THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES #24 - Strange Music

[@izzyliberty8720]

There's nothing that sounds more condescending than a voice with a poignant British accent saying "Americans."

[@a.b.7469]

Who are these Americans who say "CALLY-ope"? ;-)

[@wolight]

@@a.b.7469 Me, until I took a class on mythology in college and my professor beat the proper pronunciation into us

[@ElForrest-Okey]

69th like

[@Rolan7196]

@@a.b.7469 My stepmom said it that way until I, smartass that I was, showed her the pronunciation of the Greek goddess name. At which point I think she stopped mentioning the word around me :P In her case she was selling Calliope flowers for a fundraiser. What I had never heard until was that other British pronunciation the woman used here! Still better than CALLY-ope to my ear, but I've slowly learned that pronunciation is a matter of opinion

[@minzoon8254]

@@a.b.7469 Yo I'm from Russia and we pronounce it "ka-li-O-pa"

[@ilovebooks49]

the passive aggressive "statement resumes" kills me

[@ansmith2588]

I loved the slight emphasis on Calliope right after resuming

[@Queen_King_]

The slight pause after he said it too. Like he was looking towards the door and glaring.

[@Angel-ni2yn]

I can see him not even bothering to look at the door and just simmering in his state staring ahead waiting to continue his recording

[@Angel-ni2yn]

Silently simmering in his chair lol like -___-

[@f_mva]

i can SEE the glare jon gives sasha during that pause after "statement resumes"

[@Jallorn]

And then he still pauses a moment in consideration after saying calliope again.

[@arcadebot4735]

and the stress + slicht pause on "calliope" when he starts reading again lmao

[@kwasichan722]

Imagine being in your house and suddenly loud circus music starts erupting from the attic of the dead guy

[@RoseMultiverse]

Kwasi Chan that’s when you burn that entire place down!!! NOPE NOPE NOPE

[@kwasichan722]

RoseMultiverse they tried to destroy the spooky thing in mags 125 and 16 and that didn’t work

[@_mel_9953]

I was a lot happier before imagining that thanks :)

[@kwasichan722]

_ Mel _ the eye has marked you and you will never be able to stop imaging now

[@kaylanizavala9178]

Insert that one scene from Madagascar where Marty sings the circus song

[@evelynmaybe4372]

jon, every time, after pouring his heart and soul into voice acting a statement: yeah so anyways this is stupid and definitely never happened

[@tobimisa]

that's kind of a weird thing to say on this episode in particular, considering jon said that this statement was Real, and even had the calliope from the statement in the institute

[@ענברפרידמן-מרין]

"it read: "be still, for there is strange music" *Ad with terrible music kicks in*

[@ann-margretparke9525]

Me too! What a scare!

[@KingOfGayBisciuts]

That happened to me too! You think they didi it on purpose?

[@bryneffinger1888]

There was a storm outside my window and thunder rumbled right after that was read

[@alljammedup6781]

I nearly jUMPED OUT OF MY SKIN when Sasha just popped in with "I thought it was pronounced kallie-OH-pee."

[@noomre9105]

Your name-

[@bookfanatic8329]

@@noomre9105 oof

[@malaizze]

Prophetic

[@Pythosinhell]

Kallie-OH-pee mori

[@karkatvantas978]

​@@Pythosinhell kallie-owp mori

[@erinbathie-moore8478]

"He had- never mind" He had what? Cheated? Murdered someone? What had he done?!

[@scyrow5084]

Tax fraud

[@biandstupid7695]

ARSON

[@guilhermesales9757]

It's obvious that he just [REDACTED]

[@aMAXproduction]

I mean, it was pretty obvious he- [Martin opens the door]

[@amandafrazier9724]

Chewed with his mouth open.

[@nanahuatli2144]

A wild Sasha appears! And then has a pedantry contest with Jonathan! And then Jon is a passive-aggressive butt. Ah, whenever this series isn't giving me night terrors it's giving me life.

[@jorjabruyette6479]

was that a pokemon refrence?

[@v3pic]

When he said calliope at 9:55, I like to imagine the pause after was looking at the door, waiting for another pronunciation correction.

[@DJSilly9]

SAME OH MY GOD, I FEEL LIKE HE WAS GLARING STRAIGHT INTO THE DOOR AT THAT PART HAHA

[@sheepy1215]

Bro did some 👀🤨😮‍💨

[@bluepotato1371]

I find it so interesting that his voice changes when he's reading, like he's embodying the person who gave the statement.

[@TheNitpickChick]

👀

[@NerveUnderscore]

@@TheNitpickChick That eyes... hunt my dreams

[@lordtoademort8124]

@@NerveUnderscore everytime a person from the future appears, I see those eyes.

