#Trolls Departure AU

[gummygoatgalaxy]

Redesigns!!

I will be making more, and also these are going to be used in my Departure AU comic!!!

[trolls-departure-au]

Page one is out!!

[soosoosoup]

What about Floyd, Bruce and maybe Poppy? Are they in your Treasure Planet AU?

I have plans for Bruce! After reading your guys’ tags, I know what he’d be perfect for!

For Floyd… I kinda want to keep him as a haunting presence to branch. Not as in he’s dead lol, but just that he’s not there as he never came back like in trolls bands together. So it’d be flash backs w/ him. Low key takes up Jim’s dad’s role in this story if that makes sense. Since he was closest to floyd when he was little, floyd's departure/broken promise really affected him.

As for poppy? Idk really, I’ve mentioned in a past post that she could be a tag along to viva, not really sure.

of course any of this can change over time.

[veny-many]

I expanded this crack AU idea from my sketch.

*General Chat for Jedis: talking about your Clones*

Only Adi: <Attachment of 30 pictures>

Only Adi: Masters come in

Only Adi: We're in emergency

Only Adi: Out Commanders turned to babies

I'm on highground: What

Only Adi: Commander Neyo and Bacara are in child body. And their mind as well

Key Adi: hlp

Mace will do: Master Adi, you didn't need to attach 30 pictures of younglings as a proof if you wanted our help

Only Adi: That's not a point

Mace will do: Indeed, that is not a point, that's what I'm saying

Explorer: <Attachment of 50 pictures>

Mace will do: What the kark

Explorer: Are you alright, Master Ki Adi?

Key Adi: Adi why do I need to take care of them all

Key Adi: One of them is yours

Only Adi: Focuse on kids I'm calling a help

Only Adi: You are the rare experienced of real parenting people in this whole GAR Ki Adi. I made right choice

Key Adi: They are dragging my beard

Mace will do: Okay, everyone calm down

Mace will do: And Master Plo what the kark are those pictures of boy

Explorer: Seems like many of us have the same situation.

I'm on highground: Is he your Commander, Plo?

Explorer: Yes, and he is sleeping under my robe right now.

Only Adi: Please tell us how to make them sleep. Master Ki Adi is now became the human climbing tower of children

Only Adi: Why are he saying this is fine

Mace will do: Of course because he is experienced of suffering of parenting. Not like us.

Explorer: Give them a food. The proper warm foods that is cooked and not rationed. Give them a warm milk if you have. If you can the sweet treats are best. Make them sit in fluffy place, make cozy and warm, or give them blankets. Tell them a story, and they will sleep eventually. And then you can carry them to bed for comfortable sleep.

Key Adi: That only works for the kids like your Commander

Key Adi: This ones are not that type. They will tear apart those blankets I can feel it

Only Adi: Then what should we do

Key Adi: The only way to make them calm is making them exhausted after playing long time

Key Adi: So Adi yes we need to be suffered together so get back here

Only Adi: I will take the turn there when you're knocked out

Mace will do: I think we need to check our Clone Commanders. Report your Commander's state after you checked.

Skyguy: OMK Obiwan hear me out

Skyguy: Rex is BABY

I'm on highground: Yes we know Anakin. Read the chat

Skyguy: HE IS SO TINY

Snips: WHAT SHOULD WE DO MASTERS HE IS SO TINY

Explorer: Please refer to my chat little 'soka. It may help you.

Snips: Oh my force your so great Master Plo

I'm on highground: Masters, I may inform you that my Commander... is sleeping on the chair in his children body.

I'm on highground: And he is holding my saber. How did he found my saber, I thought I lost it

Skyguy: Where is your 'Saber is your life', Master?

I'm on highground: Guess your children problem has been solved, Anakin?

Skyguy: HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT HERE

Skyguy: I TRUSTED YOU FOR MY SECRET

Skyguy: Wait that's not what you mean

Skyguy: OH KARK

Snips: WTK Skyguy

Skyguy: OH KRIFF

Explorer: What

I'm on highground: Uh oh

Departure: What

Shark tea: What

Green troll: What

Allie of you: What

Snake eater: What

Kolarboration: What

Only Adi: What

Only Adi: Also situation report: Ki Adi is knocked out by exhaust. It's my turn to play with them. Wish me a Force.

I'm on highground: May the Force be with you Master Adi

Departure: ...something is wrong

Shark tea: What is it, Master Depa? Not the Skywalker one.

Departure: My Master should become more aggressive in chat when he read about this chatting

Departure: He is so quiet.

Skyguy: Oh that's right I was thinking about him where is he?

Explorer: Master Windu, are you there?

Shark tea: You are making us worried

Departure: My opinion is he is knocked down by his headaches by the numbers while witnessing this chaos

I'm on highground: That's logical Master Depa

Mace will do: He came back

Mace will do: I thought he was dead

Skyguy: what

I'm on highground: Are you alright Master Mace?

Mace will do: Everyone check the deceased Commander's room. Don't care if they have other owners now, or got not. Juct check them right now

Skyguy: Oh my force don't tell me no you have

Snips: ...Master Mace, Ponds is there?

Mace will do: Yes

Snips: ....in child body?

Mace will do: Yes

Mace will do: I need to check his head right now. Mace out.

