THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES #76 - The Smell of Blood

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  • Опубликовано: 3 ноя 2024

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  • @purplecatloverrandompizza
    @purplecatloverrandompizza 3 года назад +779

    Melanie: whose the new assistant? What happened to Sasha
    Jon: the wHAT😳

  • @charliem.1368
    @charliem.1368 4 года назад +2729

    “another Sasha? Are you collecting them?” [the artifact storage room is full of sasha after sasha. no sasha is safe] /j

    • @rosemarycat5
      @rosemarycat5 4 года назад +142

      This is the real reason Sasha found it unnerving to work in artifact storage

    • @nikonikoknees4488
      @nikonikoknees4488 4 года назад +39

      What do you use the sashas for?

    • @nikonikoknees4488
      @nikonikoknees4488 3 года назад +56

      @cak01vej oh, *casually eats a discarded Sasha* well they do taste pretty good :3

    • @belugaval144
      @belugaval144 3 года назад +23

      that line is so fucking funny

    • @allie_678
      @allie_678 2 года назад +9

      😂😂😂

  • @heresthadude1080
    @heresthadude1080 5 лет назад +1968

    I always wanted to hear Jonathan say "meme"

  • @brunacastro7614
    @brunacastro7614 4 года назад +1815

    oh god, FINALLY someone who noticed Not!Sasha isn't Sasha FINALLYYYYYYYYY

    • @pyrosianheir
      @pyrosianheir 3 года назад +92

      @cak01vej Nah, it was Melanie the last time, too. But, considering where NotSasha came from, it isn't crazy that Melanie might be the only one that even could know about her, barring any low-tech things of Sasha, like the tapes that went missing after Jane Prentiss attacked.

    • @stephenguivara8388
      @stephenguivara8388 3 года назад +5

      Lmao Why do we call it Not!Sasha?

    • @mimkyodar
      @mimkyodar 2 года назад +50

      @@stephenguivara8388 Because that's how she's credited in Episode 40. The Not!Them is the monster itself, but as its pretending to be Sasha, we call it NotSasha

    • @maggiem6209
      @maggiem6209 2 года назад +1

      I was looking for this comment!!

    • @hamburgerdog25
      @hamburgerdog25 Год назад +10

      @@stephenguivara8388 also you can see in the credits in the description in every episode shes in, shes listed as Not!Sasha

  • @mistykat3137
    @mistykat3137 4 года назад +2219

    John being offended when he was asked if he knows what a meme is is so funny

    • @frogonthebikeheh
      @frogonthebikeheh 2 года назад +83

      He's a cute little man with insomnia and mania about every one of his co-workers except Not!Sasha. ;)
      He the best.

    • @stevbe1723
      @stevbe1723 2 года назад +22

      Best line so far, although there's some real challenge for that spot

    • @dseray9494
      @dseray9494 Год назад +24

      Reminds me of 'I could be on drugs!'

    • @trin-is-late
      @trin-is-late Год назад +7

      @@dseray9494remains one of my favorites

    • @zypalitra8080
      @zypalitra8080 Год назад +24

      I like how for 99% of the series so far he's never once interrupted the interviewee once they start talking, but as soon as he's asked if he knows what a meme is he's instantly in there like "DO YOU DOUBT MY KNOWLEDGE, MORTAL"

  • @voidmatic
    @voidmatic 4 года назад +2892

    "yes I know what a meme is" - Jonathan Sims, in an angry tone, 13th February, 2017

    • @nikonikoknees4488
      @nikonikoknees4488 4 года назад +87

      "YeS i KnOw WhAt A mEmE iS" - sarcastic spongebob meme

    • @glumbortango7182
      @glumbortango7182 4 года назад +38

      @@nikonikoknees4488 Imagining Johnathan Sims and Spongebob back to back like that is funnier than I think you intended

    • @amphitritemists4595
      @amphitritemists4595 4 года назад +103

      I fully expected the supplimental to be "ok so i did some research and apparently a meme is..."😂

    • @Ra_the_Sun_god
      @Ra_the_Sun_god 3 года назад +22

      @@amphitritemists4595 oh that’s great

    • @nemodra4790
      @nemodra4790 2 года назад +14

      @@amphitritemists4595 meme is a scientific term introduced by Dawkins in the 70s, It became part of the internet culture only with popularization of social media sites.
      They are not the same, but Jon will probably know what meme is, no matter how old and pedantic he appears to us.

  • @samschmidt8772
    @samschmidt8772 3 года назад +1340

    I like how when given the photocopy, Jon immediately went into his statement reading with full voice acting with no hesitation whatsoever

    • @ametrime4754
      @ametrime4754 11 месяцев назад +59

      I thought he was possessed for a second i was like "oh ok were doing this now"

    • @thatonegirl3391
      @thatonegirl3391 5 месяцев назад +41

      I was really hoping Melanie would have brought it up and been like “wtf John why did you just switch like that and why do I suddenly feel like I’m being watched”

    • @Hositrugun
      @Hositrugun 4 месяца назад +14

      He's been doing this for over a year now, and according to the Season 1 finale, we only hear a very small percentage of all the recordings he does. I'm guessing it's just a force of habit to him at this point.

