#tim&martin dynamics are everything

[artfulacrostic]

tim: JON IS BEING NUTS--

martin: he's having a hard time :( ever since prentiss--

tim: he's not the only one who got messed up by that, martin--

martin: nooo of course you're fucked up too tim that's a given 💕

[magpod-confessions]

hi. so because i'm normal about jonathan sims and jmart. um.

i really like jmart. i think there could have been MUCH better buildup, but... ultimately it's a very cute ship. i think the appeal, yeah, is a lot that it's just canon. but.

they're both deeply broken people. jon wasn't loved enough. his grandmother tried her best, but he was never cuddled, never read to, never had a chance to *be a little kid*, really. and martin was never loved. maybe he convinced himself he was just never loved the right way, that his mum just didn't know how to show it because he was so *insufferable* and *incompetant*, but no matter the lies he tells himself, martin was not shown love by his mother.

and then they meet. and martin gives and gives and gives because that's all he knows. and jon has no idea how to receive because he never really had anything to receive. and jon's coping mechanism, with that unknown situation, is to reinforce his emotional walls. martin does not know how to stop giving. so they don't work at this point, not at all.

and then jon's emotional walls come tumbling down. well, moreso that they were violently destroyed, with prentiss and all. jon has no support system!!! tim hates him because he's a fucking *stalker*, martin... well... he can't rely on martin, of all people. and sasha... he never knew her too well, but she's acting strange. so jon and martin don't work together at that point, romantically, i think partially because jon won't let it.

in big part, jmart is built on mutual trauma (NOT traumabonding!! i know it's used that way in podcast, but that's not the correct definition) and ... martin being pretty much the only person jon has left. of course, there's basira and melanie and georgie, but they don't *get it*. they didn't go through everything jon did alongside him. sure, martin didn't either, but martin has been there the whole time.

it's partially a relationship of proximity, partially shared trauma, but i do think a lot of it is genuine care for each other (even if that care stems from the former two reasons).

anyways. theyre really cute. tma could have been just as good without it, but---and im saying this as someone who typically despises most romance in media---i really adore them and their dynamic. it opens up so many doors for both character- and self-exploration.

martin learning to love without sacrificing himself. jon learning to love openly, period. explorations of trust and how mutual trauma that affected people in different ways can shape them, etc etc etc. and of course, this is all in fics and in my own mind, because . theyre dead . (i wont accept any ending but that, honestly. theyre not Somewhere Else to me). but. it's nice. they mean a lot to me as characters and as people and as a pair. thumbs up.

and some jon ranting!! because i. admit. finally. that i might be a bit of a jon kinnie.

jon doubts himself, constantly, unless his decision is completely impulsive (ex. the coffin). he can't *let* himself feel, fully, because as a child it was always annoying/obnoxious, or too much, or wrong in some ambiguous, nebulous way.

he's out of touch with himself emotionally. it's... not so much that he doesn't get emotions, it's moreso that he's repressed the majority of his own so intensely that he has a hard time dealing with others' emotions because he's not too sure what it's supposed to feel like without a heavy flavouring of shame.

he's read a lot of books. he knows, in theory, what sadness or romantic love or anger or excitement feels like---and occasionally in practice, when the repression and 'compartmentalisation' (bottling it up) becomes too much and it all boils over---but he has a hard time relating those hypothetical and heat-of-the-moment feelings to actual, real life people.

he struggles with empathy, severely. partially an autistic thing, partially a trauma response. yknow. he's genuinely well-meaning when it comes to comforting those he cares about, but he's not sure of the right thing to say because of how severely that muscle has atrophied. he was never taught that with his grandmother and her neglect (and yes, no matter what he says on tape, it was emotional neglect) and then not having very many friends... he missed those prime developmental stages as a child.

he never empathised with book characters, i don't think. he was always the observer, never really fully putting himself in the role of the protagonist. he definitely used books as an escapist coping mechanism, but it wasn't in a visiting-this-fictional-world way, it was more of a losing-himself-in-the-story way, if that makes sense. there was always a sense of detachment. reading was an *in between* of his life and the life of the protagonist.

he struggles with his and others' feelings because, from his perspective, his emotions are uniquely shameful, uniquely embarrassing, and uniquely *harmful* to other people. so, he represses them, and doesn't let himself feel them unless they're 'useful'. and then, when he can't apply this ideology to others' emotions, he has no way to deal with them. he freezes up because this is a situation in which he has no real experience in, and, as a child who was punished for behaving autistically *wrong* ---whether by his peers or his grandmother---he's scared to make a wrong move.

he sees himself as a person who is uniquely capable of harm. other people can hurt other people, sure, but jon can hurt them in a *special* way, a *worse* way, because he is a fundamentally wrong, bad person.

yeah👍

.🗣️

I AM EATING THIS I agree with this yea

[ao3feed-jonmartin]

The Man in the Mirror is Watching Me

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/r5lgeGX by CatchMeonaBlueMoon Whoever this man is, he is NOT Jon. He can't be. His voice might be right, his face, all the things he should know, but... Jon is pretty sure he only has two eyes. After being stabbed, Jon wakes up years in the past. Not far back enough to fix everything, but enough to keep at least a few of his friends (can he call them friends? They do hate him) alive. But the less they know, the better for them, so, no matter how much they'll hate him for what he does to them, they get one opportunity for questions. And then it's his turn to do the asking. He just wishes he could honestly say he's a better boss than Elias. Words: 4085, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M Characters: Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Sasha James, Basira Hussain, Gerard Keay, Georgie Barker, Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives), Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus, Martin Blackwood, Melanie King, Alice "Daisy" Tonner, Future Martin Blackwood - Character, Jonathan "Jon" Sims (NOT the Archivist; past Jon as opposed to future Archivist) Relationships: Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Basira Hussain/Alice "Daisy" Tonner, Background Gerard Keay/Michael Shelley - Relationship, Background Georgie Barker/Melanie King - Relationship, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist & Tim Stoker, Sasha James & Tim Stoker, Martin Blackwood & Sasha James & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist & Tim Stoker, Jonathan "Jon" Sims & The Archivist Additional Tags: Time Travel Fix-It, Slaughter Avatar Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives), Dubious Morality, Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus Being an Asshole, Post-TMA, No Protocol, Character Death, Body Horror, Power Dynamics, Is Jon Evil? Who Knows!, He Certainly Doesn't, Manipulation, Angst, Whump, Bittersweet Ending, Character Death Fix, Murder read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/r5lgeGX

