So apparently "Netflix and chill" does not, in fact, mean chilling with Netflix but something else entirely.
I misused this phrase a LOT in inappropriate contexts.
1) OH GOD.
2) People have been really polite not calling me up on it.
3) WHY? WHY DID NOONE TELL ME!
I accidentally left my finger on the "A" key whilst writing
#MagnusProtocol
meaning the script read:
Character 1: Hello!
Character 2: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Character 1: I see.
I might just leave it like that.
Hi everyone. Unfortunately, I need to say something important and unpleasant today. I normally wouldn’t use my Twitter for this, but I think you need to know this is coming from me personally as well as Rusty Quill as a company. (1/7)
Just finished the latest Mag Protocol script meeting with
@jonnywaistcoat
.
His feedback?
"You horror just isn't wet enough y'know?"
How. Dare.
My horror is positively moist!
I must confess when we started
#MagnusPod
I expected it to be the opposite of a comfort for people. Its sort of designed to be UNcomfortable.
I think I need to admit that deep down I just don't understand people and that's okay.
People are just odd in general.
Joke's aside:
#MagnusPod
is now just sat running through very final QA checks.
Barring any tech glitches, there's genuinely a chance that my work on the project is now... done.
Huh.
Huge day today!
1) Finished reviewing Magnus RPG manuscripts. So far it looks sweeeet!
2) got to review the Mr Spider bonus book and loved it!
3) got to review multiple super tight Protocol edits.
It's a good day to be Magnussy.
So uh yeah. Stats are in for Protocol and... I guess y'all were still listening huh?
Big thanks to everyone and really enjoyed our launch stream celebrating it! Expect info on more events (live and digital) throughout the year!
Hey all,
I'd like to introduce everyone to our newest crewmember... Ripley!
She's been really helpful so far with our face-hugger situation and we anticipate great things in her future!
On a final, personal note, to the people who have tried to target my colleagues and other fans in this vindictive way: your actions are those of a bully and coward and I have only contempt for such behaviour. (7/7)
I am aware that my positive new year messages correllate with awful years. Therefore:
2021 is going to be awful. TREMBLE IN FEAR FOR THE NIGHTMARE COMETH.
Let's see if that helps.
Hey so can't believe I have to say this but yes, I am aware that today's ep has an obnoxious amount of Gen Z slang.
That is the point.
They are try-hard.
So we have notified all the platforms that it's launch day for protocol.
Time for the traditional "see who underestimated the Magnus Fandom" server stress tests...
Hey, hey!
Thanks all for checking out the new list of socials and not crashing a new website for a change!
Now all I need to figure out is how to tumble... tumbl... tumb?
How does one tumb on tumbler?
So don't ask me how, but as part of
#magnusprotocol
I somehow I have found myself doing real academic research for a fictional dissertation.
I think I might need a reality check soon because I'm starting to get worried I might not get my fictional 2:1
Lightning struck my brain this morning.
I finally have
#themagnusprotocol
tagline.
Finding it has been like pulling a rotten tooth out my brain.
(I can't share it yet as it needs to go through some checks etc. but I think y'all will like it.)
Turns out if you listen to
#MagnusPod
200 at 1.5x speed it really undercuts the drama as everyone rushes around sounding like chipmunks.
I do not recommend doing this.
Just realised I have never publicly said this and probably should:
YES I WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON YOUR TV SHOW/ FILM/ GAME.
This is networking right? Am I doing it right?
It’s pathetic to send messages that threaten someone, attack their identity, wish harm upon them, or attempt any other similarly horrible and cowardly behaviour. If you do this to anyone, you are no fan of ours. (6/7)
It turns out if you make a show that's primarily about data entry you end up doing a whole load of data entry.
I appear to have accidentally travelled back in time to 2014. Halp.
Finally moved house a little whole ago and was living a best spider-free life.
Started work this morning, replying to Magnus themed tweet.
A single, pure white spider lowers itself from my hairline into my eyes as I type.
This feels like a warning shot.
People keep asking me if I am sad that soon people are going to know how
#Magnuspod
ends?
Are you kidding me? It's about damn time! I need to make room for NEW sekrits.
