#apocau

[guyhoard]

does anybody remember foxwhisker hes got a lot of potential in apocau i bet

[werewolfstory]

💗👻?

Is there a scene you can’t wait to write for a WIP?

I have so many scenes in my brain for so many wips. This is my issue, I have too many ideas and I have to choose what I want to fully realise and I hate CHOOSING. It’s so evil which is why 99% of stuff i’ve written are collections of sketches with tangible narrative links between them <- which is why DE style is so great because the conversations can be entirely separate from each other and don’t have to ‘serve a narrative’ in the traditional sense. Whatever.

Ok what I want to write alternate universe quick-fire round: baize gets executed by the magisterium (HDM), kaleela officially joins oakley street (HDM), the headquarters get raided by the CCD (HDM), kaleela and baize dance together (DE), crow gets killed during the tribunal (DE), meeting aidan (DE), kaleela has to decide whether to jettison baize or aidan (space), the hostile takeover (space), lennox is given an ultimatum (space), baize and aidan meet again (ApocAu), imad and lennox synthesise a treatment (ApocAu), kaleela and romulus support each other through a breakdown (ApocAu). There’s probably more i’m forgetting

Is there a scene that you find intimidating that you are yet to write?

Edward’s death. A million times over. I know it isnt part of the main story but it’s very significant and emotional (to me anyway 😔) it has a lot of characters to choreograph, a lot of feelings and as we all know the impact this event had culturally on the modern plot is huge so even though it isn’t remembered how it happened I feel like how it actually happened does have to hold weight too. Again, I know what to do, I’m just doubting my skill

[anime-grimmy-art]

(Took me long enough but) We're finally dropping the designs! roxanne.exe and me welcome you to the chaotic world of our TBHK apocalypse AU! I was in charge of drawing out Kou and Mitsuba, but since Tiara's a part of this adventure as well, you get the Minamoto siblings as a package.

Check out roxanne.exe 's page for the Nene and Hanako designs, and in general all the apocAU stuff that’s going to come!

[pandoraborn]

Trigger warnings: hit by a car, gore, blood, violence

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Probably shouldn’t camp out in the middle of a road anymore. Just because there are hundreds of abandoned cars all around them doesn’t mean they’re safe, the whole group had become complacent to the entire situation: the lack of people, the lack of electricity, the lack of cars. They’d spent so long walking around on foot that they’d forgotten what a motorized vehicle sounds like. Jackie wants to yell raiders, but somehow he’s not sure that’s the case. Could be other survivors trying to make it, but the sound of an engine has all of his senses on edge.

The rest of his party is up and packing up, scrambling to move out of the way, because from what it sounds like, the engines are headed right for them. Jackie starts screaming orders to be heard over the ruckus, but his voice is starting to drown out.

Marvin is rushing as fast as he can. He has to yank on Anti’s leash in order to get him to move, because he’s planted himself right in the middle of the path, no doubt wanting to be hit and run over. “You dipshit,” Marvin snarls. “Jackie says no one’s left behind!”

“This isn’t some fucking Disney movie,” Anti says. He jerks his head toward the oncoming danger. “Hey look, there’s a whole motorcycle gang. Maybe you can sing your musical to them. Ohana means family, Marvin.”

“I’m going to strangle you.” Marvin bends down, trying to lift Anti up along with his own belongings. Anti is heavy and clearly not ready to budge. He’s already thrashing before Marvin can even get his arms around the AI, making it difficult for Marvin to do much of anything except scramble to keep his belongings on his back. “GET. UP.”

“Jesus, don’t get your magic books all torn,” Anti mutters. He’s moving, though a little too slowly. Marvin jerks his head back to look at the oncoming danger. He can’t see any of the others, and the oncoming traffic looks almost as if they’re all going to barrel straight through.

“Survival of the fittest,” Marvin mutters.

“What?” Anti’s finally on his feet, brushing off his pants, but then is shoved roughly back by a pissed Marvin. “Hey!”

