#jimcurly band au

[itsallmouthwashing]

Band AU bullet points / slight timeline of events

This IS an AU, and they’re MY barbies I can make them kiss when I WANT /silly

Here are general bullet points for the Band AU with a slight timeline of events. Reblogs are so appreciated :)

If I write out a scene that's here I'll link the post and reblog this post as a sort of master list? Maybe? I'll figure it out. Also here's the playlist for the AU :)

Cw: mentions of parent death, implied neglect, drug abuse, assault, ooc characters

A little context---

Band Name: Tulpar

Record Label: Pony Express Records

Genre: Rock and Metal 

Canon divergence note: Anya does get assaulted, but by her boyfriend instead of Jimmy. I don’t really have a character set up for the boyfriend yet, but I wanted to keep that as an element of her story 

Curly on guitar and vocals, Jimmy on guitar and scream vocals, Anya on bass and fills for drums, Daisuke on drums and synth/keyboard, fills for bass sometimes when he’s feeling confident and Anya wants to switch it up

Swansea is their manager right before they go pro and remains their manager when they sign with P.E Records! He is the one the band has to impress with their new songs. If he doesn’t like it, it doesn't get used 

Curly and Jimmy formed Tulpar in their junior year of high school. Originally it was going to remain the two of them(Curly was learning drums), but the two clicked with Anya and Daisuke almost immediately during senior year (they were both transfer students). 

It for sure took convincing for Jimmy to let them join the band. He made them ‘prove’ they were ‘worthy of finding a place in their art’

They totally fucking blew him away (Curly was a little smug about it after Jimmy conceded.)

Jimmy does bond with Dai and Anya over the years

Dai is the one to propose they go pro. His parents have lots of connections in Hollywood and production, so it’d be easy to find someone willing to listen to them and give them a chance on the billboards

Jimmy gets a little pissy about this (he’s huge into actually working for things in life and hates the idea of using connections to get his success) and storms off without saying anything (normally he’d be dragged out of the room screaming. He’s been working on his temper since senior year. Curly literally slapped it into him that the world isn't highschool and he needs to change the way he acts around people if he wants to retain friendships)

But Jimmy’s mom dies. His dad can't take the grief and follows her into the afterlife. Jimmy breaks down and he’s lashing out at every turn

The rest of the crew take it for months and months, with Curly explaining that Jimmy's really going through a lot and should be patient. He would talk to him later if he hasn't calmed down in a few days

But it just gets worse over the days 

Jimmy is constantly putting down the rest of his bandmates but mostly targets Anya as she is the most insecure of the group and finds it easier to spit poison at

One day she visits Curly to discuss this (here’s that conversation when I post it)

Jimmy ends up apologizing but it takes time for things to return to normal for all of them

Dai brings in Swansea, a music critic for them to workshop songs with

He goes full manager mode, disapproving of songs the crew thought for sure he’d love and approving ones they were really on the fence about

Insert training montage here

Swansea eventually brings them in front of P.E Records execs

After a brutal five week waiting period, Tulpar officially signs with Pony Express records

To celebrate, the crew goes out clubbing. Anya hooks up with a girl for the first time. Lesbain shenanigans ensue in the bathroom. Jimmy and Curly get a little too drunk. Daisuke pukes outside of the car (and tries really hard to not puke inside the car. He fails.) 

Sleepover at Curly’s house (they all forgot they had exams in the morning and Curly’s house is right next to the campus.) Jimmy gets flirty and lonely when he’s drunk and through the heightened emotional states of it all, he goes in for a kiss

Daisuke stumbles into Curly’s room thinking it’s the bathroom. Almost pukes on the carpet like an ill cat. 

They startle apart and when Curly comes back from leading Dai to the bathroom Jimmy is already asleep (he’s a little faker- he’s just embarrassed)

Exams go like shit the next morning and everyone is too stressed to go back out and get their cars so it’s a week-long study session at Curly’s while everyone crams

Song writing breaks that become too frequent. Swansea suddenly appears to oversee the studying (Dai’s parents sent him over to check on him, but he finds a reason to stay and supervise. Writing breaks become nonexistent) and he actually helps everyone with studying. He’s the one to propose flash cards and Anya hs to scream into a pillow because why didn't she think of that sooner? Then again when she realizes She did, but her flashcards were in her car. Which was at the bar. Which was an hour away because they’re all idiots. 

