Here are some simple little mockup posters(?) for my 2001 A Space Odyssey AUs!
A rundown of each is under the Readmore.
The Messenger AU- As Discovery One makes it’s way to the Jovian system, Dave starts receiving visions that grow more frequent and vivid as they approach; Sights of distant galaxies and worlds take over his mind and he slowly becomes fixated on them ( possibly also an influence from the Monolith ), gradually changing his perception that these are just random thoughts into a firm belief that he’s being communicated with. He keeps this from Frank and Hal the best he can, though he noticeably loses focus in what the other’s are saying and will often draw what he remembers seeing as time goes on.
Once they are close enough to TMA-2 for an EVA Pod to make it there, Dave ‘goes rogue’ while Frank is asleep, shutting Hal off to keep him from interfering. Frank wakes up shortly after, just in time to find Dave, only in his flight suit, behind the locked interior door to the Pod Bay and about to take off. He shouts at him to stop and open the door, but it’s too late.
The next time Dave returns he has become a Star Child and has some explaining to do.
Imposter AU- ( Get all your Among Us jokes out now ) The trip to Jupiter goes without incident; Hunter, Whitehead and Kaminski are awoken from hibernation to begin studying the Monolith in orbit, however, Dave and Frank are kept awake for a short while to assist in their observations.
Dave is eventually sent out to inspect the Monolith, and to everyone’s surprise he is suddenly sucked through it; panic ensues as the crew try to contact Bowman and discern what happened, but he returns soon after unharmed. He’s of course given a quick physical once he’s back in the ship; everything appears to be normal so he’s then questioned about what he saw, to which he gives vague answers and claims he can’t quite remember.
A few weeks pass, and Frank and Dave are finishing up what they need to do and preparing for hibernation when something else exits the Monolith. It’s an EVA Pod- except it appears severely charred and worn. Then a voice comes over the communications system screaming to let him in, it’s Dave’s. Once one of them moves a pod out of the way and the mysterious extra one enters, Dave exits from it’s hatch. He’s disheveled, sporting some facial scruff and unkempt hair, he’s completely naked, and most worrying of all is that he’s covered in decently fresh surgical scars. As soon as Dave exits the pod he blacks out, hitting the deck’s floor.
The Dave that’s been with them seems just as shocked, but he’s ushered into a spare room or closet which is now very abruptly going to be used as a makeshift interrogation and holding cell- Hal is told not to let him out without explicit permission. Meanwhile the Dave that’s just returned is brought to the medical bay for examination and rest, when he awakes once more it seems he’s too shocked by his ordeal to properly communicate what happened.
It turns out the ‘Dave Bowman’ that had been sent back the first time was a fake made to keep the crew happy and to make observations/carry out tasks on the Monolith Beings behalf. He looks normal on the surface but the more you examine him the more ‘off’ and uncanny he seems. His wrinkles seem molded in rather than naturally formed, his teeth are too perfect, he has no scars, his fingerprints are far too uniform, his blood type is simply a mix of the most common blood types with no regard for how they’d work, and if you were to open him up you’d find that many of his organs appear to have no function than just filling space or have dead ends.
Imposter Dave hadn’t even known he was fake or that some of his actions were being influenced by The Monolith, after all he was given all the memories and experiences of the Real Dave Bowman, but of course no one believes him when he says he honestly doesn’t know what’s going on- but now he has to come to terms with the fact his memories are false and that he’s technically not even human. Meanwhile the Real Dave is having to recover from being used as an extraterrestrial science experiment and doubts if he even really escaped or if this is just a simulation to placate him, after all, the Monolith Beings tried to replicate a human hospital to their best ability while he was in there- but several small errors and inconsistencies in how the place functioned and Bowman’s memories of the Discovery gradually returning made it obvious that something was wrong.
2001 A Sky Odyssey- Instead of the Discovery One being a Spaceship, it is a fictionally advanced version of a Boeing 777, with Hal as it’s autopilot. Dave Bowman is the flight’s Captain while Frank Poole is his First Officer, and they’re tasked with flying the aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean to a specific destination. Only three passengers are aboard, the scientists Hunter, Whitehead and Kaminski, and they’re actually out to study a strange artifact floating over the open sea, the Monolith.
Like in the main timelines of the book and movie, as Dave and Frank approach their destination- Hal becomes stressed about the fact that they may find out the true purpose of their mission, and so somehow incapacitates Frank, locks Dave out of the cockpit, and attempts to murder all those aboard in order to ensure the success of the mission.
Hal fails though, as Dave is able to reenter the cockpit and shut him off before substantial damage is done. It’s unknown what happens when they reach the Monolith.
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GRAVITY FALLS X MYSTIC MESSENGER AU
I had this AU idea stuck in my head and i NEEDED to get it done, it might be a bit weird, but that’s what happens when you mash up two of your hyperfixations
If you want more content about this, let me know- I’ve got plenty of this!!
