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Round Two Part Six - Match 48
Our last match up of part six hosts Literary Heights, our Mike Crew Ex Altiora statement! Literary Heights is against Rotten Core, which had 133 votes in the last round.
MAG 046 - Literary Heights | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript
Statement of Herbert Knox, regarding a repeat customer to his bookshop in Chichester.
MAG 157 - Rotten Core | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript
Statement of Adelard Dekker, regarding a potential pandemic originating in the town of Klanxbüll, Germany.
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interesting detail from mag 46 literary heights! it seems to imply that mike crew manages to trap the lichtenberg figure that was stalking him INSIDE of Ex Altiora?? i had not realized that, but it could be that this particular Leitner can simply provide protection-- at the cost of becoming an Avatar of the Vast. never put those particular puzzle pieces together before; did y'all get that on your first time through??
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I just re-listened to MAG 46 Literary Heights and I noticed something:
I'm probably not the first one to write about this, but I just noticed it, and it made me think. The statement maker briefly talks about Leitner, his disappearance and how he got to be in the possession of ex altiora. Then he say’s this.
Do we think the books killed the people? Or maybe it was other avatars, like Michael Crew? And definitely, in some cases, Mary Keay lol
What do you think?
This is one of the great things about tma! It’s my fourth or fifth time re-listening and I still find bits that have escaped me in previous listenings :)
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Thought I‘d share my thoughts since I love reading other people‘s thoughts after each episode of TMA.
MAG 46: Literary Heights
• The Vast. :0
• I knew it was Mike. :D
• Also the Leitner seems to show how the people that used (?) it died.
• My question is if Mike may still be alive. We‘ll see.
• Also I feel bad for Jon. Poor lad.
End of my thoughts. :]
#mie talks about tma#mie#mie rambles#tma#tma mag 46#tma ep 46#literary heights#tma spoilers#the magnus archives#the magnus archives spoilers
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a viral facebook post of a letter falsely attributed to charles bukowski | mag 32 hive | mag 46 literary heights | mag 89 twice as bright
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meme for @a-mag-a-day Day 48
MAG 46 - Literary Heights
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MAG 4️⃣6️⃣Notes -
I got dragged into listening to The Magnus Archives for the first time so here are my notes on my first listen to MAG 46: Literary Heights
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Book shop episode, I know this will end poorly
Michael Crue more like… Bastard Bitch
Bro stop yapping
WAKE ME UP, WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS
Short king Mike
White scar tissue arcing? That's… That's kinda hot Mike
Impatient short man with a goal and unique scarring? Mike 😫🙏
Uh oh smelly moment
Mikeeeeeeee omg an academic
No Mike don't run for NO ONE 😤
Mike is the opposite of that MAG 25 girl
Oop someone died, frenemy died :(
YO? WHY SUCH A VIOLENT DEATH?
Woah… A lightner book…
You know I want a spooky book :( I feel like haunted things are just ghosts that need a friend :( I wanna be their friend :( Maybe they are sad because they can't read their book anymore and I can read it outloud for them!
Monstrous creature of unknown origin 🙏😫
Oh… Hm. I guess that's one way to deal with that. Swan dive.
Awwwwww setting aside books for Mike 🥺
Mike is so enchanting even the lightbulbs stutter in his presence
Mike no
MIKE NO
Okay so: don't fucking run up a bell tower during a storm even if it is for mystical Mike
What the fuck is "the vast"?
DEFENESTRATION DETECTED
Mike is a multiple offender?! Bone turners tale was when Mike checked out the book from the library right?
Supplement: Jon … Jon my guy. ITS YOUR BOSS ITS ALWAUS THE BOSS THIS IS CAPITALISM BABES ITS YOUR BOSS
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TMA Inktober Day 9 - MAG 46: Literary Heights
Altiora. Vertigo. The Vast.
