#tma aus

[shitty-tma-aus]

AU where Spiders Georg is real and single-handedly prevents every one of The Web's plans (by eating spiders)

I told you before no good posts on my blog!!

[y3llow-hoodie]

Had this fantastic request by @mus0v , and I got WAY too invested

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Vast!Jon AU _ X-2-3-4-5-6-7

I love love LOVE this so much!!! I will post more content for this AU at a later date :D

Also if someone could come up with a better/cooler name for Vast!Jon I would be eternally grateful. I wanted to do something about floating or jumping, but “the jumper” doesn’t sound that intimidating , so “the pilot” will do for now

[inkzectz]

Posting this to main too bc I like it , a looooot of symbolism/foreshadowing.

Ik the symbolism/foreshadowing makes most sense to people who’ve finished TMA so I ask that you keep the meanings to yourself until I get to it.

[barbaricjester]

HI okay so the web! Michael AU. ahem. (copied and pasted from my discord, btw!)

it basically comes down to, AU where Michael wasn't as ignorant as his coworkers thought. it doesn't make sense, nor is it particularly in character or canon. i just enjoy it.

picture, him just... letting people think that he's in the dark in regards to everything. he just doesn't care enough. sure, yea, these old ladies think I'm stupid. that makes sense. so he just keeps his head down. he does care about gertrude, i think he respects her autonomy and all that, he knows she's not incapable as an elderly woman. but he wants her to like him (possible trauma, mommy issues and all that.) which is why he's such a kiss ass.

he just... does his own research in the meantime. he's there to find out what happened to Ryan, after all. in the same way Tim was at the institute investigating the disappearance of Danny. and he probably crochets/knits as a hobby when there's slower days in the office. something something, spinning a web. something something, when he understood what was happening to him on the way to sannikov land, he very casually started knitting again. something something, gold string in the labyrinth to keep track of progress, being marked by the web at some point, and he comes through in tact on the other side.

and he's utterly livid. being taken for a fool and openly spoken ill of in front of him/behind his back. being called ignorant. yea ofc he's livid. and he walked them all like a dog.

but like, with Gertrude, that was also Her decision. she chose to see Michael as naive. Emma chose to leave him in the dark. and Gertrude didn't overtly encourage that, but she did turn a blind eye to it. which i think allowed Michael to go under the radar for her.

(maybe not for Elias, who loves drama. or Gerry, who totally agrees with this plan of action.)

the idea of him looking at the yellow door, and slowly looking at Gertrude, with this like, shock and horror. pale. and she just nods and hands him the map, generally assuming that this is horror in the task itself, uncertainty.

but it's actually the face of someone who realized just how truly oblivious Gertrude thinks he is. it's the face of someone thinking this woman just lead me to the slaughter, and she thinks I haven't seen it.

by this point he knows that his friend disappeared through that door and never came out. he's read statements about the door. followed up. translated. interviewed. i think he is fully aware of what that door represents!! and that look of horror is i cared for you and trusted you and i knitted you a jumper. and you truly think i am this stupid.

when that door shuts and disappears, i think he looks at the map. i think he takes a piece of yarn and ties it to a random object in the corridor, and only then does he actually start to follow the map.

a literal piece of string, a web saving him from losing himself. like he's literally become aware of the lies and twisting that he was caught in and wove them with his own hands.

but idk i just like Michael hehe

Holy. Fucking. Shit. blackh0legreensun, I am so sorry it took me so long to answer this- I haven't dug through my inbox and I think this ended up buried at the bottom. Forgive me!

This AU is fucking brilliant and it is such, such a delicious au to chew on. Michael Shelley: the only man who ever mapped out madness. What would happen to the Distortion? to be mapped out like that? To be Known? Web or not, Michael was still brushing elbows with the Eye and its ilk. How much does it get to see when he opens the door and he's threaded a string through the stomach of illusion?

