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I need more jonmartin AU fics!!!!
I have this list of ones I love so much, they are each FANTASTIC. so if anybody sees this and has any more recs I would really appreciate it
The Lonley Knight - fantasy AU, wizard jon/knight martin, GREAT world building and relationship build up, so so sweet they both deserve the world
Sea Glass Promise - selkie martin/hydrologist jon, SO FUCKING CUTE, unfinished and i think about it every dayπ₯²
Strange Manner - vampire jon/sugar baby(?) martin, the power dynamics!!! Hot! they work through toxic mindsets and come out the other side happy, so satisfying
Beastly Behavior - beauty and the beast AU w beast martin, this is the Story ever, so very well done and put together, what a Romance
Tongue to Teeth - victorian AU, vampire jon, short but such a great dynamic and atmosphere right from the start, victorian monster hunter magnus institute is an amazing concept
Dustsceawung - fantasy AU, fae moth jon, soooo sweet and lovelyβ€οΈ two outcasts finding a home in the other, MOTH JON
Idk what it is about jmart that I specifically love an AU for (with one or both being some kind of monster ofc) but it's really my favorite thing right now and I only found these through tumblr recs so im looking for more
#the magnus archives#jonmartin#jmart#jonmartin fic#tma jmart#tma fic rec#tma fic#jmart fic#fic rec#jonmartin fic rec#jmart fic rec
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The Magnus Archives Fic Rec List
Press the read more for recommended fanfiction of The Magnus Archives! Never heard The Magnus Archives and are interested?
Current number of fics: 85
last updated March 18th, 2024
These are all works that I have personally read at least a couple thousand words of and enjoyed myself, so this list will reflect my own reading habits
If you are the author of a fic, you can request your work be removed from the list. Everyone should be comfortable
Table of Contents - 1. England Jonmartin-centric, 2. Scottish Safehouse Period, 3. Gen or Background Pairings, 4. Time Travel, 5. Highly Alternate, 6. Gerrymichael, 7. Other, 8. Updates (note: some categories tend to overlap. Only one will be prioritized)
England Jonmartin-Centric
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Full, Riotous Bloom by BigTed
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
βStatement of Martin Blackwood, regardingβ¦β Jon looks at him. Looks at him. The look of a boss whose employee was late three times last week, the look of a man who was just busy doing something really important and now heβs here, doing this instead. β...why he stole a grieving familyβs oven gloves.β
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Martin has a run in with a deadly Leitner, leaving him choking on his unrequited love.
M | Words: 66,962 | Chapters: 13/13
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fell in your opinion when i fell in love with you by Athina_Blaine
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
βThis is the Magnus Institute, not a creative writing course at university. If that doesnβt agree with him, he can leave.β There was a thud and the sound of rifling tapes. βHe can take his bloody tea with him.β
Martinβs fingers tightened on the saucer. Oh.
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Martin knows better than to talk about it. It's fine. He's fine.
Part 1 of it's only when i hit the ground it causes all the grief
M | Words:Β 18,987Β | Chapters:Β 2/2
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Just a Little Bit Pet-tea by arthureameslove
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
Martin makes Jon tea for the first time about a week into his transfer. Itβs horrible. Gag-reflex inducing. Somehow sporting all the wrong flavors.
For some reason, he does not have the heart to break this to Martin.
Little does Jon know that Martin actually makes wonderful tea. Just not for him.
G | Words: 13,335 | Chapters: 3/3
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Misshapes, Mistakes, Monsters by ZaliaChimera
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
The Archives are his and stepping away from them, even for a nightβ¦ itβs strange. Like heβs pretending to be someone else.
Like heβs pretending to be human.
Jon and Martin attend Jon's Oxford University Reunion.
T | Words: 7,969 | Chapters: 1/1
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Say You Love Me (Learn to Lie) by iamcringebutiamfree
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood & Sasha James & Tim Stoker, Martin Blackwood & Sasha James & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist & Tim Stoker
It shouldnβt have been surprising to learn that Martin hated him. He had been, he knew, a truly terrible boss - heβd treated Martin horribly, caused him to lose his home, nearly gotten him killed. Really, it had been ridiculous to ever think that Martin wouldnβt hate him.
Still, Jon had been trying, in his own way, to make it up to him. There wasnβt exactly a card at the drugstore that said, βIβm sorry I berated you for six months and caused you to nearly be eaten by a swarm of worms of potentially supernatural origin,β but heβd been trying. He brought Martin breakfast every morning, made sure the breakroom cabinets were stocked with his favorite blends of tea, and had tried to work some genuine praise into his feedback of Martinβs work. None of it was the direct apology that his conscience told him he really ought to give, but Martin had appreciated it. Or seemed to, anyway.
Jon wasnβt certain what motivated the decision he made next - whether it was guilt or spite or something else. He could, he knew, be quite petty when the situation called for it. Either way, he made up his mind then and there to prove Martin wrong. He was going to be the best fake boyfriend he could be.
A Fake Dating AU!
T | Words: 37,889 | Chapters: 10/10
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a consideration of tropes by gruhukens
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
βDo you know much about cataloguing?β Jon asks, a little out of breath from the stairs.
Martin, mid-trolley, rolls his eyes. The gesture he makes at the shelves around him is only emphasised by the book heβs holding.
βWhat exactly do you think I do here, other than sit around and wait for angry patrons to yell at me?β
βThink of what youβre going to yell back?β Jon says, and Martinβs mouth twitches into a smile.
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Asking the very important question: what if Jon and Martin had a gentle archives/library romance, and kept running into tropes? What if there was mutual pining involved? Only one bed? Fake dating? Hurt/comfort? Or perhaps, a soft and happy ending?
T | Words: 40,966 | Chapters: 8/8
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It Serenely Disdains to Destroy Us by trill_gutterbug
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
Martin gnaws his lower lip. βDo you think heβll - I mean, do you think itβll beβ¦β
Melanie's smile becomes a little less of a grimace. She claps his shoulder. βMartin. Itβll be fine. Itβs only temporary. Heβs not moving in.β
Martin chuckles. βYes. Of course.β
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Jon's flat is being fumigated. He is not impressed. Martin offers his spare bedroom.
T | Words: 13,048 | Chapters: 1/1
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terror management theory by prismatical
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Melanie King & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist & Tim Stoker, Basira Hussain & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Georgie Barker/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist (briefly)
βItβs a preexisting condition,β Jon explains, sipping more bitter tea. βI sort of gotβhm. You know Spiderman?β
Tim raises an eyebrow.
βHeard of him, yeah.β
Jon nods, studying his tea.
βItβs sort of like that,β he says. βA spider killed and ate me when I was a child, and now I canβt stay dead.β
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Resurrection isn't all it's cracked up to be.
T | Words: 36,587 | Chapters: 1/1
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Clutching Daffodils by Gemi
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
Martin has always liked the idea of love at first sight.
Itβs such a romantic idea, the whole thing of it. Seeing someone and instantly feeling that strange, twisting feeling deep inside that every single media likes to obsess over. Of knowing you are in love within the day, petals falling from your mouth and warmth filling your chest as love burrows deep, vines twisting through your lungs.
He always liked the idea of it.
And then Jonathan Sims starts working at the Magnus Institute.
NR | Words: 7,624 | Chapters: 1/1
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a little love, a little sympathy by Did
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
And then Jon is snarling into his face, demanding what are you hiding with a strange, bright-eyed intensity Martin has never seen from him before, and Martin thinks god, maybe he should just come clean about his CV, Jon thinking he's a fraud can't be any worse than Jon thinking he's a murderer-
Martin opens his mouth to speak. To his absolute horror, what actually comes out is: "I used to pretend to cry because I liked how nice you were to me when you thought I was upset!"
G | Words: 3,308 | Chapters: 1/1
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all resistance wearing thin by DivineProjectZero
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
Martin Blackwood would do anything for Jonathan Sims. The Web made him that way, after all.
T | Words: 4,799 | Chapters: 1/1
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Sam nie pojmujΔ, jak w twe zajdΔ progi by Mad_Maudlin
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
Martin's been acting odd since Jon came back. Well, odder than usual.
T | Words:Β 3,118Β | Chapters:Β 1/1
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Mundanity by CirrusGrey
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
Inspired by @ themlet's post on Tumblr: Jon has to deal with normal human interactions. Martin helps (sort of). Featuring high school reunions, knitted sweaters, and conversations on the bus ride home.
T | Words: 3,097 | Chapters: 1/1
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Musical Mechanism by Darblesify
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
Martin has always used music to cope. One day he's playing music music out loud in the archive and Tim and Sasha realize the main singer's voice sounds familiar.
AKA Martin's favorite band might happen to be the one Jon was secretly a part of in college.
T | Words: 21,411 | Chapters: 8/8
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Misfiled and Misinformed by CirrusGrey
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood & Sasha James & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist & Tim Stoker
Jon and Martin are married. Tim and Sasha know this. What they don't know is that it's to each other.
T | Words: 2,507 | Chapters: 1/1
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look no further by inkyindigo
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
Martin just wants to keep Jon safe. Sometimes the easiest way to do that is to bodily remove him from harm's way.
or, a collection of times Martin picks Jon up.
T | Words: 15,145 | Chapters: 8/8
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Touch Me, Even if it Hurts by AuralQueer
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims, Jonathan Sims & Tim Stoker, Jonathan Sims & Alice "Daisy" Tonner
People don't really touch Jonathan Sims unless they want to hurt him. That's mostly fine. Jon has never been a tactile person, and he doesn't need anyone but himself.
Except the world is falling down around him, and loneliness aches, and sometimes he'll take anything - even cruelty - just to feel human again.
*A story set between s1 and s4, looking at Jon's relationship with touch, friendship, and his own humanity.
T | Words: 6,540 | Chapters: 1/1
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I'll bring the motion by callmearcturus
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
A long series of kidnappings and international flights leaves its own special mark on someone. Before the Unknowing, Jon is a mess.
Martin helps.
(based on this amazing art by linecrosser)
T | Words: 3,127 | Chapters: 1/1
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thanks for the company by lukeskqwalker
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
Martin had been baffled by how easily he spilled his guts out to this odd stranger. Now, Martin is more baffled by the baggy My Chemical Romance t-shirt he's wearing, paired with tasteful plaid pajama bottoms.
Or, Martin gets a visitor in his dreams. Reliving the same 14 days of loneliness every night isn't as bad when you have company.
T | Words: 4,314 | Chapters: 1/1
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stranger, stranger by blueskiddoo
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
βSure,β Georgie says, still laughing at him. At least someone is having fun. βDonβt you have assistants for that kind of thing?β
βYes, butβ¦β He huffs, scratching the back of his neck. βI wasnβt going to ask one of them to download an app called...Lover? Lov-rrr? I donβt know how you say it.β He flaps his hands dismissively. βThere are--unions and such. It wouldnβt be appropriate.β
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jon makes a fake account on a dating app to investigate a statement. tim sets martin up with fake account on a dating app to boost his self-confidence. it goes exactly how you might expect.
G | Words: 36,771 | Chapters: 11/11
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i wanna find a home (i wanna share it with you) by heartshapedguy
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
βHave you got anywhere to stay?β Jon asks him, briskly. βFriends, acquaintances, maybe, who you could stay withβ¦?β
Martin flushes, deeply. βI, I meanβ n-no, not really,β he stammers, and then goes even redder. βOr, just, yβknow not that Iβd want to, to. Put in the middle of this. Put in danger of, of worms.β
βAh,β Jon says, βNo, of course, that makes sense.β Why drag anyone else into this mess? Seven people died during Prentissβs initial hospitalization; the collateral damage of roping someone from outside the Institute into her orbit doesnβt bare thinking about. βIn that caseβ¦β Jon feels like thereβs some alternative solution, one heβs just not thinking of at the moment, but it evades him, and Martin needs somewhere safe to stay. βMy couch is quite comfortable. Youβre welcome to come and stay with me until you figure something else out.β
Martin is held hostage by Jane Prentiss for two weeks, and can't go back to his flat. Jon offers him a place to stay until Prentiss and her worms can be dealt with, and they can be sure he's safe.
T | Words: 65,951 | Chapters: 19/19
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true kinda love by Did
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
So. Martin isn't expecting anything to happen. But then, one day, something...does happen. It happens when Martin is passing Jon in the hall, and stops to ask how heβs doing, because Jon always looks a little bit like hell these days, and it makes Martin feel like he has to do something, and useless small talk is pretty much all he can do, so thatβs what he does. And instead of grunting or shrugging or mumbling something dismissive, Jon replies, with perfect, involuntary clarity, "Every part of me aches, and I would just about kill to have someone rub my shoulders right now."
There's a positively deafening silence as they both come to grips with this unprecedented turn of events. Then they both start talking at once.
"Ah," says Jon.
"Wow," says Martin, at the same time.
