HELLO FUCKERS! THE TIME HAS FINALLY COME, THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER. THE ELIAS DRAWING IS COMPLETE!!
This drawing took so long for a combination of reasons. Work got really hectic, I was out of town a lot, I was Going Through It, and this is my first time drawing Elias so I had to figure out how to. Nevertheless, I promised you lot I would draw that man tied up, and so I have. Thank you for your patience, and thank you to everyone who held me accountable for finishing this. I sincerely hope he was worth the wait.
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Finished drawing and alternate versions under the cut because. I can’t look him in the eye.
I swear half the time I see posts on here I wonder if people even listened to the same podcast.
Constantly people argue about who would have made a better Archivist while completely missing what the Archivist’s actual role was:
Firstly, Gertrude was not a good Archivist. In fact, her being shit at it was a major plot point. She purposefully left the Archives disorganized to try and stop whatever Jonah was planning. She didn’t like using her compelling powers. She was good at stopping rituals. That isn’t the Archivist’s duty, she just took that on herself. We don’t really know who was ‘stopping’ rituals before her, though we can assume Jonah was at least invested in doing so until he figured out they didn’t work. (I’m also assuming rituals could not happen very often, with perhaps centuries between.)
A good Archivist would be nothing like Gertrude… she wanted to appoint Sasha because she could see they were like-minded and maybe we could extrapolate that Sasha would have gone a similar route in being obstructive to Jonah’s plans
A “good” Archivist would be someone who directly embraced the Eye and willingly took as many live statements as they wanted. I think we can say Jon was decent at the role comparatively.
Do not get being a good Archivist and being good at undermining Jonah’s plans( and the plot of the show) mixed up. Argue all you want about whether x character would have fallen for the ritual… but don’t say they would have been a good Archivist. Because you’re arguing for the opposite
list of every time jonelias had weird sexless sex:
- early Research era, Jon went on a smoke break and Elias just happened to coincidentally pass by. he asks Jon for a cigarette but unfortunately he was on his last one. so Elias takes it from Jon’s mouth, takes one drag before giving it back to Jon and making his excuses. Jon was definitely normal about it and didn’t smoke the cigarette to the filter nor did he think of it as an indirect kiss. neither bring it up later and soon enough Jon quits smoking
- sometimes pre canon/season one they start playing a staring game. it happened during an Institute work party, their eyes met in the crowded hall and neither looked away, even as Elias talked to someone. Jon loses every time up until season two. late season three Elias starts looking away first intentionally so as to make sure Jon doesn’t see something he isn’t meant to. (they both aren’t happy about it)
- they are in each other’s space a lot, both during arguments and mundane conversations. Elias’s hand on Jon’s shoulder as he tells Jon of another complaint, Jon leaning in as he begs for answers, Elias’s hand on Jon’s neck as he asks Jon to take a break
- Elias cleaned and bandaged Jon wounds in mag 92, squeezing Jon’s burned just a bit too hard, he took in every twitch of pain on Jon’s face and the barely suppressed whimper of pain
- Elias watches Jon read statements. Jon knows it, can feel the weight of Elias’s gaze on his neck. he denies it that he is reading for Elias, he denies that he enjoys being watched as he takes in the fear of the statement
- Jon felt Elias watching him just as he finished taking a statement, the victim’s cries still loud in his ears. angry at Elias for watching him yet still not letting Jon see him, he didn’t notice a tape recorder click. Jon asked Elias if he could force a statement out of him, if Elias would be able to deny. can the Eye feed on itself? how would it feel for both of them? Elias shivered in his prison cell as he imagined his Archivist ripping into his mind, taking every secret he had. he couldn’t allow that to happen but no one would stop him from imagining, wondering how that would feel.
Here are my bookmarks on AO3 that I recommend, this is a good place to start but I’m sure I’m missing things !! My personal favorite fic is this one by statuscrows. (Theres tons of amazing ones tho!!)