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• In The Bowels of a Once-Known Monster by MoonzLilac

  Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/M, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  16 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
  • Sasha James/Tim Stoker
  • Martin Blackwood & Sasha James & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist & Tim Stoker
  • Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
  • Martin Blackwood
  • Sasha James
  • Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives)
  • Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus
  • Alice "Daisy" Tonner
  • Basira Hussain
  • Cannon Statement Giver(s) (The Magnus Archives)
  • Canon-Typical Fear Content (The Magnus Archives)
  • Angst and Humor
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Time Travel Fix-It
  • Mutual Pining
  • Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist Needs Therapy
  • Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist Can't Keep a Secret
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Worm Attack | Jane Prentiss Invades the Magnus Institute
  • The Fears (The Magnus Archives) Also Time Travel
  • POV Multiple

  Summary

  The knowledge and memories of The Archive that was Jonathan Sims is suddenly imbued in his past self's body. He watched through what he first thought to be a memory as he hit that one, life-changing spider. The shelf. The hole. Then The Worms.
  He watched as he ran, then stopped to go back for that infuriating tape recorder. Then, he felt himself again. This wasn't just a memory, was it? It wasn't his life flashing before his eyes, no. No, it could never be that simple.

  Or: Jon is thrown back into his body because he cringed so hard at his past self and HAD to step in.

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  English

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