#lee Elias bouchard

[tickled-2-death]

I saw your post about tma tickle requests and I have literally never thought about lonelyeyes tickles, but now I need to see Elias brought down a peg or six by his ex-ex-ex husband(soon to add another ex) who's probably at least semi-transparent and covered in fog. Bonus points for all the sass!

Attitude Adjustment

Content warnings: unhealthy relationship, dubious consent(?), tickle torture, begging, feet content specifically, not necessarily sexual but sexual acts are mentioned.

This is a tickle fic.

“Peter, I have told you this several times before, and I will only repeat myself this once. I am not going anywhere near that pathetic boat.”

Elias just can’t seem to catch a fucking break today. First it was some shipment issue at the Archives, namely involving those two identical circus freaks with some mysterious box. Then, once they finally convinced him to sign off on it (he’ll just replace whoever dies in artifact storage, no big deal), there was some petty little catfight in the archives itself. One that he, despite all the paperwork that needed to be sorted, had to go downstairs and tell Jonathan off about. That’s not to mention that his coffee was cold by the time he got back, and-

“Darling, my love, my light. You’re thinking too hard.”

… and his husband, one Mr. Peter “just fuck off out to sea and forget it all” Lukas, simply will not shut up.

Elias pinches the bridge of his nose, propped up in their lavish bed in his silk pajamas, by all means in a position to relax that he intends not to spoil.

“I can’t stand the smell”, he begins to explain, “I cant stand the Lonely, and honestly the thought of being trapped on a giant metal hunk of rubbish with you for several months on end makes me want to disappear already.”

Peter, despite his patron and what you’d expect as a result of it, nearly never stops smiling. It’s a smug little shit sort of smile, mind you, but it hardly ever leaves his face. As of now, it droops into a frown.

“Elias, if we’re going to beat our record of staying married for four months-“

“Five months. Five months is the record.”

The captain sighs.

“If we’re going to make this work for more than five months, we’ve got to accept one another’s help! I’m just trying to think of a way to cheer you up, to get some of that tension out of you, in the only way I know how!”

Elias considers this, and ultimately decides that his husband is right. He’s a snarky bastard, even worse than Elias himself at times, but he’s trying to do the right thing. It’s the thought that counts? Right???

It doesn’t really matter. 200 years and counting, and he’s never been interested in admitting his own faults. Why start now? Especially for Peter goddamn Lukas.

So the shrewish little Beholder pulls out his bitchiest of bitch voices, and simply replies; “Well, you’d hardly like it if I recommended you to take someone’s statement, or delve into someone’s personal life for an ounce of fear, now would you?”, before rolling over and turning off his bedside lamp.

Something within Peter snaps just then. Not genuine anger, or at least not the violent sort. No, it’s simply the sudden and undeniable urge to teach someone a lesson. Elias’ eyes go wide, having Known what was about to happen, but it’s too late.

Peter roughly digs his fingers into his husband’s ribs, and vibrates them between the bones with all his might.

“OH FUCK-“ is all the poor, helpless man can manage before descending into mad cackles against his will. His dignity would never allow such a boisterous display of emotion, but there’s hardly a chance to suppress it in this position.

Instinctively, he rolls onto his stomach to escape the horrific sensation at his side. However, this proves to be the worst thing he could’ve possibly done, because Peter takes the opportunity to straddle his ass and get both sides at once.

“PEHEHETER! YOU- STOHAHAP THIS AT OHAHANCE! NOW!” Elias demands through several squeals, drumming his bare feet against the mattress behind them. Hands desperately grabbing for purchase or perhaps Peter’s dastardly wrists.

He doesn’t let up, of course, and that smile is back with a vengeance.

“Hmm- what was that kinky sex term you told me about? Where you punish someone for talking back?” Peter asks, tone jovial and unclear as to whether the question is genuine or rhetorical.

Elias, in turn, accidentally projects the answer into his mind. Mouth otherwise occupied with screams of ticklish agony.

“Brat taming, that’s right! Are you going to stop being a brat, Elias? Or is your significantly larger, stronger husband going to have to tickle you until you cry? We both know I’m well trained in regards to tying knots, so you’d better keep that in mind.”

Deciding to give the ribs a bit of a break, lest he accidentally bruise them, Peter jams his fingers into Elias’ sensitive underarms. It’s absolutely delightful, the way he screams even louder and clamps his arms to his sides. As if that will help, now that the offending digits are trapped exactly where they shouldn’t be.

“NOW! YOUHOHOHOL STOP RIHIGHT NOW! I DEHEHEE- DEMAHAHAND IT!!!” Elias tries to compel, but the concentration required to do so simply isn’t there.

Peter continues to burrow his fingertips into Elias’ armpits, wiggling and scritching across the ultra sensitive skin like worms trying to dig into the earth. He flails as much as humanly possible, twisting and snorting up a storm all the while, but Peter’s legs hold firm to his hips. He’s stuck, and completely at the other avatar’s mercy.

“I’m afraid I’ll have to keep on like this, love. That is, until you apologize, and whatever comes out of your mouth even now can and will be held against you. So let’s fix that attitude, yeah?”

Elias’ laugh goes silent, eyes screwed shut rendering his powers completely useless. Not that they weren’t already, but now he can’t even read Peter’s thoughts.

Mercifully, the tickling comes to a stop after about five straight minutes of torture. Elias takes the opportunity to breath, and to pout, while Peter continues to ramble on.

“Not going to say anything, then? That’s alright, I’ve got another place in mind. Remember that one time you asked for a foot massage, and every time I pressed too light you’d kick and tell me to do better? Well, if you can’t handle a massage I’d hate to see how you’ll handle ten fingers intentionally tickling you.”

Elias uses what little of his strength he’s got left to buck his hips. Nothing happens, so he begins to thrash any way he can, kicking and babbling out a mantra of “nononono”-

But Peter is quick, and built tough like the boat that stared this whole argument. It takes about two seconds for him to turn around, placing all his weight on the trapped ankles of his smart-mouthed partner. He cracks his knuckles, gives a quick wink in Elias’ direction, and scribbles his fingers up two shaking soles.

Elias cries out, pounding his fists against the mattress. “NNOOHOHO! PETERPETERPETER- GEHEET OOHOFF- I CAHANT!”

