#yeah I stan legally blonde the musical now and I knew I'd find a way to combine it with cats eventually

[sybright]

Self-Indulgent Legally Blonde the Musical AU Because I Can

Yes I’m doing this, and no you can’t stop me. This is specifically for Legally Blonde the Musical, not the movie. The characters in the musical are a little different from the movie, so my choices here may not be the same for the film. Also, my choices are all heavily affected by my personal Cats headcanons and ships. Basically, I’m very biased and these might not be the roles most people in the fandom would assign to these characters. Please assume all kitten characters are aged up for this au. 

Elle Woods - Victoria

Enid Hoopes - Rumpleteazer

Emmett Forrest - Plato

-I don’t think I need to explain why Plato is Emmett, that’s pretty self-explanatory. Tori is Elle because the colors work and it just makes sense to me. Although, ngl Teazer could also make a good Elle since she’s a chaos child who probably wouldn’t give a flying fuck about law, but I think Tori suits the role better. Teazer is Enid because lesbian, and Enid is also implied to have a crush on Elle. A big change in this au is giving Enid a much more prominent role in the show. Why is this? Because I’m going to make Platoriateazer HAPPEN damn it. 

-My idea here is that Teazer/Enid now comes from a similar background as Plato/Emmett, and the two of them bonded over this and became inseparable prior to coming to Harvard. They’re besties right off the bat when we get introduced to them. Teazer/Enid is now present for all of the bonding moments, like “Chip On My Shoulder” because she has a similar background as Plato/Emmett now. She’s there to help Tori study alongside Plato, and also gets transformed by Tori in “Take It Like a Man” (she gets a suit too because what else would Teazer wear?) and of course she’s there to provide comfort in “Legally Blonde.” Basically, her involvement and role in the show is almost identical to Plato’s/Emmett’s. At the end of the show both her and Plato get proposed to by Tori.

Callahan - Macavity

Warner Huntington III - Alonzo

Vivienne Kensington - Cassandra

-Macavity as Callahan is self-explanatory. However, I’m so sorry I made Alonzo Warner, I’m really doing him dirty here, but like, he makes the most sense for that role. You could argue that Tugger could be Warner, but on what planet would Tugger go to law school? Or get a “serious” girlfriend for that matter? I just can’t see it. And for the record, musical Warner is a lot less of an asshole than movie Warner, he actually gets redeemed a little bit, receives a happy ending, and remains friends with Elle after everything, well, they hug it out at least, which signals to me that they stayed friends. Do I even need to explain why Cass is Vivienne? That one’s also self-explanatory. Similar to Warner, Vivienne is less of an asshole in the musical than in the movie.

Paulette Buonufonte - Asparagus Jr. or Munkustrap

Kyle - Skimbleshanks

Brooke Wyndham - Bombalurina

Chutney Wyndham - Admetus 

-Okay, I know Jennyanydots would make more sense for Paulette (in fact this could work really well with Bustopher as Kyle and Jenny as Paulette), but HEAR ME OUT, imagine Asparagus Jr. or Munk doing the bend and snap, you’re welcome. For real though, the reason I made it like this is because I’m not fond of the Skimbledots or Jennypher ships, I just don’t like them personally, and I did say I was going to be biased in this. Skimble is Kyle because Kyle is the package delivery guy, and Skimble runs the midnight mail train, they both deliver mail therefore they are the same character. Also, if we’re taking into account 2019 Skimble, who is definitely Kyle materiel, then I don’t think I need to explain myself further. Bomba as Brooke is self-explanatory. I didn’t have the heart to make any canon characters Chutney, so I’m using expendable, vague Admetus, female version probably. 

Kate (Delta Nu girl) - Jemima/Sillabub

Margot (Delta Nu girl) - Etcetera

Pilar (Delta Nu girl) - Electra

Serena (Delta Nu girl) - Tantomile

-Jemima/Sillabub is Kate because I can see her being the one who helps Tori study. Etcetera as Margot is self-explanatory. Electra as Pilar and Tantomile as Serena don’t really have any reasoning behind them, I just knew I needed to make then Delta Nu girls in some way. 

Aaron Schultz - Coricopat 

Court Judge - Demeter

Elle’s father (uncle in this scenario, we’re cutting the mother character) - Bustopher Jones

Beer Bash guy (the one who sings “whatchya want, you wanna be”) - Mungojerrie without a SHADOW of a doubt.

Dewey - ?

-Cori would definitely be a law student, so he’s here as Aaron. I wanted to get Demeter in here somehow so I made her the court judge, because she would be a court judge. Bustopher as Elle’s uncle/father character is self-explanatory. Jerrie as the beer bash guy? Very self-explanatory. I don’t have anyone down for Dewey because I already used my evil character (Macavity) and I already used my expendable character (Admetus) sooooooo, I mean Dewey is only in one scene anyway so he can be some generic character maybe.

Nikos - Rum Tum Tugger (yes this is going based off that amv, sue me) GAY OR EUROPEAN?

Carlos - Mr. Mistoffelees (also from that amv) GAY ANNNNNNND EUROPEAN.

For generic roles (like the people at the beer bash or the people at the salon) - Pouncival, Tumblebrutus, George, Jellylorum, and Grizabella.

Unfortunately I couldn’t manage to get Old Deut or Gus in here, one of them could have been the court judge but I really wanted Demeter in this. They could probably be in generic roles, maybe hang out at the salon, or be generic professors at Harvard idk. 

So this is the au, it is my baby, you may do with it what you will.