Not to add on to your AU, but now the gears are turning and how does this sound?: This destroys the Distortion. Not kills it, not entirely, because fear doesn't work like that, but essentially, Michael Shelley has just disemboweled the fucking Distortion, with a piece of string.

And the Extinction noticed.

[disregardcanon]

i've been relistening to season 2 of the magnus archives and just got to the gertrude tape about the woman whose mother got gotten by the not! them and jon realizing that not! sasha is an imposter, partially because of melanie being one of the people that not! sasha doesn't trick

and now i REALLY want an au where jon, who might be paranoid enough that he doesn't trust anyone at the institute, ISN'T paranoid enough that he doesn't want any help with this project. and he talks to melanie about it because it would be nice to have a research partner, no matter how much they butt heads. he might not like her, but there's no reason that he can't trust her. she knows that not! sasha is an imposter, and unlike the others in the archives, he has no reason to suspect her of GERTRUDE'S MURDER

and, well... melanie's clearly strapped for cash. she's going to be become an archival assistant EVENTUALLY. why not now? when they can be each other's go-to and martin can get stupid jealous XD

jon: clearly this arranged worked because not! sasha didn't know that we were working together. now that you work here it's obvious that i suspect her

melanie: sucks to suck, man. i need money. we can plot her murder on my wifi at home that i can actually pay for because of this job

[dexterkronos]

Get jumpscared y'all, we're back to Jon! More specifically, the Jon of @candlecoo-sideb-art's Somewhere Else (In Space) AU! I do not know why, but the idea of the Fears in the Mechanism universe is something that slightly unnerves me, but luckily, we have two resident traumatized folks to help out. I kinda went and experimented with his pupils specifically, given that candlecoo's pupil style is to make them white instead of black, which actually helps with bringing attention to the eyes oddly enough. I instead added the white pupil to his Eye power usage (and have it somewhat eclipse his iris like a cat's pupil), as it gives a sort of 'inhuman' feel against the art style I got going. That and I'm a coward who refuses to break tradition sometimes. Overall, I love the AU that they are forming and the shenanigans that could ensue excite me to no end. Maybe I just have a thing for Magnus blorbos meeting Mechanism dummies in their own space, who knows. Anyway, there will be another art from this verse a bit later on in the day, and then I'm jumping back into Redeath/Search Through the Stars to tackle a few of the ocs 👀 (if you've read it, you might know who is on the agenda).

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[thatghostthateatspeople]

Random ass au I thought of a few weeks ago

Not original at all I'm sure theres plenty of these out there. But. Tma Teacher au notes: I mention characters ive written nothing about in here. the formatting is ASS. I have never read a single Tma teachers au fic but I'm sure they exist. I will almost certainly do NOTHING with this au I just felt like sharing instead of letting it rot away in my notes. ONTO MY RAMBLING

Who: Jonathan sims

Role

 English teacher (Lit and Lan )

How liked

Most people don't mind him, however he can be quite strict and  sort of rude to students who don't pay attention. Some of the students have been known to throw paper and purposefully act up in his class just to annoy him. Although those students quiet down a lot after the first half term thanks to Mr bouchard. He is also a bit of a suck up to said Bouchard.  

Students in his class say that he's actually a really good story teller and gets all the students, even the worst of them to go quiet while he speaks. Even those students who dislike him and the subject are enthralled in his storytelling.

Rumours

He has stayed in the school overnight on several occasions because he forgot to plan the next days curriculum  or he was grading homework. 

True this has happened so often that he put a spare blanket in one of the unused supply closets in the teachers lounge so he can nap on the couch instead of at his desk.

Habits

Always has a newly brewed cup of tea per class period (thanks 2 Martin)

Who: Martin k blackwood 

Role

School librarian

How liked

Most students feel relatively neutral towards him, only those who hang out in the library often really notice him enough to form an opinion. A few of the meaner students seem to kind of bully him due to rumours of him being gay and hence he spends a few too many afternoons picking up books off the floor.