  • @queenmaj6576
    @queenmaj6576 4 года назад +2321

    awwww around 16:30 when melanie and jon get all excited about melanie's research 💞💖 we stan these nerd frenemies

    • @pianos4095
      @pianos4095 4 года назад +139

      Oh god I know, it was just so freaking cute and dumb

    • @DrMDHyde
      @DrMDHyde 4 года назад +47

      It’s cool shit!

    • @kaley_kayla6914
      @kaley_kayla6914 3 года назад +22

      i knowww omf

    • @Gingerbredgirl1
      @Gingerbredgirl1 3 года назад +32

      I WANTED TO COMMENT THE EXACT SAME THING!1!1! glad someone loves that scene as much as I do

    • @KateCantDraw
      @KateCantDraw 3 года назад +43

      @@pianos4095 the one thing that can unite any two people, Geeking out

  • @jadynnkotch1833
    @jadynnkotch1833 4 года назад +2104

    oh my goodness, if jon works on the tapes instead of investigating NotSasha i'm just going to accept the fact that she's going to kill them all

  • @dendakrmelova1201
    @dendakrmelova1201 4 года назад +680

    this is for melanie king and for melanie king only, so if you are not melanie king, please keep scrolling
    now that only melanie is here, i am free at friday at 7 pm an-

    • @trucetruce335
      @trucetruce335 4 года назад +40

      I had a friend with the same name as her but I think she spelled it different

  • @bobtheflyingmonkey
    @bobtheflyingmonkey 3 года назад +550

    He forgot to say, “Supplemental,” to start the supplemental part. A clear indication that he’s cracking.

    • @lahlybird895
      @lahlybird895 4 месяца назад +15

      I don't think he's actually mentioned the word supplemental for at least two or three episodes now actually

    • @happylittleloser
      @happylittleloser 2 месяца назад +4

      ​@@lahlybird895a few of the more recent episodes have involved Basira, who, due to her association with Section 31, has insisted all of her statements be off-the-record. All bits with Basira in them are supplementals

    • @lahlybird895
      @lahlybird895 2 месяца назад +1

      @@happylittleloser interesting

  • @CallMeNIBS
    @CallMeNIBS 5 лет назад +1525

    "I mean-wHAT" sums it up quite nicely

    • @jaderush4141
      @jaderush4141 4 года назад +82

      He also said it with exactly the same intonation as Martin after Jon accused him of being a ghost.

    • @applesource8261
      @applesource8261 2 года назад +50

      @@jaderush4141 "Martin.... Did you die?"

  • @dannymern6425
    @dannymern6425 4 года назад +531

    OOOOO! BUSTED, NOT!SASHA!

  • @grimgrinners
    @grimgrinners 3 года назад +567

    “You know what a meme is...”
    “Yes I know what a meme is!”
    My life is complete.

  • @fridaysantos738
    @fridaysantos738 5 лет назад +457

    YEES I kNoW wHat a MEME Is!!
    Jesus John

  • @cawareyoudoin7379
    @cawareyoudoin7379 5 лет назад +913

    "Do you know what a meme is?"
    How old does she think Jonathan is? I mean really?

    • @leomorris7573
      @leomorris7573 5 лет назад +188

      how many 30 year olds do you meet w greying hair

    • @bisexualantigone
      @bisexualantigone 4 года назад +116

      @@leomorris7573 There are a few but John definitely looks older than he is

    • @late_prince8945
      @late_prince8945 4 года назад +159

      @@leomorris7573 with job like that? My history teacher was fresh out of collage and he started greying after one year

    • @cecil9881
      @cecil9881 4 года назад +36

      Leo Morris My mom had white hairs in her twenties.

    • @waxingmoon2726
      @waxingmoon2726 4 года назад +30

      i seems like a stressful job so

  • @nalinmalhotra3319
    @nalinmalhotra3319 4 года назад +1188

    Sasha acts weird and has her voice changed
    Jon: Martin's upto some shit
    Michael: bruh! you know that's not Sasha right?
    Jon: wdym but Tim sure is acting weird
    Melanie: *literally screaming* THAT'S NOT THE SAME WOMAN I MET BEFORE!!
    Jon: lol wut? Obviously that's Sasha! 😂

    • @rosesinwinter3919
      @rosesinwinter3919 3 года назад +122

      The Not!Them alters memory. It makes perfect sense why Jon didn't suspect her

    • @BeautifulEarthJa
      @BeautifulEarthJa 2 года назад +29

      at the same time, he is taking the position of the idiot/oblivious in the horror movies and its annoying

    • @Falcon-doing-doodles
      @Falcon-doing-doodles 2 года назад +48

      To be fair, imagine if someone you barely knew told you a family member wasn't the same person they had met 6 months ago. I'd be confused too

    • @ayonixanimations
      @ayonixanimations Год назад +22

      @@Falcon-doing-doodles Valid, but with Jon's paranoia you'd think he'd suspect all of NotSasha's weird actions regardless.

