#Wonderland Rift Au

[tobeyinabox]

Gravity falls art of the Stan twins i made :3. it’s part of the lore for my Wonderland Rift Au (which i still need to plan….at some point) erm anyway. ya. should i post more gravity falls art 🧍

[kevinationnto]

Ladies and gentlemen, I hereby present... a humble excerpt from Eggbert's time in the Red Royal court, starring @thecrazymask83's OC, Rosie, and @just-miki's OC, Miminsy Mime! Part 1.

One fine day, Eggbert was mindlessly walking down the halls of the Red Royals' Castle.

As he walked, he looked up and saw Rosie, the Red Queen's lady-in-waiting. He called out to her, "Hi, Rosie! How are-"

But before he could finish, he could see that Rosie was muttering to herself under her breath, almost in the form of a song, "Everything must be perfect... perfect... PERFECT... PERFECT... every single tiny microscopic little thing must go..."

She walked away, still muttering. Eggbert was sad at the fact that he didn't even get the chance to say hi, when an angry yell from the throne room caught his attention-

"DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!?"

A terrified voice replied, "Y-yes, your Majesty!"

Eggbert thought to himself, "What's going on in there?" Another angry yell came, "Very well, then. NOW LEAVE MY PRESENCE!"

After a few seconds, the door opened, and out came Miminsy Mime, eyes full of tears.

Eggbert called out to her, "Miminsy! Miminsy, wait! Miminsy!"

"Leave me alone!" She cried, still sobbing. Eggbert could only watch as she ran and wept. Realizing what had happened, he worked up enough courage to talk to the Red Queen.

Peering through the doorway, he called, "Er... your Majesties?" thinking that all of the Red Royals were in the throne room. But it was just the Red Queen.

I spent around 5-6 hours on this comic, hope you all love it.

And yes, my headcanon is that Eggbert feels pity for everyone being abused, brainwashed and enslaved in the Red Royals' court, although he was their trusted advisor. This was the beginning of a rift between him and the Red Royals.

During his time in the court of the Red Royal Family, he would try to distract them by scheduling as many croquet games as possible, (because the Red Queen loves croquet) so his fellow courtiers, like Rosie and Miminsy Mime, wouldn't have to constantly stress over how to appease the Red Royals.

After Eggbert's banishment from court, he swore to overthrow the Red Royals, partly to end their abuses against their courtiers, his friends. To that end he defected to the White Queen... but that's a story for another time.

I can't promise any more Eggbert appearances for a long time, since I have so much schoolwork to do. But hopefully I will find the time to make another Eggbert comic.

In the meantime, enjoy the pretty pictures.

Wonderland AU belongs to @endomentendo

Rosie the Servant belongs to @thecrazymask83

Miminsy Mime belongs to @just-miki

P.S. I've hidden an easter egg in here. Please find it or the Red Queen will order my beheading!

[yuri-is-online]

hi! I was experiencing a Thought™ for the Fuyuture au today while reading stories about elderly women feeling guilt over what they did:

so, you know how Yuu lives in a small, gossipy town (most likely) filled with conservative, single-parent hating people?

and you know how unmarried women/teenage girls used to drown/give away/abandon their babies?

what if Yuu did that? They were married to a guy in another dimension with no hint of support from the people they once considered family. With no choice, they hid their pregnancy and either:

a) left Yutu (and co. in Trey! Yutu’s case) at the police station

b) left them on a random person’s front door

c) gave them away to a family member, watching their child(ren) be raised to remember them as anything but their parent

idk I just felt a angsty today

So. I have more than a passing interest in how child protective services works here in the U.S. and one of the tings I considered doing way way back when I first came up with this ayuu was adding the element of Yuu having lost custody of Yutu at some point. My reasoning for this was that given that Yuu was a missing person for a while and came back claiming to not remember where they were, a lot of people already thought they were mentally unwell and had concerns allowing them to live on their own. Now add a child into that mess? Your mental health can absolutely be used against you by CPS if they decide you shouldn't have your kids, and the instant someone hears Yuu doesn't know where they were for 6+ years or who the father of their child is then yeah. I could see someone thinking it was in the best interest of the child to not be in Yuu's custody. I decided against that because I felt like it was too heavy of a topic but since you've opened up the door-

I think all of the Yutus have a degree of residual trauma from their parent being cursed and forced across the rift. It's especially strong in the non-human children, but they all would exhibit some sort of behavioral problems if they were taken away from Yuu. That's before you get into the various medical issues the non-human kids have; Ruggie and Azul's Yutus were worryingly slow in reaching all of their developmental milestones, Leona! Yutu seems to have a chronic iron deficiency that he has to take supplements for, Jade, Floyd, and Malleus's Yutus all have some sort of eyesight problem etc. I could see it being something that causes Yutu to bounce from placement to placement a lot and never fully finding a place to settle down. And speaking of Trey! Yutu and his triplet siblings, while modern CPS does try to keep siblings together, especially if they're multiples, it's not seen as mandatory so there is a very real chance the triplets would be split up and only reunited when the Dark Mirror summons them back to Twisted Wonderland so they can attend NRC.

Now maybe Yuu really does try to get their kid(s) back but is never able to get their Case Worker to see past the amnesia thing. Because let's face it that is a huge problem, and it only gets worse as Yuu tries to force themselves to remember. That could maybe make Yuu think it really is better for Yutu to remain in care and resigning themselves to life without their son. Maybe they already were convinced of that from the start and tried to focus on rebuilding their life. Maybe they'll get lucky and their Case Worker will place Yutu with a family member so they can at least be a part of his life in some capacity. No matter what happens, I think this inner turmoil and grief would speed up the strain the curse put on their body and kill them a lot faster.

If Yutu was being raised by a relative I could see this being the time that he would be taken aside and told that Yuu was actually his parent. If you want to be especially angsty maybe he already sort of suspected that because of how most of Yuu's family treated him, but having it confirmed just adds to the strain and distance between him and whoever is taking care of him.

If Yutu was in foster care by that point I could see him just never being notified why his parent's regular visits had slowed down and suddenly stopped. It puts him in an unimaginable amount of pain when he gets older and goes searching for answers to learn about how Yuu was suffering alone. It depresses him and drives him further towards more destructive behaviors. Deuce! Yutu probably wouldn't bother with keeping up the honor student facade and just go full delinquent, and I could see Jade, Ruggie, Leona, and Cater's Yutus all deciding they'd rather run away and rough it than continue to deal with the system. Trey! Yutu puts all of his effort into reconnecting with his sisters and making sure that they're ok.

