#cornley au

[personinthepalace]

#actually i have more thoughts on this#robert as toph because he's loud#this is his idea of premium acting#so trevor running around doing special effects#annie playing all the minor characters/extras#chris as zuko#trying to play him seriously despite the play#sandra is more like the version of katara in the play#but i think she'd want the cooler lead#so sandra as azula#vanessa would be katara#and at some point it would become painfully obvious she's just copying sandra#causing a fight#max would be sokka#chris would think his happy and silly nature would come in handy for once#but of course something goes wrong anyway#actually max might also play uncle iroh#and then i'm torn when it comes to the rest#if we were faithful to the woman being cast as aang bit#we could put lucy as aang#but that isn't really striking me#if lucy appears at all in the play#i think it would be hilarious for her to play ozai#which leaves either dennis as aang#who is supposed to be the animated main character#who is instead stiff and forgetting his lines#OR jonathan as aang#and have him always kept out of sight by things going wrong with set effects costumes props flying wires etc via @dolphelecat

Ok, but hear me out. Cornley puts on The Boy in the Iceberg by Pu-on Tim and previously performed by the Ember Island Players.

[marshmellowtea]

was thinking about the munchausen by proxy au at work today lads......while i feel that chris is probably one of the median/older members of the society in canon verse i'm tempted to make him the youngest of the group in this au just for Flavor. just to add to the "oh god he's just a little guy" factor of it all

[trashpidgeon48]

Cornley Hunger Games AU

I found an au to allow for Cornley to suffer even more than they already do. I’ve chosen to assign them districts. Not sure how it would all work out. They could all be victors of different games or something. Or all in the same games and have to kill each other. but it could be a fic idea one day.

Chris- District 4

Chris is by all means a career boy. He got that lanky swimmers body. He was probably forced to volunteer by his mother who had been training him for the games because of the luxury he would receive. If he were a victor he’d be relatively famous, use his fame to try and jumpstart a better career. He is one for trapping and uses nets and knives.

Robert- District 2

Also a career boy, definitely brutal in the arena. He is not afraid to kill. He volunteered straight up. Would definitely be a finalist in the arena. (If he were a victor he would be actively flaunting his victory, would be proud of his accomplishments). He uses swords or maces, he likes heavy weapons.

Trevor- District 12

Annie- District 12

These two are our district twelve pair. Because they are platonic soulmates. Love the idea of them pulling the same in love BS despite the fact that both are gay. They have a great solidarity and work well together in the arena, have always been friends. They’re both Seam kids. If we’re talking about an au where they’re all separate victors. Annie would be District 3 and Trevor would be the District 12 victor. Annie likes knives and traps. Trevor likes knives (and he can shoot a bow).

Lucy- District 2

Lucy is either forced to volunteer alongside Robert or she is forced to volunteer for another game years later. Either way Robert forces her to volunteer. She is 12 during her games. But despite her shyness they recognize that she is fierce. She would generally be separate from the careers if in the same game as Robert or as a victor she would be the youngest person to win the games. She’s generally really good at survival skills because she knew if she had any chance of surviving she’d have to study up. She likes slingshots as a weapon.

Max- District 7

He is from the Lumber district. He was a relatively happy go lucky boy. Operates mostly on instinct in the arena and only kills when necessary. As a victor it would be a performance he puts on cause he masks his trauma. He is an ace man in terms of weapons.

Sandra- District 1

She’s the IT girl of the games. She absolutely tries to use her sex appeal. She’s been trained since birth and happily goes into the games. But honestly I feel like the reality of killing gets to her a bit and she does not have a great time in the area. As a victor she would keep that mask on but she definitely got that underlying trauma. She uses a bow and throwing knives.

Dennis- District 8

He seems like a lost cause at first and doesn’t do great during the pre-game. But he is a fast runner and good at hiding. He kills people on accident and surprisingly remembers a lot of the survival stuff he learns during training. And then some nasty natural disasters take people out. As a victor everyone would be so surprised that he made it out alive. He would use some weird improvised weapon.

