MAG113 - Case #0571-U - Adelard Dekker
Statement regarding the near death and subsequent activities of Justin Gough.
The Magnus Archives tells the tale of an associate of Gertrude Robinson, investigating the nocturnal wanderings of a supposed victim of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Content Notes: Blood, poisoning, sharp object violence, undead
Starring: The Archivist - Jonathan Sims; Martin Blackwood - Alexander J Newall; Melanie King - Lydia Nicholas
Writer: Jonathan Sims
Director: Alexander J Newall
Editors: Alexander J Newall, James Austin, Brock Winstead
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"I mean, it wasn't actually paranoia, was it? Because they WERE out to get you" I love Martin
"MARTIN. Stop. Trying. To Touch. The [omitted]."
I mean... he is right
martin trying to touch the explosives and jon yelling at him to stop gives the vibes of a cat attempting to push a glass off a table and its owner trying to stop it
PFFFFFF! THE ACCURACY! THANK YOU!
martin is way more polite and won't stare directly at you while doing it
Mostly me at my cat to not eat the dog food.
@@damekkoDarkhe’s more like a puppy Jon’s that cat fr
jon telling Martin to stop touching it, and to put his hands in his pockets has the feeling of a parent telling their kid to not eat something thats on the floor
Ngl I think Martin has whatever one of the spicy braincells
Friendly reminder that with the gorilla skin destroyed, the next best option is a Jonsuit.
ah. right.
He's gonna get kidnapped... again
Aw shit here we go again
Thats what the explosives is for
I mean, they said he'd make a lovely frock, sooo.
"martin, stop trying to touch the plastic explosive." 1. mood 2. I LOMVE HIMMMMMMMMMMMMM
I came straight to the comments to post that.
5:28 The delivery was simply *fantastic.*
This is the happiest and most relaxed conversation Jon has had with his coworkers in a while, plastic explosives and all.
Melanie: "I think you're gonna want to see this" Elias: 👀 John: "It looks like C4" Elias:👁👄👁
😂
in all honesty, if Elias didn't think Gertrude had a bunch of explosives always within reach, I'd be disappointed in him.
@@aubarlowe fair point
I don’t think Elias is privy to the tape’s knowledge. The characters think he is, but the tapes are for us, not him.
@@table2.0 I think they meant he could see it because the eye can see through every eye, which i think extends to Elias
Hearing how they freak out when they notice that something is recording and then the audio cutting off just reminded me that we aren't supposed to hear half the things we actually hear and the fact that I actively get anoyed whenever they cut me off from listening in is concerning.
It seems we are all devotees to the ceaseless watcher
i'm convinced we ARE the Eye at this point
Maybe similar to the feeling of having your meal taken away from you before you've finished...?
rEAL i get all zoned out and it feels incomplete concerning as that is lol
@@koibubble8926same, it’s the only thing that makes sense. The tape recorder having a Will of its own and what it records being fed to the viewers? It’s our avatar in that word that we can’t possibly exist in.
Melanie probably: Jon where the hell have you been? Jon: oh sorry I took a little longer getting back I got kidnapped again
Same old, same old...
Martin's panicked "TURN IT OFF!" in 05:56 is giving me life
Was that Martin?! Thought it was Melanie aksjsksk
@@joannemagat6040 It doesn't sound like Martin to me at all, I think it was Melanie.
That was Definitely Martin. He's panicked, and the one that gets cut off is Melanie, it's a lot more threatening and serious. :)
According to transcripts, it is Martin
Friends, friends, the first "turn it off" was Martin and the second one was Melanie.
This is the first instance I've seen of a *heroic* lobotomy, and this moderately disturbs me.
C O R R E C T.
