THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES #48 - Lost in the Crowd

MAG048 - Case # 0100325 - Andrea Nunis
Statement regarding a series of encounters in the streets of Genoa, Italy.
The Magnus Archives tells the tale of a programmer with wanderlust whose explorations of the quaint backstreets of Genoa take a decidedly bizarre turn.
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[@msp654]

Elias: Please stop spying on your coworkers Jon: ??? SUSPICIOUS

[@stevef.accounting7256]

I always read ??? As a quick sniff like a mini gasp

[@lynnclaywood4043]

@@stevef.accounting7256 I'll never forget this

[@bonniecornelius3836]

steve F. accounting i always read it as a exaggerated confused face lmao

[@DeannaSusanHealy]

@@stevef.accounting7256 I’ve been rereading this over and over and still don’t get it lol

[@DeannaSusanHealy]

oh wait I get it

[@rgb9650]

Sasha: *the tape she records goes missing, Michael warns not to trust her, is literally another person* Jon: but she's the least suspicious

[@edelbrosnan6222]

Martin offering him tea: John: I'm keeping an eye on that weirdo...

[@lavenderlaceration]

I dont know about you, but I dont trust that Martin guy... Caring about Jon? Hes going on a murder spree any day now. Edit: the last part is hilarious in hindsight lol

[@aw3707]

sasha: *hasnt spoken the same since the incident, still acts like how she did when she said she was sick, vibing differently, the least affected from the incident therefore being the odd one out* jon: well, she's just normal ol' sasha.

[@Child_of_Fae]

@@lavenderlaceration oh, interesting thought I actually thought he fell in love with Jon

[@lavenderlaceration]

@@Child_of_Fae do you want an honest reply to that?

[@Thundergoom]

“Sasha seems unaffected by her near death experience, this makes her the least suspicious” Jon I think your understanding of human behavior needs some work

[@Daark_Karma]

Especially as Tim working at the archive despite his experience (which isnt that different) was what made him suspicious XD

[@hamburgerdog25]

He doesnt get out much

[@Cheshire5174]

if someone is lying, they are trying to act. they may try so hard that they forget to react.

[@Aspen_Whispers]

Honestly considering he might be autistic

[@cuteluflory8699]

Elias: Tim and Martin said you're spying on them Jon: *play dumb* Jon: Ive been worried about their mental health Jon: *not than dumb!*

[@Didartie]

Lmaoooo

[@barefootwanderer]

I love that Gerard Keay just quietly goes about fighting against the bad shit like a low-key ghostbuster, I think he's my favourite none archive staff supporting character.

[@nanahuatli2144]

Jon, clearly unhinged: "I'm worried about everyone else's mental health".

[@_mel_9953]

Jon, hasn’t slept in weeks, unwashed, papers strewn around the room, with a dazed look in his eyes: *Im worried about everyone else’s mental health*

[@nikonikoknees4488]

this man needs help

[@tobymidnight1957]

Jon honey sweetie maybe you should take care of yourself before you worry too much about the others

[@Erynwithawhy13]

Season 2 in a nutshell

[@frogonthebikeheh]

He's such a good friend

[@Blizzic]

“Sasha seemed the least suspicious” SHE HAS A DIFFERENT VOICE, JON

[@toxoplasmagondi]

she probably looks like a completely different person too. rmr what happened with not-graham? according to the woman who watched his capture(?), not-graham didn't even look similar to graham, yet no one noticed, and every proof of og graham's existence was magically erased and replaced w not-graham. that's obviously what's happening here too lmao, ofc jon isn't going to notice smth's off with sasha

[@albuseisenhorn3385]

@@toxoplasmagondi weird that only the one person noticed and she was closest to him...hrm

[@ot7biasedmashups]

He wouldn't notice tho. Not entities literally ERASE the original

[@TIGGYQUE]

@@toxoplasmagondi 🤯

[@user-ku9xx1gw3v]

​@@toxoplasmagondiupon you reminding everyone of not!Graham I suddenly realised that place where Sasha died was ARTIFACT DEPARTMENT, SHE WAS PROBABLY RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT TABLE

[@orionsbelt25]

Martin, Tim, Elias: literally just doing normal things they always do Jon: Suspicious,,,I should spy on them Sasha: literally an entire other person, Unsettling Michael says to not trust her Jon: But she's so trustworthy

[@mariajosequinterolondono6710]

Every time Jon makes a judgment he makes a mistake, like when he says that Sasha is catious or when he says tim doesnt make jokes in this case when he tries to trust shasha.

