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if you're writing and find yourself thinking 'this is too weird/gross/offputting/esoteric/ambitious/catered to my specific interests + sure to push away a broader audience' that is the devil speaking and it is a lie. you are already firmly on the right path and you need to double down

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Actually obsessed with the way Mikaele Salesa goes Jonathansimsheadarchivistofthemagnusinstitutelondonnn

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I love that you can quote Jonathan Sims and you'll be automatically quoting both Jon the character and Jonny the writer.

This man really went and said this is my main character that I myself will voice in the story I wrote and I will give him my actual full legal name. And he's so iconic for that.

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i am not a hot jon truther but i think jonathan sims is the singular prime example of having such atrocious, negative rizz it loops around to being irresistible

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There's a knife in his hand, blood on his fingers, an all-encompassing dread in his chest, and fear fear fear and then- nothing.

Martin's eyes open to a sunny morning.

He's in a bed he sleeps in every night, in a flat he's lived in for a long time, even if none of it really feels familiar to him.

He works at the library, of course he does. He goes to work, knows his way there, is greeted by coworkers he knows he's been with for years, knows their names and recalls conversations they had, even if he doesn't feel close to them.

The name tag reads Martin Blackwood. The books he shelves are comfortable in his hands, and he knows exactly where they belong, even if the library feels like he's never been there before.

But he has. Of course, he has.

This is his life, he knows it is, even if it feels like a weird dream most of the time.

Months pass. The sun shines, the world feels peaceful. He goes to work, he talks to people his mind tells him he knows, people who know him. He goes back to a flat he knows must be his.

Everything is as it should be.

He dreams of dark eyes, flashing with green. Of sharp knives and sticky blood.

"I love you", his voice says, clutching a blade.

He can't remember ever saying those words.

He's never been in love, has he? No one had ever loved him, not like that.

Martin goes to work, forgets the hollow thing in his chest that nothing fills but dreams of nightmarish terrors and words he's never spoken.

This is his life.

Everything is as it should be.

"Martin?"

Martin turns his head down the row of library shelves, startled from the pleasant haze of his monotonous work, pushing books back into their designated places, neat and safe where they belong.

"Martin!"

There's a man coming towards him, thin with dark eyes and grey streaks in his hair, his steps too quick and voice entirely too loud for the propriety a library setting demands. Martin is about to tell him as much, but something about this stranger has him frozen where he stands, tearing at the hollow space he pretends isn't there.

"Martin", he says again like his name is some sort of revelation to him. It makes something at the back of Martin's mind itch in a strange way. "Is that- You're here- Oh, God, Martin, I-"

"I'm sorry", Martin says, trying to mask his confusion with a smile of friendly professionalism. "Do I know you?"

The man's face falls, that beaming relief slipping away into something Martin would almost call heartbreak before it reels itself back in, settling on a polite smile that's just a little too tense around the corners to be genuine.

"O-Oh", the man says, clearing his throat. "No, I- I suppose you don't, uhm-"

His hands worry at the seam of his sweater before he opts for shoving them into the pockets of the coat hanging open around his shoulders.

"I'm sorry, I thought-" He looks hopeful for a moment, then lightly shakes his head. "Sorry", he says again, "I've been looking for you, I-I was told you're the person to ask about works of poetry around here?"

"Yeah", Martin says slowly, assessing the man who's now smiling cautiously at him. "That'd be me. Anything specific you're looking for?"

"Yes", the man says, huffing out a little laugh. "Quite. But I've finally found it."

"Excuse me?"

"Nevermind."

The man is staring at him- staring, not just looking, and it should be disconcerting, but it's not, it's- familiar, in a weird way, even though it can't be.

"I'm rather trying to broaden my horizons", the man says, voice soft. "As far as the poetry goes. None of the classics, I'd like something...more susceptible? Something that makes one reminisce, recall what's been lost. Do you have something like that to recommend?"

Martin blinks, taken a little aback by the request, by something in that voice, but-

"One moment."

He grabs the book, knows just where it stands, one of his favourites that doesn't get to leave the library shelf as much as it deserves.

"Here."

Martin passes him the book, and for a second their fingers brush as the man takes it, sending a feeling like an electric current through Martin's hand and up his arm.

