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generalluxun · 1 year

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I'm sick, so let me ramble about (one of) my ML AU

I've written a one shot for it, and that's it so far, but I am feeling I might return. It's a gothic AU. Modern day meets Mary Shelly, Lovecraft, and Jules Verne. We still have our Ladybug though, and perhaps I can start by introducing her.

Marinette Dupain-Cheng is a student at FDP Lyceé in Paris France. This part is familiar, as is her baker heritage and interest in crafts. Fashion however, has never been a passion of hers. She's made clothing, and enjoys the challenge of designing just the right outfit for someone, but it will never be more than a hobby.

Her real passion in life is... is it possible to say 'Project Management' at 16? Call it what you will, Marinette likes finding a way to make things work. Events, projects, causes, you name it she's there for it. From Mylène's campaign against poor wastewater management, to Rose's bake sale to raise money for orphan unicorns. Marinette takes joy in making the impossible, happen.

Perhaps it was this that drew the attention of whomever, or whatever, left that fateful box in her room. If only the earrings had come with a warning label, or a guide, or anything other than the two words sewn into the plush lining of the box. 'Spots on.'

Ladybug was born into a Paris in desperate need of a hero. Crime kept doors locked at night. Hot summers and freezing winters had pushed tempers and scruples to new extremes. On top of all this where were... the monsters. Thankfully rare, these beings could cause untold damage before the police could take them down. Paris deserved to be safe once more. Marinette was the girl to find a way.

Powers: Aside from general strength, agility, durability, and her yo-yo Ladybug has three main powers.

Her first power isn't supernatural, but her supernatural abilities allow it to shine. Marinette has a sharp mind. She's quick witted, observant, and tackles every situation as a problem to be solved. Her real strength is the ability to find multiple solutions to every problem. It is also her weakness. Sometimes she can hesitate, or switch gears mid-plan, as doubt takes her. It doesn't help that...

Lucky Charm: Is a monkey's paw of a power. Yes, it will give her an answer to her current situation, but it makes no guarantees of what collateral might come from said solution. Her first partner... she doesn't talk about her first partner. Marinette learned the hard way that she needs to be careful when using this power.

Miraculous Ladybugs!: The power to fix anything. Provided she has the will and fortitude. The Ladybugs are fickle and whimsical agents of creation. Ladybug can command them only through great effort. Summoning them without purpose or strength will lead to them running rampant, and creating who knows what.

Relationships: Marinette knows everyone, but has few close friends.

Alya has had her back for years, frequently the NCO to Marinette's leadership in bigger projects.

Adrien, the boy locked away from life. The boy Ladybug rescued from Agreste Manor. The boy living with her and her parents now. The boy who makes her heart flutter with his desperate innocence. He is someone completely happy with the simple gift of being alive, and with everything else in her life, that grounding influence is wonderful.

Chloé, the opposite of a friend, yet inextricably entwined. No one else can even begin to handle her the way Marinette can. There's a strange symmetry in how well one can get to know an enemy, as well as a friend.

#ml au #marinette dupain cheng #ml fanfiction #gothic AU #Miraculous Ladybug #ask anything #it helps me brainstorm

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softsnzstuff · 2 years

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Currently working on a new AU with the lovely support of @dontfeeltoohot

I present to you - The Doctors Office AU

(Someone help me think of a better name for that lmfao)

It’s inspired by my brief time working as a receptionist at a small doctors office! Here’s what I have so far:

Robin is the receptionist!

Steve is the Nurse Practitioner

DOCTOR EDDIE MUNSON EVERYONE

I want to try a slightly different writing style for this AU only - told more from Robins POV and more comedic than drama????

Occasional workplace shenanigans but nothing too too wild

Possibly Nancy as the PA/female provider (?)

Do we also want Doctor Billy? I’ll make it a vote. Let me know.

REAL TALK: does anyone even want this AU? Just asking because I’ll do it if people are interested :)

Let me know any thoughts or questions in my ask box! I’m basing all the dynamics off my prior experience but am def still brainstorming. ❤️ -KB

#kb au’s #vote in the comments #drop thoughts or questions in my ask box #it helps me brainstorm #s/tranger t/hings #i hope you like it???#i wanna write it for sure

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sapphire11 · 2 years

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OK, really I want to know about them all, but I suppose I’ll just pester you with two, please? Will you share something (anything!) about Post 3x08 - the first time Andrea comes to visit TK after his mom’s death and Tarlos Mystery AU?? 💜💛

Oh Jamie!! You know I love sharing things 💛 These two choices though are definitely near and dear to my heart. 💜

Starting wtih Post 3x08 - the first time Andrea comes to visit TK after his mom’s death (because I actually have this about 50% written)

I am in love with this fic!! Andrea comes to visit about a month after Gwyn's death bringing groceries and a plan to get TK out of his head a bit with some cooking for Carlos. (many love languages at play here) While they cook though they talk and TK opens up to her and shares two very important things about Gwyn and it is very emotional and I love it. I love Andrea getting to give TK the love he deserves and exploring how their relationship develops in light of his loss.

