#basira hussein

Killing her won’t undo any of it. But that’s not the point.

Jon was periodically actively bullied in primary school, especially through people pretending to be friendly and then mocking him for believing them. It's made him particularly sensitive to betrayal and suspicious of kindness.

Martin was rarely if ever actively bullied by his peers (maybe a couple times for writing poetry, or being queer), but he also very rarely if ever had friends. No one noticed him enough to bother with him.

Tim was never bullied and always had an active social life, though sometimes his boundless energy and sense of humor could be A Lot for some people to deal with

Sasha always had a small friend group and wasn't consistently targeted by bullies, but she dealt with subtle racist and sexist harassment from many of her peers. For some reason, those who were dicks to her mysteriously found their darkest secrets the subject of gossip.

Basira tended to have, zero to two good friends at a time, and coped with bullying by emotionally detaching herself completely from the situation, often by studying or reading. When she reached secondary school, she hit back very effectively one time and was mostly left alone after that.

Daisy canonically dealt with her school bully by eventually murdering him. After Calvin Benchley went wrong, she didn't have other close friends, though she wasn't an outcast or anything

Georgie usually had a good friend group, but dealt with social bullying along class lines and probably also for being a nerd. Even though the school wouldn't intervene, but her parents made sure she had therapy and as much support as they could give her. It didn't keep her from being envious of the cool kids, but it does make her the most emotionally stable person in Jon's adult life

(like I get it she has hated being trapped from the start, but OH GOD blinding yourself?? just hoping it works?? I know Eric said it would, but what tells us that it wasn't also because of something Mary did??)

on the other hand MELANIE YES GET OUT OF THEEERRRREEE

In other news: Martin continues to depress me though it is extremely interesting that the closer he gets to the Lonely the more self-assured he seems to be? Him telling Jon to calm down and tell him what he wants in this straight forward way really made me feel Some Type Of Way, but I guess you aren't nervous when you don't care that much anymore?

(Though lol @ Martin thinking he doesn't care about Jon at all, when the first thing he instinctually says is that Jon looks terrible with all his care-taking instincts on full blast)

Stats: Teen and Up; Creator Chose Not to Use Archival Warnings; Gen; The Magnus Archives; Words: 11,964; Chapters: 1/1

Synopsis:

When Jon walked back into the Archives after the worm siege, he expected to see a mess. He expected to see a strange trapdoor, and he expected to see his possibly-murderous assistants. He absolutely did not expect to see a ghost. His first thought is a string of curses. His second thought is fear. His third thought wipes out any trepidation; does this ghost know who the killer is? It's a shame she can't remember anything. The ghost is yet another mystery to solve, and it's a distraction from the question of who killed Gertrude. The secrets are really starting to pile up around the Archives - someone really ought to get started on sorting them out. Unfortunately for Jon, that someone is him.

Review: I will do anything for a happy ending. This technically checks that box while also diving into more of the lore of the universe and pushing season 1 Jon to trust his friends. 10/10