Vanessa- District 5

She is very nervous going into the arena. But she’s generally kind of smart in the games except when she panics. She’s a silent killer though. Is also good at learning survival skills which keeps her panic at bay. As a victor, she would not have been the favorite to win by any means but is in like the mid tier of like those lists by capital citizens ranking the victors. She likes traps a lot and knives.

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Chris, Sandra, Robert, and Vanessa as YouTubers

(because the idea was living in my neurons and firing them constantly)

Chris is so one of those guys who acts out his favourite scenes from plays and movies and TV shows.

But, more importantly,

He is watching stage performances and ripping into them with a zest that scares new viewers.

(There is a drinking game floating around with older viewers based on what Chris says or does, such as pinching the bridge of his nose at least three times in the span of two minutes or if he starts a sentence off like, “Hm, right, well then.”)

He's talking about Shakespeare, he's talking about Wilde, he's looking at off-Broadway and off-West End up-and-coming shows

He's looking at what's promising (u&c shows), what's timeless (older, well-known shows), and what he appreciates about them or what he thinks is outdated or sucked in execution (all).

Once a month, he'll perform a scene from a play he wrote himself.

There are several plays he's penned from which he chooses each month, performing scenes that are disjointed, so his ideas cannot be potentially stolen.

He does have a Patreon, the patrons dubbed “The Screen Beans.”

One of the things he does every other week is a live Q&A while he does mundane things like cleaning his office or making a meal or holds yarn for someone off-screen.

There are fancams in the #ScreenBeans tags across social media of his lives due to Chris' much more laid-back personality.

(Laid-back is a relative term here. He is still very conscious of what he says and does, however he wears his glasses or forgets to shave a few days before the lives or is wearing cosy-looking handmade jumpers.)

His Instagram account is active, and he posts at least thrice a week. Each post is something specific for the day, like #HoratioMondays, #WednesdayViewings, and #SaturdayShots.

Horatio is a beloved feature of his channel. A nearly completely black cat with white spots on the end of his tail, over one eye, and on one paw, the little guy is missing half of one of his ears. He has brilliant green eyes, though, that look like emeralds when the light hits him right.

Chris had, in his late-teens one night walking to his flat, stumbled across Horatio as a small, weak, and thin kitten. He instantly picked him up and took him back to his flat. Though there were two other roommates there, Chris was positive that they would be fine with it.

(This was in part due to having seen Kevin's family cat in the family pictures around the flat, and also knowing the Patels since he and Kev were in Primary. Their other roommate was a friend of a friend named Max Bennett, and he was surprisingly easy-going and adored animals.)

Horatio Mondays are of the now almost twelve-year-old cat going about his life.

Sometimes they're videos of him staring at a bug on the window or of him dropping one of his toys into his mini water fountain and then releasing the most pitiful and cooked yowl for Chris to rescue it.

Other times they're pictures of him curled up on the little bed Chris has for him in his office, slightly messy selfies of the two of them together, or pictures of Horatio dressed up for whatever holiday or event is approaching.

Wednesday Viewings are sneak peaks into what his video on Friday will be about. Sometimes it's a shot of the title card of the movie or TV show. Others it's an artfully done picture of a book of a play open with several pens and sticky notes scattered in and around it.

Saturday Shots are just pictures of anything particularly interesting Chris did during the week, or pictures and videos taken during a stroll in the park near his flat, or pictures with his friends at cafés or theatres.

Many people are surprised by who Chris is friends with, not expecting to see the Sandra Wilkinson, the Robert Grove, and the Vanessa Wilcock-Wynn-Carroway with him.

Well, okay, Sandra and Robert make sense given that both of them are well-known acting vloggers, too. But it always throws new viewers off to find out that Chris and Vanessa are engaged.

The two of them are very good at keeping their accounts separate and compartmentalized.

Once they announce their engagement on both of their channels, however, the divide they had slowly erodes away and Vanessa can be seen occasionally in his lives, sometimes even joining in for a few minutes. She also starts to feature more heavily on his Instagram page, along with her cat Othello.

(Screen Beans are shook to find out that Chris had been hiding an entire whole ass cat from them for years. Especially one as fluffy as Othello. When asked about it in a live Q&A that he did on Instagram after his engagement announcement video went up, he chalked the lack of Othello up to the fact that he can close his office door while he films. And that Othello likes to sleep most of the time on his and Vanessa's bed or hang out with her while she works on a new pattern or design or challenge.)