Swansea and Curly get her car for her and convince her to take a break from her own material while they’re out (Dai just asks her to help him with studying.)

Jimmy like a fucking DOG keeps himself from begging to go with them, but Swansea says “I’ve known how to drive longer than your daddy’s been shooting into socks. Anya’s car will be safe with me, kiddo,” and pushes Curly out the door lmao

On the way, Swans and Curly have a little heart-to-heart and Swans reveals he’s been family friends with Dai’s parents for years and they’re actually large shareholders of the record company. 

Curly doesn't care, not really, but he feels his stomach drop and his heart drown in fire. Jimmy could never find out about this. He can hardly keep the radio on during his solo drive back

When they arrive back at Curly’s, Dai and Anya are passed out on the couch while Jimmy sits wide awake at the dining-room table. Swansea sees no reason to stick around (“I went to the club for the first time in twenty years, Grant. I need to get home and sleep it off.”) and dips. 

Exams go a little better, but on the last day Anya gets pulled over on her shame-stop to Burger King. She has a panic attack during the stop and it gives her the idea to write HAMMS IN A GLASS. She’s caught humming it and tapping on the coffee table one day while Swansea is over discussing logistics or whatever with Curly. He full stops their conversation, tells Anya to polish it and have it to him by the end of the week (“Motherfucker I might not have a degree if I think about anything other than my tests and where the fucking rotator cuffs are, PLEASE”), and then LEAVES (“Guess I’ll find what our budget will be after you’re finished…”)

She tries to workshop it with Dai between classes (he’s in an engineering course, but their buildings are pretty close together)(Ive only taken online college classes please) but Dai is becoming increasingly unavailable. She turns to her boyfriend. The night they work on it, he gives her a drink to help her relax from all the stress she’s been under

But he takes advantage of her that night. When she realizes what he’s done she flees to Curly’s house. Her boyfriend follows her, accusing her of cheating when she gets to the door and Curly is there to catch her. 

Curly tries hard to deescalate the situation, but when Jimmy catches wind of what’s happening at the door he makes his appearance (anya had no idea why he was there (gay reasons) but grateful for the surprise help). Jimmy punches his FUCKING lights out (“I didnt do it for you, Anya. That guy was pissing me off. So I took care of it… Now he won’t mess with either of us, alright?”). Everyone thinks it’s a little hot, even the guy getting punched (hey, everyones having a gay awakening this evening, huh?)

Anya stays the night, thwarting Jimmy’s plans to dick Curly down sexual style at last. 

[jimmy-zare]

i think all of the jimcurly fans who dont give a shit about canon as much and love to make AUs and slap them together like dolls should all band together right now

[itsallmouthwashing]

Salt and Mouthwash- Band AU

welcome to Angst World, I am the mascot, here is some angsty jimcurl from my band AU MUAH [(I am projecting :)] [(this time they're emo barbies :)] [(a.k.a Jimmy is in platforms and they're in a scream rock band the silly picture is cute)]

Here’s the full scene from one of my bullet points here. Feel free to read up if you want to understand more context! Anya is OOC, please forgive me. She has different reasons to be timid around Jimmy (you’ll find out why in a bit), and I def imagine her being more outspoken at this point in her life.

This is Part One of Two (I'll update post with part 2 when I post it) and part two is gonna be,,,,,, smut :)

Reblogs are appreciated :) Please enjoy

CW: parent death

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“I’m leaving, Curly.”

“Come on, Anya! He’s-”

“Turning us into punching bags! Is that what you were going to say? Cause it should have been!” Her hands fly to her face and push her hair back with a huff that rattles the room.

My hands won’t stay still at my side. The sickness turns in my chest like a witch’s brew and I’m cursed to remain on this bridge with my feet in cement. 

She sighs. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t be yelling. These are my feelings and they’re not for you to bear for me.”

