So since the shadybug and claw noire is out, are you going to do a post on how the science kids are like in that universe since it isn’t a what we all thought it was?
Marc:
Imagine Dad For One. That’s how he is with Kiran
“My precious baby brother can’t survive in such a cruel world. So, it’s best if I just keep him locked in his room.”
He’s just a little bit psycho and carries around a lot of knives
A well-known street fighter who’s known for making people a lot of money when he sends his opponents to the hospital
Marc has a habit of stabbing people. Specifically guys. It’s best to just let him keep stabbing you until he gets bored or until Nathaniel calls for him
Denise:
Relies on brute force for everything
Always called on to deliver the “Death Hug” punishment to insubordinates at DuPont. Basically, they just wrap their arms around some poor guy until their eyes bulge out of their sockets and they plead for mercy
Takes pleasure in hurting those they deem weaker
The only exception is Simon. Hurt him in any way, and they will hunt you down and Death Hug you when you least expect it
You’ll know they’re around when you hear bones cracking
Simon:
A tech genius who absolutely loathes Max. There’s just something up with him, but he doesn’t know what
Has been trying to track down the Resistance so he can get in The Supreme’s good graces
All so he can get rid of his parents
He still unfortunately lives with his parents, and he has a burn scar over his left eye due to their negligence when he was five
A bit of a recluse. He secludes himself in his surveillance room/basement
Cosette:
Her mother has ties to The Supreme due to her military status, so the family’s rich
Skilled in hand-to-hand combat, street fighting, and they know the nerve punch technique to knock people out
Oh, and it has brass knuckles
They get into street fights with Marc, and have a mutual respect for each other
Cold, calculated, and in an arranged marriage with Austin Boulet to boost both family’s social status. In reality, she’s making out with some stuck up chick’s half sister
Zoé:
Pompous stuck-up girl from New York who enjoys making everyone’s life hell. When she tried to insult Cosette, she got punched in the face
… Now she’s in love
Unlike Chloé, their insults are more psychological, and leave people mentally scarred
His dad, Morgan, can put the Bourgeois family to shame with his wealth. He practically owns all of New York
Owns a motorcycle
Lacey
You can tell she’s near when she clacking glass bottles attached to her fingers, chanting, “Resistance… Come out and play~”
Not part of the Supreme, not part of the Resistance. She just wants to see the world burn and get her family out with her
Tries to make connections to get ahead and get her family out of this damn city. If that means double-crossing a few people to get to someplace without any psycho Miraculous holders, so be it
Is not afraid to curbstomp some motherfucker
May or may not have a slight crush on Reshma
Jean:
Sold by his cruel-ass mom to the Tomassian family for their son when he was like ten. (Yeah, she sucks) And his dad, a Resistance veteran was powerless to stop her
Austin had just come out as gay, Jean’s egg donor was desperate for cash, and so begins a loveless relationship
He’s like one of those emotionless trophy wives on sitcoms and holds out his hand whenever he wants some money
“Babe.” *Holds out his hand*
They’re dying inside
Reshma:
A moody rich girl with nothing to do other than shave half her hair off and pay some girls in dire need of money to make out with her
Family has strong ties to The Supreme, and her parents are trying to get her to become a Miraculous holder
Sneaks out at night to shank unsuspecting people with Marc
May or may not have a slight crush on Lacey
Goes out for joyrides in the Lexus
Ismael
Hates The Supreme, hates The Resistance. He just hates shit
Imagine Max from Camp Camp
Hits some creeps with his skateboard when he goes out riding at night
A bit of a loner
Steals money, food, and decent clothes since his mom don’t do shit
Aurore:
Her brother took her and her sister away from their parents, and has been taking care of them for eight years now
Rafael is a member of another sector of the Resistance, one that’s trained in many different forms of combat
Aurore has been learning self defense since she was nine
An expert survivalist who knows how to sand off her own fingerprints
Should anyone tied to the Supreme try to locate Rafael and track down where he lives, Aurore has an escape route ready so she can take Catherine to safety
Mireille
Alec got custody of her and Theo thanks to his ties to the Supreme
She’s closed off more than usual and refuses to speak to anyone except for Theo
Has sort of a goth thing going on
Hates just about everyone she comes across… She and Ismael get along well, though
Sometimes during the night, they go out, break a few windows, and steal some cash
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tell me about "machete order: an alternate analysis on prequels and heroic origins" (WHAT a title holy shit) + one dealer's choice! i love ur fics i think theyre awesome ESPECIALLY when theyre weird im sorry im so behind on reading everything uve posted...
