martin: i have done nothing wrong, ever, in my life

[@Alison.taylor.c]

"the magnus archives is a podcast-" " FUCK YEAH DUDE IT SURE IS" is literally my reaction every single time i hear the outro

[@AdamOfIngolstadt]

I kinda love how Alex is all spiffed up in a blazer, sitting in a proper recording studio, and Jonny's just leaning the furthest into an arm chair in a silly jumper like everyone on a work zoom call

[@zinniebug7555]

Ok but the fact that Alex is just alone in a dark room, and Jonny has someone doing a crossword in his space, just really reflects their characters.

[@coelhoc031h0]

no one: jonny, looking directly into the camera every time he reads a line: 👁️ 👁️

[@dirthmother]

it's like when a cat looks you right in the eye while knocking something off a counter

[@someonewho]

There’s a reason he’s a podcaster

[@JaamKidd69]

Alex is just in a dark void with one Christmas bauble

[@pho_is_not_interesting]

Accurate Martin characterization

[@notfamedtvpersonalitydrphil]

He’s just vibing and we love him

[@Multilipstik]

The thing is: I know how Alex and Jonny sound in normal life. I have no problem watching them talking. But as soon as Jonny starts doing “Jon the Archivist” voice I get ridiculously uncomfortable and I just have to look away

[@mxxnlight111]

same-

[@Forlorn_Overseer]

OKAY SAME?!?!?! BUT LIKE WITH ALL OF THEM I CAN'T LIKE PICTURE THEM AS THE CHARACTERS?

[@songstress42]

That’s the Eye watching you

[@fruitymcnooty]

I KNOW RIGHT ITS JUST WRONG

[@samthehypotheticaldad]

The only person I don’t have a problem with for whatever reason is Elias’s VA

[@song1of1fire1]

Alex laughing at every other line and putting his whole heart into them juxtaposed against Johnny staying perfectly mild-mannered in the face of even the most dubious requests is really quite something. He puts in emotion without twitching his face at all, meanwhile Alex is going full body language and hand gestures. It's delightful.

[@hezvandermeij]

It truly is like your average ADHD and Autism friendships honestly 😂😂 Source: me, I'm the autistic with ADHD friends source

[@nicolecampos4153]

As an audhd i confirm, I orbitate between both states 😂​@@hezvandermeij

[@cyber_runner]

​@@nicolecampos4153 SAME

[@boneenthusiast8530]

Bro I cannot get over the fact that Alex J Newall decided to wear a fucking suit to a discord call

[@Liz-lq8hw]

Jon please stop reheating tea in the microwave

[@poets_and_books5523]

Ju-just STOP PLEASE PLEASEEE JON. Pleaaaassseeee

[@NerveUnderscore]

I do that sometimes... i feel you Jon

[@TTTLLover18]

i have to keep coming back to this because jon's delivery of "it's rotten work" at 4:47 hurts my soul

[@hannahreid1557]

literally had to throw my phone when i first heard it

[@zarrowthehorse]

I can't believe he's real

[@creativelykale3441]

@@hannahreid1557 m e t o o

[@hunterduncan1078]

Oh my god!!! This is where that’s from!?!?!?!

[@walkingonsunshine1571]

​@@hunterduncan1078not originally, no. It's from Euripides

[@SaltyDog76]

The funniest thing is how Jon is just relaxed back in his chair no matter the line he’s reading . I can’t imagine how slightly embarrassing it must feel to give very emotional lines and then must move right on lol

[@carterdavis3556]

this is so weird to watch because I forget what Jonny and Alex look like. It feels uncanny. Also thank you for this

[@braininajar8474]

Same. They don’t look like how I imagine the characters

[@ominous-lm1cq]

The stranger could never

[@morgang.5734]

for some reason i didnt know what alex looked like before this. i thought i knew but apparently i didnt.

[@morgang.5734]

im embarrassed to admit that i think i was just picturing jonny without a beard AJGHDGH

[@toob1226]

Statement of Will Smith, regarding his life getting flip-turned upside-down, and his becoming the prince of a town called Bel-Air. Original Statement given september 10th, 1990. Audio recording by Jonathan Sims, the Archivist. Statement begins.

[@noalowenstein6741]

"I was born and raised in the western part of a small town called Philadelphia. I never had much to do, so I wound up spending most of my days on the playground. That's when I saw the spider............"

