#our own normal au

[innerenigma]

•Normalize Fanart for Fanfics Again You Fools•

It's not cringe anymore (it SHOULDN'T be cringe anymore), just do it. You're doing something you enjoy, who cares what anybody else says! So spread the words my fellow internet brethren.

Spread the Word :)

[hinamie]

you're lovely in ways that i just can't explain

testing out new brushes w some lmhs itfs nape kisses :> jjk atla!au with @philosophiums

[ratislatis]

I'll find you. Wait for me.

hee hee hoo hoo AUUUUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH PAIN PAIN SUFFERING PAIN IN ALL DIRECTIONS!!!! TO HELL WITH IT (LITERALLY)!!!!!!!!!

[soaked-ghost]

something about apples and mothers

[hollowknightinsanity]

hi. i rewrote safety bc i felt like it. look at my fluff, boy

[desultory-novice]

[Trimming for length...!]

...Mechalor Anon, how dare you take my attempts to give them a vaguely implied happy ending and convince me (challenge level: super easy) to turn this into something Truly Horrific... ANYWAY!

Snowflake!Noir and Adeleine, aka...**** ****...

Adeleine, as always, takes up art. She's more unsure of herself, so she's been experimenting with different crafts, trying to find the one that fits...whoever she is now. Noir waits tables at Kawasaki's while learning how to cook from him. He's stuck with his collar but the encroachment seemingly stopped with 02's defeat so...that's good.

[This timeline MUST have a Happy Ending. See? They're even smiling!]

They have a home at Castle Dedede when they're not out...enjo... sorry ENJOYING!! Dream Land; the soft cuddle bear penguin king unable to NOT care about these two in every reality, apparently ^^

Overall, they're not fine. All that shock and trauma in rapid succession, followed by being in communion with a dark power, letting it gently infuse their souls for decades to help escape their awful waking life, only to be very psychically available as it was destroyed and then waking up in a perfectly ALIEN situation that only pushes the two of them closer together is totally not fine though!

Today was another good day...

[Warning: horror, body horror, original attempt at biblically accurate Kirby last boss, semi-realistic eyes, no salvation, character death]

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:Adeleine smiles wide, hopping onto the large bed where Noir sits:

Adeleine: "Ready?"

Noir: "Only if you're ready to lose two bucks."

Adeleine: "No way! Today was a good day! It's going to work!"

:Adeleine gears up to pry at Noir's collar, trying to break or otherwise remove it from him. It still refuses to budge:

Adeleine: "...Nghhhhhhh!"

:Noir wryly shakes his head:

Noir: "Ready to call it quits?"

Adeleine: "...Noir, are you sure you didn't accidentally glue this thing to you and you've been too embarrassed to tell me the truth?"

Noir: "Says the girl who sewed the shirt she was wearing TO my apron when I asked you to fix the ties on it for me. I didn't know you hated being apart from me that much, Adeleine!"

Adeleine: "No~ir!!"

Noir: "Anyway, no, I didn't and that's two bucks you owe me."

Adeleine: "...I don't have any money. They don't even use it here. Why do you keep betting me? What would you buy, anyway?"

:Noir replies with mock seriousness:

Noir: "...Chiropractic work for all the neck damage you've given me trying this thing every single day."

:She pouts before finally letting a little laugh slip through:

"...Adeleine, listen, it's okay. You don't need to worry about me..."

Adeleine: "It's not okay though! Dark Matter's supposed to be all gone now. Everyone said so. So...why aren't you better, Noir...?"

:A faltering smile to match her growing sadness:

:Keep lying to your sister, boy. You're an expert by now:

Noir: "...I am better. We're both better. Right...?"

"I mean, isn't this place a lot better than home? You're out there painting and sculpting and sewing and building and who knows what else and I'm...making less guests sick at Kawasaki's every day!"

:He laughs a hollow laugh. She doesn't laugh with this time:

"...Just cause this stupid thing is still stuck to me doesn't actually MEAN anything. It's just a boring hunk of metal. Nothing more."

:It doesn't still whisper to him. A thousand lost souls crying out to be one again:

:She crawls into his lap:

Adeleine: "Still...I'm...scared, Noir. I'm scared for us. Nothing feels right anymore... What if, the next time I go to sleep...I wake up someplace new again? What if...it's someplace without you...?"

:He hugs her tight, their shivering bodies fitting together perfectly:

:Why do you shiver, children? It is not cold here. It is too warm:

Noir: "C'mon, snowflake girl. That's not gonna happen anymore. We've stuck together so far and we're going to keep sticking. Right?"

"...And anyway, today was a good day. You said it yourself."

