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[shadow0haven]

When Arthur goes on a search for his daughter, he finds himself sucked into The Dreamlands - a world ruled by spirits and gods - and is taken in by Hastur against his will. How will he find his way out of this one?

AKA, A Spirited Away AU for @malevolentbigbang !

I got to work on this idea finally to get it out of my brain, and bring it to life with amazing art by @littlecactiguy @constantron and @aetheremin !! And beta read by the lovely @starshifter! Please give them some love!

Please be sure to read the tags and enjoy yourselves!

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Ghost Hunter Au Part 1/2

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This is my entry for the Malevolent “write in your style event”, @malevolent-monthly!

I wasn’t initially planning on participating since this is a writing event and not an illustration one, but the prompt immediately inspired me so I got the go ahead to make a little comic! Part two out soon.

ID in Alt text provided by @shadow0haven

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People i'd like to get to know better

Was tagged by both @count-doodoo and @rochenn thanks a lot to both of yous! Not sure how much you'll learn, but here we goooo:

favorite color: Blue. I mean… nobody should be shocked by that.

last movie/show:

Last movie was Rebel Moon. A lukewarm disappointment.

Last Tv show is Slow Horses season 3. I looooove that show. I'm not usually one for spy stuff, but the hard british realism and fail-cringe sarcastic humour is just immaculate. Also watching Gary Oldman slurring on his minions all day long only to turn on a dime and become a blood thirsty monster the instant someone harms one of his joes is just. mwah. Chef kiss. It's also a very skillful adaptation, though I can't recommend the books to just anyone. They're fairly hard to read and deeply british.

It even has a banger by Mick Jagger as opening credits :

last song: Well, I'm writing to BG3's OST. Last single song I listened to before that was OVERWERK's Night Shift from my electronica playlist.

sweet/savory/spicy: I'm big on all 3. I really enjoy spice, but I could not pick a favourite. I definitely have a sweet tooth, but I indulge more on savoury dishes.

relationship status: Single for years and happy that way. Definitely identifying aroace and living it.

last thing googled: Just me checking a word for a fic (it's heat stroke, not sun stroke).

current obsession: BG3, I think that is pretty obvious too x'D I don't think I'm suffering from brain rot from it, but I'm definitely spending an unholy amount of time playing it and engaging with it online.

no pressure tags: @i-got-no-bones @ele-millennial-weirdo @spicedrobot @shadow0haven and @pinkytoothlesso11

[bluejayblueskies]

WIP tag game!

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Tag as many people as you have WIPs!

tagged by @magnetarmadda and @thewrongshop - thank you!!

so i don't have a specific WIP folder, but i will go scrounge up all the WIPs i have floating around on my computer and Gdocs

Malevolent

cutting_edge_au (this is frostbite!)

collins (this is a fun little collins POV snippet from early s4)

funny silly sexy christmas funtimes (a parker/arthur christmas smutfic WIP that i've had since uhhhh christmas 2022 😅)

FTH Amai (i ended up writing a different official fic for amai for fandom trumps hate because this one was getting too long for me to finish in time, but this will eventually be an AU where arthur dies on the king's plateau and john takes over the king's body and puts arthur in a happy dreamscape stasis to prevent him from going to the dark world)

The Magnus Archives

seen_unseen_unsung (published but a WIP longfic where tim ... iirc loses his memory after the unknowing and is an avatar of the end? that sounds about right)

magic_poetry (martin can do magic via writing poetry and writes a poem about not wanting to be alone anymore; that night, jon shows up on his doorstep)

stars_may_collide (i orphaned this one on ao3 as a WIP so i'm not sure if it counts, but this is a moulin rouge AU)

Untitled Document (jmart get caught kissing in jon's office by tim)

tim no eyes oops (tim survives the unknowing, and when jon finds out how to quit the institute, they quit together)

untitled_1 (jon gets therapy somewhere else)

i'll just tag a few people! @shadow0haven, @croik, @splitting-infinities, @captaincravatthecapricious, any anybody else who feels like it

[organchordsandlightning]

Rules: List Five Comfort Characters And Tag Five People. This is in no particular order.

