#good place AU

[mitz-prompts]

prompt: demonic regression therapy

hannibal dies (in a universe where he never met will and just wound up catching his own death eventually by uhhh losing some kind of battle with another serial killer or something)

in the afterlife, all the Bad People are given to demons who will keep tormenting/teaching them until they learn how to be Good People

hannibal is quite disappointed to discover that life goes on after death because he was sort of hoping to just. cease existing. and also he's likely to be Punished for eternity, obviously, so he's not looking forward to that.

will is his assigned demon. hannibal tells him that it's probably a lost cause because he doesn't feel remorse for what he did in life and he doesn't expect suffering will change that—he already suffered in life, and that didn't turn him into a good person. what hannibal doesn't realize is that will is always the one given the Special Cases, and he can almost always find a way.

some time later, will asks hannibal if he wants to see mischa. hannibal gets angry, tells will not to torment him. obviously hannibal desperately wants to see her, but he also knows that he can never see her again, and even if he could, she wouldn't recognize him. she would want her brother back, but her brother died with her in the wilderness, and the hannibal that lived on was never the same.

but. will says "that boy didn't die, he's still in you. every part of her brother is still buried in you. you could become him again."

"you cannot rewind time," hannibal counters, "not even in the afterlife."

"no," will agrees. "but you could… regress. i could help you."

anyway supernatural sort–of–coerced age–regression therapy plus a demon will who starts getting way too close to his patient 🙂

some extra bits:

demons arent necessarily bad in this verse its just that will is the most empathic among them so he's the best at dealing with the very difficult souls

its… kind of a Good Place AU?

i kind of like the idea of hannibal alone in a room bound to a chair with his head locked in a forward position

behind him, will enters. says hello. "i think i might have found a way to motivate you, hannibal."

and then hannibal hears "annibal?" for the first time in forty years and all he wants to do is see her but he cant

he thrashes around in the chair trying to turn around but he cant

and then will tells mischa she did a good job and theyll see her later

also the other cool thing about regression in this space is that it's a supernatural space so regression can also affect the body's age if you want it to. little hannibal could be in a body to match.

hannibal doesnt even realize its happening until will comes in to comfort him during his panic attack and hannibal reaches for him and sees his own small hand... then bursts into sobs and buries his face against will's body

[burntoutandproud]

ROCKABYE THE MUSICAL GOOD PLACE AU!!!

okay so i had this idea at like midnight yesterday, jotted it down, and immediately had to make it into a reality-- pls bear with me here <33

CAST LIST:

michael: bobby

pretty self-explanatory... the one who gathers our main group together, slightly unhinged but also lovable, ulterior motives ooooo

janet: yog sothoth

all-knowing helper thing. need i say more.

sean: azathoth

this one is a little trickier-- eventually i figured that there’s an azathoth for every universe, and maybe the malfunctions in the good place are causing the good azathoth to wake. really my reasoning is space eczema = cocoon?? BASICALLy the same thing /hj

OKAY NOW ONTO THE FUN BIT!!

eleanor: simon

these two are VERY similar character-wise... petty little bastards with trust issues and bad parents, basically... and i think watching him take ethics lessons would be super fucking funny. also waking up in like a SUNSHINE YELLOW DRESS and looking down like “what the fuck am i wearing why do i look like a fucking kindergarten teacher”

chidi: marly

okay the last two were similar but these are LITERALLY THE SAME PERSON-- anxious overachievers who second-guess their every decision say what?? (also eleanor and chidi would not date in this version bc just... ew) (but marly was so so looking forward to meeting her soulmate and so so sad that it turned out to be fake) (protect her at all costs i beg of you)

tahani: xander

TAHANI AND ELEANOR ARE END GAME I DO NOT MAKE THE RULES EXCEPT I DO. srsly though the enemies to reluctant friends to lovers?? literally them to a T. also xander has an older sibling right?? i didn’t make that up?? whatever either way this is all part of my homosexual agenda to get xander to boop simon and call him adorable like the condescending little asshole he is

jason: adil

- no thoughts head empty (HE IS JUST LIKE ME FR) - just there for the vibes - she and simon can have their little QPR thing... what w/ them both being outliers & shit

real eleanor: calypso

mostly bc she’s one of chidi’s love interests and i need her and marly together, but also bc i want to see her stepping off the train fully decked out in simon’s emo outfit LMAO. srsly tho simon fucking freaking out bc this au version of him is so bubbly and sweet and everyone loves her?? also the little parallel with them both being songwriters?? idk i just think it’s silly :DD

OKAY SO THIS IS THE END!! honestly i am teetering on the edge of writing this and if one person tells me to do it i’ll give in i am so serious rn--

[firekit21]

Double Life Good Place AU

Hear me out. The Divorce Quartet as the main four. They all canonically torture each other.