[@gregjayonnaise8314]

@@noalowenstein6741Will Smith being the Avatar of the Web is not something I thought I’d see

[@emilybarclay8831]

@@gregjayonnaise8314what is a basketball hoop but a web

[@wormrights883]

Why does Jonny looks so serious reading these. Alex is just vibin and Jonny is just 👁👁

[@braininajar8474]

It’s very in character of them

[@pgree68]

Harnessing the eye

[@poets_and_books5523]

He’s the Avatar of the eye. 🤷‍♀️

[@BugSpiral]

Tbf his character is just 👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️

[@o5-7firefox]

He's harnessing the power of the Eye

[@lunarmy1336]

Alex has such a devilish laugh its so contagious and sinister I love it

[@snowfire321]

my friend pointed out how much he sounds like grain and i just can’t shake it like it is him, especially the laugh

[@carleem3310]

I feel an insane amount of secondhand embarrassment for some reason, but also I love them

[@elliotgracebruinsslot633]

i thought it was only me lol

[@twilightprincessfan0]

It's weird seeing the voice come out of an actual face 😬😳

[@obsessedme5484]

i'm cringing so hard but i can't stop watching bacause they are like, so talentend and also very chill about it all? love their energy

[@whalesharko4465]

Its the silence after every read out as there's no natural way to segway

[@hawyee9090]

i felt the same during the video where ben meredith reads lines as elias kwsbsjsbsn like i love it but it's embarrassing

[@coltonruscheinsky7863]

The real Jonathan Sims is waaayyy more jovial than I would have imagined.

[@waffleaffle231]

After only hearing him in the mechs and tma, this is surreal

[@DJSilly9]

i love jonny's "okay alex." face whenever alex goes batshit for a line

[@bluehairedemon]

"This is sufficent festivity" is such an alex thing to say

[@yq2586]

blartin martin cop is the most cursed thing ever

[@tryingtobeeloquent]

what's so funny about alex doing pump shanty to the tune of drunken sailor is that he has SEEN THE MECHS LIVE so he'll of heard them play drunk space pirate fsdhjfadhska

[@certifiedghost]

If only they'd asked alex to sing drunk space pirate, he got the tune

[@poets_and_books5523]

If only. It would be fun to see him sing it too

[@sydneydrummond8631]

how r they so straight-faced i'm losing my mind

[@mimimurlough]

Johnny is a big sweater guy and Alex is a smal dapper man, I'm-

[@TallHallyHiatus]

ikr its weird completely different.

[@vivkaupish7621]

6:52 audio recording by jonathan mulaney, the archivist.

[@Dumpknoedel]

Me seeing Jon's and Alex's actual faces which do not fit their character's appearances at all: 👀I am looking away respectfully👀

[@braininajar8474]

Mood

[@MultiPerla16]

I had to listen to this staring at a wall... Respectfully

[@elliotgracebruinsslot633]

Genuinely same it makes me feel so strange LOL

[@eleanor8196]

Alex’s voice doesn’t match up with what he looks like and im just not looking at them! I pretend i do not see!

[@hermazingbartels2377]

@@oliviawoloshyn5824 what I love is that the fandom has kind of unilaterally decided what they look like, albeit vaguely, but like for instance it has been a long time since I’ve seen a white Jon which is incredible, Martin pretty much always has curly hair and glasses and freckles which is just everything

[@kilarthmac]

4:47 Wait holy shit i didnt realize THIS is where that tiktok sound came from

[@EthssRude]

Wait aren’t you the REDACTED asmr time stamp maker? 🤩

[@deinodinosuchus]

@@EthssRudeyessss mac!!

[@ShadowyKatz]

It kills me how much of what Alex says sounds like it could actually come from Martin.

[@infinitelyvoid]

the brooklyn nine nine one made me so happy oh my god. especially since they're quoting another gay couple

[@wesmarinproductions]

I’m pretty sure Sasha was giggling because they were in the part of the stream that ‘clown milk’ was referencing

[@hawyee9090]

jonny reading joe's monologue was engineered specifically to kill me

[@twistytrombone2453]

YES ME TOO THOUGH😭😭

[@glitterxgore6943]

Gah Jonathan has such an amazing voice. It’s like silk and velvet. The accent helps a lot. It’s just SO relaxing.

[@space_rat_]

I just finished listening and i thought the LIGHTLY stabbed audio was from the actual show

[@iospark926]

Okay but whoever made Jonny read Joe's speech from the Old Guard, you are my hero

[@creepy.cookie3187]

YES! So glad i’m not the only one who recognized it immediately!

[@Liz-lq8hw]

Here after 200... I'm not crying, you're crying

[@chaiky6556]

Watched this right before listening...

