I would love to know the birthdays of the other tma characters (particularly Gerry, Micheal Shelley, and Tim)
TMA Birthdays Revealed (Continued)
You've got it.
Let's go in the order that you requested, starting with Gerry Keay.
(This is a continuation of my previous post, where I determine Jon and Martin's birthdays to the best of my ability. Make sure to check it out if you haven't yet!)
Spoiler alert: Gerard is one of the few characters for whom we have an objectively correct/confirmed answer. Just like last time, I'll list all of the results in the tags as a TLDR. Let's begin!
As I said, Gerry's birthday is shockingly the easiest to find out of everyone in the entire main series. However, none of our clues are actually found in Archives. Rather, it's the Magnus Protocol ARG that flat-out gives us this answer. Compared to last post, I feel like I'm being spoiled.
For those unaware, chdb.xlsx (Child_Database.Excel) is a 250-row list of participants in the Magnus Institute's Gifted Child programme. Of these, last names like Dyer, Nolan, Barker, Baldwin, etc. appear, although it's possible some are simply a coincidence.
One we know is not.
Behold:
(Yes, his last name is spelled Kaey in this dataset. It's an easy typo to miss in a 250-row document. Don't worry about it.)
According to Chdb, Gerry's birthday is 4th February, 1988. For those paying attention to my original Birthday post, this is exactly two days after my calculation for Jon's birthday, down to the year. This pleases me.
I'll even throw in a bonus for you. Based on his data, he is quite empathetic - yet not very susceptible to peer pressure! You're welcome, Gerrianators.
Let's move to Michael Shelley.
Unfortunately, we're not as lucky this time. Michael's age is just as twisted up as what became of him. Here's what we know:
Michael worked with Eric Delano prior to Eric's resignation in 1990, but was also hired to replace Fiona Law during or after 2003.
Michael's death was sometime between 2009-2011, however was supposedly already distorted in 2006.
Jonny joked on Twitter that Michael "is 92 at all points in the timeline."
There is virtually nothing to go off of here... The month and day are an absolute mystery to us as well.
So congrats! His birthday is 92.
Thankfully, Tim is a little bit easier on us.
We need to use Danny Stoker's death as a starting point here. We know that Danny died in 2013 at no younger than 21 years old. Beforehand, Tim spent the previous 5 years at Victory House Publishing. Before that, in 2007, he completed his First in Anthropology at Trinity College. As a Bachelors degree typically takes three years to complete, we can assume Tim was most likely 18 in 2004. The birth year is easy to calculate from there.
For month, all we can do is process of elimination. Let's start with when his birth month isn't. Since the tapes contain no mention of a birthday party like Jon and Martin had prior to MAG 40 (when shit hits the fan), we know that it is less likely to be between September to mid-March, although this is mainly a mix of speculation and educated guessing. We can at least confirm the September cutoff, though, by cross-referencing age requirements for schooling in the UK. Unfortunately, this is where our luck ends. All in all, I think we still did quite well here.
Our final result is April-August 1986. He died at 31 years old.
Bonus: He is anywhere from 1-6 years older than his brother. This is not a surprise to absolutely anyone.
A recap of our final results:
Gerard Keay - 4th February, 1988
Michael Shelley - Permanently 92 years old
Timothy Stoker - April-August, 1986
Thanks again, everyone. I have a wonderful time making these, it's great fun! I have a few more posts in mind that I'd like to make, so feel free to leave an Ask. See you next time!
