#im already considering making this an au

[goob1enerd11]

i randomly had an idea

[the-maximist-drawer]

Foot Leonardo!

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

So this has been bouncing around in my head for a WHILE (aka: a couple days) now but your lights out au kinda reminds me of a game that came out recently called "my friendly neighborhood" (really good game btw, highly recommend to either play or watch a playthrough) bc the plot is literally "puppets are just alive in this universe muppet-style & after their show got canceled they all got locked in their show's studio for a decade or so & went slightly mad bc of it". There's a whole bunch of differences, obviously, but mainly I just thought it'd be interesting if the player character, a grumpy-but-lovable handyman who's also a war vet that has Seen Some Shit, ended up at the playfellow studio in this au for one reason or another (maybe he was asked to go in & check that the electricity all still works correctly?). Idk how the puppets would react to his arrival, but at least he's got some practice handling aggressive (or overly enthusiastic) puppets who haven't seen a real, live human in years.

i've been meaning to watch a playthrough for a week now T¬T i remember watching the demo and being immediately So Fucking Hyped for the game's release

if i were interested in crossovers, i'd probably be all over that! unfortunately, they're not really my wheelhouse </3

[quirkle2]

I was wondering if there are any rare happy ritsu moments in ur zombie au since hes always miserable I think,, like is he always miserable or is he happy/not miserable and feeling kinda good sometimes?

VWHDGDGD NO YEAH OFC HE'S HAPPY SOMETIMES im just horrible and enjoy putting him through misery

ive never been able to get a genuine smile to look right on his face in my art style either i think thats part of it. as ive said his face is just built to be mildly uncomfortable and bothered and i lean into it sm it's starting to get kinda funny

but yes ritsu is happy plenty! i think, canonically, he just seems like the type of person to me that tends to turn lemonade back into lemons. he's easy to scare and his first reaction to things is often Dread and Anxiety. he dwells on the negatives a lot and seems to be a "hope for the best, expect the worst," kinda guy, but there's a section in this post abt shigeo always loving the little things in life, and ritsu steadily learns throughout the journey on how to do that and how healing it can rly be. even if he had to grow up too fast during this whole thing and learn things a kid should never have to, the journey also gave him some good insight and lessons in other places! ritsu is smart, he figures it all out

in terms of little things here n there he's the happiest lil guy on the planet when he finds one of his favorite foods—swings his legs while he sits and munches on a kitkat bar like he's got absolutely nothin in the world to worry abt. sometimes mob does smth funny that he laughs at; for the longest time i've had this silly image in my head of mob accidentally knocking down a bucket from a store shelf and it lands on his head and he just kinda stands there and makes noises.when the noises continue out of pure curiosity about the weird echoey quality it's giving them ritsu cannot help but lose it

besides tiny things tho, when tome comes around ritsu in general is a lot happier, just cuz he has somebody to talk to that will actually respond in some way. they're sorta reluctant partners in crime at first (at least on ritsu's end) but over time and over bonding they grow to rly like each other's presence. they bicker constantly but it's almost always fond eventually, and they shove each other and playfight until mob gets antsy enough to get worked up about it. rly, tome is a godsend to ritsu's mental health—after months and months of being effectively alone with his thoughts, he finally has another person to converse with. a person His Age, too!

tome is rly good at knowing when ritsu is thinkin himself into oblivion and she's Also rly good at being the most annoying girl on the planet to yank him outta that and replace any misery with Oh My God Get Off Me You Freak. she doesn't even do this on purpose at first, but over time she learns how to tell when he's thinking too hard and, ofc, she's grown attached and she cares, so she's as obnoxious as possible to lighten the mood

when they find reigen n teru, ritsu gradually gets Much happier still. now that he knows they're safe and the gang is finally back together (and now that there's an Adult present and he can relax a lil and let himself be taken care of) his stress levels r exponentially lowered. having teru back is another instant lift to his mood—im always a big fan of teru and ritsu friendship, and i think adding tome to their dynamic simply makes it more chaotic. truly a trio of the 3 most normal teenagers in existence which will surely bring nothing but good (reigen sweats offscreen)

actually this makes me feel bad for forever torturing him im gonna go draw happy zau ritsus brb ,.,.ok imback <3

[fuckinart]

you ever become obsessed with your own sentences

He could tell the truth. But he was frozen. Somehow he knew that if he did talk, they would just have found that fascinating, and probably would have started with his throat instead.