[@NerveUnderscore]

@@lordtoademort8124 Oh, gods...

[@malaizze]

👀

[@mintchew2757]

The two strongmen must be the delivery men!

[@ananzaza738]

I like how most people who notice those details are homestucks

[@tomboi941]

beacon and home or something right?

[@Hello-ub8kt]

Home stuck was a long running, for lack of a better word, webcomic, that turned the internet upside down for a few years.

[@bonniecornelius3836]

hehe homestucks unite

[@bribri9320]

@@bonniecornelius3836 KARKALICIOUS

[@achnav3762]

I red peuple say things like "if you got a fear, their is an episode of Magnus Archive for you" or "what would happen to you based on your fears if you were in a episode of Magnus Archives" but, most of to time, the people attacted in this statements didn't fear the thing that attacked them. Today she began by saying she didn't fear clown nor dolls, the "freefall" guy loved being in the sky, the "lost johns' cave" girl loved being underground. Outside of the spider guy, I can't think of anyone who was scared before the events happened. Like if whatever is doing all this didn't choose their victims because their weak and fear them, but to make more people fear them. Maybe they take their force from people fearing them or something, making it unproductive to "eat" people who fear them already.

[@karenlinares7541]

Ooo Interesting

[@mechengr1731]

Ghost spider just wanted revenge

[@Catglittercrafts]

I think it’s both. Some like invoking new fear in ppl and some prefer already fearful ppl.

[@Nizati]

Hrm.... There are other episodes where the person has a crippling fear of whatever the spook of the day is. But you're right, most of these people are more drawn to the fear in question instead of instantly repelled from it. But during event-of-the-day, they sure as hell Become scared, and that's when their fate seems to be sealed.

[@midnights2631]

I wonder if they weren't afraid, would they have survive.

[@NikolaiHewitt]

Do you know how CREEPED OUT I was when my name came up in this? I've had this podcast on for hours and it was kinda jarring to suddenly be "His birth name was Nikolai, but everyone called him Nick". Me too old man, the fuck

[@felixsegg9124]

God knows maybe you ARE the old man and this thing describes the future? 🌝✨

[@JustCallMeEmily]

same however it wasn't the exact same spelling as my name and is about 3 letters off..

[@Yourfather1984]

god everytime I heard the name "Toby" or "Tobias" I almost screamed

[@Tony-ny9fp]

Hiya Nick

[@КсенияБеляева-у8е]

"Цирк до гроба" - "Circus to the grave"? Nicolai was a rather funny guy lol

[@pianiykeks6423]

Цирк другого. В принципе даже звучит

[@jaderush4141]

Nah, I think he was just really struggling to pronounce the word "другого" xd

[@emerz3530]

How the fuck did I just remember his name was Nicolai

[@moonmint_tea]

Боже, так необычно увидеть ещё русскоговорящих тут)

[@mimkyodar]

You know, Martin is cute and must be protected and all, but i do love Sasha.

[@KateCantDraw]

Top 10 foreshadowings

[@nateds7326]

Oh you poor naive soul

[@mimkyodar]

@@nateds7326 How is my personal opinion naive?

[@nateds7326]

@@mimkyodar did you finish the series

[@mimkyodar]

@@nateds7326 Yes. And I don't see what that has to do with me liking Sasha as a character

[@fays.p.5663]

For what it's worth, Greek here and I can confirm Sasha is closer to what Καλλιόπη sounds like. Though I can't vouch for how ancient Greeks pronounced it.

[@chiarag2756]

I studied classic literature and it always boggles my mind how the way we are taught to read and pronounce ancient greek and latin may be vastly incorrect after all.

[@fays.p.5663]

@@chiarag2756 I mean yah, because we have no idea how the hell they pronounced words. We're guessing their language was kinda sing songy, like the Cyprian and Cretan dialect. But that's about it.

[@lordtoademort8124]

@@fays.p.5663 we have some guesses based off written jokes about how the language worked, for example some roman scholar questioned the need for a c when k made the same sound so we know they sounded the same

[@Idran]

@@lordtoademort8124 also from poetry that we can tell from some obvious examples is meant to rhyme

[@torcaace]

Depends on what you count as "ancient greek" because even early Byzantine Empire is technically considered "Ancient Greece" (yes i am THAT kind of asshole when it comes to definitions). We know how ancient greeks from the Archaic and Classical Eras, hell maybe even the Myceneans (we only did mycenean state official and god names in uni), pronounced words. There used to be a distinction between makra, vrahea and dichrona vowels, at least until the Koini Elliniki removed it (like it did with every other ancient greek dialect, aka the Ionian,Attican,Dorian,Aeolian and Arcadocyprian) during the Hellenistic Era in order for the natives in the Diadochi Kingdoms to learn greek easier. (Also, we speak almost the same language today so we know exactly how they spoke after the Koini Elliniki at least because we still pronounce words like this to this day. Some writers did tend to copy other older writers though so expect to see idk fucking Homer's or Thoukydidis' language in a 5th century Byzantine text, we actually did that today in uni.)

