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  • Опубликовано: 25 сен 2018
  • MAG102 - Case #0140406 - François Deschamps
    Statement regarding the family and presumed marriage of Benoît Maçon.
    The Magnus Archives tells the tale of a French café worker whose colleague undergoes a distinct change of temperament after becoming romantically entangled.
    Content Notes: Infestation, insects, knife violence, mind control
    Starring: Elias Bouchard - Ben Meredith; The Archivist - Jonathan Sims; Melanie King - Lydia Nicholas
    Writer: Jonathan Sims
    Director: Alexander J Newall
    Editors: Alexander J Newall, Brock Winstead
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Комментарии • 584

  • @eliwhite6159
    @eliwhite6159 4 года назад +2554

    "you have no idea--"
    "I WAS KIDNAPPED!"
    "oh wow sorry"

    • @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal
      @EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal 3 года назад +91

      Well as far as reasons go... It's not bad

    • @yourlocaltheatrekid900
      @yourlocaltheatrekid900 Год назад

      I was wheezing at that reaction to him saying that, completely unconcerned just like "oh alright that explains that still let me kill this bitch"

  • @SwirlyPinwheel
    @SwirlyPinwheel 4 года назад +2034

    Sometimes a family is a man, his beetle wife, and their thousands of scuttling children.

    • @davv6628
      @davv6628 3 года назад +80

      Couldn't of said it better, my friend.

    • @thestranger4894
      @thestranger4894 Год назад +69

      Everyone won’t shut up about “worm wife”, “sky husband”, or “fire wife” but this Chad managed to pipe an avatar.

    • @helenajakobsen6220
      @helenajakobsen6220 10 месяцев назад +18

      That's just the plot of the bee movie

    • @table2.0
      @table2.0 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@thestranger4894lmao XD
      The man’s got game! At very least, he was vulnerable enough to be an easy target

    • @OFS_Razgriz
      @OFS_Razgriz 9 месяцев назад +15

      Wouldn't it be kind of weirdly funny if they sorta just were like "Y'know what, most people don't like bugs but if it works for you guys, more power to ya, just promise not to infect anyone else and you can carry on"

  • @lemmetalkaboutthis
    @lemmetalkaboutthis 3 года назад +1404

    Everybody talking about how they were wrong about Jon being a theater kid, nobody talking about the fact that the _whole statement is written in FRENCH_

    • @albuseisenhorn3385
      @albuseisenhorn3385 Год назад +134

      and that John did not know how to read it before hand

    • @nanna5684
      @nanna5684 Год назад +72

      And that his pronunciations are just😙👌

    • @nightowl8477
      @nightowl8477 5 месяцев назад

      That's...the same thing? It's the same point.

    • @lemmetalkaboutthis
      @lemmetalkaboutthis 5 месяцев назад +24

      @@nightowl8477 I mean... I get your point, those things are both caused by the same thing, but there's still a bit of a difference between "oh, so he wasn't just putting on the voices on purpose bc he's a theatre kid, he was being compelled to do it, damn" to "automatically perfectly translating a text while reading it for the first time, from a language you do not speak"
      Like one says "oh whoops, now I feel bad for ragging on him" the other says "those spooky powers be poppin' OFF, holy shit!"
      He even speaks + understands chinese later on without noticing it
      One is _caused_ by the Eye, the other is a benefit _of_ becoming Something Not Quite Human, ya dig?

    • @shosplecolupis8794
      @shosplecolupis8794 27 дней назад +1

      RIGHT???? holy shit!!!!!

  • @twistysunshine
    @twistysunshine 4 года назад +2031

    "your fault I'm here" Melanie you took the job!!! He wasn't even there. He may be a mess, but that ones not his

    • @TenebraeLux
      @TenebraeLux 4 года назад +362

      Pretty sure Martin tried to warn her, too if I remember correctly. None of this is Jon's fault.

    • @toomuchawesomeness5886
      @toomuchawesomeness5886 4 года назад +256

      Literally could not be further from jons fault

    • @amphitritemists4595
      @amphitritemists4595 3 года назад +156

      THANK YOU!!! I was about to scream this!!! Martin even tried to warn her!!! I dont think its entirely her fault though she was chosen as part of this grand design and couldnt really say no but gods dang it, Melanie! Jon has enough on his plate dont add more guilt

    • @nemnyoom
      @nemnyoom 3 года назад +35

      yeah, that bit tripped me up, too

    • @MarkWaner
      @MarkWaner 2 года назад +53

      I guess she meant that Jon helped her with access to the library and he supported he endevours. So bad of him to show some support! It was so much better when they were just shouting at each other /j

  • @flying_pig_girl
    @flying_pig_girl 4 года назад +3006

    Imagine murdering someone and calling it a _"slight overreaction"_ .

    • @amphitritemists4595
      @amphitritemists4595 3 года назад +95

      Sometimes murder be like that

    • @jydeosaure6564
      @jydeosaure6564 3 года назад +51

      Imagine being that unstable

    • @Sheena000
      @Sheena000 3 года назад +58

      It’s cannon that he has a gun right? Going straight for the pipe is a bit much.

    • @Sheena000
      @Sheena000 3 года назад +43

      So I’ve realized that he piped Leitner because he didn’t want the police to identify the body.

    • @thrawnnoconnection6931
      @thrawnnoconnection6931 2 года назад +25

      @@Sheena000 I mean, Leitner is supernaturally old, right? I thought that was supposed to be why the police couldn’t identify the body. Although, the brutal pipe part of the murder could definitely help.