Adeleine: "Yeah..."

Noir: "We just have to keep having good days. Don't let the little things get to us. We've still got each other. ...We can do this..."

:Back to sleep. In sleep, we are safe. Only in sleep. Though... ...They ask us to wake up here They worry when we do not wake up:

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:Outside the door to their room:

Meta: "...Your majesty."

Dedede: "Whaa?! It's not what it looks like!!"

Meta: "I have no idea what you're implying."

Dedede: "So, uh, what brings ya here, Meta Knight?"

Meta: "The same reason as you, I would suspect. To check on the status of our guests from Shiver Star. How are they?"

:Dedede points inside, where the two siblings sleep cradled in each other's arms, akin to how they were found. Though, it's a little uncanny to see them continue to sleep that way:

Dedede: "See for yourself. Sleepin' peacefully. At least, I hope so..."

:A bit of worry makes its way onto his face:

"...Adeleine's right, Meta. We beat Dark Matter. Twice. Hell, maybe more! Sure, we've had a host of problems since then but Noir's..."

Meta: "Do you believe that, my liege? That we have defeated it?"

Dedede: "What do you mean by that?"

Meta: "...When you look at those siblings, what do you see?"

:Dedede looks back inside the room:

Dedede: "I see two kids. Quiet. Respectful. Scared of trouble but they don't cause any. They mostly stick to each other but I seem 'em out there slowly trying to make friends with the others..."

Meta: "...You are a good man, my liege."

:Dedede balks and puffs up his chest:

Dedede: "That's 'Great' and get it right!"

Meta: "......Then I take it back."

Dedede: "Hey!"

:Meta fixes him with a fierce, burning gaze:

Meta: "Look at them again, sire. Not with your eyes."

Dedede: "......"

:Dedede can see it, their matter is locked in a twisted spiral, Soul and Dark feeding each other, tightly intertwined, and growing still:

Meta: "Do you see it?"

Dedede: "...No. I don't see nuthin'."

:Dedede turns away:

"And before you ask me to look again, I don't WANT to see it. They're just two kids, Meta! Just two small kids! They haven't hurt nobody!"

Meta: "...In the beginning, it was just the boy. He was sick with Dark Matter. I didn't know how he was still alive. He could have easily been a threat to the kingdom and not just because of that sword."

:Meta shuts his eyes, regretting his lapse:

"I...had hoped the presence of his sister could alleviate that some. But Dark Matter is not so easily tamed. It has grown fast, feeding off the two of them. It is already more than twice what a normal member of their species should be able to handle without being consumed."

Dedede: "...Right. That doesn't sound good. How do we stop it?"

:He sees Meta Knight's expression and rephrases:

"...How do we save 'em, Meta?"

Meta: "I believe, my liege..."

:His lowered eyes go to Galaxia's handle:

"...the answer will depend on your definition of 'save'..."

...

Meta Knight's words hung heavy on him.

King Dedede shut his eyes and decided to continue along as if it was nothing. Just...keep making the place as comfortable for the two as he could. Maybe the knight was wrong? Maybe it wasn't too late?

It wasn't long after that. The trigger was something forgettably small, as simple as a thoughtless suggestion or an accident; one of them gets hurt, bleeds a little, maybe. It only needs to be one of them, so inextricably are they linked that the resonance of the other's echoed pain races across Popstar like a sonic boom. Dark clouds swirl in, covering the whole planet, blocking out the star's brilliant light.

King Dedede rushes out. He doesn't want to know-without-question what is the cause this time. He wants it to be something unknown. A new invader; not his familiar tormentor, the foe he knows so well.

But he knows exactly what it is because he is already mouthing the words to a waiting Meta Knight. "The kids! Where are they...?!"

"Look up..."

It is a cruel joke to him. Always, Dark Matter had a way of getting inside him. But every time, it had been his body. Never had it succeeded at invading his heart.

He wishes this one would take his body.

...Take me instead...

But the two violet eyes are not looking at him. They arc laterally with rapid movements, back and forth, back and forth, stretching to the edge of their vision, looking for their other half they know to be there, felt through the comforting grip of tightly twined fingers and hinted at in the reflection of wings like the points of a snowflake...

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-ZERO THREE-

" " yI at kH Ou er Bt ls lN 'o ti Ir " " | " " Dt ol nu ta LF ey aM vl el MA es Ai ls oi nh eT " " | " "It Ji um sm ta WD ad no tG Tp oU Ds rU ee ak ma FW ou ro FY od ri eD vy eh rW" " | " "Hr ee lH pe Hv ia mS" "

"...Give them back..."

"GIVE THEM BACK!!"

