#ik theres an argument to be made that jon would've either died from losing his connection to the eye anyways

[gammija]

Jon: "Honestly, I panicked. Daisy's name came up first on my phone."

if that's because he went through his contacts in alphabetical order, that means he has Daisy in his phone as Alice. which i think is a v Jon thing to do

(Or his contacts came up based on the most recent, which would also make sense, but it could still be both!)

Basira: "None of us are who we were, Jon."

Jon: "No. I suppose not. In many ways it’s simpler now isn’t it? At least now our demons have names."

I wonder what demons of his own Jon's thinking about, that he didn't have a name for before the Institute

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This statement on its own isn't the most flashy, but I really like how it puts the rest of this half of the season into stark contrast. Even though most people will be a lot more willing to forgive Jon for what he does than this statement giver, it still raises the question of, why exactly?

Is it just that she causes her victims to die, and he doesn't? How far does that go? How much suffering are you morally 'allowed' to cause other people if it saves your own life, if it saves other people?

How much does the 'good' these Avatars do in the world matter, compared to the pain they cause? Are they even doing good? The statement giver comes off as a conceited person too caught up in her own rationalisations to judge her actions clearly... though, might that not go for Jon as well? Now that he knows that you can quit the Institute, he can't even say that he has no choice but to take statements or he'll waste away - he has at least a chance to get out, too. A horrible one, but it IS an option. One that he explicitly decides not to try, at least not without Martin.

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@a-mag-a-day last thought: Actually gouging an eye out with an awl isn't the hardest thing... Going through with gouging out the second one, is.

#tma #tma s4 #mag155 #a mag a day #the magnus archives #jonathan #Jonathan sims #tma meta #ik theres an argument to be made that jon would've either died from losing his connection to the eye anyways #or the eye wouldn'tve let him go blind permanently anyways so he couldn't leave anyways #and thats a valid interpretation #but i dont care for it #something something choices and will #also i just enjoy the story/tragedy better if there was a point at which another outcome was physically possible if not for #the players own preoccupations causing them to make the choices they're inclined to