  • @sordid_morbid
    @sordid_morbid 4 года назад +1714

    everyone s1: haha jons a theater kid haha acting out while reading the statement
    everyone now: h u h . . . . . . . . .

    • @f_mva
      @f_mva 3 года назад +142

      how the turns have tabled...

    • @kathrynshadowen1303
      @kathrynshadowen1303 3 года назад +167

      what is a theatre kid if not someone so used to acting things out under a watchful eye they can no longer help it?

    • @broblerone413
      @broblerone413 Год назад +41

      @@kathrynshadowen1303 yeah i mean i'm a theatre kid and what else am i supposed to do when i get hit by the uncontrollable urge to start dramatically acting stuff out?

    • @kaydeejohnson2028
      @kaydeejohnson2028 10 месяцев назад +16

      You can rip the theater kid headcanon out of my cold dead hands

    • @sordid_morbid
      @sordid_morbid 10 месяцев назад +10

      @@kaydeejohnson2028 u right hes still a theater kid

  • @comet8956
    @comet8956 4 года назад +1148

    that ending was so awkward it hurt
    you can hear just how gay martin is for jon
    and just
    aa

  • @MochiPuff58
    @MochiPuff58 4 года назад +1463

    Jon: “I WAS KIDNAPPED FOR A MONTH! I have literally accepted death 3 times! Pls help I am scared all the time!”
    Elias: “ugh ur so whiney. Anyways can you stop me being attacked and read this French bug fucking story.”

    • @Thisone109
      @Thisone109 3 года назад +79

      Jon: 'visible eye bag' "Ju tu déteste"

    • @voidjockey82
      @voidjockey82 Год назад +18

      My surface-level french is more than rusty but isn't the first person singular "je"?
      Or is this some special form I'm hadn't learned of?
      No judgement here, I'm genuienly curious.

    • @zoeblottin2340
      @zoeblottin2340 Год назад +29

      @@voidjockey82 actually, it would be "je te déteste"

    • @voidjockey82
      @voidjockey82 Год назад +7

      @@zoeblottin2340 In that case I made no mistake, you just pointed out a further one.
      So thanks.

    • @thechevyferrari9559
      @thechevyferrari9559 6 месяцев назад +10

      Do…. Do stories about different fears… “taste” different? Like…. does he get cravings for certain fears if he hasn’t eaten stories about them for long enough?

  • @dracorei5143
    @dracorei5143 4 года назад +2142

    I can’t believe Melanie is blaming Jon for her being stuck at the institute! He was gone when she signed her contract, it’s her own damn fault!

    • @ineedmoresalmon2475
      @ineedmoresalmon2475 4 года назад +169

      Yeah like everybody increasingly blames Jon for every little shit and nobody, not even Martin, points out how ridiculous and unfair that is. I'm about to kick the shit out of all these bitches that use Jon as their punching bag. I'm not going to give spoilers but by the end of the podcast the only characters I still like are Jon and Martin for this reason.

    • @lokimemes4694
      @lokimemes4694 4 года назад +181

      Jon has done almost NOTHING this entire time!!

    • @kwasichan722
      @kwasichan722 4 года назад +101

      He did actually stalk someone though and he blew up on Martin that one time

    • @mackenziedillon295
      @mackenziedillon295 4 года назад +82

      I'm pretty sure she didn't really mean it. She was just angry and frustrated in the moment.

    • @ineedmoresalmon2475
      @ineedmoresalmon2475 4 года назад +171

      @@mackenziedillon295 No, she continuously blames Jon even when she is apologising at one point while Jon does it when he doesn''t even need to. She is completely incapable of seeing anything besides her own trauma.

  • @caseytaylor4896
    @caseytaylor4896 2 года назад +529

    “Melanie is on her way up here with a knife, could you talk to her for me?” she is DETERMINED I love it lmao

  • @pixiemeg
    @pixiemeg 4 года назад +1801

    "That's actually fair" Elias PLEASE 😂

    • @HyacinthoIgnis
      @HyacinthoIgnis 4 года назад +92

      he's so funny sdfgh

    • @amphitritemists4595
      @amphitritemists4595 3 года назад +117

      He's just daring them to kill him already he and Jon are at the point where death is the #1 item on their christmas list

    • @ashofruins761
      @ashofruins761 3 года назад +5

      That's so sad!

    • @Vi_Vi_1
      @Vi_Vi_1 3 года назад +8

      He's such a bitch 🤣

    • @gav1049
      @gav1049 3 года назад +4

      6:41

  • @scubatuba3294
    @scubatuba3294 4 года назад +2134

    Jon's "hey hey hey," trying to calm Martin down 😭

    • @DeadBore
      @DeadBore 3 года назад +100

      “It’s alright, it’s alright...”

    • @tanisnewby5380
      @tanisnewby5380 Год назад +52

      I had to go back so many times to catch it because I would space out 😭Then I had to go look at the transcript, and only then did I realize that my mind's ear was glazing over it because they were talking at the same time at that point.
      Neurospicy problems, istg

  • @Nice__vibes
    @Nice__vibes 4 года назад +1289

    Nothing wrong with having a nice bug wife, he shouldn't have been so bugphobic

    • @elspeth6244
      @elspeth6244 4 года назад +105

      I mean he seemed happy with it sooo more power to him?

    • @bubberart
      @bubberart 4 года назад +54

      Some world we live in ig😔😔😔

    • @nanahuatli2144
      @nanahuatli2144 4 года назад +68

      Yeah, I don't see why he shouldn't be happy with whomever he chose. Then, after he inevitably dies, burn the house.

