TMA time travel au but instead of Jon physically going back in time he finds a way to send just his memories back to his past self, so it’s basically season 5′s guilt-ridden-eldritch-monster Jon’s mind in season 1′s repressed-pompous-jerk Jon’s very mortal body trying to figure out how to explain the institute and Elias to the og archive crew without them thinking he’s gone insane, while also grappling with being mostly human again and trying not to flirt with Martin to hard because of every time he’s remotely nice Martin short circuits.
[Image description: A black and white comic of Jonathan Sims, Martin Blackwood, Tim Stoker, and Sasha James from the Magnus Archives. Jon is a thin Asian man with neat short hai and square glasses wearing a suit. Martin is a chubby black man with round glasses and a temple fade with ringlets wearing a zip-up cardigan. Tim is a tall white man with curly hair and freckles wearing a turtle neck. Sasha is a petite Indian woman with dark hair in a messy ponytail, cat eye glasses, a nose stud, and a poofy blouse.
Jon looks down on himself and adjusts his tie, “Alright,” he says, “Yes, it will sound crazy, but you know you can trust them now, and as long as you don’t act completely insane they should hopefully trust you…”
Martin walks past with a bag slung over his shoulder, startling Jon out of his train of thought. “Morning, Jon!” Martin says brightly, “How are you feeling?”
Jon smiles back at him warmly, giving a little wave, “Ah, hi Martin! I’m great, how are you?” His tone is very obviously affectionate, which Martin reacts to with unnerved confusion. Tim and Sasha also appear popping into frames with looks of shock and concern.
The Archive staff hovers around Jon, clearly worried. Martin grips his bag “-You’re sure he’s not feverish, or, or dehydrated, or-” Tim lifts his hand from Jon’s forehead, “-It could be a sleep thing… how many hours did ya get last night, boss?”
“Oh god, is it worms somehow!?!?” Martin panics. Sasha starts looking Jon over, yanking his shirt sleeve up, “I don’t see any marks… has he-” She lowers her voice to a whisper, “Um… has he been near that weird table recently?” End description.]
What have you done with their terrible boss whomst they love so dearly, you monster???
I had a very very similar idea once! Ohhh, knowledge is power....