I try to take a deep breath. “It’s alri-”

“Is what I would say if I was JIMMY!” 

Her shrill voice echoes through the garage. It’s all so empty except for the equipment we’ve been storing here. Daisuke’s drum set sits alone on the back wall, my and Jimmy’s guitars laying on the adjacent and Anya’s bass slung on her back. She’s going to fucking kill me with it if I’m not careful.

“You-”

“Say something that isn’t ‘you have to understand,’ Curly. I’m begging you! Say something in my defense for once!”

Silent is all I can be. I wouldn't be able to hear through the blood in my ears. 

The space between me and the floor is infinite. 

Gravity hits me now, draining it all from my body a gallon at a time. “I’ll talk to him,” someone says. “Please, Anya. Let me talk to him.” 

We float in silence. I don’t feel her eyes on me. I feel eyes looking at myself looking at her looking down at her feet, hearing someone trying to steady their breathing so they don’t drown. It’s me, I think.

“Fine,” she says as she brushes past me. She pauses in the doorway, her hand gripping the wood so tight it might splinter under her rage. “But if I’m made to feel lesser again, I'll walk.”

She storms out of the garage, making sure the door doesn’t slam behind her and doing the same when she flees out the front.

I hear it all happen at once. The times where Jimmy screamed at her for playing a note wrong one too many times. Or thinking her criticism is some sort of snide comment. 

The sound of his walls reaching up through the ground is deafening every time. The sound of the door slamming behind him doesn't even compare. 

Daisuke looks at me, holding back tears and failing when he looks away. Anya follows Jimmy out of the door, but I hear her stomp up the stairs while the front door shakes the house. Each time, I try to say something. Each time, I am silenced. Each time, I leave to find Jimmy. Each time, we cry. Each time, the talking never comes. 

The red-soaked concrete stares back at me, and I, it. I think I’m jealous. If only it could feel the anguish I do. If only I didn't feel the weight of the people that walk all over me.

Footprints form in the thin membrane left over from my fluids returning to me in one fell swoop. One step at a time to the front door. And I follow, one step at a time, to the front door. They lead me to a knock, steady and shy.

I pray it’s Anya. Nothing leaves me sore more than a conversation left on bad terms. I need to make her understand, I need to-

-Take a deep breath. In through the nose, out through the mouth, slow and steady. 

And rip off the band-aid. 

“An-”

It’s hazel eyes instead of cool blue. Greasy brown hair instead of blow-dried black. Smoking a cigarette left un-ashed for too long. I wish he’d do it on the neighbor’s porch instead of mine. All he has to do is reach over. 

“Uh, what’s up Curls? You forget about our lesson?”

“Jimmy! Aha… Yes, I did. I’m really sorry.”

He sucks in a deep drag from his cigarette, breathes it out like dragonsbreath. 

“It’s fine,” he says through the smoke. “I was really looking forward to this one too-”

“Jim, I didn't say I wasn't available.”

“Oh,” he says, finally ashing his cigarette. Only half of it falls to the neighbor’s side as he notices me eyeing it, suddenly remembering my countless requests to ash it literally anywhere else. He snubs it on the concrete slab that serves as my porch.

“May I?”

He sniffles and moves past me to come inside, takes his shoes off and places them off to the side. I take one last look around my block for Anya, but her car is already gone. I think the sun’s gone down a little too.

“Let's set up in your room this time. It has the most furniture so there’s less space for the sound to escape.”

“Right, good idea,” I say from the top of the stairs. He stumbles up behind me, tripping on the carpet.

I need to pull it together. This is serious. 

“Actually, before we start. I really need to talk to you." I choke out as I sit down on my bed beside him. 

Jimmy almost goes rigid. He tries to hide his left hand as it grips my sheets. 

“Uh, okay. Shoot, Curls.”

In through the nose. Out through the mouth. “It’s about your behavior recently.”

“My God, not this shit again-”

“Jimmy, I’m being serious right now.”

