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[themagnuswriters]

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[justleaveacommentfest]

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!!!!

ITS TIME FRIENDOS!!! NO EXCUSES, JUST RESULTS!!

[jonsimsandcats]

STILL GOING STRONG: ANNOUNCING JON SIMS AND CATS DAY 2024!

Why?  Because Jon with cats is the ultimate expression of fluff and happiness in the face of horror and tragedy

When?  April 29 - The canonical date we got to hear Jon hanging out with the Admiral in MAG 93.

What? Fanart or fanfic featuring Jon and any cat(s)!  It could be the Admiral, it could be a scraggly alley cat behind the Institute Jon is slowly earning the trust of, it could be a mother cat and litter of kittens he and Martin found in the shed by the Scotland safehouse.

Please check out our FAQ post (app post link ||| desktop page link) for more details!

How?  Post to the #JonSimsandCats2024 tag on tumblr, and/or @ us so we can find your post.  

We also have an ao3 Collection! Jon_Sims_and_Cats.  Please check our FAQ for detailed instructions on how to submit fics to the collection.  We are accepting both old and new works!

See you on April 29th!!

Based on this meme:

[jonsimsandcats]

REMINDER:  JON SIMS AND CATS DAY 2022!

Why?  Because Jon loves cats and it’s cute!  And we could use some pure fluff and delight.

When?  April 29 - The date we got to hear Jon hanging out with the Admiral in TMA 93.

What? Fanart or fanfic featuring Jon and any cat(s)!  It could be the Admiral, it could be a scraggly alley cat behind the Institute Jon is slowly earning the trust of, it could be a mother cat and litter of kittens he and Martin found in the shed by the Scotland safehouse.

Please check out our page FAQ for more details!

How?  Post to the #JonSimsandCats2022 tag on tumblr, and/or @ us so we can find your post.  This is a good method if you’re having trouble getting an ao3 link to show up in the tags.

We also have an ao3 Collection, Jon_Sims_and_Cats_2022.  Please check our FAQ for detailed instructions on how to submit fics to the collection.  We are accepting both old and new works.

[untitled14469]

TMA Appreciaton Week is a prompt week to celebrate of the one-year anniversary of the Magnus Archives finale. This event will run March 21st to the 27th and feature fanworks for your favorite characters, scenes, ships, and more. Each day three different prompts will be provided for inspiration but don’t feel like you have to stick to them. If you have an idea you want to use, feel free to use it.

To participate, you can post on tumblr using the tag #tmaappreciationweek or pinging us @tmaappreciationweek.

Prompts: Monday, March 21st:

Favorite Major Character

Pre-Canon

Rewrite a scene

Tuesday, March 22nd:

Favorite Minor Character

Season One

Animals of TMA

Wednesday, March 23rd:

Favorite Scene

Season Two

Alternate Universe

Thursday, March 24th

Favorite Ship

Season Three

Headcanons

Friday, March 25th

Favorite Ship

Season Three

Headcanons

Saturday, March 26th

Favorite Entity

Scottish Safehouse

Friendships

Sunday, March 27th

Favorite Avatar

Season Five

Somewhere Else

[jonmartinweek]

[image description: a piece of lined paper on a brown background, with the title ‘Jonmartin Week 2022 Prompts’ and the event’s daily prompts typed in a handwriting font down it.  Doodled pink hearts are just below the title.  Scattered across the page are a collection of objects related to some of the prompts; a heating pad with a control panel pushes against the paper on the top right, a sticky note with a doodle of a highland cow standing behind a fence on the top left.  Underneath the sticky note and going across the width of the page is a doodle of a car driving on a road.  Sitting on the paper just above the end of the road doodle is a red yarn ball.  A red yarn thread runs from the ball across the page to intertwine with a set of silver knitting needles.  On the bottom left there’s a doodle of a tea kettle pouring onto tea stains.  On the bottom right are three rings; a black ace ring, and two golden wedding bands.]

