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Given that Aviva and Zach are more rival-y than Zach and either brother, I'm curious how evil Aviva would react to him

Like...what if he thinks its a malfunction or something that's making the brothers unusually aggressive? So he goes to the Tortugo to get Aviva to fix whatever is going on, because hey those two are SCARY now?! They are annoying pesty goofballs, they're not supposed to be scary!! This is NOT a fun dynamic anymore please help!!

But on a personal level, Aviva doesn't like him. And, logically, why let him walk away? He's hurt animals and the environment many times before, even when they stopped him again and again. Maybe she lets her emotions guide her, maybe she tells herself it makes sense. But he's here now in her ship. Why let him walk away to cause more harm?

(of course she gets stopped but still a fun thought I hope!)

I never really thought Aviva would have much problems with Zach around, only being a little angry, if anything... but I honestly love this idea so much it might be a little arc in the au.

Because! On Aviva's vision! They all had the means and good reasons to delete Zach from the face of Earth, but Chris just had to suggest giving him a second chance. And fine! Call her cruel! Call her vindictive! But she had NO REASON to trust Zach after everything he did, so why should she? As far as she knows, Zach could just be tricking Chris and pretending he had turned a leaf and just be biding his time until he decided to strike.

They solve things eventually... but for a while, she's very untrusting of him.

AS FOR ZACH

He's obviously very confused and scared at first. What once was just a fun but frustrating rivalry, now had become a nightmare! So of course he's scared! And he kept being scared until Chris entered through his window like "Hey :D" one day, sat him down, explained the situation, and offered a deal.

This idea is so fun-

Also sorry for taking so long to answer, I've been a little sick and also having exams and projects, but I still see the asks and will answer them whenever I can!

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Did they already have the tattoos pre-the villains’ retirement, or did Donita help them with the designs? (I could also see her being upset she didn’t get to design them in the case it wasn’t her)

It was Martin who designed them, and yes, Donita gets quite grumpy when this is brought up.

"Those are too simple! Where's the glamour? Where's the sparkle???"

As for when they got them... I'd say somewhere between when they started their new... "job", and when the villains got fully convinced to retire.

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For the anti-hero Wk AU, when the new villains aren't doing anything, what exactly does the gang do? Like, do they hang out in the tortoise, or do they hang out with animals like in canon?

They still go on silly fun adventures! If there's no villains in sight, they still go around to research and hang out with animals and be their silly selves!

They really value these small moments of peace (even if they still end up in trouble sometimes) where they can just be themselves and not worry about bad guys.

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Chris went a little off-script and Martin is not a fan

"I know what I'm doing-"

"No you DON'T-"

Posting again because I had to fix a mistake

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alright!

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I'm sure it wasn't an immediate resort to violent methods unanimously decided among the crew, so I'm curious what the process must have been like.

Martin was the first to kill someone, but that was more on brotherly instinct than premeditated, and could arguably be defense.

This AU has me INTHRALLED and I just want to know so much about it lol. Will probably ask something else soon

Back to the question--how did everyone react to this first death? Did that alone make them consider things, or did other poachers who witnessed the attack decide to give up, and that's what made them realize that scarier methods get better results? In my head, they're all shocked by this sudden bloody turn of events, and I'm just wondering WHO brought up the idea to welcome it first, or if it was like a silent decision sort of thing.

I guess what I'm asking is what it was like for each crew member--their thoughts and feelings on everything, and what kind of methods they're willing to resort to.

Martin was the first to attack, but who finnished the job, so to speak, was Chris, with the same weapon that almost took his life.

And... he was surprised that he didn't feel anything. No remorse. No guilt. He was just...relieved, that now not only his brother was safe, but that there was one less person in the world to harm animals.

It had been so many times in which they failed to save a animal. And every time they tried, it looked like it only made more villains appear.

The next time they faced villains, a bunch of poachers, the green brother didn't hesitate.

He would not fail again.