[@user-ku9xx1gw3v]

​@@mariajosequinterolondono6710yeah Jon definitely doesn't understand people and it was clear ever since he said somewhere in season one that out of all people he thinks Tim is least likely to play jokes on him

[@whentheskittlesfightback]

idk if you were saying sasha is unsettling or you called him unsettling micheal

[@marhunt8192]

I can just imagine Jon with binoculars looking at Tim's house but clearly still in plain sight

[@raebaer8580]

Tim jogging directly up to the car: Jon? Is everything alright? Jon in a mid-panic, slouching down into his seat and putting on a fake German accent: who is zis Jon? No I am Johann! Vere is the bathroom??

[@a.b.6689]

@@raebaer8580 "No I am Johann" gosh that's brilliant

[@bleddynwolf8463]

"zer is no Krilly here" if anyone gets the reference

[@hamburgerdog25]

*standing behind a 1-foot tall bush

[@hamburgerdog25]

@@raebaer8580 oh wait no thats way better

[@FreshSqueezedSlugs]

Micheal: Yeah no it's Sasha, Hey look out for Sasha, hey Sasha Is Weird Jon: MMMMMMMMMMMMmmmm Elias

[@TheNitpickChick]

Well... I mean... 👀

[@jiangwanyeehaw]

@@TheNitpickChick 👀👀👀👀👀

[@Nizati]

To be fair, Elias really should be higher on that list...

[@jackbelmont4389]

"Elias........rhymes with suspicious hmmmmmm"

[@midnights2631]

I mean.... he's pretty sus.

[@cae2212]

John: ok Michael warned me but he truly just tries to mess with my head. I have to use my own sharp mind The mind in question: - "Are you a ghost martin?" - there is a worm lady but it too could be just a unknown normal parasite, nothing mysterious - thanks god that I can trust you, ice cold, robotlikespeaking definitely not changed sasha And much more

[@mimkyodar]

But as far as he knows, Sasha has always been like that.

[@ot7biasedmashups]

​@@mimkyodar exactly

[@Shilpa_Kujur]

The worm lady thing is being unfair, I am pretty sure he revealed it to Martin just after saying that he does believe every statement given on paper but he just tries to be dismissive because he's scared.

[@user-ic1wd1bv9e]

I think with Not-Sasha it's paranormal effect of entitie who replace real Sasha. I mean, maybe it's strange aura that makes you believe that everything is fine?

[@strawberrys0da714]

Good ol' Jonathan "It is surprisingly easy to buy an axe in central London" Sims

[@netgeekdoggirl]

i think the mere idea of michael complaining about jon being too rude is so funny

[@dots3854]

jon being completely unhinged but still taking the time to do dramatic readings of cases is SO GOOD, i admire his dedication to the aesthetic

[@trucetruce335]

If he even has a choice in the matter that is...

[@fish3977]

Didn't Jon say that reading the ones needing a tape recording is almost trance like?

[@Breadanimals]

@@fish3977 Sorry how late this is but which episode does he say that? I don’t remember it, I might have to relisten lol

[@fish3977]

@@Breadanimals I've got no idea by now but it was near the end of season one. I think when they were talking with martin about the "real" ones

[@ghoulishffx]

@@fish3977no it was a few episodes before that, im 99% sure he says it in hive (the statement jane prentiss made while she was losing her mind)

[@CrystalSkyDrops175]

Wow Jon went from snooty sounding, condescending, sassy skeptic in season 1 to paranoid conspiracy theorist in S2 real quick.

[@secretlyanalien5002]

The Matpat effect

[@cryptic_kay]

@@secretlyanalien5002lmao

[@kopfschmerzentablette]

People: The Magnus Archive has an episode for everyone's biggest fear Me, an italian with social anxiety: crowds of italians?? S P O O P Y!!!

[@cryptic_kay]

I like how this kinda implies it’s only Italian crowds that spook ya lol 😆

[@aw3707]

elias: stop being creepy we're worried jon: cREEPY? who's SHE?

[@bonniecornelius3836]

literally everyone: jon please you need rest jon: hMmMm pReTTy sUS yOu cARe aBouT mE

[@therakshawolf]

"Tim says you were watching his house 🤔" "I-eh- well that's just not true 😐" I fucking love this interaction 😂😂 Edit: a year later and it's still just as funny

[@lilalino]

same lmao (not late at all)

[@therakshawolf]

@@lilalino You would only be late if it was no longer funny, but it's still hilarious

[@Arya-el9ps]

what absolutely hurts is Jon saying Sasha working at the institute is a "natural progression of a lifelong interest in the paranormal" when in reality she hated working there. :'(

[@Yohannai]

She said she hated the creepy area with all the supernatural stuff she had to test, but she didn't seem unhappy with the archives from what I remember her saying?

