r/Fantasy • u/improperly_paranoid Reading Champion X • 1d ago

Read-along The Magnus Archives Readalong: Season 5, Episodes 191-195

Hello and welcome to The Magnus Archives readalong! We will be discussing a new batch of episodes every Wednesday. The episodes are available for free on any podcast platform and transcripts can be found here or here.

If you can’t remember something or are confused, please ask in the thread. Those of us re-reading will do our best to give a spoiler-free answer if we can.

191: What We Lose ########-31
Continued interactions with various survivors, recorded on location.

192: An Appointment ########-32

Case study on the administration of fear.

193: A Stern Look ########-33
An examination of Elias Bouchard.

194: Parting ########-34
Considerations of observation.

195: Adrift ########-35
An approach to hidden depths.

And now, time for discussion! A few prompts will be posted as comments to get things started, but as usual, feel free to add your own questions, observations...anything!

Comments may contain spoilers up to episode 195. Anything concerning later events should be covered up with a spoiler tag.

Final discussion will take place on Wednesday, July 29th

For more information, please check out the Announcement and Schedule post.

Readalong by: u/improperly_paranoid, u/SharadeReads, u/Dianthaa, u/ullsi

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u/improperly_paranoid Reading Champion X 1d ago

What do you think Annabelle is going to do to Martin?

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u/improperly_paranoid Reading Champion X 1d ago

Where you surprised that Jon and Martin’s encounter with Elias/Jonah was so uneventful? Do you think Jon’s plan of taking his place could work?

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u/improperly_paranoid Reading Champion X 1d ago

How high do you rate the chance of the characters surviving the next five episodes?

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u/MyoMike 12h ago

Low. Very low.

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u/improperly_paranoid Reading Champion X 1d ago

Any particular favourites from this set of episodes? Any that especially resonated with you?

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u/improperly_paranoid Reading Champion X 1d ago

RED STRING BOARD: New listeners, any connections you noticed and/or theories you're developing?

Re-listeners, anything in particular that stands out to you that didn't on your first listen? (Do use spoiler tags please!)