#psych au

[ditzybat]

Everything is the same AU except - Tim is a ‘psychic’, but in actuality he’s just been amazing at picking up patterns from a young age, it was a useful tool for the few times his parents brought him to their archeology digs and one of the few things Jack and Janet acknowledged and praised him for. Imagine Tim realizing that Jason isn’t actually dead - how you may ask? He visits his grave just to talk sometimes and notices disturbances in the soil and takes initiative to dig up Jason’s grave - he runs to Bruce who thinks Tim is a little unnerved stalker freak for digging up his sons grave… but, Tim claims to be psychic to get out of seeming like a creep desecrating a dead child’s grave for no reason. And in the midst of Bruce’s grief the man never fact checks Tim on this lie, so everything happens the same as in canon except Tim has to bullshit his way through investigations and major life events.

[dragonpyre]

Batfam Psych au

Duke actually has "psychic" powers but would never reveal that to the world at large. And Jason is a drama queen

Commission info / ko-fi

[erinwantstowrite]

this is how i really want peter and clark to meet in the psych au (but it MIGHT happen another way cause I haven't actually written it yet)

[thatonedudeinthecorner]

Psych (2006) au where it has nothing to do with the plot of the show but in college Shawn played in a dnd group and he bought weighted dice and he just lies about it to all of his friends and the players and they believe him because god dammit he’s just so good at lying.

Shawn didn’t even go to college but he snuck into the campus dnd group because Gus was the DM and Gus is the only one who knows that he’s cheating, but his character is really well written and because of his rolls the campaign is really productive so he just lets it happen.

But at the beginning of every session he goes “Shawn you need to stop using weighted die, it’s not ethical dnd playing and you’re going to get caught and everyone’s going to be really mad at you” and Shawn goes “okay but it’s really funny though, isn’t it?” And Gus just sighs and then they make out or something.

[justanother-fan]

Peter and the AUs just hanging out <3

(All these AU concepts are from erinwantstowrite)

(I have now also finished the animation project that this was a part of)

[psychcollegeau]

Lassiter, after his third failed date in a row: Ugh I love women but also whyyyyy

Shawn: Have you thought about dudes?

Lassiter: I'm gonna die alone

Shawn: Wanna grab coffee sometime?

Lassiter: Did you just... ask me out wtf

Shawn: Well excuse me enjoy dying alone

[questionable-disarray]

Okay hear me out

A Psych Au where the core four swap narrative roles in the story.

Shawn is Gus - After running around the country taking over 30 odd jobs, he comes back to Santa Barbara and ends up getting a cushy job as a pharmaceutical salesman - it pays pretty well, keeps him close to Gus and he's pretty decent at it (it also gives him a company car that he rarely uses because of his motorcycle but don't tell his boss that). Gus ends up accidentally spilling case details to him so he ends up begging Lassie to let him help.

Gus is Jules - He ends up being inspired by Henry and pursues policing (Henry is happy at least somebody took after his example), passing the detective's exam shortly before the show actually starts, getting paired with new transfer Juliet O'Hara. Gus is still a massive nerd but a lot less of a coward than in canon due to the time he's been in the job.

Jules is Lassie - She ended up developing a very rough exterior after working in Miami (considering its crime rate that's fair) and comes off across as rude and unpleasant, that along with her being more deeply affected by 'Frank O'Hara's A+ parenting' causes her to be a lot less pleasant than normal, over time though she mellows out again to being closer to the Jules we know and love.

Lassie is Shawn - He used to be SBPD head detective until some stuff happened and he's no longer on the force as a result. After a little bit though, he can't help sticking his nose in crime scenes - resolving to simply just become a P.I.

I could rant a lot more about this but at the moment I'm just screaming the base idea into the void.

[quinn-cyd]

Psych Mystery Dungeon AU!! Little thing i've been posting about on the psych discord! These are Shawn, Gus, Jules, and Lassie in that order!

