO JON COULD GET THE FLESH MARK?????

uhmmmmmmmm sounds familiar??? huh lena?? huh gwen?? thats a cool letter you send to your externals, huh?? so you can control the horrors??? on your little website software?? huh??

#tmagp #the magnus protocol #the magnus archives #the magnus pod #tma #tma s4 #the web #jared hopworth #annabelle cane #lena kelley #gwendolyn bouchard #the magpie #the magnus podcast #the magnus protocol theory #tmagp theory #tmagp speculation #the OIAR is of The Web in the essay I will

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phenphoenix · 24 days

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Giving up two ribs for a rescue and information….only Jon-

#my art #art #tma #the magnus archives #tma s4 spoilers #tma s4 #tma spoilers #jared hopworth #jonathan sims #johnathan sims #tma jon #tma john #tma jared hopworth #tma art #tma fanart

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snekberry · 1 year

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the archivist gets top surgery <3

#tma #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #jon sims #jared hopworth #magpod #magnus pod #tma comic #snekberry draws #me projecting into jon again #i would also like to avail top surgery services from jared hopworth #trans #tma spoilers

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petrichor-moss-and-lightning · 1 year

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nobody:

Jared Hopworth inviting ppl into his fear domain:

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dinnerthyme · 6 months

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#i actually enjoy the imagery of this domain....#like the meat sounds are awful and jared hopworths voice makes my throat hurt. but.#a garden. picturesque. full of blossoms #and elegant curling... plants? oh wait. that used to be a person #tma #tma s5 #jared hopworth #tma podcast #fennel listens to the tma #mag 171 #yeah.

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wilkoakdraws · 7 months

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Inktober 2023, The Magnus Archives Edition - prompts 26-29!

Bonus to 28. under the cut:

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oh-dear-my · 11 days

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Hello pdocats community Im almost done with tma have doodles

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future-crab · 2 years

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Jonathan “the hottest character in the Magnus Archives is the one voiced by my spouse” Sims versus Alexander “the hottest character in the Magnus Archives is the one voiced by ME - no, not the fan-favorite protagonist, I’m talking about the horrifying meat monster who steals people’s bones” J Newall.

#i didn’t actually listen to the stream i’m picking this up from tumblr osmosis #so if this isn’t accurate I’m sorry for spreading misinformation #but if this is accuraare it’s hilarious so #tma #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #jared hopworth #the boneturner #georgie barker #the magnus protocol

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