this killed me on sight wtf

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Oh god you couldn't be more right lmao

GOD, THIS PUT ME 6 FEET UNDER MYSELF. THIS IS FUCKING GOLDEN, I AM IN TEARS.

😂

The Eye is mostly like questioning why they picked him

I like the narrative the fans have that the eye basically picked Jon up like a scraggly stray cat & said “this is the one” and has regretted it ever since

Lol the Eye doesn’t want some Boring protagonist who just gets things DONE. This is way more entertaining

This sums Jon up really well

​@@flamingtorrent2109 This comment just added 9 years back into my life XD

Yeah that struck me. God, voice acting is so good in this series.

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Ikr! It freaking broke me when he said that😭

It felt like he was gonna say is "all you lose is one more monster

​@nateds7326 that was my exact thought "all you lose is an enemy". They made him feel like he didn't deserve to feel human anymore 😢

CRYING

yeah, that shits brutal. i mean after everything she did to innocent people i kind of felt like she deserved to die but this is... just so much worse

Dw she was just vibing

You could say it was a rebirth~

it keeps you alive. Jon explains all of that.

She was probably in there for a shorter amount of time than anyone else in there

"this may as well happen"

"I've already been trapped in a living coffin dirt hell for months, at this point I've stopped questioning it."

“Adult life is already so god damn weird”

Your username makes me not trust you.

@@WormHome your name isn’t exactly trustworthy either Jane

We've got an avatar of the stranger and vast. We also have the ghost of Jane Prentiss.

​@@shewolfblacklink1062you missed the hunt... 😂

​@@shewolfblacklink1062EYE SEE YOU ALL.

Great observation. I like seeing glimmers of Daisy's potential to be better, especially out of the grip of the Hunt...

@@micah2879 so interesting to see where and when people who are to be avatars or are touched by entities have the choice to surrender to it or fight it, like oliver did when he died, like john did in his coma and now daisy is actively trying to seperate herself from the Hunts traction

It really is baffling to see people hate Daisy _just_ because she was a cop, as if people can't end up on the wrong path in life, let alone choose to be better after recognizing that. The whole "once a pig always a pig" mentality some fans have towards her is really annoying and, frankly, immature. Even then, Daisy wasn't _that_ kind of cop. She was a section 31 officer. The people and "things" she killed were probably better off dead. She admits to accidentally killing an innocent person ONCE, which is a tragedy but she clearly felt guilt over it. People don't hate Trevor because he accidentally killed a non-vampire once. I think TMA tastefully criticized corrupt police with Daisy's character while avoiding making her a completely unforgivable one at the same time. She was an officer, and enjoyed hurting people, but she was also a section 31 so she only really hurt cultists and monsters, presumably. And the enjoyment came from being marked by The Hunt. If anything, the flawed characters in TMA are a good reminder that you can forgive while not forgetting. Or, rather, you can not forgive an action while forgiving the person.

@@bugjams I didn't hate Daisy because she was a cop, I hated her because she was an asshole to everyone.

​@eathotchipandlie6083 Perhaps you have never been on the other end of a violent, powerful, power abusing cop? You might not find the sentiment quite so immature if you had.

Ikr, this has been a rollercoaster and all but, all I need right now is some MARTIN AND JON MOMENTS😭

Poor Jon, he needs a long vacation

Glad to know it's normal for fans of this series to listen to it whilst playing minecraft, cause I do it to

Me: Ah yes! A nice lovely Podcast to listen while studying. Nice to listen to, does take too much my attention, perfect background noise for my ADHD brain Later: I have unfortunately fallen into a trap

​@@emero.a.scythe1786 thats exacly what i do

LMFAOOOO ITS SO MUCH FUNNIER WORDED LIKE THAT

I loved that part

The Coffin: "Awe, but I... **sigh**... but I wanna...."