HIIIII i love YOUR fics and i am so happy to talk to you about trobed always. let me tell you about trobed....
machete order !! so the title is based off of this
the concept of this au was that troy got his football scholarship but dropped out, joined a dance troupe where he met britta, who never went back to college or anything like that. so abed and jeff still met each other at greendale and became friends, abed still moved out to LA eventually, became a filmmaker and developed a bit of a cult following
there is a Lot going on here and i could probably just like actually post the story or something. but.
basically ...... jeff meets britta on reddit and is trying to set abed up with troy as an excuse to get closer to her
abed is hesitant at first, esp because troy is a fan of his work and this makes things slightly awkward for him, but they end up hanging out and watching star wars and kinda falling in love. pretty fuckin gay !
here's a snippet from the second chapter -
When Abed pulled up to Troy’s hotel the next morning, the first thing to catch his eye was a familiar blue Lexus sitting under a palm tree. The second, crouched beneath it, was a black kitten.
“Whoa,” Troy said. “Stop, stop! Is that a cat?”
He scrambled to unbuckle before Abed could park.
“Troy,” he said. “You shouldn’t engage with random cats. What if it has rabies?”
“There’s no way something that cute has rabies.”
Abed sighed and called Jeff. His number popped onto the console screen and rang twice before his voice crackled through, thick and slow like he hadn’t slept.
“What do you want?”
“Hi.” Abed watched Troy, from his peripheral, lower the passenger side window. “Can you bring a blanket or towel down here? There’s a cat under your car.”
“What? Abed, where—”
“Be down in a sec!” Britta shouted. She coughed loudly and very much into the phone, then hung up.
Troy was making clicking noises with his mouth now, waving.
“Heeey, kitty!” he called. “C’mere!”
Abed put the car in park and shut it off. Navigating traffic was like performing surgery—or so he assumed, as a non-surgeon—and each time he still had to take a moment to collect himself afterward. Another difference between Colorado and California: the roads here were designed to make you slowly go insane.
“You good?” Troy asked. Abed shook himself and faced him, feeling far away.
“Yeah.” He took a deep breath in. “Yeah, I’m good. I hope Jeff and Britta got breakfast.”
“Me too,” Troy said. “I’m starving.”
He turned back to the cat.
“It’s so little and lost and alone, Abed,” he said. “Where do you think its mom went?”
Abed hummed in consideration. “Could’ve been attacked by a wild animal. Or run over by a car. Los Angeles is full of things that could kill or otherwise harm a cat.”
Troy whipped his head around to stare him down, eyes wide. He made a high sound in his throat and shook his head rapidly. Then he burst into tears.
“Or—” Abed tried to think. “Or maybe the kitten had an undiagnosed developmental disorder that put a strain on its family, so the mother cat divorced the father cat to pursue greater things.”
Troy hiccuped through sobs.
“That’s ridiculous,” he cried. “A cat would never sit through a divorce hearing. It’d just get bored and leave!”
“True.” Abed folded his hands in his lap. “Sorry.”
He wasn’t good at navigating emotions. Or interacting with people. Or comforting them.
Growing up, his parents had shoved him into waiting room after waiting room like if they let enough strangers in white coats poke and prod they’d find the glitch in his code, the vacancy he carried that in everyone else was filled with the Right Things To Say and Right Things To Do. The night before his mom left, he woke up in the dark and found her at the kitchen table, head in her hands as she cried. He wanted to ask what was wrong. But even then, he knew.
He looked at Troy, this stranger in his car, and wondered once again what to do.
A knock at the window startled him.
Jeff, red-eyed and disheveled, stood outside with a fuzzy blanket. His voice was muffled through the glass. “Hey, jackass!”
Abed squinted against the sun as he lowered the window.
“Be quiet,” he whispered. “You’ll scare it off.”
Britta appeared from behind Jeff with a bowl of water.
“Yeah, Jeff!” she yelled. “Be quiet!”
Ignoring them, Troy opened his door and slid out slowly. He called out in a soft voice.
At first, the cat didn’t move. It stood its ground and watched. Troy crept over, inch by inch, and finally, once he was near it, held out a hand.
“Hey little guy,” he whispered, “or gal. Hey, hey, it’s okay.”
It blinked at him with its huge, all-knowing eyes. Despite its youth, the cat had clearly seen some shit.