All of them would be much more nervous, much less trusting, and just that much more desperate to prevent the bad future. Yutu already really treasures the time he spends with Yuu in the past but if this was his backstory I think it would be literally everything to him as opposed to just a big part of what he was fighting for. He would be extra desperate for your approval and love because he was starved for it growing up, and noticeably shy about it because there is a part of him that would think you felt like he didn't deserve it.

TᴖT this made me very sad

[galaxywoofer]

Real Autism Moment (AKA infodumping bout a KenoxGF AU)

Ok, so since I have this one Vani on Artfight I think I will infodump before I go pass the fuck out :^)

THIS is Cipherik, A Vani-fied Bill Cipher for a Gravity Falls/Kenopsia AU I'm working on, called Vanishing Falls. There's 10 other Vani based on the rest of the Cipher Zodiac but. I keep drawing this Fucker because of my brainrot for Bill as a character hbkfdgjl

Height: Main puppet is 2.5ft, Brandless Puppet is 14ft, True Form is 35ft

I'll add more abt the other chars soon but for now, I'm getting this cretin's info out of the way.

Not much is known about him prior to the Brandshock, but what we DO know, is that he was a pure psionic anomaly for unknown reasons. May have something to do with a dimension known as the Wonderland, or for Vani, Feywalain. Anyway, he acts as if he's legitimately Twisted, which is odd, because he seems decently far from it, and actually acts more civilized at times.

When the Brandshock occurred, he was already seen as a BIG threat compared to other Vani due to his psionic level. He also had another anomaly to him; the distinct lack of ever having a tether. So, when the Omni caught wind, they made a small device known as an Inter-Planetary Rift, which keeps Cipherik off of ANY and ALL life-bearing planets, regardless of tether status.

His ulterior motive, unlike a majority of the Vani, is not to slay life for Mercy, but rather to use that world as his own toybox, all for the taking! He sees humans as carbon puppets, just waiting for their true potential to be his, and only his. So, Cipherik...didn't get much assisstance, save by being a liar and conniving son of a bitch. He got 10 Vani on his team, all with..oddly shaped brands. His plan was to steal the rift the Omni made, and break it, allowing him to roam free! Unfortunately, one of the Vani, a Plasma sembla named Polyboric, saw through his scheme, and escaped with the rift.

After centuries of waiting, waiting...Cipherik had an idea. what if he could make a puppet of his own, to psionically bring into human minds? It could prove useful in the event he finds Polyboric's tether, or other carbons of use to him. So, he got to making a rather..odd looking puppet. He became "Bill Cipher", a supposed dream demon who was a muse to many a person. He was around long enough to change the course of Earth's history, and find a way around his concern with the Rift. Plus, he still got to toy with these humans, though only to such an extent mentally.

Now, the current events that the show take place in are still a WIP, but all the above info is mostly concrete so.

anyway, now time for the dump of art ive made. its alot

[kimlylikesships]

Dabble

(Set in a Pokemon X twisted wonderland AU)

( includes: female version of characters, mentions of pairings, probably OOC, yuuken from the manga)

As We're greeted by the sight of a blue haired girl named Delilah fiddling with the camera phone, her lucario peeking over her shoulder, we hear more rusling sounds as she turns the camera to a tall black haired boy named yuuken, a good friend, who was looking through a manga Alice,a red head girl and Delilah,s girlfriend, had been to recently. "so this poor boy travels through different worlds to search for his lost friends and lover the whole time?" Yuuken asked as he skims through the Page's confusingly, his face a little sad as he feels sympathetic for this fictional character, his litten named grim also looking confused. Alice, a little frustrated, gently yanks the manga from him as she exclaims "no!..sort of...maybe, it's not just that!" she puts the manga down moving her arms animatically with a sleeping torchic in her lap as she continues " he's in love and is full of devotion! Like star crossed love and risk it all devotion! It's just like!-" only to be interrupted in her rambling as Delilah says "Ace?..." the two automatically freeze, as Delilah turns the phone to another redhead boy looking similar to Alice. Ace looked like he was about to walk into the room until he heard our conversation, he quickly runaway from the room he was about to walk in with a distraught look on his face his own tortchic and dartricks following him from behind. "Oh" was all Alice could say as she and the other two ran after their distressed friend There Pokemon following there lead.

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

Ever since Deuce and yuu, Ace,s boy friend and good friend respectfully, had unknowingly fallen into one of Giritinas portals to distortion world. all seven gym leaders and their vise gymleaders, along with the rest of the main trio's friend group and the female look alikes, have been trying everything they could to get the missing two back to their own world. But even with the aid of infamous malleus and Matilda, yuus lover and yuukens lover respectfully, there hasn't been very much success. And it was affecting Ace terribly, he was almost in a fragile state of mind to the point where he was starting to worry if his closed friend and lover were even alive. So, like everyone else keep in trying desperately to find his own way to enter the distortion world, to the point where he needs to be forced to take a breaks.

He was worried sick.

And Alice must have temporarily forgotten about that during her passionate rambling

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

The camera from the phone looks like it was shaking as Alice yuuken and Delilah, follow after their friend through the snowy scenery of the town they were in not far from the Pokemon center. "Ace! Come on please wait a sec!" Alice had called to him, thankfully he stopped but he still looked upset as he picked up his tortchick, only when the 3 caught up to them could they hear ace whisper "...what if we can't save them" Alice walked over to ace and gently grabbed his left hand "that won't happen. I promised remember?" Ace looked up tears in his eyes as he asked again, "...what if we can't find them?" That is when yuuken gently help his hand along with Alice with both of his hands as he said "will save them! And will bring both deuce and yuu home!-" "together" Delilah had finished, putting her hand on top of yuukens. Ace stared at them for awhile before wiping the tears from his eyes, finally nodding his head and putting his hand on top of Delilah,s to complete the mix as he said

"Together".

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This whole thing was entirely based off of this short,

I don't know why it's just been stuck in my head all day so here you go

[acewithwords]

Here are some semi-coherent ideas I had for this! (THERE WILL BE VAGUE SPOILERS HERE)

*Note: This is an au so there will mainly be canon divergence.

In this au the Summoner will play the role of Yuu

This could probably take place right before the stunt Sirius pulled or the end of Chapter 10!

A random idea I had was maybe they managed to get through Twisted wonderland through a mirror in the library (that no one knew was cursed). It was bought by the principal a while back to study but he didn't think much about it so he left it on display in the library. Why the library? Decoration.

