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MAG 174 - The Great Beast

🕑 Added 2020-07-01 18:38:27 +0000 UTC

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Rurrie

love Helen <3

Rurrie

Is this one a... cellular fear? Animals can have fears. Do cells?

Rurrie

"Bye-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" XD

FyreFlye23

"You're *really* not helping :(" "I'm not trying to :)"

Hayley Phoenix

Real life personal fear: wide open spaces, i.e. The Vast. Episode in which I got a shout out: The Vast. Does this happen to anyone else??? Lol love it (and yes, i'm noticing this weeks late but I heard a shout out in the newest Stellar Firma short and decided to go back and see what else it popped up on)

Katy DeCoste

Simon saying "byeEEEE" sent me

Lurkin

I am absurdly chuffed with the sound of Simon cheerfully slamming into the ground. I like to believe he climbs out of a looney toons-esque simon-shaped crater

Heather MacKenzie

Is it wrong to be amused by Simon? I know I'm supposed to hate him because , bad guy, but I find him amusing and much more fun than Peter Lukas. As well as Helen. I want the apocalypse to be over but can we settle for them just going back to small times instead of utter destruction? Martin is making me nervous. I understand he's under a huge amount of stress but the guilt that the Archivist is taking upon himself is not helping when Martin is helping toss it on him as well. I'm glad they talked it out a little. Another great episode.

TJ Hoffer

Ohhhh man, I am DO happy the boys finally communicated! And joked around with each other! The tension has been making me so nervous! I did get a serious kick out of Simon, though; his entrance and exit were far too funny. And Helen! Boy, have I missed Helen! I love her so much, and that comment about going back to watching from inside herself is just too good, I can't.

Gilligan Mungus

That is such a great idea!!!!! It’s got my vote. 👍

ledgem

when I imagined the Vast's domain, I didn't even get anywhere close to it. and that's why I love this universe so much! when Helen is in support of something it's probably not smart to go through with it, is it?

TalesHunter

Perfect timing for "I Think Spirals Should Vote" to get their shout-out.

MuddyHippy

This was another brilliant episode, absolutely loved it, the statement was as terrifying as always but the interaction between everyone was hilarious and very much needed in the case of Jon and Martin. Thoroughly enjoyed this and bonus points for use of the word 'murdery'!

Camryn Rennie

JUST yesterday I had the realization that simon was still alive and DESPERATELY wanted to see him again! Thank u jonny I am living my best life

Rowan MacBean

Hm. This may be the first time TMA has disappointed me; I DESPERATELY want Simon to die 😂 (This is mostly a joke. The Vast is my biggest fear and F*ck Simon Fairchild is my motto, but I don’t think Jonny could legit disappoint me at this stage.)

Brian Taulbee

What’s that up in the sky? It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s SIMON FAIRCHILD!

Mab

ooooh happy birthday to me, there is Simon AND Helen AND communication!!!!

Tahir Raines

Ngl, I'm glad he didn't make Simon go pffft. He is ever so charming. I love Helen just admitting to watching all their exploits with a figurative bowl of popcorn.

Terri

The first part of this was such an intensely relatable fear. That looking sensation of some impending disaster that you're trying to escape. Very 'the awesome power of nature is terrifying.' And the second gave me my anti-capitalist agenda. Very nicely done.

Amélia Brouillard

My babies are talking! MY BABIES ARE TALKING! *Cries tears of relief*

Emma.he.they

I love Helen so much and Simon is just 10/10 bastard

Carolyn Thraves

Wow. I was waiting for the Vast. Did not disappoint. Amazing script, acting and sounds. I was another expecting the Hunt from the ep title. But also still intrigued as to how the entities are overlapping in this series. There felt like Spiral, Buried and Fleshy elements within the overall Vast domain. Loved it.

james evelyn

thank you rusty quill for my ounce of serotonin today!!

Hayley Phoenix

Can we get Helen "From Inside the Spiral" Reports as tiny bits during the breaks? I need more of her and what she is doing during the apocalypse

Megan S.

Helennnnn <3 (also I am deeply afraid for what is to come)

charlie nichs

The image of simon just zipping around so fast that when he lands its with a crash that hard is kinda funny to me, just vast grandpa breaking the sound barrier as he flys around his domain

sAZAndorable

WAHEY!!! Karim's performance was so good! love the airy flightiness! Wonderful! Love our hashtag goals murder grandpa! Good for him! And as pointed out yessss the sound design in this one was awesome! New bedtime story ep

elizabeth p.

Okay, Simon’s exist was the FUNNIEST thing I have heard in ages!! The sound design of the whoosh/diminishing voice “BYYEEeeeeeeeeeeee” is a work of genius

Abi

omg the sounds!! i love everything about this ep ;-;;;;; simon! helen!!! JON TALKING ABOUT HIS FEELINGS!!!!

