"This metaphor is perfect, and your understanding has been enhanced." I am actively looking for an instance to use this line in any conversation in my life.
I can't even really describe how I'm feeling after this. It was...beautful? Horrifying? Haunting? Delightfully unhinged? I don't think even those words quite cut it.
I did the same thing with it in podcast format. And again while watching it, and again in the dark with eyes closed just now. It is just transcendent when you fully let your imagination go wild. I hope someone tries to make a full animation of this
I didn't realize I was starting to sleep, not due to boredom but just general fatigue. In any case, having it playing in the background and waking up half way between sleep my mind painted pictures I didn't know it could.
@@thallium6754 What would be the more horrible thing? Ok, I don't think one can even quantifiy it. Also, are they attached side by side kinda like conjoined twins or opposite like a playcard?
@@kingskelett6265I'm picturing they share a leg, only Jacob's head is where Fiona's foot would be. The leg starts at Fiona's hip, then down to a shared knee, then down (up?) to Jacob's hip.
@@celesteelka that would be the worst because then how would they walk? I don't even know if both could sit up. Honestly, maybe amputating would be the best option?
This is the best episode so far, I so craved to know what the actual effects of the fold would be, and this is the washed out version of it?!?! This is one of the best stories in any media I've ever experienced, thank you Third Person.
The sound design in this is just breathtaking, especially when Saskia’s gorgeous, haunting hum mixed in with the background … This whole episode is mesmerizing and horrifying and beautiful
Jesus christ. That was intense. You guys improvised the postmaster shattering??? What a moment!!!! Got freaking goosebumps at Saskias singing and the garbled message this one was killer!!!
I love the way that Midst can still reveal new information based on already established things. A bit question I had was if Terrors were always individual or if a single terror had an established effect, The way that these "pockets" work is a good solution.
I feel both tense to see what the ultimate outcomes will be, and somehow a relief that the Tearror finally hit. This is some good storytelling. Relieving one tension, replacing it with another. Kind of addictive.
Well. Came into this expecting a sudden thing, maybe half the townsfold die and it's about getting back up and trying to heal and repair and whatnot. Was not prepared for eldritch horror acidtrip for 20 minutes. I think I'll go lie down now.
the way I was left with this choking feeling in my throat and was pleading with myself for everyone in the caves to be ok!! ugh! this story is so darn good 😭
I applaud you three. It is not every storyteller who has the moxie to describe the indescribable. I am saddened and horrified at the fate of the Postmaster, Mr. Potts, and Maurice (who?), concerned for Giselle, Fiona and Jacob, and Emmett, and a little bit happy for the (former) twins, and Patricia. I'm mostly relieved that the Foldhounds are immune to tearror (maybe their presence protects Saskia a little?) and hope that Lark, Tzila and even Phineas are off the cable before whatever happened to it... happens to them. I really wonder how people still alive after all this can/will recover and re-enter society, but of course that's always the question after a (natural, though presumably caused by artificial means) disaster that affects so many. But what will the survivors do? Will anyone (dare to) come for them? Won't they just be sitting in a lake of tearror once the wave has passed and the "seas" calm? Looking forward to finding out... everything 😄.
I love how we're slowly learning more and more about the lore of this world. Good to finally know why everyone's so afraid of the Fold. Curious to see more of it.
Thank you so much for such well designed audio experience! I love listening to Midst so much. Thank you for sharing this experience with us. The delivery of every line is so experienced, thank you.
Man this series has gotten so interesting. This episode was eerie as sh*t! And mixing the funny descriptions between the more out there or disturbing made it so mesmerizing. The background humming for Saskia to was haunting. I'm curious who she found when reaching out into the darkness. Herself maybe? Mirror image doppelganger? Can't wait for the next episode!
15:09 you’re telling me that was improvised??? “an immense glittering expanse, but only for two people, for two seconds, to see each other briefly from far away. the smell of an old lover’s perfume left on a well-worn pillowcase”
The echoing feeling of hollow "rejectedness" was so well played out when the teletheric broadcast stated that the valorous trustees were evacuated. Herbs from an unknown provence season the soul-meal of an hysterically imminent tearor. This episode was so well prepared, my brain is lounging with my imagination, viewing the scope of reality you all created so vibrantly.
... Being compelled to reach out to other people in the darkness is terrifying to me... Not just because you never know what you'll find but because of how truly frightened you would have to be to do that in pitch blackness...
