#charasha spies au

[shesmore-shoebill]

making a new post bc the last one is getting a little long but. what if i admitted i was contemplating the best way to incorporate amangela into the hypothetical charasha spies au. what then.

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ive been summoned and also just realized i forgot to make the actual post about it so ill say it here. Let it be known that while the two scenarios i had already fleshed out were if only one of them was a spy/secret agent. I had some additional ideas for if they were BOTH agents and the rough shape of all those ideas was something like "deeply competent idiots down bad for each other" on a sliding scale of how aware either or both of them were on it.

We're talking options like: FWB in the workplace (terrible idea u guys are SPIES), silent unspoken tension (chanse and arasha are SO tired), deeply codependent best team youve ever seen (this option doesnt even have to be romantic or sexual amangela tbh), LOUD Spoken Tension (extremely dysfunctional team bc they keep bickering but they do work really well together), absolutely dating and doing an abysmal job hiding it (charasha running a bet on how many dumb excuses they've each gotten from them for why they were . on top of each other. guys we have a JOB.)

anyway. these pictures can fit into that world. im very pleased by that idea. have fun.

thoughts on this amanda with this angela? anyone see the vision?

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"You two are perfect for this game." "No, that's what I was gonna say, because we're gonna stir up the drama-" "No because at parties, you two work the room."

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so sorry in advance for how long this is omfg 😭 i am radioactively yappy. anyways...

courtrasha and amangela double dates r too powerful... the town needs days to recover. life is short eat the tiramisu being rural texas to its knees.

you're so right about courtney flustering arasha 😭 but also that live stream where courtney immediately agreed w arasha about fucking your clone like they are absolutely matched once arasha gets used to the courtney charm. and i think courtney appreciates arashas emotional intelligence and her ability to verbalise more than the fluttering eyelashes and southern drawl yk? not that those aren't appreciated but more like they're really *seeing* arasha

arasha and chanse having subtle beef amuses me i and i know it gets sooo messy (affectionate) after court and arasha start dating. your best friends (angela) other best friends (courtney) girlfriend (arasha) and you keep fighting about hotdogs and potatoes. and chanse gets possessed by the spirit of the midwest every once in a while via jerry spruce but generally he takes his job very seriously which i think was a point for shaynse that related to one another shouts

need to chew on how shaymanda r besties. them running a radio show together seems like the obvious answer but maybe amanda is in charge of the local paper and they got to chatting because shayne needs to pick up the papers to stock them in the library for the archives... plus a journalist and a librarian is such a fun friendship like that's oomf! maybe they're also gym buddies i think that would be really fun actually. maybe it's all of these and they still have a radio show where they just gossip together like the southern women they are at their core

as for further world building in my silly little thoughts ian and anthony are mayor and first mayor (i know there is no mayoral equivalent to first spouse but there is Now) just like they're dad and step dad. i think spencer also has something to do w that because i love that moment that angela pointed at him and said "that's why you're the mayor of this town" in happy wheels and really no reason other than that. kiana is the one actually running the town we all know that. i think tommy works at the paper with amanda. tommy and amanda coworkers is not a want but a need actually.

trevor works with arasha in some capacity simply because i think they're so sweet together like arasha is cheering on trevor all the time and they have their mind meld moments which is so cute. i don't want to force trevor into the chef box but him running a local restaurant that arasha supplies some things is SO cute to me. shayne and trevor beef in universe is shayne jokingly calling trevor competition to chanse's saloon.

i wrote that whole thing without my glasses in the dark at 11pm so sorry for anything that is not coherent 😭

hey anon listen no glasses needed your vision is CLEAR AS DAY. in your brain and thru my inbox. also mine. and ppl following my i guess. do NOT apologize its been a delight getting to come into my inbox and finding bits of courtrasha cowboy au here?? for free?? no work on my part??? SLAPS. no complaint. at some point maybe you deserve to be posting these yourself but i mean for now, hey, this is very fun for me LOL.

dont even get me started on the minutiae of the courtrasha dynamic and what i find compelling i could write an essay on it. its so good. youre so right on courtney really appreciating arashas emotional intelligence tho and i think that could fuck SO hard in this courtrasha au. 1000% behind the concept of arasha being loved by many but seen by courtney that really just. 👌👌

Friend+dating circles... charasha has a special place in my heart tbh (see charasha spies au). i love this dynamic for them. yes plz. ugh i love cross oillintation of friends and unique dynamics.

