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Awake and Unafraid | TMA Fic (Fic Rec)
Martin's new job at the Institute isn't what he was expecting. Along with Tim and Sasha, he's struggling with a disorganized Archive, no direction from their slightly-devious boss, and the growing feeling that they're in danger. Which is not helped by the cryptic warnings from a far too-knowing voice on an ancient tape recorder calling themselves the Archivist.
its. so fucking. cool. AND IT MAKES SENSE, like genuinely. with an actual plot, and i really enjoyed it. There was no part where I felt like 'I have to stop reading' because it's too much? It was perfect. Well not perfect perfect obviously, but I had a really enjoyable experience binging it lmfao. If you don't know what TMA stands for, its The Magnus Archives, its basically like a horror podcast. This is where I admit most of my knowledge comes from other fanfics because I'm still on like season one? And I do this thing where I tune out background noise accidentally, but I wouldn't be able to fully focus on it because I'm a multi-task person, so I've been slowly doing the task of reading the transcripts for every episode out loud instead, which helps but I get a headache cause MAN they're long.
anyway this is Martin/Jon, which I'm still figuring out ships but I'm assuming that's the big whole OTP that nearly everyone ships in the fandom, but if that's not your cup of tea (cause that's understandable, I think Bakudeku is like an OTP but some people find it uncomfortable due to the previously kinda toxic relationship?) here's your warning. Uh. also. as the tags say. "The Usual TMA Warnings Apply". Which. uhh. if you're squeamish at just the mention of stuff maybe. don't. Or maybe if you don't like horror?? I've never actually been affected by horror books unless they're super gross or go extremely in depth about depictions of like, say, gore, so I can't actually say if the fic is scary at all, but I found myself very invested. Also uhh, Martin POV. If you've been looking at my bookmarks recently (why are you?) then you'd find it's kind of like a mix of TMA and HP x Twilight rn. Opposite sides of the spectrum kinda where ones are either romance-typical with Twilight which I've never seen, or character bashing. And then TMA's here like 'there are things more powerful and blah blah blah--' But to be fair..
At the very left is Twilight x HP. And the very right is TMA. Although a few tabs are out of sight because I have too many open. lmfao. Anyway I've been rambling. Um. Um. UH. JUst. give it a shot??? You kinda get the gist of what's going on after you read a few multi-chapter fics because it develops a timeline and they generally tend to be close to the 'start' (which I don't know when. but. worm usually.) and then you can kinda notice based on similarities between fics what's usually canon. imma shut up now (anyway martins a def fav that you might see around if i have more fics to share)
Too Much Time | TMA Fic | Fic Rec
Summary:
Lost and alone at the end of the world, Jon decides to try one last idea. It goes wrong, as his ideas usually do, when both the Web and the Spiral decide to interfere with what he's doing. For once the disaster goes his favor. Mostly.
He wouldn't have chosen to go back in time to when he was eight years old. He certainly wouldn't have chosen to catch Elias freaking Bouchard's attention before he's had a chance to do anything. And he cannot believe that his luck is so monumentally bad that he gets adopted by the man who wants to use him to end the world.
Jon has to figure out how to keep Elias away, while saving his friends and the world. And hopefully growing old enough that he can go anywhere on his own and be taken seriously.
I HAVE ANOTHER TMA FIC FOR YOU. its Time Travel but I've been getting obsessed with any and all fics where they (either Jon or Martin. Or both.) time travel back to their kid self and get adopted by elias and/or peter.
or it could just be a general non-time travel but still get adopted.
I know I have issues with reading way too many time travel fics and that the repetition can get boring. BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT. Okay. Look. im gonna be honest. its hitting close to 200k words and is nowhere near close to the beginning of the actual podcast, like with tim and sasha and martin?? its not just your average time travel!! ITS. theres uniqueness. i dont know how to explain it without spoiling it. It does get to really angsty bits (also tma fics have this weird habit of adding content warnings at the end notes. who even looks at those and then scrolls all the way up or something?? well not me, idk who does, it just kinda seems weird to leave it as an end note when its a cw for a chapter..) that have kind of gotten me mentally checking out or something, but like. fdshuifhs. what do you do when a traumatized adult gets sent back to his child body and his child body kind of. yknow? just your average issue of communicating! and also a lot of issues. a lot of trauma. woo.
in pursuit of knowledge | TMA fic
Martin was a pretty lonely kid. That was a thing that happened naturally when his only remaining parent decided it was a good idea to distance herself from him, for various reasons, none that were particularly valid.
Ever since his dad had left, his mum had taken a turn for the worst. Snapping at him for the littlest of things, even when he didn’t even do anything wrong.
It.. sucked, no matter how better and better he felt he was getting at his people-watching skills, to determine their moods and, well, thoughts, in a fruitless hope that figuring it out would be the key to finding the way to get their love.
Nurses pitied him, those out of the neighborhood, unable to hear the poisoning whispers of a mother blaming her son for all her issues, and who had converted many of her friends to hate him too.
༺𓆩𓁺𓆪༻
...was the bet they currently had on-going for a child.
A child that happened to be both Forsaken-oriented, and Beholding-oriented, because if they were going to be a married couple, then what about a family? Creating an actual child was completely out of the question, so the only other option would be to look for one. What.