    • @SwirlyPinwheel
      @SwirlyPinwheel 4 года назад +91

      Sometimes a family is a man, his beetle wife, and their thousands of scuttling children.

    • @amphitritemists4595
      @amphitritemists4595 3 года назад +42

      Did anyone else think back to our worm wife, Jane Prentiss?❤

  • @belindaluna2067
    @belindaluna2067 4 года назад +2125

    Elias getting excited about Jon's "development" makes my skin crawl.

    • @americantoastman7296
      @americantoastman7296 3 года назад +166

      Right? Oh god its so fucking creepy. Like a grown man watching a child go through punerty... Weird example ik, but thats the exact type of power dynamic I feel here. Ugghh

    • @Thisone109
      @Thisone109 3 года назад +178

      The darkest power of all. FRENCH 😨

    • @lilaboxx
      @lilaboxx 3 года назад +103

      Sometimes he seems like an abusive parent

    • @virginiaf4117
      @virginiaf4117 2 года назад +10

      Kinda like Homelander from The Boys (who threw his son off a roof to "fly")

    • @frogonthebikeheh
      @frogonthebikeheh 2 года назад +2

      he's so cute 😂

  • @aw3707
    @aw3707 4 года назад +680

    "Jon. Don't you DARE Jon me." AHSGDHJFNCNFBFGJJFBCNFF I AM *DEAD*

    • @TangledInYarn
      @TangledInYarn 2 года назад +63

      "son-" "I'M NOT YOUR SON"

    • @TeaReesa26
      @TeaReesa26 2 года назад +46

      Cir Bradbury “Call me ‘Archivist’ one more time-!”

    • @ThatPineappleBoi
      @ThatPineappleBoi 2 года назад +15

      Go home Jon- oh wait

  • @someoneawesome8717
    @someoneawesome8717 3 года назад +478

    Jon was freaking KIDNAPPED, given "treatments" against his will as a faceless plastic "person" was cooing over how much they will enjoy peeling him like a piece of citrus and one of the first things he does upon finding Martin again is attempt some light hearted humor in an attempt to calm his nerves. Jon is such a hopeless romantic

  • @em-wg7xg
    @em-wg7xg 4 года назад +905

    the awkward homoeroticism-packed interaction between jon and martin is giving me life

    • @f_mva
      @f_mva 3 года назад +104

      every gay ever relates to the struggle

    • @malcompris6047
      @malcompris6047 3 года назад +9

      @em OMG Why do you have Robert Biedroń as your profile XDD(With a gun XDD) I love it

    • @americantoastman7296
      @americantoastman7296 3 года назад +33

      Ya know I often see gay people joking about how straight people miss the most obvious homoeroticism and I always thought "naaahhh, Id notice for sure, because Im not a big stupid dum dum"
      Turns out I was massively wrong. I have not noticed ANY of the gay bits of this show except the ones that were literally spelled out for me. So hereby I retract the audacious claim that I have a functional gaydar. I do not.

    • @macabrecitrus2127
      @macabrecitrus2127 3 года назад +10

      @@americantoastman7296
      It's okay, at least you admit it 😂

    • @moonbunnygw8342
      @moonbunnygw8342 Год назад +9

      Jon is biromantic ace tho

  • @winterwolf211
    @winterwolf211 4 года назад +662

    Well at least the Stranger made Jon's skin really nice.

  • @nanahuatli2144
    @nanahuatli2144 4 года назад +887

    "How embarrassing for you"
    When did Elias and every scene with him get so funny?

    • @Catglittercrafts
      @Catglittercrafts 2 года назад +27

      He’s dreamy

    • @MarkWaner
      @MarkWaner 2 года назад +38

      When he made everyone his own slaves and hostages

    • @albuseisenhorn3385
      @albuseisenhorn3385 Год назад +4

      good ol black humour

    • @phantomkowai6621
      @phantomkowai6621 Год назад +13

      ​@@Catglittercrafts carefree, dreamy, Elias the fragrance.
      All in an exclusive pipe shaped bottle

    • @ThatOneArchivist
      @ThatOneArchivist 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@phantomkowai6621thought you said “all in a pipe bomb” and almost thought that’s was actually what you said

  • @oftheangels777
    @oftheangels777 4 года назад +420

    Melanie wanting to kill Elias is honestly the most rational thing to happen yet

    • @konkeydongblaster
      @konkeydongblaster День назад

      Uh definitely not, she is risking everybody’s life on a coin toss, I would be livid at her for risking ALL of our lives so carelessly…

  • @hellofriendxD
    @hellofriendxD 4 года назад +1849

    Humble request: Melanie's attempts to murder Elias set to the benny hill theme, please.

    • @angelica1042
      @angelica1042 4 года назад +158

      We all know it happens 4 times a week at least. Her record is 15.

    • @wakipaki7381
      @wakipaki7381 4 года назад +34

      @@angelica1042 I'm kind of thick, so forgive me; is that a joke? Because I remember elias saying something about strike 1 and the next time he'd have to escalate if she tried to kill him, so presumably she'd be punished.

    • @toomuchawesomeness5886
      @toomuchawesomeness5886 4 года назад +57

      @@wakipaki7381 yeah it's just an exageration. A Joke of how casual Elias was about it

    • @nalinmalhotra3319
      @nalinmalhotra3319 3 года назад +23

      I shit you not I so want someone to make it!!! I draw I would definitely try to take a swing at it but I'll have to figure out the animation first.

