You've Got To Admit Associatives

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• You've got to admit by everylittlethingshedoesismagic

  Fandoms: They Might Be Giants  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  13 Jun 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • John Flansburgh/John Linnell
  • John Flansburgh
  • John Linnell
  • Title from a They Might Be Giants Song
  • Fluff
  • Angst
  • POV First Person
  • highschool johns
  • They're just babies
  • 1970s Johns
  • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
  • Band Fic
  • I Will Go Down With This Ship
  • Kind of Slowburn
  • Underage Drinking
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Implied/Referenced Underage Sex
  • random minor origional characters
  • lots of music references
  • 70s music references

  Summary

  A cute little documentation of the pre-band days/ Little music-snobs meet while working on the school newspaper, and also they kind of fall in love. Apologies in advance for my britishisms.

  Series

  • Part 1 of You've Got To Admit Associatives

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  17,415

  Chapters:

  16/16

  Comments:

  46

  Kudos:

  50

  Bookmarks:

  6

  Hits:

  1,001

• We Just Go Nuts At Christmastime by everylittlethingshedoesismagic

  Fandoms: They Might Be Giants  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • No category
  • Complete Work

  25 Dec 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • John Flansburgh/John Linnell
  • John Linnell
  • John Flansburgh
  • Christmas
  • Christmas Fluff
  • Fluff and Humor
  • POV First Person
  • a bit of angst probably
  • You should read my other one first
  • Platonic is the closest word to describe whatever they have going on
  • Slice of Life
  • it's cute i promise
  • Angst
  • Home for Christmas
  • situational comedy
  • I write em because I wish I was there
  • Probably wildly innacurate
  • Title from a They Might Be Giants Song

  Summary

  Is it normal for your family to annoy you this much during the holidays?

  Series

  • Part 3 of You've Got To Admit Associatives

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  6,719

  Chapters:

  3/3

  Comments:

  10

  Kudos:

  21

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  372

• Ever Since We Moved In, It's Been Empty by everylittlethingshedoesismagic

  Fandoms: They Might Be Giants  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen, M/M
  • Complete Work

  11 Jun 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • John Flansburgh/John Linnell
  • John Flansburgh & John Linnell
  • John Linnell
  • John Flansburgh
  • Fluff
  • 1980s tmbg
  • They're just babies
  • Platonic Relationships
  • Platonic Soulmates
  • Platonic Romance
  • They Might Be Giants References
  • Band Fic
  • Short & Sweet
  • john linnell is sleepy
  • john flansburgh needs a hug
  • Title from a They Might Be Giants Song

  Summary

  Flansburgh just moved into his new apartment. The band hasn't quite made it off the ground yet.

  Series

  • Part 4 of You've Got To Admit Associatives

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  525

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  6

  Kudos:

  19

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  270