“Are you pleading with me?” He responds, otherwise uncaring and unwavering in his assault. He wiggles his nails against the soles of one foot, and digs in between the toes of the other.

Even now, there is the slightest hesitation. But when he adjusts his position so that he can rub his beard against Elias’ trapped feet, all remaining pride goes out the window and into the endless Vast.

“PLEHEHASEPLEASEPLEASE- SOHAHA- SORRY! DAHARLINGPLEASE-“

“Trying to appeal to my humanity, darling? I should be offended you’d use such language just to get away from me and my glorious facial hair”.

Tears stream down Elias’ face. The scruffy hairs rubbing against his soles is just too much to handle. So he does the unthinkable and gives up.

“PEHEHEETEERRRR-“ is all he can manage, all he can think in the midst of this hell, and somehow it’s enough for him to get the message.

“Alright, alright. Calm down, love, let me help.” Peter soothes, giggling at the little twitches he evokes by firmly rubbing Elias’ feet of residual tingles.

Elias, on the other hand, is utterly spent. He feels heavy as a sack of bricks, completely limp and hiccuping like a maniac. Once his awful, evil husband has decided that his feet can be left alone, he starts to rub his back.

“Poor, mean little thing you are. So sensitive for such a powerful man.” Peter coos, and despite himself Elias falls asleep to the sound of his voice and comforting feel of his hands.

[momokarp]

A sassy mean girl, that’s who Elias is 💅

[imgonnagetkilledbynutstink]

Some face claims/fan casts I've decided on since starting to relisten to TMA

Jonathan - Dev Patel

Martin - Daniel Kaluuya

Tim - Jonathan Bailey

Sasha - Ayo Edebiri

Elias - Mathew Baynton

Gertrude - Frances McDormand

Gerard - Lee Do Hyun

[itssomethingcosmic]

Lee Rentoul was Slaughter-aligned, a collection @a-mag-a-day

His rage for Noriega reminds me a lot of Melanie’s anger for Elias trapping her into working for him. That anger that is so intense toward one person that it spills over into anger toward everyone around them.

[sarana174]

I’d pay good money for a Magnus Archive and Inside Job crossover. Like imagine the absolute chaos emit from it

[staysaneathome]

Me: *walking to work*

My brain: What if after Jonah bodyhops into Elias he receives an invitation to appear on Would I Lie to You, because one of Elias’ old uni mates has got famous and put him down as their mystery guest. Only problem is Jonah turns out to have had interactions with all three guests in his various bodies and the recent bodyhop is messing with his memories just enough that he legitimately has no idea who he’s meant to be there for, as the other two are using their encounters with James Wright and Richard Mendleson as the basis for their lies.

Me:

[best-magnus-archives-character]

Closed the nomination form! I made a list with all nominations by category! I'll accept suggestions of stuff to move around (change a character from minor to one of the other lists, but not the other way around cause the minor list is long enough). The Main Character list is a bit awkward with 18 characters, but I'm not really willing to move any away from it even if people might disagree? Unless I see a very strong argument.

the only nominations that didn't get in were the artifacts, since people voted for those to have their own poll later on!

So here's the 3 lists I have under the cut!

Main Characters 

Jonathan Sims

Martin Blackwood

Timothy Stoker

Sasha James

Basira Hussain

Daisy Tanner

Melanie King

Georgie Barker

Elias Bouchard

Jane Prentiss

NotThem/NotSasha

The Distortion

Nikola Orsinov

Peter Lukas

Gertrude Robinson

Jonah Magnus

Gerry Keay

Annabelle Cane

Minor Characters with Major Impact 

Michael Shelley

Adelard Decker

Michael Crew

Oliver Banks

Jude Perry

Simon Fairchild

Robert Smirke

Mikaele Salesa

Agnes Montague

Simon Fairchild

Jurgen Leitner

Julia Montauk

Trevor Herbert

Mikaele Salesa

Breekon and Hope

Mary Keay

Minor Character

Joshua Gillespie (MAG 002)

The Admiral (Georgie’s Cat)

Major Tom (MAG 016)

Helen Richardson (MAG 047) 

Karolina Gorka  (MAG 071)

Graham Folger (MAG: 003)

Alexander Scaplehorn (MAG 054)

Jordan Kennedy (MAG 055)

Hezekiah Wakely (152)

The Piper (MAG 007)

Gabriel/Worker of Clay (MAG 126)

John Amherst (Corruption Avatar)

Naomi Herne (MAG 013)

Amy Patel (MAG 003)

Werewolf/Hunt Avatar (MAG 031)

Alfred Breekon (MAG 096)

Alexia Crawley (MAG 110)

Emma Harvey (MAG 167)

Elias Bouchard (original)

Evan Lukas (MAG 013)

Laverne (MAG 136)

Callum McKenzie (MAG 125)

John Haan (MAG 072)

Tom Haan (MAG 030)

Jonathan Fanshawe (MAG 127)

Fiona Law (MAG 167)

Spider on the wall (MAG 038)

Leto (MAG 184)

Nathan Watts (MAG: 001)

Sebastian Skinner (MAG 087)

Carlita Sloane (MAG 033)

Erika Mustermann (MAG 034)

Jan Novak (MAG 034)

Piotr Petrov (MAG 034)

Pavel Petrov (MAG 034)

Fulan Al-Fulani (MAG 034)

Juan Pérez (MAG 034)

Jane/John Doe (MAG 034)

Lee Kipple (MAG 042)

Robin Lennox (MAG 100)

“John Smith” (MAG 100)

Celia/Lynne Hammond (MAG 100)

Brian Finlinson (MAG 100)

Carlos Vittery (MAG 016)

Francis (MAG 172)

Wilfred Owen (MAG 007)

Father Edwin Burroughs (MAG 019)

Maxwell Rayner (MAG 002)

Rat from the Bone Turner’s Tale (MAG 017)

Sergey Ushanka (MAG 065)

Angela (MAG 014)

The Anglerfish (MAG 001)

Jan Killbride (MAG 106)

Natalie Ennis (MAG 025)

Alfred Grifter (MAG 042)

Benoît Maçon (MAG 102)

Dr Lionel Elliot (MAG 034)

Rosie Zampano (MAG 192)

Manuela Dominguez (MAG 135)