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Adventures In Bat-Sitting - Or - Five Knights At Batsy's

by MagisterSomnia Batman has a very important mission for the naive - ehem - newest members of the Justice League. He's sure they'll be up to the challenge, though. Absolutely. No doubt about it. Words: 4168, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Justice League Action (Cartoon) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: Gen Characters: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne, Cassandra Cain, Ronnie Raymond, Supergirl (DCU), Courtney Whitmore, Firestorm (DCU), Martin Stein, Michael Carter (DCU), Captain Marvel, Billy Batson (mentioned), Stephanie Brown (mentioned), Booster Gold, Kara Zor-El Relationships: Batfamily Members & Other(s), Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne Additional Tags: Crack, Crack Treated Seriously, Fluff and Crack, Jason Todd is Red Hood, Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Tim Drake is Red Robin, Bruce Wayne is Batman, Damian Wayne is Robin, Cassandra Cain is Black Bat, Martin Stein Lives, Good Parent Bruce Wayne, Protective Bruce Wayne, Meet the Justice League (DCU), The Author Regrets Nothing, The Author Regrets Everything, Dick Grayson is a Ray of Sunshine, Dick Grayson is a Menace, Jason Todd is a Menace, Tim Drake is a Menace, Damian Wayne is a Menace, Mentioned Stephanie Brown, Batfamily Bonding (DCU), Batfamily (DCU), Batfamily Dynamics (DCU), Domestic Batfamily (DCU), Batfamily Shenanigans (DCU), Jason Todd is a Batfamily Member, Caring Batfamily (DCU), Batfamily-centric (DCU), Batfamily Meets the Justice League (DCU), The author knows almost nothing about half the characters via https://ift.tt/OqxCBLn

[jayktoralldaylong]

There is surprisingly no ABO discourse in the TMA fandom. I don't know if it's an unspoken rule for there not to be, but I was thinking about it.

What would Jon be?

When you think of Jon suffering wet cat Sims the immediate assumption is that he'd be Omega or something, but thinking of his Season 5 persona I entertained the idea of him being an Alpha. Jon could be an Alpha right? He's not the most dominating person in the room but he can get very protective (and Jon with power is very sexy). Then I thought of the fundamental elements of an Alpha which are protectiveness and high level of possessiveness........which is when it hit me.

Martin Blackwood is totally an Alpha. 💀🤣 (Another win for Martin). I don't think there's anyone more possessive in the show besides Elias and Elias is a whole different brand of crazy. Martin seems like a sweet, harmless guy until you start stepping on his toes and he smacks the living daylights out of the aggressor with pure unrefined loathing - Just not easily noticeable cause he doesn't get violent but he makes sure his enemies get fucked up.

So Martin is definitely an Alpha. He gives the vibes of ensuring his mate will never lack, making sure they feel safe when they're nesting and never letting any harm come near their territory. Which raises the question....is Jon his omega then? I think not. Jon seems more like a Beta to me.

Jon: A Beta? That's the most ordinary creature in the whole verse.

Well, Mr. Sims you ARE basic. 😂 You're just a basic guy with super powers. I can't for the life of me picture Jon nurturing anything. He's not even very good at looking after himself and nearly everything he tries to protect crumbles away. He's a very tragic character, with not a lot of self esteem and he masks this by being sassy and sarcastic cause he doesn't want people to see how fragile he actually is. Jon's Beta to me and it feels fitting for him and Martin. Jon would probably try masking as an Alpha and Martin an Omega but the truth about each other would come out and Martin wouldn't care less. He loves his tiny hopeless Beta.

That being said, most of the others in TMA strike me as Alpha Alpha.

LonelyEyes aka Peter and Elias - Alpha/Alpha with Peter being possessive of his alone time and Elias being possessive over his control of Peter. (It would be funny if Peter was Omega though cause everyone would assume Elias the Omega.).

Daisira aka Daisy and Basira - Alpha/Alpha. Look Daisy's Alpha, there's no two ways about that. Maybe Basira is Beta but she strikes me as Alpha as well and they work well as partners.

Melanie x Georgie (can't remember their ship name) - Alpha/Omega....maybe Georgie is really flowery and soothing so she could easily be an Omega with her nurture of the Admiral. She could also be a very kind Alpha to her violent chaotic Omega Melanie. It could go either way.

TimSasha - Alpha/Alpha and I love them so much. ♥️❤️ Sasha just strikes me as Alpha. She would have been archivist if not for Elias' plans and Tim is either an Alpha or a chaotic Omega in disguise.

GerryMichael aka DoorKeay - I've only recently heard about this ship but it's kind of cute. Omega/Omega....cause I think it'd be funny. Obviously the Distortion isn't an Omega, the Distortion wasn't anything but I imagine after getting redefined as Michael it wakes an Omega and it is not happy about it. Gerry is not an obvious Omega and everyone assumes he's Alpha. Little did they know. I like the awkward story of two fakers (because the Distortion would definitely try to hide it's identity) slowly realising and still loving each other cause why not. They're also likely faking to be Beta cause one thing they wanted most in the world was to be ordinary.

