got a request that you're absolutely welcome to ignore if you're not up for it: intro to tma fanfic rec list? au vs canon divergence, etc?
lol you know how tired i am so this is going to be incomplete and tossed together
literally anything cuttooth and fatal_drum write is a delight
fell in your opinion when i fell in love with you, a good S1 divergence that is great if you need a cry and then need to be healed. focuses on Martin’s mother and on Jon being an ass early on, and is just a gutpunch before it delivers on the good comfort.
Yesterday Is Here, a big time travel fic, in which Jon comes back from the apocalypse to S1 to fix the world. just WALLOWS IN EVERYTHING AND ITS SUPER GOOD.
Sam nie pojmuję, jak w twe zajdę prog, specifically the podfic. this incredible fic in which Martin speaks Polish. I like the fic, but the podfic of it is above and beyond. all of thelizards’ TMA podfics are worth listening to.
Lucky Number Seven, just a fucking cute AU in which Martin is Elias and Peter’s adopted son, and Jon is a divorce lawyer. VERY CUTE.
heirat, a Scottish Safehouse fic in which Jon proposes marriage. because anchors, you know?
Beholding the GDPR: How the Magnus Institute Updated Its Privacy Policy for the Twenty-First Century And Only Caused One Nervous Breakdown In The Process. JUST EXEMPLARY. JUST HILARIOUS. The final joke with peter is fucking hysterical. LOVE IT. also the subtle thing about jon and martin having Very Long phonecalls.
strings between the stars, a big scifi AU. i love martin in this, i love how jon works as an AI, and I... like tim? in this? what is this witchcraft
the Jon and Martin teach at a Scottish Catholic School series, which is just the most heartfelt and wonderful thing. it is a healing thing.
stranger, stranger, A VERY GOOD S1 AU in which uh for Reasons martin and jon start talking on a dating app. mostly by accident. this one is not done, i am hoping the author doesn’t dropkick my heart into the dirt bc i need them to be happy...........
the least he could do, the one in which martin is a VERY NICE VAMPIRE, just the nicest. i love this one. jon is hilariously IC.
Vigil Strange, takes place right before the Unknowing, but after Jon has figured out he’s in love with Martin. a very poetic piece.
your silence is deafening, a pre-Scottish Safehouse fic, in which Jon and Martin are just trying to get ready for the trip up north with some very mundane but reasonable tasks (gotta take money out of the banks), and it leads to a fucking incredible discussion.
Prenons-nous la main, just is a perfect example of the healing ppl want from the Scottish Safehouse, like to me its one of the Ur-Examples of this fic, and still one of the best.
A Look And A Voice, I come back to this a lot. alternate first meeting in which Jon basically picks up Martin in a bar bc he’s coming off a bad breakup and wants to see if he’s gay. it goes much better than the premise would suggest, mostly bc Martin is a fucking unerringly kind person.
A Measure Outside the Lines, a Scottish Safehouse fic. also to me, the Scottish Safehouse fic. I’ve read a lot of them, but this is the one I return to endlessly. this is some of the best writing in the fandom, both evocative and deeply in character. every part of this is good.
there, that’ll start you off