Abed held his breath as it approached Troy, one paw at a time like the ground might explode. The moment its nose met his hand was pulled straight from a Hallmark movie. The good kind, with the right balance of plot and emotion—not one of those cheesy Christmas movies with a conventionally attractive yet comically stupid all-white cast.
Anyway, everyone else also held their breath, and ceased other internal functions too.
“Would you look at that,” Jeff said. “I think it likes him.”
A few feet away, Troy wrapped his arms around the kitten. It snuggled into him, purring.
“Yeah.” Abed’s chest warmed as he watched. “I think it does.”
Troy spoke up suddenly. “Hey, guys. I think we should probably get this thing to a vet. Its eye is all crusty and weird looking.”
Britta set the bowl on the ground and rushed over.
“I hope it’s not infected,” she said. “My friend died from an eye infection that went to her brain. Completely killed the vibes at Burning Man.”
Troy looked close to tears again.
“Hey Jeff,” Abed said. “Why don’t you and Britta take it to the vet? Troy and I will cat-proof the hotel room in the meantime.”
Jeff’s face lit up.
“Good idea.” He turned to Britta with a shit-eating grin. “Let’s go save a life.”
***
okay and for my choice..... ermmmm environmental effects of human behavior is one of my favorite wips that ill probably never post. it is pretty ... explicit so heres just the first part of it
“Man,” Jeff says, looking up from his phone for the first time in an hour, “those twins are seriously hot. I wonder what classes they’re in.”
Britta follows his gaze past the windows, out to the library, where two identical blonde women are browsing shelves near the water fountains.
“I think one of them is in my psych class,” she says. “I’m not sure which.”
Pierce turns to see what all the fuss is about.
“Well, you could probably use my help.”
“Try someone more your league or century,” Jeff shoots back. “I think I can handle this one on my own.”
“Or!” Annie’s grinning in the way that means something terrible is about to happen. “Or we could set them up with Troy and Abed! How cute would that be?”
“C’mon, Annie,” says Jeff. “Why would Troy and Abed want to bang a pair of hot twins? They’re too busy playing in cardboard boxes and giving each other prostate orgasms to hang out with us half the time.”
“Jeff, ew!” Annie shrieks. “That is so inappropriate!”
“And not at all condoned by the Bible,” adds Shirley.
“There’s nothing wrong with looking out for your health,” Britta says. “Did you know one in eight men in the US will be diagnosed with prostate cancer? It’s only gonna get worse now that the ocean’s filled with plastic.”
Troy’s eyes go wide.
“What are you guys talking about?” he asks, dropping his book. “And why do I feel like I missed out on a class that everyone else already took?”
“They’re talking about gay sex,” says Pierce.
“What?” Troy asks. “Why?”
“They think we’re too busy having it to get girlfriends,” Abed explains. “Which isn’t the reason. It’s mostly the costumes and our dedication to a good homage that puts the ladies off.”
Troy nods with a sad little sigh. “It’s true.”
“Yeah,” Jeff says as he turns back to his phone. “I’m sure that’s why.”
–
“Hey, Abed?” Troy asks that night. “Do you know what was up with Jeff earlier?”
Abed glances away from the TV. “Aside from what’s normally up with him? No.”
“Like,” Troy starts, waiting for his brain to load, “the stuff with the twins was really weird, and kinda scary. And now I don’t know what I’m gonna do about the oceans.”
“I’m not sure there’s much you can do.”
Troy looks down.
“Damn,” he whispers.
“I know,” Abed says. “The inevitable climate apocalypse is a lot to take in. I think that’s probably why people like Jeff lash out so much. It’s a way to cope with the slow spiral down the drain of eternity.”
Troy nods. “That makes sense. Is that why he was making such a big deal about us being pro-state?”
“No,” Abed says through a bite of popcorn. “Well, yes. Sort of. Humanity’s demise turns some people into heroes and others into monsters.” Instead of elaborating on Jeff’s weird issues, he points at the screen and says simply, “Let’s keep watching Kickpuncher.”
“Cool,” Troy says.
He pulls his knees up to his chest in a mirror of Abed. It’s late and they should probably be asleep, but these moments when Annie’s in bed and it’s just the two of them are his favorite. He feels special. Like he could tell Abed anything right now.
“It just annoys me sometimes,” he finds himself saying absently. “When Jeff and other people say that stuff about us, I mean. Firstly, it’s none of their business why girls think we’re weird, and it’s—it’s just stupid, like, I don’t even really get what he was talking about. It makes me feel like an idiot.”