Petite Scarabée/Little Beetle (MAG 102)

Sarah Baldwin (MAG 001)

Agape (MAG 153)

Monster Pig (MAG 103)

Callum Brodie (MAG 173)

[shipping-nexus]

Information

Appendix

Camp Here And There

• Elijah Volkov x Sydney Sargent

• Elijah Volkov x Up and Adam

Critical Role

• Percival Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III x Vex'ahlia

Dracula

• Jonathan Harker x Mina Murray

• John Seward x Arthur Holmwood x Quincey P Morris

• Main Dracula Cast

Frankenstein

• Victor Frankenstein x Henry Clerval

• Victor Frankenstein x Robert Walton

Malevolent

• Arthur Lestor x John Doe

Nevermore Webtoon

• Duke x Pluto

• Lenore x Annabel Lee

The Magnus archives

• Agnes Montague x Gertrude Robinson

• Archive Employees

• Elias Bouchard x Peter Lucas

• Gertrude Robinson x Jurgen Leitner

• Helen Richardson x Melanie King

• Helen Richardson x Simon Fairchild

• Jane Prentiss x Mike Crew

• Jonah Magnus x Barabas

• Jonathan Sims x Elias Bouchard

• Jonathan Sims x Gerard Keay

• Jonathan Sims x Martin Blackwood

• Jonathan Sims x Michael Shelley

• Jonathan Sims x Oliver Banks

• Jonathan Sims x Timothy Stoker

• Martin Blackwood x Michael Crew

• Michael Shelley x Gerard Keay

• Michael Shelley x Mike Crew

• Michael Shelley x Mike Crew x Mikaele Salesa

• Oliver Banks x Mike Crew

• Simon Fairchild x Peter Lucas

The Magnus Protocol

• Alice Dyer x Colin Becher

• Alice Dyer x Colin Becher x Fr3-d1

• Alice Dyer x FR3-d1

• Alice Dyer x Gwendolyn Bouchard

• Chester x Norris

• Colin Becher x FR3-d1

• Needles x Mr. Bonzo

• OIAR Employees

• Samama Khalid x FR3-d1

• Samama Khalid x Colin Becher

The Mechanisms

• Galahad x Drumbot Brian

• Jonny d’Ville x Gunpowder Tim

• Lyfrassir Edda x Marius Von Raum

• Prisoners of the Midguardian Transport Police

Cross-ships (miscellaneous)

• Adelard Dekker x Lena Kelley

• Peter Lukas x Gordon Alan Johnson

Rules for submitting posts

try to provide as much accuracy as possible with the information you put on your post

Make sure to use the same format used in all the other posts.

Tagging should go as follows: #all ship names listed #name of media and/or common abbreviations #character x other character #character #other character

If needed I can edit your post to to fit the format

Mod can refuse to upload your post at their discretion. Things that may cause this happen but are not limited to: failing to use the correct format, the ship genuinely encouraging things such as pedophilia and zoophilia, and failing to provide accurate information.

Post format

Ship names for Character x Other Character

Ship name

Other ship name (optional)

These characters are from piece of media.

#shipname #other ship name #piece of media #common abrieviations for piece of media #character #other character

This runs on people either sending me asks and submissions to add, me occasionally doing research to find ships, or me stumbling across a new ship, especially as I am running dry when it comes to fandoms I am actively a part of. If you’d like a ship, doesn’t matter the fandom, to be added, feel free to request it.

[wynterlanding]

EXCLUSIVES

I will only write with one (in certain cases 2) of the faces featured here/characters. Please check the list before replying to any opens or they will be ignored if someone from here is used.

Characters (I will only write against one version of these characters only)

Elias Bouchard: @dvrklyte

Samantha Carpenter: @awalkoflife

Maddy Perez: @depictedmorada

Tris Prior: @unsacrificio

Sienna Shaw: @mutatedangels

Sabrina Spellman: @awalkoflife

Faces (I will only write against one (in certain cases two) versions of these faces only)

@awalkoflife

Melissa Barrera - Sam Carpenter

Sydney Sweeney - Sabrina Spellman

@marvelgirltm

Sienna Miller - Rachel Grey

@mutatedangels

Deborah Ann Woll - Nancy Martin

Lauren LaVera - Sienna Shaw

Samara Weaving - Una Tempens

@xwildheart

Lucy Boynton - Alice Lee

Alycia Debnam-Carey - Calliope Halkias

Poppy Drayton - Violet Rogers

Nathalie Emmanuel - Savannah Forbes

Tati Gabrielle - Aniyah Blake

Anne Hathaway - Lorelai

Brianne Howey - Imogen Reynolds

Greta Onieogou - Ivy Bennett

Victoria Pedretti - Tallulah Lawrence (excl to Lance in twin au)

David Tennant - Theodore Ellison

@lavishbylaw

Ryan Destiny - Genevieve Scott

@frigid-vitality

Manny Montana - Santiago 'Saint' Ramirez

@magicmadnessx

Tilly Keeper - Rebecca 'Bex' Hayes

Shay Mitchell - Genevieve Hawthorne

@packagecfgirlyevil

Ana De Armas - Stella Garcia

@queenxfthedxmned

Zoey Deutch - Aubrey Summers

Leighton Meester - Brooke

@depictedmorada

Eiza Gonzalez - older!Maddy Perez

@dcymcres

Tessa Thompson - Noori Okoye

@godccmplex

Andrew Hozier-Byrne - Elijah King

@scftdevil

Laura Harrier - Laramie Hannigan

Daisy Edgar-Jones - Anya Vincent

Samantha Logan - Rhea Harris

Elizabeth Olsen - Suvi Nygard

Jessica Rothe - Kennedy Crane

@thewolfruns

Dakota Johnson - Clementine Palmer

@xlostparadise

Elizabeth Lail - Kaitlyn Isenhart

@intonightcity

Chace Crawford - Mark Lansing (backstory connection - Landon's canon friend)

Blake Lively - Emeline Entwistle ( backstory connection - Landon's canon ex )

@itsalltoobeautiful

Maia Mitchell - Whitney Attkinson

@sirxnx

Maika Monroe - Darcy Morgan

LaKeith Stanfield - Abel Prince

@stvrlyte

Jodelle Ferland - Lily Johnson

Bradley James - Simon Baker

Charlotte Ritchie - Francesca Hughes

Ben Wiggins - Marius Northall

@itsagraywcrld

Emma Stone - Eloise Gray

Face Closings

These are faces I already write multiples against/have not made exclusive list yet but and will be closed off for the time being. So no further interactions with new muses with these faces currently. Subject to change!

