#understudy au

[mikkeneko]

There was a discussion about Shen Qingqiu going around recently that included the line "Shen Qingqiu is a character that Shen Jiu and Shen Yuan take turns playing," which really stuck with me, but why not be pedantic about it: Understudy AU

Shen Jiu is one of the headliner actors for a large popular play (or a musical) as the main villain, Shen Qingqiu. Mid-season he gets struck by some manner of accident or illness and has to be replaced by his understudy, Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan steps up to the challenge, and despite some concerns on the part of the art review columns, is able to live up to it -- he has the script memorized, he can act and sing, he's a close enough match for Shen Jiu in looks that once the makeup and costume are on you'd have to look really closely to tell that it's a different man under there.

There's just one very noticeable difference: where the actor Shen Jiu had a contentious relationship with his costar -- Luo Mei, the male lead, a celebrity pop idol in his breakout acting role -- Shen Yuan is an enormous fan of his.

Shen Yuan still says all the lines and sings all the songs appropriate for a villain, but as the production rolls on, people begin to notice there's just a different... attitude that the character of Shen Qingqiu displays towards the character of Luo Binghe. There's a fondness in his motions and an aching in his gaze that he just can't stamp out. The conflict between Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe starts to sound less like a spiteful rivalry and more like a melancholy period drama.

The audience begins to notice. The audience eats it up. Shen Jiu is apoplectic. The production manager is not pleased, and tries to force Shen Yuan back into line -- but it's not like they can replace him! He is the replacement. And he's doing a good enough job on a technical level that they can't justify firing him.

[flowercrowns-n-punks]

"My Two Legs Are Broken, But Look At Me Dance"

Understudy Au!!!

Taglist: @locke-n-k3y [the boyyyy]

Been drawing Herm to songs in his playlist that was made for the au, he's so fun to draw here's his offical colors btw guys!!

I have a lot of little pieces for this silly Not exactly hermie.

Textless verison under the cut!!

Btw I mayyybee working on a full fic for the au started to write chapter one c:<

[dat1angel]

DP x DC Prompt

Danny never wanted to be a hero. He only took up the title of 'Protector of Amity' out of a sense of responsibility of having opened the portal. It did, however, let him discover that he loves helping people. So when he gets adopted by the Waynes and they come clean about being vigilantes, he refuses the offer to suit up and join then but does want to find some way to help. This leads to him becoming Oracle's assistant/mentee.

[whomst-yall]

they are Going Through It

[romatito]

welcome to my twisted mind, where the blorbos are in a theatre/musical troupe au and theyre putting on hadestown. i needed an excuse to put vino in a leading role, bc. unfortunately. feli would probably be considered more talented than him (even tho hes definitely good himself!!!)

tonio and lovino arent together yet but they are both crushing. emma knows and thoroughly enjoys seeing them both be dumb -- and watching the chaos of them being the leads in a romantic tragedy while they dance around each other...... literally AND figuratively. lmao

i have more of their embarrassing escapades in the think tank so this au will definitely reappear. and hopefully ill have settled on the rest of the cast soon 🫠🫠

[myownpersonalstar]

amangela shakespeare play au

I have so many thoughts and ideas......

[ovrarches]

broke: john and eliza disliking each other because of alex reasons

woke: john and eliza hating each other for a random arbitrary reason that has nothing to do with alex

[genshin-attorney]

Listen guys I'm not a zhongli × neuvillette enjoyer but I do wanna make them divorced - I want them passive aggressively beefing in the court room rn

[moonfurthetemmie]

oh. by the way. uh.

gonzalo and petruccio to deimos and phobos

[thelastspeecher]

by the way, last week there was a study published that revealed a certain kind of caecilian (a snake-looking amphibian) produced a liquid analogous to mammalian milk, a remarkable instance of convergent evolution!

[link to NPR article on it]

and, needless to say, this has MASSIVE implications for my Nixie AU ljansjnkdfsd

[sophiehasbootlegs]

My master! 