“So am I! Do you know how much pain I’m in every single day?” He shoots up from the mattress, towering over me on platforms that he clearly doesn't know how to walk in. The tag is still on the left shoe. “I know what they’re thinking… How could he be this torn apart over two people he didn’t even love? Didn’t even love him? What are the tears for when it’s two sociopaths who went on to raise a sociopath of their own?” His hand claws at his chest, pulling his shirt from his neck like it could choke him if it came any closer. 

“I know what they did to me. I know what they think I should be feeling. They say they understand but they dont- No one could ever-” His hands push locks of hair out of his face like they’re the hands of hell come to drag him below. He’s trying to steady his breathing. “I know what I would be thinking,” he scoffs. “You should be relieved, overjoyed, even. You should be celebrating… Ding dong, the bitch is dead, right?” His eyes fall to the carpet again, counting the fibers like he needs to know exactly how many pieces he needs to break into. 

“So why do I miss them?” He chokes out. 

To anyone else it would be unintelligible; just sopping wet words coming through a pinhole of vulnerability. They’re cut and bruised by the time they finish their journey to me, the oxygen we breathe like salt and mouthwash, but I hear them all the same.  

“Why do I miss my mommy and daddy so bad?”

We’re shaking. His knees are about to buckle and my stomach is on an endless roller coaster into the abyss. We’re standing on the edge of a bridge and I’m begging God for a chisel.

I stand despite the gelatin that’s become the air around us. He’s heaving as he scans the floor, his eyes doing suicides between the decisions of ripping his jacket off or hiding inside of it. My hands steady on his shoulders.

“Jimmy.”

 He doesn’t look up, but he pauses his decision making for a brief moment. He’s listening. “Deep breaths. Listen to me.”

He closes his mouth to keep his breathing through the nose, but he doesn't slow down. I lean into his vision, forcing him to look at me when I stand between him and his endless options on the floor. His eyes are bloodshot- either from the pot he smokes in his car before coming over or this outburst- and he blinks twice to move along a tear stuck in his eyes. I squeeze his shoulders gently.

“…I feel it too, Jimmy. All of this,” I glance between his misty hazel eyes. He can't help but count them all, I think he mutters a number around one thousand. I need to start over. 

“It’s not wrong to feel this way, Jimmy.” 

He doesn't stop. He doesn't pause. He’s waiting to hear what I have to say. If it’s even worth stopping for. 

If he’s worth stopping for.

“You’re allowed to miss your parents, Jim.”

That does it. I think he goes through all six stages of rigor mortis at once before his muscles spasm up to me. But it all shuts down again. He’s back to staring at the carpet, but his eyes are still.

“You’re allowed to hate them at the same time. You can miss your parents while hating the people that hurt you. You can grieve the knife even after it stabs you.”

“... You’re crying.”

I’m fucking crying. My parents are fine and my best friend is shaking and I’m crying. 

“I feel it all, Jimmy,” I say in a deep, desperate moment to stay truthful. I can't sully any part of this with a lie. I won't brush it off. I won't shove it down. 

“We’ve been together through it all. Everything you see, I see. Everything you feel, I feel.” Scared. I’ve been so scared.

“Every moment, I am a part of you. I can't help but see the things that make you coil up inside. I can’t help but feel it all.” It’s so deep and aching, the pain. Everything is kept in a tiny bottle labeled ‘Fuck This’ and I’m swallowing it over and over again. “You have no idea how it feels to see your best friend suffer every day and not come to you for help.”

Thick and heavy tears wipe the dirt from my face. I don’t want to look away because he’s staring at me like I’m bringing him salvation in the middle of a hurricane. 

“Let me help you, Jimmy.” I hold him a little tighter. “Please…” I don’t mean to, but I bring him closer. 

His head finds its place in my shoulder, his hands to my back, and my hands to his head. He presses me into his face in an attempt to muffle his screeching sobs and I press him into me.

“It’ll be alright, Jim,” I mumble into his hair. “I’m here for you.”

His hair is greasier than I thought as I comb my hand through it. Maybe a hot shower will help him feel better after a cry.