“Hm?” Abed turns to him. “Oh.” He pauses, realization setting over his face with a raised brow. “Really?”
Troy huffs, sliding down in his chair.
“I mean, I get the general idea. But. “ He shrugs. “They don’t exactly teach you this stuff at bible camp, man.”
Abed nods. “I get it. I guess I just thought otherwise based on some things you’ve said before.” He pauses while chewing another kernel. “Then again, it’s not like they teach this stuff in school either.”
Troy folds his arms. His chest feels hot. Like he’s—like he needs to be defensive, or like there’s something he’s missing or doesn’t understand.
“Well, how do you know about all this?”
“I have a computer with internet access,” Abed says. “And a general idea of how human anatomy works.”
“I took anatomy last semester.” Troy’s face is burning. “I just—I mean, Abed, can you show me? I feel like I’m missing out on something here.”
“Sure,” Abed says. “We can watch some videos later.”
“I meant, like—” He glances up at him, then back down. “You and me, if you wanted to.”
Blinking, Abed pauses Kickpuncher and turns to him. In the low lighting, his eyes look dark, almost black.
“Are you sure?” he asks. “Some people might find that a little awkward.”
Troy shrugs again with a small laugh.
“I don’t know. Not me,” he says. “I trust you. Like I said, I just wanna get it, and Britta really freaked me out with the whole cancer thing.”
Abed nods.
“Your health is important.” He’s silent for a moment, thinking, then nods again. “We’ll need to wait for a night Annie’s out of the apartment.”
“Okay.” Troy’s stomach does a little flip. “Awesome. Thanks, man. Do you think I should ask her?”
“No. She has her book club Friday, so let’s try to plan for after seven.”
Troy nods. His brain feels like a circuit board drenched in water, broken and sparking, and he doesn’t know why.
“Cool,” he says.
–
The next morning, Abed’s making cereal in the kitchen when Troy unzips the blanket fort and steps out. He totally doesn’t stare at his fingers around the spoon or the lean muscle of his arms in his Star Wars t-shirt. Instead, Troy very normally sits at the table and counts the spirals in the wood.
“You want some?”
He jumps and almost falls out of his chair.
“Abed,” he gasps. “Don’t do that to me.”
“Do what? Make you cereal? Fine, I’m a terrible roommate.” Abed takes a bite of Lucky Charms and sits across the table. “We should get ready soon. I think our biology exam’s this morning.”
“Ugh,” Troy says. “I didn’t study at all.”
Abed hums. “Me neither. I’ll have to cheat off of Garrett again.”
“Man, I don’t wanna keep doing that. We’re definitely gonna get caught one of these times.”
“Hm, probably,” Abed says. “Until then, we should try to be as covert as possible.”
Troy nods. So far, there are 14 big spirals and 10 little ones, some of which are inside the bigger ones like little Russian dolls but, like, if Russian dolls were a wooden table they got from a guy in Denver who claimed to sell possessed furniture.
“By the way,” Abed says, “since it’s Thursday, we should stop at the store later. I’m pretty sure I’m out of lube and we’ll want some for tomorrow.”
“Okay,” Troy chokes out. “Yeah, let’s definitely do that.”
He loses count.
–
“Can you go in?” Troy asks, stuffing his hands in the pocket of his hoodie. The street outside the corner store is busy and the wind bites at his skin.
“Let’s go in together,” Abed says. “What if you get hit by a car?”
“Then I’m rich and we get to buy a mansion in Hollywood.”
Abed shakes his head. “Most bodily injury claims are settled for under a couple thousand dollars. You’d be lucky getting a studio apartment down the street.”
“I hate society,” Troy says darkly.
Abed nods, then points.
“Agreed. Let’s hurry before we get mugged again.”
He holds the door open and follows as Troy enters. Troy blinks under the fluorescents, feeling impossibly lost in this stupid store he’s been in, like, a hundred times. He has no clue what he’s looking for.
Abed, however, is brushing past him to the third aisle near the back, gaze intent. Once he stops in the pharmacy section, he looks down at Troy and squints.
“Are you allergic to glycerin?”
“No?” Troy says. “I think?”
“Cool.” Abed’s voice is low when he speaks again, like he’s divulging top-secret info. “We’ll probably want to go with something water-based. A lot of people like silicone because it lasts longer, but the extra coating means it can cause friction burns and it’s annoying to clean up. Plus, we can always just use more if we need it.”
