#mEye jonah take

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Yes, @trustworthy-liar​ and I have plenty of headcannons regarding all the lives of Jonah Magnus.

Continuation of THIS POST.

Jonah Magnus

Charming young man who has one day appeared in the society and acted like he always belonged there. He doesn’t like talking about his past.

When he was young he read all books in a family library. After arriving to London he was very surprised by how much he still doesn’t know.

Met Barnabass Bennet for the first time when the young man was travelling through Scotland.

Barnabass later intorduced him to all his acquaintances in the high society such as Robert Smirke and all the others.

Very easily forgets himself in his studies and research especially when there's no one around to drag him away and force him to eat and sleep.

Still genuenly cared about his peers but unfortunately he cared about a knowledge a bit more.

Infamous member of many gentlemen clubs.

Dissapeared at age 83. His body was never found. There are rumors his ghost still wanders through the halls of the Magnus insitute.

(years mark the time Jonah’s conciousnes was inhabiting the body - who would guess that it correspond with time as the Head of the institute as well)

William Bennett

Young, pretty, had decent amount of money and fascinated by all the wierd and obscure things. He was naturally very intriqued when Jonah Magnus offered him a private tour through the artifacts...

Jonah took over William Bennett at age 21. Feeling sour after unsuccesful ritual he decided to enjoy the decadence.

Met with Mordechai once. Lets say Mordechai was not amused by Jonah figuring some way to live longer. And also by the name of the person he chose.

Accidentally got adicted to opium. Jonah didn’t realized till he skipped bodies becuase he was sure he could stop anytime he wanted.

The only time Jonah travelled out of England - to the world expo in Paris in 1989 (“oh it will be probably lame not as cool as ours”). He realized he did not get over his seasickness and fear of ocean by skipping a body way too late.

He met his death at age 47 becuase he got plenty of enemies and also there started to be several rumors about him. Also the opium addiction. Overall Jonah did not treat this body very well - yes, bodies are disposable but he is still living in them...

Jonah made the death look like a murder and framed one of his enemies for it.

Edward Lyon

Edward was boring looking librarian of the Magnus Institute who cared more about books than he cared about people

Body snatched at age of 34

Everyone wrote off Edward’s sudden change of personality as power getting into his head

Jonah establisehed closer relantionship with the Lukas family again - through the dullest person ever, Thomas Lukas

Went back to meticulously researching the rituals and haven’t stopped since 

Died at the age of 64, written off as a heart attact (but for real Jonah just wanted to enjoy 1920′s as a young man)

Augustus Moore

Served in the WWI and after it ended he´was seeking a new life in London and decided to give a statement to the Magnus Institute where he caught the eye of the Head of the institute who offered him a job in the artifact storage

Jonah was jeallous of Augustus being young and having fun so he took over his body at 28 even though he previously planned to wait a bit longer

Around year 1929 he shortly reconnected with Thomas Lukas (who never figured out that he is the same person as Edward or Jonah Magnus - no matter how many not even subtle hints he was giving him)

Spent most of the WW2 hidden in the tunnels scared for his life institute (”Did I miss a Slaughter ritual?”)

During the great fog in 1952 got scared that there was succesfull Lonely ritual

Because there was way too many fog problems in London he decided to skip bodies in 1965 just to be prepared if there was really some ritual

Died at age 65 in a fire, absolutely unrelated to the conflict Jonah was having with the cult of the lightless flame at the moment

Richard Mendelson

Worked in the Library, double faced, acted nice to everyone but behind their back tried to discredit them to make himself look better

At last he got his promotion (to Head of the institute) at age 33

To Jonah’s dismay Mendelson turned out to be lactose intolerant (no cakes for Jonah :(  )

This time he did not come to Lukas but Lukas came to him and boy was he disapointed, Nancy Lukas turned out to be real pain in the ass

Made a wagger with Nancy wether woman can be the Archivist and survive at least 10 years on such position (almost no archivist actually did) - unfortunatley the chosen Archivist was no one else but Gertrude Robinson herself

Unfortunately met his end at age of 47 in a car crash (because Jonah really wanted an icecream and cheese without consequences)

This only fed the rummors about the position of the head of the institute being cursed by Jonah Magnus himself (technically they were not wrong...)

James Wright

Filling clerk at the research department, unhappy, divorced and lonely man with past alcohol adiction problems

Body snatched at age 45, Jonah wanted much younger body of a man who he thouht was named Robert, turns out his name really was just “Bob” and he coudn’t have that

Turned out James had kids, one of them tried to reconect with their absent fater. Jonah was not very happy about it.