Victoria Pedretti (main w/ Landon @kennarowan )

WNI - Will not Interact

These are faces I will not write against. Honestly list is super short & personal preference.

Amber Heard

Madelyn Cline

Ezra Miller

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Ed Westwick

others using Penn Badgley (for obvious reasons)

personally Landon will not interact with Y.ou characters especially Love Quinn. oc's using faces from Y.ou is fine!

[doorp]

okay so this is different from what I normally post but I need to talk about paper teeth

I swear annabel Lee never more is a gateway drug for problematic gay people. happy to add avery grey to my list of problematic blenderables

(Off the top of my head the list includes Annabel Lee nevermore, PJ Bottoms, Isabel Bottoms, Elias bouchard the Magnus archives and now avery grey paperteeth. Okay wait maybe the cat from infinity train and Nigel Rio FUCK this list is getting too long but . You get the point.)

scarlet is honestly. prolly the funniest character in this comic. mother fucker heard another vampire hunter got turned into a vampire and was like. We will have a sleepover. We will do makeup. Oh god shes crying. Maybe finding out youre dead and that u can’t eat food or like feel the sun on your face anymore makes you sad.

She’s been SO lonely n is so excited to finally have someone to relate to, rushing in not thinking yknow maybe this is like the worst day of averys life, until she realizes she should have done a bit more research on avery before becoming involved with her. The way she slowly finds out that avery is Actually The Worst, a blubbering sopping wet serial killing cannibal cat, who is this worlds equivalent of a flat earther. Seeing her slowly figure out averys whole deal from third parties + from avery herself has been SO good.

also her being bad at socializing is so real. How do u meet people as an adult. People who aren’t serial killers or serial killer adjacent.

Another thing I like about this comic is that like if you pay enough attention to the other characters you can tell that avery is acting like. Against type. There’s a moment where Kelly is talking to avery and sort of teasing, not expecting genuine openness from her, And you see the shock on his face when she actually opens up. Being around scarlet and in this situation is actually making her like be different, in some ways better, i really believe she is more receptive to self reflection than she would have been before. I feel like she was a lot worse before idk. She is still th worst and I love her for that tho

Anyway scarlet and avery have taken over my brain its 4 am im going to sleep

Song that reminded me of paperteeth

[jordankennedy]

tma characters who i think have at some point snorted coke:

-elias bouchard (prefers laudanum)

-gertrude robinson

-agnes montague

-jude perry (canonically)

-lee rentoul (canonically)

-trevor herbert (canonically did heroin so i dont think this is a stretch)

-ronald sinclair

-georgie barker

-oliver banks (works better than caffeine to stay awake)

-lydia halligan (see above)

-not-sasha

-timothy hodge

-manuela dominguez

-danny stoker

[backofthebookshelf]

Since you mentioned it on fataldrum's polari post, I would love to hear more of your thoughts on Jonah/Elias' vast, eclectic music collection!

I mean assuming we’re talking a dude who’s been alive for two hundred years and has SEEN the advent of recorded music - can you imagine? Can you imagine being a music nerd and suddenly recorded music is a thing you can just have? Sure, some people are always going to be snooty about “oh, live is always better, you just can’t capture the emotion” blah blah blah but this is the one thing Jonah/Elias would not be snooty about because boy howdy the Beholding loves recordings

He’s got an entire archive of recording devices and players. Wax cylinders, gramophones, record players, fuckin’ eight-track tapes. Everything gets transferred onto the new generation of media as soon as it’s available. (He finds it relaxing, and it’s a good chance to update the catalog, re-visit some old favorites.) (Yes, this means he has a slightly terrifying collection of minidiscs.) Elias has recordings of music that’s officially lost to history. He’s not interested in sharing.

(The one thing he is snooty about? Musical innovations getting co-opted by commercialism. Do not talk to him about Elvis. Do not talk to him about Jerry Lee Lewis. Or really, do, because Elias Bouchard going on a well-rehearsed thirty-minute rant about how Elvis doesn’t deserve any credit for anything and the fact that no one has heard of Sister Rosetta Tharpe is an indictment of our entire society is…an experience.)

A not impossible playlist generated from pressing “Random” on Elias’s iTunes library (yeah, he uses iTunes, the iPod was a revolution in portable music but once you start using an Apple product you’re locked into the ecosystem even though now they don’t even put goddamn headphone jacks on their phones and he’d love to transition to a new system but he’s got a ritual to do and an Archivist to keep an eye on and thirty minutes a day on the prison computer is not enough time to get anything accomplished, so he’s kind of stuck):

Richard Thompson, Trafalgar SquareDolly Parton, 9 to 5Bach, selections from The Well-Tempered ClavierTerminator X, Herc’s Message (feat. DJ Kool Herc)Morrissey, The Last of the Famous International PlayboysDead Kennedys, Nazi Punks Fuck OffWaylon Jennings, Just to Satisfy YouCab Calloway, Saint James InfirmaryElton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick RoadShow of Hands, Adieu Sweet Lovely NancyCozy Powell, Dance With the DevilThe Smiths, The Boy With a Thorn in His SideDelibes, the Flower Duet from LakméBessie Smith, After You’ve GoneFall Out Boy, I Write Sins Not MelodiesVivaldi, Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, “Spring”David Bowie, Big BrotherGreen Day, Walking ContradictionElla Fitzgerald, Baby Won’t You Please Come HomeLauryn Hill, Killing Me Softly

(His taste absolutely skews Western and slightly out of date, because he’s a rich white English dude and also because when you’re two hundred years old everything sounds like Kids These Days for the first couple decades, but his go-to emergency TED talk would be the influence of slavery on the development of popular music. It would be thoroughly insensitive but extremely accurate.)

[worldsendroleplay]

Monday, October 19th, 2020

Greetings, dear reader.