Pearl is Eleanor. She is a morally bleak ball of chaos who hates her soulmate and wants to make his afterlife as painful as possible.

Scott is Chidi. Just this ball of anxiousness who had dedicated his afterlife to making sure Pearl doesn’t get discovered by Michael.

Cleo is Tahani. I feel like she fits the vibe of ‘good actions morally grey intentions’.

Martyn is Jason. Process of elimination and I just find it funny.

Grian as Michael. This would make the demons Watchers. He is this immortal entity created to cause pain and destruction, then gets blackmailed by a wet cat and her fellow divorcees.

[the-ghost-of-jason-todd]

@badthingshappenbingo fill for Heart Attack!

You can find this ficlet on ao3 HERE.

To say that Jason Todd took after his dad… well, to those who knew the pair, it would seem almost redundant.  “He sure is his father’s boy,” the waitress at the diner on the corner of Main Street would huff with a shake of her head as the boy in question walked past the front window, leather jacket thrown over one shoulder, and the other customers would hum and nod and know that wasn’t a good thing.  She didn’t need to explain herself, or say any more than that.  Everyone in the small town of Millburn, New Jersey knew what she meant.  Because Jason Todd took after his dad—from the curl of his black hair to the mean glint in his eye to the skill with which he could spin a tire iron, whether that be for profit or for pain.

And profit there was.  The Todd’s had a lucrative family business of doing any and all petty crime available across the state of New Jersey, and anywhere the elder Willis Todd went his son could be found following, to uphold the family’s legacy.  They were like two peas in a pod, rotten to the core, and everyone knew it.  There were, in fact, only two key differences between Jason and his father, besides the fact that one was in his early thirties and the other was pushing fifty.  For one, Jason Todd had no wife to beat, and seemed to have no interest in finding one; and for two, he might run drugs between the big cities for a certain Mr. Dent, but he never partook himself.  No, he was rude, abrasive, and uncaring, with a vindictive streak a mile wide, all without the aid of a single drop of booze.

So it was.  Jason took after his father in nearly every way that mattered, a swagger to his step and solid ice in his clear blue eyes.  And so it was that this would be the thing that killed him—for just like his father before him, he had a minuscule defect in his heart that, while generally harmless, could, under a very specific set of circumstances, prove fatal.

It happened on a Wednesday night, in a cheap trailer parked across five parking spaces at the lot used by the town’s only Walmart Super Store.  While Catherine Todd lay on the bathroom floor with a needle in her arm, and old Willis Todd sat on the couch in a drunk stupor with the game playing on the stolen TV, Jason stood in the sorry excuse for a kitchen waiting for the toaster to pop with a late night snack.  He wasn’t supposed to touch the pop-tarts (they were strawberry and cream flavored, his mom’s favorite—his father had bought them three weeks before as a consolation gift because he’d blown through too much of their savings to buy his wife an anniversary present that year), but he’d grabbed two anyway, sure no one would miss them. 

The sequence of events from there went as follows: the toaster popped, but because of the way the pop-tart on the left had been inserted into the slot, it got caught under the rim and wouldn’t come out.  Jason, annoyed, banged on the side with his fist.  When that got him nowhere fast, the only response a drunken mumble from his father, he pulled a fork from the mess of dishes in the sink, wiped it off on his mother’s dish towel, and stuck it into the slot.  Cursing and swearing, he tried to dig out the trapped pastry, only succeeding in forcing it down further.  He responded by shoving the fork in further behind it.

It was in vain.  Little did Jason know that thirteen seconds after inserting the fork into the toaster, he would make the unfortunate mistake of shoving the pastry down far enough that it triggered the heating element.  All it took was a touch of the fork to an exposed wire down near the bottom of the slot, and an electrical shock that should only have stunned him momentarily went on to cause a heart attack that stopped Jason’s heart like a stone in his chest. 

He jerked once, twice, dropped the fork to the floor, and was dead before he even came down to meet it.  It would take his mother fourteen hours to find his cold body, and she would only notice because she literally tripped over his sprawling leg.

Of everyone in the small town of Millburn, only a handful of people went to the funeral—just a few of Jason’s grade school teachers (“so much potential,” they had said in every parent-teacher conference, studiously avoiding Willis Todd’s eyes), the cop who had issued the warrant for Jason’s last arrest who was only there to make sure the bastard was truly dead, and Father Howard, the local preacher.  Jason’s parents were fashionably late as always, and only arrived after the grave had been filled and the last of the meandering ‘well-wishers’ gone. 