Tarlos Mystery AU

This one is likely to be my next big fic adventure. In this one Carlos is a detective and TK is a crime scene investigator. The whole of the 126 is involved also in different roles than canon. Essentially they work together, there is shenanigans, mystery, crimes, all the good stuff. I may or may not be planning for an enemies to lovers trope for Tarlos Honestly this one is still in a fairly bare bones planning phase, but listen I have IDEAS and I am excited.

Find my new WIP List HERE

#ali answers #wip asks #new wip list is out #ask me anything #it helps me brainstorm #TYSM Jamie!!#Feel free to ask me more ;)

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gumptioncretaceous · 7 months

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hate it when you're looking for a good painting to watch on cave wall and by the time you find one your mammoth hunk is cold 😭

#ty to my friends for helping me brainstorm

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total-drama-brainrot · 1 month

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TD World Tour AU, where Noah doesn't tell Owen that Alejandro is an eel in London... In Area 51, Noah is accidentally splashed with an alien truth potion (which wears off after a few days) and he talks to Owen... Owen asks Noah what he truly thinks about Alejandro, and Truth-Potion Affected Noah says this: "I have mixed feelings for Alejandro. He's a brilliant, interesting guy and I like him, but I don't trust him. He's like a slippery eel dipped in grease, swimming in motor oil. Basically, Heather with social skills. Wait a minute, why am I telling you this?!"... What if Alejandro secretly heard Noah call him all those conflicting things + Alejandro also learns that Noah is affected with an alien truth potion? 👽

Alright, you got me. I'm an absolute sucker for truth potion plots, especially when the character(s) effected by them are usually either pathological liars or incredibly secretive- of which Noah absolutely falls into the second category, given he shares so little personal information.

I'll gloss over why Noah declined to shit-talk Alejandro in London (though there's so many ways this change in behaviour could be justified) since the focal point of this hypothetical centred around their time in Nevada, so let's start from the beginning of the Area 51 challenge.

Area 51:

Before we start, it'll have to be established that no one was eliminated in London. Let's say that the majority vote went towards Duncan (team CIRRRRH voted him out immediately because they found his re-admission to the competition unfair, I guess. I imagine he'd also vote himself, if not as a plan to escape the competition he'd been actively skiving from, then just as an act of spite) but Chris instead claimed it was a rewards challenge- much like he does in Greece- because he doesn't want to let Duncan slip away again so soon.

I see no reason to alter the first part of the challenge- the sneaking into Area 51 portion- since team CIRRRRH's course of entry is fairly straightforward. Noah's presence doesn't make much of a difference to how it would play out; the majority of them throw their rocks and run, Owen gets lasered over the fence and Owen-napped, ect ect.

When both teams have managed to make their way into the Black Box Warehouse, Noah immediately suggests they should prioritise rescuing Owen. Tyler's quick to agree, since he's a firm believer in the "no man left behind" mentality (and he probably makes a not-so-subtle jab towards Noah for his chance of tune compared to London, where both he and Owen did leave Tyler behind) leaving Duncan and Alejandro to split from the group- Duncan in search of Gwen, and Alejandro just takes the opportunity to finally be free from his 'incompetent teammates' and prioritises finding an artifact.

Noah and Tyler come across the contraption Owen's trapped in, Tyler punches it in a futile effort to break it open, and the face hugger cube drops into Noah's hands. This is where the point of divergence comes into play; Tyler has his E.T. moment with one of the face huggers, but Noah- who's a tad bit more observant than Alejandro, and used to dodging surprise attacks from his various older siblings (and Izzy)- anticipates his own face hugger attack and promptly starts a game of cat-and-mouse with a taser alien hot on his heels.

The commotion of which attracts the rest of his team. Alejandro and Duncan arrive on the scene to see Tyler being electrocuted by an alien and Noah running in circles evading another.

Duncan attempts to rip the face hugger from Tyler's face, finding success at the cost of sending Tyler trampling into Owen's captive contraption (essentially taking Alejandro's canonical place in this scene) and inadvertently freeing Owen.

Meanwhile, Alejandro swipes up the nearest box he can find and snags the alien chasing Noah, who's still very loudly panicking as he flees, and succeeds! The alien is swiftly captured into the box, netting team CIRRRRH their artifact, and Noah promptly goes careening into the nearest tower of junk in his face hugger-fuelled hysteria. This causes another box to topple from the peak of the tower, landing directly on Noah's head and spilling its contents onto the bookworm- glass vials filled with a mysterious, luminescent cobalt blue liquid shatter into pieces drenching Noah in whatever they contained. (i.e. truth potion.)