[@Whysoshort]

I like the idea that Jon reads Hundreds of cases every week, but the only one we hear on the podcast are the ones that are real

[@JustCallMeEmily]

that may very well be true honestly 👀 I have no idea though...

[@melissaharris3389]

Yes. It insinuated that most statements record digitally and are thus false. Only the ones we hear on the tapes are true encounters.

[@infjelphabasupporter8416]

The spider one was real then? Dang

[@xFlyingWithTheWind]

Jon: Casually challenges/invokes the Stranger by getting an actual calliope for his hard core I-don't-believe-in-the-supernatural voice acting sessions. Normal victims-of-the-week get killed for that kind of bull...

[@trucetruce335]

He believes in the supernatural. He wouldn't work there if he didn't... he just thinks a lot of the cases are false.

[@Whysoshort]

I like the idea that Jon reads Hundreds of cases we never see, and that the only ones we hear are the real ones.

[@biancamlf288]

@@Whysoshort Oh, you'll love episode 100. I think it's titled "Guess You Had To Be There" a wonderful episode.

[@valkyrie-randgris]

@@Whysoshort 90% sure that's canonically mentioned to be the case at some point? (Or rather, he reads through fake ones, but only the real one's resist any method of re-cataloguing/digitizing except via tape recorder.)

[@emthatyourefuse2494]

I cannot get over the fact that Nikolai Denikin, the organist for the goddamn Circus of the Other, who Gertrude later specifically mentions as making them particularly dangerous, just... *retired*. He bought a house in Boodle and locked the evil calliope in the attic and *retired*. What the even hell.

[@reynadelikat6410]

Not just that, he became a pretty rad grandpa from the sound of it. The ultimate class of human being.

[@crowbird0540]

Probably one of the only existing Avatars who managed to escape their respective fear

[@bleddynwolf8463]

@@crowbird0540 i have actually no idea what the lot of you are on about, and don't want to

[@lentlemenproductions770]

@@bleddynwolf8463 This is going to be very funny once we know what they know.

[@KenKen3593]

Oh just wait until you learn WHY he retired.

[@b-blythe6763]

You know, this one doesn't bother me as much as the others. Yes, dolls and clowns are creepy but they don't elicit the visceral terror that all the other monsters so far have. Plus, though it's awful that Josh got so horrifically murdered and that the supernatural shit probably played a part in ending their relationship, it's oddly comforting that he was targetted rather than the granddaughter? Every bad thing so far has seemed to happen indiscriminately to people in the wrong place at the wrong time, with the occasional foolish person provoking it. But in this the clown seems to have targetted the ex who broke the granddaughter's heart, even though she or her grandpa would have presumably been more convenient targets. Still not good, but it's nice to see something other than outright maliciousness from these entities. Then again, Leanne could have been lying about not playing the organ again or even not realized she'd done it, like the sister in Lost Johns' Cave, which would totally change this reading of it.

[@fluffsnake]

can only assume whoever played the tune was also.. immune to it

[@Hi-ul2gc]

I sorta saw the clown *as* the grandpa

[@bananaboatcharlie]

I think playing it in front of him is what doomed him, which is why he had such a visceral reaction to the music. She said in the last few days of their relationship he kept hearing the music, so I think she accidentally cursed him 😬

[@epiphanierosenstern5635]

The ghost of the grandpa just went "He broke my granddaughter heart? I'm gonna revenge her >:c"

[@juliankohler5086]

Clowns aren't creepy. I think I feel that fear but it's of drag queens instead. I'm glad I'll probably never see one face to face

[@Pr1nc3_R3my]

[disdain] ~...A m e r i c a n s...~ [/disdain]

[@mechengr1731]

As an American, that always makes me laugh.

[@deadkingpoet7480]

Ayyyy fellow agender person!!!

[@mackreid]

Me (half American) to my American friends as though I’m not also American. 😂

[@waitingwarrior4203]

15:04 "I just tuned everything out again." is a masterful double entendre for this episode.

[@baddabingbaddaboom2731]

weirdly enough i read the quotation just as the video said it lmao

[@levchenkodarya]

I'm actually quite impressed by the amount of languages that are used in this podcast. Yes, the pronunciation is sometimes...horrendous, but the effort! The mere fact that they did use other languages, even if they could easily avoid it is worth the applause. It definitely makes the events feel more spread out rather than strictly located in English-speaking countries only.

