#i could do auggie and ava too but i'm definitely losing steam

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I’m going to a concert tonight so idk when I’ll be able to check in, but Christine, give me some headcanons from your gmw/htgawm crossover. Pleaseeeeee?

I hope you’re enjoying your concert! Ok so I’ve been trying to come up with some headcanons that are non-spoilery just in case I actually get my shit together and write all of these scenes, but I couldn’t come up with anything. 

Instead I’m going to give some more background on the characters and what their htgawm counterpart(s) is/are. I hope that’s okay!!

I went overboard so it’s under the cut. These also started to get more and more vague the longer I worked at them so…¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Topanga is the Annalise (obvs) but with a lot less baggage. She and Cory were childhood sweethearts who got married and pregnant in college but she followed through with her dreams to become a defense attorney and left most of the child rearing to Cory. Once Auggie was born they moved back to their college town and Topanga took a job as a professor. These days she has a better relationship with her kids but both of them are still closer to Cory.

Cory is nothing like Sam, thank god! but he does have some dark secrets he’s hiding from his family. When Riley moves back home she believes that he is on an extended trip to visit her Uncle Eric and Uncle Jack but she soon learns that there is more to the story than that. 

Riley is the most like Wes. She’s coming home and entering her old world but seeing it with fresh eyes. Being the professor’s daughter, she has something to prove to her classmates and is prepared to work twice as hard to do so. Her studies soon take a backseat when the investigation into Ava Morgenstern’s death takes a devastating turn. She decides to take matters into her own hands; anything to help her little brother. 

Maya is Bonnie but, again, without all the baggage. She’s been Topanga’s right hand woman for over six years and is practically a member of the Matthews family at this point. She has a rough past with both of her parents and Topanga has taken on an almost maternal role in her life which causes some issues in their working relationship. She sometimes wonders what would have happened if she’d gone to art school, but she is generally happy with the direction her life took.

Charlie is a mix between Frank and another character that I can’t reveal because it would maybe be a spoiler. He was one of Topanga’s students before suddenly dropping out during his second year. She offered him a job and he’s been working for her ever since. He and Riley have a complicated past and when she moves home he proves that he doesn’t really know how to take a hint.

Lucas is mostly Connor with a little Michaela thrown in there because why not?! He has more than a few demons in his past and he’ll do just about anything to overcome them and make something of himself. And when he says anything he means anything. He sometimes causes more problems than he solves in the beginning, but when Riley gets in over her head he soon becomes her closest ally.

Farkle is both Asher and Laurel. Wound tightly by the expectations of his family, he comes off as cold, self centered, and the absolute worst team player. He quickly loses control though as things in his love life start to heat up.

Izzy is Oliver through and through. Absolutely lovable and too pure for this messed up group. A tech prodigy running her own start up, she has her life completely together until Farkle Minkus walks back into her life. It slowly becomes one of the best and worst decisions she’s ever made when she agrees to help him as she makes unbreakable connections when she’s thrown into their crazy world.

Zay is pretty much all Rebecca. Trouble follows as soon as he comes to town. He and Lucas were the best of friends growing up, but now Lucas wants nothing to do with him until one tragic night when their paths are forced back together. He falls hard and fast for one of our favorites and it’s this unlikely relationship that keeps him in town when things start getting scary.