Skyguy: He didn't care about me

I'm on highground: Yes

Skyguy: He is so broken right now

I'm on highground: Yes

Shark tea: How many of chaoses we will face today

I'm on highground: Yes

[melancholeemars]

Can you explain your AUs in a bit more detail? I’m curious to know what the deal is with the Abroad AU especially

Anon I’m putting it under the cut because it got longer than I anticipated but below the cut I go on for several paragraphs about the Abroad AU and gave you shorter synopses about the Nowhere to Run story idea I’ve mentioned somewhere before as well as my current ATLAswap AU brainrot.

Before I get into the meat of what the Stranded Abroad AU brief that it takes place in a timeline where neither Joey Claire nor MSPAR come to Alternia, primarily because this AU-slash-blueprint for a fanfic was something I primarily wanted to further explore Alternian society a couple of sweeps after the events of Friendsim and what life is like Post Alternia for the trolls who’ve since ascended. I’ve always wanted to see what else there was to Alternian life on the planet and what life is like off of it.

Stranded Abroad AU is going to primarily follow Tirona Kasund, roughly 8 sweeps now and is pretty much grown into your average legislacerator — she’s starting to study for finals for the Ordeals, she feels obligated to help her younger office mates to become better legislacerators, she hangs around with her friends (primarily her closest IRL Amisia, but she does also frequently talk to her long distance pals, Wanshi and Karako).

Where the story really kicks off is when Tirona falls back into old habits — explicitly the one of going to rush into a scene that seems suspicious without considering the danger that is associated. On an evening that’s otherwise typical, she finds an unauthorized ship in a location far from where landings and departures occur and, without hesitation, boards to investigate. She is unable to finish her investigation when it’s owners board, and is unable to escape before they take off. She becomes lost in space after taking an escape pod when discovered after they get to a Solar System primarily inhabited by a growing population of adult trolls.

Luck however is on her side when she crash lands and is found by Tegiri. His job as a recovareaper allows him a freer schedule than a typical legislacerator’s and ability to bypass certain checkpoints, and thus, allows him to undertake the job to sneak Tirona back to Alternia so she’s not stranded forever. They do run into some hiccups via Alternian laws as well, but they are able to rely on some allies in the long run.

Completely apart from that AU in its entirety, I have 2 other big AU story ideas I have that I can briefly talk about below.

The “Nowhere to Run” AU is a technical prequel to Stranded Abroad in the sense that I just think that an investigation to the violetblood that Polypa killed is bound to happen; Tagora, Tegiri, and Tyzias are reprimanded roughly a sweep after the assassination and are given a final chance to bring forth the culprit, or else they will be executed at the next Jeevik Week as a finale. They’re all challenged to keep a level head as they’re struck with the challenges of a cold case and trying to piece what together. This isn’t something that is necessarily needed to be read to understand Stranded Abroad, but it gives more background on the relationship that Tegiri and Polypa have.

And finally the baby that currently has my heart at the moment — the ATLAswap I’ve worked on and spoken heavily to with a good friend! In a world where the fire nation has announced the death of the avatar after killing nearly all of the air nation, it follows Vikare (an earthbender with the penchant to only bend what’s considered dust and a knack for all things metal) and his older sister Chixie (a non-bender who’s left home to join the Kyoshi Warriors) as they navigate through the world as the fire nation grows closer to creating a global empire it controls. Vikare records in his journals as the two find themselves on a journey where their slow growing group become something the Fire Nation cannot ignore.

[elenaditgoia]

Fair point on the Gamzee/Hidan characterization! Hmm, boy...there are just so many characters in both Homestuck and Naruto, it's a little tough to narrow it down, especially when they could be Human, Troll, Cherub, Sprite, OR Carapacian! (Or even......Hussie himself! 😳)

I still have a few guesses about who Sasuke, Orochimaru and Kabuto could be in your AU though, if it's fine to share of course.

So, the character in question should have some significance to Karkat, can relate to him on a fundamental level, and they're somebody he still has an emotional connection towards. At least that's what I'm assuming given that the characters in both medias have some commonality to each other.

So my next best guess is that Sasuke would either be Jack Noir or Sollux Captor! After all, Karkat took Noir's betrayal hard and the two share the same blood color & Sollux's someone he has a love-hate relationship with and he's his, "BEST FUCKING FRIEND *EVER*".

For Orochimaru and Kabuto, my guess would be Doc Scratch and Aranea Serket, respectively. Oro and Doc both have this creepy air of sophistication around them, a color palette unique to them and their followers, and the two have amassed many young proteges to use for their benefit. Aranea and Kabuto both have a nerdy, disarming look at first glance that causes others underestimate their true potential. Both try to gain power and use it to control everyone else in an attempt to live up to another person, or be seen as someone worth appreciation, Aranea towards Mindfang, Kabuto towards Orochimaru. And the two are both so, so, SO overwhelmingly smug, it's almost sickening!

(This is so long, I'm very sorry to both you and your followers! Guess I'd be Kankri, the way I go on for paragraphs lol 😂)

It's true that homestuck and Naruto both have a bazillion characters, which makes the parallel especially fun since there are several ways to go about it! You're approaching it from the standpoint of inter-character relationships, which is very interesting to think about. My approach was more to find similarities in the characters' personalities, motifs, and arcs, therefore the characters I picked don't mirror the original ones' relationships very well.

