January 2025

alexanderhamioton321:

Ok, in the episode where Martin starts burning statments Elias tells him he looks like his dad to get him to stop right? Well, right before that Elias says

“You know, I really should have gone for that, found something that
would finally manage to shatter that precious image you have of him. But, as
you say, I am… very busy, at the moment. So, I suppose I’ll just have to go with
what I had prepared.”

When this is said Elias was talking about Jon so, what if instead of revealing the thing about Martin’s he had said something terrible about Jon?

Imagine how much it would change the story if Martin lost faith in Jon!

happybunnykat:

annabelle–cane:

annabelle–cane:

my problem with getting a grip on elias’s characterization is that I always forget the fact that he’s sillay. like sure he’s evil and sadistic and manipulative and britain’s next top victim blamer but also he says things like “yes, if you die, I’m afraid you probably won’t be able to claim your expenses.” he gets punched in the stomach while being arrested and doubles over in pain and wheezes “ah. I see :)”

I think he decided to make Those death sounds on purpose

somuchbetterthanthat:

Once again thinking that Elias having lunch with the library staff weekly implies he has lunch with EVERY department staff during the week. Once again obsessed with the thought of Martin, on his first Archives Lunch with Tim, Sasha, Jon and Elias, discovering that Elias Bouchard, who is always mild, just the right side of a bore, except when he suddenly stares at you and it feels like he knows all your darkest, deepest secrets, and it amuses him, TURNS INTO A WILDLY DIFFERENT PERSON around Jonathan Sims

I need Martin to spend that first lunch watching Jon and Elias debate whilst staring into each other’s eyes for almost an hour, Jon snarking more and more rudely and Elias’s eyes shining brighter and brighter, until Elias casually fixes something on Jon’s suit that sends Jon FLUSTERING. I need him to try and look at Tim and Sasha with wide, baffled eyed and they do have a minute of commiseration like “oh yeah, man. Yeah.” but then, well, they’re used to it, so they just start their own conversation on the side

They do try to include Martin but eventually they get into something he doesn’t know that they’re passionate about, and so Martin like, gently fades into the background (as usual) and keeps listening to JE, until it almost feels comfortable, to disappear, if sharply lonely, and the moment he thinks that Elias SUDDENLY turns his head around and goes “and how has the new work been treating you, Martin?” and behind him Jon’s eyes finds him as well, and beyond his general contempt for Martin there’s the hint of fear there - that Martin will complain about Jon. To Elias.

“FIne,” says Martin, voice a bit too high, and does not think how hot it makes him feel to have BOTH Jon and Elias stare at him Like That.

(((ALSO: Archives lunch imply years and years and years of Elias and Gertrude having lunch regularly. You’re welcome.)))

somuchbetterthanthat:

The thing about Jonathan Sims is that he looked at the Unsettling Manor on top of the Hill, cast in half shadows already, and decided he had to go there; he pushed the door open. Yes, it was perhaps for the reputed library deep into the heart of the house, yes it was because he wanted answers and to work through the trauma of his childhood, there are billions of reasons that might have lead him to that door, but he opened it. And when he was welcomed in, he decided to ignore all the ways the shadows creeped inside the manor as well, because he was being seduced and it was working.

So there had been others before him; so their ghosts haunted his every step; so the Head of the House dismissed the dangers to encourage knowledge; but, well, wasn’t the head of the house SO knowledgeable? So charming? Wasn’t he opening all the doors to Jon, or at the very least indulgently offering the keys whenever Jon craved them? Was it his fault or Jon’s when Jon stepped into a new room fulled of traps that hurt?

And when Jon finally looked at himself, drapped in beautiful clothes and scars, and realized he’d grown claws, didn’t he feel relief and curiosity first about them? Didn’t he look at his delicate, innocent hands, and realized they might let him fight back and defend himself at last from the shadows? Didn’t he flush when the Head of the House craddled his fingers now covered in blood not his own to kiss them in marvel?