[@kjarakravik4837]

@@Yohannai i think at some point she says that the only reason she's still working there is for the money

[@Yohannai]

@@kjarakravik4837 I'm a lot further into the series now and ***SPOILERS*** Yeah she does say that but in one of those flashback tapes around ep 161 I think? But its not mentioned earlier. She also mentions she wants to have the position for a few years on her resume if I remember correctly.

[@conandenz8413]

"remember the face of your loved ones" *me who cannot remember faces for the life of me * ha ha I'm in danger.

[@nopeimout3182]

I have aphantasia so I feel ya. I can't recall faces, or anything else really, at all.

[@allenl5960]

Maybe if you carry a mirror and look at it really hard it could help? Or carry a photo

[@nikonikoknees4488]

hah jokes on you! I can't eve recognize my own face! uwu

[@astheusual]

@@nopeimout3182 you too? Glad im not the only one....

[@nanahuatli2144]

I think for the purposes of this situation, anything specific you can remember about them works. Their voice, their quirks, the memories you share together. Anything that sets them apart from the featureless masses.

[@nunyab-]

I find it most interesting when whatever these forces are don’t play on people’s preexisting fears, but instead twist something they enjoy until its unfamiliar and terrifying. This statement and Naomi’s, where a genuine preference for being alone becomes a source of misery and danger. That skydiving kid who loved jumping out of planes until the day he got glitched into an unending skybox. The cave diver who went as far as to gain a sense of protection and comfort from the lightless caves, having those caves turned against her. It seems like any kind of strong connection, positive or negative, can be used as an opening for one of these entities to threaten your life. (no spoilers in the replies please, im a first time listener slowly making my way through the series)

[@Dani_1012]

That makes complete sense and is also very cruel of whatever force is causing these misery onto people's joys.. I wonder now, why are they doing that? Does feeding on the loss of joy give them more strength?

[@johncargille7722]

Thank you for making this observation! I think it's probably because fear is an even more powerful emotion than love, at least in the sense of the constant attention you give to these "domains" that we seem to see developing in the show. Alternatively, maybe they just like to screw with people.

[@albuseisenhorn3385]

@@Dani_1012 is it the misery though?

[@kehlcassidy9562]

I really like how in this episode, she ISN'T put off from doing the thing she loves- at the end of her statement she says she still wants to travel, and in the follow up Jon says she's gone back to travelling alone. She has real strength, to go through a creepy, otherworldly experience like that and still be like 'Nope. Not gonna quit my passion !'

[@Badficwriter]

@@johncargille7722 I have a theory that its similar to the 'king sacrifice'. The ideal behind that is to sacrifice what you value, something part of you. A child, especially a firstborn son of a king, was considered the most important to a king, or nation. Other possibilities were an eye, or a hand. More commonplace were prize possessions. Anyway, these brought more power, more significance. If we compare these Things to spirits, worship and love and even burnt living sacrifices are OK, but for the truly big power They need to sacrifice Their own. By loving the concepts the Things embody, these people made themselves part of the Things. This would open them to being valuable sacrifices, just like sacrificing your hand. Here, the man rejected his connection to the Other? The Lonely? By embracing Its opposite, souring the meal.

[@RoseMultiverse]

Gerard/Jarad seems like a ghost buster/Winchester type in some stories, but in others sounds like a monster himself. Very interesting...

[@poxrael]

Him and the duo from the taken ill episode.

[@brandytidwell7132]

Even the Winchesters seemed like monsters to some people.

[@une6fille6attriste6]

That's probably what it feels like to be homeless.

[@julesking1303]

@@brandytidwell7132 they literally were during the Leviathan arc

[@aladorhyde8192]

It’s Gerard. John just doesn’t know how to pronounce shit right ❤️

[@jaderush4141]

I was like: wait a minute, when did Michael warn him about Sasha? So I went back to check. Michael appears immediately after Not!Sasha leaves, and his first phrase is "Do you even know they're lying to you?" Which gets no further explanation in the conversation. At first I thought "they" referred to the team, but this makes a hell of a lot more sense.