BUT IF... IF I wanted to take that route. WELL. You're right that Naruto and Sasuke would have to be the core relationship from which everything else should follow. One could almost say. They're the arguable axis around which the entire epic revolves! Those who are homestuck-savvy enough will already know what I mean. But I'll elaborate. We have Sasuke, who after years of abuse by the hand of a close relative falls under the manipulation of a pseudo-immortal entity (which would make Doctor Scratch Orochimaru, like you said!) who's interested in his powers and drives him even further away from his community, until he eventually leaves. Naruto, on the other hand, never accepts Sasuke's departure. He sees it as his responsibility, and eventually goes to look for him with the intention of bringing him back, despite being discouraged by the people close to him, even when it seems hopeless... I'm JUST saying, had I followed this approach, Naruto would've been Terezi. (Two libras! And my beloved favourites... 🥺)

DO YOU SEE IT.... I said ENOUGH! Maybe I should just draw that second picture.

[escape-from-arcadia]

The Ambrosia Diner AU - About

Jim is a recent culinary school grad drowning in debt and losing hope in his dream of owning a restaurant. However, circumstances change when he's taken on the head chef at the 24-hour Ambrosia Diner, just on the outskirts of town. Unfortunately for him, serving trolls and fighting off monsters with a magic spatula definitely wasn't in the job description. But if he wants any chance of keeping the Arcane Triumvirate away from other small local business in the mundane and magical worlds, Jim is going to need all the help he can get.

What was The Ambrosia Diner AU?

The Ambrosia Diner AU (ADAU) was a fancomic I started in August. I didn't even finish the first chapter, but almost every day until mid-September, I would post about eight-ish panels. The comic followed Jim as he figures out what to do post-grad from culinary school (which has been crazy expensive and hard for him and his mom).

It largely draws from Trollhunters and Wizards, with an emphasis on Trollhunters. I wanted to try and figure out a way for 3Below to worm its way in, but ultimately never did. ADAU was also a thinly veiled commentary on gentrification and capitalism so heck yeah.

I made this comic for fun, and some people started to like it. But burnout, stress, and personal life things made making things for the fandom (and being online in general) very difficult. With my departure from making content for the TOA fandom, I discontinued the comic.

In the coming days, I will be releasing as much of the information I have packed in my head about the AU. A post about what the Ambrosia Diner is and the role of it' head chef is coming in a bit. If you send in asks about the AU, I'll try to answer them in the posts since I don't want to leave people with too many questions.

[makeste]

my first thought when i read the chapter was that number 2 might be bakugo's ancestor but i like the alt timeline theory a lot better lol

this is the other likely possibility imo. I think we’ve passed the point of Horikoshi being able to explain all these similarities away as coincidence. there’s no way he just accidentally designed a character who (1) looks almost exactly like Bakugou, (2) has a hero costume eerily similar to Bakugou’s, complete with gauntlets, (3) has a gruff, aggressive personality like Bakugou, and even (4) shares specific little behaviors and mannerisms like kicking down doors and being focused on victory. on top of that, the slow and painstaking way he’s revealed this character in bits and pieces, only now showing us his face after all this time, and even now still withholding his name and his quirk, make it even less likely that this is just some incidental character imo. there’s been way too much deliberate build-up there.

as far as I can see there are three possible explanations here.

1) Horikoshi is just deliberately trolling us for the lulz. he’s fully aware of the similarities to Kacchan (because it’s impossible for him not to be), and just enjoys seeing what theories fandom will spew out next. this is certainly possible, but it would sure be a very different side of Horikoshi than we’ve ever seen in the past lol.

2) the ancestor/reincarnation theory is true. again, this is very possible as well, and would explain the similarities between Bakugou and the Second. however, in my view, every single argument that people make against time travel -- it would come out of nowhere, it lacks a clear narrative purpose, it would feel out of place with the canon that’s been established thus far, etc. -- applies to the ancestor theory as well. my biggest qualm with the ancestor theory is that it’s far more spiritual than any of the other story elements we’ve gotten thus far. even the Vestiges, who basically are souls as far as I’m concerned, are technically explained away in the story as being part of the original quirk users’ “quirk factors” or whatever. like, there was some whole long-winded explanation involving anecdotes about organ donors and shit. Horikoshi really tried to make it as sciency as possible, even though souls/spirits would have been a much simpler explanation. so for me, the ancestor theory feels a bit more farfetched just because it feels like more of a departure from all that. again, that certainly doesn’t rule it out, though.

and lastly, 3) Bakuverse. AU Bakugou time traveling from a doomed timeline where AFO won. it also explains the similarities between him and the Katsuki we know, and explains the differences as well. it’s not without its flaws of course, but imo out of these three explanations, this is the one that’s most keeping in line with what Horikoshi has given us so far. that doesn’t mean it’ll actually happen, but basically this is my reasoning. every time I go over it all in my head this is what I keep coming back to. we’ll see, though!

[earth-ambassador-jim]

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For my "Two Years in the Dark" AU (where Jim is trapped in the Darklands for two whole years instead of two weeks) one of the things that will eventually come up if I write more of it is that Jim has spent quite a bit of time training with grave sand. I headcannon that the more a human uses gravesand the more trollish traits they pick up. As a result his eyes now glow, he can growl, his teeth are a little sharper and his skin a little harder. He also struggles more with his temper (Which hasn't really been helped by the fact he's been living with Gum-Gums).