G | Words: 5,053 | Chapters: 1/1
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hey stranger by ennuijpg
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood & Sasha James & Tim Stoker
Itβs a late night Tesco run, how eventful could it be? Itβs not like Martin is going to run into his boss whoβs wearing something absurdly different from usual and get the most acute form of whiplash possible from seeing him, right?
(Based on this post about alt jon on tumblr because it's all I've been thinking about of late.)
T | Words: 2,701 | Chapters: 1/1
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Sun-kissed by Rauchendes_GNU
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist & Alice "Daisy" Tonner
Martin doesnβt have any freckles. Jon has watched him and the others for a while now, and he knows that everyone has freckles. Tim is absolutely covered in them, and he seems to get more and more every day as Sasha seems very determined to kiss every part of Tim that is not yet covered in tiny dark spots.
Everyone has been loved by someone at some point. Everyone has been kissed, no matter if a platonic peck on the cheek or a heated kiss on the mouth. Everyone but Martin, it seems.
Or: Jon realises Martin has never been kissed. He rectifies that right away.
T | Words: 3,407 | Chapters: 1/1
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skin deep by isthepartyover
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims, Georgie Barker & Jonathan Sims
βHello, Martin Blackwood speaking.β
βOh thank god-β a womanβs voice answered, rushed and panicked, and Martin immediately closes the folder he was leafing through absent-mindedly and snaps his head towards the door. βSorry, oh god, Iβm Georgie, Iβm Jonβs friend, I donβt know what to do-β
(au where georgie calls martin post burn)
M | Words: 3,125 | Chapters: 1/1
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Take Care of You (And I'll Take Care of Me) by Mad_Maudlin
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
When Martin Blackwood met the new research assistant, his heart skipped a beat. Too bad Jonathan Sims seems to hate him.
(A soulmates AU)
M | Words: 20,386 | Chapters: 6/6
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Somebody That I Used to Know by CirrusGrey
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims, Sasha James/Tim Stoker, Basira Hussain/Alice "Daisy" Tonner (background), Martin Blackwood & Sasha James & Jonathan Sims & Tim Stoker
(Minor) SPOILERS FOR MAG 161!!!
Jon gets replaced by the Not!Them. Life goes on.
T | Words: 6,358 | Chapters: 1/1
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a six-step process by bluejayblueskies
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
Martin stands next to him on the train. His hand rests just beneath Jonβs where it grips one of the metal poles, and Martin takes care not to brush against him despite how crowded the car is. Jon considered telling Martin, when they first got on the tube, that it was okayβthat his touch would beβ¦ well, it wouldnβt be bad. Not like Nikola's. But heβd stayed silent, allowing Martin to cultivate a careful space between them. Theyβve been silent for the past twenty minutes as theyβve passed by station after station on their way to Martinβs flat in Brixton.
Jon adds 24 hours onto his mental countdown of the time he has left until heβs allowed to break down and tells himself that he can manage. Itβsβ¦ important to have goals, he thinks. He splits this one into steps.
Step one: get to Martinβs flat without crying.
Part 2 of touch prompts
T | Words: 2,138 | Chapters: 1/1
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who's there? by bubonickitten
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
Jon has a panic attack after Elias shows him exactly what happened behind the door after Mr. Spider took its victim.
Martin helps him calm down, and Jon tells him the story of his first Leitner.
Part 2 of thresholds
T | Words: 6,139 | Chapters: 1/1
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Clothes Have No Gender by kristsune
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
Jon wears a skirt to the Institute for the first time, and gets reactions he hadn't expected.
NR | Words: 1,846 | Chapters: 1/1
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northwest 6 to gale 8. rain. poor, occasionally good. by chewsdaychillin
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
A voicemail made up of a female robot and Jonβs professional work tone tells him to leave a message, but Martin hangs up before the beep. Heβs not even sure he can speak, let alone put this into words.
βHi Jon, sorry to call at four fifty-two AM. My mum just died and I donβt know what to do or how to feel. Call me back when you can! Love you, bye!β
AUish where Jon is alive when Martin's mum passes away, helps him grieve and heal (and they maybe admit to being in love)
Part 1 of northwest 6 to gale 8
M | Words: 35,828 | Chapters: 9/9
Scottish Safehouse Period
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Resigned, Though Not to Fate by inkfingers_mcgee
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
βYouβre really suggesting this,β Martin says, voice pulled thin.
βYes.β No hesitation.
βYou would- actually do it?β
βI would.β
βWith me.β
βYes, Martin.β
βWhy?β Because love is blind, says something clichΓ© and cruel in the pit of his gut. Christ, he never was much of a poet, was he?
Or,
When Jon asks Martin to Quit the Archives with him, Martin says yes. Things don't go as planned. In the Scottish Highlands, they hurt, and they heal.
(Re-written as of 22-12-27; see chapter 9 for more info.)
T | Words: 145,748 | Chapters: 9/9
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nor any more youth or age than there is now by Ravenesta
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
The local Primary school has a new teacher. He is, to say the very least, odd.
A series of statements regarding the interactions of the townsfolk with one Jonathan Sims, never formally given.
T | Words: 6,512 | Chapters: 1/1
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There's a 15th Fear, and it's Teenagers by captloverboy
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Georgie Barker/Melanie King, Georgie Barker & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Melanie King & Jonathan Sims, Basira Hussain/Alice "Daisy" Tonner, Martin Blackwood & Basira Hussain, Basira Hussain & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Helen | The Distortion & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Helen | The Distortion & Basira Hussain, Helen | The Distortion & Martin Blackwood
What if Jonah didn't ruin everything? Didn't send the end of everything statement? What do Jon and Martin do now? Get a job, I guess. A teaching job, for Jon, though it was hardly his first pick. But sometimes your boyfriend looks *really* excited when he suggests it, and I mean, you know literally everything. It can't be that bad, right? Right?
T | Words: 26,140 | Chapters: 14/14
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the Teacher from the Magnus Archives by Athina_Blaine
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
βHey, everyone, welcome back to my channel. My name is Maggie Abernathy and today we will be continuing our investigation of the, uh, eldritch monster slash English teacher who calls itself Jonathan Sims.β
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Maggie is determined to catch Mr. Sims via her channel, and then everyone would see how cool and smart she was, right?
T | Words: 5,993 | Chapters: 1/1
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Please Don't Tease Me Like You Did Before by bazemayonnaise
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
Martin is grinning at his phone when Jon comes home. This is not an unusual occurrence, but Jon can sense that the particularly smug smile being levelled at him means that whatever is entertaining the man has something to do with Jon.
βYes?β he asks once he has dumped the day at the door. βWhat have I done now?β
Part 1 of Jon and Martin teach at a Scottish Catholic School
G | Words: 5,380 | Chapters: 1/1
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beloved of jon by gruhukens
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
βOh,β says Jon, numbly. βYou donβt. Remember? Um. Itβs complicated. Whatβ¦ what do you remember?β
Martin seems to shrink in on himself a little. It hurts to watch, especially after how Jonβs seen him so painstakingly grow back into his openness over the past few weeks.
βI donβt know,β he says. βI donβt β I donβt.β
βBut you remember me?β says Jon, and he tries to keep as much feeling out of that question as he can.
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For no reason that Jon can tell, Martin forgets.
T | Words: 12,739 | Chapters: 1/1
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every good intention (is interpretation) by gruhukens
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
Theyβre standing entirely too close to each other in front of the hotel desk when the clerk asks them whether theyβd like a double, twin, or two singles, and Martin absolutely bottles it.
βUh,β he says, at exactly the same time as Jon says, βOh.β
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Thereβs a conversation that Martin and Jon need to have after the Lonely. Unfortunately, they are - historically - fairly terrible at putting stuff into words.
G | Words: 11,227 | Chapters: 1/1
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These words that make a home in my chest by arthureameslove
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
The moment Martin leaves the Lonely is the moment he realizes that it has taken something from him. He is left with the realization that the Lonely fog had been the only thing keeping him whole, keeping him from feeling the aching hollows of his own sorrow.
Speaking makes it worse, so he doesn't. He almost expects Jon to leave, to grow tired of him, incomplete as he is. But Jon doesn't.
Or, Martin is mute after leaving the Lonely, and he and Jon learn how to be people again, together, in the comfort of the Scottish Highlands.
T | Words: 16,060 | Chapters: 7/7
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hello my old heart by firebirdsuite
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
Peterβs wrong, of course. When itβs all over, Martin does still want to tell Jon everything. Itβs justβwell, thereβs a few things they need to work through first before they can get there.
Martin and Jon find each other again in Scotland.
T | Words: 15,864 | Chapters: 1/1
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iβm almost me again, youβre almost you by gruhukens
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
After a second Jon steps in towards him, close enough that Martin flinches, but all Jon does is put two fingers under his chin with his free hand and raise it until Martin canβt duck away. Jon has never touched him so casually before β at least, not until today, and it raises a lot of thoughts and feelings that Martin is trying very hard not to process.
Much like a lot of other things that have happened, he thinks. Not that itβs horrible or terrifying or numbing like everything else has been: itβs just another thing on the list of things he doesnβt have the capacity to deal with.
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In the wake of the Lonely, there's a lot that Martin doesn't really want to think about.
G | Words: 12,928 | Chapters: 1/1
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Prenons-nous la main by luftballons99
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
They still haven't talked about it, any of it, not even to pass the time on the long train ride to Scotland. Instead, Martin fell asleep in the seat next to him, pressed into his side from shoulder to knee, and Jon thought about love confessions and verb tense and how the two fit together when you think you're dying.
or: Good cows, mediocre poetry, and other crucial topics of discussion.
T | Words: 6,027 | Chapters: 1/1
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Diary by luftballons99
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
Not for the first time since they ran away together, a camera reel of all the things they don't know about one another whirs behind Martin's eyes, and he can't help but look at all the sprawling magnetic tape and wonder if theyβre going to wind up a romance or a tragedy.
or: Office parties, garage bands, and the joy of being known.
Part 1 of showing your hand
T | Words: 5,178 | Chapters: 1/1
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the umbrella by Wildehack (tyleet)
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
"And to thinkβall of Jonah Magnusβ carefully laid plans, the centuries of scheming, the murders, the sacrifices, all of that work could have been completely undone if Martin Blackwood had gone back for an umbrella" - holdthosebees
M | Words:Β 4,662 |Β Chapters:Β 1/1
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ready to call this love by yewgrove
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
How is Martin supposed to tell Jon that he panicked, stupidly, when the lovely old lady down the village asked him what they were doing in this part of the world? Got the shopping! Oh, by the way, we're married now! Whole village thinks we're on our honeymoon, hope you don't mind!
Part 1 of it is what you have.
G | Words: 5,650 | Chapters: 1/1
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? by pantsoflobster
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
βJon,β Martin said. βI have made a grave mistake.β
Jon whipped his head up, nearly tossing the elastic from his messy bun. βWhat? Whatβs wrong? What--what did you do?β
βI... might have invited guests for dinner.β
Jon stared blankly. βWhat, here?β
βSeeing as this is where we live at the moment, yes.β
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In which a week in the safehouse turns into a fake-married sitcom, because they deserve to worry about social ineptitude instead of the apocalypse for a minute
Part 1 of this is not the house that pain built
T | Words: 5,391 | Chapters: 1/1
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Bergamot, Buckskin, and Lace by Qpenguin98
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
Jon's never been a touchy person.
T | Words: 3,061 | Chapters: 1/1
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be kind, i beg you by gauras
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
βFine,β Jon says, and he tries to ignore the sulky tone of his voice, βfine. What do you suggest?β
Martin pauses, like heβd not expected Jon to give in so easily. Jonβs never been particularly agreeable, but he still feels vaguely offended by the blatant surprise. βW-we,β Martin stammers, clears his throat, continues on much more confidently, βwe go in together.β
Or: it takes close quarters and a full 24 hours to finally get them on the same page.
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T | Words: 14,946 | Chapters: 1/1
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tides turning by gauras
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
There's more than one way to say I love you.
T | Words: 20,858 | Chapters: 1/1
Other Scottish Safehouse Period fics: see unassigned supplementals by bibliocratic in Other
Gen or Background Pairings
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a deeply annoying child by ajkal2
No Archive Warnings Apply, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist & Tim Stoker, blink-and-you-miss-it Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims, BUT NO SLASH WHILE ANYONE IS A CHILD
Jon is hiding under the desk.
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There's a child in the Archives, who shouldn't be there.
