The Magnus Archives

[Mark Hoover 330]

Does anyone listen to The Magnus Archives by Rusty Quill Podcasts? It's kind of embarrassing, but I heard a sound on a TikTok video that referenced the series, and from there I found them on YouTube. Its a horror series with a huge amount of worldbuilding and some truly amazing stories. I didn't see anything on these forums, just wondering if folks had already discovered these and I'm just SUPER late to the party?

[Mark Hoover 330]

Really no one? I know I'm late to this one but I figured with all the horror buffs on these forums surely SOMEONE had listened to this?

Anyway this has been my most recent obsession. None of my friends had ever heard of it and the 5-season series is already done so there's no continuing discussion of it anywhere, so I have no one to talk to about the show.

[TriOmegaZero]

I was there at the end.

[TriOmegaZero]

The Reddit sub is still active at least.

I think it was my brother that brought it up, not sure where he found it. It became our weekly listen once all of us were up to date. The wait for later seasons was ROUGH.

[Mark Hoover 330]

Thanks Triple OZ, I have been active on that sub reddit. Its a bummer showing up so late to the party but at least some conversation is better than no conversation.

Listening to seasons 2 and 3 I found myself with tons of questions and theories. Unfortunately now that everything has wrapped, rather than go post about them or debate w/my friends I can literally go to either a wiki or the sub reddit and just find the definitive answers. On the one hand, mystery solved, but on the other hand a bit depressing.

Oh, and one thing I see folks talking about on YouTube is that the show was maybe an allegory for Capitalism. I'm not seeing it, though I guess maybe if I squint? Besides, everything seems to be an allegory for Capitalism these days. Maybe I'm stuck in the wrong part of the algorithm...

[TriOmegaZero]

Well, there's still some things to discussion headcanons on with the ending.

Spoiler:

Like if the powers were able to escape to spread through other realities.