In 1989 met with Peter Lukas

Since he couldn’t have alcohol, he wanted to try opium again (moderately this time) and was shocked that it was illegal, so he turned to smoking and cake

Staged his death at age 68 as a suicide

Elias Bouchard

Worked at the artifact storrage

Jonah took his body sooner than previously planned because Elias wanted to get some horrendous tattoo

Jonah threw away all his clothes...but he kept the funny weed socks

Til his end in the Spiral Michael Shelley never figured out why his friend started to act so weirdly (Jonah had it as his side hobby to induce the paranoia in him by acting like the good old Elias to him from time to time)

Peter was very much not amused by this little stunt of Jonah Magnus

Stabbed by his Archivist to death while he was crying like a little bitch he is

𝙁𝙚𝙬 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙪𝙠𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙅𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙣𝙪𝙨

Mordechai Lukas

Already quite rich and well etabilished in the society

Owns a shipping company, which is later the only reason why he still interacts with people

Met with Jonah on gentleman business meeting, they were introduced to each other by Barnabas on Jonah’s demand

To Jonah’s disgust he got married when he was in his early forties

Around 1830s decided to disappear from the society completely only getting ocasionally annoyed by Jonah

After meeting William Bennett he decided that one lifetime with Jonah was enough and dissapeared into the Lonely forever (as you do)

Thomas Lukas

Mordechai’s possible grandson/grandnephew

Rising child lonely at it’s peak

Already married and with few kids when he met Edward. He heard that cheating partner makes one feel very lonely...

Unlike the other lonely avatars Jonah ever encountered this one was trully indifferent towards anything, driving Jonah mad by rarely showing any reaction

Had a brief relationship with both Edward and Augustus however never caught Jonah’s hints who he really is and just assumed that these eyevatars are all kinda the same

Nancy Lukas

The great pain in Mendelson’s ass

Neither impressed nor charmed by him

Regularly calls him out on his bullshit (sexism)

Lonely feminist - believes that independce for women will make everyone more lonely so she supports it

Calls Mendelson “Dick” because that’s indeed short version of Richard

Slightly intriqued by Gertrude Robinson (what a beautiful loneliness right there)

Peter Lukas

First Lukas after Mordechai who really intrigued Jonah

Originally started an affair with Wright because he thought it nice and lonely to be with someone old, who will soon die (boy was he surprised)

Except the train documentaries his guilty pleasure are also romantic movies with tragic ending (Titanic my beloved)

Actually figured it out on his own who Jonah Magnus is(because of course he wanted to play this game again with this fresh new Lukas)

Anyway both @trustworthy-liar​ and I still have plenty of headcannons about Jonah and all of his bodies (especially the oc ones) so you can probably expect more detailed posts with thorough biography of every single one of them in the future.

Just to be clear most of the dates as well as all the funfacts are really just our made up headcannons. We didn’t bother writing here some of the cannon events but they are marked on the  well-arranged timeline.

#Did we waste our time by thinking way too much about Jonah Magnus and creating way too many headcannon about him? #Yes yes we did and we regret nothing... #Also I apologize for missing date of death on Elias' plate my gf is still in denial #Anyway yeah we still have plenty of thoughts and we will keep making it your problem as well #Or not you dont have to read this #tma #tma ocs #jonah magnus oc bodies #jonah magnus #all the lives of jonah magnus #elias bouchard #james wright #richard mendelson #lonelyeyes #all the more controversial headcannons (because trans jonah) will be in the future posts #mEye post #mEye jonah take

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You know how Elias sounds smugger and smugger as the show progresses? I like to imagine that he also starts to wear more ridiculous eye attire...

He goes from your boring boss in dark green three piece suit to bright green or combination of gold and black. And also extensive amount of eye jewelry from rings to earrings and ties with eyes...

The archival crew takes it as a mockery.

The rest of the Institute simply thinks he is going through a mid life crisis.

#I really love all the takes on drama in Magnus instute but from point of view of some regular employee #The peak comedy of ignoring that your boss starts dressing as a supervillian he is #You know like the Rosie episode #Anyway yes I think Jonah Magnus always managed to be rather subtle but- #I just love the idea of ridiculous eyeccessories #tma #tma shitpost #magnus archives #magnus instute #elias bouchard #jonelias #eyeccessories #mEye post

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Jonah switches bodies from James to Elias without bothering telling to Peter that he even can do that. He is curious if Peter cared about him as James and also if he can figure out his identity based only on hints he will give him.

However Jonah's hints are not subtle at all plus he has the same Beholding bastard energy so Peter realizes that Elias and James are the same person almost immediately.

But Peter decides to play along with his game anyway. He pretends that he has no idea about his identity and that he actually didn't even like James.

So in the end Jonah is the one who takes embarrassingly long to realize that Peter is not that dense and that he's the one who's playing him and not the other way around...