G | Words: 9,631 | Chapters: 1/1
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Head in the Lion's Mouth by renwhit
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Danny Stoker & Tim Stoker, Danny Stoker & Jonathan Sims, Basira Hussain & Alice "Daisy" Tonner, Martin Blackwood & Tim Stoker, Martin Blackwood & Danny Stoker, Jonathan Sims & Tim Stoker, Past Tim Stoker/Sasha James, Danny Stoker & Helen Richardson, Danny Stoker & Alice "Daisy" Tonner, Danny Stoker & Melanie King, Basira Hussain & Tim Stoker, Basira Hussain & Danny Stoker
He fell into a deep bow, smiling the whole while. βIβm the ringmaster, of course.β
βIs that skinβ Is it yours?β Old wood groaned as the Archivist shifted his weight. βOriginally.β
βIt is!β the ringmaster said as he swooped back upright. βNikola decided I wore it well, so she let me keep it. Why do you ask?β
The Archivist gave him another once-over. βYou justβ¦ you look familiar. Like someone I know.β
On relearning, reconnecting, and redefining.
Part 1 of Come What May
M | Words: 157,202 | Chapters: 17/17
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reach inside (to find your heart is beating) by ivelostmyspectacles
No Archive Warnings Apply, Jonathan Sims & Tim Stoker
This is Tim, opening the door enough for his tired, careworn face to peer through the crack; Jon sees the genuine horror on his face as he takes in his boss, bloody on his doorstep, and he thinksβ maybeβ he thinks he might be safe here.
βChrist.β
Chapter two added January 17th!
T | Words: 5,774 | Chapters: 2/2
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Fractals Upon Fractals by cedarbranch
No Archive Warnings Apply, Michael & Helen Richardson
βThere was never meant to be two of us,β said Helen.
Or: Michael and Helen play a game of chess, and work out what it means exist in duplicate.
G | Words: 1,652 | Chapters: 1/1
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Other gen fics: see Time is Hard by Serazimei in Time Travel
Time Travel
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Yesterday is Here by CirrusGrey
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims, x2!, Martin Blackwood & Sasha James & Jonathan Sims & Tim Stoker, Minor or Background Relationship(s)
"Who the hell are you?" Jon could feel his hands shaking.
The man laughed, taking a step forward and raising a hand to point at him.
"I'm you, from the future!" he said, then swayed, eyes going unfocused, and collapsed to the floor in a dead faint.
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Post-season-four Jon and Martin time travel back to the season one Archives.
T | Words:Β 53,319Β | Chapters:Β 12/12
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DΓ©jΓ Vu by CirrusGrey
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Sasha James & Tim Stoker, Martin Blackwood & Sasha James & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist & Tim Stoker
Sasha remembers being unmade.
Tim remembers being Unknown.
Jon and Martin remember being unwound.
All of them think they're the only one.
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The S1 crew wakes up in the past with memories up till the moment they died.
T | Words: 37,652 | Chapters: 4/4
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Reflection by LazuliQuetzal
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims, Sasha James/Emma
Jonathan Sims, researcher at the Magnus Institute, is seeing a ghost. Of himself.
Of course, itβs not really him, no matter what secrets it knows, or how many arguments it brings up. So if it tells him to do something?
Obviously, heβll be doing the exact opposite.
(AKA: Jon is an idiot, past and future, but somewhere along the way it all cancels out.)
(Expect general spoilers for S4 and specifically, MAG 158.)
T | Words: 51,527 | Chapters: 10/10
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Time is Hard by Serazimei
No Archive Warnings Apply, Michael | The Distortion & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Elias Bouchard & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Michael Shelley & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Gerard Keay & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Michael "Mike" Crew & Michael Shelley
The Eye isn't happy with how the end of the world turned out. Neither are Jonah and Jon. There is no other option but to rewind time and go down a different path. But time is hard for The Spiral and The Web likes to meddle.
This is how Jon finds himself back in his eight year old body with all his memories, some of his powers intact and a strange bracelet around his right wrist. Saving the world, Jon realizes soon enough, is much harder when no one takes you seriously.
Part 1 of Diverging Times
M | Words: 170,443 | Chapters: 60/60
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The Cube Rule of Food Identification by bluejayblueskies
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
Martin stands abruptly. His chair spins away from him, wheels squeaking on the cheap lino floor. The tension between him and Jon has reached never-before-seen levels. Tim could probably cut it with a knife. Or a particularly sharp spoon.
Then, Jon lurches forward and half-clambers atop the desk and kisses Martin, and Tim drops his sandwich.
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Or, season one Jon and Martin receive memories from the future mid-argument, and Tim and Sasha receive emotional whiplash.
T | Words: 1,630 | Chapters: 1/1
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a map of what matters most by gruhukens
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
βIs that a body,β Tim blurts before he can stop himself, rising to his feet. Martin looks, if possible, even more scared.
βHeβs alive!β he hisses, almost defensively. βItβs not - itβs not Gertrude again, I didnβt kill him, he just β I donβt know what happened to him, I just found him in the stacks like this.β
βAnd you dragged him up here?β Tim says, and then registers several things at once β the build, the hair texture; the little round scars peppering a pair of thin hands and an awfully familiar face. βWait, is that Jon?β
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Jon stumbles back into an earlier Archive, looking for a way to fix the world. (Or, mom says it's my turn for the obligatory time travel au)
T | Words: 20,604 | Chapters: 6/6
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leaves too high to touch (roots too strong to fall) by OllieoftheBeholder
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist/Tim Stoker
βSo...youβre from the future. In the past. Why?β
βYou want the short answer or the long one?β
βShort,β Martin says after a momentβs deliberation. βUntil I decide if I trust you.β
The other nods, as if he expected that answerβwhich, well, if he really is Martin from the future, he probably did. βTo stop the world from ending.β
They have one last chance to fix this - one last chance to prevent the Eyepocalypse, to save the world - to save their world. It all hinges on which is the greater force: greed...or love.
Part 1 of leaves 'verse
T | Words: 299,536 | Chapters: 60/60
Highly Alternate
Alternate universes will remain in the other categories, but this category is for alterations that are especially notable in their severity. This will also include any fics where Jon has an important alignment with a different fear entity, whether that be instead of the Eye or in tandem
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The Witch's Cat by Champagne
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
βThatβs the Witchβs cat,β Tim says, and grins at Martin. βJonathan Sims, the townβs Witch, said that heβll marry anyone that manages to get the key from the catβs collar.β
G | Words: 12,584 | Chapters: 1/1
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What Belongs to the Sea by TwoDrunkenCelestials, WhyNotFly
No Archive Warnings Apply, Elias Bouchard/Jonathan Sims, Elias Bouchard/Peter Lukas, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
βMy grandmother taught me about selkies,β said the tattooed man. βSaid itβs good luck for them to grace your ship. To treat βem right, and theyβll guide you safe.β
It had seemed like a reasonable thing to believe.
M | Words: 126,367 | Chapters: 36/36
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school's out for the summer by kiaronna
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims, Georgie Barker/Melanie King, Various Background Relationships, Elias Bouchard/Peter Lukas
The thing is, Jonathan Sims is someone youβd call the police on if you saw him hanging around a school, those frazzled clothes and bags under his eyes, the frantic muttering and thousand-year stare.
Yet there he sits, headteacher of The Magnus Institute for Gifted Young Minds.
The nameβs a bit misleading, it is. Theyβre in a bad part of town. The parents are either terrible or absent, and the kidsβ
βTheyβre monsters,β his new and handsome coworker grins, when Martinβs signature on his contract is barely dry. βAbsolute monsters. Get too close and youβll lose some fingers. Or maybe your mind.β
βTheyβre babies,β is all Martin can feebly manage, in reply, and Timβs eyes narrow at the fondness in his voice.
βYouβll learn.β
T | Words: 26,088 | Chapters: 2/2
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See the Line where the Sky meets the Sea by The_Floating_World
No Archive Warnings Apply, Jonathan Sims & Simon Fairchild, Jonathan Sims & Michael "Mike" Crew, Jonathan Sims & Gerard Keay, Jonathan Sims/Martin Blackwood, Jonathan Sims/Oliver Banks
When Jon is a child he looks into the infinite abyss of space. The Vast looks back into him.
T | Words: 59,336 | Chapters: 7/7
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rituals by doomcountry
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/The Archivist, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
Martin is the first person to knock on the Archivist's door since it arrived, fully, into its little waiting temple. The Archivist saw him coming from down the hall, but decides to feign interest when the knob turns, and Martinβstill a little bit smaller, a little more translucent than beforeβstands uncertainly just outside the room.
T | Words:Β 8,492Β | Chapters:Β 1/1
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ships passing in the night by Zykaben
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood & Tim Stoker, Jonathan Sims & Tim Stoker, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
Tim meets and befriends the new professor on the staff, Jonathan Sim. Tim has also been casual friends with Martin Blackwood for the past year.
It takes an embarrassing amount of time for Tim to realize that the two of them are married to each other.
T | Words: 5,027 | Chapters: 1/1
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all the flowers of all the tomorrows by ivelostmyspectacles
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims, Georgie Barker & Martin Blackwood & Jonathan Sims
Martin owns a flower shop.
He starts crushing on the guy from the Magnus Institute, but why does Jon keep needing so many flowers for workplace deaths, anyway??
T | Words: 13,745 | Chapters: 1/1
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The Good Ol' Days by SingingInTheRaiin
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
When Jon moves in with his grandmother he becomes fast (if somewhat reluctant) friends with one of the neighborhood kids, a boy named Martin.
Years later, they find each other again at the Magnus Institute, and whatever mysteries they uncover there, they will solve them together.
T | Words: 107,489 | Chapters: 40/40
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How Particular, My Fondness of You by cedarbranch
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
Jon risks a glance over to Georgie, expecting sympathy, or perhaps a grave expression of solidarity. Instead, heβs met with a fond smile. βOh, Jon,β she says patiently, reaching over to rub his back. βYou poor thing. Youβre lovesick.β
Jon recoils. βI am not,β he says accusingly.
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A college AU in which the whole gang works at the library, Jon is emotionally repressed, and the anonymous Facebook page knows all.
Part 2 of Magnolia Verse
T | Words: 29,263 | Chapters: 1/1
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because light reverses, because the dead return by 1248, Tiili97
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
"Very well then, officer, take me away. And Martin?"
"Yes, Elias?"
Elias opened his mouth as if to say something, then closed it again with a shake of his head.
"Actually, never mind. I will see how it plays out."
Martin let out an annoyed sigh as Elias left. Always so goddamn cryptic.
Hopefully Jon and the others would be back soon to make sense of things.
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Here's a hypothetical question: What would happen if no one noticed that Jonathan Sims survived the Unknowing?
What if they looked at his stopped heart and still lungs and decided he was dead?
What happens when you bury an Archivist?
T | Words: 9,491 | Chapters: 5/5
Gerrymichael
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Echo Chamber by orphan_account
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Gerard Keay/Michael, Gerard Keay/Michael Shelley
βLook, if youβre another, uh, avatar of a horrible eldritch demon god come to assassinate me in a spooky manner, could you get it over with quickly? I havenβt eaten all morning and Iβm starving.β
The thing that calls itself Michael stares.
βAnd this sandwich cost most of my weekly salary,β Gerry adds after a belated moment.
Part 1 of Spirals and Eyes
T | Words: 21,439 | Chapters: 1/1
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Break Me Like A Pattern by TheLibraryBat
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Gerard Keay & Michael Shelley, Gerard Keay/Michael Shelley, Gerard Keay & Gertrude Robinson, Gertrude Robinson & Michael Shelley
The year is 2011. Michael Shelley is living his life in circles, blissfully unaware of the betrayal that awaits him in the summer. Gertrude Robinson has plans to enact and plans to destroy. Emma Harvey is hiding a book in the dark place at the back of a cupboard.
When Gerard Keay walks into the Magnus Institute - two years sooner than he was meant to - everything changes.
This is an (eventual) Archivist Michael AU, exploring how certain events might have played out, had one key player been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Part 1 of Archivist Michael AU
M | Words: 215,290 | Chapters: 40/40
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Choke Chain by dramatispersonae
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Gerard Keay/Michael, Gerard Keay/The Distortion
Things Gertrude Robinson possesses: decades of experience killing, containing, and otherwise thwarting supernatural beings, an uncompromising drive to destroy the Rituals and the people who would see them completed, Gerry's loyalty. Things Gertrude Robinson apparently also possesses: a monster on a magic leash.
NR | Words: 14,814 | Chapters: 1/1
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Make Me Feel Like I'm Lost by dramatispersonae
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Gerard Keay/MichaelGerard Keay/The Distortion
Gerry meets a door that is not a door. And a person that is not a person. Remarkably, he does not get eaten. He would probably like to keep it that way. (Or, in the process of trying to avoid death by nightmare hallway, Gerard Keay accidentally charms the nightmare hallway)
Part 1 of As One Door Closes
NR | Words: 11,963 | Chapters: 1/1
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Fill The Gap Between You And I by dramatispersonae
No Archive Warnings Apply, Gerard Keay/Michael | The Distortion
Michael, like a cat, expresses affection with gifts of dead things. Gerry's trying not to be in the business of collecting strays.