Didnt even do what it was meant to accomplish though smh
@@Hi-ul2gc it did though It sounds like he stopped for a while, but sadly he recovered
Reminds me of Harrow the ninth. Immortal being gives herself lombotomy to forget/save the soul of her emotional support cavalier because she cant hadle her death nor wants her gone. To only get stabbed and her soul sent to the afterlife and for her cavalier to come back in her body infuriated on how she didnt do any reps when she died.
the return of coworker banter involving jon has made me so happy
Seems the "fussing over" that Melanie was talking about comes from both sides. Jon is so protective over Martin here. They're both fussing over each other, it's sweet.
meanwhile melanie staring at them and trying not to facepalm at their utter lack of braincells
Caaaaaaaan you feeeeeeeell the looooove tonight- If melanie would have played that song while they were talking i would have lost my shit
_"Just put your hands in your pockets"_
Its like talking to a toddler So cute
Adelaide Deckard's efficiency is admirable and scary. "Ok can't kill him, so I'll just do a joker style impromptu lobotomy"
While the first six minutes were comedic gold, I have auditory processing issues and that was h e l l
i also have audio processing issues so i read the transcripts while listening to the eps, it really helps me understand what theyre saying!
@@faxonii same !!
@@faxonii same!! and it makes easier to remember the names when they are written
Same I had no fucking idea what was going on 😭I need to start reading the transcripts as I listen
sameeeeeeeeeee
I almost wonder if the recorders randomly turning on is how Elias listens in. How "we" listen in.
I think definitely!
I believe The Eye is what turns them on, and I think Elias can see things in more ways than just the recorders. Maybe he can see through all pictures of eyes? Which is why Gertrude cut them out of everything she had?
Not to be very gay but the recorders aren't the only thing turned on by Elias jkk
Yeppers
Just wanted to bring you back to this comment OP, assuming you have finished season 5.
I found Jon's comment about how he's strangely relieved at finding himself in a position of having no clue as to what's going on interesting. As an Archivist, he should probably feel discontent at his own lack of knowledge, but it doesn't look like he does. I was thinking if that is because The Beholding doesn't really represent knowledge but rather drive to it. What feeds it is not exactly knowing, but the process of acquiring knowledge. That means Jon probably subconciously felt relieved, that there is still something more for him to learn and figure out, because what's the point otherwise? Kinda like a jigsaw puzzle becomes boring once you complete it. Does anyone think about it like that?
I think so too. And like Gerard already noticed, Jon is quite different from Gertrude. So I don't know for sure if that's the reason, since Gertrude probably wouldn't be content, but I guess that's the best explanation for it.
Thats why Elias doesnt Tell him amything i think
That's actually such a good take! To add to that, during earlier seasons, Jon always read the statements and tried to make sense of them, but only in a sort of curiosity? He never tried to seriously analyse the statements, which went to the point that, I believe it was Michael the distortion (?), who was surprised by how little Jon had figured out
LOVEE how Martin keeps trying to touch creepy object & Jon is yelling at him to not 🤣 “Put your hands on your pockets or something” 😂😂😂
"I’ll even make it a statement. Give your patron something to keep it satisfied. It’s not like I sleep enough to worry about dreams." Wait making a statement gives people dreams? Was something like this ever mentioned before? Edit: "I’m not too concerned, to be honest, my dreams are, uh… well, let’s just say I don’t think they’re going to be letting anyone else in any time soon." I AM. concerned. Jon?!?
Oh dearie me, you probably had fun with the later seasons
Jon and Martin both saying an exasperated "what" at the same time is so funny
Note for the people like me who can’t remember names: Okay so the name aderald dekker sounded familiar so i checked previous eps and its the guy who performed an "exorcism" on the Not!Them creature and bound it to the table with swirling patterns (he is mentioned first in the post-statement of MAG77 ‘The Kind Mother’ and appears with the "exorcism" in MAG78 ´Distant cousin’) Alsoooo in MAG77 the mother is replaced by the ´kinder’ Not!Mother, and two days after the statement the dad dies and guess how? Carbon monoxide poisoning
Thank you
thanks for the information!
I think hes basicly the weird artifact hoarder, who also had that stealing vase, but im not sure, and not willing to fact check it on the wiki
Addelard.
