#1970s cult au

[lurkerdelima]

wait wait WAIT stop everything

70s cult leader Flint has a hippie van called the Walrus

[merlinm196]

Ronance and the mystery of the cult of vecna

Vecna cult leader long hair 1970s Eddie’s husband Steve and steves uncle goes in because he believes that they are hypnotizing to get his dad a corrupted politician powers and weath the police won’t take it due to him doing this on his free will and that fact the he is gay but Nancy wheeler a disgraced cop and Robin a force sent from above found by a car accident by Steve and says she’s from the FBI in help to find Eddie it’s up to Robin and Nancy to help get Eddie home safe

[poisonoussun]

Basically this is an roadtrip AU that my bestie came up with. If this were an article on AO3, the summary might look like this:

The time background is around the 1960s and 1970s. Vox, the cult leader and former celebrity host, is wanted by the authorities. Although he had already thought of a way out, he did not expect to be hijacking by a tall Latino while refueling. Their journey is accompanied not only by troubles and quarrels, but also mysterious anomalies in the car radio.

Vox is over 60 years old in this AU because we like pathetic old men. I like to imagine that human Vox's left eye was injured so that the pupil remained permanently dilated and he had nystagmus, rather than a scar.

Staticmoth and Staticradio play an equally important role in this AU, but since I didn't draw Alastor I didn't add any tags.

[oldbutchdaniel]

this idea is like only 67% formed in my brain but human au 1970s armandaniel where armand is a cult leader and daniel goes into deep cover to get the scoop on this fucked up group he's heard about. and of course is horrifically manipulated and abused by armand. and of course theres ethically questionable sex scenes.

YES HAHA! YES!

[urbanrelics]

CITROËN H

Along a small dirt road, surrounded by meadows and fields, fourteen old Citroën vans of Type H and two 2CV vans of type AU are lined up next to each other. The vehicles were imported from France and were reportedly moved here to be restored and converted into food trucks...

The two smaller 2CV AU vans were produced by Citroën from the early 1950s to the mid-1970s. It was the first small van with front-wheel drive. Due to the clear similarities with the 2CV (also called the "ugly duckling"), the model quickly gained cult status.

A few years earlier, more specifically in 1948, Citroën launched the Type H van; the first larger van with front-wheel drive. The van remained on the market for more than 30 years, until the early 1980s, without significant changes. Just like the 2CV van, the Type H quickly acquired cult status.

[c0pyofa]

cant sleep bc for the first time in my life i have the unbearable urge to write fanfiction. i dont even write fiction or prose but ive spent the last hour and a half bullshitting in a google doc. and yeah its the human au cult leader armand/ 1970s daniel idea i was thinking about earlier. yeah theres already a fic about this premise but i read the first chapter and it was fucking bad and boring and armand is a still a vampire in that fic

[nightingale2004]

i'm gonna sound like a hater here and please believe that i love both these characters very much, but imo snape and lupin being childhood friends ends with both of them being very willing death eaters.

ten year old sev works out that his only friend is a werewolf and just straight out asks because he has no social skills and once he ascertains that remus doesn't want to be a werewolf is like, 'ok cool well i'll find a cure then' with absolute sincerity. ten year old remus's only bestie, the only person his age he even speaks to, the only person in the world who thinks he can get better, says they should both be in slytherin? he's gonna beg the hat to put him in slytherin, and it's gonna listen to him. lucius malfoy's junior death eater recruitment scheme gets handed two easily corrupted outcasts on a silver platter, and neither remus 'sure i'm down for murder now that i've given a long justification, wdym you thought i was the traitor' lupin nor severus 'willingly joined this cult in canon despite having lily-shaped reasons to not do that' snape are gonna stand up to him. we know lupin is a) capable of a lot of violence, b) really charming and good at making people believe him if he tries, and c) stupid devoted to whatever cause he attaches himself to -- he'd make a great death eater once he's convinced dumbledore hasn't got his and his friend's interests at heart, and in slytherin he's getting convinced of that really quick. and snape's motivated a lot by personal loyalty -- he's not going to turn against the death eaters unless there's an immediate threat to someone he cares for, and i really doubt they're gonna harm a weapon as useful as dark!lupin would be.

i think, if you're looking for scenarios where sev doesn't end up with the death eaters at all, he needs to hit it off with james as a kid; james is basically the only marauders era character who's enough of a stubborn force of personality to possibly convince eleven year old sev that he doesn't want to be in slytherin, and frankly the only way to keep sev away from the 1970s junior death eater league is to not have him share a dorm with them for 7 years. or we kick out slughorn and have a responsible adult as house head to bring the hammer down on the older slytherins/protect the kids from murdercult recruitment, but that's a different au

First off. Love the response, and the scenario for a dark Remus lupin is intriguing. I don't see much of that. Mostly just dark Sirius and such. I love this and thank you for your response

[cherrrysue]

i've seen couple of fics in your lists that took time in 20th centuries or like the past in general. do you mind if you put them in one list tho?

yes i tend to read a lot of them hehe

prepare yourself, it's gonna be a very long list

Medieval? 20th century fics? 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s etc au

Adore You by isthatyoularry

M, 66k

“We invited our new acquaintances from uptown. You’ve simply got to meet their oldest son!” said his mother with a flourish, and suddenly it became abundantly clear as to why his parents had so adamantly demanded he join them in Deansville for the entirety of the summer.

Against his wishes, Harry spends the holidays at his family’s summer estate, and is reluctantly pulled into a courtship he didn’t ask for. Harry doesn’t want to get married, but Louis does. They don’t fit, but then again they really, really do.

