#jonah story

[pigswithwings]

this'll be the last oceanblr post. promise. is everyone here familiar with niche aquatic events btw

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haha might fuck around and let my body become an unidentifiable mass that washes up on several shores and won't decay and will be mysterious to scientists for years upon years

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might fuck around and bite off a man's leg but leave the rest of him alive, kickstarting a violent and all-consuming battle between us

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might fuck around and absolutely troll this guy named jonah

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Squids that destroy ships and squids that have never seen a ship shouldn't be fighting. They should be kissing. That's why this pride month,

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lol im floating by this sandbar and theres sooo many humans gathered near the shore. looked out of the water earlier and theres a big old whale body just sitting on the beach, hope nothing bad happens lmaooo

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top ten posts that make you feel like it's the 1970s in Florence, Oregon

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HELLO???

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pacific ocean superiority this & indian ocean superiority that. when will you guys focus on the real problem, the blood ocean

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Made a new friend today. Everyone better cheer and clap or I'm dragging you into the hadal zone

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What do Epipelagic Zoners even do? Like it sounds ridiculous up there. Ooh, there's rain! Wow, a coral reef! I might even hop out of the waves a couple of times for funsies! Tf do you even have over Abyssopelagic Zoners. Go to shell

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cranky because you've never seen the sun huh

[utilitycaster]

I put this in the tags of a post but I think one aspect of cultural Christianity that is the hardest to shake is that people raised Christian (and particularly Protestant), especially people who have since left, will interpret depictions of religion that are actually drawing on practices/imagery common across multiple world religions as specifically a reference to Christianity.

[trans-jon-rights]

Recently, I was thinking about a very particular flavour of Monster Jon fics.

The ones in which Jon's appearance switches over the course of the story, ending up without an ounce of humanity remaining into his features, while Elias himself stays perfectly human.

Because in those stories, what is interesting is how Jon will always be the one blamed for being monstrous. It's his fault, he was the one who went down that path.

But just like Viktor Frankenstein and his monster, is it truly his fault ? Jon is like the seven corpses of those men. He didn't choose to be made into the Archivist by Elias, yet he ended up being a part of his creation. The Archivist didn't choose to be made either, but Elias gave it life through years of work.

Funny how, even in canon, Jon is always the first to be blamed, even before Elias himself.

Take, for example, the dialogue between Tim and Martin in MAG 58.

Over the course of this entire interaction, Tim blames Jon for his paranoia, and Martin tries to defend him. Yet, Elias, the authority figure, is mentioned one time, then completely bypassed to put the blame on Jon.

In this situation, Jon is stalking his coworkers. Elias should do something, right ? Jon is clearly under a lot of pressure and mental distress. He can't realistically be expected to take the whole situation for himself because he isn't in a mental space where he can. Elias should be the one blamed for not doing something about it (for example, forcing Jon to take time off until he gets better, suggesting therapy, or sanctioning him for his behaviour towards his coworkers), but he isn't. Tim talked to Elias, but it "doesn't seem to be doing good". Martin suggested therapy to Jon, but "he keeps saying no". Again, Elias should be blamed for these issues, but Jon is instead.

And in the stories where Jon became monstrous in appearance as well, Jon is blamed for becoming what he did, even though it's not his fault.

Jon may be the one who looks like a monster, but he is only the victim of Elias' own monstrosity.

[idcallmyselfhuman]

This quest was short and sweet; I enjoyed it. I was kind of afraid they were going to pull another fetch quest that jebaits you into an assassination attempt, so this was really nice.

With all the survivors' talk of how Pilgrims 'are', as well as Aiden's general attitude towards the shitheads he encounters, you can sometimes forget that first and foremost, you are playing a brother.

My favorite quests are the ones where Aiden just shows how playful he can be, contrasting his own memories of himself as a child, ever the worrywart while his sister wanted to play with him. You start to wonder how much his memories of Mia affected his personality, since that was all he could hold on to in her absence.

[rugwurm]

i cant believe they put ishmael in the bible

[somuchbetterthanthat]

Don't ask me what this is, I needed Jon and Elias at the end of the world

Here and there Jon’s eyes twitched as if he wished they would close; a faint, last echo of blasphemy that Jonah soothed easily with a gentle stroke of his hair. Neither of them talked much anymore — to each other, at least. There was plenty to say and to record, endless horrors to witness and exchange from one mouth to another, but that hardly left time for basic conversation.

Not that they needed it. They were beyond such simplistic notions. They were Gods.

Or, well. Jon was. Jonah was quite content to be the shepherd that had guided him there. After all, who was more powerful? The man who held the whole world in his pupil, or his creator? The monstrous divinity, or the king who’d trapped it in the gaze of his beloved and kept it well-fed and well-loved at his feet?