Good lookin out
When they found the explosives and Jon and Martin were fighting oml And then when they were yelling at him about the recorder, god I love them
His name is GERRY, not GERARD, Jon >:( It was quite literally his last wish
He was literally the only one to hear it which makes it even worse
"I’m not too concerned, to be honest, my dreams are, uh… well, let’s just say I don’t think they’re going to be letting anyone else in any time soon." Hey, op. What the f-ck does that mean? So...does the Eye have the ability to watch through any and all depictions of eyes (the "any picture of an angel is an angel" type of sitch) or did Gertrude cut all those eyes out just in case?
yeah I think so
So you probably know by now but thats what we call foreshadowing for Daisy!
Their being super cautious around books gives me life.
*tUrN iT oFf*
Like a light switch!~
@@BlueCat201X go click
It's our cool little Magnus trick!:)
@@BlueCat201X thank u for reminding me to laugh, i just finished season 3. let’s say it could’ve been happier 😀
this statement got me. not because of the nature of it but because of that one bit about sleep and death. i thought this was an uncommon terror; i've never met anyone who was also terrified of the idea of emptiness of death. i remember staying awake as a kid, staring the ceiling, and feeling like the moment of my death would feel like an eternal sleep. it was terrifying. it still is.
same hat! there was a period when i was a kid where falling asleep was terrifying because of that. I'm not as bothered by it now though.
I have the exact same feelings! The beginning of that statement really gets to me.
I like that they addressed the fact Melanie didn't explained how THE HELL SHE WAS SHOT BY A GHOST. It's neat.
the entire part with martin trying to touch the plastic explosives this show is a comedy
hey jon, you've barely been at this for two or three years, and plenty of people know you already! alright, maybe not 'people', but surely gertrude wasnt really that known amongst 'people' particularly either
Now the image of Jon using his entire self to hold Martin back from C4 while Melanie is inspecting it is now drilled into my brain and I love that
I'm a first-time listener but I kinda have a theory. I feel like the eye can only see the through the tape recorder, and that's why it keeps randomly turning it on, and probably why Jon seems to be bringing it without realizing he's doing it. Either that, or it's Elias that can see their movements through the tape. Either way, I'm worried for everyone here. Also, gotta love Jon preventing Martin from trying to touch dangerous supernatural objects
Johnny Sins
ThatBleak only took three seasons for somebody to say it
Avatar of The Flesh
I kept rewinding because I wasn't paying attention and it took three times for me to realize Jon was saying "C4" and not "fifor" or something else beginning similar to FIFA.
what's C4
@@dr.blockcraft6633 thank you
“TüRñ Įt ØfF!!!”
???yO?u F?oR?g?Ot??
Jerry said that the Flesh was new, so maybe there's a new power based upon more manmade fear, terrifying progress. Sounds worrying
Ah yes, my worse fear. I thought I'd never seen the episode. The fear of not waking up the next day... It scared me, to imagine we couldn't ‘realized’ when we fell asleep. All we knew is what happened the _next_ time we woke up... It's a painless death but also unexpected and dreadful one because you don't see it coming.
lately I've been thinking the eye is so cute.. it turns on the recorder cause it just wants to be present like a puppy with separation anxiety.. they go about their day and don't even know it's there n then they're like oh God you were here the whole time! shoo! and is all sad and goes to pout in the corner (first time watcher no spoils pls!!)
Oh boy, was this statement a bad one to listen to with headphones in the early am in bed at that sick moment between can't sleep/want to sleep and needing to get up for work in a few hours. Thanks.
Every time I recognize a name I have to pause and exclaim "wait a minute" before frantically leafing through my notes. Finding Adelard's name scribbled under my never-ending list of character names felt like a small victory; he was the dude who bound the not-them to the table! Is this statement before or after the events that transpired in #78?? Gonna be an interesting ep.