Vaguely set in the 1920’s. Headpieces, jazz, fashionable canes, and flapper dresses, and that.

Chasing Empty Spaces by Lis (domesticharry)

E, 79k

The year is 1934 and Harry Styles was to inherent the largest tobacco firm in the south. His parents have picked out the “perfect” girl for him to marry and he has the privilege of receiving the highest education possible. The problem was, Harry hadn’t realized he didn’t actually want any part of that future until he met a mechanic named, Louis Tomlinson.

Through Eerie Chaos by MediaWhore

G, 102k

For as long as anyone can remember, Old Hillsbridge Manor has always been believed to be haunted. Everyone in the village agrees and keeps a respectful, fearful, distance. New in town after a bad breakup and an internship that led to disappointment rather than a permanent job, Harry Styles figures taking pictures of the decrepit building could be a great new creative project. Or at least a much-needed distraction while he searches for a job and crashes at his parents’ new house. No one warned him about the apparitions though; about the music, the laughter, the people who flicker and vanish when you call after them, the echoes of a past that should be long gone… Harry has never believed in spirits but even he can admit that there’s something weird going on. What starts as mere curiosity evolves into a full-blown investigation and soon enough, Harry finds himself making friends with an aristocrat from the 1920s and struggling with finding the best way to tell him that he’s dead. The Ghost Hunter AU where Niall lives to prove ghosts are real, Zayn is a skeptical librarian and Harry gets caught up in a century-old mystery and catches feeling in the process.

Landslide by aimmyarrowshigh, spibsy

E, 143k

The year is 1976. In November, Jimmy Carter will take control of the White House. Americans are meeting Laverne & Shirley at their apartment in Milwaukee. Hotel California diverges from the reign of Kool & the Gang. And the FBI is still reeling from the repercussions of Watergate, the tragedy at Wounded Knee, Operation Family Secrets, and the strategic terrors of the anti-cult movement. That's what Special Agent Harry Styles has been told is the basis of his mission to an abandoned farmhouse in rural New Hampshire. With his hair grown out long and his shirt untucked, he's going undercover to do reconnaissance on suspected cult leader Louis Tomlinson, who has led a group of people out into the middle of nowhere, leaving no record of the life he'd had before. All Harry knows is what the agency gave him: Tomlinson's name, and instructions to figure out what he's doing with the eleven people he brought with him. In the year that Harry spends undercover and under Louis Tomlinson's wing, he learns more than he ever expected.

Here In The Afterglow by fondleeds

NR, 88k

“If you hadn’t noticed, I don’t have many friends,” Louis whispers, the blossom of insecurity in his stomach unfurling and clawing its way into his throat. Harry is silent for a long time, and then he speaks; a soft, slow uncurl that makes Louis’ stomach shake. “I’ll be your friend.” - 1970’s AU. In a tiny town in Idaho, Louis’ life is changed forever by the arrival of a curious stranger.

Victorian Boy by audreyyheart

E, 101k

Victorian AU. Harry the virgin Duke of Somerset knows little of love, while Louis the sly Duke of Warwick knows too much. When the two dukes come together for the Bilsdale fox hunt in York, Harry finds himself drawn into Louis' bed. But when secrets from Louis' dark past come to light, Harry fears that the fox isn't the only one being hunted.

Ever Since I Tried Your Way by flowercrownfemme

E, 25k

Harry had been kissed before, but never like this. He’d shared sweet, curious kisses behind bleachers and in soda shop booths, one or two more daring ones in cars parked on dark suburban streets, but the girls he’d kissed had never filled him with the desperation that erupted from Louis’ touch. He parted his lips and pulled him closer, as though he could breathe Louis straight into his lungs, as if he could swallow him. He wanted to consume Louis the way he consumed the body and blood of Christ. He wanted to place Louis on his tongue and feel him dissolve into a frothy mess of starch and saliva. He wanted to gulp him down until his teeth were stained purple and he was drunk on him. He wanted him in some violent holy way that made his hands shake where they were twisted in Louis’ shirt. In 1949 Harry left his bride at the altar, running away from the only life he'd known. When a kindhearted farmer offers him a ride in his truck and a place to sleep the two find themselves inexplicably drawn together. Isolated on Louis' farm with nobody but a field of dairy cows to intrude, the men are finally able to explore the parts of themselves they've spent their lives hiding away.

the last person on earth i could ever marry by igotfeels

E, 50k

A Pride and Prejudice AU, where Harry is fed up with rich men and Mr Tomlinson is a very rich man.

Love you in the dark by perzikje

E, 10k

The story of a historical wedding night: in which Louis is quite unaware as to just how clueless his brand new husband is about sex. They try their best to figure it out together.

An Invincible Summer by Brooklyn_Babyloon

E, 44k

Never content to stay in one place for long, a few months down south researching for his novel seemed like an idyllic, slow-paced summer to Louis. He wasn't ready for the blistering heat, the backbreaking work of watermelon picking, or how stifling the attitudes in rural Georgia would feel. And he definitely hadn’t anticipated falling in love with the farmer’s son. The summer of 1946 would turn out to be everything worth writing about.

a perpetual sunrise by moonshinelouis (lunarflwrs)

M, 31k

Louis Tomlinson lives the archetype of a successful man: he has a big white house, a gorgeous wife, and adorable daughters. Happiness is a superfluity, really. And his daughters' dimpled piano teacher is nothing more than a sinful distraction. 1950s AU.