Jon’s chant against his thigh was melodic, decadent and terrifying; Jonah was not getting tired of it — he knew he would never get tired ever again, for all of eternity. Let everyone else outside weep with fear. Jonah and Jon’s tears were made of ecstasy.

Soon it would be his turn again to carry the voice of the Watcher. Just for a little while — a gift, for offering Jon and the rest of the world to it. A small respite for his archivist, as well; a quiet lull to think, to itch ever closer to Jonah, grasping at him with the hunger of a starving man, cursing him and begging him all at once. Wishing for death. Wishing for more. Remembering that outside, somewhere, there was still a pocket of darkness that escaped their Eyes and not knowing anymore whether this was a threat or merely hope.

Under his fingers Jon shuddered, speaking faster. Jonah licked his lips, curled his hand around the smooth leather of Jon’s collar, and pulled it with no real strength. This, too, had become unnecessary. The smallest gesture built a whole picture that both of them knew and understood in a single heartbeat.

Jon raised his head to meet his gaze; immediately Jonah felt breathless, falling into the beautiful endless dark of Jon’s pupils. He acted fast, bending over his seat to swallow the words right out of Jon’s lips, and they both gasped as more knowledge poured in their heads. Oh, Jonah thought, how hungry he still was, and how powerful they both were, like this, right now, in this perfect equilibrium. Jon whimpered, rising from the ground to get closer. Jonah helped him up, well practised now in manhandling him until Jon was sitting on his lap, his two burning palms pressing over Jonah’s cheeks.

The heavy chains locked over their wrists were long enough for Jonah to wrap his arms around Jon’s waist, nails grazing over the length of his naked back. Jon rocked against him — out of instinct, with no real desire for completion as the God he’d become craved that sort of pleasure even less than his old human self had, and Jonah kept still, too busy devouring all he could from the never ending feast that lived unto Jon’s tongue.

The pain of being granted a small part of the divine was worth it, of course. Eventually Jonah let his head fall back, his throat taken over, his eyes filled to the brim with the beautiful nightmare that their world had been twisted into, and it was only distantly he heard Jon take a sharp breath, forehead falling into the crook of his neck. 

“Jonah,” he whispered hoarsely against his skin. “Jonah, they are coming again.”

Let them come, Jonah thought.

“They think — fire. Fire. They made sure we couldn’t run.”

“Would you run?” Jonah’s mouth asked. “Would you preserve this, what we have become, if you could?”

“I— Yes,” Jon breathed. It sounded wretched and guilty and absolutely certain, the horrid truth ripped from him like everything else. “Yes.”

Let them come, Jonah repeated. If we burn, they will burn with us. And if we don’t — all the more to gorge ourselves with, my love.

[dandylion240]

“I am, aren’t I?” Jonah chuckled, “and I owe it all to you.” He was often amazed at the person he had become since Cecil had come into his life. “The house is going to feel so empty with Jolene away at magic school and Eli at college.”

“Maybe not so empty,” Cecil said, a hand on his stomach “I am with egg.”

Jonah blinked slowly, not quite comprehending what he heard. Then like the sun coming out from behind clouds, he grinned. Placing a hand over Cecil’s “we’re having a baby.” 

Cecil chirped, “are you happy?”

“Very happy,” Jonah’s voice was full of wonder. It didn’t matter how many children he had he would never stop wondering what kind of person they’ll grow to become. What their lives will be like. “Oh I’m so very happy,” he murmured, wrapping Cecil inside his arms and holding him tight.

[gaiahypothesims]

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Evelyn- <stiffly> You're late, I thought you'd be here earlier its six. The nanny has been here since four. Hi sweetheart! Did you have a nice time with Daddy?

Jonah- Yeah sorry, we were having a good time. Weren't we baby? I didn't think you would be home so early. I thought you and Ashley were going out?

Evelyn- No, well we did. He's leaving, he's packing right now.

Jonah- Oh. Where's he off to?

Evelyn- Does it matter to you? I thought you said you wanted him gone.

Jonah- Well yeah, I mean.. I want him to have less time alone to indoctrinate our daughter.

Evelyn- He has stuff to do. It doesn't matter. He's going to do whatever it is that he does when he's not here.

Jonah- Is everything okay?

Evelyn- Everything is fine. This has nothing to do with Verity, I don't know why you're asking.

[bayetea]

seeing non-black people critique rick's portrayal of black characters is interesting sometimes. only like 30% of the critiques I see make any sense to me to be honest

[towritecomicsonherarms]

Spider-Man: Life Story Annual #1

[catschimericalcreations]

I think I finally found a name for my Magnus Archives / Fallout inspired Anglerfish plush

I've just been calling him Anglerfish, but after listening to episode 27 of the Magnus Protocol, I'm very pleased to re-introduce:

Clarence!

