#Layton Family Au

[the-layton-family]

"It’s a family thing..."

"...isn't that right, Theodore Hershel ?"

[plposting]

But what if they got to grow up together

[coro-sg]

“Ah, you mentioned that you wanted to know more about the Azran, yes?”

Desmond Sycamore babyyyy!! I’m a sucker for him with his hair down. Also Clive n Grey are here. His two unintentionally adopted assistants because why not

But they’re a pretty cool parallel compared to Layton and co. !

and all of them need therapy

[101flavoursofweird]

Thinking about cycles of revenge in the prequel games again.

The Azran people refused to free the sentient golems, so the golems destroyed their civilisation. A few surviving Azrans imprisoned the golems in ice and set up their legacy knowing the golems could wipe out a future race. If whoever freed the Azran emissary viewed her more as a pawn than a person— enough to pierce her heart— then the legacy would be unleashed.

Leon and Rachel Bronev were taken by Targent and their kids were left behind.

After Rachel’s death, Bronev rose through the ranks of Targent and eventually, tried to bring his eldest son into the fold, like many archaeologists before him. When Desmond refused, his family were killed.

From then on, Descole became so determined to unlock the Azran sites before Targent that he would hurt/kidnap/manipulate other people’s families— even his own brother who stood in his way.

Of course, the people Descole used as pawns also reacted: 

Third Eye Jakes’ control over Misthallery, Oswald Whistler trying to steal others’ lives to revive his daughter, Randall terrorising Monte d’Or and his old friends…

And so on.

The cycle only stops when someone decides to break it. Luke— despite seemingly being shunned by his family and his friends— writes to Professor Layton for help. Melina— despite being given a second chance at life— hopes Professor Layton will stop her father. Angela— despite her losses and her troubled past with Layton— reaches out to him after eighteen years.

Even Desmond, on some level, realises this when he asks his brother to investigate the Azran with him. Sure, he ends up betraying Layton… but look at how well that worked out for him; he lost the Azran key to Targent and then Bronev unleashed the Azran legacy.

Aurora— despite everything the Azran did to she and her fellow golems, despite being kidnapped by Targent, despite the betrayals she faced even from her human friends— begs the light of the Azran to resurrect her friends after they sacrifice themselves.

Even if the prequel series isn’t very connected outside of the Azran sites being mentioned, I like how this cycle is felt throughout. I love how Layton— a contender for the world’s most tragic backstory, who’s suffered so much thanks to the Azran— steps in to stop it. 

[aquamarineglow]

Finally I finished my little pixel Mackintosh!

Now my little family is complete!!

[mangledscrimp]

evil layclaire? perchance?

[laytonkinsandedits]

a moodboard for an AU where Layton adopts Arianna and Tony Barde

Requested by: @101flavoursofweird

-Mod ernest

[pokesil22-art]

I saw @aquamarineglow the Hastings family AU and I needed to do a drawing jsjs I don't think that he could do that with baby Hastings (or maybe yes... 👁️👁️/j) but I needed to do a meme of this style with them.

Also I still don't know how to draw babies ksksjsj

[honey-0tu]

Brits Against Hawks AU

ALRIGHT!! SO!!!!!

I’ve talked off @theminiartblog ’s ear about this au (pls pls check out her amazing Flora AU pls) and I have three drabbles and an 80+ page fic in my google docs about this au but I have only explained it in scattered discord dms to one person who knows layton and two people who have the misfortune of being great listeners despite knowing jack about lost/unwound future

Also this is very much an AU rather than, like, my opinion on what actually happened in canon.

OKAY NOW TO GET INTO IT, major lost/unwound future spoilers under the cut!

I always found it. odd. how there were all these people in the Underground London yet we don't get an explanation for the presence of anyone other than the scientists and organizers? I like to believe that Hawks’ actions pissed off way more people than just Clive and during his time as a reporter, he found more and more people who had been wronged by him in one way or another. There were 10 people killed in that explosion, if we take off Claire and Clive’s parents, that still leaves 7 other people whose deaths were covered up. Layton was hospitalized for his investigation, I would hazard a guess that not everyone who has investigated Hawks managed to do so and walk away with their lives. Not every future London resident was connected to that accident but it’s hardly a stretch to think that Hawks pissed off people in other ways. He was backed by a corporate sponsor so I could see him sabotaging businesses so his corporate sponsor could add new branches to their businesses and so on.

Now, it would be significantly harder to find a bunch of people who were super chill with the idea of tearing up London from the ground upwards. But with more people comes more money and connections so I believe the group as a whole bought up the area which was above the cavern where future London sat so no civilians would be harmed by the mobile fortress. Dimitri still didn’t know anything about it since he was one of the people who they were getting revenge on, Clive had planned to have Dimitri take the fall for the possession of weapons in the research lab but Clive always planned to take responsibility for his side of things as he is the only one in the group with the resources for the consequences of it, he didn’t want that falling on an average civilian.