Thanks to @txrttarus for giving me the idea and helping me with the character sheet (please don’t give me an idea like that again)
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i feel like Most dpxdc crossover fics have dp and dc in the same universe which like, is still fun don't get me wrong, but there's so many missed opportunities with them being in fully separate universes!
i'm specifically thinking of an au where the dcu is fictional in danny's universe like in ours. so instead of him being dropped in a random city, he's fully isekaid into the dcu and has to deal with the implications of that. danny not being a dc fan could def be interesting, but i personally really like the idea of him being a fan! i think he'd be really into characters like martian manhunter or the superfam since they're more directly related to space, but i think he'd have appreciation for the common dpxdc characters like the batfam too.
but anyway i'm just thinking of dc fan danny who somehow gets dropped into the dcu and is immediately clocked as Different and Knowing by literally every hero/vigilante there. damian screams bloody murder at him and danny just gives him this look like "i know what you've been through and you're just a kid so i won't hold it against you even though that was pretty mean" and damian is sooo pissed cause what the fuck does this guy know?? danny looks at jason like he's seeing robin and not red hood,,, he sees batman one day and gives him the most begrudging respectful and also highly judgemental glare. danny seeing clark on the street and immediately noping and turning around like no not dealing with superman today no thanks. danny randomly happens to be walking next to wally and tries to get him into a walking race. danny who keeps looking up at the sky whenever the watchtower is above him.
i just love the idea of danny walking around knowing way too much, not even necessarily being Powerful at this point, he just knows! too! much! and every hero who meets him feels completely exposed like how does this random kid give everyone the heebie jeebies.. what does he know.. how much does he know... why does he know... etcetc.
idk i love casually creepy danny
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Story Mode 4 | Mystic Academia: Kaminari Denki's Route
⋆ PAIRING: gamer/streamer!kaminari x fem!reader
⋆ WARNINGS/TAGS: mentions of hospital and stab wound; fluff
⋆ WORD COUNT: 747
A/N: finished this at 1 am again yup yup. only two more parts left AAHHHHHH
NOTE: credits to @eraserhead-transparents for the kaminari cap
Mystic Academia: Kaminari Denki's Route Masterlist
“Y/N! Are you in here?” Sero questioned, barging into Kaminari’s room, not aware of the moment he had just ruined. Sero paused his movements as he took in the scene before him. Your hand was in Kaminari’s and you were sitting awfully close to his bed. Kaminari was leaning towards you. “Wait, did I just walk in on something?”
“You’re an idiot and I should kill you,” Kaminari said through gritted teeth, absolutely seething at how stupid Sero was. “Now get out.”
“Wait! I wanted to say hi to Y/N!” Sero exclaimed, watching as Kaminari got out of bed and started shoving Sero out of his room. “It’s my first time meeting her!”
“I don’t give a fuck. You’ve pissed me off,” Kaminari responded, successfully getting Sero out of the way.
“Bye Y/N!” Sero managed to squeeze in as he waved to you while getting maneuvered out of the way.
You waved and laughed at the two, amused by how similar they were in the chat rooms and in person. Kaminari closed the curtain again, turning back and walking towards his bed. He sat at the edge of the bed, facing you.
“I guess the responsible thing to do would be to tell you to get home since it’s late…” Kaminari stated with a twinge of disappointment in his voice.
“Hmm… I could just stay the night.”
Kaminari perked up after hearing that. He wanted nothing more than to spend more time with you. He had finally met the girl he had fallen for after over a week of non-stop messaging. But he knew your safety came before everything else.
“You’re really making this hard, you know?” Kaminari said, feigning a glare at you in which you smiled in response. “But the party’s tomorrow. It already sucks that I have to be here tonight and leave tomorrow. We can’t have our event coordinator be late, too.”
“Yeah I guess you’re right.” You sighed, glancing down to your lap as you fidgeted with your fingers. “But I wanna stay here with you.”
Kaminari felt like his heart had burst at that moment. He reached out and grabbed your hand, prompting you to look up at him. “I want you to stay, too. More than anything.”
He gave your hand a small squeeze. “After what happened I can’t let you stay here knowing that freak is out there. That Unknown dude might take advantage of you being here and come after us while we’re sleeping. And I won’t be able to live with myself if anything ever happened to you, Y/N.”
Your heart nearly skipped a beat at his words, so much so that it surprised you. How did Kaminari go from strangers just over a week ago to someone you wanted to be close to so desperately.
Kaminari continued rambling on about being conflicted about sending you home but also wanting to spend time with you. However you weren’t paying attention to a single word coming out of his mouth, practically staring a hole into his face from your intense gaze as you were lost in your thoughts.
Only a few days ago you felt overwhelmed by how quickly you were developing feelings for Kaminari. And after finding out the gravity of the situation he and Sero were in, you felt a fear instilled in you as you worried about his well being. You desperately wanted him to be okay as you were fidgeting anxiously in the taxi ride to the hospital.
And here he was, acting as happy-go-lucky as always as he was concerning himself with your safety after quite literally being impaled in the same night.
“Hey are you even listening?” Kaminari questioned, noticing the blank stare on your face.
“Just shut up.”
“What?”
“I’m not waiting for us to be interrupted again.” Before Kaminari could question what you were going on about, you pulled your hand from his grasp, reaching forward and grabbing his face in your palms as you pulled him towards you. You locked your lips over his, taking Kaminari aback as his eyes widened. After registering your bold action, Kaminari wrapped his arms around your waist, pulling you down onto his lap.
At that moment, Kaminari didn’t care about anything else. The hacker, the stalker, and even Unknown who had stabbed him only a few hours ago, none of it mattered. He’d take the pain he went through a thousand times over if it meant being with you.
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