If you don't mind me replying to your 1 year old comment on here, here's a short explanation: In MAG 77, Lucy Cooper's Statement from 1994 shows that the Not-Them was unbound at that point of time. Then sometime between Spring or Summer 2001, in MAG 78, Adelard Dekker bound the Not-Them to the Web Table. And by the time of the happenings of Amy Patel's statement (MAG 3) that occured in 2006, the Not-Them had been bound for a little while at that point. The letter of this Episode was dated 2012, so this was 11 years later after the events of 2001 I believe. And 5 years later Jon destroyed the table in February 2017.
@@annajagnow2116 thank you for this explanation! Still working on getting through season 4 after the season 3 finale emotionally scarred me, so this was a much-needed recap! :)
@@sneasnake6368 No problem! I just finished the Season 3 finale with MAG 120 a 3-4 hours before you replied back haha! I also like to read up on recaps or the TMA timeline every now and then. I myself plan to watch Season 4 next month in May! I spoiled myself a bit but I'm still excited for it!
@@sneasnake6368 Also I totally agree, the end of S3 was a lot. I saw Tim's death coming a while back, but it was still so bittersweet :'( I'm going to miss him a lot.
Is this statement related to the one in the first season that predicted Gertrude's death?
on wiki it lists the s1 dream guy as an avatar of the end so, kind of?
It has to be
Thats what I was thinking, but they are two completely different people
martin in this episode >>>>>
"Ooh, a book!" Eye-aligned much, Jonathan
I bet scrambling brains would be a neat feeling. Not in a morbid way, squishy things are just fun
👁👄👁
idk, too wet and messy
martin jon melanie moments letsss goo
I just realized..Gertrude's plan when stopping these "rituals" from happening is blow them up, lol Im saying this cus I think the eye's ritual that Jerry mentioned was in the Alexandria library, and she blew it up. Its a very straight forward solution XD
Grandma ain't messing around 💣💣💥💥💥💥💥
Martin is just a human shaped Chaos Cat.
Ironically this is the episode i fell asleep to
Merrily, merrily, merrily Life is but a dream.
On the one hand, vaild, but on the other, I can usually tell the moment I fall asleep, haha.
I do think some people sleep lightly enough that they're a bit conscious, at least when they first fall asleep. I experience that light awareness of "oh, I'm asleep now," when I sleep surrounded by noise, and I've heard some people describe a similar experience. I don't think it's super common though, and that's probably why people have the whole conversation about the moment you fall asleep without even taking it into account. I think it's cool though!
Wait really? I never do, because then I'm thinking too much and can't fall asleep lol.
What's it like?
"you met vampire Trevor then?"
On relisten, I just picked up a real subtle piece of foreshadowing here. Very very well done, Mr Simms. I see what you did there.
*nods and smiles*
>new emergence Ha, called it two episodes ago. Making a conspiracy-web it totally worth it.
What was that new emergence please
Yes, C4 is the only plastic explosive I've ever heard of.
My theory from this episode and what we know so far: I think Gertrude wanted to blow up the magnus institute, like she probably did with that library in Egypt (if I remember correctly). Other than that, only other thing is that I think that this Dekker, which at first I couldn't remember who he was but then checked previous episodes and he was the guy who tied the Not!Them with the spider table, was at first interested in this case because he thought it had something to do with another fear and that's why he was disappointed when he realized it was the End instead. Now, since the carbon monoxide poisoning was also mentioned in the episode where Dekker is first mentioned and it was about the Not!Them, I believe he at first thought, or more like hoped, it had something to do with the Stranger, just like how Gertrude went around USA in anything that sounded like it had something to do with the Stranger and when it turned out it wasn't about the Stranger after all she was disappointed and left. Finally, I didn't really understood the last part when John talked about his own dreams not letting anyone else in.. did he mean that even his dreams are Eye related, thus even his dreams are guarded by the Eye? Or that he doesn't have any dreams either because he's not dreaming lately or because he's not sleeping? Or maybe his dreams are only about a specific person (cough cough) and they (his dreams) won't let anyone else in them besides that specific person? :3
"It’s not like I sleep enough to worry about dreams." - If you know, you know. GOD, I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT THE FIRST TIME.
first extinction mention pog
Oh shit, where 👀??
