#but not really since he isn't layton in this au

[c4n1d43cup1d]

more bronev brother swap au, layclaire (theoclaire??? clariedore???) still happens but since theo isn't in school he works as a librarian and meets claire that way instead. she flirts w him but he doesn't realize until she decides to be more straight forward and ask him out LOL

[justewil]

i thought about it a little more and i think it would be really funny to send descole to hisui actually

[partywithponies]

Old Man Gene Hunt headcanons (for a "Alex returns to 2008 post-series 2 and meets a 74 year old Gene" AU that I may or may not do something with one day):

(Under a cut because this got long and I might as well have just written a fic)

Generally very lonely. The charges against him were dropped, but Ray, Chris, Shaz, Viv, and the gang all never fully believed he didn't shoot her on purpose, and he never bothered making new friends or getting close to anyone else

Has a tiny ridiculous dog (a very fluffy pomeranian in my head) called Sundance who he insults constantly but secretly dotes on

Unofficially gained possession of all of Alex's belongings when she "died" in 1982, couldn't get the energy to sort through and get rid of them, so just took most of it with him whenever he moved and still just has most of it in boxes in his flat and his lockup in 2008

Also still has the quattro in his lockup, and looks after it and keeps it in good condition, but doesn't really drive it out anymore

Currently drives around in a really shit transit van that he bought as a "project" with the intention to fix it up and sell it on, because a concerned neighbour told him he needed a hobby, but he got bored halfway through so now it's half painted and just has a lot of odd pieces of wood and engine parts in the back. Also has a mattress in the back because he drives out to the muddle of nowhere and sleeps in it sometimes, when he's either avoiding people and doesn't want to be bothered at his flat, or is just avoiding being alone with his thoughts at his flat (he doesn't have an office to sleep in to achieve this anymore)

His hair is thinning but fairly long, because he can't often be bothered getting it cut

(He genuinely isn't doing very well mentally and hasn't been for a long time, but if ever anyone voices concern or suggests he get help, they receive a barrage of verbal and sometimes physical abuse, so most people have given up on him)

EXTREMELY Grumpy Old Man when it comes to modern technology. Owns a laptop and a mobile, but point blank refuses to learn how to text or use the internet until he meets Molly and she becomes determined to drag him kicking and screaming into the 21st century (she's the one person he won't just tell to piss off. He's actually surprisingly soft for her)

Also owns a gun, very illegally. Does a lot of very illegal things these days

Is actually still surprisingly very strong and fit, for a fat old man who drinks and smokes even worse than he did before. Has drunk himself into the hospital a few times but always bounces back

Shortly before retiring in the late 90s, saw younger Alex at some kind of police conference, recognised her instantly, realised Alex had been telling the truth, and became a little bit unhinged. Just kind of obsessed with her. Moved back to London (had been working in Birmingham at the time) just to be closer to her, and basically stalked her for the next ten years, telling himself he "just wanted to keep an eye on her" and "just wanted to make sure she was okay", but after that first conference never actually let her see him

Gets into a lot of fights with criminals who hurt or threaten Alex, and at one point in the early 00s beats up and hospitalises an abusive ex-boyfriend of Alex's, getting him to leave her alone. Alex never figures out what happened to the ex to make him suddenly stop bothering and threatening her

Is actually the one to find Alex and get help after she's shot. Was keeping an extra close eye on her because he knew it had to happen soon, and when Layton took her, he knew where to look, and just went to where he first saw her

Didn't intend for her to see him after she wakes up again, and when they do end up meeting by accident (he was called into the station to give a statement on something at the same time she happened to be in visiting her colleagues for the first time since leaving hospital), he pretended he didn't know her, because he thought Alex would be able to move in quicker and ultimately be happier if she thought it was all in her head

By the time he realised that this had actually made everything so much worse, and that she was rapidly deteriorating both mentally and physically and looked more and sick and miserable every time he saw her, he still didn't say anything to her, because he thought if he said anything now she'd be really really pissed off at him

Only finally decides to talk to her when things have escalated so far that Alex's boss and Evan have both become so concerned that they've decided to get Alex sectioned, and Gene, upon hearing this, immediately "rescues" (kidnaps) Alex, only explaining everything once they're already on the road, and the two of them go on the run together

(They're both severely mentally unwell broken people, but they've decided they're going to look after each other now, so it's okay <3)

(Alex knows she should be super pissed at him, but right now she's too relieved to worry about that)