Thank you Jimmy Magma, this is possibly the only time in two centuries and two different dimensions that you've actually been helpful

[nothing-behindher-eyes]

happy father's day to mike and jonah for being the fathers to my children

[dr-fanshawe]

sometimes, I feel weird about taking Jonathan Fanshawe, one of the few men who managed to escape Jonah, and making up his story in such a way that it turns out that he didn't actually manage to do that. and then I realize how hot and cool it would be if Jonathan only thought that severing ties with Jonah would be enough to save him. if Jonathan's hope that he could resist the natural disaster that Jonah is was just his naivety. if Jonah was more like a plague than a person to everyone around him – if you linger around him, you are as good as dead; there is no way to stop the progression of that illness once it touched you. no way to get out of the downward spiral of otherworldly horrors and madness if you were careless enough to let that charming handsome man lead you to the first steps of it. how fitting would it be if everything dear to Jonah rotted under his touch, first against his will, then for his entertainment. and I calm down ❤️

[skogsdotter-draws]

Ok but, regarding TMAGP 27, I can't stop thinking about Jonah writing, after sending Archibald to a certain death, "It is done, and I am surprised to find how little remorse I feel." It reminds me of his statement in MAG 160:

"The discovery, not simply of the dark and horrible reality of the world in which you live, but that you would quite willingly doom that world and confine the billions in it to an eternity of terror and suffering, all to ensure your own happiness, to place yourself beyond pain and death and fear. (...) It is an awful thing to know about yourself."

I will never get tired of little details about his life being revealed (regardless of the timeline/dimension) because the parallel between his discovery of the supernatural world and the discovery of his own true self and the things he's capable of is so interesting and compelling to me.

Along with the knowledge of the horrors that exist in his world comes the horror of the realization that he might be capable of anything to stop feeling scared and vulnerable, to put himself over everybody else if necessary. Every time curiosity leads him into a new experiment, a new sacrifice in the name of knowledge, he lets go a little bit of himself and his morality. And then, as it happened with Archibald, and as it happened with Barnabas in another world, he feels surprised of how easy it was. Of how he doesn't feel regret or grief, how at most he finds himself thinking that it was all a pity. So it becomes even easier each time, he finds freedom in it, as he also mentions in MAG 160— and one sacrifice after another, it all becomes incredibly simple. There is no fear of losing himself, only the fear of death and pain remains, and only after that process of two hundreds years can one condemn the world for his own sake.

The progressive descent into evil of Jonah Magnus, slowly exposed through statements and letters, will never stop being one of the more interesting parts of this podcast imo.

[tall-mccartney]

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[tellmegoodbye]

911 Lone Star Tag Game

Thank you to @bonheur-cafe and @lemonlyman-dotcom for the open tag!

Favorite character: TK and Carlos!

Character you relate to most: Kind of a mix of Mateo and Owen, being nd, and having a history of anger problems and depression.

Favorite episode: I'll give you my top five!

Saving Grace

One Day

Push

The Quiet Ones // Fall From Grace

In Sickness And In Health

Hottest take:

I wouldn't say I have many burning hot takes, although a recent one would probably be that I really loved the Jonah storyline and the way the show handled that conflict. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I think the way I connected with and understood it was just different, even from the way Ronen himself has described it, and honestly that's okay because that's the whole point of art.

My main gripe with the conversation is probably the sentiment (or implication) that the main or only reason TK wants to take Jonah is because he's "the last piece of Gwyn" and maybe this is just my autistic ass taking that too literally, but imo TK would have done the same exact thing even if he had other siblings. It's not just because of his mom, it's because that's his brother and he doesn't want him to grow up halfway across the world with no family. He's not being selfish or giving ultimatums, he's protecting his brother. Also, him not wanting to live life on pause is about so much more than fatherhood. It's about life in general, and being able to face what it throws at you.

Finally, and possibly a bit too hot of a take given that I am very much in the minority on this and I fully accept that, but TK and Carlos becoming fathers is not better or worse representation than if they hadn't. It's just different representation. If it isn't the story you wanted to see, that's completely okay!

Favorite OG 911 character: I haven't thought about this a lot, but the first names that come to mind are Athena and Chimney.

Favorite Ship: Tarlos, of course

Most underrated ship: Nanteo

Most underrated character: Mateo

One thing you'd like to see: I would have loved to see more of Carlos and Sam, and more of TK Carlos and Jonah!

Now I feel weird about tagging people because I don't want to shove my takes in anyone's face 😆 so these are my very gentle no pressure tags:

@strandnreyes @heartstringsduet @herefortarlos @eclectic-sassycoweyes @henrygrass @emsprovisions @carlos-in-glasses @firstprince-history-huh + open tag