​@@Ghostrecall_M Jon: no, really, I mean you just- Coffin: you know, I'm a part of this too- Jon: no, I know, but- Coffin: its fine. Its fine just...*sigh, come on then

he is, even if he screws up sometimes. he really doesn't deserve what he gets

He's a Good Boy and I want to protect him 🥺

I will stab whoever harms the jarchivist

Isolating himself due to some bullshit orders Peter has given

Ik I'm late but like yeah... Like he really cares for his assistants. Unlike fucking Gertrude who shoved Micheal into a door and made Gerry into a book with little to no remorse from what I can't tell

at this point he was so desperate for friends he was willing to throw himself into dirt hell to find his coworkers rabid cop girlfriend

@@leomorris7573 yup. I think he really wants to get some people back, maybe show his will combined with the eye's help isn't totally evil. They will possibly need eachother for whatever terror comes next.

And I think it's hard for Jon to be faced with the coffin, knowing that she is down there suffering, and not do anything about it (for all that everyone says his powers are "evil", he seems determined to utilize them for good)

I feel terrible for him, he wants his friends to trust him

That’s why I adore Jon. He may make mistakes, but he IS a good man. Georgie was right about that.

“Daisy you’re at -672 and i need you at a solid 3”

@@Barely_Here 3 and a half even I'm feeling patient today

Yeah well i'm guessing the only one who would get actually sad would be Martin. But not for long, with the lonely and all.

Yes, I'm on my 6th listen to this podcast, and every time I hear these bitches being mean to him I get FURIOUS 😠. He is their boss after all!!

lmaoo I can imagine Basira entering the room as they go *pop pop pop* all over the place like "what the hell"

@@fluffsnake Like an eldritch popcorn machine!

jon's lesser known archivist power: spontaneous tape recorder manifestation

I can't help but laugh at the idea of Jon's fat butt stuck in the middle of the Buried as he contemplates his bad life decisions xD

@@amphitritemists4595 implying jon doesn't have a completely flat ass. heresy

WHAT SHIRT WAS JON WEARING

a commenter on an earlier episode said they imagined jon was wearing one of those highly specific, targeted ad t-shirts from facebook like “sorry, i’m a grandma to four children, i was born in january, i’m from texas, i love horses, i hate stupid people, don’t mess with me”

@@faxonii that comment is legendary, it needs to go down in fandom

@@faxonii I remember that comment!! It’s so strange to see it referenced multiple episodes later by someone else.. I wonder whether there’s fanart of Jon in that shirt somewhere online 😂💀

he had to change shirt in us after hunters pair I think. Daisy was acting weird when she saw him in that one but I don't remember the episode number

I wholeheartedly agree, Jon you're great buddy

Because the tapes aren't his... It's a projection of a fear god.

The flesh statement before gave him the inspiration, but it's also easier to think of an actual part of your body as an anchor. At this point in the story Jon's connection with the eye wasn't as strong or he wasn't as aware of it at least, and probably didn't see the tapes as an actual Part of himself.

Probably because the recorder, altough part of his manifestation and powers of the Eye, are not estrictly his enough to be attached as we have seen him change it more than 3 times

MINOR SHORT-TERM SPOILER: Actually, the recorder IS the Anchor. Jon just assumes his rib was, but his connection got stronger after all the other tape recorders show up, courtesy of Martin helping from the shadows. It's mentioned in a conversation between him and Peter Lukas later.

@@wakipaki7381 so he got rid of two ribs for nothing? that's uh, quite dumb

Its easier when you don't have as many

When I broke a rib that’s exactly how it felt and it suckedddd

Me on a daily basis 😎

Welcome to the "the Buried actually freaks me out" club 😎

_The Buried would like to know your location._

Jon sees the pros and cons of a situation, but determines that “possible self-sacrifice” isn’t important because he has very little self-worth and the people at the archives usually beat him up any time he tries his hardest. Maybe it’s projection on my part but I know the workings of my own mind (and do not fix the issues)

If you want an actual answer and haven't progressed yet, SPOILER: It was actually Martin. He placed all the tape recorders around the coffin and his rib to help Jon get back, Peter calls him out on it in a later episode.

