#magnus centric

[magpod-confessions]

I really struggle with the americanisms in tma fanfic.

No, they do not have to worry about health insurance.

No, a job does not need dental coverage.

No one gives af if you jaywalk.

No way would any of these people have a car, let alone drive to work IN CHELSEA. I doubt even Elias would bother (Peter would, but that's just because he hates people and can afford to pay the congestion charge)

None of them would own a dishwasher, or have washing machines in the basement (why?).

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[fox-guardian]

happy tim stoker tuesday today i am thinking about how tim doesn't get enough attention paid to his mental state post-prentiss by fans. like yes there's a lot going in the meantime but dude made a point to bring up how Yeah That Whole Thing Is Very Much Affecting Him BEYOND jon's paranoia and stalking thing, and we don't know the specifics of that. is it just emotionally? mentally? how's his recovery? is he doing well taking care of himself, or is he struggling for one reason or another? is he doing the best he can, but still suffering unavoidable long-term ailments? does he get worse after a point? what's he up to when he's self isolating in season 3? i need to study him like a bug

[theweirdestroller]

Returning to the Smokescreen and Magnus thing!

One of the many reasons that Smokescreen is having such a great time compared to canon is that no one is suspicious of him! He didn't arrive in a Decepticon escape pod, rather, he arrived with a well known member of the Autobots!

It should be noted that as excited to meet the whole team as Smokey is, Wheeljack does. not. like. him. Mainly because Wheeljack does not like Magnus. And right here is (in his eyes) a Mini Magnus! Anyway, Wheeljack desperately wants to dropkick the child.

There's a fun variation of this (which includes a card game that i, personally, will not be talking about yet) where Wheeljack gets Smokescreen into gambling to spite Ultra Magnus. This backfires horribly because unlike his Gen 1 counterpart who cheats to win, Prime Smokescreen is naturally good at gambling. Wheeljack does not win. And Smokescreen gets the gambling addiction that is his birthright. Magnus is absolutely furious with the Wrecker.

Will I add the gambling subplot in? I dunno. It's a fun idea and Smokescreen gets to have even more fun while the rest of the cast suffers. Wheeljack and Magnus the most.

[workplacecomedian]

TMA 200 vibes, anyone?

Six Feet Under by Vane Lily (spotify)

[under-a-shady-ash-tree]

Liking Peter Lukas as a character is awful because not only is he very provably terrible but also if a fanfiction is going to include him your options are basically a short oneshot, something incredibly AU so he’s actually a decent person who can get along with other characters, or else he just has to die. Like he really does!! I cannot imagine an in-character, canon compliant fic where he would leave well enough alone and simply not be killed by someone

It’s “he’s a good(?) person AU” or “short snippet” or “he really just has to die”. And that’s it!!

[im-out-of-it]

season 2, episode 7, part 5 “how are thou fallen” continued

35. not to worry Magnus, alec is here to save the day but also MAGNUS 😭 HIS FACE IS JUST SO SAD

36. since I do so many Matt interviews, here’s a Harry one and it’s related to what I posted for last episode

37. ah shit, it’s an Izzy sighting

38. I love when Magnus speaks in another language, Spanish ✨

39. ITS A JEM MENTION

40. Izzy: shit I’m in trouble but also where can I find my drugs?

41. Magnus, you aren’t helping but Izzy is a good liar. but I mean, he still should’ve told Alec just like Alec should’ve told about the sword later on. Magnus knows how much Isabelle means to Alexander so he should have told him what was going on with Izzy even if it wasn’t anything major

42. ugh I forgot cleophas Luke clary existed

43. aw Simon was so nervous that he showed up early

44. who is one of the unwisely vampires I know? oh Simon (I always love how Izzy says bye bye anxiety like girl was giving it her all) (she is right- Maia is cute) (honestly I just feel for Izzy and how desperate the drug has made her feel)

stopping at 45 and will see y’all soon

[alightcaseofohno]

I'm just thinking about like...when did Jonah fall for the Eye?

We know he must of had some form of power around 1924 when Barnabas got banished because he decided to watch him, he wanted to see what would happen.

Did he gain his powers around the time he established the institute? Maybe he was already an avatar before he met Smirke, and he used Smirkes research to feed himself and the Eye. I got no clue.

Maybe we'll get more backstory to Jonah in the magnus protocol. Perhaps a statement from himself, instead of his story being told from an outside perspective. I think that's why, out of all of the TMA villains, people hate him the most. His story is the one we don't hear. His side of things, what happened.

TMA is a story about choices and the lengths people will go to achieve some ounce of power. Why does he want power and immortality. There must be a deeper reason. All avatars struggled and felt so deeply that they became the thing that both haunted them and they relished in. So why did Jonah become an avatar. Just because he was an obsessive academic? Because he was an elitist snob? There has to be a deeper reason, people!

...Anyway, this won't be my final ramble about Jonah. There's so much more I can say about him

[eggrolls-and-fandoms]

Does anyone have some good Alice Dyer whump and/or hurt/comfort. Please I am begging you. Pleaseeee

[syntia13treeman]

Case files 11.01

what I think happened in:

Case 11.01, the case of "Ink in the Water" or "Dead men tell no tales."

Today we visit the old Padstow cemetery in Cornwell. Sat at the very edge of the cliffs, just a kilometre or two away from town of Padstow, the place offers breathtaking view of the Atlantic Ocean, surely appreciated by the many sailors of old interred here. Unlike its less scenic sister cemetery located off Newquay Road, this old burial ground hasn't seen any burials since beginning of 20th century, but until recently remained a local landmark.