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Fun Fact: I have an AU of this AU where Jim is stuck in the Darklands much longer (due to the bridge actually being thrown in the sea) and only manages to get out years after defeating Gunmar when he's an adult.

He comes back to a world where everything is different. Trolls and Aliens walk the streets, there's stories about him in the history books, Claire and Toby are now married, Toby is in change of human/troll relations and Claire is getting ready to retire from being President to become an offworld ambassador.

Jim doesn't know how to handle all this and doesn't feel like he belongs anymore so he decides not to reveal that he's back and tries runs away from dealing with everything by becoming a bounty hunter. (This solution does not last for as long as he hoped but that's really for the best.)

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"Sorry that I Let You Down and the rest" of the Everything is NOT Okay AU is a bit of a departure from my normal writing tendencies since I usually don't care for flat out tragedies.

None-the-less I got into it because I just couldn't stop thinking about how absolutely pointless it would have been if Jim had died in the challenge match.

What would it have proved or accomplished for Draal to defeat an opponent who was not yet fully grown and had only been learning to use a sword for a week or two?

The point of the ongoing story is to explore how suffering grows from senseless violence.

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On a more cheerful note...

In Changeling Loyalties Toby views Barbara as his mom but hasn't really acknowledged it. (He finds the thought kind of weird for a number of reasons). He has slipped up often enough that Barbara has noticed. She's chosen not to comment on it (thinking that he's embarrassed about it) but she would 100% allow him to call her "Mom" if he wanted.

[x-male-gn-reader]

The New Cancer

Hey, so this is the first writing I've done in a while sorry if its bad! Please lemme know if I should continue this! I'm sorry if anyone's OOC Please tell me!

This is an AU in which the trolls and humans all in together on a meteor, this includes dancestors, no one had died as well.

Kanrki walked out as he shut the door to his personal bedroom. His heels clicked as he walked to the (F/C) door that stood in the end of the hallway. Lifting his slim hand, he knocked with confidence as he waited to be allowed entry. '(Y/N) excuse me but, we are running around 3 minutes behind and the others have already arrived. I have informed them of our late departure.' The door then was opened. In the door was a rather decently dressed person. There hair was a (H/C) that stood perfectly that framed their rather captivating (E/C) eyes. The clothing of which they wore had shown their own personal color. Pulling the outfit together was a (F/C) beaded bracelet on their right wrist.

Shortly after, the two figures had left their shared home. The two walked a short distance to a small house, decorated in dark blue painted walls, with a dark violet roof. The front door was a stunning red, framed with rich green plants. Kankri held open the glass screen door as the door was flung open rather roughly. 'You guys are here! Finally, Dave they are here!' John had said as he moved to the side allowing you in. After you entered he held the glass door for Kankri before closing it. You three walked to the common room of the home. On the three seat couch was Jade and Rose. Jade was lied on two seats, playing with a small plant themed rubix cube. The dog-girls head rested on Rose's lap as Rose was reading a romance novel called 'Midnight'. Dave sat on a red bean bag chair in front of the couch. Next to Dave was a blue bean bag chair and a dark red one with a picture of a whistle on it. The last seat was the love seat. On the love seat sat a rather tall troll. He had broad shoulders and a rather soft body. He wore a black knitted sweater with a cancer symbol. They had messy short black hair, on top stood two small nubby horns. The trolls face was painted with a snarl as their eyes lifted up to yours. Their scarlet red eyes softened and their snarl broke into a much softer look.

'Earth to kitkat, well, Alternia to kitkat.' Dave said as he flicked the trolls leg. 'Agh! Dammit stupid Strider what do you want!' The troll shouted as he glared at the blond that had previously broken him out of his daze. 'Wassup kankels and my fellow (nickname)' Dave asked as he leaned back into this beanbag. 'Hello guys! Who is this?' You questioned as you walked over to sit in a beanbag, only to notice that they were taken. You decided to be brave and sit next to the new troll. Slowly sitting down you decide to start a conversation, as everyone else was talking. 'Hi! I'm (Y/N), you must be the troll Kankri told me about. Karkat is it?' You asked as he turned to you. Your eyes widened as you examined his face. Karkat's face was decorated in small red/gray freckles. 'Y-Yeah, So how have you been dealing with these bulgemonglers this entire time?' Karkat asked as he shifted slightly to face you.  'When you live in the same hallway as Righteous Tights, it seems everyone is a bit less hectic.' You said as Karkat's hand slaps onto his mouth, You start to chuckle as Karkat tries to keep in his laugh but can't as he lets out a roar of laughter. This catches everyones attention as they look over in confusion. 'I don't think I've ever seen Karkat laugh like that' 'Me neither.' Everyone slowly turned back to their conversations as Karkat calmed down. You looked into his eyes, a mischievous glint in your eyes. 'Oh jegus what is wrong with you?' Karkat  asked as you lean over to his ear. Karkat's face grows a bit red but he lets you whisper to him. 'Do you wanna sneak out?' You asked before leaning back, so quick that when Kankri looks over he deems nothing is triggering so he continues talking to Rose. 'How the h3ll are we gonna do that?' Karkat huffs out. 'Watch." you respond as you stand up and take Karkat's hand. You begin to walk to the hallway where the bedrooms are, only to be stopped.

