#greasedinah au

[sunshinerory]

I sorta think of the male iterations of greaseball as the older brother of fem!greaseball, since they’re definitely such different characters

like fem!greaseball (referred to as graham in my brain bc they wouldn’t both be greaseball at the same time, seems like an inherited title, maybe from their dad) always grew up in her brother’s shadow and wanted to beat him at everything so now that she’s in the spotlight she does Not like giving it up at all

dinah is still just one character, she dates og greaseball and he brings her around his family a decent amount, which kinda leads to graham developing feelings for her as well because dinah is one of few people who doesn’t treat her like she’s invisible or in the shadow of her brother.

og greaseball is a Bad Boyfriend and he and dinah break up, but dinah still spends time with graham because she’s having gay realizations and also just because they like each other.

graham is still cocky and a bit of a posturing asshole but is definitely much much nicer and more caring towards her than og greaseball was (she was borderline obsessed with the idea of being a better partner to dinah than her brother could because again they’re competitive as hell, dinah is aware and thinks it’s adorable)

graham acts the way she does in the show because she’s desperate to be better than her brother, and a lot of what she has to overcome is an inferiority complex. she feels like emotions make her weak and that she can’t be vulnerable, but she learns with time how to be more open with friends, which she can keep bow because she’s better at being nice to people lmao

(art is mine btw!)

[phopollo]

Been absolutely possesed the past couple of weeks to make the softest ship content

[mataeeylooey]

Hello starlight expressians, if you don’t know i’ve been making a starlight express infection au over on my tiktok @ josephdesaulnierscamera!!! Here’s greaseball and dinah

[greasebabexpress]

Small Town AU (Dinah)

Dinah works at the Starlight Diner along with Pearl, Tassita, and Belle

Belle typically works night shifts, Pearl does morning, and Tassita does the lunch shift.

Dinah will consistently have a morning shift with Pearl but Dinah is constantly picking up shifts throughout the week.

They all work Saturday and Sunday mornings when it’s the busiest

Dinah tends to pick up shifts because she likes to keep busy, when she was home from breaks during college she would end up picking up a new hobby and it would end up with her canning homemade jam in her kitchen at 2am.

Dinah is just the kind of girl who needs to have her schedule full

Dinah is not originally from the town of Starlight, but she was roommates with Belle in college who is from Starlight.

After graduating (and struggling to find a post-grad job) Belle mentioned that she was moving in with her childhood friend and invited Dinah to the extra bedroom

Belle, Tassita, and Dinah have been roommates and they rent the second floor of an old converted Victorian style house in town that’s been split up for apartments.

Dinah is consistently setting off the fire alarm since it’s so sensitive. She’s currently working on experimenting with different recipes, her dream is to publish a cookbook. Currently she has a blog that she will post some of her recipes to.

On Wednesdays Dinah runs a cooking class at the community center, it’s typically the same two or three grannies but she enjoys it nonetheless.

The grannies always tease her that “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach” and that “men want a woman who can cook for them” and Dinah just smiles and nods because she doesn’t have the heart to tell them that she’s a raging lesbian.

It’s times like these that she wonders why she moved to such a small town to begin with, even if it was to be with her friends.

After meeting Greaseball and realizing that Momma actually convinced her to follow through with the youth sports coaching, every Wednesday after her cooking class she finds herself peaking into the gym to see if she’s still there or not

One week Dinah gets the courage to approach Greaseball, as she’s tidying up the gym from practice, and Dinah offered some of the leftover scones she had made in class.

This is single-handedly the nicest thing that has happened to Greaseball in the last three months since moving back to Starlight, and even though she doesn’t really know what a scone is, she feels compelled to make up the gesture

Greaseball offers Dinah a ride home from the community center in her truck and they end up parked outside of Dinah’s house for half an hour just talking.

Dinah now knows why she moved to town

[whitys2]

(stex idol au)

Love the hc of Greaseball being cancelled bc she shared her opinions with the public 😭

[stelscribbles]

Ok ok but imagine……….. starlight express but with the plot of cars AH WHO SAID THAT!!!!

I have sooooo much in my head because i know the plot (and script) of cars forwards and backwards and like……. It just works sooooo well with these characters (some characters don’t line up but i have a list that makes sense to me) but to ME GB makes a lot of sense as lightning bc she’s got that cocky attitude but i know she’s just a big softie under that armor

And obviously that would make Dinah sally…….. bc hello I LOVE me some greasedinah and they fit these characters pretty well teehee

Oh but i like to think that instead of GB’s racing sponsor being rusty cars it’s STEAM ENGINES. And the product would be like some steam engine product idk lol… and mater would be RUSTY and doc would be MOMMA ❤️

And I’m thinking that this AUs “dinoco” would be the Union Pacific,,,,, like they’re just a huge sponsor and OBVIOUSLY since GB is in firm belief that she Is The Best, she needs the best sponsor out there.

Omg and Dinah……… sweet Dinah omg…….. so i think in this AU she would take the place of BOTH sally and Flo combined,,,, like Dinah would own the diner (flos v8 cafe) instead of the motel,,,,, BELLE WOULD OWN THE MOTEL AHHHH

So like a few things in this au are switched but like lmk what you think 😼

[unevenlee]

missed drawing silly anthro animals so have maned lioness gb!

this song is sooooooo JGFBASJKDLGNBKJSLADNKLJ <3

[wetcatschwartzy]

some more killapillar stuff :3

[starlight-lesbians]

For a fic idea,,,What soulmate AU idea would work best for StEx?

short list of ideas so far

first words written on you

matching marks

hearing when the other sings/listens to music

stain where first touch will be

whatever is written on your skin shows up on your soulmate’s skin too

any others yall know of!

i just think it could be sillay lol

[sweet-dining-car]

*remembers I have a high school au*

They like to congratulate each other after their sports are done

[bushrat2319]

She’s wearing Greaseball’s hoodie hehehe

[sunshinerory]

so like we know dinah likes to cook obviously, but i think she’d especially like to bake.

she would also be very aware that the easiest way to get greaseball to hang out with her instead of going out is to casually mention she’s gonna try some new recipes. suddenly she has a very eager taste tester that’s kind of just happy to wolf down treats

in that vein gb is probably so Not Picky about food because she probably has to eat a lot, so if dinah doesn’t like something she’s eating she can just hand it over to her girlfriend and it’ll be gone in a millisecond

[dinahdoeeyes]

Thinking about a Starlight Express college AU. 🥺

They're all on a roller derby team or something, Idk. Drag racing? Idk.

Many would probably place Dinah as the head cheerleader, but not to me. Pearl is the It Girl, so I think she's the cheer captain type.

Dinah is the co-captain of the cheerleading squad. Greaseball is the quarterback of the football team, of course.

Greaseball and Dinah are played by Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny, maybe. Idk.

[mataeeylooey]

This is part 2 of the infection au i’ve been working on ! TT: @ josephdesaulnierscamera

[greasebabexpress]

Chapter 3 is posted!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61875748/chapters/158602816#workskin

[whitys2]