Wait what who did the spiral protect??

@@americantoastman7296 The Priest/Exorcists in Mag 19 and 20 I assume

@@wakipaki7381 that’s not confirmed; we just know Martin had been piling them, not that they actually helped draw him out of The Buried

The spider pit the recorder, Martin put the rib

ThatBleak nice

Cursed

:O

this got such a modest chuckle out of me, I maybe should just become a dad for the dad jokes

this comment with the spiral icon is sending me so hard it doesn't even need a stamp on the envelope

@@SI-nx3fo im picturing helen saying this as he exits the coffin dhfjfjfj

behold, someone described the entirety of the magnus archives in 6 words

I KNOW RIGHT (I KNOW IN 3 YEARS LATE BUT STILL)

Need to listen to some Vast to balance it out.

That cave diving episode is still the one that made me most uncomfortable

@@nanahuatli2144 whenever i watch splunking videos i watch skydiving videos to cancel them out with good ol magnus logic

@@micahconnor8954 It's a good recipe! If it works for dark gods, why not for you?

Like, same. I've been in a cave really, I wasn't scared, though it was really small. But everytime there is The Buried episode, it is the one that scares me.

“Emulate the feeling of a womb” UM (´･_･`)

Lmao me. I have 5 blankets in my bed so I can feel like I’m back in the womb it’s actually really nice

It's a Welsh accent and she's always had it.

I'm soft for practically all the characters except Peter Lukas he can leave the chat and I would throw a "good riddance" party

@@amphitritemists4595 what about Elias, he's just as bad (if not worse) as peter lukas

@@lilaboxx It's been six months and I've finished the podcast but my views have changed and now I love Peter Lukas even roleplay as him in a discord chat (always loved Elias though that's an issue I'm trying to resolve) xD

@@amphitritemists4595 not gonna lie, i love Elias as a character but i still want to punch him everytime he speaks

@@lilaboxx For me, I want to kiss him also as much I want to stab him I think it's his smug little voice and all the fanart and cosplays Ive seen :P

it sound sad. Mournful, even

Ikk, I a d o r e theorizing about if artifacts/being marked by a fear could protect you from an opposing fear. Like, say, a lonely artifact/person to prevent flesh hives ? Or an eye artifact to bring into the distortions halls ? Or maybe eye would work better with dark xD

Well, we've seen that The Eye can counteract the effects of The Stranger. Even if Jon couldn't see through the Unknowing, he could make Tim see by asking him a question. I wonder if he had just asked himself what he saw, if he could've snapped out of it the same way?

I wonder if the coffin would even let a powerful avatar of the Vast in.

