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So, after talkin with @ebonystar about my brain being a douche nozzle and my terror over posting a fic overriding most of my bravery (*points* Ya’ll saw it), I’ve decided Imma explain the AU my fic is based in FIRST then go from there, if my terror doesn’t override me first. It’s One Piece, it’s highly self-indulgant with my shippings, and it’s a wild read from start to finish because when I write using my mobile notepad my stories are confusing messes. Ready? Here we go, I guess!

One question before we start, HOW IN THE NAME OF ONE PIECE DO YOU MAKE A “UNDER THE CUT” OR READ MORE THING ON MOBILE??? OR ONE IN GENERAL??? Until I learn how to make one, this shall act as a Read More. Lmfao. I’m so unprepared for Tumblr and I’ve been here since 2014 😂😂

Anyway

It’s called Card Royals. Hear me out.

I basically got inspiration for it from the Tarrot Gods AU that @justm3h made (GO PAY ATTENTION TO THEM, THEY MAKE REALLY GREAT ART AND THEIR TARROT GODS AU IS BEAUTIFUL AND TEARING HOLES IN MY HEART… MOSTLY GOOD HOLES!! PLEASE IGNORE MY GUSHING IT’S EMBERASSING, PLZ IGNORE ME LMFAO 😂😂). In short, there’s BASICALLY a walking, talking deck of cards out there on the seas. Stress filled generational thing and what not…. I guess…

Okay okay so like uhhh… god I am so bad at this.

We of course, have the four suits, each with a king and a queen, and ten underlings. There ARE three Jokers as well, cuz once every like 300-400 years the deck no longer respresents a standardized deck and an extra Joker is crowned, they are the antagonists of the AU, and are all absolute ASSHOLES, I KNOW EXACTLY WHO THEY FUCKING ARE!

The Jokers are ALWAYS assholes. It’s written history, there’s a big book. Absolute chaos. They are controlling asshats who want to capture the Card Royals and use their abilities/powers/magic/whatever to meld the world in their image. They’re insane. No I’m not saying who they are.

Card Royals can always tell each other apart from normal people. Their eyes are one way, as their pupils are shaped like the suit they represent. The royals of Diamonds have diamond shaped pupils. The royals of Hearts have heart shaped pupils. So on and so forth. Each Card Royal is also identified by a locket. Kings have their suit and a kingly crown, and Queens have their suit and a crown more fit for a queen. Normal people have a very hard time noticing these differences, it’s nearly impossible to notice it unless you know what you are looking for, which no one EVER does. The Card Royals are nothing but tall tales told children as a bed time story.

Later on in the AU, in the eyes of the normal populous, the Diamonds, Hearts, and Spades sided with evil (Pirates), while Clubs sided with good (Marines).

But a Joker is in control of the so called “Good Side”. And the Clubs REFUSE to be controlled. They represent justice, true justice, MORAL JUSTICE, and won’t bend to the Joker’s whims. That and the Queen of Hearts is the Queen of Club’s best friend.

Eat your heart out, Joker bitch.

Anyway, when I said that the titles are generational I’m like pretty wrong about that. There is never a period of time when the world is without a royal from a specific suit.

How do I explain this… uhh…

Well, for example, when one royal from a suit dies/is killed/whatever, the rest of the suit has their titles revoked and the suit is reset. None of the suits are the same age. In my AU, the current Diamond Royals are the oldest of the other eight royals, and the Club Royals are the youngest. After the first Card Royals, there WAS a set of royals that were all the same age, but that was first recorded in the BIG BOOK OF CARD HISTORY (it’s not actually called that, IDK what it’s called but it exists and it’s fuckin magical) eighteen years after the World Government formed. That was also recorded in the book. The book knows all.

Again, this AU is terrifyingly self indulgent. Like, I swear.

While I can’t say much on who the royals are, I will say this: Ace is the King of Spades.

For reasons.

I was originally going to make him the Ace of Spades because that would have been HILARIOUS but decided against it.

The Royals both have what is basiaclly an advisor. The Queen’s is their Ace and the King’s is their Ten.

That one is still a work in progress though but the Ace and Queen thing is set in stone…

Like, the higher ups in the World Government (Vice Admiral and up) know the Card Royals exist. And Sengoku only knows who three of them are.

No Sengoku is not a Joker. I bet you all know who one of ‘em is. I BET YOU DO THERE WAS A PRETTY BIG HINT A LIL WAYS BACK.

“SO, THEIR POWERS” I HEAR YOU ASK, “YOU SAID THAT THE JOKERS WANT TO USE THEM TO MOLD THE WORLD IN THEIR IMAGE SO THAT MEANS THEY HAVE POWERS!”

Hold ya horses I’m gettin there.

The Card Royals all have powers that depend upon their Suits. Diamonds are aligned with courage and the earth. Therefore, they are basically earth benders. Hearts are aligned with water, love (OBVIOUSLY), and the energy of life. They are basically water benders. See where this is goin? Spades are aligned with air and action/war/vigilance/whatever and the energy of death. Clubs align with fire and darkness. I’m still tryin to figure the darkness bit out completely, that one’s got me kerbobbled. I’m also trying to figure out what energies the Diamonds and the Clubs align with. It’s aaaalllll one big work in progress.

Basically, if a Joker can capture and force the suits to pool together their power over energies, the Joker can use that to change the world as they see fit. But at the cost of the lives of the Royals and the Jokers own titles. Each generation of Joker wants to change the world this way. There are rarely any outliers. The only one that was an outlier didn’t get to live long. The title Joker will get what it wants eventually, even if it has to kill off it’s own bearers.

Still with me?? Good!

At least once in each royal’s lifetime, there is a meeting. Each suit is expected to attend. Remember the Book?? Yeah it decides the date and location of the meeting and somehow gets the details to each royal like six years in advance. The book is magic and sentient guys don’t judge it.

During the story, the meeting is to happen in three years, and each royal HAS to make it to the meeting place without being caught by any of the Jokers, as each Joker has a specific royal(s) they have targeted. Lotsa stress guys, lotsa stress.

And thas all I got!

Honestly, like 80% of it is all a WiP. But I’m high key proud of it. It’s my bby. I even doodled a logo, but that’s a WiP too. It’s cute tho. Gotta find a pic of that soon.

Hope this is interesting! I’ve been working with it for like a month now, and I only hope to keep world-building! Any suggestions about my AU are welcome, btw!

This was your friendly neighborhood crow, currently fighting off a major spout of anxiety with warm tea as I post this, hoping everyone has a good night! Bless you people who decided to read this through!