#hadestown ranchers au

[basil-the-bulbasaur]

Hey team rancher fans, I've been scheming a little project that if I do it well, will rip your heart into tiny shreds. My goal is to have the first part done by the anniversary of the 5th session of double life. I don't know how feasible that is considering I'm already behind schedule, but hey, silly little teaser thing!

[tuziehr]

Hadestown AU Ranchers except this time I’ve actually drawn them!!

Designs may or may not change depending on my mood lol

Original screamy things

[the-lesbian-orpheus]

I was thinking of naming the AU “Red Lives, Red Flowers” or something to that extent what do we think

Main post for the AU

[aggressiveasriel]

Traffic life Hadestown AU

Scar is perfect for Hades. Scar always has a sales pitch and is pretty clever when you look at how he almost always gets at least something from the other person. (ex. the points to get clothes, The donation chest, his traveling wagon, and the "crystals") he always tends to be very loyal. Almost every game he goes back to grian.

Grian as Pherspone. (yes, this is Scarian. Sue me) Poor coping mechanism. Always down for parties/fun. Is very smart and deadly. I don't have any other Parallels currently

Tango as Orpheus. He's optimistic and incredibly hard-working. When he does something he does it with all his heart. Is half blaze half human.

Jimmy as Eurydice. He's seen how mean other players can get. Don't have much else there.

[parissfrogg]

Ask and ye shall receive!

A collection of all the fics that I am not planning on finishing, but like enough to want to post. Each will have a further description in their chapter and an outline of what the plan for each was. NONE OF THESE ARE BETA READ The collection is as follows -Woodsman Bdubs/Monster Etho -Ranchers Hadestown Au -Ranchers Cowboy Au -Treebark makeout (stars and fire au) -Life series where the world is their biggest enemy and is slowly rotting from under them -Royal Guard GP Tim/Prince Jonny -Pirate Jonny/Mermaid GP Tim -GP Tim finds out Bertie is alive and mechanized -Mechanisms inspired murder mystery -Tim Stoker wakes up after episode 200 and looks for Sasha -Stephanie gets kicked out and goes to stay with Pete for the night

[artemfluid]

"I'm a whore for hadestown....and I'm a whore- for ranchers." -me after reading the first chapter of a ranchers hadestown au fic that hasn't been updated in a month

[weatheredcopper]

when im done w requests in five million years i really wanna draw my dl hadestown au with orpheus and eurydice ranchers and hades and persephone as desert duo....

[yunostexe]

hadestown au

except idk who orpheus or eurydice would be (maybe flower husbands? maybe ranchers? maybe someone entirely else?)

BUT scar and grian as hades and persephone (thinking more of grian as hades and scar as persephone?)

[feuillytheflorist]

my tomgreg kind-out-there-au masterpost

(mostly just for me, but enjoy anyway) reference post for my completely out there tomgreg au's, that aren't just canon divergent, or future fics, but literally a result of me being unwell about tom and greg and putting them in Situations

hoist the colors high: series-gay pirates, ghosts, and tom and greg's feral little street child billy

dead air: fucked up radio station in washington, Childhood Trauma, thinly veiled night vale au (and it's outtakes)

if the lord don't forgive me: among us au... no further comments

something tragic about you: good omens au with demon greg who's always cold, and tom who is one bad day away from getting tossed outta heaven

strange and unusual: tom greg afterlife au i wrote when i was watching beetlejuice

tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow: immortal greg runs into tom for nearly two hundred years, tom never remembers him

running up that hill: (art history fan) tom gets tossed back into 1860, and has to save greg from his fate, all the while falling in love with him (and it's sequel)

i don't know what i'm supposed to do (haunted by the ghost of you): haunted lighthouse, angsty ghost tom, ghost hunter nearly gf's willa and comfry

be still, for there is strange music: literally just an au where greg is an avatar of the eye, and tom is an avatar of the hunt, bc i have magnus archives brain rot

colder in the summertime: jack the ripper, victorian brothels, and tom fighting his inner demons (feelings for greg)

and our work is never done: a (still unfinished sorry lol) cyberpunk au, set the music of hadestown

bad moon rising: unfinished monster boyfriends tom and greg

once and future: arthurian flavored tomgreg, trying to run away from your destiny, and swords

and all of them the same town, and all of them our town: semi-epistolary spooky liminal space desert town, feat lots of mondale content

we could be the way forward (and i know i'll pay for it): cowboys (ranchers) tom and greg have a torrid affair while working for farming mega corp waystar

[mossesandmushrooms]

In a Flower Husbands Hadestown AU, Jimmy is definitely Orpheus, but in a Team Rancher Hadestown AU, that's when he's the already-jaded-but-newly-trusting Eurydice to Tango's Orpheus making grand promises.