This is harassment and needs to stop. We stand with all our staff, be they performers, creators, or behind-the-scenes employees and are prepared to take whatever action is necessary to stop such abhorrent behaviour, including legal action. (4/7)
Update:
It would seem that due to... voracity, the Magnus fandom now technically counts as a DDOS attack.
I... I don't know how to feel about this.
We WARNED the platforms but they just... wouldn't... listen...
My thanks for the compliment! Careful though, Jonny's voice has been known to cause odd dreams when consumed in large amounts.
Kinda like cheese now I think of it.
I need to make it clear that Rusty Quill does not tolerate any harassment of our staff, creators or performers. Ever. Our policy is absolutely zero tolerance. (2/7)
Hey all, so slightly embarrassing but whilst working on my professional portfolio I have found that there are basically NO professional/ flattering images of me anywhere. If you have access to some please do share with me because um. It's getting pretty awkward...
There have been recent instances of people using social media to threaten RQ staff including identity policing (e.g. telling somebody they “can’t” be a woman or that they aren’t “really” disabled). (3/7)
Bored during lockdown?
Get a bell. (App will do in a pinch).
Every hour ring the bell then yell "Hear ye! Hear ye!"
Read the top three entries of your social/ web feed like an old timey Town Crier.
Bonus points for doing it outside until someone asks why.
There is a more detailed statement on our website here:
but for anyone concerned, we are supporting the affected parties internally and have their consent to make these statements. (5/7)
My life as a horror story.
I don't sleep in the house any more. It is too wet.
The internet does not work. It is too wet.
I have a beard I don't remember growing. I am too wet.
IT. IS. TOO. WET.
Currently listening to the minecraft soundtrack, whilst dancing in front of the rainbow computer and responding to emails.
Thought y'all would want to know.
@sarcasticscrib
I salute your dedication, even if it is.. . misguided. Alas you were so concerned with if you COULD you never stopped to think if you SHOULD.
I can honestly say half the music recommended for MAG protocol is super useful. The other half... is different.
The Hamster Dance, Smashmouth and Cotton eye Joe are NOT what I thought the fans wanted.
Clearly I was wrong.
Me: Checks time.
Body: Time to eat.
Me: But I literally just ate.
Body: That was breakfast. Now it's lunch time.
ME: This is getting silly, no one can possibly need to eat this often.
Body: Do it or we'll die.
Me: This sounds like a you problem.
Body: We- but- what?
Fun fact. I listen to creepy horror music whilst writing for
#Magprotocol
but the second I am editing I swap to up-tempo J-Pop. I don't know why but that's just how it is.
So uh, we decided the Fluff and What If content over the weekend for
#themagnusprotocol
and all April Sumner said is "Are you sure?" Like a GM when the party comes up with a particularly idiotic plan.
I am so sure.
So I have finished my experimental dip into TikTok and my conclusion:
I think they just combined all the most problematic elements of other platforms and juiced them up.
Okay. Noted.
I am DEEP down a new research rabbit hole and have definitely hit that beautiful point of project research where anyone who read my notes would see nothing but disturbed ramblings.
I forgot how much fun writing horror can be.
2 things.
1) SO proud of y'all smashing our total target less than half way through.
2) That bloody bomb defusal instruction book has aged me more than 5 years running a company
Dear "my body".
I understand that you need to interrupt my service with a sleep cycle for maintenance once every 24 hours but I am dissatisfied with the scheduling and quality of said maintenance.
Do better or I shall be forced to make alternative arrangements.
Regards
Also life update:
My spidery friends seem to have abandoned the studio.
I think its affected the room tone but I can't quite pin down how.
I hope they show some artistic integrity and come back for the final Magnus act.
Lets say I was going to engage more with social media despite my best judgement, is there anything specific that people would like from me?
More aimless shenanigans?
Business Advice?
Productivity Hacks?
Makeup Tutorials?
...Mukbangs?
I genuinely want to know?
Confession time.
Not only have I been editing everything in Audacity, I have been doing so using a version from 2015.
I was forced to update today due to a number of reasons.
I feel like I lost an old, slightly broken friend.
Farewell my faithful companion.
Good news to Patreon members for today's
#MagnusPod
episode:
For the first time this season, it does NOT deal with isolation, quarantine, infection or any of that other real stuff.
Just good old-fashioned, home grown eldritch terror.
Enjoy! (It's a fun one!)