“But, hey-” He sniffles as he looks up at me. He’s listening. Really listening. “Come to me before you lash out on our friends, okay? I know you’re hurting, but we all want to help you. Anya and Dai dont deserve the way you’ve treated them these past few months.” I wipe his tears with my thumbs.

“Curly, you know- with the whole-”

“Jimmy, no one understands you more than me. But I also know other people better than you.”

He turns his face in my shoulder, hiding only half as he mumbles into my shirt, “That’s mean, Curls.” 

“My point is- You need to apologize to your friends.”

He’s silent for a moment. A while. He stares into my shirt and holds my shoulder with both hands like the floor is about to fall out from under him.

“I guess… I have been a little bit of a dick,” he mumbles after a while.

I chuckle and rub his back. “A lotta bit, yeah.”

“Hey!”

“Hurt people hurt people, James. Us of all people know this.”

He nods and digs his fingers into my shoulders, now overwhelmed with hearing his government come from me of all people. I let him cry until he stops shaking and hold him up as his legs finally give out from under him. 

Remnants of his sobs ripple through him as I scoop him up from the floor and lay him down on my bed. 

“Let’s worry about the lesson another time, okay?”

He lets out a sort of hum that I think could be acknowledgment, but there’s an equal chance he’s fallen asleep and started his god-awful snoring. My body leans forward, resting on my elbows as I press a kiss to his hair. I pull away and pray it’s the latter, closing the door to take a hot shower before he wakes up. 

[itsallmouthwashing]

Out of context scene from my upcoming band au snip-it (incorrect band au quotes)

Jimmy: [sobbing] Curly: “All of this…I feel it too. I’ve been by your side so long I know what you’re thinking, feeling, doing- at every moment I am part of you. I feel it all, Jimmy. You have no idea how it feels to see your best friend suffer every day but won’t come to you for help.” Jimmy: [stops crying] [Looks up from his head in his hands] Dude... that's so gay Curly: Uh- You full stopped a panic attack to tell me I'm gay?? Jimmy: That is not what I said, but while we're on the topic- Curly: I thought we dropped this in middle school, man- Jimmy: YOU are the one who said you were gay, not me [Crisis and panic attack avoided, but now Curly has to confront his sexuality with Jimmy]

[itsallmouthwashing]

Band AU Playlist Expansions- Part 2 (11-15)

Obligatory playlist here, Part One here, Bullet Points Here

Here's the lore behind songs 11-15. None of the songs on the playlist apply to the scene I posted recently (here -> :) } but I wanted to get this out since I've added a few more songs to the playlist (almost to 30 baybe)

More on the JimCurl side than a general side, a little suggestive in some descriptions

Anyways! The worms :)

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11.) … But Pretend I’m A Beginner (TheDooo)- A song that Curly and Jimmy share early in their lessons together. Jimmy is on the main melody and Curly is on the scream vocals. Anya does drums during their practice sessions (when both of them become brave enough to practice in front of others). Its hard for Curly to keep up on his guitar while he’s learning to control his vocals, but Jimmy’s silent encouragement is all it takes for him to keep trying. It’s a while until it’s concert-ready, but Swansea deems them worthy after Through Hell happens. They perform Ængus The Prize-Winning Hog and get off stage. Swansea stops them (“What the hell was that stunt you two pulled out there… Good shit, do that other song now.”) Then it’s really hard for Jimmy not to ravage that man on stage cause how does someone look that good sweating and out of breath? Well… Now that I say it out loud… 

 12.) buckshot boy (Onlyfriend)- Jimmy writes this (either right before or right after) he confesses to Curly and they decide to try a relationship! Jimmy’s gotten in the habit of workshopping his songs at open mics (sometime’s Curly follows him to hear what he’s working because he knows it might be months before it ever gets back to him) and he’s dumped so much of his insecurity into this song (“You command the room just like you do, just like I dont”)- It feels better shouting into a void of strangers than talking it through with someone he has a connection with (open mic lowkey becomes his therapy). Curly follows him to this particular night after literally not having the time to see him. Jimmy notices him at the end of the song, standing in the darkest corner next to the bar. He rushes off stage and out of a fire exit, Curly chases after him and they end up in a dead end alleyway… :)

