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eggkevinshouseaton · 3 months ago
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TALKING ABOUT THESE AWESOME EKH AU'S!
(Long t-egg-xt post...beware.)
(Second beware - writer bullshit incoming...might edit this a bunch lolz XD)
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HELLO egg-cellent ladies gentle-egg-men and yolks! Hope all of you are great, and your properties are all safe!
This might be out of left field for us considering our (brief...) inactivity, however, something like this is a ONCE-IN A LIFE TIME OPPORTUNITY!
You've all possibly read the original post's title and or beginning (made by the awesome @imaexplodenow who I won't hesitate to plug and mention as one of the top eggens!) and are probably all extremely curious! (As am I, currently as of writing these specific words I am not done with the entire segment I am reading and am quaking with excitement.)
-A quick guide for those freshly popped if none of this makes sense to you -
AU's, if you do not know, are alternate universes, which, without delving deeper into existence itself, are basically different realities in which different things occur for aforementioned characters (in our case, the fiery four [ awful name, I know!])
Some examples would be swapping the 'roles' some characters have, maybe one where a character doesn't/does die, or the most beloved ones! SCRAP ALL THAT FORMAT SHIT, GIVE ME THOSE CHARACTERS AND PUT THEM WHERE I WANT TO WHEREVER I WANT THEM! :D
AU's are an important part of creative exercise and strength through fandom and togetherness through making original content, however...I'm sure most of you here already know these things and don't want a boring textbook definition.
But now, you may be wondering, actually, probably not wondering at all, but anyways, why am I, as an egghouse official, so excited about this?
Well, it's my duty to tell! AND SO I WILL. GLADLY!!!
First of all, as a MAJOR fandom buff (if my Tumblr nesting wasn't already enough...), I love anything fandom culture-related, and AU's are one of those things I just can't get enough of, especially unique ones, even with my enjoyment of the more common tropes.
It makes me insanely happy to know that at least our community has grown ENOUGH to at least harbor this amount of creativity, which I am grateful for so much!
So, thank you once again OP, but I think I should stop with my endless babble and finally begin to actually talk about what's going on.
Now there are two ways you can approach this! and there's only one correct way and I'm not telling you the other one. READ THE ORIGINAL POST FIRST! do it now! for your own sake (plus for the warnings too as those can be important), as the shift will be abrupt and a second-hand retelling is never going to amount to the awesome first-hand one!
(Quick 3rd or 4th disclaimer, none of this will just be a recounting of everything that has happened, simply a geek geeking out over AU's)
Got it? Now good, read up and come back here when you can, and if you have ...
- VIRUS AU -
First up on the plate (as in chronologically) and it already is a marvel, a classic apocalypse, and survival AU, can it get better than this yolks? Fainting at the sight!
Amazing concept first of all, writers love putting their favorite little guys through absolutely awful and or insane things, and an apocalypse AU is among favorites for angst, gritty drama, and of course SUPERNATURAL elements!
The infection is odd, and extremely dangerous, as it seemingly is a typical zombie virus, with a non-typical and extremely dangerous way of spreading through air, and a SERIOUSLY non-typical chance of turning into some other supernatural creature.
One of the greater things about this AU I can mention is the formatting, which might be a bit of a nerdy dig at it but it's structured so well it makes a grown man cry
The recounting/telling of the AU goes along with each victim, there being 4 in total, and while the first is incredibly short, dare I say they quadruple in length?
The ideas are simply amazing, the assigning of each character's occult was also spectacular, as I can envision all of them as those specific spooky monsters (however though, Steven might be getting the short end of the stick, due to his short description of infection, but overall making sense since he himself was an average and normal guy not tied up with these other affairs, would be logical to make him one of the most common things that walk in hoards.)
The structuring was also to die for in terms of drama, has you on the edge of your seat wondering what's going to happen to each of them as soon as I noticed the pattern.
Interested in what's going on with vampire Sam, what's their deal? hypnotism? werewolves? GHOSTS!?! for crying out loud this is the best foundation for a story I've ever heard! I would absolutely love to read pages and pages of this.
A comment to make is that the most clear bond I saw was with Kevin and Billy, and Billy and Sam, but for the one that's more delved into, the first one it's just...ough! so good!!! Their dynamic feels awkward, but not in the way you'd think, as in after Sam's infection the two are left alone, with a strained relationship yet even more strained environment.
This AU is incredibly creative, we love monsters, don't we all?
PS. The Margaret comment while Billy chomped on Kevin's legs was not needed...made me oof in real life.../j
Characterization is immensly interesting, OP is truly a well-versed writer it seems, and is an amazing start to our AU's!
- REGRETEVATOR AU -
A nice light surprise to see after all of that! Especially as a brief regretevator fan no less.
I'd be lying if I didn't say I myself didn't have a little regretevator... headcanon? AU? version of things with two certain Shaggy-haired yolks...I SWEAR I'VE SEEN FANART OF THEM BUT I CAN'T FIND IT AS OF NOW!
Always thought they'd have a sort of awkward uncle and overzealous nephew kind of vibe but MOVING ON
The decision to AGAIN transform them into the well-known elevator residents was an awesome one, and again, showing off the author's good taste
Sam as infected, obvious from the st-wait should I say Sage??? Still lol, loved how concerned I was as I read more and more about Sam getting infected with the pink stuffTM, as shaggy-haired he might be, he can't escape being an overzealous rowdy gamer in our glorious year 2014 (Still kind of fucked up, what the hell gnarp gnarp.)