Rumours

He has a crush on the English teacher Mr Sims, and several students have bets in regards to whether or not they will get together. These bets actually led some students to finally hanging out in the library and just asking him questions to seek answers. Martin doesn't quite realise why this is but he doesn't mind the company. 

True Martin has a massive crush on Jon. The other teachers also know about this due to tim having found some of his bad poetry when Martin's bag tipped over that one time 

He gives tea to the regular visitors of the library and even sometimes buys specific brands if he knows the students' tastes.

True  he does, he also does this for the teachers because he's a sweetheart.

Habits

He  listens to some of Jon's classes  especially when he reads out poetry. He does this during classes when nobody is visiting the library because they are learning. He stands beside the door and just listens. He doesn't get caught often but when he is he just makes a hundred excuses. if it's staff they tease him quietly. If it's Elias, he pretends he doesn't realise why and asks if he needs anything from Mr Sims and watches him scramble to make another excuse. If it's Jon himself he just gets questioned and leaves.(Jon's supper Sus of this and think Martin's going for his job)

When Jon's out sick he definitely is the first substitute (even though he's not a teacher Elias lets him as he finds it amusing ) and although not nearly as well as Jon he can also get the students interested.

Elias Bouchard 

Role 

principal

How liked

He is often considered quite scary. He looks very strict  and has a very stern face so most people avoid him or going to him. However those who have spent any time in his office say that although he is sort of scary he is also relatively lenient on many of the rules. However if he called your parents in your pretty much fucked as your getting a passive aggressive verbal beatdown.

Rumours

He has a notebook for each pupil filled with every single fault that the student has ever done, even rumours. They say that he uses them for the trouble makers during parent teacher meetings to tear the child apart.

Truth, he also has some for the teachers.

He once did weed with a few students in a bathroom. Most people don't believe this one but it's still passed around a lot. The teachers seem to have convinced the students it's not true,which wasn't hard due to how serious the guy is as well as the lack of evidence. There were no students who saw it, not anyone else in town.  

True! The reason for the lack of evidence is that it happened in the second year of his job and all of the people involved moved away. He did it more that once in fact and still smokes on the most stressful days ( not useally in school and never during a school week) once during a very stressful day of ciriculam planning Mr Sims had to drag Mr bouchard home while he rambled about some of the shitty parents he had to deal with who had been harrasing him all summer

He also has cameras in the school hallways and he's rumoured to watch them all the time and that is how he gets all the dirt. Alongside gossiping

TRUE the teachers have even caught him doing it and he sometimes watched the teachers.

He's homophobic. According to some students he "looks like a bigot"

False!!!! He has a husband! Also it's an assumption with only one small thing that could possibly be considered an indication. Aka once some students overheard him talking to Mr Blackwood about his insistence to do things for Mr Sims like bring him tea and listen to his teaching (Jon had asked him to soooo ) even the other teachers believe this falsehood. Well aside from Sasha, Gertrude,and Rosie (Rosie having seen Mr Lukas dragging a high Elias home over one summer. Gertrude had asked Rosie about his ring and got that confirmation. as well as noticing the matching ring on peters finger that one time they spoke. And finally sahsa because she snooped through his computer)

Habits: smoking weed, favoriting Jon, messing with the teachers and stealing their food.

Who: Timothy stoker

Role: History teacher

How liked

Almost everyone who takes his class states that he's their favourite, some students have even left confessions of love on his desk (all of which have been promptly rejected and transferred to a different class.) He's considered the fun teacher. He teaches in an almost play-like way, constantly getting students to participate in the activities by making a sort of game out of it. (He absolutely uses kahoot and other stuff like that)  some students are even so fond of him to come out to him! While Tim loves the fact that his students feel so safe with him he does try to discourage them from getting "too close" and he is just a teacher.

Rumours

That he gossips with students about the other teachers and even gives kids warnings about upcoming pop quizzes and surprises from other teachers. 

