Apr 6
There is no world where Tim becomes Archivist without some serious, but hilarious, shenanigans.
Such as the one that had been rotating in my head, which is, Jonathan and Tim accidentally swap bodies due to Research Era shenanigans - and Jonah, Elias, who thinks he's planning ahead of this, gives Tim's body the promotion thinking that when it resolves itself it will follow Jon's identity back to his body.
It doesn't. But it was a good thought.
Or, the opposite happens as Elias gives Tim (In Jon's body) the promotion and it follows Tim back to his og body.
Elias just can't win in this senario.
#tma#the magnus archives#tma au#magnus archives au#archivist Tim...?#mag verse#I needed to let this idea free#it's been spinning around my head for too long and it's making me dizzy.#I also have... so many ideas for Archivist Martin and Archivist Sasha#I have an archivist Sasha fic in the works - But it's a bit slow going#Archivist Martin is also a brain worm#because how in the world would it happen? Martin enters the institute with no Fear Marks and doesn't leave the library with any either#he has potential for the Web (as stated by Annabelle) and is drawn to the Lonely#I can only imagine it happens through a burocrattic misunderstanding#Elias is called away and someone takes over temporarily#there is no Archivist and they *need* one. have you seen how bad the archives are post-Gertrude?? So they look in the employee's and find#Marin “I have a Masters” Blackwood and they promote him because Archives and Libraries are the same thing totally#dont you love when management knows nothing about department differences and workloads??? DONT YOU???!!! Anyyways.....#Martin is about to reject it because HOLY SHIT HE IS OUT OF HIS DEPTH - Then he sees the pay-cheque and conveniently looks the other way#...The moment he gets home he's googling how to be an Archivist...#Tim Jon and Sasha end up in the Archives through sheer (luck or unluck...?) of the draw because as we know;#those three are the only ones impulsively stupid enough to work in the murder basement.#...huh. im going to make a post about this one because APPARENTLY I have more thoughts about it than I originally thought.#maple mambles#mintymaple posts#Archivist Swap au