#The Archivist

[underratedgrapeju1ce]

and autumn comes when you're not yet done with the summer passing by.

[angrylasagna]

say hi to the archivist before entering his domain (there's surely nothing deeply wrong with him)

[jonsimstwitchyeyeballs]

Save me Fem Jon

Save me

[pines-eyes]

HEY, YOU GUYS SHOULD GO WATCH MY FREINDS TMA ANIMATIC!!! THEY WORKED REALLY HARD ON IT AND THEY ARE AN AMAZING ARTIST

[rhywhitefang]

Gertrude Robinson, through the ages

Indulge me for a rambly explanation under the cut... sorry i am an unhinged Gertrude lover

1950 - I will confess that I fudged the dates from the wiki a little bit for this timeline, apparently she was born in 1945? But that would mean that she became Head Archivist at 20 years old?? Which doesn't seem right to me so I aged her up a bit haha

1958 - Okay so please HEAR ME out, because I swear that my own self indulgence isnt the (only) reason why I gave Gertrude the headcanon of having a witchy/goth phase in her young adulthood. I just think it makes a lot of sense for her to already have an interest in the occult and the supernatural prior to having anything to do with the Magnus Institute, not only because of the ironic twist it gives her later excapades but also because I think it makes a lot of sense considering how the brief mentions of her younger years are framed. Plus, I just think its fun if she and Gerry secretly have this in common... though I don't think she would've brought it up to him, but you know^^

1961 - You know I fully believe that when Gertrude said the Desolation killed her cat she was telling the truth - much in the same way that her remark to Gerard about the tunnels under the institute was her telling the truth. There's definitely more to the story, though.

1963 - First day at the Archives, woohoo! Complete with a narratively significant haircut^^ This Gertrude means *busniess*

1965 - This is the year that Gertrude becomes Head Archivist yay^^

1974 - This is when she gets tied to Agnes by the Web... she's a bit older and has seen more shit. I also like the idea of her hair starting to gray at this point because I like that being a subtle Web mark.

1997 - Quite a skip forward, this is the year she learns of Jonah Magnus' secrets and unravels that whole thread. Once you do that, I feel like you kinda stop giving a fuck about the dress code at the Institute, I think. When I was talking to Phi about it, they said that it would make sense for this to be the start of Gertrude's very own paranoia arc. And you know what? I love that and it makes SO much sense. So that's why I incorporated that^^

2009 - Time to sacrifice Michael to stop the Spiral's ritual which is extremely hot and sexy of her <3 I support women's wrongs <3 (the picture is supposed to be her closing the door, I'm not sure how clear that is, though, haha)

2015 - Last year of her life, but still ready to fuck shit up

in conclusion... gertrude robinson lolm <3 <3 <3

[sz-hv]

yk that one dialogue of Jonah talking to Jon and being all ominous like "ooooh you're not an archivist you're an archive, boooo you're not a person you're a monster"

[theaxolotlkween]

Reasons why Jon Archivist is truly a character of all time:

Had the police called on him several times when he was a young child

Keeps his rib and the ashes of the season one antagonist next to his stationary drawer

Promised he wouldn’t get lost in tunnels and then immediately got lost in aforementioned tunnels

Has no clue what a joke is

Learned how remarkably easy it is to buy an ax in central London

Had to have two separate interventions

Told people his place of employment before traumatising them for life

The first character he ever said ‘I love you’ to is a cat

Allegedly participated in amdram

Watches documentaries and collects some kind of weird shit (my headcanon is Soviet Union postcards) when he’s not being a paranoid mess

Canonically looks like he hasn’t slept in weeks

Knows nothing about library science

Fell head over heels for a man that he hated until he learned he lied on his resumé

Has been referred to as Jesus or Jesus-adjacent at least twice

Asexual icon

Knows what a meme is and said “LOL” in the first episode

Rode on a merry-go-round sometime during his university days because he was in a weird place emotionally

Died for our Jonathan Sins

Is probably a computer now playing minesweeper with his boyfriend and evil 200+ year old boss

[americanoddysey]

yeah so Tim why do you just have zip ties

[ibenology]

I just keep adding to this and it’s slowly going from a meme to something I might have to talk to my therapist about

[freneticfangirl]

Jonathan Sims • The Archivist

[imanerdnamedmariawhodoesart]

John used all his simussy in that line

[underratedgrapeju1ce]

"beloved of john, i get it all wrong ; i read you for some kind of poem„

[hummise]

do you ever just

[the line is from a fic by @/Rauchendes_GNU on ao3]

[octopusheyart]

"What's your choice, Archivist?"👁

[passiunclepaltry]

if there’s a georgie in this universe do you think……..

[ciao2-bambi]

Around season 3

Jon knows he's changed a lot.