-- OR, Martin gets adopted by Elias and Peter.
i read way too many fics where the tma characters get de-aged that i wrote my own.
usually the spacing is large because formatting weird so i tried deleting them and now it feels way too crowded
where there's a will, we make a way | TMA Fic | Time Travel (Fic Rec)
its. so cool. i dont know what happens in what seasons but tags apparently say like around the middle of s5?? like. i think when hes in his coma (jon)
also oh my god the author put in a shit ton of work?? like so theres a thing where Jon's unable to say his own words, and is stuck saying things from other people's statements, (its literally in the first chapter so no actual spoil) AND THE NOTES INCLUDE WHAT EPISODES HAVE THE DIALOGUE HES USING?? like
im going to give you a part from chapter 8, partly because i really wanted to show you it compiled together instead of just strings of sentences at the beginning:
Growing frantic now, Jon shakes his head vehemently: No, no, no, no, no–
“Then what?”
“…chased me – deceit – follow me” – a skip backwards – “read it – tried to read me back–”
“Jon, slow down,” Georgie says, sensing his onrush of panic – but he can’t.
“I’ve been tricked into–”
“–unable to look away–”
“–there was now a tragedy to it that flowed from the words–”
“–nothing to do but fall into it – it felt right, like it was all I could do–”
The words come in a halting staccato, his mind speeding through statement after statement without him like a microfiche machine caught on fast-forward.
“–even as I did so, in the back of my mind I hated myself–”
“–I didn’t stop, though – didn’t know what to do, and my mind was swimming with – the collective horror of all the things that I had seen and felt–”
“–I struggled and fought, but it was far stronger than I was, and I could barely keep its jagged teeth from finding my throat–”
One hand finds his throat now. He can only distantly feel fingernails digging into his skin.
“–‘alien’ might be the best word for that presence – because what it made me feel was–”
“–something in the back of my mind, a frantic, scuttling terror – didn’t do any good, though – no matter what I might feel about it – choice didn’t even come into it–”
The Archive was born with a purpose, and it fulfilled its role eagerly, skillfully, instinctively. It felt good, it felt right, and even now, the instinct lingers. He misses it. He craves it. He wants it back. He –
“ –the agony of being opened and remade – to have your who torn bloody from your what, and another crudely lashed into its place–”
There is a rushing noise in his ears, drowning everything out, and he stumbles –
“–I did what I did because it was what I was supposed to do – I’m not sure I really recognize who I became–”
see what i mean????? its COOL. scroll down to end notes and you see (for chapter 8) "- SO, [deep breath] Jon's dialogue for Chapter 8 comes from the statements in the following episodes, in order: MAG 057; 125; 029; 138; 159; 161; 143; 143 (again); 135; 027; 088; 148; 114; 114/139; 011; 094; 063; 069; 124; 020; 067; 060; 141; 160; 147; 091; 072/009/007/004; 066/020/010; 106/059; 101; 059; 004; 102; 004; 147; 160; 020; 144; 138; 107; 048/007; 128/138; 126; 062/087/007/139/070/049; 123; 065; 092/145; 086/029; 044/012/049; 137/009/014; 091; 123; 148; 154; 154 (again); 098; 154; 129; 155; 167; 159; 057; 113; 124/057/009/143/011/017/005; 152; 152 (again); 097; 028; 023; 065; 155; 117; 117 (again); 155; 006; 113; 117 (x4); 128; 128 (again); 045/002; 016; 036/109/135; 048; 052/136/090; 124; 069; 098; 133; 058; 140; AAAAND FINALLY: 010." SO COOL???? AND OH MY GOD ALL THAT EFFORT.
Second chapter of my TMA fic, Tired Eyes and Broken Shadows, should be out soon. The chapter is pretty short atm, but that might change when I edit it.
Anyway I’m looking for more people to beta read it as I enjoy getting lots of advice and critique from a verity of sources. If you’re interested here’s some info so you can make up your mind about wether or not to dm me about it:
•How long would this fic be?
I plan on it being a very long fic, let’s say 30k words as an incredibly rough estimate. While I plan on this being long, I don’t mind if you decide you want to stop beta reading for me at any point.
•what kind of fic is it?
It’s an alternate universe of The Magnus Archives, specifically a Somewhere Else AU. In this AU, Jon and Martin, the main ship in the fandom, have been sent back in time to 4000 B.C., and have become functionally immortal. This is a backdrop for when the main character of the fix (an oc named Caine) being taken in by them in the modern era. It explores Caine adjusting to a normal life after being taken out of an extremely abusive home as he tries to figure out what he is.
•what kind of trigger warnings would be common
Common trigger warnings would be: unethical testing, dysphoria, negative self talk, child abuse, childhood trauma, eyes in places eyes shouldn’t be, loneliness, consuming darkness, cannon-typical tma horror stuff, and potentially Suicidal ideation although I doubt I’ll delve too deep into that.
•what kinda beta reader are you looking for?
I’m looking for bothe beta readers who would spellcheck, and beta readers who would help me brainstorm (even just by listening to me ramble about the plot.) and give constructive criticism about the story.
Feel free to ask other questions in my notes or my dms.