#m. keay

[recorded-anew]

Michael Keay Joins the blog!

(Two versions so it's easier to see)

Here is everyone's favorite book burner turned book! Michael is the son of Jurgen Keay, and he started burning books in an attempt to keep his dad safe from the Lietners he was trying to collect. (thanks to @thecatchat for the great idea!) As you can see from the tattoo on his neck, Michael does have various tattoos all over his body to repentant the 14 fears, from his fathers insistence. Jurgen seemed to believe that if *every* fear wanted to claim you, none of them could. Michael didn't believe that, but he got the tattoos for his father. Now, Michael is a ghost in the skin book. He wants to believe things will get better, he *has* to. If no one can try, he will. Even in death, he tries to do what he can, even if the hunters he's with are... Frustrating.

[recorded-anew]

That's so funny. 10/10.

I would also wear this shirt

depression is over it’s done it is obliterated look at this fucking shirt i found at the thrift near my house

[peach-coloured-glasses]

i should be sleeping but instead im thinking about my favourite angry goth

[theokusgallery]

Ok Gerry with an undercut and then I'm going to sleep

[showdown-of-the-undead]

Undead Character Showdown Redo: Round One Matchup Six

Who is your favorite undead character?

Propaganda:

No propaganda is submitted for either character! If any is submitted through the ask box or comments on reblogs, they will be added next round!

[winterstarfall]

NO GERRY SOUNDS SO HAPPY PLEASE DONT HURT HIM

[venleaf]

I have this modern tma au where Michael, Mike, Gerry and Annabelle and Helen will form a band

Lots of silly stuff

Lots of drama

Yes Michael x mike is a huge focus probs idk how big yet though

Also I just thought about this au and asked myself

How can I give Helen a gun and should I

Anyways what would be interested in such an au, besides me lol

[composereggwrites]

(art by @snekberry)

A Vivisection of Me (Done by God for all to See)

Chapter 8 - Eat Your Greens

The assistants research, Gerry has to deal with bureaucracy, and a book is burned.

Read This Chapter on Ao3!

Rating: M

Warning: Choose Not To Warn

Fandom: The Magnus Archives

Characters: Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood, Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives), Sasha James, Alice "Daisy" Tonner, Basira Hussain, Gerard Keay

Relationships: Jonathan Sims/Martin Blackwood, Jonathan Sims & Alice "Daisy" Tonner, Martin Blackwood & Sasha James & Jonathan Sims & Tim Stoker, Gerard Keay & Jonathan Sims

Additional Tags: Time Travel Fix-It, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Eyes, Eye Trauma, Jon is: Monstrous, Traumatized, Possessive, and Protective, Aromantic Sasha James, Queerplatonic Sasha James/Tim Stoker, Queerplatonic Gerard Keay/Jonathan Sims, Cannibalism - Eyes Specifically

Summary:

It starts, as many things have, with Daisy.

In the apocalyptic world, Jon takes an eye from her when she dies. As the Pupil, he takes more.

And then. He rewinds the threads.

Jonathan Sims starts again, back to his first day on the job. This time, it will be different.

Ao3: Chapter 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Chapter 8

[keaytomyheart]

...just as long as you didn't listen to any of the true crime podcasts about me. If I could kill whoever invented that crap I would.

I need a new band...

[fipindustries]

also im taking a peak at mage the ascention 20th anniversary, particularly with an eye to compare it to the otherverse because in many ways they seems to be trying to do the exact same thing.

what if magic was real, what if all magic, all folklore, all mythical creatures, were real. and we are not talking about some specific particular magical system like in mistborn or harry potter, we are talking about Magic with a capital M

both worlds seem to be based on this key idea that reality is fundamentally fluid, that there is no objective consensus on what IS, that what happens on any given moment is hammered in more by thought and feeling than by observation of fact.

but there seems to be a key difference here. MtA is internal, Otherverse is external.

in MtA you can bend reality and conjure up spells and wonders by internal will alone. by the power of your own inner belief. is just a matter of understanding that your perspective can change the outside world. that by sheer virtue of thinking hard enough you can access the underliying cogs and wires of the universe and pull them to your whims

in Otherverse it is all about external gestures, is about persuation, is about arguing your case to Others, is about defending your perspective of how the world ought to be with gestures and rituals and incantations. is all about getting the spirits of the world to reach a consensus with you, and this involves action, negotiation, appeasement.

is a very keay difference that underlies the fundamental conflict of each world.

in MtA the conflict is more internal than anything else. yes you have the technocracy and the rival traditions and the nephandi and all the other spookums. but fundamentally is about your own internal conflict with your own sanity. is all about your internal struggle of trying to reach the ascention, of surviving the paradox, of not going completly fucking bonkers and erasing yourself from the continuum

in the Otherverse the conflict is very much with the Other, is about learning to coexist and cohabitate in a world of hunger and greed where everyone is scrabbling over everyone else to survive and get ahead, about resolving conflict with creatures that have values that are fundamentally inhuman.

