#I LOVE AUS

[notherpuppet]

Guardian Angel AU 👼🏼🪽⚔️🩸

It’s radioapple and Chaggie because I’m entirely self serving in my fanart/fanfics lollll

[rtbyg]

i’ve been adding to the growing collection of vampire!adams…..i suggest you all do the same thank you

[basement-bird-girl]

Made an AU while lokey dying.

Play Fortress 2

It’s 18 boys who at the park one day decided to play a game of fighting! Split up into a Red and Blu team, pretended they were mercenaries in a war trying to take down the other team! They loved playing so much that now they all either play at the park, or they will choose someone’s backyard to go play in.

Loadouts!:

Scout(6)- little league baseball bat

Soldier (7)- a PVC pipe he found and he later manages to duct tape into a potato launcher (with some help)

Pyro(6)- a lighter (they aren’t suppose to have that 🤭) ((no, she does not light anyone on fire, he just makes a woosh sound with her mouth and the others play pretend))

Demoman(7)- pinecones and pinecones+gum

Heavy(8)- A log he found, lunch Мама packed him, fists

Engineer(7)- a little robot he made that can shoot BB pellets

Medic(7)- the first aide kit he took from the closet

Sniper(6)- pebbles and a slingshot

Spy(8)- a pencil (to ‘backstab’)

[viivenn]

her bonnie on the side… makes me a sad, sad girl.

vamp!jane murdstone and my friend’s oc camille…. im melting IM MELTING ✨💘 i don’t know what the colour red is you guys, that’s just jane the walking flag pole (‘high heel shoes make you six feet tall’, the weeknd once said). 🙈✨✨🧚‍♀️

[kipper7]

I’ve felt like sketching recently

@pogostikk

@ceephorsshitshow / @pink-onyx-au

@ask-whitepearl-and-steven / @chekhovdraws

[spitinsideme]

ragatha grom the freakshow au by @kookydoodleky has got m3 FUCKED UP !!!! she has bene in my head 24/7 i love women with snake bodies so indrew her .. ill probbalu draw more of hrr later, but for now here id some practife thing for me to get used to drawing her because she fucks so hard shes the best

[arliedraws]

In the books, Sirius's devotion to Harry is of course very deep, but it never translates to something physical. He only shakes Harry's end when he leaves his bedside in book 4, and in book 5 there is something resembling a hug, like twice...? As a dog he stood up his hind legs and front paws on harry's shoulders and a half hug after Christmas. Idk it sort of drives me crazy, because in the movies Harry and Sirius are so affectionate! That first hug when Harry arrives in Grimmauld!! Gary and Dan had an amazing chemistry that other actors were jealous of, they mirrored the book characters, so it palpable on screen, the few scenes Gary is in at all at least.

So, what do you make of this? Do you in musing for art imagine a more affectionate relationship between Harry and Sirius? Maybe if Sirius survived the war? Molly's hug in book 4 was a poignant moment but imo that should have been a moment between Sirius and Harry. Sirius already says he expected something catastrophic to happen to Harry in the third task, that's what he stutters when Harry comes in with Dumblebore. So he is literally afraid of his godsons life and it still shows of course, Sirius staying at Harry's side was very beautifully written, like the devotion is clear, but I am foaming at the mouth for more affection between them in canon? Platonic, not shipping. So between the movies and the books Im just kinda torn what's better

It's more a rant than an ask, sorry lol, but if you have any input I'd he so stoked to read it. Not many peeps in the fandom even give Sirius and Harry any time of day, nvrmind even understand what they had (which also drives me kinda nuts but ok)

Ohhhh, anon, you’ve come to the right spot! Mostly because I love them. I would say that 80% of my fandom interest is just Sirius being a dad to Harry.

To your question, I don’t think one is better than the other. Each has their purpose. Let me share my thoughts:

1. I am soft for movie Sirius and Harry’s affectionate touching. However. The dynamics of their relationship were NOT mirrored from the books, which…is fine. Honestly, I just don’t think it was a priority for the filmmakers. This particular bit doesn’t bother me because the movies are not supposed to replace the source material—they are an interpretation. To me, watching the movies is like reading fic—fun to watch but not canon. Also, the filmmakers removed so much of their relationship in GoF that they HAD to make Sirius and Harry physically affectionate in order for movie audiences to see what losing Sirius would mean to Harry. Their complexity is completely unexplored in the films, and they had to do SOMETHING to get the audience to feel sad when Sirius died. This started in PoA when they really downplayed the context of their relationship. (Lol, see my rant on PoA. I really don’t like that movie hahahahaha.)