As all of you may have noticed, some of your memories do not match up. However, you do not have to worry for much longer because several inhabitants saw their memories return. Some interactions were made awkward because of this, such as between Morgana and Merlin who held each other close and briefly discussed the return of her memories, though others were really happy to have their proper memories back, like Mordred who was glad that a certain friend of his was not dead (yet). However, Pyrrha Nikos re-remembered the death of an acquaintance, so not all memory returns may have been welcome. However, as demonstrated by Mariah Hunter and Daniel Jackson, sometimes these bad feelings can be remedied by a helpful chat and a movie. As more memories are returned, please remember to be patient with one another. Or, if you would like to argue it out, I would not be against that, either. 

There has been a spike in arrivals this week, which naturally means more to report on. Kaywinnet Lee “Kaylee” Frye arrived just in time for the Halloween season and was greeted by her sort-of boyfriend Simon Tam (it’s complicated). Esme Cullen arrived in the world, immediately greeted by Cassandra Ravenwood, a young teen more than happy to explain things to the vampire mother-figure. Billy Raven has found a home of his own after meeting Adrien Agreste, who is staying with Padmé Amidala and was not going to leave the child here alone. However, just like with every story here, not every arrival is so happy. Hermione Granger did not know what to expect when she greeted Helen Richardson to the world, a strange woman with unusually long fingers and a penchant for making people uncomfortable. Meanwhile, Elias Bouchard seemed to know a lot about Bucky Barnes, a man whom he had never met before, when he arrived in Worlds’ End. I am hoping that one of these new arrivals would be happy to make things interesting around here as it has been a month since Alastor has last killed someone, and I need some entertainment, as do the rest of you. Alastor, if you are reading this, please do try to fix this, and that goes for the rest of you who are interested in killing. I will not stand for this lack of excitement for much longer. 

Meanwhile, Pepper Potts and Tony Stark are welcoming another child into this world, and this time it does not mean they are adopting another wayward soul they found on the streets. While talking to Regulus Black, Pepper discovered her pregnancy and shared it with her loved ones. Is it a boy? Is it a girl? It is currently unclear, but what is clear is that there is still plenty of room in their house for another little child to run around. 

Now looking in on some of the children who were already born in this world, Gaven Pendragon has now been introduced to his grandparents Ygraine Pendragon and Uther Pendragon, and he is quickly growing as all children do in this place. His parents are sure to be exhausted, but can you blame them? Just wait until he is old enough to walk on his own, though it is unclear what his future holds. However, not all introductions to families were as happy as this, as experienced by Regulus Black when he tried to introduce Lyra Black to his brother, Sirius Black. Sirius was less than happy by the newest member of the Black family, so maybe it is a good thing that Regulus has found a family of his own in this place. Lyra can find acceptance of her own, too, and she made friends with Helios Belladonna Xiao-Long, who is close to her age. Maybe these toddlers can grow up together and become the best of friends. 

Ty Lee and Malachai Atherton’s friendship has continued to grow this week, despite its ups and downs. The two explored the Mirror City together and had a good time. However, a less fun time came when Ty Lee’s memories were returned, and she told him that she worked with the Fire Nation and Princess Azula after all. However, seeing as he remembered turning traitor himself, he saw past this fault of hers and accepted her, as all good friends do. And speaking of good friends, Lu Ten and Reagan Reyes, who have become close friends a while back, seem to be growing even closer. Lu Ten had been inspired to learn an instrument because of her, and she offered to show him how to play the guitar. Maybe in the future, they can be something more. 

That is all for my report this week.

Go on, dear reader, and do not forget to share this with your friends!

Your Editor thanks you.

[best-magnus-archives-character]

How many do you have for each bracket/which roles need filling

hi!! sorry it took so long to reply to this, i didn't get the notification on mobile for some reason??

i haven't divided them into the 3 categories i wanted yet, since I don't know if it will be possible to even do 2, but here's a list of all the currently nominated characters, if that helps? im tempted to just skip the whole poll and declare gerry the winner, you'll see why

Gerard “Gerry” Keay: 13 noms

Joshua Gillespie: 9 noms

Jonathan Sims: 8 noms

The Admiral: 8 noms

Agnes Montague: 7 noms

Nikola Orsinov: 7 noms

Mike Crew: 7 noms

Timothy Stoker: 6 noms

Martin Blackwood: 6 noms

Michael Shelley: 5 noms

Melanie King: 5 noms

The Distortion: 5 noms

Helen Richardson: 4 noms 

Daisy Toner: 4 noms

Adelard Dekker: 3 noms

Gertrude Robinson: 3 noms

Karolina Górka: 3 noms

Jonah Magnus: 2 noms

Basira Hussain: 3 noms

Jane Prentiss: 3 noms

Annabelle Cane: 2 noms 

Graham Folger: 2 noms

Alexander Scaplehorn: 2 noms

Elias Bouchard: 3 noms

Oliver Banks: 2 noms

Sasha James: 2 noms

Jordan Kennedy: 2 noms

Hezekiah Wakeley: 2 noms

Jude Perry: 2 noms

Georgie Baker: 2 noms

The Piper: 2 noms

Gabriel (worker of clay): 2 noms

Naomi Herne: 1 nom

Amy Patel: 1 nom

the Werewolf (?) from MAG 31: 1 nom

Alfred Breton: 1 nom

Daniel Rawlings: 1 nom

Simon Fairchild: 1 nom

Homophobic Vase: 1 nom

Jurgen Leitner: 1 nom

Alexia Crawley: 1 nom

Emma Harvey: 1 nom

Elias Bouchard (original) (stoner): 1 nom

Julia Montauk: 1 nom

Evan Lukas: 1 nom

Mikaele Salesa: 1 nom

Laverne: 1 nom

Jan Kilbride: 1 nom

Callum McKenzie: 1 nom

John Haan: 1 nom

Jonathan Fanshawe: 1 nom

Fiona Law: 1 nom

Spider on the wall in MAG 38: 1 nom

Leto: 1 nom

Sebastian Skinner: 1 nom

Callum Brodie: 1 nom

Carlita Sloane: 1 nom

Anatomy Students: 1 nom

Not Them: 1 nom

Peter Lukas: 1 nom

Lee Kipple: 1 nom

Robin Lennox: 1 nom

Jared Hopworth: 1 nom

entries that said Michael Distortion went for The Distortion, while entries that said Michael Shelley/Distortion went for both, and Helen Richardson or Michael Shelley without mention of the Distortion went to the specific characters. there's 2 Elias cause one person specifically submitted the original one which i assume to be pre-jonah. and even then my total is 63. i could run a 32 bracket but it's not balanced between main and minor characters either so i'm not sure what to do right now. considering of adding some on my own, ig? like since some artifacts were submitted as characters i could include the coffin or the calliope as well?

i expected more entries, is all, so i think my plans were a bit too ambitious, but i can adapt

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A Bloody Mess

by anysin

After Martin gets kidnapped by Angela of the Lee Rentoul case, it's up to Jon to find and rescue him. A gen AU based on "Piecemeal".