" " ...eK di en dg eD De gd ne id Ke... " "

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...He will not get them back...

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ZERO THREE's dialogue reads:

"It Hurts Noir / It'll Be Okay" | "Don't Leave Me Alone / This Is All My Fault" | "I Just Want To Dream For Forever / Why Did You Wake Us Up Godammit" | "Help Him / Save Her"

...The last one you can probably guess...

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Mechalor Anon's full post below. Sorry I took the worst possible ending choice you offered and SOMEHOW MADE IT WORSE!

Noirs Saved: 2 (Gijinka, AU AU) Noirs Failed: 1 (Snowflakes)

[yoursdeadlynightshade]

Normal with you.

Read on Ao3!!!

[farceurcole]

Some doodles of the bot au (an other stuff)

Hehehe

Ah yesssss… another lil old draft 👀 Woooooo!!!

[acaciapines]

guys what if i told you ive been thinking about dess and actually i think dess/chara might be able to work out in the drkau...like ive been doing some thinking into dess and her reasons and why she does what she does and how she cares about people and im starting to nail down the role i want asriel to play, and. and.

guys i think dess is actually going to be able to change. i think dess figures out how to change but asriel never does....

[cappie-art]

ART COLAB TIME!! @worldsokayestmagicalgirl , @clovedown , and I did a Villainess Muanha AU!

@worldsokayestmagicalgirl ‘s lineart

And @clovedown ‘s Sketch

They all turned out really great!! Go check ‘em out!!!

(Also when we posted these on Insta it was a dick and now we’re here ✨ I’m not mentally broken from that whole experience or anything nooooo~)

[pinkykats-place]

Omega Bakugo x Alpha Midoriya Ⅱ

AO3 Fanfic Recommendations

UA Students

BakuDeku

OmegaVerse

Disclaimers!

None of the stories linked below are mine.

Some contain mature content, read tags.

Credit to @capsulect for the fan art.

Note: If you read any of these stories and like them please let the author know with a kudos and/or comment!

Courting & Coupons by s_the_queen

Summary: Izuku's stomach turned over. He had told himself a thousand times that this was it. That the next time Kacchan started nesting, he'd shoot his shot. They were third years, and Kacchan was easily his best friend. He was also the love of his life. Every time Kacchan hit pre-heat, courting gifts would flood the dorms and Izuku would watch in terror as Kacchan inspected each one and then crumple in relief when he turned them down.

He couldn't wait on the sidelines anymore and wonder if Kacchan would accept him. He had to try, or else he'd miss his chance and regret it for the rest of his life.

WIP | 18/? Chapters | Mature

Last Updated March 2024

we've always been weird by MajestyTime

Summary: In the end, Katsuki's desire to make sure Izuku is safe outweighs his need to respect Izuku's privacy. He twists the handle, pushing the door open. Katsuki will be in and out quickly, it won't be a big deal—

Katsuki's train of thought is derailed, stunned by what he sees before him.

— — —

In which Katsuki discovers that Izuku secretly likes to nest.

One Shot | 3rd Year au

Rated - Teen & Up

eyes on you by SpicyJam

Summary: "We… we can be friends, right?" Deku asks her, cutting through the silence. "I mean… after everything. Before all this— we weren't /friends/ like we used to be… but now—"

Katsuki clicks her tongue, and he cuts himself off. He watches her intently as she stands, dusting herself off and brushing her hands together before she holds one out to him.

"We're rivals, dumbass."

There's something about his resigned expression that makes her belly flutter nervously, as it always does when he's around. It feels foreboding, like seeing the body of a cyclone in the distance.

For the first time, Katsuki feels as though she's cemented the fact that Deku won't be in her future— not in the way that she's always expected him to. That everyone— Uraraka and Todoroki— were right to make her question her relationship.

That she /has/ irrevocably ruined her relationship, without even realizing it.

That Deku isn't hers, anymore.

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Or, Katsuki has always known Izuku is her alpha. She just has to let /him/ know that, but everyone else keeps getting in the way.

One Shot | Fem Baku 

Rated - Explicit

告白 by heademptyjustsenku

Summary: Bakugou grapples with his emotions about a certain nerd after an enlightenment in the form of… said nerd.

One Shot | SFW

Learning to Nest by O_oari

Summary: Katsuki was stressed. He knew exactly why he was stressed but he didn't know how to fix it. All week he has been trying to build a shitty nest just like any other Omega would do. Everyone told him it would come naturally and he would ‘just know’ but he didn't! Most Omegas learned how to nest from their parents but Katsuki had a Mother Alpha and a Beta Father. Neither of them knew how to nest so Katsuki was never taught.