Owen has his false-amnesia moment, characterised by his Joker makeover, and Alejandro enacts his revenge post-hypnotic suggestion after being addressed as "Al" one too many times.

Noah, understandably, swiftly objects to Owen's treatment and demands that Alejandro snap him out of it. Alejandro concedes, and Owen's brought back to himself. At least, for a moment, before the fatigue of having his mind messed with sends Owen into near-catatonia (the same as canon), meaning he has to be ferried through the Warehouse and back to the Jet by Alejandro and Duncan.

Things carry on canonically from there; Noah's just sort of there for the most part, though there'd be a minor hint to his newfound proclivity for honesty. Something along the lines of him giving an uncharacteristically honest answer to Owen as to who he's voting- Tyler, of course, since he was the one who ultimately threw the challenge for them... and also because Tyler still holds some resentment towards Noah for what happened in London, and Noah feels guilty about it every time he looks at the jock. Wait, why did he say that?

Sometime between this and the elimination scene, Noah wipes the truth-goop off of himself, but not before the effects have already started.

Tyler's voted out, yada yada yada.

The Jet:

Thus begins the start of "Picnic at Hanging Dork". Team CIRRRRH, consisting of just Alejandro, Duncan, Owen and Noah, are slumming it up in the Economy Cabin. Alejandro tries to rally his team by asking how to break apart Courtney and Heather's tentative co-operation. Owen suggests having Alejandro seduce Heather, since it worked for both Bridgette and Leshawna. Duncan makes his "Babe Olympics" comment. Noah pipes up that playing with someone's feelings is pretty scummy, even for someone competing for a million dollars.

Alejandro takes Noah's reluctance towards his methodology poorly; he hadn't spoken up before, when Alejandro had utilized the same strategy against other girls- and even Owen noticed that, so surely Noah did too- so why was he to outwardly against him using the same tricks? Duncan agrees, and offers ''his'' idea of having Alejandro flirt with Courtney to throw both her and Heather off their games (since Heather has an obvious crush on Alejandro), and things follow canon.

Then, the scene between Alejandro and Courtney happens. Noah scoffs at the display from the side lines, prompting Owen to ask him why he's so against Alejandro's plan.

"I mean, you never said anything before, when he flirted with Bridgette and Leshawna." Owen comments, light-hearted in nature but with an underlying questioning tone.

Noah's eyes flicker with a cobalt glow, easily mistaken for a trick of the light, and he speaks without even thinking.

"Yeah, because I was trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. Bridgette was happenstance, and Leshawna's whole deal could've been a coincidence, or some massive misunderstanding. But this?" Noah extends an accusing hand out towards a smug looking Alejandro, then pans it over to a flattered Courtney, "He's outright toying with Courtney's feelings after she was cheated on in front of an international audience. It's scummy."

Owen nods in understanding, momentary contemplation evident in the pouted curve of his lips, and he chimes in.

"Does that mean you don't like Al?"

"I never said that."

"Well, how do you feel about him, then?"

Again, a flash of blue light against the hickory backdrop of Noah's eyes, and he responds thoughtlessly.

"I guess I have mixed feelings about him. On the one hand, he's slippery, like an eel dipped in grease, swimming in motor oil. He's like if you took all of the worst aspects of Heather, wrapped them up in a pretty package, and gave them social skills..." He holds his hands out before him in a scale-like manner, with the left tipped downwards and tie right raised by his chin. Then, the two hands swap positions.

"And on the other hand, he's brilliant. I've never met anyone as talented as Alejandro; he's smart, he's athletic, he's funny. It's almost unfair just how perfect everything about him is- even his face is perfect. It's ridiculous! Infuriating, even. It's so hard to dislike him, even when I know he's bad news, but that doesn't mean I trust him."

Owen stands slack jawed beside his best friend, both impressed and stunned at the raw honesty of Noah's tirade. Noah, now a little more aware of himself, realises that he's said more than he intended to- more than he thinks he's ever spoken in one go throughout the entirety of Total Drama. He's not usually one for speeches, after all, let alone honest ones.

He's always been the type to play his cards close to his chest, so why...?

"I, uh, didn't mean to go off like that."

And he also didn't mean to admit it, either. What was going on?

The look Owen gives him is, in a word, vivid. The blonde has a shit-eating grin stretching across his face, a sort of elated smugness practically glowing from his features.

"Sounds like someone has a cruuuush!~"

What? No? No! Not at all, where would Owen even get that idea?!

Noah splutters to correct Owen's assumption (to disastrous results, because he does sort-of has a crush on Alejandro, so the truth potion doesn't allow him to outright deny it), and in his preoccupied state he misses how a calculating pair of sage green eyes never seems to stray from him.