They hear a voice that tells them to go through while the usual voice from the nightmares (?) they get tell them not to.

They still do go through the mirror because their own curiousity won them over.

This is literally Vega getting more abandonment issues I'm so sorry

So once they enter the mirror MC passes out in the unknown world before hearing the sounds of a carriage

It would be interesting if the summoner managed to cause a mana overflow from touching a magestone or magic pen.

This doesn't actually happen till later on in the story when they accidentally pick one up. Teachers got called in for assisstance. The Summoner had to figure it out on their own.

I do believe that in this au the rifts would also happen with the Summoner being around. However, it happens outside of the school grounds due to the spell placed on the school to protect students. The teachers manage to deal with this although have trouble trying to figure out how this came to be.

Students figure out the rifts exist eventually on accident.

Meanwhile, In Bound aralyn the guide committee struggle to figure out clues to get the Summoner back from the mirror.

I don't know how to end this but they get a happily ever after eventually I swear I just haven't figured out how to get there.

Thoughts on an au where the summoner finds a way to twisted wonderland?

[lena-in-a-red-dress]

As an add-on to my "Lena in Wonderland" AU, I'm thinking about the conversation Kara and Lena would have when Lena is finally ready to leave Non Nocere behind and return to the trust Kara offers her. There's a tense period between Lena making her decision and actually acting on it. Destroying Non Nocere is easy. Knocking on Kara's door is not.

When the door opens, and Lena sees the surprise in Kara's eyes, a lump jumps to her throat.

"Lena?" Kara asks, when Lena stands there too long without a word.

It takes another few heartbeats for Lena to gather the voice to speak.

"I, um..." Lena shifts uncomfortably on her feet. Her fingers twist together, nerves unwilling to let them still. "I think I lost my way... I know I lost my hope. But..." her voice strangles in her throat. "I want to work to get it back. And until I do... could I borrow some of yours?"

The smile Kara lips curl into is small, but her eyes warm with happiness. "Always," she promises as she steps aside, granting Lena entrance to her heart and home.

Together, they sit on the couch and Lena spills everything she's done, everything she knows. About Lex. About Leviathan. She shares how Lex had made an effort, this time around. How he had supported her, encouraged her. Right up until the moment he revealed that it had all been a bid to win her loyalty.

"He may kill me for leaving him," Lena says quietly, her gaze falling to where her hands lay in her lap, still fidgeting. "But... I'd rather die for hope than live without it."

All of a sudden, warm arms wrap around her. They're as strong and firm as the last time they embraced, that night after Lena left her VR fantasy-turned-nightmare behind. This time, though, Lena allows herself to sink into it, burying her nose into Kara's hair and shoulder. It seems to last for ages, when neither of them make any move to part.

"I knew you were still here," Kara murmurs. "I always knew."

"I'm sorry it took so long to come to my senses."

Kara's cheek presses against Lena's head. "I should have reached out to you sooner. I should have done more to repair our trust. I'm sorry I didn't."

But Lena knows it wouldn't have mattered. She'd been too far gone, too ruined by the betrayal. The hurt. The anger-- in herself, and in Kara. Anything Kara might have done would have been met with a wall of stone.

"Will you help me make it right?"

Kara nods. She still doesn't relax her embrace.

"We'll fix it. Together."

[twistedtavern]

So for your swap au how do you think do they react to their canon selfs

Ooooo now THIS is a good question. I don't have all the really precise details down, but here's the list

Riddle: Probably finds Swap!Riddle uncanny, but eventually they'd come to an understanding. He just deals with Swap!Riddle the same way he deals with Cater.

Cater: These two would end up on lawn chairs wearing shades and sipping some trendy drink together by the end of the day, trust. They're both just realizing how happy they both are to be away from their sisters. I just want them to be friends ok

Trey: A bit confused, because Swap!Trey is probably directly behind him with a pencil and notepad 24/7. But, when he asks why he finds the reason kind of endearing. If the other him wants to be a good brother so badly, he wouldn't stop him. Most likely ends up showing him the ropes in making small treats his siblings or underclassmen enjoy.

Deuce: Oh they'd fight. Lawful Good himbo vs Chaotic Good himbo. No notes

Ace: Typical highschool boy asshole vs uptight preppy asshole, no notes.

Leona: Swap!Leona would ong be disappointed by his canon self, but ends up leaving him with some ideas on how to build his support and reputation at home. Overall, they'd be decent with each other after a while.

Ruggie: Oh they're SCHEMIN. Friends, but only because they're both about to commit some crimes together. Not a single madol in NRC is safe.

Jack: At first thinks his swap self is cool, but ends up disappointed. He's not a "lone wolf" as much as he is just crabby, apathetic, and friendless. Probably tries helping him out, and it depends on whether or not his efforts are successful that he deems his other self a lost cause or not.

Azul: This boy is FLABBERGHASTED by his swap self's business practices. How the FUCK, over the span of a WEEKEND, did he change industries? One minute, Swap!Azul is running a miniature factory, the next minute a god damn BANK, all in the same area?!? Somebody's gotta pick his jaw up from the floor. FURIOUSLY taking notes on this man's work ethic. Everyone in the dorm has resumes half a mile long, and Azul honestly applauds him. Although on a personal level, he dislikes Swap!Azul's Floyd-like tendencies, but tolerates him.

Jade: There is not a force in Wonderland that can shut these two up once they encounter each other. All anyone is gonna be hearing until whatever interdimensional rift that brought him here closes is mushrooms, mushrooms, MUSHROOMS. Good GOD the MUSHROOMS. They're like the painting of the two scholar dudes talking to each other. Instant bond.

Floyd: For a twin, he sure does hate when someone else looks like Jade. He tries to get him to be fun, but Swap!Floyd is too much a mix of himself and Jade to be palatable to him. Not friends.

Kalim: Tried walking up to Swap!Kalim, but he assumed he was an assassin taking his shape to kill him and take his place without suspicion. So basically, BONK. Not even a chance to explain, just BONK. On sight, no questions asked. Next thing you know, Kalim's being chased down every hallway in Scarabia by a maniac trying to beat him over the head with anything in range. It would take Jamil intervention to get Swap!Kalim to save canon Kalim from getting choked out Bart Simpson style. After everything is cleared up, Swap!Kalim just ends up feeling annoyed by canon Kalim. Probably chews him out about his carelessness being the reason why he can't defend himself and tries taking canon Jamil to 'protect' him.