    • @midnights2631
      @midnights2631 Год назад +19

      I mean, to be fair, I won't trust "Michael" if I was in Jon's position.

  • @grfrjiglstan
    @grfrjiglstan 8 месяцев назад +49

    The best part was hearing Jon mouth "glasses" after she mentioned them. It was like he recognized that the Sasha he knew did wear glasses, but he just couldn't square it with the fake memories Not!Sasha implanted in him.

  • @flying_pig_girl
    @flying_pig_girl 4 года назад +583

    I absolutely _adore_ Melanie and Jon's dynamic!!!

  • @A_Classy_Phoenix
    @A_Classy_Phoenix 2 года назад +329

    Melanie: "Tall, long hair, glasses."
    Jon: "Glasses?"
    Relistening to the whole series with some really high quality headphones and completely did not hear that the first few times. You pick up so many little details.

    • @MrIsizukuri
      @MrIsizukuri Год назад +9

      thank you, now I can hear it too!

    • @Vi_Vi_1
      @Vi_Vi_1 2 месяца назад

      It's SO subtle and so good. This podcast is full of amazing details

  • @conandenz8413
    @conandenz8413 4 года назад +696

    Jon, Tim, and Melanie all had the same inability to leave their situation. Jon and tim couldn't quit even though they wanted to, Jon couldn't fire Tim, and Melanie says that she felt she couldn't leave it be. Idk seems weird. Hope we see more of Melanie in the future, she's cool.

    • @jambur6577
      @jambur6577 4 года назад +50

      same with Marvin when he mentioned in season one that he wrote letters of resignation but could never turn them in

    • @DrMDHyde
      @DrMDHyde 4 года назад +35

      I think Jon and Tim literally can’t. Held by the archive.

    • @takeoats
      @takeoats 2 года назад +4

      @@jambur6577 lul Marvin

  • @Companion92
    @Companion92 4 года назад +407

    I have the feeling that the not!Sasha affair is going to mess Jon up bad even more

  • @b-blythe6763
    @b-blythe6763 4 года назад +425

    During the episode with Not!Graham, the table seemed weird but irrelevant to what happened to him. Then when Sasha got taken, I started thinking the table summoned the replacement creatures, like how that weird vase in a different episode spat out some kind of monster that took the narrator's husband. But Not!Sasha's comment about the patterns unnerving her and looking like spiderwebs makes me think the replacement monsters are something separate, but they're trying to keep an eye on the table. Maybe Sasha was replaced not to infiltrate the archive but so Not! Sasha could stick close to the table.

    • @jaxsonadros2066
      @jaxsonadros2066 Год назад +8

      Teehee, bet you know the truth of the table.

    • @veratsia
      @veratsia 10 месяцев назад

      @@jaxsonadros2066what is it ? Why do the not!thems care about the table ?

    • @josephwasson970
      @josephwasson970 2 месяца назад

      ​​@@veratsiaSPOILERS:
      The NOT!them is a single entity.
      Not!Graham is Not!Sasha and it was bound to the table by a hunter, utilizing something to do with whatever the spiders are.

  • @rob4ctwo
    @rob4ctwo 4 года назад +609

    when she said scalpel at the beginning i thought of that disease scalpel they have in the artifact storage, sure hope its not that one. but oh boy, i love when jon interacts with the rest of the cast! good stuff.

    • @fluffsnake
      @fluffsnake 4 года назад +45

      same XD and at first I thought the concern on Jon's voice was based on that realization, but he would've told her so it must not be the same one

  • @vee802
    @vee802 4 года назад +310

    They need to give Melanie a job!!

    • @TheNitpickChick
      @TheNitpickChick 4 года назад +43

      No they don’t!
      Let her just join Georgie on “What the Ghost” and never drag her into this mess! Melanie deserves better! 😭
      (honestly they all deserve better, but... Melanie...🥺)

    • @leomorris7573
      @leomorris7573 3 года назад +37

      comments that aged poorly

    • @cezar3169
      @cezar3169 3 года назад +5

      @@leomorris7573 uh oh, what does that mean?!

    • @leomorris7573
      @leomorris7573 3 года назад +14

      @@cezar3169 come back to me when youve hit season 4

    • @cezar3169
      @cezar3169 3 года назад +17

      @@leomorris7573 im back and omfg why did i even ask? I feel so bad for everyone, 161 really hit me like a ton of bricks 😭😭

  • @allenl5960
    @allenl5960 4 года назад +203

    I assume not Sasha tricks people not by looking or sounding very much like Sasha but by doing some magic thing to make them think she/he/it's Sasha, and since it's been a while since Melanie came, it didn't realize she knew Sasha and didn't do the entire 'I'm totally Sasha' thing making her recognize her as definitely not Sasha.

    • @mimkyodar
      @mimkyodar 2 года назад +24

      Listen to Episode 3 - Across the Street. Same creature.

    • @richmondvand147
      @richmondvand147 3 месяца назад +4

      it warps reality and replaces everyones memory with the new version except 1 person - that 1 person close yet just far enough from their life that they would notice

  • @at-owen3659
    @at-owen3659 4 года назад +551

    God I really love Melanie. I hope nothing really bad happens to her?!!

