Freedom By Wham!

Freedom by Wham!

(My alt history Jonathan Sims fic features it quite heavily and I just love old rock in general)

ATTENTION

If you see this you are OBLIGATED to reblog w/ the song currently stuck in your head :)

Oh no she writes fanfictions ru-

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Soo... art isn’t my main thing. It’s actually writing, and I got possessed by The Web to bring this to you, so Eye Lady is gonna break tradition, be brave, and shove this down for all of you to witness. It is the perfect (in my opinion) fic for Martin lovers, Martin protectors and those who really don’t want Jonah to exist (I deleted him for you :D)

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Summary:

Martin Blackwood woke up with one goal in mind; make sure he gets this job.

Although the pay is not spectacular, the Magnus Institute is more than enough to keep their bills paid. An academic faction with an interest in the supernatural would surely jump at the chance to gain a 'Parapsychologist' in their ranks.

But when Martin sits in that meeting room, it's not a two-century body hopping madman before him. No, instead, he faces an even bigger threat;

A widowed father who can do a background check.

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AKA; Martin Blackwood attempts to get a job at a strangely similar yet vastly different Magnus Institute to the one you would know. The end result is a bit odd.

Alternative Idea;

Heads of Institutes/Key Eye Avatars: Owls

Archivists/Assistants: Moths

Unaffiliated: Cats..? (Idk I read cats can represent curiosity), Ravens..? (Odin's key bird that represents insight)

Also Alternate Idea;

CatMoth John. I have no reason why in particular but it's funny to me.

Further, more like canonical idea;

Its a subconscious determination and not so much a role decided.

John chose a moth because (insert Points for MothJohn regarding episodes).

Jonah probably would have picked an owl because anything vaguely insinuating a gods involvement sounds about right to him.

If Gerry were alive and had a choice/wanted to I see him picking a Raven probably. Or an Owl. Or nothing.

Rosie as a cat feels pretty cute but realistically I think she'd be a moth just cause of her feelings on being trapped by Elias/Jonah

Albert Von Closen I don't care much for your monster form so I won't bother

Serapeum Archivist should be a Sphinx or an Owl Harpy because of how corrupted they are. Moth would work but uh... idk I like the Serapeum Archivist too much.

Gertrude is stuck as a moth and she'd hate it (reasonably I see her refusing a monster form)

Amy Patel you're an Owl now because of your w a t c h i n g

Why MothJohn when OwlJohn?

Okay so like being serious here; what's with everyone assigning Monster Johnathan Sims into being a Moth? Why can't he be an owl?

This has bugged me an inordinate amount and in true Eye Lady fashion, I'm gonna try to prove my propaganda ideation has merit (and also unravel this bloody mess).

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Please help me unravel this with your own theories/responses/knowledge this is critical for my AO3 Magnus x (OwnSeries) AU

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Points for OwlJohn:

Owl symbolism in the Magnus Institute's logo

Owls (mainly the Little Owl) are associated with the Greek Goddess Athena (Goddess of Wisdom, Warfare and Handicrafts), and the Eye is a Wisdom-based Entity fragment.

Being an Owl (Athena) puts them at odds with Spider (Arachne), thus being reflective of the Eye (Watching) and Web (Acting) mindsets.

Harpy John! Like, hello???? Bird wings??? Being a big floofy owl creature like Eda Clawthorne from The Owl House????

Owls blink super quickly so like, metaphor for not being able to close eyes?

Points for MothJohn (so far)

Mentions of a 'chrysalis' in MAG 162

Death's-head Hawkmoths are apparently tied to supernatural/evil things?????? [Source: Wikipedia..? (i cant remember)]

Moths apparently represent transformation and rebirth??? [Source: some website labelled the "Tarrant Country College" idk i took a cursory glance]

Quote about being between a moth and a pilgrim [MAG 164..?] (Courtesy of @cirrus-grey )

Moths can have eyes on their wings to scare off predators (Courtesy of @nonbinarytoast)

If I've missed anything, please tell me because I'm genuinely curious for the sake of the Magnus-(Own Series) AU I'm cooking on AO3.

Might even try cooking a MothJohn vs OwlJohn propo image, or use one of my Archivist OCs for the Magnus-(OwnSeries) AU. Or both. Or all three.

(Also yes I know about Sphinx!Jonn and Dragon!John variations but there's no. bloody. owls.)

My contribution to owl!jon because I couldn’t not draw this silly guy :3

LETS BLOODY GOOO ANOTHER ONE TO THE OWL JOHN AGENDA 🗣🗣🗣🗣

Seriously though love the choice of owl for this. It's kinda ironic that an owl symbolising strength and courage is used on a more adept and powerful Jarchivist. 👁

I have a very serious question regarding Naeus.

Is he wearing a robe or did he match his shirt and pants?

Please this is very important

Its a robe, everything underneath is bones. Rains said it's Wither Skeleton bones which makes the face being standard weird but maybe it's just albino-esque stuff?

I'll ask him later.

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