The tone is too pop-y for his initial liking, so he tries to add some harsher vocals into it. It never makes it to concert-readiness, but Tulpar will use it as a warm-up. Jimmy would die before he told anyone the meaning, but he usually doesn't share anyways. They figure he must be pining for someone. Anya and Daisuke take secret bets on who it might be and even Swansea gets in on the action (lowkey the stage crew when they overhear practice)

13.) Chucky vs The Giant Tortoise (Dance Gavin Dance)- A song Jimmy and Curly share. They wrote it together after their first big concert, riding the high of being loved by hundreds and having their name fill a room that fits thousands. Jimmy likes to sneak in nonsense lyrics because he knows that half the time no one can tell what he’s saying. It’s a good half-time song because they will get silly with each other on stage. They do a little dance during the opening stanza into the first verse. They link their free arms around each other and do a motion like they’re sharing a drink through it all. They come apart and do a little shimmy in the first and second lines of the first verse (For context: “But failure is painful and dying is fun” is the arms. “Dress code, cocktails, looking so fancy, We feel like we’re a little bit classy,” is the shimmy. hehehehe)

14.) What He Dont Know- Curly wrote this after Jimmy confided in him about a certain fantasy. Along with his degradation kink (we all saw it coming), Jimmy has a bit of a cheating fantasy. They’ve talked about it in length during their freshman year of college, and then more in depth a few months into their relationship. 

No one else knows this but Jimmy and it secretly turns him on when they perform it. One day after they’re together they act on the fantasy, and every performance afterward has Jimmy replying that night over and over in his head. 

Unfortunately, Curly has a sexy front-man image to uphold, so he works it for the fans and does all of his moves to the audience instead of on Jimmy’s face. Jimmy gets jealous. Every performance ends in a messy dressing room.

15.) All I Want (A Day To Remember)- A song Jimmy wrote and worked on with Curly during the aftermath of his parents death. Without his parents, Jimmy feels disconnected from the world. They felt like his only tethers. Now that they were gone, Jimmy felt free, but simply free-floating. Through the air, undefined by gravity or guilt or shame. And when Curly brings him back to the ground this song follows. 

[itsallmouthwashing]

Tulpar (JimCurl Band AU) Playslist Expansions

Playlist here

I'm doing more than 5 for my first post on this because by god the WORMS. I'll try to do these consistently so we're all on the same page

Content warning for: mentions of assault, mentions of parent death, drug abuse, VERY ooc characters

1.) Kiss Me (Crawlers)- In between her studies, Anya has a hard time processing the feelings of her recent assault. Her boyfriend isn’t treating her well, overall uses her for sex when he’s pent up or stressed or whatever excuse he has for why he needs his dick sucked that night. One night she’s continuing to say no. Her boyfriend proposes a drink to cap off the night and drugs her, rapes her, and breaks up with her. She can't come forward about the assault for reasons (i haven't figured out whoops). It’s the song she performs for Jimmy to ‘prove her worth.’ She plays her own bass, does her own vocals, and Dai is on drums before his own audition (Curly lowkey helped her revise the song and work through it. Sometimes she would cry to him during the process and he would just hold her. When she auditions for Tulpar, it’s the first time she doesn’t cry when she sings the song.)

It really hits Jimmy in the heart as many of his ‘friends’ (people he felt close to but those people really didn’t want to be around him) had experienced or took care of others who were victims. Of course he tries to push these feelings aside and judge the song fairly (girl, it’s a banger, let her IN), and he convinces himself that his approval had nothing to do with the topic (it didn’t really, it was a banger)

2.) Ængus The Prize-Winning Hog (The Toxhards)- A silly song Curly wrote with Jimmy at the beginning of their Tulpar ventures. They passed it around back and forth between classes when they were together. One time they got caught passing notes and the teacher read the lines out loud. She really laid into them, accusing them of taking drugs and scribbling nonsense (Jimmy was also known for passing around bud at school if other kids asked for it. Curly got him to cut that shit out at school senior year but was convinced by Jimmy to keep getting bud for them and Dai and Aynya.)