[monstrsball]

Thoughts on human suga + cringe fail vampire oikawa + werewolf iwa?

you really appealed to my interests here (werewolf iwa), thank u.

i was talking about vampire oikawa and human suga with some friends on discord last night so a lot of those are from there (shoutout to addie and ash)

suga did not pick up on the fact that oikawa was a vampire despite very clear tells. he thought oikawa wanting to be explicitly invited in was some lame attempt at being charming (and it was working), he was like "well, he's just high maintenance" when oikawa was putting on more sunscreen than a human really needs, etc.

when oikawa confessed that he was a vampire, he was really apologetic and felt bad and was like "i understand if you never want to see me again..." and suga was just like "that's kinda hot though"

also suga had like. a laundry list of questions for him. he's studying his vampire boyfriend like a bug and taking notes. oikawa doesn't mind, he likes the attention.

suga does end up telling his friends that his boyfriend is a vampire, suga goes to daichi asking for advice on how to tell his vampire boyfriend that he can feed from him and daichi's like "suga, your life is fascinating"

saw a tweet yesterday like "*cunty vampire voice* darling, how do you use the air fryer" and that's oikawa to me. <- suga also never questioned oikawa needing help with most of his appliances because he's not judgmental like that

iwa and oikawa are ofc still best friends and have been for a long time (not sure if it's still since childhood bc i like the idea of oikawa being over a hundred years old for comedic reasons... although it looks like in some lore werewolves can also live for a pretty long time so... maybe?). and i think when oikawa told iwa he was dating a human, iwa was kinda against it at first. and then he met suga and was like "okay never mind he's perfect for you"

suga did come to the conclusion that iwaizumi is a werewolf on his own but in his defense it's an easier conclusion to come to when you now know that vampires exist and therefore it's not outside the realm of possibility for werewolves to exist too.

i actually don't think iwa knows a lot of other werewolves and i don't think he really cares that much either. he's happy enough with his circle. and (i always like including this in aus where iwa is a werewolf) i think he thinks of those close to him as his 'pack' even though they're not werewolves. he wouldn't say this out loud because oikawa would make fun of him forever.

and it's a big deal, i think, when iwa starts thinking of suga as part of it too.

this was just an oisuga au but now i'm contemplating iwaoisuga. maybe. kinda funny to think about iwaoi dancing around each other for a Long Time and then the catalyst to them finally getting together is some human.

[luciality]

insane brain telling me to turn one of my oldest wip fics into an ask blog instead vs i dont wanna draw

[izzy-b-hands]

today should be a t break day

bc I'll need it to be more effective in the coming days if we see family, and then I'll have the survey shifts

but since late last night i keep randomly nearly breaking into tears and thinking abt the stupidest shit that needs to stay in the box in my brain

so idk. maybe it will be. it is thus far. but I'm not leaving my room without a container of some edible or another in my pocket either

[rat-rosemary]

The man, a noble of Kinoko Kingdom he claims, is still talking, but the moment George hears Quackity make a quiet tsk under his breath he can't hear a single word anymore, all his focus going directly to the two men standing hidden behind them three.

A shuffle, George looks back as subtly as he can, catching just in time as Karl tugs on Quackity's hand to get his attention. He points towards the noble with his head, giving Quackity a look and the man nods, turning back with a quiet sigh. Karl turns back as well, a small frown in his face.

And.

What?

What does that mean??

George's entire body and mind is crawling with uncertainty and he can barely fight the urge to just grab those two and demand an explanation. Sapnap shifts and Dream's hands tense in the throne from the feelings leaking from George.

What do they know what are they doing what are they saying what are they feeling what are they thinking what are they thinking what are they thinking

The man finishes talking and bows and George can't remember a single word he has said.

It must have been something important if Karl and Quackity reacted right? They never done that before. Shit. Fuck. No, that's fine, Dream can tell him later, he looked like he was paying attention.

He sends Sapnap a look and a mental push and the man smiles, declaring that he's taking a break for lunch, he invites them both to go along, but George and Dream both decline, if only for the show.

Sapnap already knew they would decline.