Agnes x Jack - Alpha/Beta and this one doesn't even need an explanation.

Agnes x Gertrude - Alpha/Alpha, would be a fun dynamic watching these two growl at each other from the same side of the spectrum.

LonelyEyeSkies aka PeterxEliasxSimon - Alpha/Alpha/Alpha chaos. Lovers of this ship just enjoy watching things crash to the ground and I can't blame them cause I love it too. (Would still be funny if Peter was an Omega. Though Peter wouldn't find it funny at all).

JonMichael - Beta/Omega, but to no one's surprise, Michael's the one dictating everything about this relationship. Jon is shocked to find himself building a nest cause that's how dominant Michael's gonna be.

JonTim - Beta/Alpha and I'm guessing Tim would be a passive aggressive Alpha. This will either go really well or it will be a toxic dumpster fire.

[mamahersh]

Here's like a part one to the TMA AU I was talking about a few days to a week ago.

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While Martin might have assured Tim and Sasha that getting them in to see Jon would be a simple matter of letting the guards know ahead of time, he neglected to confess the additional paperwork that the judge and prison was fond of for any changes in scheduling. Martin knew he was exempt from the usual form and hoops that were generally required every time someone wanted to spend time with Jon, but despite his trustworthiness he knew that getting Sasha and Tim into Jon's prison would be like pulling teeth. So without giving the two of them a specific date, just that he would give them a heads up 2 weeks in advance, Martin set about calling his contacts in the prison.

After 3 gruelling weeks of phone conversations, email correspondence, and filling out forms that were constantly delayed; Martin was finally able to give Tim and Sasha a date for them to take off of work to see Jon with him. In the interim, Martin had made sure to keep visiting Jon as normal, and did his best to hide how taxing the process had been from both him and the dynamic duo. Unfortunately, he knew that Tim and Sasha had their theories about the process, but they were at least polite enough to not ask questions. They just seemed happy to hear that the waiting was almost over, and Martin had to admit it had been a joy beyond words that he had been able to reconnect with them and begin the healing process. He still was on mediocre terms with Tim, but Sasha made for a good buffer and they both were trying their best to forgive and heal.

At last, 2 weeks later, the three of them made their way to the prison. The solid brickwork and menacing bars always reminded Martin of the Hunt domain fashioned after a prison that he and Jon had gone through on their journey to the Panopticon. The oppressive atmosphere and stink of human misery never quite got any easier to ignore, and tended to remind him that Jon probably was suffering on the days he didn't visit. Admittedly it was easy to forget when he wasn't at the prison as even most visits he made Jon was in good spirits and looked about as good as he had right before the Unknowing. But every few visits Jon would be sporting a cast, or would be holding himself gingerly in the chair, or he would look like he hadn't slept in a week and would have that hair trigger panicked response to everything that moved, and Martin would once again be starkly reminded that Jon wasn't just sitting in a prison cell day after day waiting for his time in prison to be up.

Martin shook his head, clearing the depressing thoughts and focusing on the present moment as they were brought through the checkpoints leading to Jon's visitation room. It wouldn't do for him to be sad when he was about to have (hopefully) one of the happiest afternoons on record. They cleared the final checkpoint and Martin glanced at them to try and grab their attention before he began to speak. "So, just a reminder, Jon doesn't know yet that you're both…"

"Alive?" Asked Tim, after Martin had paused for just a moment too long trying to think of something more tactful.

Martin nodded, grateful he wasn't the one to say it. "I also don't know how he's doing today, so as long as you don't say anything I should be able to ease him into the idea without startling him too much."

Tim rolled his eyes, but nodded his assent while Sasha just looked vaguely bemused and nodded as well. Martin, may have also neglected to mention his suspicions about Jon's treatment here, but he hopes that perhaps he could address that after the others had had some time to reconnect with their old coworker. With a deep breath, Martin opened the door they had finally arrived at.

As always, the guards had sat Jon down on a chair facing the door. The first thing Martin noticed was that Jon was looking good that day. There was a still healing bruise peeking out of the edge of the collar of Jon's shirt, which was only noticeable if you were looking for it; and the fringe of white bandages at the edge of his shirt sleeve on his right side were quite subtle. Martin assured himself that despite these, Jon must have been doing well as he seemed to be holding himself very relaxed in his chair. With a fortifying breath, Martin walked into the room and was happy to note that Tim and Sasha stayed by the door.

[morning-softness]

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Three ships

Jon/Martin, Jon/Gerry, and Jon/Tim from The Magnus Archives

First ship

Depends on how you define it, I guess. The first canon couple I appreciated in media would probably be Prince Valiant and Aleta from the Prince Valiant comics by Hal Foster. (Talk about a power couple. They’re both just so talented and intelligent individually and complement each other so well when they work together.)

The first non-canon couple I sought out fic of was Greg Lestrade and Mycroft Holmes from BBC Sherlock. (Yeah, I know, I was a BBC Sherlock fan. Anyway, I will forever be in awe of the person who has been writing Greg/Mycroft fic for 11 years and is still going, and who has written almost 200 fics, several of which are over 300,000 words long. I would love to have that level of dedication and prolific output as a writer.)

I think Jon/Tim is the first ship I wrote for (although I quickly followed that with two Jon/Martin fics and then a Martin/Tim fic). I’m arospec, so my interest in shipping comes mostly from exploring different character dynamics, and I enjoy shipping characters with different people to see how that changes the way they interact with each other.

Before I got into TMA fandom, I wrote mostly original fiction and the few fanfics I had written were gen fics.

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[screamingsquamousthings]

obligatory jmart for the ask game

bonus if you feel like it: martin and tim or tim and sasha

(ignore how i forgot to answer this)

Ship It

What made you ship it?

