#Crown of thorns!AU

[povertygoblin]

💜🖤 Just a sketchy little doodle for my “Crown of Thorns” Au! 🤍💚

[izuizzy]

Now that the fic is out! Please enjoy the refs of Shadow and Amy for Crown of Thorns!!! 😈🙌🏼

do not repost/edit/reference/use these au designs

[crimeronan]

was listening to wonderful nothing (glass animals song about toxic relationships) and I think what always gets me about the way you describe devin and nova is like. they ARE soulmates. it’s part of why their relationship is so fucked up and awful - they do, in fact, have a sort of innate chemistry and connection, and they use it to be uniquely and personally awful to each other. you’ve got me so fucked up about guys I’ve never even met LMAO

yes!!!! yes yes yes!!!! they are soulmates!! and i have such overall disdain for the concept of soulmates as An Always Positive Thing that the response to that is just. "uh oh"

they're like.... i think one of the best ways to conceptualize their early dynamic and how things Went So Fucking Wrong is if i say they're a lot like princess AU luz and hunter, in a lot of ways. nova as this eternally-innocent beacon of light inheriting a world built on atrocities, devin as the exhausted and ill partner who's eternally subservient, but whose pain is nonetheless eased by nova's presence...

nova makes devin laugh when devin is a person who doesn't laugh easily. devin brings nova comfort and surety when she's lost in a world made of lies. there's a warm history and a familiarity and an ease to their relationship.

but. devin wants to tear down every single construct that's hurt her and, more relevantly, allowed nova to have power over her.

nova..... doesn't want to give that up.

the thing about knowing someone inside and out is that you have everything you need to hurt them. most people don't do that, bc knowing someone inside and out comes from loving them. but if your spouse keeps standing in the way of everything you are and everything you want and everything you've done.... well!

[sazanes]

Day 1 - Culture/Festivals

It's The Royal Romance but in the world of The Crown and The Flame

Thank you @kiaratheronappreciationweek and @lizzybeth1986 🥰🥰🥰

[pikos-den]

drew my three lil crownbearers,,, this was fun

[viktorgf]

—and all that i’ve learned is that everything burns.

emma. @red-nightskies. baby. i’m talking to you like an italian mobster rn kissing you on the cheeks and holding ur hands. i am absolutely obsessed with your mind and your talent and i will give you the world. this oslo/faith piece will live in infamy in my brain cs you have captured the vibes so immaculately of faith and her hand of god i am on the floor. thank u so much for this MWAH MWAH

[dalliansss]

Hogwarts AU by me and @skaelds

Let’s start with ✨Finrod✨ of course

Part-Veela (Indis is a Veela)

Slytherin

Same year with Curufinwë

Wand: rosewood, 14”, werewolf fang core

Prefect and eventually Head Boy (much to Curufin’s chagrin)

Has friends from all Houses

Not into Quidditch

From a purely magical family

Specializes in: potions, muggle studies, occlumency

Other good subjects: herbology; care of magical creatures, defense against the dark arts, charms, history of magic

Best skills: potion brewing, occlumency, charms and enchantments

Eventual job: ministry of magic; muggle liasons department (1st job out of school)

We’ll add the rest of the family later hahaha

[heathfall]

Crown of Thorns (Warriors AU)

(or, one of those AUs I write in @badgerstep's DMs)

Welcome to Crown of Thorns. Apologies if this is a little clunky in formatting-- I rarely-if-ever spell out my AUs for people to see.

Crown of Thorns is an AU/rewrite focusing on what if the "brambles with claws" dream in Sunset (which is what sparked Firestar to give Brambleclaw the deputyhood, despite not having had an apprentice) was actually meant for Thornclaw.

(The dream was described as "Every branch bristled with thorns and, as Leafpool looked closer, she saw that they weren’t thorns at all, but cats’ claws, strong and curved and pointing outward to keep out ThunderClan’s enemies." I misread it as being for Thornclaw when I first read Sunset and was pretty miffed when it was for Brambleclaw, who wasn't even eligible for the deputyhood.)

It also focuses on Brambleclaw realizing how awful he was (to Squirrelflight and everyone in general) in trying to fulfill his ambitions, learning how to break the cycle Tigerstar had him and Hawkfrost in, and re-learning what it means to be a true warrior.

General CWs will include canon-typical deaths and violence, canon-typical Brambleclaw interactions with Squirrelflight, and Tigerstar being abusive to his kids even after he's dead. More CWs will be added and tagged as and where they come up.