SHAYMANDA JOURNALIST LIBRARIAN FRIENDS??? i love that so much. god. shayne normally being kind of shy and reserved and then around amanda its just Southern Woman City. also gym buddies in a cowboy au is so funny. idk how that would work but i can see it.

i trust u on ianthony and kiana that sounds legit to me . ianthony and spencer in authority roles but kiana is the real glue and admirable force? fuck ye. TOMMANDA COWORKERS. VITAL 2 ME. YES. They sit at their desks and gossip....... tommy roasted amanda so hard for fallling for city gal angela (as if angela didnt almost immediately win him over too).

and unfortunately trevor would he a great chef for cowboy au. i love a trevrasha dybamic... bffs. trevrasha bffs. good vision. thank u for sharing anon. what a delight.

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I'm still thinking about this actually. Chanse and Arasha specifically as a very seasoned duo. Consummate professionals. Very good at working solo but truly a thing of wonder when working with each other. You can ask them to play blushing newlyweds or bitter exes or starry-first-looks-across-the-room or furious political rivals. And they do it so convincingly you forget that they've worked together for years and in their free time together largely bicker over the right way to order certain cocktails or stab someone.

You ask them to get you dirt on people in the room. They exchange silent looks and Chanse splits left to flatter a politician and Arasha splits right to play damsel in distress while pickoocketing a server. Chanse will do a dance with Arasha and pull her into a dip and they murmur information to each other. And in the hour they've learned about multiple affairs, at least three bribery scandals, and one guy that Arasha may or may not (mildly) poison for being a creep.

Afterhours in the hotel, they've finished debriefing and securing the perimeter. Chanse with his tie undone a bit cleaning a gun and Arasha taking off her lipstick and unsheathing knives and they're gossiping about what they learned and what people were wearing and also complaining. Someone tried to stab Arasha with a knife hidden in a ring ("And the ring didn't even match the outfit!" *gasp* "What?". "I know right?".) Chanse had multiple people try to bribe him. (*petulantly* "And they weren't even hot." "Even what's his name with the dark purple tie?" "I mean he was pretty but he wasn't hot.").

Anyway. Competence. Lethality. Charisma. Slightly petty, but only because they're good enough to get away with it. Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss. etc etc.

In light of Angela's comment about Arasha and Chanse working the room at parties + the impeccable vibes and good times from todays stream. I would like everyone to consider:

spies au. with chanse and arasha as an incredibly effective espionate/subterfuge team. matching suit and dress. flattering people. getting information. poisoning people. planting seeds of discord. etc. do you all see my vision.

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if we DO explicitly want to talk rpf though. this is absolutely where i pulled the courtrasha dynamic from for the charasha spies au. its arasha as a spy/secret agent and courtney as someone that arasha continuously finds herself lying to (probably a journalist or some other adjacent civilian role). Arasha shouldn't feel bad about it- its literally her whole job- but she DOES. Courtney shouldn't trust her, she's been burned in small ways plenty of times, by Arasha herself even! Just a loop of constant lies and apologies all messed up by the fact that despite themselves, despite odds or circumstances. They very, very much like each other. And do trust each other in a way that transcends the lying- where the lying is part of the foundation.

and then arasha lies to save courtney, truly for her benefit and courtney is rightfully still angry about it and arasha despite herself tries so hard to be honest to make up for it bc she feels bad and they're both in danger and then. and then. well. well. well.

specifically the courtrasha dynamic is so good bc you can tell how much they like each other and that really enhances the fact that arasha is always (successfully) lying to courtney and courtney is always (succcessfully) making arasha feel a LITTLE bad about it after.

just something sooo funny and so endearing about the bit dynamic that emerges. arasha (excellent liar, normally completely shameless about it) being told off by courtney (continuously being tricked by arasha, yet clearly still won over by arasha even knowing). arasha always DOES look legitimately bashful and appropriately shamed. courtney knows she's been duped but cant stopped being charmed and WILL be duped again and is laughing even while trying to tell her off. Its so fucking funny and endearing and makes my brain WHIR Every time.

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Two possible ways (of many) this could be done, assuming the dynamic of "one person in the life and one person dragged in unwillingly".

Angela as a junior-ish or newer spy/agent in training. Deeply intelligent, excellent at improvising on the fly, fantastic actress. Easy to underestimate and very good at weaponizing that. (Nobu and crying on command). But she is newer to a world of professionally doing this, with Arasha and Chanse training her and getting used to working with her and maybe her unique methods of doing things.

Amanda as a civilian, but who gets dragged in one way or another- maybe because Angela hasn't quite figured out the ways to cleanly cut her personal and work lives apart. Maybe because Amanda was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and Amangela liked each other too much to let it go there. Amanda as Just A Random Person (who Angela really, really likes, despite herself), but every ounce of confident and clearheaded and determined, enough to get her out of tight spots and save her ass- and maybe Angela's- a few times. Enough that even Chanse and Arasha (deeply horrified bc Oh God Literally Rule 0 Is Not To Let Regular People Get Involved??? much less feelings???????) are like. fuck. okay. damn.