[@KevGirl]

So....are we not gonna talk about the background noise of office workers while the door is open? I didn't notice things like this my first time through, but good lord...the attention to detail is just....beyond words.

[@late_prince8945]

why they keep opening these doors?! It's killing me

[@mxxnlight111]

i like it. it changes up the scene a bit more.

[@karenlinares7541]

Also cute character moments

[@Jojo-su2vm]

I don’t know if anyone has pointed that out yet, but in the last episode, if I understood correctly, the coin said „Für die Stille“ which would translate to “for the silence”. That seems quite similar to the “be still, for there is strange music”. I’m not entirely sure if that’s actually what the coin said because I tend to mishear things

[@bluebird9870]

No, that's right. "Für die Stille" seemed like such an out-of-place phrase for that particular story, but with the context of this recording...

[@lilaboxx]

I thought the same

[@karenlinares7541]

Yeah prob

[@TramNguyen-yb3rh]

For me it may had more to do with the silence of the dead, like so they don't speak their secrets or haunt the living something like that.

[@amaliant9488]

Opening line: "Let me be clear I am not scared of clowns-" Me: pauses in terror Am I ready to be terrified of clowns again?

[@Catglittercrafts]

I just got over my fear of clowns this year. This isn’t gonna break me

[@Iquey]

16:18 "its black woolen hair even did that flicky thing." Was this just a cowlick or was Josh emocore from the early 2000's?

[@karenlinares7541]

He did it on purpose so definitely emo

[@georgebanatas5128]

i died

[@giordanodsouza9563]

Given this is in 2004? He's def emo lol

[@moaday9952]

Theory about the tune! It was a Russian folk song called the Dancing Bear. I used to play it in my school orchestra and the concept is you start out slow, then you get faster and faster until you have to cop out till there’s only one musician left.

[@Badficwriter]

Another theory was Hava Nagila. But I think the best one is Kalinka.

[@gamzee3610]

I love listening back on old episodes because 1) I catch all the forshadowing and audio cues that Mean Things 2) I get to look at all the cool theories people make and go "hmhnhnhm ... maybe you're right....maybe you're not"

[@beltaya276]

I’m a first time listener and honestly I’m so excited to go back after ive caught up and realise how much ive missed >:O theres so much mystery rn

[@camiart_casual]

Same here! So much foreshadowing, so many connections right at the start! Jonny Sims is a madman

[@jellyrolls2765]

You're making me jealous that I still have so much more to get through :(

[@alessiapalma8823]

What do u mean by audio cues?? Can u try to explain without spoiling🥺

[@jellyrolls2765]

@@alessiapalma8823 STATIC is the main thing, listen to the static.

[@thatbleak1860]

"Circus of the other" maybe it's a refrence to "The others" from that episode of the lady that stared at the guy's window from across the street. Idk

[@casper6212]

👀

[@Falcon-doing-doodles]

I can hear Jon thinking about how he pronounced Calliope after Sasha mentioned it, and that's incredibly funny

[@hexedsandwich8261]

wonder if breekon and hope co. were the group that took it :0

[@cleliea8770]

exactly what i was thinking !

[@hexedsandwich8261]

@@cleliea8770 also was i the only one who originally thought they were called beacon and hope? i'd look at the comments of other videos and the transcripts and see that people spelt it breekon, and same with leitner, i thought it was spelt lightner XD

[@senormooples2354]

@@hexedsandwich8261 it's obviously spelled bacon and hope

[@lovingiseasy-4342]

Does anyone else desperately want to hear “faster, faster, faster” ? It sounds amazing 😭😭 I wonder if they had any specific song in mind 🤔

In my mind is Kalinka. A Russian song that starts dragging the notes and then it speeds up with every strophe.

[@AchlysMaru]

"The carnival" from homestuck is a spooky circusy tune that speeds up

[@vaydasmith4839]

the slightly longer pause after jon says calliope once sasha leaves in genius. the sass is astronomical

[@tieflingteeth9033]

jon really called me out, a homestuck, on how i pronounce calliope

[@alphalonewolfgirl12]

I, a Homestuck, had no idea anyone pronounced it that way. Cal-eye- oh-pe just sounds the most name like to me

[@JonathanYeets]

@@alphalonewolfgirl12 I mean...Just about every name in Homestuck has at least two pronunciations.

[@alphalonewolfgirl12]

@@JonathanYeets oh no doubt, I've just never heard that pronunciation before.