Crown of Thorns will run through the end of Sunset (The New Prophecy), likely cover After Sunset: The Right Choice?, and may extend into the Power of Three and beyond if and when I feel like writing it. The tag for it will be #crown of thorns au.

It'll be posted both here and on AO3 (I'm also heathfall there). Not even going to try and promise a consistent upload schedule, because I'm a dual BS/MS in Biology and my finals are in less than a month.

Once again, shoutout to @badgerstep for not only naming this AU but helping work out the bugs and letting me write in his DMs

My asks, comments, and reblogs are open if anyone has any questions!

Omen dream rewrite/starting point under the break point:

Every branch bristled with thorns and, as Leafpool looked closer, she saw that they weren’t thorns at all, but cats’ claws, strong and curved and pointing outward to keep out ThunderClan’s enemies.

Bramble claws! Her initial thought filled her with dread. Brambleclaw was a strong warrior, but he was young, often abrasive and rude, and had not yet had an apprentice. Besides, he met often with Hawkfrost and Tigerstar, training and talking until sunrise. Surely, he would not be the cat StarClan chose to be their deputy, not when it would break the code that guided them.

Leafpool took a closer look at the wall. It rose high and foreboding. A second warrior came to mind. Thorns made of claws. Was Thornclaw the warrior they had chosen? He was often headstrong and an argumentative furball, but he was a loyal member of the Clan and had been for several seasons. Unlike Brambleclaw, he had had several apprentices and had guided the Clan well through the destruction of the forest and the Great Journey, even when Shrewpaw died. The thought of him being deputy drained her dread. He would learn and grow to be a strong deputy.

She woke up at peace with her dream. She had prayed for a sign from StarClan, and she got one. Thornclaw would lead ThunderClan well and serve them loyally and faithfully.

As she left her den, she saw her Clanmates keeping their vigil for Graystripe. There would be no body for the elders to carry away and bury. She wondered if Graystripe would ever find StarClan, so far away from the Clans. She padded quietly to her father's den by the Highledge. It was nearly moonhigh and nearly time to name the new deputy. She had to let him know who StarClan had chosen.

[thebear7777]

Am I insane?

Yesssiiir

Did I join a map with no animation experience?

Yessssiiiiirrrrrr

Anyways have some au shit because I am stable

[neptuniadoesstuff]

M a n

Btw bro is wearing a dress. & the patterns on the dress are supposed to Mimic bones & his guts that are showing. (Also have them a crown of Thorns bcs idk-)

Btw the arm next to him are their phantom arms, (which there's four of them, which are used to idk... grab ppl from the screens of any electronics device they use once Phen can getahold on their souls. (Through a weird cursed memory drive thing sold on some online black market which luckily doesn't exist irl but for AU lore purposes this exists bcs idk ppl are pretty stoopid & will put this memory drive in their computer only to get a virus & then pseudocoma- LOOK MAN PPL DONT WATCH CABLE ANYMORE & EVEN THOUGH PHEN (Canon/Haku) STEPPED DOWN IN 2018 BRO STILL WANT TO HUANT PPL APPARENTLY-)

& yes... the clothes are infact... fuzzy. Just don't touch him tho, I doubt Canon likes being touched, especially by stranger bcs he's just a pile of humanoid Boiled meat with anomalous abilities.

[xxswagcorexx]

!!!!

Fallen angel Ash + Red??????? do tell :D

OKAYYYY i've already Established red and ash in the last ask so. let's talk abt their dynamic as fallen angels shall we? ^_^ (ramble under the cut)

so the dichotomy between then is that red accidentally became a fallen angel while ash intentionally fell from heaven. although both of them have themes of free will, the way free will plays into their fall from grace is vastly different. red used free will and had a consequence that was Much Harsher than ash, who knew exactly what is gonna happen when he fell (and he wasn't really a big fan of angelhood anyways)

also on top of that, red mourning his angelhood while ash just. simply cant understand is sooo. yeah. red and religious trauma. (he has so much of that oh my god) . and also red not understanding ash's willingness to rebel intentionally. insert thing about their ideologies being Directly opposed here bc ash thinks red isn't living his best life for being so willing to submit himself to a higher power. Yeah

but the thing is. even though they're fallen angels for vastly different reasons, they're still the closest thing they have to understanding each other. because whether they like it or not, they're still in the same place. after everything. so an arc where they reluctantly accept each other and talk about fallen angel stuff would go so hard i think. (also add them working out their feelings together and *chefs kiss* i loveeee that trope sm)

and maybe. once they work things out and realize they only have each other, they can have hope that things will be better. because they have each other. they might not understand the other all of the time, but from what they understand, they can forge something between the others. and maybe from that, they can realize they can survive this new and cruel world they find themselves in (also yes this is another paradise lost parallel. guess what story sparked my idea for this /silly)

