#jon english

[consilio-cameos]

some random moments from Paris the musical

Agamemnon : no need to rant or shouts Patroclus : *shouting* who's shouting?!

Paris : ooh sweet aphrodite Helen : *really deep sigh* can you just shut up and listen?

Ajax : I vote for Ulysses! Ulysse : Oh no. Ulysse : you really shouldn't

Agamemnon : *rolls the dice* Agamemenon : Eleven! Patroclus : that's a fucking d10

*returning to Troy* Priam : welcome home son, how well was the simple mission i entrusted you with? Paris : haha funny story Aeneas : he fucked up real bad (the whole song is so funny)

Paris : *singing dramatically his inspiring ballad What Could Go Wrong* in the background : *Aeneas and the crew screaming his pretty ass to come down for 2 WHOLE MINUTES* Paris : don't worry, what could go wrong haha :) *falls immediately after*

Agamemnon : we need to find a fool… YOU, you are perfect Sinon : *drunk* wat? Sinon : Thank you, Oh thank you. Aren't you a good murderer :/ Sinon : well if i die, i will do it in style *start a silly musical number* (Sinon is the second most hated character after Paris TvT)

*at the end of the war* Paris : I think the gods must be angry with me

[junessquill]

"I've learned my lesson 😝" and it's his first solo song and the third track in a 2 hour and 11 minute long musical soundtrack

[doyouknowthismusical]

[mitjalovse]

A couple of the Australian rock musicians are like their peers outside. Sebastian Hardie, for instance, could've been on a tour with Mike Oldfield and Steve Winwood's Go, yet their reach didn't go much beyond Australia. Sadly, one might add as the band managed to combine the British version of progressive rock with the American one. Still, they sounded closer to the former than the latter, which you can hear on the link. To be honest, Mike Oldfield does feel like the closest comparison to them in the terms of their soundscapes, but they favoured a more progressive rock sound than him. Sure, Oldfield was like the style I mentioned, though his folk rock was more pronounced than anything else, whereas Sebastian Hardie felt closer to, say, Yes than anything else.

[albumswhatilistenedto]

[anxovert]

40 years on and this still gives me chills...

[singinprincess]

To demonstrate how my brain works, I have been watching the old sitcom All Together Now starring Rebecca Gibney and Jon English. And because the theme song has been stuck in my head, I just bought a Jon English album.

[ian0key]

TMAGP Memes p.2

Sam: "I'm very worried about Colín's mental health."

Lena: "Don't worry Sam, Colin is perfectly fine."

Colin:

My man is not doing well.

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PART 3

[regainingparadise]

Relistening to TMA Season 5, I am again struck by how goddam badly Martin and Jon need couples counseling.

I love them both. I ship them very much. But oh lord they have issues

Like, these are two individuals who, under the very best of circumstances, would really need therapy both individually and together. They are both people with plentiful quantities of relational trauma from childhood that neither of them have worked through even the slightest bit.

And then you throw them into the apocalypse. And you add a metric fuck ton of guilt, helplessness, and the dynamics of being "The Antichrist and +1"?

On a surface level--Jon is in a perpetual state of information overload. Martin is in a perpetual state of "can you please just explain the basics of what's' going on in a given situation and not just say "it's complicated" or launch into a gruesome monologue"

But on a deeper level, their childhood relational traumas have left them each with opposing avoidant tendencies: Jon is unwilling to broach a difficult conversation, which leads him to hide information until he's confronted. Martin, on the other hand, has a finely honed ability to ignore information that he doesn't like until he no longer can hide from it.

Biggest example of their avoidance tendencies: Martin's Domain

Way early on, when we barely understand any of how the hellscape works, Jon mentions it, Martin shuts it down hard and deflects quickly with a bid for affection from Jon

Martin is in deliberate denial, but Jon admittedly wasn't particularly clear to start with.

"We all have a domain."

Jon means it, presumably, as "Me, You, and other 'Avatars.'" Jon is used to being grouped with those empowered by the Entities. Martin isn't. (see also: MAG185: Martin" Is that how these creatures see us now? As one of them?") But that's not what Jon says. And this is MAG167--they've only been through four domains, at least that we've seen. Jon is speaking from a place of knowledge, and assuming his listener has that same knowledge.

And when this issue comes up much later in MAG183, Martin has spent 17 episodes ignoring or forgetting that he has a domain, not letting that information in so that he has never processed it. (See also: Mag170: "Sometimes I wonder if I forget things on purpose. Easier not to think about them, I guess. Easier to just let them… slip away. They can’t hurt you if you don’t think about them.").

Martin confronts Jon on his avoidance (because while Martin may be good at ignoring things he doesn't like, he's far better at bringing up challenging topics), Jon is able to manage some A+ communication on his feelings and the genuine challenging of figuring out how to share upsetting information when he has All The Information, Martin accepts that. I just desperately want a therapist to be there and make them continue this conversation and practice ongoing good communication skills!

Though they resolve this, even though Jon has an explanation that makes sense...he was really leaving this conversation to the last minute. Would he have "[brought] it up at the crossroads" as he claims to Helen? Or would he have avoided it entirely, as she accuses, or waited till they were at the threshold, as he does with The Desolation and the Hunt, leaving Martin to confront terrifying situations without forewarning or planning or explanation.

