#The Last Rose of Summer

[thekisforkeats]

Chapters: 6/17 Fandom: The Magnus Archives (Podcast) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist Characters: Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Elias Bouchard, Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus, Martin Blackwood, Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives), Sasha James, Gerard Keay, Gertrude Robinson, Georgie Barker Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Fae, Beauty and the Beast AU, Hurt/Comfort, Monster Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Mutual Pining, (at least for a bit), Friends to Lovers, Annoyances to Friends to Lovers, Canon Asexual Character, Trans Martin Blackwood, Asexual Martin Blackwood, Autistic Martin Blackwood, Gender Non-Conforming Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, He/Him and They/Them Pronouns for Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist Has ADHD, Nonbinary Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Everybody Lives, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Angst with a Happy Ending, Fluff and Angst, half of this is just me projecting my love for my roses onto jon, the other half is me projecting all my trans feels onto martin, Good times, Illustrations Summary:

"What is a monster, anyway?" Martin glanced up at Jon, eyebrows slightly raised. "Just something that doesn't look like we expect. We don't call a wolf a monster, but a /werewolf,/ well. That's monstrous, right?"

"What's truly monstrous, though? Not a wolf, that's just an animal. Humans, well… we can do all sorts of awful things to each other, so yeah, some humans can act like monsters, but we’re not /all/ like that. So why do we just assume that the werewolf is a monster? Because it doesn't look like something that we think is 'normal?' Because we assume that any human who gets all that predatory nature in them would /have/ to run around killing and eating people? I mean, fair assumption, maybe, but what if the monster /doesn't/ do that?"

Martin looked at Jon, blue eyes quite direct. "What if they, say, shut themself away in an ancient castle, avoid people entirely, try /so hard/ to protect people from their own perceived monstrosity that they push away the only person they ever interact with, in an attempt to protect him from becoming a monster himself?"

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A Beauty and the Beast AU. Jon is not a werewolf, but he /is/ a monster. Martin loves him anyway.

For the Summer in the Archives event.

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Chapter 6: Martin and Jon both have run-ins with Elias, and enact a plan to discover more of the secrets of the castle. 

I’m back!! This is probably all I’ll be posting to Tumblr, but I wanted to get it out there for folks who enjoyed it. ;)

[anangelstearsbooks]

For a moment, his playing stuttered. For a moment, they were both sure he wasn't going to answer.

The Busker, written just after an English Language Paper 2 in Year 7. It’s about Natasha and Will’s first meeting.

[ever-changing-fandom-bomb]

Can someone who knows how please either upload this to Spotify or tell me how because no offense to the Celtic lady but this is better and I can only survive so long without it.

[luiscagreen]

The Rose Within

[camellcat]

do you guys think spike would want to take buffy's name if they ever got married? cause I do.

every single time I've read a fic where they share a last name, they take spike's name and I DO NOT believe it. I don't believe it for a SECOND. unless we're talking william here, no SHOT he wouldn't wanna be a summers!!

like... ough. he'd be connected to both buffy and dawnie 🥺🥺🥺

[actualbampot]

I am the story that will read you real, Every memory that you hold dear,

[averagemrfox]

Yea ok but if that really is the Summer Maiden behind them and she’s just a kid and they put these two in charge of training and guiding her

The mother who abandoned her own child and killed the prior Spring Maiden both out of fear and the sibling who was loyal to the wrong person until it was almost too late and was unable to save her baby sister… I’m sure they’re coping fine with that responsibility

[artbyfuji]

enjoying valentine's day 🍨

[ghost-bxrd]

Prompt:

The first mission the Court send their newly minted Talon on is an assassination attempt on the ward of one Bruce Wayne… Dick Grayson.

Calvin— can’t kill Dick. He can’t.

He didn’t know it would be the boy he grew up in the circus with they want him to murder in cold blood. He didn’t know— didn’t recognize him until the knife was already at his throat.

But he remembers now. And he won’t do it. Never. Never.

He’ll run. Disappear. Dick doesn’t know who he is, it’s better that way, and if he’s lucky the Court will be too busy hunting him to care about the failed assassination.

Unfortunately for Calvin, Dick does remember; Recognizes the Talon.

And he’s not inclined to let his childhood best friend slip through his fingers again after years of believing him dead.

[erros429]

rwby textpost memes pt35!!!! meant to have this done way earlier but i got distracted and then i procrastinated. such is life.

[maggottgrrrl]

Scream Queens of the 90s in Maxim Magazine 1998 Oct

[thatblucat]

when true hearts lie withered and fond ones are flown, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?

[adventuresofalgy]

As Algy flitted about his assistants' garden inspecting the trees and bushes for damage from the recent storm, he suddenly noticed a burst of dazzling colour among all the faded greens, golds and browns of the autumn foliage. Flying excitedly into the dense growth beneath a wind-worn Japanese maple, he perched rather too enthusiastically on the strong but very spiny branch of the rambling rose, and gazed in wonder at the glowing flowers, so much transported by the sight that for the moment he forgot the unpleasantly sharp pain in his tail feathers…

In late October in the wild west Highlands of Scotland, this was treasure indeed, and Algy would like to offer these precious flowers to all his kind friends and followers, wherever you may be, because owing to the wonderful magic of the tumblrverse he is able to give them to each and every one of you, without ever reducing their number or removing them from their parent plant 😉

He hopes that they will brighten your day with their glowing heart 💗

The lily has a smooth stalk, Will never hurt your hand; But the rose upon her brier Is lady of the land. There’s sweetness in an apple tree, And profit in the corn; But lady of all beauty Is a rose upon a thorn. When with moss and honey She tips her bending brier, And half unfolds her glowing heart, She sets the world on fire.

[Algy is quoting the poem The Rose by the 19th century English poet Christina Rossetti.]

[anthurak]

Well, mysterious narrator lady from the trailer and the start of the volume?

SUMMER ROSE everybody! XD

[tsnbrainrot]

if it's my last chance to say it

power politics, margaret atwood | your love finds its way back, sierra demulder | deathbed confession, wikipedia | the papa & mama dance, anne sexton | 7x22: chosen, buffy the vampire slayer | lighthousekeeping, jeanette winterson | 2x13: doomsday, doctor who | bob newhart | 5x13: the diamond of the day part 2, merlin | merlin series 5 commentary, katie mcgrath & julian murphy | 5x13: the diamond of the day part 2, merlin | forever - charli xcx | 15x18: despair, supernatural | call me by your name script, james ivory | 15x18: despair, supernatural | everything grows, aimee herman | 15x18: despair, supernatural | invisible planets, hao jingfang

[tequiilasunriise]

Okay let me cook‼️‼️

Her gloves are clearly flat against her hand, no doubt about it.

But look how different her hand gear is in her concept art, the one where her hands are purposely obscured by her weapon- which never happens in concept arts they show us- as if to hide the significance of what she’s wearing on her hands. Summer is VERY CLEARLY wearing some typa metal armor, almost like….

…she was wearing some pieces of red, metallic, sharp-shaped, skeletal armor. Almost like one last gift, one last bit of protection right before a mission gone wrong, one last “I know I left, but I still love you” right before the rose bloomed for the final time.