[TAPE CLICKS ON.] [WE ARE IMMEDIATELY GREETED WITH THE ARCHIVIST’S CRY OF PAIN.] ARCHIVIST (CONT’D) I-I think - (more cries) Oh god. I-I-I think I’m-I’m stuck. [TAPE CLICKS OFF.] [TAPE CLICKS ON.] [HE’S STILL STUCK. WE CAN TELL BY THE EXTREMELY LABORED CRIES OF PAIN. BUT THEN HE STOPS. HE’S CUT OFF BY - A ROLL OF THUNDER?] ARCHIVIST (CONT’D) Wha-What? [THE DRONING RUMBLING CONTINUES, AND AS THE ARCHIVIST TAKES SEVERAL SHAKY BREATHS OF SURPRISE, IT GETS LOUDER.] ARCHIVIST (CONT’D) (whisper) Oh no. N - [THERE’S A CRACK, AND WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A LANDSLIDE, IF YOU COULD FIND A LANDSLIDE INSIDE A COFFIN. THE ARCHIVIST YELLS, MAKES SEVERAL STRANGLED SOUNDS, FOLLOWED BY MANY MORE SOUNDS OF PAIN.] ARCHIVIST (CONT’D) Daisy! J - DAISY! [MORE SOUNDS OF STRUGGLE.] DAISY (from far away) John! [TAPE CLICKS OFF.] [TAPE CLICKS ON.] ARCHIVIST Daisy, can you reach me? DAISY (is this a dream?) I can’t. Can’t see you. ARCHIVIST Follow my voice. DAISY Is that? - I, I can’t - [PAINED SOUND FROM THE ARCHIVIST.] ARCHIVIST Ah - DAISY You - You’re real. You’re real. ARCHIVIST Yes. (pain) I’m here, Daisy. DAISY (still hazy) Daisy. Yeah. Daisy. That’s me. [SHE LETS OUT A SHORT, MIRTHLESS LAUGH.] ARCHIVIST Are you alright? DAISY I, I, I can’t move; I - I can’t - And I can’t - breathe, and - [SHE STARTS BREATHING HEAVIER.] ARCHIVIST Oh, god. DAISY Just - alone. I, I think. I think. I hear, uh, this, sometimes - singing. When it’s we - when it’s wet. Or scratching, trying to get out - But I don’t - I don’t - (struggling to get the words out) I don’t think there’s - there’s anyone - there. (continues struggling) It’s just - It’s just - me. Til now. ARCHIVIST Are you… Are you okay? DAISY No. ARCHIVIST Sorry. Obviously. No, I just meant - Y, You sound- okay. DAISY Do I? ARCHIVIST I thought you might’ve been - taken over. By the Hunt. DAISY What? ARCHIVIST The Hunt. You’re a Hunter. DAISY (strained) Yeah - I guess I was. But- not here. ARCHIVIST No. DAISY N-no. I- I can’t f-feel my blood. I could always feel it- I can’t, It can’t reach me here. (struggles) Where are we? ARCHIVIST The coffin. We’re in the coffin. I-It leads to… Well, it’s got a lot of names. Choke. The Buried. (pain) Too-Close-I-Cannot-Breathe. DAISY Yeah. Sounds - sounds right. ARCHIVIST Come on. (pain) Let’s get you out of here. DAISY Can’t - can’t move. Even - if I - if I could. There’s no way out. ARCHIVIST It’s okay, I’ve uh - I’ve got a plan. DAISY I-Is this like all your other plans? ARCHIVIST It’s fine; I just - I just need to - to find it. DAISY What? ARCHIVIST Come on. Come on, where are you? DAISY John? ARCHIVIST Come on. [A LARGE, LOW RUMBLING BEGINS. THE ARCHIVIST BREATH TURNS RAGGED. THERE’S A STATIC.] DAISY John? ARCHIVIST I know. DAISY Th-The way out? ARCHIVIST No. I know where we are. There isn’t no out, not here. This is- This is forever deep below creation. Where the weight of existence bears down. This is The Buried, and we are alive. There isn’t even an up. Oh god. (pain) What have I done? [SILENCE, BUT FOR DAISY’S BREATHING.] DAISY N-Not alone, though. ARCHIVIST (barely a whisper) No. No, not alone. [MORE SILENCE.] DAISY John? ARCHIVIST (immediately) Still here. DAISY Good, I - (swallows) Good. I- I- I- I want to talk. ARCHIVIST Okay, um. What do you want to talk about? DAISY D - I, I don’t care, I- I- I just, I just want someone to hear me.