He activated a animal suit (a honey badger), grabbed the first one he saw by the shirt and slammed him down to the ground. Knocked him out, not enough to kill. Other tried to attack him with a knife, only to recieve a large gash on their chest.

The others, terrified, just grabbed their friends and ran, leaving the animals behind. It... it worked?

This had never happened before.

I like to think each one in the crew had thought about being a little less merciful. But never really said it out loud.

After the brothers returned, still shocked about what happened, it was Aviva who broke the silence.

"Boys, I have been thinking..."

They do not harm any type of people. The ones hunting for survival, or especially children hunting or fishing with their parents, are never on their list. They still try to help and educate them.

The ones that are in their list is people that harm animals for personal gain, selfish wishes, greed, and do not listen to reason, aka the new villains. These people would not hesitate to kill them, so why should they?

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I literally cannot express enough how much I absolutely love the anti hero AU! Every time I see a new post, I get so excited!

Question for ya: you stated before that Zach heard them out after a non-aggressive talk. What made Donita decide to switch sides? Was she (and Dabio) lucky enough to go unscathed as well?

Donita was way harder to break than Zach. Martin's patience was tested as he tried all he could to stop her from using animals on her designs without him having to throw her out of the plane mid-air.

"The animals will die after a while, and you won't be able to use the clothes anymore!"

"The best art is ephemeral, my dear. Limited time to watch the show."

"Don't you think that this is way more work to use them than to just doing it without?"

"No price is too high for fashion."

"...Animal print is out of style."

"HA! I tell people what is on style or not, not the opposite, silly!"

After a lot of struggle, Martin finally haves an idea. He then offers to model for her brand, no pose beam needed, any time she needs, on top of suggesting her to paint the prints in the fabric instead of using actual animals, because 'anyone can go and use animal prints. A original design made by you is impossible to copy.'

Donita thinks about it, and decides to give it a shot.

She still slips up sometimes, like trying to give hairstyles to sloth bears or getting Zach to make a machine to remove the colors of certain areas ( that man doesn't even pay attention to what he's building after the fifth cup of coffee), but it's in a more 'bored/well-meaning' way than her canon self.

She's a bit confused, but she get the spirit.

Dabio is just happy to follow.

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Wait that last post made me realize…were Zach and Donita there when Gourmond was killed like they were in the canon Platypus Cafe episode?

I guess if they were already less-villainous at that point, Gourmond could have been trying to convince them to “not be such cowards” or something like that. He was mentioned to also up the ante…maybe he was going to prove to them that they could get violent too, and it backfired?

Also now I’m picturing Zach and Donita staring after the carnage like “yep I think we made the right choice.”

(I love this au in case you couldn’t tell. Are you writing it anywhere else?)

It's pretty much what happens, actually!

Gourmand was growing very annoyed about his colleagues turning around and giving up, so he decides to invite them for a special "lunch", where he, hopefully, could ignite the evil spark back on them.

The platypus's eggs were only a bait for the brothers, and, like in canon, he didn't realize he had caught Chris too at first.

And as canon, Zach ends up spotting him, but instead of finding it funny, or imediatelly revealing his position, he's freaking out and trying to hide him because he knows exactly what will happen if Gourmand finds the tiny hero...

...it didn't work.

Also, I am planning to write one-shots of this au, this episode included, but I haven't got around to do it yet.

Thank you!!

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Hey for the Wild Kratts Antihero AU, would the team be open to expanding their numbers in any way? I mean letting those who share identical beliefs in protecting nature by any means necessary? Or alternatively having allies other than the reformed villains helping them out?

As I had said, they work in the shadows most times. They can't risk getting new allies that they don't know down to a personal level since there's the risk they could be ratted out to the new villains. Though it's not impossible, if they do find an ally that earns their full trust.

It seems weird that they don't trust new people but trust the old villains, but it's more of a trade than anything else. Both sides get what they want, and it's not on the villain's interest to betray the Kratts. Both Zach and Donita have a lot to lose if they backstabbed the team, way more than what they would gain.

