#ghost!martin

I think maybe people would appreciate this snipit.

They're so awkward you guys. I love them. I mean the awkwardness is part of why I'm struggling but I think it'll be good lol.

[Image ID: Six drawings of Martin Blackwood as a ghost, occasionally featuring Jon as well. Martin is the ghost of a fat, Black man with purple-blue skin, blue-white coily hair that disappears into fog, white eyes that overflow with fog, and billowing clothes. Jon is a thin, living Persian person with brown skin, greying curly hair, and various scars.

1. A digital redrawing of the floating boy chasing running boy meme, with Martin floating and Jon running. Martin has a blank expression and levitates into the air, surrounded by fog that fills the hallway, as Jon runs away, blurry, and looking behind him with wide eyes.

2. A black and white sketch of Martin from the shoulders up, smiling slightly as his eyes spill over with fog and his hair floats around him. There is a small doodle of a person with heart eyes beside him.

3. A semi-colored sketch of Jon kissing Martin, drawn from the chest up. Jon has their hair in a bun and reaches up to cup Martin’s face in their hands as they both smile into a kiss. Martin is colored in with watercolor, and some fog slips out of his closed eyes.

4. A black and white sketch of Martin kissing Jon, drawn from the elbows up. This time Martin has a hand resting on Jon’s jaw, and Jon holds onto Martin’s arm. There is meme text written over the image, reading: “There are many benefits to being a paranormal investigator.”

5. A watercolored sketch of Martin drawn from the waist up, tilting his head slightly and looking at the viewer. The fog spilling from his eyes looks like tears, and his shirt billows around him. His expression is neutral, if a bit sad.

6. A black and white mini comic, based on the “who knocked over my onions” meme. The first panel shows a close up of a smashed teacup on the ground, along with spilled tea, and the text above it reads: “J: WHO KNOCKED MY TEA OFF THE COUNTER???” The next panel shows Martin, sticking his tongue out with a smug grin and raising up a peace sign, as a hand, presumably Jon’s, reaches for him. The text reads, in large letters: “J: YOU”. End ID.]

Chapters: 5/6

Fandom: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)

Relationships: Martin Blackwood/Jonathan “Jon” Sims | The Archivist

Summary: There is something Lonely haunting the empty Blackwood house. He is a strange creature without name, and he has not settled into death with anger or spite, but with a quiet acceptance of a dismal, eternal truth: that he was unloved while alive, and so he shall remain in death. That is, of course, until Jonathan Sims.

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In which Martin is actually a ghost who haunts the library that John, Tim, and Sasha work at, and the four of the are trying to hide Martin’s undeath from Georgie and Melanie via a series of wacky hijinks and increasingly outlandish cover-ups. The fic would skew more comedy than horror.

I love them so so much lol. I still actually have a lot of other stuff to figure out for this chapter and this au but uh.

I really like this bit lol.

Then it's immediately cutting to Jon's pov btw.