Marvin dropped a book in his desperate -and possibly futile- attempt to save Anti, and he only has mere seconds to grab at it and run, but when his fingers grasp the cover, he feels himself being struck by a motorcycle going one hundred forty-four kilometers. He feels himself being knocked down, scraping against the road and rolling head over foot until he smacks into the tire of another car. He watches dimly as the parade of bikers moves right on past, some of them swearing at him for being in the way, but once they’re past, it starts growing silent once again.

Marvin finds it hard to move. A trembling hand finds its way to the back of his head, where he feels something wet. Pulling his hand down, he sees traces of red.

“Marvin! Marvin!”

Is that Jackie? Jacques? Marvin can’t tell anymore, he knows he’s blacking out. His vision is darkening too much to even see that Chase is on top of Anti, jabbing an arrow into his throat.

“Marvin!”

Jackie’s grabbing at him, hauling him upright. “Marvin, please talk to me! Say something!”

“....I’m bleeding,” Marvin manages to whisper. “I think I’m passing out.”

“Henrik, please give us some medicine, please?” Jackie looks off to the side. Marvin tries to follow his gaze, but he’s distracted by a shrill scream.

“Chase just ripped out Anti’s tongue,” Jacques calls out helpfully. “Do you need my assistance?”

“Yeah, can you draw blankets?” Jackie asks. “Please, we can’t move forward if Marvin’s got a concussion.” Jackie turns back to Marvin, pressing a hand to his cheek. “Henrik’s coming with first aid, Marv. Jacques already sketching, you’re going to be okay. Hang on, please.”

Reality fades out around him. Marvin can still feel things, but he can’t really tell who is doing what, or who is close by. He can feel himself being adjusted, a fresh sting against his head...

Then blissful oblivion.

tagging @egopocalypse

[cyan-artsy-artposts]

Apoc AU Glimmer.

Another fun AU to design for. In this AU Glimmer inherently wings just like her mother. She is still the young commander of the rebellion who’s fighting for survival in a virus controlled world.

[leavehurry]

zombie zak

[ladytauria]

Okay one more ask about Jinmay&then I’ll stop cuz I know I’ve been blasting your inbox hard with my ideas. I have a thought exercise with western Jinmay that I’ve been actually obsessing about for a couple of days. The song “Old Town Road(feat. Billy rays cyrus)” is responsible for this mainly... it’s that classic “high noon stand off scene” from westerns she is loading her pistol chewing on a tooth pick her face is cold&serious; this the moment Chiro realises she isn’t the girl he remembers

this is PERFECT, exactly the aesthetic i’ve been imagining this whole time (because brains are weird!) this whole image is just AMAZING. the stand off, jinmay’s demeanor, chiro’s dawning horror in the background... 

also please feel free to continue dropping by my inbox!!! i love these so much!!! 

[drawinginthemargins]

ApocAU Masterpost

(as promised. last year i drew you smut this year you get the resolution of angst. general gore/medical/death mention cw)

Art:

Izm & .D the original piece, plus some back story Wei Ren Zeke

Writing:

Part 1 (.D) Part 2 (Zeke & Ren) Part 3 (Izm & .D-nsfw) Part 4 (Multi) Part 5 (Multi)

Bonus/Prequel(?) (Caleb)

Playlist:

[Zombie] [Eyes on Fire] [Contagious] [This Is Not The End] [Hospital Beds] [The Kids Aren’t Alright] [A Little Death] [Down] [Surrender the Night] [We Must be Killers] [Our Demons] [Game of Survival] [This Night] [Dead Hearts]

[worldsbestdoc-archives-blog]

Arguing the point would be futile. Despite her insistence, Angela's grip on her hope for the future was rapidly slipping away. As this point it wasn't so much hope as it was a compulsion to fix her mistake. Of course, Hana didn't know that and she wasn't about to tell her. If ever she were going to tell her it would have had to happen in the beginning. After all of the horrors they had seen, after all that they had witnessed, she couldn't own up to it. Hana would almost surely abandon her; that, or their partnership of convenience would be irreparably damaged. And though they were not the last living people on earth, as evidenced by the other survivors they had to fight for food, safety, and supplies, Angela needed Hana.