Tagged by @dathen !

hell yeah let’s go (i have thought so much about the definition of Comfort Character while drafting this, because I’m like ‘well I love the Malevolent guys. and everyone from TMA. but would I describe them as comfort? hm.’):

In no particular order:

1. Spock (Star Trek) - my boy. my guy. on god i love spock so much. he will keep everything inside his chest, and then one day he’ll die. i have such a soft spot for characters with strong moral codes, and top of all off with Spock’s usual ‘doesn’t particularly feel comfortable anywhere’.... my Spock boy. 

2. Oscar Wilde (RQG, the real guy is probably fine) - I am also such a fan of characters who care about things so much but have a visibly unbothered exterior and have a hard time expressing their sincerity. Wilde.

3. Hercule Poirot (Christie) - I’m as surprised as anyone not to be putting Sherlock Holmes in this place, but I think overall Poirot was with me for longer (granted, for much the same reasons that Holmes is!). A kind little detective who is just here to solve crimes. Not a mean bone in his body (a few bitchy ones though).

4. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce (M*A*S*H*) - it truly could’ve been either Pierce, Mulcahy, or Radar here, they both hold equally strong parts of my heart, but I had to give it to Hawkeye on the pure basis of ‘guy who know what is up and knows he can’t do anything about it but tries to make it through anyway’.

5. Harrier Du Bois (Disco Elysium)- (OKAY OKAY HEAR ME OUT) I have a soft spot for characters that are at their Lowest of the Low and it’s All Uphill From Here. I write them, I read them, I love them, and I think whenever I mentally engage with Harry Du Bois, it’s intrinsically a recovery dynamic that I really enjoy writing with.

No Pressure Tagging @shadow0haven @captaincravatthecapricious @genderfluid-druid @bluejayblueskies @fruitviking

[magnetarmadda]

last line WIP game

so I did this once and then got tagged again, so I’m gonna do it again lol. I will never say no to an excuse to share what I'm working on, because it’ll likely trick my brain into wanting to work on fics again

Rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote and tag as many people as there are words in the line

thanks to @shadow0haven, @ollieofthebeholder, and @milkteamoon for tagging me! I'll share a line from three different wips, one for each of you!

for amai, we have the most recent line from my third fic in the series where jmart make out in the office and are initially mad at themselves about it

He quickly exits in the room, leaving Tim sitting alone and feeling like he missed something important.

for ollie, here is a very angsty line from a wip about Jon immediately before the Unknowing following his struggles in s4

As Tim presses the switch, Jon thinks, hopelessly, I'm going to be very late for our date, Martin.

and for milk, I just started this fic tonight because I saw this tumblr post and my brain went brrrrr. The line is from a poem Martin’s going to write in it

Hey (with the intention of being the love of your life)

I’m not going to take as many people as there are words in those three lines, so instead, I’ll do three @probsnothawkeye, @hihereami, and @morning-softness

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10 Stories/10 First Lines meme

Tagged by @scifrey!

Tagging: @spookynebula working on some fun Distortion!Michael stuff

@mrrrcesare who I THINK wrote some awesome Malevolent fic (hard to track some of these folks down)

@shadow0haven for writing some fantastic Malevolent fic, which helps inspire my current WIP crossover

and THIS PERSON who does not seem to have a Tumblr, but who has written some amazing, fantabulous stuff, so I am shouting their name into the void? (It's NeverWinterThistle)

So the rules are: post the first lines of your 10 most recently published AO3 stories.

I... am gonna SLIGHTLY cheat and only post the first lines of my most recent, because the other two fics are more than twenty years old, mmkay?

And Eat It, Too: a Magnus Archives Fanfic

Jon hasn’t breathed in a while.