Jonmartin Week 2022 Prompts & Details

Prompts:

Day 1: Good Cows // First Date

Day 2: I’ll Carry You // Chronic Pain

Day 3: Roommates // Road Trips

Day 4: Divinity // Red String of Fate

Day 5: Poetry // Blind Dates

Day 6: Lost & Found // Found Family

Day 7: Forehead Kisses // Growing Old Together

Day 8: Free // AU Day

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Event Details

Full Event Guidelines can be found here

Jonmartin Week will run April 4th-11th this year.  Please wait until those dates to post content for the week.  Additionally, wait until the day for (or anytime after) a specific prompt to post content related to it.

(AUs are the exception.  They can happen anytime during the week and not just during the bonus day)

Keep in mind, the prompts are here for your inspiration.  You don’t have to use them if you don’t want to.  If there’s something completely unrelated to them (but still Jonmartin-themed) you’d like to do for the event, go for it!

Be sure to @jonmartinweek and tag with #jonmartinweek 2022, so your posts are visible to this blog’s moderator and they can share them here.

The 2022 AO3 Collection will be open to submissions starting on April 4th.

[tmabodypositivity]

[Image ID: Art by @nwarrior777. A greyscale illustration of Georgie and Martin from The Magnus Archives. They are standing side by side, with Georgie on the left and Martin on the right. Georgie has coily, black, shoulder-length hair, and is dark-skinned. Both Georgie and Martin are smiling and are gossiping about Melanie and Jon, which is shown by speech bubbles above each character with Melanie and Jon’s face in each.  She is wearing a dark-colored bikini with little white ghosts on it. The bikini top ties in front and shows visible cleavage.  Georgie is fat, and her stomach and hips are much wider than her shoulders. She has stretch marks and her legs are unshaven. Martin has wavy/curly hair cut above his ears, and is pale-skinned with freckles all over his body. He is wearing round-framed glasses, and swim trunks with shapes that look like waves or fog on them. Martin is also fat, with a round stomach, and broad hips and shoulders. He has t-anchor top surgery scars, and also has stretch marks. Below the illustration, the words “TMA Body Positivity Day” appear in bubble letters, with “November 6, 2021″ below that. End ID]

Announcing TMA Body Positivity Day on November 6, 2021!

TMA Body Positivity Day will celebrate body positivity in TMA fanworks! The TMA fandom has always been wonderful at incorporating body positivity into their works, which has meant a lot to many of us. Because of this, I wanted a day to be able to celebrate that and promote body positive works in our fandom!

All types of fanworks are welcome, such as fic, art, meta, or posts talking about what body positivity in TMA means to you. New works will be reblogged on November 6th, but old works will be reblogged leading up to the event, and after it takes place! Works tagged with #tmabodypositivity will be reblogged on this account, and an AO3 collection has been created for you to add new and old works to, if you wish.  

If you have an old work that you want us to share, feel free to either retroactively tag it or message us and we can queue it up! Please make sure all works follow the guidelines detailed in the FAQ.

Stop by the blog to see the lovely header created by @hotdrinks, the FAQ for more information on the event, or to let us know if you have a question!

[tmafantasyweek]

Fantasy Week II is in the works, stay tuned for the prompts announcement September 18th!

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[ID: A picture of a purple and orange galaxy, a shooting star is going through the upper-left corner and a moon with a bat hangs in the upper-right corner. A partially-transparent castle sits behind the words "TMA Fantasy Week II, October 18th - 24th 2021. Prompts announced September 18th. End ID]

[voiceless-terror]

My TMA Fluff Fics

 For @themagnuswriters latest challenge, I decided to go through my eighty-some fics on ao3 and find only the purest-grade, quality fluff I could find. No angst here! A grab bag of pairings but mostly jonmartin. 

Day in the Sun | Rating: G | Words: 1.1k | Pairing: Archive Polycule

“Speaking of your men,” Melanie sat up and whipped off her sunglasses, squinting intensely at the shoreline. “What exactly are they trying to do? Drown him?”

The Archives Gang has a Beach Holiday. That’s it, that’s the fic.