[lensinski]

i'm only on season 2 of psych and i know they won't go with it, but i would have LOVED it if shawn's backstory was just that he was a criminal.  

his dad busted him as a teen, sure. but he ran away from home after that and all the jobs he claimed to have had were either part of a con he was pulling or invented to cover up the fact that the spent time in jail ("i spent a season with a dance group in buffalo" > "i spent half a year in jail in buffalo but my cellmate was good at doing the moonwalk"). that's the reason his dad doesn't talk to him anymore. he also blames himself for training shawn for being good at running from cops. 

we can see all the making in shawn's flashbacks - he could have easily gone down that road! he could have counted cards at poker and pull casino cons or use his perception to run from police and con people into trusting him. not to speak of gus' parents thinking he's a bad influence. he's way too good at blending in at any job spontaneously, almost as if he has experience doing that. also he has no qualms or guilt about it. he walks around breaking into houses and messing with the police because he's not scared of ending up in jail, he's been there a lot, he's very good at getting by and at this point he's simply used to it.  

his only downfall was his financial mismanagement and lack of organization. he was good at executing plans and impulsive ideas, but not good at planning or accounting for all the fallout. which means he fell out with partners a lot and had to skip town often when he got into trouble again. (spending all his money, messing with bosses, being disrespectful... basically being shawn) 

shawn comes back in town after freshly getting out of jail, done with always being on the run. when the police check his file in the pilot, they realize he's a serial con man with A LONG criminal record, so of course they are suspicious (in this version it was lassiter's partner working the case so that he doesn't immediately know about shawn's past. only the chief does, who keeps shawn's record buried from them so that he keeps working for the police without their suspicions).  

shawn realizes he can finally settle down and have a job that still satisfies his need for play and action while helping people and using his skills. his dad needs time to start trusting him again. he's so loose and fearless around cops and breaking their rules because as much as he loves this pi thing, he thinks he's still on buried time before he needs to go on the run again one way or another. so his development is starting actually settle down and let people back into his life. the secret he's hiding is not only that he's not psychic, but more importantly that he's a former criminal. and he knows if o'hara or lassiter knew it, they would never trust him again.

[juliaswickcrs]

NOSTALGIA AU :: TESS AND MICHELLE IN PSYCH ( oc halloween challenge, day fifteen )

Tess Beck as Shawn Spencer Michelle Jones-Watson as Burton Guster

taglist: @bisexualterror @foxesandmagic @iron-parkr @camiemendess @a-song-of-quill-and-feather

@arrthurpendragon @starcrossedjedis @drbobbimorse @kingsmakers @noratilney

@stanshollaand @astarionbae @darth-caillic @mystic-scripture @aliverse

@misshiraethsworld @asirensrage @eddiemunscns

@princessmadelines @impales @waterloou @daughter-of-melpomene @eddysocs

MARVEL TAGLIST: @notxjustxstories @themaradwrites

[dragonpyre]

Psych au where Shawn Spencer comes clean at the end of the pilot like “haha that was fun. But seriously guys I’m just good at spotting things. I’m not actually psychic” but no one believes him.

[erinwantstowrite]

screencaps from a tiktok i just posted because peter looked adorable here

this is for the Psych AU!! not close to being written but i thought about their dynamic and couldn't not draw it. (this is from that hilarious scene in that one suicide squad movie where Harley saves herself and gets out and the other guys are like "we were here to get you...")

[iloveolivegarden]

This may seem like a hot take but Shawn and Gus are Sirius and Peter variants

[scottishaccentsareawesome]

(this may or may not be influenced by the fact that I’ve been binging “Psych” recently)

Top Gun “Psych” AU

Pete Mitchell has always been extremely intuitive, thanks to observational skills his dad helped him hone ever since he was a kid.

…However, being intuitive and intelligent doesn’t always save you when your other biggest personality traits include immaturity and goofiness (aka, an underrated sense of humour, if he does say so himself).

…Which is how Pete gets in trouble with the police one day. All he’d been trying to do was be a Good Samaritan and let them know who committed their latest unsolved robbery - but apparently, his observations were a bit too spot-on to make it seem like he wasn’t involved.

Detective Tom Kazansky (smart and gorgeous) and Detective Ron Kerner (stubborn and grumpy) don’t believe that he’s really just that smart , and neither does the Chief of Police, Mike Metcalfe.

So…Pete decides to have a little fun with it.

…He tells them he’s psychic.

They of course don’t believe that, at first. But Pete can tell just about anything about anybody thanks to his keen observational skills, so pretty soon, he has them, and the rest of the police department, believing it.