The cliff erosion that had been slowly eating up the space over the years has finally reached the stage where integrity of the cemetery was threatened*, and Cornwall Council decided to relocate all dearly departed to a more secure quarters at Newquay. The job was appointed to a crew of local lads led by Gordon Alan Johnson, under supervision of David [last name unknown], a medical examiner. They regularly reported by email to Alison Leshi of the Cornwall Council.

The works started in the first days of 2020 (yikes) and progressed with little delay. It was determined that they could use heavy machinery everywhere except the patch nearest to the cliff edge, but Gordie was confident that they'd manage those last few graves just fine with shovels.

All was well for about a week, until January 12, when a suspiciously well preserved body was uncovered. An artful rendition of a sailing ship covered the dead man's back, and the fact that it remained intact and pristine raised concerns that it was, possibly, a modern-day murder victim buried on the sly.

While the controversial cadaver was carted off for closer scrutiny, Gordie and his crew were left to care for unconfirmed crime scene. ($)

The news must have spread, because within a day or two a curious individual came by. They didn't give their name, but we know them as Ink5oul. They apparently had somehow** identified the dead man's tattoo as work of Oscar Jarrett, (connected to Sutherland Macdonald)***, and wanted to take a look. They visited cemetery first, then started hanging around the examiner's office. Let's leave them there for now and go back to two local man who already did have a peek at the inked masterpiece

Around the time when the tatted body was uncovered, Gordie started noticing the sound of the waves getting… louder. Or maybe closer. So close he could even hear them in his dreams. He started re-examining photographs of the tattoo left by David and at some point his interpretation of the scene changed. At first glance it seemed hopeful, but now he saw that the sun was setting on the voyage, and there was something sinister lurking beneath the waves, giving chase. The waves kept getting louder, and Gordie so desperately wanted to know, what was hiding in the water?

Dr. David, meanwhile, had not just pictures, but the og tattooed body all to himself, and was in no hurry to let anyone else have it. We don't know what he heard or saw or dreamt when examining the ink, but we know how it ended. On January 15th David walked out to the cliffs and threw himself into the ocean below. His body hasn't been recovered. It's all right, though. The deep will care for his bones.

Few days later, on January 19/20, there was what appeared to be a break in at the examiner's office, and the contentious body disappeared****. Good ol' Gordie swore up and down that it wasn't him, and his frequent presence at the scene was just due to his fervent wish to see the corpse he was responsible for. He pointed fingers at Ink5oul and vowed to recover the body from them or die and kill trying.

Shortly thereafter his email account was deactivated/deleted. Gordie's final fate remains unknown*****.

Final thoughts:

*A case could be made that the cemetery was at risk of toppling into the sea, because the sea was actively trying to get to The Body. This man belonged to the sea, not the earth, and was clearly marked as such. The sea was not having any of this ‘burial’ nonsense.

** I wonder how Ink5oul knew to come here. Did local news run the story of halted exhumations, and showed pictures of the tattooed body? Or did Ink5oul feel a great disturbance in the ink when the body was dug up?

*** What is the 'thing' with OJ and SM? Since Sutherland Macdonald (1860–1942) was a known tattoo artist irl, I think that Oscar Jarrett was either his competitor, student, or both. Also an og tattoo magic man.

**** Was there really a break in, or was it actually a break out? While it is believable that Ink5oul or other fan of OJ spirited the body away for worship or study, it is equally possible the 'body', freed from the confines of the grave, heard the call of the sea, woke up and walked out all on its own. Who knows, maybe we'll meet it somewhere down the line.

*****That only leaves the question, what happened to our friend Gordie? We know from Daria's case that Ink5oul was still operating in 2022, so presumably they didn't get killed or arrested in 2020. If Gordie indeed tried to confront them, it didn’t go in his favour. Maybe he died right there, in a small motel room, at the hands of a tattoo artist who was more than they seemed. Or maybe, cursing and desperate, he found himself walking toward the cliffs, irresistibly drawn by the call of the waves. Maybe he got to find out what was waiting in the water.

[fishklok]

AotD is inspiring me to write a fic from the perspective of one of the main 5 characters.

What has happened to me

[razzek]

Just found my Metalocalypse x Dragonriders of Pern crossover and damn. Someone pester me into writing more of that. XD

[frankensteincest]

been less than a week since I finished s4 and I already miss Elias so much. listening to s5 would do nothing tho bc he was literally not there.

[sl1nkie]

Okay I am Desperate. does anyone have recs for Elias angst/whump? 😭

[barbiediamondcastleofficial]

🔥FIC REC🔥 https://archiveofourown.org/works/23530732 ‘i knew you in a past life’ by IceEckos12 on ao3

“Tim went into the House of Wax knowing that he probably wouldn't come out again. He had made his peace with this. At the very least, he would finally be able to rest.

He did not expect to wake up again.”

(the link’s being weird but hopefully it works) After the unknowing, Tim wakes up in a time loop. IMO it’s a gorgeous character study and as a Tim Stoker Appreciator I’m obsessed

[theweirdestroller]

Are you planning to write the Smokescreen-centred Canon Divergence thing into a fanfiction of sorts? If so, I’d quite like to read it. :)

As of now? Unfortunately not. I have too many projects on my plate and two in particular are taking up most of my free time and effort.

However! I do open up the floor to anyone else who may be willing to write it! (With credit, of course) Or my ask box to any questions about what's going on for anyone curious!

[ollieofthebeholder]

Sorry to be "that person", OP, but you missed this line in MAG 102:

So yeah, at least one person DID mention that it was badly dyed. We just extrapolated that that probably wasn't a one-off thing.

ok i feel like I'm going insane here because I was going through the transcipt of every episode where gerry is mentioned (like a normal person) and. um

turns out not a single person who describes him even mentions his hair being badly dyed? thats actually so fucking funny. did we as a fandom just collectively gaslight ourselves into insulting a guy for a shitty dyejob that doesn't even exist