[ID: a digital drawing of the scene from MAG 46 where Mike Crew jumps from the bell tower. He is a dark shape, mid-fall, the lichtenberg figure monster falling behind him. Lightning in a fractal pattern illuminates them both in blue. Below, dark buildings shine with orange windows. The words "MAG 46: LITERARY HEIGHTS" are written within the lightning. end ID.]
inktober taglist: @abouttogetshellshocked @cnnamonrolls @doublelifer @wherearetheplants @abysslll @idkjustgowithitok @multi-lefaiye. ask to be +/-
#tma fanart#tma#the magnus archives#mike crew#literary heights#i dont think i need to tag sui cw because he does not actually expect to die (and does not technically die) when he falls#but lmk if i should#nicola.txt#nicola.art#inktober adventures#cannot wait for tmrw where the acompanying vast drawing is just fuckin. an old man in a hawaiian shirt yeeting ppl into the void#consistent themes ? i dont know her
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Favourite Episode Masterlist
#tma#the magnus archives#tma poll#podcasts#tma season 2#tma season two#tma 41#tma 42#tma 43#tma 44#tma 45#tma 46#tma 47#tma 48#tma 49#tma 50
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i need to study mike crew's character cause i wanna ship him n integrate him in more of my hc's. this is me, reacting to his wiki page.
love that the only thing they say abt mike at the start of his page is that he's an avatar of the vast. like yh no shit
oh damn we have his date of death, i always forget tma is like. very well dated?? like months n days n shit i always forget, i assume its all very. up to interpretation. some of it definitely is. we dont got no bday tho :((( thats kinda sad
mike is: thin, pale, short, has the iconic scar on his neck n back, n has pale eyes. he also smells of ozone. king <3
ok, age 8, boy got hit by lighting, n then because his life might as well get worse, he gets chased around by a spiral avatar (not the distortion, which is always fun seeing other interpretations of the fears outside of the more iconic or reoccurring ones), that tormented him with illusions of storms, poor guy
omfg????? boy became an orphan by 17 cuz he found some corruption leitner n it killed his parents. king moved on tho n right away wanted to search for more, hoping it would help him with his spiral problem. pretty cool. true that i cant remember how he reacted during his statement, the wiki is just here to inform n shit, but hes very practical in a way. parents die because of powerful book. hes being chased by a powerful entity. theres gotta be some book that can help him. smart n practical, might also be a way to like. quickly move on from his parents' death by just. focusing on a goal. he sure is stubborn, so many years still alive whilst being chased by a monster is amazing
ok, 1996, we dont know how old he is, but he finds boneturners tale, tries to remove his scar, doesnt work cuz he's full of fractals ig so he leaves it in some library with some other books. he probs doesnt like his scar for trauma reasons, might also be for insecurity reasons, we all know how cruel children n teenagers can be
1997-98, he found ex altiora after frequenting some library. he bound the spiral creature to the book n devoted himself to the vast. i mean, shit, me too, u go ur whole life being tormented by some monster, some other power kills it, i too would devote myself to it, if anything for the fact that it can provide some type of protection. again, mike's a pratical n smart guy, but he obviously doesnt rly know know a lot abt the fears, hes kinda winging it, which is. very impressive. all that he's learned has been on the fly (not a pun either)
2005, he becomes a stalker, 2006 he keeps doing it n feeds his god of the vast by freaking one of the guys out. this is in paris, which means hes travelling around. probs already used to doing so on the hunt for leitners, he might as well keep going now that he has funky sky powers
2017 he meets our boy jon. scar is still a sensitive issue, which is valid, so he fucks jon up a bit after he offended mike abt it. he gives a statement but then he is killed n buried which is. just sad. he was so iconic
im gonna go down the statements n add anything else of value.
mag 4: page turner: love that the spiral creature is stuck there on the book, with mike's scarring, its kinda cool. also this was in 2012, statement in 2013. im assuming dominic n mike r of the same age since they used to play together, so i was hoping to see some hint abt his age.
also mike smells of ozone constantly probs due to becoming n avatar of the vast, since the book ex altiora also smelled of ozone. interesting.
