Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Magnus Archives (Podcast) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Martin Blackwood/Jonathan “Jon” Sims | The Archivist Characters: Jonathan “Jon” Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood Additional Tags: Chronic Pain, Chronic Migraines, Chronic Illness, Description of migraine pain and symptoms, self care issues, Self Image Issues, body issues, Weight Gain, Discussions of medications and treatments, TMA Body Positivity Day, soup as a love language, Tea as a love language, Rating for Language, No beta we kayak like Tim, Post-Canon, Location: Somewhere Else (The Magnus Archives), Married Martin Blackwood/Jonathan “Jon” Sims | The Archivist Series: Part 3 of Jmart Week 2022 Summary:

Most days, Jon is grateful to have this opportunity to live a life, a normal mundane domestic life, with Martin. To have a non-eldritch existence, a body that doesn’t need fear and trauma to survive. To be fundamentally human again.

And then there are days like this, where he wishes he could have any other body instead, even the Archivist’s.

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For @jonmartinweek Day 2: Chronic Pain, I’ve finally finished my @tmabodypositivity day fic. Special shout-out to @probsnothawkeye, who’s fic about Jon having a headache from this morning was an extra bit of motivation for me to get this edited and put out today

[ID: A black-and-white traditional drawing of Martin Blackwood. Martin is a fat, Black, non-op trans man with a short beard, and long coily hair braided back along the scalp and fluffing out at the back. He wears glasses, an ace ring, and has a lot of body hair. He is shown wearing only boxers, and reclining on his side, propped up on one arm, with the other hand resting on his stomach. He grins with his eyes closed, and an arrow points to him that says “fully aware of how hot he is”. End ID.]

hello sorry for getting behind on those spotify art requests, I bring you an extremely hot guy as an apology

[Image Description: an uncoloured sketch of Michael Distortion from the magnus archives, with black lines on a warm grey background. It is a white nonbinary person in a binder and boxers with shoulder length, loose curly hair holding a striped cane with a round handle in its left hand and holding the other drawn up to its body. it is wearing knee high socks and has slight stubble on its chin. one of its eyes is replaced by a spiral pattern, and the other is half closed with long eyelashes. it is grinning and looking to the side./End ID] @tmabodypositivity i hope it's okay to tag!!! i missed the day but ilove the event so much :} ehlers danlos syndrome michael.

I saw a tag for tma body positivity a while back, and I figured it was better late than never to put something out. Some notes under the cut to explain my design choices, but in summary, I believe in ginger Martin supremacy 😳💚

[ID: digital drawing of jon and martin from tma in lingerie. martin is a fat polish man with pale skin, short white curly hair, stubble, freckles covering his entire body as well as a few scars on his neck and back. he is wearing a rounded glass, orange colored cheek bites, matching lipstick, and a black top with lacing on the chest, as well as matching black pants that connect to thigh high stockings. there is a purple kiss mark on his cheek. he is looking confidently to the side, smiling, both arms raised as if thru comb through his own hair. the background is a single purple square Jon is a slim british indian person with a medium brown skin tone, long dark wavy hair with silver streaks, stubble, and a vast array of scars on their entire body. They are wearing a choker, as well as some purple-colored accessories, mainly a medusa piercing, as well as purple lipstick. for clothing he is wearing a top with lace connecting the top and bottom piece, the bottom also connecting to thigh high stockings, as well as to a half mesh skirt. in addition, he is wearing some long mesh gloves and a matching hat. they are looking to the side, smiling, their left arm resting on their hips and their right arm raised at an angle away from them. there is an orange lipstick mark on his cheek. the background is a single orange square. End ID]

smth about ace people confidently wearing stuff like lingerie is so personal actually. 

Folks, I think it is time for The Magnus Archives 2: Snogs Galore

Was inspired by all the beautiful Martins during @tmabodypositivity day!

No more fear. No more trauma. Only boyfriend.

Belated second piece I wanted to do for @tmabodypositivity day. Click for better quality.

[ID warm colored digital painting of Jon and Martin sleeping in a bed. Martin is a fat, Mexican-Polish non-op trans man with dark curly hair that has partially turned white. Jon is a British-Indian man with long greying hair and many scars, notably a stab wound on his center back. Jon lies on top of Martin, head resting on his chest. Martin is embracing Jon with one hand tangled in his hair. Both are shirtless and under a blanket. [End ID]

So sorry I'm late, but happy TMA Body Positivity Day! Cue Jon losing his entire mind in the background, they're gonna come kiss their bf in about 2 seconds

Thanks so much to @tmabodypositivity for hosting this event!