Of course one day it became too much; of course one day he understood he had stayed so long in the house, peering outside hurt more than staying in; the light hurt; everybody else, in the vilage below, was fearing the shadows that had build up in his dark, pretty, irresistable eyes that called them in to feed his newfound hunger.

But he’d opened the front door and let it close back behind him. And wasn’t the House and its Head giving him all that he’d ever desired? When the Head of the House led him, at last, to the Master Bedroom, to the sacrificial altar, when he locked the door behind him and let Jon watch the key burn into the fireplace, when he lovingly took off the impressive white gown to kiss every one of Jon’s scars, of course Jon fought back. But among the terror and the agony of the completion of their marriage, wasn’t there genuine, unspeakable bliss as well?

hemi-demi:

Elias unwinding after a long day of exposing his employees to Eldritch horrors work ☺️

A birthday gift for @beheldandcompelled

nineraeix:

[PLEASURED EXHALATION] freak.

candyskiez:

One of my favorite jonelias Things™️ is when all the yk, big avatars refer to them as “your archivist” or sometimes even “your elias.” That shit makes me eat nails. I need everyone to know they have something going on and it to be something that they know they should absolutely not get involved in because there is no way it ends well. I think they should be intertwined in a way that isn’t quite human. I think they need to be so weird about each other nobody who knows Elias has any doubts about what’s going on. I just think it’s neat!

yurufuwajukaiboy:

^ jonelias

^ martin, who wasnt invited to any of this

joneevarts:

I couldn’t download the video version so just imagine freebird playing in the background :D

beheldandcompelled:

The Kiss Or The Sword - Chapter 11 - cloverdose - The Magnus Archives (Podcast) [Archive of Our Own]

Chapter 11 of the Kiss or the Sword!

magnuspanoptes:

another jon & elias edit be upon ye

spoilers for mag 1 to 160 (previous edit here)

somuchbetterthanthat:

It’s not that I’m against Jon killing Elias, narratively it makes obvious and satisfying sense and we do get Elias’s “good luck” which still makes me insane to this day, etc.

but ALSO i kinda want to see the version where Elias is right. Where Jon can’t do it. Where Jon is all powerful and godlike and vengeful and when his hands grasp Elias’s wrists, when he’s on top of him full of anger his teeth bared ready to kill the man who made him who he is today, instead he sees all he is today and he crumbles against Elias’s chest and he weeps.

and elias takes a deep, shuddering breath (because the fear WAS here) and then murmurs “there, there. It’s quite alright, Jon. Truly. You are magnificent. It’s alright, I love you.” and gently wrap his arms around him and they lay on the floor like that, as the Eye Watches.

Alrighty. My multichapter fic (Believe Me, Darling) is done. And I need to talk about it because I am excited.

