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Season 1:

Flirt with Martin, Sasha, or Tim. I made a post about this, actually!

Believe Naomi in "Alone", or be skeptical of her story. This plays into how skeptical you'd want Jon's mask to be. If you believe Naomi Jon will let his mask break a bit and say strange stuff is out there, if you are skeptical of her story Jon will keep his mask and act how he does in canon. (Believing Naomi raises entity points, being skeptical of her story raises humanity points, because remember, Jon is acting so skeptical because he feels like he's being watched.)

Admit to Martin that you believe in the "paranormal", or don't admit to Martin that you believe in the "paranormal". In the safe room during the worm attack, you can either answer Martin's question about Jon's skepticism honestly or refuse. If you answer honestly the canon events of TMA will happen where Jon opens up to Martin about his paranoia, if you don't, Jon will shut Martin down and say he's just like that and there's nothing more to it. Being honest gives you a major relationship increase with Martin, shutting him down causes a major relationship decrees.

Go with Sasha, Tim, or Martin during the worm situation. If you with Martin, Jon will be there to find Gertrude's body, you will also raise relationship points with Martin. If you go with Tim you will raises your relationship with him, and Tim (High on fire extinguisher) will help Jon walk on his leg. if you go with Sasha you will raise your relationship with her, and then Sasha and Jon will be separated and Sasha will become Not! Sasha! On this route Jon will noticeably be off put by Not! Sasha's presence because he was JUST with her and now she's acting...odd.

Let Tim go home, or make him give a statement. At the end of the episode, Tim will refuse to talk about what just happened, and say that he wants to go home. If you let him go home he'll walk away, and the player never gets to learn his POV of events. However, Jon and Tim won't loose relationship. If you do make him give a statement, you will get to learn about the events through Tim's POV, however, the downside is that Tim and Jon's relationship looses points and becomes more strained. (If you make Tim stay you get entity points, if you let him leave you get humanity points.)

Season 2:

I'm imagining like a scene with a big board with a red string on it, and for a choice Jon has to pick who he finds the most suspicious: Martin, Tim, Sasha, or Elias. Depending on your choice, Jon will treat whoever you choose with more suspicion when they talk. (If you choose Martin or Tim, your entity score will go up. If you choose Not! Sasha or Elias, your humanity score will go up.)

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Weighing in on the "How did the statement giver from Lost John's Cave manage to lie about what happened when under Jon's compulsion" thing, I think my simple and honestly boring headcanon is that Laura had repressed her part in her sisters death so bad she had managed to even lie to herself. I think she created this false memory of escaping the cave on her own because that was easier to sit with than the idea that she escaped because she sacrificed her sister to save herself. Trauma does crazy things to people and can absolutely alter how they perceive reality.

Though this would have interesting implications that compulsion doesn't force a 100% true recollection of events, it just forces someone's perceived recollection of events.

Then as for the vampires and if they belong to the fears: I actually think it's more fun if they aren't. I think it would be cool if the fears existed AND supernatural beings existed, and it's actually pretty easy to mix the two up if you're new in the paranormal field. So my personal headcanon is that supernatural beings are just real, especially since we knows changelings are real lore in the universe.

But if you wanted me to make an excuse for their existence that aligned with the fears: I would say they're beings aligned with the hunt. They're compelled to hunt for victims all their life, and I actually think their existence gives hunters a more wide variety of prey. They could have even been created by The Hunt itself to give hunters something to do, since "monster hunter" is a well known concept and one of the only jobs that lets you kill people without technically killing people. That could easily be compelling to a hunter, like how we see with Trever and Julia who are trying to do a noble thing with their work...at least in their own heads.

Tim Not Romanced, Let Him Go To The Unknowing - "Jon, if you can hear me, I don't forgive you. But thank you for this."

Tim Romanced, Let Him Go To The Unknowing - "Jon, I need to tell you. God I hate you for making me want to forgive you. But I guess you always did a great job playing with my feelings. In that regard you were consistent right until the end....Just try not to die, alright? Thank you for this."

Tim Not Romanced, Try And Stop Him From Going To The Unknowing - Jon, if you can hear me, I don't forgive you. All you have ever done is make things worse, and nothing about what's about to happen is going to stop that. Fuck you.

No, but this is very based on my interpretation of what would have happened if Sasha lived.

I feel like if Sasha lived, their friendship was likely doomed. Sasha was very eye-aligned and wanted to solve the mystery of what was going on around her, while Tim quickly grows to hate the situation he's involved in. I think Sasha would get further involved in the mystery and fall more towards The Eye, and Tim would not.

