THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES #81 - A Guest for Mr. Spider
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2018
- MAG081 - Case #0171802-A - Jonathan Sims
Statement regarding a childhood encounter with a book formerly possessed by Jurgen Leitner.
The Magnus Archives tells the tale of its former Head Archivist’s precocious childhood reading experiences.
Starring: The Archivist - Jonathan Sims; Georgie Barker - Sasha McKenna
Writer: Jonathan Sims
Director: Alexander J Newall
Editors: Alexander J Newall, Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead
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baby's first leitner
i was gonna make this exact joke but it looks like you beat me to it...
Same here
Chicken Soup for the Leitner
oh look it's so cute, baby can't put it down!
holy shit that way more funny than it should be
I feel like when Jon sait "Some people deserve to be remembered" he paused shortly and most likely thought of Sasha //cries
* looks at the shards of my now broken heart * Oh, I guess I didn't really need that anyway...
I am still on the first stage of grief, complete denial of Sasha's .... No, no I just can't.
the whole time it was so OBVIOUS that it wasnt Sasha but i still held out hope that she was still out there, maybe terribly hurt, but still alive
now my heart is in pieces and i fear for the safety of the others 😭😭 im too attached alreaDY I CANT
Jon reading his own statement since he can't go to work is all of us during quarantine
epikin Amherst is winning now.
Jon's hungry
@@frogonthebikehehwhy order out when you can dine in?
@Dee-jp7ek Mr. Spider also likes delivery.
So that's WHY no one knocks while entering Jon's office
.... I DIDNT EVEN THINK OF .... you're a genius.
Shit...
It took me a second to realize what you're talking about, but holy shit that makes so much sense!
f uck dude why would you pile on more hurt like this is merely existing not suffering enough ;-;
@@quill1596 under such circumstances - who wouldn't?
it's comforting to think there are leitner for kids🥺 a good introduction to eldritch and lovecraftian horrors that may lurk in the shadows
I wish Leitners were still simple eldritch horrors. Nowadays the institute expect you to study incomprehensible texts of rituals to get good grades smh
"I was a deeply annoying child" Jon, honey, no, that's the childhood trauma talking. 😢
honestly as a fellow neurodivergent "gifted" child who was way too pompous for a creature my size, we're _are_ pretty fuckin obnoxious until the trauma beats it out of us and the inferiority complex takes hold
@@odditycat2716 as a fellow neurodivergent "gifted" kid,you honestly hit the nail on the head. Also scares me a little how much I relate to Jon.
@@odditycat2716 Jon describing him as a child is so relatable! I still can't see why on Earth someone could think of all of us "gifted" kids as obnoxious. I still prefer to think, just like little Jon, that's because we were all so smart and because most people's behaviour is incomprehensible
hhhh god i came here for horror not to feel personally called out
@@MrIsizukuri All kids are obnoxious. It's just that we're a brand of obnoxious most people have little experience in dealing with so it seems like it's more annoying than it is when really they're just not used to it.
season 1: finding the scene of a murder
season 2: trying to find the murderer
season 3: being framed for murder
Me: what will the next one be? actually commiting a murder? ... well actually, probably yes
@@kaiiimee Getting kidnapped by several murderers
@@TheMind129That sounds about right actually xD
I can just picture an offended tiny Jon scoffing annoyedly upon discovering that his grandma bought him "Everybody Poops".
My brother proposed a book called "Nobody poops but you, you horrible child."
@@wakipaki7381 "You're a naughty child and that's concentrated evil coming out the back of you" for catholics
well he is british so it's actually everybody poops but the queen
Or Perhaps, "Where's My Cow?"
Do you happen to be familiar with "the little mole who wanted to know who pooped on his head", because that's what I thought of-
this episode is a big traumatized neurodivergent child vibe
No wonder I relate to Jon so much.
@@loki1456 yeah honestly i hate how relatable jon is
My coworker Tim (Yes, Yes, let's all make jokes now) is listening to The Magnus Archives because of me and he said I have "big Jon energy". I wanted to hide inside my hoodie like yes, just call me out.
oh huge agree, weird mix of feeling seen and horror at hearing what happened to him
...what?