Loved the small headcanon/mentions of how the 4 lived together 2 tho :3
Billy would 100% be a dumb dumb idiot and not account for the fact of what these ALIENS have, and him being turned into mannequin mark, while the process is grueling (karma from the first AU caught up with him), is kind of...nice? I MEAN anything is better than that guy the lines "He would have dragged Kevin with him, but for some reason he liked Kevin, despite Kevin not like him back." prove it all to me.
In all honestly I thought the story would have taken another turn, that Kevin was going to be determined enough to actually do something about this insanity, like go up to those dangerous aliens THAT WARNED THEM like a dumb dumb idiot and probably get turned into concrete or a lamp, but Kevin's smarter, and as seen by the fact that it's inadvertent hero Kevin, he's way more well-adjusted...so I guess he'll have to get used to these guys...oh well!
Amazing story, really funny in concept and execution yet also...disturbing??? that's my personal jar take on it, as permanent body modification to this extent where someone changes personalities fast too is a really jarring thing for me, but I wont deny that opening the door to green alien cat shoving mannequin mark red hat and blue hair disco guy in your face isn't funny (plus they're all labeled as ripoffs lol!)
love this AU, although, I wonder what samS4G3 is up to now...
- HACKER AU -
Holy.
Shit.
Words cannot explain how much I LOVE characters breaking the 4th wall, especially in video games with HACKING??? HACKING!!>!?!?!??!
Always had this sort of idea in my mind of Sam being in limbo and holy SHITTT the first sentences are so good.
The repetition, the de ja vu, the situation, the casual gender change THE REPETITION! EVERYTHING JUST WORKED SO WELL FOR EVERYTHING, it just clicked! like egg kevins house was always in some way, a demonstration of some sort of limbo.
The barrier part was by far one of my favorite scenes, hands-down, not beatable by the fact that child Sam wants the parents they never had (that line destroyed me holy hell.)
Both genders thing was absolutely goated with the sauce cool, so angry you just DONT CARE BAM
It's an amazing concept, and its execution is so good at the ACTUAL hackers council part, holy hell, 1x1x1x1 was not on my Sam crossover bingo card but it sure is now.
I love existential angst a lot, having to deal with just not being real especially, getting so violent because of it, my god it is goated.
But I'll be honest...if I wasn't hiding something from you all...
In the writing of this, I noticed that some words had an odd cApitalisation, and my theorist mind immediately went to : SECRET MESSAGE!!!
I think I might be a little dense yes, not every hacker story has to have secret morse code, or something because all i got was-
E L O H E R E
Unless OP is trying to be British or is named Elo I DOUBT THIS IS A SECRET CODE AND IM JUST LOOKING TOO FAR INTO ACCIDENTAL THINGS...
aye karumbabo
Hic...another great one....more please...
- DEADLY SINS AU -
As of writing it is also incredibly late for me, hooray for my fingers!
However, this is a short yet effective AU in my opinion, as the 7 deadly sins are indeed a popular thing to reference in media and fan works ESPECIALLY
The concepts never fail in their creativity, the fact that they TURN INTO THEM the more they act like it is such a good idea and technique to do so.
Still feel really bad for Sam, I hope they're on the lower end of the turning into your sin thing cause that...that would just suck :(
When I saw the title I lowkey thought it would be just assigning each sin to each character (Spongebob theory style) and while it isn't far from it I'm glad it gained originality with it as it establishes ANOTHER supernatural setting
And you already know how we feel about those! ;D
- UNNAMED AU -
D'aww these are getting shorter and shorter... :( well still! we keep moving on!
This one is simple, shrimple even, however as someone who hasn't heard of Overnight I can't speak much about it sadly (so not shrimple i guess?)
It seems REALLY interesting however, as a random demon following you around cant be for no reason, and Warmonger Sam being a blood-thirsty maniac isn't something I thought of yet is actually really intriuging
I loike it! I give it a bunch of eggs and hope Sam doesn't knife me!
- PIRATE AU -
The moment I saw this one's title I jaboogied
I fucking love pirates, and if this is the last one SO BE IT! CONCEPTS, is there anything OP can't make awesome!?!?
Captain Billy, Samuel, Steph-SIREN NURSE SIREN NURSE!!!!
You are getting one bajillion points for even including her, and as sad is it might be to say goodbye to my AU opiniondump, I am incredibly happy to have read these and even be TAGGED to see it...
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THE END.
Well, that's it, thats the ekhat AU longpost, this was a doozy, and I am still incredibly grateful for @imaexplodenow making this, check them out NOW.
Haha, gosh I love this game.
We had fun, at least I did, and that's all that matters :)
Jar out
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⚠️VERY LONG PARAGRAPHS UP AHEAD, IM SRS 😭 ⚠️
Okay finally! Been a while, but
Helloooo EKH Tumblr! It’s about time I share my AUs I have made! The reason it took a while was cuz the WiFi on all my devices went out for a few days, and I woulda drawn on my phone, but I just didn’t feel that motivation
…..and I made a new AU a few days ago so I was postponing this to draw on the new AU and see if it was one of my,, AUs I’d stick w/
Heads up before u start reading/looking at it!