Chris posts his videos every Friday, and they range between three minutes long to over an hour and a half if he's dissecting a film/TV show/play.

[blogthatgoeswrong]

Chapters: 2/3 Fandom: The Play That Goes Wrong Series - Lewis & Sayer & Shields, The Goes Wrong Show (TV 2019) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Max Bennett/Sandra Wilkinson (The Play That Goes Wrong), Chris Bean/Robert Grove, Annie Twilloil/Vanessa Wilcock-Wynn-Carroway Characters: Max Bennett (The Play That Goes Wrong), Sandra Wilkinson (The Play That Goes Wrong), Chris Bean (The Play That Goes Wrong), Robert Grove, Annie Twilloil, Vanessa Wilcock-Wynn-Carroway, Jonathan Harris (The Play That Goes Wrong), Trevor Watson (The Play That Goes Wrong), Dennis Tyde, Lucy Grove Additional Tags: Weddings, Fluff and Angst, Comfort, Love, Romance, Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, Play: The Play That Goes Wrong (The Play That Goes Wrong), Play: Peter Pan Goes Wrong (The Play That Goes Wrong), TV Special: A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong Summary:

Sandra proposed to Max a year ago. But with company like this? Things are bound to go wrong. Will the wedding be called off? Or will things start looking right for the Cornley polytechnic drama society. Only time will tell as the engaged couple prepare for the altar and their big day. I finally did chapter 2!!! Lets gooo

[the-irrelevant-trumpeter]

i don’t have my computer with me on holidays so i can’t finish the fic i was writing, but i’ve been planning another one on my phone and i may even start writing it.

[sapphic-songbird]

I’ve gotten VERY into scream and slasher soooo

In honor of spooky season coming to an end

Also pls share why in the re blogs I love to read them👁️👁️

[haventacluewhatimdoing]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Spread the self-love *blasts you with sparkly hearts* ❤️💞🩷💖💗❤️💓❤️💝💕💘❤️💕❤️💘

Aah this is so sweet! I'm gonna have to look through all my stuff now...

I'm doing 5 different fandoms because I feel like it!

1. Jeeves and Wooster: Intersex!Wooster, Asexual!Wooster, pre-canon. Jooster. I'm so happy with how this one turned out, especially since I was so nervous to write it!

2. Goes Wrong Show: Each Cornley member comes out in their own way. ChrisTrev and Max/Sandra, Annie/Vanessa. Featuring every character, many different labels, and a variety of ways of coming out, which is why I love it so much!

3. BBC Merlin: Modern AU where Arthur is an English rugby player and Merlin is a Welsh water carrier. Merthur and Morgwen. I love this one because I love rugby player!Arthur and I'm a rugby fan in real life too, so I had fun getting to write about something I know about!

4. Classic Who: Two and Jamie wonder what the other sees in them. TwoJamie. This one was incredibly tough to pick because I think out of everything I've written I'm most proud of all my Classic Who ones. However, I think this one is my best ever attempt at conveying human emotion, thoughts and feelings, which is why I have chosen it. I feel like I really dived into why Two and Jamie think the way they do, which I highly enjoyed doing. Also a good dose of mutual pining which we always love.

5. BBC Ghosts: Modern AU where Pat and the Captain are teachers, and Thomas runs a cafe. PatCap. Also really hard to choose one of these, cos I have so many that I love! This one is dear to my heart though, and I come back to reread it whenever I need a quick dose of PatCap in my life. Also writing Thomas was a joy as I don't do that very often.

[bowling-with-ham]

i don’t know what blog to put goes wrong stuff on but. mock-up of a cornley au where it’s kind of a herman’s head and/or an inside out with trevor as the one whose head it is

[vees-wax]

Why am I plotting out a hunger games AU for the Cornley Drama Society????

[inked-out-trees]

Ninety percent of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society members are time travelers. None of them are meant to be there. Therein lies the problem.

(A story of two unstoppable forces: the flow of time, and a group of friends fighting to return to each other.)