'You two are going where?' Kankri asked as he stood behind the both of you.  'Hey Kanks! I was taking Karkat to Dave's husktop setup! I wanna introduce Karkat to my friend but I left my husktop.' You said calmly as Karkat's face stiffened with masked hope as he prayed to gog their was no lecture. Kankri gave you an odd look, before his face melted into a warm smile. 'Ok then dear, but as a request please tell Porrim that the get together is going fantastic!' He said as he decended back to hi sbeanbag to talk about human romance compared to troll romance. 'Karkat let out a hefty sigh as he looked at you in disbelief 'How-' 'Don't question it' You interrupted as you quickly lead Karkat into Dave's room. Openeing the window you hopped outside, followed by Karkat. 'My  gog I though we would suffer one of his infamous lectures.' Karkat sighed in relief as he walked your form wander off to the street next to the house.

He slowed as he watches how graceful you walked, how you glided across the ground in front of him. How stunning you looked to him. No no Karkat control yourself! You can't start to gain flushed feelings for someone you just met! Even if they are charming, and their skin looks so smooth, and their hair looked perfect for you to run your hands through. Karkat shook his head as he ran to catch up with you. Little did he know, you were suffering the same thoughts.

[gummygoatgalaxy]

Hey people!!

I'm attempting to make a comic on my new Trolls au story!!

It's called "Departure AU"

I havent posted anything yet, but i came up with an au story about Branch leaving before movie one with Poppy, after she learns that her father has been keeping a secret of other trolls and her sister from her. Branch, tired of waiting for his brothers, decides to go with Poppy on her journey, shortly followed by the Snack Pack, there to support Poppy too.

It's basically an edited combo of all 3 movies :3

Nothing has been posted yet, but I made an Instagram and Tumblr account for the comic and so people can ask questions and interact!! So go check them out!!

[trolls-departure-au]

HEY GUYSS!!

No i havent abandoned this comic, im still working on the script and art!!

I will be posting art outside the comic, but still in the au here as well btw!!

Thank you for being patient, and for that have a preview pic of the first page of Chapter 1!

Love yall!!

[keatsblue]

Want a Piece of Me?! - a Kiribaku Baking AU fic, pre-slash.

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It was something he’d picked up from his mother, before she’d gotten too sick.

She’d let him roll out flour-dusted dough into thinned sheets, let him taste a batter mix or two on the tip of her spoon. Whenever he was tasked with packing the buttercream, he’d unerringly return to her with a dollop of icing on the end of his nose. She’d let out a laugh like windchimes as she wiped his face off with a multi-stained washcloth, would murmur, warm against the skin of his cheek as she kissed it—did my little dragon get greedy for some sugar again? Well, here’s some sugar!

Kirishima was her little dragon, and she’d made sure his early life was filled with candied nights and warm bellies, gingerbread castles with marshmallow spires.

After she passed, he kept it up to feel close to her.

He was far from an expert baker, but he knew his way around an oven. His hands were large and not the most suited to handling delicate fondant, but he managed. His arms were strong, good for hefting bags of fresh ingredients.

Pineapple upside-down. Triple-tiered, Italian wedding crème. Chocolate lavender truffles, topping his signature cherry cordial mousse. Delicate macaroons and finicky meringues, mirror glazes so seamless he could see his reflection. Kirishima baked his way through the entire grieving process, inviting his closest friends over for tastings, and he won.

I’m okay, mom.

He wasn’t certain when it had really started, this online business. Mina had actually made the first post, snapped the first photo. He hadn’t expected it to get a single comment.

It got hundreds. Then thousands.

People contacted him, wanting to know how they could make their own cakes look like that.

Kirishima obliged, of course. How could he not? He was going to bake anyway. Might as well help a few other amateur chefs while he was at it!

Mina helped him film. “I discovered you, so I’m your manager for life,” she’d say, with a wink. “Don’t forget about me when you make it big and become a world-famous baker, somewhere.”

World-famous, my ass, he always thought, whenever she’d suggest such a thing. He still made far too many mistakes, for that.

It was okay, most of the time. Many of the people who followed his little baking ‘show’ were more than understanding, and incredibly supportive. When he read their kind comments, it gave him a warm, fluttery kind of feeling—almost like one of his mother’s secure hugs.

There were always those few, though.

He was just getting off the rickety bus that stopped near his neighborhood when he saw it. He almost missed the last step on his way down, stumbling for a few paces as the telltale sound of a screen door sliding shut behind him signaled the bus’s departure.

However, Kirishima wasn’t paying attention to any of that. Instead, his eyes were glued to the screen of his phone, where he’d just called up his latest baking stream.

xxxx: ur cakes suck a**

He frowned down at the comment, checking the timestamp. So, it was just posted a few minutes ago.

Huh.

It was obviously a troll, no doubt about it. They didn’t even have a profile picture to go with the nondescript name. And usually, usually, Kirishima would just let comments like that slide right off his shoulders.

But he’d had a bad day. And it was funny, how something so small could pierce his heart sometimes, a sharp spear to the mighty dragon’s soft underbelly.

It was safe to say, making his way up the rusted-out stairwell to his college-budget apartment took a little more energy than usual. He jammed his key into the lock with punishing force, twisted.

