Colin Becher - Blog Posts

Here’s the thing, as happy as I am that Colin’s alive, it makes sense that he will probably die (or quit and refuse to reach out and share his knowledge) now that we have a piece of the puzzle. Of course, this could all be us seeing stuff when it isn’t there, and he’ll survive until the end. I don’t know though, I feel like he’s at home now because something happened and he figured it out. I think the ‘He’ from the episode is FR3-D1 or the head of the OIAR, and I think he might’ve hidden at home to avoid getting hunted down or framed (brutal pipe murder reference) or something.

Because he’s definitely figured something out. All that talk of alchemy in the episode, the symbols on the logo, and this.

“Not too much mercury or the world ends, not too much sulfur or we all go mad.”

That’s the spirit (mercury), body (salt), and soul (sulfur). Yes I am American and say sulfur. Unfortunately

My tiny little theory (tell me if it’s obvious) is that these all correspond to a specific catagory. Catagory 3 is the body, the objects like the dice or the stupid capitalist stonks game. Catagory 1 is the soul, the people who are the Externals.

I’ll admit I was in between on whether Cat 1 was mercury or sulfur, because maybe the Externals are more likely to kill or take over, which would end the world, it’s not a perfect theory, but I was convinced by the first search that came up when I googled the alchemy Tria Prima.

I’ve got the image attached at the bottom since I’m not enough good with Tumblr to know how to continue text under an image. Sorry

But what it says is that sulphur is the seat of emotions and desires, and that reminds me of two things: 1, the theory that the Fears have changed to desires, and 2, the idea that Avatars are less pure to their chosen Entity than objects, because emotions get in the way. Cat 2 is places, and I feel like those are the closest to actual Entities (keep in mind I’m using the Smirke sorting for fun and clarity, I believe in Gerry and his color theory). What also makes a bit of sense then is what Colin said about too much mercury ending the world, as the Fears coming into the world literally led to its end in TMA.

But if you’ll check the amount of each Catagory, I’m pretty sure 2 is the most common one. Maybe that’s why the OIAR has Externals, to prompt them to act when balance needs to be restored. Maybe the Magnus Institute was in on it, and Artifact Storage uses one of their items whenever the balance is too low. Maybe it’s like the rituals and there’s no need for a balance at all. Either way, we’re all gonna cook up some new theories now. Thanks for listening, and feel free to comment any theories that you have, because I’d love to talk with you guys!

Me after hearing “do you know who Jon is”

When even your dead coworker thinks you're a shitty boss.

Magnus Protocol Fanart to hype myself back up for the new season!!!!

[ID: A digital illustration of a scene from episode 25 of The Magnus Protocol featuring Colin, Sam, and Alice. Colin is a thin white man with light brown hair half in a ponytail, with the other half being very short on top. He also has a scruffy beard and mustache and body hair. He is wearing glasses with yellow lenses, a yellow t-shirt, a white button-up, and blue jeans. Sam is a shorter, fat South Asian man with brown skin and short, curly dark hair and a mustache. He is wearing a cream undershirt with a dark brown cardigan, dark red trousers, and brown and gold shoes. Alice is a lanky white trans woman with freckles, shaggy brown hair, and piercings. She is wearing a pink flannel, patchwork flannel skirt, bracelets, and pink cat-eye glasses and nail polish. The entire image is tilted and lit with dark red shadows and pale blue highlights.

The image is from the POV of a computer. A desk with a keyboard mouse, and OIAR mousepad are visible in the foreground. Colin stands with a sledgehammer held over his head ready to swing, tears flying out of his eyes as he stares at the viewer with fury. Sam is attempting to tackle him, shoving himself into Colin's torso. Alice is sitting at the desk, leaning out of the way and holding a hand out as if to keep Colin back, her other arm over the desk, having knocked the computer mouse into the air. She looks like she's yelling out at him. end ID]

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hi <3 i want to draw this scene one billion times <3 so i went a lil crazy with this one <3

also closeups

[ID: Closeups of the above image. The first image is of Colin and Sam, the second is of Alice. end ID]

One of the others walks in and sees him explaining the problem to the duck and thinks he’s properly lost it (well, more than they already did) because they aren’t programmers

debugging

FINALLY!!!!!!!! TMAGP LENT ANIMATION HAS BEEN FREED FROM PROCRASTINATION HELL!!!!!!!!

This took way too long bc the malevolent brainrot got in the way so,,,,,, yeah I hope y’all enjoy!!! started this I mid-march so that’s why this has more first half of s1 vibes :))

also the YouTube link!!

colin

colin becher

he was...so real. for that.

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wghdkmmslpsnsmlfmemocisnO8hbeksm??????????????????????????????????????he's cool

guys where the fuck is colin this isn’t funny anymore

don't you ever think how a computer eating a man is a metaphor of social media consuming our lives...

I feel like this description applies to everyone listening to tmagp

mad scientist but not as in the dramatic villain who makes fuckass machines and laughs like muahahaha. mad scientist as in a pale shaking husk of a human shriveled in the corner surrounded by notes that look like the ramblings of a madman. mad scientist as in someone who will not stop until they’ve proven their theories correct even if it kills them. mad scientist as in someone who has stared into the eye of the cosmos and will not rest until they understand it despite the fact that it is consuming them whole. do you understand

FINALLY!!!!!!!! TMAGP LENT ANIMATION HAS BEEN FREED FROM PROCRASTINATION HELL!!!!!!!!

This took way too long bc the malevolent brainrot got in the way so,,,,,, yeah I hope y’all enjoy!!! started this I mid-march so that’s why this has more first half of s1 vibes :))

also the YouTube link!!

just imagining Colin sitting next to Heinrich in front of a computer teaching him to use Unity or Godot or something

It’s The Magnus Purrotocol Gang! (Thank you @thirdchildreblogs for the name, it’s really good)

From left to right: Gwen, Sam, Alice and Colin!

okay, the crew isn't allowed any blunt objects anymore- it never goes well

no more hammers, axes or crowbars. No- No, drop it! show me what you have! give it here-

FR3-d1 Frankenstein, amirite?

rip colin he would have loved that joke

that's the problem with being the only socially capable person on your team - everyone counts on you for help

if something happens to Colin or Teddy while Alice went to deal with the hilltop situation my girl better not feel guilty

okay does anyone already know when season 2 will premiere? cause like

Lena had a great mic drop and will hopefully gtfo and NOT be hunted for sport

Colin and Teddy are both definitely on some bullshit and may or may not die offscreen in the meantime

Sam and the Archivist are very much giving status: unknown

Gwen will surely get what she bargained for one way or another

only Celia and Alice seem safe for now (although it'll be fun times for Celia to explain to Alice what exactly happened)

i need it like next week please

okay, starting a crowdfund for sams therapy. like I felt re-traumatized by that experience on his behalf, I would totally understand if he'd do the Colin next episode...

Alice: we shouldn't get more involved in this

Sam & Celia: we need to investigate

Colin:

Alice actually went to check up on Colin! she may turn her back on the conspiracies but she's looking out so much for the other employees

honestly my guy colin may actually outlive everyone with the way he's committed to his paranoia (could very well give him a heart attack tho)

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.