#au verse tag coming.

[akirakirxaa]

Auraugust Day 23: Flex

Akira had hoped that they could show some flexibility. What was it people said about unstoppable forces and immovable objects?

So this is my first post of a new AU SOMEONE bullied me into making (ilu @azems-familiar and @sunderedazem) where Akira has already been with G'raha and had Stella before the end of EW, but she loves Hyth and Hades too. Shenanigans ensue. I think the booktok girlies call this a 'why choose'.

[coyotetatertot]

Promotional for Tate's company in my interp of A Better World AU.

FULL TEXT BENEATH THE CUT‼️‼️

God, I love exploring what he can do if he hadn't suffered through his father abandoning them and then YEARS of caretaker burnout as he tried in vain to heal his dad. What if he hadn't learned to fear his intellect and skill. What if Appalachia hadn't been cut out of him by being raised in the Bay Area. What if his abilities and cultural identity were both nurtured and encouraged by loving parents and a strong educational support system. What then. 👁️

I think he definitely still has his issues, because public figures often do lol. Fame causes so many problems. But fuck if I don't wanna let this lil scruffy genius out of his mental cage of repression, burnout, and depression. I think he's wild, enthusiastic, and has so much heart and spirit underneath all those layers of bullshit. 30 years of suffering and he is in his 30s, the divergence of the AU puts him on a radically different path from childhood and that makes him a TOTALLY new person.

On the highest peaks in the world, the strongest tethers aren't your rope, but the emotional ties which unite your climbing team and keep you connected to those waiting for you back home. Whether it's by blood or by choice, Tater Higgs McGucket understands the importance of family. Son of revolutionary inventor and co-founder of the Institute of Oddology Fiddleford Hadron McGucket, Tate describes his father as his closest friend, collaborator, and mentor. In collaboration with family friend and other co-founder of the Institute Stanford ("Ford") Pines, the three first designed their renowned supplemental oxygen delivery system after an expedition studying anomalies in the Himalayas.

"Our investigation took us to Camp 1 of Manaslu," Tate described in an exclusive interview with Mountaineering Monthly last week, "And I was shocked by the amount of traffic. This was some of the roughest terrain on the planet, but we saw more people out there than on some of my hiking trips back home in Oregon. . . Ford was our interpreter, and after talking with the locals, we realized that there were all these companies selling tickets to the top — with sherpas puttin' themselves on the line just to ferry tourists to the summit."

The influx of inexperienced climbers has had disastrous consequences, as Tate witnessed firsthand. "A lot of these people, they're physically and mentally capable of makin' that kinda climb, but maybe they don't follow best practice. You can summit without any oxygen, if ya stop and acclimatize along the way. But that takes a while, so it can be really temptin' to ignore your body and throw an oxygen bandaid at the problem. But then you're puttin' yourself in an emergency situation if it fails. While we were there, one of those climbers ran out, and a sherpa had to run more oxygen up there. I told him there was a storm a-comin', but he went up anyway. And we ended up losin' 'em both."

Tate's growing twang was underscored by a nervous bouncing of his leg, and he took a moment to collect himself before resuming the interview.

"Dad and I had a look at these open circuit breathing apparatuses. While they were reliable, we saw they were plum wasteful. Knew we could make somethin' better. There's a growin' culture of risk-takin' 'round them mountains. And maybe we cain't stop the industry that's causin' these problems, but we can at least make it safer for them climbers. 'Cuz at the end of the day, regardless of what ya think about these people? With an accident like that, there’s people left behind that're a-hurtin' somethin' fierce. Partners, friends, kids without parents. I mean, just the thought of losin' my dad like that is enough to break my heart — but that's reality, for both the families of that climber and the sherpa who died tryin' to save him. . . Naw, I reckon we can do better."

That was how the youngest McGucket, who had become a household name in the 1990s for his work in designing personal computers with his father's company, first ventured into the world of alpinism. But what he hadn't expected was to fall in love during the process.

"I always needed nature," he explained, "I get overstimulated awfully easy, and so I go out there to clear my head. Been hikin' and fishin' since I was a kid. . . And so, after workin' with climbers to test this equipment — I saw a lot of them eight-thousanders up close, right? And one day, I just knew I had to see it from the top."

But having become familiar with the dangers involved, Tate knew that preparing himself for such a climb would be no easy task.

Luckily, he found a trainer in Ford's twin brother, Stanley Pines.

