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Name: Star
Contact: Discord (Star #5910), Plurk (@aliferous)
Are You Over 18?: Yes
Other Characters: None
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Jonathan Sims
Age: Late 20s to Early 30s (28-32ish)
Canon: The Magnus Archives
Canon Point: Episode 160: The Eye Opens
Character Information: https://the-magnus-archives.fandom.com/wiki/Jonathan_Sims
Personality:
Being from a Podcast, dialogue is everything when getting to know what a character is like. Examples of said dialogue, all said by Jon himself, and when it’s from will be at the end.
Jonathan Sims’ story starts when he’s 8 years old. He read a book that just so happened to be a supernatural embodiment of fear in probably the purest form his world has ever known. This one in particular was based around a fear of spiders, and it almost got him killed. An older kid who bullied him ended up inadvertently saving his life by swiping the book, reading it, and getting killed by the Spider inside instead.
It is this experience that convinces Jon that he can’t trust other people. He can’t rely on them for help. He’s convinced that whatever he has to do, whatever needs doing, he is better off doing it on his own.
Jon wasn’t an easy child, and as an adult some odd twenty years later, he isn’t much better. He’s rude and abrasive so people don’t get too close to him. He’s stubborn, absolutely to a fault when it comes to anything and everything that needs doing around the Archives where he works. He’s a workaholic, routinely keeping all hours and even has a cot in the Archives for when he stays late enough that it isn’t practical to go home. He dismisses supernatural statements that he records and organizes, believing that they were far outnumbered by the mundane and likely to only come from books like the one he was almost killed by. Believing that pretending to not believe in all the true supernatural things he’s reading about being real would somehow be safer.
This of course isn’t true, and he only ever did that because he thought it would keep himself safe. As he thought that not getting close to anyone would keep him safe. It only ended with him feeling guilt and grief over things that he couldn’t control as well as the things he could. Martin gets attacked by a lady who got taken over by a supernatural parasite “worm” hive and trapped in his apartment for thirteen days? Guilty, and offers up the Archives as somewhere safe. Sasha getting replaced by another supernatural creature? Guilt again, grief too, as he didn’t know about it until months later when the thing gives up blending in and nearly kills him. His compassion mixes with it, bringing him to a messy cycle of trying not to get close to anyone, getting attached in some capacity anyway, having something happen to them or doing something himself that makes them pull away, and either resigning himself to it or working more than he already is to reconcile and fix the situation however best he can. Sometimes that’s getting revenge and sometimes that’s getting what coworkers that actually tolerate him to keep an eye on him so he doesn’t go and eat people’s trauma and give them nightmares.
He was paranoid for those months in between Sasha being replaced and him finding out as a result of the presence of the monster that had replaced her. Suspected his coworkers of murdering his predecessor, Gertrude to the point of stalking them and listening in on their conversations. It’s his usual anxieties about the supernatural, about being good enough, being professional and not letting anyone in so he has to do everything alone, dialed up to twenty and having only one outlet. It comes as a surprise to no one but himself that it ruins what good relationship he had with Tim to the point where Tim was willing to leave Jon for dead by his own reckless decision making, trying to kill the thing that killed Sasha without telling anyone what’s going on.
Almost immediately after nearly getting killed he’s suspected for two, possibly three murders and hides out in the apartment of the only friend he has outside of his work. The only friend he has at this point, to be honest.
And then he goes on to make more reckless decisions. Because trying to not get arrested for murders he didn’t commit, running on virtually 0 hours of sleep, and slowly turning into a monster by an evil eye themed fear entity without his knowledge isn’t enough for him to deal with apparently. No, he has to go and get his hand burned, kidnapped and hunted and almost killed more than once before planning and executing the downfall of a ritual.
Maybe it’s all a result of poor planning or having been rushed into things with little time to prepare. Maybe it’s the result of not knowing what’s really going on that leads him to come to the conclusions and make the decisions that he does that he later feels regretful and guilty for. He just needs to know. He needs to know more so that maybe he and those around him can get through all these supernatural situations alive with no deaths for once.
He needs to Know and that inquisitive mind led him to this. To pull someone who tried to kill him out of being in the Buried. To desperately trying to not be more monstrous than he already is, knowing things that he shouldn’t and compelling people to answer his questions and more. To suggest without thinking it through that he take his own eyes out so that he and his coworkers in the Archives can be free. To run away from his evil body-hopping boss in the small hope that said boss won’t trick him into changing the world into his boss’ fear-filled fantasy.
Too bad that didn’t work.