GODDDDDDDDD where do I even start. Dude they're so well written, they're SO well written. I was rooting for them to get together since Jon first mentioned him (though that was probably because I was already aware they were canon, or at least a very popular ship) BUT OH MY GOD SEASON FOUR season four just perfectly developed their relationship. all that pining was CRAZY i have never before seen a pair of characters who know full well they're in love with each other and the feeling is very mutual but they still somehow manage to pine after each other for months its incredible

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

their dynamic is sooooo interesting, Jon's slow journey from hating Martin to growing to trust him to loving him was so great. Plus I loved that their relationship got a whole season to grow and develop after they got together, first kisses in the finale are nice and all but there are certain things you can only explore when your characters are already together and s5 has plenty of that. God they just love each other so much even after everything, they would never stop loving each other not in betrayal not in death just AURHDGHJGHDHGASGDUWHUIDGGAHHDHIWUgdhBBBHJDsjgHJDGAGhgndcbdsj

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

There's no way Jon realized he was in love with Martin before the last possible second. Blah blah he realized in season two blah blah it was somewhere in the middle of season three NO!!! He reached that conclusion like- THE DAY before the Unknowing and its devastating.

[gerrydelano]

💥 ANON HERE AGAIN.

right so i think i have it

it starts when tim muses that gerry would want to be cremated and not Buried, saying he would have feared it more than being burned again.

then i thought it pops up again with martin when it said his stomach solidified into a brick (thought it was sunk like a brick. wasn't, but 'crack' sent a chill down my spine and 'ached in a way that perhaps no one had it in them to ache' made ME ache)

then it carries on with martin not coming to sit shiva and not do melanie's video

but finishes with martin deciding to forgive danny in the manner that gerry forgive him when they went to see Angela.

pain! pain! pain! pain! i have very little to say except pain!

(very delighted that "Crack" had its intended effect and the aching is contagious thank you VERY much)

martin being so distant from the Mourning Process actually rocks my shit so hard like. he's not good at grief, either. he doesn't know how to grieve gerry of all people, after everything they went through and all that contention and all that shame and the lies and the distrust and honestly it's been so much fun to write their dynamic as being like that because i've seen people say they'd get on well purely on the basis that they both had bad moms and i'm like Not Necessarily? LOL? doesn't mean they hated each other, just that they weren't particularly close, and there's more at play in the story than just wanting characters to be friends. but forgiveness... yeowch. you know martin thinks about that all the time, like, the fact that one of his last interactions with gerry alone was that closure. how do you even cope with that? with being like "well, at least i got this before it ended" when that should have been the beginning of rebuilding? that he got something even tim will never feel like he got, even with their last moments of intimacy the night before? no one ever feels like they've reached the end of their time knowing someone. loving somebody. and martin forgiving danny???? he can only forgive him for leaving, he can't forgive him for the loss. that's not for him to forgive. that's tim's, if it's anyone's at all, and that's going to take years.

but at least they'll have those years, right? saved the world and all. yayyyyy.

[blacclotus]

TMA time-travel au, but they met S2 Jon

Ok, so basically since most TMA time-travel fix-it works usually start with S1 Jon. What if, hear me out...

What if S5 Jon traveled back in time to meet S2 Jon??? Like the POTENTIAL of this idea with Jon realizing how fucked he is and how he's too late to save Sasha. So ofc, he stops the stalking thing and all archive ppl have The Talk^TM.

I can feel the spiciness of survivor's guilt on him and since Tim is also having a breakdown, I just want the three of them to bond and heal together, but NO.

What if S5 Jon is like having this teacher-student dynamic with his younger self? Like Michael is gonna stab S2 Jon while S5 JMart are laughing at his misery. Like that may be OOC, but man, I want S5 Jon to enjoy his voyeuristic shit for a while then apologize to him.

Also had this idea that he would accompany him to converse Jude Perry and becomes kinda bored, so he walks around the area while ya boi is being a nervous, understanding wreck. THEN, when she's about to burn his hand, that's where he steps in.

It's like he wants his "students" to fuck around and find out, but when it's all serious, he would step in (+ S5 Martin "lecturing" them) and both "parents" will clean up the shit they did... probably.

And like all time-travel fix-its, they would beat the shit out of Elias :]

Oh yeah, abt the romance part... Like I said, they'll fuck around and find out but S5 JMart will do their own business - meaning not intervening with S2/S3 JMart's dynamic. They ofc respect their boundaries and when everything's kinda ok, they either fuck off from that world as their job is done or stay and terrorize the whole institute. Idk, it's up to the author's decision.

Come to think of it, I just want S5 JMart to be menaces to their younger selves + angst abt their survival - should they die as they are monsters in their world or live bc they want to make up for the domestic shit they've missed (problem is, they have to "eat" people)

Idk. Pls tag me so that I can read it. Thank you ;]

[love-bokumono-fics]

Bokumono Reverse Big Bang 2023

By now you've seen the individual posts for the amazing art and fics people have created for this event, but I want to collect all the fics into one easy post to share across the blog.

You can peruse all submissions to the BRBB2023 in its AO3 collection HERE!