Hurry, I’m Behind You! | Rating: T | Words: 2.6k | Pairing: Gen

Jon and Melanie help with Daisy’s hunger in an unconventional way.

Alternatively titled ‘The Gang Plays Hide and Seek!’

Truth or Dare | Rating: T | Words: 1.6k | Pairing: Jon/Martin

Jon chooses truth. Martin chooses dare. These choices have their consequences.

The team goes to a bar after work and discoveries are made by all.

Keep reading

[red-string-retrospective-week]

Announcing: Red String Retrospective Week!

“What if it wasn’t the Web all along? What if Agnes was still alive? What if you could bring your favorite debunked theories back to life?

In this event, we’re digging back to the red stringing and creativity of old that took their own paths from the story that took place in canon!

[Image Description: Graphic displaying the weekly prompts, as written below, for Red String Retrospective Week. The image is of a conspiracy theory cork-board connected with red string, and in the foreground there are tapes with the prompts listed on them. /End ID.]

Credit to @zykaben​ for the lovely graphic!

What Is Red String Retrospective Week?

Red String Retrospective Week is an event created by and for fans of the Magnus Archives to encourage the creation of fanworks that stray from the canon lore of the podcast through debunked theories, no longer relevant speculation, and anything else you might think of! The event will run from October 4th to 10th and will promote all headcanons, writing, and art you create.

Three different prompts will be provided for each day of the event. You don’t have to stick to the prompts or the theories - they’re there as inspiration. If you have an idea and none of the prompts are calling to you, go for it! Any and all content is encouraged.

Event and Prompts

We will be using the #redstringweek tag to collect works on our Tumblr, or you can ping us @red-string-retrospective-week. Check out our FAQ page for more details about the event!

You can post any ao3 works to our collection, RedStringRetrospectiveWeek!

Our prompts for the event are listed as follows:

Monday - Tapes / Fate / Camera

Tuesday - Scar / Control / Crown

Wednesday - Sacrifice / Extinction / Becoming

Thursday - Friend / Fire / Ghost

Friday - Memory / Predecessor / Nightmare

Saturday - Worship / Erase / Nature

Sunday - Archivist / Bind / Hope

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions and reblog to spread the word!

[themagnuswriters]

Hi all!

We've recently become aware of an issue with tumblr eating some of our asks. We have no way of knowing who sent us something, unfortunately, so if we don't respond within a week, please try sending us another ask. If we still don’t respond, please then email us at [email protected].

Thanks!

[alternatearchivesweek]

Alternate Archives Week is created by and for fans of The Magnus Archives as well as potential alternate universes for fanworks such as historical alternate universes, pretend relationship alternate universes, or the classic coffee shop alternate universe. All headcanons and canon interpretations are welcome in this event, as are works that focus on characters who aren’t part of the Archives crew.

This event will run from September 27th to October 3rd and will feature fanworks for your favorite Magnus Archives characters and parings. Each day three different prompts will be provided for inspiration but don’t feel like you have to stick to them. If you have an au idea you want to use, feel free to do so.

To participate, you can post on tumblr using the tag #alternatearchives or pinging us @alternatearchivesweek, and can submit your work to the alternatearchivesweek collection on AO3.

Please check out our blog for more information, including our FAQ and Rules & Guidelines!

Prompts

Monday, September 27th

Undersea AU | Childhood friends AU | Flower shop AU

Tuesday, September 28th

Historical AU | Cryptid/monster AU | Bookstore AU

Wednesday, September 28th

Science fiction AU | Pirate AU | High school/college AU

Thursday, September 30th

Fantasy AU | Pen pals AU | Animal Shelter AU

Friday, October 1st

Superpowers AU | Angel/demon AU | Royalty AU

Saturday, October 2nd

Mythology AU | Fake/pretend relationship AU | Cafe/bakery AU

Sunday, October 3rd

Movie/book/TV show AU | Soulmates AU | Tattoo parlor AU

[Image Description: A piece of worn paper with two pictures taped to it. At the top of the paper it says "TMA Alternate Archives Week, September 27th to October 3rd 2021. Written around the pictures are the prompts, written above:

