People will be like "what if there's this New Fear that was missed by Smirkes fourteen?" the whole point is that the fears can't be categorized. The whole point is Smirke's fourteen is a very flimsy way of categorizing something that can never be separated. The final ritual that started the end of the world worked because the fears were treated as one. Inventing a new microlabel for a *very specific* kind of fear is pointless, because you can just keep dividing and slicing it into smaller and smaller pieces until you won't even know what you're talking about. The fears bleed into each other!! Every time you divide the fears based on a single difference, there will be another similarity that joins them back together!!
It's no coincidence that a large chunk of the fanon oc-ified inaccurate jon designs make him dress like a teenage lesbian. I see the long flowy skirt puffy blouse multiple necklaces ratty old cardigan and messenger bag. YOU🫵 are morphing the character into a reflection of the self
I think what made people feel the need to create "new" fear categories that the Smirke's fourteen "missed" was the fact that they themselves narrowed the original categories down to just a few (mostly aesthetic) traits. "I came up with a New and Completely Separate fear that doesn't fit in Smirke's fourteen" open your mindddd Smirke's categorization is just a collection of colorful umbrella terms you can fit whatever you want under there
Additionally the categories aren't even able to exist in a manner that completely separates one fear from another. They not only can but NEED to be mixed
I'm basically directly quoting canon here but the Fears really do oppose each other in the same way colours oppose each other. Smirke was really out there saying "red and green are sworn enemies" with absolute certainty
Honestly my biggest issue with fanon Gerry isn't even that I think he wouldn't be goth it's that I don't think he'd be the type to wear trad goth makeup. That man might be goth or a metalhead in spirit but he would notttt gaf about specific subculture aesthetics
(That and I think a trad goth full face with a white base would be a higher priority trait to mention in a statement than badly dyed hair)
Jonathan Archivist Sims's descent into avatarhood as a metaphor for being disabled is out. Jonathan Archivist Sims's whole life as a metaphor for being disabled is in
Thinking about how Jon's suffering is never seen as noble. His struggles stripped of any sort of greatness or dignity, instead regarded as proof of him being weak and inferior. Insinuating that he chose to be like this. Placing the blame on him.
Jonathan Sims did not die a saint or a martyr. He died a monster, and together with that monster died the memory of the man he once was. All that was lost in the panopticon's destruction and all that remained in peoples minds was just another monster. And he was aware of that </3
are you the one who was talking about the lack of variety in character design (in tma)? I wanted to say that I genuinely always imagined Jon as a korean-english man. mostly because I'm half. it was the first thing I thought and stuck with me hard, and I really can't let it go. I don't even think the way I imagine him is very 'Jonathan Sims, The Archivist,' but it feels so right to me. I've written about his relationship with his grandmother and how it would stay the same + change if she was a korean woman hhmm. I don't know. it means a lot to me, very much a shame that I feel like I would get hit over the head in this fandom for sharing these headcanons like
I did make a bunch of posts complaining that the vast majority of Jon designs look the same so sure maybe it's me
I get you. I get it. + projecting ur own traits and experiences onto fictional characters is awesome and I am also guilty of doing it. I love finding arguments for why my own experience fits his character actually and is 100% implied in the text if you look at it from the right angle #DisabledJonSupremacy
But the way this fandom treats any interpretation that doesn't adhere to widely accepted fanon is just awful. Don't know if it's still like that (I don't really look at fanart anymore) but I remember a while ago whenever anyone made a character design that didn't match with the opinion of the majority they got booed. I mean if someone had a Jon design (let's go with him why not) that wasn't some variation of "scrawny brown twink with emerald green eyes" they would get flooded by comments like "ummm that's not MY Jon....😣" as though the fanon design isn't also just a bunch of headcanons (happened to me as well)(more often on tiktok than on here but still. I didn't make this up I swear)
Anyway. I get you. Your headcanon is awesome and this fandom sucks
Ok so the Distortion is the Spiral but the Spiral is not the Distortion in the same way all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares. Or am I wrong
So when jonelias shippers make art and fics depicting the two leading a domestic blissful life it means they're ignoring the true nature of the ship and they need to be reminded that it is not like that in canon but when jmart shippers do the same it's cool and wholesome and it's "giving you the fluff you needed after the ending". I really don't like either of those but what's with the double standard. If I made a post saying "guys making domestic aus of jonmartin is fine and all but you have to remember in canon they're inherently incompatible and are generally Not Good For Each Other" I would get crucified at the town square
