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MAG 138 The Architecture of Fear

🕑 Added 2019-05-08 15:00:03 +0000 UTC

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Julia

Was he gonna say he loved jon 👀

Rurrie

Almost everyone we've assumed was Evil has turned out to have just been some nerd who thought he could understand and contain the forces. This bodes GREAT for Jon, surely. His legacy will DEFINITELY be recalled accurately, and he for sure won't be seen as a creepy evil bastard by future generations. Yep.

Rurrie

Ever since Gerry confirmed there are no "good" powers out there—only fears—we knew the Eye was inherently Not Good. Though I'm still holding out that it's Less Bad than some others XD (watch the Crown turn out to be the ultimate bad lmao)

Rurrie

"I wish--" YOU WISH YOU COULD TALK TO JON?????? ahjsdksdkjghlsdjghkdfghsdf

Heather MacKenzie

My heart. Poor Martin. And these people who we think are the bad ones who end up being attempted keepers of balance. Did we go through all these episodes thinking The Eye was good when all along it's just as horrible as the other Dread Powers?

Sigurd

Whoa.

sAZAndorable

Could NEVER have expected the start of this episode but i feel like i've been waiting for this since 118........ *crying emoji* That was amazing! also lol poor bob. leitner really was smirke.2 all the way huh

Gilligan Mungus

The payoff for being a long time listener/fan continues! Smirke! This kind of reminds me of the belief aspect in American Gods by Neil Gaiman where the gods only exist as long as people believe in and worship them. However in MAG, the more people acknowledge the fears, organize them if you will, the more ‘real’ they become. I didn’t think I could look forward to the episodes more than I did but the anticipation keeps getting ratcheted up! Love it.

Anne Eilertsen

Amazing episode! I totally felt like there was at least three episodes’ worth of content. I loved Smirke’s suspicion that defining or naming the entities (and/or their rituals) made them more real; this is just the kind of fairytale logic that should work here.