The eye wanted Jon so badly because of Elias’ obsession with him.
Wait so. So.
If we accept this as true, which I think we should because it is based and real and good and true, the Beholding is basically a mindless swarm. It’s all feelings and terrors, it doesn’t think. It’s not gonna favor Jon for no reason, it follows Jonah/Elias’ lead because Elias is the one who’s been feeding it all this time. You can see it like Beholding pulls out of his subconscious whatever Jonah really wants and acts it out.
So. SO. Elias’ adoration for Jon was so intense it rung out more in the Eye than his own sense of self preservation. The Eye wanted Jon to remplace him as the pupil because he was so down bad for his Archivist it took over his fear of death. Jon was literally so important to him the Eye interpreted this as “need Jon at all costs, can even sacrifice me I don’t care”
What do we think about. A jonelias sharing pain au. "I know i'm putting you through the horrors for my own selfish goals but let me take some of your pain. No, I don't have a reason to do this. Let me help you"
i think yes. i’m a big fan of mind link (or physical in this case) jonelias scenarios.
i think in this one sharing the pain might be a way for jonah to feel more like a part of the ritual. yes, he orchestrated it, but jon got a more active role. elias shares his pain to mark both of them with it, to tie them together. they will suffer together and they will get their reward together too.
you can go further and make their connection more straightforward. for every scar jon earns, elias gets a matching one. i would say on his original body, but by this point there’s probably not a lot of… skin left.
hey man nice blog *reblogs almost every single post*
thank you! this is genuinely very encouraging :) i haven’t been able to be here a lot due to the Life Stuff but i promise to you specifically that i will post more things for you to reblog