I would like to submit today's
#themagnusprotocol
case as my demonstration for a new genre I am calling "socrirror"
social-cringe-horror
Please do not enjoy. :)
Oh god! I have more than once told people that when they feel lockdown is getting to them sometimes the best thing people can do is just "netflix and chill".
I am so bad at writing bios for myself.
Could you please describe yourself?
I am a... person.
What do you do for fun?
...person things.
What is your defining trait?
My... frontal lobe I guess?
Day three of my life as a horror movie.
Sims music won't stop playing from every speaker.
"The Green" has now claimed all surfaces in the garden.
Dog continues to bark randomly and HATES next door's new handyman.
I'm sure everything's fine.
You're not growing older, you're just growing more temporally complex.
I hope you make a Time Traveller's life really difficult by leaving too many ripples to work around.
Fun TRUE update:
There is a light directly over my head that has now spawned multiple spider swarms.
I clear it out and get back to work.
The bulb has now died.
Meh. Computer is bright enough.
I actually feel bad for whatever is trying to haunt me.
If I see one more Corona statement from a multi-national like this I am going to lose it:
"We're all in this together, so we are reducing services, charging you the same, laying off our staff and donating nothing. Also plz buy more."
Fuck. Off.
(Sorry. rant over.)
Stuck at home and bored?
1) Collect everything you have that can get wet
2) Build a den in your shower/bath
3) Set webcam so that people can see in your den (keep cam dry!)
4) Video call a friend
5) Slowly flood yourself on the call and pretend nothing is happening
To all my fellow brits I have to confess a dark and terrible secret.
I have started drinking cups of hot water.
No coffee, no tea.
Just water .
...and I think I prefer it.
Hey all finale
#Magnuspod
message before drop:
Do be patient it takes time to move through the interwebs and there are a LOT of people trying to listen simultaneously.
Have an insight into my life today:
Editing a certain horror podcast.
Accidentally discover I somehow have the theme tune to the British kids show "Mr Ben" saved.
Hmmmm.
Insert music into episode.
It's perfect.
It's cursed.
No-one will ever hear this but me.
Hey all
#magpod
fans.
Quick update:
Everything is fine at our end, there is just a distribution issue.
I have banged the requisite heads together but we are now trying a sneaky Brute Force method I know.
This will either work or just... y'know... be interesting. :)
It’s official:
#TheMagnusProtocol
will be launching on 18th January 2024.
Find out more about the release, listen to the trailer and learn about everything we’ve been working on this year in our holiday update from
@AlexanderNewall
.
Guys seriously, y'all need to stop leaving a little bit of dirt under your pillow for the dirt man.
Do you want Externals? 'cause that's how you get externals.
#dirtman
#themagnusprotocol
#rustyquill
Bored during lockdown?
1) Collect all the junk mail you can.
2) Throw everything away apart from the prepaid return envelopes.
3)Collect some rocks.
4) Paint caring messages on said rocks.
5) Insert rocks lovingly into envelopes.
6) Post.
Hey all,
Just as a heads up. Today's
#Magnuspod
gets pretty heavy.
It's not accidentally topical like some of the earlier episodes this season but it will hit quite hard for people sensitive to certain types of mental disorder.
Definitely check the content warnings for this one
Me: Time to delete all those old Magnus episodes.
Comp: No.
Me: I get it's nostalgic but they're backed up and we need space.
Comp: No.
Me: Why not?
Comp: There's a LOT.
Me: Tough. They gotta go.
Comp: Fine. It'll take 2 years.
Me: ...I've treated you badly haven't I?
I realise now that without meaning to I CHOSE to be a Victorian horror trope:
Hidden upstairs... banging around a dark room... frequently giggling and screaming...
Funny how these things sneak up on you isn't it?
Dear body:
I understand that you want me to treat you better. I do.
But pulling a muscle in my thumb playing a slow RPG on Playstation is ridiculous.
It's stuff like this that is exactly the reason I never listen to you.
So I may have met the King of England today in his back garden.
Big thanks to
@WeAreAudioU
for the invite and chance to talk media with so many lovely folks!
A lot of people are noticing that Inexplicables is more sweary than
#MagnusPod
. This is true but only because Inex was very, VERY sweary before I got my hands on it... This is what it sounds like AFTER cleanup!