#band kids au

[wisteriasymphony]

Adrinette April Day 16 (What If) + Secret Bonus AU Pitch

The Miraculous Jazz Ensemble (What if... Band Kids?)

Five minutes and forty seconds. Five minutes and forty seconds. That was how long it took Marinette to work up the courage to ask Adrien. She wasn't counting the half-hour during lunch, the odd few minutes during every passing period, or even the days since she'd thought of asking, because those had technically all failed. All she ever really needed were those five minutes and forty seconds.

Marinette approached Adrien, who was currently immersed in his homework. He'd been taking accelerated math classes this year, breezing through calculus and a bunch of other theorems and rules that Marinette could never wrap her head around just yet, and he had a habit of working on his calc homework whenever he could just to pass the time. Chewing on the end of his pen, too.

Marinette sat down next to him; He didn't seem to notice her. She scooted closer—once, twice, not a third time. Just enough distance to not break out into a ball of sweat

"Whatcha doin'?" she asked, trying to look cool. If she'd failed (and she sure felt like she did) Adrien didn't seem to notice.

"Integrating by parts!" Adrien smiled, closing his textbook. "It's fascinating, really." He then opened his mouth as if he was going to explain the concept, but he stopped, thinning his lips. "What are you doing?"

Marinette, as always, responded with nervous laughter. "U-uhm, just sitting here!" she said, grinning back. "Hanging out with my best buddy!" ...She wanted to kick herself in the butt for saying that out loud. Way to friendzone yourself, Marinette.

For a moment, as the lack of conversation topic set in for the both of them, Marinette realized that she might, again, need another five minutes. But she didn't have those five minutes anymore, and if she was going to ask Adrien she needed to ask him now.

"Are you, uh— Are you free on Friday?" she asked, unable to look him in the eye. Her fingers couldn't decide on how to link together, her hands fidgeting in something similar to somersaults, over and under and over again. She let herself glance quickly at Adrien to make sure he hadn't dissipated into thin air; There he was, cute as ever, the afternoon sunlight making it seem like his hair was glowing."

"I am," he replied. "Why?"

Oh, god, oh god, now it sounded like she was asking him on a date! And if she made it sound like that then everybody else would think it was a date, and if people started to think that her and Adrien were dating she'd barely be able to concentrate ever again! C-cause then they might hold hands or sit next to each other at lunch or—

"You do band! Yes!" she exclaimed, falling back on the bench somewhat. "Th-that is a thing we both do!"

"Marinette, we're in the same band class. We're in one of the only band classes."

"Y-yes. And, uhm— I was just wondering if.. you'd like to..."

She glanced at Adrien. Then the floor. His textbook. Adrien again. Everywhere else in the world.

"...Join a jazz ensemble with me."

Adrien raised his eyebrows, surprised by the sentiment. He placed his textbook beside him on the bench, turning in towards Marinette more.

"I didn't know we had a jazz department."

"W-well, we don't yet," Marinette stammered. "Mr. E told me he's been working on it for years, and he encouraged me to ask around t-to see who was interested. Alya is interested, and so is Nino, so I thought it'd only be fair if I asked you, too."

As if he knew exactly what would catapult her heart into orbit, Adrien took one of her hands in his, staring her down.

"Marinette," he said. "This is serious. Do you really think we're ready for this?"

"ACK-!" She pushed him away, worried that if he was too close he'd be caught in the blast radius a sudden heart explosion. It was clear by the way he was giggling that he meant it as a joke, but that didn't make her any less flustered. "You're so mean, Adrien!"

"Sorry, sorry. I am honored, though. So what's Friday?"

"Friday is the interest meeting. Mr. E wanted to make everything as official as possible. ...That's also when we'll see if we have enough people for a full band, rather than just an ensemble." Marinette fidgeted again, now feeling like she was again far too close to Adrien for it to be friendly. "Y-you don't have to do it, though."

"I mean, if it's another chance to see you, I wouldn't mind," he replied. "I'll be there Friday. I'm assuming after school."

oh sweet baby jesus he couldn't just say things like that out loud. holy cow. wow.

