#magnus swap au

[edenstwiilight]

workin on a lil idea and was thinking about this:

a swap au where sasha got the promotion. she’s the new head archivist

where tim is her connection to the world. her reason to keep going

where martin was taken in s1 and replaced with a not!martin

where jon loses himself without martin, and sacrifices his life for sasha at the end of s3.

where elias was the previous archivist and gertrude is the one who killed him.

hm. maybe this is something i should look in to more.

(any and all posts in this universe are gonna be tagged ‘magnus swap au ‘!!)

[pillowspace]

I haven't doodled for Martin Michael Swap AU in awhile

[birdifulhuman]

My character designs for my Tim is the Archivist AU. Yes, this is a self-indulgent AU, and yes everyone lives.

I have a whole note doc with everything that happens within the five seasons. Hopefully, I get to writing something at least.

These designs are aimed to be near season 2, as Martin hasn't fully spiraled yet, but has the taste of the spiral within him.

[candlecoo-sideb-art]

Oh god spiral!Martin's pants, they are hideous and are such a spiral coded thing lol. I love them and I feel like I'd go man if I saw them in person lol. I love spiral avatars wearing the most outrageous clothes <3

Does make me wonder what s1!archives would look like if they were all spiral avatars, or all of them all one type of avatar in gen tbh. I'm gonna put that on the burner to cook a bit cause I like that thought

I've been getting mixed reviews on Spiral/Martin's pants, either you love them or you hate them. Martin changes outfits constantly as a Spiral avatar. I personally adore how silly they are. But I did base them on Victorian outfits and runway fashion which is why they are so out there.

@the-lantern-lights also have an au where the entire s1 archival staff are avatars of different fears brought back to s1 from their own respective futures where they were the only ones in the archives to survive. It's a really fun au.

And I'm glad you like Spiral/Martin so here's a lil doodle:

[noodlesewp]

Some self indulgent magnus archives roleswap au art

Does it make sense in practice? No, but look at how cool martin and gerry look i had no choice!!

[fox-guardian]

Asking about the stoker swap au, are we likely to see the whole America Thing? If not, will Trevor&Julia and/or Gerry be showing up at some point? Or is it going to be more like canon only this time Danny's there?

i haven't gotten that far in my planning but it'll probably go down smth like this

[ID: Several images making up a digital comic of Jon and Danny drawn on a brown background. Jon is a short, thin Arab man with dark curly hair pulled into a loose bun, with a mustache and beard. He is wearing half-moon glasses, black stud earrings, a t-shirt, shorts, socks and sneakers, and a sweater hanging off one shoulder. His right hand and the front of his neck are bandaged. Danny is a tall, beefy Latino man with short hair and a cut in his brow and he is wearing small hoop earrings, a button-down with the sleeves rolled up, a sweater-vest, trousers and dress shoes. Both Jon and Danny are riddled with circular scars. Jon is colored purple, and Danny is yellow.

Jon is walking while looking through papers as Danny leans in behind him, grinning.

Danny: (all caps) Heeeey Jon~! Jon: Hello, Danny Danny: Heard you're going to the U.S. Jon: That is correct Danny: And I'M coming with you~ Jon: You CANNOT come with me, Danny. It could be very dangerous and I don't want you to get hurt. (smaller text) or for your brother to kill me (normal text) And besides, the plane tickets and lodging have been booked already Danny, holding up a finger: Firstly, going with a buddy is much safer, and I don't want YOU to get hurt (smaller text) you've been kidnapped twice already Jon, glaring: mmgh Danny: (normal text) And secondly.... (Danny grins) hee hee Jon, anxious: Wh- Danny what have you done? Danny, close up and drawn with more detail and a shadow over his eyes: HEE HEE Jon, offscreen, fearful: DANNY

They are now drawn in less detail and merely headshots.

Danny, holding a hand to his chin, smug: I got my own tickets. And lodging. With you. Sasha helped me find the plane you'd be on and which hotel, so we can stay together for the WHOLE TRIP Jon, one tear falling from his eye, accepting death: (small text) even if I get back in one piece Tim is still going to murder me

end ID]

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so yeah it'll be Roughly just the same as canon only danny is also there. i want there to be Some difference but idk what it'd be. maybe danny will get jon to burn the whole book of the trapped dead to free everyone in there and then that'll be a whole thing but idk

(also i KNOW that's not how jon's lil world tour happened in canon but idc funny sillies etc)

[ceaselesswatchersspecialboy]

Elias sketches specifically for a role!swap AU my brain has decided to cook up.

I have a lot of thoughts about it I’ll probably write up if I decide to do more sketches/doodles!

[therainbowtea]

Day 1 of @tmaappreciationweek: Role Swap!

"The Lonely's really got you, hasn't it?"

Sadly I was not able to complete all of them fully due to my hand acting up, so I instead will be posting the sketches and THEN later down the line posting the final drawings :)

Prompt list

[parissfrogg]

Tma swap au! A little shuffle of who’s who

[ian0key]

Day 4: Roleswap

@emerald-emerlad

In the end I couldn't decide which one to draw, and I ended up making 2 drawings for day 4.

Archivist!Sasha and Desolation!Tim, Like Jon and Martin in MAG159

and

Lonely!Jon and Archivist!Martin trading places.