Jon: *admits he needs help*
Me: Thank GOD. FINALLY
About time :)
and does the do anything about this?
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No
"Statement of John's therapist, whom is about to become extremely, professionally rich off this one guy..."
"former head archivist of the magnus institute"
ouch :( for some reason this line didn't feel too nice to hear.
I know-
:( Being a murder suspect and all...
Jonny'll be hungry
Jon’s grandma: I got you another book
Child jon: what is it?
Jon’s Grandma: *An IKEA manual*
That's ironic since as a child, I was so bored at a family reunion, I read some kitschy collector's magazine rather than interact with anyone. Either Jon needs to stop being so relatable or I need therapy.
@@loki1456
I’ve deduced via my own life experience as well, that both need to happen. Jon needs to be less relatable and we also need therapy
[Tiny Jon is overjoyed]
Many would argue that those are spiral artifacts...
"Statement of a former Ikea employee, regarding THE DREADFUL TRUTH BEHIND IT ALL, and a portal into an infinite dimension of swedish furniture and meatballs."
"Ridiculous, I was eight."
No, *he* was ate.
BRO
NOOOOOS NJWHAHAHAHAHGA
thank you for the SNORT that just escaped me at work
w h y
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Those little bits at the end, I never knew Jon could sound so nice and not grumpy
He's taking after Martin and offering to make people tea.
@@vivkaupish7621 he probably noticed he was feeling something new and indescribable towards Martin and, like the goof he is, decided the reason was the tea. Make tea, and people will like you.
Tea.
Tea.
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@@jaderush4141 Feel the same way after that finale...
He sounds happy in one of the episodes when hes talking to martin as well, he makes a joke poking fun at one of the others, its pretty cute
He can be downright ADORABLE at times when he's actually in a decent mood
you know, just today I was thinking about how much I hate sleep and wish never to sleep again. thanks, this'll do the trick.
Glad that Mr. Spider could help out there.
Sleep no more
Sleep is for the weak.
Sleep is overrated.
Sleep no more
Season1: skeptic of files
Season2: skeptic of coworkers
Season3: skeptic of self? (My prediction)
This is a great observation!
Maybe... somehow... you are... right...
I agree with season 1, but I think season 2 and 3 have a connection as in previously Jon trusted noone and accused everyone of killing Gertrude, and now noone trusts Jon and everyone accuses him of killing Leitner
to be honest this explains why he squished the spider so hard in season 1 that he made a hole in the wall lol
the description of the two limbs taking the bully inside made me think of the hand all the way back in anglerfish, wasnt that person described as "moving like a puppet" or something similiar as well? could be moved by threads
wait when did he squish the spider?
@@em-wg7xg when he tried to hit it and the prentiss worms came in, that hole happened because he tried to kill a spider
The person in anglerfish was swaying side to side, not touching the ground, like hanging from a thread so...yeah maybe
@@klltsun_2576 I think anglerfish (as well as the taxidermy episode) was the Stranger's work, rather than the web. The Stranger is more uncanny valley or a human-not-human (like Not sasha), while The Web is more of a mind control, "your actions aren't your own" brand of spooky.
Think: did the fake in anglerfish *actually* make the statement giver do something against his will? Did he feel something compelling him to step forward and give it a cigarette? No, he was simply faced with something inherently not human.
(I'm sorry if this derails the op, I'm just hyperfixated right now, so I've taken to categorizing cases and artifacts :D)
@@daughtersstormcrow553 Now knowing more and knowing things longer, I agree with you. The anglerfish is more on Stranger's domain
Diana Wynn Jones!?!?!? You’re telling me there’s a possibility Jon has read Howl’s Moving Castle
THATS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKIBNG
Howl ... Blonde .. has a house with doors leading where they are not supposed to ... Is an annoying sassy little shit ... Michael, Distortion, my dear, did you lose a cousin?
my thoughts exactly, couldnt unsee it for the rest of the episode XD
And somehow didn't want to read the Chrestomanci series on top of it, boo HISS
@@spydersquirrel personally I'm hcing he read witch week but none of the others
So what we've learned is that The Babadook comes from Leitner's library
That’s......actually a theory I really like. Huh.
