#canon divergent !u

[leol]

logan 2017 movie canon divergent au kinda.. kurt deus ex machina, everybody lives, happy family = profit

[demaparbat-hp]

Almost

[mystiffox]

"I'm Pines, Atlee Pines!"

forgot i had her for a quick sec– i made her months back but here she is!

Atlee was found by Stan just a few months before ford sent a postcard. she begged him to let her come with because she had no one else and was left to fend for herself out in the streets. i love them sm

(also notes in the art may change in the future) (i drew this at mid august so its old art lmao)

ive yet to draw an actual ref of her, esp one where it fits the show's timeline bc shes technically in her 40's and ive only drawn her in her 20's. woops

theres also this that kinda changes things. im debating on how canon-compliant this will go but i think the only change will be that Fidds wouldn't be Old Man Mcgucket in this timeline (still experiences memory lapses from memory gun misuse, but at least he has Atlee and Stan around him)

regardless, hope you like her<33 ive missed her a lot so i might make smth official someday

[kyoobie]

I imagine Bakugou is telling shou how dumb that motherfucker was to pick a fight with him

[luminous-letters]

Argentine

(I'M LIKE, 2 MONTHS LATE..... sorry jack, it's uni's fault qwq)

Jack had a small spring in his step as he made his way to Ramshackle Dorm. The route, the scenery, and the feeling of belonging had been familiar to him by now. This day marked his third year in NRC, the third celebration of his special day with friends, acquaintances, classmates, and of course, you.

As he walked up the now-refurbished wooden stairs, each step seemed to jog his memory. Maybe it was just some nostalgia given the scenery. The silence, wind against the trees, the silhouette of the campus dissolving into the crisp portrait of the night. He could still hear the creaking metal fences even though they've long been fixed. Nostalgic.

He chuckled. He couldn't help that warm feeling creep up from his chest and materialize on his face. He was just too damn happy today.

He glanced at his side, spotting the rocking chairs and the table rearranged yet again.

"To the right. A little bit more to the left... now turn it a bit slightly... No. Maybe bring it forward...? Try to make it face east and the other chair... Wait, now it won't have enough space... Ugh..."

"I don't get aesthetics and all but... doesn't this seem like a bit too much?" Jack could carry and move these all day, but he didn't really like seeing you stressed out of your mind over these kinds of things.

"It's uh... Feng Shui, I think? I'm not sure I'm doing it right though... But when things go to shit I can always blame the furniture instead of my poor decision-making." You smiled, saying every word genuinely.

"Yeah. You really shouldn't rely on luck that much, even more given your uh... tendency for misfortune. But enough of this for now, let's go grab a snack first before we go back to... all of this." Jack gestured to the disarranged furniture on the porch.

You were a headache, always causing and getting into all sorts of stuff he'd rather not involve himself in. Though, as much as he disliked your unexplainable magnetism to everything inconvenient... He liked having you around. He wasn't shy to admit that, not anymore.

"Jack, I got you some hot soup. Jade helped me prepare this, said it could drive away even the most vile of diseases." You placed the bowl on the nightstand where it could cool down for a bit.

Jack took a whiff and cringed. Whatever was in that soup was something he'd rather not ingest. "I can easily smell whatever stuff they put in there. No thanks, I won't be eating it."

"Even in that state? C'mon a little medicine-infused soup won't hurt anyone!"

"If you consider where you got said soup..."

"You have a point." You let out a sigh. "Wait here, I think I have some leftover chicken... I could make you some homemade soup. Wait here!" You bolted right out the door of his room faster than he could respond.

"It's not like I'll be able to prance around all pretty in this state." Jack groggily lay down, feeling the fever weigh down his body.

When you're down, he wants to be able to lift you up. He wants you to keep on going forward, with him, together.

Your familiar figure was asleep on the couch, limbs haphazardly strewn all over as if some ragdoll. Jack couldn't help the small smile, nor could he help the burst of sweet warmth in his chest.

Silently, he grabbed your blanket from your room and carefully tucked you in.

"Sweet dreams, MC."

He liked you. Sevens, he loved you. No more shyness, no tough guy act. He finally had someone to call his own. You were his rock, and he wanted you to be able to rely on him too.