Katsuki picked himself up and walked to the only person he knew might be able to help. He was an Alpha and probably knew Jack Shit about nest building but it couldn't be any worse than Katsukis attempts.

------or-----

Izuku helps Katsuki build a nest.

{One Shot}

Rated - General Audiences

Shitty Alpha. I love you so much! by dead_rei

Summary: Omega Katsuki asking for Alpha Izuku’s scented shirt but is too shy to actually tell him that it’s for him to get through his heat. So when Deku asks him why, Katsuki’s first reaction then was to be a bitch about it because their omega felt rejected, mad and in pained. And because he doesn’t want to admit defeat, something slipped out of his mouth even though he knew he’d go fucking regret it anyway.

Complete | 4 Chapters

Rated - General Audiences

With A Heat Comes a Blanket by sister_elric

Summary: Izuku sighed as he watched another alpha walk up to Katsuki during lunch.

“Deku, you’re frowning again. Don’t look, it only makes you more upset.” Midoriya looked over at his friend and smiled.

“You’re right, Uraraka. I just can’t help but feel down. Kacchan could have anyone he wants. I feel silly for even thinking about possibly courting him this heat. He obviously doesn’t want an alpha. Or maybe he has his eyes for someone who hasn’t courted him yet. Maybe he likes Kirishima? Or someone else? Maybe he met someone during his internsh-“

“Midoriya.” Todoroki cut off his ranting friend. “You’re worrying too much.”

“Todoroki is correct. Don’t let other’s failures dictate your future. As abrasive as Bakugou is, we as your friends fully support your endeavor to court him and wish you good luck,” Iida encouraged.

{One Shot}

Rated - Mature

Series: court up in the moment by rejectimate

Summary: This is an ongoing dkbk ABO au featuring mostly soft/fluffy/sfw alpha deku x omega kacchan!!

3 Works

[mantisgodsaus]

levi looks kind of like this guy ⬆️ except the gray parts aren't really prominent/important he is just A Red Fox With White Spots

WHY ARE YOU ME??? I'M ME!

We feel like Scarlet would have some very significant hangups around other selkies of his species considering that in our particular setting selkies practically have to be produced va someone of that strain having kids and Scarlet, uhh. Does Not Want To Do That. Seeing other selkies that are Like Him makes him make that connection to the idea of him actually having to join a queen's harem, and he Hates That, and all

The idea of it wigs him out! The existence of other fox selkies Wigs Him The Hell Out! You shouldn't be able to be that HE"S that and he isn't having kids so being that should simply Not Happen! It's weird for him and he doesn't like it and he REALLY wishes that it was not happening to him right now. What the fuck alternate universe selkies. Stop That.

Scarlet has a form of leucism going on - he's a lot more low-pigment than, say, Marigold, but he still has some going on, if only so he doesn't get totally blinded by the sun. Closest thing we've found online is searching for "champagne pink" foxes - he was a fairly standard red fox for a while, just with them bigass ears, but he Got Better.

This is the same general thing that he has going on normally in our HCs - namely, he's fucking gutting pigment production because he has the Specific Flavor Of Neurosis that has him gutting systems of his own body in order to free up life force when under stressful situations, and then he just Doesn't Fix Them when he gets into situations when he's not under the immediate stress that caused him to gut that system to begin with, even if they long-term cause him to need to dedicate more life to Fixing The Issues They Cause than actually maintaining them on a regular basis would take. This is because he has problems.

(image of the general sort of color morph we mean ⬇)

[mantisgodsdomain]

Sometimes we are deeply deeply tempted to make line-ups of our AU Versions Of Characters or something of the like, but then we remember our consistent preference for AUs to be canon-adjacent at absolute minimum meaning a lot of them will look relatively same-y combined with our struggle to draw character sizes accurately to each other makes that task a lot harder than it arguably should be.

[corvidaeconundrum]

i will forever and ever be obsessed with your hlvrai tma au. slaughter!gordon is so inspired

Thank you so much!

He was kind of inspired actually, theres a playlist on spotify that existed way before the au for slaughter!gordon, and it kind of stuck with us! I don’t know if it still exists though, we’ve been searching forever.

Also trying to get back into hlvrai/half-life ao I can do more for the AU, though im not sure how well ill do outside of the ask blog- and even that we’re lagging on. I’m glad you really enjoy it!! Means a ton.

[moe-broey]

I do think it's funny that like. My progression as a Pokemon trainer is essentially Preference for Normal Types (has the cutest Pokemon) -> Fairy Types (EXTREMELY cute Pokemon) -> Ghost Types (At one point I died and came back wrong. Sad! Well it happens to the best of us.)

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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