AU Meme

[hungrytiger11]

This sounds fun:

Take any one of the fandoms you know I write/rec/read 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 write for that AUUm, if you are unsure what fandoms I know, you can look at my tags. Or just

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[ishime]

Naruto, Japanese mythology AU (as in, they're bakemono or other Japanese folklore creatures).
Or if the first one doesn't qualify, psychiatric hospital AU.

[hungrytiger11]

Okay, so one would think Naruto would be a perfect fit for kitsune, but I'm going to put this as modern day and Naruto as an ordinary every-man..until a strange Boy called Shikamaru appears in his life. Naruto can't figure out what this dude is all about because for the longest time he won't actually *talk* to Naruto or make any indication he even realizes Naruto *exists* but at the same time the dude is everywhere. That all changes when Naruto sees his Mom and Dad when he shouldn't. As in "they've been dead for these past 18 years" shouldn't. Not that the whole being-dead thing seems to have dapened their spirts any! They chatter to him about his life and his destiny and that cute pinkhaired girl he should just ask out already they will want Grandkids one day...when Shikamaru shows up to try and usher them back to the world of the dead. Turns out the shadowy man is a keeper of the underworld (along with a pigheaded girl who's a spirt of a plant and a spirit of a butterfly who takes on an unlikely human form). Naruto, Shikamaru

[ishime]

That plot sounds neat. Shikamaru never pinged me as a shinigami before (well I suppose this is what he is, sort of?), but his unimpressed stare would suit that quite well ~

Damn, you're too good at this. Now I want to write my own Naruto Japanese folklore shenanigans XD

[hungrytiger11]

Yes, Shigami. That's the word for it! I couldn't remember... He wold be good though with his unimpressive stare and, well, he controls shadows. That seems very death-y to me for some reason....

Thanks! Who knows, maybe I'll one day get around to writing some of these....

[ishime]

Well, there is a shadow-related youkai, but it's female so it wouldn't fit him directly (it's called a kage-onna). Shikamaru always pinged me as a bakeneko, because of the laziness and cleverness. (Ino would make a great bakeneko as well.)

Pffft, I sure hope so XD

[hungrytiger11]

When I looked up Bakneko on wikipedia (you know, that place that is *so* beyond any misinformation or error), it sounded like it meant the spirit of things like plants or things like kitsune...what are they, really?

[ishime]

Erm... You sure you checked the right word? Cause English wikipedia does have a page for bakeneko... I think you made a typo and got Bakemono instead.
Bakemono are shape-shifting youkai (monsters, supernatural beings). Bakeneko are the cat bakemono (neko = cat).

[hungrytiger11]

Ah...yes. looking at the words I did look up the wrong thing. Oops!