[thespacebetweenworlds]

Season 3 of Wheel of Time looks incredible but it's coming in March which is in 4 months which is good except I'm only 5k into my planned 40k+ toxic lesbians Wheel of Time fic and it thematically just really needs to be published before season 3

[flying-cat]

back again for more bkdk fic recs from tumblr. this is oddly specific but give me your favorite fics with minimal or no pet names because idk they give me the ick somehow. and i'm like, especially talking about "babe" or "baby" because those give me the super ick.

[crazy-ache]

Day 7 - Tension/Healing

Summary: One moment. All it takes is one singular moment to change the trajectory of fate. Following the events of Hybern, everything changes when Lucien instinctively grabs his mate—Elain Archeron—and brings her back to the Spring Court with Feyre and Tamlin. 

In the midst of war and ruin, Elain and Lucien will have to face the bond that connects them together if they hope to survive the unintended consequences. To do so, they’ll have to prevail through games of deceit, powerful forces of magic, and deadly enemies. And hope their hearts survive the journey. 

A retelling of A Court of Wings and Ruin (ACOWAR) and a Canon Divergent AU. 

Notes: Happy @elucienweekofficial!!! Chapter 8 is for Day 7: Tension/Healing. It’s been an amazing week ❤️‍🔥 thank you all!! I love this community.

Start on AO3 | Chapter 8

Sunshine filled the room, melting the remaining snow from his blood-stained clothes. His feet were heavy and the only piece of him he could move was his metal eye—it whirred to survey the surroundings from where they all stood in the foyer.

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[atopvisenyashill]

AU where instead of having a dead ladies club we have a dead dudes club: Aerys dies in Summerhal and Rhaella eventually becomes Queen regent for her son. Joanna, Minisa and Lyarra live while their husbands Tywin, Hoster, and Rickard don't. And Cassana survives the shipwreck along with patchface.

me seeing this ask:

anyways, let's first establish how each man dies.

Aerys - like you said, just killing him at Summerhall is easiest.

Tywin - if we kill him during the Reyne/Tarbeck revolt, it butterflies away all the Lannister kids so we'll have it be that something goes horrifically bad during the Defiance of Duskendale and he dies there.

Steffon - Cassana washes up on shore with Patchface in 278.

Hoster - this one's a bit tricky because in order to die before Robert's Rebellion kicks off, something Weird and Tragic has to happen to him during a time period that is more or less chill in the riverlands. He does fight in the War of the Ninepenny Kings but that happens in 260 and Edmure likely isn't born until 267. We could say he dies in the Greyjoy Rebellions, but that's after Robert's Rebellion by a few years. We'll just invent a sickness or accident that kills him, instead of Minisa dying in childbirth lol. if it makes the plot more interesting for him to die during the Greyjoy Rebellions though, tbh, that's probably also fine, but I do think having only one (1) parent at Riverrun is important to how the kids develop.

Rickard - this one is similarly difficult. we could just have him die when he does die, and just say that Lyarra didn't die.

anyways, let's dig into what this changes right off the bat, sort of set the scene here-

Rhaella is like 13-14 when Summerhall happens, and then like 15-16 I think when Jaehaerys II dies, so not only is she a very young Queen, she's likely to remarry. Since she's not even at the age of majority yet (jfc), I think if we assume she's regent, it means she allied with Aerys' friends to oust Jaehaerys II's small council - so Tywin is for sure still Hand, and ruling the entire realm in all but name. I do imagine that not only is Steffon very close at court as well, but Cassana becomes close to Rhaella.

Rhaegar won't be allowed to wait until he's like 21 to marry, they will be looking at marriages when he's like 12-13 and likely intend for him to get married right away at like 15-16 and consummate, because he's the only male heir.

Edmure becomes Lord of Riverrun very young, Minisa as his regent. I think given that Minisa will be regent, Catelyn still has a lot of parentification stuff happening here, but I do think it's more likely she notices the crushes going on between Lysa, Cat, and Petyr.