mag 46: literary heights: mike is a uni student, or at least looks like one. so im gonna assume he was in his 20s?? during 1998. he also keeps his scar hidden.
books on demonology?? does he think the spiral monster is a demon? kinda fair tbh. also what kinda akward situations arose from mike having to run away from the spiral thingie everytime he smelled the ozone? did he leave in the middle of multiple classes?? did it catch him mid piss one time?? actually what if he was in the bathroom chilling n smelled ozone?? wtf do u do???
ok, mike being a bit of a hermit n staying inside his home for weeks, bunch of latin shit around him, probs from the demonology books. he stole ex altiora n then fled not after herbert found him but when the creature found him n he ran, with herbert giving chase.
mike performs some ritual with latin to bind the creature to the book in exchange for his devotion to the vast. he throws himself out the window with the creature following behind. jon believes the mike was using the book to protect or ward him, which yh seems like it.
ah ok the spiral thing is the lichtenberg figure which is what gives mike his scars ig. interesting how smth so related to the vast can actually be from the spiral depending on what it does n means, with the illusions of storms n what not. we always assume anything sky related is vast but here lighting is very much spiral. thats cool.
mag 75: a long way down: mike is described as a short young man. event happened during 2006, so rly it depends on what young man means for the statement giver. if in 1998 he was in his 20's, in 2006 hes around 28 years old, maybe. hes also wearing a grey faded suit so 1) not much for colors huh n 2) wears shit until they break, same
mike feeding the vast in a pretty chill way, probs very happy to be free of torment n also have cool fear powers. he does seem bored so it could be more of a chore for him than anything else, mike just wants to live basically. also pre leitner mike must be different from post leinter mike, since jon notes ppl change after using leitners. so theres also that. the loss of ur humanity might also do that to u but idk
mag 89: twice as bright: jude is in her 50s!! didnt know that.
mike hangs around with the fairchilds, which is just jude's way of saying hes from the vast. id assume mike wouldnt hang out with them, just feel like hes used to dealing with things alone. also he is closer to jon's lot than hers, which could mean several things. i guess mike did search for knowledge everywhere for a while, even if it was all for survival n not for a need to know.
mag 91: the coming storm: love how jon goes to meet mike n he offers him tea, which means they r at mike's house, he has a home. with tea in it. i wonder if hes good at making it or not. mike likes his privacy n also that jon should learn how to respect others, which tbh just feels like he is older than jon which yh, if this is 2017 n if in 2006 he was around 28, he is around 39, maybe.
theres no lasting damage from his lighting incident the doctors say, except the trauma i guess. "Lichtenberg figures are fractals and while he could not see them, his fingers could feel them on his skin. When he felt them in the dark they went on and on" now thats pretty interesting, no wonder he didnt like his scars much if they felt all weird n funky like that.
i just googled them n see this: "Lichtenberg figures are fern-like patterns that may appear on the skin of lightning strike victims and typically disappear in 24 hours." thats not what happened to out boy!! might been because it was a supernatural thing tho so yh. wonder if his doctors freaked out a bit, also wonder what kind of treatment he got from his unusual scarring. but i also think this might happen, but its rare.
after touching his scars, the spiral thing started chasing him. it tricked him by making him think a storm was always coming, n it never hurt him but it always terrified him, which is fair cuz i mean wtf
ohhh very much avatar of the spiral with the corridors, making him dream of endless lighting corridors. then he woke up, went to his small garden at the back, n he saw an endless dark forest, the branches reached down from the sky n there was a strong smell of ozone. its interesting how this is an avatar of the spiral but its so laden with the vast.
after parents die he understands theres more to the supernatural n starts exploring. "The creature that followed him was a branch of the Twisting Deceit, which had, perhaps foolishly, taken a form from the sky" interestinggggg so the entities can take forms of things related to other entities, this is so cool!!