Atlas At Last by louisandthealien

M, 83k

He doesn’t know what he had been expecting out of the road trip itself besides burping contests and too much shitty gas station food with Oli and Stan, but in the brief moment before Harry ambles up his driveway, Louis idly wonders if this is about to become some sort of Gay Coming of Age story. Maine to California in ten days. In which Zayn’s an open-shirt hippie they meet somewhere in Ohio, Liam’s the pastor’s son running away from home, and Niall’s the number they call on the bathroom wall. It’s 1978. Harry and Louis are just trying to get to San Fran in time for the Queen concert.

Box of Rain by indierection (amandamoraisa)

M, 26k

Louis is definitely not the next Muhammad Ali, just an illegal boxer with no prospects for the future. Harry is a hippie Uni student that in his free time informally works as a ring boy. Somehow he manages to always get tangled on the ropes and at the same time charm the pants off of all the fighters and patrons. They meet in Manchester in 1977 and, even though they don't seem to have much in common, they... Well, they just sort of click, really. - The one with a friendship ruiner game of Monopoly, Harry always ending up in jail for wanting to save the world, Louis face to face with his archenemy and way too many references to 70s music. Also staring Zayn as a brooding anarchist punk rocker, Liam as the nerdiest and nicest boxer in all Britain and Niall as a bookmarker that can easily convince people to bet fortunes, but can't make his friends realise their mutual crush on each other.

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[aurevoirmonty]

Au nom de la lutte contre les discriminations, une vague d’intolérance submerge le monde occidental. Venue des universités américaines, la religion woke, la religion des « éveillés », emporte tout sur son passage : médias et culture, entreprises, écoles, universités.

De la théorie du genre à la théorie critique de la race, le but des wokes est de « déconstruire » tout l’héritage culturel d’un Occident accusé d’être « systémiquement » sexiste, raciste et colonialiste. Leur enthousiasme évoque bien plus les « réveils » religieux protestants américains que la philosophie française des années 1970. C’est la première fois dans l’histoire moderne qu’un culte prend naissance dans les universités. Tout est réuni pour que se mette en place une dictature au nom du « bien » et de la « justice sociale ».

Jean-François Braunstein s’appuie sur des textes, des conférences et des essais afin de dénoncer cette religion nouvelle et destructrice pour la liberté. Un essai choc.

[spindrifters]

Top 5 things that would convince me to get into and start reading sirius/remus. Also what other ships would you want to write about/feel inspired to, but haven't yet

anon this is. this is such a huge weight on my shoulders damn.

for the angst lover: their entire lives and subsequently their relationship are shadowed by the conflict of war. one has a chronic illness that causes vast amounts of physical pain and sees him shunned from mainstream society. the other deprogrammed himself from the abusive cult mentality of his family and was subsequently disowned. they have like 3 years tops together before all their friends die and one of them is framed for the murders. twelve years on, they get a second chance only for that same dude to die after like a year. it's SAD.

for the fluffmonger: personally this isn't my speed but there are a LOT of canon divergent and muggle AUs that just. ignore the above. there's also a lot of canon compliant one shots and slices of life that are just fucking adorable, finding moments of peace and fluff and fun prankster romps in between the Horrors.

for the ambience aficionado: they're gay in the 1970s.

for the porn with feelings consumer: they're both water signs, baby. they have the dampest sex known to man. they're crying, they're coming, they're whispering sweet nothings while doing the filthiest fucking shit to each other.

for the furry: they're literally dogs.

also just. idk have you read prisoner of azkaban?

as for your other question ahhhhh.

tedromeda

maybe dorlene?

idk I don't touch anything outside the mwpp era and beyond wolfstar we're running on limited information. if I'm gonna write something that's basically original characters, I'm probably just going to write it as original fiction.

ask me my top 5 anything

[thecrittersau]

The Critters AU

What is The Critters AU?

Originally started as a joke among friends, the AU focuses on an alternative world timeline where The Beatles never existed in the 1960s, and a group called "The Fabs" were in their place, who did enough to progress music along - albeit stunted - until we reach 1986, where 16 year old Bryan "Bubba" Bubbaphant formed a band called The Quartermen with school pals, kicking off the story of The Critters.

This AU samples from both The Beatles' real story as well as the story of parody band The Rutles'. - With absurd situations and debauchery happening throughout their time as a band, The Critters took the 1990s by storm and even though breaking up in early 2000, their impact on their worlds culture lives on.

From their first album "Please Please Me" to the bitter end with "Let It End", The PreFab four created a sensation that will last a playtime.

MEET THE CRITTERS!

Bryan "Bubba" Bubbaphant

Bryan William Bubbaphant was born on May 21st, 1970

In his youth Bubba was a very good boy whose only fault was violence, eventually becoming a very naughty boy. At age 5, he began attending Charlton Heston Elementary; during a summer holiday at at age 6, he blew it up when the school's faculty was away. The school was later rebuilt, but in late 1977 Bubba blew up the re-built school during that year's summer holiday.

To channel Bubba's violence, his uncle introduced him to the banjo, the perfect instrument for the anti-social, at age 7. This led him into a long and very ill-advised career in music. His uncle once famously said; "That banjo's good, Bubs, but you'll never earn a quarter-dollar with it."

Richard "Kickin" McChicken

Johnathan Richard McChicken was born on March 29th 1972.

He has a younger brother, Pluck McChicken, and a younger stepsister named Luna "Plink" McChicken. The eldest of his siblings to british immigrants, Kickin' was severely bullied throughout his youth due to his british accent, which soon lead him to respond to his bullies by kicking them in the teeth with all his might. Earning him the repuation of being feared, along with the nickname " Kickin' ".