Gene is honestly confused and bewildered that Alex wants to be with him not only in the sense of wanting to stay on this impromptu roadtrip with him, but also in the biblical sense, given that he's 39 years older than her now and not in great shape, and she's still gorgeous even considering she hasn't really been looking after herself, and at first tries to nobly resist her attempts to seduce him, but she's quite persistent and he gives in quite quickly

(Yes, they fuck in the van)

Molly is at first a little weirded out by how old and weird he is when she meets her mum's new boyfriend, but she gets on really well with him and soon loves him. She gets on better with him than she does Alex (she's struggling to adjust to how different and damaged her mum is now and frustrated by the fact people keep pretending everything's fine, and they argue a lot, but they're trying)

(She's in her troubled preteen era, unstandably. very angry at the world, keeps getting in fights and bunking off school and getting in trouble. she finds Gene a kindred spirit and a sympathetic ear when she needs to rant, because he understands that people trying to comfort her or get her to talk about her emotions is just going to make her angrier)

Gene and Alex eventually come home and move in together and reunite with the quattro (very touching, that's their baby), and Molly gradually moves in with them full time (whenever Evan or Molly's dad try to take her away, she just runs away back to Gene and Alex anyway, so they might as well let her)

Evan is fucking furious. He doesn't trust Gene at all and is convinced he's manipulating both Alex and Molly. Evan becomes practically apoplectic when Gene and Alex become engaged

Gene and Alex are still both very confused and exhausted by everything and both aren't 100% sure they're not just completely mad, but eventually come to the conclusion that it doesn't matter at the end if the day if any of this is really real, as long as it feels real and they get to face it together

[pentacle-artist]

More Lupin-Layton crossover

Lupin could handle the puzzles, Jigen would be losing his sanity over a 30 picarat one, Goemon would be good at specific types of puzzles (not sure which type), Luke would still end up solving more than half of the puzzles

The Lupin gang takes their eyes off of Luke for 5 seconds, and he's climbing a lamppost for a hint coin. They also find hint coins the fiat and are very, very confused

In general, Luke gets to be a little more of a gremlin since Layton isn't there, he's 13, and he does not want to be here

Lupin gang wound up with Luke because when Lupin got the thing (maybe some sort of secret map, honestly), Luke jumped on him. They were going to drop him off somewhere then the actual bad guys showed up and he had a better chance of not getting caught in chase scene crossfire if he stayed in the car

3 grown men get brutally judged by a 13 year old

Goemon loses dinner poker and Luke gets to have soba for the first time

The Lupin gang joining in on the Laytonmobile bullying

Goemon and Layton teaming up in a swordfight (Goemon has his sword and Layton gets a pipe)

Layton coming up with puzzles and other saving them for when him and Luke reunite or Zenigata gets hit with a 25 picarat puzzle that's actually just math

Zenigata: *going on a rant about Lupin* Layton: This reminds me of a puzzle.

Zenigata is competent but goofy in this BTW, that's my favorite kind

All I know about Fujiko's role is at some point Zenigata catches her and she attempts to flirt with Layton (and it fails but she still escapes), but obviously she's working with the bad guys while double crossing Lupin, that's her thing

Whatever the stolen secret map thing is would secretly be a puzzle.

When Layton and Luke reunite, they swap puzzles they came up with over the adventure. They wouldn't stop until someone interrupts.

I think I'll have to actually flesh out the plot to really push this idea outside of silly goofy character moments. I did have a NWOS related idea for this because of the trailer drop but that'd be more of a sequel thing to this.

Anyway, I am preparing some doodles for this au.

[clivedovelover]

Very politely but sorry i was referring to ur oc aus i saw on the other blog 😭😭😭

IM FINALLY ANSWERing THIS ONE BECAUSE I REALIZED I CaNT ACTUALLY do A COOL THING FOR EVERY AU

Hello sorry i think 4 months passed since this ask was sent i'm kissing you on the forehead anon i'm sorry

Okay so there are 3 AU's or so, i'm still thinking of doing more in relation of these main 3 but i don't know!!

Folie a Deux

I don't have this one super elaborated. I just wanted an AU where Valentine beats the shit out of Clive daily

Basically is an AU where pretty much everything stays the same at first (clive blowing up london, Valentine's mom dying) but in relation of both characters they are more morally dubious, Clive goes to prison but he manages to made it appear as if he killed himself there, and then he runs away with another identity to avoid his sentence.

