Okay so we all agree that Sasha as the archivist would be far too competent but consider....Archivist Tim
It would include:
Tim going full from “Head Archivist” to “Archivist” VERY quickly because unlike Jon, he LOVES talking to people and even before everything people would spill their secrets to him cause he’s very charismatic
So Tim doesn’t even notice that people can’t lie to him anymore
He also doesn’t notice any of the nightmare stuff cause he already has tons of nightmares about the circus. Figures he’s now having nightmares about statements
In fact, Tim doesn’t notice anything is off until he begins to know things about people and basically begin reading their mind
By this point Elias is screaming because he has a powered up Archivist with no goddamn clue about anything
Also, Tim constantly evades any attacks from other entities.
Like the worm attack worked but once Elias tries to get Tim to visit Mike Crew or Jude Perry he ends up becoming friends with them instead
Now Tim has an avatar gang
Jon, Martin and Sasha are all archival assistants who Tim sends on globetrotting adventures as an excuse to abuse the Institute’s budget
Tim 1000% “dies” in the worm attack cause he’s alone in the archives that day (Sasha is at lunch and Jon And Martin are in India) and that is when he becomes fully realized
Immediately pegs Elias as Gertrude’s murderer after and tries to compel him
Doesn’t work so Tim punches him in the face instead
Tim needing time stop the unknowing so calling up Daisy who he knows would love to blow shit up and heading down to the Wax Museum
He’s fully realized so this man just strolls in to the middle of the Unknowing and says, “This bitch Stranger, YEET” And blows it up before leaping backwards into Helen’s door with Daisy
Also, since Tim wouldn’t care so much about Helen’s “lost humanity” they become very fast friends after she becomes the Distortion
Elias is sobbing because Tim is basically Gertrude 2.0 but without the whole greater purpose bit
Tim is here to cause chaos and now he has all-seeing eye powers.