2. In the books, Harry and Sirius are not physically affectionate with each other despite their intense love for each other, and I think this is an effective way to show characterization. As I tell my students, this might have been intentional by the author, but it could have been an instinct that she followed (what feels right for the characters).

Here’s what I think: both are so terrified of losing the other that they won’t allow themselves to get too close, and, crucially, they both fear showing vulnerability. Touching someone and reaching out for a hug or comfort is an extremely vulnerable thing to do. If you reach out for a hug, you are showing your true feelings. To be rejected physically is sometimes more devastating than someone telling you to just “go away.” It’s a sign of trust to touch someone—you are trusting that they feel the same way about you, and you are trusting that they won’t pull away. Both Sirius and Harry understand rejection, and both avoid it. How do you avoid rejection? You distance yourself.

I’ll put the rest under a cut because I think this might get long…

Sirius and Harry, for all that they love each other, fall out of trusting each other by OotP. Part of this is trauma, but it is also miscommunication. Harry is worried that Sirius will do something stupid—either out of concern for Harry or because he wants to get out of number 12–but he’s worried he’ll lose Sirius. So by withholding affection (which I’m not sure if he knows how to give physically), Harry distances himself from Sirius which will, theoretically, keep Sirius safe (of course, it backfires). Sirius is…you know…going through stuff in OotP. He is already vulnerable—he perceives himself as being emasculated because he’s not allowed to leave his childhood home and he’s relegated to performing ‘uninteresting, domestic work’, and he must be inactive when he’s a man OF action.

When it comes to Goblet of Fire and the odd handshake… I think Sirius is reeeeeally holding back. Harry does NOT want him to go, and Sirius knows this. (Why DOES Dumbledore send him away? Literally anyone else could have “alerted the old crowd” and NOT the convicted murderer. This is clearly the author’s excuse to get Sirius away from Harry—and, I’ve spoken to this before, Sirius is too much of a miracle character—too smart, too loyal, too loving to support the story that the author wanted to tell.) Sirius, if he had stayed, would have been the emotional support that Harry needed. So if Sirius holds Harry, what if Harry doesn’t let go? What if Sirius himself can’t let go? A handshake will have to do.

So Sirius leaves Harry with that bizarre handshake. That Sirius leaves at all damages their relationship—it could have been repaired with time (if they’d been allowed time), but this moment makes Harry realize that he cannot rely on anyone, not even Sirius. This leaves Harry to be isolated in OotP, and it leaves him to feel like he cannot trust anyone. I’m not blaming Sirius for leaving, but I believe this action causes a rift between them that carries into the next book.

My point is, I HATE that they don’t touch but it is very important that they don’t, at least when it comes to the story that the author wanted to tell. I think it was the right move when we look at the story as a whole. Do I like it? NO! But it’s interesting, and it DOES feel right for them. Is it devastating? Yes!!!!!!!

TL;DR: I don’t think either interpretation is necessarily better than the other, but they both have their purpose. Both are effective!

Touch is…huge in HP. Consider Voldemort’s “I can touch him now” and causing Harry pain. Touch is a privilege, and to be touched without permission is a violation. Harry kills someone by touching them. He is only touched by his family when Dudley beats him up or he gets shoved in his cupboard.

Weirdly, one of my absolutely favorite moments when Sirius and Harry touch is in PoA when the Dementors are closing in on Sirius, Harry, and Hermione, and Harry, as he’s about to faint, reaches out to grab an unconscious Sirius by the arm, thinking something along the lines of “the dementors weren’t going to take him” and such. And this is about two seconds after Harry has accepted that Sirius is telling the truth! Harry physically tethers Sirius to him—this touch-starved teen reaches out to this man who is now everything to him, who is now his only real family, willing to risk death (or worse) to keep it. BUT THEY JUST MET!!!!! Devastating!!!

Also…another thought: the first time Sirius and Harry touch is the first time Sirius has been touched as a human in twelve years. And Harry is beating the absolute shit out of him…and then Sirius nearly strangles him…

Also, also, not to like…self-promote, but if you want some Sirius & Harry family feelings and a wee bit of affectionate touching, I wrote a one-shot where they talk about their feelings in OotP.