"Thank you so much", the man says, smiling gently. "I'm Jon, by the way."

He looks at Martin like he's waiting for something, shining dark eyes- an image of eyes like that flashes through Martin's mind, a ring of green glowing around the irises-

"Hi", Martin says, his mouth suddenly dry. "Nice to meet you."

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while i do think jmart's first kiss actually went something like awkward, intense and heavy tension of asking "can i kiss you?" in the safe house,,. i have been daydreaming about their first kiss being immediately post lonely with jon clinging on martin in the panopticon going "are you okay? are you hurt?" over and over again when he suddenly Knows martin wants so desperately to kiss him and without a seconds hesitation they start making out with a passion that could bring tim back from the dead

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As someone on the ace spectrum who writes and reads fics for both GO and TMA - you are right and you should say it🙌🏻

god fucking shout out to Good Omens and The Magnus Archives fan creators for bringing the most holistic asexual and gender-fuck/gender-is-weird-(and-sometimes-so-are-my-parts) works, ever. seriously. I'm super high rn so I'll come back to this and make a proper post but I've been thinking about this for a while already.

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Jon is such a funny bitch like while Martin was a blushing nervous guy around him Jon was like ew Martin I don’t like him whatever. And the SECOND Martin stopped being outwardly interested in him Jon was like MARTIN? MAHTIN? MAHTIN WHERE ARE YOU like they’re the definition of They fell first but the other fell harder except Martin walked down the slope very calmly while Jon just looked at the edge of the cliff and said fuck it we ball

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codependency

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"Where did you get that?"

Martin stares at it with wide eyes, setting the tea down quite unsteadily.

"Uhm." Jon looks at him, puzzled. "I don't think I...got it anywhere", he says. "It was here, in my office. I assumed you or- well, someone brought it in for me to record. Why?"

Martin swears under his breath.

"That's not-" Martin adjusts his glasses with a flustered motion. "That wasn't supposed to- You weren't supposed to have that."

"What do you mean?"

He takes the tea Martin set down on his desk, taking a sip. It's perfect. Just the way he likes it. Of course it is. It always is when Martin makes it- though Jon can't remember ever actually having told Martin how he takes his tea.

He waits for Martin to answer, but he just stands there with his eyes flitting around the room, lips pressed tight as his hands worry at the seam of his cardigan.

"Martin?" Jon sets the cup down. "It's a Statement. I'm the Archivist. What do you mean I'm not supposed to have it?"

~oOo~

Or, the one where Jon finds a Statement in his office, and it makes some long-held feelings surface, and some long-overdue conversations finally take place.

Status: Ongoing

Words: currently 12k

Rating: M for canon-typical horror elements

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66075598/chapters/170278147#workskin

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That was written for this fic btw xD

I'm sorry but I just LOVE thinking about all the beauty and implications of Joel being into wood working ok it's just so gooood

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I'm sorry but I just LOVE thinking about all the beauty and implications of Joel being into wood working ok it's just so gooood

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Good Omens Fanfic Recs - part 1# May 2025 🥳🩷

Multichapterfics

67] And all the bitterness of loving you (E) by @elysiumLeo

Human AU: Aziraphale and Crowley share a secret - they have been married for years now, but have to keep it a secret. Aziraphale is a member of a highly political family in London, whereas Crowley is a member of the most notorious gang in the city. If either side found out about them, it would not go down well - for either of them. 🤐

What i love about this story - it starts off with them happily married. There are no marrs to overcome and its a totally different start into a story than what i usually read. Also there is a second timeline interwoven and it starts with their first meeting as small kids. And this actually really got to me. Little Aziraphale and Crowley - bonding as kids, as friends. 🩷 Throughout the story these 2 timelines alternate and slowly we get to know, how the 2 of them got together. Very good and thrilling. But beware - although the story is marked as "finished" it actually is not, it´s the first book of the series "Paper Petals for Isolde" and the second book is a WIP at the moment.