Hands down possibly one of the greatest artistic form I've ever listened to. The description of pure chaos is just absolutely beautiful, creepy, daunting, horrifying, and many other adjectives that I'm not even familiar with
Beautiful art to compliment a terrifying situation. I didnt think i was gonna like this as much as i absolutwly love it. Yall got me hooked so quick. 1000/10
This is my absolute favorite episode so far and I don't see it being dethroned any time soon (though this podcast is incredible so it could happen with the very next episode, who knows lol). This was like a surreal rollercoaster ride. What a phenomenal experience. Thank you to everyone working on this!
This is definitely an episode I will have to listen to more than once. This one was incredibly trippy. I always love the depth of sound design in this production. I've been recommending the show to many people
Was the fold speaking to us???? What I could make out from the altered Teletheric (Some is from captions, others I think I heard beneath the narration" "skies occluded with the substrate aberrant / universe / mat which is the tale of sings..." "Bursting" "sights" "Particularly with you sweet listener, going / going u-uch " "tread dark trenches where the light cannot glow or go / Arca / Balustrade / Caenum" (These last three words repeat and overlap a dozen or so times after the initial clear speaking) HOLY SHIT. I love this so much. Every episode is totally new and unique, and the Tearrors were NOT what I was expecting. I had assumed more of a monster side of things, but this is like being immersed into Welcome to Nightvale, Control, or The Magnus Archives to the deepest extent. Pure, unadulterated chaos, true randomness of the universe as things shift and alter and randomize and *change and twist* those caught within it. Brilliant storytelling that I am so eager to drink in every week. I have just one question now: If this is what a Cataclysmic Tearror does to people, and we can assume that some will live through it... then what the FUCK does Moc Weepe have in his blood?? That stuff immediately melted Atticus Concord in moments. Does he literally has Tearrors in his skin? What the hell. (That Teletheric being altered to say some cryptic stuff is also very awesome, I love that sort of thing)
I dont want to understate how amazing the visuals of this episode were, but the post master floating into the terror and shattering was one of the funniest things that could have happened there
this episode made me gasp out loud, shiver, and literally hold my seat as if i was there with them, in the basement. i felt scared, angry, and i cant wait for what comes next, it was amazing. the arrival of the terror really leaved me breathless
“My teeth, my ears, my hair, my taste in music…it’s bad” okay I had to pause it because I started cackling at that so much. All this constant stuff going on & the one thing that gets me is my taste in music as bad now. Lmao these episodes Just keeps getting better and better.
Darkly hilarious that Emmet can't recognize that he doesn't remember his mother anymore, but the guy suddenly inflicted with bad taste in music immediately knows 😅
That tearor background with the eyes and mouths was seriously, appropriately disturbing. And then "My taste in music -it's bad!" Mwua! Perfectly timed bit of levity.
Honestly I'm hoping the post master will be fine, like his ability to float is gone but now he just has these glass like cracks all over his skin and is like "see, that wasn't so bad. Get up, ya goobs."
The Narrators- *Describes some of the most horrifying and descriptive imagery for how the Tearror unfolds in people's minds* Also, the Narrators- "All of this? This is the weak shit." I don't know if I should be amazed as how well you described what happened or if I should be worried about what the full extent of the Tearror on the surface would have on these people.
Claustrophobia in that cave! This episode is crawling under my skin. It' s keeping me mesmerized. As if i was there, waiting, accepting the fold to come over me ...
Ok ok ok ...if I wasn't hooked before, which I totally was, I am now. The most terrifyingly vivid yet beautiful hallucinatory experience yet! Thank you you mysterious trio!
It’s odd how having been to Meow Wolf here in Denver, this all makes sense to me in my theater of the mind. There’s weird shit there, so this is easier to comprehend.
"This metaphor is perfect, and your understanding has been enhanced." I am actively looking for an instance to use this line in any conversation in my life.
I can't even really describe how I'm feeling after this. It was...beautful? Horrifying? Haunting? Delightfully unhinged? I don't think even those words quite cut it.
Listening to this episode with my eyes closed, lying on my bed, in the dark was an amazing experience
I did the same thing with it in podcast format. And again while watching it, and again in the dark with eyes closed just now. It is just transcendent when you fully let your imagination go wild. I hope someone tries to make a full animation of this
im sure glad i smoke a few bowls before this.
I didn't realize I was starting to sleep, not due to boredom but just general fatigue. In any case, having it playing in the background and waking up half way between sleep my mind painted pictures I didn't know it could.
Genuinely couldn't recommend this enough. I tried it on my second listen and it's truly unforgettable
An amazing experience? Maybe I’m just soft, but for me I think it would be described as a mistake. Lol
I love Saskia's humming and how it got modified. Gave a very beautiful yet eerie tone to the last bit of the episode.
