TMA post-s3 recs

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I decided to wait to listen to season 4 of TMA until after my accounting exam and after I finish my Yuletide story, because I'm very busy (and tired.) Sometimes I have a small amount of self-control!
…but I can still read fic. Only what's been written before season 4 came out, but that includes a lot of great stuff. Part 1 of recs: 6 short stories. It's TMA, so mind the warnings and tags – I don't mention them extra because it's all canon-typical, but that covers a lot.

Witnessed by umbel
2.9k, post-119
Summary: Tim's life was claimed by the Eye, and the Eye lays claim to his death as well. It's unfortunate that its Archivist is currently in no fit state to enforce that claim.
Unfortunate, but not insurmountable.
Why I love it: Yesss. Excellent use of The Archivist and making Tim's death even worse.

Escalation by Shoulder_Devil
1.1k, post episode 98 "Lights Out"
Summary: Melanie tries and fails to take out Elias. Everyone suffers the consequences.
Why I love it: Elias is a magnificent scary creepy bastard.

At the Seams by pendrecarc
3k, not!Sasha/Tim
Summary: Statement of Tim Stoker regarding a one-night stand with his coworker.
Why I love it: Ow. All too plausible.

Informed Consent and Other Cosmic Ironies by KiaraSayre
0.5k, paperwork, humor
Summary: Fun fact: interview-based research typically has to go through ethical review, and while oral histories have generally been exempt, that is less and less the case.
Another fun fact: Tim is no longer allowed to fill out paperwork.
Why I love it: Horror and ethics but make it hilarious. Have I mentioned that I love Tim.

with teeth by Amber
1k, post-s3, Jon & Gerard
Summary: Prompt: Vampires
Why I like it: I love Jon and Gerard, and this is just the kind of accidental fuck-up that could happen and makes everything worse, an intriguing concept.

Not You (Still You) by Flammenkobold
0.5k, s3 spoilers, The Stranger
Summary: Tim Stoker walks out of a theatre that shouldn’t be there.
Tim Stoker doesn’t walk out of a theatre that shouldn’t be there.
Why I like it: Even more Tim feelings! Also, a great kind of horror that I don't think is in seasons 1-3.

I hope you enjoy the stories, and then come talk to me about them :)

Comments

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I'm glad you liked it :)

We learn about the dreams in the season 3 finale "Eye Contact" - though without much detail about how exactly they work and what they mean, yet. I look forward to finding out more!

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Clearly I need to relisten! I've been thinking I'd like to relisten the whole show from the beginning, but man it's such a time commitment.

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I also want to relisten and I haven't even started season 4 yet... I've been reading a lot of transcripts instead, not quite as much fun but much faster.