Spies Are Forever AUgust Challenge
Inspired by a discord server I'm in, I decided I want to try my hand at an AUgust challenge for the SAF fandom
What is AUgust? Basically, there's a list of prompts for each day (including some alternates, in case you want to switch some out), and you create ar/writing/edits/etc. for each AU (Alternate Universe). Some days have several prompts. You don't have to use all of them, theyre just there to give a few options so you aren't limited to one thing.
I'm posting this June 1st to give plenty of time to plan and create if you choose to partake in it.
This is not just for Curtwen! I know that's what the fandom likes to focus on, but I encourage you to use any and all characters in any way you want.
Here are the AUs (also listed below w/explanations)
Role/Body Swap - Imagine the characters if they switched situations (or bodies). (Ex. Curt falls instead of Owen)
Siren/Merfolk
Cowboy/Western
Pirates
Monsters/Magic/Urban Fantasy - This is a broad category. Anything with magic and/or monsters and/or myths and fairy tales. (Ex. Curt is a werewolf and Chimera is a monster hunting organization)
Furry/Pets - Reimagine the characters as furries/anthros. Not your thing? Make it an AU about them with pets instead
Pokémon
Genderbent/Trans
Actor/Celebrity
Pastel/Punk - Typically, this AU features one character who rocks a punk aesthetic while another wears/embodies pastel vibes. Variations are fun though! (Ex. Punk!Owen and Pastel!Curt)
Apocalypse/Dystopia/War - Basically just a doomsday situation (Ex. Zombie apocalypse)
Crime Ring/Mafia/Serial Killer/Assassins
Angel/Demon
Streamer/Influencer/Content Creator
Artist - This covers any type of art. Writing, painting, singing, dancing, etc
Sports
Floppy Disk/Cyberpunk/Steampunk - Lately there's been a Floppy Disk!Owen (or Curt) AU floating around, where their consciousness is stored on a floppy disk. If that doesn't interest you, cyber/steampunk aesthetics could be the basis for your AU
Star Wars/Star Trek/Space
Shop Owners - Bookshop! Flower Shop! Tattoo Parlor! Bakery! Cafe! You know 'em, you love 'em. (Ex. Curt and Owen own rival bakeries)
Dragons
Princess Bride/Royalty - AU based on the movie The Princess Bride. If that doesn't interest you, royalty AUs are a good classic to go with
Movie, Show, Book, Game, Musical Crossover/AU - Choose any other piece of media and use that as the basis for an AU (Ex. The SAF characters being reaped for the Hunger Games)
High School/College/Teacher
Rockstar/Band
Soulmate - ANY version of the soulmate AU is fair game (Ex. Tati and Barb have countdown clocks until they meet each other)
Superheroes/Powers
Dungeons & Dragons
Time Loop/Time Travel/Different Time Period
Fandom Fusion - Similar to the one for the 22nd, have SAF characters crossover with a different fandom in any way you want (Ex. Dick Big finds himself at the bar with Ted Spankoffski and they are trying to out-sleaze the other)
Circus/Performer
Wings
Alternates: Canon Divergence, Single Parent, Domestic/Slice-of-life, Hanahaki, Alternate Timeline, Horror, Rare-Pair
I'll keep asks open if anything needs clarification!
I can't wait til August to see what y'all cook up
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COTBG/SARKIC ARTICLE RECS
These are in numerical and alphabetical order
SCPs:
SCP-217
SCP-610
SCP-2075
SCP-2095
SCP-2133
SCP–2191
SCP-2309
SCP-2408
SCP-2480
SCP 2510
SCP-2815
SCP-2833
SCP–2834
SCP-3221
SCP-3911
SCP-3989
SCP-4036
SCP-4273
SCP-5001
SCP-5480
SCP-5555
SCP-6217
SCP-6500
Tales:
A Baptism of Fire
And the Fact it Rains
Anthropological Sarkic Case Studies:
–01 – Vasna of Sarvi
-02 – Divosi of Prague
–03 – Darkwater Lodge
–04 – House Kurinuka
Are We Gentrified Yet?
Bumaro and Ion sat at a table
But Thou Shalt Not Despair
Ela
Et Ecce Equus Pallidus
Et Sanabitur Anima Mea
Ever Only All
Implanting God
Karcist Halyna Ieva, or the Mother Who Demands Ones Toes
Killing in the Name of
Lord Goran
Of Lovataar and the Throne
Of Orok and the Ozirmok
PP-NEU-0127 - "AncestRecall"
Nadox and the Mekhanite
Poisoned Honey
Sfyri Kai Amoni
Sic Semper Tyrannis
So the Beasts Shall Plague the Lands No More
The Battle of Baikal
The First Occult Flame War
The Heresy of Disassembly
The Man Machine
Too Slow
Tuae
TwistedGears-Kaktus Proposal
Unbearable Hope
Variations on a Schema
Bonus
Capacitor
Why We Don't Celebrate Birthdays
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i saw a quote that basically says that shipping isn’t trying to convince the fandom a pairing is real, that it’s only about the “what if these two made love…?” idea and getting people to invest in it, so i gotta ask: why did marvel ditch the idea with steve and bucky? if it’s just an idea (like heck, the creation of the avengers) why did they suddenly become afraid of it? was the side of the fandom that cares more about action louder than the one who saw the little details?
Oh no I forgot to reply to this one, I'm so sorry 😭 I suck!! I promise I didn't ignore it on purpose 🤦🏻♀️And it's such an interesting ask as well!
You're right, of course. To you and me, Marvel's response to the shipping of Steve and Bucky together seems wildly disproportionate and unnecessary. When you look at it like that, shipping is such a harmless thing, right? Just a bunch of people liking the idea of two people, in this case best friends, who are in love with each other. What could be more wholesome than that?
Unfortunately, when it comes to two people of the same sex being in love, especially two men, a large portion of the world's population (and especially large corporations) is not going to think it's harmless and wholesome at all. I don't think I have to explain what it is they think instead, but yeah, my best guess is that the reason Marvel tried to squash Stucky shipping was bigotry (both their own and their audience's) and corporate greed (marketability above everything).
Stucky was never exactly mainstream, not in the way Superman and Lois or Peter Parker and Gwen etc. were, but it got damn close at one point (and how could it not have, with an epic love story such as theirs?) So it's pretty clear that Marvel/Disney just wasn't going to risk it and decided to just try and exterminate it completely. Not that they succeeded, by the way.
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