[@lilalino]

i actually thought he was referring to the institute aka Elias... welp guess i was wrong

[@lahlybird895]

I don't understand John's thought process here Michael said 'they' but John thinks Sasha is a singular female, so why would he assume Michael was talking about Sasha specifically instead of getting paranoid and agonizing over who be they in question could be referring to

[@Alsmythical]

I swear any time the word hot is said in these recordings i'm just like aw fuck oh shit not again. it could be like "The coffee was hot." and I'd be like wtf oh god why is it hot?? DEMON!!

[@ellxsandranoratora]

I'm like that with book

[@MasterMagikarp]

this series has given me an irrational fear of the concept of heat

[@lilalino]

it's always either heat or a weird smell lmao

[@aphemorpha]

Episode 48: Lost in the Sauce

[@light-in-the-sea]

Annastasis this made me laugh so much harder than it shouldve thank you

[@mvoss2382]

cActuS jUicE! iTs ThE qUenChIesT!

[@SunnyCapricious]

@@mvoss2382 It'LL QUeNcH yA

[@wynnt1]

Maybe it's friendly (Watches nuclear explotion)

[@illusionhong18]

I miss the old Sasha :(

[@mayormarshmallow]

we all do

[@cylyte2436]

Her stay was short lived, but she shall be remembered

[@b-blythe6763]

Did... did Jon not tell anyone about Michael's visit??

[@DerMoerpler]

But they're all so suspicious, bringing him tea and asking them not to spy on his coworkers! Don't you understand? He can't trust anybody!!!

[@namaschu9418]

What I think is interesting is that Elias didn't know who Micheal was, which means that John didn't tell anyone that he was there. The guy kidnapped this poor woman and John did not tell ANYONE. I understand that he doesn't want to talk about the lying or war part, but he could have said something

[@ironbarsjack7977]

“Sasha seemed the least suspicious” mhmm sure Jon

[@pheonixrises11]

Iron Bars Jack her voice change was far too obvious -_-)

[@ArcaneMage54k]

@@pheonixrises11 Yes because it's a different person but the NotThem changes other peoples' perception of them. The fact that she isn't at all raising suspicion is itself a suspicious fact.

[@RelativelyBest]

@@ArcaneMage54k "She seems to have suffered the least from the Prentiss attack out of all of us." Yeah, Jon, that in itself should raise suspicion.

[@ArcaneMage54k]

@@RelativelyBest I know right. But that's what the NotThem do, they throw away any suspicion. That may be their weakness too though, as someone trained could notice that everything around a NotThem is a bit TOO normal. What an oxymoron I love this show :D

[@Speckaboo]

Jon isn’t necessarily wrong about Sasha being the least suspicious, at least according to her records, and she probably wouldn’t be after him. Unfortunately the idea of her Not actually being Sasha hasn’t crossed his mind yet, and Not-Sasha’s going to fuck Jon over big time

[@f_mva]

from what we saw with not-graham, no one noticed him changing apart from his neighbour, so i guess that's to be expected? even though non-sasha sounds quite different from sasha

[@neroquin]

What I got from the earlier one is that his neighbour only noticed because she was watching him. I guess if they go Not! now, Jon'd probably notice.

[@someone433]

I'm pretty sure, I've read it on some site, that there will always be one person who notices the victim's swap with their copy.

[@astrocake584]

@@someone433 in that case, it has to be Elias or Martin. Elias looked at Sasha weirdly and Martin thinks she’s acting weird.

[@someone433]

SPOILER that will be revealed(who knew it wasn't Sasha)

[@ablynn_thegalewinds]

OR YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, STOP WATCHING YOUR FRIENDS' HOUSES

[@mimkyodar]

But then they'll get away with it!!!

[@coldtea3628]

@Emma Spaeth This made me laugh :D

[@SuperClass3000]

You're on the top of the list now

[@Companion92]

Sasha the least suspicious... oh the irony

[@ot7biasedmashups]

I was confused about Jon not realizing that not Sasha is... Not Sasha but then I remembered that these not entities literally ERASE the original person. Nobody (except for somebody who witnessed the overtaking) will remember the original and physical pictures of them will also get changed. No wonder he doesn't realize...

[@alicepatton3040]

"Sasha and Elias I trust" Me, who knows better about Sasha and who doesn't trust Elias: mmmhmmm

[@mars_ffs]

me, who knows better about Sasha and knows _much_ better about Elias: MMMMMHHHHHMMMM

[@DarkRelm22]

Mood.

[@dilophosaurussk4333]

Random strangers saying something vague and temporarily teleporting people into endless mazes has happened 3 times now, which means its a pattern to look out for.