Again, Jon kind of tried to bring up some of the potential issues with Basira and Daisy before entering the Hunt domain, but kept it Vague and Ominous ("Things aren't...good"). Martin took that vagueness as an opening to avoid engaging with potential bad news. The teensiest bit of therapy for either of them about their communication issues could have let Jon add "I know you're exited but FYI here are some specifics that you should know" and/or Martin go "I'm excited to see them but given that nothing is good right now, can you be more specific?"

Instead, Jon approaches difficult conversations by being Vague and Ominous, Martin gets snarky or passive-aggressive at the vagueness, upset or aggressively avoidant at the Ominousness, Jon closes back up like a turtle into his shell, and the conversation only comes back up when the situation has drastically escalated, leaving them both more upset.

Jon wants Martin to trust him, because explaining what he knows implicitly is an ordeal for him, and because his upbringing by his grandmother has suggested that communicating is generally unwanted and burdensome (See: MAG081 A Guest for Mr. Spider).

Martin wants to know what is going on, because he's in an awful hellscape of shifting rules about what can and cannot hurt them, completely dependent on a brand-new romantic partner for his survival and purpose, and also because his upbringing and coping mechanisms as a caretaker rely on him knowing enough to help, and his time as an archival assistant has given him some not-inconsiderable trauma about being left in the dark (See: MAG118 The Masquerade) (There's also another post in my head about how MAG118 primed Martin for both the Lonely and his development as a more confrontational character in S5)

All that to say.

Martin needs therapy to deal with the way he chooses not to absorb information he doesn't like. Jon needs therapy to understand that sometimes it's ok to bring up important topics even if the other person will be upset. They both need therapy to cope with all the guilt and helplessness around the apocalypse so they stop taking it out on each other. They need therapy together to learn how to work through their conflicting coping mechanisms.

[hell0jon]

Imagine they find another tape recorder, decide to play it and it’s just 17 minutes and 39 seconds of the guys in The Puter arguing about tea

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“You know, Martin… I don’t understand how you can drink Chamomile, it’s too sweet”

“And what would you know about sweetness you pompous ass”

“Enough to know that thing in your mug makes syrup look bitter”

“And what would your preferred beverage be, Jon? Do you stick to the classics, or do you like to experiment with teas that don’t taste like a watered-down disappointment?”

“God I don’t know, Martin….. Earl Grey.”

“Earl Grey? EARL GREY? EARL GREY YOU BASIC, MUNDANE, MONOTONOUS, SNOOZER, DULLARD, WALKING YAWN, CURE FOR INSOMNIA, EMBODIMENT OF BEIGE, REAL SNOOZE FAST, PERSONIFICATION OF A BLANK WALL, RAT OLD BASTARD, SHIT HEAD, IDIOT, AVATAR OF THE WHOR—”

[raythefool]

guys named john/jon and being in a Situation

Jonathan Sims (The Magnus Archives)

Jon Arbuckle (the fat fucking cat chronicles)

John Egbert (you know the one)

Gillian Leonidas-Marcelo-Robert-Gilbert-Archimedes-Pliskin-Kneute-Applegate-Fuckboy-Lorenzo-Casimiro-John-Face (VA-11 Hall-A)

John Ward (FAITH)

Jon Matteson (real life human man)

General John MacNamara/McNamara (Hatchetfield Universe)

Jonathan Byers (Stranger Things) (couldnt think of a funny name replacement, sorry)

John Watson (elementary, my dear john)

Jonathan Harker (the only thing Dracula is thirsty for that isn’t blood)

John Wick (pov your friend kills your dog in minecraft)

Johnny Bravo (woah momma)

John Marston (rootin' tootin' shootin' red edition)

Jonathan Joestar (jon's unusual experience)

Johnny Joestar (jon's unusual expeHey wait a minute)

Johnny English (he's played by Rowan Atkinson i'd say that's a Situation by itself)

John Wilkes Booth (shooting Abraham Lincoln is also a bit of a Situation i'd say)

John Kramer ("not a murderer")

i am struggling to think of any more johns/jons at the moment, if anyone knows any other Johns/Jons that have been or are currently in a Situation, please yell at me and i will probably expand the list. thank you

[strslv-4sh]

*At Jondami's marriage*

*Jason calls Jon for a private conversation and Jon is clearly nervous*

Jason, looking deep into Jon's soul through his eyes: Look, I'll let it clear, if you hurt my brother, just a little, make him cry, or even make him sad, just once, I will come after you with kryptonite and will hunt you to hell if necessary. Got it?

Jon, shaking his head: Definitely

Jason, narrowing his eyes: You sure?

Jon: Yes! It was clear as day

Jason, instantly becoming less threatening and patting Jon on the back: Good, welcome to the family

[amicus-noctis]

“For the heart, life is simple: it beats for as long as it can. Then it stops.”― Karl Ove Knausgård, My Struggle 1

Painting: "The Patient" by Vasily Polenov

[madelynpryor]

i love how ted shows up once and goes "yeah booster thinks in esperanto" once and then thats never again mentioned or elaborated on

[jekyllandhamlet]

Small Paris The Musical drawing dump!

Ft. Two sketches of Odysseus, early and late war, one playing with him loosing an eye. And one drawing of Agamemnon, because he makes me laugh.

I love this musical so fucking much, you don't understand, I've transcribed every single lyric including the chorus just so that I could fully know it. The people I would slaughter to play any character is uncountable.