I almost think he grow to be resentful of Sasha, especially because he seems to be closer to her than Jon or Martin. I could see Sasha going full detective mode, and Tim just, not being able to fully forgive her for that because from his perspective she's doing kind of what Jon did and standing beside the mystery even at the cost of their friendship.

Jon would likely be less paranoid if Sasha lived because the Not! Sasha wouldn't be under nose, so I think Tim might be less mad at him at first. However, I still feel with Jon's character he'd almost inevitably end up crossing some sort of line of Tim's, because Tim's thing wasn't entirely about Jon's paranoia (Though that was a lot of it.) It was also about his dislike for the fears in general, and being trapped as a servant to an evil entity. I don't think Tim would see Jon fall to the eye and not pissed, and I don't think Jon would or maybe even could change from who he is, which is someone who will go to any lengths to find out forbidden knowledge.

So I feel like Tim and Jon would still have a falling out, Martin would still side with Jon, and Sasha would likely be less close with him which I think could cause Tim to be resentful of the circus almost in the same way if she had she died. And regardless of what happened with Sasha or Jon, I still think he'd want to avenge Danny and free himself from the fears push come to shove.

The Buried - "Bury The Bully." (Strictly because the word bury is in the title.)

The Corruption - "Honey Queen."

The Dark - Literal Monster (So here's the deal, I was stuck on this one, and this is actually the last one I'm writing because I never write in these in order, so my thought process is "Literal Monster" because a lot of people fear the dark because they're scared a literal monster is under their bed!....Yeah I was stuck bad.)

The Desolation - "Killer Track."

The End - "Black Friday."

The Extinction - "What If Tomorrow Comes."

The Eye - "One Thousand Eyes."

The Flesh - "The Nibbly Ditty"

The Hunt - "Feast Or Famine"

The Lonely - "Just For Once."

The Slaughter - "Hatchet Town."

The Spiral - "The Summing"

The Stranger - "Not Your Seed."

The Vast - "Inevitable" (Playing with the fact that The Vast is also the fear of insignificance before the universe, and inevitable is about how Emma's struggles were insignificant in the grand scheme of things because she's already in a musical, the ending was inevitable.)

I assume his breakdown about his powers probably made him lose the last few friends he had, either because he pushed them away in fear of seeing a tendril, or because he was starting to act erratic in a way that hard to understand/handle.

But what if it didn't, and he still had some friends when the boat incident happened? Then one day he came back wrong and they weren't able to reconcile with it.

Or worse, he still had friends with the apocalypse happened, and ironically, becoming the ultimate avatar of death also meant him loosing the people he cared for to the chaos.

I wouldn't think that concept was that crazy. If they stuck by Oliver at such a bad time at his life, then they were real friends who cared about him a ton. They might have stuck around all the way to the end, which makes Oliver getting so entwinned he's not even able to care anymore even more tragic.

Jon Sims - French Silk Pie.

Martin Blackwood - RIP Martin Blackwood for being British. He would love southern teacakes. (I know Britain has teacakes, but they're different things and according to Google not technically a dessert.)

Tim Stoker - Molten Lava Cake With Strawberries On The Side.

Sasha James - Cherry Pie.

Melanie King - Lemon Bars.

Georgie Barker - Mango And Chili Sorbet.

Basira Hussain - Rice Pudding.

Daisy Tonner - Carrot Cake.

Peter Lucas - Vanilla Milkshake.

Elias Bouchard - Peanut Butter Cookies.

Gertrude Robinson - Peach Cobbler.

Gerry Keay - Literally any flavor of gelato.

Hezekiah Wakely - Dirt Cake.

Jane Prentiss - Before the worms she liked angel food cake,

Agnes Montague - Red Velvet Cake.

Jude Perry - Cinnamon Cayenne Cookies.

Oliver Banks - Chocolate Lava Cake.

Jared Hopworth - Sanguinaccio Dolce. (Chocolate pudding made with pigs blood, and flavored with cinnamons and cloves.)

Michael Shelley - Vanilla Pudding. (He likes banana pudding too, but he slightly prefers vanilla.)

Helen Richardson - Tiramisu.

Nikola Orsinov - Caramel Apples.

Michael Crew - Blueberry Delight.

Simon Fairchild - RIP Simon Fairchild for being British. He would love deep-fried Oreos.

People don't actually crush on Jon a lot, so a lot of time Martin knows he's being kind of silly and Jon is playful about it because he's not going anywhere.

But then every once and while Jon meets someone he just connects with, because that's just the type of person he is. You either love him or hate him, and when someone loves being around him, they really love being around him.