[@midnights2631]

Not-Sasha: Clearly not acting like herself, not joking, Michael even warns Jon. Jon: I trust Sasha.

[@bosozoku1000]

I FUCKING LOVE the Magnus Archives. The stories are so unsettling and weird. Creepypasta are often boring and unicreative but TMA gives me the heebie-jeebies every time. Rusty Quill is partly responsible for me becoming a writer and publishing a novel. Thank you Rusty Quill!

[@-S.L.]

That's amazing! Congrats on pursuing and achieving that! :D

[@bluecat3338]

The best way I've been able to find to describe this series is "It's like creepypasta went and got a degree in literature."

[@hamburgerdog25]

@@bluecat3338 thats so amazingly true

[@saramorgan4744]

With each episode Jon is descending deeper and deeper into paranoia and I get more worried about him... Also now I have a picture of Gerard Keay in sunglasses on a beach somewhere in Italy with ice cream in one hand and a Leitner book in the other

[@Mysterious_Chaos_Wolf]

This is my second listen of the series and Gerard is my favorite character. Thank you for gracing me with this image.

[@lilalino]

i need fanart of this lmao

[@_kai2702]

elias: pls stop being a creeper and spying on your coworkers jon: creeper??? i don't even know her??????

[@bramstoker1290]

the way the outfits are described as being the same but different reminds me of the shapeshifters from the episode abt the medical school?

[@jaderush4141]

Really? I thought about the bag of the same tooth for some reason.

[@cezar3169]

medical school? You mean the one with the hearts, right? Sorry, my memory's shit

[@HRain-kv1iu]

@@cezar3169 I'm sure that's the one they talked about

[@mrs.han_whitethorn]

Is Jon's stab wound okay???

[@boxkida4825]

...maybe, maybe it was just a flesh wound?

[@nuclearlemonade5945]

@boxkid A is that a monty python reference

[@f_mva]

he probably didn't tell anyone about it and just took care of it on his own? when sasha got stabbed by michael she healed up pretty quick

[@thestarprince]

Michael: it’s Sasha. She’s literally not even Sasha. It’s just some rando Jon: MMMMMMMMM Martin?…no, Elias

[@lostcryptid1212]

Micheal: *warns Jon about Sasha and as weird and unsettling as he (it?) can be, seems like he/it actually wants to help* Jon: Sasha is the least suspicious even though she talks differently, lost tapes, and seems completely unaffected by everything that happened even though she's been attacked by worms. Elias: Hey, Martin and Tim are getting uncomfortable and think you're spying on them Jon: Elias is the MOST suspicious of them all!

[@juliasz.1017]

Andrea Nunis's hot girl summer.

[@kilogramate]

WHAT DOES HE MEAN SHE SEEMED THE LEAST SUSPICIOUS WHATTT LMAO

[@DarkRelm22]

"well I'm sorry you're compelled to" Elias's face must've been priceless.

[@nikonikoknees4488]

Jon is literally saying "ThaTs sUs" this whole season isn't he

[@lahlybird895]

Unless it's Sasha

[@heresthadude1080]

Nunis: "So yeah Naples is full of bad smells and rude people ew" *La Squadra Bucciarati disliked that*

[@smeevca]

I was just thinking of making a Jojo's reference

[@Jamie-A]

everywhere i go i see someone making a jojo's joke and that makes me happy to no end

[@bookfanatic8329]

@@Jamie-A It's inescapable!

[@ayanamii5334]

Yeah, I really hate people disrespecting my city

[@sumitrana2420]

*lick* That's the taste of liar!!!

[@flynland7366]

Warm temperatures in the cafe Flow of people Feeling of loneliness Different types of the same kind of person (anatomy class) Remember loved ones faces ?

[@L.clayton.]

Y'know I really hope this podcast doesn't end with Jon being sent to the loony bin because he kind of seems like he's going bonkers insane 😅

[@just_a_cryptid]

That would kinda be funny.

[@EVind-xz8km]

I REALLY want to know what went through Elias' head at Jon's "Well, I'm sorry you're compelled".

[@avibingpotato]

YES! Same here, I'm on my second listen and when Jon said that I was like, "oop-"

[@sevendeadlysins5303]

Jon: Sashas the least suspicious Sasha: LITERALLY ANOTHER PERSON

[@malaizze]

Jon out here playing Amogus

[@just_a_cryptid]

Everyone else is playing chess, and Jon playing Amongus

[@Barely_Here]

God imagine having the money to travel and enjoy it *starts crying*

[@midnights2631]

It's a beautiful dream That I wish I had

[@cae2212]

Elias: john your team is worried that you spy on them John starting his recorder: I have no idea what you are talking about, suspicious person.