Almost as if she is harmonizing with herself...
I could have listened to them describe Fold effects for another 5 hours
Hard same
Poor Fiona and Jacob. Hopefully they get along.
I wonder if Jacob was like, a pre-existing man who's now attached to Fiona, or if he just spawned into existence, fully formed. 😨
I'd like to hear the conversation they had where Fiona learned her leg's name is Jacob
@@thallium6754 What would be the more horrible thing? Ok, I don't think one can even quantifiy it.
Also, are they attached side by side kinda like conjoined twins or opposite like a playcard?
@@kingskelett6265I'm picturing they share a leg, only Jacob's head is where Fiona's foot would be. The leg starts at Fiona's hip, then down to a shared knee, then down (up?) to Jacob's hip.
@@celesteelka that would be the worst because then how would they walk? I don't even know if both could sit up. Honestly, maybe amputating would be the best option?
Shoot out to the narrators for this episode. They do a great job but this one felt incredible. I want to narrate my Lovecraftian horrors the same way
Fold hounds immune to tearrors?
Whew. OK. Landlord is fine.
They weren't lying.
Wait, was Landlord a Fold hound, though?
Such a horrible image of the Postmaster. Just downright terrifying in a room of already terrified individuals. May he rest in pieces and in post.
Poor guy may have failed spectacularly, but he went out trying to comfort people 😔
@@thallium6754 The buoy was delusional, such expectations get shattered, it's a perfect metaphor in an art that really mattered.
I've been wondering how you would narrate the terror... Wow, just wow.
Once the terror hit, my jaw dropped and I literally couldn't close my mouth until the episode ended. WOW
This is the best episode so far, I so craved to know what the actual effects of the fold would be, and this is the washed out version of it?!?!
This is one of the best stories in any media I've ever experienced, thank you Third Person.
2 weeks ago i had never heard a single episode of midst now i sit here listening to this one on repeat
Welcome to the Fold, friend
I swear she just became a siren. I'm excited to see what happens to her.
My first thought was a Banshee (a calm banshee), but siren fits her well too
i honestly thought almost from the start that she is gonna be completely unchanged as a one in a chajilion exception.
I suspect she’s becoming something capable of hunting down Weepe
She's doing a duplication glitch
The sound design in this is just breathtaking, especially when Saskia’s gorgeous, haunting hum mixed in with the background … This whole episode is mesmerizing and horrifying and beautiful
Jesus christ. That was intense. You guys improvised the postmaster shattering??? What a moment!!!! Got freaking goosebumps at Saskias singing and the garbled message this one was killer!!!
Never has a podcast ever painted such clear pictures in my mind like Midst has. Well done, bravo, and I am starving for more
I love the way that Midst can still reveal new information based on already established things. A bit question I had was if Terrors were always individual or if a single terror had an established effect, The way that these "pockets" work is a good solution.
“Wow this show can’t get much more horrifying than when Weepe killed Concord”
Narrator: It did. It very much did.
I feel both tense to see what the ultimate outcomes will be, and somehow a relief that the Tearror finally hit. This is some good storytelling. Relieving one tension, replacing it with another. Kind of addictive.
This was incredible! Saskia's singing gave me chills. Why can't I like this more than once??
Well. Came into this expecting a sudden thing, maybe half the townsfold die and it's about getting back up and trying to heal and repair and whatnot. Was not prepared for eldritch horror acidtrip for 20 minutes. I think I'll go lie down now.
That wasn't a trip; it was a round-the-world journey
the way I was left with this choking feeling in my throat and was pleading with myself for everyone in the caves to be ok!! ugh! this story is so darn good 😭
People are high key sleeping on this series. It is absolutely incredible
"And then, he shatters" As did my heart you genius monsters
So the show has had dark moments for sure, but they are doing some existential dread now and I'm here for it.
"My taste in music! It's bad!"
This was wondrous and horrifying, and just incredible. The words, the voices, the soundscape, the art, everything was just so so good.
I applaud you three. It is not every storyteller who has the moxie to describe the indescribable.
I am saddened and horrified at the fate of the Postmaster, Mr. Potts, and Maurice (who?), concerned for Giselle, Fiona and Jacob, and Emmett, and a little bit happy for the (former) twins, and Patricia. I'm mostly relieved that the Foldhounds are immune to tearror (maybe their presence protects Saskia a little?) and hope that Lark, Tzila and even Phineas are off the cable before whatever happened to it... happens to them.