Operation: Save the Magic - by pansy_picnics & TheBeckster; Complete, 1/1, 18k

Rating: General Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: Gen Fandoms: Story of Seasons (2014) Relationships: Annie & Fritz, Annie & Raeger, Fritz & Raeger, Annie & Fritz & Raeger, Annie/Fritz/Raeger (minor), Minor or Background Relationship(s); Characters: Annie, Fritz, Raeger, Mistel, Iris, Klaus, Marian, Agate, Lillie, Angela, Nadi, Kamil, Licorice Additional Tags: Bokumono Reverse Big Bang 2023, BRBB, it's a christmas Story yall!, Fanart, Collaboration, Everybody's braincells are hibernating for the winter, Everybody is living a different Christmas movie, Christmas, Winter, Cozy, Fluff, POV Multiple, everyone is delightfully and slightly unhinged, nobody is normal about anything, Mistel chooses to be a Problem On Purpose, i put So Many christmas movie references in here, someone's living a Hallmark movie, someone's in a noir movie, there's even a christmas heist Summary: When they discover that Fritz still believes in Santa Claus, Annie and Raeger take it upon themselves to to give him a magical Christmas. Mistel overhears their plans and decides to become a Problem On Purpose. Surely everything will go according to plan as opposing teams race towards their Christmas Eve deadline.

The Way You Know Me (it's such a mystery) - by SketchWitch; Complete, 6/6, 11k

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: F/F Fandom: A Wonderful Life Relationship: Muffy/Pony | Aya | Jill; Characters: Griffin | Garfan, Takakura Additional Tags: Cute lesbians, oh no she's hot, supportive muffy, supportive dad-characters Summary: and in that moment, she knew she was in love with this girl.

Wait in the Wings - by chickadeequill; Complete, 1/1, 5k

Rating: General Audiences; Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings; Category: F/F Fandoms: Trio of Towns Relationship: Farmer/Stephanie; Characters: Holly the Farmer, Stephanie Additional Tags: Married Life, Flashbacks Summary: After only a year of being married, the two are still discovering new things about one another.

Holding On And Letting Go - by MarshmallowIchi; Complete, 1/1, 5k

Rating: General Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: F/M Fandoms: A Wonderful Life Relationship: Mark/Nami; Characters: Mark, Nami, Tim, Ruby | Lou, Gustafa, Muffy, Griffin | Garfan Additional Tags: Love Confessions, Angst to Fluff, slight parental neglect and general jerkishness, written for the Reverse Bokumono Big Bang Summary: It was only thanks to her father's money that Nami was able to stay in Forget-Me-Not Valley. But when that money dries up and the only way out is getting a job, where's a girl to go? Anywhere but home, that's for sure.

Ready For Forever - by MarshmallowIchi; Complete, 1/1, 6k

Rating: General Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: F/M Fandoms: Animal Parade Relationships: Jin/Molly the Farmer, other ships mentioned; Characters: Molly the Farmer, Jin, Toby, Hamilton, Julius Additional Tags: Pining, Confessions, Sweet Fluff Summary: Molly loved Jin, but she was tired of waiting for him to propose. That was alright. She'd just do it herself.

Forget-Me-Not - by durotos; WIP, 1/3, 9k

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: M/M Fandoms: Rune Factory 5 Relationship: Cecil/Ryker; Characters: Cecil, Ryker, Martin, Reinhard Additional Tags: Mystery, Awkward Flirting, Detective/Phantom Thief Dynamic, Cecil goes into noir mode sometimes, Light Angst Summary: From swapped slippers to misplaced objects, Cecil's daily journal has become full of strange instances, and he can't help but wonder if all of them are connected. Will following the trail of breadcrumbs behind leave him with more questions than answers? And are these seemingly harmless pranks and mishaps the sign of something far more sinister? Written for the Bokumono Reverse Big Bang, featuring gorgeous art from the talented Joyfulsanctuary!

Spring in the Winter - by CalypsoTea & QuartzFox; Complete, 1/1, 6k

Rating: General Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: Other Fandom: Friends of Mineral Town Relationship: Claire & Dog; Characters: Claire the Farmer, Original Dog Character(s), Cameos by about half the town Additional Tags: Friendship, Trust, Overcoming fears, This story has a minimum of puns, Once you get past the title and summary, Developing Relationships, No Romance, (Maybe someday? but not in this story!) Summary: Mineral Town wasn't exactly quite as advertised. Claire was expecting an idyllic, peaceful farm, but what she got was what her (former) bosses liked to call "rich with unrealized potential". She hadn't expected to have to confront of her greatest fears! But during her first year, she learned that fear's bark is much worse than its bite…

Avoid Defining Your Relationship: A How-To Guide - by TheDisc (TheDisco); WIP, 3/?, 8.5k

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings; Category:F/M Fandoms:Harvest Moon: DS Relationship: Pete the Farmer/Witch Princess; Characters: Pete | Jack, Witch Princess Additional Tags:Mutual Pining, Crushes, Romantic Comedy, Goofs and Gags, Miscommunication, pretty much everyone in forget me not valley makes an appearance but im not going to tag them all, the Harvest Goddess and the Sprites are there too, Implied/Referenced Character Death, (nothing graphic but this will be a major plot point later on), Light Angst Summary: Everyone knows that, while probably not dangerous, Pete is just weird. The farm he was left by his late grandfather has gone to ruin, all of his animals are long dead, no crops have sprouted in years... The only thing Pete seems to care about is getting the attention of the Witch Princess. Hell, he's willing to do anything for her! So when she asks him to put a mysterious mushroom in the Harvest Festival hot pot, how can he refuse? Little do either of them know, this declaration of love is going to turn Forget-Me-Not Valley on its head. Hopefully the Witch Princess can reverse the curse before time runs out. But even if she does, will there still be room for her's and Pete's relationship to grow? She's terrified to find out the answer, and even more afraid to admit how she feels, but there are simply some feelings that just can't be ignored.

I'll Never Desert You - by kuroneko07712 & QuartzFox; Complete. 1/1, 4.8k

Rating: General Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: F/M Fandom: Rune Factory 3 Relationship: Micah/Raven; Characters: Micah, Raven, Assorted Monsters and Cameos Additional Tags: Fluff, And Action, But mostly fluff, they're newlyweds, And they're off an an Adventure, Micah is very smitten with his wifey, In my day this would've been called WAFFy ;) Summary: Not long after their wedding, Raven has asked Micah to accompany her on a little jaunt to a place she… doesn't really love. She wants to do something for him, though, so she's asked for his help in getting materials… But it's entirely possible she just wants to see him in action! And maybe to show off some of her moves as well… Sometimes we all need a reminder that our loved ones aren't incapable without us. ;) Even though it's always better when they're around.