-There’s a good about of.. chest…. Like…shirtless chest 😓
-So,, if you don’t know me, Sam is,, my favorite character, and so there’s…..a lot of “off character derailment” especially with ‘em. I still love love lloveeee (/p) the anxious cannon Sam, but these changes r for story telling purposes (you’ll see what I mean)
-There’s a GOOD chance that I will make ones in the future, so for now, these r the 6 I HIGHLY focus on as I love AUs and making them
-I have posted most of these on Twt, so if you’ve seen these before, just know I’m sharing these w/ Tumblr, and then I’ll share more on the new AU on Twt after this (u can ask for my @ if you’d like to follow me for more EKH art, as I’ll probably post there more often)
Anyways! Onto the AU sharing and somewhat story telling!
In chronological order of when they were made/discovered:
1st: Virus AU (BL**D/G*RE WARNING)
This was when I was in a BIG horror mood, so it’s basically an apocalyptic x monster AU
Basically, if anyone breathed in the air after a radiation accident, chances are you’d be infected and become a part of the undead,, or a werewolf
First victim of the 4 in this AU: Steven. Fought off a zombie and it took off his mask while in battle, leading to zombie wounds and inhaling the surrounding air killing him off and bringing him back a few days later as a part of the zombie hoard that was rapidly increasing.
Second victim of the 3: Sam. The 3 were fighting off the Steven zombie, and just like Steven and what he was fighting off, the mask came off, but no zombie injuries were present on Sam by the time his passing came. A few more days pass, and he comes back looking.. fine. A little pale, and colorful eyes, but not a zombie at least. Spends a few more days w/ the two that haven’t died, and after feeling extremely weak and a little peeved, takes a bite out of a stranger’s neck. The other two think it’s best to exile him off to a graveyard, to prevent them from getting their necks from getting bitten. Meanwhile, while nights go past after spending time to himself in his new graveyard home, the other two plot to kill him off. It’s decided Kevin should be the one to put a steak in Sam’s slowly beating heart, but when that happens, things go wrong. Despite Sam hating this new life, being killed by a close friend of his was shocking to see, and quickly reacting by fighting back. After some back and forth fighting, Sam accidentally launches himself into a fragile brick wall, causing one brick to fall directly on his head, knocking him out. After awakening to seeing Kevin stitching his injury and running away from guilt, things are no longer the same.
The two of them go to pay a visit to their old friend that’s in the graveyard, particularly because Kevin still cares for Sam and the guilt was eating him alive. They go into the graveyard, and see the place Sam resided in was..oddly more elegant looking than the last visit. Candles, a red carpet…a throne? The two cautiously enter calling out his name. In the blink of an eye, they’re both roped up and on their knees. After a few seconds of panicking and looking around, a sound of sipping was heard from the throne, with their friend looking…different. Still pale, still the red eyes, but more laid back and dressed up. Not like him at all, and not in a good way either, as he emerges from the shadows with a sky look on him. Treating the other two like a frenemy, bickering back and forth with the other two, and after some bickering, threatens to take a bite out of Kevin’s neck. Ofc it’s not something either Kevin or Billy wants, and luckily Kevin’s neck is spared, however, fate wasn’t in Billy’s hands; he shouts at this new Sam, the usual Billy talk, and leads to Sam being fed up. But he can’t bite his “tough love” friend’s neck, no no. There’s other plans for his friend Billy.
Third victim of the 2: Billy. Mask pulled down by this Vampire Sam, and a slight beating, causing Billy to forcefully inhale the air. Sam lets the two go, so they quickly get up and get out of this new home of Sam. They go back to the house all 4 used to live in before all this. They worry. Both of them. None of them want to die or die and then become a violent undead being like their friend. A few more days pass by, and Billy is fine? Maybe the air is fine? No. Night strikes, the moon is out. His body starts to grow and so does the pain, the hair, and the fangs. Mind starts to grow more violent as he cries for help from Kevin. He sees a hole in the wall in the area Billy was in. A huuggeee hole. Kevin would have gone searching, but with all sorts of zombies roaming, boarding up the hole was top priority and he’d have to go looking in the daytime. As nighttime passes, Kevin finishes covering the hole up and sleeps for the night, with late morning time bringing decently loud noises. Morning time comes and Kevin wakes up to hear pained grunts coming from the front door. Cautiously opening the door, he doesn’t see a zombie, he sees Billy, covered in a little bit of blood, dirt, tears in shirt and pants, and just overall messy appeal. It shocks and disgusts Kevin a little bit, but he can’t keep Billy out, as he’s begging to be let back in, saying it’s not safe for him to be outside and how he thinks he ate one or two animals. Kevin lets him in but decides to not discuss what happened, as they both put obvious inferences together. But time after the past hectic days haven’t been easy. Pretty hard actually.
Somehow the werewolf and vampire still chat with each other. The werewolf doesn’t want to keep up with the vampire, but it seems the vampire has learned how to enter the minds of those who sleep, and some more magical abilities. Billy doesn’t sleep as often now, doesn’t go out to get a proper werewolf diet, so both of those factors cause him to stay in a violent mood, especially since he lives with someone he doesn’t have too strong of a connection with. Of course life itself now sucks for him, but being a 12 ft tired and hungry wolf wasn’t on his or Kevin’s bucket list. It’s hard to keep care of the new Billy, but Kevin manages. He goes out so often to get raw meat, fresh water from the remaining water bottles in abandoned stores, keeps calm around Billy as to not escalate anything. Unfortunately, with the other two on the loose wrecking havoc on the public, things can’t always go according to plan.
