#archives problems

[chaotic-archaeologist]

Ya this crusted on rubber band isn't giving me much joy, tbh...

[conservethis]

me, every time I leave the lab to get something from our closed stacks but don’t actually write down the call number of that thing

“i don’t need a list, i'll remember what i need. it’s four things. no need to write it down” thats the DEVIL SPEAKING!!!!!

[my-castles-crumbling]

Me at age 13, exhausted at school after staying up all night to read fanfic: I can’t wait until I’m an adult and I can stay up reading without any consequences!

Me, an adult, exhausted at work after staying up all night reading fanfic: Fuck.

[obsidianpegasus]

Reading my own fanfiction is basically just a rollercoaster of emotional whiplash.

20% of the time: “Hold on. I wrote this? This is fire. This is emotionally devastating in the best way. This scene is dripping with tension. I’m a literary perfectionist. Someone give me a book deal.”

80% of the time: “Straight to jail. Immediate prison. Why is everyone’s breath hitching?. I used the word ‘gaze’ three times in one paragraph like I was possessed. Did I think 'his eyes darkened' was profound? Why is everyone clenching their jaws? Why is someone whispering 'their name like a prayer' again?? No one talks like this. What is this dialogue. Why are there so many weird metaphors and em-dashes…”

[theaftersundown]

a constant problem

[the-bar-sinister]

"How can you stand the fact that gross, disgusting fiction about (x topic) exists??"

It's simple, I know how to be polite and ignore fiction I'm not interested in, and I don't base my concept of morality on what I personally consider to be icky or distasteful.

[goldenjetpack]

[trans-jon-rights]

I keep seeing posts that are like "season 1 Tim would be friends with this character" or "season 1 Tim would make archives team watch trashy movies with him" or "season 1 Tim would do this, or this, and season 1 Tim is so friendly and nice with everyone!". And like. There is nothing wrong with headcanons. But I feel like it's very demonstrative of the larger fandom problem of completely ignoring canon to favour a carefully crafted, wildly spread and completely incorrect fanon.

Because believe it or not, season 1 Tim is.... not like that. When I first listened to TMA, before I had any interactions with the fandom, I didn't perceive him like this. Then I started interacting with the fandom, and I, too, saw this interpretation and said, "Oh! I'll add that to my belief system!". But I recently relistened to season 1, and realised how wrong that was.

Tim is "the hot one." Sure. That's canon, Basira said it in season 2. However, Tim is also an incredibly closed off and secretive person. And actually, canonically, he doesn't have many friends at the Institute. Which makes even more sense than him being friendly with everyone. He arrived at the Institute traumatised by The Stranger of all things, making him very distrustful of everyone. Yes, he became friends with pre-season 1 Jonathan "don't talk to me I'm busy" Sims, but Jon was also a traumatised person who was desperately looking for answers.

Sasha (who, by the way, I find is way too often ignored by the fandom) is the friendly one. Sasha became friends with Tim and Jon, Sasha tried her best to make Martin feel accepted in the Archives, Sasha is the nosy one who gets into everyone's business. Not Tim.

[centasauce]

100 billionth Michael Shelley lives au brainrot I am no better than the others I love this guy I think he is the reason the archives are a discombobulated mess by the time #gang gets there (can you tell how inconsistent my Michael drawings are it is the bane he's a secret shapeshifter cannon)

[mortal-kingss]

wanted to draw them in some fits ive worn ^_^

[wrenmkingsley]

;_;

[umbershift]

I can draw you a comic with text and weird angles and complicated surfaces but if you make me code a finding aid I start screaming

[acoustic-eel]

feeling extremely normal about 'chester' and 'norris', as you can see

[obsidianpegasus]

I really need to sort out my priorities…

[theaftersundown]

how it feels to enjoy storytelling but can't physically put the words down

[sofitai28]

doodles of the jarchivst for instagram. be thankful that I am not spamming my blog with him he is my wife and I’m so normal about this podcast.