The 6 first minutes were pure gold jaajjfja. Glad to see that Jon is asking for help and his relationship with Martin is a lot better, even with this... little awkward conversations xD The cut in 6:00 with Melany's voice made me cackle with the mental image JÁ And this statement, well... I don't know what to expect with it. It seems like we have to worry about another entity, huh? In another note... Jonsuit for a ritual. Why not :D
Hearing this one on Friday the 13th hits different
The real plot in this podcast is the developing affections between Jon and Martin. Well, lets be honest, Martin has had it bad since the beginning.
I FUCKING KNEW IT, THEY ARE GONA BLOW SHIT UP
Season three just gets better and better!
HAH and i'm listening to this trying to go to SLEEP HAH a cosmic joke maybe??
Who was Adelard Dekker again?
He's the one who bound the NotThem to the web table in episode 78
Astrid Rigby oh yeah, thanks!
The best monster hunter this side of the Pond, specialising in manifestations of Smirke's Fourteen
I go to the transcripts archive (lol) and insert all the names that sound familiar into the search. Works like a charm. Except sometimes a name can be spelled differently, but I think I've only seen that once, with...one of the fire guys? I think?
I love the fact that the fear the magnus institute is against is the fear of not knowing, and by going through the statments, we as listeners are actively fighting it
i don't think i've heard jon say end recording in a while
Did the Eye turn on the tape recorder so "we" can listen and find out about the explosives?
Does that mean Mike Crew was still human enough to die?
Jon: MARTIN STOP TRYING TO TOUCH THE PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES!!!! 😂
Yk it's funny, my weird interest in transoribital lobotomies is paying off for the first time.
.... Soooo can Elias hear them through the tapes? Why were they all freaking out? Did I miss smth QuQ
Yes, remember in 101 thay were talking into the recorder, in hopes that Elisa can hear.
Justin Goth
I kept thinking of the Goth family from The Sims series.
You know, this episode is talking a lot about carbon monoxcide poisoning...wasn't that also what they used to kill the worms?
That was carbon dioxide, but close End result is the same, asphyxiation
UGHHHHHHH i hate it that he brought the tape recorder lmaoooo whats even the point johnny boy
So we can listen. . .
What is it with no one believing in the hereafter???
How come so few people notice that Adelard Dekker is connected to the web.
Jon fangirling about meeting entities as the one of us he truly is
Oh this is the first time we read a statement about the thing Gertrude asked mr deckard to investigate for her
Start 1:05
He really thought!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Wait, wasn't "Avatar" Georgie's name for them?
I'm really confused who is ivy meadows and what happened to her?
late reply but ivy meadows is the care home infested with disease from MAG 36 that was blown up. It was revealed a few eps before this that Melanie's father died in that care home
Fire in the hole :3
Spoilers: I’m guessing this one is the end Edit: HELL YEAH
Is this episode important or can I skip it? I can't realy hear what they're saying
Try using earbuds, I find it helps. First-time listener, too.
I can't understand what they're saying.
Very Lovecraftian...knowledge can kill you, don't even touch the books!
If they so aptly believe in the supernatural, then by that logic, they should believe in God.
Not really? Knowing supernatural things exist doesn’t necessarily mean specific beings from mythology do. By that logic they should believe in all of the thousands of gods humans have believed in since our beginnings.
if i believe in one specific kind of alien, does that mean i should believe in every single alien from every fictional story ever written or conceived of?
isnt part of believing in god include not believing in witches/ghosts/ghouls/other supernatural things? because its heretical?
@@lablabs2613 depends on which version of god
@@mjamin9124and which version of each god
When you just discovered this series a couple months ago but your theater group passed out from carbon monoxide but it wasn’t found in the building:
Holy shit what a story