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The Magnus Archives Season 4

Okay so i like just finished the finale so my thoughts are very scattered but bear with me

John, my beloved, was trying so hard this season. But sadly he was stuck in a basement full of women that hated him. He tries but he's also a massive hypocrite. "We need to communicate" oh that's rich coming from you. He just kept making stupid decisions and never thought anything through. He is a disaster but it's very entertaining and I love him.

I of course love all the girlies. My favorite was definitely Daisy, if you've been following my liveblogs it's kinda obvious. But everyone else was also great. I love super spy Bashira. I feel really bad for Melanie choosing to blind herself but I also completely understand her decision. I hope her and Georgie can have peace, somehow.

Martin!! It was so weird seeing him be like the main thing this season. It made sense though since he always was the guy in the backround so it was nice to have him be center stage. It's also so sad that that's what tipped him off to the plan, he's not some chosen on hero. The lonely is honestly really fitting sadly. It was also so strange to watch him bite back at times and push John away, I'll get back to this later.

Peter is so entertaining, I mean Elias was as well but Peter with his "Grubby Jesus" and "Pet Murderer" stole my heart. They really are just a bickering divorced couple. Their fight in the tunnels was peak custody battle energy with Martin just awkwardly in the corner.

I love monster John, it's so eerie. Like that one lady and her encounter was so, eheheh, like I didn't want to believe John would do that, but of course he would. Everyone being scared of him, especially since last season John declared that he would trust them and be better, but I also don't blame them.

I did not believe that the Daisy rescue would work- but gosh I'm happy it did. I adore her. She's probably dead now after the finale but I have to hope. That whole thing was tense, but now they are the dirt duo and friends because who else is there to be friends with. They listen to bad radio shows its great.

OKAY SO- back in season one I thought stuff like "Oh the fandom totally ships John and Martin even though they hate each other" because that's what fandom does and that's a very popular dynamic. And I thought it would just stay like that?? Like it would be meek Martin and annoyed John and that would be their permanent dynamic. Looking back that was a stupid assumption but I'm used to ships like that going nowhere. But NO and oh my gosh I didn't think about John and Martin's relationship this much until this season. It was the pining the "I'm doing this for you" "I miss you" "I'm here if you need me" the distance that made it so clear that you're the only person that could get me, Martin defending John when he talked to Georgie. John wanting the two of them to gouge their eyes out and escape together. Then- THEN the finale where John once again saved someone he loved from impossible odds. And like, they're canon right? Like they openly love each other? They stayed in a hideout together for weeks and Martin tells him about cows he sees on his walks. Like what else could you want. I'm certain the fandom went mental

I'm also certain they went mental over the finale, like I currently am. I want, no, need Elias dead. I did not expect him to be the finale boss. Like what. I was wondering what a beholding ritual would even do or be, but I guess I got some kind of answer.

But seriously I hate Elias- Tim died for NOTHING. Tim died for literally no reason. So much of this could've been stopped but no. Brilliant plan though, like as it was being read off I was speakless. Like I am shook to the core, Yonah and Eli can testify they saw me go mental on discord. I kept expecting Martin to walk back in just on time to stop everything but no. And now we're screwed and I have no idea how this series will end but it'll be with a bang that's for sure

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i think martin and annabelle's dynamic in The Au is very fun at the beginning (around s4) bc martin doesn't fully trust annabelle beyond both of them apparently having th same goal, and he's already so irked w/ everything going on with peter and elias its SO easy for annabelle to feed on that uncertainty despite working together. but also martin is kinda falling on the lonely (not as much in canon, but still, w/ his mom's entire deal and jon and tim orbiting each other and his self isolation in the institute, its hard bro), and the more they spend together the more evident is the fact that she's been more or less alone for eight years with only the sway of the web to guide her. and its not like she ever gets lonely (that'd require a degree of personhood that this vessel of the web has long forgotten about), but sometimes they talk, and sometimes the things he says sting. its not intentionally, it never is, and as soon as annabelle points out that hey, maybe he should stay w/ the forsaken, he's p good at it already :) martin immediately shuts up and a part of him realizes he's been feeding off her too

they eventually reach an impasse bc its not like martin wants to sink further in the lonely and annabelle, well, they Are working towards the same goal, she's gotta keep him by her side yknow? and very eventually they start to get along................................. :)

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A Teaholding Pride event fic.

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/bQePjzX by theveryrealGH0ST3D Tim and Sasha manage to convince Jon to go to London's seven-day pride event with them. Jon helps a stranger struggling to carry a bunch of tea cups and tries to think of him only as a stranger, but he wouldn't leave Jon's mind. (QUICK INFO: MARTIN WORKS FOR THE LIBRARY OF THE MAGNUS INSTITUTE, SASHA TIM AND JON ALL WORK IN RESEARCH, YES IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO THE CANON OF TMA, BUT IT MAKES SENSE IN MY MIND.) also, i am a hopeless romantic, (emphasis on the hopeless) so yes, my only reference to a relationship for this is High School Musical. I am not okay. Words: 1666, Chapters: 1/7, Language: English Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus, Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives), Sasha James Relationships: Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist & Tim Stoker, Martin Blackwood & Sasha James & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist & Tim Stoker, Martin Blackwood & Tim Stoker Additional Tags: teaholding, pride event au, Pride, Tim lives to embarrass Jon, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist & Tim Stoker Friendship, everything is fine, author is a hopeless romantic and used high school musical to figure out relationship dynamics, Sasha and Tim are constantly shipping Jon and Martin. read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/bQePjzX