[basil-the-bulbasaur]

To no one's surprise, I have not finished the first part of the Hadestown AU, so here's team rancher designs.

[ID: Drawing of Jimmy holding a wooden bucket, his expression looks shocked. His clothes are reminiscent of ancient Greek clothing: white fabric covering his shoulder and torso, tied with a blue sash. He is wearing more modern pants, a blue neckerchief, brown gloves, and yellow tinted googles on his head. He has bird feet, clipped yellow bird wings, and the silly little feathered ears. To the right of Jimmy there are sketches of bird feet. End ID]

[ID: Drawing of Jimmy and Tango sitting on the ground hugging, Jimmy facing away from the viewer. Tango's head is buried in Jimmy's shoulder and his legs are wrapped around his waist. Jimmy's outfit is the same as in the previous image although the different angle shows that the white fabric wraps around his neck without covering the rest of his back, leaving room for his now slightly charred wings. Tango is wearing black pants and red boots. He is wearing a black chlamys (cloak) over his red shirt rather than a vest. He has red tinted googles on his head and red fingerless gloves on his burnt hands. In one hand he is holding a goat horn, although the view is mostly covered by Jimmy's wings. In the background is a messy graphite sketch of the burnt ranch. End ID]

[ID: A drawing of Tango standing with one hand outstretched as if reaching for something. He is drawn as a pointy humanoid packrat. His outfit is much the same except without the googles or boots. His shirt is longer and more chiton (tunic) like, it is cinched under the breast with a black belt. In this drawing his chlamys is pinned by a half-red, half-black heart shaped brooch. His hands are burnt, as well as part of his snout, on Tango's left arm the burn scars go far enough up his arm to be visible past the glove. Sculk has started growing on his feet and tail. The end of his tail is yellow-orange and vaguely oak-leaf-shaped. Around Tango are a variety of graphite sketches and notes written in cursive. To his lower right it says, "Accidentally drew him way too tall, whoops". Above him is a note that says, "Goats: stag beetles". To the left of his head is a sketch of the warden, and below him there are two sketches of the warden labeled, "Mole warden?" To the right of his head is a sketch of a kukri knife. End ID]

They will be drawn as rats, because I'm me, and I already have rat designs for nearly every life series character, but very few human designs. But I started making designs specifically for this AU during the 1 week since March that I drew humans, so you get human (kinda) drawings.

The first 2 drawings are yellow-life ranchers. I don't know why I did that; they aren't going to be yellow at any point in this comic. But the third is red life tango.

The first part is going to be 6 pages and they've already been sketched out, so hopefully I can get it out soon (although my friend/beta reader/person-who-listens-to-all-my-rantings keeps telling me to "not overwork myself." sighs/(light hearted)).

[the-lesbian-orpheus]

I’ve thought of a potential solution on how I can have both Tango and Scott worked into the AU

So I’ll do a vote if enough people notice the AU to decide who’s gonna be Orpheus

Story parallel wise Scott is definitely making sense but also Jimmy and tango are so in love sometimes- anyway

So what if Jim/Eurydice was in love with one of them before and they “died” went to Hadestown

And that’s kinda what makes Tim cynical

And then Orpheus shows up and they fall in love again

And when Jimmy goes down to Hadestown he sees the love as one of the workers but they both gotta move on and then the Orpheus comes and tries to save Jimmy and Jimmy goes with Orpheus

I think this would mean Scott as Orpheus and Tango as other would make lots of sense too 👀

Anyway yeah I what do we think

AU here

[the-lesbian-orpheus]

(kinda sorta)

Life SMP Hadestown AU

//Life SMP Hadestown AU//

Master post for something no one may see.

Idk if this is anything but enjoy

I dunno- this and into the woods is my favorite musicals and I’ve had traffic brain rot for AGESSS and I was finally re-listening to Hadestown and this absolute fever dream of an idea dawned on me during hey little song bird

So yeah. Enjoy?