"If we give up now, what's the point?"

Angela sighed, perhaps a bit more candid than was truly wise. "There must be something that can be done. I have to believe that. If I can only get to a lab that still functions I can fix it."

‘ nothing scares me anymore. ’

Those words fell heavy on Angela’s heart. Hana was so young and already so jaded, her worldview so grey. It was not that she could blame her; violence and gore was a part of day to day life these days. It was only natural that she was desensitised to it. But still, guilt and regret twisted sickeningly in her stomach.

“Fear is a healthy reaction. Perhaps not panic, but fear keeps you sharp.”

She settled back against the dirty brick wall behind her, her pistol resting across her lap. Short scratches lined the grip, obviously human made for their uniform nature. There were many, eight clusters of five with three aside.

“There is still hope, you know. This is a pathogen like any other. With the right minds and the right facilities a cure can be developed, or at least a vaccine.”

Angela had said this very thing in different words countless times since the day their unit had been overwhelmed by a legion of reanimated dead, leaving the two of them stranded and alone save for each other. It was almost compulsive at this point.

[anniehowsback]

A father by any other name

There’s been some talk this hiatus over how the character of Jack is an excellent starting point to explore the theme of fatherhood in SPN, and oh boy isn’t that a theme ripe for the picking for Sam and Dean!

The talk I’ve seen so far has been about Jack and his relationship to others: Lucifer, being his (evil) biological father, and some combination of TFW with Cas in the lead as his adoptive father figures.

We’ve had, in S11, Chuck-the-absentee-father-figure. Then in S12 we focused on Mary-the-mother-figure (how I love the title card she got in Stuck In the Middle, “mother Mary”!) and that whole can of worms.

Now we’re forging ahead and we don’t really know where they’re leading us, but we do know some (most?) of their set pieces, and we can speculate from that.

For a while now I, and I’m sure a lot of other people as well, have been waiting for some resolution about John Wichester’s fucking long shadow. It’s a huge piece of the narrative, despite him being gone now eleven years, that has shaped not only the characters of Sam and Dean, but the narrative themes of the show etc. He is, to put it mildly, conspicuous in his absence.

So It occurred to me just now that perhaps this is where we’re heading next. We all think Jack is going to be a mirror for various aspects of TFW, and here’s maybe how they’ll fit Lucifer & Mary in the ApocAU in the narrative: as John mirrors.

Lucifer, the father, absent (though not necessarily of his own volition), and definitely embodying the bad side of the parent.

but also Mary, trapped with him, embodying the protective, good side of the parent (let’s not pretend John didn’t have one, even though is got overwhelmed by the bad).

And here’s where it gets interesting: while we can safely assume both boys are against Lucifer coming back, or forgiving him or whatever (both of them rejecting John’s toxic part), Sam is hoping to get Mary (the good part) back, while Dean will be convinced it can’t be done. And this is particularly notable because it was DEAN who got to reconcile his issues with his mom through magic mindfuckery.

So perhaps Dean has come to realize (metaphorically) that John had both a bad and a good side, and you can’t have one without the other? Is that a journey Sam still needs to make his own? Is that even how it’s going to play out??

Who knows! Tagging @floralmotif because I saw her asking for meta prompts, but anyone is welcome to do the speculating.

[guyhoard]

apocalypse tag is apocau n works as like an addon. all wccu tags apply to both wccu and apocau but things tagged apocau meant i was specifically thinking about the apocalypse vers. yeah

needa specific tag for apocalypse wccu most of my wccu tags dont make sense without it

[alwaysthinkingaboutthem]

I like Apocalypse AUs Apparently

I've had this reoccurring thought/dream that Nova's in one. Idk if there's zombies or some kind of The Purge madness outbreak. But all she has armed with her are: -A berzoi dog (named Cosmo probably.) -A beat up, yet very reliable 1999 Jeep Wrangler -And a bag of maps she hand-drawn herself so as she'd know where she's going and where she's been.

