Recap Notes: MAGP 13 “Futures”

Spoiler Warning: this is a purely selfish exercise in remembering what the hell happened last season (from someone caught up thru MAGP32, 3/6/2025 & all of The Magnus Archives). No promises I’ll keep up with it.

Summary: I’m not saying Darrien (first of his name) deserved it. I’m just saying he sounds like the type to drive a cybertruck and I think that speaks for itself.

Casement: CAT3RB4622-17092023-14032024

Sue me. I’m not above enjoying episode 13 is about bad luck.

Think I mentioned before, but overall this case functions much the same as MAGP09 just with e-trading instead of dice rolls. It’s well done, I just don’t have too much to say on it.

We do get a nice backstory expansion pack for Sam and Celia (one more padded than the other). And I’m glad Jonny and Alex confirmed in the season 1 Q & A that we can take Celia’s word here that she had a few wild years (post finding herself in TMP-verse) and Jack’s her son, because I don’t I’d have been particularly interested in a cuckoo subplot. He’s just her kid and that’s that.

Sam’s a confirmed disappointment to his parents.

Also thought I had a candidate for who the law firm might be from a blink and you’ll miss it mention in the text, but seem to have lost that. If I find it later, I’ll come back and edit it in.

Would like more details on just what sort of incident he had that led to him parting ways.

And tiny bonus Alice lore in that she became an orphan during her and Sam’s time at uni. Explains her protectiveness towards Luke (and her misplaced turning that towards Sam, possibly the reason they broke up? do we have mention of why they broke up?) as well as her financial support of her brother. Probably something she was forced to do via circumstance, and has trouble letting go now that they’re both adults. Provides motivation for sticking it out in this job.

And for the big boss woman, Lena’s worldview is hella fun here when we compare it to Gerry’s from MAG 111.

LENA
(speech-like:) The world is full of opposing forces. Some benevolent, most not. In order for the wheels to keep on turning, all these forces need to be monitored and balanced. That is where we come in.

vs.

GERARD
No. There aren’t any god-like powers of hope, or love, or indigestion, or whatever. At least not that I’ve seen. Just fear. I don’t know why.

Do I think there are actually benevolent supernatural forces in TMP? Not sure yet. But considering the case we’re bookmarking, my money (even if I don’t have millions in personal equity to bet) is on: any benefit the OAIR thinks they’re gaining from playing with fire is a long-con towards a bigger, more catastrophic crash. The folks who think they can control anything are just too busy congratulating themselves on their cleverness to see it.

Excited for the fire.