Robert still becomes Lord of Storm's End - he's 15 when Steffon dies, which is plenty old to take up his seat. However, with his mother still around, Stannis and Renly have a parental influence at least.

alright let's go event by event here:

262 AC: Jaehaerys II dies and little three year old Rhaegar Targaryen is crowned King. Though there is an initial push by Edgar Sloane and Jaehaerys' small council to establish one of their own as Regent and Hand of the King, Queen Rhaella is successful in ousting her father's men in favor of her own - mostly the husbands, brothers, or cousins of her ladies. This includes, of course, the impressive and young Tywin Lannister as Hand, probably Steffon Baratheon, and honestly, it's quite possible here that Lewyn or Loreza's husband is named to the small council as well, given the fact that we know one of Rhaella's ladies was Loreza. Despite being so young, Rhaella is named Regent.

272 AC: A decade with the trio of young Rhaegar, Queen Regent Rhaella, and Hand of the King Tywin has allowed the realm to prosper. Without Aerys pawing at her ladies, Rhaella holds onto several close allies, and neither Tywin nor Joanna spend their days being humiliated at court to curry favor with the king. Rhaella is likely more level headed than Aerys, and isn't overpromising on things and then abandoning her projects soon after. There's likely been a push for her to remarry, if only so Rhaegar's children may have a Valyrian option to marry somewhere down the line? But on the other hand...it might be possible there's some problems at court re: everyone gossiping that if Tywin is the real King, and Rhaella is Queen, are they not...you know....that gets back to Joanna. Not only that, but I can bet there's tensions between Loreza's Dornish faction and Tywin, probably with Steffon in the middle because Tywin is clearly trying to get Rhaegar/Cersei hitched from an early age, Loreza is clearly trying to get Elia/Rhaegar hitched from an early age, and Steffon and Cassana are desperately fucking and having kids in the hopes of having a girl for Rhaegar to marry. We know there was a visit by Rickard during the first ten years, so it's very possible that Lyarra develops a friendship with Rhaella, and that instead of that dumb "i'm going to build another Wall" plan, Rhaella starts encouraging more people to be sent to the Wall.

275 AC: Rhaegar comes of age and takes his position as King without a regent. While I don't doubt he would keep Tywin on, I do think there's going to be tension here - we see this with both Jaehaerys and Aegon III, and even Joffrey really, that the move from child to adult can be a bit rough on the Hand/Regent/King relationship. I think Rhaegar, melancholy as he is, would want to be known as a good king, a kind king, and probably doesn't appreciate Tywin's cruelty. I think it makes a lot of sense that he'd purposefully scorn Tywin specifically for this reason - the same as Alysanne purposefully spurning Rogar's match or the Dragon Twins + Aegon III purposefully spurning the lords for Daenaera. It's about making a statement, it's about power, it's about standing out from the people who are trying to rule through you. I almost think it's likely Rhaegar and Elia still marry here, but it's possible Rhaegar decides to just straight up marry someone who isn't connected at court at all - not a Martell, not a Lannister, but maybe a Hightower or Tyrell. Especially, imo, because of Rhaegar's prophecy obsession - what if he visits Jenny's woods witch on his own? Or what if he visits Oldtown and sees Mad Maid Malora is heavy with magic? Maybe, knowing how often he stays at Summerhall to be an emo fuck, he marries Ashara?

277 AC: The Defiance of Duskendale. I don't know if an 18 year old would be this stupid, it does seem likely that he would just fall into the same trap Aerys did - ie "I want to prove I'm better than my Hand and I'll deal with the issue myself" - but I think Rhaella would be like "absolutely fucking not, you're the fucking KING, and you have no heir/only a baby for an heir, if you don't want Tywin to do it, send someone else then." I think it would be really fun if Rhaella got caught in this trap, Tywin completely botches getting her out and gets himself killed, and Rhaegar just goes "oh fuck that noise" and burns Duskendale to the ground his damn self. It could be an interesting change here that Rhaegar's madness + obsession with the prophecy gets kicked off not by his father's own madness but by the near loss of his mother. Even if Rhaella is mostly fine (she went years being tortured by Aerys, I think she's made of sterner stuff! I can see her being real shaken up for awhile before chilling out), the idea that he could really be The Last Dragon is terrifying. Suddenly, he needs to set this prophecy in motion, he needs to have more dragons, it can't just be himself and his mother.

279 AC: Another blow, just after losing Tywin and nearly losing {his mom? joncon? does he care that much about joncon lmao}, Steffon dies in a storm coming back from the Free Cities. Cassana lives but is quite shaken up by the entire event and retires from court to stay at home with her boys. Another blow happens later in the year, when Loreza dies, and Doran inherits Sunspear.