Words: 8830, Chapters: 4/4, Language: English

Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Jonathan Sims, Martin Blackwood, Sasha James, Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives), Angela (The Magnus Archives), Elias Bouchard, Peter Lukas

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Case Fic, Kidnapping, Investigations, Minor Violence, Blood, s1 shenanigans

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/23940580

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20 Fantasy Hockey Thoughts

Every Sunday until the start of the 2018-19 regular season, we'll share 20 Fantasy Thoughts from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's "Daily Ramblings".

Writers: Michael Clifford, Ian Gooding, Cam Robinson, and Dobber

  1. Of all the Islanders, I believe Anders Lee is the player who will be least affected by the loss of John Tavares. His spot on the top line and top power play unit will be unaffected. And he will be given an elite center to work with who may just provide a better compliment of skills to his own.

Mat Barzal may have been a rookie last season but he impacted things all over the ice. He and his linemates were consistently controlling the play; providing positive a Corsi For percentage (CF%) despite being deployed in the defensive end as much or more than the fun end of the rink. Don’t let the 22 goals fool you, Barzal is as pure a passer as there is in the league. He averaged just 2.08 shots-per-game as a freshman. His 34 primary assists sat tied for eighth most in the league with Johnny Gaudreau, Leon Draisaitl and Jonathan Marchessault. His 0.77 assists-per-game sat seventh. Not bad company to keep.

Now a pure distributor gets to dish to one of the league’s most deadly finishers. Sure, Barzal will have a hill to climb. He is no longer insulated by Tavares and will earn the opposition’s top defensive pairing and shutdown line. He will be game-planned against and tested on a nightly basis. However, he’s already an elite talent and the safe money is to bet that he finds a way to be successful as the top offensive option.

Lee may not hit new career-highs in a myriad of categories again in 2018-19, but he’s ripe to slip on draft day due to the perceived loss of Tavares. You can take advantage of that by sneaking him in as category filler with a solid floor and legitimate ceiling. (july21)

  2. The impending Erik Karlsson trade, what does this do to Thomas Chabot? It surely gives him more minutes, especially on the power play, but the quality of that team will be…lacking, let’s say.

Chabot was, predictably, caved in last year shots-wise when playing away from Karlsson. That’s to be expected from such a young defenseman playing on a team devoid of talent. But, who does he play with next year that could help in this regard? Cody Ceci?

Though he looks to have a bright future it could be tough sledding ahead for Chabot. It may be a few years yet before his fantasy potential is realized and it’ll have nothing to do with his play personally. Just the team surrounding him and the player he’s paired with. (july17)

  3. Oliver Bjorkstrand had 11 goals and 40 points in 2017-18. Though technically his third season in the NHL, 2017-18 was Bjorkstrand’s first full season. Like most forwards on the Blue Jackets, his role fluctuated greatly, though he didn’t find himself on the top line with any sort of regularity. He often skated with Nick Foligno, Sonny Milano, Alex Wennberg, or Boone Jenner.

If that’s to be Bjorkstrand’s role this year, improving significantly on 40 points doesn’t seem likely. Bouncing around the middle-six with secondary power play minutes doesn’t bode well for a huge boost in production.

That it doesn’t bode well for a bump in points doesn’t mean one isn’t coming. Bjorkstrand is turning into a top-end playmaker to go along with solid shot rates. Had he not shot 6.7 percent last year, if he shoots just 10 percent, he has 16 goals and a 45-point season and maybe he’s viewed with some consensus as a rising star.

Bjorkstrand’s problem is a good one for Columbus in that they have solid depth on the right side. Josh Anderson had a breakout season despite the injuries, and following a slow start, Cam Atkinson reminded us he’s a very good, and very consistent, goal scorer. Bjorkstrand has the look of a top-6 winger but due to their depth, he might not see many more minutes per game than he did last year. (july19)

  4. Habs’ Artturi Lehkonen fits the category of a potential deep sleeper. Don’t be fooled by the lack of offense last season. He’s a player who could pay off if drafted outside of the top 150. I’d even be willing to bet that he’ll still be available outside of the top 200. He was projected for 21 goals and 44 points in last season’s Fantasy Guide. Could he reach that total this season? You might just have to take a gamble, which is one that Dobber could back you on. (july22)

  5. The Wild have signed Matt Dumba to a five-year, $30 million extension. With Dumba’s bridge deal of $2.55 million now expired, salary cap owners will now need to set aside an additional $3.5 million per season for him. He certainly made good on his contract year, recording his first 50-point season (14g-36a). Prior to 2017-18, Dumba’s career high was 34 points, so this was a breakout in the true sense of the word.

If you didn’t know that Dumba scored 50 points this past season, it might be because he got lost in the crowd. Dumba was one of 19 defensemen to score at least 50 points – a number that grew significantly from 2016-17 (just 9 d-men) and 2015-16 (12 d-men). This is the trend of the puck-moving d-man at work. (july22)

  6. Evan Bouchard (Edm) and Ryan Merkley (SJ) arguably have the highest fantasy potential for 2018 NHL Draft blueliners outside of Rasmus Dahlin but both carry varying degrees of risk.

As a 1999 birthdate, Bouchard is physically ready to play in the NHL. He’s accomplished a great deal in his three years with the London Knights, including a monstrous 26-goal, 87-point draft-eligible campaign. His shot is large and in charge and he has very strong vision. He would instantly become a threat on Edmonton’s top power-play unit. That said, his skating and pace of play need to improve. Not to mention the sheer difficulty in teenagers playing defense against the very best forwards in the world. Bouchard should be targeted high in keeper leagues and is one to watch in one-year leagues if he’s still hanging around camp when the pre-season is coming to a close.