ARCHIVIST Well, I’m not going anywhere. [DAISY’S BREATHING APPROACHES A PANICKED LAUGH, AND SHE’S NOT ABLE TO GET OUT MORE THAN A FEW SYLLABLES.] ARCHIVIST (CONT’D) Daisy? DAISY I, I want to, but it’s - difficult. ARCHIVIST Would it help if I - a-ask? DAISY Y-Yeah, yes, alright. Do your… thing. ARCHIVIST (pain) Right. (he clears his throat) Uh… [HIS TRADEMARK STATIC BEGINS TO BUILD.] ARCHIVIST (CONT’D) How are you feeling? DAISY Scared. I, I’m, I’m, s-scared. I’ve been scared the whole time here. Not just when it- when it’s - cr-crushing, w-when it f-fills your - your mouth with- with di-dirt. (pause) It knows when to stop. W-When to e-ease back, so you don’t - don’t lose it, or grow numb. L-Leaves you terrified for when it s-starts again, and when it does, y-you’re, you’re s-scared it’ll - (sniff) never - never stop. (on the brink of crying) I thought- thought I’d (breath) I’d ne-never see the sky again, never - (close to breaking) never s-see Basira - (she composes herself) But - But - But now - you - you’ve got out of, of, of other stuff like this; maybe, maybe you’ll get out of this, and, and then take me with you. (heavy breathing) But I don’t know what I’ll be out, outside. (pause) The-The Hunt, it can’t reach me here. I’m s-scared, but - mm - (straining sound) But I - I feel more - feel more me… than I have for years. Maybe all my life. The Hunt was me - (strain) But I don’t - I don’t think I liked it. I think it just made me - need it. (strain) I hurt. A lot of people. And some who - who I shouldn’t have. (effort) Did you ever hear the story Elias told me? About what I - did. How I am. He - He didn’t get a detail wrong. The Hunt. Hunger was in me all my life. Telling me who to chase. How to hurt them. (heavy breathing) I never needed to think. Who I was outside of that. But down here, where I-I can’t hear the - blood, anymore. I, I don’t - I don’t know who I am without, without the chase. I just know that I - I don’t like who I was, back outside. I don’t want to be her again. I want - to be - better. (breathing) Mmm - (more breathing) Y-You know what I thought, when I woke up here? I thought this was hell. I wa- I was dead, and I was in hell. And I - (sob) I knew I deserved it. (strain) I don’t want t-to b,be a s-sadistic predator again. I-I don’t want to hobble around like some - pathetic wounded prey here. I don’t know which would be worse. But I’m sc-scared now. That I won’t ever get the choice. ARCHIVIST (pain) One thing I’ve learned, Daisy, is that we all get a choice. Even if it doesn’t feel like one. [PAUSE.] DAISY I was gonna kill you. You know that, right? [THE ARCHIVIST LAUGHS, AS MUCH AS HE CAN, CURRENT SITUATION CONSIDERED.] ARCHIVIST I mean, I definitely got that impression when you (pain) dragged me into the woods for an execution. [ANOTHER SOUND OF PAIN.] DAISY No. (heh) No. After the mission. I was planning to kill you. ARCHIVIST I… I did not know that. DAISY I realized - you were in my dreams. R-R-Reliving - this. T-The coffin. You were there. ARCHIVIST Yes. DAISY Didn’t think it was real. Not really. Just my mind putting you there, because I hated you, but no. One night, you turn up in a new shirt. Didn’t fit you. Not your style. (shaky breath) I-I didn’t think much of it, just a-a dream. Then you come back from the States, and guess what you’re wearing. ARCHIVIST Oh. DAISY (overlapping) Realized what was happening then. Realized you weren’t human. Needed to die, as soon as it was safe. Never mind Elias, and his… insurance. ARCHIVIST And now? DAISY Don’t know. I- I miss dreaming. You don’t sleep, down here. ARCHIVIST Daisy - you should know, I-I’m - (he chooses his words carefully) I-If I wasn’t human before, I’m, uh - I’m even less now. [IN THE BACKGROUND, THE RUMBLING SOUND OF THE BURIED IS DRIVING BACK UP IN FULL FORCE.] DAISY Yeah. Well. At the moment, I don’t care. ARCHIVIST And if we get out? DAISY But we can’t get out. ARCHIVIST No. [THE ARCHIVIST CRIES OUT AGAIN AS THE WRATH OF THE BURIED COMES BACK FULL FORCE. DAISY DOES NOT YELL, BUT HER BREATHS GET EVEN MORE LABOURED, AND SHE STRAINS OUT A FEW SYLLABLES.] DAISY I’m s - I’m sorry. I’m sorry, John. I’m sorry. [TAPE CLICKS OFF.] [TAPE CLICKS ON.] [THE ARCHIVIST LETS OUT A BREATH OF SURPRISE.] ARCHIVIST D-Daisy! DAISY Uh - I’m, I’m here. ARCHIVIST I- I can- [THE ARCHIVIST’S OWN STATIC BEGINS TO RISE.] ARCHIVIST (CONT’D) It’s - It - It’s closer. DAISY What is? ARCHIVIST M-My, My, My anchor, my - the, oh, [THE BASS (STATIC) DROPS IN.] ARCHIVIST (CONT’D) a rib; I can f - I can feel - I know the way. [VARIOUS GASPING NOISES THAT MAY ALSO BE ‘WH-‘S FROM DAISY. THE ARCHIVIST BEGINS TO MOVE.] DAISY W-What? H-How? ARCHIVIST I don’t - (strain) It’s like - (strain) My mind link is - stronger. [MORE STRAINING AND GRUNTING AS THEY MOVE. THE STATIC GROWS LOUDER, HEAVIER.] DAISY (breathing heavy) Slow down. I-I can’t - ARCHIVIST Don’t let go. (effort) Come on. We’re close. This way. [THEY CONTINUE.] ARCHIVIST (CONT’D) Here, come on - push! [THEY BOTH GROAN LOUDLY AS THEY HEAVE AGAINST THE COFFIN LID, PUSHING IT OPEN. AS THEY DO, AND THE ARCHIVIST SIGHS IN RELIEF? CONTENTMENT? NUMEROUS VOICES OVERLAP IN THE BACKGROUND, SEEMINGLY ALL TALKING AT ONCE, SPEAKING OVER EACH OTHER AS IF THEY’RE IN A VERY LARGE CROWD.] DAISY Wh - We’re out! We’re really out! I can’t believe- ARCHIVIST Umm… DAISY What? What is it? ARCHIVIST Tape recorders. [Good lord,] must be dozens of them. [THE DOOR OPENS.] BASIRA John, you stupid idiot! What did you think? DAISY (soft) Hi. BASIRA Oh my god. [TAPE CLICKS OFF.]