Jamil: I think they'd have somewhat of a mutual understanding and just vent to each other. I think they'd initially be like "man I would honestly prefer your Kalim over mine" but eventually they'd reach a part that's a deal breaker and agree to stick with their actual Kalims. They'd cook and gossip together ^w^

Vil: Oh. Oh no. Vil has never seen the purpose of carrying crosses and other such 'protection from evil' trinkets, but now he DOES. Swap!Vil makes canon Vil want to become a nun at Noble Bell, the vibes are THAT bad. However, he cannot seek his newfound passion for divine protection because he's trying to prevent his Rook from being tied up and dragged into a dark hallway every 5 seconds. Despite canon Vil's ADAMANT desire to be as far away from Swap!Vil as physically possible, Swap!Vil is actually very interested in canon Vil, MUCH to his dismay. Somebody save him please

Rook: Two jungle boys, chilling in a hot tuuuub, five feet apart so they don't fight. Tbh they'd get on each other's nerves after a while if things don't go right, but otherwise I think they'd be somewhat okay. They have so many contrasting opinions that canon Rook would find interesting, but Swap!Rook just thinks he's weird. All in all could go both ways

Epel: Oh they hate each other's GUTS. Nary a note in sight, there is nothing that will change that INSTANT hate.

Idia: He is nerding OUT over Swap!Idia's tech, but the sort of okayness between the two of them is INSTANTLY soured when he gets near Swap!Ortho and immediately gets a murder lazer pointed square at his head. Maybe they'll patch up, but I severely doubt it now that I think about it. There is definitely potential for a dynamic between canon Shroudbros and swap Shroudbros though

Ortho: Would probably be friends with Swap!Ortho because they'd hit it off pretty quick. Ortho is naturally friendly and Swap!Ortho just instantly trusts robots. It's cute, really. Until Swap!Ortho meets canon Idia and they both just cling to each other and leave canon Ortho feeling like he was abandoned. Very much like that one song in Corpse Bride where Emily is sad because Victor only loves Victoria for the fact that she's alive. They might have a chance to patch up, but only if the right things happen.

Malleus: Goodness, Swap!Malleus is LOUD. But, when it comes to their dorm members, they both can agree that they’re the best ever ^w^!! Fast friends, these two. Despite their differences, they both talk about gargoyles together and enjoy having the company of someone new. They compare and contrast their lives and families, and find that really, they’re not so different after all. I’m sure there is absolutely nothing that can break this friendshi- Wait a minute- NO THAT'S MY CHILD OF MAN! PUT THEM DOWN YOU BASTARD

Lilia: Ah, yes. Two old men just chilling together, sharing war stories and being proud of their babies. Wholesomeness incarnate, no notes.

Silver: Would probably get dragged into one of Swap!Silver's pranks, either as an accomplice or a target. Other than that, I think he'd admire how his other self had learned how to master many fae abilities, and try to learn from him. They are friends, very nice.

Sebek: Oh Sebek is SO jealous of Swap!Sebek, it's unreal. He wants to feel the young lord's protection as well!! I think he'd be jealous on more than one front, because his swap self has a much calmer and more approachable disposition and appears more disciplined and mature. Meanwhile all of this goes completely over Swap!Sebek's head. They're kind of hilarious

[barry-j-blupjeans]

Hey, I have a painful request if you're up for it. #8 on the soulmates AU with taakitz while Taako is in Wonderland?

8. Sharing injuries - receiving the same injuries (to a lesser extent) that their soulmate suffers from

(Soulmate Prompts)

(Sentence Starters)

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Something was wrong with Taako.

Kravitz knew that much for sure, but the question was what and how to make it stop. More pressingly, did he need help? Even more pressingly, did Kravitz himself need help? Because his day hadn't been going great before, but it definitely had sped past rock bottom now.

The Astral Plane was a mess like he had never seen before. It had started this morning when a sizable hole opened up over the Raven Queen's castle and started leaking black ooze all over it. By the midday, it was completely submerged and the sea of souls wasn't doing much better. The world was inky, and dark, and unhappy, and as much as Kravitz had tried to fight it off, it wouldn't stop coming.

And then Taako was hurt.

It wasn't- Kravitz wasn't used to it yet. He didn't think he had a soulmate until a couple years ago when he started getting these random pains. He had gone to the Raven Queen to make sure he wasn't, y'know, dying twice over. But she had simply smiled and reminded him that soulmates just had that effect on each other. They could feel each other's injuries.

Taako didn't know- something about Kravitz being dead made the soulmate magic fucky. He didn't feel anything. He didn't think he had a soulmate.

He definitely did. Kravitz could feel it, feel him, even now as he tried to keep his head above the black currents that had flooded the plane. There was a consistent ache all over, doubled by the amount of energy he was using to keep himself from sinking.

It felt wrong, though. Worse than usual. And Kravitz had to suffer dying eleven times over while Taako was in that time loop, but this was somehow worse because it just kept going. There was no way Taako could still be in this much pain and alive-

He had to stop himself there, kicking away an inky tendril, trying to push himself above water. If Taako was dead, he'd know. He'd just- he'd know. The time loop thing had proved that well enough, he'd know when Taako was dead.

And the worse part is, not even five minutes later, he had a sinking feeling in his gut that Taako had died. It took a moment to realize as he struggled towards the surface, but the phantom pains were gone. Now, they were replaced with what could only be described as incredible panic as he redoubled his efforts towards the surface. If he could get out, if he could use his scythe to get to wherever Taako was, he could help.

It was that thought that helped him break the surface of the water. The whole Astral Plane was dark, columns of darkness dripping into the sea of souls. He looked around desperately for an escape and saw the Eternal Stokeaid just before-

There was Taako.

There was a small rift open above him, by about 20 meters. Magnus was drifted backward towards him but there was Taako, reaching out desperately. Kravitz saw their hands connect, and watched as Taako momentarily struggled to pull Magnus back through. And Kravitz couldn't even be bothered to think about the fact that they were cheating death again because he met Taako's eye and-

He was pulled back under. Time dragged by as he desperately tried to get back to the surface, to see Taako's face again, to ask what was happening-

And the ache settled over his body again. It sent a pang of pain through him and the tendrils pulled him further under, but now he had an even more important reason to care:

Taako was alive again and Kravitz was certain he needed his help.