Part 2 of As One Door Closes
NR | Words: 7,377 | Chapters: 1/1
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The Life Of Letting Go by dramatispersonae
No Archive Warnings Apply, Gerard Keay/Michael | The Distortion
Gerry suffers a workplace injury. Michael has concerns.
Part 3 of As One Door Closes
NR | Words: 3,235 | Chapters: 1/1
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Fever Dreaming by dramatispersonae
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Gerard Keay/Michael | The Distortion
Gerry encounters a plot by a nascent avatar of the Corruption. It should be straightforward enough to deal with, especially considering his apparently ongoing... "alliance" with Michael. But when have things in his life actually been as simple as they appear?
Part 4 of As One Door Closes
NR | Words: 42,284 | Chapters: 5/5
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Please Donβt Eat the Flowers by Sloane
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Gerard Keay/Michael Shelley, Gerard Keay/Michael | The Distortion, Razor/Wendy, Minor or Background Relationship(s)
Instead of retiring to open a book shop, Gerry ends up working at a flower shop run by American lesbians in London. This leads to a brush with the Distortion, who just wants to buy some lilies, the Magnus Institute finding out heβs still alive, and... well, a normal life was never really in the cards for the likes of Gerard Keay, was it?
Oh, and those lesbians who run the flower shop? Thereβs more to them than meets the eyeβbad Beholding pun intended.
(No knowledge of Maniac Mansion required; I take lots of liberties to slot it into TMAβs universe. UNDER MAJOR REVISIONS. Please see last chapter if youβre a new/returning reader for details..)
M | Words: 77,314 | Chapters: 33/?
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Ode to Joy: or, michael distortion's guide to naming yourself by fromthepinnacletothepit
No Archive Warnings Apply, Gerard Keay/Michael, Gerard Keay/Michael Shelley
Michael Shelley is sacrificed to the Spiral before he has the chance to come out, even to himself. Now, as an avatar of the Spiral, his identity is even MORE painful and confusing. Alone and filled with pain he doesn't even know how to name, he searches for acceptance in the one person who ever really knew him-Gerry Keay.
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βWhat do you want to be called then,β Gerry says and wraps his arms around Michaelβs back.
This conversation hurts. This question hurts. Everything hurts, so long as no one knows about his gender, so long as he has to go on being someone heβs not, someone he just canβt be anymore. He doesnβt know how much longer he can stand it.
βI dunnooooo,β he says, grinning, but inside he knows his name isnβt Michael. Itβs just not. He doesnβt have a name. He never has. And itβs absence is like a hole in his chest.
The creature that might as well be called Michael, it supposes, if you have to call it anything, thinks about this conversation while it sits on the ceiling of its hallway and slowly digs grooves into the plaster with its fingers.
Gerry, it thinks desperately. I have to find Gerry.
G | Words: 14,513 | Chapters: 1/1
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Save That Heart for Me by cedarbranch
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Gerard Keay/Michael Shelley, Gerard Keay/Michael
Gerry has just filled up his mug with coffee when it hits him. Itβs a faint but sharp pain, zinging through his left wrist. He exhales a puff of laughter. Thatβs the third time this week. Whoever his soulmate is, theyβre having a rough time.
T | Words: 5,577 | Chapters: 1/1
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call me your harbor by insertcleveracejoke
No Archive Warnings Apply, Gerard Keay/Michael Shelley, Gerard Keay/Michael
There was the matter of the owner. It could not be said that most people, when asked about their mental picture of what the owner of a bookstore should look like, would answer angry-looking goth covered in burn scars from the neck down.
He also had a terrible dye job.
Or: five times Michael went to Gerry's domain for help, and one time the opposite happened.
Part 1 of the bookstore AU
NR | Words: 4,488 | tChapters: 1/1
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Fic types I have not read enough of to lend it its own category. If I read more fics of its type, it'll be moved to a new category
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unassigned supplementals by bibliocratic
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
Oneshot #54: home improvement: or: Jon and Martin vs. IKEA
Oneshot #55: united front: or: Martin helps Jon with his statement hunger . (Set 159/160)
Oneshot #56: evolution: or: There is an uneasy alliance at first, between Jon and the Archivist
(Short TMA JonMartin one-shots, individual warnings in chapter notes, now with a fully-functioning contents page)
G | Words: 73,687 | Chapters: 56/56
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onto a vast plain by yewgrove
Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
The world ends. They get married.
Part 2 of it is what you have.
T | Words: 10,313 | Chapters: 1/1
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Out There, Somewhere by Artyphex
No Archive Warnings Apply, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
"I'm sorry, you were found alone."
Jon survived the apocalypse and now will go to the end of this new, unfamiliar world to find Martin again.
T | Words: 54,080 | Chapters: 8/8
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enemy of my enemy by beeclaws
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist/Tim Stoker, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist & Tim Stoker
Jon comes back from his time with the Circus a little worse for wear. Tim has some feelings about that.
M | Words: 6,263 | Chapters: 4/4
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Do you have any TMS fanfic recs? I've read ones you've made art for and really liked them so i figured I'd ask.
Hi! Sorry for the late answer, I tried to make a list of TMA fics of I like, and in the process I may have reread some of them⦠and now I also want to draw something for them⦠so give me a couple hours--
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Mamahershβs Post-MAG-200 Fanfic Recommendation Mega Thread
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In celebration of us finishing The Magnus Archives (even if I admittedly fell off around S2 and have been mostly lurking since then), I have compiled all of my fave post series fics for your enjoyment! I will be grouping them in some big, general categories, which Iβll list above the read more here. Depending on the size of this post, it might start looking a bit like that βDo you like the sky?β post But I can assure you that I have read all of these and can give them my stamp of approval!
If you finished the series and were wishing for your best boys to finally be happy, then boy howdy do I have some fanfiction for you!
Time Travel
Somewhere Else
AUs
Uncategorized JonMartin Fluff
By these categories, we should hopefully cover all the recommendations I have, and I hope you all find some new fics! (or enjoy rereading fics you havenβt enjoyed in awhile)
TIME TRAVEL
where thereβs a will, we make a way by bubonickitten
"So, what does happen if an Eye learns to See within itself?
What happens is this: the Archive Beholds the Watcher β and the Watcher blinks first."
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Jon goes back to before the world ended and tries to forge a different path.
Probably my fave time travel fic in this fandom hands down; it is also currently the longest whilst still unfinished. While I try not to recommend unfinished fics that I am uncertain of their return to activity, this is a big exception and personally I love everything about it! Itβs got Jon dealing with trauma through the lens of his speaking only in Statements, Martin being saved from his downward spiral into the Lonely way earlier in S4, Georgie actually sticking around, Basira having a better grasp of the situation and being more understanding about it, and everyone generally sticking close to character while managing to buck parts of the narrative. I cannot recommend this fic enough, and I very likely already did back near the start of S5.
Somethingβs Different About You Lately by thesnadger
Jonathan Sims has been head archivist for just a few months, but he has memories of holding the position for years. He remembers monsters, and darkness, and the end of the world. Somehow, he'll have to keep everyone safe from what's coming. Meanwhile, his assistants can't understand why their prickly jerk of a boss has gone sappy all of a sudden.
So TMA time travel fics that focus on Jon going back tend to come in two varieties. Thereβs the βJonβs mind goes back and replaces himself/inhabits his past selfβs bodyβ and then thereβs the βJon physically goes back so thereβs two Jonsβ. The first two on this list are of the first variety, and if I remember right this was one of the first I ever read. However, I recommend this one specifically because this has an amazing ending. Like, it might just be me, but many of the endings in these feel relatively unsatisfying because thereβs magically a third option where Jon comes out unscathed while saving his S1 archives crew from the Horrors. For whatever reason, it was incredibly satisfying having a fic that didnβt shy away from the options presented in S4 and S5 and I love how they characterize everyone in this one as well.
100 Seconds to Midnight by starspangledbread
Jon and Martin find themselves back in 2011 after attempting to release the fears from their reality. The world is the same one they left behind, but now something has come back with them. They have a chance to destroy the fears once and for all, but it proves harder than expected. Who knew that the best laid plans could be thwarted by nosy co-workers, office romance, the inevitable learning curve of being a time traveler turned grifter, and the refusal to believe in subtlety?
Did someone say Extinction!Jon? This also is a part of a series, though the true sequel to this one is currently unfinished (though it should eventually be completed and only has one chapter to go). An excellent romp, I definitely recommend if youβre looking for something kinda dark, some comedy, a little OOC, and Martin being able to embrace his crime side in the name of saving the world.
Yesterday is Here by CirrusGrey
"Who the hell are you?" Jon could feel his hands shaking. The man laughed, taking a step forward and raising a hand to point at him. "I'm you, from the future!" he said, then swayed, eyes going unfocused, and collapsed to the floor in a dead faint. -------- Post-season-four Jon and Martin time travel back to the season one Archives.
Written by my fave (and most prolific) JMart author, we have a perfect example of the other kind of time travel fix it fic in the form of Jon physically travelling to the past to try and save the world. As expected by someone I am calling my fave JMart author, weβre going to be getting double dose on the JMart. I highly recommend if youβre looking for something that starts a little bittersweet, but then ends in copious amounts of fluff.
Reverb (Series) by Wolftraps
Undoing the apocalypse would have been enough for Jon, if all his people survived. Without them, Jon's only recourse is making it so it never happened in the first place. He's going to do better this time.
Summary from the first fic in the Reverb series, I highly recommend the first two fics in this series for different reasons. βThe Reverb in These Holy Hallsβ is a great time travel fic that takes some really interesting turns by the end and unlike most fics actually has Jon try to keep Tim safe by keeping him out of the Archives pre-S1. However βGossipβ I recommend if you enjoy those fics formatted to look like official communication of some kind. Itβs got people outside the Archives trying to figure out whatβs wrong with them during the events of the first fic, and while it would be very confusing to read without the first fic, Iβd almost say itβs worth it if you arenβt feeling the tags on the first one. Really fun and entertaining, you canβt go wrong with either one.
The Triumph of Galatea (for Acis is transformed) by TheOestofOCs
Statement of Hazel Rutter.
Jon couldnβt stop reading.
The Fears, however, are a bit more powerful than Jonah gave them credit for. Jon opens the door, but the world canβt hold whatβs on the other side.
Time falls through, instead. Past becomes present, and the future is undone.
Statement begins.
Another fic I definitely recommended back at episode 160, but is well worth the second recommendation and/or re-read. Time Travel, but what if Jon could control as well as go into the dreams of the assistants/other Eye aligned people instead of just his victimsβ dreams? Very good, even if unfinished, though the author seems likely to finish someday. Check out their other work as well, itβs all very good and has my fave Circus themed fic written to date.
a map of what matters most by gruhukens
βIs that a body,β Tim blurts before he can stop himself, rising to his feet. Martin looks, if possible, even more scared.
βHeβs alive!β he hisses, almost defensively. βItβs not - itβs not Gertrude again, I didnβt kill him, he just β I donβt know what happened to him, I just found him in the stacks like this.β
βAnd you dragged him up here?β Tim says, and then registers several things at once β the build, the hair texture; the little round scars peppering a pair of thin hands and an awfully familiar face. βWait, is that Jon?β
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Jon stumbles back into an earlier Archive, looking for a way to fix the world. (Or, mom says it's my turn for the obligatory time travel au)
Directly inspired by CirrusGreyβs fic that I recommended earlier, this is another: Jon travels physically into the past fic. This one though is far more bittersweet than βYesterday is Hereβ, but still an excellent read and does a great job at fleshing out the relationships between all the characters.
Saving the Universe: For DummiesΒ by GhostChoir
Finding a man bleeding out in the alleyway was not what Elias wanted to do today. And he certainly didnβt mean to befriend him. But things never did go how he expected.
****** A Post-MAG200 Jon meets a 1970s Elias, an Elias from before he was corrupted by Jonah. Together, the two of them learn to cope with grief, drink more tea than any two people should be able to consume, and commiserate over shitty bosses. Oh, and just for the hell of it, they stop an apocalypse along the way.
Now for a change of pace: What if Jon time travels to the time of early Gertrude and Elias pre-Jonafying? A very good fic is what! While itβs been awhile since I read this, I do remember itβs quite good and deserves a chance. Note: this is NOT Jonathan/Elias, so my apologies if you were looking for that, but it is two very lonely men getting to just have a reliable friend in times of trouble.
A Little Game of Cat and MouseΒ by Paptato
βJonah Magnus.β The cloudy silhouette snarled as itβs hand clamped tightly around Jonah's ascot. That was indeed his name, but Jonah couldnβt begin to fathom what he did to have it spat out with such hatred.
But nonetheless, Jonah was a gentleman and he would kindly address the angry figure as politely as possible, βYes, and you are?β
βWhat?β The form spluttered as it slowly came into focus. Ah, yes. That probably wasnβt the proper response to being held at gunpoint by a random stranger. Must have been the blow to his head.