"he faintly remembers feeling resigned and desperate, though he cannot understand these feelings now" hmm so post leitner n post becoming an avatar he doesnt remember why he felt resigned before doing so, but like, ure giving up ur humanity n shit, n mike did it cuz he wanted to live in peace, like ofc. its like choosing the lesser evil n shit.
he has killed multiple ppl since he says its hard to keep track, but also i feel like his memory is not the best, considering he cant remember the night he became an avatar correctly.
can be punched n killed pretty humanly so theres that as well. might also be because daisy is from the hunt tho.
thats all i have, this was kinda cool. my boy mike <3<3
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Redemption Round 3 - Match 24
Literary Heights' stats might say it's more likely to win with 190 Redemption votes, but while Desecrated Host earned 125 votes last round it's got a total of 264 Redemption votes total!
MAG 046 - Literary Heights | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript
Statement of Herbert Knox, regarding a repeat customer to his bookshop in Chichester.
MAG 020 - Desecrated Host | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript
Continuation of the statement of Father Edwin Burroughs, regarding his claimed demonic possession.
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do you any of you smell ozone or is it just me? (mag 46 - literary heights)
#the name of this episode is hilarious i can’t take it seriously#mike crew is still incredibly cool. NO ONE is doing it like him#can’t believe he’s canonically short and an avatar of the vast#the magnus archives#michael crew#tma fanart#mag 46#the vast#my art#my art 2022
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MAG 46: Literary Heights
[Day 46/200]
I reached the top, and there I saw Mike, standing before an open window. He held the book before him like a protective ward, and in front of him was a strange, branching figure. It crackled and fizzed, lit by a strobing white light, as though the lightning was within the room itself.
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Date: December 4th, 2022
Episode of the day: MAG 46 Literary Heights
"It told the tale of a small, unnamed town high on a clifftop, that sees a monstrous creature begin to approach. The poem is unclear whether it is a beast, a demon, or a god, as it uses the words interchangeably, but it is seen far-off, its head and body lost among the clouds."
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Liveblogging TMA - Season 2 - MAG 46-49
"He removed the scarf to reveal a branching pattern of white scar tissue arcing up the side of his neck."
LITERARY HEIGHTS :
Michael Crew ! The one from "Page Turner", as well as the guy who gave the Leitner to the library where Sebastian Adekoya "Boneturner's Tale" worked at, thus kicking into gear the events of the statement.
Did Michael trap himself and ... Whatever lightning oddity chasing him, into the Leitner ? Does that mean they weren't the same then ? The Lightning and The Sky weren't always together, but Michael made it so then.
Was Michael aware of the outside, from inside the book ? Did he get killed when the book burned then ?
Or did it ever really burn ?
Still, I am glad that the statement this time finally told us what the book was about. And more about Jurgen Leitner in general, even if more gossip-y than anything else.
Back onto Jonathan and his side of the drama, more Spiders and Webs ! Guess they took advantage of the lack of worms ? The Hive and the Spiders don't get along well, I imagine
I hope Jon will be able to linvestigate the tunnels properly, or set up that camera at least.
THE NEW DOOR :
"Does your hand in any way own your stomach?"
... Don't mind me, just casually losing my fucking mind.
Ok so. More about Michael.
God, poor Helen, this all sounds traumatizing. But why did Michael bring her there before deciding to hunt her down for sport ? She didn't "wander" there, he LED her there ! WHY ?
God, love the sound design, just, Michael and his entire thing, and the doors of course. You really hear the difference between the door of the actual Institute and the door of Michael's domain.
Michael and Jon interacting was so weird though. But a good weird. Michael even starts by telling Jon that Not Sasha is lying to him. Of course, Jonathan is too rathhled that he is even there to hear him, or pay attention to what he's saying, but since this all got caught on tape, here's to hoping Jon will notice it later on.
But more information about oddities ! First off, the way Michael talks about the hallway sounds like it is just a part of himself, and so I have to wonder just how many liminal spaces did we see that were just ... The "stomach" of an oddity we did meet. I had said that maybe it was their home or something, but just a another physical representation of what they are also make sense.