The door swung upon under his palms, and the familiar scent of his home wafted toward him, riding along the sudden gust of warm air escaping. Kirishima was careful to shut the door quickly, before too much of the heat was let out. Breathed in the fruit-sweet smell from his kitchen, so if nothing else, the familiarity of it could ease his scattered mind.

His phone chimed, before he could get too relaxed. When he checked the message ID, though, he couldn’t help but smile.

alienqueen: ughhhhh I hate this asshole already

alienqueen: obviously, he’s never tasted 1 of kiri’s cakes

ducktapes: kiri’s cakes <3 ahhhh my heart

sparksmcgee: dude same, want me 2 get sweet vengeance?

As soon as Kirishima’s smile had appeared, it vanished. He frantically opened the chat, his thumbs too large to type with the speed he needed.

There was no way to tell if Denki was serious. And his friend could do it, too—every day, Kirishima thanked his lucky stars he was on the excitable hacker’s good side.

kiricakes: no need!! it’s just a troll, guys

kiricakes: super manly of you to think of me, though

sparksmcgee: ur too nice, fams

sparkmcgee: guess the troll lives… for now

ducktapes: TROLL IN THE DUNGEON! THERE’S A-

alienqueen: aksnfkasnof

kiricakes: lolllllll

Before long, he was able to lose himself in mindless chatter. The antics of his friends never failed to bring his spirits up. He plugged his phone into one of the few outlets in his crummy apartment, embedded into the wall just over the kitchen counter, so he could continue the conversation even as his battery started to wane.

The hours grew long, though, and time was scarce mid-week for exhausted, assignment-laden college kids. It wasn’t a surprise when Denki soon begged off on some coding or another that he had to re-run, or when Sero and Mina similarly slipped away (they were researching something together for Comparative Physiology, it was all very much over Kirishima’s head). In the end, he was left with only his thoughts, and an empty kitchen.

He locked his phone, and the screen went dark. He could see his reflection in it, baggy eyes and downturned lips. A shock of red hair, which had once been midnight-black.

Like his mother’s.

Kirishima turned his head. In the low light, his appliances gleamed from their shelves. Almost mocking, in a way.

“My cakes don’t suck,” he said, to no one. His grin stretched wide, and he could tell from the burn of it that he was showing far too many of his sharpened teeth. “I’ll prove it to you.”

He set his phone to record, and made another cake. It was triple-tiered, funfetti, because that was the batter mix he had on-hand. He watched the batter rise within his dented iron pans with all the patience of a general considering the battlements—or perhaps, a dragon considering its’ hoard.

Any spare buttercream was packed into a dispensary, silken and primed to hold his creation together. He spliced it evenly between his cakes with a practiced ease, layer after layer.

Then, the whipped frosting. It was a simple recipe, one of the first he’d learned. He worked the whipping cream within a chilled bowl, adding scoop upon scoop of powdered sugar until the mixture obediently began to rise, forming soft peaks.

He made several batches, and then added some orange food coloring to each.

Fuck it. I’m in an orange sort of mood.

His second favorite color, after red.

All that remained was assembly.

… throughout the process, he talked.

Kirishima didn’t typically make a habit of speaking while he baked. He certainly didn’t speak while he recorded, but this—this was a special occasion. Soon, he found himself opening up in front of the camera like never before. He spoke of his mother, briefly. Of his love of baking, and how much he didn’t want to lose that little piece of her he had left.

It was all he had left.

The whipped frosting went on like a dream for him, a smooth and even ombre that when he finished, reminded Kirishima just a bit of an orange sunset. It was soothing, and right, and exactly what he needed.

He didn’t think much of posting the video, largely unedited, to his public account. His was still a small corner of the internet, after all—a solitary baking channel in a sea of thousands. Maybe even millions. How many people would even see it, really?

“Oh, and by the way, can you guys stop saying my cakes look like shit?”

It was only one cake.

With great effort, Kirishima stumbled his way to his bedroom. He hadn’t realized how tired he was, how much all that time in the kitchen had taken out of him.

Before his head even hit the pillow, he was out.

He dreamed of his mother’s sweets, and orange.

***

sparksmcgee: dude wake up

sparksmcgee: wake uppppp

sparksmcgee: KIRI

sparksmcgee: KIRI U GOTTA SEE THIS

sparksmcgee: KIRIIIII

sparksmcgee: fine, ignore me, Mr. Internet Sensation

sparksmcgee: wait I was joking, I was joking!

sparksmcgee: I’ll call u! I’ll do it!!

sparksmcgee: damn it kiri

sparksmcgee: just watch the fuckin’ video

sparksmcgee: https://twitter.com/Simplemachines_/status/1297739774795509761

***

Kirishima groaned, slamming a fist down on top of the source of that incessant beeping. It was too early in the morning for such ear-splitting noise.

But what was done couldn’t be undone. He was awake now, for better or worse.

He cracked one eye open, squinting against the bright blue light of his phone screen. Still bleary-eyed, he scrolled through all of Denki’s messages (seriously, man?) and pressed a thumb over the hyperlink his friend sent. It was probably just some dumb meme—

Wait. Wait.

That was his cake video from last night. And… that wasn’t all.

Some blond guy with an angry face took up the other half of the split screen, but he wasn’t doing anything. He seemed to be waiting for something.

Kirishima blinked. A… reaction video…?

He heard himself begin to speak, to layer the buttercream. Internally, he cringed.