True he does indeed! He even gossips among the other teachers and  Mr bouchard himself (idc they would be pretty buddy-buddy)

He slept with Mrs James and their dating

Semi true while yes they have slept together they are in fact just friends!

That he's bisexual 

True yeah- he's also probably flirted with some of the students single parents at the start of his career- both genders ofc. the men don't usually realise tho-( he stopped after he got reprimanded one to many times by Elias)

Habits

Gossiping with other students, teasing Martin, dragging sasha out for impromptu drinks on school days(to be usually rejected) Wearing Hawaiian shirts instead of something more professional. He has done this so much that the other teachers have given up trying to get him to act professional and even getting surprised if he didn't look like a flaming bisexual (also this is where the majority of the rumours come from)

Who: Sasha James

Role

Science teacher

How liked

She is well liked however some students are slightly afraid of her as she can be very strict. Her students often say they like her teaching methods the most as she sometimes uses game-like ways to learn, despite the fact that she teaches high schoolers . While students may hate the subject they still engage regardless simply because they want to get on her goodside.

Rumours

she has slept with Mr stoker and is daring him

Semi true

 whole yes they have slept together once it was only a one night stand and they are in fact only friends. Whenever it is brought up and she overhears she tells off whoever is talking about it and clearly states they are just friends ( her efforts have begun to work over the past 6 months) however it is still joked about

She steals food from the vending machine in the teachers room and gives it to students who struggle focusing

Almost true.  There is no vending machine in the teachers room, she just says that so her students don't feel bad over her buying the kids nice things when they feel bad. She also lets all her students eat in class if they aren't doing a practical and if they can clean up their mess.

That she plans her pop quizzes around when the other teachers plan theirs so her students are less stressed. 

True she only denies this due to the fact that it would be admitting to looking through the other teachers laptops.

Habits

 Sometimes she and Tim during their free periods will pop their heads into each other's classes simply to say hi which all the students laugh at. (Especially when they do it to the other teachers like Mr Sims who gets annoyed when interrupted)

When she sees a student of hers in public she tends to go say hi and is relatively casual with them unlike the other teachers who tend to freak out a little. 

Once one of her older students was in a bar and came across Mr James, Mr Stoker, Mr Blackwood and Mr Sims all of which were drunk (Jon to the point he passed out and Martin was packing up to take him home) which left the student shocked. Sasha was actually awkward about it for once and began talking about the biological side effects of drinking alcohol until they finished talking. (She was drunk and panicked)

[crit20art]

[ID: A series of greyscale digital drawings of Jonathan Sims and Martin Blackwood from The Magnus Archives, imagined as a siren and a selkie, respectively. With them is their mixed siren/selkie baby, an original character.

In the first drawing, Jon, a siren with a long fish tail and frills along his whole body, lays on his side smiling as he gives Martin belly scratches. Martin, a very pregnant seal, has his eyes closed in contentment and his flippers resting on his round sides.

In the second drawing, Martin, a human man with wet hair, wearing a thick selkie coat, smiles fondly down at a white seal pup cradled to his chest. The pup looks up at him with big, cute eyes.

In the third drawing, a chubby baby lays on a small seal pelt. The baby holds onto one of the pelt’s flippers, and kicks a foot in the air. The baby has white hair, frills like Jon’s, and spots like Martin’s. End ID.]

been revisiting my jmart seafolk au and thinking. yknow what if they had a really cute lil selkie babie 🥺

bit of lore: selkie children are born wearing their coat, which can be removed by a parent. their human form, unlike a normal newborn, is already extra chubby for buoyancy and insulation! both forms have a layer of white fuzz that they shed after a few weeks. This particular baby, being part siren, will be able to breathe underwater once their gills open after a few days. As for other spooky siren abilities… 👀 who knows!

Click here to see the boys in color and click here to read the fic this au is from <3