Alternate Paths | Aphmau Fanfic

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What is Alternate Paths?

It is an Aphmau Gender neutral x reader fanfic. It is also a rewrite of the story from the beginning to the end.

Synopsis:

Y/N, an ex-aphmau fan, was going on with their daily life when they were transported to Mystreet (technically PDH at this point). They & Mari (Their Best Friend) were sent by Irene to change the original ending in Mystreet and to rewrite a new one. Y/N & Mari are determined not just to change the ending of the story but to change the characters themselves as people. Unbeknownst to them all, someone is keeping an eye on them, there to keep the true ending the way it is intended.

What's the end Goal of the Fanfiction?

I want to finish from PDH all the way to season 6. Hopefully, I won't be burnt out by then lol. Alongside that, I want to make a community with my story to bring people together with this rewrite of our childhood memories. I also want fans to decide how (Y/N) acts in some cases as well!

What is Alternate Paths available on?

Currently, the latest chapter is: Chapter 8 | Stuck Together Archive of our Own Wattpad

I also do updates on my chapters on my TikTok!

We also have a discord server!!

Can I make Fanart/Fanfiction?

UH YES!! I love inspiring others and sparking Ideas. I hope to share as much creativity as possible with this series! I don't ask for credit, but I would love for you to site others back to the fanfic if they're interested!

Extra:

🩵 I allow all types of questions! Don't be afraid to ask! 🩵 I do not support Aphmau, However, I loved this series as a child & I wish to do it justice! 🩵 My favorite characters are Ein & Gene if that wasn't obvious... 😅 🩵 There will be eventual romance, I want to have you all decide who (Y/N) should get with! And yes that includes Poly relationships if you'd like 🩵 In my free time, If I don't feel like writing the main story, I may make side stories about the other characters out of (Y/N)'s POV! Like Mari or maybe Flynn

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Just some Travis & Dante fanart. They’re so silly

Just posted some short stories for alternate paths on Ao3 & Wattpad! So check it out!!

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CHAPTER 8 OF ALTERNATE PATHS IS OUT!! + Upcoming side stories?!?! 😳

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2K READS ON WATTPAD OMGGGG

[dearestlilo]

Selfie time!

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*Pushes my Alternate Path fanart to you*

I’ve been traveling non stop, so I haven’t had time to write so take these instead’n

Also I did some redesigns obviously!!

[geosmiin]

The guy!!

[aphverse-confessions]

i disagree with the previous anon who said that ein was only memorable as a villain.

in my opinion:

pre-twist pdh s2 ein >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> post-twist villain ein.

he was just so much more fascinating, intriguing, multidimensional and complex to me in those early pdh s2 days. he had SO much potential as a character but they had to ruin it.

they should've leaned more into the omega thing.

it was implied he was bullied when he was omega, but it was never explored in depth? they should've dove into how being omega negatively affected him and made him into an emotional mess hellbent on getting power so he can take revenge...

also remove the incest bs please. they should've made his dynamic with aphmau be brother-sister from the very beginning... that would make their falling out much more tragic.

and this advice pretty much applies to any aphmau character if you want to make them more complex and developed than they ever were in canon: HAVE THEM INTERACT WITH CHARACTERS WHO AREN'T APHMAU AND AARON.

pdh s2 had ein interacting with kai, daniel, dottie, rylan, blaze, kacey, katelyn, teony, sasha, zenix, gene, jax, ryder... those interactions were always the most fascinating to me. in ms s4 & s6, his character pretty much revolves around aphmau and aaron, like so many other characters do.

mind you, they literally had a backstory in the works for him, but randomly gave up on it out of nowhere. we should've seen that. it's clear they just gave up on writing a complex character so they could have a 100% evil villain who would serve as a representation of jess' toxic high school ex.

they should've shown us his home life in the western wolf tribe. they should've shown his mother, who probably raised him by herself because zack wasn't around (fun fact: ein's mother was revealed in a gachaverse parody video 💀)

there's just SO MUCH to explore. endless possibilities and potential...

ein had the capability to be another azula or kokichi/komaeda archetype with proper writers.

but instead... he's reduced to a personification-of-evil villain who is promptly killed off and brought back whenever they need tension or conflict in the story.

so much wasted potential... just like so many aphmau characters.