Well. In his defense, he had been having one of those days—

He almost dropped his phone when the blond guy yelled at the top of his lungs.

“WHO WAS MEAN TO YOU?!”

Huh? Was this guy speaking… in Kirishima’s defense?

“WHO SAID YOUR CAKES LOOK LIKE SHIT?! POINT ‘EM OUT!”

Slathering on his nice, ombre whipped frosting, now. The blond guy (who was kinda cute, actually, even with his angry face) continued to watch and listen with rapt attention, occasionally letting out another unholy screech.

The video progressed to the part where Kirishima had begun describing his day, and really, he could’ve kicked himself. It’d just been a math test. He’d been excited at the time, because he’d gotten his grade back and hadn’t completely failed it, but now, he wondered. Who would want to listen to such inane, boring—

“YES! I’M SO FUCKING PROUD OF YOU, SHITTY HAIR!”

Shitty hair? Inadvertently, he felt the hand that wasn’t currently occupied supporting his phone drift up toward his hairline. He knew he applied a lot of gel, spiked it up on purpose. Surely it didn’t look that bad.

But even with that last comment, the guy had said a lot of nice things. And how manly, to post such a wholesome reaction video, where all the world could see?

His phone beeped again as a message banner flashed across the top of the screen. He opened it with a flick of his finger.

It seemed this time, Denki had messaged in the group chat. He didn’t have long to wonder whether his other friends had seen the video, either, messages were fired at rapid speed.

sparksmcgee: did you see it?!?? I found the guy! Your dream man!

sparksmcgee: his name is **drumroll**

kiricakes: denki, no

ducktapes: denki, YES

sparksmcgee: BAKUGOU KATSUKI, HE’S FROM JAPAN

alienqueen: Kiri go get your mans!!

sparksmcgee: if you want I can also get his credit card

kiricakes: DENKI NO

Bakugou Katsuki. Huh.

As his friends continued to bicker amongst themselves, Kirishima stretched out his limbs. He let out a soft sigh when his shoulders popped, already considering what he would bake himself for breakfast.

Maybe he’d have a slice of orange funfetti. And perhaps as he did, his mind would drift to an angry fan.

One he hoped to meet, someday.

[lunnanunna]

Stray Kids Extra Member AU

A/N: Okay, so I’ve had a Tumblr account for years, but I only ever read post and reblog them. So i have no idea what I’m doing. I just know that I want to start writing these AUs. Please be patient with this granny while she tries to navigate this account (and her life). Let me know what you think! Also requests are welcomed. I have some ideas, but I’d definitely would love some more ideas!

Ollie - Stray Kids Extra member AU

Stage Name: Ollie

Real Name: Hwang Soo-min

English Name: Olivia Hwang

Nicknames: Olls, Tiny Noona

Birthday: July 19th 1996

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Height: 161 cm (5’3”)

Eye Color: Hazel

Group: Stray Kids

Position: Dancer, Vocalist, Sub Rapper

JYP Trainee since: 2017

Roommates: Lee Know & I.N | Update: Han and I.N

Vocal Claim: Yuqi of (G) I-DLE

Dance Claim: Yeji Kim

Face Claim: IG: saragagoitda

Idol Face Claim: Seulgi of Red Velvet

Family: Hwang Minseo (mother), Nick (older brother), Matt (older brother), and Peter (twin brother)

History: Ollie was born in Boston, MA, USA, where she lived with her mother, two older brothers, and twin brother. She never met her father. Her and her family moved to South Korea when she was 10. She speaks English and Korean. She became a trainee at a company named RT Entertainment when she was 12 and trained for two years, then debuted in a 4 member girl group named Starlettes. The group disbanded after two years due to poor management leading to the departure of 2 of the members. She stayed at the company and trained for another three years, then debuted in another girl group named Moon Candy, consisting of 5 members. The group promoted for a year, until the company went bankrupt and the group was forced to disband. She was the leader of both groups. She came to JYP Entertainment in 2017. She has produced and written lyrics to a few songs for both of the groups she was in, and was suggested to join the group by Jisung to Chan. She survived all rounds of the show Stray Kids.

Facts:

Is the mother of the group.

Loves cuddles, and skinship.

She connected with the boys right away.

Her mother passed away a year before she joined JYP.

Colors her hair the most in the group. Usually bright/fun colors.

Has a few tattoos and piercings.

Used to have a rainbow theme style, but slowly started adding black to her wardrobe due to Stray Kids concepts.

Is known for having a deep voice.

Is a gym shark and focuses on her fitness a lot.

Plays guitar and piano.

Used to play volleyball in high school.

Either doesn’t talk or doesn’t shut up.

Has a lazy smile, that makes her constantly look tired or bored.

Trolls the fans, and is constantly following kpop meme accounts (on her secret account). Probably runs her own meme account.

Can do impressions of cartoon characters and kpop idols.

Terrified of insects.

Has a coffee addiction.

Loves Star Wars, Marcel, and DC.

Cries during movies and books. If she sees someone cry then she’ll probably tear up as well.

Hobbies: Music, working out, and cooking.

Things She Says:

“Sweet baby Jesus.”

“Oof”

“YOU FOOL!”

“Noona knows best.”

 Ollie’s Masterlist

[duskydergun]

Some Troll Designs I ended up making, and two halves of another “eternal” a.k.a what Dhy’Yhvn and Ahw’A are. 