(But also- to have it backfire at times, because despite the confidence, despite her being remarkable- Amanda's not trained in this, she wasnt meant for this, and she didn't choose it, and it risks her and maybe Angela's life more than a few times. Overconfidence and stubbornnness backfiring, Amanda being genuinely in over her head but Angela coming through when it counts, always, always.)

Changela as getting friendly and close FAST. i want Changela in this world okay 🥺 Despite her inexperience, Chanse likes her and respects her even if she drives him up the wall a bit. I want. Changela. <3 Arangela as maybe more uncertain, slightly different ways of approaching their work (and lies) that clash at first. But once they figure out how tonwork together..... #gaslight gatekeep girlboss dream team!!!

OR.

If Amanda were the spy/secret agent. Amanda as yet another professional who largely works . alone. shes very good at it. She works well with Arasha and Chanse- they've all been fake married or flirting or watching each other's backs in a fight whatnot more than once. But Amanda also has a reputation- for one reason or another- that she doesn't have a direct partner in her work like how Chanse and Arasha are each others go to's, their ride or die. Maybe it could be an occasional tendency to take big risks- not often, not in a way that's unprofessional, just. Risky. Maybe a tragic hidden past or sth. idk. but. Amanda is charismatic and well liked and reliable and she'll flirt with many people and mean it sincerely. But she doesn't necessarily keep people. Close.

So then. Enter civilian/regular person Angela. it has to be something kind of outrageous, or impressive, or mundane. A fling that gets interrupted and Angela holds her own or Amanda misidentifies her as a hostile but no she's literally just a very good actress and misread the situation (in the way that saves her ass but also made Amanda freak out). I want it to be something that impresses Amanda deeply and grabs her by the insides and shakes her well trained composure. And I want something that makes Amanda panic, because it feels like a mistake- the affection, getting Angela involved, accidentally getting used to trusting her or relying on her abilities or even having faith in her. I want her to be VERY good at her job in a way that juxtaposes the gravity of Amangela happening... yes I'm reinventing disaster Amanda in this universe. sorry.

Chamanda would be a fun kind of combative and competitive in this version, I think, but with a LOT of mutual respect. Its just under a lot of teasing and comments and competitive flair. Amarasha would be fun and flirty and just a smidge dangerous because if they ever play chicken in anything, they're both willing to go just a bit too far.

Charasha are accustomed to each other and maybe used to Amanda (and her flings??? player amanda??? if not flings then consistent flirting??) which means the thing with Angela doesn't throw up red flags for them at first. Normal flirty Amanda/some girl that got looped up in Amanda's charm/work. Until suddenly they're like mid mission and there are a LOT of red flags at once and its like "WAIT THIS IS NOT A REGULAR AMANDA THING. AMANDA WHAT IS HAPPENING."

Either way i hope its clear that in either universe charasha are the tired professionals dealing with things going sideways bc their coworker. is. DOWN BAD. AND ITS INCONVENIENT AS HELL.

(this is then made triply funnier if while this is happening in the background. Arasha is doing some slightly sketchy things. like triple poisoning a journalist (Courtney) she has a certain level of respect (or affection???) for instead of doing twenty other things that would have been easier to remove them from the equation. And Chanse who loves and trusts his partners judgement and who has not had to deal with this from Arasha before is like. GOD. AM I THE ONLY DAMN SPY HERE KEEPING THEIR DAMN FEELINGS IN ORDER. idk it could be funny.)

making a new post bc the last one is getting a little long but. what if i admitted i was contemplating the best way to incorporate amangela into the hypothetical charasha spies au. what then.

[shesmore-shoebill]

sorry im still thinking about this. Consider. Some kind of way to incorporate the BOTC Courtrasha play where Arasha is continuously poisoning Courtney to pull off a long con. But its, really truly not out of malice towards them..... perhaps even a form of respect or affection???? Awareness of her involvement being dangerous.... or a backwards play to keep her safe. (Arasha poisoning Courtney is miles safer than someone trying a different method to get them out of the picture- Arasha measures thrice and pours once, and most importantly, she doesn't really want to hurt Courtney).

(Chanse calls Arasha out on it (and teases her for it) but respects and trusts her abilities enough that he goes with it.)

In light of Angela's comment about Arasha and Chanse working the room at parties + the impeccable vibes and good times from todays stream. I would like everyone to consider:

spies au. with chanse and arasha as an incredibly effective espionate/subterfuge team. matching suit and dress. flattering people. getting information. poisoning people. planting seeds of discord. etc. do you all see my vision.