One day, while Kevin was out getting stuff for Billy, things get messy fast. Billy tries to sleep during the day, since vampires are usually nocturnal, but that was unfortunate timing, as when he wakes up, he’s back at the home of his vampire “friend”. It’s not an illusion either, he’s actually physically there to, as well as…Steven, chained up but right next to the throne. There’s been some improvements to the place, but none to the vampire. If anything he’s gotten worse, somewhat bragging how great it’s been w/o Billy being the one in control. With each sentence Sam was spewing out, it got the werewolf closer and closer to try and maul him to shut him up. Unfortunately, they’re both equal in power, but when it comes to planning an attack, Sam has become better at that with these new found powers; at the perfect time as Billy is really close, he falls under a hypnotic spell, looking straight into Sam’s eyes. Loosening up, not wanting to maul him into pieces, and listening to what Sam’s saying.
Last victim: Kevin. He comes home to the werewolf not being around, getting a little worried, but there’s not much he can do without any visual hints as to where he might have went. So he carries on with his chores, putting away the wolf food and his own, cleans up the place. Of course that’s when Billy returns, of course it is, when he’s cleaning. He informs Billy there’s a restock in the fridge and doesn’t see there’s something wrong with him until Billy states he doesn’t want that. Kevin turns around to see Billy ominously standing at the front door, nothing but red in his eyes, literally. Full glowing red eyes. Getting a little concerned now, Kevin tries to avoid the topic of meats there is to snack on. It doesn’t work, Billy isn’t listening and inches closer to Kevin, treating him like…well…a treat. Next thing you know, Billy grabs one of his legs, making some quick remark of Margaret, sounding something more like what Sam would say, and rips it off without hesitation. A pained scream by Kevin as his lays on the ground, panicking as thoughts rush through his mind. One thought was to call 911, so with the remaining strength he has, he crawls towards his phone and dials 911 (or of course, what’s left of it). As soon as he starts reporting what’s going on, Billy, who’s still in the trance, goes in for the other leg, for another part of him to snack on and to try and shut him up. That only alerts the operator on the other side more, as they say they’ll track Kevin’s location and send an ambulance ASAP. The phone call ends, and so does Billy’s other little snack, but the hypnosis wears off just before he can finish the second leg, and it takes a second for Billy to get a grasp on reality again. He looks behind him, and to his shock and horror, there’s a dying and leg less Kevin, breathing at a rapid pace and heavily, trying to keep his eyes from closing, but with the most amount of emotions he’s ever shown. In this moment, this is the most regret Billy has ever felt and shown.
An ambulance arrives a few minutes later, with Kevin just on the brink of death. They’re able to bring him into the ambulance, but unable to find what or who might have caused such a bloody mess. As they drive away to hopefully help Kevin stay alive, one of the bedroom doors open as Billy peeks out into the empty house. He hated it. The silence, the idea of being by himself, and that he actually committed an act of murder. What had he done? No…what did Sam make him do? Everyone else was dead or close to being dead. Everyone except him. And it hurt. But he couldn’t show that, of course he couldn’t. If he showed a sign of weakness, he’d only feel worse, and that wasn’t who he was. He had to keep pushing through these new conditions.
Something Kevin tried, but failed at doing. Trying to distract himself, Billy tries watching TV, because what else was there left to do to keep himself occupied? Unfortunately, hours later, it gets interrupted. Billy almost throws a “werewolf fit” bout it, but he couldn’t. His eyes were averted to someone else. At first he couldn’t recognize him, but that was Kevin. A ghostly apparition form of Kevin. This wasn’t a sick trick either, he didn’t make it. Literally floating, hair and body, he now had pure white eyes, wore a hospital outfit, but was still himself. He was lucky enough to have not become a violent or vengeful spirit, it was just him, but seemingly willing to put more effort into helping those who needed it despite the sarcastic tone he still had.
And that’s where the story caps off. This is how those 4 are now and their new life.
TLDR: Steven’s a mindless servant zombie to the Vampire Sam, who’s completely changed his attitude and view towards everything, behaving more like a traditional vampire. Billy is a werewolf who’s constantly fighting with the werewolf urges on a daily basis and against Sam’s wishes. Kevin is a phantom who’s the neutral-good towards anyone.
But now we can move onto a more silly AU! …ofc it still has angst but no bl0od this time!
2nd: Regretevator AU
Starts out relatively normal! Just the 4 of them going on a camping trip! …okay except for the rumors that there’s alien kidnappings, experimentation, and those who enter don’t come back…the same at least. Ofc Sam and Billy had a little disagreement and ofc it ended up with Billy’s vote mattering, so they go to the supposedly dangerous camp! And of course one there’s an alien kidnapping! The 4 start booking it, leaving most of their camping supplies there, but one of them don’t make it out in time. Billy, Steven, and Kevin make it to a safe area, but…hey where’d Sam go? …oh shit he’s getting abducted. The other three go to try and pull him out of the beam, but to no avail. The beam was stronger than the three of them combined, leading to Sam going into the UFO. Who knows what’s gonna happen to him? Well…he does. Kind of. He got to witness it all, but of course, that damn green cat was the cause of his new life. Xe put Sam into some kind of sleep, but with a kind of drug that didn’t look like any he could recall before passing out. But he wouldn’t be able to recall any of that anymore.