(Or in which Jonathan Sims goes back in time and tries to pull a Terminator, but fails and Jonah Magnus finds a new mystery to solve.)
This is that Jonah Magnus/Jonathan Sims enemies to lovers fic your friends warn you about in a good way. Itβs not done, but I think itβs still being updated very slowly. Even if all I ever read is the currently released 11 chapters, I will consider it my one exception to my dislike of Jonah/Jon. As you can probably guess by the description, itβs a time travel fix it where Jon gets shunted back in time to when Jonah was still very human and still trying to figure out the Fears. The Web keeps Jon from explaining his circumstances or anything to do with Jonahβs future in particular, but this is a good thing and they both get to learn how to be more human in a world that previously was very antagonistic to those goals. Itβs got a heavy dose of comedy, plenty of romantic tension, and lots of both surprising and unsurprising cameos. If you enjoy Dracula Daily, youβll probably enjoy this imho.
DΓ©jΓ Vu by CirrusGrey
Sasha remembers being unmade. Tim remembers being Unknown. Jon and Martin remember being unwound. All of them think they're the only one. -------- The S1 crew wakes up in the past with memories up till the moment they died.
So, hereβs another one thatβs got quite the spin on it. As you can see from the description, this one is where S1 crew all get their minds sent back in time to the time right around Jonβs first statement if I remember right. Another CirrusGrey fic, so it heavily leans on JonMartin, but otherwise itβs a wonderful exploration of the four S1 characters and ends on a very hopeful note!
oh my darling, just a moment of your timeΒ by IceEckos12
The Institute is visited by a pair of time travelers, and Jon has an important question for Tim.
Have you ever had a oneshot that just kinda guts you unexpectedly? While this might not do this for everyone, this is an amazing oneshot that gets right the point. I love it a lot, because of all of the fics where future and past meet each other, it very rarely if ever is addressed that past Jon was a douche. Or well it isΒ but past Jon doesnβt necessarily have a character moment from it. Here he does, and despite the briefness of the fic, the author does an amazing job of giving Jon and Tim a moment while making an almost critique of the TMA time travel genre. Highly, highly recommend, and it wonβt overstay itβs welcome if it doesnβt end up being your thing.
The Severing of WebsΒ by chlodobird
After Jon kills the world, he travels back in time. Once there, he gets ready to change the future, to save his Assistants, and to watch as everyone learns to hate him again.
Unfortunately, the tapes wrap around him like a fly caught in a Webβhe can't move. He's trapped reliving the original timeline, stuck acting out his past actions like an actor rehearsing his lines.
Sasha will die. Tim will die. Martinβ
(Jon screams inside his mind, and someone hears him. Fate is not as immutable as he fears.)
This one is a brand new one! While basically all of the others on the list have been out/updating for over a year at this point; this lengthy oneshot just released this month. tbh, very excellent, which is why it has made the list. Also, quite the twist on the usual premise, where being sent back into his head is actually a bad thing this time. Ends with a giant pile of fluff, but who would I be if all my time travel recommendations were not also fix-its?
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Somewhere Else
it will be this, alwaysΒ by bluejayblueskies
Jon coughed again, and blood stained his lips and blood stained Martinβs hands where they pressed against Jonβs back and blood stained the floor beneath them and help, they needed help.
Martin doesnβt remember shouting. He barely remembers the faces that had surrounded them, wide-eyed and terrified, all utterly unfamiliar.
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Jon and Martin wake up somewhere else. Jon begins a slow path toward physical recovery, and several important, long-put-off conversations are had as they begin to navigate a new world that they hadnβt thought theyβd be alive to see.
So, Iβm sure you all have gathered that I have qualms with how much disparity there is between canon and fanon Jmart. This fic is painful, but is theΒ most in character depiction of post 200 JMart fallout I have ever read. The ending is very cathartic, and takes aΒ βrealisticβ approach to what happens to Jon and Martin as they begin to navigate their relationship after they both had betrayed each other so thoroughly in the leadup and culmination of MAG 200. If you donβtΒ want them immediately making up, this is the fic for you. They get there, but by all that is good do they take their sweet time getting there.
Out There, SomewhereΒ by Artyphex
"I'm sorry, you were found alone."
Jon survived the apocalypse and now will go to the end of this new, unfamiliar world to find Martin again.
So I think Iβm just getting all the angsty ones out of the way first lol. Another slow burn, this fic is Jonβs recovery in the new reality while he also searches for what happened to Martin. Since I donβt post the tags, I will say this ones does featureΒ βEventual Happy Endingβ, and I do promise that bothΒ Jon and Martin made it to the new reality and lived. But Jon and Martin both get to pine and cope for a while before that happy ending tag comes into play. Itβs incredibly well done and explores their characters really well. Personally, I kinda enjoyed the Reddit saga because people mistaking Jonβs pleas for Martin as an ARG is very typical internet and 100% I would have bought into that at age 13.
Of course I need a therapist. I need ten therapists, working round the clock building me a bionic coping mechanism. We have the technology.Β by MartinKBlackwoodESQ
A story set somewhere else.
Iβmma be real with you all, if I believed that characters could write and publish their own fanfiction, I would be halfway convinced the name is accurate. All joking aside however, this is aΒ βcrack treated seriouslyβ fic but with characterization so on point I can consistentlyΒ hear the voice actors when I read this. Admittedly, itβs made easier by it being written in transcript formatting, but if youβre looking for a hilarious time where TMA is suddenly is turned into a buddy cop adventure where Jon and Martin go to a universe where the Fears hadnβt been till their arrival, and they have doubles that already exist there who are living fairly normal lives till the TMA Jon and Martin crash land into their reality... Well this fic is one I cannot recommend highly enough. It also has a sequel, and it is also well worth the read, even if it appears to be on a bit of a break in itβs updates.
Worlds like phyllo pastryΒ by neworld
After episode 200 Jon finds himself alone in a world very much like the one he left but fractionally different. It's so similar he finds versions of his former friends existing happily in the world. Unfortunately they have never met him in this universe and have no idea who he is.
This oneβs unfinished, but personally itβs well worth the read as is. Not sure how I feel about the most recent chapter, but the story up till that point is a really fun spin onΒ βJon and Martin get shunted to a new realityβ where Jon learns how to feed in a way that doesnβt cause problems facilitated by the new reality, and re-meets all the people who he lost till this point and has a very silly antagonistic relationship with his alternate self. While fic might be more of a guilty pleasure, it still is written in such a way that I would rank it high enough for this disorganized list.
Death Is The Easy Way OutΒ by traveller19
After having killed Jonah Magnus and ended the Change, Jon and Martin should finally be able to rest. Rest, however, proves impossible when Jon falls ill. What's more, he begins having vivid dreams of their dead friends - Tim, trapped in the destroyed Archives, and Sasha, trapped outside of them. As Jon's condition quickly worsens and the line between dream and reality begins to blur, love is all he and Martin have to hold on to, because hope is a dangerous thing.
Did someone say sickfic??? But for real, this fic has an amazing balance between an A plot and a B plot, and keeps both at the right level of tension throughout. While this is a sickfic heavy one, it also features Tim and Sasha as ghosts trying desperately not to be. Thereβs also a lovely sequel and plenty of fluff by the end, but this is a rough ride. ALSO, if you or a loved one had covid / any respiratory illness that caused them to be hospitalized with pneumonia and it could be trigging to read incredibly on the nose descriptions of that experience, this fic is not for you. Or very cathartic. :/
CastawaysΒ by CirrusGrey
Welcome to the Castaway Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a safe and secure landing to those lost souls banished from their home worlds by the influence of Fear.
If you wanted saccharine JMart in a new reality where they get therapy and meet old friends from different realities, this series of (mostly) one shots is for you! As youβve probably come to expect when I suggest CirrusGrey, the writing is fantastic, the ship dynamics are exemplary, and the character are on point. There is so much to say about this series, but mostly, if you want Jon and Martin healing and then settling together and becoming the stereotypical married couple, then this is it. Itβs not done, but it is wrapping up, and I hope you all if you havenβt seen this yet enjoy it as much as I do. And for those long time readers who have been reading it longer than Iβve been in the fandom, hereβs your friendly reminder that it exists.
Do Before I DieΒ by SupposedToBeWriting
Somewhere Else, Jon can't seem to shake the strange apathy that now plagues his life. Everything reminds Martin of the end of the world. For a change of pace, he and Martin rent a campervan and go on a road trip. Their mission? To fulfill the 'bucket list' Martin made when he was eighteen and lonely. Jon's looking forward to the beach.
Jon and Martin go on a Road Trip accross Britain. Itβs just a wholesome and hurt/comfort as it describes. An excellent romp, and the character studies are wonderful. The Planetarium still sticks with me.
ours is a distant shoreΒ (series) by pantsoflobster
βIf they ever found out about us, we could make things really complicated for them," Jon said. Martin gave a thoughtful hum and then a loaded pause before he said, βOr simpler.β βWhat?β βWe could, you knowβ¦β Martin then made mischievous eyes at him in lieu of expanding. βWhat?β Jon said, thoroughly lost. βWouldnβt it be a bit fun to sort of... nudge them in the right direction?β
Months after they arrive Somewhere Else, Jon sees himself in the shop.
Summary is from the first fic in the series, this is a fun little romp for those who hated Martinβs defeatism over his and Jonβs relationship in MAG199 and want to see what would happen if instead he accidentally kick started an alternate version and his and Jonβs relationship Somewhere Else. Itβs all very silly, tho the last fic does lean more into the hurt/comfort tag than the previous two. Over all though, if youβre looking for a little crack, a lot of fluff, and Jon and Martin being silly this is a good time.
Written in the Stars Will Have to DoΒ by GentlemanCrow
βYeah well, god knows why, but he thinks you hung the moon, so you might try treating him at the very least like a human being once in a while.β
It was such a small thing. Small words for a small feeling cloaked in a chintzy veneer of idiomatic dismissal. A trembling little bird cupped in his scarred and battered hands and smothered. Or so he thought. Sometimes trembling little birds turn out to be phoenixes, and those who looked to someone else to hang the comfort of a wise, silvery moon in the sky already have the hammer and the picture wire at the ready.
As far as Jon was concerned, the moon only rose on their Somewhere Else because Martin deigned to pull the strings every night, not him.
This is another one of those JMart Somewhere Else fics masquerading as a Safehouse fic that made me want to cry. Itβs just, so wonderful, and once again we have themes of healing, but this time through getting a hobby and sharing it with your significant other. The writing is lovely and really gives off the stuffy academic musings I would expect being in Jonβs head (which we are for the duration of this fic) but adds a layer that I didnβt realized I needed till I read it.
On ErrantryΒ by ZaliaChimera
Somewhere Else, Jon and Martin discover that their new home has a very special sort of guardian, and Jon seeks judgement from an unexpected source.
They do say that cats purring can heal...
A cute one shot that deals with Jonβs lingering guilt from S5; this is a wonderful tale from Somewhere Else featuring a giant Cat, Martin being supportive, and Jon trying to reconcile his second chance. Very sweet and fluffy, guaranteed!
Lost, Unfound, But Not ForgottenΒ by Elynn
They didnβt find bodies. Or anything pointing to where they may have gone. In the center of the rubble, what Georgie assumed to have once been the top of the tower, was a puddle of dried, crusted blood, and the outline of bodies in the dust and scorch marks. And she knew that wherever the Fears had gone, Jon and Martin had gone with them. The last victims, snuffed and dragged away with them. --- In the weeks after the Eye-pocolypse, Georgie Barker begins the painful process of mourning her best friend.
So, I know Iβm very focused on Jon, but I have one fic of Georgie here thatβs 10/10. Post 200, Georgie and Melanie eventually goes to clean out Daisyβs cabin of Jon and Martinβs things for Basira (or something like that) and Georgie finds a journal of Jonβs that he kept whilst there. Itβs just as bittersweet as youβd imagine, but itβs fantastically cathartic to read and in our MAG 200 feels, this is a good one for closure.
Not Quite Somewhere ElseΒ by hawkfurze
Or you can find it on Tumblr HERE
A special entry to finish out this section, I have a long running comic from Tumblr user @hawkfurze who made a TMA x Infinity Train crossover. While I had not watched the show previously (only seen the trailer/pilot from back before it got picked up by CN), the comic is still easy to understand and explains the Infinity Train parts in such a way as to not need any prior knowledge. I highly recommend this comic for anyone who wants a visual treat delving into the relationship and psyches of Jon and Martin as they try to escape into the next reality.
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Two GravesΒ by SupposedToBeWriting
Jon sends the fears far from Earth and flees London, leaving the others to assume the worst. He settles in a small village and opts to live there quietly until he dies, a self-imposed penance. This plan is foiled when the first former Avatar shows up - and Jon realizes that every domain-keeper in the apocalypse still has some faint connection to him.