Here’s the original post when I got this idea

And obvious disclaimer this are all the character versions of these people not the actual people thank you very much for you patience.

ANYWAY

//Life series Hadestown AU//

Eurydice- Jimmy Solidarity ✨the canary✨ you see the vision. This (joke?) is what started this whole thing so.

Orpheus- Still deciding between Scott and Tango

Tango pros:

- They are soulmates

- the goat horns are kinda vaguely like music/an instrument 👀

- ranchers duo is SO SWEET always

- their lives are tethered which in a way fits the story of the show and the myth.

- idk i just like this idea

- why are you still here? It’s over. Go home.

- c!jimmy seems to be on better terms with c!tango than c!scott soooo

Scott pros:

- they were husbands, Jimmy died first tragically (very accurate to original myth)

- THE FLOWER MOTIF- specifically a red flower. It’s just so perfect

- they saw each other in the afterlife

- Scott is always attached to flower husbands which seems fitting

- he likes to sing? Empires musical? I don’t know but it seems like it works

-flower husbands and desert duo have connections (you will see why this is important)

So yeah leaning towards tango for the vibes but leaning towards Scott for actual similarities in plot and such.

(If someone wants to say Joel or someone I will happily hear you out lol)

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Hades and Persephone- c!Grian and c!Scar/desert duo. The characters were once in love and then it grew into a a more bitter relationship. There are lots of potential parallels with Hadestown older lovers and desert duo. Grian and scar also have flower/plant motifs.

Grian as hades- He is a watcher, which seems fitting. Creator of the games seems fitting for god of death and also the industrial foreman Hadestown has. Original winner.

Scar as Persephone- Now that he is a winner, I personally love the idea of him being the earth, which is perfect for the god(dess) of spring. I also think his secret life skins going from green to black is an accidental parallel.

The only real issue with this is I want to incorporate Grian being the sun but that’s contradictory;-;

Hermes- My main idea atm is Martyn. This is mostly because storytelling and lore is very connected to him and his character. Who doesn’t love some eyes and ears AU/lore

I am also considering pearl just because I like that idea, her being the moon and being connected to g and s, etc

And Ren because he is such a storyteller/theater kid

The Fates- I have several ideas for this

-the watchers(and secret keeper.) Obvious reasons

- the other winners

-clethubs because they are a fun/good trio lol

- ren, pearl, Scott (in case I don’t have them as Hermes/orpheus)

- the remaining Evo members: bigb (also he was so creechur in third life ), pearl, and if he’s not Hermes, Martyn (also good since pearl and martyn have won)

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Based on a lot of the plant motifs imagine if instead of a carnation it was a poppy.

I’m very slow with drawing and have never written any kind of fic before but if people like this idea I’d love suggestions for the AU and I’ll definitely make some character designs :)

Character designs/descriptions:

Jimmy coming soon to a theater near you

Other posts for the AU:

Full circle lol

Potential name

How to include both Scott and Tango

[tuziehr]

Y’all y’all hear me out.

I haven’t decided on whether to make it flower husbands or team rancher yet BUT please consider: Hadestown AU

Personally I think Jimmy would work for either Orpheus or Eurydice (I’m kinda leaning towards Eurydice because of the canary comment in Hey, Little Songbird) so the question is who his partner would be and I cannot decide for the life of me

Feel free to add thoughts!

[parissfrogg]

What if I wrote a ranchers hadestown au

What then?

What if they are doomed by the narrative huh??

[parissfrogg]

#15 for the playlist ask game? :)

#15: All I’ve Ever Known from Hadestown

I adore this song for ranchers so much, mostly from Tango’s perspective (especially in certain au’s). It’s the idea that tango hasn’t experienced very much genuine kindness in the series (especially in last life where he became a pez dispenser but for lives) and having that realization that maybe people CAN treat him with gentleness and maybe that person happens to be his soulmate

These lines particularly stand out

You take me in your arms and

Suddenly there’s sunlight all around me

Everything bright and warm

And shining like it never did before

And for a moment I forget

Just how dark and cold it gets

And since it’s a duet I can see Jimmy having the other part, especially the “I don’t know how or why, or who am I that I should get to hold you”

Ough I love this song