[@thistleywistley681]

omfg sameisisnso

[@St0nek]

Also the dolls

[@Catglittercrafts]

People are quick to say that Josh was acting like a jerk and deserved it, but he didn’t start acting like a jerk in the story until after she played. I think the music made him that way and he was an innocent victim

[@ot7biasedmashups]

But then again he did something bad she didn't want to mention and she sounded hurt about it so I don't think it's smth like a crime, but rather cheating or anything that affects HER

@@ot7biasedmashups We don't know if he did anything really. In the same way we don't know why she has a bad relationship with her parents. Maybe it's not them but her? To me, he's an innocent victim. He was there to support her through difficult times & had the horrible bad luck of dealing with a trunk full of dolls & a red organ.

[@AnotheraccountonYT]

Yea so far unless he did cheat or was already a hsitty partner I feel bad for him (still didn't deserve what happened)

[@konkeydongblaster]

Yeah I agree, cause this huge switch didn’t happen until after he heard the Calliope, and if he did cheat on her at the end that could of also been a side effect of his deteriorating mental state… And ended up cheating to find some kind of comfort for his ongoing insanity. Still not good of course and I could be wrong too. But either way it clearly points towards his actions and attitude afterwards being because of the calliope.

[@dreamer3725]

That doll was just being an older brother and took care of the guy who broke the girl's heart!

[@LPwatcher]

Man, I got chills when it was revealed that the Institute had the fucking Calliope. How must it feel to realize that sitting in a room down the hall is a cursed item that fucking murders people, just sitting out in the open, uncontained. Great episode!

[@melissaharris3389]

It is in Artifact Storage, which is where they keep all the cursed items the institute has.

[@JustaSillyLittleGuy69]

In my home, there's a collection of dolls that belonged to my mother who passed away when I was 5 years old. The majority of them are multiple decades old at least and a lot of variety between them. There's a doll with a sleeve under its dress so you can puppet the body and limbs. There's a clown doll that's pretty plush with red, rope hair. There's a china doll of a little girl wearing a small stray hat. There's a jester doll with white ceramic limbs and head, and a stuffed body. There's a china baby doll with a music doll in its back. Plenty other dolls too. They're not in a box tho, they're on a shelf on the wall positioned just across the basement door. Anyone who enters the basement, immediately makes eye contact with all the dolls. I make a note to greet them, just in case they're in a bad mood.

[@biancamlf288]

That would make a wonderful premise for a Stranger story, but almost wholesome.

[@jadetheslime3140]

thought i was gonna read a statement myself with the way this was worded

[@lostspaceghost6041]

I sWeAr when he said "be still, for there is strange music" a super loud ad played and i nearly died

[@kilarthmac]

9:53 I'd like to imagine that the pause at the end of "calliope" was Jon looking over to the doorway to see if Sasha would interrupt again 😂

[@Makujah_]

The narrator's pronunciation of "цирк другого" is killing me probably worse than american pronunсiations do so to an english man :D

[@eyesgalore2971]

it nearly killed me but then "Minsk, Russia" finished me off

[@soulflowerstuff]

8:57 Sashaaa my gaaal! Still one of my favorite season 1 moments to go back on, I’m on season 2 right now and it’s nice to hear season 1 Sasha sounding normal again. I’m in for a ride

[@trucetruce335]

Do you think the dolls were her grandpa "protecting" her? I mean, Josh deserved what he got, who tf cheats (or does something similarly awful) to their SO after their grandpa died?? Maybe not EXACTLY what he got but vengeful spirits aren't known for restraint.

[@jaderush4141]

I think he got affected by her playing, which made him moody, snappy and weird and led to their break up. She never specifies what it was that he did, which makes me think it was something...unusual maybe? Anyway, I think he's been wearing a target on his back ever since he heard her play, and that was messing with him.

[@vantannie9291]

To anyone who might be having a hard time with the names! Going into the MAG Wiki and finding the Characters/Episode list has been very very helpful for me! Any time I feel like a name reoccurs, I just do a quick command/ctrl F and can find previous instances of names :) the short description of the character's role in each episode also helps jog my memory quite a bit! Hope this helped

[@iamaunicorn1232]

Bless you kind stranger. I am bad with names when I can see faces, but i'm nearly completely blind when it just comes to audio/print.

[@vantannie9291]

@@iamaunicorn1232 glad i could help!

[@dismasyves]

I couldn't get into the podcast the first two times I tried but after doing some light reading via fanfic it's helped me recognize characters and entities and keep interest. It's my first time getting this far and I hope I can finish all the seasons

[@gtickno2946]

Right after the calliope showed up in the story my snake hit a different video triggering an ad that played music (like loud string music) and I thought it was the calliope starting to play itself and it freaked me out

[@Arya-el9ps]

your snake?

[@karenlinares7541]

I love how u just cuddle next to ur snake while listening to these

[@macabrecitrus2127]

Aww... What's their name ?