The wonderfully talented Keanu Gonzales performing as Hamilton in Hurricane. Full boot cast in description. PM or email for trade: sophietrdng@gmail.com

[flowercrowns-n-punks]

Understudy Hermie au! Im so smart for this au name lol/silly

Inspired by @oakay post on scam making a new hermie anyways.

Tagging moots who shown interest lol you my little taglist for this xD: @locke-n-k3y & @justablah56

Based round spoilers of the new episode

This is an au where Scam makes a new hermie using what he knows of hermie's memories, but also its hard to make this one the same so there is differences

Compared to who once was Hermie a forgotten joke,method actor ,dc villian lover, sly,coy even will go into things for the long haul [aka how long it took to get the mascot cotsume]

This one. A lively jokester on more so silly pranks and giggly lively , whose a musical nerd through and through , wild, maybe a bit reckless, not as into dc as og hermie. Constantly doing things to get himself seen instead of letting himself fall invisible.

How Herm was made has vague memories of the first one , or longing emotions the linger and remain in the concept that was built there.

Meet Understudy/ Not Hermie!! Or well just Herm.

He's not burnt, instead of joker makeup has a card theme & heart cheeks , hair swap on which side is short n long.

Different pattern sweater vest, round glasses instead of rectangular, a bowtie!

But!!

Imagine having vague skewed memories of a friend group you were "with" for so "long" and you got "badly injured" so you "were told" to stay in the goof realm til you were "better" and you're friends will come and "visit" again.

Only when scam is surprise they are back here and herm so excited to see them again cause he was remembered![bits of old hermie not wanting to be forgotten due to being constantly forgotten]

Only to be met with horrified or disgusted looks telling you that you're not real and not hermie.

[JUST LIKE HERMIE DEEP SEEDED IDENITY ISSUES!!]

Even when the teens nickname him cause calling him hermie is weird , even trying to connect with this strange "imposter" the more differences show.

Like sharing theatre love but this hermie loves musicals more

Dc villians? Doesnt method act nor very into them but loves the riddler alot!

Maybe it wont be so bad with this odd not hermie? Its not the same it never will be , the teens use a certain deck to bring the first hermie back.

Now with the fear of being abandon and replace and the og hermie facing what was to be his understudy.

And honestly i look forward sharing this silly au of coping i have so much planned n moreee

[takemebacktowheniwassane]

yes but what will you give me if I do

CALLING ALL ARTISTS!!!

*visible shaking* draw marvin in this.

[joeynewgarden]

what is permanent tall poppy syndrome? and why does everyone from aus/aotearoa have to unlearn it?

hi! this is a great question. here is a screenshot of wikipedia's definition of it:

racing drivers have to unlearn it because it creates animosity on the grid/in the hauler. racing is a team sport the way swim is a team sport. if you are a problem when competing individually, no one is gonna want to work with you when it comes to relays and practices become hell. which means no one will help/defend you when the problems circle back to individual competition. i know several kiwis have spoken about it on screaming meals and i'm pretty sure dixon talks about it during his episode of the dale jr download. but yeah. unlearning tall poppy syndrome is necessary for those drivers to not isolate themselves from their teammates and competitors by being a massive dick

[proxycrit]

IT’S LINKTOBER TIME FELLAS

(Say ty to patreon for voting for this! This au’s called Familiar Familiar and it’s basically totk if it was a botw dlc. Get ready for crimes)

Day 1– Hateno Ancient Tech Lab

Introduction to Headaches— specifically, Zelda’s. Six months ago, blood moons started reappearing. Monsters started multiplying. Link’s been fished from the woods and put back on monster duty. Zelda’s researching as much as she can, serving as Purah’s understudy, but there’s only so much they can do with the continual tremors and growing concerns across the hyrulian continent.

(Linktober prompts and bonus doodle under cut!)

Lies and trickery! It’s a bonus doodle alright, but it’s also a LINK to my PATREON SKETCHBOOK MUAHAHAH

Andd all zelda stuff from me, if ur in to free stuff i guess

[walking-fnaf-encyclopedia]

all my aus are really depressing i need to make something happier after the month ive had these past two days