”I am not a brave man. I believe I am starting to come to terms with that fact, but I am, in certain circumstances, a very stubborn one.” Jon, Episode 41: Too Deep
“This level of paranoia is new to me, but I’m learning fast. Trust can get you killed.” Jon, Episode 41: Too Deep
“I’m afraid so, though I remind you again you are under no obligation to make a statement if it makes you uncomfortable. Or, if you’re worried about your voice being recognised, you could always write it down. I’ll make an audio copy later.” Jon, Episode 43: Section 31
“I don’t want to become a mystery. I refuse to become another goddamn mystery.” Jon, Episode 39: Infestation
”God, I’m an idiot. Smash the table, kill the monster, stupid! Lazy, sloppy assumption. Of course the table was binding it. The table is webs and spiders. Spiders are something else. They don’t help each other, they oppose, they… they weaken. It was caught in a web, and I… All the pieces were there. And I just… I couldn’t see it.” Jon, Episode 79: Hide and Seek
”You, you know what, no. I’m, I’m done with that. No more paranoia. It’s almost got me killed more than once, and Georgie was right. If I am, uh, slipping then I need people I can trust. And I… I don’t think that can happen naturally for me an-anymore, so I’m making a decision. I trust them. All of them.” Jon, Episode 117: Testament
”I’ve been trying to check on Melanie’s condition. She refuses to see me - understandably, I,I suppose, and Basira has been looking after her. (sigh) It hurts, of course. But… (sigh) I really hope getting that bullet out of her helps. At least stops it from getting any worse. I can’t have been too late again.” Jon, Episode 126: Sculptor's Tool
”You too, Basira, if you’re hearing this. (pause) I know you’d - stop me. You’d be right to, but - but if this goes wrong, all you lose is - (abrupt) I’m not risking anyone else. And I know - (pause) I-I think. I can get her out.” Jon, Episode 132: Entombed
”(pain) One thing I’ve learned, Daisy, is that we all get a choice. Even if it doesn’t feel like one.” Jon, Episode 132: Entombed
5-10 Key Character Traits:
Stubborn
Workaholic
Compassionate
Anxious
Inquisitive
Reckless
Rude
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, EITHER, or opt for 100% RANDOMIZATION? 100% RANDOMIZATION, NO FEAR!!
Opt-Outs: Demon, Pooka, Simulacrum, Merperson, Nymph
Roleplay Sample:
https://graveyardsmash.dreamwidth.org/47365.html?thread=22249733#cmt22249733
https://graveyardsmash.dreamwidth.org/47365.html?thread=22255365#cmt22255365
https://graveyardsmash.dreamwidth.org/47365.html?thread=22256645#cmt22256645
https://graveyardsmash.dreamwidth.org/47365.html?thread=22260485#cmt22260485
https://graveyardsmash.dreamwidth.org/47365.html?thread=22256133#cmt22256133
Name: Star
Contact: Discord (Star #5910), Plurk (@aliferous)
Are You Over 18?: Yes
Other Characters: None
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Jonathan Sims
Age: Late 20s to Early 30s (28-32ish)
Canon: The Magnus Archives
Canon Point: Episode 160: The Eye Opens
Character Information: https://the-magnus-archives.fandom.com/wiki/Jonathan_Sims
Personality:
Being from a Podcast, dialogue is everything when getting to know what a character is like. Examples of said dialogue, all said by Jon himself, and when it’s from will be at the end.
Jonathan Sims’ story starts when he’s 8 years old. He read a book that just so happened to be a supernatural embodiment of fear in probably the purest form his world has ever known. This one in particular was based around a fear of spiders, and it almost got him killed. An older kid who bullied him ended up inadvertently saving his life by swiping the book, reading it, and getting killed by the Spider inside instead.
It is this experience that convinces Jon that he can’t trust other people. He can’t rely on them for help. He’s convinced that whatever he has to do, whatever needs doing, he is better off doing it on his own.
Jon wasn’t an easy child, and as an adult some odd twenty years later, he isn’t much better. He’s rude and abrasive so people don’t get too close to him. He’s stubborn, absolutely to a fault when it comes to anything and everything that needs doing around the Archives where he works. He’s a workaholic, routinely keeping all hours and even has a cot in the Archives for when he stays late enough that it isn’t practical to go home. He dismisses supernatural statements that he records and organizes, believing that they were far outnumbered by the mundane and likely to only come from books like the one he was almost killed by. Believing that pretending to not believe in all the true supernatural things he’s reading about being real would somehow be safer.
This of course isn’t true, and he only ever did that because he thought it would keep himself safe. As he thought that not getting close to anyone would keep him safe. It only ended with him feeling guilt and grief over things that he couldn’t control as well as the things he could. Martin gets attacked by a lady who got taken over by a supernatural parasite “worm” hive and trapped in his apartment for thirteen days? Guilty, and offers up the Archives as somewhere safe. Sasha getting replaced by another supernatural creature? Guilt again, grief too, as he didn’t know about it until months later when the thing gives up blending in and nearly kills him. His compassion mixes with it, bringing him to a messy cycle of trying not to get close to anyone, getting attached in some capacity anyway, having something happen to them or doing something himself that makes them pull away, and either resigning himself to it or working more than he already is to reconcile and fix the situation however best he can. Sometimes that’s getting revenge and sometimes that’s getting what coworkers that actually tolerate him to keep an eye on him so he doesn’t go and eat people’s trauma and give them nightmares.