[eternityunicorn]

Part Two

Genre: Holiday/Romance/Drama/Soulmate/AU

Pairing(s): Main - Elijah Mikaelson x OC Eternity

Others - Elijah Mikaelson x Gia &

OC Eternity x Jackson Kenner

Warnings: Language/Violence/Smut (*Smut chapters marked +18)

Summary: Because of Klaus’s refusal to allow his siblings any semblance of love or life outside of himself, Elijah Mikaelson and Eternity were forced apart. Years after, they meet again at the Mikaelson Christmas party in New Orleans, while pretending to have moved on with other people: him with Gia and her with Jackson Kenner, alpha to the Crescent wolves. Jealousy, anger, and sexual tension run rampant between these former lovers. With all this drama, it will take a Christmas miracle to heal the rift between Elijah and Eternity, to make them see that they belong together and not apart as they currently are.

NOTE: OC and any original material is from my up and coming novel series! Do NOT steal!

Read Here: AO3/Wattpad

Tag List: @elejah-wonderland @darknightfrombeyond @beautyandwords @elijahfangirl1984 @ocfairygodmother @xanderling @dendrite-lover @njeancastro316

[thegoldendoorknob]

Can you believe it i made a combined list for au lisa franks first but not the literal au-jumping losers here

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The Door

Tem Legend

Lost Girl

Temcer

Tem’s World Revolving | Tem Shot

A Town Called Hometown

Empty Town

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ヤツメ穴

Your Affection

Heaven

When My Mother Was There

Mystery

Mai’s Theme | Aki’s Theme

A Corner of Memories

I’ll Face Myself

Seeker of Truth

Promise

Prismriver Sisters | You May Know Dream

Alice In Wonderland | Artificial Children

Peach | Wish of The Princess

Subcon Rift

Clock Towers Beneath The Sea

Once Upon a December (reprise)

Gentle Rain

She Was Like A Sunflower

Sunflowers and Illusions

Medli’s Awakening

An Ending | Don’t Give Up

Goodbye Geno - Dreams Through Window Stars

Fly Me To The Moon

Come Wander With Me

Scarlet Forest

Fallen Reprise

It’s Raining Somewhere Else

Beneath The Mask

Terminal | Dimensional Portal | Fiend

Hymm of The Soul

The Almighty

Rivers In The Desert

We All Become

Impossible

Kagome-Kagome

Ultimate Truth | Border of Life | Final

Set Sail, Coming Home

Requiem of Shield Knight

Movin’ Right Along

My Castle Town

A CYBER’S WORLD?

WELCOME TO THE CITY

THE WORLD REVOLVING

Dialtone

It’s Raining Somewhere Else

ヤツメ穴

When The Moon’s Reaching Stars

Heartbeat, Heartbreak

The Voice Someone Calls

Terminal

SEBEC

A Corner of Memories

I’ll Face Myself

Revenge

Heartfelt Fancy | 3rd Eye

Artificial Children

The Other Promise

Frogs Are Friends | Revenge

Scarlet Forest

Quiet Water

You Can Always Come Home

CORE

Your Affection

Beneath The Mask

Silver Surfer L1

Suwa Foughten Field

Traveling Sage

Stickerbrush Symphony

Movin’ Right Along

[tobeyinabox]

Stanford Pines WIP that idk if i’ll finish

it’s such a silly thing, i love stanford. grr i love gravity falls. i need more gravity falls art moots on here ☹️

anyway, i’m working on my Wonderland Rift au ref sheets :3 and like lore….

[bnha-looking-glass-rp]

Did you know that when you look into the mirror, you're not really seeing yourself as you are? But a distorted image of who you should be. You'll never really see who you are with your own eyes.

Or so they say. ----------

Three years after graduation. UA students having seen devastation, war and rebirth. Icons rise and fall from grace, the world come apart and put back together. Though their years now are of prosperity - these twenty-something heroes strive to keep the peace they fought tooth and nail for as children. Their world isn't perfect, no world is, but it’s good. It’s strong and peaceful.

Three years after graduation. A party. All these heroes, old and new, celebrating.

Like a veil being ripped open, in the middle of the room, surrounded by all these people, a desperate girl stumbles through. "Please help us."

It’s a flash of blinding white light and everyone's lives to be changed forever, yet again. Like a russian roulette of five to one, people in this world are taken away and… replaced. Somehow. Somewhat. By a different version of themselves. As if looking in a mirror, these figures look and sound like their removed counterparts.

But they're distorted. Their world cold and broken. And so are they. Now stuck in a brand new world at their fingertips to break. But maybe not all is lost either. This world remains and some of the distortions that come along are playing for the good field too. The question is.

Are you from Wonderland or are you Looking Through The Glass?

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Through The Looking Glass is a BNHA Villain! AU RP. Set in the canon world currently post-anime (with possible manga details but not required). The characters you know and love are three years post-graduation, five years post-canon time. The world is the same as we know, then came “The Rift.” This incident was caused by an unknown quirk user that switched people between dimensions. Now several "mirrored" characters have been thrown into the canon world. They are now another version of their canon counterpart; however, they are villains, vigilantes, or heroes from a decaying, less hopeful world.

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PLOT - DISCORD - APPLICATION - RULES - ASK - MASTERLIST

Various characters just opened up! Check us out!

[amadgirltm]

V.8: Tangled Verses

V.8A ( collecting stars and dreams );

Pre-Queen for a Day

        Lady Allison Jones. It’s a name that not many people would think twice about. Which was exactly the point of her name. The name ‘Jones’ has been passed through her family for generations, as well as her status as a Lady. After all, who would think someone named ‘Jones’ was actually a descendant of Lord Demanitus? 

        Scrolls and notebooks all written in code, passed down through her father’s line until they eventually ended up in her arms. Alice has been given a rather important task: mean nothing to the world, be polite, give no one reason to look at her strangely.

       For someone else? That might be easy. For Alice? It’s a bit harder. After all, she fell through, what she thought was a rabbit hole, and spent a bit too long in a strange place of nonsense, where she happened to met a woman with seemingly intense powers. While Alice was too young to truly understand it all, and while it’s a bit hard for her to remember it all, you can often find her still talking about ‘wonderland’, the ‘queen’ who wanted nothing more but to ‘cut off her head’, and she always says to never trust a Cheshire grin. Strange, isn’t it? 

V.8B ( shine brighter than the sun );

Stardrop Verse

      Here’s the Link to the OG post! Nothing has really changed except that Alice’s family history now follows 8A.