Later in life, he bumped into Bubba Bubbaphant at 43 Eggritos Lane in 1988, and the two to the ground. Kickin' begrudingly took up Bubba's offer to help him up, and the rest is history. Kickin' joined Bubba's band, the Quartermen, as a rhythm guitarist, and he formed a close working relationship with Bubba. The Quartermen evolved into The Critters in 1990. Of which then due in 1991 to then Critters Bass player Bunzo Bunzcliffe leaving the group, and no longer having a bassist, Kickin' was forced to play on bass.

Crafty O'Corn

Crafty O'Corn was born on February 18th, 1973.

Born to parents whom had immigrated from South Cornica, her earliest musical influences included George Formby, Django Reinhardt, Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins and Chuck Berry. well known as "a thin unicorn of no fixed hairstyle" as well as a "major key alert" by aquaintences. As a child she attended the Dwight School for Girls, then later Hawthorns High.

Crafty was originally discovered after her uncle gave Justin Redact a tape of her singing & playing guitar that he forwarded to Aster Lulani, president of Smiling Critters Records. Lulani gave the tape to Void Wolftin for evaluation and Void, recognizing her talent, became her producer. Crafty was only 15 years old.

Later on in 1988, Crafty was visiting her friend Plink McChicken down at a music hall on Main Street and saw a group of rough looking boys on stage playing pure rock & roll. Crafty was amazed by what she saw, and knew she had to join. After impressing Bubba Bubbaphant by playing the "Free Bird" solo at two times speed with no mistakes, his reluctance to let her join due to her age dropped.

Catnapper Starrkey Womble Of Bloodclan, 4th to the Throne Of Shadows

Catnap Starrkey was born July 7th, 1970 in a lower class cult.

When he was 5, Catnap got attacked by an ostrich, which made him afraid to go outside for 10 years. Being inside 24/7 led to Catnap spending all his spare time around drums, as well as sleeping. Which upon a fateful session led to him developing a talent of playing the drums while sleeping!

As a teenager, Catnap had become interested in managing bars but also in the US Skiffle Revival Craze of the mid to late 80s. In 1987, he founded his first group "The Sleeping Skiffles". Between 1988 and 1991, Catnap played in many smaller bands, but never stuck around too long as he was always on the lookout for a group that could go places, as he wanted to become a Star, to live up to his name.

Eighteen months after the forming of The Critters, Bubba Bubbaphant, Kickin' McChicken and Crafty O'Corn discovered Catnap sleeping in the back of their van in Plainview. They allowed him to join the group, on the condition he buy the drinks and cut his fur to save Brylcreem, which he did. Catnap then officially became the new Critters drummer, replacing Dogday Alright, who - bitter by his replacement went on to become a successful cult leader, vowing he'd one day find a way to sacrifce "The Purple Testicle" and earn his spot back in The Critters.

[lurkerdelima]

@heycarrots sent me a rose so she gets a WIP snippet! It’s also from my Silverflint 1970s cult AU lol because that is the only thing I’m actively working on at the moment. Again it’s technically two sentences, rather than just one. I can’t help myself.

“You know, John, nothing changes if nothing changes,” Flint says, and takes a sip of his wine.

“Pardon?” Silver asks, by which he means, ‘that sounds like complete nonsense.’

[monstersinthecosmos]

Hi! I have a bit of an odd question. Do you think it’s possible to read your VC fics having zero familiarity with the source material? More accurately, how can I get acquainted enough with what’s canonically relevant in order to be able to read them? I am a long time fan of alllll your Sheith fics and have read them all so many times I can’t even count anymore. I saw you mention some similarities between Keith and Armand (?) in a comment and Immediately tried reading your latest VC fic but it went right over my head 😭. I can’t put into words how much I appreciate your writing - and how read to filth *I* feel when reading your stuff LOL - so I won’t try, but I hope you can tell it’s a lot. My latest rereading binge was set off when I saw you post about the new chapter of ttsr! on twitter and I lostttt it, I literally think about that fic every day (if you can give me any teasers at all about the next chapter, I will die and hopefully resuscitate when it’s posted). In any case, in the meantime, I’d love to read your other works. Any tips would be much appreciated. Either way, thank you so much for all you’ve already put out there. <3

dfasdhkgj oh my gosh WHAT A QUESTION AND IT'S SOMETHING IVE THOUGHT ABOUT SO MANY FUCKIN TIMES !! You're not even the first to ask! And I've answered in both directions because I've had VC people read my Sheith fics!!! OH LORD OKAY LISTEN LET'S HAVE A SEAT FOR A MINUTE. (Also thank you so much omg 🥹🥹🥹)

Okay to break this down!!! My main two ships I’ve posted about are either Armand/Daniel or Marius/Armand and they can BOTH be Sheith analogs imo, especially because I think Sheith fandom is SO fic heavy and we have so many sort of like established tropes and fanon for the way people approach Shiro! 

But starting with Armand on his own, here’s what you need to know:  He’s 500 years old but he was turned when he was 17! He’s always going to look like he did when he was 17 in 1497!!!!! He’s from the RENAISSANCE BAYBEE!!! But he grew up spending a lot of time in a monastery and he was ABDUCTED when he was like 14ish and SEX TRAFFICKED! And then he’s found & rescued by a vampire named Marius, who’s like 1500 years old and very lonely and looking for a companion! Marius is convinced that it will backfire if he tries to turn any old rando into a vampire and what he really needs is like a BLANK SLATE that he can groom for vampirism. When he finds Armand, Armand is so fucking traumatized that he doesn’t remember how to talk, doesn’t remember where he’s from, has no memory of being trafficked, etc. Marius is also feeling traumatized so he feels a connection to this person and decides THIS IS THE ONE and he takes care of him for a few years and winds up turning him. (They have a lot of sex and stuff it’s wild.) I actually wrote an AU based on it for Sheith one time on Twitter so this might also explain it!!!

