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I have a new The Magnus Archives headcanon and it's making me sad. I was thinking, you know how everyone at the Archives is queer? And what is one of the quintessential activities to do as a queer European person with your friends?? That's right, watching Eurovision.

I'm sure Tim, Sasha and Martin watched Eurovision together in 2016 (probably convinced Jon to join them) But wait, Martin was living in the Archives by then. Did they watch it in a pub or something? I was thinking: "Nice, I could write a cute one-shot fic about it... Let's continue the investigation..."

Then there's 2017. Eurovision was held from May 9th to 13th. Jonathan Sims was kidnapped by the Circus of the Other on May 6th. Tim didn't get along with Jon then. Martin and Tim probably weren't in the mood to watch Eurovision together. Too many sad memories of Sasha, maybe they argued over Jon's behaviour? So I guess the most likely option is that Martin watched on his own. Another thing about Eurovision 2017 that's the year when Salvador Sobral won the contest. So what I'm getting at is that my poor Martin watched Eurovision alone, listened to "Amar pelos dois", with a huge crush on Jon, wondering where he was, while Jon was being tortured by Nikola.

I'm not okay, I'm done researching TMA and Eurovision.

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i love the whole "surely being found dead completely encased in web after being haunted by a spider is completely normal and natural" thing Jon tries bc to me it's the first like evidence that he does believe in it all he's just lying to make himself feel better.

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'what did I do to deserve that fear coming true?'

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Something that I'm very interested about is why and when the S1 archive crew joined the institute in the first place. I was planning for a fanfic and that made me looking through their wiki and reread the transcripts.

Jon and Tim are easy, both had been mentioned in the podcast.

Jon had mentioned being a researcher for 4 years by the time canon happened, which took place in 2015, which means he joined in 2011. As for the reason, well, A Guest for Mr. Spider. I don't think it was ever mentioned specifically but I think it's very clear that he wanted to know more about the Leitners.

Tim took a bit of thinking, in the "when". The incident of his brother took place in August, 2013. We can assume that mean he joined the institute around late 2013, because he left his publishing job to find out what happened to Danny. Which, I'm gonna be honest, surprised me when I first saw it.

Every fanfic I've ever read seems to make Tim already working in the institute when Jon joined, which is not true, Tim joined 2 years after Jon. I do understand the confusion, Tim and Sasha feels much closer to each other than Jon to either of them, so you would think they know each other for way longer than with Jon. I guess there's a possibility that Tim already knew Sasha before the institute and maybe she is the reason he knew it existed in the first place. Either way, it's a gripe for me now if anyone mentioned Tim being in the institute for longer than Jon.

Martin, we know why, he's a drop out that needs a job because of his mom. Elias most definitely knew that he lied on his CV and hired him anyway because no one will miss him and he can use him or something, perhaps even because he thought it would be interesting to put someone with a big secret to work in a place that was made for a god of getting secrets out of people. As for when, however, it was never mentioned. We can make a guess, he was mentioned to have seen a statement giver from 2009, so he's already work for the institute in 2009 at the latest, and judging by him being 29 in 2016, he dropped out in 2004. Meaning by the time he was transferred to the archive, he had worked for appoximately between 6-11 years. Which mean, also, he is potentially the one that worked in the institute the longest.

Now, we get to the one who we know nothing at all, Sasha. The only thing we know is that she at first worked in artefact storage for 3 months before transferring to research. She said she had been in academia for 10 years, but that doesn't necessarily mean she had been working at the institute for that long, because she said "I’ve been in academia" and not "I’ve been working here". Of course, it's up to interpretation. We know she knew Gertrude and had talked to her, but knowing Gertrude, this is probably in 2011, after Emma died. I do believe she most likely had been there for longer than Jon, since that could also made her more qualified for the Head Archivist position (if this is a normal job). My personal belief is she started working there around 2009/2010. For the "why"... Sasha never mentioned ever having an encounter before Michael, so that's probably not it. She most likely joined because it's a research job. She also mentioned she couldn't afford to quit after artefact storage, so she was probably also desperate for a job, just like Martin.

Then again, we all know how fucked the timeline is in TMA (looking at you, Jonny) so maybe the "when" are all completely incorrect, who knows!

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If anyone had any thoughts or corrections, feel free to share! - 💻

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“i asked chatgpt—” well i asked the ceaseless watcher to turn its gaze upon you

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yay Tim I drew this morning and elias I drew the other day and…. soulful workplace sexual harassment. this pipebomb shit gets serious

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michael the abortion or whatever

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"I asked ChatGPT--"

Yeah well, I asked the wasps nest in my attic. It sang its answer so beautifully to me, but I am so very afraid of it. Perhaps it will soothe my itching soul...

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silly transfem jon doodle

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jon, faking his age, newly promoted: i am doing such a good job at being the rational and steely academic

absolutely everyone in the archives: who is this 28 year old baby duckling and why is he already graying

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What are Gerry's thoughts on new angry Michael??? I must know

Gerry is surprised that there’s someone more bitter than Gertrude at the Magnus Institute LOL

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my favorite thing about tma has always been the avatars who love the fears they serve, who show that love so vibrantly that, for just a moment, they sway you into feeling like you could learn to love that fear the way they do. when jane prentiss said "not loved as you would understand it, a deeper, more primal love, a need as much as a feeling" and when jude perry said "as the heat warped my bones and bubbled my flesh, all i heard was the loving exaltation of my god" and when mike crew said "falling had always held a special place in my heart, that wonderful border between terror and delight" and when manuela dominguez said "and at his words i felt afraid, and my heart soared in terror and elation as my eyes brimmed with tears, for i knew he spoke the truth" and when hezekiah wakely said "i had never felt such safety as within the crushing weight of earth all around me, the pressing embrace of the buried." do you get me

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au where nothing goes wrong and they all just work together at their mildly strange job

+ some other Very Normal people who work on the same street as the Institute

next part

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[EXTENDED SOUNDS OF BRUTAL PIPE M*RDER]

Jon found himself with a suspicious lack of cigarettes' and returns earlier than expected....

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What if Jon found out about Georgie and Melanie a really horrible way?

(This is the spiritual successor to my first Daisira post, eat up my childrenn)