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Wilding out Celia theory:

- There's two Celias

- One from this universe, one from TMA

- They share a body

- When Celia wakes up after sleepwalking, that's the Celia of TMAGP

- When Celia's at the OIAR, that's the Celia of TMA

- one of them"s a baddie

*tinfoil noises*

- TMA Celia has become an avatar of the stranger

do u trust Celia?

TMAGP 17 SPOILERS

Celia gives me Moon Knight vibes. Maybe she's sharing a body with her AU self? She seems committed to Jack and genuinely interested in pursuing Sam, so I'm not sure which is which. Might be possible that Celia is genuinely her name and that's why TAFK Lynne picked it, subconsciously.

Which raises the question of who's sleepwalking during the day, and who's working at the OIAR during the night. I feel like Celia's comments on a "crazy couple of years" and her son could go either way- as in, sometimes TMA Celia was making choices, and sometimes it was TMAGP Celia.

Also, is her last name a reference to the Talented Mr Ripley? I'm leaning towards "living her alternate self's life."

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Eavesdropping on Celia via her phone. She seems to wake up in a street- is she sleepwalking? "Oh Christ, not again!" And "Hold on Jack, I'm on my way."

Return of ink5oul

Oscar Jarret, Sutherland MacDonald? Potentially important tattoo artists or avatars of the same force as Ink5oul

THE DEEP WILL CARE FOR HIS BONES

Irresistible fascination with tattoo

"It's waiting in the water"

Gwen genuinely thanks Alice for a coffee, but then calls her a subordinate and pulls rank

Celia is late and mentions (while alone) that something happened again

The coffee was for Celia

Gwen confronts Lena. Mr Bonzo's an external, and a valued asset! Lena recommends screaming because it's a good coping mechanism and "they like it "

The name and address in the envelope will become clear as the cases come in.

We got a lot of name drops, but I don't know who Jack, Oscar Jarret, or Sutherland MacDonald are. Except that I'm going to constantly get the last one confused with Donald Sutherland.

The transcript makes it seem a lot less like [ERROR] was hiding and lot more like it GOT OUT

so that's something to chew on for four weeks

its them, the .JMJ Error

TMAGP 10 SPOILERS

So apparently the "real work" is outsourcing hits to Mr. Bonzo. MR FUCKING BONZO

TMAGP 10 SPOILERS

Relisten:

Wonder why the computer served Celia a Mr Bonzo case, just as Gwen's sent to give Bonzo a hit.

It seems so far like the computer's working against Lena, since it also showed that video to Gwen, but it could be luring Gwen and Celia in. It's definitely luring Sam to the Magnus Institute, but if there's opposing forces in the computers ... We can't really assume the voices are who we think. So we don't know much, if anything, about what they want.

Between the computers and Lena, I don't know who's closer to good, but both are sus.

Also, Colin refuses the coffee when Celia offers. I don't think he's really cutting back on caffeine.

Really looking forward to meeting the Archivist who lives in the tunnels. Can anyone catch anything in the whispers around them?

TMAGP 10 SPOILERS

Nigel Dickerson's SOS?? Comedy dungeon??? MR SIX??? Staticky voice with an ominous rumbling.

"No guests were hurt" and "you've got buried"?? Berried, I think. Ominous.

Mr Bonzo - no one remembers who came up with the name. No one had seen the suit move... Someone's arm was broken while wearing the suit...the audience loved it. "It became a ritual", there were injuries...

The kids actually did like Mr Bonzo

"We all know what happened" with the music

A serial killer was caught dressed as Bonzo - with the colors backward. 11 bodies, same number of weeks "Mr Bonzo's on his way" was top song.

SOS got cancelled

Edgy fans, Bonzo meme, merchandise still on sale

People think of Nigel Dickerson and Mr Bonzo is never far behind

He's a prisoner of Bonzo???

The serial killer is still going, and Bonzo costumes were found at the scenes.