    • @at-owen3659
      @at-owen3659 4 года назад +66

      Hey I'm back half way through season 4 and j e s u s christ Melanie

    • @tuuhao2137
      @tuuhao2137 4 года назад +63

      I swear, that's the last time I'm reading the comment section.. Everyone is back from season 4 and 'ooh boy shits gonna get bad'

    • @phoneguy8369
      @phoneguy8369 4 года назад +67

      As someone listening for the first time oh boy! I'm afraid

    • @tearez13
      @tearez13 4 года назад +3

      @@phoneguy8369 same

    • @Amalgemotion
      @Amalgemotion 4 года назад +21

      I mean, arguably Melanie is in better shape than a lot of characters by the end of S4!

  • @cryptid12
    @cryptid12 4 года назад +154

    I love how passive aggressive they are

  • @grumpygato99
    @grumpygato99 4 года назад +227

    "yes I know what a meme is" well we weren't sure Jonny fellow, you do use a tape recorder for your cases

    • @grumpygato99
      @grumpygato99 4 года назад +8

      15:30

    • @trucetruce335
      @trucetruce335 4 года назад +20

      He does that because the cases won't record on his laptop or any more advanced device. Same as Gertrude

    • @tearez13
      @tearez13 4 года назад +14

      @@trucetruce335 yeah but does Melanie know that?

    • @trucetruce335
      @trucetruce335 4 года назад +8

      tearez oh I’ve never doubted that there was any reason for her to NOT think he didn’t know what a meme was

  • @cantaloupegodling352
    @cantaloupegodling352 10 месяцев назад +11

    The way Jon just switched into Statement mode the second a piece of writing was put in front of him was absolutely hilarious.

  • @tbodole
    @tbodole 3 года назад +101

    Jon reads out loud so perfectly, like I know he reads out all the other statements but I always assumed he read through them beforehand but him just reading the photocopied sheet that Melanie gave him so perfectly with so much emotion, with no scanning the paper beforehand. It's amazing, either that or I just suck at reading out loud!!

  • @-S.L.
    @-S.L. 2 года назад +65

    I feel so sorry for Melanie, she sounds so worn and sad and traumatised giving her statement :(

  • @GreatvalueSerotonin
    @GreatvalueSerotonin 4 года назад +47

    “Yes I know what a meme is “ probably my favorite line so far

  • @late_prince8945
    @late_prince8945 4 года назад +154

    Why peoples are getting stop easy angry and frustrating with him? Why they never can calm down and talk things out but always are so in rush?

    • @Companion92
      @Companion92 4 года назад +68

      I think they want to get out of the archives again as soon as possible.

    • @pyrosianheir
      @pyrosianheir 3 года назад +28

      Maybe because of that feeling of being watched that some people get in the archive? Get outta there asap to get away from who/what ever is watching.

  • @solonserenity4067
    @solonserenity4067 6 лет назад +330

    Omg finally! I have been waiting for someone to notice.

    • @Zarkawi17
      @Zarkawi17 5 лет назад +24

      Same, noticed from the very start she had a different voice. Great stuff!

    • @noabinnendijk361
      @noabinnendijk361 4 года назад +46

      At the end of Season 1 they named all the voice actors and their characters, and they named a voice actor as playing "not-Sasha". But what really tipped me off was the first episode of season 1, where she was speaking in a different way, more flat, and the fact that Jon said she was the least affected.
      Sinc e then I've been yelling at my phone trying to get Jon to n o t i c e

    • @pianos4095
      @pianos4095 4 года назад +2

      Mood

    • @flaminyawn
      @flaminyawn 4 года назад +19

      That's the problem when you're dealing with a supernatural perception retcon. As far as everyone in the Institute is concerned, it's always been Sasha, and their memories back that up. Just like how recent images of Graham were replaced with not!Graham, and the only one who noticed they weren't the same person was his pseudo-stalker neighbor.

  • @cutiepie120048
    @cutiepie120048 4 года назад +145

    Uh-oh not!Sasha - you finally got caught.
    Keep Up The Good Work~!

  • @clovercard22
    @clovercard22 4 года назад +82

    I audibly gasped, not!Sasha they are finally onto you now

  • @hopefullydrawinglives4212
    @hopefullydrawinglives4212 4 года назад +193

    i really enjoy the distortions near the end. what a nice effect

    • @ironbarsjack7977
      @ironbarsjack7977 4 года назад +19

      People keep making comments like these and I never notice what they’re talking about when I’m listening

    • @pianos4095
      @pianos4095 4 года назад +4

      @@ironbarsjack7977 oh god same

    • @jasonschuler2256
      @jasonschuler2256 3 года назад +7

      @@ironbarsjack7977 The first time I listened to this podcast was on my crappy laptop speaker, and I couldn't hear any of the distortions. It wasn't until I listened a second time with high-quality headphones that I noticed them.

  • @robloggia
    @robloggia 3 года назад +81

    Why is everyone so quick to emotional outbursts? I thought we were in London not my family reunion.