[@ivanajovanovic2337]

aww i love sneks

[@kaayya.k]

While listening, I was convinced for some reason that the clown would open his eyes and there would be real human eyes in the sockets. Like real human eyes and wooden eye lids.

[@Badficwriter]

I have a new nightmare..

[@heftyglorps1387]

I like it.

[@manamisenda2422]

The first thing I thought when she said about the dolls was the dolls heads on that thrown away episode don't have idea if there's anything related... Aaaaaaaa I just started now and there's so many episodes to go I'm excited and afraid at the same time wtffff

[@anavera3158]

RIGHT? ALSO WITH THE TEETH, 'CAUSE THEY SAID THAT JOSH DIDN' T HAVE A JAW WHEN THEY FOUND HIM. AND UN THE EPISODE THAT YOU MENTION THERE WAS ALSO A BAG FULL OF TEETH

[@Misty_Grey744]

OMG WAIT THATS ACTUALLY REALLY INTERESTING :O

[@zooble_.]

which episode?

[@zooble_.]

oh wait i know

[@cawareyoudoin7379]

The original was recorded on my 4th birthday.

[@noomre9105]

Happy late birthday

[@Makujah_]

So... you're eight?

[@cawareyoudoin7379]

@@Makujah_ ..... "original statement given January 17th, 2005" 2005 - 4 = 2001 2020 - 2001 = ? ? ≠ 8

[@Makujah_]

@@cawareyoudoin7379 Ah, I thought you meant "record" as in when the podcast was initially published (2016 for this episode, says on their site).

[@cawareyoudoin7379]

@@Makujah_ Understandable. Still, a little bit funny.

[@marcfals2449]

"Let me be clear, I'm not afraid of clowns" Oh, I see I'll be skiping this one

[@hamburgerdog25]

I come from the future. I'll say this: hours worth of podcast listening from now, recall this episode. You'll know when.

[@KateCantDraw]

Why is no one talking about the fact that there was foreshadowing of Tim being familiar with the Circus?

[@Sxcheschka]

I feel it's more of people getting invested in the characters rather than the developing story.

[@giorgiosoverchia3879]

first listening here, i think its strange noone brought up in the comment the fact that hearing the strange music before dying is a theme already brought up in the war episode. Are the calliope pipes the same of the piper?

[@alessiapalma8823]

Ehi giorgio anche tu qui da tik tok? Sei troppo recente

[@giorgiosoverchia3879]

@@alessiapalma8823 Ahah so di essere arrivato tardi alla festa. In realtà mi è capitato di vedere diverse animazioni di canzoni di Will Wood e mi sono incuriosito. Primo ascolto anche per te?

[@alessiapalma8823]

@@giorgiosoverchia3879 sì e non sto facendo assolutamente nulla nelle mie giornate per ascoltare questo podcast, sto letteralmente facendo binge listening ahahah dovrei limitare questa dipendenza

[@giorgiosoverchia3879]

@@alessiapalma8823 come ti capisco, anche io ci passavo le ore. Ora mi sono imposto di non sentirne più di due al giorno, altrimenti agli esami gli racconto di jane prentice e dei suoi vermi hahah

[@alessiapalma8823]

@@giorgiosoverchia3879 ahahahhaha fai bene, è solo che all’inizio gli episodi erano a sè stanti, invece ora piú vai avanti e più tutto si collega e non vedi l’ora di scoprire cosa ci sta dietro

[@MmMm-yd4rn]

I wanted to be scared, I really did, but no mater what every time I tried to picture the calliope my mind keep wandering to the Furby organ. Now I don't know if that makes the story more or less nighmarish.

[@fuzzy5792]

…the furby organ?

[@giordanodsouza9563]

Ooooh that's awesome! I love the furby organ!

[@nikolai2010]

it hits different when its 4am and youve been working on your essay for hours only to hear your name randomly from a tab youve unconsciously been listening to 💀

[@plutoandpolaris]

As an American I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone pronounce it “calli-ope”, but then again I don’t think I’ve ever discussed calliope organs with anyone in real life conversation so hey, what do I know I’d always pronounced it like Jon does in this episode, though

[@erinbathie-moore8478]

The distant calliope music we hear at the end was beautiful

[@jaderush4141]

20:53 "Minsk, Russia" Why you gotta do this to me, guys :'c It is still not really correct, as Belarus was a part of the Russian Empire, and then the USSR, but not just Russia. And I absolutely hope it stays that way. Welp, another mention of Belarus (kinda sorta) in fandoms, which is pretty cool anyway.

