the day i don’t listen to the magnus archives episode 119 and go utterly out of my mind is the day i accept there’s definitely something wrong with me
the creepy circus music replacing the usual horror violins intro, setting the tone of the episode from the very start. the sound design. the abstraction of basic concepts and reality itself in a storytelling medium that heavily relies on those things to drive its narrative and help its listeners visualize and get invested in what’s happening. “i don’t understand” “and you never will again”. daisy’s VA’s voice acting as her character descends into rage-fuelled madness and becomes a bestial monster. “almost a shame you don’t know your own coffin. but you will. oh, you will.” basira reasoning her way out of literal eldritch mind scrambling. THE SOUND DESIGN. the shifting character perspectives that serve to both better illustrate what’s happening and make it even more confusing and disorienting. the weaponization of jon’s guilt at not being able to save the world from incomprehensible horrors against him. “jon, i don’t know if you can hear me, but if you can: i don’t forgive you. but thank you for this.” TIM :((((((((((((((( “you sound stressed. you know, i hear the great grimaldi’s in town. you should go see him. cheer yourself up.” “that’s. not. funny.” “i know.”