“It’s what you deserve for giving me such a shit-heel for a son,” Willis Todd said to a weeping Catherine Todd, putting out his cigarette on the headstone still waiting to be put in place.  And that, as they say, was that.

…Unless you count the part where Jason Todd blinked his eyes and came to awareness in the afterlife with a single calm inhale, that is.

[simplepotatofarmer]

i love the new rise of the human patches art because in my 'the good place' au, patches is human and is basically the 'janet' of the story.

[somedayonbroadway]

Hey, if you're still doing the Newsies AUs, could you do one for the Good Place? Thanks!

I am definitely still doing AUs. I have a whole list to get through plus ones that people are just randomly suggesting, lol

Guys, I absolutely love the Good Place, if you haven’t watched it, drop everything and go watch it right now. I’m so excited.

Jack Kelly as Eleanor Shellshrop

A recently deceased man who was born and raised in New York, never having so much as left the state, who seemingly dies and arrives in The Good Place. Jack was a selfish person on earth who was a salesman. He sold faulty pharmaceuticals to elderly people and he was really good at it, his parents were deadbeats and he had no siblings. Jack dies in a Walmart parking lot. He gets hit by a car after attempting to drown his sorrows in alcohol and ice cream. It had been a particularly bad day. Once Jack arrives in The Good Place, he realizes a mistake was made and must pretend to be a good person in order to keep his status and avoid being shipped off to The Bad Place.

David Jacobs as Chidi Anagonye

A recently deceased professor from Israel who taught ethics and moral philosophy. David lived a life of indecisiveness and died while trying to make up his mind and getting an air conditioner dropped on his head. David is a kindhearted man, but his inability to make any decision makes life difficult for everyone important to him. He is assigned as Jack’s soulmate in The Good Place and is then tasked with the ultimate questions: help Jack stay in The Good Place after his cry for help, or send him to The Bad Place out of obligation to this heavenly community?

Spot Conlon as Tahani Al-Jamil

Spot grew up very fortunate, and by fortunate I mean wealthy, gorgeous, famous and determined. He died after being crushed by a statue of his overbearing, much more fortunate big sister, with whom he did not get along with too well. Spot was a philanthropist and model in life and is not at all surprised when he ends up in The Good Place, as he did a lot of charity work. He forms a friendship with Jack who does not quite like him at all at first, but the two eventually grow quite close.

Racetrack Higgins as Jason Mendoza

A recently deceased Floridian who was a drug dealer, DJ and thief in life who died after a heist gone wrong. In The Good Place, Race is told that he was a Christian Monk in life who took a vow of silence, Race, who’s street smarts kick in, agrees to continue that vow of silence in death so he can avoid being sent to The Bad Place. Race is a kindhearted, bubbly kid who falls for his soulmate, Spot Conlon but can’t do a thing about it in fear of being found out.

Katherine Plumber as Janet

A Good Place all knowing súper computer who can appear anywhere upon someone’s request. Katherine begins to form human-like connections with the four humans and is the most intelligent, adaptable Katherine known in the universe.

Medda Larkin as Michael

Medda is an architect who is desperate to please her bosses with the invention of this new Good Place simulation.

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[krysmcscience]

Did somebody say Bill shouldn't be allowed to swear? I think somebody said Bill shouldn't be allowed to swear. Thanks to that, have these retooled The Good Place jokes:

The "powers that be" can refer to either the Theraprism staff, the Axolotl, or just. Ya know. Disney in general. Or all three! Whichever you think is funniest. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The "party" Bill's referring to is Weirdmageddon, of course. He was quite the ashhole to everyone back then.

Ford has probably gotten pretty good at the 'tune out your psychopathic ex with dank memes' challenge.

It must be very cathartic to be able to make Bill shut up whenever you want with just the press of a button. I'm sure Ford doesn't abuse this ability at all.

Oh, sure, 'Not now,' he says, before he immediately backs out of the newly-made hole in the Theraprism wall. 🙄

Don't worry, Bill doesn't get far.

also yeah i know this one doesn't have an attempted swear - i just wanted to use the joke because of the massive stink-eye involved in it because it makes me laugh

⬇️ More goofs beneath the brief ramble if you wanna skip it lmao⬇️

Why is Ford even there, you might ask? Well, he either decided he preferred to watch Bill suffer in person over being distantly and repeatedly harassed with the same evil desperation book for the rest of his life, or he got roped into some kind of contrived community service for 1.) all his many counts of interdimensional thievery, and 2.) his ignoring all the very clear warnings to NOT summon Bill in the first place (which I like to imagine is also illegal). Theraprism staff were just like, 'Wait, this guy matters to Bill? Ooh, we can USE that! It might be the only thing that can help him want to get better!' It is not considered that throwing Ford at Bill so soon after Weirdmageddon could instead make them both WORSE - in new and altogether special ways! :D

Anyway, I'm calling it the Community Service AU, and I am most likely not going to do anything else with it beyond appropriating these silly Good Place jokes. So, feel free to adopt the concept if y'all wanna??? Just make sure that Bill is still not allowed to swear, no matter what, full stop. It's gotta be a real linguistic corkblork of a situation for him, is all I'm sayin'.

Finally, have these bonus Good Place jokes, but with Handyman!Bill this time:

'Opposite tortures' doesn't sound so bad...at least until it's an all-powerful chaos entity known for torture saying it.

you may think i forgot mabel's cute pink cheeks but the truth is that i did in fact forget but then immediately stopped caring which makes it okay, SHHHHHHH

And, finally:

lmao this is shit

True facts, if you cram Season 1 Eleanor Shellstrop and Michael into a singular triangle shape, they turn into Bill Cipher. This is science, look it up. Or don't, and just trust the source that is me, bro.

Anyway, I should be in bed, y'all have fun with these, I guess. Tune in after like a week or so and maybe I'll have an addendum to my comic about how Bill was drawn naked for karaoke night. Because him actually being naked was not the only thing I considered as a plausible explanation. XD

Also if you see any inconsistencies or errors in any of these comics, No You Do Not :D

Also also, reblogs are rad as hell and I appreciate every single one, just don't repost, please and thanks. Every time a repost is made, an artist somewhere cries. :,)

[mynnthia]

was talking with a friend about how some of dunmeshi fаndom misunderstands kabru's initial feelings towards laios.

to sum up kabru's situation via a self-contained modernized metaphor:

kabru is like a guy who lost his entire family in a highly traumatic car accident. years later he joins a discord server and takes note of laios, another server member who seems interesting, so they start chatting. then laios reveals his special interest and favorite movie of all time is David Cronenberg's Crash (1996), and invites kabru to go watch a demolition derby with him

[petricorah]

I love "i would kill for you" ship dynamics but what about "i would stop killing" ship dynamic??

I would lay down my sword for you. I would change my nature and go against everything i've known. I would resist the easy way out of solving my problems. I would give up the adrenaline of battle to stay by your side and make tea instead. I'm not sure I know who I am without a weapon in my hand because I've had to fight for so long but for you I'm willing to try and figure this out.

It must be hard. To put down your weapon that's protected you for so long. It's allowed you to stay alive it's kept you from getting hurt--physically and mentally. Because you've never had to worry about a real relationship if you think you'll be dead at the next battle. And you feel naked without it and it feels like you're ripping off an extension of yourself. Are you even whole without it? Are you worthy of being loved if you can't prove it by risking your life? And yet they've found someone who's asking them for something much harder than dying in battle on their behalf. They've found someone who wants them to live. And that's much more terrifying.

[cesiscribbles]

Astra the little duckie~

[magicomens]

Fun fact: if you go back to previous episodes, you'll notice this was Arthur's first smile just like Merlin said!

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[burntoutandproud]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Rockabye - Sushi Soucy, The Good Place (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Marly Blackwood/Calypso Jones, Xander Hackett/Simon Pratt, Adil Foster & Simon Pratt Characters: Marly Blackwood, Calypso Jones, Xander Hackett, Simon Pratt, Adil Foster, Azathoth (Cthulhu Mythos), Yog-Sothoth (Cthulhu Mythos), Bobby, (does he have a last name idk) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - The Good Place (TV) Fusion, The Good Place (TV) References, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Queerplatonic Relationships, Everyone Is Gay, Everyone is Dead, Everyone Is Gay AND Dead But That's Unrelated Summary:

Simon knows he has trust issues.

But still.

When a wall has the words ‘Welcome! Everything is fine’ plastered on it in blaring green letters? Well, he’s pretty sure it’s a sign of the exact opposite.

HI I’M WRITING A ROCKABYE X GOOD PLACE FANFICTION PLS GO CHECK IT OUT IF YOU CAN THANKS BYE <333

[tawnysoup]

the fritter (frin critter)

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 341

Danny sighs as the sound of a falling shelf reaches him, quickly followed by twin snarls. He takes a breath, even if he hasn’t needed to breathe since he was fourteen, and counts to ten as he pauses in making dinner. 

“Ellie, Dan, what’ve I said about throwing each other into the shelves-” 

He stops as he comes to the living room doorway, both of the gremlins freezing mid-stuffing an unconscious vigilante out the window, feathers puffed up. Dear Ancients he does not want to deal with this today, but it’s not like life ever cared about what he wants in any situation. 

“Elnath, Jordan, you better not be about to toss that person out the window-” 

[qiinamii]

crown swap

[zu-is-here]

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