    • @lordbaphie
      @lordbaphie Год назад +11

      Supernatural shit fucks you up, man

  • @quinnkaplan172
    @quinnkaplan172 3 года назад +34

    i am getting so frustrated reading a million comments yelling at Jon over not noticing not!sasha but its like all of them are as oblivious as they think jon is because they all seem to have completely forgotten how the not!people work and have not gone back to the original segment on them or even checked the wiki. there like "jOn hOW coUld YoU nOT nOTiCE ThAT SaSha lOOKS dIFfeReNT". when it is completely explicit that the not!people change peoples perception of past events to match with the new version of themselves. the only person who was immune to this effect the first time around was A) habitually observing and borderline stalking the first victim and B) actually saw the person get replaced. like everything about the plot line so far makes sense with this taken into account. Jon is overly paranoid because he can subconsciously tell there is something wrong and suspicious about his co-workers but is unable to connect that suspiciousness to the source in not!sasha and thus spirels into further and further into paranoid delusions. i feel like most of comments have taken the approach of lets ignore everything the show is telling us and instead misinterpret everything to match a version of events where jon is HaHA funny incompetent paranoid man point and laugh everyone.

    • @mimkyodar
      @mimkyodar 2 года назад +2

      But Sasha has always been like that.

    • @melissaharris3389
      @melissaharris3389 8 месяцев назад +2

      I'm relisting and am very surprised at how many people in comments didn't understand that the characters' perceptions are being affected and don't realize Sasha has been replaced due to supernatural shit.
      You're exactly right about Jon's suspicion of his assistants being caused by the presence of the NotSasha right in front of him.
      It's like Hitchcock description of suspense being the audience knows there's a bomb under the table when the characters don't.

  • @ElForrest-Okey
    @ElForrest-Okey Год назад +13

    I love how when they work together melanie and jon are of a singular mind, but when at odds its so discordant its hilarious

  • @bookfanatic8329
    @bookfanatic8329 4 года назад +53

    "Well this pompous ass has some very urgent work to do!" Such strong language, oh dear. It's so odd to hear Jon curse.

    • @kiritotheabridgedgod4178
      @kiritotheabridgedgod4178 8 дней назад

      Which is funny, because according to interviews/Q&A's they've done, the person who voice acts him swears like a sailor.

  • @leawa
    @leawa 2 года назад +17

    I love how both Melanie and John get both really excited about melanies research, they are paranormal nerds at heart.

  • @ablynn_thegalewinds
    @ablynn_thegalewinds 4 года назад +52

    I KNEW MELANIE COULD TELL I KNEW IT

  • @gwendolynpeterson5229
    @gwendolynpeterson5229 4 года назад +46

    "Yes i know what a meme is!" -Jon Sims,February 13, 2017.

  • @lilalino
    @lilalino 7 месяцев назад +5

    God, the part about Sasha was terrifying. For some reason, this is the kind of stuff that really gets me. I think i haven't been that scared in like 30 episodes...

  • @victory_snow8220
    @victory_snow8220 3 года назад +40

    Okay, at first I was really happy that those two got along. I always felt they could be a good team, and hearing them working together and everything seems really cool. But as soon as she mentions the "Sasha" she met the first time around and now the "New Sasha" that made me generally scared.
    I knew something must have happened to the other Sasha, the original Sasha, but I had no idea it was the same creature that popped up in season one, the episode we are first introduced to the hypnotic table! Probably not the same creature, but another of its kind.
    And of course, no one noticed! The only reason the girl in that episode noticed something was because she didn't know the guy personally, so she was someone not affected by the change. Some with the ghost hunter chick!
    She didn't know Sasha the same way the others knew her. It all makes sense and now I'm generally freaked out! Not only because Sasha is most likely dead, but now this causes more problems for Jon and is bound to feed to his paranoia even more.

  • @user-mz6gk7cj4d
    @user-mz6gk7cj4d 4 года назад +27

    can we just talk about how jon and her were getting along so good-

  • @Jamie-A
    @Jamie-A 4 года назад +74

    THANK YOU MELANIE!

    • @emberj6973
      @emberj6973 2 года назад +2

      melanie did us all a service

  • @wonderwhatsgonnahappen579
    @wonderwhatsgonnahappen579 7 месяцев назад +5

    Hearing Jon say the word meme is life changing.
    Also Not!Sasha better start packing, they are finding out now.

  • @pyrosianheir
    @pyrosianheir 3 года назад +25

    Jon, maybe you can put the Gertrude murder on the back-burner for a few days, retrace Sasha's steps so far as you're aware (assuming you remember her talking about stumbling on the table during Jane Prentiss' attack), and get some back-up to contain her before she does something mean?

    • @aliyinn3186
      @aliyinn3186 3 года назад +4

      Yeah but he doesn’t even know she stumbled on the weird table right? Cuz she was in the tunnels on her own and the tape recording of when she found the table and not!sasha was "accidentally lost" so he can’t know about it

    • @pyrosianheir
      @pyrosianheir 2 года назад +2

      @@aliyinn3186 Sure, but he knows she was in there, and that afterwards she started having trouble with tech. He's even got Michael on tape, as well as other subtler audio tearing, to clue him in properly.