“Stanley is a stand-up guy. Real old school. Throws a hell of a punch, catches a hell of a catfish.” Tate said of his mentor, “He’s a fighter. So I knew I needed him, because all it takes is one slip up or act of god for these expeditions to turn life-or-death. And he’s been great. Neither of us knew much about rock climbin’ or mountaineering before all this. But we’ve learned together. And having summited a few eight-thousanders now, I can tell ya, I wouldn’t be here without his help.”

Also aiding in his expeditions were his prototype real-time weather and vital monitoring systems, which have since become standard issue in all McGucket brand protective wear. But Tate is most proud of his high-frequency beacon system, which allows climbers to communicate with their partners and first responders — even from inside perilous crevasses.

"The danger of avalanche or serac collapse is real. There are times when your life just ain’t in your own hands. Our systems allow climbers to communicate when they’re entering or exiting a perilous area, and can send out an SOS. They’re also constantly pinging, so in the event somethin’ does happen, they’ll help your climbing partners or first responders find you.”

But high altitudes aren’t the only place you’ll find the twin peaks of McGucket Mountaineering. Tate’s inventions have seen heavy use by first responders of all stripes, from firefighters to wilderness search and rescue — and he has recently signed a contract to manufacture respirators for medical use.

"At the end of the day, it’s all about making it home safely.” Tate concluded, “You gotta prioritize what matters most. You can do incredible things in this world, but none of it matters if you can’t share them with the people who love you.”

[bedlamsbard]

bad sign about CCverse Steve that I, a known Steve girl, have literally no thoughts on him as a character. like...none.

[novella-november]

Is this fanfic friendly? I feel like an outlier.

I guess this is my sign it's time to throw together a FAQ post to link to lol.

Yes, every event for this blog is fanfic friendly :D

Though as I mentioned on my Ominous October post, for events that include multiple short stories, I encourage everyone to flex their creativity and take one of their planned short story fanfics, and at least *attempt* to turn one of them into something entirely original; rebuilding a character and story from the ground up to stand on its own two legs is no easy feat, and that is what makes it so fun!

It really gets your creative gears turning, to make an "au of an existing material" to be something entirely original, and you can be pleasantly surprised about the things you come up with!

As a few people say, its not just a matter of "filing the serial numbers off" -- you have to add in just as much *or more* as what you take out when you are turning a fanfiction into something that is original and completely divorced from its original source material / inspiration, and that is a hard, but very rewarding challenge!

Obviously, this is not a requirement (there's no hard requirements for any of the challenges, other than no cheating, including no using AI),

but if you would like an extra challenge for the short story events and you're planning on doing entirely fan-fiction, I highly recommend trying it out at least once, and seeing where it leads you--

you may find yourself pleasantly surprised by what you find down that rabbit hole!

[entriprises]

FLEW THE COOP ! when a model finds herself suddenly in the hot seat of a criminal investigation, she puts all her hope into an out-of-work singing detective to clear her name.

an affiliated verse with @lvebug

[sugarpsalms]

One of my favorite things about Vader Returns AUs is that there's just really no way for Obi-Wan to be sure it isn't temporary. Vader may have his tail tucked now and yes, he's making promises and swearing convincingly, but there's a big ol' elephant in the room, and its name is "he's 180'd before". And as much as Obi would like to believe that he won't again (because this whole affair is giving him stress ulcers) how can he? Betraying yet another master is what brought Vader back to HIM. it's a parlor trick at this point, and not a very nice one

[nnato]

Elements AU Masterpost

Since there’s more and more being added to it I thought it would be a good idea to have it all in one place ✨ in coop with the lovely Sofia aka @dacchamp who came up with the whole verse and lets me work with it as well

Ships: Mitchtonio, Norman/Arthur

Fics (chronological order)

Take me back to Eden by me

Echos of a lost life (and a new beginning) by Sofia

Ocean touch by me

My, my, those eyes like fire by me

A glimpse of a pure heart (inside a corrupted soul) by Sofia

You’re my happiness by me

Trust your power! (It is calling for you) by Sofia

The future is in our hands and we will never be the same again by Sofia

He’d trade his guns for love but he’s caught in the crossfire by Sofia

Moodboards

Mitchtonio by Sofia

Echoes of a lost life by Sofia

Ocean touch by me

My, my, those eyes like fire by me

Trust your power! by Sofia

The future is in our hands and we will never be the same again by Sofia

He’d trade his guns for love but he’s caught in the crossfire by Sofia

[lossie92]

Summary:

“Who are you?” Madara repeated his question from earlier in a much calmer, even tone. He had placed one of his hands over Tobirama’s as if needing further reassurance of his presence and wellbeing. “What do you mean by ‘remains to be seen’?”