Meanwhile, Merkley is one of the most divisive prospects we’ve seen in several years. The late-2000 birthday means he’s one the youngest from the crop and also the most under-developed physically and mentally. Questions surrounding his commitment to all facets of the game, and attitude issues have followed the wildly talented blueliner for a few years.

There’s one thing that is not in doubt: when he has the puck on his stick, magic can happen. His ability to create offense is unmatched by nearly everyone in the 2018 group. The Sharks clearly aren’t too concerned with potential attitude concerns. They traded for and then committed major money to Evander Kane. You can’t have a soft stomach to make those moves. (july21)

  7. The Canucks were clear when the signed Jay Beagle that it was to provide Brandon Sutter with an opportunity to no longer be buried in the defensive end – he started a ridiculous 22.65 percent of his draws in the offensive zone. The hope for the team is that they’re paying him like a second line center (4.35MM), hopefully, he can produce like one if freed up.

Having him play with an elite talent like Elias Pettersson and a bounce-back candidate in Loui Eriksson won’t hurt. However, I question his ability to drive offense on a consistent basis.

As for Pettersson, he should be able to carve out a role on the team’s top power-play unit in Henrik Sedin’s old spot on the right half wall or patrolling the right point. Having Pettersson and Brock Boeser on opposite sides will be chaos for opposing defenders but it’ll take the rookie some time to adjust. His ceiling remains sky-high. (july21)

  8. This isn’t some sort of prediction of a breakout. What I’m saying is the ingredients are there for the Devils’ Blake Coleman to have a good season. Travis Zajac is in freefall and though I’m a believer in Pavel Zacha, it’s not certain he’ll be a full-time center next year. Coleman could find himself with more minutes next year depending on the performance of others and he has the skills necessary to put up a sneaky 20-goal season. Do not ignore him in deeper leagues. Even if he busts, he can be had at such a discount that replacing him on the waiver wire is easy. (july20)

  9. Coleman got me thinking about Marcus Johansson, another Devils skater. Johansson missed nearly three months with a concussion thanks to a flying elbow from Brad Marchand. He eventually returned in the playoffs but for just a few games, not nearly enough to judge him, especially considering how much time he missed. He looks ready for 2018-19 and let’s hope the concussion issues are behind him.

It’s easy to forget that before getting to New Jersey, Johansson averaged 20 goals and 30 assists a season for three years. That was on a high-powered Washington team but Johansson was a fixture of the top PP unit with the Capitals.

Before the concussion issues started piling up, Johansson didn’t spend much time with the top PP unit in New Jersey. Does that change now? The three forwards seemingly locked into the top unit should be Taylor Hall, Nico Hischier, and Kyle Palmieri. Could Johansson be the fourth? It may be tough because assuming Will Butcher takes that spot again, it would give them four left-handed shots. That may open the door for someone else.

All the same, I will be paying attention in training camp. The Devils used a lot of different combinations last year but Johansson will get overlooked this year in fantasy. If he seems to have the inside track on the top PP unit, be sure to pencil him in at the end of your drafts. If he doesn’t, he can probably be left alone in most leagues. (july19)

  10. Whether Jimmy Vesey takes the next step in fantasy relevance depends on usage. He’s averaged about 14 minutes a game over his first two years and that’s just not enough to put up the raw totals necessary to be relevant in most leagues. Will a new Rangers coaching regime give him more minutes or will it be status quo? It’s worth the risk in deeper leagues to draft him late but in shallower leagues he’s probably still waiver-wire material until something changes. (july20)

  11. Phillip Danault has shown chemistry with Max Pacioretty in recent seasons but the captain doesn’t seem likely to start the year in a Habs uniform, pending a trade. If Tomas Plekanec is reunited with Gallagher, that doesn’t leave much for wingers to line up with Danault.

Even with top-six minutes, Danault doesn’t contribute in peripheral categories outside of face-off wins. Unless it’s a deep points league or a league with face-offs, he can be left on the waiver wire. It’s a fine real-life signing but the fantasy hockey impact is marginal. (july19)

  12. The Calgary Flames gave the long-term deal Elias Lindholm had been looking for and the contract will carry him to his age-30 season.

How Lindholm will be used will ultimately determine whether this contract gives the appearance of fair value, or a great value. He has four full seasons under his belt, averaging 17:38 per game in that span, and managing 14 goals per 82 games over those four seasons. To say that it’s just because he played in Carolina, Justin Faulk scored more often in fewer games played. Lindholm somehow developing into a perennial 25-goal scorer seems like a bridge too far.

Some may point to Jiri Hudler putting up 31 goals and 76 points seemingly out of nowhere when slotting with Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan. His previous career-highs were 25 goals and 57 points, which makes Lindholm’s situation a bit different.

What if Lindholm isn’t on the top line all year? Or, most of the year? Or, even half the year? If he plays 17 minutes a game in the middle-six, why would we expect more than 15 goals and 45 points? I don’t doubt that Lindholm gets minutes on the top line, it’s just a matter of how many and for how long. There’s a good chance his average draft position (ADP) gets too high for a reasonable profit. (july19)

  13. Chris Tierney had 40 points last year for the Sharks. With Joe Thornton returning, Joe Pavelski still in the fold, and Logan Couture around for the better part of a decade, Tierney will be locked into that third-line role for at least one more year. That, combined with the lack of power-play time, means improving substantially on 40 points is difficult.

That doesn’t mean he can’t repeat, though. There is a lot of winger talent on this team, starting with Pavleski (though he’s really a center) and Evander Kane, then Tomas Hertl and Joonas Donskoi, and an emerging star in Timo Meier. Regardless of how the lineup shakes out, Tierney will have at least one talented winger to skate with so putting up 40 points again is possible.