After a year of being a shoulder to cry on for confused and distraught former Avatars, Jon leads a moderately happy life. He has a flourishing garden, a cat, and some company. All of that comes crashing around his ears (or his head) when a familiar face shows up to his cabin, demanding answers.
This fic is in my top 5 fics of TMA fandom. No contest. It has some of the best healing from MAG 200 for Jon and Martin and tbh the world Iβve seen. Itβs got that incredible hurt/comfort and the ending makes me cry tears of joy every time I read it. If you read any JMart fic on this list, please read this one if you can only read one. While I was tempted to put this in a different category, this seemed like the best place to put it.
What Comes After by Mornrandir
More than a year after the apocalypse, the world is starting to move on. Georgie, Melanie, and Basira have learned to move on and get back to living their lives. Then Martin reappears- without Jon- and they have to learn to begin again.
A series based around the initial above description, each entry in the series follows the healing of first Martin, then Jon, then both of them together. While I am a Jon-centric woman, if you are of a more Martin-centric leaning, this first fic in the series should scratch that itch. The final entry is very sweet, and the second definitely has a unique reason as to why Jon shows up so late to the after-Fears party.
The Watcherβs CowsΒ by lenioia
He still remembers the first cup of tea Martin brought him. Thatβs where it began, not with the dog incident. A sweet and strong blend, reasons for appearance unknown, how could it taste so good, also unknown. Jon stares at what will be the last cup between them. His miserable parting gift. Where itβll end.
Alt Mag 200, or in a slightly kinder universe which differs by exactly one cup of tea, Martin is the one who switches plan last minute, and Jonβs last half-backed scheme, for once, works.
An AU splitting off MAG 199/200, where Jonβs plan actually happens, but instead of it being quite so bleak he finds a new path with the help of Martin. I know the original ending of the series is probably the most hopeful one realistically, but we all enjoy our fixits here, so this is a really sappyΒ βby the power of loveβ Jon and Martin save the universe and still get to live in it AU. Highly highly recommend, and it finished within the last 8 months, so itβsΒ βon the newer sideβ as it were. If you havenβt read it, give it a shot, and if youβve read it and itβs been awhile nowβs a good time to read it again.
The Eyespot Chronicles (series) by SupposedToBeWriting
To Martin Blackwood's surprise, he wakes up in the ruins of the Magnus Institute. He thought he would be dead. The world is back to normal, the Entities are gone, and everyone realizes that it's finally over. The only sticking point is that Jon isn't exactly the Jon that went into the apocalypse. Never one to give up, Martin is determined to make a life for himself and his boyfriend. Even if he is a giant moth.
Summary taken from the first in the series, this trilogy of fics covers Jon and Martinβs attempts at healing in a world that remembers what happened. The first fic focuses entirely on Martinβs struggles, the second on Jonβs, and the 3rd (as you might guess) focuses on them both. The series is excellent, and if youβve got the fortitude for canon-typical emotional constipation after having just experienced MAG-200 itβs well worth the read.
Another Guest for Mr. SpiderΒ by Dribbledscribbles
Jon isn't eating his statements like he should.
Mr. Spider doesn't like it.
Written in transcript format, this AU considers the idea of what if the Web was more hands on it itβs approach to getting Jon to Become more monstrous; or at least not starve himself out. Incredible read, you need an AO3 account though. But I have never been that spooked by a Statement or encounter before I read this fic. If you DO NOT like spiders on you or in your mouth and you donβt like reading about it either, potentially hold off on this fic, or at least skip from where Mr. Spider saysΒ βOpen your mouth. Do not move.β to when he saysΒ βWash it down with this. Now.β But yeah if you didnβt get enough spider trauma from canon, this fic gives it in spades! (And if you want Mr. Spider getting his comeuppance, you get that too ;) )
IllicioΒ by ThatOneGirlBehindYou
As the new Archivist debates between life and death, the Eye ponders on what to offer him in order to avoid an encore of the unfortunate situation with his predecessor.
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Gerard Keay opens his eyes at what feels like fuck-ass in the morning, inside a room with far too little space and far too much dust.
A long form AU of what if Gerry Keay was brought back by the Eye to convince Jon to stay on team Monster if you will. Goes all the way through MAG-200, has some great twists and turns, and manages to turn into anΒ βEveryone Lives AUβ as well. While it is currently updating, itβs updating every week on Saturday till it finishes, and she only has 2 chapters left. If youβve managed to never read this, now is certainly the time for it! It is Jon/Gerry/Martin, so if thatβs not your exact cup of tea Iβd still say give it a shot.
we should ride this wave to shoreΒ by ClarionGlass
βarchives research & statement envestigationβ Timothy Stoker renamed the group βdrinks drinks drinksβ Timothy Stoker changed Sasha Jamesβs nickname to saucy sash Timothy Stoker changed Martin Blackwoodβs nickname to martini kart Timothy Stoker changed his nickname to stonked stonked: so how bout it lads saucy sash: oh god. A TMA group chat fic where the worst problems they have to deal with start with "h" and end with "angovers"
Right, I donβt tend to read chat fics, Iβm going to be honest with you all. I have two exceptions and this is one of them. It goes interesting places, the characters are not completelyΒ OOC, if it they are at least itβs consistent OOC and not in a grating way. But in all seriousness, I recommend this because of how it ties in with MAG 160 and 200; as well as how the sequel deals with canon S5. The sequel isnβt finished and is slow to update, but I am still recommending at the very least the first one. Itβs a good romp and I highly recommend.
Ask an Exec: How to Navigate Cultish Colleagues, Soul-Stealing Bosses, and the End of the World at WorkΒ by shinyopals
I've recently been unexpectedly promoted to lead a department in my organisation, wrote the anonymous emailer.
As there was no one working here when I arrived, my manager, who is head of the organisation, had promised me the choice of my own assistants. However, without warning, he simply presented me with an additional assistant. This new assistantβs first act on his first day was to let a dog into the office. It took several hours to catch and clean up after this dog and it has only been downhill from there. I admit I'm not entirely sure what to do with this assistant now I'm stuck with him. I'm hoping you have some advice?
Kind regards, New Manager
Abigail Bailey runs a successful management advice blog. One frequent contributor is from a workplace with some... issues.
While this isnβt quite an AU and is basically canon compliant, Iβm putting it here because itβs aΒ βwhat if Jon was an avid seeker of advice on a management advice blog?β AU. Itβs beautifully formatted, and features very in character interactions. If you are a sucker for the TMA trope: how do normal people react to the weirdness at the Institute, then this is a great fic for you. I know itβs probably one of the most popular things to have hit the Jonathan Sims tag on AO3 in recent months, but this is just me reminding you all it exists and well worth the re-read.
JMart Fluff
Author CirrusGrey
Literally anything by them. I think I probably recommend them every time I talk about JMart, but I think on AO3 they are both the most prolific and one of the best writers for the tag. Pick almost any fic theyβve written for TMA and itβs probably JMart. Thereβs too many fics of theirβs to recommend, so Iβll just link you straight to their profile and you can go swimming from there lol.
Jonβs Moving CastleΒ by IceEckos12
Martin Blackwood may not have a perfect life, but he does have a good one. That is, until a series of magical encounters leave him with an unfortunate curse. Out of other options, he goes to the wizard who lives in the moving castle for aid.
Life never goes how he intends it to, though.
Basically Howlβs Moving Castle, but with a TMA spin. You donβt need to have seen the movie to understand whatβs going on, and honestly while it sticks fairly close to the movie, it doesnβt stick so close that it feels constrained by it in places where it wouldnβt make sense in the AU theyβve set up. Itβs a very sweet JMart fic with a satisfying conclusion.
The 101 Kidnappings of Jonathan Sims (and Other Inconveniences)Β by beetlejoos
Martin Blackwood never applies for a job at the Magnus Institute. The universe seems determined that he meets Jonathan Sims anyway. But is it Fate, or something more sinister, that keeps bringing the two of them together?
Right, this mostly crack treated seriously. Itβs got hurt/comfort, but itβs fairly light hearted throughout. As one could guess by the title and description, Jon is repeatedly kidnapped and brought to wherever Martin is living/working at the time. While itβs not done yet, and not on a schedule, the chapters that are out thus far are well worth the read. That and thereβs some cute fan art for it thatβs linked to in the end notes. But I recommend this because itβs got that vibe of S1 Jon meets S1 Martin outside of the Institute and romance (eventually) happens. Very fun read if you havenβt read it yet.
i think weβre alone nowΒ + alone-verse (series)Β by milliganopen
Just a couple of guys breaking into a basement. What could go wrong?
Getting trapped in your apartment with your boss, that's what.
Season 1 re-imagined if Jon and Martin had been trapped by Jane Prentiss together.
Initially I recommended this back when we had hit MAG039/022 because it was a great AU to Martinβs Statement where Jon alsoΒ gets trapped in Martinβs apartment during Martinβs no good very bad 2 weeks of worm siege. HOWEVER, the author has since continued this series and is slowly working their way through canon one season/fic at a time. Theyβre currently on S3, and I am definitely keeping an eye on it for whenever the next update happens. If you havenβt had the time to check it out, itβs got some very good JMart moments, and their relationship manages to move faster than a glacier.
Fate, or SomethingΒ by HermaeusMora
"You can't be serious." Jonathan Sims raises his eyes at last to properly look at Georgie, expecting her to laugh and make some quip about finally getting him to put the damn book down, at least.
"Well, I am," she shoots back.
He sets his book aside and turns fully towards her, betrayal clear on his face. "A blind date, really?"
Jon makes the frankly terrible decision to go on a blind date with one Martin Blackwood. Fate ensues. AU where Jon and Georgie are still friends, Georgie likes finding dates for her friends, Martin doesn't work at the institute, and everyone is just a bit happier while canon spooky stuff goes on in the background. Takes place juuust barely pre-canon in the beginning but catches up quickly. Inspired as usual by the wonderful conversations with my friend RavenXavier/somuchbetterthanthat.
A fun AU that challenges the idea that Jon and Martin are incompatible a la MAG199. Excellently done and well worth the time to check it out.
DiaryΒ by luftballoons99
Not for the first time since they ran away together, a camera reel of all the things they don't know about one another whirs behind Martin's eyes, and he can't help but look at all the sprawling magnetic tape and wonder if theyβre going to wind up a romance or a tragedy.
or: Office parties, garage bands, and the joy of being known.
A bit of a bittersweet mostly fluff oneshot focused on Jon and Martin having a night in at the Safehouse and talking about good things from their pasts. (Warning, the sequel is rated E(xplicit) for a reason, so I am only recommending Diary. Both are stand alone however.)
Weaving My HeartstringsΒ by arms_full_of_hyacinths
At least he was someone. Someone who could deal with the spiders. That was probably the source of the nerves unspooling like magnetic tape to fill Jonβs stomach with buzzing static butterflies.
Yes, Martin was much bigger than a spider. He was probably the kind of person who cupped them in his hands and talked to them as he walked them out into the garden, which shouldnβt be giving Jon a burst of warm feeling at all, since his preferred method of spider disposal was simply to squash them on sight.
Martin likes Jon almost as much as Jon hates spiders. When a statement from an institute employee sends them spiraling into the center of a complicated web, they'll need to rely on each other if they want to make it out alive.
Bit of an odd suggestion to close us out, but this one is a fun almost episodic plot about an original Statement and the shenanigans Jon and Martin get into trying to research it. Itβs very good, features some very on point S1 Jon and Martin along with a bit of a fast forward on their relationship throughout.
And with that, Iβve probably overstayed my welcome lol. I hope you found something new to read! If not, I at least hope that you had fun rereading some old faves. This has taken me a day or two to compile and format, so I hope you all enjoy in whatever capacity that ends up being! Happy end of A Mag A Day, and it was a joy walking alongside you all. Congrats to A MAG A Day blog owners on all your hard work for the last ~210 days and with this post I wish you all a very fond farewell.
#a mag a day#the magnus archives#mag 200#tma fic rec#fic rec#jonathan sims#martin blackwood#jonmartin#jmart#georgie#melanie
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I need more jmart who kill for each other in fics I need them scrambling and wounded and going through it Together but also I need Martin sending more people into the lonely to defend Jon. it's not a want. it's a need.
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Hey hi hello
I am asking desperately for fic recs! Please! Especially if YOU write fics, I'd love to support!
Tma, specifically Jmart. No nsfw, but kissing is good, I like the kisses!
Anything that will make me cry, or silly fluff, or Jon being pathetic after almost dying are my favorites π
Thank you!
#tma fanfic#fic rec#fanfic#jonathan sims#martin k blackwood#the magnus archives#tma jmart#please help
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Read "You're not afraid enough" by PrairieDawn on A03
This is like one of the few times I'm even going to do this but oh my fkin god go read the fic.
