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gromlyn · 2 months ago

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as someone who went to a private christian high school this perfectly describes multiple kids I went to school with all I'm saying is private christian high school is the perfect modern au setting if you're looking for a setting that captures systemic abuses of power like westeros

i am pretty anti asoiaf modern aus bc they seem to exist to remove any problematic content. this is why my modern au where larys is a school shooter and alicent is a pro life bible thumper is way better and different. plus american high schools love to reward homophobic and misogynistic repressed hot guy cops so it’s an au where criston always comes out on top

#alicent is the girls chaplain has been since she got elected sophomore year 4.0 gpa top of her class golden girl #she helps organize a school trip to the march for life and is just. aggressively a white evangelical christian #she comes across as mature and grounded to like. the adults in her life and most* of her classmates #that's mostly a front to compensate for immense self-loathing and guilt (purity culture)#most* meaning there are kids she Does Not Like and she makes sure to make their lives marginally worse #she's not super overt about it bc she has an image to uphold so its mostly her being a snitch to her dad otto the ap gov teacher #definitely homophobic but thats mostly a cope to compensate for her occasional gay thought #naturally she feels a lot of frustration and resentment for her environment/the people around her but #bc shes in a repressive conservative religious space where perfection is expected of everyone but her specifically #she has no real way of working through her emotions and takes everything out on people she perceives to be lesser than her #shes definitely the kind of christian girl who is super nice to your face but talks mad shit behind your back and then denies it #she is a product of her environment and will probably get better when she gets to deconstruct+go no contact w otto+come out in college #criston on the other hand is the captain of the football team boys chaplain popular guy he is king of the school. he is thriving #is this his peak? yes. does he realize this? no.#he does not know these are his glory days because #he dated rhaenyra (headmasters daughter) for like two weeks freshman year and she dumped him right b4 homecoming #mostly so she could go with harwin the new transfer from the local all boys catholic school #criston never lets this go and as a result never has a normal relationship bc all the girls in their grade know hes hung up on rhaenyra #he and alicent wind up dating junior/senior year but that's mostly a political maneuver so they can win prom king/queen #under normal circumstances theyd probably be great friends but once again. theyre in a such a toxic environment #that their relationship is 100% superficial. just a means to and ends socially. for alicent at least #criston on the other hand is convinced hes found his high school sweetheart future tradwife #they break up like 3 days after graduation and criston immediately joins the military #and larys? larys is the nerdy kid who snitches to the principal in exchange for special privileges (tormenting his peers)#he gets expelled when he gets too cocky and the art teacher overhears him telling his classmates hes gonna bring a gun to school #(<- based off something that happened at my hs)#I am so sorry about the wall of tags but I started thinking and could not stop.#hotd au #<- so I can come back and maybe draw this..

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