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hey hi the time travel au has landed! after a whole year in the making!! pls enjoy!!!!

[the-most-lamentable]

oh baby it's askin' time. 58, 66, 73, 90, and 21 for funs :)

Good evening, got booted out of my account for a moment but I am back and presently avoiding working on my writing projects ( will be working after this because my project list is ever expanding and I Still need do get done the ch3 illustration aaaaaa)

What's the last thing a fic made you Google when you were writing it?

Uhh the last thing was the bus system in the Tampa Bay area to Plant city for the immortal blade story. He starts off as a college student before having the worst night of his life brought to you by maybe a few too many Jaegerbombs.

In other research I tried an energy drink to see how it would feel as I have a scene in that Eugenia is an incredibly passive aggressive ghost wherein Keith absolutely crashes right before a show so Mickey gives him a monster thinking what's the worst that could happen? It goes poorly.

When have you felt the most confident in your writing?

Occasionally when I'm working on a project I'll have one of those moments where I realise Hey I just set up and paid off some very nice bits of theme and motif Ohoho it's all coming together, I've connected the dots. It's usually then.

Otherwise, my best writing? This line I wrote at 4 am.

"“Well- jokes on you! Both of my parents are dead!” Kevin sputtered.

Jeremy paused for a moment. Someone nearby shouted, “Her ghost is disappointed!” The crowd murmured in agreement."

How do you visualize scenes? Do you see it like a movie in your head, or do the words just flow?

So when I first start drafting a story I will be sitting there staring at a wall and there's a tiny film projector in my head playing out key beats, very visual but also vibe driven. The Great Imposter was very one to one in the scene beats and imagery I came up with initially like the imagery of the study sequence where he's stuck watching the action unable to act, or the whirring ambulance lights in sprinkling rain for Shock Blanket.

When I actually start writing it's a bit of both, my brain is multitasking to high hell. Those central images serve as a guide which is supported by insane amounts of character research and story structure. Most of the chapter illustrations are those initial clear images translated to drawing. I figure if the iconography is so effective to me, it should hopefully work on my audience too as a supplement to the vibes.

Do you notice your own voice in your writing?

Exceedingly so, yes. While I do make an effort to write within character logic and voice, it is still my writing. I have been told my usual voice is resemblant of a late 1800s British satirist, which seems fair (irony is the death of sincerity, my deepest struggle writing) however other inspirations include: Terry Pratchett, Lemony Snickett, Clue 1985, Tj Klune, David Sedaris, etc. All this to say always very dry humor, fast rhythm, and exceedingly long metaphors that are just a bit too specific.

Pick a writer to co-write a book and tell us what you'd write about.

Uhhhh I don't know but if you ever want to write a story together here's my pitches that I am coming up with on the spot (absolutely no pressure, i just dont know how else to answer this):

An AU of Homeward, Boumd where the Beans are all human, but still just as fucked up. Like Chris mentions offhand that his brother once threw him into a hole in their basement and left him for dead and everyone is just !!!??????

Celia Bean had an affair (outside of her one with Robert of course) which after an ancestry test brings James's number of suprise siblings up to 3. I just feel like him and Chris have similar vibes. Plus the chaos of introducing these two groups, particularly Cornley being perhaps a little too snooping over this (Jonathan and Dennis trying to casually hide behind a newspaper in a café only to be immediately clocked by Chris)

I've got an urban fantasy noir sorta story where magic is real and the whole thing kicks off with a spell backfiring and James's dad disappearing. Features things such as Keith and Mickey Co running a psychic shop (Keith runs the shop, Mickey is his glorified landlord, roommate, and self nominated HR department), Kevin getting up to shenanigans as a ghost, human glowsticks being abused for said glowing, werebear the ultimate bear, group sleepover (See: James and Mickey fall asleep and nobody has the heart to wake them). I believe I've mentioned this one before.

