As anyone who’s ever listened to the magnus archives knows, the characters are viscerally and entirely captivating. This sounds like an exaggeration, but it’s impossible to not fall in love with at least one of them.
I think this lies in the intense humanity of each of them. Their reactions are so real, their emotions so tangible. Hearing Martin sob when verbally attacked by Elias, Jon yelling in anger when he doesn’t understand something, or Sasha whimpering her explanations during prentiss’ attack; these are all such relatable reactions, and make the characters extraordinarily easy to sympathise with.
This also goes a long way in making the horror that much more powerful. It’s a bitter reminder that horrible things happen to people exactly like you. It puts me in mind of the quote “The moment you die will feel exactly like this one.”
Your life could be this awful; you’ve simply skirted around the terror.
Your life could be this
awful; you’ve simply skirted
around the terror.
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.