    • @marhunt8192
      @marhunt8192 3 года назад +38

      I love that Elias treats her murder attempts as a slight behavior issue like a primary school kid sticking their tongue out at a school mate

  • @tasharch
    @tasharch 4 года назад +629

    Do love a tidy plot: "well the reason they read them in a dramatic voice is . . ." , "oh AND the tape record is always on because. . .", "AND that thing where the bad guys always tell the protagonist their evil plans?. .Yeah, we can explain that too."

    • @DrMDHyde
      @DrMDHyde 4 года назад +40

      Emily Barclay
      Honestly genius

    • @Badficwriter
      @Badficwriter 3 месяца назад +6

      I cannot get the image of the MOnty Python skit where Lancelot asks the imprisoned prince for his story and all the servants begin a song about how the prince is GOING to tell his story and his wicked father bursts in and demands the story NOT HAVE A CHORUS.

  • @BreadGolem
    @BreadGolem 4 года назад +912

    I'm starting to realise that there is only one braincell in the archives and it got lost in the post when Elias was sending statements to Jon.

    • @cractor6307
      @cractor6307 3 года назад +184

      Elias has all of the brain cells, but he doesn't use them. I think he just likes to hoard them.

    • @Amalgemotion
      @Amalgemotion 3 года назад +118

      It used to belong to Sasha and has since been lost to the void.

    • @americantoastman7296
      @americantoastman7296 3 года назад +63

      @@cractor6307 like a filthy capitalist! WE DEMAND BRAIN CELL SOCIALISM FOR OUR MAGNUS INSTITUTE!
      Some of my colleagues, they have at least 8 functional neurons at their disposal, yet all I see them do is sit around and try to justify their inaction while HARD WORKERS go braincell-free and get continuously assaulted by all kinds of supernatural forces. And I ask - does that sound fair to you?

    • @mimkyodar
      @mimkyodar 3 года назад +77

      Nah, Basira has it and she's curled up in a corner reading books with it.

    • @lilaboxx
      @lilaboxx 3 года назад +26

      @@mimkyodar that's a valid choice

  • @fluffsnake
    @fluffsnake 3 года назад +498

    Elias going like "I'm still here you know" while they're both consenting to (future) murder is hilarious xD

  • @namaschu9418
    @namaschu9418 3 года назад +244

    Elias didn't rescue John because he called him a pot head, let's face it.

    • @b-blythe6763
      @b-blythe6763 3 года назад +49

      The truth no one else was willing to acknowledge.

  • @Gwenobbie
    @Gwenobbie 4 года назад +844

    If anyone's interested:
    La papillon blanc = the white butterfly
    Petit scarabée = little beetle
    l'étranger = the stranger
    La saleté = the filfth
    It was already mostly translated by Jon but well.

    • @jaspervanheycop9722
      @jaspervanheycop9722 4 года назад +18

      Is scarabee all beetles in french or just the particular African beetle called "scarab" in English?

    • @thiccotter2392
      @thiccotter2392 4 года назад +16

      @@jaspervanheycop9722 all of them! :)

    • @mrjones2721
      @mrjones2721 4 года назад +20

      Minor spoiler:
      You’d think either Gerard or Gertrude would know a better translation for “corruption” than “filth.”

    • @robinhoodproductions5102
      @robinhoodproductions5102 4 года назад +18

      @@mrjones2721 it's another name for the corruption. Like the Eye has Beholding and Ceaseless Watcher let the bugs have their own different names too

    • @KateCantDraw
      @KateCantDraw 3 года назад +2

      What about 18:58

  • @sandymcneish7820
    @sandymcneish7820 5 лет назад +877

    Hey a Wax museum? Didn't John notice the not Sasha going to Madame Tussauds Wax museum? Wasn't not Sasha an avatar of the stranger....???!!!?!

    • @heresthadude1080
      @heresthadude1080 5 лет назад +100

      Yes she was; one of the NotThem

    • @mackenziedillon295
      @mackenziedillon295 4 года назад +100

      How on earth do you just remember the name of the wax museum that Not!Sasha's supposed boyfriend worked at.

    • @HyacinthoIgnis
      @HyacinthoIgnis 4 года назад +66

      @@mackenziedillon295 its pretty famous so i guess its easy to recall

    • @ClaraUnleashed
      @ClaraUnleashed 4 года назад +57

      @@mackenziedillon295 Its the huge wax museum in London.. and there are Madame Tussauds all over the world ; they're the ones with all the famous peoples wax figures

    • @KateCantDraw
      @KateCantDraw 3 года назад +2

      Most definitely

  • @asinineAbbreviations
    @asinineAbbreviations 4 года назад +466

    casually discussing murdering your boss right in front of him

  • @rileymichael2694
    @rileymichael2694 4 года назад +654

    my god.
    1) jon speaking french makes my little nblm heart EXPLODE
    2) martin. buddy. your gay is showing.
    3) jon. your gay is ALSO showing good lord mister this is like the nicest you've ever been to a fellow archive worker.
    4) i am seriously in love with this podcast holy SHITTT

    • @mars6128
      @mars6128 3 года назад +54

      i love how theres like a small enby gangs in the comments, like, we're just vibing. and yes, as an nblw and a nblm, i can confirm that john speaking french is amazing, although... if basira spoke french i wouldnt be complaining

    • @bonsaigecko9153
      @bonsaigecko9153 3 года назад +19

      fellow enbies unite!!

