maybe "i need him to be okay" will be our always

nice magnus archives fanart. yes skinnyjon/fatmartin is always a hit. now consider if jon were also fat—no I know he’s the “cool edgy” one and Martin’s the “soft tender” one and so it’s difficult for you to understand the concep—no, I get it. You don’t have to start crying. Take my hands—okay good—take a deep breath with me. Are you with me? Okay, now imagine if the spooky edgy character could be spooky and edgy and also fat—ah, you’re crying again

[ID: Magnus Archives fanart in the style of an autorefractor vision test, which depicts a white house in the center of a sunny field within a circle framed by black. A stylized eye floats above the house, and Jon and Martin's transparent, glowing hands reach for each other over the sky, just beginning to hold each other. The background is black, but a faint green circle of eyes borders the frame. End ID]

Something about the tragedy of Timothy Stoker. Something about how the jokester of the group – the flirt, the one who always knew how to ease the tension in the air with a quick joke and a waggle of his eyebrows – became a bitter, resentful man, full of scars and trauma, new and old. Something about how the most approachable man in the Archives becoming the most unapproachable, the one who snapped at newcomers and snarled at oldcomers, every conversation peppered with barely-restrained rage. Something about how Timothy Stoker, who somehow managed to become the friend of the most prickly man in research all those years ago, became a man everyone was reluctant to be in the same room with. Something about how he became unrecognizable to the person he was two years ago. Something about how Timothy Stoker tried to crack one last joke before he enacted his vengeance, only for the joke to fall flat, only for him to say, “I know,” only for him to die.