((I'M EXTREMELY SILLY BC I ALSO SHARED THE ART BUT WITH RED HAIR TO BE ARMAND HAHAH))

Then blah blah a lot of traumatic shit happens, they get separated, they don’t see each other until the 1980s lol. Armand also spends like 300 years in a cult. And in the 1970s he meets DANIEL! And if you are aware the first book of this series is called INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, Daniel is the interviewer! He’s the one who interviewed the vampire!!!! And Armand STALKS HIM LMFAO and threatens him and they play a cat and mouse game. But then they start getting used to each other and kinda enjoy seeing each other and they wind up being lovers. This goes on for like TWELVE YEARS during which time Daniel is like slowly killing himself with alcohol because he wants to be a vampire so bad and Armand refuses to turn him. Eventually Daniel is like dying of liver failure or whatever and Armand turns him because he can’t handle the thought of losing him.

What I think Armand has REALLY IN COMMON with Keith and why they’re fun to write about is that like

- They’re both orphans and their experiences being orphaned and losing people at young ages really dictates a lot of their behavior and how they treat others. I think a ton of Keith’s characterization comes down to his abandonment issues and for Armand it’s the same. There’s some added drama with Armand because he’s a vampire so like, he’s so convinced that vampires can’t have meaningful relationships with their makers (because of his own maker) that he can’t bear to turn Daniel. It’s a lot like how Keith, in his human version, can’t get close to people and doesn’t even try to. Even looking like the entire time he’s with Voltron he really never bonds with anybody,  even way later in canon when he admits he doesn’t think any of them are friends. AND HOW HE FUCKIN HAS NO ISSUE LEAVING THE TEAM TO JOIN THE BLADES BECAUSE HE’S NEVER FELT SUPPORTED BY ANYBODY EXCEPT SHIRO? 

- I think also that Keith deliberately makes himself unpleasant to people (ie: immediately stealing Shiro’s car) so that he can have some control over people coming in and out of his life. Like, if he pushes them away first they can’t leave him. And like with Armand, his cult years remind me of this too. Like in VC there’s a LOT of Catholicism in the themes of the writing and Armand was very religious when he was alive, and then he winds up indoctrinated by this cult. He spends 300 years living in filth, in rags, under a cemetery, not allowing himself any type of creature comforts because the cult believes that vampires are a tool of the Devil. In VC there’s a lot of themes of like, abstinence/absolution/penance and so I think there’s some thematic resonance here when it comes to like, forcing yourself to be uncomfortable because you think you deserve to be. And also just like, after a life of abandonment and trauma picking SOMETHING to have control over, even if it's not healthy.

- A huge theme in VC is also the concept of the vampire as the outsider, which is how the author intended it. So like all the ways vampires are on the outside of society or humanity is always kind of infused to the stories and I think same can be said for Keith being Galra!!!!! And in VC there’s always this thing about how like, the vampires all do terrible things and the stories still ask us to love them, and I think the vampires always eventually are just asking to be loved! They’re all just looking for love !!! And I MEAN. I MEAN???? KEITH????? 

- On a shallow note, smol angry bby lol 

- This is completely headcanon territory but I think they each have the same AUTISM CODING; both fandoms notice this lol. Just that they’re like, KINDA WEIRD AND PRICKLY? Don’t always understand social customs, often deadpan!  <3 Armand has a lot of sensory stuff in canon and I think we see this a TON in Sheith fic even though it’s never said specifically on the show that Keith probably gets sensory overload from his Galra traits.

So when it comes to fics, what I love about this is that like I’m sure you’ve noticed like there’s such a WIDE SPECTRUM of Sheith fic because they are so wholesome and support each other so much and are just such a beautiful ship? But then they also fit all the like smut tropes LMFAO like the size difference, the mentor/mentee, Shiro being daddy af, etc. So I think like if you were to read either of these VC ships you could sort of imagine a Sheith analog to make it make sense, whether you want it to be loving or if you just want NASTY DISRESPECTFUL SEX.  

Marius/Armand is a bit like canon Sheith in that there’s the age difference, the size difference, and it’s teacher/student. As an AU you can say: Shiro is an ancient lonely vampire who purchases a trafficked boy to be his apprentice. 

The catch here is like! Marius is a really polarizing character in VC fandom because he can be kind of an arrogant prick sometimes LOL. And he’s very obsessed with like, being patient and wise, and he tries REALLY HARD to be patient and wise but he’s actually kind of petty and has a temper. In a lot of ways, Shiro reminds me of like everything Marius WISHES he was. And like both characters are so obsessed with the concept of PATIENCE, even though Shiro is a bit better at it.

And Marius was ALSO abducted by DRUIDS 😭😩😩😩! Weird coincidence! But Marius was turned because he was taken hostage by some druids and forced into like a Wicker Man religious ritual where he was sacrificed to a vampire and turned against his will and he's real salty about it. IT JUST FEELS A LOT LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO SHIRO, RIGHT? Except Shiro is like a modern person who knows how to do therapy or something.

So I think Marius/Armand fics could also fit the kinda Dark!Shiro trope that a lot of Sheith fics have. Like if you picture how Rifa or Aphor have written dark!Shiro LOL or even like how people characterize Kuron sometimes. Like, still Shiro, but, kind of a dark undercurrent happening. 