[@brokenmir5164]

In 1940x Belarus was the part of the USSR, so yeah, that was very unpleasant thing to hear...hope they changed it in the future :"/

[@moonmint_tea]

It was a soviet Russia

[@nasanaify]

​@@moonmint_teano it was soviet republic Belarus. Separate from soviet russia

[@kryingkory1925]

I can just imagine him rolling his eyes after that first “calliope” when he resumes the statement lmao

[@TIGGYQUE]

9:57 there was such a huge pause after "the Calliope" that I imagine Jon glitched about the most proper pronunciation... English IS ridiculous, in Russian it's a straightforward "Каллиопа"

[@zgblanche1815]

Sasha is right, in Greek it's pronounced kallie-OH-pee. Many thoughts from Jonny Sims and his claims of Greek mythology smh

[@senormooples2354]

Well tbh in his defense we have no idea how the ancient Greeks pronounced it

[@zgblanche1815]

@@senormooples2354 I can tell you how the modern ones do! It’s kallie-OH-pee

[@huntercharleston5812]

My thoughts during the episode: CORALINE! HOW DARE YOU DISOBEY YOUR MOTHER 🎵round and around like a horse on a carousel🎵 *incoherent sobbing* 'SCUSE US

[@artemisknowstoomuch1027]

A carousel, you say?

[@RepublicaPopularNovaSilesia]

I just realised "torch" is British slang for a flashlight, I thought Martin as just using a burning piece of wood as a light source in Colony.

[@kingofthefrogz]

“Be still for there is strange music”*ad plays with music*

[@Supli_Draws]

Me hearing circus music faintly in the background.......me hearing circus music faintly in the background..............

[@sammieegoldwand]

"Let me be clear I am *NOT* scared of clowns" OOOOH I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE GOOD WITH A STARTER LIKE THAT "I definitely put the lid on" OHOHO IT'S GETTIN SPICEY " *Americans* " PFFT- You can just hear him staring at Sasha "It looked just like Josh" OOOH IT'S GETTING SIPCEYYYYYYY HOOOOOL UP-

[@OpenBiolabsGuy]

That interruption! Am I right! Man, it reinforces the idea that these are reports being read by an archivist and not stories unfolding as they happen.

[@LucienMahikai]

That's not exactly an idea lol. At the beggining of episode 1 Jon outright says that they're all statements

[@icedmilk848]

The only things in this world that I am scared of are clowns and dolls. So, of course, this episode involves both.

[@roxasxiii4454]

You are not alone, I had to pause the video 2 times because the imagery in my head started to go wild

[@senormooples2354]

@@roxasxiii4454 the only thing that really creeped me out so far was the fucking bag of teeth

[@Tomato-hz2ko]

As someone not scared of neither clowns nor dolls nor strange music, this was great

[@dinobox8002]

I used to think it was pronounced "cally-ope" before I'd heard it said and I'm american, lol

[@calebdouglas2512]

😂 perfect

[@consistencyiskey_]

Oh my gosh, wow! The references here. The reason I even got into Magnus Archives was because of an audio clip of a Russian doll that I saw on a reel here in KZbin. And it just fascinated me so much, I typed out some of the words on Google to look for its origin. Now here I am! I'm so excited to here the rest of the story! 😊

[@SengokuTheGouda]

I’m just getting into this series but am immensely hooked. Jonathan Simms is a fantastic writer. I’ve loved every episode thus far, but this one had such a classic horror story vibe to it. Especially the ending.

[@Ares_Complex]

as someone who speaks russian, it is quite funny to hear english speakers trying to speak russian.

[@vkgamimg8493]

Anyone else thought it was neat that you could briefly hear the music everyone and then in the video

[@kilarthmac]

9:20 - *Jon:* I _have_ also heard it said as "cally-ope" --- *Sasha:* Seriously? By who? --- *Jon:* _Americans_

[@yancamb2202]

Yeah, that checks out.

[@stellar3566]

"Minsk, Russia" My post-soviet ass: *Agressive "!!!!!!!!"*

[@schirry5144]

"Minsk, Russia" And I paused to howl in pain

[@moonmint_tea]

Oh,GOD, yes

[@cupcaketv5673]

What I remember right now is that there were dolls's heads in the trash in that one earlier episode, and the last episode contained the phrase "Für die Stille" (for the silence/silent one). And, well, in the war episode there was war personified who played a tune like a pied piper.

[@Badficwriter]

A piper plays a woodwind instrument. A fife, flute, recorder, etc, they can easily march with in a band. A pipe organ like a calliope uses giant pipes. They are very difficult to move, even more than fullsize pianos. Hence why the thieves took the calliope apart.

