i always assumed jonah magnus does the eye transfers himself once he gets too many wrinkles but like. that man is such a wimp about death i refuse to believe he doesn’t have a backup plan in case of a spontaneous heart attack
can you imagine being the person on jonah magnus’ emergency contact list. the hospital calls you to regretfully inform you that “james wright has had a heart attack this morning we are very sorry for your loss” and suddenly you are in a race against time to find the hottest office twink of the decade and tear his fucking eyes out
It’s Peter. Peter is his emergency contact. Imagine the additional hilarity of him running around trying to accomplish this while avoiding all human contact.
Imagine Peter trying to subtly get in to get “James Wright’s” eyes out only to be hopelessly mired in bureaucracy. He probably just gives up like. “I’m his husband. See it says right here on this divorce paperwork. Can I see him now?”
ok but also. consider Peter is trying to do this as quickly as possible so he can just get back to his ship and not have to interact with people again till his annual date/alimony negotiation with Jonah. So by the time he actually makes it to the Magnus Institute, eyeballs in hand, his patience is wearing thin. He casts his glance around. Sees Elias. Is like. “Yeah this guy is suitable.” And does the switch.
Jonah is furious because “Him?! Really?” Yes Elias is attractive and admittedly has a great voice but he is also a stoner and is currently working as a filing clerk with no prospects. And now Jonah has to make his sudden rise to head of the institute not look wildly suspicious.
Peter probably just shrugs like “eh. maybe don’t die so suddenly next time.” Jonah of course wants another divorce for this comment alone despite the fact that they are already currently divorced.
“body snatching the stoner twink was actually negligence on peter lukas’ part” is such galaxy brained take i don’t know how to handle this
Let’s not forget, all this means Peter was hunting for the Hottest Office Twink by his own definition of hot. Body-shopping for his husband. There’s so much potential for comedy/relationship shenanigans in that.
peter lukas saw elias bouchard surrounded by thick fog and felt instant kinship because he doesn’t know what a vape is and that’s why he snatched him specifically. smoking kills
Elias, in turn, sees Peter surrounded by the fog of The Lonely and mistakes him for a fellow stoner.