It's a part of a TMA series where Jmart adverted MAG160, adopted a Stranger victim and got rid of Jonah for good. The fic itself is a statement given by an Extinction Avatar who is trying to prevent the apocalypse (as she should) and oh god did it send me into a climate-based spiral.
It is amazing it made me mad at Scomo again go read it if you can.
The Link to the fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/55392943
#ao3 fic review#ao3 fic recs#tma fic rec#tma fic#essential fic reading#never get me started on the bushfires i will spiral into a rant#jonmartin#jmart#tma the extinction#the extinction
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my fanfics - masterpost
hi i thought i'd make this basically so i'll be able to link it to my introduction post :) i'll link in this post all the (recent) fics i've posted (all on ao3), with fandom(s), ratings and very short synopsis.
Malevolent; The Magnus Archives
Eldritch Monsters Make Good Boyfriends -> a series of 4 fics that are a crossover between the magnus archives and malevolent, with various ratings depending on the fic. what would happen if in the episode intermezzo (malevolent) Kayne had brought Arthur and John in 2019 London, in front of the Magnus Institute?
Malevolent
John's Guide to Touch -> a malevolent fic that sticks mainly with John's point of view after he gets a new body and has to deal with everything that encompasses. the rating is explicit, and it's not finished but I SWEAR i will continue it after i'm done with the one i'm currently writing. tbh it's my favourite fic amongst the ones i've written.
X-Men 97; X-Men Animated Series
Courage of the Heart -> morpherine fic!! i'm currently writing this and enjoying it very much. it's structure in 3 "seasons" all of which comprehend 3 "episodes" (chapters). the story follows Morph's point of view as the story between them and Logan progresses from friends with benefits to lovers. the rating is explicit.
Supernatural
AFTERDEATH -> a destiel fic, set after the events of season 5 and the (permanent) death of Sam. the rating is explicit, and tbh it's not finished too i'm sorry maybe one day i'll finish it.
#malevolent#arthur lester#john malevolent#private eyes#the magnus archives#jarthur#tma#tma fanfic#jmart#malevolent fic rec#jonathan sims#martin blackwood#supernatural#supernatural fic#destiel#x men animated series#x men 97#morpherine#morph x logan#wolverine#morph x men#fic rec#ao3 fanfic#ao3 writer#writers on tumblr#blackmetalbats writes
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Gnu writes!
To start things off, I thought I'd share all the wips/ideas I have in bad summaries (yay!)
These are the wips that are partially published: a. At Thy Will - D/s AU, inspired by medieval marriage laws in the area that would later become Germany. I've talked a bit about it here before, it includes abusive relationships and fantasy sexism and also religious trauma b. The Tower Must Fall - unfortunately a bit neglected (but I plan on picking it back up, I promise), including assassin!Martin and witch!Jon slowburn enemies to lovers (Gerry is there, too!) c. A Treatise In Balance - basically just Jon getting snatched and turned into an avatar by each of the Fears. Includes art d. The Crackling Sound Of Magic - these are small fics where Jon is a mage in training under his cruel father Elias Bouchard and Martin is a kitchen hand in their household. also technically slowburn and lots of hurt/comfort because Jon keeps getting hurt
wips in my wip folder a. faerie!Jon - he's a faerie, Martin is human, he gets lost in the Otherworld's fog, Jon saves him. Oh, and soulmate AU, too :) b. Nothing But The City - inspired by UDAD, where Jonah (while wearing Elias like a suit) performs a series of cyborg-like surgeries on Jon to use him to take control over the City that once had a name that is now long lost to time c. another fantasy au with magic, inspired by occudo's art (that I still want to eat. so pretty). including apprentice!Jon, reluctant bodyguard!Martin, and exasperated and probably evil (but hot) long haired Elias d. Archive AU - Jon is a fully developed Eye monster, way beyond human. Nobody but Elias knows. Martin joins the Archive crew, accidentally makes friends with the monster via tea, and falls in love e. teacher!Jon in Scotland - you've read it before, you love it as much as I do: Scotland Safehouse Period forever, nothing bad happens and Jon gets adopted by a bunch of nosy teenagers f. nurse!Martin AU - Martin is a nurse who deals with Jon's worm wounds (gets section 31-ed) and keeps meeting him while Jon is injured. Features the good ol' anonymous online kinky relationship (and so much research because i don't even know how German hospitals work let alone British ones) g. Magnus Academy - more teacher!Jon, but in dark, with magic, murder, abuse, blackmail, discrimination, etc. h. The Fourteen Hauntings of Jonathan Sims, Librarian - more AUs! this time it's medium!Jon time (and medium!Martin). There's ghosts, and the town is called Nevermore :) i. Vampire Stuff - loosely based on The Fearless Vampire Killers (but the German musical, not necessarily the film), featuring vampire!Jon, vampire!Elias, human Martin, Tim, Sasha (yes, Jon is Herbert) j. Martin Knife Blackwood - established jonmartin, Jon wants to propose, Martin used to be in organised crime and the mob boss Peter Lukas comes for him, drama, blood, guns, etc. k. magical bookshop - more magic. including season 4 levels of sad Jon, a traumatised mute teenage kid who is accidentally adopted by said sad Jon. Jon has a bookshop that shows up at random. like the tardis but with less control even than the Doctor has l. toxic JonElias with endgame JonMartin - this one's not fleshed out at all, but basically Jon gets to make friends and escape Elias' clutches (no Fears AU)
I have more plot bunnies, but they're just that, so I won't list them here or I'd be here for hours. Feel free to ask questions about the wips above if you like, I'd be more than happy to elaborate (it will contain spoilers tho)
#gnu writes#my writing#tma fanfiction#the magnus archives#jonmartin fanfiction#jonmartin#teaholding#jmart#jonathan sims#martin blackwood#elias bouchard#everyone else (at least depending on the fic)#fic recs i suppose#i feel bad for recommending my own work#fic recs#alternate universe#tma au
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Laviiβs Ultimate Season 3 Jmart Fic Recs
I have read all of these like a bajillion times and probably will read those a bajllion more. These arnt even all my bookmarks and are all Teaholding focused ones! But all these are very dear to me <3
Fic I read at least once every month - not joking
https://archiveofourown.org/works/43012071
He lets out a huff, shaking his head. βI-I know itβs completely irrational, I just.........I mean, for godβs sake Jon, Iβm twenty-nine and Iβve never kissed anyone.β Β Β Β Β Jon sucks in a breath as something clicks into place. Some sort of understanding heβd been fumbling for as the room ricochets and suddenly Jon is the one sitting on the tub with puffy eyes and Martinβs standing in the doorway, too far and too close, too much yet too little. Β Β Β Β And then Jonβs opening his mouth, letting the words fall out before he can even process what heβs saying. Β Β Β Β βDo you want to practice?β Β Β Maybe staying with Martin was a mistake. Maybe invading his privacy like this is just another step further into Jon's own complicated feelings he can't seem to put a name to anymore. Β Β Unrelated, but Martin has a date.Β
A classic
https://archiveofourown.org/works/16684444
Martin's been acting odd since Jon came back. Well, odder than usual.
Okay what if spiral but Alice in Wonderland?
https://archiveofourown.org/works/34951813/chapters/87042454
Jon isn't dead. If he keeps telling himself that, he might believe it. Β Β Tim is dead. No matter how much the world and the voice in his head say he's not, he doesn't believe them. But at least here in death Sasha is alive and well. Β Β Nobody could have come out of the Unknowing alive. The police had told Martin there were no bodies, so where on Earth had Jon and Tim gone? Why has Helen taken it upon themselves to haunt the archives, with cryptic riddles and a Cheshire cat grin? Β Β When the world as you know it is created from the very depths of your mind, doors can lead to more than just corridors and stories from childhood can become solid and real. Tim hasn't gone mad, he's just fallen down a rabbit hole and stumbled into Wonderland. Β Β Jon isn't lost. He knows exactly where he needs to be, and he will find a way back to Martin even if he has to trapse the entirety of the deep, dark woods to do so. He made a promise. All he needs to do is find a familiar yellow door.
Martin fixing Jon up - one of those i reread so so sos ooo many times
https://archiveofourown.org/works/41225091
Martin scrunches his nose up. βM-maybe donβt, uh. Donβt poke at your knife wounds?β Β Β Jonβs eyes slip back to him, and then, miraculously, they soften, his face smoothing out as he actually huffs out a quiet laugh, lips ticking upwards. βSound advice, thank you, Martin.β Β Β This time, when Martin smiles, itβs real. βAlways happy to help.β Β Β Jonβs smile falls, but notβ¦ not in a sad way? Martin sees something genuine and honey-sweet spark in his dark, lamp-lit eyes, and thinks they might be talking about more than just a joke, now. βIβ¦ I appreciate it. Really.β Β Β βI really am glad to help,β Martin tells him, his own voice going soft around the edges. βI justβ¦β What can he even say? That he just wants Jon to be okay? That heβs been so worried it keeps him up at night, tossing and turning as icy fear grips him so tight it feels like his ribcage is constricting inside his chest? βA-anything I can do.β
Jmart more on the lowkey side but an absolute blast and one of the most iconic TMA fcs ever.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24257458
I'm sure given your position you already know about the advent of the General Data Protection Regulation next year, wrote Peter Lukas, to Elias Bouchard. However, the Lukas family wishes to be crystal clear that our continued investment is contingent upon the Institute taking its responsibilities with regards to privacy and confidentiality seriously.
The Magnus Institute hires a Data Protection Officer. He sets about diligently booking in meetings, writing policy documents, and training all the staff in the importance of confidentiality. Now if only he could get hold of the Head Archivist, who seems to have vanished again...
(Jon is only trying to save the world, but apparently some people think he should still be doing his day job.)
I have a carddeck full of pre-unknowing kisses and this is one of them
https://archiveofourown.org/works/31004189
Itβs only until Jon thinks to check his phone again that he realizes he has fifteen minutes left. At ten, heβll have to make the short walk to the bus stop with the bag heβs checked over five times to ensure that he hasnβt forgotten anything and endure Timβs tense hostility, Basiraβs quiet indifference, and Daisyβs sharp eyes and sharper teeth for several hours until they arrive at Great Yarmouth.
βJon?β Martin says. He's looking at him with brown eyes wide with concern and his hand is resting on the edge of Jonβs desk and god, Jon wants to kiss him.
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Jon and Martin talk before the Unknowing.
Jon should have been comforted post Circus.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/29833356
things you said prompts: "13. things you said at the kitchen table."
Or: After Jon's escape from the Circus, Martin offers for Jon to stay with him.
Also in that vein
https://archiveofourown.org/works/35931247
Martin knew that he couldnβt trust what came from behind the door - the entire purpose of the corridors seemed to be to make him doubt his senses - but when the figure stumbled over the threshold, blinking in the dim light of Martinβs living room as though uncertain where he was, Martin ignored all of his nagging doubts and rushed to his side.
βMartin?β Jon blinked at him, his eyes still clearly adjusting from the kaleidoscopic brightness of the hallway heβd just left.
βItβs me, Iβm here, Iβm real,β he said, and hoped that Jon believed him. He remembered when he and Tim had finally left that place, how hard it was at first to trust what he saw and heard. Jon gripped the front of Martinβs shirt as though trying to get independent confirmation that he was, in fact, real. βHow long were you in those corridors?β
Jon shook his head. βNot long. Just long enough to get here. S-she said sheβd take me someplace safe.β
Martin wasnβt sure who βsheβ was, or what Jon was running from, but he tightened his grip on Jonβs shoulders and whispered fiercely, βShe did. She did; youβre safe here.β
What if Helen's door had taken Jon to Martin's apartment at the end of MAG 101?
Jon is in hiding
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25561510
Jon is probably fine, just hiding out somewhere while the whole murder thing blows over and that's... fine. Martin is fine with that explanation. Really. He's got plenty to distract himself - like listening through the entire What the Ghost episode library, for example. Or watching Georgie Barker's Instagram livestreams.
Georgie calling out Jon on his feelings. A little.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22444657
GEORGIE: You must be Martin. MARTIN: Yeah. Has Melanie been talking about me? GEORGIE: Oh, um ... Jon used to go on about you a lot. - MAG 149
In which Jon reluctantly takes a self-care day, comes to an unwelcome conclusion about Feelings, and makes a decision.
Or, what if Georgie and Martin actually talked prior to season 4?
Jonah Magnus hates Martin being in love
https://archiveofourown.org/bookmarks/1375984099
Β Elias's inability to See through Jon's eyes is something he knew would happen. It has, however, turned out to not be as much of a hindrance as heβd expected.
Β There is, after all, always Martin Blackwood.
Β ...