I really wonder how people still alive after all this can/will recover and re-enter society, but of course that's always the question after a (natural, though presumably caused by artificial means) disaster that affects so many. But what will the survivors do? Will anyone (dare to) come for them? Won't they just be sitting in a lake of tearror once the wave has passed and the "seas" calm? Looking forward to finding out... everything 😄.
I love how we're slowly learning more and more about the lore of this world. Good to finally know why everyone's so afraid of the Fold. Curious to see more of it.
Thank you so much for such well designed audio experience! I love listening to Midst so much. Thank you for sharing this experience with us. The delivery of every line is so experienced, thank you.
Man this series has gotten so interesting. This episode was eerie as sh*t! And mixing the funny descriptions between the more out there or disturbing made it so mesmerizing. The background humming for Saskia to was haunting. I'm curious who she found when reaching out into the darkness. Herself maybe? Mirror image doppelganger? Can't wait for the next episode!
I finished this episode with tears in my eyes, almost feeling the anger of Saskia's
15:09 you’re telling me that was improvised??? “an immense glittering expanse, but only for two people, for two seconds, to see each other briefly from far away. the smell of an old lover’s perfume left on a well-worn pillowcase”
Okay, I already commented, but I just finished this and OMG I’m speechless, this deserves more then a million views
That was one of the most beautiful (and horrifying) things I've listened to in a while. Thank you.
The echoing feeling of hollow "rejectedness" was so well played out when the teletheric broadcast stated that the valorous trustees were evacuated. Herbs from an unknown provence season the soul-meal of an hysterically imminent tearor. This episode was so well prepared, my brain is lounging with my imagination, viewing the scope of reality you all created so vibrantly.
... Being compelled to reach out to other people in the darkness is terrifying to me... Not just because you never know what you'll find but because of how truly frightened you would have to be to do that in pitch blackness...
Hands down possibly one of the greatest artistic form I've ever listened to. The description of pure chaos is just absolutely beautiful, creepy, daunting, horrifying, and many other adjectives that I'm not even familiar with
I have adored every single episode of Midst thus far, and this one still somehow took the cake. Holy cow, Third Person. This is a masterpiece
My favorite one yet. I was very curious about how the terror would be described and it was absolutely incredible. Peak storytelling.
I've been waiting for this to come on RUclips for WEEKS. Have fun everyone!
Jesus Christ. That was haunting man. When the postmaster shattered I actually screamed out "No"
That poor man's taste in music... I hope he can at least enjoy the ska he's forever cursed to like
Beautiful art to compliment a terrifying situation. I didnt think i was gonna like this as much as i absolutwly love it. Yall got me hooked so quick. 1000/10
So listening to this in the car on my way home from work was... interesting. Definitely made the 5 o'clock traffic feel different
ooohhh no 🤣
Wow you’ve outdone yourselves on this one - nail biter! Amazing how everyone described the madness in the pitch blackness, keep it coming!
This is my absolute favorite episode so far and I don't see it being dethroned any time soon (though this podcast is incredible so it could happen with the very next episode, who knows lol). This was like a surreal rollercoaster ride. What a phenomenal experience. Thank you to everyone working on this!
This is definitely an episode I will have to listen to more than once. This one was incredibly trippy. I always love the depth of sound design in this production. I've been recommending the show to many people
25 minutes gone in a blink. This episode felt as timeless as being trapped in the terror. If I had any to spare, you would have my money.
Was the fold speaking to us????
What I could make out from the altered Teletheric (Some is from captions, others I think I heard beneath the narration"
"skies occluded with the substrate aberrant / universe / mat which is the tale of sings..."
"Bursting" "sights"
"Particularly with you sweet listener, going / going u-uch "
"tread dark trenches where the light cannot glow or go / Arca / Balustrade / Caenum" (These last three words repeat and overlap a dozen or so times after the initial clear speaking)
HOLY SHIT. I love this so much. Every episode is totally new and unique, and the Tearrors were NOT what I was expecting. I had assumed more of a monster side of things, but this is like being immersed into Welcome to Nightvale, Control, or The Magnus Archives to the deepest extent. Pure, unadulterated chaos, true randomness of the universe as things shift and alter and randomize and *change and twist* those caught within it. Brilliant storytelling that I am so eager to drink in every week.
I have just one question now:
If this is what a Cataclysmic Tearror does to people, and we can assume that some will live through it... then what the FUCK does Moc Weepe have in his blood?? That stuff immediately melted Atticus Concord in moments. Does he literally has Tearrors in his skin? What the hell.