“Naka Iku, Uchiha-sama. I’m a midwife and one of the healers here at the hospital,” the woman introduced herself again. “What I meant is that whether Senju-san is fine or not depends on the baby’s health.”

Tobirama felt as if someone had just punched him in the face.

Ironically enough, he could still feel the dull throb of the bruise on his jaw, but that was hardly relevant now, was it?

(Or the one where unexpected news is delivered.)

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NEW STORY ALERT!

[murmel-malt]

Currently considering what to do with Daemon marriage-wise in my Hedaera AU.

I feel like Jaehaerys and/or Alysanne might have married him to Aemma instead of Rhea. Valyrian blood and blood relation to the Lord/Lady Paramount of the Vale sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

No idea if Daemon would come to genuinely love her but I think he would like her better than he did Rhea at least.

[cuteniaarts]

Here *throws random and actually much more important than I realised at first OC redesign at you after two and a half years since the OG*

Meifeng, Ming-Hua’s cousin! I just randomly remembered that she exists while putting together my OC family tree and since the only art I have of her is… nearly 3 years old and mediocre at best, and Kat and I have recently spent so much time focusing on Red Lotus siblings, I thought “Hey, why not redraw her? Just because she’s a cousin and not a sister doesn’t make her any less special than Lien-Hua, Summiya, Aiza or Haya!” (On that note… Nia give someone a brother challenge. The only one that counts is Aiza and she’s only a brother half the time)

Some headcanons about her, both new and old (the old copy-pasted over and slightly edited to save everyone the second hand embarrassment of going to look at my old art), which will go under the cut because this has gotten LONG:

Old:

Older than Ming-Hua by around 10 years

Her dad is the older half-brother of Ming-Hua's mom who’s… not the most fond of their side of the family

Has never left her home in the Foggy Swamp Water Tribe

Master healer, specialises in children. Can't have any of her own because of the high pollution levels in the swamp which is why she puts all those motherly instincts into teaching and caring for kids

Got a scar on her leg while saving Ming-Hua from some wild swamp creature when the latter was a child who was absolutely convinced she could handle everything herself and never listened to anyone. Ming-Hua still insists she had everything under control that day

She tried to understand Ming-Hua's perspective on things, she really did, but ultimately tribe mentality and fear for her cousin’s safety, believing her not to be nearly as capable as she claims to be, won over

Attempted to stop Ming-Hua from running away but was, obviously, unsuccessful

Was the one consoling Nuying after Ming-Hua left

Helped Suiren learn waterbending and held genuine affection for the girl, although she ultimately refused when Suiren begged for the chance for her and Midori to escape from Haya and live with the tribe. She thought that while Suiren would most likely adjust well, Midori was simply too Gaoling to survive in a place as dark, damp and isolated as the Swamp. She regrets that decision every day since she found out Suiren became an assassin

Mourned Ming-Hua more than anyone else in the tribe when informed of her death

New:

Was the one who babysat Ming-Hua a lot when Nuying was going through one of her depressive episodes after Cadeo left, and Ming-Hua actually enjoyed spending time with her because she was a lot less overbearing and protective than her mother. Was the first person to start calling her Ming. Sometimes Ming-Ming, but Ming-Hua had a tendency to deliver a very hard kick to the shins every time she tried that

Never left Nuying’s side when she got sick in the years following Ming-Hua’s disappearance, no matter how much everyone, including her own father, told her to stay away, there’s nothing she can do to help her. In her final moments, Nuying was delirious with fever and called out for Ming-Hua. Meifeng didn’t have the heart to remind her that her daughter left so instead let her hair down, covered her own hand in water and told Nuying that she was “right here, mom. I’m right here” and stayed like that until Nuying passed

When Ming-Hua returned, Meifeng was the one to break the news to her. Later, when Ming-Hua asked how and when it happened, she couldn’t quite stop herself from snapping at her because she should have been there, Meifeng shouldn’t have had to pretend to be her so her mother could die without worrying about where her daughter was. Their relationship never really fully recovered after that fight

Still, she had met Suiren when she was little on the rare occasions when the Red Lotus passed through the Swamp and Ming-Hua chose to take her daughter to visit the tribe. She never met Midori, but she did see Ming-Hua pregnant with her once

Didn’t know about Ming-Hua’s imprisonment until an 11-year-old Suiren told her because world news don’t reach into the heart of the Swamp. She just thought they had decided to stop visiting. The news crushed her but… a part of her couldn’t help but go “you should have fucking listened to me when I told you to stay, then this wouldn’t have happened”

