#Im doing a relisten :]

[ashes-in-a-jar]

I haven't thought much about Jonathan Sims for long enough that I kinda feel like I've started thinking about him a little more divorced of the emotional attachment I might have had once. Because I just saw a post lamenting his slow descent into inhumanity and losing his identity, becoming the archivist rather than Jonathan Sims, losing his friends, his house, everything he loves.

But is that true? That put upon head archivist persona he had in the beginning, was that really him? The way I see it, real life has already leached him of any identity he might have had, he didn't really have friends, Tim and Sasha clearly weren't, as we saw in their season 5 recording. He chose to make them his subordinates over beib friends, pushed away Georgie, he became so desperate for approval that he agreed to take a job he clearly has no idea how to do, let his stress over it isolate him from everyone around him, had a desperate need to assert himself in the beginning of every recording as 'head archivist of the Magnus institute london'. Forget about even having a home, he often slept in his office for heaven's sake.

The way I see it, this story is about him finding himself, finding the perfect place for himself in this already doomed world that was already strangling him and everyone around him. He became the Archivist, no longer needing to connect himself to some godforsaken capitalistic institute to identify himself. found his role, he enjoyed its power, even admitted to it. He found love. He found purpose in trying to save the world. In the end he was surrounded with the friends he made along the way (as friendly as they could be under the circumstances). He was finally allowed to make real choices, have true responsibility over himself and not be some tired corporate worker, part of a tired pointless system. Sure his choices weren't that great, and getting there was through outside manipulation and his own ignorance and he had to suffer immensely and pay an awful price of what we like to call his "humanity" but he Became and found what we all look for - his calling.

"It's still me" he says in the last episode. Because he is. He lost nothing and gained everything. Even dying in his lover's arms.

Forget about being human. In the end Jon achieves apotheosis and truly becomes Jonathan Sims

[beetlerings]

I think men should kiss each other and women should have as many boyfriends as they want

[sluckythewizard]

SHILO BATHROY, A TINY AND SICKLY VICTORIAN CHILD, SO SMALL AND INNOCENT AND CAPABLE OF MINIMAL HARM

[the-sslimmest-shady]

THIS IS A MESSAGE TO THE MALEVOLENT FANDOM: WHY DOES YOUR GUY LOOK LIKE JON FROM THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES. I CANT KEEP MALEVOLENT OFF MY DASH BECAUSE I KEEP ACCIDENTALLY INTERACTING WITH MALEVOLENT FANART THINKING ITS JONATHAN SIMS. I DONT KNOW WHAT MALEVOLENT IS. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT. I DONT WANT TO. THE FANART IVE SEEN IS BEAUTIFUL SO PROPS TO YOU FOR THAT BUT IM JUST VERY CONFUSED. IS THERE SOME KIND OF FANDOM OVERLAP?? IDK HIS NAME BUT HE LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE JON. SLIGHTLY DARK SKINNED DUDE WITH MESSY MID-LENGTH HAIR AND A LOOK OF FEAR IN HIS EYES. YOU KNOW THE ONE. WHO IS HE

[critter-wizard]

ep 43 had me tearing up in a fucking shopping centre ‼️‼️

b+w alt version that I truly couldn't decide if I liked it more . Also I included a lot of thoughts in the tags but they're somewhat incoherent<3

[misciouscave]

AU where The Magnus Institute is just a library with normal library problems and Jon can take his boyfriend on a little downtown date 🐄🐈‍⬛

[juha-art]

if I keep relistening to matsuri they will stay happy forever

[grimalditeuthis]

oh my god. the characters. has anyone else heard about this

[fullsaw]

Did melanie every really learn about the prentiss attack or does she just assume that everyone overreacted to a normal worm infestation

[velvetwyrme]

sometimes i listen to one song over and over again for weeks on end. other times i listen to AM's Hate monologue on repeat HFJFBDKS

[brooke-knight]

Laura Jane Grace was so right. I DO want them to see me like they see every other girl and they DO just see a faggot.

[crow-caller]

i get stuck in longass 'podcast i listen to late at night' loops and im proud (???) to say after like. months of only being stuck on relistening to 372 pages. im back on my mcelroy saga. starting from like episode 300 or so. maybe ill even make it to modern times. maybe not.

[seaside-hysteria]

still reeling over the fact alexander j newall called ME cringe for listening to the entire tragic horror podcast HE helped make. my guy. this is YOUR fault !!

[stupidsexygrizzop]

the main problem with being caught up on woe.begone is having to wait a week to hear what the Fuck is happening in woe.begone

[two-crows-in-a-trenchcoat]

daisy calling people freaks is a whole genre of entertainment

literally could be any situation and she's calling someone a freak its so funny I love that for her

[charliebot-art]

gonna be honest chat i rly miss archive 81