Misjudged by @shastafirecracker
Warnings: RPF adjacent, holiday depression, self-worth issues, a smidge of internalized acephobia, parasocial relationships
Martin's been a longtime listener of What the Ghost, so when Georgie gives a shoutout to her flatmate's Twitch channel during a Q&A, he checks it out - only to discover that her flatmate is also his most terrifying coworker at his new job. The first time they crossed paths, Jon yelled at him for incompetence. But on the streams, Martin sees an entirely different person - someone fun and relaxed, engaging and unfairly attractive. Over time, Martin begins to find that Jon buried inside his dour, awkward coworker. He also learns to live with the fact that his crush is painfully one-sided... or is it?
So I finished my second listen of TMA, like a perfectly normal person, no big deal. And I have no idea what to do with myself now. But I have read a bunch of lovely fics so I decided to try and shout into the void about the ones I've adored.
I've read Misjudged (and its spicy sequel Curiosity) about seven times. There are so many things I love about it and that I think about it all the time.
First, which is what resonates so much about this story for me, is the relationship between Martin and Georgie. Martin (like me) is just a regular person who listens to his favorite podcast and has a friend crush on Georgie (like Jonny and Alex and lbr the rest of the cast-- right now my big crush is on Lydia Nicholas). It's such a real feeling and the way it's written is so delicate and careful and thoughtful.
One of my favorite scenes is when Martin finally meets Georgie.
And then Martin was being handed a phone, on the other end of which was Georgie fucking Barker.
“Hi! Is this Martin-from-work?”
“Oh God!” Martin yelped, then clapped his hand over his mouth.
“I – yes, yes it is – I'm so sorry, I um, I listen to uh, I've been a fan of yours for – a while.”
Yeah, this is me if I got to meet anyone from any media I've ever consumed.
I'm not going to go as in-depth about everything else I love, but this fic is such a balm to my soul after ep 200. It's funny and sweet, fluffy and sad. The emotions hit me in just the right way.
And I've ordered Thai food like six times in the last month.
Tim and Sasha also play a big part in the fic which is fantastic. Plus there are a bunch of fun cameos.
So if anyone out there needs an office-comedy AU to balance out the horror tragedy that is Magnus Archives, then I fully recommend Misjudged.
Read Misjudged on Ao3 here!