V.8C ( woke up into a nightmare ); 

Post Canon-Adult

         Follows Verse 8A, unless tagged with 8B. Alice is now an adult, and yet it feels like nothing has changed. She’s still struggling with her home life, and her mother is still as terrible as always. While Alice is being perused by a young man named Daniel (whom she despises), Alice is preparing for her own final test to prove she herself is worth being a guard. 

V.8D ( they’ll pay if it happens again );

 Saporia’s Role 

 Everything happens the same until Queen for a Day: Varian ends up trying to get Rapunzel’s help with the Amber, however, She doesn’t help him (Just as in canon). He goes back & Ends up trying to free his dad himself but instead gets himself trapped in the Amber. Cue Alice finding him, and trying to get Rapunzel to help, again She doesn’t. She has to put the whole of the kingdom first. Alice does not fight Rapunzel, instead, she starts planning things, and then Rapunzel leaves on her journey to find her Destiny. Alice spends this time working, and studying up on Alchemy, and trying to figure out what exactly Varian used.

                   Alice ends up in jail a few months later due to stealing stuff from the castle, more specifically she finds her way in and steals the flower. She ends up in the same cell as Andrew. She’s already figuring out how to escape, but they end up talking. He offers his assistance in freeing Varian and Quirin since none of her attempts have worked, He also promises a chance to get back at Rapunzel & co. Alice accepts, saying that she’s in charge though. And Proves her point by using her vorpal blade to get them out of their prison cell. (It’s magical, of course she still has it).

                 They end up taking over the kingdom, Alice leading and planning things out the whole time. Unlike Varian, Alice actually is in charge due to her sword, her skills, and her lack of obvious remorse over hurting people.

>Verse will change depending on if Rapunzel returns, and if Rapunzel is willing to help Alice >Possible variant of verse: Rapunzel frees Varian and his father before stopping the Saporians, meaning that Alice is still in charge of the kingdom >Can take place during any point within this timeline

V.8E ( pull your knife out of my back );

Season Two / Early Season three

        Alice had been turned away from the guards every time she attempted to see Varian, leaving her feeling lost and a bit hurt. However, she didn’t give up on him. Not until he was suddenly taking over the kingdom, and working with the Saporians. Alice attempted to talk to him, only to be taken away by a few saporians (ordered by Andrew) to the mines, where she was forced to work for three days without breaks or food. (Varian did not know about this).

        After the first episode of season three, Alice no longer trusts Varian, and believes it was him who forced her out of his life, and believes that he betrayed HER trust. She is very upset, and is not willing to talk things out, she’s angry, and depressed and feels alone. She’s not willing to trust ANYONE again (besides Feldspar). However, she still believes there’s good in him, and wishes she could trust him again. It will not take much to befriend her again, but a sincere apology and perhaps a bit of bribery by sweet treats may sway her back to his side. (How can she ever deny being such a sweet boy’s friend?)

V.8F ( i will guard you with my life );

Adopted Verse

       Rumors circulated Old Corona, that Helen Kingsleigh was hurting her daughter. Quirin, being in charge, ended up looking into the manner, and found the rumors to be true, although he couldn’t prove it. The daughter was easily given up, with Helen claiming she couldn’t take care of all three children. Taking the young girl home, he found himself unsure what to do. He already a three year old son, and had recently lost his wife- he couldn’t take care of another child. He called upon the Captain of the Guard, who came and met the four year old Alice, deciding to take her in himself.

      Alice grew up alongside Cassandra ( @moonstonetm ), whom she looked up and admired greatly. However, Alice also finds herself constantly comparing herself to her sister, and finds herself increasingly jealous of Cass. Her love for her sister is never a question, but she tends to act out in order to try and get attention in any way she can from her sister (typically at Cass’ expense). These dark feelings have come from the voice in her head has been telling her to not trust her for a VERY long time. While Alice tries to ignore the voice, it constantly seems to want her to distrust her sister. These has caused a small rift in their relationship, which might only get worse with time.

       In this AU, Alice is being trained to be a guard as well, and while she is excellent, and even exceeding, at swordsmanship, she does not have the temperament or attention span to be a guard. However, Alice is still often assigned duties and jobs just as Cassandra is. She is never given an official position, instead she often sneaks out of the castle grounds and into the town, and even to Old Corona sometimes (often getting both her and Cassandra in trouble). 

V.8G ( there’s hell to pay );

Role Reversal 

               Alice is a brilliant young inventor and alchemist, living with her father in Old Corona. Her favorite pastime is decoding the notebooks and scrolls kept in the safe in their basement, and she adores attempting to rebuild the blueprints she finds. Sure, her father tells her it’s best to not do so, but he also can’t stop her from engaging in such an old family pastime.

             She’s not the only alchemist or inventor either! Nearby, lives the genius Varian, whom she often shares ideas and supplies with. Together, they’ve earned quite the reputation, labeled as a wizard and witch, who deal with dangerous and rare magic. However, they often work at Alice’s house more than his, due to her father being much more accepting of their unique hobby. While Varian often overlooks things, Alice tends to be much more particular in what they do, and will often stop Varian before his projects get out of hand. Together, they’re a real force to be reckoned with.

Then, Rapunzel showed up on their doorstep, asking for answers for her hair. Unlike in the series, it wasn’t one of Varian’s projects that caused them to receive no answers: no, it was a miscalculation, that neither caught, that ended up labeling her hair as a rock instead. Varian also has no need during the expo to look for a partner, as he already as has Alice willing to work with him.

However, the events of Queen for a Day play out VERY Differently, as Varian and Alice are both working diligently on trying to fix the rock issue. and Alice’s father comes to check on them, letting them explain what they were doing, before testing a new serum. As far as they know, it doesn’t do anything, and Alice’s father sends Varian home, also Sending Alice upstairs to eat something. This is when the Amber encased him.

Alice proceeds down Varian’s route within the show, slowly descending into her own madness and using manipulation, alchemy, Dinah, and her inventions to fight and try to find a way to free her father. Unlike Varian, Alice also uses her skills in both alchemy and magic to run away at the end, and get away from the Corona guard before she can be arrested. She’s currently holed up in Demanitus’ tomb, sifting through his blueprints and notes.

Whether or not Varian helps her, decides to leave her, or fight against her is up to who ever interacts with this verse

V.8H ( practically perfectly replaceable );

Rapunzel Replacement         

Helen never wanted the blonde girl, and it didn’t take much to convince the local ‘mayor’ of sorts to take her. After all, a baby is so much work, and what use for it does she have?