281 AC: So....now we're at the Tourney of Harrenhal, where shit gets real. Who Rhaegar marries will decide who is on his side here and who has started getting ready for Mad King 2.0 because I do imagine that in the four years since the Duskendale fuck up, a lot of the lords have started whispering. If he marries Elia or Ashara, he still has Dorne on lock. If he marries Malora, that might mean Doran is involved in the Southron Ambitions plot (although then again, he might not be, it's not like anyone thought to involve Doran in the wo5k until way too fucking late anyway). If he risks marrying someone like, completely outside of Westeros, I think something kinda crazy starts cooking at home with every single region having no reason to be loyal to him. Not to mention, if Lyarra is friendly with Rhaella, does he already know Lyanna? Since Hoster and Tywin are both dead here, it probably means Rickard had to reach out to Minisa and and Joanna and I'm really interested in how this goes, politics wise. Is it just Rickard and Minisa (and Jon Arryn) doing Southron Ambitions? Is Cassana getting involved after the loss of Steffon? And what does Rhaegar's small council look like now? Is it packed with Dornishmen and Crownlanders? With Reachers? Does he have some sort of woods witch as his Hand?

SO WHEN RHAEGAR TAKES LYANNA. For one thing, when Brandon gets to KL and starts shouting "COME OUT AND DIE" Rhaella isn't going to respond by burning everyone. I can see her maybe taking them captive because what they're accusing Rhaegar of, when he's the King, is pretty fucking severe but she's not just slaughtering them. She's sending the Kingsguard to go look for him while she holds the Northern faction at KL, and while I do think they'll go and get him, I think Rhaegar is going to say something like "it's fine, she's fine, leave us alone" and the North is gonna get real shitty about this. Brandon might attempt to leave. Lyarra might attempt to find Lyanna herself with a host of Northerners, or maybe with a host of stormlanders, riverlanders, or westermen. The crown has to respond to that, so there's likely to be some skirmishes here. Either Rhaegar is found with Lyanna at the Tower of Joy or Rhaegar finally appears and is like "why is everyone yelling" while everyone demands to know where Lyanna is. If he's cagey, the North and their allies are going to start attacking more boldly. If he says "yeah she's my mistress now, back off, I'm the king" I think everyone is too amped up to give a shit and the North refuses to stand down, which leads to whoever is leading them - Lyarra, maybe Ned - being labelled a traitor to the crown. This is going to domino effect quickly. If he says "yeah she's my wife now, back off, I'm king" he is losing everyone fast as fuck.

Anyways, I kept this kind of general in case you just wanted some like, general outline of what could happen but if you want what EYE think is most interesting, it's a) Rhaella at Duskendale b) Minisa being the one to mastermind Southron Ambitions, although Cassana could be fun as well c) LYARRA STARK REBEL WAR HERO. I think it's likely Rhaegar would try to "she's my mistress/wife" his way out of this but its not fucking happening. all those theories about how "lyanna and rhaegar got valyrian married jon is legitimate" no he's fucking not because no one is going to give a single solitary shit. Bigamy is not allowed in Westeros anymore or Aegon IV would have tried it. if he legitimizes his own kid, it's sort of like, okay great, but he was born a bastard, now Rhaegar is legitimizing his kid just like aegon iv, and everyone is going to see this as a threat. they're going to say he's insane. they're still going to oust him. the question here is - can rhaella, through her friendships with the wives and now leaders of southron ambitions, keep hold long enough so that even if Rhaegar dies, she can get his kid on the throne? Can she make peace with Robert? Or does she have to go on the run, not with her own kids, but with Rhaegar's children?

[sionnaach]

Mid twenties Nico for ur consideration

[metaladam]

There's an idea I see all over the place here and in most places that 'cheating' is happening if two people are married and are dating with little nuance. I think that concept is full of issues.

You can be married to someone you hate, especially in more traditional cultures. I often see people trying to say Lilith cheated on Adam, or Stolas cheated on Stella and this apparently gives people grounds to 'both sides were at fault' in those circumstances. Lilith did not enjoy her marriage to Adam, nor did Stolas to Stella, and they made choices to distance themselves from these people.

