Hey, its been awhile since I did an AU meme

[dancinbutterfly]

I love this one because it's just an idea. I dont have to actually, ya know, produce fic :D

The Hypothetical AU Meme: Take any one of the fandoms you know I write AND give me a type of AU (space opera AU, pirate AU, superhero AU, etc) or another time period (Ancient Rome, Regency England, etc). I will then explain the gist of the story I would

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[csi_vixen]

Bandom, Pete/Patrick or Pete/Mikey, superpowers/magic powers AU (your pick!)

[dancinbutterfly]

*coughs* I may or may not actually have about 15K of a universe where in Patrick is a vampire Slayer with all the superpowers that implies and Pete is the Angel character? But stepping away from THAT one and the other one I have where Patrick is a LITERAL Fall Out Boy (he's radioactive - like a bomb) and Pete has Wolverine like powers which is the only reason he hasnt died of radiation poisoning being near him - I'd have to think.

Hmmm. I think it'd probably be something like that show Alphas, where Pete has the persuasive power of Nina and uses his power to get him opened doors into the music industry. However, it makes it hard to have a relationship because there are ~consent issues. At least there are until he meets Mikey, who's older brother is a powerful empath and who seems to be completely immune, not just to Pete but to all Alpha powers except his brothers. Needless to say, Pete's intrigued. There is much flirting and chasing and eventually they fall in love. THE END! :D

[csi_vixen]

Eeee, wonderful. I love all of those ideas. I can't decide which one I like best though XD Maybe the Buffy type one because omg that show is one of my first fannish loves and one I will always go back to. (I have a Pete/Faith in my head that is wildly unhealthy and I wish someone else would write XP)

(I could totally see Pete with Nina's powers, and I could see them feeding into his issues [i.e. no one likes me for me, this is the only reason people spend any time with me at all, no one would like me if I didn't make them/if I wasn't famous, etc. etc.])

Ahem.

Pete is my favorite, sorry for squee-vomiting at you.

[dancinbutterfly]

Oh man, that's surprisingly easy.

Two words: Firefly. AU.

Gerard and Mikey are the Tams - Gerard is Simon, Mikey is River. His brilliant little brother got TAKEN and Gerard WILL get him back, thank you very much. HE CAN KILL YOU WITH HIS BRAIN. Pete is Mal, Joe is Zoe, Bebe is Kaylee, Gabe is Shepherd Book(only preaching the Cobra/Jewish fusion gospel instead of the Christian one), Travis is Jayne, Ryan is Inara, and Patrick is Wash. (he is a feather on the wind okay?). Mikey is totally believable folded up in a box. He just is. DONT QUESTION MY DREAMS OKAY?! /o\

[turps33]

Gerard/Mikey in a circus AU, please!

[dancinbutterfly]

Circus AU? Dear lord woman.

Well, I guess I'd probably go the old school, creepy sideshow circus from the 1800s/early1900s you know - P.T. Barnum and Todd Browning's Freaks type stuff mixed with some old world Romani stuff?Since want that ship, I'd also probably go with Mikey and Gerard being a pair of conjoined twins, probably at the waist - the grandsons of the famous medium Elena Rush with a long history of working the shows. They'vve always been together. They always will be. There isnt any other choice and they dont want one - even when Gerard finds Frank, the tattooed man who joins the train when they're all still teenagers or when Mikey finds Pete - the new ring master Management has found for the show. It doesn't matter because the two of them are joined at the waist, literally and if you want one you get them both. The darker twin will sing you a song while the lighter one will play for him. They help Bob with his lions sometimes because Mikey likes cats, even ones that can eat you alive and they sometimes act as spotters

[turps33]

That is just perfect!

The creepy vibe would work so well and I have to admit I'm picturing how that foursome would work out. Like, are they two separate couples, plus Mikey/Gerard, or do all four just go to town.

The things you make me think about. I love you for that ♥

[dancinbutterfly]

Oh - and Bebe is the bearded lady. Aggressively sexual and sexy, even with facial hair. I have decided.

But yeah, if you wanna write that...dont let me stop you. *chinhands*

[greedy_dancer]

I'm trying to think of time periods we don't see often. Italian Renaissance fic! Frank/Gerard, because you can't take my OTP from me *g*

[dancinbutterfly]

Hmmmm. Maybe we go with gifted!painter!Gerard looking for a patron so that he can, you know, eat in these trying times. Michael's married Alicia, a wealthy girl from a good family and he does what he can but her father controls the purse strings still and while they live frugally on her dowery and his work with her brother on the family vineyard, they don't really have the money to keep gerard in food AND canvas AND paint AND plaster AND marble

[greedy_dancer]

Yes! Yes yes yes. 15th century Italian Catholic Polyamory FTW! \o/

[turlough]

That's kind of really awesome!

[takmarierah]

I will say no combination of words more awesome than "Charles/Erik space opera" for the rest of the day.

for the record - i hate you for this prompt

[dancinbutterfly]

So, its like...I'm not sure exactly what to do with this. Definitely some sort of minority situation - maybe instead of mutants there's an alien species that's interbred with humans over the years and as time's gone on and the originator has disappeared (like the Neanderthal's did because fun fact Charles? Homo sapiens didn't necessarily kill them completely out of existence. They just fucked them enough that they because part of our genetic make up. There's like...a 10-20% genetic flow between modern homo sapien's divergent ancestor and Neanderthals that could be the causes stuff like Downs, schizophrenia and autism.) but the intermingled DNA is still there in the seeded planets (yes, I may be pulling from the star trek idea of a great originator seeding the stars - you wanted a space opera). Only instead of cognitive disabilities, resurgence in the DNA of the alien ancestor causes stuff like the mutations. Only they're not mutants - they're part of this percieved enemy alien culture that the Seeded Worlds are terrified of. The

Re: for the record - i hate you for this prompt

[takmarierah]

Oh I can guess, but is it any consolation that it's pure awesome? :D

Seriously I woulda just said like, "Babylon 5 crossover time!" or something and thrown up my hands. Still, alien crossbreeding = superpowers = awesome, trufax.

I feel like my comment in response should be longer. D: Although, one thing that bugs me about the movie (not that they knew any better about Neanderthals back then) is that we didn't actually kill them off, they were just poorly adapted to the increasing temperatures and we could survive well enough. Also, that we weren't necessarily better than them - they had larger brains than we did and were tougher - we were just better adapted for the warmer whether. :(

(although actually I think it's more like 2% of our DNA; despite our similarities, we didn't mingle much, culturally.)