I hate the fucking genious that pop in the comment section. i want the geniousness :
I feel like it may be a collaboration of the Dark and the Spiral ^^
@@TheShadowlord18 it could also be the stranger too
@@randomationstudios24x68 probably all 3 after all jurgen said that the key of solomon was a combination of several powers
Jon in 1st season: pompous
2nd season: deranged
3rd season : absolutely adorable finally realizing his mistakes & trying to be kind to ppl. Can someone PLEASE get this man some hot chocolate, a blanket, & a hug!
Jon Season 4: 💥
Jon season 5: 👁️
@@emilybarclay8831 this comment scares me. idk what it means but im still scared
@@zwnjj it should :)
@@zwnjj I’m going to assume you’ve finished the series by now, so… how are you feeling
we love jon's childhood trauma
what better way to establish a character than by giving them emotional scars? :D
We can have a little trauma, as a TREAT
It's very delicious trauma.
We can have a bit of trauma :,)
@@midnights2631 as a treat :^)
"Mr. Spider stares at the reader."
Oh snap, Mr. Spider can break the 4th wall! Everybody scatter!
"Mister Spider types in a youtube comment section."
Jon: I want a picture book that I have not seen before.
Grandma: We have a picture book at home.
Picture book at home:
you never forget your first Leitner :)
Hahaha Hahaha 😆
His grandmama gave him a demon book hot dam.
Read this to the tune of Uptown Funk
As like #666 I put forth the theory that his grandma was touched by Beholding and gave him the book on purpose to get him on course.
It confounds me that Johnny Sims irl considers this to be the weakest MAG episode. He's apparently very flattered but confused as to why this one is so popular- he considers it "horror on easy mode."
fr? 😭 I mean, silly children books always made my head hurt and the sillier they were the more unsettled they made me feel. There's a couple of children stories I find scary as fuck and pretty sure they left littke me with some mild trauma, so like. This episode is one if the most unsettling ones for me?? 😭
Okay, but what if, somehow, this is how Jon was chosen as the next Archivist? A brush with one power draws the attention of another?
I think maybe his "gets bored if he isn't reading something new" might be what marked him out for the Archivist/eye position, actually.
I feel like there are just some people out there who are born with a certain proximity to the entities, like people who are comfortable in the dark, who are naturally inclined to hunting, and like our curious, know it all little jon
Oh my god you were so right in a few ways yet surprisingly wrong. Did you finish he podcast since writing this comment?
You know what? Sasha may be dead, but she is alive in my hearth, and that's enough for me
But it wasn’t labeled as not Sasha
@@GreatvalueSerotonin Now all i think is a little table labeled as "not sasha. do not open"
@cak01vej ?
The real sasha is the friends we made along the way
She just found a better job or smth idc she's still alive
I'm so happy Jon has an actual friend who he can count on and who is very patient with him. I'm glad Georgie seemed to have adopted Admiral, he'll try his best to take care of the spiders
I don't think the spiders will bother Jon. :P
Ikr! I was like "AWWW OUR BABY BOI MADE A FRIEND!!!!"
you're thinking of Major Tom
@@cocoTr33 YES oh man I was trying to remember what it was. I knew it had to be something incredibly comedic because I recall laughing for several minutes about it
Yeah I had to wiki it to remember
hearing jon be pleasant is low-key terrifying.
this job broke him so much that he's pleasant now
@@alilweeb7684 it's usually the opposite
@@reenay4913 I think working at the Magnus Institute is anything but usual
that explains why jon was sceptical about everything except the leitner book stories in season 1!
My friends had told me I would love this episode before I even started listening to the podcast but wow. This was both great and very, very disturbing. I mean, I have this habit of knocking on things when I know there's a spider living nearby. Just... you know, knocking on the wooden things and gently moving around objects, so they can hide and I don't have to see them. A fair warning, I always thought. "hey, I know you live there too, and I wouldn't want to rob you of your home, but for both our sake, it might be better if we just... avoid each other! So knock knock, I'm coming, can you please retreat to your hiding spot for as long as I'm the room? Thanks. You're a nice spider."