[pandoraborn]

CHASE BRODY!

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ROLE: Scout

BEHAVIOR:

Chase lost everything that once made him Chase. He’s cold, withdrawn, doesn’t speak a word, and is ever on the lookout. He’s the self apointed scout, hunting for whatever food he can find, or using his skills in archery to keep enemies at bay. He tends to lean on the others when he’s tired, but when Chase is awake and alert, he barely looks at anyone, save to jab an arrow into the arm of whomever pisses him off the most. His behavior is this way because of his family maybe dying when the apocalypse hit, and he hasn’t taken it well.

FIGHTING STYLE:

Chase is a ranged fighter. He could use melee, but he’s found it easier for him to fire arrows from a distance. With so much rubble around, it’s been easy for Chase to craft new makeshift arrows that seem to pierce enemies just fine. He also has a pistol, but he rarely uses it, defaulting to his arrows over bullets, as bullets are rare to find, and making arrows is cheaper and even faster. It helps in a pinch if they come across a wild animal; Chase can easily hunt and bring the group back food for them to eat. 

EQUIPMENT:

T-shirt, with arm bands to cover his arms, a bandana tied around his mouth. A small pack slung over one shoulder, filled with arrows (either crafted or looted), spare clothes, food, medications. On his back is also his bow. The pack also serves as a makeshift quiver to make it easier for him to pull arrows out in a rush. It’s either replaced when he finds something better, or held together with string/tape. He has a water flask on his hip. He also keeps mementos of his past life with him: a picture of Stacy and the kids, his wedding ring, and his wedding picture. They remind him to keep pushing forward against all odds.

DYNAMIC: 

Chase trusts in Jackie’s leadership. He may not have the voice to expression himself, or even the emotional range for body language, Chase does everything Jackie asks of him with no hesitation. He trusts everyone else too, except for Anti and maybe Jacques. Most of the time, it’s Anti that accidentally pisses Chase off the most, and it’s Anti that winds up with an arrow sticking out of his neck. Jacques is ignored for the most part. He’s the self appointed lookout, with his precise skills in archery/ranged fighting. Chase can hit a target from a long distance and give his group time to form a plan of either escape or attack. With him looking out, no one’s been able to catch them off guard.

[tattooandot4]

The World Sucks and My Girlfriend is Dead

It's been a year since the virus started. No one where it came from, and no one knew how to stop it. It just spreads and spreads until it nearly killed every one. There was a lot a talk about a cure the first few months when the infection started, but soon, everything fell into shamble. There was no hope of a rescue, no government left. It was just survival now.  Supplies were getting low and it was Thomas's turn to get food and other demands for the camp. The charming twenty-five year old, with blue eyes that could glow in the dark, used to just be a cop in training. He was accepted into the academy and was only there for a couple months when the infection hit. Now he is one of the camp's best scout. "We should reach the town by noon." Thomas looked through his binoculars as he surveyed the town ahead. 

[leavehurry]

bad also dies

[ladytauria]

In the casino Jinmay wears Beautiful outfits she wants to be seen. Outside the casino she probably looks like a lot what you’ve decribed. Perhaps she has lost part of her “hair” like the outfit in “hills have 5” when she is dressed like this On missions some of her grittier side shows and this is probably where Chiro and her have their biggest fight ever

Oooooh!

Ahhh, I’m picturing some really pretty gowns rn. Probably not 20′s aesthetic fashion, but! 

That sounds super angsty so obviously I’m here ALL THE WAY for it. I can see him having major issues with the darker way she handles things--and then her getting PO’d about it, because his standards no longer apply.