The first picture is by @lo-fi-charming. It is of Daisy and Jon in an underwater cave. Daisy is an orca merperson with pale skin on her upper torso and black sclera with white ring pupils. She has short blonde hair and a long black and white whale's tail, and a smooth black bust. Jon is a reddish-purple octopus merperson with warm brown skin on his torso. His long wavy brown hair is pulled up in a ponytail. Jon is smiling while holding up a glowing pink orb, which both he and Daisy are looking at. In three of Jon's other tentacles he holds a white mug, a mobile phone, and a purple umbrella. Jon has a deep red bag slung over his shoulder containing a broken fishing pole.

The second picture is by @hihereami. It is of Gerry and Jon in a dark bookstore. Gerry is a pale man with long black hair and green eyes. He is wearing a gray shirt, jeans, a black belt with a chain attached, and a long, black jacket. Jon is a man with warm brown skin, dark hair streaked with gray that has been partially pulled into a bun, and brown eyes. He is wearing a blue shirt, dark pants with a hole in the right knee, black shoes, and black, rectangular glasses. Jon is sitting in a dark blue armchair, his left arm leaning on one arm and his left leg lifted in alarm. His right hand is raised above a glowing, open book that was lying on his lap. The light from the book illuminates Jon's face, and a tendril of light snakes through the room and wraps around Gerry, who is standing in the center of the room with his right arm clasping his shirt's collar and his left extended in front of him. Jon's expression is scared, while Gerry's is neutral./end ID.]

[radiantmists]

So I don’t know how to write recommendations but it’s round 6 of @themagnuswriters Fanwork Appreciation Challenge, one of the prompts is mythology AU, and this seems like a great opportunity to remind y’all that if you aren’t reading AppleSap’s Like Real People Do, you should be!

It features Jon as the weird little librarian man we love, except he’s also a weird little librarian dragon who lives in the archives and hoards stories! And Elias, of course, ‘forgets’ to tell the assistants this salient fact about their boss.

Those of you who follow me know I am something of a dragon enthusiast, but this fic especially has some of the most fascinating dragons that I’ve seen in any media; there are different species/abilities related to the Fears, of course, but the cultures and magic and attitudes toward humans and feeding that we’ve seen so far, and the mysteries still unfolding about what dragons are and how they form, are incredibly interesting!

Plus there’s some delicious tension with the assistants discovering they have a dragon as a boss and dealing with that in their own ways, them meeting other dragons, Jon’s relationship with other dragons as a centuries-old being (love Jon and Georgie’s friendship in this fic) and more! It’s amazing. Go read it!

[themagnuswriters]

TMA Fanwork Appreciation Challenge:  Round 6

The TMA Fanwork Appreciation Challenge is an ongoing event to show love to fan creators and appreciation for fanworks, based on different prompt themes every other week.  You can make a post recommending a fic on the theme, reblog your favorite art, leave a comment or some nice tags, send an appreciative message to someone whose work you enjoy--whatever you feel inspired to do!

This round’s prompts are:

Unexpected friendships - Whether it’s an AU where Jon and Melanie are best of friends, or where characters that never met draw close, or a once-enemy is now an ally, show some love for the fics that mix it up!

Mythology AUs - The fandom is full of works inspired by myth, whether retellings of their stories, or drawing from their lore.  Take a moment to celebrate some you like!

Bonus Challenge - Share a fic you’ve enjoyed in the past week or two.

As always, we will reblog any fic rec lists for those that @ us or use the #TMA FWAC tag!

[themagnuswriters]

TMA Fanwork Appreciation Challenge:  Round 5

The TMA Fanwork Appreciation Challenge is an ongoing event to show love to fan creators and appreciation for fanworks, based on different prompt themes every other week.  You can make a post recommending a fic on the theme, reblog your favorite art, leave a comment or some nice tags, send an appreciative message to someone whose work you enjoy--whatever you feel inspired to do!

