tma is funny because everyone forgets they’re all nerds in a nerd job. tim isnt a jock, he was a publisher and researcher. martin is Big and Soft and also has worked in a library for 10 years and then ran the entire institute from his computer under peter. melanie is a showman, but she’s a scientist at heart who has Thoughts about Proper Scientific Methodology. all of these people are loses-sleep-because-theyre-trapped-in-wikipedia-for-6-hours, gets-way-too-excited-about-a-powerpoint, fucking pedantic “well, actually…” ass NERDS and i will hear nothing else on the subject.
all three of the original assistants “well, actually”-ed jon in season 1. all. three. sasha and tim even interrupted official archival recordings to do it. these people will literally die if they cant tell you some super obscure trivia about something.















