aro!Jon who has spent his entire time rolling his eyes at people saying love is what makes us human (it doesn’t). Jon who is trying to hold onto his humanity and turns to romantic love because what if it is true? even if it it’s, people believe to love means to be human, it’s easier for them to see humanity in those who love
and maybe Jon even manages to convince himself those feelings are true and real and not an exaggeration. maybe he just didn’t have enough time to recognise those feelings
Names can be weapons and Elias is well versed in using them against people. Like my cool mutual @rosalineandrosemary pointed out Melanie doesn’t like Elias calling her by her first name and Basira isn’t comfortable with being called Detective. He calls Jon the Archivist in the birthday tape because it’s a way of telling Jon this was always meant to happen, this was always who he was meant to become
Except, this is the only time Elias calls Jon the Archivist when talking to him. Every time else it’s his first name (he says Jon’s name more than anyone else’s btw). I think it’s because he views Jon to be on the same level as him (“the world WE made”) and for Elias he is always the person before he is an avatar of the Beholding. And the same applies to Jon
Anyway, what I am trying to say is that it’s important to me that Elias calls Jon by his first name at all times
it is SO important that elias calls jon by his first name you’re so right. especially when you think about the whole “elias am i still human” cause elias continually affirms jon’s humanity by calling him by his name instead of “the archivist.”