is all very interesting

[ao3feed-jonmartin]

How to Not Kidnap Jonathan Sims: A Beginners Guide

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/QDuUdCS by WonkyElk ”The thing about failing to kidnap Jonathan Sims, was that it wasn’t even important.” Or: Jon does not get kidnapped, quite a lot, and somehow gains some friends in the process Words: 11021, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M Characters: Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Gerard Keay, Martin Blackwood, Georgie Barker, Melanie King, Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives), Sasha James, Stranger Entities Breekon and Hope (The Magnus Archives), Basira Hussain, Alice "Daisy" Tonner Relationships: Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Gerard Keay & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Georgie Barker/Melanie King, Sasha James/Tim Stoker Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, No Fears, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Attempted Kidnapping, Fluff and Humor, Pre-Slash read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/QDuUdCS

[recorded-anew]

… I bet Gertrude was PISSED at not having realized how the rituals worked sooner cause Michael was literally just RIGHT THERE marked by EVERY SINGLE FEAR and she didn’t even try to use him to get off a ritual-

pov your special lil marked boy died of cancer before you realized, so now you have to start all over

[gerrydelano]

Seventh Installment of the Pharos By Right series

Title: CROSSROADS Rating: M Chapters: 7 / 7 Words: 12k Characters: Gerry Keay, Jon Sims, Martin Blackwood, Tim Stoker, Sasha James, Melanie King, Danny Stoker, The Contortionist (OC), Jonah Magnus, Georgie Barker (mentioned), Mikaele Salesa (mentioned), Annabelle Cane (mentioned)

Relationships: Gerry/Tim, Martin/Danny, Sasha/Melanie/Georgie, Jon & The Distortion, Danny/The Contortionist

Additional Tags: Archivist!Gerry, Canon Divergence, Mostly Morbid Humor, Angst, Tragedy, DID/EDS/POTS Gerry, HoH Tim, Cane User/Monocular Vision/Autistic Jon, Autistic/BPD Martin, End!Tim, Stranger!Danny, The Eye, The Spiral, The Stranger, Non-Canonical Character Undeath, Canon-Typical Apocalypse, Canon-Typical Smiting, Graphic Violence, Murder, Suicide, Just a whole lot of death in this one lads, But there's hope too

Chapter Summary:

There’s a dying part of him that wants to smirk back at her, naught but a frail bud of flame in a chipped lantern. If it’s just Gerry, he can’t tell. Pharos can’t feel him anymore. Any of them, really. They must have taken him rather seriously when he first told them to stay inside. This is for him to see through to the End. “Let’s get moving,” he says. “It’s a long way up.”

Or: The end of all things, for beginning's sake.

[peach-coloured-glasses]

all this magnificent art of de-goth-ified happy Protocol Gerry is gonna send me to an early fucking grav e

[tma-ficrec]

hi!!! I know you haven’t been very active recently but I was hoping to get some help finding my favorite fic if you happen to see and get around to this. no worries if not!!

it’s a jonmartin fic that takes place in an alternate universe where jon works as a librarian and martin works in a sandwich shop. jon has a daughter named philomena, or phil for short, and they meet when she runs off and hangs out at the sandwich place with martin for a bit. there aren’t any dread powers, but there are leitners, and the story kicks off when jon receives a collection of them from sasha that used to belong to the keays.

I’ve looked for it so extensively that I’m worried it might’ve been deleted, but I’m holding out hope that I just missed it!! if you or anyone else seeing this can help, I’d really appreciate it, thank you in advance

*crawls from the pits of hell* I KNOW EXACTLY WHICH FIC YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND NOT ONLY IT ISN'T DELETED BUT IT'SA MASTERPIECE. From all @organchordsandlightning's fics, this one has a SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART

Knowledge is Power (but Love won't Hurt) by SupposedToBeWriting. 156k. Complete. Rated M. Single Parent AU. AU - No fears, only Leitners

Jonathan Sims is a single father and the sole librarian of the most disorganized library in existence. Martin Blackwood's life has entered a new chapter but he can't seem to find the plot. Jon's daughter causes a chance encounter that throws them inexorably into one another's lives. As Jon receives a strange shipment of rare, peculiar books, he realizes that his life is only about to grow more complicated - and more dangerous.

[fuckthisshitimin]

[ID: A sketchbook page containing a pen, pencil and gouache sketch of Jonathan Sims and Gerard Keay from The Magnus Archives sitting together. They are both naked, Gerry sitting between Jon's legs and facing away from the viewer towards the source of light. Jon's head is turned to the viewer, one hand draped over his stomach and the other laying on his knee, holding a cigarette with little effort. The sketch is dated July 27th 2023 and signed M. M. End ID.]