It becomes their closing song when Tulpar goes pro and signs with Pony Express Records. Anya and Dai do chorus vocals!

3.) Be Careful What You Wish For (Bad Omens)- In return for Jimmy teaching screams, Curly teaches Jimmy to sing! This is a song Jimmy wrote after he apologized to Anya and Dai and Curly for the way he’d been treating them. Still on the fence about therapy but feeling heavy with his thoughts and feelings about what he’d done. He refuses to let Curly see it or workshop it with him (he tries to hide the fact that he’s writing at all) Instead, he comes to Dai and Anya! He performs his first draft for them, can't help but cry afterward and they give him hugs for a while. They workshop a little after he calms down. It’s almost never performance ready because Jimmy can't help but tear up after he sings it, but when Curly convinces him to sing at one of their larger concerts he still cries but the crowd is so enthusiastic about his performance and emotion that he starts t feel it doesn’t matter if he does cry on stage :)

4.) Through Hell (Melrose Avenue)- A song that Jimmy’s kept private for all of his life. Songwriting was a way for him to cope and process his feelings for as long as he could remember, and this song had been with him through the beginning. One day Curly and the crew find it and decide to surprise him during one of their concerts by learning it and performing it. Curly does the entire song! Jimmy joins in with his own screams and vocals at 2:28, and they sing the song together from there :)))))) Dai does background vocals throughout the whole song, so he’s the one singing along at the start. 

The whole time Jimmy is trying to keep up on his guitar- he knows the song by heart, but seeing his friends performing a song so so dear to him makes him feel whole. (Maybe canon Jimmy would find it disrespectful and get pissed. But this barbie thinks its moving)

5.) Vampire By Rumor (TX2)- Honestly this song is only on here cause I can't get the image of Daisuke doing this song as a halloween special “concert only” song for the fans. He’s dresses as a vampire, Jimmy is a zombie (he forgot about the song bit entirely, green and purple face paint was somehow on hand and he didn’t mind ripping holes in his shirt and jeans (said the fans go wild for the skin)), Curly is a cowboy (OF COURSE), and Anya dresses in bloody scrubs ("It's still in theme!" she argued when Jimmy pointed out it wasn't really a costume). Swansea even joins in the fun by dressing up! (he pins a paper scrap that says "costume" on his tech blacks)

6.) Forgotten (The Plot In You)- For sure one of their heaviest songs and Jimmy takes the lead. He wrote it after many years of processing his parents death. For a time he turned to drugs to cope with everything he was feelings, and after starting therapy and medication he wrote this song as a subtle promise to himself and their fans that he would stay clean

7.) At My Back (Madds Buckley)- The song Anya sings at Jimmy and Curly’s wedding :) Dai does ukulele and Anya does the drums as she sings :) 

8.) Gut Punch/Don’t Meet Your Idols (Everybody’s Worried About Owen)- Another song in the many Jimmy wrote after his parent’s deaths. Written after he apologizes to Anya and Dai. He performs it at a local open mic that (coincidentally) Anya, Dai, and Curly are at for drinks and to vent. The ‘idol’ in this context would be his dad. The crew agrees to keep it secret that they saw him, but end up being the loudest when he finishes. Thankfully he doesn’t notice them and thinks he’s just hearing things

9.) hover like a GODDESS (WILLOW)- Anya wrote this after a crazy hook-up with a girl at a bar. She realizes she’s queer and FULLY embraces it. Tulpar does an Anya-centric album 

10.) she knows it (Maggie Lindemann)- Another song Anya wrote and sings. Curly gets a girlfriend and Anya is falling head-over-heels for her (while Jimmy is getting so frustrated that Curly is with someone else). Depending on how long the relationship goes on for Anya tries not to stare at her while she sings but can't help it. Jimmy can't help but look at Curly

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my JimCurl Band AU is going to be very a little indulgent and bits will be posted as I think of the scenarios. I do have a solid story line in mind and I may write the whole fic at some point but im diving right into the angst/confrontation

Because its indulgent be warned that the characters may be OOC

first bit coming maybe later tonight

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JimCurl AUs im thinking about too much

ring ding more thought from the worms but its formatted differently because I have Many Thoughts (gifts, from the worms) (Their names are JimCurl. Forgive me, Regular enjoyers of Mouthwashing)

Cw: Mentions of suicide. Uh Monsters Together could be disturbing for some people

Band AU (OF COURSE!!!)