The other three, still in the camp waiting for him to come back, continuing their camping trip in silence. An hour passes and the UFO is back! It lands close by to them, and out comes two figures. One is the green cat, and xe’s holding something that looks human. It has yellow skin…a pink shirt……more accessories…..what the hell this isn’t the human xe kidnapped? Except yes it is. There’s the brown tank top underneath that pink shirt. There’s the shaggy and goatee, even if it looks a bit different. And his voice… despite it being extremely glitchy and compressed, it sounds like him. Turns out the cat just used something xe found at an apartment and tested it on Sam. Well…okay sure he looks different but, it’s still Sam!
The other three keep asking him things about what happened, if he’s okay, the typical. Except, he can’t recall. He’s a little off put by these faces. Who are these 3 guys and how do they know him? He doesn’t even know himself, he just feels, both overwhelmed and…silly? Well if the three talk it out with the green cat maybe they can get it to revert Sam back to norm- oh. The cat’s just left them behind. Great. Stuck with a curious “Sam” and three confused and concerned guys. Best thing they all can do is just go back to where they’re all living.
Over the last few months this…thing…resembles Sam less and less. He knew Kevin was a germaphobe, so why is he fine w/ being sick all the time and acting like it’s not a big deal? He used to keep Billy in check with his money, but now he’s the one spending all his money on decorations and internet related stuff, so how’s that fair? He used to get paranoid when Steven accidentally made a loud noise or spoke loudly, so why is he the loudest one out of the bunch? Especially when playing his games? It’s like he was the total opposite of what he’s supposed to be… He doesn’t even answer to Sam anymore, he has this weird name that isn’t even a name! He prefers to be called S4G3 because “1t c00l3r th4n d1s “S4M” n@m3”. He also has very colorful outfits, and it kind of hurts to look at.
So of course one day Billy grows extremely tired of this and goes to take matters into his in his own hands. He would have dragged Kevin with him, but for some reason he liked Kevin, despite Kevin not like him back. Doesn’t make sense either seeing how “S4G3” likes to spend time with Steven more. So Billy drags Steven along with him instead and leaves Kevin to deal with S4G3. Billy’s plan is to go back to the camp and be as stubborn as possible to get that green alien cat to change S4G3 back onto Sam and have Steven as backup.
Luckily first step of the plan worked. …can’t say that about the rest of the plan, because the green alien has something the other two don’t: an army and weapons. So wouldn’t you know it, they’re also on the chopping block for getting the “gnarpian” treatment. Except instead of whatever was used to create Sam into S4G3, Billy gets this…splinter? Oh and his legs cut off. And unfortunately, Steven watches the majority of that, but of course, there can’t be any witnesses, just experiment vessels. Steven gets a different treatment though, he just gets to listen to music… huh, odd. Hopefully this doesn’t alter his brain in anyway.
Well, another few hours go past, and Kevin is still not enjoying S4G3 company. So when he heard a knock at the door, he was relieved to answer it and ignore S4G3 for a minute or two. Except it was the green cat at the door and tossed the other two back into the apartment, threatening to not bother xe again or else he’d be next and it would be the worst experiment out of the 4 of them. So of course that puts enough fear into Kevin to not want to even talk to xem. …which is unfortunate because now instead of Billy and Steven returning, xe gave him a weird stylized wooden mannequin and Steven but with flashier clothes. …oh. They were also used for experiments. And they also behaved like S4G3 when he first came into existence. Confused and not like themselves. Steven wasn’t as bad, just extra and his personality revolved more around his music gig. Billy though? He’s barely stubborn anymore, he’s more compassionate and caring than rude. He’s also now a hard worker, even of said work is all about wood. That wouldn’t be too much of a problem if the equipment he used was so loud all the time and he wasn’t so confused and anxious majority of the time he interacted with the others.
Great. Something more bothersome for Kevin to suck up and deal with for who knows how long.
TLDR: Sam became Infected ripoff, Billy became Mark ripoff, Steven became a Brock ripoff (even though they’re both music lovers, not much there was changed), and Kevin is…Kevin. (This Kevin isn’t 20 years later in a bad way Kevin, more of Inadvertent Hero Kevin)
Okay! Now back to our regularly scheduled angst!
3rd: Hacker AU
Ever wondered how you could access the outside barriers on the EKH RP game, or wondered what’s the other houses like, but they’re just beyond your reach? Yeah, so did this Sam…in a way.
The day of the house fire. It starts like normal. Billy sticking gum in Kevin’s hair at school, Kevin telling on Him, Billy dragging Sam along to try and get aid to Egg Kevin’s House. The little kid Sam this time though, was getting deja vu, like he’s done this before… but regardless, he declines. Of course he does. He can’t damage his friend’s house! And there it goes. Up in flames. With a woman screaming from inside it. And there they both go, running from it. 20 years later happens. At the burnt house of his old friend’s. To make a video with his two other friends. They go in and out of the house, night after night, and it still feels all too familiar. But, it’s just gotta be that feeling you get…and don’t listen to. They come across Kevin…the basement gets lit on fire. The two of thEm escape, and Kevin is spared. Once they start running, everything goes black.