    • @Grey-Enby
      @Grey-Enby 3 года назад +13

      Yeeeeeey fellow enbies

    • @Grey-Enby
      @Grey-Enby 3 года назад +6

      Mars yes if she did I would love it

    • @f_mva
      @f_mva 3 года назад +10

      enby gang rise up

  • @Marylily2
    @Marylily2 4 года назад +626

    The JonMartin chemistry at the end nearly killed me.

  • @tonio1377
    @tonio1377 4 года назад +640

    Jon speaking french was oddly... Hot ? Also the first bit with Melanie and Jon making plans to kill Elias in front of him just ended me "you know im still there" 😂 Martin needs a hug, Jon needs a hug, let them hug each other ffs !!

    • @sarah-bz8of
      @sarah-bz8of Год назад +18

      I'm French and it was hot even for me so I'm fuck*ng confused

  • @chomkyman1228
    @chomkyman1228 Год назад +165

    elias acting like a proud dad when jon *knows* about gerard keay

    • @Boinkess
      @Boinkess 5 месяцев назад +24

      “You’re developing :D”
      “NUH UH-“

    • @ericpark4707
      @ericpark4707 4 месяца назад

      @@BoinkessFVCK YOU MEAN NUH UH

  • @flying_pig_girl
    @flying_pig_girl 4 года назад +960

    Basira is _literally _*_vibinggg_*

    • @tylerasw5103
      @tylerasw5103 4 года назад +21

      flying_pig_girl literally one of my favorite characters

    • @nrpbrown
      @nrpbrown 3 года назад +11

      Living her best life

    • @albuseisenhorn3385
      @albuseisenhorn3385 Год назад

      She's a bamf just doin her thing

    • @coconoisette
      @coconoisette 4 месяца назад +5

      Melanie, who enthusiastically agreed to take the job: Let me out. LET ME OUUUUUUT
      Basira, who signed the paper at figurative gunpoint: Ahah books go brrr
      Don't trust the first impression!!

  • @lilimia100
    @lilimia100 5 лет назад +494

    me @ jonathan just HUG YOUR FRIENDS already

  • @rem4197
    @rem4197 2 года назад +143

    Some of the interactions are so funny
    "Even if I kill him the police aren't keen on investigating here"
    Elias, murderee: "That's fair actually"
    Jon, trying to stop the murder: "Shut up"
    "You were gone!" "I was kidnapped!" "Oh. Sorry"

  • @msimmons9334
    @msimmons9334 4 года назад +331

    "mOisTuRize mE"

  • @Barely_Here
    @Barely_Here 3 года назад +176

    "i don.....i dont speak french" hehe, hehaha, HEAHAHAHA, YOUVE DONE IT NOW JONNY BOY, no wonder elias is so fond of you, so much promise.

    • @ivymoths
      @ivymoths Год назад +5

      ngl your pfp adds to this comment so much

  • @HyacinthoIgnis
    @HyacinthoIgnis 4 года назад +471

    the out of statement bits are getting better and better aaaa i love the characters interacting. and the beginning. elias really went from retraumatizing daisy on the spot to sending jon random tapes because he doesnt know shit within 20 episodes, amazing.

  • @fauxclaws
    @fauxclaws 11 месяцев назад +74

    " I possibly over-reacted to lieghtners re-emergance" understatement of the year

    • @PedroKing19
      @PedroKing19 7 месяцев назад +1

      I'm in my first watch, but I'm pretty sure that is a lie to disguise the real reason, which was to prevent Jon from finding out abt Gertrude's plans to blow up the place.
      I'm sorry I'm posting here. I guess I felt a little compelled to share

    • @supremegodemperorderpfestor
      @supremegodemperorderpfestor 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@PedroKing19 He literally said it was to stop Jon from discovering too much too early. And he also said he killed Gertrude because she tried to destroy the Institute

  • @deerboy4524
    @deerboy4524 4 года назад +247

    Ok this might just be my touch-starved self talking but being called somebody’s “little beetle” sounds kinda cute ngl 🥺👉👈

  • @klaushargreevesstanaccount8835
    @klaushargreevesstanaccount8835 4 года назад +196

    i think we can all agree that jon and martin

  • @Piper_____
    @Piper_____ 2 года назад +88

    The sigh before “this… entire statement is in French.”
    That is so hilarious. I love that he legitimately didn’t notice until that moment (it seems like).

  • @mimkyodar
    @mimkyodar 4 года назад +336

    Yeah sure Elias. You want to prevent the horrific transformation of our world. We all believe that.

    • @belindaluna2067
      @belindaluna2067 4 года назад +67

      Well, not the horrific transformation that _another_ faction has planned.

    • @mimkyodar
      @mimkyodar 4 года назад +37

      @@belindaluna2067 I'm sure he would not approve of any transformation wherein he could not have cake.

    • @msimmons9334
      @msimmons9334 4 года назад +34

      oh he's definitely not up to anything suspicious! surely not

    • @nanahuatli2144
      @nanahuatli2144 4 года назад +15

      Don't worry about it.

    • @koukonuts
      @koukonuts 4 года назад +13

      Why are the replies making me suspicious. I'm actually scared of Elias now.

  • @xxgirl101xx
    @xxgirl101xx 2 года назад +56

    Up for marriage AND not only fine but thrilled she already has kids he can dote upon? What a catch! That beetle is a very lucky woman.

  • @sherbeauxs
    @sherbeauxs 3 года назад +101

    the b in lgbt stands for bug :)

    • @f_mva
      @f_mva 3 года назад +15

      love is love let the man kiss his beetle wife

  • @itsiz9738
    @itsiz9738 4 года назад +183

    _"They just sort of turn themselves on these days."_ I'm telling ya, the tape recorders are gaining sentience.