(That Teletheric being altered to say some cryptic stuff is also very awesome, I love that sort of thing)
Ok, ok, ok.... The story was, is superb. The narration? On point. But the music? The silences? The sounds?! Perfection! What a journey!
The most amazing MIdst episode yet! Created an actual physical response in me. Can't wait for the next one.
I need a isolated loop of her humming and the background music along with it. That was an enchantingly Erie cherry on top of this magnificent episode.
I dont want to understate how amazing the visuals of this episode were, but the post master floating into the terror and shattering was one of the funniest things that could have happened there
MIDST is the greatest thing Critical Role has ever produced
Good for Patricia, I am happy she has a new monologue
love a good eldritch horror sequence!
I can not physically discribe how this made me feel. This is just fantastically horrifying. I love this podcast
The truth about the fold is that it is just liquid Jazz.
Beautifully done episode, but I am glad I waited to listen to it in the morning, and not right before going to bed
this episode made me gasp out loud, shiver, and literally hold my seat as if i was there with them, in the basement. i felt scared, angry, and i cant wait for what comes next, it was amazing. the arrival of the terror really leaved me breathless
I felt my skin crawl uncontrollably. I was so uncomfortable this was amazing work and a fantastic bar to set for the rest of the season
“My teeth, my ears, my hair, my taste in music…it’s bad”
okay I had to pause it because I started cackling at that so much. All this constant stuff going on & the one thing that gets me is my taste in music as bad now. Lmao these episodes Just keeps getting better and better.
The last 3 minutes gave me goosebumps. Fantastic work, keep it up!
Wow! No emote can express the dire frank chaotic abyssal madness of the fold, bravo 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
Darkly hilarious that Emmet can't recognize that he doesn't remember his mother anymore, but the guy suddenly inflicted with bad taste in music immediately knows 😅
Excellent tsunami metaphor. My understanding has been extremely enhanced.
This episode is absolutely amazing. I’m absolutely blown away.
This HAS to hold the record for the most character development in a single episode.
the most beautiful episode yet! thank you!
That tearor background with the eyes and mouths was seriously, appropriately disturbing. And then "My taste in music -it's bad!" Mwua! Perfectly timed bit of levity.
Oh I've had trips like this, this is incredible. Truly wonderful work!
If this was published as a book, i would buy the shit out of it.
Honestly I'm hoping the post master will be fine, like his ability to float is gone but now he just has these glass like cracks all over his skin and is like
"see, that wasn't so bad. Get up, ya goobs."
or his little shards can float towards each other and collect themselves and he is actually okay. Just in shards.
The Narrators- *Describes some of the most horrifying and descriptive imagery for how the Tearror unfolds in people's minds*
Also, the Narrators- "All of this? This is the weak shit."
I don't know if I should be amazed as how well you described what happened or if I should be worried about what the full extent of the Tearror on the surface would have on these people.
10:15 and on had me on the edge of my seat. Amazing work!
So good. I think this one is my favorite episode so far.
... That was an exceptional piece of whatever that was and Im going to watch it all again now.
This entire series is a great exercise on Mindfulness. I love it.
I could honestly listen to several straight hours of them describing Terror.
Can I have Patricia's? Please??
Claustrophobia in that cave! This episode is crawling under my skin. It' s keeping me mesmerized. As if i was there, waiting, accepting the fold to come over me ...
Easily my favourite episode so far. Always wondered how the tearror would be explained.
Remember to put your headphones on for this one folks
As Amazing as ever, I really hope this series continues
Holy shit. That was amazing. And truly terrifying.
You keep me sane on the subway thank you.
Ok ok ok ...if I wasn't hooked before, which I totally was, I am now. The most terrifyingly vivid yet beautiful hallucinatory experience yet! Thank you you mysterious trio!
Holy shit, MIDST is one of my favorite things ever!
Wow what a ride. My heart was racing throughout that episode. I loved all that tension. Can’t wait till next week. ❤
Always so keen for the new release, thank you 🎉
Great great great episode! This was a climactic moment, we finally get to experience a terror and you guys did not disappoint!
That was absolutely terrifying... and beautiful, actually!
It’s odd how having been to Meow Wolf here in Denver, this all makes sense to me in my theater of the mind. There’s weird shit there, so this is easier to comprehend.
this is so so so fascinating and beautiful... love this series SO much
This is a masterpiece of narration and sound design, honestly such a phenomenal experience
My replacement earbuds arrived. Time for Midst.
Holy shit, how can something be so beatiful yet horrifying
listened to this on the bus and oh boy i GASPED loudly! such a good episode! congrats everyone, i cant wait for the next one!!