[@thesorcererwiththepointyhat]

me, a greek , doing my best hermione granger impression : the muse is pronounced kuh-lee-o-pee not kuh-lai-o-pee in modern greek so someone needs to tell that pretentious lil archivist that sasha is the one who's correct 💅🏻

[@senormooples2354]

I mean we don't really know how the ancient Greeks pronounced it, it could be on or the other pronunciation, it could be both as in different people pronounced it differently also, it could be a completely unknown one

[@tybronx2446]

I love the calliope music, I really wish there was a cover or a full version somewhere

[@tybronx2446]

11:30 - Faster Faster

[@matthewalizzi9821]

Don't worry, you'll hear it a lot over the next 3 seasons (ominous)

[@tybronx2446]

@@matthewalizzi9821 It's not enough! I've finished the show and now I just come here to listen to creepy caliope music 😭

[@musicaltheatrerat8156]

i am DEFINITELY using 8:57 as a Shorts audio for cosplay reasons

[@alexandraluster284]

Random question i just had: Are we meant to be hearing these in real time, as he is recording these, or are we meant to be the new archivists looking over these old recordings?

[@mechengr1731]

Well, for now, I suppose you can think of it how you want.

[@TheNitpickChick]

It’s kinda up to your own interpretation. That’s what makes it fun! After listening to the finale, I’ve definitely formed a few theories. 😉

[@broblerone413]

ooh that's a cool interpretation!

[@alexandraluster284]

@@broblerone413 Thanks!

[@mia.h64]

This reminded me of ep 5 thrown away...the part where they find the teeth. The dolls didn't have mouths right? This might be far fetched but maybe there's a connection

[@imthirun]

Yeah even I was thinking that throughout the video. Someone could've thrown those doll heads in the dumpster.

[@fuzzy5792]

I think the dolls in ep 5 were supposed to be beat up, mass produced plastic baby doll heads and these ones were hand made, with wooden heads/articulated jaws

[@melissaharris3389]

Good insight

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

Pro tip: If a basement or attack has a god damn chain padlock on the door? Maaaybe leave it. Its most likely there for a reason!

[@VincentGrimmly]

as an American, I have never heard ANYONE pronounce it as CALLY-ope

[@smolsiren]

I have! It’s a very popular pronunciation in the south, there’s even a street in New Orleans called calliope street (pronounced cally-ope by locals)

[@blueswan3117]

I'm in my first re-listen and I did not remember being this scared and unsettled by this statement. One of my new favourites from season one. Also, Sasha my beloved💕

[@cml3250]

First listener here. I think the person who stole those items might have done it for a good reason? I mean maybe they knew what it was and wanted to destroy it. Also you all remember the trash bag with doll's heads?? 👀

[@Badficwriter]

How did they know the calliope and dolls were even there?

[@jojotimez]

I really like how both of them get the pronunciation of calliope wrong 😂 It's more similar to sasha's tho

[@levchenkodarya]

I haven't heard the statement yet, I've just read the description, but I can't stop laughing, because omg, Denikin, sweetheart, I was just having a lecture about you 7 hours ago XD

[@randigillespie9365]

I don't know why but the calliope discussion feels like it may have been a homestuck reference.

[@julisantillan6379]

This was by far the most scary episode for me till now. My clown doll was watching me from the wall all the while 💀

[@Anon26535]

Faster and Faster is actually the theme from Carnival Night Zone. It shades into the domain of the 16th Dread Power known as The Barrel.

[@sparkleciit6086]

I felt personally attacked by the calliope conversation as a Brit who pronounced it cali-oap my entire life ;(

[@dazai9184]

the way i didn't really hear whose statement it was in this episode and this whole time i thought it was a story about two guys- when jon said 'she' and the end i was like 'wait tf u mean by she??'

[@sasukekun11907]

The 2 men that took her stuff n looked legit to the neighbour us the same delivery group in ep 2.

[@scuzmunkie]

“I’m not scared of clowns” well, I am…. oh dear 🤣

[@rotemsosna8893]

the delivery company from do not open?

[@a_jae_doe]

“If they work for the Magnus archives they should” Martin*listening in outside* : _breaks into a cold sweat_ I’m in danger “I had never been scared of dolls" Me and my 2 worst fears being dolls and bloody mary(thanks supernatural): godDAMMIT Also Jons "...Americans" reminded me of one american youtuber recommending the podcast and one of her reasons being "the guy is British and his accent-" and I had the same reaction😂(I live in Scotland)

[@lazymilkshake9809]

THIS STATEMENT WAS GIVEN A YEAR BEFORE MY BIRTH DATE (this is also my fav episode so far omg, the eerie music and the fact that the calliope is with them?? amazing) (first time listener) I have just now realized the, uh, implications of the calliope playing in the background....

[@lazymilkshake9809]

probably just there for background music, right guys..?