  • @Iquey
    @Iquey 4 года назад +69

    "are you collecting them" just lots of Sashas... To the point that it just becomes a title. 😅

  • @kellyfish920
    @kellyfish920 4 года назад +85

    The table got Sasha. Damn.

    • @TheNitpickChick
      @TheNitpickChick 4 года назад +2

      Yup

    • @nialls.9939
      @nialls.9939 4 года назад +2

      maybe micheal is wearing her

    • @TheNitpickChick
      @TheNitpickChick 4 года назад +4

      @bob Seery - ??? Huh? Michael isn’t associated with the table? And he doesn’t “wear” people?
      Are you perhaps confusing him with the creature that replaced Graham in “Across the Street”? Because that being and Michael are very different. 😊

    • @kellyfish920
      @kellyfish920 4 года назад +7

      @@TheNitpickChicki think this was supposed to be a joke? I don't really remember. It's been a long 6 montha dude.

  • @rynnziolkowski4642
    @rynnziolkowski4642 4 года назад +28

    Just discovered the show yesterday via a random google card on my phone, and now I'm almost done with season 2 bravo rusty Quill you got me hooked enough to binge listen to this show

  • @odothedoll2738
    @odothedoll2738 2 года назад +10

    The way he enunciates “pompous ass” is hilarious

  • @coffeewolfproductions9113
    @coffeewolfproductions9113 3 года назад +15

    I just wanted to say that I really love Jon's realizing that Sasha isn't really Sasha. I have a feeling he's gonna be more suspicious of Not!Sasha after this. After all anything weird that happened in the past could be easily ignored and written off (like her pictures with Tom, her fascination with the table, and problems with computers), but now in comes Melanie out of the blue saying that 'Sasha' isn't who she says she is and had just before given a comprehensive statement that had no connection to Sasha. Everything makes sense to us the audience because of our own information and us either not being under Not!Sasha's illusion or not being too fooled by it because we can't see that she looks completely different. The dots may be connected to us and while Jon might not see the full picture he's taking a few steps back. I personally love this because usually when we know something the characters don't and they don't realize what's going on for a long time we get frustrated. But with TMA we can see what's going on and still understand the characters actions based off of what we know. Really excited to see where this goes.

  • @kyberserpent6397
    @kyberserpent6397 4 года назад +42

    Uh oh, Jon has an idea...

  • @kohtea
    @kohtea 2 года назад +12

    was so prepared to hear jon absolutely butcher the pronunciation of "meme"

    • @whentheskittlesfightback
      @whentheskittlesfightback 5 месяцев назад

      jon: "yes i know what a MEM is!"
      melanie: "... why did you say it like that. i pronounced it out loud to you."

  • @ironbarsjack7977
    @ironbarsjack7977 4 года назад +8

    “Well, this pompous ass” idk why I really enjoyed him saying that

  • @kerryis2col
    @kerryis2col 5 месяцев назад +2

    I'm listening for the first time and that little moment around 16:00 where Melanie is discussing her findings and Jon is connecting the dots as she explains is so wholesome and makes me hopeful she's a recurring character in the "eventually becomes apart of the team" variety and not the "will eventually be found dead" variety.

  • @stevbe1723
    @stevbe1723 2 года назад +9

    So this pretty much confirmed for me that not!Sasha has some kind of hypnotic effect on people around her that makes them not suspicious of her, even though she apperantly doesn't even look similar to Sasha

  • @hannahtelevised
    @hannahtelevised Год назад +5

    Nerd to nerd communication I love it 😭

  • @GlacieThat1Dog
    @GlacieThat1Dog 2 года назад +8

    i got into a car accident 5 minutes into this episode.
    context: I deliver pizzas and got bored of my music so I've been listening to this show. my phone that's streaming the audio to my car wasn't in my hand while the crash happened. it was deemed the other persons fault as I had the rightaway. everyone was ok no bad injuries.

  • @namaschu9418
    @namaschu9418 4 года назад +25

    His reaction actually makes me afraid of the time he will discover the truth

  • @Alsmythical
    @Alsmythical 3 года назад +9

    "Yes I know what a *meme* is!" caught me off guard

  • @johnpears9558
    @johnpears9558 4 года назад +30

    I think this is the first video I’ve ever watched that has no dislikes.

  • @ajnapalm
    @ajnapalm 3 года назад +9

    OH GOD! MELANIE! YOU'VE ACTIVATED THE HORROR REVEAL!

  • @manoumanou2859
    @manoumanou2859 2 года назад +4

    The second of silence at the end of the episode JUST before the end music is just the right length to creep me out

  • @elizakleinman1332
    @elizakleinman1332 4 года назад +25

    Jon pretty clearly isn't following up with his witnesses

  • @coremagpie9221
    @coremagpie9221 2 года назад +3

    Really shouldn’t be listening to this late at night, but whatever they are so addictive

  • @stirrcrazy2704
    @stirrcrazy2704 Год назад +5

    Train graveyards actually seem a lot scarier than normal graveyards. Like, maybe a person could hide behind a headstone from a certain angle, but really it’s gonna be hard to keep hidden from someone moving through a graveyard. A bunch of decrepit train cars though? Anyone or anything could be hiding anywhere. Behind them, in them, under them or on top of them, and you wouldn’t know. Even during the day time.