#my lonelyeyes thought of the day #tma #peter lukas #jonah magnus #elias bouchard #james wright #lonelyeyes #lonelyeyes take #peterelias #mEye post

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There are costumes allowed on Halloween in the Magnus instute.

Elias Bouchard always comes in some complicated accurate looking Regency or Victorian outfit.

Then someone notice how much similar it looks like to those on Jonah Magnus paintings.

And more theories about Elias being Jonah fan boy and having this outfit custom made spreads...

#It's April's fools day so if course here have my Halloween take #Jonah is always picking same body type so he can occasionally wear his old clothes... #Okay but at least one year he just takes cat ears instead of his over the top accurate outfit because catboy Elias #tma #tma shitpost #magnus archives #elias bouchard #jonah magnus #tma halloween #mEye post

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I think Jonah is that kind of person who would just try throwing stuff at the avatars of the Lonely if they start to disappear on him in the middle of their conversation.

And if the thing hit them right as they are disappearing into the Lonely it ends up in there too.

Since Jonah's life is full of frustrating interactions with Lonely avatars there's quite some pile. And all the things are still there untouched because no one knows what to do with them. Jonah learns it when he asks Peter for pen. He hands him a one that belonged to Jonah like century ago.

"Oh I found this in the Lonely I don't know how it got there but you can keep it."

#Today on how Lonely definitely does not work #It's just funny concept that's been stuck in my mind #Jonah threw pillow at Mordechai once and since then there's pillow lying in the middle of Lonely to confusion of the others Lonely avatars #Also so many now valuable books he back then threw at Mordechai... #Peter definitely refuses to get them out for him though #It might be trashing the Lonely but if Jonah misses them it's worthy #tma shitpost #jonah magnus #peter lukas #elias bouchard #lonely eyes #lonelyeyes #the lonely #mEye post #lonelyeyes take

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What if Peter was attracted to James Wright but Jonah as James Wright didn't find Peter very attractive because preferences of the body are impacting his own.

However Peter is exactly Elias' type as Jonah quickly learns upon taking his new body. Unfortunately Peter on the other hand doesn't find Elias attractive at all.

Overall though it has almost no impact on nature of their relationship.

(It probably irritates Jonah but Peter is very much content with both having a partner who doesn't find him attractive and then having a partner who he doesn't find attractive. It sounds quite lonely to Peter.)

#my lonelyeyes thought of the day #peter lukas #jonah magnus #elias bouchard #james wright #lonelyeyes #lonelyeyes take #lonely eyes #tma #mEye post

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I'd like to imagine that Jonah didn't hold grudge against Fanshawe after he decided to cut the connection and disappear from his life nor he planed to act against him.

However he kept sending him letters. He wasn't writing in them anything interesting. Mostly about weather or about boring paperwork or simply about his day. The content of the letters really wasn't the point.

Jonah just wanted to remind Fanshawe from time to time that no matter where he moved no matter where he trief to hide he still knew his exact position. At even though he was not about to hurt him in any way he could if he wanted...

#sometimes Jonah sends letters just few weeks apart sometimes he takes moth... #But at the moment Fanshawe stops being paranoid when he thinks he might be finally free... #He receives another innocent and very polite letter from one Jonah Magnus #tma #jonah magnus #jonathan fanshawe #jonahshawe #regency simps #my dear Jonah #mEye post

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I bring you new lonelyeyes headcannon about how Peter and Elias got together!

Jonah was boasting to Simon about his seduction skills and how they over the years only got better. And so Simon made a bet with him about whether will be Jonah able to seduce person of his chosing. And Simon of course chose young Peter Lukas.

And so Jonah tries. To Simon's amusement he is not very successful no matter how hard he tries. Not even the tricks that worked on Mordechai works on Peter.

So when Peter all annoyed asks him what's his deal and why cannot he leave him finally alone frustrated Jonah admits the bet with Simon.

However Peter is at the moment annoyed by Simon who keeps beating him in cards and so he makes a deal with Jonah and pretends to be seduced by him.

Based on how was Simon's and Jonah's bet formulated it could even lead to fake marriage!

Anyway unfortunately they catch feeling along the way!

Oh wait this is fake dating AU... hah I did not realize till now... Anyway I will probably add this on list of my fanfic plans...

#I call him Jonah so it's up to you if he's James or Elias at the moment of the bet #my lonelyeyes thought of the day #all the lonelyeyes dynamics my beloved #tma #tma hc #peter lukas #jonah magnus #elias bouchard #lonelyeyes #lonely eyes #peterelias #lonelyeyes take #mEye post

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Peter and Elias dancing together but it's that complicated dance that was common during regency era because Jonah never bothered to learn any newer one and Peter didn't know how to dance at all before Elias thought him himself.