I don't think I'll ever be able to unhear this episode. Huh. I think I might want to reconsider my silly habit. It's no wonder the friend who got me into TMA got so ominous with me when I told her of this habit as a small quirk of mine.
Did you happen to read the book too? maybe you buried the memory
spookiness aside, that's very sweet of you to do. I think it's really nice when people remember that spiders are living things too and treat them accordingly- I think you can tell a lot about a person from how they treat small creatures.
Wow, bro, please don't call it silly, and definitely don't abandon it! That is such a nice thing to do!
It's one thing to not want to harm them when you're completely okay with them and even consider them cute sometimes (watch me turn into Martin there for a sec), but it's so much more meaningful when you are scared of them, but still want to arrange your coexistence in a way that would be comfortable for both sides. That's... that's a lot of humanity in there, pal. Keep it up.
'but now i realize that i was actually a deeply annoying child'
me and my room mate after 15 minutes of complete silence burst into uncontrollable laughter
YEAH. YEAH MATE. I BET YOU WERE.
Hahahaha
Listening in company is quite reasurring, I alway listen with my doggy near to me. ;)
FORMER head archivist???? was he fired???? what
elias just. killed someone and then leaves and jon is suddenly former archivist???
He ran off to avoid getting arrested for the man murdered in his office. He's really not thinking logically right now so in his mind it makes sense that this is his only option.
@@mackenziedillon295 Because he knew that everyone would think he did it, because of how sketchy he was acting all of s2. Tim literally expected him to snap, and then there is a dead man in Johns office.
he bravely ran away
@@mimkyodar also elias probably framed him. still i dont know why he kept the tape recorder in the room, he didnt took it or anything and jon probably has it and its HARD evidence against eilas
Well when you're framed for murder and all...
I wasn't expecting that minute of Jon being pleasantly soft after all that trauma and drama, huh, I like Georgie already
So his childhood bully really out here saving Jons life unknowingly
The terrible association with spiders makes Jons sleep deprived decision when connecting the dots to destroy the table make a lot more sense
The "ex archivist" hurt me more than it should've
Y e a h same like-
Jon was a kid in the 90's??? fkn hell i assumed he was late 30's
The fact he has been having a constant breakdown for the past year makes a lot more sense now
... people who were kids in the 90s can be in their late 30s in 2016.
@@tomdekler9280 I think both he and Martin are supposed to be in their late 20s/early 30s throughout the seasons, both born in the very late 80s
@sadman sad ... for basic math?
Jon was 29 when the series started- I think he's 33 by the end?
Well, we can confirm Elias is no friend of Mr Spider. Elias loves cake.
oh you absolute prophet (well unless u came back after 161 dhedjk)
@@randomdoodlesandye5922 Yeah, this was after 161
@@mimkyodarthen it's cheating, bruh
Spoilers:
"Why does your memory do that to so many important people? Some people deserve to be remembered."
That broke my heart.
The story about the fly that had to sacrifice his own child and was still eaten shook me to my core tbh
Ok but it’s actually really sad to me that jon refers to his tormentor as just a “bully”. Like, he was an adult, you were EIGHT. That’s not a bully, that’s an abuser :((
"I hated to read anything I have felt I've read before"
That is the most relatable thing to me when it comes to reading or watching a movie
Me until it’s an Enemies to Lovers book. I can read those ALL DAY 😫
EXACTLY
@@erikluis1476 same but its found family
not a fan of isekai, huh?
There's two kinds of books
One that you can read twice or more often
And one that you read once and never again
😂
Me: 🙂
Jon: "It's Mr. Horse. He has brought you his son"
Me: 😨
Statement of Jonathan "Based" Sims, calling out every researcher in the SCP Foundation.
Statement begins:
*John mentions being a 90's kid.*
Me: Oh, @#$%! He is, at most, 31. John is most likely younger than I am.
the news that Jon was bullied as a kid absolutely comes as no surprise
My wifes favorite book as a child was a monochrome black and white book called The Spider and The Fly, about a spider eating his fly-guests. We bought a copy for my niece when she was born.
'a guest for mr spider' vs 'the old lady who swallowed a fly': FIGHT
It's impressive Jon remembers each line and drawing by heart. Good memories those archivists have.