  • @Glamiers
    @Glamiers Год назад +2

    YES! Finally we’re getting some clear statements that not Sasha is well not Sasha

  • @racoon_in_ankhmorpork
    @racoon_in_ankhmorpork 2 года назад +5

    I hope that Gertrude’s tapes magically scream some sense into Jon, because currently it seems that even Melanie’s observation wasn’t enough to convince Jon to deal with Not!Sasha once and for all.

  • @CamilleChauTempsDesCerises
    @CamilleChauTempsDesCerises Год назад +3

    In one episode, Melanie made the scenario advance way more than Jon's researches through all the season

  • @nadiarey4196
    @nadiarey4196 3 дня назад

    I love that 7:00 Is basically the author (Jonathan) explaining his creative process for writing horror, and his analysis for why it works. And I think it's absolutely correct, tbh. His fórmula is brillant precisely because it sounds like there's no formula. I love this writing. I needed to pop in just to say this. Jonathan, you are brilliant.

  • @tearez13
    @tearez13 4 года назад +9

    As an ex-train-kid I am super into this episode.

  • @mimkyodar
    @mimkyodar 2 года назад +3

    Naww, Jon and Melanie geeking out over their love of research is so cute.

  • @biancamlf288
    @biancamlf288 2 года назад +5

    Third listen through (spoilers), and I can't help but see the obvious parallels between Melanie and Jon, I'm sure I'll have more thoughts as I make my way to season 4, but it's just ok so.
    They're following the same path, searching for an explanation and hoping to understand what is happening. They've lost the respect of their co-workers, and have done incredibly rash things (breaking and entering isn't normal, impulse trips, not to mention physical harm). Being "ruined" by the pursuit of knowledge and Melanie being hired by Elias was incredibly fitting.
    It doesn't help that they are just so similar, as Georgie says.
    I truly think that had Melanie been hired before Prentiss, she and Jon would probably have fed off of one another or genuinely murdered the other. So in that respect, I really like the fact that their first interaction was awful. It might have saved her.
    Instead of her descending into madness and ultimately becoming an avatar, she -granted, perhaps because of the diy surgery - had a wake-up call, reached out, and decided that no, her fate wasn't sealed.
    Whereas Jon wasn't helped, didn't reach out/have that support (deserved or not because s2 paranoia Jon is a lot and had its consequences), thus he ultimately became the Archivist.
    In short, it's frustrating, and I'm already dreading s4's trauma, trauma, and more trauma.
    There's a lot to say about free will, and decisions, but that's TMA and I would like to hear the sounds of a brutal pipe murder sooner rather than later.

    • @melissaharris3389
      @melissaharris3389 8 месяцев назад

      Good points.
      I just really don't like Melanie and didn't from her first statement to the end. She's rude and unnecessarily hostile.
      Consistently blames others for her own choices _and_ the consequences of her choices.
      Jon at least takes responsibility for his choices (even the ones he didn't know he was making) and their consequences; even the blame for things he couldn't have conceivably predicted.
      Melanie is the _only_ character that actively _chooses_ to go looking for the supernatural even after she's warned not to. She accepts Elias's job offer and refused to acknowledge that both Tim and Martin try to stop her from doing so and treats Jon like he forced her into joining the institute.

  • @wiktoriarynkun3673
    @wiktoriarynkun3673 5 месяцев назад +3

    Okay so I was thinking - do we know what happened to the statement recorded in ep. 38? The one about the "homophobic vase"? Because if it survived, it is the only statement that does have Sasha's original voice on it and was not stolen by Not!Sasha

  • @evagrev7351
    @evagrev7351 2 года назад +6

    My theory from this episode and what we know so far:
    Finally! Okay, so, I honestly believe that John isn't that thick to not understand that what Melanie told him is at least alarming and needs further investigation, so I believe that this is once again the supernatural being able to reassure its victims and making them act as if they didn't see or hear or read or feel that one thing that alarmed them in the first place. I mean, for God's sake the photographer in another episode was seeing human-like shadows in the walls that were coming to him and becoming more in numbers in each of his photographs and, instead of running away, he was like "tch, something with the lightning is wrong, so let's keep going towards those shadows until we get it right". John in this season is just like all those witnesses of these episodes, telling and describing about how eerie or weird or spooky were things before the big event, and how they should have known from all those signs, but at that time they were convincing themselves that there is a logical reason for all that and, even though everyone else was warning them against it or everyone else being spooked and wanting to leave, they just kept doing what they were doing or kept going etc which led to their big encounter with the supernatural and then saying "I know I shouldn't have, but I did", you know? But now I'm convinced that season's 2 finale will have something to do with Not!Sasha.
    As for the story itself, as I said before again, I thought that the ghosts in-universe were actually manifestations of the entities that there are in play. Something, like, when those ghosts were humans they were "captivated", "lured" by the entities and those people were working for them (either willingly or without knowing so) that, in the end when they died, their soul was already corrupted enough and they became a part of those entities instead of just dying and moving on, so that's why they are seen after their death and, in most cases, they keep on doing the entities' work. I don't know whose entity this ghost is part of though, I can't figure it out yet. From the sounds of it, it's just a young war-surgeon who likes hurting his victims, so not much info about it.