He’s vaguely aware of it, aware his lungs feel tight and terrible, as if transformed into the wet leather that supposedly comprises Michael’s skin.

He can’t bring himself to care. He can care later, when the statement is done.

“To have your who torn bloody from your what, and another crudely lashed into its place,” says the thing that ate Michael, the thing that is Michael, and even though the Distortion’s experience was not, could not, is in no way human, Jon knows.

Pain without terror, shock without fear (because it is fear and cannot feel those things), but it is so much rage and all consuming and Jon whites out.

And then, Michael laughs.

It’s better than a slap. Knives in the ears, eyeballs straining as if pushed out by his swelling brain.

“That is what I am,” finishes Michael, and Jon thinks, Yes, headache and dizziness seem about right.

And Jon can breathe.

He’s still going to die. Still covered in layers of old, floral moisturizer. Still under threat of being skinned alive.

But he has so many questions.

What was it like to “become,” how much of human-Michael does he remember, did he pick up Michael’s tastes like ice cream flavors and preferred teas or only his rage, what happened to the map, why did the map matter, did Michael actually die with anger toward Gertrude or is that only Distortion-Michael’s thing –

And a question pops out, slips like a marble between his lips, too heavy and wet to stop and just as disruptive. “But you… you never tried to take revenge on Gertrude?”

And for whatever insane reason, Michael keeps answering him.

It’s like it really does want him to know.

[phoebenavarro]

WIP ask game

Rules are: post the barebones plot of your wips and let people send you an ask with the title that intrigues them the most, then post a snippet/tell them something about it! Then, tag as many people as you have wips. I was tagged by @organchordsandlightning, thank you!!

all my WIPs are The Magnus Archives, soooooo

First off we got fics that are in progress but have been posted in part

We’ve got my JonMarTim fix-it AU, “Only One to Trust,” where Jon decided to trust Tim in s2 and they started dating. We’ve gotten into s3 now, Jon’s on the run, and Tim and Martin are bonding. We’re slowly getting to the polyamory here

My longfic vampire AU “Fight Another Day,” Elias is a vampire, Jon is his thrall, Martin is a vampire hunter and he gets captured by Elias while trying to hunt him, and Elias decides he’s going to take his time killing him. Cue horrible sexy supernatural love triangle (and a ‘true’ love triangle). Right now Jon is reading the diary of one Dr. Jonathan Fanshawe, who was also Elias’s thrall back when he went by the name of Jonah Magnus

Mike Crew/Jon AU: I have a few little pieces here that I’ve got written, no idea how/if they’ll come together. Martin being worried for Jon that an avatar has basically imprinted on him (and jealous), Tim being pissed that another monster (Mike) is just hanging around in the archives, Jon trying to get some answers about the larger supernatural world from Mike, but Mike doesn’t really pay that much attention and is no help

And now.... the true WIPs

A TimElias AU: Sensing his volatility, in order to secure Tim’s future loyalty, Elias seduces Tim shortly after he joins the Institute and they begin dating. Elias means to just use Tim, but he actually starts to catch feelings. But Elias is still planning to end the world. Cue a whole lot of betrayal and angst when Tim finds out what Elias really is

MartinElias Pretty Woman AU: After Martin drops out of school, he is unable to find a job that pays enough for him to be able to support him and his mother, and he turns to sex work to make ends meet. Elias becomes one of his regular (and favorite) clients. Elias makes an effort to actually get to know Martin while still respecting his boundaries, and after Martin tells him about the reason he’s in this line of work, Elias offers him a job at the Institute.