There is a big difference between finding someone who treats you better while in an abusive relationship, and being in a committed relationship that's established and fine while you see someone else in secret.

Idk why this concept is not readily understood, or ignored to make a story more complex then it is!

[frostedpuffs]

ngl i have been wanting to finish that zutara fic for yeeeaaars and it has not left my brain. only reasons i haven't: i want to make sure I get the characterization right and also oh my god this fic is gonna be soooo long

[theresamouseinmyhouse]

i re-read the Brentwood Arc for the 13th time in the time of this ao3 shutdown (praise be the ao3 otw volunteers yall are based and deserve the world) oh my god i have IDEAS for a tim drake/danny temple crackfic that i may never release into the wild

Do u know how fucking funny i could be if i ever decided to write a Father of the Bride (the 1991 one specifically) AU. Like,,,ik thats a rather niche AU but like,,,i could. Father of the Bride would work EXTREMELY well as an au.

Lemme explain: this could be a no capes au OR just a canon divergence post Red Robin 2009 bc i never read further past that bc it didnt spark joy

No capes au? Tim comes back from overseas after doing a business trip for Bruce as a 21 yr old (letting my boy outta dc's forever 17 basement) or going off to college as like,,,a CompSci student for a whole year and now has to break it to his fam he's engaged to a really sweet herpetologist (or geneticist either/or works bc wow he was WEIRD as hell too why was this 14/15 yr old reading about genetic sciences) aka my LOVE Danny Temple that he met at college. bonus points he's the first one in the fam to make the leap for marriage bc thats SO fucking funny (i only do things for comedy)

Post-RR Era canon divergence au Tim decides he needs to take some time and figure out his head bc oh god my boy was a MESS holy shit and somehow (hes a nosey ass/affectionate) ends up in Kobra Cult messes and reconnects to his old friend Danny Temple. Fast forward at least several wacky hijinks, a Danny Tim Road Trip 2.0, long distance pining, some personal crises, emotional revelations and like,,2 years later, tim brings danny home for dinner and hopefully not a funeral bc they both decided they wanted each others disaster selves. More shenanigans.

[crookedghosts]

beware yall chapter 4 WILL be hitting you in the "real or not real" feels. I am weaving a web as intricately as Leo has woven his lies (disasterously, gayly). characters will be thrown into this mess and misunderstandings will be had. I'm not sorry 🫡🫡

[oceanwithouthermoon]

i live for different interpretations of the parts of saikis powers that havent been confirmed, but whenever i see someone misinterpret what HAS been confirmed, i go a little insane..

its hardly justified cuz people dont have to know every little thing about a piece of media to be able to enjoy it and can make whatever fan pieces they want, so dont take this too seriously im just very autistic about saiki k so my brain explodes when people get things wrong, especially when its really obvious that they either didnt finish the show or didnt pay attention cuz some things are very prominent in the series 😭

like what do you mean saiki can see ghosts by himself? what do you mean? (very cool concept as an au or future power advancement thing though, toritsuka would be pissed) OR when people say things like "why didnt saiki end world hunger or go back in time and prevent the holocaust?" or anything along those lines, like.. idk if you were paying attention tbh😭the butterfly effect and the overall downside of using his powers and the consequences that often times outweigh the benefits is like.. a MAIN theme in tdlosk..

this applies to any misinterpretations of saiki k but ive talked a lot about other things (height, saiki himself, etc) and this is one that i see probably almost just as much

(not trying to sound pretentious here or anything cuz i also dont know/remember everything correctly, but whenever i see people like correcting others in a comment section and its just all wrong.. it makes me go silly.. and when people refuse to listen to anyone who says they misread/forgot something..)

[sam-loves-seb]

i'm not the way i was -- chapter 5

Ian picks himself up off the floor and sits on the edge of the mattress. He runs his fingers through his hair and sighs, remembering all the shit that went down last night. The house. Fuck. “Remind me again why you’re not staying at your boyfriend’s place?” Lip asks, half teasing, half grumpy from his rude awakening. Ian rolls his eyes and feels around under his pillow for his phone. “I don’t have a boyfriend.” “Then what am I supposed to call Mickey?” Ian opens his mouth to tell him off, but the words die in his throat when he sees the little green text notifications on his phone.

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