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As someone who loves Ein, I feel like his entire character, like many is wasted potential, alongside other villains like Balto and Ivy.

He could've had his entire arc revolve around how the forever potion could help others and become stronger and more powerful, like some sort of corruption. Unfortunately, he was just used as another obstacle between Aaron and Aphamu.

This, alongside many reasons, fueled me to rewrite Mystreet entirely, because of these concepts with the forever potion and unknown family ties. It just makes me sad.

It would especially make the fallouts of these very interesting if Ein didn't have the whole tragic break in PDH, what if it happened in Emerald Secret instead. Breaking the trust of years of friendship.

Enough rambling but yeah. TLDR; I agree lol

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ALTERNATE PATHS CHAPTER 7 IS OUT NOW!!

Also thank you sm for 1.5k reads on wattpad, it means so much!!!!

[a-moth-called-mof]

WE'RE BACK? I GUESS????

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Right when I started making alternate paths too istg if I have to make this already long rewrite longer

[here1snyan]

I mean, if they want me to believe Laurence was in Season 2 the whole time, then gosh darn it I'll believe 'em 🤎

(also hi mystreet people, my 2016 fixation has returned. I will draw much more fanart I can already feel it)

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HE IS SO 😍😍

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Chapter 6 is out, and I think it's my favorite for now lol!

Also! I made a Discord server! I'm the only one moderating for now, so sorry for the slow updates on things, but I'm excited to get this project off the ground again! I appreciate all of your comments and support, It really helps motivate me! But enough yapping, time for chapter 6! (And our first Major change in the story)

So check it out here!! Ao3 is currently down but I’ll add the link here when it’s up, it’s also in my bio!’

Also, Link to the discord server here!! :PP

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Hey aphmau fans! As you can see I’m not dead, yay! And I am still continuing alternate paths, double yay!

I’ve had a heavy loss of motivation due to multiple factors from school exams, summer ending & just trying to get my life together in general, BUT I haven’t forgotten about this project, which proves that I still want to write this story!

Therefore, I am back!

I have started writing chapter 6 while going back to revise older chapters & started making a discord server.

Most importantly I decided to finally give (B/F), (Y/N)’s best friend (who was named weird thanks to me) an official name! In celebration of that, I made fanart of her & Balto above!

Welcome Mari!!

Thank you for supporting alternate paths for those who have read it, if not, feel free to check it out in my bio and/or first post!

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HEY HEY!! STOP TO LOOK AT MY APHMAU REDESIGNS FOR MY APHMAU FANFIC!!

I wanted to apologize for the lack of updates on the stories!

I want to try to make chapter 5 by next weekend since i'll be able to actually work on it without anything else happening!

Remember to read alternate paths available in the description below on wattpad and ao3!

Wattpad

Ao3

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Have some Headcanoned deigns for characters in my Aphmay Rewrite + Cute relations/friendships that'll happen down the line or is happening now!

Sorry for taking So long with chapter 4. But it’s out now on ao3 & wattpad!! I unfortunately had to remove it from fanfiction.net though.

On the bright side I'm debating on if I want to make a discord server to make a community for this project. It's a lot of upkeep but I wanna See what everyone thinks

[laurancezvahlslefteyebrow]

ok i may get some backlash for this and honestly? understandable.

however. i don’t care :) (yes i do)

so as i’m sure most of you know, aaron and aphmau do NOT get together in my rewrite. not ever. they never have feelings for eachother in any way shape or form EVER and aaron is like a mentor to aphmau during their brief time together.

and in both my rewrite and canon, aphmau is irene and aaron is the descendant of shad.

well.

oh god.

you ready?

in my rewrite

i don’t wanna say this because canon makes this really weird and awkwardddd

ugghh oh well

in my rewrite

shad and irene are siblings.

not lovers.

oh man that took a lot out of me.

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FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE THAT SEES IT

My rewrite isn’t the exact same but Aaron & Aph will not get together nor will Aaron ever have feeling for Aph. I was debating on Aph maybe having a puppy crush during PDH but never go anywhere.