[@SS-kv3iw]

that whole talk w elias was hilarious HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

[@saurabhsharma6939]

"and got a job as a programmer. It’s a life of well-paid drudgery" LMAO

[@ikahanim7939]

Ikr. Common misconception. Lol

[@haldan_or_glitch]

John:"... series of encounters on the streets of Genoa, Italy" Me: ThE wOmAn FrOm ItALy

[@martinag5479]

Me, an Italian: *hears the word Italy* uuuh finally somewhere I belong to

[@gaiamritawhitright8890]

però quando she dissed napoli mi sono offesa tantissimo

[@beltaya276]

ur telling me that jon is extremely paranoid n yet he hasn't realised not sasha is not sasha... interesting. i wonder if he'll ever find the tape, now THAT would be interesting. we got to listen to it and this seems to be us as the next archivist/listening from the future so its gotta be recovered somehow

[@purplecatloverrandompizza]

*listens to Sasha's tape * Jon: wait a fucking minute.

[@skyclaude8847]

Starting to think that Gerard Keay is loosely based off of Gerard Way lmao

[@TheNitpickChick]

Accurate aesthetic! Just add eye tattoos and grow out the hair a bit, and you’re pretty much golden! 😃 lol

[@codiialonso2134]

why did i think the same

[@marys.9367]

Funnily enough, Jonny Sims has said that he was completely unaware of Gerard Way when he made the character of Gerard Keay. Far as I'm aware, it's just a really crazy coincidence

[@Amalgemotion]

Oh come now, Jon. The most suspicious thing Elias Bouchard ever did was smoke weed in the no-open-flame institute file rooms. 👀 The guy is completely innocent and deserves better.

[@just_a_cryptid]

Wait he did what?

[@lahlybird895]

Yeah, he definitely hasn't been bribed into shutting down food investigations before

[@byong9954]

omg it's so much better listening to this on yt than on spotify. it's like watching a horror playthough while u read comments so u dont get 2 spooked

[@epiphanierosenstern5635]

The fact that Sasha don't have any difference after went trough a traumatic experience should have been a clue Jon

[@dracorex426]

They're good boys Jon!

[@pyrosianheir]

It amuses me on a very sad level that Jon thinks he can't trust any of them, but that NotSasha's the least sus of the bunch. Edit: also, Elias is hiding.... SO much. Just... there's an entire plotline or 3 that he could spill the beans about.

[@ErrorNotFound-nl1sh]

Poor Jon, he sounds so paranoid and anxious and he really needs some tea and some hugs. Martin! Where art thou?!

[@KatanaDen]

Marvelous use of reverse psychology there Michael marvelous indeed!

[@frogonthebikeheh]

And what if Jon being suspicious and getting crazy is just the fact that he doesn't know what's suspicious, but he feels something is, but the need to *KNOW* is what is driving him crazy, the need to *SEE* .

[@jessbailie3539]

Right is Gerard a good guy? He sorta seems chaotic good or chaotic neutral, although he does need some interacting-with-humans lessons, Jon could probably join in on those lessons

[@fruitygarlic3601]

Love this comment in combination with your pfp edit: I have no recollection of it at all.

[@jessbailie3539]

@@fruitygarlic3601 lmao thanks, only just realised what my pfp was 😂

[@mimkyodar]

Gerry is probably one of the true heroes of the show.

[@levchenkodarya]

Elias in the next episode: Me asking you to stop watching your colleagues' houses didn't mean you should spy on mine!!

[@samtigerlilly1003]

Ooo an alone episode, cool!

[@carmastryker554]

They should get with Netflix and make this a tv series

[@GarethOfByzantium]

Yes!

[@BackToBrazil]

Martin and Tim: So how are we gonna see some stars with all these closed blinds over here!? *Opens blinds to see Jon* AaAaAaAaAaA

[@lilalino]

LMAO there are so many possible funny situations with the whole spying thing

[@dannymern6425]

Oh, I thought that might be Jared Keay as well

[@mayormarshmallow]

Gerard Keay

[@yeetusdeletus84]

He's lost in the sauce

[@mars6128]

on the warnings bit of the transcript, it lists thalassophobia... this is going to be fun...