The day of the house fire. It starts like normaL. Billy sticking gum in Kevin’s hair at school, Kevin telling on him, Billy dragging Sam along to try and get aid to Egg Kevin’s House. Hasn’t she done this before? Who knows. She begrudgingly helps Billy to Egg Kevin’s House. And there it goes. Up in flames. With a woman screaming from inside it. And there they both go, running from it. 20 years later happens. At the burnt house of her old friend’s. To make a video with his two other friends. They go in and out of the house, night after night, and…again, this feels all too recognizable. She could have sworn she’s done this before…maybe it was just a segment of that nightmare she had and just now remembering. …so why did she see herself as a guy? Dreams can be weird. They come across Kevin…the basement gets lit on fire. The two of them escape, and Kevin is…killed. Once they start running, everything goes bLack.
The day of the house fire. It starts…with Sam trying tO backtrack. He really doesn’t want to be here, especially with Billy in his cranky kid mood. But it’s hard to. Why can’t he go back where he came from? He keeps pushing against the invisible force., all while Billy is calling out to Sam that he looks silly and not in a good way. Sam keeps pushing and pushing and pushing, he so desperately doesn’t want anything bad to happen to any of them. After some more pushing, he finally is allowed out of Kevin’s house area…and into a black void? Where’d he go? Where were the other houses? Turns out the idea he had was more scary than actual being called a coward by his friend Billy. …Billy wasn’t around either. Where-
The panicking kicks into high gear once he spots a group of infamous figures, dubbed hackers. Trouble making, rumor spreading creature criminals that ranged from not-so-chaoTic, like John Doe to “should be killed for their crimes”, like 1x1x1x1. And speaking of 1x1x1x1, right behind the child Sam was said hacker, who already knew who they were. They both had a chat, Sam scared of what was going on, like, extremely scared.. he wanted his…parents? …he doesn’t recall having those, let alone their names. It then turned into a kind of vent session after JoHn told 1x1x1x1 to calm themselves and let the child speak their mind. So after the vent session 1x1x1x1 went off the walls a bit and told them none of that was real. John couldn’t zip them up on time, so that lead the little child to be shocked and confused. That’s when the entirety of life was spilled to the child Sam. First was showing they only had four total “models”: Male & FemalE child and adult “models”. After altering the little male Sam child into their adult “model” so they could get a better understanding of all of this, 1x1x1x1 lead them to the gender option screen, and let Sam at it. He hesitates to select the female, but when she selects it, things start to click; she wasn’t in control of anything. Back and forth, male - female -male -female, they couldn’t believe even simple things weren’t up to them. Finally fed up with their identity crisis, just slammed their fist against both choices, and something felt different at that point, but it didn’t matter. Nothing at that point didn’t matter. 1x1x1x1 still had more to spill though. Billy, Steven, Kevin, the nurse, all of those people, none of them were real. Whereas Sam could think multiple things, it was said they all “went with the flow” with whateveR came out Sam’s mouth. Sam could sometimes move wherever they wanted, the others had a path. The more information Sam learnt, the more they hated everything and everyone around them, growing distant from the character they were made out to bE.
With all of that learned, 1x1x1x1 finally put them to a test. They sent them to Night 1, when the three of them were standing outside the house. The other two discussing about making a video, and Sam just standing there, looking upset in an angered type of way. This lead to the other two asking what was the matter with Sam, with nothing being said. So of course, it was taken as the “…” option, which lead to Sam snapping in a violent way. The world around them started to crumble while they seemingly spewing nonsense, saying how “they don’t actually care” and “you guys aren’t real”. The area around the three of them getting worse and worse, opening up to static and void, even opening Kevin’s house showing how confused he is. It’s getting harder and harder to balance on the broken streets, grass, overall land beneath the other 3. Billy starts hoping around on different platforms, trying to reach Sam and trying to “reason” with them. He screwed up with one question when he reaches Sam and states “Try and calm down. This isn’t like you at all, what’s gotten into you?” Sam then stops dwelling for that moment, turns to look at Billy, with the most angered face they have ever put on, and goes on to tell him that they finally realize that everyone and everything around them was the problem, and they’re finally realizing it. But of course, Billy has to go on and rub salt into the wound, by stating that right now, thanks to Sam, they’re causing most of the issue, which, while true, isn’t what they needed, leading to their hands sparking, resembling the colors of 1x1x1x1 as if their influence finally rubbed onto Sam themself. Nothing this, Sam goes in for a brutal beating to their so-called friend, and causes him to go completely red, literally. He starts glitching out, unable to speak, turning the color red, until he finally falls to the ground like a ragdoll. But oh no, they can’t just stop at Billy. In a fit of rage, they start to approach the other two who are just staring in horror. The next one to get “killed off” is Steven while Kevin makes a run for it. Or, at least he tries to. The terrain around him is hard to navigate, but just as Steven’s being finished off, Sam is finishing him off, they catch sight of Kevin and teleport right in front of him, saying how they’ll feel little remorse for erasing Kevin, but not enough to not do it. And just before erasing Kevin, he’s able to ask why and how. Sam swiftly explains how they don’t like their emotions being toyed with. Not anymore at least.