"Awesome!" Like a total dork, Marinette gave Adrien a double-thumbs-up. Now that he'd said yes, she needed to get out of there before she made an even bigger fool of herself. "I, uh— I have to go! ...And, uh. Do some things," she said, standing up so fast it gave her a head rush. "See you tomorrow!"

'If it's another chance to see you', 'another chance to see you'. She'd be thinking about that for the rest of her life, maybe. 'Another chance to see you', and he wouldn't mind. He maybe even would like it.

Seven minutes and one second, seven minutes and two...

[iobsesswaytoomuch]

Band kids au crappy doodles cuz I stayed up all night :3👍 (I have no regrets)

I kept having to redraw everything about the guitar because at first I drew it facing the wrong way and then I couldn't get the hands right and GGHHHGGGG WHY IS SOMEONE HOLDING A GUITAR SO HARD TO DRAW (it's fine. It's fine everything's fine I'm fine) I like how it turned out though :)

I'm going to have to figure out how to draw their instruments better because Mikey's hand over the marimba looks so awkward (I was drawing from memory) fhjvbfhdsvrfngrfgw. I have a habit of flipping anything that's flippable when I'm bored, so I'm projecting that on Mikey because I think mallets would be a lot of fun to flip :)

[attyrocious]

like hiring a horse to dogsit

[spooky-pop]

Happy Father's Day! I LOVE drawing Branch as a girl dad. In my head I can imagine him pretending to be annoyed about it sometimes (but his shining blue colors can't lie!) And Ivy sees right through it and thinks he's silly. I love them. Enjoy!

[axoqiii]

🍁 i bring to u life series nitw au and a gem doodle

[littlewanibites]

Band AU thoughts

[twigs-sprigs]

Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3 (we're here!!)

[alienfreak124]

⚠️ for tkatb loveies, band au? Or maybe Perssila is just in a band? I’ll figure it out

God give me the strength to finish this

[amethyst-halo]

b&b au when they first get to vaycay island bruce gets a waiter job and branch hangs out and colors at a lil table in the back. he's also cursed with hand-me-downs from his brothers forever

[milkcos]

lemonade mouth/band au! more notes under the cut

lemonade as in like the disney movie! so there are a couple like clear comparisons but mostly it's the bad kids get stuck in detention together except they form a band instead of an adventuring party

fabian > no equivalent (olivia vibes)

the most popular kid at school who is both in dance and on the football team. somehow gets decent grades as well. no close friends, but a lot of people who know him and want to get on his good side. kind of depressed, and his dad's currently in prison. he started playing the guitar as a way to show off and then genuinely started enjoying it

adaine > mo

she's a concert violist (playing the viola) always an accompaniment for her sister and is striking it out on her own for the first time. her family is very upset about this, and consistently puts her down so she'll go along with they want her to do. also she recently transitioned to going to public school for the first time, making her the new girl.

kristen > no equivalent

she's recently ex mormon, got out of her parents house (currently living in her car) and without all of her former friends stuck in a student president position that she got when she was still with the religion. questioning her sexuality after one too many encounters with the soccer team captain, tracker. used to be on the church choir, was a bit too enthusiastic about it.

gorgug > no equivalent (charlie vibes)

he's got like one or two kinda friends (mainly fig). extremely busy with his classes and with marching band and self isolating as a result. he's stressed out about living up to his parent's name (they run a very successful electric engineering company). signed up to work as a sound tech for the theatre department bc one of the female stage managers is very cute (zelda) and then discovered that he rlly like it.

riz > no equivalent

no friends! (other than maybe the AV club + penny) too used to burying himself in work at both his part time gig and with his insane amount of extracurriculars. started playing the piano bc he heard it helps with memory retention and overall cognitive ability.

fig > stella/wen

she's the cool loner skater kid who is the floater friend mostly? she's got a maybe relationship with ayda, who she loves to annoy at the school library. very interested in making her own music not very interested in school. freaking out over her parents getting remarried. her mom enrolled her in music lessons when she was younger, and it's one of the only things she can talk about with her mom these days.