[@Nizati]

Rewatching the series here so spoilers: Ah Jon, at his most clueless. This is why he is so drawn to the Eye, and not the Web. He wants all the info on everyone, but has Nooo ability to process that info into any sane conclusion (let alone use/manipulate that info to his advantage). Also just realized the eye covers those insane conspiracy theorists: Wanting all the info (that fits their hair-brain narrative), and accusing everyone of the most extreme things but won't dare to consider the obvious.

[@allie_678]

The conspiracy theorist point was really interesting, considering that a lot of conspiracy theorists in real life (the ones I’ve come across, anyway) seem to consider an eye as a sign of evil. That is, they’ll see a symbol of an eye and automatically say it’s connected to some secret society trying to take over the world, like the illuminati or freemasons or something. It actually makes a sort of twisted sense that conspiracy theorists would literally fear the eye, even as they seek the knowledge it gives… it’s their form of worship, though they don’t know it.

[@sandymcneish7820]

I haven't been listening to these for a while (sorry guys) so this is the first one I've heard for about a month. Needless to say I'll be listening to them a lot more now this one was excellent!!!

[@evagrev7351]

My theory from this episode and what we know until now: This is definitely relared with the episode "alone". In both cases we have a person who prefers being alone, doesn't really have strong ties with friends or other people, and end up getting "lost" in a place all alone. In this episode, the witness ends up "in a crowd, but still all alone" as she said, and losing herself in that. In both cases, the thought of someone they deeply cared about was what helped them get out of that dimension. And as i said in a previous comment, i believe all dimensions are all in the same place (including the real-life dimension) so once you enter one dimension and start walking in it, when you'll leave you'll be at a different place from where you left the real-life dimension, which explains why she was found somewhere else from where she was last before entering that dimension, and how the same hapenned to the woman from "alone" too. But yeah, ethan was exactly like her, all alone, no real ties with anyone else, so when he was also drawn from that loneliness entity he couldn't get out 'cause, unlike our witness, he didn't know what he needed to do to get out. It seems like some entites only draw in them people who already resonate/sync with them, like the vast sky with the skydiver, and the loneliness with this witness and the other one from "alone" (i'm sure there were other examples until now too but those are the ones who came at the top of my head). As for not!sasha, the change is obvious to us but for the characters it's not. Probably because the not!entity has the power of changing memories and even documents, just like with not!graham where even all the photos of graham were altered to look like not!graham besides the polaroids, which makes me believe that there is something in old machines that the supernatural entities can't fully manipulate as they can with the digital machines (just like John can't use digital means for those recordings and uses this tape recorder instead). That man in the cafe was very likely gerard who could see she was marked, which means that he could see that she was targeted by an entity because she resonated with one of them, so he asked these questions to see with which one. It became pretty obvious pretty fast that the loneliness was the one that synced with her, so he told her to think of the person she has strong ties with, meaning to think of the person that makes her not being alone, thus not being totally synced with the loneliness entity. With all we know for him so far, and what Michael said previously, i believe there is a war between entities or more like the entities are not all in harmony with each other. Some are enemies, some are allies and some are neutral like Michael/spiral entity. Some entities even have cults for them, like the closed eye entity (in the episode with the mass-murderer dad, we learn that the witness's mother was part of a cult with a closed eye as their symbol) and the loneliness entity (in alone we learn that lukas family were very religious family but the son was not which is why he left and had a differemt life from them). Gerard has already killed someone from the fireless fire (or something like that, can't remember if that was its name) (maybe they have a cult too) so we know that the open eye and the fireless fire are not in good terms. The open eye was also called beholding from Gerard (and the nurse from that story started feeling being watched after that incident), which was also used to describe the magnus institute from prentiss, which means that the open eye has some relation with the magnus institute. And because of the letter magnus got before he created the magnus institute, either he created it for the open eye (as in working for it) or because of it (as in after that letter he did some investigation and found out something that lead him to create this institute)

[@a.b.6689]

This comment has more words than I have braincells

[@evagrev7351]

@@a.b.6689 I-.. I can't understand if this comment is a compliment or an offense.. 😕😣

[@a.b.6689]

@@evagrev7351 honestly just means I'm too stupid to even understand what you wrote but I admire the determination 👁️👄👁️👍

[@evagrev7351]

@@a.b.6689 oh.. okay 😅

[@moonbunnygw8342]

Considering how much Oliver warns others I'm surprised it's not him

[@giisides2870]

Okay was decidedly shocked when Slovenia was mentioned as a third generation Slovenian American. I feel noticed~

[@RoseMultiverse]

I wonder if these supernatural creatures feast on human flesh or souls or what? Like why target humans? Or do they target animals too?