“Okay, awesome,” Troy says. In contrast to the brisk cold outside, it’s weirdly hot in here. He stares at his shoes to try to cool his face off. When he looks up, Abed is still shuffling through the row of tubes. His fingers are so long.
“Found it,” he says after a minute. “This one’s good. I think you’ll like it.”
“Will it give me special powers?” Troy asks. “Or make me see new colors?”
“Maybe.” Abed wiggles his brows. “Let me know, because I’ve been meaning to learn transmutation and if this is the key that unlocks it, I’d like to stock up.”
Troy grimaces. “Man, if it transmutates me I’m gonna be pissed. I have library books I still need to return.”
Abed hums in agreement and reaches into his pocket. His eyes widen.
“I forgot my wallet,” he whispers, then shoves the bottle in his shoe. “I’m going to run.”
Troy nods.
“On three.”
–
When they get back, Annie’s still at study group, which—Troy checks the clock—doesn’t end for another twenty minutes, then she’s picking up pizza, and that’s another… Well, he’s not very good at math, but she won’t be home for at least an hour. The lights are dim and it’s quiet as Abed un-stuffs the lube from his shoe and sets it on the table.
“I need you to do a few things for me,” he says.
“Whatever you want. You know that.” Troy flops onto the couch while Abed continues, now sitting at the table to remove his shoes.
“Tomorrow night, after school, if you could take one of your famously long showers that’d be good. Really get in there, if you know what I mean.”
Troy nods. “I can do that.”
“Also, try to avoid any processed, spicy, or oily foods for the next twenty-four hours.”
Troy frowns. “But I wanted pizza.”
“I’ll eat salad with you,” Abed offers, standing.
“Um, have you been replaced by a clone?”
Abed shakes his head.
“I don’t think so,” he says. “But I’m not sure I’d know if I was.”
“That’s scary, man. Imagine living your whole life as someone else and you don’t even know it.” Troy gasps. “Am I Obama?”
“I hope so.”
Abed joins Troy on the couch and reclines his head, thinking. His adam's apple bobs as he breathes in and Troy does try not to stare, he really does. It’s just hard, is all.
“Hey,” he says quietly, “Abed.”
“Hm?”
Abed turns his head and meets his eyes, looking down, lids low. Troy feels dizzy—someone should check the carbon monoxide alarm.
“Since Annie won’t be home for awhile—”
The front door bursts open. Annie, pizza in-hand, storms in wearing a thousand-yard stare.
“That was traumatizing. Pierce lost another bet to Jeff, and—I really don’t want to get into specifics, but I can’t look at trombones the same way ever again.”
Sighing, she throws the pizza on the table and removes her jacket. Then she pauses. Troy feels his stomach jump into his throat as she picks up the little tube and inspects it.
“What’s this?”
“Oh.” Abed blinks, sitting up straight. “That’s mine.”
“Oh!” Annie gasps and goes red. She sets it back down. “Sorry, I didn’t realize…”
“It’s okay. I should’ve put that away.” He glances at Troy before standing and taking it, then disappears into the blanket fort.
“Well,” Annie tries, “good for Abed.” Her smile is so forced it looks painful. She opens the pizza box, glancing at Troy. “That’s… not gonna make anything awkward for you guys, is it?”
“What?” Troy asks. “Of course not. Why would it?”
“It’s just that,” she starts, “historically, you may have been known to get a little… I mean, just a tiny, tiny bit jealous when Abed, you know, pays attention to other people? But—but hey, good for you! And him!”
“Annie, why would I be jealous? Did they do something to your brain?” He sure feels like his is breaking. Probably due to lack of pizza.
“What’d they do to Annie’s brain?” Abed locks the door to the blanket fort with a quiet zip. “Oh, that smells good.”
“I got extra pepperoni on one half,” she says, beaming. “And extra cheese on the other half. Just like you guys wanted!”
“Thanks, Annie,” Troy grits out. “But Abed and I are actually—”
“Trying to eat healthy,” Abed finishes. “We’ve been overdoing it with junk food lately. Troy’s been getting these pains in his stomach… It’s bad.”
“Oh my god, Troy,” Annie gasps, turning to face him. Troy shoots a look at Abed, who shrugs, eyes wide. “Are you okay? Do you need to see a doctor?”
“Nope,” he says. “Nope, I’m—I’ll be fine. Abed’s gonna take good care of me.”
“I am.” Abed nods. “Let’s have something else tonight. Maybe we’ll save the pizza for tomorrow.”
Troy sighs. “Salad, anyone?”
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