Hello y'all!
I've had a couple of enquiries lately regarding where I lurk, the best way to get in touch with me, and whether that's really me on Tumblr (spoiler alert: Yes), so hopefully this will be a nice catch-all. 😊🧵
@jaisydaisy_
The number of times I get asked if I'm "off to uni soon?" at the grand old age of 27 ...
Got asked how my A-Levels were going in an interview once. Reassured them that my finals were going just fine.
It's a blessing, really. 😂
To the lovely Magnus fan I met in the butterfly house at my zoo job today: apologies for jump-scaring you with "Love the t-shirt! By the way, I play Gwen Bouchard".
It's just so rare and wonderful to see y'all in the wild!
Started at the bottom (of the hill), now we're here (at the top of the hill).
In spite of the name, I somehow forgot that climbing a hill would be involved.
I also nearly got caught in a massive web. Anyone know anything about that? 👀
4 years ago: The Magnus Archives gets recommended by a friend.
4 years on: having discovered I might like horror after all, and might want to try voice acting, I now write horror, play a Bouchard, and have made many good friends I might otherwise never have met.
❤️
This wasn't intentional, I promise (but I adore it). ❤️
"Elias"* references and comparisons have cropped up every so often, though. It's an interesting one.
(And oh, yeah, somewhere on my phone is an "apologies for the deception" recording.)
*y'all know why I did this.
#TMagP
So, there we have it!
Season One is complete (well ... ish). I've had an absolute riot playing Gwen, and it's been so lovely seeing your reactions every week.
To you: thank you for being the most enthusiastic, engaged, and earnest fandom I have ever encountered.
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A year ago today, I received an e-mail regarding a role I had recently applied for.
I didn't even read the subject line.
I had auditioned on a whim, thinking there was no way on earth I would ever be considered.
"Here we go again. Best to get it over with."
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*extended sounds of brutal BONZO BONZO BONZO*
(Yeah, MCM was grand ❤️)
Photo Creds: my friend Raymond
Bonzo Creds:
@BaronessCos
Violence Creds: Me (and the Elias cosplayer who very kindly lent me their metal pipe).
Greetings, Magnussers.
The Season One Epilogue will be available for Early Accessers from 4pm today!
This one was a real highlight to record - I'm very excited to see which take of one moment in particular was chosen ...
Anyway, just relax. It's all going to be fine.
🙂
Just got back from the Keble Ball. While there, the topic of jobs came up.
Me: I'm a voice actor. Mainly horror.
New person I just met: Oh, cool! Have you heard of The Magnus Archives?
I never thought I would actually be in this situation, EVER (but it was lovely to be so). 😅
OK, folks. Here we go.
The first words I ever spoke into my first microphone as a test were the opening lines of MAG 1.
That was nearly three years ago.
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And that is a WRAP on Season One of
#TheMagnusProtocol
!
What a ride, and what a place to leave it. I'm sure everyone is going to be perfectly fine and comfortable with all imminent developments. After all, this is Magnus - how bad can it possibly get?
*faint cackling here*
If I had read that subject line, I would have seen that it said 'Role Offer', and realised *slightly* earlier that my life was about to change forever.
Happy anniversary, Gwenny, and thank you,
@TheRustyQuill
. Here's to facing many, MANY more horrors together. 🥳
#TMagP
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PSA:
@jonnywaistcoat
just threatened to kill Gwen off because I kept punning in the
@MacguffinAndCo
stream, so if Gwen just ... disappears, please know that I am sorry, I love her, I have only myself to blame, and I went down laughing.
Thank you so much to everyone who came along to watch 'The Velocipastor' with
@AlexanderNewall
and me yesterday! It was so lovely to meet you all, hear your stories, and share in such a cursed experience with you. (1/2)
OK, folks. There was a point when I mentioned on Tumblr (can't remember if it's elsewhere - might have been on a panel too?) that
@AlexanderNewall
once made me cry from laughing too hard in the middle of a recording session.