[@dropinarte]

They slipped through with the fears and no one can convince me otherwise 😭😭

[@juniper-moss]

It's fine, they're fine *ugly sobbing*

[@twistytrombone2453]

I just finished and omg I'm dying

[@Sodatsu3]

I feel the intro where they're talking about Christmas decorations would be switched. Martin has all the decorations, and Jon is like, "one bauble is enough."

[@atlas2013]

Jonny being polite about Alex botching Pump Shanty is

[@glitterxgore6943]

“Outside is bad time.” As someone who has received several second degree burns from the sun throughout my youth.. I felt that on a very personal level.

[@WholesomeCryptid]

Alex tried so hard to sing pump shanty

[@MultiPerla16]

I had to stop several times to calm myself listening to this God, I'm such a simp for these characters

[@jumokeogunsola9549]

pleasee i had to stop every other line bc my heart could barely take it

[@dirthmother]

these two people look like they haven't slept in weeks but still they manage to sound absolutely delightful when speaking Just something about their voices and accents, I guess

[@n0x839]

16:06 I love how expressive Alex is in this one.

[@NotHereAnymkreLolll]

are you telling me Jonny doesn’t have a filter for his tape recorder aesthetic and it’s just his really crap microphone

[@madeniquevanwyk]

I, aswell, am flabbergasted

[@madeniquevanwyk]

Though they must have had some way to make the others sound like that as well? Maybe it's software or something? 🤔

[@deinodinosuchus]

@@madeniquevanwykthey do have professional recording devices for the actual podcasts that they put filters on haha, OP was joking /lh

[@deinodinosuchus]

@@madeniquevanwykand i now realize that you were probably also joking and i am indeed a bobblehead

[@madeniquevanwyk]

@@deinodinosuchus deino, I was not joking. I am a bigger bobblehead than you, congrats 😂

[@cookiecat7776]

18:35- play with your eyes closed for martins support

[@gc6929]

On the evict the cat from the Christmas tree one I literally choked on my tea 😂

[@pLanetstarBerry]

Other fandoms: "alright, who is the top in this relationship?" TMA fandom: "Alright, who is the sweater thief in this relationship?" Also, Martin as Peter's tech support has straight up slain me and has stolen my wallet Edit: I FORGOT ABOUT 19:02 HELP

[@robinTradeMarkSymbol]

Sweater thief thing because Jon is actually ace lol.

[@zarrowthehorse]

​@@robinTradeMarkSymbol yeah that's the joke

[@robinTradeMarkSymbol]

@zarrowthenorse Oh excuse my stupidity 😭 I'm autistic so I'm like a walking r/woooosh

[@wehavenoses]

this is weirder than the first time i watched a drawfee stream and had to put disembodied voices to faces LMAO

[@gc6929]

16:23 UUUUUUUUUUUUH GUYS LOOK WHAT I FOUND Look at Alex grinning like a little fiend at that one. Look at him. They knew.

[@chemicalstairs]

HAAA

[@finley7906]

alexander newall you unbelievable bastard ive never hated you more/j

[@danmanm9205]

NO WAY

[@zakk7545]

*sings pump shanty to the tune of drunk space pirate*

[@SeerOfTime577]

Martin saying Oscar Wilde is overrated has shattered my heart--

[@elizabethpemberton8445]

I very much appreciate "The plural is 'anipodes."

[@jaderush4141]

YAS! I am so thankful for the people who clip, save and post these things. And yeah, I watched it live, but it will never stop me. Now I only need the Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes segment, it was brilliant. Alexander "Pleasant Sociopath" J. Newall *snort*

[@haley1269]

have i watched this live plus twice more already? yes. will i watch the entire thing again 20 more times? also yes

[@NaraLovesAngst]

Hears improvised pump shanty *curls into a ball and cries*

[@nope84]

i just saw some pics from the live show they did in late 2019- you cant tell from these camera angles but alex is like. a whole head taller than jonny. alex is uncannily tall

[@arcticfoxinsox]

Where did you find the pictures? I’ve looked everywhere and can’t find anything from the live show

[@iampidgeon6923]

WHAT

[@gideongivesharrowboners]

is alex uncannily tall, or is jonny just quite small? because in one photoshoot for the mechanisms, the toy soldier has about half a foot on him, maybe. he may just be a small man.

[@kellanlevi5663]

Recovering from mag 200 w this ✌️

[@shenae1041]

So this is where the audio's have come from

[@Cryptic_Fangs]

Got it. Taking a drink during this video is a mistake. I just spit lemonade all over the place.