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SOOOOOOOOOOOO. Wanted to make more art for this, so have this quick sketch-

Since Donita and Zach are kiiiiinda on the Kratts' side now, they could help the crew when something happened to the brothers, like, for example.... if they were mind-controlled by a new villain to behave like animals and attack on command and would need something like, say, a pose-beam or robotic limbs to stop them...

Hypothetically speaking.

This is a story I plan to write soon, but I'm not sure when, though...

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I assume the brothers would still use creature powers when they hurt/kill people? And now I’m picturing them talking with their canon positive informative voice but saying messed up shit

Like they would be looking at, say, a lion, and Martin would be like “it hunts its prey by ambushing it and using its weight to snap it’s neck! (claws and teeth help to grab or can be back up if the first attack didn’t work)! :]” And then later we see Chris hunting someone in that way. Even darker if Chris is like “well first attempt didn’t work, time for the back up! :D”

They know a lot of dark animal facts and are not afraid to use them-

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can we PLEASE see the villains’ reactions to seeing the previously merciful brothers become ruthless for the first time? 👀

Donita is intrigued;

Zach is having A LOT of confusing thoughts;

As for Gourmand...

"ENEMY IS ENEMY!!!"

He don't really care about the brothers' change of wardrobe.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-

I CAN'T I CAN'T

I love it. I love it so much. Love this scene love the art love everything- I'm freaking out right now-

Wild Kratts....

But it's Over the Garden Wall

A view of their costumes! (And the world's grumpiest bird)

"We got lost because of you! We'll never come back home and you know it!"

"I'm sorry that I got us lost... I have to go, now. Goodbye, bro..."

"That old sun's going right down into this old cup! Just got to wait..."

"Yes, just sit there in the cold and wait."

"I-I'm... I'm s-sorry... I..."

"No, no! You did nothing wrong! T-this is all my fault! Everything has been my fault! I should have..."

"Don't worry. I'm taking you home. You'll be alright..."

ANYWAYS

I have been talking with @concook20 about this and I really wanted to make my own version of this crossover, soooo this happened!

(Also I don't know why I made Zach on Beatrice's role -as a raven-, I just thought it would be funny and kinda fits? I think?-)

A little less dark than my other two aus at the moment, but I couldn't resist some brotherly angst...

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Wild Kratts....

But it's Over the Garden Wall

A view of their costumes! (And the world's grumpiest bird)

"We got lost because of you! We'll never come back home and you know it!"

"I'm sorry that I got us lost... I have to go, now. Goodbye, bro..."

"That old sun's going right down into this old cup! Just got to wait..."

"Yes, just sit there in the cold and wait."

"I-I'm... I'm s-sorry... I..."

"No, no! You did nothing wrong! T-this is all my fault! Everything has been my fault! I should have..."

"Don't worry. I'm taking you home. You'll be alright..."

ANYWAYS

I have been talking with @concook20 about this and I really wanted to make my own version of this crossover, soooo this happened!

(Also I don't know why I made Zach on Beatrice's role -as a raven-, I just thought it would be funny and kinda fits? I think?-)

A little less dark than my other two aus at the moment, but I couldn't resist some brotherly angst...

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From the "This episode would go in a much darker way in Anti Hero Au" series, today we have.... that Cat vs Dogs one!

Since Zach is doing other things with his life and is not a villain anymore, someone else would have to get the role. Someone else with the means to turn the brothers into animals... both bodies... and minds.

They'll be fine...

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Hey Cloud, can you possibly make full color pictures of your versions of the fallen humans? Also, here is my intepretation of their genders:

Lynn, Jules and Jean: Female

Morgan, Riley and Blake: Male

Here's a few full-color sillies!

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Does little chris/martin ACTUALLY bite or are you just saying that so I don't poke him?

Do not fall for his lies!

Of course not....