Hyrein was a commander in the fleet before he was rescued and placed in the care of Seasal Kurrae. He was put in charge of a biosoldier poject which was doomed to fail at the start, and those involved were terminated. Hyrein saved one troll by the name of Ivreid, by cutting off his hand to remove the tracker brace that would have poisoned him with a face acting toxin, before a mechanism in his own neck activated, to kill him. His electromancy allowed him to live long enough to get help from an outside source. 

Rommak,Vikros and Ivreid started off as humans for a fallout AU, however I quickly fell in love with them and wanted to bring them into fantrolls. Reid is a scientist hired by the empire to help carry out the project mentioned in Hyrein’s info, and is the only scientist remaining after the rest were terminated. Hyrein chose him to terminate the project, knowing he would be unable to do so, buying Hyrein enough time to try and figure out a way out of killing the trolls they were testing on.  Rommak and Vikros were both unknowing test subjects along with the small village of people who lived on the island that was tested on. Brought from the mainland to the island, both found themselves being poorly treated by the other villagers, Rommak by his boss, who had no sympathy for his missing leg and crummy prosthetic. and Vikros by a abusive subjig church, which has been aware of the empire’s project and had been helping sabotage the results of the project in hopes of making Hyrein lose his position and possibly his life.  Nyxcil and Budwin are moirails who were soldiers in the fleet, Nyx by choice and Budwin by force due to some events in his teens. Budwin however had a health condition which made him grow more and more anxious about their upcoming departure from alternia, knowing very well he wasn’t going to make it. From the aid of an outside source, the two were able to leave, later marked as honorably discharged by Seasal Kurrae, upon learning of their escape.  Malik’Syn and Seika’Mal are the two halves of one eternal, known as both/either of their names. Which half of their “coin” gains control, depends on who is being prayed for, and called onto. while Malik’Syn, is a god of Judgement, Seika’Mal is a god of the hunt, and if the over-use of one side’s blessing is used, the other’s will come not far after, to balance the other’s power out. In example, if someone calls upon Seika’Mal and uses his blessing too greedily, they may find them getting in legal trouble for poaching, or find themselves getting hurt or killed in their pursuits. And those who use Malik’Syn’s blessing to enact revenge on too grand of scale, they will find someone will hunt them down and end their own lives or have to face enforcement. 

[im-the-king-of-the-ocean]

I'd love to learn more about nana's troll husband au

1. When he’s a whelp, the only person Vraxel listens to or likes is Arrrgh!!!  This is because Vraxel’s found and taken away from his tribe’s ransacked caverns (Gunmar came in and destroyed everything during the war) by the trolls heading across the sea to start Trollmarket.  The few other surviving whelps are spread far and wide, as the trolls who adopted them move to different places.

As the son of one of the former elders, Vraxel felt that it was his duty to keep the remains of his tribe together, so they can one day rebuilt.  He resents the adults he’s with for taking that away from him (tho, for the record, they thought it best to separate the surviving whelps so they wouldn’t be as easy of a target for Gunmar to come after).

Anyway, Arrrgh!!! manages to connect with him on the grounds that he too knows what it’s like to lose one’s home and family at a young age, and they forge a close bond.

2. Vraxel never feels quite at home in Trollmarket (even after he grows into an adult).  This is what leads to him spending a lot of time in solitude on the surface, and eventually meeting Nana.  He falls in love with her because she listens to him better than the other trolls and understands him.

3. Nana is first drawn to Vraxel because she feels like an outcast too.  Her home life was never really great.  Her parents expect her to just get married and start giving them grandkids (they’ve been dropping hints left and right now that she’s over twenty).  She wants something more but she’s unsure of what that is.  When she meets a troll in the woods, she thinks that he’s the adventure she’s been looking for.  She didn’t intend to fall in love with him, but spending time with Vraxel is nicer than the other guys who’ve courted her.

4. Vraxel finds it relieving when Ralph brings home a literal sorceress to meet him and Margaret (I gave Nana this name before we knew her canon one, and I will not change it in this au).  He was worried about his son’s romantic prospects falling apart once SOs find out his father is a troll, so he thinks the fact that Megan already knows about the supernatural is a good thing.

(for the record, Nana has Many Concerns Mostly About Safety, which later turn out to be very founded).

5. Vraxel’s two closest troll friends are other OCs of mine (that, with luck, will be making a resurgence in my creative content soon); Asphodel “Delius” the Calm and Queen Canary the Dishonorable.

He and Delius have been friends since they were whelps sparring against each other to train.  However, they drifted apart in the days leading up to Delius’s departure from Trollmarket.  As Delius lost an arm (and isn’t comfortable with any of the available prosthetics), he often had to face ableist remarks from other warriors, and slowly lost his enthusiasm for becoming a fighter alongside them (for the record, he’s still a formidable fighter, he just doesn’t consider the other trolls his allies).  Vraxel struggled in understanding the issues surrounding this (he only saw it as his friend giving up and tried to urge him not to), so their friendship grew strained.  When Delius returns to the Trollmarket area when they’re both adults, him and Vraxel make amends.

Vraxel and Canary aren’t too friendly with each other, but they’re both close allies of Delius and so often find themselves in close proximity.  They find it hard to trust each other, but they do have a grudging respect for one another.

Nana’s Troll Husband AU Masterpage