[@AreweAble]

It’s hard to watch cause cause I love it but feel so awkward about them being made to say those things so I HATE how happy it makes me to hear - no parasocial relationships!! You can’t know how much I CARE!!!

[@Coraltide]

little clone baby is cursed

[@ann-margretparke9525]

The characters live within you both, so cool!

[@blackheartangel4138]

"I don't think anyone is here to pay to listen to Alexander J. Newall." "That's fine, I'll pay myself." This man is too much LMAO

[@screechwhisper]

19:00 I'm SCREAMING

[@evanholt1752]

7:00 STREET SMARTS!!!

[@cottontaelle]

WHOSE GROUP CHAT’S INSIDE JOKE IS PAUL BLARTIN MARTIN COP???? CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME MORE CUS I LOST MY MIND THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT

[@whatisausername7679]

oh god the old guard quote murdered me

[@kakyoin7761]

i love the amount of john mulaney references

[@cookiecat7776]

12:05 I was talking with my friend about John Mulaney quotes today so I was surprised to hear this....

[@shewolfblacklink1062]

They both laugh like actually maniacal villains.

[@jimbo-jpg]

thank you for the food

[@amphitritemists4595]

11:25 ok so whose going to take one for the team and blast Little Clone Baby the next time they see Jonny in public?

[@isabelchmontuenga]

Taking how things are, he has a period of safety before he see him outside

[@amphitritemists4595]

@@isabelchmontuenga For now but not forever

[@certifiedghost]

@@amphitritemists4595 and this whole fanbase holds grudges so he can't stay safe forever

[@美波_5]

alex looks like one of my uncles WHOSE NAME IS ALEX AND ITS SO WEIRD TO SEE HIM 😭

[@syberfire117]

they look so much like yogscast boys but, like, to the right

[@mxxnlight111]

7:46 I'M CRYING STOP IT IM DYING BAHAHA ERJGNRGEN

[@dogpoet_]

IVE JUST STARTED LISTENING TO RUSTY QUILL GAMING AND I FINALLY GET THE HARRISON CAMPBELL REFRRENCE THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL FEELING

[@Aguestformrspider]

I could not take this seriously I would be holding back tears the whole time

[@DaniStarEngland]

Compost witch asking the real questions

[@coltonruscheinsky7863]

Oh hey it’s my co-workers from the Magnus Institute.

[@sneasnake6368]

It physically hurts me that I can't watch this yet bc I'm only on season 2 and I don't want to risk being spoiled...but I have to say, the moment Alex started talking I literally teared up bc HE SOUNDS SO fkn CUTE I didn't know he used his "real" voice for Martin T_T #ded

[@marsinthestars1762]

17:28 as a hardcoe mechs fan, its so out of key i cringed so hard

[@nateds7326]

Why is there so much overlap between John Mulaney and Sims fans?

[@amethysttheartist]

Matching the voices to the faces is so so strange

[@Cuiasodo]

I super didn't expect someone requesting a Half Life, But the AI is Self Aware quote.

[@ballerjuike]

drop the timestamp

[@Cuiasodo]

​@@ballerjuike 6:30 "Assassins killing Elias, my favorite" Benry says "assassins killing him, my favorite " when Gordon loses his arm.

[@ballerjuike]

@Cuiasodo oh, thanks pal! Genuinely surprised you responded since your comment was from 3 years ago, lmao

[@iflykaya]

Oolong IS the best tea

[@Sanshaino]

This is the first time seeing them as they look irl and it's sending me that Jonny looks more like Martin than Alex ever will. AND vice versa.

[@thetaaaa]

12:32 Wait? What's that?!? Zolf Smith with a steel chair?!?!

[@LyneSoco]

honk

[@Daisyisnotaflower]

wow can't believe they didn't get a trans rights one

[@rahma_rulz1200]

i *have* a baubell... if you need more then that's on you

[@milesss788]

9:30 saving this for myself

[@caolanmoore4027]

I've never seen Alex before and that's exactly like what I imagined he'd look like

[@jordang7432]

13:45 HAHAHAHA

[@itisactuallyira]

I had to look away-

[@Sky-nq9pw]

This was uploaded on my birthday lol hihi^^

[@mugdhatewari]

im sorry what

[@theCaptainFinch]

What’s this from, like I know it’s tma but what was this for?

[@dragoncatentertainment7462]

Gaming and Giving, a charity stream

[@duckky2443]

18:35

[@KivenuTheMoth]

4:45 THATS WHERE THAT CAME FROM???

[@nope84]

whats the reference at 8:57? benedict avalanch?

[@_windy_day_4276]

9:29