@@petraivan6778 thank you!!! Ahahahshdhgd Basira and Daisy ;~;

You are welcome! Ohh a coffin episode :)

Petra Iván THEY GOT DAISY BACK!!! ALSOTHANKYOU

For the low, low price of: needing further therapy to recover from your therapy!

@@-S.L. That's what we have The Vast for!

I love what you've written about this, it's such a powerful episode. Poor Daisy's vulnerability, and the fact that she's probably the last person we'd expect to finally give Jon a non-confrontational conversation, but here we are. And Jon's Good Boi willingness to try to help people even in the face of their denial of his humanity is so bittersweet, I only hope they stop treating him like he's less human than any of them (especially since Daisy is a fricking avatar of the Hunt so she can't complain about other people being inhuman...)

:)))

I had to pause the ep to silently hold my face in my head's as I giggled

I just love distracting myself by reading the comments. The comedy really helps me get over the claustrophobia

With grit and determination

Yeah, it was something about Magnetic tapes? And Annologe not exactly being one thing like Digital? Idk I'm not very smart.... but I'll keep this at the back of my mind.

Awkward voice-crack Jon awkward voice-crack Jon awkward voice-crack Jon

Yes but only because I'm sick

Yes, because my brother is making jalapeño poppers and the smell is filling the house.