Her teaching Suiren waterbending involved mostly the basics of combat (she herself doesn’t know much of it since she’s a healer), plantbending and healing. Suiren reached her level of mastery and proficiency as well as figured out icebending on her own through sheer determination and spite (she’s so much like her mama 🥹🥹🥹)

Is the only one from the tribe Suiren had ever confessed to about being an assassin. That knowledge broke her heart and she spent all those years absolutely terrified that Suiren would meet Ming-Hua’s fate. When Suiren stopped visiting at one point (when she left for her mission to kill Kuvira, got injured, recovered at ATI, reunited with her parents, broke Kuvira out and started living with her, etc etc) she had assumed that it really did happen, until Suiren randomly showed up one day with Kuvira in tow (Meifeng did not approve bc of the whole spirit vine thing 😅)

Absolutely reunited with Ming-Hua at some point and it was an extremely emotional moment

Ripped Cadeo a new one when he suddenly appeared looking for his daughter after 45+ years after it became common knowledge that the RL are all alive and no longer wanted by the law

All in all… quite an interesting character that I really should do something with at some point, bc how come Ming-Hua’s family is the only one to get 0 attention in our discussions?? #justiceformeifeng2024

[hatigave]

Verse tag dump   ⎯⎯⎯⎯ because I should have done this years ago but forgot.

ii.   maybe I don't know that much / but I have seen the stars and I know we're home    (    verse  :    undecided   )

ii.   song of the sea ; whispers of the earth   (    verse  :    modern  )

ii.  this is another retelling of the same old story   (  verse  :  canon   )

ii.   moments of gold & flashes of light    (    verse  :   post canon  )

ii. we return to the places we have already been before (    verse  :   pre canon  )

ii.   it was lost long ago but it's all coming back to me  (   verse  :   we have yeeted canon out of the window   )

ii. stories told long ago & kept between teeth and tongue ( verse : au )

[luscinai]

Anyway. Upcoming Star Wars verse post some time soon because I'm gnawing again, but—birdie as a Jedi Shadow, knighted a while before Order 66 and subsequently forced into hiding for survival. Bounty hunter for a living as she continues her duty to eradicate anything Sith where possible.

[dementedspeedster]

So... Thad. Tell us. Just how 'human' is Match, if you know what I mean. Does any of Bad Dragon's lineup look a little familiar? 😏

Accepting || Ask My Muse Anything It could be anything at all, no limits, no restrictions, and my muse has to answer to the best of their ability. (Note: I'm not being canon compliant for this question; We're having a lil fun here.)

Thad only manages to get out an embarrassed stuttering of, "I— I'm not— I wouldn't know tha—" before he's shoved out of the way, a flash of gold shines on the hand doing the shoving, and he tumbles over the back of the sofa while a potential future version of himself takes the place of where he was standing just moments before.

"I'm not—" The older version of Thad begins before glancing in the direction the very dazed present-day version of himself and then back to the anon, "We're not one's to kiss and tell, but seeing how there's no answering the question without present-day Thad embarrassing himself to death, I'll take the reins here. Just remember Match's mine, I'm just sharing some scientific facts. Though don't let Match know I said anything." He says before adding with a smirk, "Not that he has anything to be ashamed of."

He chuckles, "Heh, cute, anonymous, but honestly? You're not too far off the mark in your comparison. However, they certainly can't compare to Match in my personal opinion. His, ahem, equipment has a similar structural design to that of a cisgender human male, but there are apparent differences on a first look regarding aspects such as shape and texture. However," He flashes a smile at the anon, "those intimate details are for me to know and for you to never find out."

"Honestly, I'm more surprised you're not asking about his other differences. The prominent fangs. The unique vocalizations such as growling. Elevated temperature. And more." He raises his fingers one by one, "Kryptonians are incredibly fascinating."

