hello mr boss man i have a burning question!
was the abbreviation of The Magnus Institute being “TMI” an on-purpose funny or just a quirky accident?
Ha!
We clocked it at some point and just figured, “yeah that scans”.
So it wasn’t intentional but we certainly weren’t complaining.
What was the thought process behind naming TMAGP 12 “Getting Off?”
“Shit. I need a workplace pun that could also refer to a strip club…”
“Screw it, I’ll put ’Getting Off’, it works for now and whoever vetos it will have to come up with something better.”
3 weeks later…
“Ah. I see what happened here.”
hello bossman!! have you ever considered changing your tumblr pfp to something less murdery and scary? or do you enjoy bringing terror to the masses??
I’ll be honest, I take like one picture of myself a year.
Since I was last in public I have grown a beard, lost a beard, gained weight, lost weight and right now resemble a badly shaved beaver trapped behind a desk with no idea what it’s doing.
Y'all will be waiting a while before I bother to put a new image up.
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Hey Alex, hope you’re having a good day :)
Just finished listening to MAG Protocol Episode 37 and was absolutely blown away, what a phenomenal episode. No spoilers, just fantastic stuff. Especially with a particular character appearance ;)
Were you always interested in the script writing side of things? What inspired you to have a go at writing for Protocol?
Thank you (& Jonny & the RQ Team) for all the hard work and spooks!
Thanks for the kind words!
So fun fact, I am actually a formally trained script-writer with an MA from CSSD and I think there’s probably a bit more of me in the Magnus Archives scripts than people might think.
I’d develop the story with @jonnywaistcoat before writing then after he wrote first drafts I would redraft the episodes with him before recording. Statements were normally only small changes but dialogue and character work was a bit more full on especially in later seasons. Don’t get me wrong though, @jonnywaistcoat is very much the horror guy of the two of us.
For Protocol though, @jonnywaistcoat explicitly asked that I generate the metaphysics (fancy word for fear logic etc.) and so I offered to co-write and that means getting to do first drafts.
Personally, I think I am probably better at writing than I am directing but I suspect directing is a rarer skillset so I get more work in that vein.
Left to my own devices I would probably do a lot more writing, I’ve wanted to write a YA series for years not to mention a dark fantasy trilogy and some sci fi but there’s just not the time for me to sustain something like Rusty Quill and write novels so I guess your stuck with me podcasting for a while yet.
Hello Bossman Alex! How are you doing?
This may be be a weird thing to ask (I wasn't even sure to ask Jonny this too), but have you ever had someone say that your voices sounded like someone elses, like familiar to them?
I ask this because, I was listening to TMA with my father (second time for me, first time for him) and we were on episode 22: Colony and my mother, who was in the room with us, said that your voice and Jonny's voice sounded familiar to her despite never hearing your voices before.
Sorry for the odd question again.
P.S: I find your voices comforting and calming whenever I relisten to an episode.
Interesting question.
In my experience when people meet @jonnywaistcoat they tell him he has such a distinctive voice/face/vibe and he’s a unique special bunny.
Meanwhile I get told I am more normal/average than people had hoped and they thought I would be more interesting.
(@rq-producerperson can confirm)
Make of that what you will.
do you have a favourite layer of the rainforest bossman?? I'm a canopy fan myself
Probably Emergent?
I just assume all the animals up there keep yelling down
“I can see the misty mountains from here!”