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Adventures In Bat-Sitting - Or - Five Knights At Batsy's

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/OqxCBLn by MagisterSomnia Batman has a very important mission for the naive - ehem - newest members of the Justice League. He's sure they'll be up to the challenge, though. Absolutely. No doubt about it. Words: 4168, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Justice League Action (Cartoon) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: Gen Characters: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne, Cassandra Cain, Ronnie Raymond, Supergirl (DCU), Courtney Whitmore, Firestorm (DCU), Martin Stein, Michael Carter (DCU), Captain Marvel, Billy Batson (mentioned), Stephanie Brown (mentioned), Booster Gold, Kara Zor-El Relationships: Batfamily Members & Other(s), Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne Additional Tags: Crack, Crack Treated Seriously, Fluff and Crack, Jason Todd is Red Hood, Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Tim Drake is Red Robin, Bruce Wayne is Batman, Damian Wayne is Robin, Cassandra Cain is Black Bat, Martin Stein Lives, Good Parent Bruce Wayne, Protective Bruce Wayne, Meet the Justice League (DCU), The Author Regrets Nothing, The Author Regrets Everything, Dick Grayson is a Ray of Sunshine, Dick Grayson is a Menace, Jason Todd is a Menace, Tim Drake is a Menace, Damian Wayne is a Menace, Mentioned Stephanie Brown, Batfamily Bonding (DCU), Batfamily (DCU), Batfamily Dynamics (DCU), Domestic Batfamily (DCU), Batfamily Shenanigans (DCU), Jason Todd is a Batfamily Member, Caring Batfamily (DCU), Batfamily-centric (DCU), Batfamily Meets the Justice League (DCU), The author knows almost nothing about half the characters read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/OqxCBLn

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The latest chapter fully has made me lose my brain. You were right the Job and Daisy buddy cop jamboree IS the best. And that conversation between Tim and Jon?? Man. So much going on and so much going on just beneath the surface. Love the way Tim guilty thinks back to what Elias said about everyone using Jon, and love the way that is kinda what he's doing. Also love the way he *knows* something awful has happened but he doesn't want to dig into it because he doesn't want to risk pulling someone aboard Danny and his already sinking lifeboat. He can't afford to care. SO fascinating.

Also unrelated but were there a way to anonymously send you fanart (to prevent the off chance of someone I know irl finding my blog lol) you would be swimming in fanart. Because hoo-boy. Anyways love the chapter!!

Ahh thank you for your kind words!

Legitimately i cannot put into words how much fun i find the daisy and jon buddy cop jamboree. they're both so insane and chaotic. I have so many Shenanigans in my head that the two of them have committed over the years of their partnership that will probably never make it into nhthcth on account of it not being relevant to the plot. they're just such a fun dynamic. jon won't stop buying daisy stuff for her home renovations on elias's personal credit card. she's like 10-15 years older than him and they do everything together. sometimes that's killing the eldritch manifestation of violence and sometimes that's bottomless mimosa brunch billed directly to peter lukas. daisy went from violently fucking hating this guy to spending almost every single day with him and going on multiple vacations with him and no one understands why. they're so funny to me. I want them to have a wwdits style tv crew following them around at all times.

See i LOVE tim as a character because he's a genuinely good guy but he's also not without his own limitations and he has been shown to have like, an ability to recognize and accept when he can't change something.

Tim's instinct is to help. Like, he went back for Jon and Martin and literally carried Jon through the Jane Prentiss attack. At the Unknowing, when they were planting explosives, he was trying to convince everyone to let him try to save the victims of the ritual that were still alive. He's really, genuinely good, and he wouldn't have been like those people in the Institute who turned a blind eye to Jon growing up because he was worried about his job.

But he also has limits. Like, season 3, his anger overrode basically everything else, and when Sasha disappeared after the Season 2 finale, he wasn't trying to find her. Martin was sitting there begging Daisy to bring her home safe, and Tim, who was shown to be closer with her than anyone, had already given into a grim acceptance that she was dead and there was nothing to be done.

It was the same thing with Helen--when Martin and Tim were wandering Michael's corridors, they saw Helen trapped inside. Martin kept insisting that they should have helped her, and Tim completely shut it down, because he had this very bitter understanding that they couldn't help her, so stop thinking about it and stop talking about it. He didn't fight it; he accepted it; he did not try because of it.

Tim's a good person, but he's distinct from some others in the cast by the fact that 1) he will look at the practical realities they're living in and (bitterly) accept them, and 2) he's got some things that will override and take priority when he makes decisions.

Danny is and always will be the number one override for him. Like, we get so little on them in canon, but what happened to Danny seems to haunt Tim right to the end. Tim upended his entire life trying to find the thing that killed his brother. When we get the Statement on what happened, we find out that Tim is still searching all these years later, even if he did get a bit comfortable and complacent over time. Like, he can cite offhand the last statement given regarding a circus. He's still pulling all the books on Circuses. He never let go of what happened to his brother, even though he accepted (for lack of a better term) what happened to Sasha before he knew what happened to her and before she was declared dead. Danny had been gone for years by the finale, but Tim went to his death so he could kill the thing that took him away.

So Tim in nhthcth is in this huge phase of major internal conflict right now, because every single one of his major pillars of decision-making are in conflict.

Danny's his ultimate override. He's the thing that makes Tim not give a shit about anything else--everything has to fall away to Danny making through this alive. Unlike Tim in canon, he actually has a chance to save Danny. Canon Tim was willing to die over his brother's fate--a Tim that has a chance to save his brother will go so much farther.

But he's still someone who is able to clock when something's completely and utterly fucked. And Tim is the best situated out of everyone in the cast save Jon to understand how dire these circumstances actually are.