[ID: This is a drawing of two images of Martin Blackwood from the Magnus Archives. Martin is a fat Afro-Brazilian man with dark brown skin, freckles, and 4c textured hair. His hair is bleached white and shoulder length, and he has a mustache and chin stubble. He has dark brown eyes and body hair on his chest, stomach, arms, and legs, as well as stretch marks on his stomach and legs. He is also wearing round earrings and rectangular glasses. In the first drawing he has his right hand on his hip with a wedding and ace ring, and his belly is out as he smiles at someone off screen. He is wearing a pale blue teacup patterned underwear set. In the second image, he is stretching one arm behind his back and one of his legs is stretched out. His head is tilted back and he is winking at someone off-screen. He is wearing a mauve teacup patterned underwear set. The background is yellow right behind Martin that fades out to pinks and purples in a splatter like texture. End ID/]

Post-canon cozy morning routines Somewhere Else <3

Inspired by the "gaining weight as a sign of healing" posts going around a while ago and by how Martin can't let Jon go 10 minutes without a smooch (as he should!) Happy belated TMA body positivity day!!

The Archives Bears for @tmabodypositivity day 😋🧡

some beach babes for @tmabodypositivity day!

[ID: A warm-toned digital drawing of Jon and Martin from the Magnus Archives, standing together on a beach. Martin has one arm around Jon’s shoulders and is making a peace sign with his free hand. Jon has one arm around Martin’s back and is holding a sun hat in his other hand. Martin is a fat white man wearing flower-patterned swim trunks and has a beach bag slung over his shoulder. Jon is a thin South Asian person with numerous scars, and is wearing a short wrap skirt. They are both smiling brightly. End ID]

a quick drawing of my martin for @tmabodypositivity !! :] I love this event so much it sparks so much joy <3

[IMAGE ID: A digital drawing of Martin Blackwood from The Magnus Archives. He is a fat post-op Thai man with brown freckled skin and curly black hair that has a gray streak in it. He has stretch marks, and his shoulder, forearm, and face is dotted with small scars. Another scar stretches across the middle of his throat. He is shirtless and wearing a gray pair of boxers with a red heart pattern and an ace ring. He has a salt and pepper goatee. He is sitting in front of an orange background posing with his left arm behind his head and supporting himself with his right. He is looking to the left with a soft smile and one eye closed. There are three white hearts to the left of his head. /End ID]

For @tmabodypositivity day! This is an exploration of post-canon Jon, wherein I project all of my issues onto the poor man lol. I’ve been plugging away at this snippet all day, but because it’s nano season, I’ve not got time to do the full fic I wanted. it’ll come out in December sometime, but I want to share something for today’s event

It’s important to note that the positivity in this snippet surrounds Jon appreciating and loving Martin’s body; the journey through the whole fic will bring us to appreciation for Jon’s body, but that’s a much longer story to tell. He’ll get there, though, I promise 💜

CW: chronic illness, chronic pain, chronic migraines, description of migraine pain and symptoms, self image issues, body image issues, rapid weight gain, discussions of medications and treatments, idk there might be more (sometimes it’s hard to think about what may trigger others when it’s your lived experience, so feel free to ask me to warn for something else)

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Most days, Jon is grateful to have this opportunity to live a life, a normal mundane domestic life, with Martin. To have a non-eldritch existence, a body that doesn’t need fear and trauma to survive. To be fundamentally human again.

And then there are days like this, where he wishes he could have any other body instead, even the Archivist’s.

Reflection

A short fic with old!jmart for TMA Body Positivity. Discussion of weight and scars. @tmabodypositivity

Martin looked down fondly where Jon had fallen asleep on his lap halfway through the movie. Gone were the days when Jon could stay up all night working. Now, Martin was halfway impressed if he made it to 8 o’clock. Yawning, he reflected that he wasn’t much better. Two old men, set in their habits, who just wanted a quiet early night.

He shut off the TV, figuring that Jon wouldn’t want to miss the ending. They could watch the rest tomorrow. In the black screen, he could see the faint, blurred reflection of the two of them on the sofa, Jon happily using him as a pillow.

He supposed they made for quite a sight. He was wearing an old t-shirt that he’d had for at least thirty years, and at this point it was more holes than shirt. But no matter how worn and stretched out it was, it was far too comfortable to ever get rid of. Jon, who tended to always feel cold these days, was completely burritoed in a blanket that he’d spent the evening hogging. Even in his sleep, he was holding onto it as if Martin might dare commit the crime of trying to steal a small corner of it.

Martin smiled at the reflection in front of him. After ages of self-hatred, years of not understanding what Jon needed to hear to feel comfortable in his skin, finally Martin could look at the two of them and see nothing but how beautiful they both were.