(^ also that one is inspired by the ending of paradise lost where micheal [non fallen angel] talks to adam and tells him to story of jesus and how there won't be a battle against satan and how jesus [adam's future son] will be hurt and killed instead. but even as adam hears that, he still has hope things will be better. even if everything is horrible rn. he still has hope because he was made in gods image. and its a wonderful parallel to an earlier scene where satan is sitting in the garden of eden and crying at all of the grace and beauty of it and yet he doesn't feel better because he's so full of hatred and spite. that has nothing to do with the hc its just one of the coolest things in paradise lost i think . )

anyways yeah they make me. very jksdnsdjkgnsgnsdgmns. ty for the ask anon i appreciate it! <3

[povertygoblin]

Crown of thorns!AU Izuku 🤍💚✨

Usually he wears gloves to hide his palms but-- this is not one of those times. :)

[izuizzy]

I’m cooking (writing another au fic lol)

[st4rkissedwebz]

The hat also changes in the au

[fushitoru]

the season of thorned roses ⸺ a bridgerton!au

pairing ⸺ duke!satoru gojo x fem!reader

summary ⸺ dearest gentle reader, a new season is upon us as the ton gets ready for a season filled with drama, heartbreak, and passion. after being crowned diamond of the season, duke gojo⸺only looking to marry just to secure his inheritance⸺has his sights set on you, the easiest (and most obvious) option. later, when you catch his saying unsavory things about you on a terrace when he least suspected it, you swear to never marry gojo. as london's fashionable set goes through yet another wedding season, will there be hope for scandalous gossip, hate, and thinly veiled insults, or will we witness blooming love and passion?

genre/warnings ⸺ enemies to lovers, bridgerton au, angst, fluff, eventual smut, jealousy, misogyny, regency era au, gojo being infuriating, reader also being infuriating, both of them are clueless honestly, all they do is bicker 💀, some historical inaccuracies

notes from the author: im aashi, and this is my first series on this app :p for anyone who would like to know, this does end with a happy ending. ty for reading!

masterlist | drabble | fanart

chapter index

01 ⸺ the debutante

you begin to get ready for your presentation for your debut this season, and satoru steels himself to find a wife. you don't get the reception you'd wanted from some, and satoru will soon curse himself for letting his tongue loose (6.3k)

02 ⸺ the aftermath

after an eventful first ball after your debut, you continue the season with thinly veiled vexation towards gojo. but fate is not on your side; you and gojo keep encountering each other, matching fire with fire (7.8k)

03 ⸺ the manor

you and gojo have just uncovered your mothers' matchmaking scheme: a plan that sends you both to his extravagant countryside manor in kent, arriving a week earlier than the rest of the ton. the question remains—can you endure gojo's insufferable nature during this secluded stay? (8.3k)

04 ⸺ the game

satoru has some revelations about you. both you and satoru share some quite...happening days at the manor, including an eventful game of pall mall. (4.9k)

05 ⸺ the fall

gojo comes up with a strange yet tempting arrangement, but the accident that follows it may cause epiphanies for the both of you. (11.8k)

06 ⸺ the house party

you are bedridden, recovering from your wound, when gojo delivers season-changing news. the house party that follows buzzes with tension, and an unexpected arrival that sends ripples through the ton. (7.4k)

07 ⸺ the rebound

after the arrival of your dearest brother, you pursue a new angle to the season, one to prove that you, the diamond, will not be scorned. new opportunities with duke nanami arise and with it jealousy and bitterness fester in the ballroom. (6.8k)

08 ⸺ the lake

both you and gojo discover contradictory feelings lodged deep in your heart, and a confrontation (with an unexpected ally) leads to a rather....wet conclusion. (4.6k)

09 ⸺ the embers (soon!)

drabbles/headcanons

01 ⸺ gojo walking in on geto at a brothel (nsfw, not canon)

02 ⸺ gojo when you're pregnant

03 ⸺ more on geto!

[pikos-den]

what the update's about to look like

inspiration/original