[angelcake10023]

Pigsy Ref Sheet for the Expedition AU

The moment we’ve all been waiting for!! XDXD This is Pigsy in his 20s during the beginning events of the story. He’s currently still a teacher, but he’s almost earned enough to fund his restaurant.

I’m going to guess that I’ll do Bai He next but don’t hold me to that lmao

[ottosbigtop]

Sometimes you see someone post about a hypothetical crackship and you go “ohhhh okay” and one thousand synapses fire in your brain. I think they have the capacity to be really fun. In my bones.

[iobsesswaytoomuch]

Band kids au master post for now!

Imagine drawing a stupid little car doodle of Leo playing the trumpet which turns into a whole au... couldn't be me...... hahah......

ANYWAY HERE ARE SOME VERY SUCKY DOODLES BECAUSE THIS HAS TAKEN OVER MY BRAIN

Ignore my terrible art this was done in the car and I already have very shaky hands

I call it: The Band Kids Au!!! (Very original, I know😌)

Basically, the turtles literally fight too much crime and rid the entire city of villains, which leaves them with some spare time, and they decide to take up some instruments! Yes this is very logical and could totally happen, in this essay I will- (I know this would probably be impossible but humor me I needed a reason for them to be bored)

I only had the energy to draw each of them with one of their instruments but they each play two;

Donnie plays the piano/keyboard and violin, because of course he'd pick complicated instruments. Yes, he struggles with three fingers. No, that doesn't stop him. Piano and violin, I feel, are some very complicated instruments (especially violin) and I feel like that would appeal to him. I also headcanon him to be ambidextrous, which would very much help with the piano.

Leo plays the trumpet and the guitar, because- because Leo is so trumpet-coded hear me out. And I feel like as the face man, he'd be a good lead guitarist (+ vocalist???). Trumpets have this vibe of loud, and very visible. They, and guitars, often play the melodies, aka the main parts, of a song, and can easily be heard over the rest of the band. Leo is the leader, and the face man. He just vibrates so much trumpet energy dhsbjhbcsbhxehkbaenjkx.

Mikey plays the drums, and vibrophone (aka a xylophone but different)! You can't look at him and tell me he wouldn't love playing both of those instruments. In the episode Hot Soup: The Game, Mikey argues with Raph over being coddled, and not really being given the chance to go off on his own. Drums are ~very~ loud, and noticeable! Plus, I have a feeling he'd love just being able to go off and bang on the drums. He is strong enough to throw a building, after all. Vibrophones are bright and happy, and I feel like they match his personality pretty well! (For those who've listened to Epic the Musical, doesn't Polites remind you of Mikey? Segue, one of Polites's signature instruments, as seen in Open Arms, is the marimba, which is very similar to the vibraphone and xylophone.)

Finally, Raph plays the bass clarinet -WHICH IS NOT A SAXOPHONE- and Tuba! Mostly because he'd have trouble not crushing smaller instruments, but also- he's the baseline. He's what supports the Mad Dogs and holds them up, the largest, much like how a song falls apart without the lower instruments- *COUGH* base clarinet and tuba *COUGH COUGH*. In the movie, when they get their ninpo back, they all circle around and build on Raph's. He's the underlying foundation and support!

They'd probably learn from YouTube tutorials, the internet, and Donnie lol XD

DISCLAIMER: I ONLY PLAY LIKE ONE OF THESE INSTRUMENTS SO I WILL MOST LIKELY DRAW THEM INACCURATELY

Soooooooo... Yeah! Just a little side quest from Herculean Cerulean, if you will :] (they're band kids I will die on this hill)

(Feel free to ask any questions or send requests if you want jshgdhsjak)

Doodles

[attyrocious]

long time no kidlaw and long time no band au huh

[spooky-pop]

GOTTEM- Here's some Ivy shenanigans, and another mashup of my AUs. I can picture them lovingly teasing her, and Ivy finds it fun. Since they are older here I gave them updated outfits :) I think its fun exploring their family dynamic so there may be more!

[iliveunderarock]

servant of evil except it's velvet and veneer😈😈😈