          That’s how Quirin ended up swaddling the baby, only a few days old, in the Throne room of the Corona Castle. Unsure what to do with the child, given that he had his own to take care of.  The King and Queen took one look at the child, and felt their hearts stop. She looked so similar to the lost princess, until she opened her eyes, and bright blue stared at them instead of green. Sure, she was a few years too young, but she was still, practically perfect. Like a gift sent to them from the heavens.

                    The kingdom was growing worse every day, yes they prospered, but without the princess, and without security of knowing what would happen if something happened to the king and queen? Well, things were tense to say the least.

                           So, they decided to take the young blonde, Alice, they were told her name was. But that would be the most well kept secret King Fredrick had, along with who she really was. After all, the next day, it was announced that the Lost Princess had been found, by Quirin, along with the witch who had stolen her, and had kept her young. They displayed the long blonde locks, and the small baby that looked just like she had when she had been stolen. The Kingdom rejoiced.  Finally, Rapunzel was home.

           Growing up in the castle, trained in protocol, and royal duties, Rapunzel was practically a perfect princess. The only thing was that she always kept her eyes down, and out of sight at all times.

              Plus there was the growing issue of that VOICE in her head.

            Imagine EVERYONE’S surprise when Flynn Rider shows up with a woman named Rapunzel, with short brown hair and green eyes, whom he claims is the real princess. And the younger, fake Princess Rapunzel’s whole world is twisted, and suddenly she’s now the lost princess, just metaphorically.

V.8I ( Swear to the Moon ); 

Brotherhood Adopted

           Alice was born, and instantly forgotten. She was found as a child by Hector. She was trained by him to be a warrior, a fighter, a killer. At age ten she was sworn into the brotherhood, pledging herself and her life to the moonstone, and to the dark kingdom.

          Hector, having to stay to protect the Great tree, has given Alice the task of locating any other members of the dark kingdom. Not to make them return, but to be sure that they’re alive.

          Alice has no knowledge of Corona, nor the people within it. She has no prior emotions for anyone. And is likely to treat others with hostility, and violence, have a lack of manners, as well as speak in a bit of strange ways. She also has a pet Bearcat, whom she rides, and who she calls “Teddy.” Her family history has no place within her, except for the ever growing threat of the voice in her head.

V.8J ( WAKE UP ALICE );

Nightmare Trapped

          Alice wakes up being told that it is her Wedding day. When she looks in the mirror, it not her sixteen year old face that looks back at her, instead it’s some woman. One that she wouldn’t recognize without that typical blue ribbon in her hair.

    No one in Corona sees anything wrong with this, In fact, everyone is acting as if the missing four years had happened. Apparently, somewhere down the line Rapunzel and Cassandra had made up? Alice had gotten engaged? Eugene was prince now? Alice didn’t live with her mother.

           Honestly, it didn’t sound TOO bad. Actually, it was a dream come true. Which was Alice’s issue with everything. No one just FORGETS four years of their life, and when Alice shows up on time somewhere?

                Well, she realizes, it’s time to wake up. And to figure out who-or WHAT- is trying to keep her here.

Who ever wants to interact with this verse can either:

                    A.) also be ‘awake’ and be aware that something is wrong

or

                     B.) try to convince Alice that everything is fine and okay.

V.8K ( i’d give anything for you );

Late Season Three

Soon after the events of “Be Very Afraid”, Alice will have changed quite a bit. Realizing her own fears, and who she was actually afraid of, Alice will force herself to face it.

            In doing so, she has begun to stick up for herself much more. By this I mean, Alice has officially stopped living with her mother and family. She now lives in the Castle as a squire.

           The guard she is currently working under is quite strict during the week days, but is also quite caring and understanding and much more relaxed than other guards. This means she has weekends off, once she has finished doing her work, allowing her to walk around Corona, and do what she pleases.

           While most squires are typically teenage boys, due to Alice’s skills with her swordplay, she was given a pass and allowed to study, and to one day become a full fledged Corona Guard.

              She has also taken up extra time studying with the now retired Captain, allowing him to decide when and where it will take place. As well as constant running between the Castle and Xavier’s for training in blacksmithing.

            While Alice has not forgiven Varian, fully, she is much more willing to work with him, talk to him, and so on. However, this is mainly due to her need to be willing, and listen to orders. She does still wish though to fully make up with him eventually. 

V.8L ( these voices these strange noises );

Post Canon

         Life in Corona has seemingly gone back to normal. Cassandra is gone, and everything seems okay.

            That is until the small voice in Alice’s head begins talking. Random black outs, and actions unlike herself (or perhaps too close to herself?). Alice is struggling with the long lasting effects from her time spent in, what she now knows is called, the lost realm.  She’s trying to become a guard, a knight if she gets that far, but the way things seem to be going, it appears her madness is taking it’s toll. Who knows if Corona will ever truly be normal again?

And worst of all for her, it seems she might have to put her trust in the very person she wishes to keep at a distance.

[umbraastaff]

detective squad au, part 10

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“No!” Angus shouts as he comes back to his own body.

“Whoa, it’s human Angus!” Magnus says.

“Sirs, please, we have to get him back! Please!”

“Whoa, whoa,” Taako raises his hands. “Get who back?”

“Barry!” When their faces are blank, he clarifies, “The lich in red! The--my ‘grandpa’! The bell sent him away, I don’t know what to do!”

“Barry… the lich?” Magnus stares into the middle distance, his brain unable to make sense of the connection.

Taako rolls high enough on Arcana to say, “It looked like he fell into, like… another plane, pal.”

Angus is horrified. “Oh no! Oh, gosh, I don’t have any spells to fetch someone out of another plane!”

“I do!” Merle shouts proudly, and casts Planar Ally.

-

“Your fake face is missing an eye, by the way,” Kravitz comments as they search where the Bell’s rift was for any other openings.

“I-I’m aware. Thanks.”

There’s a flash of light behind Barry.

He spins around to see a hand manifesting in the aether behind him, made of golden light with the texture of wood, and his face lights up instantly.

“Kravitz!” He grabs onto the reaper’s arms. “K-Kravitz, hold onto me! He’s g-going to get us out of here!”

“Who? What?!”

“Merle!” Barry shouts, and then the hand closes over him, and he’s yanked through the wormhole.

Kravitz keeps tight hold of Barry’s hands, too, and then they’re both out in the Material Plane.

“Jeez, Grandpa, you gotta lose some--Ohh, that was two people,” Merle realizes as they appear.

Barry rushes straight to Angus and wraps his ghostly arms around the kid.

