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Do you ever just think about Mark from Archive 81 and what he did. What he became in order to try and save his friend who he didn't even know was alive or not. It makes me lose my mind
#oh the devotion#like bro i want to make a character like that im so normal#could be a mage character maybe who knows#eric finally speaks#archive 81#archive81#a81#a81 podcast
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Need a way to pass the time waiting for the 30th to find out what RQ has planned for Magnus???
Try these podcasts out!
#Hfth#Ogoa#The storage papers#monstrous agonies#hello from the hallowoods#Tma#statement remains#jar of rebuke#the mistholme museum of mystery morbidity and mortality#The cellar letters#Video place#Tpp#the white vault#malevolent podcast#red valley#the town whispers#the silt verses#i am in eskew#death by dying#a81 podcast#neighborly#camp here and there#podcast recommendations
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thinking about how fucking kind and compassionate daniel powell is and tearing up because this dude made peach cobbler for ratty and was kind to rat, the creature that did painful body modification surgery on him without his consent, because he would want someone to be kind to him if he ever ended up losing his humanity like that and he gave rat his name and he made sure to call suit by her real name as soon as he found out what it was and he made small talk with clara and lou even though he knew they didn’t view him as human and he talked to suit about her memories and asked her if she needed help and he asked clara about her favorite albums and went through an extremely painful and fucked up ordeal and still came out the otherside a good person filled with trust and kindness like fuck bro he kept his humanity and his love for others and that’s fucking powerful!
#having emotions about daniel archiveeightyone in the club tonite#daniel powell#dan powell#archive 81#archive 81 podcast#archive 81 pod#a81#a81 podcast#a81 pod#horror podcast#rat archive 81#clara archive 81#lou archive 81#suit archive 81#ratty archive 81
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I would die in a horror podcast.
Not because I can't fight eldritch horrors or fight monsters trying to kill me or anything like that--
I would die in a horror podcast because canned peaches seem to be the only food source left in those motherfuckers.
Peaches.
That which I am allergic to.
P e a c h e s , t h a t o f w h i c h i l o a t h e
I would choke and die because of a fruit used to represent the ass.
My death is worth more than corn syrup and fruit in an aluminum can
#malevolent audio drama#malevolent podcast#tma#the magnus archives#a81 podcast#archive 81#the white vault#meltedwaxwingsposts
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TELL ME ABOUT THOSE PODCASTS!!! TELL ME WHY YOU LOVE IT AND WHY IT STUCK OUT!!!!!!!!! I LOVE PODCASTS!!!!!!!!
my friend, you have activated my trap card in such a major way, this is the special interest that has me writing a dissertation in one of my friends discords, they had to quarantine me in a thread because of how much I love Archive 81. I'll be quarantining myself below a read more so I dont clog up dashes.
Archive 81 is a podcast about ritual, stories, and sound. It's also a REALLY, REALLY BAD NETFLIX SHOW. DO NOT WATCH THE NETFLIX "ADAPTATION", PLEASE. (this is whats in the discord thread, by the way, a currently ongoing compare and contrast of the podcast and the show where im breaking down why the show is so truly fucking terrible)
There are currently three seasons to A81, and two miniseries that exist between the second and third season, and after the third season. All are equally important and I sincerely recommend listening to each season in order, and not skipping the miniseries. However, each season is very different from the last, so I will pretty much be focusing only on season one to avoid spoilers.
Archive 81 season one is about Daniel Powell, a capital G Guy who has just taken a job with the Housing Historical Committee of New York State to digitize some old tapes. If you've listened to The Magnus Archives, this premise may sound familiar to you, and I promise if you enjoyed that podcast you'll like A81 as well.
I think that the first episode of A81 is a masterclass in setup, and really I can talk about it forever but you should just go listen to it, it's only 16 minutes long and seriously sets everything up so, so well. But I'll go over the basic premise here, partially because I really do just like talking about it.
First episode Dan gets set up by his boss, a condescending man named Davenport, in his new temporary home: a concrete bunker in the middle of nowhere with no internet and limited cell service. Sounds super normal and not sketchy At All! Oh, also the stocked food consists of mainly canned peaches, there's no sheets on the bed, and the power goes out intermittently. Again, just ideal living conditions.
And there's one more thing! Dan has to be recorded, constantly. 24/7.
So he's set up and immediately set to work, Davenport leaves and Dan slots in the first tape.
This is where we meet Melody Pendras, a journalist working for the Urban Preservation and Development Department of New York State and god, don't these departments and committees just sound so official?
All of Melody's tapes take place in the mid-90s and contain a series of interviews that she conducted in the Visser Apartments in New York. See, the apartments are kinda... weird. To put it mildly. There's voices that disappear when you turn the corner, music that comes from nowhere, and a cult run by someone named Samuel.
See, this is where I have to geek out a bit about the first episode in particular. Its, *insert hand flaps here* its so good.
The first tape that Dan puts is Melody's first time going in to Visser. She introduces herself, the apartment, and gives us the beginning of her story. The second tape Dan puts in is Melody's last time going in to Visser. She's panicked, talking about Samuel and how hes evil and a boiler room and how shes got a plan and -
the tape cuts off, damaged, warped, something.
This is how the story hooks Dan, showing him it's beginning and almost-end. Leaving him to figure out it's middle and the mystery of what actually happened to Melody.
