speaking of other momentous things which are for some reason canon but are never brought up again. what’s going on with watcher’s call. the only time it’s mentioned is in 158 when elias guides jon to the panopticon in the centre of the tunnels, which were previously unnavigable to him. and i don’t think the ability is called anything in the podcast but the wiki has it listed as such. so, mr magnus can call his archive to him any time? jon archivist whose whole deal is knowing before he does anything to the point of somewhat paralysing his decision making in later seasons once he’s dependant on the beholding. because to act he has to know. that jon is going to just follow his call, blindly and without hesitation? like some kind of siren song? “because this is the place i know i should be”, 193. sure. whatever. me when im writing two characters in a normal relationship.
it’s the way you would tend a calf destined for veal but fr the way early-season elias dotes on jon… fusses over his habits. oh, he’s not smoking again, is he? jon, please, you look like a mummy you need sleep. jon, you’ll need statements while you’re gone, to sustain yourself. how did you know that? that’s remarkable. you’re doing so well. my archivist.
‘I came for you,’ he said. She repeated the four words in her head. I came for you. If they were meant as a threat, they certainly weren’t spoken as one. ( … ) 'I came for you,’ he murmured so softly that seduction might have been in the air. And so saying, he moved through the passageway and into the light.
And she was almost enchanted. By his voice, by his colours, by the buzz from his body. She fought to resist the rapture, though. There was a monster here, beneath this fetching display; its nest of razors was at her feet, still drenched in blood. Would it hesitate to slit her own throat if it once laid hands on her?
'Be my victim,’ he said.
'I won’t force it upon you,’ he replied, the perfect gentleman. 'I won’t oblige you to die. But think; think. If I kill you here - if I unhook you…’
She had been right: this was a seduction.
The Forbidden, Clive Barker // Der Tod und das Mädchen // MAG 160 - “The Eye Opens” // MAG 92 - “Nothing Beside Remains” // MAG 67 - “Burning Desire”
these are normal things to know about each other, like, elias obviously knows because it’s his business to Know everything about his archivist, especially smoking which is addiction which is deeply tied to the web’s methods of control. and jon was always meeting up with elias in season one to discuss artefacts and statements and the looming threat of prentiss, so he would know when he does his scheduling. and in general, he’s probably trying to impress elias, to prove that he’s suitable for the position offered to him. anxiously paying attention to any signs of his boss being disappointed with him is something insecure S1 jon sims would do and also he was straight up stalking him (and the others) in season two so that’s likely how he knows weirdly specific things about elias’s routine. but what do you think daisy and sasha were thinking -> oh my god. they’re fucking.
i think the worst thing in the world is seeing two characters with something weird as hell going on between them and you think to urself “wow i love the weird as hell thing these characters have going on between them” and you open archiveofourown.org and find out everyone else thinks they would actually be in a very normal romantic relationship
guy who got lost for a thousand years in a mystic forest of fog voice: that reminds me of the time i got lost for a thousand years in a mystic forest of fog
basically I don’t think jongeorgie had a “you are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand” kind of breakup, I think georgie was like “okay well I’m swimming to shore but I hope you enjoy your time at sea :)” and jon was like “log day number seven, out on the open ocean… I Have Been Left To Drown.” and georgie saw him being sucked into a whirlpool from the beach and thought “what the hell is he doing”
perplexes me a bit when people say jmart is a boring healthy ship. they like each other and they’re trying their best but this is the “I’m not going to kill a man just because you’re jealous” “why not?” / “yes or no, can that fire hurt us?” “define ‘hurt’” / “thank you for not hitting me this time” / [grins while using the other as bait without his prior knowledge] / “I knew you couldn’t help yourself, you never could” relationship. they’re affectionate and they care but fundamentally this dynamic is a game of “for your own good” betrayal chicken. they love each other enough that they could never bear even thinking about separating and this is both tremendously romantic and really, really bad.
Post-coma jarchivist makes me sooo insane. Everyone’s like ‘you should’ve stayed dead’ and he’s like ‘can’t argue with you there’. He died for his friends. He chose to become a monster. He came back wrong. He spent six months hovering between life and death and Martin won’t even talk to him. He’s losing his sense of humanity. He hates himself so so much. He can no longer die. He risks a deal with Jared the fucking boneturner to try to save someone who very recently attempted to murder him. He blames himself for Tim’s death. Tim died hating him. With every fresh horror he grows stronger. Someone get this man a vacation and a healthy coping mechanism
been stewing on an analytical approach to fiction which I call “is this book afraid of me?” and in order to answer this question you determine how hard the book is trying to make sure you don’t come after the writer on twitter
