#though its unclear on whether or not ill post more of the other au

[ourgoldenpath]

hi , a catnap from yesterday while I was working w/ colored pencils again .. he is on a page accompanied by some design stuff for some au 3 house hypotheticals as the canon houses for the critters don't fit what these guys have going on (though i do intend to keep the canon houses in mind when working w/ them) currently ive actually been working on some drawing stuff that ISN'T for this particular au (which i still need to come up with a name for this au involving these gay ass little puppets.. im not very good with au names) so i'll be positng an image dump of another au thing soon

[longingfreesia]

okok so heres a (hopefully) comprehensive post about the “modern” au i think about sometimes. because i 1. have nowhere else to put it 2. should probably post it all here so stuff i write in it makes some kind of sense

last edited: june 11th 2022

cw for illness and child neglect

kind of.... loosely really really really loosely velder academy au based since like..........3rd jobs are in the same school or whateverrrrrrr yeahhhhhhhhhhh. they’re in.. college by third jobs.

ok so. first of all. they all... live(d) under ishmael in some way or another. maybe she is the one in charge of an orphanage and they all lived there or something like that. it doesnt really matter how, just that she raised them.

1line is her favorite. and it shows. a Lot. hes always done exceptionally in academics, and... everything, ever. except making friends or being social/friendly in any way whatsoever. he has no real identity of his own though because of this, and has a very cold and aloof demeanor, so hes difficult to get along with anyway. hes always been alone, save for an Exception which i will elaborate on in a bit

3line was for the most part left behind. not manipulated at first, but as time went on, he started to realize he was being neglected. hes always been in bad health, both mentally and physically, and this caused him to feel too anxious to say anything about it as wanderer, and then as apostasia started feeling instead like he was hated for the way he was, and this was why he was being ignored. hated by everyone, so there was no one for him. herrscher harbors disdain for ishmael and everyone else she took care of because of this (same exception as with 1line), how he blames everyone there for his healths deterioration - maybe if anyone had cared to notice him he wouldn't be this way. but nothing to be done about it, now.

2line is in... an odd spot, comparatively. ishmael has very high expectations for all of the children under her care. and he did fine, performing well in a way that satisfied ishmael, but he wasnt able to do it in the same way richter did - the perfect, idealized way she wanted that would please her. he eventually realizes he doesnt want to pursue the path that ishmael has put in place for them - and this makes ishmael very displeased. he studies his own passions in secret, but when he “becomes” bluhen he announces that he wants to pursue what makes him happy instead of her, she ends up neglecting him as well, and now the two of them are almost no-contact. their relationship is extremely strained, and its clear to any onlookers she doesnt care for him anymore, but he remains firm in the belief that “she simply wants whats best for me, thats all.”

the exception for both of them is 2line. as 2line has always wanted to help as much as he can. hes made happy by making others happy, so he wants to do so as much as possible. that being said, he can only do so much. hes the only one who could get close to 1 or 3, simply out of being too stubborn to give in when told that they would never talk to him. both of them stick around him out of appreciation for someone who actually cares about/for them. hes friendly and kind to them, something they dont have often, so they treasure him even if they dont realize/admit it.

herrscher and richter hate each other. richter is under the impression that ishmael hates herrscher (whether this is actually true or not is unclear to everyone) and thus hates him by extension. he also hates how herrscher blames ishmael and everyone else she raised for his condition when richter cannot fathom a reason that could ever possibly be true or reasonable. herrscher hates richter because he holds disdain for everyone ishmael raised since he was neglected but especially richter, since he seemed to be lavished in her love and affection constantly. he thinks of it as unfair that one of her children would be so lovingly cared for while another was left to rot. its also more complicated than this and they dont just hate each other, obviously, but, yknow.

so. this means that bluhen being their common “youre the only person who can stand me so youre my only friend” causes Problems often. any time they meet up (through bluhen begging them to put aside their differences for a moment so that they can both spend time with him) is with bluhen and the other comes to see him and sees that hes with one of them, its usually all bluhen can do to keep a fight (verbal or physical) from breaking out

that being said, richter is calmer about it than herrscher is. richter is willing to put up with herrschers presence enough to get things done that must be, and it usually helps if bluhen works as a medium between the two. herrscher, however, makes it very very clear whenever richter comes up that he would rather choke to death on his own blood than ever have to speak to richter. richter is endlessly annoyed by this since herrscher also has no qualms about saying this in front of his face

it wasnt always like this, though. when they were still at the equivalent of first jobs, executor came to see wanderer quite a bit, as did anpassen. wanderer was the last of them to “progress” to “2nd job,” and sometime after executor became arme he simply stopped coming by. erbluhen never could get it out of him why he did so, and still feels guilty at times; feeling like if he had just done something more, herrschers condition wouldnt have gotten as bad as it was now

in any case, this means “bluhen drags his two incredibly emo in their own unique ways best friends around and tries to make them do things like ‘be happy’ and ‘make friends’ and neither of them like it one bit but they put up with it because they dont want to lose bluhen”

it also means sometimes bluhen brings herrscher lunch on top of the roof at school and herrscher goes “sometimes i think about if i just fell off of this roof and what would happen” and bluhen nearly cries and goes “thats ABSOLUTELY terrifying PLEASE never say that again. i brought you your favorite cookies. please eat them this time.” it means sometimes bluhen has to physically restrain richter from stabbing someone on the school grounds. its just like that sometimes

misc notes:

herrscher takes absolutely shit care of himself but rights it a little when bluhen is around because he feels immensely guilty for how very worried bluhen gets about him. needless to say hes still practically a skeleton. he wears the same tight black turtleneck every day around the house and you can see his hipbones jutting through it

in contrast to this richter takes meticulous care of himself. his hair is very very soft. once bluhen stayed over and had to ask him which of the 50 bottles in the bathroom was for washing hair with

richter once tried to show up to campus in a full two piece white suit

all of them are autistic and trans

more on that here but its worded super casually

1line calls ishmael “mother”, almost exclusively

in order of oldest to youngest, 1line > 2line > 3line

approximate age ranges for their jobs that may or may not change sporadically: 1st: children to teenagers, 2nd: young adult, 3rd: adult. ive decided i no longer care about numbers.