  • @jazminegubbe7900
    @jazminegubbe7900 4 года назад +509

    This is my favourite sitcom

  • @10brokenradios
    @10brokenradios 2 года назад +95

    "I have been trying to give you the information you need."
    "Sure, when you're not bashing its head in with a pipe."
    "*Sigh* It's not a pipe, Jon. It's a donut holer."

    • @Ghostrecall_M
      @Ghostrecall_M Год назад +2

      Baseball bat works too but the metal pipe was the nearest avalible.

    • @echospresso
      @echospresso 11 месяцев назад +7

      INFINITY TRAIN REFERENCE!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

    • @10brokenradios
      @10brokenradios 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@echospresso YOU GOT IT! :D

  • @ann-margretparke9525
    @ann-margretparke9525 3 года назад +120

    Elias is so happy to hear Jon is improving his powers. Poor Jon finding out he is becoming more of the monster he does not want to be.

    • @Sheena000
      @Sheena000 3 года назад +10

      Did you notice the sound change while talking to Melanie? I think he can do compulsion on actions/feelings too.

  • @sigmabean2463
    @sigmabean2463 4 года назад +171

    Martin saying the tape recorders are turning themselves on probably has some truth to it

    • @thrawnnoconnection6931
      @thrawnnoconnection6931 2 года назад +23

      They specifically attempted unsuccessfully to turn off one of the tape recorders in episode where they gave Daisy police statements

  • @teddyan863
    @teddyan863 4 года назад +151

    dude just let Benoit live with his bug wife he's having a good time

    • @hauntedteethcupboard
      @hauntedteethcupboard 3 года назад +30

      Yeah, they’re in a healthy loving relationship. Just because it’s a little off putting doesn’t mean you shouldn’t support them >:(

  • @ironbarsjack7977
    @ironbarsjack7977 4 года назад +207

    Oh my god Jon and Martin are so awkward I love them

  • @coreacartoonist
    @coreacartoonist 4 года назад +131

    “Don’t you Dare JON ME”

  • @nateds7326
    @nateds7326 2 года назад +64

    Melanie: "Jon it's YOUR fault I'm here, fix this!"
    No... No it's not. You got a job here completely on your own while martin was trying to talk you out of it. Melanie did this to herself of her own valition.

  • @conibal5045
    @conibal5045 3 года назад +102

    its so funny to me how quickly melanie calms down when jon tells her he was kidnapped i love her
    jon is getting extra powers!!! its making people overshare AND Knowing Things now

  • @Dacronhai
    @Dacronhai 4 года назад +211

    I like Elias. He's just so nicely confident in what he's doing

    • @mrjones2721
      @mrjones2721 4 года назад +9

      Dacron Like the mayor in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: competent, efficient, and oh, so cheerful.

  • @shadowfire8063
    @shadowfire8063 4 года назад +181

    How is it Jon's fault that Melanie signed the paper for a job?? He wasnt even there!

  • @deadorionn
    @deadorionn Год назад +18

    okay but this "I don't speak french" thing i see not about his new ability to know all languages, but about his ability to read the statement
    after all he wasn't able to translate the wedding invitation

  • @Companion92
    @Companion92 4 года назад +283

    He was gone for a month???!!!

    • @belindaluna2067
      @belindaluna2067 4 года назад +98

      He was in the Spiral, which distorts time. My guess is that for him, it was probably a day or so. But for everybody else...

    • @Companion92
      @Companion92 4 года назад +10

      @@belindaluna2067 Makes sense

    • @nanahuatli2144
      @nanahuatli2144 4 года назад +12

      @@belindaluna2067 Good thing it works the opposite way of the Uzumaki spiral.

    • @epsyblue7714
      @epsyblue7714 3 года назад +4

      Yeah time seem to move pretty fast in-universe. Though maybe that's because I'm binge watching these podcasts.

  • @mimkyodar
    @mimkyodar 4 года назад +136

    One thing i like about The Corruption is that theres like a subtheme of toxic relationships.

    • @Catglittercrafts
      @Catglittercrafts 2 года назад +7

      I feel like it is the least bad of all of the main baddies. Does that make sense?

    • @mimkyodar
      @mimkyodar 2 года назад +25

      @@Catglittercrafts I feel like The End is the least vindictive. Theres a malicious undercurrent of The Corruption; coating yourself in friendship doesn't change that.

    • @8s700
      @8s700 2 года назад +3

      @@mimkyodar It's interesting how The Corruption and The End, at least in how they manifest, are at such opposite poles. The End is about the cessation of life, while The Corruption is about the abundance (one may argue the overabundance) of life, crawling and squirming though it is. While The End is not vindictive as such, if it came to a situation in which only one of these powers could win, I'd have to side with The Corruption. I choose life over death and nullity, even if the only life possible comes in the form of a tsunami of ever-loving bugs. Benoît seems to have found some form of existential joy before the servants of The Eye put a stop to it.

    • @Badficwriter
      @Badficwriter 3 месяца назад +3

      @@mimkyodar Yes. Jane Prentiss was a lonely woman who was mentally abused into loving being involuntarily turned into a breeding machine for The Filth. It was implied thats also why the old folks home was hit, lonely people who miss company. The man who was targeted after his wife and daughter died echoes con artists who prey on the bereaved. The avatar who was a soldier used compassion as a disguise to sucker others close to him so he could infect them.
      Not every entity needs to hurt your heart to make you afraid; but the Corruption does it as a matter of course.