Now it gets a little tricky because since I handwaved casualties and added accomplices, it starts to look like Clive is acting as a martyr but. well. no. He still destroyed an area of London which will be hell to rebuild and he kidnapped the prime minister, throwing the country into turmoil. He’s well aware of what he’s doing even if he believes it to be right, he knows there’s no 110% guarantee the evacuation will go perfectly, he knows there’s a chance people will die and the blood will be on his hands.

Now, going back to the residents of future London, Becky was my favorite as a kid and still is my favorite NPC so I put her in the role of Clive’s actual partner and accomplice since Dimitri was just a pawn both in this AU and in canon tbh. I think her levels of refusing to take nonsense and getting straight to the point would balance out Clive well, keep him from going a bit too self-sacrificial or elaborate. She wants to get revenge on Hawks originally for ruining her family’s business of several generations but that motivation grows stronger when she discovers people have died because of him. However, she wants everyone to get out of this as unscathed as possible.

Besides some of the people around his age who could be old classmates and former Dove family staff, he found most of the residents during his time as a reporter. He tried to use his position to find other victims of Hawks so they could work together to pool their evidence together but it kept failing. These repeated wasted efforts to hold Hawks accountable in a legal manner are what led to the desperation which fueled the construction of Future London.

Ok so they’re getting ready for the big 'show', maybe half a year before Lost Future happens, and Clive starts to wonder if he’s going too far. Cue Dimitri’s plan to bring Hershel into the story. There’s no great way to write this but basically Clive starts to wonder if he can gaslight Hershel into realizing what’s going on and helping him and the residents find another way to hold Hawks accountable publicly without causing mass panic. The Thames Arm reveal happens and Clive gives up on hoping the professor will help. Ending of Lost Future ensues.

After the events of Lost Future, Hawks is first arrested on embezzlement or something along those lines while Chelmey and Barton search for evidence from 10 years ago. The professor and Clive were a great help with that, as the professor remembered enough that he could fill in blanks from Clive’s gathered evidence and corroborate it.

Dimitri is arrested along with Clive, they’re the only people from Future London who are arrested, Clive always intended to make sure the rest of the group weren’t caught or found out. A handful of them came forward to lighten Clive’s sentence and Clive’s lawyer was able to keep them from receiving any sentences because their involvement was limited to stuff which weren’t crimes. The rest of the residents worked on assisting the professor with gathering evidence on Hawks. 

Now Clive’s mask is gone, he cannot be left in a room with Dimitri without them arguing and bickering lol Clive always thought Dimitri’s motivation was stupid and hated the idea of a time machine but he had to pretend Dimitri was valid but now he gets to complain at him so now he’s a pain in Dimitri’s butt

Now there’s a gaping hole in London, Clive (under unpaid community service during his prison sentence) and a handful of other construction workers from Future London (under actual paid employment from the city) build an area called Undertown in the space where Future London was (there’s an underground city in the Wandering Castle book so there’s some other canon precedent for the idea!)

That’s all I’ve got for this post but I’ll make a tag to compile future posts under for this!

[multiversal-madness]

Lost and Found Au dynamic between these three in the present, aka Hershel protection squad.

[the-river-of-light]

long time no targent randall! now featuring: unrealistic amnesia recovery

[the-layton-family]

More London Streets

[plposting]

Young Des is filled with angy

[interdimensionalsockdrawer]

So since some people were actually interested (to my surprise) I suppose I should finally get it over with and introduce this VERY strange AU of mine. So here it is

The Layton Family Reprise AU

Or just the family au for short.

Anyways, this AU is focused around the concept of the one and only Hershel Layton having a widely different family than he does in canon. With that in mind, he actually has people from “across the multiverses” in this family instead. Now who’s getting pulled into Layton’s shenanigans? We have…

Wilson P. Higgsbury, the genius Gentleman Scientist who’s Layton’s lovely and genius spouse.

Goro Akechi, the young Detective Prince taken in by Layton and helps the professor with his intellect and detective skills.

Marcy Wu, a young nerdy girl who loves all things D&D and fantasy related. She’s also very smart for her thirteen years of age and loves a good puzzle, always coming in to help the professor solve a handful of them.

And Flora Reinhold, Layton’s trusted protégée and adoptive daughter, learning how the world around her works with the help of her fathers and her siblings.

For the most part, the AU doesn’t consist of much outside of the family antics and bonding (and the occasional angst because,,, come on) and is pretty slice of life. Though, if you know who all these characters are, congratulations! You know exactly where this is going.

Anyways time to sink into my hole and never come out byebyeee

[space--butterflies]

My Professor Layton hyperfixation is back in full swing and I apologize for the person I am when it comes to the Funny Puzzle Games

[aquamarineglow]

Layton NPC Appreciation Week

Day 6: Obscure characters

With the arrival of the sweet Felicity Hastings, the pixel Hastings family is complete!

Very happy with how they turned out!

@layton-npc-appreciation-week