Well, here's how that happened:
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Update: I have started with
@MalevolentCast
.
So far, we have a sassy entity, a spooky book, and possibly a murder.
All of these are things I enjoy writing about. Maybe I lean towards cosmic horror more than I thought (what a surprise).
Great vibes so far. Thanks all! (1/2)
"It's public! The episode! He's - ORTHUR."
"Yes, John, he *is* the author of this one."
*insert heavy, eldritch-tinged sigh here*
Here, have some horrors. You know the form: don't spill them, lose them, and *certainly* don't drop the mug containing them ...
#TMagP
I have just been reminded which Protocol case is coming up next, and Y'ALL.
Great memories? Yes.
STAGGERINGLY atrocious vibes? Also yes.
I can't wait for you all to hear it. ❤️
@TheRustyQuill
#TheMagnusProtocol
Y'all are an absolute JOY.
To the entire team at
@TheRustyQuill
, to my gorgeous castmates, and to every single writer who worked on this one: thank you, and congratulations.
And to Gwendolyn Bouchard? Well ... Good Luck, Babe!
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#TMagP
👁 😈 🥰 🥳
Still putting your heART and 5oul into your mysterious job that keeps nearly getting you killed? How compelling.
Enjoy the final offering before the break! ❤️
We'll be back soon, but for now, once more with feeling ...
👁
Reminder: no MagPod this week!
HOWEVER, for those who have access to the character playlists we put out a while back ... you might want to re-listen to the beginning of one of the last songs on mine.
Am I messing with you? Yes. Always have been.
Have fun and keep theorising!
Still putting your heART and 5oul into your mysterious job that keeps nearly getting you killed? How compelling.
Enjoy the final offering before the break! ❤️
We'll be back soon, but for now, once more with feeling ...
👁
Just a quick one for all the Magnus-enjoyers on here: you have SUCH a treat coming your way with Protocol. There is so much deliciously bonkers horror goodness, and I have been chuckling with glee EVERY SINGLE RECORDING SESSION. Well done
@TheRustyQuill
, you fabulous monsters. ❤️
Well, that was thrilling! Now for some actual practical details:
The first two episodes of 'The Magnus Protocol' (along with transcripts and content warnings) are available now wherever you get your podcasts.
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The first episode of
#TheMagnusProtocol
is available now, wherever you find podcasts, on The Magnus Archives feed.
Welcome to the Office of Incident, Assessment and Response.
Okie dokie, Magnus fans. Get your notebooks out and your noticeboards ready, because this one is fun, audacious, and chock FULL of lovely stuff.
I adore it. I'm so excited. Hold on tight and ENJOY.
#TheMagnusProtocolIsAPodcast
Gwen, meet [REDACTED]. Apple, meet Tree. Action, meet Consequence ...
It's the third-to-last, folks, and things at the OIAR are beginning to unravel.
Have fun (while you still can).
I have no idea how to do my job. I've been here a year. I was headhunted by a company who saw I 'ran a database' on my CV. I did run a database, but it was with pen and paper and actual physical folders. This company assumed it was computers. I get paid a fortune
... but I hope this and previous instances will contribute *something*, at any rate.
@IanHayles
, Trevor Herbert, old friend ... welcome the HELL back. Here's to our characters making each other exponentially worse for as long as we can get away with. 🥳 ❤️
#HereWeMagnus
Things I learned while playing Uno for the first time: apparently, memorising cards people have played (which you can't do with Uno) in order to plot against them is "Card Counting" and "would get you banned from every casino, Anusia".
How very convenient for my opponents.
Gwen, meet [REDACTED]. Apple, meet Tree. Action, meet Consequence ...
It's the third-to-last, folks, and things at the OIAR are beginning to unravel.
Have fun (while you still can).
To Patreon supporters and Kickstarter backers:
The episode I tweeted this about is now available.