[hexiewrites]

okay. i really want to get this hockey fic's sequel more fully underway so i am back on my accountability word tracker bullshit! as always block "#hex's writing trackers" if you don't want these updates!

may 3rd: 11,783 words (2/~8 chapters complete) snippet for your troubles:

“What do you mean what the fuck we’re going to do about it?” Hopper groaned. “Look, kid. I don’t know what he’s said to you, but I’m guessing Brenner had some choice words about your whole comin’ out situation, am I wrong?” Eddie deflated, visibly, and shook his head. Huh, Steve thought. That was interesting. “Got it. So I’m guessin’ we got two ways to play this out. Either tweedle-dumb over here-” this time, he shook Steve, “comes out and says he was doin’ it as, y’know, some show of misguided ally-like support, faces the heat for ‘queerfishing’ or whatever the kids call it, and not many people buy it but at least we can play off the fact that he’s had three goddamn concussions and there ain’t a lotta common sense left rattlin’ around up there-” Steve gasped. “Hey, man, not fair!” “OR,” Hopper interjected, with a frown that had Steve’s jaw slamming shut. “Or, you two are about to make your very public debut as the NHL’s first official couple, and ain’t that gonna be a treat when they find out you ain’t really much of a couple, now are you?” “How do you know that?” Eddie asked, and Steve almost smacked him for how stupid the comment was. Hopper turned his head to Eddie and flashed a grin that Steve was very familiar with. His you walked right into my trap grin. Honestly, in another life he might have made a very good detective. “Seems to me you just confirmed it, numbnuts. Nah, I know every single thing my players are up to,” Hopper said, and then glanced over to Steve and shot him a pointed grin instead. “Every. Single. Thing.”

[sigilsongs-a]

𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄 ... ALL ALT. TIMELINES + verse tags

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭, 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐮, 𝐈.

Jon was one of the slaves purchased by the sellsword Quenton Qoherys, known as The Raging Quiet of Last Lament. He was slated to be sent to the fighting pits, and had no training at the time. Jon entered the House of Quiet as a slave, but was met with a different reality; as the House itself functioned like combat school, and at least two dozen other men residing there. Jon was offered two choices, first he was to train, become stronger, learn the ways and art of battle, and from then on, he could repay the cost of his buying price through assisting the House, as well as being welcome to purchasing any of the armour and weapons he wished to take with him: he would then walk free, with a skillset to live a life outside of slavery. Jon, and most others elected, selected the second option — though the terms were achievable, easily, to leave, and with the skills he now had Jon could have repaid his price thrice over with a mere weeks of work guarding some traders ship; he had grown close to the fellow slaves-come-warriors. Jon chose to stay on, freed of the bonds of slavery, to be branded with the mark of the Brotherhood; now a freed man in The Quiet Lament, the sellsword company trained and lead by by Quenton.

this verse is applicable to any and all alternative timelines of asoiaf. my quenton qoherys is the referenced quenton in this au verse.

[song-linked-from-nine-verses]

About 9 Verses: Indie Pop-Punk and J-Rock band

orrrrr as they call themselves, LegαSea (pronounce similar to legacy, although some may say leg-alpha-sea)

A three-piece, pop-punk/j-rock indie band, whose guitarist while CAN play guitar, opting for his keyboard instead, and sets the sound of his keyboard to guitars. Usually instrumental but they sing as well

They write most of their songs, and the lyrics, for some reason, are always about some sort of distant break up. To quote Wind: "I think you guys have a few issues to work on-"

Wind: Lead melody. Keyboard (but always says he plays guitar). Heavily inspired by the in-universe band, 3M2B, their guitarist to be precise. Taught himself music theory by stitching together his own book. Writes his own songs like the epic Guitar Hero he is.

A lot of their songs have lyrics, but while their singing is Better than Timeline Breakers, its still Not Good. And Wind is stubborn, who tries to play guitar every other opportunity- despite him still figuring the instrument out.

Players:

Twilight: Bassist. Used to be a guitarist in a band that doesn't sing in his own language (but not its not Japanese). May or may not had a crush on one of those players, until they both lost contact with each other. The six strings of the guitar reminds him of his time in the old band, therefore he sold it (its old anyway, and last he checked the strings were about to break when he sold it off). Lyricist and never seem to actually got over "it"

Legend: Drummer. Has no idea why he is here actually- he was found jamming the other day and adopted into the band against his will, and now he has to also pay the monthly music studio fee. Has experience in performance, and can play a variety of instruments, including the cello, the violin, the horn, the double bass, and - anyway, also has an "it" to get over with

Unlike math rock which doesnt have a certain kind of Sound to it, Pop punk/J rock definitely kinda does. The following listing is their personal reccs, but they collectively like all (but not limited to) the bands mentioned here:

Legend: supercell, BUMP OF CHICKEN, the fictional anime band Kessoku Band. He leans towards J-rock and Japanese bands.

Twilight: All Time-Low, RE:MAKE. He grew up with the 2010s, he will recommend the 2010s. All Time-Low is the phase he never grew out of, and RE:MAKE is actually the band with members who wrote the famous Loyalty for the MLP fandom.

Wind: Lovejoy. He is.. young. let him have this-