The other catch is that Armand and Marius get separated because they get their house raided by the cult (the one that eventually indoctrinates Armand) and they burnt the house down and it’s traumatic for everybody; Marius is severely injured and has to go into hiding for like 100 years to recover, and by the time he finds Armand again he just sees that he’s fully engaged with this cult and he decides to leave him alone and doesn’t risk trying to rescue him because he thinks Armand has like, found his place with them and he can't risk betrayal/rejection.

And like, this is never exactly in canon, but I just think it has so much to do with Why Armand is Like That, and why he has all these Daddy/Maker Issues, and 500 years later it’s why he’s so squeamish about turning Daniel and just cannot do it. 

SO I WOULD POSIT THAT THIS IS LIKE, THE DARK ALTERNATE UNIVERSE OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SHIRO ACTUALLY GAVE UP ON KEITH?????? Like Keith would be fucking crushed, he’d never be okay again !!! 😭😭😭

But having said that, depending what era a fic is set in, Marius/Armand PRE-DISASTER is very much Sheith when it comes to like Daddy & Mentor stuff and that type of vibe. ALSO, IN CANON, A LARGE CHUNK OF THEIR TIME TOGETHER IN THE BOOK IS THEM HAVING BDSM LOL. So there’s that. 

Now! Armand/Daniel, on the other hand!!! imo fits really nicely into like Sheith fic tropes/fanon like FERAL KEITH and DISASTER GAY SHIRO. So the AU would be this: Shiro is a nerdy journalist trying to publish a book about vampires, and Keith is a weird creepy vampire who stalks and fucks with him for years until they start liking each other, Keith becomes his sugar daddy, Keith likes to watch him fuck people and they cry a lot because Keith doesn’t think they can be together and he loves Shiro so much he refuses to CURSE him with vampirism because he thinks of it as a CURSE! They do a lot of kinky stuff and need each other but also sort of resent each other.

And in this situation! The thing about it is that in VC canon, Daniel is the person who HEALS Armand the most!! He learns how to be a person again because he has Daniel!!!! AND SO I JUST THINK THIS TOO IS LIKE, SHIRO IS THE ONLY PERSON KEITH CAN BE HIMSELF AROUND, THE ONLY PERSON HE CAN BE VULNERABLE WITH, THE PERSON WHO GIVES HIM STRENGTH AND HELPS HIM BECOME A BETTER MAN!!!! And in some ways I think Daniel is that to Armand, as well, even if it’s in a real fucked up toxic kinda way because of all the stalking and alcohol abuse and whatnot LOL but I think imagining Disaster Gay Shiro can sorta give you a primer! It kinda reminds of that Sochi fic where Keith is a vampire ??? The “You need to eat something” and he hands Shiro a fucking TOMATO?? That fic LOL. 

Another way I would TLDR this is like, with the dynamic you want, do you want Vampire!Keith with Human!Shiro (Armand/Daniel) or Vampire!Shiro with Human!Keith (Marius/Armand) ? It changes the power dynamic significantly. I think again within the spectrum of Sheith fanon and the huge culture of fanfics we’ve written that there’s so much space for both to fit as Sheith, like if you want feisty feral Keith or if you want like vulnerable uwu bby Keith. LOL. 

One last thing that I think is important to mention LOL is that in the VC lore, the vampires are asexual! Once they become vampires, drinking blood is like THEIR WORLD and it’s so much better than sexual gratification that they lose interest in sex. A lot of VC fic doesn’t honor this but I fucking adore it as an asexual, so if you do decide to check any of my fics out they're gonna be fooling around and not often penetrative sex, because that’s how it is in canon! The vampires will still play with their food and sorta get their pets off but they don’t actually stick it in LOL. 

So I talked a lot, I’m not really sure if this answers your question LMAOOOO. If you did try to read any of my VC fics I think this kinda gives you a primer for the relationship dynamics even if misc canon events get dropped or hinted at that might be out of context. I’m always very happy to answer questions if something doesn’t make sense!

Regarding my most recent fic, what I think you’d need to know if you want to take a shot:

It takes place around part of the book where Marius and Armand have a huge fight that ends in a BDSM scene of Marius whipping him and Armand crying and stuff and then getting off lol and then they go out to a banquet and Marius kills a bunch of dudes in front of him, and all the dudes are saying lewd shit to Armand about what they want to do with him and how they want to fuck him and etc. 

For Armand & Daniel’s canon, one of the things that happens is that Armand makes Daniel fuck people while he watches, so I decided to ask like, what if this habit is something he LEARNED from Marius, and so I decided to write a fic about Marius watching people fuck Armand after the banquet incident.

Marius has sort of a group home for boys he rescues (but Armand is his fav that he’s grooming lol) so there’s a few mentions of that, and one of the boys is called Riccardo and he’s Armand’s best friend! You’ll also see a namedrop of someone called Bianca who’s this local woman that Marius is in love with lol. 

In the fic there’s also some fuckery like name drops of Andrei (Armand’s given name that he doesn’t even remember) and Ivan (his father that he also doesn’t remember) and there’s a scene with “THE PARENTS” aka Akasha and Enkil. And blah blah LONG STORY LMAO but Marius takes care of The Parents, and they’re like the first ever vampires who are so old as fuck and bored that they’re just catatonic in a shrine where he keeps them safe. And he goes to check on them and stuff and he wants Akasha’s approval so bad and wants her to give him a sign that he should turn Armand and she just is hardcore ignoring him and he’s upset lol. 

Also if this helps to know, Armand’s name is Amadeo if you see that in fics. Same guy! He changes his name to Armand later when he’s a vampire.

If you check out any Armand/Daniel fics they’re a lot more straightforward, I mostly just write porn about them LOL!!!!!! The book kinda glosses over the twelve years that Armand stalked & then bedded Daniel so my fics are just like trying to think about more details about what went on or think about individual incidents that might have happened. 