…They take him on as a psychic consultant for the police department, which absolutely delights him…especially when he convinces his lifelong best friend Nick “Goose” Bradshaw to partner up with him.

”This is a terrible idea, Pete!”

“Goose, don’t be a gooey chocolate chip cookie…!”

[psychcollegeau]

lassie headcanons because i wanna :3

-the minute he turned 13 he got a face full of zits and he still hasn't cleared it up despite trying every single at home remedy which made it worse every. single. time.

-tried so hard to be friends with juliets brother but ultimately failed horribly (there was an issue with ewan's face and the paintball gun)

-knows every answer in history class but has no idea what a preposition is and how to dangle one

-drinks herbal tea (nope he's lying he's addicted to iced coffee)

-amazing at sports but thinks they're useless (except for paintball and will crush everyone at it)

-extremely conventionally attractive but doesn't care how he looks (case in point, his massive glasses)

-had a buzz cut from 7th grade to 10th until jules finally convinced him to grow it out (he has regrets)

-allergic to hazelnuts and pineapple

-huge minecraft nerd and forces everyone to play with him

-always cold, once wore a blanket to a baseball game in july

-disturbingly strong and can lift everyone in the group (even chief vick which scares everyone)

-has an extremely high pain tolerance which, again, terrifies everyone (especially when he broke his foot and didn't notice for an hour and a half)

-you wouldn't think he likes gossip, but him and jules will spend at least an hour a day talking about jessica's awful haircut or andrew cheating on the last test or whatever the latest news is

-has the worst gaydar in the history of ever (he thought shawn was straight like what)

-makes fun of people constantly but its his way of showing affection (that and acts of service but mostly telling shawn how bad he is at minecraft)

[cammickelthwaite]

some psych as scottisg uni students ideas, inspired by my beloved (/p) @psychcollegeau and egged on by the psych discord

Shawn and Gus are best friends from nursery. Jules and Lassie met during freshers and hang around with each other. Gus and Jules are flatmates in one of the lovely, pretty flats. Shawn and Lassie are flatmates in one of the shitey flats.

Gus has SAAS on speed dial because he keeps panicking that his funding hasn't been sent, and his loan comes in late in September, and did he mess up? Because he got double in September? Is that normal? The SAAS helpline guy is so done with him.

Jules has a part time retail job and is also a guide leader and is also the president of the SSAGO and is also trying to pass her classes. She is so busy all the time. Physically incapable of doing nothing.

Shawn and Gus are from near Glasgow. Lassie's from Aberdeenshire. Jules is dead central, and is so done with Shawn and Gus calling her a East Coaster/Lassie calling her a West Coaster

They have an argument over what to call those rubber shoes you wear in primary school PE and end up not talking for a week

Shawn is the only one in the group who doesn't use "ken". Gus just adopts it into his speech, but Shawn will make the stupid doll joke every single time

Shawn and Lassie's love language is making fun of eachother's accents. I'm a Doric Lassie truther <3

Buzz is very American. Buzz doesn't understand why whenever the other four meet someone from somewhere else in Scotland, their response is "ew" or "I'm sorry."

He also doesn't understand why he can't meet any of the four's pet haggi. They seem such sweet pets. He is HORRIFIED at Burn's night.

Shawn goes to Edinburgh Castle every weekend to do the most exaggerated Scottish accent ever and lie to tourists. He's convinced them he speaks Gaelic. The only one who knows whether or not that is true is Gus, and he won't tell.

"Strip the Willow is not a competitive dance" it is for Shawn and Lassie. It is.

Gus cried when the student union stopped their amazing pizza deal. Me too, Gus, me too.

Vick is captain of the shinty team that Jules is on. She's from the middle of fucking nowhere in the Highlands. I love her.

Jules is on Ruairidh Gray tiktok.

Gus is a biochem student who shows up to the complete wrong campus for his introduction to the course and has a mental breakdown

Shawn is an English and Scottish lit (I'm not projecting, you are) student. Literacy Studies 1A might kill him. The lectures are so boring and so obvious and you have never seen a man who wants to fight his professor more.

Lassie is a history student. Jules is a criminal justice student.

please ask me more questions i love to gossip