To the Magnus fandom at large, whether you are listening today, on Thursday, or at some undetermined point in the distant future:
I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did.
😊
Just a quick one for all the Magnus-enjoyers on here: you have SUCH a treat coming your way with Protocol. There is so much deliciously bonkers horror goodness, and I have been chuckling with glee EVERY SINGLE RECORDING SESSION. Well done
@TheRustyQuill
, you fabulous monsters. ❤️
The first episode of
#TheMagnusProtocol
is available now, wherever you find podcasts, on The Magnus Archives feed.
Welcome to the Office of Incident, Assessment and Response.
I have just been reminded which Protocol case is coming up next, and Y'ALL.
Great memories? Yes.
STAGGERINGLY atrocious vibes? Also yes.
I can't wait for you all to hear it. ❤️
@TheRustyQuill
#TheMagnusProtocol
Here is an episode.
Yes, it is one of my favourites (gorgeous case, lump-in-throat name-drop, joke that cracked me up almost every take).
Yes I am aware I am late to the party. I had, ironically enough, some *very* important e-mails to deal with ...
Enjoy. 👀
Okie dokie, Twitter (do we still call it Twitter?).
I am ill. I am tired. I am taking this weekend slowly so that I am hopefully less of both of those things by Monday.
I am therefore asking you, in all sincerity ...
... do you have any podcast recommendations for me, please?
A cat wandered into our house today. I picked him up to take him back outside, and he was positively VIBRATING with purrs.
Honestly? Made my day. ❤️ 🐈⬛
The fact I now get to perform words written for me as Gwendolyn Bouchard still makes my head spin a little, and I am endlessly grateful to everyone who has made it possible. Believe me, it really is quite something (and so is this show).
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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, I was in a park today.
There was a very dizzy spaniel playing with a ball. He went into some grass with it, and returned without it.
Dog and owners continued on their way none the wiser.
I took the ball, went after them, and returned it, to many thanks.
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I have to be honest, Head Eavesdropper is QUITE a title.
That said, if only our dear Bouchard were a little more enlightened as to what she's really dealing with ...
Enjoy the ep, Magnussers. X
And so, just like that, a glorious few months at
@chesterzoo
comes to an end! Thank you to everyone who made me feel so welcome, to all the gorgeous animals for just being fantastic, and to all the visitors for doing your bit to help with conservation. What an experience! 🥰
This week's sess- sorry, episode? A distressingly super(natural one).
*insert ba-dum-tss, but in the form of the click-clacking of many, MANY dice*
#TheMagnusProtocol
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Honestly. You wait AGES for a character whose name begins with 'G', and then three come along at once.
It's nice to have some company.
"He's always doing this!", they told me.
"He's lovely! What's his name?" I asked.
And that, dear reader is the story of how today, I ended up rescuing a rubber ball for a dog called Bonzo.
I. Kid. You. Not.
God bless this weird old world, huh?
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Nearly four years ago, I heard the name of my drama school improv teacher in the credits of the Magnus episode 'Trail Rations', and nearly fell off my bed in shock.
I messaged him, amazed, asking, as an aspiring VA, how on earth I could get involved with future RQ projects.
Episode 5 needs to be heard to be
believed. The scariest episode I
have ever heard.
😉
(Genuinely, mind how you go, and ... enjoy?)
@TheRustyQuill
#MagPod
#MagnusProtocol
It was one of the most beautifully cursed, chaotic things I have ever witnessed. I was in such hysterics that I couldn't speak for a good few minutes, and even now, when I think of it, I can feel myself beginning to crack.
God bless you, Alexander, and God help us all.
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Gambling (application) -/- self-destruction [voicemail]
#TheMagnusProtocol
episode 13. Written by Alexander J Newall.
#MagnusPod
Make sure to check out today's lovely little Fluff Episode, folks!
I only just discovered it myself, but it's well worth a listen. 🥰
@TheRustyQuill
#TheMagnusProtocol