So yeah! 

THIS POST IS A MESS, I HOPE IT MAKES SENSE LOLLLLLLLLLL 

I got into VC when I was like 12 years old so it was such a blueprint for me for stuff I like and Marius has always been my favorite character so I think it’s got a lot to do with why I like Shiro so much. And Sheith fandom is such a strong community of writers and I feel like I’ve really thrived there as a fic writer, but I still make time to write about VC because it’s like my main home that I’ll never be able to get over. And I could talk about this all fucking day, I am a disaster!!! 

Anyway thank you so much, this was such a nice thing to say. :D Please talk to me about Sheith and vampires any time and if you do decide to read any vampire fics you can always ask if the details are confusing! But no pressure at all man sometimes like I just do NOT get other ships LOL. Like there are authors I love to death and it’s like I’m reading another language if I try to check out their other fics. 

And finally, re: teasers………….  flattery will get you everywhere, my friend:

“Oh,” Keith says. His temple grinds against the wall as he turns, trying to roll the stiffness out of his shoulders. And if Shiro is going to pretend to be collected, Keith can do that, too. He can be embarrassed that Kolivan walked in on him getting his ass beat later, but he can play it cool. “Hey.”

Shiro’s eyebrow quirks and he motions towards his upper lip, some attempt to be subtle and polite, but Kolivan speaks over it.

“You’re bleeding,” he says. His arms are folded behind his back and he stands straight up, yellow eyes taking stock of him, of the bots, of the mess in the room. 

Keith sniffles. He tastes the blood in the back of his throat. The tip of his nose tingles again and he tugs at the bottom hem of his t-shirt to wipe his face. Cold air hits his exposed belly, and Shiro’s smell gets stronger as he wipes his nose. Less diluted by metalic hint of his own blood. When he looks back up at them, the reality settles in. And Shiro looks small next to Kolivan, but the two of them together make Keith feel like a complete child.

Shiro’s fingers fidget against his helmet some more, and he glances up at Kolivan, watching him for a moment even as he speaks to Keith.

“We just wanted to... check on you,” he says. Keith wonders what Shiro would’ve said if they were alone. And wonder if the adrenaline slowly creeping out of his body would leave him feeling this vulnerable all of a sudden. He turns away from them, finds his discarded baton on the floor and puts it away as an excuse to busy himself. 

“I’m gonna go to the med bay,” he says, to spare Shiro the awkwardness of having to tell him to. He wipes his nose on the back of his hand and peeks at the red smear left behind. He tries to blow his nose on the hem of his shirt, not caring that he’s being disgusting. When he looks back up, Shiro’s face is that same diplomatic-neutral, doing his best not to respond. 

Being around Kolivan isn’t like being around the Paladins, though. Not like Shiro has to pretend Keith isn’t his favorite. Kolivan had called Shiro his mate last night. 

Keith hadn’t told Shiro that, though. Hasn’t seen him alone since. He wonders what Shiro and Kolivan have been talking about. What went on when they watched Keith get brutalized for hours. 

He’s still trying to be professional, though. Maybe he’s being submissive to Koilvan. Trying to show they’re not too horny to function in a fucking war. 

Your mate. Hah. Keith had been too tired to worry about it at the time. Now, he looks back and forth between them, rolling the word over and over in his head. What a strange thing to say.

The silence is awkward, and he wipes his hands on the tops of his thighs. His pajama bottoms still, and he realizes he’s not wearing shoes. He should leave, and has the excuse to, but the two of them are shoulder to shoulder in front of the door. 

“AI is never going to teach you,” Kolivan says. It’s simple, the way he speaks. The pitch of his voice crawls across Keith’s skin. “This program is not smart enough.”

Heat rises in his face. He rubs at his nose again, fidgeting, tasting the blood as it drips down the back of his throat. 

Before he can think of anything to say, Shiro is smiling, gesturing. “It’s good for keeping everyone in shape. The weapons programs help teach them proper form.”

“The whole team does this?” Kolivan asks.

Shiro looks from Kolivan to Keith, then back. Keith sniffles again and pinches at his nostrils.

“We have team exercises,” Shiro says. “Keith puts in some extra time on his own.”

Kolivan’s eyes sweep over the room. It twinges in Keith’s stomach, wondering if Shiro can tell where Kolivan is looking. He has to ask later, when they’re alone. But there’s that eerie feeling that Keith gets, in his spine, that he can read Kolivan’s eyes, even without pupils. It makes him wonder what Kolivan even sees. How he sees. 

And the idea of it dawns on him, the possibility peeling back and back that maybe one day he’ll be able to ask Kolivan about it. When they’re alone.

For a moment his mouth feels dry. He looks between the two of them again and it sets in that… he’s different now. 

Not just literally, like he’s an alien. Besides, he was an alien the whole fucking time and just didn’t know it. No, it’s the knowledge of it. Today is the first day he knows it. And it’s never going to be the same after this. Not really.

Being out here is fucked up. Getting involved was an accident. But. He’s here now. And here’s Kolivan, and Keith can ask him questions, and get to know the others. 

Shiro sneaks him a look, while Kolivan is inspecting the weapons rack. It’s an Are you okay? kind of look. 

Keith chuckles. He grabs a water as he starts heading towards the door. Claps Shiro on the arm as he passes by.

Who the fuck knows anymore. 