Valentine thinks, in this AU too, about how clive freed him from his mother and, in some percentage, they both were meant to meet. He doenst feel guilty about these thoughts (not like the original who does feel bad about thinking like that). He also doesn't believe the news about this guy killing himself in prison, he feels so upset about it and takes it as a personal attack, Valentine decides to start investigating about that, mostly because he got a fixation with Clive after the destroying of the city.

One way ir another he finds out that Clive is alive, in an almost empty town. As a said before both of them are more morally dubious SO yknow lol. Valentine's mom is dead and Graciella isn't being really helpful, he doesn't have friends or anyone who is close to him so what he has to loss?

Valentine kidnaps Clive on his own place, knowing no one would look up for him and does shitty stuff to him from time to time, but mostly just keeps him at his mercy. Clive develops Stockholm syndrome

Puppy Love

I guess the name is self explanatory, kind of.

Valentine is 14 and Clive is 17, valentine moves to London way earlier in his life. Graciella is a teen here too with the same age as Clive, they are classmates.

I did this one because i wanted something more light hearted and also because i wanted Renata (Valentine's mom) to interact with Clive in some way.

Valentine is still a lonely kid but at least has Graciella as his friend since is the only other argentinian person on his school.

Graciella doesn't like Clive and Clive doesn't mind her, they just team up when it's needed because it's easier to work with the other.

Valentine has a crush with Clive, and it's silly. He's also 14 because i was that age when i found out about Clive and Professor Layton games hehdhehhe

Im not sure how i want for this one to end, but since it's an AU i can give Clive a happier ending? Maybe

Elope

Again, i'm sooooo creative with the names

It's the same as the original story but it ends different, Clive doesnt kill himself and accepts to run away with Valentine, again lying about his own death. Valentine just leaves a letter for Graciella and she doesn't make the report to the police

They run away to the same town as the Folie a Deux AU and have a pretty calm and nice life, they change their names and formalize a relationship after some time.

Valentine becomes an art and theater teacher for the people of the town and Clive takes care of the house most of the time (for safety reasons mainly)

[darklight-owl]

I'm finally free from The Horrors so I'll take the time to write all my impressions from the new trailer. Tldr:

NWOS LOOKS REALLY GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!

This is gonna be a long post I've been thinking about that trailer all day

Like. Fr. The Vision pretty much cleared any doubt in my mind I had about this game. It's made with so much love and passion and just oozes charm and creativity just like Layton games we know and love. Also Steam Bison might be my favorite town yet. You're telling me these mfs have mechanical animals for HOUSES? THAT'S. SO. COOL.

SPEAKING OF STEAM BISON WE HAVE MORE LORE ON IT. It's a relatively new town created by some inventor person called Eggmuffin (who I will get into later because I am really excited to talk about Eggmuffin.)

The music is SOOOO NICE. Is it just me or is there more guitar and brass than in other games? (I'm not good at telling brass instruments apart... is that a trumpet?) I like the combo a lot, it's very lonely but soothing :3

The gameplay largely looks the same (which I'm kinda grateful for, if it aint broke don't fix it lol) except the cute little "in party" sprites seem to have been replaced by the characters standing in the foreground. I don't mind the change, it works well with the switch's single screen. Also it lends way to some really quality memes.

Also there's puzzles in the overworld now!! WHICH IS SOMETHING I'VE WANTED IN LAYTON SINCE THE START🥳

Clearly this is a decision made solely to appeal to ME. Which is understandable since I am the lead writer for this game. Sorry for keeping it a secret so long, my boss wanted to announce my involvement in the Vision but decided against it last minute since I keep leaking stuff on Discord.

Ok enough memeing LET'S TALK EGGMUFFIN. They haven't been shown yet only mentioned by name. While the subtitles refer to them with he/him pronouns it might be a translation thing since from what little japanese I know everyone referred to them with gender neutrality. I'M REALLY HOPING SHE ISN'T A DUDE. (I use whatever pronouns i feel like for Eggmuffin she is a blank slate rn) it would be SO cool to have some enby or woman representation!!! Also you can BET YOUR ASS I'M DRAWING THEM SHE'S SHOWING UP IN THE VILLAIN FLORA AU

FINALLY THE VISUALS

THE PUZZLE SOLVING ANIMATION. IT'S SO. CUTE.

LAYTON HAS VISIBLE TEETH ON HIS MODEL. HIS MOUTH IS NOW 3D AND HE CAN EAT SOLID FOODS.