He was paranoid for those months in between Sasha being replaced and him finding out as a result of the presence of the monster that had replaced her. Suspected his coworkers of murdering his predecessor, Gertrude to the point of stalking them and listening in on their conversations. It’s his usual anxieties about the supernatural, about being good enough, being professional and not letting anyone in so he has to do everything alone, dialed up to twenty and having only one outlet. It comes as a surprise to no one but himself that it ruins what good relationship he had with Tim to the point where Tim was willing to leave Jon for dead by his own reckless decision making, trying to kill the thing that killed Sasha without telling anyone what’s going on.
Almost immediately after nearly getting killed he’s suspected for two, possibly three murders and hides out in the apartment of the only friend he has outside of his work. The only friend he has at this point, to be honest.
And then he goes on to make more reckless decisions. Because trying to not get arrested for murders he didn’t commit, running on virtually 0 hours of sleep, and slowly turning into a monster by an evil eye themed fear entity without his knowledge isn’t enough for him to deal with apparently. No, he has to go and get his hand burned, kidnapped and hunted and almost killed more than once before planning and executing the downfall of a ritual.
Maybe it’s all a result of poor planning or having been rushed into things with little time to prepare. Maybe it’s the result of not knowing what’s really going on that leads him to come to the conclusions and make the decisions that he does that he later feels regretful and guilty for. He just needs to know. He needs to know more so that maybe he and those around him can get through all these supernatural situations alive with no deaths for once.
He needs to Know and that inquisitive mind led him to this. To pull someone who tried to kill him out of being in the Buried. To desperately trying to not be more monstrous than he already is, knowing things that he shouldn’t and compelling people to answer his questions and more. To suggest without thinking it through that he take his own eyes out so that he and his coworkers in the Archives can be free. To run away from his evil body-hopping boss in the small hope that said boss won’t trick him into changing the world into his boss’ fear-filled fantasy.
Too bad that didn’t work.
”I am not a brave man. I believe I am starting to come to terms with that fact, but I am, in certain circumstances, a very stubborn one.” Jon, Episode 41: Too Deep
“This level of paranoia is new to me, but I’m learning fast. Trust can get you killed.” Jon, Episode 41: Too Deep
“I’m afraid so, though I remind you again you are under no obligation to make a statement if it makes you uncomfortable. Or, if you’re worried about your voice being recognised, you could always write it down. I’ll make an audio copy later.” Jon, Episode 43: Section 31
“I don’t want to become a mystery. I refuse to become another goddamn mystery.” Jon, Episode 39: Infestation
”God, I’m an idiot. Smash the table, kill the monster, stupid! Lazy, sloppy assumption. Of course the table was binding it. The table is webs and spiders. Spiders are something else. They don’t help each other, they oppose, they… they weaken. It was caught in a web, and I… All the pieces were there. And I just… I couldn’t see it.” Jon, Episode 79: Hide and Seek
”You, you know what, no. I’m, I’m done with that. No more paranoia. It’s almost got me killed more than once, and Georgie was right. If I am, uh, slipping then I need people I can trust. And I… I don’t think that can happen naturally for me an-anymore, so I’m making a decision. I trust them. All of them.” Jon, Episode 117: Testament
”I’ve been trying to check on Melanie’s condition. She refuses to see me - understandably, I,I suppose, and Basira has been looking after her. (sigh) It hurts, of course. But… (sigh) I really hope getting that bullet out of her helps. At least stops it from getting any worse. I can’t have been too late again.” Jon, Episode 126: Sculptor's Tool
”You too, Basira, if you’re hearing this. (pause) I know you’d - stop me. You’d be right to, but - but if this goes wrong, all you lose is - (abrupt) I’m not risking anyone else. And I know - (pause) I-I think. I can get her out.” Jon, Episode 132: Entombed
”(pain) One thing I’ve learned, Daisy, is that we all get a choice. Even if it doesn’t feel like one.” Jon, Episode 132: Entombed
5-10 Key Character Traits:
Stubborn
Workaholic
Compassionate
Anxious
Inquisitive
Reckless
Rude
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, EITHER, or opt for 100% RANDOMIZATION? 100% RANDOMIZATION, NO FEAR!!
Opt-Outs: Demon, Pooka, Simulacrum, Merperson, Nymph
Roleplay Sample:
https://graveyardsmash.dreamwidth.org/47365.html?thread=22249733#cmt22249733
https://graveyardsmash.dreamwidth.org/47365.html?thread=22255365#cmt22255365
https://graveyardsmash.dreamwidth.org/47365.html?thread=22256645#cmt22256645
https://graveyardsmash.dreamwidth.org/47365.html?thread=22260485#cmt22260485
https://graveyardsmash.dreamwidth.org/47365.html?thread=22256133#cmt22256133