[lurafita]

Freaky Friday

Freaky Friday body swap. Group fought a insert thing here, and then got body swapped. Simon is in Magnus' body Magnus is in Izzy's body Alec is in Clary's body Jace is in Alec's body Clary is in Simon's body Izzy is in Jace's body Simon keeps doing accidental magic. Magnus thankfully has great balance and can actually walk in Izzy's shoes, though her hair gets in his way a lot. Alec laments about being so short. Jace thinks he is doing good, though Magnus comments more than once to please don't say stupid things while in Alec's body. Clary has fun with Simon's vamp speed, but keeps misjudging distance and crashing into things. Izzy keeps re-enacting how Jace used to flirt when they were teens and starting to go to bars and the like.

[edenstwiilight]

more of these. i’m not sorry guys i love doing these

after sasha becomes one with the eye, she gets greys and greens in her hair. since i imagine her with either an afro or long braids, they are both banger looks on her.

after his encounter with the lonely, tim has white streaks from root to tip. he jokes they age him. sasha thinks they make him handsome.

sasha is a bit of a recluse, similar to jon, when she realizes what’s going on. especially after jon and martin are gone.

though tim is much more stubborn than she ever thought. he pushes his way into her office space and sits there until he falls asleep at her side.

she finds tattoos on her fingers. they remind her of gerry.

gertrude still goes to jail. she’s the most feared prisoner there, which basira is confused about until she remembers what gertrude is.

tim stayed behind for the unknowing, burning the statements, and gertrude tormented him with his brothers images. ‘your brother wanted you when he was taken. he screamed your name until his throat bled because all he wanted was his brother to save him.’

tim is on melanie’s side about killing her after that.

[pillowspace]

You know what? *swaps your Martin and Michael so that Michael's Jon's assistant and Martin was Gertrude's. Michael and Helen are also roommates for some reason*

[birdifulhuman]

Someone asked for more desolation Jon, and who am I to deny a simple request.

[vieramars]

Y'ALL. HOLD ON. Archives swap au where gertrude and her initial team are the successors to Jon and his team. By the end of his time as the Archivist Jon was almost ready to invoke the watcher's crown but found out before Elias could use it and tried to destroy the archives with the help of his remaining team (similar to their strategy in mag 200). The official report is that there was a fire in the archives and they're presumed dead, but no bodies were found. When Gertrude takes over, the archives are an absolute mess because Jon destroyed as many statements as possible and the rest were left in complete disarray. Then the lightless flame starts attacking the archives, hoping to do some damage while they're vulnerable. And things go on from there.

[fox-guardian]

I am asking about the stoker swap au

In short, it's an AU in which Danny survives his encounter with The Stranger and goes to work at the institute instead of Tim! Tim is still alive, Danny has NO formal qualifications to be working at the institute, and Tim is So Stressed because he lied on his applications. Danny takes on Tim's role in the institute, while Tim gets increasingly worried for his safety <3 That part does not get easier when he actually moves down to the archives <3

and now because i was thinkin real hard about it and got bored of just typing roughly the same synopsis over and over again, HAVE SOME DOODLES TOO <3 three things i've already written and one i Really Want To Write So Badly But It's So Far Away <3

[ID: Four drawings on a soft lavender background featuring Magnus Archives characters. The first is a drawing of Danny Stoker after falling down a ladder leading up to an attic. He is dressed in academic clothing and is on his back, with his lower body still partially on the ladder. One foot is on a rung and the other is sticking out in the air. He looks to be in pain and he has swirls for eyes and little bees are flying around his head. Next to him are Jon, also dressed academically and holding Danny's coat, and an old woman wearing a black dress and a shawl. She looks at Danny with concern and Jon is startled by Danny's fall, visibly jolted.

The second drawing shows Danny and Sasha, both dressed academically, sitting at her desk looking at a computer screen. Danny is slouching with a horrified expression, while Sasha smiles, looking chipper. The computer is labelled "the horrors".

The third drawing shows Danny and Elias sitting across from each other at Elias' desk. They are both wearing black suits with ties and both have slicked back hair. Elias is smiling politely at Danny with his hands folded on the table, and Danny is smiling confidently back at him with his hands folded in his lap. Over the drawing is multiple faded drawings of Danny in different forms of panic. One has him sweating and screaming "I'm Doomed" with his hands in his hair, another has him looking oddly calm and posed like a corpse with a bouquet of flowers over his chest saying "This is the day I die", and the last one has him bent in half, laying face down in a puddle of tears, clawing at the floor, with his feet out in front on either side of him. "Crying noises" is written above him.

The last drawing is of Tim and Elias. Tim is gripping Elias by the lapels, yelling in his face with a furious and challenging expression, while Elias is sweating nervously and holding his hands up defensively, looking confused and afraid. His glasses are broken and bent and one of his eyes is swollen half-shut. end ID]

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the first two drawings are from danny's first field work outings with jon and sasha respectively, the third is from his first interview with elias, and the last is a scene i haven't written yet that takes place directly after the prentiss incident, in which tim confronts elias for putting his employees (read: danny) in danger and then punching him in the face <3

i really wanted to draw tim super mad because i never draw those kinds of expressions and i think he deserves to punch elias in the face <3 i don't think he'd be Quite like that in the written scene itself but it was v fun to draw