was it ever mentioned how elias feeds the eye? he doesn’t seem to read statements so what exactly is keeping him alive?
same for martin– shouldn’t his adjacency to the lonely make him need to feed it?
is jon the only one who we actively see and know about how he feeds his entity?
The Eye is the fear of being watched, having your darkest secrets known, that people will stand aside and not help you when you’re suffering, and probably some other things. I don’t think every Avatar of The Eye relies on, or even have anything to do with, Statements.
It was always my assumption that Elias is the one watching Jon in the first season, though it may have been The Eye itself.
Either way, I do think he will hire people like Martin, that aren’t necessarily qualified for their jobs and are scared of being found out. Found out specifically by him, their boss.
He also can, canonically, see through the eyes of things that depict eyes, most likely giving people the unnerving feeling of being watched.
As for Martin, I’d imagine that his own loneliness was feeding the Lonely, Melanie is antagonistic towards him, Basira is likely indifferent about him, Tim, who you could probably call his friend, just died, Jon was in a coma, Sasha is dead. He then decides to isolate himself from everyone, so it’s probably that.
Personally, I think he was also feeding on Jon, once he woke up. During season four, he avoids any interaction with Jon, when they do interact he is dismissive or outright condescending to him, and he sets the few people Jon does have around him, Daisy, Basira, and Melanie, even more against him than they already were.
honestly this is the most satisfactory answer so far
(also the funniest one)
the only qualification to work at the magnus institute is to lie on your resume. not a single person there is qualified to do the work.
the institute’s been investigate for tax fraud 12 times because the person filing their taxes has never passed a math exam in their life.
the institute’s plumbing is always breaking because the maintenance guy’s resume was submitted by his mother the moment he turned 18 in an attempt to get him out of the house. he never did plumbing in his life and he just barely gets by through watching youtube tutorials on how to repair a sink.
one employee starts a bunch of office drama by dating two guys in her department simultaneously. she gets called into a meeting with elias and instead of getting fired, she gets promoted to Head of HR.