#mcsm graffiti au

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Posted this on discord but it also fits here. Expanding on the Mcsm graffiti crew au idea

The Old Order used to be a graffiti crew. Ivor left after a falling out with them and the crew disbanded shortly after.

Because of his fear of heights, Soren never participated in graffiti at heaven spots.

Despite once being in the same crew, Magnus and Ellegaard would often paint over each other's solo pieces

Magnus never fully understood the unspoken rules of graffiti, he just liked the thrill of avoiding authority. He often tried to graffiti over other people's pieces when going solo, this often led to problems for the crew and Ellegaard especially butted heads with him because of it

Lukas used to be part of The Blaze Rods, when they used to be called The Ocelots. Aiden kicked him out after he complimented Jesse's graffiti.

Axel was the one who got the idea to start a graffiti crew, back when it was just him, Jesse and Olivia.

Gabriel eventually became (or is at least trying to become) a police officer, meaning he had to give up graffiti entirely. He does still do small paintings as commissions if he finds the time to do so

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Modern Mcsm au where The New Order is just a graffiti crew and every adventure they go in is just them trying to find increasingly more dangerous spots to graffiti

The Blaze Rods are their rivals who constantly attempt to paint over their pieces

Isa is mayor in a city with very strict graffiti laws

Milo believes graffiti is art and that it shouldn't be viewed as vandalism

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Just thought of this scenario for my mcsm graffiti crew au

The New Order about to do some graffiti

Olivia: Axel, take that fishbowl off, it's not going to protect you

Axel: ah, come on, it looks cool

Jesse: I'm sorry but you look a cartoon character and I'm pretty sure you will suffocate before lung cancer can finish the job, please wear a respirator

Axel: fine... But Magnus wore a fishbowl

Jesse: Axel!

Axel: Alright, I'm taking it off!

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Jesse used to strictly paint on trains or abandoned places, back then, it was only occasionally. Axel found him painting one day and they bonded over it. However, Axel didn't get the idea to start a graffiti crew until a little while after they met Olivia.

Olivia isn't as into graffiti as much as Jesse and Axel, but she joins them because she wants to support her friends.

Because Jet Set Radio and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk have very rapidly climbed their way into my special interests and are now intermingling, Jesse and his friends occasionally listen to hip hop while doing graffiti

To combat Isa's graffiti laws, Milo has started a definitely not a graffiti crew Art Club and they have become known as menaces to Isa and her laws

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Ivor: I wonder what would happen if I were to put powdered milk into carbonated water

Ivor: my cereal is loud and is demanding to know why I would sin against both nature and God so thoughtlessly

Jesse: ...how does it taste?

Ivor: bad...

Harper: the fizz comes from carbonic acid that splits into CO² and H²O over time, and carbonic acid is -as an acid- sour. By adding milk to sour water, you have created a very convincing emulation of spoiled milk, so I'll believe in a heartbeat that the taste is not great

Ivor: I have mastered the potion, Instant Spoiled Milk, therefore earning the rank of Shittiest Alchemist Currently Alive

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Expending more on my graffiti crew au

Prior to Lukas being kicked out and rebranding, The Ocelots were a group of paintballers who did graffiti on the side (thank you @afishnamedvish for the idea)

Thanks to Lukas, Jesse's crew now gets into games of paintball as a fun exercise and bonding experience

The Blaze Rods still occasionally do paintball but they tend to be more aggressive (especially Aiden) and lack good sportsmanship. They have been banned from most paintball tournaments

It's an unspoken but very well known rule in the graffiti world that there are places you should never graffiti and is generally frowned on to do so. These places are memorials, historical sites, cars that are not abandoned or violating parking rules and people's houses, and Jesse's crew follow this rule for the most part. Petra, however doesn't like people messing with her or her friends. The last person to do so, scammed her friends out of some expensive art supplies. She tracked that person down and graffitied their house in response. By the time that person came home, their house looked like it was abandoned.

So far, that has been the only time Petra broke that rule. She nearly got herself arrested for vandalism because of it.

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When the crew was founded, Axel actually led it for a short while. However, the role was pretty quickly switched to Jesse.

Milo's "Art Club" technically aren't rivals, at least not all the time, they occasionally collaborate with each other, like when Aiden painted over both crew's pieces, for the most part, Jesse tries not to let the rivalry grow to the extent of The Blaze Rods.