Brian Taulbee

SIMON LIVES! SIMON FUCKING LIVES!!!

Io

The Vast continues the trend of letting humans torment each other in a way I did NOT expect. Also thank you for the productive fight, and Helen, and Karim as Simon. My crops are watered, etc., etc.

oliver

not the biggest thing to take from this episode (it’s all wonderful of course and the vast is one of my favorite entities statement-wise) but i do love evil funky vast grandpa

ScarletWitch

the soundscaping for this episode was incredible!!

Rowan Grey

The sound design and editing was incredible in this episode! And I loved getting to see how my favorite murder grandpa has been handling the apocalypse.

Moonwatcher13

Sound editing was amazing, that byeeeeeeee ending was hilarious and just overall a fantastic episode. though now i am almost certain Jon& Martin are going to end up killing Helen at some point, assuming they find a way to stop the apocalypse. Because she definitely doesn't want the current "nightmare party" to ever stop. Ever

Griffin Irradiatedsnakes

THAT STATEMENT SLAPPED. BUT ALSO THE SOUND DESIGN THIS EP IS SO (CHEFS KISS) LIKE THE VAST AMBIENCE WITH THE WIND AND THE BOOMS BUT ALSO SIMON'S ENTRANCE AND EXIT IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST THINGS IN THIS PODCAST TO DATE

Darby Whipple

MY NON-EUCLIDEAN WIFE HAS RETURNED AT THE BEST POSSIBLE MOMENT

Zorya Dolgushkin

Holy wow, the sound editing this episode is so chef's kiss, top notch, amazing. I mean it always has been, but this episode in particular was so frightening and atmospheric, it gave me such goosebumps and such a vivid mental picture of everything happening, sooo good. Simon Fairchild being his usual dandy smarmy self, also great. Haha, I had such a feeling like Helen was gonna get blown up instead of Simon if she didn't quit nagging at Jon, but I love her popcorn audience take on the whole thing. And I love love loved Jon and Martin talking things out and Communicating! Such a good episode, one of my new favorites. And I do keep saying that for pretty much every new episode because this season is chock full of them. Thank you.

fatal_drum

I. Can't. Even.

Soph

„i won’t hesitate“ oh no this is going to be bad

bonecrusher

This is now my favorite episode of the show. The SOUND DESIGN like wow, gave it the perfect atmosphere (haha)

Maddie

Jon and Martin lightheartedly joking around with each other at the end was so good and we got to see Simon make the best entrance of all time AND Helen made an appearance as the world's worst life coach just OH. So good. I've had such a hard week and this episode made it a little better

GriffinsTreehouse

“BYEEEEEE!” I had to pause the episode I was laughing so hard

Sam Miller

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START WITH THIS, TMA TEAM. FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU. SECOND OF ALL IT IS THE FUNNIEST THING IN THE WORLD THAT THE VAST IS THE 'BREATHER' EPISODE SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL. THIRDLY I LOVE SIMON'S "BYE-EEEE" SO MUCH WHAT EXCELLENT SOUND EDITING. FOURTHLY the vast scares me the least out of all the entities so finally i get to just chill... oh to be an ant unable to comprehend the many parts of a human being so many times larger than you are. FIFTHLY THE JOHNMARTIN WAS CUTE AND AFTER THE LAST FEW WEEKS I'M SO RELIEVED JOHN IS TALKING ABOUT HIS FEELINGS. perhaps even in the apocalypse we can learn to communicate better with our loved ones.

Elias Douchard

Been waiting for a vast episode!! Amazing job as always !!

Ronan Rogers

a literal breath of fresh air of a vast episode... jonny i see what you did there and i love it

LainyJP

Well worth the wait, very good episode all around! Funny, one of the more hopeful ones too.

Lurkin

Excellent as always!

sasmus

This episode was such a good one! I was so worried for the argument warning, but in the end it was a good argument that needed to happen because THEY NEED TO COMMUNICATE. This was a delightful journey through the Vast.

HoloXam

Ahhhhhhh this one went right to my childhood nightmares of Too Big Distances and Too Small Things. Well done. Also HI SIMON!!!!! BYE SIMON! loved it!

luvkirby4ever

Yes, the Vast! Fantastic episode as always!

Jams Lastname

i think he said "BYE--EEEEE!"

Meg Taylor

Oh this one was a delight!

Jacob Alexander

I felt Martin glaring at me across the universes, because; yes, I absolutely did want Simon to live because he's charming and funny. Really hope he shows up again this season!

Gilligan Mungus

Also thank you, Jonny and Alex, for letting us have a bit of a breather this week. Lol, hearing people get incorporated into a monster made up of people is a relief. I love this podcast.