Β Elias clenches his hand around his glass and gives into the temptation to take another drink. If he concentrates, he can see the stain from yesterday's lunch on Jon's shirt, wrinkled from wear; or the fact that his old-fashioned, ill-fitting glasses and cardigan make him look like Gertrude herself. Or even the fact that the office is grey and smells faintly of mildew and stale human odour, and is filled with towering masses of mess and paperwork. Only if he concentrates. If he doesn't, all of that mundane unpleasantness fades to nothing and instead his view of the world is passed through Martin's filter. "Oh my god do you think he'd let me braid his hair he's so pretty - stop it Martin he doesn't think of you like that - maybe we could go to dinner maybe I could make dinner - shit I can't cook - wait no he doesn't - nngh hair."
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In the run up to the Unknowing, Elias checks in on the Archives team. They do not realise this.
Jon and Georgie and Jons Big Ol Gay Crush
https://archiveofourown.org/works/32462305
βOh so youβre friends now.β
Jon sighs, taking a sip of his own drink. βIf you must.β
βYou said.β Georgie shrugs and leans back against the couch, a wide smile pushing her glasses up. βJust wanted to clarify is all.β
JON IS SICK IN AMERICA AND ALSO VERY IN LOVE WITH MARTIN BLACKWOOD
https://archiveofourown.org/works/41606328
Β Β βH...hello......?β the speaker announces. Β Β Β Β And Jon jolts. Β Β Β Β Freezes. Every muscle goes stiff, every pinprick of exhaustion leaves his body in an instant as a cold wave of shock crashes him out of his sickly stupor. Heβs pretty sure it breaks his unbudging fever too, with the way he starts sweating β well, at least more than he has been. Heβs been doing a lot of that lately, but β thatβs not the point. Β Β Β Β The point is, he freezes, all because of the voice on the other side. A voice thatβs groggy, gentle, masculine, and definitely not Georgieβs. Β
It's a bug, probably, that's keeping Jon confined to his motel room in Pittsburgh. Really, he just needs someone to talk to.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30595550
"Theyβve never called just because one of them happened to be homesick and had a mini breakdown over evil hotel soap. Itβs weird."Pretty much canon-compliant, I wrote this as a missing scene in season 3 when Jon is in America.Featuring: absolutely bullshit stage directions, painfully awkward flirting, too many apologies, and pining off the fucking charts.
Post-Unknowing (Affectionate)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/47490424
The tricky thing about sending an Archivist to their potential death is that just about anything could happen. Somehow, Jon survived the explosion. Battered, bloodied, and missing something, but most assuredly alive.
Jon at Jeopardy - can not shut up about Martin
https://archiveofourown.org/works/32264503/chapters/79968934
βSo, youβve got creepy, magical Google in your head and youβre using it to help Martin with crossword puzzles?β
βLook, I know that I should be using my powers to get more information on the circus, Iβve tried, but the nature of The Stranger is such that-β
βYou should go on Who Wants to be a Millionaire!β Tim interrupted. Jon stared at him, dumbfounded, but before he could really process what heβd said, Martin was already agreeing with Tim.
βOoh, or Jeopardy!β
In which Jon uses his Beholding powers to cheat at a game show
(This work is inspired by the fic "Jeopardy!" by stardust_in_the wind. And by "inspired," I mean I read that fic and went, "what if this, but five times longer?")
Georgie calls for help
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22727362
βHello, Martin Blackwood speaking.β
βOh thank god-β a womanβs voice answered, rushed and panicked, and Martin immediately closes the folder he was leafing through absent-mindedly and snaps his head towards the door. βSorry, oh god, Iβm Georgie, Iβm Jonβs friend, I donβt know what to do-β
(au where georgie calls martin post burn)
What if evil bureaucracy?
https://archiveofourown.org/bookmarks/1375984474
Β 'I've noticed, that, ah, maybe, you- you don't, ah, hate me,' Jon says at last. There is a lengthy silence. 'Um,' says Martin at last. 'No I- I don't- I don't hate you? Is that a- a- problem?'
After returning from America, Jon shoots his shot. It goes... surprisingly well, given that it's him.
Unfortunately there's also the matter of the Magnus Institute Employee Code Of Conduct Rules Regarding Romantic Relationships Between Employees, and all of the supplementary paperwork that needs to be filled in every time they go on a date.
What if they both can do compulsion huh? What then?
https://archiveofourown.org/works/31928275
So. Martin isn't expecting anything to happen. But then, one day, something...does happen. It happens when Martin is passing Jon in the hall, and stops to ask how heβs doing, because Jon always looks a little bit like hell these days, and it makes Martin feel like he has to do something, and useless small talk is pretty much all he can do, so thatβs what he does. And instead of grunting or shrugging or mumbling something dismissive, Jon replies, with perfect, involuntary clarity, "Every part of me aches, and I would just about kill to have someone rub my shoulders right now."
There's a positively deafening silence as they both come to grips with this unprecedented turn of events. Then they both start talking at once.
"Ah," says Jon.
"Wow," says Martin, at the same time.
Okay this is more of a team fic but - Jon tries to save Sasha (ft. Not!Jon)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28588356/chapters/70064496
Jonathan Sims listens to a tape and makes a choice.
Love potion on the lose! Good thing jm are already in love.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/44785723
Β Melanie poked her head out of the assistantsβ office as they were making their way back from the breakroom. She looked frazzled.
βOh thank god youβre still here,β she breathed. βSomething weird is going on.β ----- A love potion gets loose in the Institute.
I really need Martin to know about MAG 81
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30532764
Jon asks Martin to listen to a tape. It contains a rather more personal statement than Martin would have expected.
Kissing to get away - a classic
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30971819
Jon exhales frustratedly. "It's just that⦠I have an idea of how we could hide, and i-it's a little unusual, and stupid, a-and so I wanted your⦠to make sure you are all right with it first."
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kiss prompt 17: Needing to kiss to hide from bad guys
Jon is trying SO hard not to cry (fails)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/33476020
Martin stands next to him on the train. His hand rests just beneath Jonβs where it grips one of the metal poles, and Martin takes care not to brush against him despite how crowded the car is. Jon considered telling Martin, when they first got on the tube, that it was okayβthat his touch would beβ¦ well, it wouldnβt be bad. Not like Nikola's. But heβd stayed silent, allowing Martin to cultivate a careful space between them. Theyβve been silent for the past twenty minutes as theyβve passed by station after station on their way to Martinβs flat in Brixton.
Jon adds 24 hours onto his mental countdown of the time he has left until heβs allowed to break down and tells himself that he can manage. Itβsβ¦ important to have goals, he thinks. He splits this one into steps.
Step one: get to Martinβs flat without crying.
PRE UNKNOWING
https://archiveofourown.org/works/38296171
βIf the world were really endingβ¦β Martin mused, βI mean, if we knew for certain it was going to, and there was nothing we could do to stop itβ¦ What would you be doing, right now?β
βI donβt knowβ¦ I never really had a- a bucket list, or anythingβ¦β Jon sighed, thought it over. βIβd like to make things right with Tim,β he said eventually. βI- I tried, earlier, but he- he doesnβt want to speak to me.β If the world were really ending, he supposed, he could try again, but he didnβt think this was a thing that could be fixed in under a day. He wasnβt sure it was a thing that could be fixed at all. βWhat about you?β he asked.
βI donβt know either, really. I called my mum earlier, but she didnβt want to speak to me. I asked the people at the care home to give her a message, told her I loved her and all that. If the world doesnβt end, sheβs going to be really confused.β He laughed weakly. βSheβll probably think Iβm, I dunno, trying to guilt her for not answering the phone, but, well. It seemed like the thing to do.β
Yes, Jon thought. Telling people that you love them did seem like the thing to do, the night before the end of the world.
For Jonmartin Week Day 7 - Forehead Kisses
KISSING
https://archiveofourown.org/works/31854658
βPromise me youβll be safe?β
Jmart are dating - Martin is not aware of that
https://archiveofourown.org/works/31636031/chapters/78290072
Jon is apparently back now. Home from America and dressed in a loud Hawaiian print shirt and baggy cargo pants, his face tanned a shade darker than Martin remembers, accentuating the streaks of silver in his hair and the new crinkles at the corners of his eyes. Or maybe the crinkles are the same, but Martin never noticed because Jonβs never smiled at him quite like this, big and bright as a penny.
Okay This one is only Season 3 in spirit but its really good guys! Trust me
https://archiveofourown.org/works/39712983/chapters/99421887
I don't forgive you, Tim says, and then there's a click.
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Jon doesn't die in the Unknowing. Instead, he wakes up a year after the season five finale, that final click still echoing in his ears.
And if that's not enough Season 3 Goodness - Here are my ao3 Bookmarks - all tagged with the right season if it hasn't already been tagged by the author! There is probably a good chance I forgot some absolute bangers but feel free to tell me if I missed your favorite ;)
#tma#tma fic rec#tma fic#the magnus archives#fic rec#jonmartin#teaholding#Jonathan sims#Martin Blackwood#the magnus archives season 3#jmart
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It's What's Inside that Counts by Jackfruit
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Summary:
Ever since accepting the role as Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute, Jonathan Sims has been rather thoroughly cursed. He is unable to leave the institute walls without transforming into a horrific monster, which in of itself wouldn't be that big a deal if it weren't for the fact that Martin saw him.
Or:
Jon lives a double life and accidentally befriends/falls for Martin along the way
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This is so so cute, I adore the soft jmart fics so so much!
100% recommend to all the monster!Jon lovers (of which there are many lol)
#tma fic#tma#the magnus archives#monster jon#eldritch#eldritch monster#eyes#the eye#jmart#jonmartin#jon archivist#jon sims#jonathan sims#jon x martin#martin blackwood#martin k blackwood#martin knife blackwood#<- seems like an appropriate tag for this lol#fanfic recs#fanfic rec#fanfics#fanfic#fanfiction#tma fanfiction#ao3#ao3 link
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TMA fans gimme fic recs (my only rule is no jonelias and nothing super sexual)
#tma#the magnus archives#fic recs pls#grabby hands#I really like crack fics and somewhere else fics#jmart is my favorite ship#also wtgfs#time travel fix itβs are also a guilty pleasure tbh#and fics that specifically resurrect Gerry#also gerrymichael#I fucking love fuckhands mcmike#and my boy Gerry#literally just put me in front of a TMA fic and Iβll go ham
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jmart fix me. fix me jmart. jmart fix me please
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Fic Recs Vol. 2: TMA hasn't let me go!
So, we're here once again! Wanted to make another rec list as I made the last one quite a bit ago and thought I'd just spread the good writing I've been soaking up like a plant the past few weeks. Some of these are recent, others not, it's mostly just anything I really really enjoyed and had in the first few pages of my bookmarks on AO3.
Let's get started:
we'll embrace that much longer (make more of a mess) by SmallishWormMasterOfTheUniverse. A Jon and Tim centric fic centered around a pair of handcuffs that locks the duo together. Hijinks ensue.
hanging curtain rods in hopes of windows by epilobium. Safehouse fic (my personal favorite genre of jmart fic). Honestly, never read a safehouse fic that made me yearn more than this one. Something about it just hit all the right notes in my heart. Safehouse in general is amazing. Keep doing what you do, safehouse era writers!
so revival/so alone by heartshapedguy. Another safehouse fic (big surprise there) that is also focused on the sheer capacity for yearning that the safehouse era holds. Also a very good study in how hard it is for depression to allow love into your heart. How it makes it impossible to believe that anyone could be in love with you, truly. jmart lovers, your food has arrived!
I warn you, baby, each night, as sure as you're born (you'll hear me howling outside your door) by distortiondaisiras. A great, I mean, truly great fic about the Basira and Jon dynamic we could've had on tape. Jon, who loves Daisy in his familial "I have no one to take care of me" way, and Basira, who loves Daisy in a slightly more obvious "You are the only one who could understand why I do the things I do" but complicated way nonetheless.
Surprise, Gertie: We've Unionized (subheading) In More Ways Than One by dduucckk. An amazing polychives fic for all of my polychives lovers. Features Gertrude Robinson, a statement or two, in-field research that should not be done by archival assistants, and love finding a way, always.
dragon slayer by hueue. Alternate meeting for jmart where Jon is already in his full monstrous transformation. He attempts to take Martin Blackwood's statement. Martin Blackwood, being the stubborn man he is, says, firmly, no. Somehow, they end up behaving like a married couple by the end.
i will not ask you where you came from by flwergardens. This fic is amazing. Truly. Reads like a statement that you would find in the Archives. Alternate universe. Jon's husband comes back from the dead. It is his husband. Obviously. Why wouldn't it be? (Spoiler/Not Spoiler: That's not his husband!)
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Im reading the reverb in these holy walls by Wolftraps on ao3 AND ITS SO GOOD
im halfway through and im gnawing at the bars of my enclosure I NEED MORE
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(Unofficial hiatus/discontinued)
#martin blackwood#jonathan sims#sasha james#tim stoker#the magnus archives#tma#jmart#jonmartin#fic rec
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