#and his corps being encased in cobwebs was suspicious but i thought it was weird

[kvetchinglyneurotic]

As much as I make fun of season 1 Jon’s skeptic era, it is actually very effective world-building: while he often dismisses what seem like obviously supernatural occurrences (looking at you, Arachnophobia), Jon is clearly operating on the assumption that some of the statements will be legitimate — he not only takes known threats like Jane Prentiss and the remnants of Jurgen Leitner’s library seriously, but also sees statements he had previously dismissed as potentially legitimate when the same names or events reappear later on. Basically, it establishes that in ordinary (non-apocalyptic) times, supernatural events are known and accepted as real, but uncommon enough even employees at the Magnus Institute consider them to be the exception rather than the rule. 

#the magnus archives #tma #jonathan sims #love how martin is low key kind of passive-aggressive about arachnophobia #i know you don't think the guy who said he was being haunted by a spider mysteriously dying #and his corps being encased in cobwebs was suspicious but i thought it was weird #i mean it's also bc he had a crush on jon but also martin deserves to be passive-aggressive sometimes #kvetch oc