Anyways thanks for the ask, forgive me if it's A bit incomprehensible I am extremely sleep deprived from an absolute eager with my friend last night wherein we reorganized her bedroom and then discussed theology till 4 am. Best wishes, Jon, I don't know why I'm signing off like an email but it's there now

[cornley-amateur-drama-society]

I Would Be Lost Without You --- Maybe a Cornley Fam fluff hurt/comfort? The line, if I'm remembering right, is from ACCGW when Chris is apologizing in the graveyard. So, that's what led me to this conclusion.

A Sparkle of Mischief --- This sounds really cute, ngl I kind of want this one or the 15 Quid one to be for the Candy Canes adlsk;jf

Christmas Every Day --- this may just be because I love time loop AUs, but is this a time loop AU? If not, maybe something cute and fluffy with a couple, perhaps even Sandra and Max ?

Do You Always Dress Like That? --- This has the potential to be either super funny and kind of cute or angsty, and I cannot decide which idea I like more.

Once More, With Feeling --- I'm gonna be honest, m8, I have no clue.

You’ve Always Been the Same, Scrooge --- Is this perhaps immediately post-ACCGW with Chris and someone or someones in the cast? It feels like it could be, but that could also be because Chris is my angst blorbo of the moment right now.

Roasting on an Open Fire (Seriously, Call the Firehouse) --- 👀👀👀 Did the cast set the theatre on fire??? (side note, “The Christmas Song” is one of my favorite Christmas songs, so the title has me supes curious a;dkj)

A Childhood Worth Forgetting (Except for This) --- Sledding? Maybe a redo as an adult of a childhood that wasn't great, and so they go sledding to give them something nice to think of for the holidays?

Cut Me Down --- Decorating the Tree? Or Traditions? I'm not sure here.

Let’s Not Re-Create the Classics --- Christmas Movie Marathon, right? This feels like it would be CMM's prompt fill. Maybe the cast is putting on, idk, White Christmas (1954) or something, and it's just. *Shakes head* sometimes hits are hits for a reason, and sometimes they can't be recaptured again…

Ornamental CATastrophe --- Decorating the Tree or Hanging Tinsel, I just need to know who has the chaotic cat right now immediately ak;dsjfasd

What Do You Want For Christmas (Under £15) --- I really want this to be like some sort of White Elephant/Secret Santa thing but instead of like a nice notebook or smth, the giftee gets just. The most outrageous amount of Candy Canes lmao ALso, third favorite title you've got here.

Don’t Get Me Drunk on Eggnog (I Might Say Too Much) --- OUGH THE ANGST POTENCH HERE IS DELICIOUS!!! Maybe this one has something to do with Mistletoe Moments? Oh, just from the title I'm so hype to read this one a;ldskfjasdk

I'm very excited for these because I just can't seem to make up my mind on the tone of them ! Truly, Eggnog, Open Fire, and 15 Quid are the three titles I'm most looking forward to simply because I greatly enjoy the titles haha

What’s In A Title?

I thought that, since we’ve now entered December and The Big Reveal is soon upon us, we could play a little game. A game involving one of the hardest parts of fic writing—Titles!

So, if you want to participate, these are the rules (not really rules);

Reblog this post with the title(s) of your CCC fic(s)—be it the actual title(s) or the current work title(s)—and let people make assumptions about the stories you’ve written.

Let’s see how close or far off we’ll be able to guess with only titles to go on.

[cornley-amateur-drama-society]

Introducing your Cornley Catastrophe!

Team & Mascot

Centers

Defensemen

Wingers

Goalie

As a preface, I'm coming at this from the perspective of someone who watches the National Hockey League (NHL) and the ECHL. I don't really pay attention to the International Hockey Federation (IHF), and I have no experience with the English Ice Hockey League (EIHL) aside from knowing they exist. The hockey culture I will be referencing, therefore, is going to be North American by default.

Here's a guide that goes into more detail about the actual roles on a hockey team in the NHL.

[blogthatgoeswrong]

Fanfic writing

I must stop because I'm writing two fanfics at the moment but ughhh I really want to write a Max/Sandra highschool au. Please, I need to write it so bad but I've got two long chapters left of one fic and LOADS to go on another. The stress... I also want to write something centering on Chris... maybe that will just be one shot though? Maybe..

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me when i’m writing fanfic and i’m killing all but one of my main characters because that’s the type of au it is: