#tma spoilers -

[scattered-dreamers]

Yes!! “Where you go, I go—that’s the deal.”

That’s exactly the concept my fix-it is based on.

But Jon died first. This new Martin is extremely similar to S1 Martin, but not at the same time, because canonically, he and Jon haven’t even met yet.

Jon embeds himself in Martin’s life and gets him to hang out with Tim, Sasha, Gerry, and himself outside work hours and Jon is so taken with Martin and Martin is pretty much: “No, stop. You don’t know me. Stop talking like you do.”

And Jon is reminded that this Martin isn’t his Martin—reminded by both his anxiety ridden brain and by Martin himself.

And Jon—not wanting to lose anybody—tries to cling to everyone and they all form a sort of polycule. But Martin is still trying to pull away from Jon.

Like Martin is fine with Gerry. [Probably because they share similar (mommy) issues.] And Gerry is kind of the only one he’s okay with.

Jon has issues because he keeps holding onto his Martin and has more than one panic attack about his Martin being somewhere else. The only thing that calms him down is thinking “You’re being ridiculous. Martin is at peace.”

The panic attacks usually start because he remembers leaving Martin by himself after Jon himself died and he SPIRALS bad. Gerry is the one who pulls him out of it—he did the first time he witnessed it and he’ll keep doing so.

But that’s what my whole fic stems from: “Where you go, I’ll go.” And they didn’t. Martin is still elsewhere, apart from Jon, and Jon is reminded by this frequently and he will probably always be reminded of this. He’ll do or say something that his Martin would have chuckled at or say one of their inside jokes or something and Martin will look at him and go “What are you talking about?”

And that’s the kicker, that’s the tragedy. “Where you go, I’ll go.” Except they didn’t. Not even in death.

[Mind you, I’m still in season 4 and I was drawing off the fact that Jon died and he misses his friends and GASP!! He has his friends back now. MUST CLING, especially Martin. I love you. I’m sorry. But if I’m writing Jon canonically correct where Martin is concerned, I’m going to lean into the whole concept more with how he interacts with everyone, especially Martin.]

nothing personal but this kind of comment rlly exemplifies to me a disconnect between canon and popular fanon jmart characterization because they almost literally had this conversation in canon - except, their lines are swapped!

jon, for all his scared grouchiness, is a secret romantic, while martin, for all his forced optimism, is at his core a pragmatist

[am-i-jojo]

John’s hair timeline (the hospital buzzed it after the Unknowing, much to John’s dismay)

[cabinette]

some avatar archivist team explorations... sasha here is actually the only normal one lmao. i'll draw my stranger version at some point but maybe when I have more spoons

[shitty-tma-aus]

Tma au where Martin and Jon both time travel back to season one and are plopped back into their past bodies but they got sent back separately so they have no idea the other is aware aswell and spend alot of their time trying not to accidentally flirt with eachother and Tim and Sasha have no idea wtf is happening

what are you talking about this sounds funny as hell

[whore-man]

if there was ever a tv adaptation of the magnus archives i think sasha should be played by the same person as notsasha the whole time.

there are perhaps a few polaroids shown briefly in the background with someone you don't recognize during s1, but they disappear in s2.

in the end, the viewer doesn't remember the 'real' sasha either, because she was never acting in the show. all you have is memories of notsasha.

the first time we actually see the actor in the pictures from s1 is in the flashbacks at the beginning of s5; sasha and tim talking, jon's birthday, sweet memories that just- don't seem quite right, even though you know this is the true version.

[weremadeofbadcode]

Hi tma fandom a friendly reminder that Eric never really knew his son but still calls him Gerry :)

[im-salad-man]

Love drawing basira

[late-to-the-magnus-archives]

you are correct and should say it

on the final four episode creep. jon rowing is really fucking funny, hes fighting for his life

[incoure-art]

relistening to tma is having unintended consequences (thinking about the entity cats again)

au created with the wonderful @barrelgrove

[klm-zoflorr]

TMA on a relisten is so fucking funny, I-

(for the record, ep041: too deep. Jon explores the tunnels)

The first time I listened to this, I was terrified for my poor Jon. Like? The claustrophobia? I felt his terror. I was convinced this all was a higher power manifesting in the tunnels to tell him to get out or perish.

And it was all probably just Jurgen in his underwear and a dirty wifebeater with his shitty beard and no socks or shoes, reading his funny book and literally just going like "please get out, dude". And both me and Jon just shat ourselves in terror

Damn, talk about demystification.

[jonsimstwitchyeyeballs]

Turn your gaze upon this wretched thing.

You thought I was dead but alas I am not, I just forgot to update my account with all my art oops silly me, anyway here's a Jon about to smite your ah

[writingraccoon]

@ilovebeesandallthat

No one talks about how michael shelley was angry. no one talks about how michael distortion was murderous. helen barely got that bad and she was the distortion during the apocalypse. michael was quiet with his anger but it ran free when he had the power to hurt people. he wanted to, somewhere deep down. that is before we get to the revenge aspect. he never grew out of his thirst for revenge towards the archives and the institute and gertrude more than anything, the one he trusted and loved like a parent who abandoned him, left him for bait. michael wanted someone dead for his pain, he wanted to hurt someone like he had been hurt.

[thewizardofschnoz]

Hey Jon, how're the worm scars doing?

[mariaashby64]

I should receive compensation for the emotional gut-punch the opening of this episode served.

[shitty-tma-aus]

au where the archives are so messy jon goes crazy trying to organize it and the spiral gets him week two

yeah I could see that

[persephone-kore-fairchild]

@references-for-no-one I think we should pick it back up sometime

I want TMA to be made into a musical for just one reason:

The Jurgen Leitner rant as a Jon-Gerry duet.