Sapnap turns to Quackity and Karl then, inviting them to come, and they both say yes, just like George knew they would. They were officially (well, not officially, but everyone knew it was the real reason) hired to be Sapnap's entertainment, so they can't deny a direct invite like that.

The three of them leave the throne room, and just before Sapnap closes the door he looks back and nods at George. He'll interrogate them and get the answers George wants.

(A small snippet, I do have more vague story planned but I have no clue how to write it, so have this :D)

[waywardsalt]

oh yeah i’ve got a bunch of loz aus that i haven’t really talked about. a few of them are listed and slightly explained in this poll and explanation reblog but i haven’t gone out of my way to actually list the aus i have and really explain them. so that’s what this post is for. here are some... decently simple explanations of my major aus and what they're generally about

i have two kinds of aus: original aus (loz aus that are set in their own kinds of worlds with their own stories and twists on character roles) and then crossover aus (we all know how this works i just mash loz and a thing i like together)

original aus: (many currently dont have actual titles, so the titles will often just be concept shorthand)

in the court of the crimson king/crimson king au: probably the most developed and closest to being written out. it's got one of the longer premises; set in a industrial-esque hyrule city, following linebeck as the main character, as the adoptive older brother of link and aryll, living with them and their grandmother as the only one able to reliably make money to pay for rent and food, leaving every other week to do jobs, but he moonlights as the 'demon of the gray moon', a masked persona he'd created as a child that had long since become a city-wide urban legend, anonymously taking unsavory jobs from whomever can contact him and offer pay, often working directly for bellum, a childhood friend, the one who enabled and trained him to become the demon, and one of five anonymous leaders of the city. linebeck effectively lives a double life, and tries to stay out of too much trouble to avoid drawing attention to himself or making his adoptive family worry, but he gets dragged into more and more danger as bellum becomes curious about the identities of the city's other leaders, and linebeck falls in love with a man named ganondorf, suspected to be one of those other city leaders. ive got a few posts related to it already: this one being another vague concept descriptor, this one being an actual scene i have written out.

'gimmick' au: i cannot explain the gimmick without spoiling the au. put simply, in this au, hyrule as a whole has been at war for ten years, every race and kingdom taking sides in a conflict that seems to be going nowhere. link joined the hylian army young, and has made his way up the ranks to become trusted by queen zelda herself, and things in the war take an interesting turn as he and zelda discover a new faction, unaligned with any particular kingdom and with unknown motives, and zelda decides to set out to the different parts of hyrule, link and a chosen group of trusted allies in tow, intending to try negotiation one more time before things take a turn for the worse.

sci-fi/space au: the fun one that probably would need to be done in a visual medium. it takes place in a solar system of a few planets, link growing up on the planet hyrule and occasionally traveling to the others as a knight specializing in investigating and taking down dangerous bounty hunters, working for zelda as a friend. he and zelda uncover a plot by the yiga clan to accumulate a number of highly dangerous research and weapons held by each species as they aim to resurrect a demon to wreck havoc on the solar system- the b plot being about the top bounty hunters in the solar system screwing around, eventually colliding with link and zelda's a plot as it begins to involve them.

murder mystery(?) au: one of the older ones, maybe one of the oldest that i still stick with. this might actually be one of the first ones i tried writing. the plot begins when zelda returns to hyrule city years after her father- the former mayor- was murdered, finding that he has been replaced by ganondorf and that while things seem fine enough on the surface, random and organized crime run the show, and she begins a private detective agency as 'sheik', a masked young man, and with the help of impa, and old friend and confidant, she moonlights as sheik and uses her daytime identity as zelda to help chip away at some of the city's biggest problems and finds herself drawn into a long string of murders that appear to be anything but random violence.

ruined hyrule 1: i have two au’s with the premise of hyrule being ruined. neither of them have more specific names yet. this one begins with the majority of greater hyrule's population having long since locked themselves in hyrule castle town in order to escape the increasingly dangerous wildlife. zelda, a young girl at the beginning, becomes curious about what lies beyond the city walls, and makes friends with many other children within this sheltered hyrule, and as they grow up together, aim to eventually venture out into the wilderness to see what may have caused the outside world to become so incredibly hostile.