[aphverse-confessions]

its your fav mcd-was-a-political-thriller anon and im here for a spicy take: Jesson needs to stop making blatant microaggressions as cutesy 𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖗𝖐𝖞™ questions or as a hahaha funny gag™ when werewolves and mei'fwa are written to be discriminated minorities.

In MCD s1, we're told that werewolves are dangerous brutes who are aggressive, but then we're shown how level-headed Bodolf is, how the western wolf tribe actively helps Aphmau and how they're genuinely good people. We even have a sweet arc where Donna accepts Logan for being half-werewolf and they both adopt Yip (who's the only surviving werewolf member of a GENOCIDE). S1 actively subverts the expectation of werewolves being dangerous or stupid, they're equals to their human cast members. ... Then S2 Ep72 (0:30—2:05) happens where Aphmau and Zoey are being fucking racist to Yip where the following conversation ensues:

𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘶: 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘠𝘪𝘱? 𝘡𝘰𝘦𝘺: 𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘠𝘪𝘱 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘶: 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸…

***𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘶 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘠𝘪𝘱 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵***

𝘠𝘪𝘱: 𝘞𝘰𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭! 𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘶: 𝘠𝘪𝘱? 𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦! 𝘠𝘪𝘱: 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦! 𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘶: 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘢? 𝘠𝘪𝘱: 𝘏𝘦𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘞𝘖𝘓𝘍 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸?

𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘶: 𝘈𝘩, 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵. 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘠𝘪𝘱: 𝘠𝘖𝘜’𝘙𝘌 𝘚𝘛𝘐𝘓𝘓 𝘛𝘈𝘓𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘛𝘖 𝘔𝘌 𝘓𝘐𝘒𝘌 𝘐𝘔 𝘈 𝘋𝘖𝘎! 𝘡𝘰𝘦𝘺: 𝘈𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘴? 𝘠𝘪𝘱: 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭.. 𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰… 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰, 𝘐 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦——

***𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘶 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘵***

𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘶: 𝘍𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩!

***𝘠𝘪𝘱 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬***

𝘠𝘪𝘱: 𝘙𝘶𝘧𝘧! … 𝘞𝘏𝘈𝘛!? 𝘕𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘙 𝘚𝘌𝘌𝘕 𝘈 𝘎𝘜𝘠 𝘊𝘏𝘈𝘚𝘌 𝘈 𝘚𝘛𝘐𝘊𝘒!? 𝘐𝘍 𝘐 𝘋𝘐𝘋𝘕’𝘛 𝘊𝘈𝘛𝘊𝘏 𝘐𝘛, [𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬] 𝘊𝘖𝘜𝘓𝘋’𝘝𝘌 𝘒𝘐𝘓𝘓𝘌𝘋 𝘚𝘖𝘔𝘌𝘖𝘕𝘌! 𝘡𝘰𝘦𝘺: 𝘖𝘩 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘠𝘪𝘱, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘠𝘪𝘱: 𝘠𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮'… 𝘏𝘌𝘠 𝘞𝘈𝘐𝘛 𝘈 𝘔𝘐𝘕𝘜𝘛𝘌! ... Oh my fucking god, Jesson. When I was rewatching MCD, I cringed so hard into my skin and I had to do a double take if they were fr doing this for the bit. Im sorry, my like for MCD Aphmau and Zoey TANKED after that scene oh my fucking god. Yip is a survivor of the eastern wolf village, a tribe that was murdered in a G E N O C I D E because of Zane and... theyre treating him like a fucking dog? B R O? It's even worse with Mei'fwa with how in PDH, Aphmau was asking Kai if he could go 'Nya!' to him or if Mei'fwa called the bathroom 'the litterbox' because MCD had an arc in Nahakara Village where Aph was discriminated against being a Mei'fwa. Also Kaitlyn being a canonical racist against werewolves cus they beat up her brother?????? I know jack and shit about whatever the hell happened to MyStreet beyond S3, but hearing about Aph's mom having a race kink is ಠ▃ಠ Like, oh my fucking god these microaggressions are awful, and I HATE how they're being played off as jokes because its so discomforting as a POC. These jokes would be absolutely fine if Jesson didnt made werewolves or mei'fwa victims of oppression/discrimination. Please, rewriters of MCD and MyStreet alike, please do not repeat this😭😭😭

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[alternatepaths]

I just realized this was a thing after reading this and now I have another thing to add to the list of changes