68] Whickber Uni's Lonely Hearts Club (E) by @ineffabildaddy

Crowley and Aziraphale are both running the student book club - and they kind of hate each other. The valentine's social should be the last thing they have to organise together. But then everything goes kind of sideways for them ... 😉

Human AU, set in college, enemies to lovers. Please do definitely mind the tags on their representation! 🩷

69] Take these broken wings and learn to fly (E) by @nayeliq1

After S2, Crowley resolves to quite extraordinary amounts of alcohol - and sleeps. So when a few months later the whitering demon is disturbed by a persistent knocking on his door, it's really not his fault, that he takes some time to realise ... that there is only one person ... One ENTITY that knows where he lives and would come knocking. 🥺

My goodness, I can't gush enough about this fanfic. It's a dark and tender tone. It's about hurt and comfort, about a love that's never ending and the sacrifices it sometimes takes. You absolutely have to read it!

70] The Angel I Knew (M) by @captainblou

Human Au: It's been 20 years since Aziraphale's divorce. When his ex wife texts him and asks for a meet-up, he is curious. But a lot has changed since their break-up - Aziraphale has had his coming out. And apparently Alana now goes by Anthony! 🫣

Another rec for captainblou, you are always in safe hands with her, though you should check out the tags this time. 🩷

71] You're the bad guys (E) by @alphacentaurinebula

Human Au, set in 1981. Aziraphale is MI6 and stationed in Berlin. Having had a bad hand at choosing his former partners, he tries for a one night stand. Crowley is KGB and ... Well, what could possibly go wrong? 😅

Oh I am so glad I started this one, honestly the title kind of scared me off, being one of the most hurtful sentences in the series. But this story has everything, good banter, nice smut (I definitely wished for more!), humorous scenes and a bit of James Bond. And of course, a happy end for our loves. 💕

72] Slow Show (E) by @mia-ugly

Now this is funny - I actually read this story a year ago and started the fic next in the list. But it turned out that I couldn't remember the original enough so I had to go back and reread the story (oh such a shame! 😉).

It's a Human Au, in which Anthony is a fallen star - his early rise as an actor was stopped by drugs, abusive relationships and an involuntary outing to the press. Avery, being a now famous actor, is happily partnered to Trace and has long fought for his way up. When he is informed that he will be acting together with Crowley in a new series, he is excited - having admired Crowley secretly for years. 😎

This fic is a classic, seems like everybody knows it and if not, you should. Beware: you will have angsty reading periods, it takes quite a route to the happy end. 🤗

73] Series: A little Kindness (T) by @fyre

So this is the fic I actually started first. It's complementary to Slow Show (the fic above) and totally written POV Avery. It's a series of One-Shots, not a consistent own fic. So I ended up reading both docs at the same time and jumped back and forth between both stories, which was quite nice. I loved that the little one-shots kind of helped with the angst, as sometimes the (possible) thoughts of Avery were explained.

74] Life changing phone call (E) by @yellowvelvetcake

Tracy starts a new sex hotline and needs good numbers from the start. So she asks Crowley to call in daily for the first week. Though feeling kind of weird, Crowley chooses the angelic looking sex worker to make good in his promise to Tracy. Needless to say that Crowley is hooked from there on. 😅🌶️🩷

Oneshots

75] This must be the place (E) by @Azmylove

Set after S1, this little story tells us what could have happened, if Aziraphale had taken up on Crowley's offer to stay at his place ...

76] Surprise (T) by @curiouswriterkr

Set after the second-not-coming, the angel and the demon share a life in the south downs. One day Aziraphale arrives home to be surprised by Crowley.

Hope you enjoy the list, pls share the love with kudos, comments and shares! 🤗

Follow along for short summaries and recs on the books i read🩷 The numbers are for funsies - i want to count my reads throughout 2025.

I only read finished stories and one-shots. You will find no WIPs in here. Also you will only find happy or at least hopeful endings here - i couldn´t handle anything else.

Also i try to find every author here on tumblr to link-to, but some times i am out of luck. If you happen to know them, please tell them, write to me in the comments or DM me and i will update the post!

Click here for the list of all my recs so far!

Fanfiction is my happyplace 💕

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“they were walking side by side from the start”

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The deliberate placement right over Joel's heart though?? Pedro, please, we're not ready😭❤️

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So, you think she might have learned that behavior from him?

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