I Would Like To Report That My First Words Uttered When Starting The Silt Verses Was "mmm Water" To The

I would like to report that my first words uttered when starting the silt verses was "mmm water" to the water noises at the start

Then I proceeded to shout at my computer to say polo back (I'm blaming @rottingoranges entirely for this)

OK TAKING A QUICK MOMENT FROM LISTENING TO THE NEW EPISODE

WOH WOHWOH why isn't Gwen's name capitalised????? Names are ALWAYS capitalised

I haven't finished the episode yet but uhhhhh??? Fuck??

Okay so semi theory time? A record of my thoughts at least

We've clearly got an archivist running around yeah? And it doesn't seem to have moral qualms about killing people, intentionally or otherwise. It explicitly has more than 2 eyes, so it's full on monster form, and seems to retain the base instincts of the eye- to eat trauma and collect information. But it has none of the finesse that Jon had, pulling information all at once to try and find what it wants, rather than targeting specific memories or knowledge.

We also have Chester. Who is the same voice as Jon and who has (probably?) Been sending the crew emails and egging Sam on. Morally wrong? Sure. But there's thought and calculation behind it. Without a body though, he's only got as much influence as a barely functioning computer system.

Two halves of Jon, the body and the mind. Or the monster and the human, if you like. It seems like when Jon got pulled into Somewhere Else, he got split. It's possible the archivist isn't him, that it's one of the previous ones. But we know that Gertrude is alive, and I find it somewhat unlikely that it's one of the others. I think it's reasonable to assume that this archivist is Jon edition.

Which brings me to another point of interest: there are three voices in the computer. Chester, Norris and Augustus. So if Jon is Chester, and he was split into pieces of himself, does that mean the others were too?

In summary, please please please let me have full monster Martin and Jonah PLEASE

the silt verses is the best fiction podcast i have ever listened to and i'm not kidding, i'm not exaggerating, nothing even compares. not the magnus archives, not malevolent, not ANYTHING. this is the one. consider my heart shattered and my standards raised to impossible heights

He was so happy and full of whimsy is this scene :]

Been trying to do more complex lighting and I'm decently happy with how it came out!

+ original sketch

POV: Samama Khalid