This round’s prompts are:

Agnes fanworks - Whether as the main character or as a remarkable side character, leave some love for fanworks that feature Agnes!  Share your favorite fanart, read and leave kudos on a fic - however you want to worship our tragic fire messiah.

Fluffy fics - Last round, we asked you to share your love for fics that made you cry; this time, let’s celebrate the fics that make you squeeze your pillow or happy-flap or feel those warm-n-fuzzies!

Bonus Challenge - Read a fic from your "Marked for Later" or to-read list that you haven't gotten around to yet!

As always, we will reblog any fic rec lists for those that @ us or use the #TMA FWAC tag, including for past prompts!

[bluejayblueskies]

TMA Fanwork Appreciation Challenge - Fics That Made Me Cry

I'm sliding in at the last minute with my recs for round four of @themagnuswriters fanwork appreciation challenge! There are a few fics that have genuinely made me cry, and here they are!

List begins below the cut:

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Bittersweet Symphony | jonmartin, rated G | Ao3: Janekfan | tumblr: @janekfan

They survive.

They even live happily ever after.

For a time.

A post-canon fic where Jon gradually loses his memories after being cut off from the Eye and eventually dies. As may be expected, extremely heavy on the angst, but also very tender and sweet. Gave me a lot of feelings very early in the morning.

did i build this ship to wreck | jonmartin, rated M | Ao3: Athina_Blaine| tumblr: @athina-blaine

Jon wanted to know it all. Martin’s wants, his fears, his past heartbreaks. If he’d ever been left behind by someone he loved. And then Jon could share in kind. He wanted to share himself with such fierce intensity that both his hearts ached with the weight of it.

That night, Jon sang.

An AU where Jon is a merman and Martin is a human/sailor. Extremely angsty, and a bit of a darker twist on merfolk fantasy AUs.

The Sea Calls Me Home | jonmartin, rated T | Ao3: mothjons | tumblr: @mothjons

When Martin Blackwood takes a job working at Peter Lukas's estate, in the highlands of Scotland, he meets an odd man down by the shore, who looks at him like no one ever has. This man proves to be another secret Martin Blackwood must keep, for more reasons than one.

To be so sure of a love the world denies is a heavy burden to bear. But bearing it was, and will always be, a choice. And it's one that Martin has chosen.

Another merman Jon/human Martin AU! There's a lot of angsty/bittersweet moments in this one, but the one that made me cry specifically is near the middle and involves Tim. If you've read the fic I'm sure you know the one. ;__;

the midnight hour is close at hand | jonmartin, rated T | Ao3: Athina_Blaine | tumblr: athina-blaine

“What am I even supposed to talk about?”

“We’re going to a Halloween party. On Halloween. With other people who, presumably, also like Halloween." Martin smiled. "You’ve already got at least one talking point baked right into the setting.”

Jon chuckled, haggard. “You always make it sound so easy.”

“Hey,” Martin said, touching Jon’s chin. He waited until Jon dragged his eyes back up from the pavement. “Worst comes to worst, we’re going to carve our little pumpkin, and we’re going to drink our hot apple cider, and we’re going to have a good time.”

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Jon struggles. Martin tries to help.

A uni AU that has a lot of Jon-related angst. Specifically, this one made me cry because of how much I related to how Jon was feeling (especially during chapter two) and how lovely it was to see Martin talk him through his feelings.

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And a few of my own, because I have in fact cried writing fic before.

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What Comes After | jonmartin, rated M

As the tape recorder clicks off a final time and begins to unspool, Martin deals with the aftermath of his actions. (MAG 200 Coda.)

chimera | jonmartin, rated M

It’s really no surprise when Martin wakes one morning to the creaking of the bed as Jon scrambles out of it, nearly tripping in his effort to free himself from the tangle of sheets that, once, had been a comfort. It still nearly breaks Martin when Jon says, in a voice trembling with raw fear, “Where- where am I? Who are you? Why- why can’t I see anything?”

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Post-canon jonmartin memory loss

[themagnuswriters]

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