Celia and Colin

Colin wants to talk to Alice, therapy didn't work. He's back to figure it out. The other's absence will make things earlier and he doesn't want them to know he's been here (including Lena).

SAM IN THE MAGNUS INSTITUTE WITH ALICE IN THE RAIN

Digging through mulch and Sam finds a key

Alice is desperate to leave, and she seems to have no connection to this place, so I'm convinced she doesn't remember the Institute if she was indeed in the program there.

Gwen is trying to deliver an envelope to Dickerson, but he says "It's not for me"

FUCK IT'S MR BONZO

TRY NOT TO STARE. IT DOESN'T LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE STARE.

"It looks like they got another one for you" so the OIAR is getting Bonzo to assassinate people?

"Now, get out of his house." Gwen lives.

I HEAR A TAPE RECORDER BUTTON. SAM AND ALICE ARE ON TAPE. They're getting closer...

They're in someone's office... who's Archie? Archive?

Ominous chair. Pattern of worm tracks on floor?

Sam dropped the key, there's a pit in the office.

Sam has memories of stuff happening here and wonders why they didn't choose him. He wants to find "where everything started to go wrong."

Something scuttling in the background. A spider? It stinks in here.

Sam and Alice leave for the pub. A huge door slams. Another door creaks open and closed. Footsteps... breathing... whispering of many voices.

AGHHHH HOW DO I SURVIVE FOUR WEEKS

I think that the kids were becoming the archivist, perhaps, and someone is still living in the institute.

No idea who Mr Bonzo was sent after.

TMAGP 9 SPOILERS

I have a bad feeling Freddy is using the voices of Jon, Martin, and whoever else to goad Sam into returning to the Magnus Institute. And that Jon & Martin are, in fact, completely dead.

TMAGP 9 SPOILERS

- Teddy lives! But lost his job...

- Chester serves up a Magnus Institute record to Sam just as he's about to give up...

- Celia hasn't seen the same amount of paperwork at all.

- Gwen's new job (and attitude) bore me. Presumably it will get interesting, but she's just got her first assignment.

- Sam says "I think I'll risk it"...right after a gambling case where risk killed two people. Slow your roll, son!

- SAM'S GOING TO THE MAGNUS INSTITUTE

- AND BRINGING ALICE. FUCK

RESPITE REVOKED, GERARD KEAY

I am so scared for my little guy

The Magnus Archives is wild because it'll make you glad a character's dead. Yes! Finally they can be tortured no longer! Freedom from this fearful world!

I like to imagine TMAGP'S Gerry is just as goth, but covered in paint (and hair dye)

TMAGP 7 SPOILERS

Wishing all of you a very happy "they put my archivist in the computer" Thursday

TMAGP 7 SPOILERS

FUCK YEAH FUCK YEAH FUCK YEAH

Celia:

- wants to search by "meat"/etc.

- recognizes Chester's voice

Colin:

- says there's "real stuff" outside the emails/etc.

- violently refuses to allow external electronics onsite

- discusses a weird email from "John"/"Jon" with Sam

Gwen:

- shows the Klaus video to Lena

- believes someone paid Lena to attempt his murder

- confirms with Lena that there's "real work"

- becomes the "externals liaison"

Statement:

- HILL TOP, HILL TOP, HILL TOP

Theory:

This feels like almost complete confirmation for all of the following:

1. Hill Top Road allowed MAG's powers in (does not confirm if they remained in their old forms i.e. Smirke's 14),

2. Celia is "that" Celia,

3. "Chester" has the voice of Jonathan Sims, not just the man but the character, and the same for "Norris" having the voice of Martin,

4. "Augustus" also has the voice of a significant character,

5. The "Response" part of OIAR will become more important.

I know these are basic conclusions, but I'm just laying it out to process. I think with the computer voices' sources confirmed, that removes a lot of uncertainty regarding how much TMAGP will engage with MAG's immediate consequences and characters.

I hope it leads to "grumpy computer archivist archly assists with casework" but you never know.