    • @borderlinecrazy6444
      @borderlinecrazy6444 2 года назад +2

      The piper.

    • @evagrev7351
      @evagrev7351 2 года назад +2

      ​@@borderlinecrazy6444 Since the surgeon was from the war, yes, it could be related to the Piper, thank you for saying it ^_^ But, until we have further info about the Piper entity I'm not 100% sure. I mean, many of the entities are pretty aggressive too, you know? 😅

  • @theroomba1094
    @theroomba1094 2 года назад +2

    I'm surprised that not a lot of people know about these podcasts. Yet still amazing

  • @RoseMultiverse
    @RoseMultiverse 4 года назад +22

    "another Sasha" 👀👀👀👀

  • @hp_minecraft522
    @hp_minecraft522 4 года назад +13

    This reminds me of the restless man and the woman who trapped in the train.

  • @l.raphaelnery7299
    @l.raphaelnery7299 Год назад +3

    So Melanie was the "chosen one" the one to be able to notice it

  • @michalarterberry6127
    @michalarterberry6127 3 месяца назад

    I love this series because even when it’s like, thought to be a ghost, you can tell it’s not using context clues. Everything that’s a monster in this series is typically beyond our understanding. It’s not as simple as, “oh it was just a ghost”. It’s deeper than that

  • @CamilleChauTempsDesCerises
    @CamilleChauTempsDesCerises Год назад +5

    I'm glad I'm not Melanie. I have such a bad memory of faces, Not!Sasha may forget to alter my memory I would still not realise she isn't the same person

  • @rob4ctwo
    @rob4ctwo 4 года назад +24

    finally progress on not!sasha holy shit

  • @anegginthesetryingtimes7636
    @anegginthesetryingtimes7636 4 года назад +23

    So Sasha has fallen victim to the pipe monster from the table entry

  • @GreatvalueSerotonin
    @GreatvalueSerotonin 4 года назад +1

    I cannot explain how much I love listening to John , his voice and attitude gives him so much character

  • @richmondvand147
    @richmondvand147 3 месяца назад

    that moment with Melanie says thats not the same woman - just imagine someone telling you vehemently that say your best friend is not who they are but no one else notices... that little catch in his breath - pure fear - as the idea sinks in. So so so good

  • @FalseLemons
    @FalseLemons Год назад +1

    Melanie's last statement was S1 EP 28: Skintight (She's the old paranormal investigator)

  • @nicothebandito
    @nicothebandito 3 года назад +8

    Jonathan: *offended* I Know What a meme is!

  • @sidney9796
    @sidney9796 4 года назад +38

    ms king im in love with u pls call me back

  • @fays.p.5663
    @fays.p.5663 4 года назад +22

    BIIIIIIIIIIIITCH MEL HAS THE BRAINCELL THAT'S FUCTIONING THANK LORD

    • @DrMDHyde
      @DrMDHyde 4 года назад +1

      I think it’s cause she didn’t know Sasha, she can tell there’s a difference. Maybe. I think that’s what you’re talking about.

  • @micah2879
    @micah2879 4 года назад +12

    Thank God SOMEBODY recognizes not-Sasha! :D

  • @darian.ry413
    @darian.ry413 4 года назад +5

    I ASSUMED IT WAS JUST A VOICE ACTOR CHANGE SINCE THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES! WHY WOULD I ASSUME THAT!?

  • @Saphia_
    @Saphia_ 4 месяца назад

    1. I love the dynamic between Melanie and John.
    2. I'm so glad Melanie said something about Not!Sasha.

  • @stalesocks6483
    @stalesocks6483 4 года назад +6

    FINALLY JON, FINALLY
    edit: OH COME ON JON SASHA ISNT SASHA ITS SO OBVIOUS

    • @pyrosianheir
      @pyrosianheir 3 года назад +5

      Obvious to us, as outside observers. People in the story, particularly those who get the whammy put on them by weird maybe-cursed tables and/or the entities residing in it, wouldn't find it to be nearly so obvious since they're inside.

    • @jasonschuler2256
      @jasonschuler2256 3 года назад +5

      The entire point of the creature is that it's not obvious. Just like how the neighbor in S1E03 was the only person who could tell that Graham changed, no one besides Melanie notices any differences in NotSasha. Seriously, the amount of times I've needed to explain this simple mechanic to people.....

  • @hatientacetlen4246
    @hatientacetlen4246 4 месяца назад +1

    I know she was the only assistant he truely trusted and there's probably some dopelganger trickery going on but come on Jon, you have to accept Not!Sasha is sus after both Melanie and Michael called her out and she's been snooping around the underground.

  • @LunDruid
    @LunDruid 2 года назад +1

    "Yes, I know what a *meme* is!"
    🤣
    I don't know why I find that so funny.