Isa is baffled by the idea that anyone could ever view Graffiti as anything more than vandalism. She is trying to find the identities of the "Art Club" members, which has now become much more complicated now that "The New Order" and "The Blaze Rods" are in town, seemingly to cause havoc with their paint, at least they aren't disguising themselves.

Aside from Axel, Petra did the most graffiti prior to joining Jesse's crew. She almost joined The Ocelots at one point but backed out because of Aiden. And then Lukas got kicked out sometime later and The Ocelots rebranded.

Prior to getting kicked out, Lukas considered collaborating with The New Order, as he enjoys Jesse's style and the teamwork.

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The first design I did for my Graffiti Crew AU (I have since updated the shoes to better match this design)

The blue on Jesse's sleeve and his hoodie is inspired by his BBB design, I was originally going to make them stripes that were painted on but it didn't look good so I scrapped the idea and borrowed an old design from another character of mine (who is NOT related to Mcsm) and made it so the sleeve has some paint on it, likely from a previous project and he ended up making it look somewhat intentional

I also made a version with a respirator (safety first!)

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So I want to make Minecraft skins of my mcsm Graffiti Crew au but I'm curious, what do you think characters like Axel, Petra, Olivia and Lukas would wear as members in a graffiti crew?

I did think about just giving all the characters respirators and paint splatters on their clothes but that is boring. One idea I've had is to take some inspiration from the Block By Block redesigns but combining those with their original designs in some way, so far, I only have a Jesse design in mind, like the crew logo on his jacket and if there are stripes like his BBB redesign, I would like to have them appear like they are painted on.

It is as though some paint got onto his sleeves during a graffiti run and, like the goofball he truly is, basically said "fuck it" and painted stripes directly onto the sleeves in an effort to make it look intentional

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Another scenario I thought of. I'm imagining Ivor starting a massive graffiti piece of what heavily resembles The Witherstorm. Ivor initially started the project by himself but Jesse's crew joined in at some point. By the time the piece was finished, it was larger than they had originally planned and the tentacles snaked around the ground, some even appearing as though they were reaching out towards the viewer. This event is basically what kick-starts Ivor into joining a crew again, or at least wanting to.

Alternatively, instead of the witherstorm being painted, it could have been The Ender Dragon painted by Ivor and The Old Order, with the wings and tail being the parts to "leave the building" so to speak, with the wings wrapped around the walls and the tail shaking along the parking lot which did secure the Crew's status as Graffiti legends

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So I do want to make some skins based on this AU because I think it would be fun and I'm feeling confident enough to do so. I have thought about taking some inspiration from the BBB redesigns (at least with Jesse's color scheme)

And taking some inspiration from an old character design (not related to BBB), there could be some blue paint splatters on one of Jesse's sleeves, perhaps from previous graffiti projects or maybe it was intentional?

I am playing with the idea of his crew's logo being painted on the back of his jacket, similar to how The Ocelots (now The Blaze Rods) had their logo painted on their own jackets, maybe Lukas is the one who gave him the idea. Though I doubt the entire crew paint the logo on their clothes, Jesse might be the only one to have this.

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So i keep imagining an au where The New Order is a rock band and all their adventures are just them going on tour but the graffiti crew au is pretty similar and now I keep imagining Jesse and his friends occasionally playing music together and what if that is how they make money needed for art supplies? (Aside from Petra doing shady things to get expensive art supplies)

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Unfortunately my original werewolf Mcsm save file is most likely corrupted. I have attempted to save my progress multiple times but I haven't been able to. It freaks out if I have it loaded longer than a few minutes, less if I try to build. Nothing has worked, no matter what I tried. I have been able to remove some broken mods which seems to have solved the problem, but I am no longer have interest in that save file because of the problems it has. I am very sorry for delaying the storyline and constantly changing the lot builds but I'm gonna have to again

Fortunately, I got the City living expansion and the Strangerville pack today, and I think I have a better idea for how the story starts. it might also be fun to incorporate the graffiti crew au into the storyline.

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Petra used to just do graffiti on her own. Prior to Jesse's crew, She preferred trains, rooftops and restricted areas. Literally any place with a "do not enter" sign would spark her attention and drive her into exploring the area to graffiti.

Ivor once painted over one of her pieces, though he didn't realize who he was painting over. The two have had a small rivalry ever since