At the end of the first episode, we meet Mark. Mark informs us that what we just listened to was a tape sent to him by Dan, before Dan went missing. He's not sure what to do, but is hoping that, by putting these tapes out here, someone who knows something will come forward.
This is how the story hooks us, showing us it's beginning and almost-end. Leaving us to figure out it's middle and the mystery of what actually happened to Dan.
And that's the first season. We, the audience, parallel Dan the whole way through. Its just, so good, for reasons I, again, don't want to spoil. But this parallel becomes important in The Golden Age, the miniseries between the second and third season.
Speaking of the second season, this is why I think the switch was so jarring to a lot of listeners. The first season gets us to relate to Dan so closely because we are him in a way, and the second season breaks that parallel. Well, this and the uhh. cough. there's a community created content warning document for the show, and the second season required a breakdown of body horror into four different types. so. yeah. If you're not a fan of Bad Meat Noises, it... may not be for you, sadly (season 2 is my favorite season).
The third season I will talk a bit about because it again turns a 180 to the point where a brief summary is not much of a spoiler. This is partially because Dan is not our main character! Instead we get to meet Nicholas and Christine, half-siblings who are attempting to preform a ritual left by their horrible occultist father.
When I say season two is my favorite it is by the smallest margin. I adore this whole entire show so, so much. Including the miniseries. The third season is fucking excellent, and if you find yourself turned off by the second season then honestly go ahead and scooch up to the third, with a stop at The Golden Age on the way. You'll be a bit confused, but ok.
There are also transcripts of the show available (the lovely unofficial ones which are fantastic but not finished, and the official ones) if you don't want to listen to the Bad Meat Noises but don't mind reading them, however I really strongly recommend against this. Sound is a huge part of the show (rituals, stories, and sound, remember?) and the sound design is really good.
Again I can talk about A81 all day, and when I finish my lecture on the podcast versus the show (evil, terrible) I'll clean it up and post it on here, because I'm actually rather proud of it so far and I'm not even halfway through my talking points.
Hopefully this has convinced you to give A81 a try! Seriously, the whole first season is 10 15-18 minute episodes, you can chomp through the whole thing in an afternoon.
Thanks for giving me a space to talk about it :3 <3
#corvid caws#a81#archive 81#a81 podcast#its so good and the things it has to say about stories are very important to me#seriously i love it so much#like#so so much
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howsabout a STATIC MAN in "descent into madness"?
long time no archive 81
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I could decide how to render this so I just painted it, idk.
#a81 podcast#archive 81#archive 81 fanart#a81#a81 staticman#nicholas waters#a81 Nicholas Waters#static man#fanart#digital drawing#art#drawing#digital art#archive 81 podcast#left of the dial#a81 left of the dial
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It seems as if the archive 81 tag is no longer fully populated with Netflix gifs and once again is a relatively empty place with occasional podcast fanart. Nature is healing ❤️
#the fact that the Netflix version exists is a crime but people seem to not be posting about it as much so that’s good#anyway if you haven’t listened to the podcast please do#and I will not forgive nor forget Netflix for straight washing#ghost posts from their box#archive 81#a81#a81 podcast#archive 81 podcast#podcast#fiction podcast#audio fiction#audio drama
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Dan and mark. If you’re reading this. Tell me your plot idea for season four and I will write it. I just want a81 season four.
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I listened to archive 81 last week so here are my drawings
#archive 81#mothghhost art#a81 podcast#a81#adore the human boombox#body horror#tw body horror#edit: forgot to add body horror tw so i added them now hope tumblr accepts it
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Just finished listening to Archive 81
Im absolutely crushed
How are both endings so open yet so, Idk bittersweet is not the right word
They just make me feel mushy geez I have to work on calling my emotions in the right way
Also catch a sketch of Static Man bc he's like, the coolest
Might draw the disaster siblings or Lou n the crew later ^^
#static man#my art#sketch#art#archive 81#Archive 81 fanart#doodle#a81#a81 podcast#a81 fanart#Static Man art
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clara and lou *3*
#a81#archive 81#a81 podcast#a81pod#archive 81 podcast#clara archive 81#lou archive 81#clara a81#lou a81#my art#bit art#bitart
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controversial but i’m gonna say that banyan court is just the visser building
#haunted horror anthology city highrises built by dubiously moral corporations!#archive 81#a81 podcast#thirteen storeys#jonny sims#jeddie.txt
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chris: why does static man call you babygirl?
nick: how about we stop talking for a little while.
#if ur wondering how s3 of archive 81 is going#statnick#static man#christine anderson#nicholas waters#chris anderson#arthur archive 81#archive 81#archive 81 podcast#archive 81 pod#a81#a81 podcast#a81 pod#queer#horror podcast#babygirl meme
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OH MY GOD
#please please please please be about archive 81#archive 81#a81#archive 81 podcast#archive 81 update#👹👹👹👹👹👹
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the problem with being into horror podcasts but not horror movies is like. yes i'm okay with hearing someone being brutally torn apart in my ears. no i cannot stand to watch a needle get anywhere close to someone's eyes. yes i love sitting paralyzed as i'm listening to someone go through the most horrifying situation i could never have imagine. no i will not watch someone's insides writhe around. i'll listen to it tho. fun times!
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