Im a huge metal/rock fan so I that's the band

I guess the record label is Pony Express? Lmao?

Jimmy does the scream vocals and Curly does the melody. Majority of their fans think Curly is just versatile like that and don't recognize Jimmy. It's not until they have their very first live show (after releasing music and gaining much popularity online) (low-key based off my thoughts apt Dance Gavin Dance. I had no idea it was a different person doing vocals and screams)

Daisuke does keyboard and drums since they do a variety of synth elements in their music (futuristic and spacey baybe!) Swansea is the manager! Anya does bass as well drums when the songs need lots of synth and drums (they can usually use one or the other and the music turns out great) (Dai is a wizard)

Curly asks Jimmy to teach him how to scream, Jimmy pretends its a pain but secretly loves spending the time with him (only him) since Curly is really shy about how he sounds while learning

M... Military AU (I think someone's already started this but I haven't interacted with it and I have Thoughts)

Unfortunately I see this one as tragic cause I have a thing for Shitty (FAKE!!!!) Men.... and even more unfortunately, a thing for shitty military men.............

Jimmy goes AWOL (basically like an animal crawling off to the woods to die)

Curly tries to find him while still following orders but he's forced to stay back or something. I don't know how that shit works.

Maybe they kiss in the barracks a lot

Anya is, ofc, a medic. Daisuke could be infantry that's moving to an engineering position and thus moving into the PE platoon (the soldiers convince people it means something important or cool, but of course it just stands for Pony Express)

Swansea is the one overseeing him as Dai puts his skills to work (I guess I need to research the military wahhh)

Maybe they're deployed or something so its extra dangerous and hard to find Jimmy

Eventually Curly does find Jimmy, but he's behind enemy lines as a prisoner

Monsters Together AU

:)

Diverges from canon right before Jimmy crashes the ship

Jimmy's little speech actually clicks with Curly, except when he rushes to the cockpit it's to ensure Jimmy crashes the ship

Ive already made a post about what would happen

Honestly Jimmy's fight or flight is gonna kick in last second and he's dragging them both out of the cockpit

(Curly is exactly on Jimmy's wavelength and they do worse and worse shit to make sure that everyone goes down)

They escape with minimal injuries but Jimmy has worse burns on his back since he pushed Curly out before him (its a JimCurl AU, what can I say fellas)

Jimmy thinks the two of them will live on, free to control the narrative and free of the consequences of his actions

Curly has plans to make sure no one survives

If Curly suggests a plan it takes a lot of convincing cause he WUSSES OUT and thinks about it before hand

But he cuts that shit out and the two of them just get worse and worse and worse

Not sure what, but SOMETHING triggers Jimmy and he kills someone. And Curly's like, "Well, its happening now I guess" and starts blasting ( I think at this point he's accepted that nothing he does then will matter since he's going to kill himself anyway)

Near the end, they make a promise to kill each other (or kill themselves together) (maybe they kiss while they do it)

Jimmy stops last second and tries to convince Curly to get in the pods with him. On the off chance they survive he wants to start a life with him. a real life. One he can live so he doesn't die with regrets (I guess he suddenly regrets it all huh)

OR Jimmy stops them, gets it in his head that this is all Curly's fault and aims the gun at him (Curly takes just as much responsibility for what happened as Jimmy) (of course not actually but the amount is the same)

Honestly not sure I'm just thinking about all the hate sex they're gonna have LMAO

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Here we go! I'll be posting some Band Au angst and bullet points later tonight but in the mean time have the playlist! I'll also be making periodic posts to explain the songs and the lore im putting behind them. Probably 5 songs at a time and they WILL be in order on the playlist itself

Tulpar (JimCurl Band AU)

Fellas you know what time it is

Time for another playlist

(For the JimCurl Band AU)