THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES #137 – Nemesis

MAG137 – Case #9950307 – Wallis Turner
Statement regarding an incident at the North Point prisoner-of-war camp, then later the sunken ship “Nemesis” in late 1942.

The Magnus Archives finds a statement from the Pu Songling Research Institute from an unwilling soldier sent to the Pacific theatre who gets involved in an unusually musical prisoner break.

Content Notes: Wartime trauma, POW experiences, torture, extreme violence

Starring: Gertrude Robinson – Sue Sims; The Archivist – Jonathan Sims
Writer: Jonathan Sims
Director: Alexander J Newall
Producer: Lowri Ann Davies
Editors: Alexander J Newall, Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead

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[allenl]

Maybe it's just me, but the thought of how the Lonely disrupts rituals is just hilarious.
Like, imagine you're doing your super important once-in-a-lifetime ritual and your main ritual thing just... doesn't show up.

[mimkyodar]

I like the subtle detail that he calls him Gerry. ... *sniff*

[twigthetroll]

According to all known laws of maritime, there is no way the Nemesis should’ve been able to float. Its deck was too full of rust and holes to keep its big twisted metal hull from filling with water. The Nemesis, of course, floated anyway. Because spooky supernatural ships and the cosmic fear entities they’re aligned with don’t care what humans think is impossible.

[brokenradios]

"it feels nice to hate something that can't hurt me" im calling it now, the final battle of season 5 will be against the archers

[Companion]

Gertrude said that she cared about Gerry and she still bound him to the book :( Also: "It feels nice to hate something that can't hurt me" Jon deserves so much better

[coraa]

The piper really said “how do you do fellow kids”

[thestranger]

The Statement: horrific detail about the violence of the Slaughter
Gertrude: lmao skill issue. Should’ve gone to Hiroshima.

[roseclearwater]

I feel like Gertrude theorizing about what made the ritual not work is really interesting for her character because it kind of shows how she doesn’t put much value on individual ppl. Like she thinks the ritual was stopped by bombs not occurring but perhaps it was just this statement giver being the only one who, even going through all the horrors of war, staying a passivist

[defunctroses]

"Get a cup off tea"
I see you Jon

[mrs.han_whitethorn]

It makes me really happy that Jon and Daisy are bonding

[mistydevillier]

I miss normal Sasha and kool-aid man Tim.

[neither_emonor_punk]

"the breadcrumbs I'm finding are... stale"
writing on this show sure is amazing

and, once again, my favorite type of a statement giver: I didn't want to so they couldn't make me attitude

[blueweirdness]

I feel like anytime The Slaughter is mentioned, I get that "man behind the" meme stuck in my head. Not the whole song, not the phrase "man behind the slaughter." No, just "man behind the man behind the man behind the man behind the, " just playing in a faint loop in the back of my mind.

[dallydaydream]

This character really got to me. I really felt for him; this podcast always does the tragedy of war really well, but Wallis... genuinely never wanted to hurt anyone, and it made me so sad that he found himself a soldier. Honestly I have to wonder if that's what disrupted the ritual. The fact that they'd accidentally abducted a pacifist.

[AnanasVert]

Oh man daisy getting jon into her favorite series is so wholesome. Finally, he has some human connections again.
oh no. something terrible is gonna happen to her and leave him even more alone than before, isn't it.

[lenaboyer]

Every time Jon calls Gerard Gerry it waters my crops and clears my skin

[loveyloverman]

everytime a himbo appears in a statement, death is coming. its the law of the tma universe

[lokimemes]

When you already listened to them all but still like every episode to show your support

[bitethebullet-]

Looks like Wallis passed his Wisdom saving throw

[cantaloupegodling]

I can't be the only one who really thinks that Jon, The Archivist, might want to avoid Learning about the Ritual of Beholding.

The Avatar of knowledge gaining knowledge about a ritual for it's god just sounds like a risk you might want to avoid.