Danny's in little brother baby jail. He's spending all day trying to wriggle information out of Mike because Tim's pitching a bitch fit every time he tries to leave the apartment, and Jon doesn't even want Tim there, let alone Danny. He's playing Uno with Mike and trying to subtly slide in "hahah hey for the sake of conversation do you happen know of any like. evil contract breaking powers." He's trapped in that John Mulaney bit of eating triscuits and asking someone if they had ever seen a ghost. Thoughts and prayers for Danny.

Martin and Sasha's priorities are different from Tim, and the information they're looking at is different. Sasha, especially--she's chasing the contract, not the circus, and she's in such a state of paranoia that she's trying to rely on information that comes from her, not anyone else. She's not been exploring the Statements or been learning about the supernatural world the way he has.

For the most part, this happened off camera, so to speak, but it's been discussed multiple times that Tim's been tearing through everything that he thinks can help him understand what's going on and how to stop the thing after his brother. He's going through the library, he's reading all the Statements he can. He's been trying to get practical experience via tagging along with Jon, which keeps getting stymied, so he goes back to the library and the Statements.

Which means he goes to the Archives every day and struggles against the dawning realization that what they're trying to do just does not happen. He reads the Statements, and people either die, or they are let go, or they become the monster themselves. Options one, two, and three. And the vast majority are people who die horrible fucking deaths--or, worse, don't get the mercy of death. He has been spending every day desperately trying to find a Statement of normal schmucks like him and his brother beating something determined to finish their meal and going back to their normal lives, and they just aren't there.

Tim in Season 2 and 3 most consistently displayed an understanding that the supernatural was not something they could beat. People just get eaten by monsters, and that's their lives now. Nhthcth Tim has been getting that same horrible, dawning certainty of "This is a fight I have no chances of winning" with the immediate follow up of "But it's Danny. I have to."

Which makes him painfully conscious of the fact that he cannot afford to be a good person right now.

Because the thing is? Danny should have died in the theatre, as far as he's aware, and Tim knows it. He should have never even made it home that night. You don't get out on your own--these things let you go. Even if he somehow made it out on his own, Breekon & Hope should have been able to drag him back easily. He should already be dead. Tim knows it with a devastating certainty.

And he also knows that the only reason why he isn't is because Jon has been paying the cost of keeping him alive.

Danny getting out of that theatre cost him his skin. Mike protecting him? Cost Jon a food source, and apparently is going to probably get him tossed off a building down the line. Getting Elias as a backstop ended with Jon having to start taking live statements again and letting assistants down. Hell, Jon has to fucking escort him to and from Mike's every single day, because Tim may just get picked up by Breekon & Hope if he doesn't.

Tim's painfully aware that Jon’s well-being and Danny’s have a negative correlation right now. He is so uncomfortably aware that he's borderline sacrificing Jon's wellbeing for his brother's, and he's accepted that basically using Jon is the only way he has of getting Danny through this alive. It goes against his nature, he's a good person who doesn't want to hurt someone else for his own benefit, but he'll keep doing it for Danny.

And he knows that's going to be a lot harder to do if he gets to know Jon.

Out of all of the assistants, Tim actually has some of the greatest suspicions of how deeply wrong things are. Like, Martin saw how bad Jon got as a kid, but Tim’s been exclusively privy to Elias’s manipulative bullshit in a way the other two haven’t. He never got fed the lie of Jon being Elias's spoiled and beloved ward. His first introduction to this mess was Jon saving their asses several times over, and it has been nonstop red flags since then. One of the first thing that Jon tells him is that he hates being called Jonathan, and it's all Elias calls him. Jon turned into a nervous, frantic mess at the idea of assistants, and Elias has been trying to force it for years. He was sarcastic in the face of clown death, but actively scared at the possibility of Elias coming down. Jon cannot be reminded that man exists without launching into insults so creative that Tim almost feels like he should write them down for reference.

Tim spends more time with Jon than anyone out of the cast. He’s walking to and from work with him every day, spending time with him at mikes and at the archives, and the way Jon behaves fucking terrifies him. Both in a “your life is a spooky nightmare” kind of way and in a “you act like the aftermath of a tragedy” kind of way. He knows somethings deeply fucking wrong with Jon.

And he’s also genuinely honest about liking Jon. He doesn't like him the way Danny does, per se. Jon simply enchants Danny. Danny wants this man in his life forever. He wants to be roommates with him. He wants to go on a roadtrip with him. He is the world's most interesting man to Danny and Danny has never wanted to be best friends with someone so badly in his life. He's hilarious, a good person, and every single thing that comes out of his mouth is the absolute fucking wildest thing he has ever heard in his life. They fucking booked it from a monster clown together through a nightmare eldritch theatre together, which is the start of an epic friendship if Danny has ever heard one.

Jon’s a big “if only” to tim. Jon’s funny and kind and they get on great. Tim thinks that if they had met and Jon had just been Danny’s friend that he dragged home with him, he’d love being this guys pseudo older brother or something. But he’s clocked the situation, he’s figured out that Jon’s world is not something you can stay just out of the sightline of. It’s cut all ties or be eaten. So Tim’s already read the writing on the wall, made the mental calculation, and realized at the end of this, if they get out, he’s going to have to look the guy who saved their asses at his own expense in the eye and tell him they’re abandoning him forever. Thanks for the rescue that was costly to you in unspeakable ways, please never contact us ever again.

Tim needs Danny out, alive, and everything he’s seen and read has led him to a not unreasonable understanding that that’s going to require using and abandoning Jon as an absolute best case scenario. That’s weighs unbearably heavy on his conscious when Jon’s someone he likes and is actively worried about. If he knew the truth? It would be impossible.