#and shigaraki the angry-depressed guy and personification of chaos

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Love what you did with my (honestly very broad) idea! And don't worry I have more that I would love to see your spin on. Like since Spinner is kind of Argonian hit me with a Skyrim!AU... or if you want one that's been keeping me up at night how about wealthy Lord!Shigaraki and mercenary paid to protect him!spinner fantasy au

Sadly, idk anything about Skyrim except for the memes and that it’s on the Switch now. My apologies! As for the latter…

Well, here’s something similar? lol it was one of the first AU ideas I had. Copy and pasted below, with some added/updated details

AU Sengoku/Warring States Era Spinaraki! ahistorical fantasy Sengoku anyways, and Shigaraki’s unique power exists. Like in the Tenko oneshot!

Iguchi Shuuichi is a samurai and Shimura Tenko is his master

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So Tenko is the disgraced/unwanted son of a daimyo because his quirk doesn’t allow him to hold a sword

Tenko from a young age on is ignored, expected to stay out of the way, maybe one day sent away to become a monk

But that’s stupid of the daimyo, cuz Tenko is utterly brilliant. 

Instead, the daimyo’s master ninja Shigaraki (AFO), who is secretly a traitor, secretly teaches and trains Tenko to be a deadly warrior in his own right (tho still no sword), in preparation for Tenko to usurp his father and heir sister and destroy the Shimura clan

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Shuuichi is a nothing-special samurai given to Tenko as a supposed bodyguard but really also tossed aside

But now he’s caught up in this crazy cutthroat clan conspiracy 

Eventually Shuuichi gets better at the sword and Tenko is an unconventional master 

and then yeah Shuuichi is kinda in love with Tenko and shit happens and death is always one step behind

it’s just a weird bittersweet romance in a time of war 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

If not tho…

This idea I’m more iffy about, but yes, wealthy Lord!Shigaraki and Mercenary!Spinner fantasy AU! As usual, my added weirdness:

So this is a fantasy world where supernatural/magic exists, and Spinner is a lizard person! Maybe his species are descended from dragons, idk

But he’s an outcast cuz he’s unusually small and have absolutely zero dragon powers, birth defect of no tail even

So he becomes a mercenary, but still an outcast among humans and other beings 

Frustrated, feels empty, this is all there is?

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There’s also this rare phenomenon of children born with white hair, red eyes, inhuman aura, sometimes strange powers

They’re to be incarnations of heavenly spirits! Having one is good luck, and you wanna treat them with great respect and luxury cuz they’re children of heaven

(Tenko, 天子, lit. ‘sky child’, sounds the same as 転弧, Shigaraki’s former name, haha get it?)

Sooo they’re taken away from their families to live with kings and rulers, a status symbol, an exotic pet, prisoner of a palace 

But the ‘catch’ is, they must be ‘returned’ to the spirit world/heavens/other realm on the eve of their 24th birthday - sacrificed 

Because after all, they’re not human, and the older they get, the more strange and inhuman and powerful they are

And will cause great chaos in the world. Maybe even destroy it

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All that lore to say, that’s what Shigaraki Tomura is. 

Lived his whole life knowing he’s a fancy decoration, pitied and feared and indulged and treated like a spoiled prince - never treated as a person. 

Also yeah, he’s gonna be killed by his own father figure/master. 

Not exactly the most well-adjusted guy in the world, feels empty, this is all life is?

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The actual Spinaraki is when Spinner is hired to be Shigaraki’s new bodyguard/chaperone/companion pet. Look after Shigaraki, entertain him

Spinner being Spinner, could only put up with so much bs before he snaps, giving the spoiled brat a piece of his mind, complete with collar grabbing and shouting in his face

And Shigaraki’s fascinated by that, and maybe even a bit humbled. the new bodyguard seems to be strangely sincere and concerned in his interactions with Shigaraki. 

So he starts including Spinner in stuff too. Strike up conversations, get to know one another

And Spinner also adjusts to the fact that he’s invited to partake in stuff

That emptiness inside both of them seemed to retreat just a bit

Two friendless outcasts discovers friendship, smh sadsacks

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But also

The vague idea Shigaraki had in his mind no longer has to be just a daydream

Which is why one day, Shigaraki asks Spinner to run away with him

So they do

Trying to keep ahead of their pursuers - the mercenaries, the exorcists, maybe otherworldly forces

And it’s still Spinner’s duty to protect him

even when it turns out the lore is true, Shigaraki’s gonna turn into like a wrathful god

who might just take out his resentment and destroy everything

How did this get so long

Thanks for indulging me!!! You should tell me your AU ideas!!!!!