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From @renegadeguild ‘s 2025 6th Renegade Bindery Exchange made for @bluejayblueskies of their delightful fic True Love’s Something!

This book was a ton of fun and had a number of new challenges for me!

Jon cuts off, takes a breath, and turns his head back toward Martin. True to his word, Martin has his eyes closed, though his hand remains in the air between them. Jon presses his good hand to his mouth for a moment to hide how the sight rips a new, more ragged sob out of him.

got several requests for a jontim fusion, so here he is! Under ideal circumstances, Tim’s confidence brings out Jon’s more dramatic, reckless side, while Jon brings out Tim’s emotional, more vulnerable side. Together, they will tell you everything there is to know about every nerdy topic under the sun. After various dire situations, however, their relationship is much more tenuous and unstable, much to their mutual regret…

[ID: three asks from various users. @bluejayblueskies​ asked, “j…jontim gem fusion?”. @aryashi​ asked, “Taking you up on that offer, can you draw a jontim fusion? and maybe talk about their relationship development (or decline) in the au?”. An anonymous user asked, “AAAAAA tma gem au 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 have you considered a jontim fusion?”

Below are two drawings of Jonathan Sims and Tim Stoker as a gem fusion à la Steven Universe. Tiger’s Eye is a fusion of Cat’s Eye (Jon) and Fire Agate (Tim).

In their original, pre/early canon form, he is a rather tall fusion with three arms and four eyes covered by a visor. He has long, rusty reddish-orange hair tied in a loose ponytail, and wears an outfit reminiscent of a performer or ringleader; a vest with padded shoulders, a cravat, long, cuffed sleeves, fingerless gloves, trousers, tall striped boots, and of course, a cape with black tiger-like stripes. His gems are on his chest and the back of his right hand. He seems like he’s in the middle of explaining something in great detail.

from the fanfic end of the year asks

favorite fic you wrote this year

probably a dead tie between The Catacomb Killer and the Lighthouse series! (jay I know you plan on playing DE at some point so I'm giving no spoilers)

For the former, Catacomb was a fun challenge because it was the first time in years that I wrote a proper case fic. it was also canon-compliant and extremely detail-oriented (i probably had a couple hundred screenshots saved from the game for lore tidbits). Alternating POV between [REDACTED PROTAGONIST NAME] and Kim in the style of the game - [REDACTED PROTAGONIST NAME] typically has 24 'Voices' or impulses (Logic, Authority, Encyclopedia, Volition etc) guiding him, which led to me creating Kim's own 24-Voice thought cabinet, writing an appendix for it, and providing a lore-appropriate reason for why Kim would be thinking in that way. I'm really proud of how it turned out, in the end.

Lighthouse series .... my baby. my love. my darling. typically I don't go for stories that erase grief and bring people back from the dead, but I really love playing with the concept of people being at the total mercy of gods ... but also, that the gods don't understand them in return, and sometimes these playtoys are more than they bargained for. also allows me to explore a ton of different headcanons for Arthur's ghosts, and delving into Arthur's feelings of guilt/responsibility and John's desire to live a mortal life again. the series in total is absolutely the longest thing I've written and I hold it near and dear to my heart.

12. favorite character to write about this year

tough question! I'm leaning towards John Doe from Malevolent, if only because exploring his how would a former god navigate humanity angle has been really interesting (also biasing, because he's the one I've written most recently!). Runners-up go to Herbert West (fundamentally a Bad Person) and Jon Sims (got to explore his grief a lot this year, that was fun)

25. a fic you read this year that you would recommend everyone read i asked tumblr and they said it was ok if I put a few @bluejayblueskies 's lovely Modern Jarthur AU, Whisky Old Fashioned Sour - an exceptionally fun modern AU that's wonderfully IC

(also in general, everyone's malevoween entries were great)

@magnetarmadda 's really fluffy JonMartin piece, And There's You - a lovely take on 'what if Martin was Jon's biro awakening' @fruitviking's The Practicalities of Vampirism in the 21st Century - a really fun and witty vampire!Jon Jmart!

Others whose tumblr usernames I do not know: Godlizza's The Couple Down The Street - a middleaged!Danbert AU that does some phenomenal storytelling work, reads like a fun mystery to pick apart.

Idiopathicsmile's Tables and Chairs - a Eugack oneshot from six years ago, brilliantly cute and in character.

Ohhhh boy. That would be my archivist Martin and Web!jon fic.

I wrote 12k of the most angsty, most heart wrenching fic I had written to date. I’ve been slowly editing and cleaning it up over the past year.

The long and short of it is that Jon flees and betrays the Web and the only “safe” place he can find is the Magnus Institute. He strikes a deal with Jonah; Jon helps him with his plans in exchange for safety. Jon wasn’t counting on coming to care (and even love) the people he was helping manipulate. It’s set in season 5- after all Jon’s secrets come out. It is a journey of making the best of second chances, what is and isn’t forgivable (and what deserves forgiveness), growth. And ultimately- the sacrifices we make for love.

THANK YOUUU I was hoping I would get to talk about this one!!

This is my most recent wip and among my least fleshed out but it makes me feel some kind of way :)) it was born from the unholy union of a line from a terrible reality tv show that for some reason lodged itself in my brain and a personal feeling that I have been trying to coherently express for ages with no luck, which means it's going to be both extremely silly and extremely sappy. Or, in other words, research-era Jon and library-era Martin kiss like four times before they go on a date or even really properly talk to each other and they are both extremely normal about it. I only have enough of this to post a tiny snippet:

Jon likes things that make sense. That, given the right tools and some time, he would technically be capable of picking apart and deciphering the rules for.  On this note, Jon decidedly does not like Martin Blackwood.

It's about learning to speak someone else's language, understanding the inherently imperfect nature of translations, and figuring out why you don't actually mind kissing them when you really really should :) it's a very silly one and I'm excited to get through some more of it!