And that makes Martin's jealously from "kind of silly," to something more serious that Jon is probably going to have to be really reassuring about, and even that likely isn't going to solve the whole problem, because Martin's jealously isn't really about someone liking Jon in general, it's more about the fear of abandonment. He worries that Jon will like someone more than him, or be happier in someone else's presence, or even leave him for someone else. And Jon does make genuine attempts to reassure him, but the doubt is something Martin really struggles with, so sometimes he has bad days where he can get caught up in his feelings about Jon seemingly connecting with someone else in an area which he "failed" at. So jealously is a struggle for Martin.

Then I think Jon is on the total opposite end of the spectrum, where if someone hit on Martin he would be more likely to just raise his eyebrow a bit, maybe have some light banter, then move on with his day. I don't think he would really read into Martin's innocent interactions with other people, or even have big reactions to Martin being flat out flirted with. Which I think could cause an issue in itself, where Martin see's Jon as "not caring," because he doesn't get jealous in the same way, but Jon's had more relationship experience and therefore he's just more settle into the dynamic of a relationship in general.

Plus, unlike Martin, I think Jon's self worth issues are more the loathing sort. Where Martin worries that he's not enough, I think Jon's self worth issues are more so along the lines of letting other peoples opinions of him having a large power over how he see's himself, guilt for things he limited control over, and unease about his wanning humanity. I don't think of any of THOSE issues would turn into jealousy. I think he's more likely to have "What do you see in a monster like me?" moment then a "Did you enjoy talking to that man more than you enjoy talking to me?" moment, where I think Martin is vice versa because his trauma presents very differently from Jon's despite being similar on paper.

By freeing himself from his loneliness he was able to free someone else from his families grip as well. And even after being punished for leaving with death, he still found a way to cling to connection. He still found a way to speak with Naomi after death.

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Jon Sims - Jon spends his sick days coughing because he's just the type of guy who old man hacks no matter what type of illness he ends up with. He has to carry around a handkerchief whenever he's not feeling great, which just makes the old man allegations worse.

Martin Blackwood - Much like Jon, Martin is the type of person who gets specific symptoms no matter what sickness he gets. So he spends his sick days sneezing like someone just dipped him into a vat of pollen. He also has to carry around a handkerchief whenever he's not feeling great, but he can pull it off with it making him look ten years older.

Tim Stoker - Tim is the sentimental and whiny type when he's sick. He's very much the type to text, "Sasha, I was just thinking how much your friendship means to me. You're one of the best things in my life. If you wanted to drop some soup off at my door, I will die for you if it comes up." And meanwhile all these theatrics are for a mild cold.

Sasha James - Sasha spends her sick days being a real jokester because being sick makes her find everything hilarious for some reason. She acts borderline tipsy while drunk, and actually the first time Jon saw her drunk he judged her a bit because he thought she came into work drunk. (She didn't.) She's a very pleasant sick person to be around all things considering.

Melanie King - Despite being sick, she keeps working on whatever project she has going on until she makes herself worse. She's the type of person who starts a sickness with a tiny cold, then over does it so much that she ends up being able to do nothing but lay in bed with her flu like symptoms.

Georgie Barker - Georgie can spend her sick days being very existential. Every since the dead women walking incident, not feeling good can sink into feelings of "Maybe I'll feel this bad in the end, or even worse, and it will be just as real as I feel now." She needs a therapist whenever she gets a cold.

Basira Hussain - Basira is so stocked up on the counter cold medication and easy to make meals for when she's not feeling like cooking. She spends her sick days breaking into her over the counter emergency medicine stock to see what will help her, and microwaving some soup to sip on while she recovers. She doesn't get sick often, but she hates it when she does because she always feels like she's not being busy enough.

Daisy Tonner - Daisy spends her sick days feeling very hot. She always knows she's sick when she's burning up and can't cool down no matter how many fans she has on or how much ice she's dumped down her clothes. She HATES being mad so she spends most sick days being mad about how her body is betraying her in a way that seems very personally targeted.

Peter Lukas - Peter Lukas always feels cold when he's sick. It settles deep in his bones and is hard to get rid of, even when he starts to feel a little better in other ways. Blankets don't help, jackets don't help, and neither does sitting by the fire. When he's sick They Lonely's fog takes him over even more, which is why it feels like there's ice in his veins.

Elias Bouchard - Elias spends sick days vaguely annoyed. He tries so hard to body snatch a good body that will prevent him from being sick all that much, but here he is, sick anyways. He spends a lot of sick days, just, pondering.

Gertrude Robinson - Gertrude spends her sick days at the office. She brings herself a little bag full of tissues, over the counter cold medicine, and a few extra layers of cardigan in case she gets cold. She smuggles it in like it's a drug. She doesn't want anyone to get the impression that she might be vulnerable and take advantage of that. So she is very quiet about her illness. She just locks herself in the office and says she has "important work to do," and hopes no will question that. They don't because she's terrifying.