LOOK AT MY SON BOY. HE CROSS-EYED.

ALSO IS IT JUST ME OR DID HIS VOICE CRACK A FEW TIMES??? THAT'S SO CUTE. MY BOY IS GROWING UP I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING.

Anyway I'm gonna go draw Eggmuffin as a milf now. See ya.

[wooahaes]

.... ok, layton anon here again (I might just use that as a tag if that's okay? 👉🏻👈🏻)

I literally just typed out a long ass reply and then tumblr decided to crash - but maybe it's a sign to try and keep it shorter (update: i failed)

for the maze runner thing, it was honestly just about the "people appearing one after another without memories" I think aside from that it's very different, especially in terms of general atmosphere. I've read Day 1 too now btw and I loved it sm! I'm really intrigued to see how it continues<3

I hope your meds are safe for you to take and that they help quickly!!

yess him being like shigure would work really well (i also love shigure sm as a unit but that's a different story)

Also imma be honest as well - i'm the same. Birthright is the only one I finished and other than that I'm like almost through with awakening, halfway with echoes and revelations and idek how far with three houses. I think I get too much into strategizing and spend too much time planning out the classes and skills instead of just playing and then I tend to abandon the games for a while...

So since I'm not super deep into the story myself my 3h au isn't that deep. Y/n would take Byleths place, simply because it makes a lot of sense. And then I sorta assigned the units to the houses based on Vibes TM aka Blue Lions - HHU, Black Eagles - Vocal, Golden Deer Tiger - Performance.

I also felt that some characters shared traits or reminded me of members (Linhardt - Han, Ferdinand - Seungkwan, Sylvain - Mingyu, Claude - Hoshi, Ignatz - Hao). But they'd mostly be themselves and not take over the exact role of anyone. I've also have thoughts on classes for some but not for all. I think Woozi would be something along the lines of a General, Han would be a Dark Mage, Hoshi a Hero, Scoups a Swordmaster or Cavalier (or anything else just give the man a sword) and- yeah I think I'll end it here

thanks for letting me share my fire emblem brain rot!! have a good day/night/evening!<3

omg hiii thats absolutely fine!! i didnt want to just assign it to u but thats 100% fine w me!!

its ok i also fail at writing short responses 90% of the time dskfhdsf tumblr crashing during those is awful tho

ooo yeah fair :0 i can def see it!! ive learned a lot abt tmr through posting this fic lmao but im glad you liked day 1!! the fics gonna honestly slow down for a bit purely bc the next 13 parts are each individual members parts and those are honestly just gonna take a hot sec for me to like... be happy w all of them :(

aaa i still havent taken them just bc. anxiety bad! they shouldnt have any bad interactions since they're not a sulfa drug, but anxiety louder, y'know? im waiting until i know family is awake (yes ik its 4 pm shh) in case i need shit

i also love shigure but thats at least slightly bc of my love for m*tt m*rcer as a voice actor sdfhsdkjfh i adore him tho!! thats my beloved!!

i get DEEP in trying to figure out my units tbh i usually end up drafting out my pairings when i play. if awakening + conquest both had the ability to scout out things as easily as u can in birthright + revelations, i would have def beat them by now tbh.

but also i tend to abandon games after a while by accident sdkfhsdfh

i know little abt 3h but i am nodding along and golden tiger makes me happy. its what my man deserves <3

me lookin up these characters and sees ferdinand is confident and hates losing like YEP thats kwannie. i can see a lot of the comparisons u drew!! :0

i can def see general woozi + hero hoshi + swordsmaster cheol + dark mage han!! cheol is getting a sword and thats all i care about actually /j (nah but if i could give him some sort of rally skill, i think he + woozi + hosh would all have one in some shape!! and most likely seok too since booseoksoon leader ykno)

i honestly feel like shua would potentially be a war cleric. can heal you, but can also can Kill.

alternatively for hannie tho he could be thief -> trickster imo?

i honestly feel like vernon miiight either be a cavalier or an archer. its a gut thing tbh i cannot explain otherwise.

u are always welcome to share ur fe brainrot sdkfhsdf this blog is where i share my svt + trsr (+ skz tbh) brainrot now lmao y'all can Always share stuff ur interested in w me!! i hope u also have a good day/night/evening! <3

[alto-tenure]

some other points:

"dr stahngun" still exists. dimitri wanted an exploding machine bc he was seeking revenge in his own way. clive and claire took advantage of that to kidnap him so they could get the satisfaction of killing him themselves

clive sends the letter to layton without claire's knowledge

claire and clive are a lot closer than dimitri and clive in canon; claire both has a naturally friendly personality and a desire to connect with more people

claire just really wants to live. she knows it's selfish but she absolutely does not want to die and that drives the plot (as opposed to love triangle BS)

dimitri @ layton: is it really so bad if the prime minister dies

layton: you don't want to know how much political upheaval it would cause

dimitri: fuck the tories they deserve it

layton (secretly agreeing): watch your language!

clive at first is fully intent on betraying claire and diverting resources to his terrorist campaign. but then oh no he starts to care about her and wants her to live

claire has been fully aware about the betrayal since the beginning and actively tried to get clive attached to her as like, a cool aunt or older sister so that he would have second thoughts and she'd live

so okay. claire was 26-27 at the time of the explosion or so if we go by her being approximately the same age as layton. clive is currently 23. she was sent forward eight years in this AU first. so by the time of UF she's been around for two years making her 28-29. she wasn't quite old enough to be clive's mom back at the time of the explosion and currently she definitely isn't but he definitely sees her as a somewhat maternal figure. she doesn't think too closely about her relationship with clive as anything but family

idk if I want this au to end with claire being stabilized into existence in the future or not. could go either way (the tragedy being that she tried so hard and failed and it would be delicious but also really sad OR happy ending good times that I want)

the scene where layton switches with don paolo is different because dimitri does the switch instead

so layton unmasks claire, except like. he's not nearly as confident as he usually is. she's shaking. they are not having a good time

the layclaire angst is 10/10 most devastating

there's potential for an au where claire is a little more morally dubious (not much, just a little) and she’s the scientist that teams up with clive with the endgoal of destroying bill hawks

[pentacle-artist]

Professor Layton Infinity Train AU

(Minor spoilers for various games, technically)

(Also, there's angst, obviously)

Luke Triton (10)

Newest on the train

Got on after failing a test and needs to learn it's okay if he doesn't know all the answers and it's completely fine to ask for help

Met Layton when a car they were both in was thrown into chaos

Doesn't know about Layton's connection to his parents

Wants to get himself, Layton, and Flora off the train together

Toppy is a size changing mouse denizen Luke befriended before running into Layton

Hershel Layton (34)

Has been on the train for 7 years, since Claire's death, and technically isn't a professor

Needs to learn to confront his trauma and all the mess that entails

Researching the train, and he knows that a passenger's number has to reach 0 to get off, but he doesn't actually know how to get it there

Thinks he's stuck on the train since his number just seems to slowly tick up, but plans to help Flora and Luke off, accidentally becoming a dad and getting his number down in the process

Still a gentleman, but his social skills are a little rusty since while he has met other passengers, he hasn't had consistent or "normal" interactions in a while

It's a train full of puzzles. He has been having fun

Flora Reinhold (13)

Has been on the train for 3 years and didn't know it was possible to get off the train until meeting Layton and Luke

Got on after her mom died, her dad remarried, and felt that everyone was acting like nothing had really changed. Basically was thrust from one scary and confusing situation to a different one

Temporarily became a princess of a car that would need to be rescued to unlock the door. She didn't know that being alone in a tower until a passenger showed up and asked Layton and Luke to take her with them

Has befriended other passengers, but they all eventually left her behind, and for a while she'd be waiting for Luke and Layton to do the same

Needs to at least start dealing with her trust and abandonment issues

Is pretty resourceful

Plot Stuff

Layton is accidentally well known on the train as the guy who has figured out the most about the situation. This would lead to him noticing that the train cars have been weird lately

Descole is the antagonist and trying to take over the train. Like Amelia except a theater kid who hasn't ripped One-One out of the console. He definitely has helpers because for him evil is a group project. And he wants Layton's research to help make progress

Yes Descole has to do with the chaos that leads to Luke and Layton meeting

At some point, they're in some sort of game show or trivia game car that is meant to help Luke

They find Layton's tape and get to see his memories and, oh boy, the angst. It's also how Luke finds out Hershel was friends with his parents.

A big moment for Flora is when she has something Layton has been wanting to examine but the car is falling apart or something and it's either the thing or her, and Layton doesn't hesitate to prioritize her safety

Lighter thing: Flora and Luke acting like siblings in a good way