"I am not a “who,” Archivist, I am a “what.” A “who” requires a degree of identity I can’t ever retain."
Bypassing the heartbreaking insinuation that this has, what does that mean for Jonathan, exactly ? Because if Michael is a "what", Jonathan is very much a "who", so why call him "Archivist" as if he didn't have an identity outside of being so ?
Because it's true. Jonathan doesn't have ... Anything in his life, that isn't just being the Archivist.
And the implications are worrying me.
What is the Archivist ?
"I’m normally neutral, yes. But the loss of this place would have unbalanced the struggle too early. I’m keen to see how it progresses."
Ok, so. There are multiple sides to this conflict, which is apparently some kind of war. The Hive is against The Spiders, who stands by The Institute for ... Whatever reason and cling to Jon for some reason. There is the Shifter (to whom I should find a more fitting name asap) who is against no one but just the ones of the table, I think ?
The Lightless Flame/Asag (?) who is maybe with the Hive, but are certainly against the Institute, or at least the Archivist.
And Michael, who doesn't have a real name because real names aren't a thing anyway, who's neutral but leaning toward the Institute for now, until it is time for it to be destroyed ?
And let's not even focus on every other players, here are just the confirmed oddities playing a part in all of this.
I guess this is the end for Helen ? Heartbreaking. I quite liked her, for what little she was there.
... She made a map, didn't she ? Or at least, tried to.
Do you think it could help her escape again ?
LOST IN THE CROWD :
I am ... Not even gonna touch the ending of the episode. I just. I can't.
I am loving the new additions to the story telling though, but like ...
Jon, for fuck's sake, mate. At least be consistent and distrust EVERYONE. Please.
Other than that, it was a nice episode. Similar themes to "Alone", and an intriguing setting.
But again about this "Marked" business. Was Mike marked ? Was Father Burroughs marked ? Was Jane Prentiss ? And so many of the others we met thus far ?
Jonathan seems to think that this was Gerard Keay that warned her, but was it ? The attitude and actually trying to help her made me doubt it, but there is no one else fitting this description, is there ?
All that being said, I am curious about Jonathan's willingness to call Michael a "him", rather than an "it" like Sasha did.
THE BUTCHER'S WINDOW :
Well now Jonathan is doing my job for me. What am I even here for at this point, he made the connections and the references and everything ! So unfair.
Only thing I have to add here is about the end statement and the supplemental.
First things first, Timothy, I love you bicon king, but don't two time people man. Come on.
Next, Not-Sasha does NOT have Sasha's skills and memories and so she avoid suspicion by ... Destroying her comuter ? Amazing plan, totally inocuous. If Jon wasn't so taken by trying to get Elias (which, it's good because I too think he's the one to have killed Gertrude), he'd probably find it suspicious, right ? Please tell me he eventually does, come on.
There is a stranger posing as his best friend, with a voice and face completely different ! I need him to go into the storage room and see the table. Do you think the hole is filled whenever the stranger takes the place of someone ? That could be a nice clue, right ?
Urgh. I'm getting desperate here.
Speaking of the storage room, are you telling me that Elias used to be a very different person before starting to work in the place with cursed object that need you to interact with them to research ? The one with cursed stuff out the wazoo ? The one where an actual oddity was in and managed to take Sasha's place under the nose of everyone ?
... And nobody thought to check if the guy was possessed or some shit ?
Unbelievable. Was there ever any Head of the Institute that wasn't laughably bad at managing its workers ?
No, of course not.
I think that should be all for this post. It isn't very long, and I think I could cram another episode in here, but I feel bad for Marcy, trying to catch up everytime.
The quote of the post will be :
"I wouldn’t wish to tarnish your ignorance prematurely."
End Liveblogging.
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the first time i listened to mag 46: literary heights i was in a used book store and i just now, 6 months later, realized the irony of that
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