Alejandro has a lot to think about in regards to a certain cynic, it seems.

#I'd like to apologise for taking this idea and running with it.#Cutting myself off here before I breach 2k+ words or else I'll be here all day.#Sort of entered actual Writing Mode at the end there instead of Outline Mode but this idea is. So Full Of Potential I couldn't help myself.#But from here it'd basically be Alejandro using his newfound knowledge of Noah's crush on him to his advantage.#Whilst Noah's doing his best (and failing) to deny that he has any feelings for Alejandro.#Eventually leading to the two of them having a Bonding Moment where Alejandro gets Noah to divulge some personal information.#And in turn- or an effort to garner some trust (to be abused later)- Alejandro also lets himself be vulnerable towards Noah.#Something something Alejandro tries to use Noah as a pawn but ends up catching feelings of his own.#Then of course the potion wears off and Noah goes back to being just as prickly and standoffish as he was before.#A point of conflict maybe? Imagine bearing your soul out to someone only for them to close themself off to you not even days afterwards.#...Also imagine being practically forced to divulge information about yourself to someone you don't trust because of a truth potion.#Oh yeah. That's some good angst material right there.#Especially is you have Alejandro be- if not fully aware- than at least suspect that Noah's not being agreeable on his own terms.#Anon why have you given me The Thoughts?? I can't keep brainstorming AUs when I already have fics to work on!!#ophe's ranting in the tags again #total drama #td noah #td alejandro #team chris is really really really really hot #alenoah #-ish #silly ideas #other's ideas #long post #replies #kinda drafty in here (posts from the drafts)

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gearoxbutabox · 8 months

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[OLD!HEADSPACE]

TAKO, UNI, MEIDO

More below!

TAKO 👁️

The wise, mature, talented and kind-hearted octopus! TAKO was SUNNY's first imaginary friend, who then gained her personality traits after meeting HERO, as SUNNY looked up to him.

UNI 🕝

An anxious, impulsive and jumpy scribble. His nervous nature originated at school as SUNNY scribbled away in his anxiety before a presentation, constantly glancing at the clock, hoping class would end soon. Thankfully, KEL was there to lend him moral support afterwards.

MEIDO 🫶

The mischievous, but graceful and stunning maid. No one likes doing their chores alone, and so MEIDO was imagined to help him out as he cleaned and organized his things. So beautiful... So pretty... Just as pretty and perfect as AUBREY...

...they're a little hard to remember nowadays, though.

#art #digital art #fanart #fan art #omori #omori fanart #omori game #omori tako #omori uni #omori meido #old!headspace omori #omori abbi #omori au #not really an au #just more of imagining things from the past?#idk #shout out to my friend for helping me braonstorm #brainstorm*#hi remilia

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sapphire11 · 2 years

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Post 3.13 wip👀👀👀👀👀

Hi Anon!!

Okay so this one is set in my Andrea Reyes series so it is from her POV. Essentially TK had a bad day at work so he is out grabbing lunch with Cooper after a meeting and Andrea runs into them. There is a bit of awkwardness at first, TK introduces Cooper as a friend, but Andrea can tell he isn't telling the whole truth, etc. etc.

Anyways, this leads TK to seeking Andrea out and explaining who Cooper really is and how he is struggling with things. Andrea is of course the supportive mother figure we all know that she is.

The one problem I have writing this one is that my HC is that sometime in season 2 TK told Andrea and Gabriel about his history and his recovery. Likely sometime soon after 2x08 with Carlos having to explain about finding TK's sobriety chip. I have a fic planned out for this interaction that I feel like I need to write before the 3x13 one. (I mean maybe not, but we'll see)

What do you think??

Find my new WIP List HERE

#ali answers #wip asks #new wip list is out #ask me anything about my wip #i do love to talk about them #it helps me brainstorm

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adelacreations · 3 months

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One of these days imma just throw an essay at yall about the homoeroticism between Billy Hargrove and Steve Harrington. How the mind flayer could be another line of characters that could be as a metaphor for the AIDs crisis and sexual assault

#i actually love writing essays #bringing in my academia background into this shit lmao #harringrove #if anyone wanna like brainstorm or like #help me write this lets fucking go

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brocktonbay · 1 year

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Rose & Blake: The Mirror Phase; or, Hatred of the Self Through the Gendered Other

Pact, J.C. McCrae // Girl at Mirror, Norman Rockwell // "Origin of Love," Stephen Trask // Twin Peaks, "Beyond Life and Death" // Fight Club (1999) // The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) // The "Uncanny," Sigmund Freud // Supernatural, "Skin" // The Doppelgänger: Double Visions in German Literature, Andrew J. Webber // Black Swan (2010) // Pact, J. C. McCrae // "Mirror," Sylvia Plath // Not to Be Reproduced, René Magritte // Pact, J.C. McCrae

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