More like trauma-
I think that might just be the Leitner metaphysically engraving itself in little Jon's mind
as someone who's,,, familiar with childhood trauma, this is rlly well written and hits close to home. ksxbhd obviously i didn't watch someone get eaten by a demon book or w/e but like the way he processed it, the way it fucks up your brain when you blame yourself & makes it difficult to accept help or get close to people,,,, i'm not here to dig up my shit but good job writing a realistic depiction of trauma, especially the long-term effects !! shit hurts but it's actually really nice to see this kind of trauma depicted in a realistic way in a work of fiction ^^
I've been deeply enjoying this podcast while working on moving, enjoying some spooky stories. But these latest episodes are the ones that really start to freak me out. And I think that's because they're so much more real. The others are stories recounting what happened, and in a way that's better because you know that the person telling the story makes it out alive(or at least somewhat alive in some instances). But these past few episodes, it's all being recorded as it happens. There is nothing to reassure you that anyone is going to make it out alive. And now I'm caught up in a whole range of emotions because Jon is clearly not ok, and I don't think he'll ever be truly ok again, and that breaks my heart. But we also don't know what's going on with Martin and Tim and if they're ok or what Elias is up to. And that worries me.
“There is so much more horror in this world than I had ever dreamt possible. And my suffering, I now know, pales in comparison to what has befallen others far more innocent than I. But perhaps not for long.”
‘the spider was staring at me-‘
skipskipskipskipskipskipskip i would like to sleep tonight
PLEASE make that book as merch. I love it and need it.
they could make a entire series about "lietners", VERY creepy and off putting books and i would buy it in a heartbeat
i think if i ever found one randomly in an old books shop i’d have a heart attack
I googled "A guest for mister spider" and got a few fan-made results
That would be amazing
I hope you got in on the kickstarter recently then!
im so glad to hear jon admitting he needs allies.. also his interactions with georgie are surprisingly sweet. its exciting to see that kind of a dynamic
While I was hearing this one I noticed a small spider is in the wall next to me
SO I GUESS I will DIE now bruh
..... you dead?
''i was a deeply annoying child'' mood
I got a chill when he started describing the book. I work in a public library and I swear to God that I came across a picture book that matched his description. I'm glad I stopped after bluebottle
Though, if they had created this book and sold it as merch... I would totally buy it. (once I'm an adult and have my own job that is)
Details? I’m legitimately curious about this
Same, I remembered coming across something drastically similar to what was described here, I looked into it and there is a black and white picture book called The spider and the fly. Must have been what I saw.
@@thefisherking2268 I know it wasnt the spider and the fly and I wish I could remember the title, but yeah the first few pages sounded strikingly similar to what I remember. I'm going back to work soon, so I'll keep my eyes peeled for it
Considering Leitners tend to be basically evil paranormal knockoffs of real books, that actually makes sense! I hadn’t even considered Mr. Spider also being based off of a real picture book!
That’s so cool! 😃
The constantly moving legs make me imagine a bunch of different insects waking into a room and finding Mr. Spider gmod ragdoll flailing in the corner
Not me realizing his voracious appetite for books parallels his literal appetite for tapes.
omg you're right 0.0 he's always been eating information huh
That explains spider hatred in Jon
There's something about things made to look like kid stuff but... aren't, that just screams at our subconscious fears
I just thought that Jon's childhood felt way more relatable than its usually portrayed in media and everyone in the comments is like "ah, yes, neurodivergency"😭 do i have a single unique experience?????
this is already my favourite episode tbh but honestly the most shocking thing is that jon is a 90'S KID WHAT
i thought he was at LEAST 40 lmao but somehow knowing that hes probably in his late 20's makes this all so much more tragic wtf
also, if the eye thing apparently claimed jon and if that happened when he was a child or something, then maybe the spider tried to kill him because it hates the eye or something idk (that would also explain why jon hated the spider book & spiders in general i think) (maybe that was also why his parents died just from different monsters)
its kind of funny to me how he literally Watched all that happen like it makes sense its the eye
you probably already have all this figured out if you've finished the podcast; but the Web was the first entity to 'mark' Jon. Elias and the Beholding chose Jon because he had already been marked by one of the entities; and he needs someone who is marked by every entity (or Fear) for his grand scheme. I don't believe that Jon was claimed by the Eye until he took over Gertrude's position, but I could be misremembering.
