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Magnus Archives as Comedy
Jul. 24th, 2020 09:17 pmI really like that liveshow! I mean, sure, the majority of it is statements we were already familiar with-- it's like a fix-up novel, two statements we already knew with a frame story. But the frame story is *hilarious* (Rosie is no longer the ghost; she's finally put in an appearance!).
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Squeeing aside, it's also interesting to re-listen to what were the very earliest episodes-- statements one and two-- and realize that I've adjusted. When I first started listening to this show I was on edge for each episode and it sometimes took me a bit to get through a whole one, and even when I got past that and started racing through them, I was still very emotionally wrought by each one. I don't think it's just that I've now heard these ones before and so know how they go, or even that now I know the world so I know what the angler fish was after and what the deal is with that coffin. I think I've also just listened to enough Magnus Archives at this point that I'm acclimating to horror. I'm beginning to write the occasional horror (well, I tend to walk the line between Dark Fantasy and horror) and I'm starting to admit that I like horror in general, or at least certain types of horror, and with that admission and exploration I'm getting less jumpy at every story.
( Cut for spoilers! )
Squeeing aside, it's also interesting to re-listen to what were the very earliest episodes-- statements one and two-- and realize that I've adjusted. When I first started listening to this show I was on edge for each episode and it sometimes took me a bit to get through a whole one, and even when I got past that and started racing through them, I was still very emotionally wrought by each one. I don't think it's just that I've now heard these ones before and so know how they go, or even that now I know the world so I know what the angler fish was after and what the deal is with that coffin. I think I've also just listened to enough Magnus Archives at this point that I'm acclimating to horror. I'm beginning to write the occasional horror (well, I tend to walk the line between Dark Fantasy and horror) and I'm starting to admit that I like horror in general, or at least certain types of horror, and with that admission and exploration I'm getting less jumpy at every story.