• First of all, I should’ve used Amnesia Was Her Name for all the chapter titles for this. I was listening to the song earlier (to check the lyrics for the final two chapters) and thinking Fuck. These lyrics work so much better. I did have those last two planned since the very beginning, but still. “C'est l'amour / et blessures” especially would’ve worked so well at some point.
• The reason Jon loses his memories is partially from being undercooked (waking up too early) and partially from the Unknowing having Effects! I don’t thiiink that was ever explicitly said.
• -> Fun Fact I forgot the reason that Jon lost his memories and retconned it so it would fit with the timeline in the original pod. Might go back and change that now that it’s all posted because that makes more sense. However the reason I did that was so that Lukas was settled in the Institute and had taken Martin properly, because I wanted him to have something Lonely to give Jon at the end there.
• A couple of chapters into writing this I saw someone (unrelated to this fic) say “Every line Elias says has to be secretly shitty” or something along those lines and that changed how I wrote him, I think. I was being wayyy too nice too early on. He wasn’t enough of a bastard! He can be nice once he’s had character development, but to begin I need to want to put him in a blender
• Elias sees Jon losing his memories as a great opportunity to manipulate him (and he’s right tbf) and doesn’t start by loving Jon. However, he catches feelings.
• This does not change what Elias actually does, though, apart from taking moderately more care than he normally would have.
• Elias vaguely forcefems Jon (and does other things like that) because he’s possessive of Jon. He has control over Jon and he wants to show it; Jon is, of course, happy to oblige because he knows no different.
• Jon was really hard to write for this reason and I’m not sure if I did him justice. He doesn’t remember anything from during canon, which means he would be different from how we know him. He also has Elias’ influence, telling him to act differently (and encouraging him to do things he wouldn’t’ve done in canon, e.g. feeding)
• It is a shame he didn’t get to realise the horror/harm of feeding, there just wasn’t time !! That would’ve been really fun to go in to
• He is much more Eye-coded for this reason, willing to do what Elias tells him is right. Because it feels right to him, and he’s being told it’s right, so it must be, right?
• He’s also very afraid of Elias. He is essentially a stranger to Jon. He was literally in prison for murder when they first meet (which I completely forgot until right now. Probably should’ve addressed that tbh.) But the fear of what Elias could do to him motivates him to stay with him.
• And what else could he possibly do in this situation? He doesn’t know where his own home is – he was told he lives with Elias – and he’s been told that everyone wants to hurt him (which is partially true tbf). So where else would he go?
• This is vaguely addressed in the fic, but not to the extent I would’ve liked. Probably should’ve just given Jon a soliloquy at some point where he can just air his grievances, but that probably would’ve been dull to read and ooc.
• One thing I’ve learned from this is that I should finish writing fics in their entirety before I start posting them, especially if they have a specific ending/plot
• If it’s just a sandbox then it’s fine – a less specific au would probably be alright because they’re doing something different each week yk? There’s no end point to work towards
• but while writing this I kept forgetting little plot threads, which caused the story to become a little disjointed and confused
• Fun fact #2: This fic was built around 3 plot points that I had in my head. 1- Jon going to Elias with no memories, and misunderstanding their relationship (as the Tumblr post this stemmed from said). 2- Jon enacting the ritual and the Assistants interrupting. This was supposed to be when they saw Jon for the first time post-coma. I forgot I planned this and did the whole Archives thing instead. Whoops. 3- Jon Remembering at the last moment, and not being able to take it back. I got this one right, thank God.
• For a moment I was considering Jon being able to stop and ganging up against Elias w the Assistants, but decided I liked Bad Ending more. What can I say, I love tragedies.
• Fun Fact #3: This whole story was originally thought of during Whumptober, and was going to be a smutty dubcon one-shot. Jon was going to be spat out from Michael’s Corridors with no memory in Elias’ office, and Elias was going to take advantage of this weakness. I found the draft after finishing the last chapter, dusted it off and finished it :)
• Finally, I think I’m done talking about this. I’ve been working on it for 4 months, and now I will finally put it to rest. Good Lord. Goodnight.

viciaam:

Gifts of our God

I’ve got to say, I think that one huge aspect of Jon and Elias’ relationship is that Elias sees himself in Jon. He sees a scared young man just barely learning about the Fears, but already inextricably intertwined with them. A man with an insatiable thirst for knowledge, a need to know, to understand. Someone who is deeply afraid. Someone who is hated or feared by his associates; surrounded by those he cares about who will die because of him. Someone who basks in the gaze of the Beholding, however unwillingly.

basiliskblues:

Been working on this for a whole week. @ducksanddairy helped me with polishing and panelling so big thanks to them ❤️❤️❤️

I don’t normally do comics but this was just in my head for ages and I had to satisfy my Jon/Elias kick.

partly-functioning-liver:

!!TMA SPOILERS!!

Haven’t finished The Magnus Archives yet but I am currently a full Elias apologist. He’s just trying to stop the apocalypse and all his hostages keep being so mean to him 😢