But also, very convenient for Elias that Gertrude's understudy had already been marked once. Poor Jon, though.
John: *admits he needs help*
Me: took you long enough jesus
Jon's life got even more messed up. Poor guy
GOD this is a strong start for the season
I am still not over Sasha dying, Magnus Archives :(((
"...statement ends..."
This little part hurt me.
glad to know jon's trauma started so early ;~;✌️
Big big oof at his childhood bully accidentally saving his life only to get eaten by the Web book. O.o
Wonder how Jon will get any statements this season.
It's funny how much child jon sounds like child me. And I'm neruodivergent too, so I guess that makes sense.
I've related a lot to Jon but this was like being slapped in the face. I was the same type of child, both gifted and neurodivergent who could be kept from pestering the adults if I had a book to read.
Johns collected all the As, autistic, asexual and AAAAAAAAAH
Same, Im neurodivergent and it's always fun listening to how my mum thought something was wrong with me while I just sat there reading a book for two hours
Would you like some hot choclety milk?
Yes please
Literally drinking some hot choclety milk while listening to this ep and I didn't even make the connection. Thanks, I'm cursed now
Sarah Daydream because you’re epic
THAT WAS THE EXACT SPIDER AND ART STYLE I WAS PICTURING IN THIS! but... evil 😄🕷️☕🕸️❤️
@lila mansilla mood
jesus CHRIST. this podcast and this episode are AMAZING but JESUS
and yet he had the audacity to make fun of that guy from season 1 who was stalked and killed by that angry silver spider
I love how Jon is able to perfectly remember and describe the book after so many years knowing he read it only once.
I wonder if it has sth to do with the beholding
05:48 Did you mean: *me*
06:43 Welp, they mentioned Diana Wynne Jones. There goes my heart, given voluntarily to this podcast for like the thousandth time in two weeks.
/I hope the one book he read from her was Howl's Moving Castle; it's undoubtedly the best, with Castle in the Air coming close second and Witch Week hanging out in the third place/
16:40 I was so ready to hear him saying "...but I have since come to the conclusion that I was a d/ck". C'mon, Jon. We all know you pretty well by now. You don't have to dance around it like that.
Ooh, so Melanie was not the first person from the "let's make the things that torment the archivists and assistans of the Magnus Institute sound like fun and entertainment" cathegory that Jon has met. Interesting.
S1 Jon: His dead body was completely wrapped in webs? Definitely a stroke.
S3 Jon: Yeah, I've met Daddy Longlegs before, nasty thing, def supernatural, made me go to the Archives in the first place.
S1 Jon: Oh you, "respectable" "paranormal investigators", with your fancy equipment to give it some "sparkle" (of bullshit, ahem, what? nothing), coming to us, credulous fools to make a statement? So honoured, so honoured.
S3 Jon: Oh hey, Georgy c: I cleaned your kitchen c: Love your cat c: Thank you so much for having me c: Sorry for the trouble c: Will be quiet as a mouse c: Will stop recording everything like the maniac that I am just because you need some peace and quiet c: /shy chuckle/
I'm having a blast, glad I waited for a good time to sit down and enjoy this without being in a hurry. What a start for the new season! Love the insight on Jon, the new girl who I already know I would kill for without hesitation, and the potential this sticky situation gives us.
So did Jon just see Leitner's body and noped the ef out of there immediately bc he knew exactly how the whole thing was gonna go? The sitch is terrible, but the picture in my head is hilarious, not gonna lie.
/smack's Jon's bony shoulder, probably sending him sprawling
This boy can fit so much CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT... just LOOK at all of that humble pie
aww, glad at least Jon had One Friend. soon Martin will find him and he will have Two! double!
it's really nice to hear him in a more sane mental state, though. I think it might have been because he's further away from the institute and his "master" of whatever but feels like he really is just now processing this
juliana freire Jon has *two* hands :]
@@RoseMultiverse Jon doesn't really... that.
exponential growth of friends
ITS 2:15 AM AND I JUST FINISHED SEASON 2. BOY AM I EXCITED.