ruined hyrule 2: the other ruined hyrule. set in a devastated hyrule, roughly ten years after the royal family was killed, link failing to save them or hyrule in the time since. he now resolves to set out and indiscriminately destroy every demon that plagues the ruined hyrule, meeting and bringing along various allies, each of which has been uniquely affected by and have different lived in this altered, dangerous shell of hyrule.

modern (school): i also have two modern aus. this one isn’t plot driven, just a concept i have, would work best as little vignettes or something. essentially just the idea of a group of loz characters hanging out together in a modern high school (or college?) setting.

modern: this is the one with an actual plot. follows the general idea of zelda characters living in a modern world only for the typical legends to begin resurfacing and heralding dark events. plot specifics are murky, but that's the general idea.

dark mage: this is the au that where the seas meet the sands takes place in. basically just ganondorf x linebeck shenanigans in this alternate hyrule while actual plot sneaks up on them. named 'dark mage' mostly because the initial idea behind this au was that linebeck would learn magic.

horror au: doesn't have the best name, and it's ended up just being a personal sandbox for me. constantly changing, with the cast and setting often altering if i find that something isn't working or sticking. it's an au i've considered (and even briefly tried) writing in the past, but it's still too fluid, and writing horror effectively is difficult. it's a fun au, though.

mecha au: spawned because i watched neon genesis evangelion. a lot of this au's basic concepts can be found here: x but the short version is that hyrule is being besiged by massive monsters, but each race has created their own mechs to combat them. link is just a farmer who happens to have a strange knack for being a mech user, so is brought in by zelda as a gamble to bolster their chances, and he is tasked with working with a new and less-than-trustworthy crew to help fight those monsters.

'amnesia link' au: an au that sprang up in about a day and hasn't gotten too far since. basic premise being that three years prior to the story, link and a group of allies has faced off against ganondorf and, despite their best efforts, lost, with link being presumed dead by their enemies. now, link has woken up from his coma, his memories gone and hyrule taken over, and, with guidance, must once again travel across hyrule, aiming to rediscover his allies and try to face ganondorf once more.

A quick list of crossovers: I won't explain these in length, since they can range from having their own plot to just being a fun mental concept. So, the things I have made crossover aus with are:

Warrior Cats

Batman

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

Persona 5

Pokemon

(there are other, smaller ones, these are just the ones i consistently pay attention to)

So! These are the majority of my legend of zelda aus, some of which I may write, some of which just exist in my mind for fun, all of which I wouldn't mind talking more about if anyone is curious!

[jellyfishvibes]

Debating to use the redesign project to rework wind waker like alot

Been watching a shitton of videos about how much content was potentially cut from the final game and thinking about exactly how i would tackle adding some of it back in

[children-of-subcon]

absbwaususuchhjhhhhhh if there is sowmthing about usau you really want to and can share this is your ask telling you to talk about it. go be free running.among the grass etc etc

SKHDJDNDMDHF hmmm well…. How about we talk about Timmy, just for you :)

I believe I mentioned before that he was the last person to ever be executed, but not why? Well, he was actually in prison for a long time, even before Mel. Slowly, the cries and yells of the other prisoners faded away…but he was still there. There weren’t even guards keeping watch anymore. It was just him and empty, endless stone walls.

At some point, a fully corrupted Mu happened to wander back through the prison, always searching for those bad guys who escaped her grasp. She found Timmy, who was both relieved and horrified to see her. Naturally, she took him to be executed like the rest, but with her now knife-like hands it was a little…difficult. She maaay have ended up making a little hole in his head, whoops!

But anyways, this is why TM’s so terrified of being forgotten…again. And also why he’s the only one willing to forgive Mu right now, even despite everything she’s done. Whatever it takes for her not to forget him.

It’s why he became a travelling merchant in the first place! Make an impression on as many people as possible, no matter how brief, and you won’t be forgotten, right? But maybe, just maybe…he’ll find just a few people to make a lot of really good, permanent memories with :)

[trainingdummyrabbit]

ouhhhg. why r we all here. jsust to suffer. every day i shuffle things around in my silly aus

[duckduckngoose]

Dang I'm rll brainrotting this au huh

[vaugarde]

hm... i can make original universe versions of my pmd ocs if i want... what is stopping me

[malkaviian]

You know, I have been thinking about Kokichi being Junko's bastard son, but I have no idea who the other parent could be