  • @marshallharrison2533
    @marshallharrison2533 4 года назад +158

    Am I the only one who thinks that we maybe SHOULDN'T set Benoit's house on fire and let them live? He has all he wants, he's finally in a happy relationship, he finally got a resolution to his life. Bit of Desolation going there, mister.

    • @pianos4095
      @pianos4095 4 года назад +32

      As long as he's happy and not hurting anyone let the man live his life!

    • @nanahuatli2144
      @nanahuatli2144 4 года назад +26

      I support this relationship.

    • @DrMDHyde
      @DrMDHyde 4 года назад +17

      Well the problem is it spreading.

    • @Catglittercrafts
      @Catglittercrafts 2 года назад +10

      @@DrMDHyde I honestly don’t think it would be such a bad life to live like a bug person. Seems like the least worrisome change to our universe compared to the other possibilities

  • @jeffjeff24
    @jeffjeff24 4 года назад +176

    BUG WIFE

  • @friakula4763
    @friakula4763 5 лет назад +307

    jon speaking french is giving me big uwus

  • @TheMildOne
    @TheMildOne 4 года назад +69

    Oh my gosh Jon sounds so tired and emotional, it's so different to how he was in the beginning!

  • @paulablue7734
    @paulablue7734 4 года назад +98

    I love that this is the first episode where we see jon also has a crush on marti, the awkwardness at the end is only reach by two person who like eachother but had not said a word about it

  • @imarson_404_2
    @imarson_404_2 2 года назад +28

    my heart literally stopped for a second when elias noticed jon's new 'development'

  • @bethanymanning7708
    @bethanymanning7708 4 года назад +149

    "Benoît Maçon sent back a wedding invitation"
    me: awww..... oh.

  • @ashofruins761
    @ashofruins761 3 года назад +66

    Jon's french is actually pretty good, a few common pronunciation mistakes, but ultimately he had the right tone of voice to make it sound good. Nicely done, Jonny Sims!

  • @shanice9094
    @shanice9094 2 года назад +22

    The combined amount of stammering and hesitance when Jon and Martin talk to each other gives me life

  • @achnav3762
    @achnav3762 3 года назад +57

    John being worried for Martin is just so damn cute! I heard it before on a Johnmartin video and I was melting!
    And Martin sounds so happy about John caring about him! I'm sure he spent the rest of the day on a little cloud remembering how John went to talk to HIM and how he cared and was cute and all!
    Ok, maybe a bit scared and sad that he will leave in a treasure hunt, but still.

  • @guada2991
    @guada2991 2 года назад +15

    I love how instead of getting excited when he shows improvement in his powers, Jon gets scared and denies it because he's terrified of not being human anymore and his powers getting stronger is just further proof that he isn't

  • @ZaphodJan
    @ZaphodJan 2 года назад +27

    Jon is like Harry Potter discovering that he can speak Parseltongue for the first time

  • @TheJuliana0901
    @TheJuliana0901 4 года назад +90

    oooh, language translating power. nice! god, I just, these characters man. I'm really attached to them now. I think this might be my favorite season yet, and I'm barely over the halfway point

    • @Sheena000
      @Sheena000 3 года назад +10

      Gertrude didn’t have that. Michael had to translate the Spanish for her. Maybe Jon really is better, in more ways than just morality that it.

    • @-S.L.
      @-S.L. 2 года назад +5

      @@Sheena000 Idk, Michael the Distortion mentioned that she was acting like she was a feeble doddering old lady to Micheal the assistant? Maybe she downplayed her powers.

  • @orionsbelt25
    @orionsbelt25 4 года назад +47

    Love is love bro, Benoit and his spider wife n spider kids were a happy family

    • @TheNitpickChick
      @TheNitpickChick 3 года назад +12

      Beetle, not spider, but I agree with the sentiment. 😊

  • @junebug9730
    @junebug9730 4 года назад +194

    It puts the lotion on its skin...

    • @mabelmouland6114
      @mabelmouland6114 4 года назад +17

      Or else it gets the hose again

    • @conandenz8413
      @conandenz8413 4 года назад +1

      I adore this.

    • @billedeverre7769
      @billedeverre7769 4 года назад +31

      So Jon really had to endure a crazy mannequin putting cream on him for a month BEFORE Mickael showed up ? That's horrible...

    • @tylerasw5103
      @tylerasw5103 4 года назад +5

      Bille Deverre I don’t think time moved the same there, or else there was other weird physics stuff going on, since iirc Jon wasn’t actually fed while he was kidnapped???

    • @achnav3762
      @achnav3762 3 года назад +4

      Honestly, I kind of think he was saved by his bad skin condition. They would have killed him so much sooner if he didn't need treatment.

  • @mickey8539
    @mickey8539 3 года назад +32

    martin sounds so happy to just be talking to jon i-- my heart

  • @kelly-alec
    @kelly-alec 3 года назад +37

    jon and martin's interaction has me sobbing im going feral as we speak

  • @malcompris6047
    @malcompris6047 10 месяцев назад +10

    Elias being excited about Jon developing his power of knowing gives me too much of a ,, mother trying to convince her daughter that getting her first period is a good thing" vibe

  • @birbelle
    @birbelle 2 года назад +18

    Why does everyone blame John he’s literally done nothing wrong please, Martin you are still the light of my life thank you for caring, and Melanie constantly trying to kill Elias is honestly pretty funny

  • @Smogget
    @Smogget 3 года назад +23

    Glad I'm working from home now so no one can complain when I yell JUST KISS ALREADY

    • @a.b.6689
      @a.b.6689 2 года назад +1

      I wouldn't complain hearing anyone scream that...