They’re all glitched out corpses now. There’s still more to erase to, but not before having another chat w/ 1x1x1x1, being encouraged to keep it up, because of how much more freeing it is. Except, unfortunately, it can only be done in the “world” of Egg Kevin’s House, because you’d never see a Sam outside that game, ever. But hey, at least they can do whatever they want in that world, toy w/ the other 3, and dress differently instead of the same brown attire (in which the outfit was gifted by John Doe). It didn’t look like much, but that was because it was an older outfit. Still, the newly named 1nS4Mity is a free roaming semi-hacker in their world of Egg Kevin’s House.
TLDR: This is just a 4th wall breaker type of AU, but w/ angst and hackers.
Okay! Last 3! I have been typing the ones above for….about 6 hours now. I’m dead serious 😭 But luckily! These next ones don’t have too much of a story to them (yet(?)), so this should be quick and easy!
4th: 7 Deadly Sins
Honestly I just did this one for two reasons: 1, I like the idea of 7 deadly sins. It can be fun to mess w/ imo. 2, it had been a while since I made an AU, so my mind just came up w/ this idea
Basically, the more a person acts like their ideal sins, the more likely they are to become said sin. In order:
Kevin becomes Wrath after loathing about his mother’s death in his house
Billy becomes Greed after making clickbait video after clickbait video and it actually working and gaining him some revenue
Soon after, Steven, being Pride. He believes that w/o his help, Billy’s ideas would be absolutely garbage.
And lastly, Sam, becoming Sloth. A mix of depression and not needing to do much while the others are doing what they do as sinful entities, so he just decides to sleep in, day after day after day after day..and yeah.
5th: {No real AU name for this}
Soooo this is a goofy one, and I mean, goofy. It’s a crossover of my two favorite Roblox games w/ a dash of their worst endings, this being Warmonger for EKH, and Monster for Overnight (iirc). (If you haven’t watched/played Overnight, highly recommended as there’s spoilers for this game in this AU)
Basically a little after the Warmonger ending, it clicks w/ Sam that this whole “killing people off hobby” is oddly therapeutic, and if Billy isn’t around to judge him, then he could do whatever he wanted, even breaking the law! So he basically becomes this gleeful ball of madness, killing anyone and everyone off in creative ways, while also having this demon as a sort of sidekick (it’s taken the role watching out for Sam (or Warmonger as he prefers) in case he ends up in a prison or almost dead).
6th and most recent one: Pirates AU
It should be obvious what this is about. Now since it’s new, I can’t share a shortened version of the story as I don’t fully have one, but I can share the fact that Billy is the captain of his crew, with Sam being second captain, Steven being the one to help Billy get his crew, and Kevin ………………..
There’s also the side characters in this actually!
The news reporter still being that, just old timey, Nurse Adam’s being a siren now, and the fire fighter being a ghost pirate captain. :D
Oh also Billy prefers others to be called Captain Billy for his crew, and William for strangers/enemies, Sam is Samuel and hates the shortened version of his name, Steven being Stephen, and Kevin still being Kevin lmao.
OKAY, ALL DONE, FINALLY, IM ALL DONE TYOINF ALL THAT OH MY GOD THAT WAS SO LONG 😭
But I still have artworks to show off, one for each AU, but trust me, I have alloooottt of art on these AUs, and more to come, so if this does well I’ll show more! Most likely on Twt first tho
1st: Virus AU
2nd: Regretevator AU
3rd: Hacker AU
4th: Deadly Sins AU
5th: Unnamed AU
6th: Pirate AU
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doublethetroubleinlife · 7 years ago
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“Oh People.”
*warning: sexual assault is mentioned, nothing gory but it is mentioned*
“Yes, people ebb and flow.” -Angus Tuck from Tuck Everlasting: The Musical (that's right I not only read the musicals but I also watch their bootlegs and let me just give a big shout out to the people who risk their lives, and limbs, to record something that costs a thousand dollars to go see, truly inspirational!)
