LATE NIGHT PROTOCOL THEORY(?)
MAGP 34 contained a gardener stabbing herself, yes? including specifically trying for the heart. who else do we know that got stabbed in the heart? bear with me here
this Archivist isn't Jon - it is voiced by a woman. thus, what if this was her(?) poking fun at how Jon wasn't able to come to power like this?
or better yet, what if this was some far-off human remnant in her, lashing out at the fact that she was alone unlike Jon, therefore she couldn't stop it? she had to become this thing, this Archive, this entity that thrives from suffering all because she didn't have anyone who could stab her instead of herself.
the statement giver expressed how difficult it is to properly stab yourself without needing to repeat. we know Jon wouldn't have physically been able to do it to himself because of the Eye stopping him (whether it be by immediately healing or physically restricting him, we don't know), and we know that Martin was the only chance they had at redeeming the world after Jon took the place of Jonah. she also expressed basically how she wanted to give plants life because she took a life. we all know how much guilt Jon had about the Eyepocalypse and how much of the blame was put on his shoulders. he wanted to right it as much as he could, and Martin wasn't gonna let him do it alone.
so... what if she was just like Jon, had her own Archivist struggles - kidnapping, burning, worms, strangers - but the only difference is she didn't have a Martin of her own?
idk, just some late night thoughts to twist the knife further 😉