Anyway, this got longer than I thought. Thank you for the prompt!!

[deviouscrackers]

is there an tsams au confession blog? if not im kind of tempted to make one myself

[secret-shipping-society]

Recent complaint I've seen that irks me: "they should just make an oc at that point" (aimed towards really crazy aus that are far removed from the original media).

And I might be in the minority about this, but I LIKE the insane aus. I like the crazy wacky batshit antics, I like seeing this totally different version of a character and going "wow, someone was inspired to make [character] into this? Insane, I love it". I remember when I joined fandom, there were so many aus and it inspired me to create the current version of my OC universe that I'm happy with.

Not to mention the "they should just make an oc at that point" is so dismissive. It's ignoring the amount of love and passion someone poured into this variant of the character. And if you applied it to literally any other aspect of fandom, you'd be an asshole. "Why would someone draw fanart? They should just draw their OC instead." "Why would someone write really long fanfiction about these characters? They should just write their own story." "Why would anyone engage with this media when they can make ocs?"

See how ridiculous that sounds? So why is it okay to say it about aus? :/

[advitameternal]

alicent  hightower wishlist.

queen of love and beauty au,  she deserved to be crowned, idc. more  books  plot,  ruthless  alicent,  who  cares  less  about  duty,  seductive,  manipulative  &  ready  to  kill  for  her  children. crison  x  alicent,  because  i  love  them.  au  where  they  first  have  something  at  driftmark?  modern  au  where  he  is  her  bodyguard?  au  where  they  both  survive  the  war,  say  f*ck  it  and  leave  together?  maybe  they're  even  exiled  together  but  just  don't  care  anymore. aegon  x  alicent,  not  as  a  ship  obviously,  but  i  need  more  threads  of  them.  my  alicent  LOVES  her  son,  supports  him,  and  would  do  anything  for  him.  just  give  me  alicent  being  there  for  him,  comforting  him,  loving  him. runaway,  someone  helping  alicent  run  away  before  her  wedding  to  viserys  and  alicent  getting  the  life  of  freedom  she  deserves? more  friends,  because  i  just  want  her  to  have  support.

[rain-world-positivity-blog]

i love rain world AUs. i love swap AUs. i love off string iterator AUs. i love anthro slugcat AUs. i love scugerator/itercat AUs. i love AUs that mess with the timeline. i love AUs that take canon material and expand on it like crazy. i love AUs that are completely detached from the main story. i love AUs that come up with their own plots. i love crossover AUs. i love OC AUs. i love AUs of AUs. i love AUs born from inside jokes or shitposts. i love rain world AUs

AUs are so much fun! Personal fan of off the string AUs and fix it AUs. I just want these guys to be happy, okay? They all deserve to be happy.

I've seen some pretty creative stuff hanging around, things I wouldn't think of myself! It's awesome to see which directions people take the source material and how they bend the characters in these AUs, so interesting to see!

I'd love for ya'll to tell me your favourite AUs too!

[c0nn0r-c0nn0r13]

Silly AU’s that i love: which ones do you want to hear about?

[rakiah]

Not sure if you're into aus but I feel like leovil is THE ship for a villainess plotline:

Like both Leona and Vil waking up as villains for a novel trilogy. Vil is the jealous ex of the crown prince from book 1 and Leona is the pining traitor from book two. Book three has the heroine officially destroy the two and live happily ever after.

Leona and Vil going "oh HELL no!" and just teaming up to avoid execution. Skip ahead and they get married and become a villain power couple living their best life while leaving the heroine's plot to rot.

Oh I do love AUs, I have a tones of AUs that I can be drowned. But I must say, that’s not one I usually go for it. I’m a classic girl, most of the AUs in my mind are just "putting them in another media" lmao Though your pitch is quite appealing and I surely read it it it’d be written! <3

[onlyplatonicirl]

heres my batshit insane kinlist.

[fusehoundenj0yer]

Tell me about your fusehound AUs please ^^

[sawtismisreal]

I love making aus of my special interests and hyperfixations just randomly it's like I hear a song I enjoy? New au time! I listened to Chelsea Dagger by the Fratellis and made a saw au and now it's so far removed from my original idea you can't even tell it's inspired by that anymore