So.... I created an au in which Tim and Sasha survived their respective deaths, but with big consequences.
They turnerd into fears avatars.
Tim became part of desolation after the circus explosion.
He ended up in coma for 4 months, bc at first he refused to be one of the monsters who killed his brother.
But he stayed for Sasha.
Unlike Jon, his body suffered many more damage, doctors said he would definitely die from his wounds, but he didn't.
An extra detail that I would like to add, is that after waking up, someone (Anabelle) sends to him a prosthetic mask, which was clearly inspired by the circus.
Tim set it on fire.
I will publish the design and history of Sasha later, (which gives more context to Tim's history)
(Also,many of his wounds are recovering little by little, thanks to his regeneration and surgeries.)
Desolation would quickly figure out what people value the most in their life (useful skill for blackmail), but it would then just get really invested in destroying them. It would also reinforce certain intrusive thoughts ("Drop your keys from this bridge, c'mon!").
Corruption would be good at noticing/observing other people's relationships, and would immediately tell John to third-wheel the hell out of all of them.
gillion tidestrider as avatar of the vast (struck by lightning just SO many times, correlation w both sea and sky (sun and moon goddess affiliation), religious trauma, fixation on deities beyond comprehension such as the leviathans, etc)
chip as avatar of the desolation (fire powers/motif, lost everything he’s ever loved over and over again, is haunted by the horrors he’s seen, burned someone’s house down after breaking his moral compass and fleeing the scene, etc)
jay as avatar of the hunt (observant feat, is a ranger, hunters mark, obsessed with finding the ones who killed her sister and making them pay, is usually the one who finds lost things or hidden enemies, etc)
i am open to interpretation and other thoughts but i just thought of this and lost my mind, some other entities might fit better for some of them (the eye for jay, the darkness for chip, the buried for gillion, etc) but off the top of my head the ones listed above work best ^^
The Buried - When you cover your entire body in blankets but have to poke your head out a few minutes later bc you can't breathe.
The Corruption - Being anxious about opening a tupperware from the back of the fridge, the contents of which have probably been rotting in there for months.
The Dark - When you turn off the lights in a room and walk just a bit faster than normal back into the light.
The Desolation - Burning paper, tossing something into a bonfire just to burn it.
The End - Trying not to think about how the elderly people you know won't be around in a while.
The Extinction - Anxiety about not recycling a singular plastic bottle.
The Eye - Looking at yourself in those little surveillance monitors that show customers in a store what the cameras are seeing.
The Hunt - Playing tag or any other chasing/being chased game.
The Flesh - Picking at your skin, in any way.
The Lonely - Driving at night through the suburbs.
The Slaughter - Killing any sort of bug, stomping on ants just because.
The Spiral - Losing something small, upturning everything around you, only to find the thing in a pocket or a place you don't remember putting it.
The Stranger - Not liking your voice in recordings because it sounds different from how you usually hear it.
The Vast - Looking out the window on an airplane, watching the world fade away beneath the clouds.
The Web - Going through a bureaucratic procedure like renewing a passport or filling out banking paperwork.
The Buried - Do not explore the mines alone. The mountains are hungry, the gold rush gave them a taste for blood and they want more. They have not been fed in years.
The Corruption - Pine Beetles turning once green mountainsides grey with the corpses of the trees they devour.
The Dark - Have you ever been camping in the depths of the Rockies? You'll want to keep a lantern with you.
The Desolation - The summer and fall wildfires and the smoke that wafts over the front range from them, sometimes swallowing the mountains and burning your eyes.
The End - The coffin races in Manitou Springs.
The Extinction - The alleged bunkers under DIA.
The Eye - Have you ever been in a grove of aspen trees?
The Flesh - Greely. Need I say more?
The Hunt - Do not investigate the yowls of the coyotes at night. No matter how human they sound.
The Lonely - The open plains of the east. Don't bother with the few and far-between farmhouses, all you'll find are splinters and mold.
The Slaughter - There's a reason the rocks are such a bright red here.
The Spiral - The Stanley Hotel isn't haunted. Oh boy is it not haunted, but trying to understand what lurks there will simply twist your mind further.
The Stranger - You're not sure if the person who went to the four corners is the same person who came back.