I've been considering writing a longfic of tma as canon compliant as I could make it, but with jonelias. and maybe mike crew doesn't die because I'm still not over them sniping him as soon as we finally meet him. Nothing else changes. just more jonelias
Very cool of you to want to contribute to the fandom in an interesting and actually compelling way instead of writing yet another domestic au established relationship jmart smutfic
Also rip mike crew you were gone too soon (didn't even register him dying when I first listened💔)
Sick of the performative male matcha wielding archivist fanarts. Why force jon "tries to make himself seem older than he actually is to be more respected" to follow fuckinguhhh tiktok trends when martin is right there. Performative feminist literature reading tote bag wielding incompetent archival assistant. Put some "guyliner" on him as well plus some glasses he'd wear to make himself seem smarter and boom you just got his fanon design
Can I confess to something stupid. I used to get annoyed at people posting about any kind of Jon ship who would explicitly highlight that they only approve of the pairing as platonic. I was like "why are you needlessly explaining yourself a ship is a ship who cares"
Today I thought about it for a bit and. It's because every single Jon ship I liked I just subconsciously viewed as platonic without even realizing. Which probably means nothing
Another joncept but in a slightly different format this time
The beholding being blue cause of the evil eye is such a nice conceptttt and it got me thinking about my recent desire to make Jon Archivist into an angel of some sort. So here is a sketch of Jon with a blue halo. For no reason.
I know he looks chopped this took three minutes total and I'm very sleepy
Funny that TMA fans often take whatever the Distortion says at face value and without question (see: the Distortion "helping" the Archives crew, the Distortion telling Jon he secretly enjoys being a cruel monster) considering the popularity of the line "the Eye watches, and the Stranger conceals. But me? I lie, Archivist" be honest what do you think Michael meant while saying this
(very quietly) angel Jon save me.... save me angel Jon..... 🧿
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Basically this started out as "I wanna draw Jon as a sad little angel" which then morphed into "what if Jon had wings made of web to sort of symbolise that the power he possesses while being in the position of the Archivist is also a trap and he is still a victim of the very same Fear that gives him strength". Then my beloved mutual suggested blue as the color of the Beholding bc it relates to the evil eye. Then I kinda sorta got the idea to use the blue eye talisman as a halo and uuhhhhh here is the end result. Baiiii
Closeup:
Honestly I kinda like this. I'm no professional but it doesn't look that bad
Some dumb and pointless Jon Sims headcanons because I have the right to make baseless claims too
- hates cheese. All kinds of it. Just because he had a mediocre cheese sandwich once when he was a child and then never ate anything with cheese on it again. Like with his stance on poetry there are no exceptions to this
- physically disabled but can't really benefit from mobility aids so he doesn't use any. Self-conscious abt it, thinks that if people noticed they would just assume he's weird. Tries to keep everyone from finding out cause he thinks it would make him seem less competent for some reason. Additionally he daydreams about getting a cane cause it would add credibility to his old man act
- his hair gets progressively more grey throughout the podcast. The moment he fulfills the Archivist's purpose and starts the apocalypse it's almost purely white (this is one of my favourite jon headcanons and yet I have never drawn this ever)
- doesn't like eating as in the action of eating. Almost to the point of considering it a waste of time (this is mostly during s2 and later when he had a lot on his plate)(ha)
- can't stand having greasy hair. Also doesn't like taking too long tending to it so I think he would keep it relatively short (rip rapunzel-like jon designs but I'm built different)(not that different actually. I still draw him with a gayass haircut I can't help it)
- doesn't like shopping for clothes in general but buying shoes especially is a NIGHTMARE for him. He'll tape the soles back on just so he could avoid buying a new pair a little longer. Additionally polyester is his biggest enemy n you'll never catch him wearing anything synthetic cause he hates how the fabric feels
- he's the kinda person to carry a lot of stuff on him "just in case". Doesn't leave home without a pocket knife. The type to have extra shoelaces a sewing needle with thread and a nail file at the bottom of his bag. Not very good examples but I'm thinking a lot of generally useless things needed only in very specific scenarios (he'd get sooo smug internally every time he got an opportunity to use one of these + he'd think being prepared for unexpected situations made him seem more competent and wise)