  • @bug-box
    @bug-box 2 года назад +27

    "I should have been more suspicious of this man, too old for his poorly dyed hair"
    leave gerry and his hair alone c'mon

  • @table2.0
    @table2.0 9 месяцев назад +6

    “How embarrassing for you” the power in his voice oh my god XD he’s so done~

  • @proinsiascassidy2888
    @proinsiascassidy2888 4 года назад +31

    I thought I already disliked Francois for talking smack about Benoit, but then his boomer ass had to go and be like "that man's too old to be a shitty goth" about Gerard. You deserve those nightmares, buddy.

  • @midnights2631
    @midnights2631 Год назад +14

    Jon: I was kidnapped for A MONTH!
    Elias: .... And? I was trying my best.

  • @MrIsizukuri
    @MrIsizukuri Год назад +11

    Elias Bouchard is such, SUCH a great villain! On my first listen I totally bought into his "explanations" to his employees, every. single. time. And I was like - why is stupid Melanie so keen on killing this polite man with an authoritative voice? So unreasonable and messy! Why is Jon screaming at him? His boss just wants to save the world, so generous of him! Now I finally understand why Melanie is so mad, if she feels she's the only one who sees through Elias's bullshit. Elias is the ultimate villain! So cool! And he lets us call him Elias!

  • @cae2212
    @cae2212 2 года назад +18

    The beginning is hilarious "dont you dare to john me", didn't noticed that tma had become a family drama

  • @Drak_buddy
    @Drak_buddy 10 месяцев назад +5

    6:14 Jon sounding like a puppy instead of an angst ball is funny to me

  • @broblerone413
    @broblerone413 Год назад +11

    27:01 you can _hear_ how happy martin is that jon was concerned with his wellbeing. what a precious bean

  • @Alsarnia
    @Alsarnia 8 месяцев назад +5

    I love the joke of "Hi, I'm Jonathan Simms, I just got back from being kidnapped for a month and my life being threatened by at least two maybe three eldritch creatures, but let me record a statement before taking a nap"
    But, imagine this: recorder in Jon's lap, his head on his desk and statement in his hands, just absolutely done and accepting he currently has no control over his life.

  • @DrMDHyde
    @DrMDHyde 4 года назад +67

    So, as long as it’s a statement Jon can read any language?

  • @kaygirl10101
    @kaygirl10101 11 месяцев назад +13

    Melanie: The police wouldn't even investigate it if I murder him right now.
    Elias: She's right, they wouldn't.
    Jon: Elias, please, I'm trying to save your life here.

  • @acidslushie
    @acidslushie 3 года назад +21

    obsessed w elias calling jons compelling jonning him... 'dont you *dare* jon me'

    • @Sheena000
      @Sheena000 3 года назад +6

      I think it was Jon saying that in response to Elias saying his name.

  • @wakipaki7381
    @wakipaki7381 4 года назад +29

    The dance will be at the institute, I bet. That's why Gertrude planned to burn down the archive.

  • @olympus10001
    @olympus10001 2 года назад +19

    I love and appreciate how demented Elias's thought process is :D "aw yeah more horrid powers"

  • @clovercard22
    @clovercard22 4 года назад +41

    The moment I heard the pet name for the unknown woman I was _oh no_

  • @sidney9796
    @sidney9796 Год назад +12

    the Corruption is my second favorite entity because of this secondary fear it carries with it - abandonment, almost to the point of bordering on the Lonely. prentiss and the man who lost his daughter and wife also experience it, and those are some of my favorite episodes. its absolutely fascinating, i love (love being also a word for being terrified of here) the idea of being so dreadfully alone that u combat it by letting all these things into your body

  • @io_online
    @io_online 2 года назад +16

    John's sass at the start and the conversation with Martin at the end? 100/10
    OH... Look I've only just realised there's a difference between 'John' and 'Jon' okay-

  • @merlin8046
    @merlin8046 4 года назад +71

    SPOILER!
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    Looks like even a literal end of the world didn't stop Martin and Jon from hanging out together

    • @TheNitpickChick
      @TheNitpickChick 3 года назад +13

      **Spoilery response to above spoiler**
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      Date night during the Eyepocalypse! Smiting avatars and holding hands through the ruined hellscape. 🥰
      Honestly though, despite all the horror and whatnot, their little moments of domesticity do make me smile. ☺️

  • @codeearth9820
    @codeearth9820 4 года назад +80

    So, one of my teachers is called Benoît Masson. This was a really weird statement to listen to...

    • @mrjones2721
      @mrjones2721 4 года назад +24

      code earth Is he married? Have you met his wife? Are you SURE you met his wife?

    • @codeearth9820
      @codeearth9820 4 года назад +17

      @@mrjones2721 I don't know, but at least he doesn't have a fixation on bugs...

    • @nzekwueairel1278
      @nzekwueairel1278 2 года назад +5

      Or so you think

    • @Atari_01
      @Atari_01 10 месяцев назад

      @@codeearth9820 we need a update did this man you call a teacher marry a beetle woman because if so give me worm wife

    • @codeearth9820
      @codeearth9820 10 месяцев назад

      @@Atari_01 Nope, he's still teaching and has no signs of worms on him

  • @rosemarycat5
    @rosemarycat5 3 года назад +20

    Gerry "Burn It to the ground" Keay

    • @lilaboxx
      @lilaboxx 3 года назад +7

      Gerry "i fucking hate Jurgen Leitner" Keay