“I-I’m so sorry, Angus, I d-didn’t realize they would--”

“You’re alive, sir! I mean, sort of! You’re okay!”

Kravitz, meanwhile, has arrived just in time to see Lydia and Edward at their worst.

He has steeled himself for this moment before, but he wasn’t ready for it to be now--for it to not be him who did this.

It is perhaps some sort of grace that neither of Wonderland’s liches recognize their younger brother as they perish to ash and dust.

(edit: although there is no next part in this form, this story has migrated to a non-bullet-point story here!)

[mittensmorgul]

hiya! so this is more of just like a general question, but i always have trouble reading AU fics bc it feels like I'm just reading about similar, but not the actual characters. Do you ever have this issue?

hi hi! (and heck, I’d had about 1000 words written on this and accidentally clicked on something and lost the entire reply, so I’m attempting to recreate my answer here. I had to take a moment to wail at the universe, but I think I’m good to go now...)

Thank you very much for these lovely canned worms! I feel I need to disclaimer this post, because you have asked ME PERSONALLY for my personal feelings. I’m not suggesting that my reply is or should be applicable to anyone else, because everyone has their own reasons for reading fanfic, and their own interests as far as what they enjoy in fanfic. So I am ONLY answering FOR MYSELF, PERSONALLY.

Okay, now that I’ve said that, I’ll explain my personal interests. I love these characters. The show has gone a very long way to giving us fascinating, well fleshed out characters in a richly detailed world. They have so much going on in their canon universe, and while I adore canon fic and exploring those characters within the universe that made them into who they are, I also love AU fic that tweaks some of those circumstances with the express purpose of exploring how those characters look through an entirely different lens of experience.

(this is nothing like what my original post looked like, just fyi... gah)

Fanfic itself is also a product of the person who writes it-- whether canon fic or AU fic. Two different authors could write the exact same case fic plot, and you’d end up with two very different reads on the characters, because both authors are going into it with their own reads on the characters, who they are, what’s important to them, you know?

We ALL interpret canon through our own unique experiences, and we bring that inherent bias into how we characterize them in fic-- whether canon or AU. We all also have our own writing styles, life experience, interests outside of Supernatural, etc., which is reflected in what we choose to write about.

I’m gonna preemptively apologize if this sounds harsh, but... I’ve read AU fic that feels more “in character” than some canon fic I’ve read. A fic being set “in canon” doesn’t mean I necessarily agree that it’s well-characterized based on my own interpretation of canon. And a fic being AU doesn’t mean the characters are only “similar” to the canon characters.

Part of these interpretations is based on what you’re reading fic for in the first place. If you are reading for the setting, because you love the entire Supernatural universe and enjoy reading more stories specifically set there, then yeah, AU fic probably won’t appeal much, regardless of how well characterized or how heavily it leans on canon characterization and references.

If you’re reading because you adore these characters, and are fascinated by their psychological makeup, their internal motivations, and don’t care what sort of scenario they’re placed in, but tend to ask bit character questions about “what if,” such as “I wonder how Dean Winchester would react in these circumstances if XYZ hadn’t happened to him, but ABC had been his life experience instead?” Then yeah, AU fic becomes a wonderland of options and some of the most fertile ground for exploring characters individually.

It all really depends on what you’re looking for, what motivates you to seek out fic in the first place, AND the pov of the author writing the specific fic in question.

*I personally* tend to write AU fic with as much canon characterization as possible, whether I’m writing Cas as a beekeeping semiotics professor and Dean as a mechanic (Project Beyonce) or Cas as an astronomer and Dean as a horse rancher (Winchester 275) or Cas as a bodyguard and Dean as a Hollywood film star with a crazed stalker (The Exception to Every Rule). But I write fic from a really... meta point of view. I do my best to write character studies that heavily reference canon themes and issues, but through an entirely different lens.

Will everyone agree that I’ve successfully achieved that goal? Probably not. But I’ve got a handful of readers who’ve told me they never read AU fic, except mine, because the characters “feel the same as in canon.” Everyone has a different tolerance and set of conditions under which they can still interpret and read those same characters into an entirely different set of circumstances.

I would humbly suggest that I’ve read BOATLOADS of AU fic that felt this way to me. I totally get that not everyone feels the same way as I do.

But then again, I regularly nope out of canon fic that doesn’t feel “in character” to me. Not that others wouldn’t enjoy those fics, or wouldn’t find them well characterized based on their own interpretations of the characters, but that they don’t match up with MY PERSONAL READ of the characters in canon.

I think I’ve got a higher tolerance for character variation and interpretation in AU fic, because it’s already asking me to examine the reasons WHY the character might be behaving differently, when they’ve experienced an entirely different life, you know? I’m fascinated at how Dean may have grown up differently, how his core character traits may have developed under different circumstances, and how that life experience may have built up to make him into the character I know and love from the show, you know?

So, no. I don’t have this problem with AU fic. When I first started reading fic, I absolutely did. I couldn’t even begin to imagine how Dean and Cas and Sam and all the rest could be who they are outside of the canon universe they were raised in. But then I got to know the characters more, to see them on a deeper level to their underlying psychology, and suddenly AU fic became as much of a fascinating experiment full of deep character insight as canon fic was. Often, it was far more fascinating to me, personally.

(and heck, the last fic I posted, Cakepocalypse, is just about as meta-smooshed-together canon-AU amalgam as I could’ve possibly conjured up, so yeah, I wholeheartedly stand by my statement that AU fic can be perfectly characterized canon compliant. Because I think I did a damn fine job of that. :P)

(and heck heck, since the show itself has canonically given us alternate universes-- most prominently for a long time was 6.15, but then the rift in 12.23 opened and we suddenly had validation that ANY AU was technically canon in some way-- even my fic Revenge of the Subtext played with this idea back in s10, that alternate universes are a perfectly fertile playground for canon. It’s just all a matter of perspective.)

basically, if your attachment and interpretation of the characters themselves relies entirely on them existing within the canon universe, you’re probably never gonna get into AU fic. But if your attachment and interpretation of the characters is based on them individually, their internal psychological makeup, it hardly matters what universe they’re in, because you’re gonna find them fascinating regardless.

Like I said at the start, everyone has their own unique reasons for reading fic. No one reason is “correct.” They’re personal! Individual to you! If you only enjoy canon fic, then by all means, only read canon fic. Luckily for us, this fandom has produced more fic than it’s possible to read in a lifetime, regardless of if you branch out into AU fic or just stick to canon. :)