behold, a fic

[kindkit]

I have written a little Magnus Archives fic, inspired not by any of the momentous events of S4 but by Jonny and Alex riffing, in the S4 Q&A, about the Institute's dress code. No spoilers for anything after S3.

Appropriate Attire (779 words) by kindkit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Elias Bouchard, Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives), Martin Blackwood, Original Characters, Gertrude Robinson
Additional Tags: Clothing, Workplace, Trans Female Character, monster says trans rights
Summary: Dressing for success at the Magnus Institute.

Comments

[rydra_wong]

Okay, I found the full segment (featuring assorted memes, crossover references from the other podcasts, and in-jokes from earlier in the stream -- ETA: and thus may be variously baffling, cryptic or tedious):

https://daengeli.tumblr.com/post/189557355075/ok-heres-19-mins-of-ben-meredith-saying-things-as ("trans rights" in Elias voice at 7:13)

Not in the good way, but in the "wow, this seems to have nothing to do with the canon characterization of this person whatsoever" way.

That's always the way with fanfic, though. People are going to go off in all directions and some of it's going to be amazing and some of it's going to be WHOA FUCK WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE (and obviously different people will have different opinions on which is which).

[kindkit]

Thank you! Yeah,, some of them are silly or in-jokey, but a lot of them were fun. I feel sorry for Ben having to read "Martin will not be okay," though. He's right, Jonny's to blame for that one!

[rydra_wong]

To be fair, Alex will also repeat it at any opportunity ...

I feel there's a moment of shock that a lot of new Magnus fans go through (I certainly did) on realizing that the mantra "He's a monster but we respect his craft" does not refer to Jonny; it became a meme in Rusty Quill Gaming fandom to describe Alex's GM-ing style.