Gerry Keay - Gerry spends his sick days under blankets because he's FREEZING when he's sick. He always feels like someone has forced him to take an ice bath, so he tries to fix that problems with sweaters and jackets over sweaters and a blanket over the jacket and sweater, but he still feels cold and clammy. Emotionally it disturbs him a bit to feel so much like a corpse.

Hezekiah Wakely - It doesn't matter if he only has a small cold, he is writing letters like he's on his death bed. "Dear Nathaniel, I am not doing well, but don't worry about me, tell me about your day to raise my spirts." He is worrying everyone and this is before cell phones where you can check in and call. So extra worry.

Jane Prentiss - Jane spends her sick days going out anyways, and she tries to do the right thing and wear a mask and keep her hands washed and such, but at her job at least she still gets scolded with the mindset "If you KNOW you're sick I would still prefer you stay in until you're 100% sure you're better." She thinks this is annoying and has had quite a few arguments about whether or not you should leave the house while sick, even if you're taking precautions.

Agnes Montague - Agnes getting sick is a double-edged sword. On one hand the members of her cult will tend to her when she'd down, so she does have a good system for that. However, because of her status in life she doesn't feel like she can sick. Even at her worst she feels obligated to put a brave face on and play her role, even if she has to run out of the room to vomit occasion, or pretend she's "meditating" to lay down for awhile. So she hypothetically has care, but she knows she can't let the mask down long enough to truly receive it.

Jude Perry - Jude spends sick days doing a ritual to try and have the fire cleanse her illness, even if that ritual might bring more pain than the illness itself. Agnes does not do this because a part of her craves to feel something that reminds her that she's...real. Jude doesn't have these same feelings.

Oliver Banks - Oliver spends sick days avoiding sleep because his fever dreams get even crazier. Tendrils mix with nonsense like people he knows turning a piece of cheese into an elephant with magic. He's always had weird sick dream, but they weren't nearly horrifying before there were death tendrils.

Jared Hopworth - Jared is the type of guy who will just walk around with a serious, transmittable, illness. He'll go to the store, and to the gym, and use stairwells and put his sick hands all over the railing. His mindset is that he needs to be stronger than the sick so he decides just to ignore it, which of course just spreads the illness everywhere.

Distortion Michael - Michael getting sick is agonizing, because he should not feel sick. Things should not be sick, but he is a thing, and also Michael. Being sick pulls at the fabrics of his existence and makes him think of them. So not only his he sick, but he's painfully aware of his existence. He spends his sick days being very "glitchy" and unstable. Holding himself together takes all his energy.

Distortion Helen - Helen is the opposite of Michael. She can not get sick, because she is everything and nothing at all, and everything and nothing at all can not get sick. Since she's better suited to The Spiral and her emotions are pulling out of her less, The Distortion is able to fend off the illness. Unlike Michael who is holding onto the human parts, even the bad parts that cause him to get sick.

Nikola Orsinov - If they have a part that makes them sick, they just change it out. You can avoid ever being sick that way.

Michael Crew - Mike spends his sick days sleeping. The second he gets ill he is exhausted and feels like he could sleep for weeks straight, and he's not one to defy his instincts. Instead he just accepts his fate and settles into bed and assumes he'll get back up sometime.

Simon Fairchild - Simon spends sick days ignoring that he is sick, but unlike Melanie he doesn't get worse. That's because he's God's (Or in this case, The Vast's) favorite.

One between humanity and monsterhood, with Jon having to decide how much his humanity still matters in a world where he's already done the worst thing possible (End the world) and now gets rewarded for it by being one of the few people who don't have to suffer as terribly as those stuck in dominions. He's stuck between his humanity and thing that gives him power and saves him. He tries to cling to his humanity, but then he's given another choice:

This time it's between selflessness and selfishness. Jon could make the selfish choice and save his world and the people he loves by sending the fears away and likely dooming another universe just to spare his own. His world has already been damaged in a way that's going to be near-impossible to ever come back to "normal" from, and the people he love have already been effected by it irreversibly, unlike the innocent people in the other universe.

The other option is to make the selfless choice. Doom his universe, himself, and the people he loves, but spare another universe from the horror that's already been inflicted on his. He could just let everything slowly and painfully die out, which would be an agonizing process for everyone he knows, but it would spare possibly billions in another world.

And in the end, Jon makes the selfish choice. He choose his world, the people he loves, the people he hurt, the people he took statements from but couldn't truly help until now. He chooses his own priorities instead of a better tomorrow for a bunch of strangers.