Creak🌸

It seems to me like Eridians are probably very physically affectionate creatures the way humans are. Maybe even more so considering what Rocky said about how they watch each other sleep. I don’t remember if he says this in the book, but at least in the movie he says that normally he would be on Grace’s chest to watch him.

Eridians are used to having physical contact while sleeping. And not just with close friends or family. They are right on top of each other when they sleep!! It’s a social norm, a survival tactic, and a vital part of their lives. It’s a way of knowing they’re safe. And maybe it’s only in that context but that level of comfort with touch makes me think maybe Eridians are very touchy in general!

And Rocky has been alone with nobody to watch him sleep for so long.

And even after meeting Grace, even after he has someone to watch him sleep, he still can’t have that touch. He’s still isolated. It’s been 46 years and FINALLY he has someone with him, but they still can’t touch.

Rocky is making that xenonite suit for himself as much as for Grace. He desperately wants to be able to be on Grace’s chest (at least lay a claw over him, be closer to his heartbeat. He’s heavy by human standards so he doesn’t want to crush him, but still!!). And he wants, just for once after 46 years, to have someone over him, guarding and holding him when he sleeps. He feels so so vulnerable and exposed without someone holding him.

Put ‘er there, cowboy

Because I get bored and these are my blorbos. I'll probably add more later.

Magnus Archives Fears - Avatar & Victim

Daniel "Bowie" Thompson

Avatar - The Eye (keeps stalking people and getting into their business with Kial)

Victim - The Lonely (insecure about his relationships with his friends)

Kanye East

Avatar - The Stranger (has never had a normal human interaction, continuously being unnerving)

Victim - The Web (being controlled)

Lillian Paghds

Avatar - The Vast (wings + very focused on the big picture/gravity of everything happening at camp)

Victim - The Hunt (target of repeated murder plot)

Kenneth Knight

Avatar - The Desolation (keeps setting things on fire, ancestor burned at the stake)

Victim - The Slaughter (so many skulls in the lake)

Kial*

Avatar - The Eye (in everyone's business at all times)

Victim - The Desolation (has a lot to lose)

Joshua "Riot" Hughes

Avatar - The Flesh (normal athletic guy)

Victim - The Desolation (also has a lot to lose)

Jimmy "Viper" Blackburn

Avatar - The Hunt (regular feeding behavior)

Victim - The Slaughter (losing control and hurting people)

Agent Richard Swallow

Avatar - The Eye (learning about anomalies)

Victim - The Spiral (getting caught up in details)

Agent Johnathan Crow

Avatar - The Eye (solving anomalies)

Victim - The Slaughter (killed in action)

Bartholomew "Barty" Stevenson*

Avatar - The Slaughter (the murders)

Victim - The Web (being controlled)

William "Billy" Stevenson*

Avatar - The Web (manipulating others)

Victim - The Eye (being found out, being seen for who he is)

Animal Crossing/Fursonas

Bowie - ferret (high energy, very social, gets into everything)

Kanye -goose (tall kind of mean bird, Bowie and Kial's codename for him)

Lily - American bullfrog (with wings, and I imagine her also having a crown or halo)

Kenneth - black cat (witchy, has been referred to as behaving like a cat multiple times)

Kial - parrot (likes singing, colorful, very social, problem-solver, can also be really dumb)

Riot - great dane (gentle giant, strong, protective but also easily spooked)

Viper - wolf (the vampires remind me of a wolf pack, strong emotional connections and dependent on each other while being standoffish with outsiders)

Agent Swallow - cat (routines, very clean, curious but easily overwhelmed)

Agent Crow - peacock (beautiful, stylish, cool, show-off)

Director Government - ox/bull (big, strong, short temper)

Barty - alligator (big, aquatic, mostly chill but absolutely capable of killing)

Billy - mouse (quiet, shy, unassuming, highly intelligent)

Star - snapping turtle (aquatic, ambush predator (watching and waiting), long lifespan, fearless)