A fill for the kinkmeme, a rape recovery fic for Jon set in s4, with Martin abandoning his plan with Peter and being there to help Jon through it, as well as Melanie and Basira being forced to see that Jon is human and as much a victim of their situation as they are

A piece for Jaisy week exploring Jon and Daisy having to work together during s3 to stop the Unknowing, the camaraderie they develop even though Jon is terrified of her and Daisy is still fully planning to kill him

so now I gotta tag some folks! I’ll be honest, I haven’t been super active on tumblr lately and I don’t know a ton of people who are actively writing, so I’ll tag a few people, no pressure to do it, and if anyone I haven’t tagged sees this and wants to do it, go for it and you can say I tagged you :)

@voiceless-terror, @shadow0haven, @lo-fi-charming, @fataldrum, @probsnothawkeye

[shadow0haven]

Completely forgot to post this here, but a little gift for @stonekeyy because honestly you gave me the Noel bug thank you xD

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Malevolent (Podcast) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: John/Arthur Lester, John & Arthur Lester, John/Arthur Lester/Noel | Charlie Dowd, John/Noel | Charlie Dowd Characters: John (Malevolent), Arthur Lester, Noel | Charlie Dowd Additional Tags: First Kiss, Crushing, Crushes, Smoking, Smoking Kink, I count this as first kiss because John, One-Shot, John (Malevolent) POV, Awkward Crush, John just wants one thing before he dies, John (Malevolent) Catches Feelings Summary:k

Before they confront the order, John wants to try one more thing. He's been thinking about Noel.

[shadow0haven]

New chapter of Parker times has arrived!

Chapters: 2/19

Fandom: Malevolent (Podcast)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Relationships: John & Arthur Lester, John & Arthur Lester & Peter Yang, John & Peter Yang, Arthur Lester & Peter Yang

Characters: John (Malevolent), Arthur Lester, Peter Yang, Peter "Parker" Yang, The King In Yellow, Kayne (Malevolent)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Peter Yang Lives, Canon Typical Violence, Canon Typical Horror, casefic, Angst, Whump, Body Horror, POV Peter Yang, Eldritch Horrors, Horror, 10 Steps Behind, tags added as we go, longfic, Slow Burn, QPP Trio, Queer platonic relationships

Summary:

He and Arthur had been working together for the past couple of years and had been fine until the Emily case. It had them both on edge. Sure, Arthur had a temper and he was more stubborn than a mule, but this? His… assault on Peter - it seemed so out of character. The man had his issues. And secrets. Peter gave him his space for that, as he should because that’s what friends did. But to do what he did would surprise anyone who knew him. It was anything unlike Arthur Lester.

Or: What if Peter lived?

[shadow0haven]

New chapter of Hunt fic is up!

Chapters: 3/5 Fandom: Malevolent (Podcast) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: John/Arthur Lester Characters: John (Malevolent), Arthur Lester Additional Tags: John (Malevolent) Has His Own Body, Teratophilia, Porn With Plot, Canon Divergent, Beast John AU, Monster John AU, Play hunting, Animal Instincts, Human/Monster Romance, Trans Arthur Lester, Trans Male Character, Monster fucker Arthur, some violence mentioned, Rating is for second chapter on, First chapter is tame compared, Anyway I just think Beast John is neat and maybe awakens something in Arthur, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Body Horror, Adjusting to a body, Angst, Vaginal Penetration, Pining, will add tags as needed, Tentacle Sex, Grayromantic Arthur Lester, Arospec Arthur Lester, post episode 20, Dubious Consent, dubcon touching, Misunderstandings, Misunderstood Reactions Series: Part 1 of Monster of my Dreams Summary:

John and Arthur finally find an escape from The King and The Dreamlands with the result of John getting his own body. Unfortunately, it didn't turn out according to plan. He has to learn to live with the new body he's given and Arthur... he has a lot of complex feelings about it.

[shadow0haven]

I can finally go ahead and share my writing for @malevolentbigbang !!! Been sitting on this for a long while and boy howdy I'm glad it's done. I've never written omegaverse before, but inspiration struck and this was something I really wanted to do. Please pay attention to tags and enjoy!

For the bang, I got to work with the lovely @bluejayblueskies and @lymazhu for both beta reading and Jay being my artist. Thank you both so so much for everything, and please be sure to check out Jay's work linked in the fic too!