[@TheNitpickChick]

👀

[@levchenkodarya]

The statement of Daisy, a good girl from Richardson family. Statement begins.

[@PyramidXSlender]

I don't get it - did he have to remember his mother's face to protect her or himself? Did something grab Ethan instead of her?

[@jayh.3301]

To protect herself! And what tried to grab andrea probably grabbed ethan, but thats not quite related to andrea's situation but rather his own

[@PyramidXSlender]

@@jayh.3301 oh, I see, I thought it was a guy who gave the statement

[@sknfmsmr]

@@PyramidXSlender me too. And since we all are into gay stuff I was sure that everyone was gonna say 'I ship them'. It turned out it's a girl and I can't find even mentioning of it XD

[@saurabhsharma6939]

Most probably I think Ethan was the "supernatural being" here

[@vladshadowking]

Personally I think it was some phenomenon where you would get into the crowd and slowly become assimilated. She started seeing those people, started screaming at them and the description said something about their faces being blurry as if someone recorded them screaming and sped-up their movements. Basically, I think it's about the concept of losing your identity inside the crowd and remembering a loved person was supposed to be like an anchor, something to focus on and help you remain yourself, like those totems from Inceptions if you saw the movie.

[@laughingmask3118]

STOP MAKING JONNY BOY SLIP SLOWLY INTO MADNESS, DAMMIT! I LOVE HIM!

[@CytheriaXylia]

Martin: Worried about Jon Tim: Rattled after a traumatic experience Elias: Trying to pull shit together as his Archivist falls apart. Jon: They are being STRANGE and I CANNOT trust them. "Sasha": Has a complete personality change, suspiciously lost a big piece of evidence and now speaks like a emotionally stunted victorian child. Jon: She has been completely normal and the entity that warned me about her not being normal is obviously LYING to me

[@mrmastaofdesasta6994]

I like how Jon's takeaway from that intervention is that he should take care not to be spotted in the future

[@hamburgerdog25]

Elias: you need to stop spying on your coworkers Jon: I would never Elias: Tim says you've been watching his house. Jon: what?! No, thats rediculous- _*three nights earlier, outside Tim's house_ Tim: hey, buddy, what'cha doing? Jon: watching your house.

[@hamnahmashood9094]

Jon - Investigation Elias, Tim, Martin and literally everyone else - SPYINGGGGGG

[@victoriansquirrel]

I did not expect to cry about my cancelled interrail ticket in the first five minutes. :(

[@MinxyMania]

FREAKING JON!! LOOK AND YOU WILL KNOW GOD

[@fauxclaws]

"tim says you've been watching his house" that made me giggle a little, but wow jons *really* losing it.

[@MoonlightTheWarrior]

SLOVENIA, SERIOUSLY?? Fuck bruh, this just made my day. It's not often people mention us.

[@levchenkodarya]

I really hope that Jon being paranoid about everyone, *except* Not!Sasha, is an effect of whatever the entity Not!Sasha is, because if not, I'm really worried about his understanding of humans' behaviour...

[@thebard7664]

13:15 to 14:00 is exactly what a dissociative episode feels like

[@kehlcassidy9562]

So, we've had a couple of episodes now where The Supernatural preys on a character's loves, not their fears- Lost John's Cave, the skydiving episode, Grifters Bone, etc. I love how the character in this story doesn't give up on the thing that brought her joy. At the end of the statement, she's like, yep, still gonna travel! Just maybe with friends. And in the follow-up, she's back to travelling alone. Love it. That's real strength ! Like, NOPE, sorry creepy shit, you're not gonna take my passions away! Badass! This statement giver is based af.

[@marylii04]

Jon: hmmm, my boss told me to stop spying on my coworkers? Surely it means he's a killer, not that my paranoia got too far

[@ludo_narr]

Even funnier (Spoiler): Elias scolding Jon like "You have been spying on your co-workers, are you not ashamed? What kind of monster would do that?"

[@PyramidXSlender]

I like Naples a lot! Wonderful live city full of history and art!

[@astheusual]

Andrea reminds me of Naomi fromm the episode 13 s1

[@a_jae_doe]

Jon: I’ve connected the dots Elias: you didn’t connect shit Jon: I’ve connected them

[@ann-margretparke9525]

Great Barrier Reef mention!

[@levchenkodarya]

This statement reminds me of a time when I accidentally got myself in a crowd that was running into the mall, two days before the New Year. Not being able to move out of the crowd, noise instead of an actual speach, more grimaces than faces, their clothes being quiet similar, though there were some differences between males and females...