Pavelski has one year left on his deal and it’s uncertain whether he’ll return. If he doesn’t, Tierney could be bumped up the lineup in a year’s time. But for 2018-19, expect more or less the same as 2017-18. (july19)

  14. The Predators have signed Juuse Saros to a three-year, $4.5 million extension. Saros is worth keeping an eye on this season, as Pekka Rinne has one more year left on his $7 million per season contract. If Rinne’s playoff struggles carry over to the regular season, we could be seeing a lot more of Saros. Plus that would give the Preds a chance to see if he’s ready to take over in net in 2019-20. If so, $1.5 million per season for a starting goalie is a sweet deal. (july18)

  15. This has to be the year the Ducks finally throw Sam Steel in the lineup, right? He averaged a shade under two points per game in his Draft-plus-1 year and followed that with 83 points in 54 games last year. The injury to Ryan Kesler, and the uncertainty that brings, undoubtedly leaves them one center short. He has to figure into the lineup, right?

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the need for the Ducks to move Ondrej Kase to the top line. I’m not sure that will actually be the case (no pun intended but welcomed nonetheless). A third-line duo of Steel-Kase is something that would be worth the look for the Ducks. Scoring outside of Rickard Rakell was hard to come by in 2017-18; Kase and Adam Henrique were a distant second behind Rakell’s 34-goal total with 20 each. Being able to run forward pairs of Ryan Getzlaf-Rakell, Henrique-Jakob Silfverberg, and Steel-Kase is a good way to spread out the talent while having solid lines throughout the roster. Provided, of course, that Steel can prove himself.

I’m intrigued here. He won’t get the top PP minutes to bring significant fantasy relevance but with so much time having elapsed since his draft, outside of dynasty owners, Steel is likely to go under the radar in keeper league setups. Take a flier on him late. (july17)

  16. One player whose ADP I’m excited (scared?) to see in September is Yanni Gourde, a player in the vein of guys before him like Viktor Arvidsson, Jonathan Marchessault, and to a lesser extent Ondrej Kase. A guy certain pockets of the hockey community saw a player with good underlying results in small samples, solid minor league numbers, and hoped they’d get a chance. Gourde finally got his chance and managed 25 goals and 64 points as a 26-year old in his first full season.

Assuming the reports are accurate, Tampa Bay looks like the landing spot for Erik Karlsson. The question is the return. Is Gourde part of the package? Tyler Johnson? Alex Killorn? There will surely be picks and prospects. It’s still uncertain if any roster players are part of the package. Regardless, the lineup as it sits today is not likely to be the lineup in two months.

Gourde likely slots on the third line this year, be it as the center or winger. Who plays with him? Will either Killorn or Johnson still be around? Will he be lined up with Cedric Paquette? Maybe one of their young wingers in Boris Katchouk or Taylor Raddysh, unless they’re part of the Karlsson trade.

There’s also the shooting percentage, which was over 18 percent overall and over 14.5 percent at five-on-five. That put him just outside the top-10 league-wide among forwards with 1000 minutes.

Gourde is a very good player. In cap leagues, he’s an exceptional asset. I just worry that the steam behind Tampa Bay as a team, Gourde’s superb year, and everyone wanting to get The Next Marchessault will push his ADP too high to be had at a reasonable price. We’ll see in a couple months. (july17)

  17. Sometimes I wonder about Chris Kreider’s ADP this year. His goal, assist, shot, and penalty minute paces (per game) were pretty much around his career norms. He’ll be on the top line with top power-play minutes. With the Rangers going through a rebuild and Kreider coming off a season where he missed a lot of games due to injury, does his ADP get depressed? He can be a very good across-the-board roto contributor when healthy. With a new coach and true top-line minutes, this seems like value in the making. (july17)

  18. For the second straight year, Filip Forsberg’s overall time on ice declined. For the second straight year, his five-on-five ice time per game declined. For the third straight year, his five-on-five shot rate declined. For the second straight year, his shots per game declined. For the second straight year, his five-on-five individual expected goals rate declined.

Anyone watching Forsberg knows he’s not in decline. The guy’s hitting his prime. Injuries played a factor last year and the emergence of Viktor Arvidsson meant fewer shots to go around when the duo was on the ice together.

One thing that saved his season was his shooting percentage on the power play. His previous career-high was 15.4 percent. From 2014-17, he shot 11.3 percent on aggregate. In 2017-18, he shot 26.7 percent. Just playing 82 games will help mitigate the drop in PP goals but a return to normalcy could still cut his PP goal totals by three or four, even with the 15 extra games. The team shot 8.8 percent with him on the ice at five-on-five from 2014-17. Last year, that jumped to 10.2 percent. Despite the team’s expected goals per 60 minutes at five-on-five with Forsberg on the ice being 2.7, they scored 3.6.

He also set a career-high in individual points percentage – the rate he tallies points on goals scored with him on the ice – with his previous high coming in 2014-15. It was a marginal record, but still his best.

Forsberg wasn’t very far off a point-per-game pace last year. The question is if he can repeat that and be an 80-point player this year. Given the high percentages basically across the board, I find it hard to believe he’ll be near a point-per-game player. Maybe he can crack 70 points but I’ll be interested to see his ADP once September rolls around. It might be too rich to search for any profit. (july17)

  19. A couple of recent two-way deals I want to point out: Andreas Johnsson with the Leafs  and Danny O’Regan with the Sabres.

Johnsson has to clear waivers in order to be sent down and he’s already proven time and again that he’s NHL-ready. I already have him as a lock to make the team. Why he signed his two-way qualifying offer was strategic – he’s banking on a full NHL season so that he can cash in next year. Meanwhile, my hunch is that Leafs’ GM Kyle Dubas was thinking about how to get him to sign for two or three years – and I wonder if Johnsson signing his qualifying offer caught him off guard. The Leafs will never – never – waive him no matter how horrible his training camp is. I like his thinking there.

O’Regan would have been in tough to make the Sabres and he can still be sent down without clearing waivers. So, he’s as good as off the team to start the year. But, he has nothing left to prove in the AHL. (july16)

  20. Another interesting one was when Nicholas Baptiste signed a two-way deal with the Sabres. He has to clear waivers and I was having trouble fitting him into the Buffalo lineup. He played 33 games for the Sabres last year but the team is significantly more crowded this time around. And I think he’s behind Justin Bailey in terms of the depth chart – Bailey also has to clear to be sent down, is also a right shot, is bigger (6-3, 214) and was drafted higher (52nd overall versus 69th overall) and I think those things make a difference when teams prioritize who they want to see succeed more. And soon after I wrote the above blurb, Bailey signs and it’s a two-way contract. So, he’s in the same boat as Baptiste. (july16)  

Have a good week, folks!!

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