Song Number Three (15518 words) by shadow0haven

Chapters: 3/3

Fandom: Malevolent (Podcast)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: John/Arthur Lester, Arthur Lester & Peter "Parker" Yang, John & Peter "Parker" Yang (Malevolent)

Characters: John (Malevolent), Arthur Lester, Peter "Parker" Yang (Malevolent), Original Characters

Additional Tags: John (Malevolent) Has His Own Body, Peter Parker Yang Lives, Porn With Plot, Omegaverse, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Type Change, Clownfish Effect, Pheromones, Scenting, Subvocals, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Alpha Arthur, Beta Parker, Omega John, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Feelings Realization, malevolent big bang 2023

Summary:

When John gets his own body, he expects that he’d be just like Arthur: a male type alpha. It turns out that his new body is type beta instead. After finding Parker once more, they all try to settle into a more mundane life. However, when Parker and Arthur travel for a case and John is left to keep watch over the household, the stress becomes overwhelming and his body reacts accordingly.

It had been hard enough adjusting to being a beta. How the hell is he supposed to adjust to becoming an omega?

[shadow0haven]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Malevolent (Podcast) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: John & Arthur Lester, John/Arthur Lester Characters: John (Malevolent), Arthur Lester Additional Tags: queer platonic relationship, Fluff, Cuddling, Sharing Clothes, Sleepy Cuddles, John (Malevolent) Has His Own Body, qpr, Missing a Body, Adjusting, Post-Canon, spoiler free, All of Arthurs sweaters are now too big for him Summary:

Being separate is a rough time for both John and Arthur, and their opposing sleep schedules helps neither of them with adjusting to their new situation.

[shadow0haven]

Okay so I haven't been posting about a mag a day simply because I help mod it, but this statement sure is something... but uh. "The blanket never did anything" is something that honestly haunts me to this day. It makes me so nervous and I think about it at least once a week.

I don't have much to say about this episode except how things can be so PATIENT. Like that fear can be so patient, so slow to come and get you whenever it wants.

"The blanket never did anything."

Hhhh. @a-mag-a-day

[shadow0haven]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Malevolent (Podcast) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: John & Arthur Lester, John & Arthur Lester & Peter Yang, John & Peter Yang, Arthur Lester & Peter Yang Characters: John (Malevolent), Arthur Lester, Peter Yang, Peter "Parker" Yang, The King In Yellow, Kayne (Malevolent) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Peter Yang Lives, Canon Typical Violence, Canon Typical Horror, casefic, Angst, Whump, Body Horror, POV Peter Yang, Eldritch Horrors, Horror, 10 Steps Behind, tags added as we go, longfic, Slow Burn, QPP Trio, Queer platonic relationships Summary:

He and Arthur had been working together for the past couple of years and had been fine until the Emily case. It had them both on edge. Sure, Arthur had a temper and he was more stubborn than a mule, but this? His… assault on Peter - it seemed so out of character. The man had his issues. And secrets. Peter gave him his space for that, as he should because that’s what friends did. But to do what he did would surprise anyone who knew him. It was anything unlike Arthur Lester.

Or: What if Peter lived?

[shadow0haven]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Malevolent (Podcast) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: John & Arthur Lester Characters: John (Malevolent), Arthur Lester Additional Tags: POV John, Trans Arthur Lester, Trans Male Character, Hurt/Comfort, hurt comfort, Post Part 32 Malevolent, Sickfic, John (Malevolent) Has His Own Body, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Dysphoria, Fluff, Menstruation, John cares for Arthur, rating for swears, All Genuine Summary:

Things had been so much simpler when he and Arthur had shared a body… but that seemed to be so long ago. After New York, things were rough. It had been a month or so since their separation and escape from eldritch forces wanting to make their lives a living hell. He paused after lowering his cup and took a calming breath. John had already made coffee and breakfast for himself, making a small meal for Arthur when he was under the weather was effortless. It was the least he could do, after everything.

AKA, John tries to understand and help Arthur feel better.