The Vast - Be careful when you visit Rocky Mountain National Park. The sky might just snap you up if you get too close to the edges.
The Web - Ever notice Buell theater's show attendees never notice the strings?
Here's some notes I've compiled for trans people seeking to become fear avatars:
-the flesh- classic, we all know what's going on there, body image issues, additional limbs, twisted bones, general body horror, a lot of toxic masculinity and way too many gym bros in the space. Very popular with trans people in the fandom, because it's relatable but for me it's mid at best. 5/10
-the corruption- you can transition into a cool bug of your choice or a hive and noone could tell you shit about using they/them pronouns, very accepting community, but there's no place for privacy or personal space. 7/10
-the beholding- somehow I doubt the Magnus Institute's insurance policy covers gender affirming care, but maybe you could get someone else to pay for your transition via blackmail or sugarbabying, don't be surprised if your scars open to reveal eyes though, I think body hopping via eyeball exchange is only for Jonah, but maybe you could figure it out. 6/10
-the lonely- not gonna do much for you, unless you wanna transition into mist, also you easily cut off all the bigots from your life and send anyone who tries to mess with you into the fog realm, but it's gonna be really difficult for you to get a solid support network. 4/10
-the dark- go ahead and disappear from your old life if you want to, noone's gonna find you even if they try, you could also dabble in body hopping via black goo, the religious aspect might not be everyone's vibe though. 6/10
-the end- fake your death and live your best life, you could also shed your mortal vessel or perhaps become a skeleton, no notes. 9/10
-the web- if you want to transition into a spider this one's for you, very specific, but better than corruption imo, also web binder/tucktape anyone? 8/10
-the hunt- you might transition into a werewolf, very badass, be careful not to transition into a cop though. 5/10
-the stranger- literally just steal any face you want, frankenstein your perfect skin, it's that easy. 10/10
-the slaughter- there's no place for gender in war, sorry but you're getting ptsd, not hrt. 0/10
-the desolation- you get to sculpt yourself into any shape you want, kinda like the flesh, but without all the baggage, it's gonna hurt like hell, but you'll get used to it, be trans, commit arson. 9/10
-the spiral- your gender is literally unknowable, also you might become a maze-like structure or it may become you, if you ever felt gender envy while looking at a door, this one is for you. 7/10
-the burried- if you ever slept in a binder get in the coffin, I don't make the rules. It does give you a feeling of safety and cool dinosaur fossils, so why hide in the closet when you can hide underground? 3/10
-the vast- not a lot in terms of gender affirming care, unless you get gender envy from like space or something, but you get to fly, live really long and feed your enemies to the sky. 2/10
-the extinction- noone can question your gender if everyone is dead, I guess. But also there's trash everywhere. 1/10
There is a TW at the start but just in case// TW for mentions of hanging / loss (just incase people might need it x)
A little desolation edit , thank you to @cult-of-the-eye for the suggestion! <3
I’ll be honest I did fully contemplate abandoning this one at one occasion because I hated everything about it at one point but I’m glad I kept going and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out! x
More magnus art. This time of our favorite desolation spawn. Agnes Montegue! I love the detail of Raymond fieldings severed hand strapped to her, I think it’s such a funny part of her character.
Agnes, to her cult: Aren't you tired of going apeshit? Don't you just want to be nice?
[ID: Three-panel lineart comic of Agnes Montague and Jude Perry from TMA. Agnes is tall and slender with long hair and freckles, and Jude is shorter, chubby, and muscular, with a short-back-and-sides haircut.
Panel one shows Agnes addressing the Cult of the Lightless Flame, with Jude standing beside her, arms crossed. Agnes says: "Aren't you all tired of going apeshit? Don't you just want to be nice?" Panel two shows Agnes looking sadly off to the side, and Jude narrowing her eyes at the cult members threateningly. Panel three shows Agnes and Jude standing side by side, smiling at one another, as four acolytes assemble flower crowns of a presumably fireproof material. End ID.]
hey you know what. that's why they call her agnes puppy-dog-eyes fire-messiah montague.
This was a long project of mine, to design a dress for every Entity within TMA. With my limited knowledge of the series it turned out really fucking cool. Close ups of each one will be under the cut
Outfit base was made by scarlett-knight on deviantart