#backseat gamer ami

[klugami]

Pinch…

(I can’t believe they’re real /j)

[char-lie-spirals]

I would like to learn about the rest of the aus you mentioned here:3

Okay okay so!! I talked about some of them, so I'll just put the entire list under the cut and either link to my previous responses or cook something up! And what I cook up can possibly include a snippet of my writing too :]

Also since this is a lot of AUs/WIPs I'll try to be brief, but feel free to ask about more details on them!

Terminus' Ritual

This is an AU I've had for like a year now, and it answers a very simple question - What if the End HAD a ritual? That its avatars complete between mag 159 and mag 160? Simple answer - Zombies. And also some deaths getting reversed because getting a quick taste of it should make people more scared, and it's hard to keep a zombie apocalypse going with too few people. (This doesn't match the End's values, I Know.)

I have some notes on different characters' situations, who comes back etc etc but honestly the storyline I focused on the most is Oliver seeking shelter in Graham's old flat only for Graham to also be there, Pretty Confused about the passage of time between his death and now. :]

Graham gets spat out AU

Sasha gets replaced, NotSasha picks up the tape recorder and goes to dispose of the tape. The Artifact Storage is silent, but not empty, as a man who doesn't recall his own name wakes up on the floor. Okay this already sounds a bit like a snippet so I guess you can have a proper one too:

It was all pointless, you only suffered longer -- but is that truly pointless?

This one is a WIP in which I just wanted to explore the idea that the only reason Graham lived for so long was because he was scared that entire time, to the point the NotThem wasn't in much of a rush. It's pretty angsty, but can be bittersweet too if you look at it at the right angle and I am a simple man with a lot of hope in my heart. I've not been making much progress with it, and I'm not sure if I'll end it on the title-question and leave it up for the reader to decide, or if I'll provide my own answer, but let me say here: I don't think it was pointless. Not to me.

Michael(s) experience confusion

Already talked about this one here!

Graham Lives WITHOUT Becoming

Graham survives the events of MAG 003 because Oliver gets there in time to help him, and the two of them try to navigate the aftermath together. They go through many ups and downs, Oliver ends up becoming an Avatar himself, but Graham just kinda,, doesn't?? It just never happens. No fear claims him. At this point a lot of people are convinced he's an Avatar because of how his life is intertwined with the Fears but nope. Just some guy who can bluff pretty decently, gets lucky a lot, and loves his End-Avatar fiance a whole bunch :] (yes they're engaged now)

Graham Folger Lives because The Eye Is A Backseat Gamer

One of my Eye Graham AUs :] The main one, you could say! In this one, The Eye backseat-games his MAG 003 experience, and he Knows where to hide, what to do, and how to survive. After that, he goes on to start working at the institute, becomes an Archival Assistant after Jon's promotion, and goes through the horrors! I also talked about it Ages ago, right here- hold on that was in MAY???? 2023????? 10 months ago???? This is messed up.

Anyway! here's a little something I have written about it so far :]

DeathNote intro

Just me trying to explore how Graham and Oliver might've met, grown closer, gotten together and stayed together for 6 years :] No clue if I'll ever publish this and if so, if I'll use it as a backstory/background for one of my AUs or as its own stand-alone thing? But yeah it's just the two of them growing closer and falling in love :] You can have this snippet of it, too! It's their literal first meeting!

Antique seller Graham

Talked about this one here! I will probably do so again soon! But you can also have a snippet, since I guess writing all this really put me in a snippet mood! This is from this AU's version of Amy's statement :D

Cockroach Graham AU

I don't think I need to elaborate.

[cowboyscrypt]

What about headcanons for Alex? I understand that you are not a writer, I just thought that you probably have them :)

we actually write a lot!!! we're just a little shy about our work JDKDJDKD we have a ton of fics in our notes :•) i LOVE writing out headcannons though i would do this for hours if you let me lmao

- okay so obligatory first one is that alex is scene through and through

- he LOVES horror movies. he used to not like them but he got roped into a scary movie night with amy and jessica and now its one of his favorite genres.

- i think hes actually a pretty good writer, too. i think he wrote marble hornets as an ironic "supposed to be cringy" commentary on romcoms, but obviously it never got that far because the dude got slender'd and started taking it too seriously

- sorry not sorry for the brilex. alex calls brian his star. im right

- alex draws on his shoes and pants with sharpie when hes bored

- hes just an all around dork. he definitely makes puns and has a dry sarcastic sense of humor. take guess whats battery powered for example

- he jay and seth have video game marathons. alex knows speedrun strats for SURE. hes a backseat gamer tho.

- he likes hanging out in the woods to chill out. brian pushed him into a creek once and he never got over it.

[junstable]

I just came up with a silly Moon Knight video game AU where the whole Marc Spector identity thing is just some friends taking turns playing an MMO.

Marc Spector: They're hanging out at his place, and they're all using his account to play the game. He's more focused on the main mission rather than the side quests. (I'm still trying to figure out how Marc meets Connor)

Connor Schumacher: He's one of the game's developers (his username is "Khonshu"), and gave Marc some special items (healing, Moon Knight suit, etc). He's not liked by the rest of the devs at Ennead Studios. He's more of a backseat gamer.

Steven Grant: It's his first time playing Marc's campaign, but Marc and Khonshu expect him to know how to play it already. He already knows most of the lore in the game, but has pretty much zero skill. Marc lets Steven use his account to play his own campaign.

Jake Lockley: He's not invited to Marc's house, but he sneaks in and takes over the controls when Marc and Steven are both occupied with something else (like using the bathroom). He sneaks out when Marc and Steven come back. Connor knows about Jake but hasn't mentioned him to the others.

Amy Mitchell: She is a former employee at Ennead Studios, and worked under the username "Ammit". She created a feature that could predict a player's future actions, and ban them permanently if their actions will not follow the game's guidelines (this was named "Ammit's Judgement". After the rest of the developers found out about this, her admin status was locked in a location called "Ammit's Tomb", she was banned from the game, and she was fired. Before she was kicked out, she hid "Ammit's Judgement" in "Ammit's Tomb". She then hired popular gamer Arthur Harrow to find it, and promised him some of her admin abilities after she was released.

Arthur Harrow: He's a popular gamer with many followers. He was hired by Amy Mitchell to reach Ammit's Tomb and unlock/unban her account, releasing her into the game. He promises his followers that they will prosper under Ammit's Judgement.

Layla El-Faouly: She's Marc's long-distance girlfriend (Marc moved for reasons unknown to her). She only interacts with him in the game, and has no idea that Steven plays on Marc's account.

Okay, to be honest, before writing this, all I had in mind was just Steven, Marc, Khonshu, and Jake sitting on a couch taking turns playing a game, but as I was typing, more details started to form, and now I have this whole AU that I don't know how to run properly. I'm planning on doing some doodles for this soon. Let me know what you think of this! =)