🫡

[lesbiandarvey]

~ marvey au ideas 🥰 ~

- 1970s cult where harvey and rachel are sister wives to mike and carry out mass killings for him. they get raided by the fbi for embezzlement and mike dies in a shootout with federal agents. decades later rachel is a lawyer for the ACLU and harvey gives lectures about the dangers of brainwashing

- mike drags harvey out of new york to seattle while their marriage is dwindling. after a couple years of resentment, harvey finds out mikes been cheating on him, so he stages an elaborate crime scene and frames mike for his murder and hightails it for new york

- mike is some kind of tortured genius and harvey gets upset that his husband is not paying him enough attention so he starts poisoning him with mushrooms so he’d be sick and bedridden and need harvey to take care of him

- mmm. mike is a saxophone player and harvey is a groupie <3

- au where harvey’s a popstar and mikes a floundering actor and for six years in which harvey puts out six records, he tries everything to make it work with mike, everything to make mike feel comfortable. and mike is still nonplussed by it so harvey packs up everything and leaves him and starts to hang out with donna a professional tennis player who immediately wins the french open

- au where harvey plays the most dangerous game and mike is the prey 😘

- that scene from the diplomat where she starts pummeling him screaming “this marriage is killing me!!!!!!”

[megan0013]

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since i still haven't written more than half of the prologue for the hotel arcadia au and am just hoping to get something out before next halloween (the odds aren't great at this point), have some detailed background info on the hotel and its ghostly inhabitants (under the cut for descriptions of death/murder):

the hotel is built in the mid/late 1920's by the famed architectural team of merlin and morgana - both of whom are rumored to be members of an ancient cult that worshipped the arcane order and were maybe trying to bring them back

1930's: douxie and zoe are the 'bonnie and clyde' of southern california, both are killed in a shootout with police after a bank heist gone wrong. douxie dies on the front steps leading into the hotel, while zoe was able to drag herself into the lobby before succumbing to her injuries

1940's: strickler works with morgana in some roundabout financial way, but when he starts getting a little too cocky she invites him and another business partner, otto, to the hotel for an investor meeting. there's a disagreement between the two and otto, in a fit of rage, pushes strickler off the balcony in his room

1950's: blinky is the hotel manager who is in the wrong place at the wrong time and winds up getting killed during a robbery

1960's: toby is staying at the hotel with his nana, who reminds him to stay on the shallow end of the luxurious indoor swimming pool because he can't swim. unfortunately, he somehow winds up in the deep end

1970's: draal works as a bartender at the hotel, and is stabbed while trying to break up a fight. nomura, his girlfriend, returns to the hotel five years after his death, gets trashed, and forgets to put out her lit cigarette before falling asleep (she is also the granddaughter of strickler's best friend/business associate, so there's a connection there)

1980's: barbara and jim arrive at the hotel with james lake sr, an investment banker who's been stealing from clients and using the funds to support a gambling addiction that's all but bankrupted him. jim's throat is slit in his sleep, while barbara is attacked leaving the bathroom

1990's: claire trips on the hem of her dress as she's descending the ballroom stairs during one of her mother's campaign galas

(the hotel is shut down after that, but the building still need to feed)

2000's: steve and eli are way into the supernatural and decide to check out the creepy stories they've heard about the famed hotel. steve dies after peeing into the fountain outside, slipping on the concrete, and smashing his temple against the tip of a mischievous-looking cherub's bow and arrow. eli is electrocuted in the basement when he tries to turn on an old breaker

2016: detective scott has been obsessed with the hotel arcadia ever since his daughter's best friend (claire) died there, and decides to investigate for himself when an anonymous tip is sent detailed new evidence that may prove the mysterious deaths plaguing the hotel are more than what they seem

he checks in, but does he check out?

(seriously? does he? or does he become another casualty? i'm honestly not sure where that's heading yet)

also - bellroc is the little hellion that incites fury and rage (ie otto and jsl), skrael enjoys playing tricks on people (poor toby did not wander into that side of the pool willingly), and nari just tries to make their victims' transition into the afterlife as easy as possible

[mariepascaleremy]

20 JANVIER : ST SÉBASTIEN

St Sébastien est l'un des martyrs romains les plus célèbres. Officier dans l'armée de Dioclétien, sa foi chrétienne fut découverte et il reçut l'ordre de sacrifier à l'empereur, son refus étant considéré comme un acte de rébellion. Attaché nu à un arbre, il fut la cible des flèches de ses propres soldats avant d'être battu à mort. Son culte remonte au IVe siècle. L'histoire de St Sébastien, marquée par la résilience et, ironiquement, par son habileté en tant qu'archer, a inspiré les sportifs, le désignant comme le saint patron des athlètes, des soldats en général et surtout saint protecteur de la peste et plus globalement des épidémies. Réputé pour sa beauté exceptionnelle, la représentation de St Sébastien s'est écartée des imageries traditionnelles des martyrs depuis la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle. Sa souffrance est rarement évoquée, et son image a été adoptée par la communauté gay, en particulier depuis le XIXe siècle. La représentation de St Sébastien par Guido Reni a notamment captivé la communauté homosexuelle, influençant des auteurs comme Oscar Wilde et Marcel Proust. Le St Sébastien de Reni peut être considéré comme une œuvre queer, ayant un discours sous-jacent qui résonne auprès d'un public spécifique, modifiant ainsi le discours de son iconographie. En tant que Saint patron des épidémies, il devient dans les années 1970 une icône protectrice contre les ravages du sida, notamment aux Etats-Unis. La multiplication d'écrits et d'œuvres dans cette représentation a cimenté son statut d'icône gay.

BONNE FÊTE À TOUS LES SÉBASTIEN !

Image : Guido Reni, Saint Sebastien, 1615, huile sur toile, 146x113cm, Musée du capitole, Rome