Currently listening to this episode on Spotify again, I'm just here to comment.
It's the... 4th, 5th time I'm hearing this episode now. And it still is and remains one of the few statements that actually gives me chills. It's among my favorites, partly because I adore Jon and it's great, although painful to learn more about his background. But the story about Mr. Spider scared the everliving shit out of me and it's just the same each time I'm listening.
The writing and performance of this one are genius. As are the sound effects and background music, it really does its job to have me on the edge of the seat and chills running down my back.
ooo thank's for taking the time to come to youtube to share your thoughts! Your comment really encapsulates my feelings abt. the story too! 💗
His childhood bully saved his life, if he didn't, Jon would have died instead.
Leitner's book really affected Jon as a kid. :(
why is no one talking about how SCARY this ep is like adkslalkgjalskdjf how does he come up with these BOOKS?
Why am I listening to this before bed in the dark when until very recently I had/ still have a strong fear of spiders......this isn't going to end well
Just once, when the episode ends and the closing music comes on, I want to hear Tim's voice say, "The adventures of Joe Spooky is a podcast distributed by..."
ok, i finished the podcast but I came back to this episode because I just realized an interesting detail. This might be slight spoilers but I don't think it is.
↓
I just realized. You know how Jon has premature graying hair. That could have been his mark from the spider :)
maybe it isn't graying hair, but very vivid and thick strands of silky spiderweb ;3
or maybe it is metaphorical spider web. nonetheless I still think it was the mark he got from the spider XD
Ooooh I love this idea
Dianna Wyne Jones?? Now I'm going to headcannon Jon loves Howl's moving castle and no one can stop me
This series is giving me serious Arachnophobia. I've been staring warily at the tiny spider in the corner of my ceiling for almost the entire time listening to this...
Is this Georgie's first appearance?
first appearance, third time she's been mentioned.
what were the first two?
@@dragonfire5308 I think she was mentioned during Melanie's past two statements.
@@mimkyodar the one Jon was confused to find out not hateing him?
isnt she the paranormal girl?
'the elephant and the balloon' is the most amazing reference i never would have expected. That made me laugh out loud thank you
Glad I wasn't the only one who caught that!
Finally someone points it out... 2 years ago
Yes! Someone gets it lol
I love Jon since the beginning (yeah, even when sometimes he is an absolute idiot and the personification of intelligence ≠ wisdom because I must admit it kind of apply to myself too) and this statement, that season finale and how broken he sounded here at the end deeply hurts me.
The story of the Mr. Spider book was genius. It's given me more of the heebie-jeebies than anything else in this podcast.
... I don't know why but this really got to me like I was literally kind of crying? Well this is probably my body telling me to take a break from horror podcasts before I get a heart attack
My developing pts got the fuck out of me at the end of the last episode now my roommate is being yelled at by our friend for not warning me
Kind of unrelated, but I always think of it as a guy called Rusty Quill.
The decription of the creatures visiting the spider remided me a lot of the other 'entities' we've seen so far, was that an obvious hint or am I tripping balls?
It does sound vaguely familiar ...
This episode is great because it explains _everything_ about Jon. From his hatred of Leitner, his false skepticism, to why he's so withdrawn with people.
Jon's childhood was basically a series of traumas culminating in Mr. Spider. I know Jonny considers this his weaked episode but I think it's a wonderful example of how to write a character. In the previous seasons we learned very little about Jon himself. Except for the revelation he wasn’t ever _really_ a skeptic and that he's familiar with Juergen Leitner's books. Here we learn all about Jon's childhood. Which explains _so_ *much* about the man who’s our protagonist.
(spiderman is having me for dinner tonight)
spiderman eats me out *not clickbait*
I did NOT expect a Cure song reference in a Magnus Archives comment section but the fact it's lullaby is honestly on brand lmao
Child of the nineties? Does it mean that in 2017, Jon would be 27 years old at max??
martin is older than him!!!
Yep. Not even 30 this poor guy.
I wonder if it will ever be tied in with the spider lighter/zippo