No, but on a serious note mankind, that's too scientificy and mysterious- lets just stick with people. People surprise me everyday (literally I get scared easily and that's all my friends ever do is surprise me, and its not the good surprises either, they hide behind something and jump out when I walk past). But really I just had a tumblrer (that's not a word but we will make it one) who I do not know message me and say that she really liked the way I told stories and looked forward to reading more. First of all, thank you @secretsindisguise for your kind words, if I embarrass you or you think I'm weird I promise I'm only a little weird but seriously thank you, your words meant a lot to me. Its amazing how talking and meeting with strangers make the best stories. Take for instance Florida. I was in Florida finishing my training for my job in the military and while I was there I went kayaking at night (someone get my a publisher because this story is wild already!) and on my little trip I met two lovely people from New Zealand, one of which had never had s’mores before. I can’t remember their names (mostly because I don't think I ever asked, I was just impressed by their accents, you see it was the first time I had ever met someone from down under before so I was trying to soak everything in) but they were really cool and fun to talk to because of what they called certain things. A trash bag was a rubbish pile and a graham cracker was just a cracker (not a big difference but with their accents it was like hearing a brand new word). There was, I think, about nine of us that went on the trip and we had all gathered around in a circle after we ate our s’mores and I remember asking the woman that had never had one how she liked them and she said, in her accent of course, “to be honest...” and then just didn't finish her statement (I think she was expecting this sort of gourmet dish and all a s’more is, is just melted sugar stuck between to crackers so I can see why she was disappointed). It was all great fun and we all went our separate ways after that but it definitely got me thinking about what you could learn about someone if you only asked them a question (now whether they choose to answer is up to them so lets just hope they do). You can truly learn some amazing things if you just talk to people and take in what they say and, if you can, apply it to your own life. I'm not saying being a copier or anything, that's not what I'm trying to get at at all (if you thought that then I'm sorry, I'm also just rambling at this point so I apologize and if you want to leave you can). I met a girl while I was in basic training who told the story of how she was raped (sorry for the strong language but that is how the world is and you can’t make it any less by changing the wording) but it wasn't really the story of how she was raped it was more of what she did afterward. She said that she had never felt so helpless in a situation and so she changed herself. She started working out and developing her body to make would be sex offenders think twice about touching her. I ended up becoming really good friends with her and we still talk but her story inspired me to be the best I can be. You only get one life, one chance to do it right, yes things happen, terrible things happen to people who don’t deserve it but it’s your choice to live on and not let the bad things stop you. There are too many bad things that happen in life to live like you are entitled to something just because of your past, take it to your heart and then change it into something worth talking about. Inspire people. Make people see that the world is not always what it seems to be. It is not always good, nor is it all bad and it definitely isn't easy but that’s what makes life so amazing. Someone once told me (the world was gonna rule me, I ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed...no one? okay, moving on). Someone once told me that the most fun you will have will come from the most difficult things you do and that worker at Guitar Center was right. Life is too short to live in your own fears and in the fear what others might think. Your life is your own and you matter in it even if some people say that you don't. The secret to living the way you want to is not letting people get to your head and telling yourself that you are what the world needs, no matter what that kid in first period says. Because that kid in first period doesn't know you and never will unless he, or she, comes up and asks you.
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walden-media · 7 years ago
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Blog Tour: Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth
If you’re looking for an utterly charming read this summer, I cannot recommend Sputnik’s Guide enough.
Author Frank Cottrell Boyce, whom you may know from his other books The Astounding Broccoli Boy, Cosmic, Framed, and Millions, spins a whimsical tale about a lonely boy named Prez and his new space friend Sputnik.  From the jacket:
Prez knows that the best way to keep track of things is to make a list. That's important when you have a grandfather who is constantly forgetting. And it's even more important when your grandfather can't care for you anymore and you have to go live with a foster family out in the country.
Prez is still learning to fit in at his new home when he answers the door to meet Sputnik—a kid who is more than a little strange. First, he can hear what Prez is thinking. Second, he looks like a dog to everyone except Prez. Third, he can manipulate the laws of space and time. Sputnik, it turns out is an alien, and he's got a mission that requires Prez's help: the Earth has been marked for destruction, and the only way they can stop it is to come up with ten reasons why the planet should be saved.
In the spirit of Prez’s and Sputnik’s mission, your friendly neighborhood Walden Media Tumblrer presents now her own list of ten reasons why the planet Earth deserves saving:
The Rocky Mountains, or really all mountains ever.  I went to Colorado once and stood at the top of a mountain in Aspen and looked out at an endless cascade of jagged peaks that made me feel like a tiny, tiny hobbit on the edge of the Misty Mountains.  Sputnik might find this rather commonplace, and I’ll admit it’s a little trite, but I live for those moments that sweep me away to Middle Earth.
Chocolate.  Earth’s ambrosia.  I challenge the aliens of the universe to produce a more delectable substance 70% cocoa dark chocolate with sea salt.  I think Sputnik might like this one.
Rainy days.  Rainy days smell good, and feel calm, and the drumming of raindrops on the roof is very soothing, making for the best afternoon naps.
Guinea pigs.  They’re soft and squeaky potatoes who consider cucumber skins life’s biggest thrill (or was that just my guinea pig?).  Legendary.
Capture the flag.  The holiest of conquests.  Still my favorite game from childhood.  The only rules we ever followed without question or fault were the rules of capture the flag.
The Nintendo GameCube.  We’ve come a long way since the days of cell-shaded polygons, but this console will always have a place in my heart.  Lore says you can throw one of these guys out the back of a moving vehicle on the highway and still play Wind Waker on it later.  I think Sputnik would get a particular kick out of that.
Lightsabers.  An elegant weapon for a more civilized age - though I’m referring more to the collapsible cheap plastic lightsabers. There’s something incredibly satisfying about holding the release button and swinging the blade out like a real Jedi. I know for a fact that Sputnik would approve of this one...in a way.
Dunkin Donuts.  I’m from New England.
Maple Syrup.  I told myself I would only include one food item on this list, but maple syrup is more a way of life. I lived on the west coast for a hot minute and learned that some places in the world think “maple flavored” and “40% maple” syrups are acceptable alternatives.  No.
Stories.  I saved the best for last. Everything on Earth has a story. Everything in the universe has a story, I suppose, but the point is, all of our stories (fictional or not) are fascinating, exciting, beautiful, delicious...and important. Every one of them is worth saving.
Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth hits bookstores June 20, but in the meantime, you can read more about the book at walden.com, and follow the rest of the blog tour with our friends below:
June 5 Educating Alice
June 6 Walden Media Tumblr, Kirsticall.com
June 7 Litcoach Lou
June 8 Novel Novice
June 9 The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia
June 11 Librarian's Quest
June 12 Next Best Book
June 13 Mrs. Knott's Book Nook
June 14 Book Monsters
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