#Peter might actually almost enjoy regency era dances because there's almost no body contact #Also you need to wear gloves God forbid if your skin touched #So Peter is quite content with the dance... #Jonah of course knows it's a bit outdated but he of course considers it better than all the new ones #Anyway I suck at dancing but I love dancing aesthetic #tma #lonelyeyes #lonely eyes #peterelias #jonah magnus #peter lukas #lonelyeyes take #mEye post

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Important question: what social media is Elias using? The amount of personal information people are putting on the internet is something catching an eye of any Eyevatar.

Anyway I think he has facebook and he added to his friends list every single employe of the Magnus instute no matter how much private or in secret their facebook is. He keeps randomly asking them why haven't they accept his friend request until they do. He also force those who doesn't have an account to create one.

He also made them all join some group where he keeps posting announcement, bad memes and bad motivation quotes. He use lots of emojis mostly incorrectly.

However I will leave up to you to decide whether he keeps doing all those boomer stuff just to be obnoxious or because he really doesn't have such a good grasp on modern technology as he would like to think...

#this cursed idea was living in my head for quite a while you're welcome #tma #bad tma take #tma shitpost #elias bouchard #jonah magnus #magnus instute #mEye post

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Jonah Magnus is a night owl. He would get too caught up in his studies and completely lost track of the time. Also gentleman gatherings are at the afternoon or evening anyway so no reason not to stay up all night reading books.

But!

Elias Bouchard is an early bird. During the years Jonah become more organized and gained fondness for having everything perfectly scheduled. There's no need to rush and read five new books a day. Also! How could he miss the best part of the early morning - delicious trauma of so many miserable people traveling to their horrible badly paid jobs?

#I'm kinda tempted to do takes on some others tma characters as well... #Because for example Peter Lukas is definitely very early morning person #The city never feels more silent and lonely than around 4 or 5 am #Alright that's my Jonah take of the day #You're welcome #tma #jonah magnus #elias bouchard #(by Elias I mean Jonalias naturally but it should be clear from the context...) #mEye post

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Peter from time to time actually bothers to answer Elias' letters but just so he can make lots of horrible see puns:

It's been a whale since I've written to you...

Or

Water you scheming right now? Any new sofishticated plans?

Or

I'm shore it this will catch your interest...

And of course!

I shell sea you soon!

#The only thing I love more than pubs are sea puns #And so does Peter Lukas I take no criticism here #tma #tma shitpost #peter lukas #elias bouchard #letters for jonah magnus #lonelyeyes #lonely eyes #peterelias #lonelyeyes take #mEye post

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There is lots of jokes about how Jon didn't really knew what a job of an archivist contains. Or that more likely no one in the archival crew has any idea what's their actual job is supposed to be. (Since Tim was calling him out on mistakes in statements he would probably not have problem point out other things Jon is doing wrong.)

But I like to think that the only one who didn't bother to check what a real archivist do was Jonah. He just thought the title sounds cool.

Whenever he names a new head archivist he has to argue with them about why the name of the position have nothing to do with the actual job he expects them to do.

#It's like him calling Bassira the Detective #He just thought it up when he was young #And now he's too stubborn to admit his mistakes so he keeps calling it that #tma #tma take #magnus archives #the archivist #jonah magnus #mEye post #Also someone has probably this take before and I just haven't noticed so sorry

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Except the affiliation to the Lonely the Lukas family also inherited Mordechai's terrible taste in men.

#That one specific man to be exact #Lukas men are once in a while drawn to Jonah Magnus as moth to a lamp #But unfortunately for them it's that electric kind of lamp to kill insect #Oh well the circle of life #Jonah Magnus the cursed family heirloom #tma #jonah magnus #mordechai lukas #peter lukas #all the other headcannoned Jonah's Lukas lovers #lonelyeyes #lonely eyes #og lonelyeyes #mEye post #lonelyeyes take

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Peter would get that cheesy tattoo with name of your loved one in a heart.

However he would pretend he forgot Jonah's current name and gets there tattood James instead of Elias.

#Have I share this take yet? I'm not sure #I just like aesthetic of Peter with tattoos #And there's lots of way he might annoy Elias with them... #tma #lonelyeyes #lonelyeyes take #peterelias #elias bouchard #peter lukas #jonah magnus #mEye post

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The headcannon that Peter is drawn to Elias because of how much Lonely he smells...

But the Lonely actually reeks of Jonah not just because of his own loneliness but because his... lets say "close relationship" with several Lonely avatars.

#tma #tma shitpost #magnus archives #lonelyeyes #elias bouchard #peter lukas #jonah magnus #lonely eyes #peterelias #mEye post #lonelyeyes take