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Hi this is Aypa (again i know) this will be my new account until i can revover my old one or maybe just my new account at all IDK but i am here again
I was mapplesand before dawg they shot me down after 10 years this is crazy shit
‘’It’s just about loving someone, and it’s just about the fact that Ray loves Pete and Pete loves Ray. And that they're willing to sacrifice themselves throughout the story to keep them alive, to keep them in their lives.’’ - Cooper Hoffman on Garraty and McVries' relationship
THE LONG WALK (2025) dir. Francis Lawrence
maybe a doodle of gavries first kiss 👀
Happy valentines day people 🥳
Honestly be pretentious as fuck about the stuff you create. Do a press release for your fanfic updates. Do a Q&A about your webcomic. Make fake merch designs for your OCs. Commission "official" book covers. Very few of us will ever get to a stage where something we've created Makes It Big but even if you have an audience of 5 people plus a shoelace fucking indulge yourself and pretend!! It's the only way to live!!
gary barkovitch + smiling.
THE WINK AUGHHHH IM GOING TO SCREAM
a day in the life
hank olson height difference with everuone else isnt really helped by the fact that this guy spent the entire movie hunched over
do you miss 2016 or were you 6 and actually miss being a child
because i was 14 in 2016 and i actually remember the rise of fascism in internet sphere in real time and cringe culture was at the max, cringe compilation of SJW, cringe animation of literal kids and the overall feminists are "feminazi" but okay yeah sure
"everyone woke up fucking funny, right?"
this is the only scene that exists to me
Tristan's playlist but I try to make it make sense with the characters
Marco's version
Tristan
Tristan listens to everything, he's really into discovering new stuff so he's just, out there, he does lean more into chill music but he has his fair share of more rock, emo and metal songs
Benji Cossa - Volcano (it's the song from the Zero Day trailer)
Radiohead - Creep (Tristan loves Radiohead and relates to this song because he's a creep he's a weirdo, he also loves the melancholic vibe to most radiohead songs)
Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July (okay now who's ready to cry because i'm pulling out this album, anyway Tristan lost his mother and it's fucking depressing)
Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better (similar to the one right above)
Sufjan Stevens - Death With Dignity (it's like a mini trilogy about the death of a love one, you know the path to acceptance)
Daughter - Youth (in my head I imagine a parallel between Marco/Tristan and Michael/Jane (Tristan's parents) because their dynamics is quite similar
"And if you're in love, then you are the lucky one 'Cause most of us are bitter over someone Setting fire to our insides for fun To distract our hearts from ever missing them But I'm forever missing him"
wych elm - school shooter (the first song that pops up in his playlist when he talks to Marco for the first time in chapter 4 is this, Marco mocks him for "being dangerous", also yes, Tristan has a school shooting song before meeting Marco, they do bond over that share interest despite how bad it sounds)
twenty one pilots - Level of Concern (Tristan listens to this song in chapter 6, he also really likes twenty one pilots)
Nine Inch Nails - We're In This Together (part 1 of Morbid Minds starts with the quote :
"You and me We're in this together now None of them can stop us now We will make it through somehow You and me If the world should break in two Until the very end of me Until the very end of you"
Nine Inch Nails - The Day The World Went Away (at this point you should get the idea that a lot of these are depressing, well this one is about Tristan's mom death)
Message To Bears - Mountains (like any young queer kids, Tristan loved Life is Strange)
girl in red - bad idea! (does Tristan listens to girl in red ? yes, as a gay man who thinks about his own relationship with another man when listening to a obviously sapphic song)
Peter McPoland - Shit Show (life really is a shit show huh)
Lemon Demon - Fine (Tristan is a big fan of Lemon Demon, his twitter username is even "LemonGaymon23", he does also say that everything will be fine when everything will not be fine)
First Aid Kit - I Found a Way (it's a LIS soundtrack again, "Give me your love, give me your gun", i also think the story has a life is strange vibe without the supernatural elements)
Oasis - Wonderwall cover by Twenty One Two (this one specifically because even if Tristan likes the original, he prefers this one better, also he knows how to play this song so he will threaten to play it on their wedding day)
Owl City - Fireflies (Tristan always says that the world is cruel but beautiful, i think this capture this, plus Tristan often goes camping and loves to see the stars and all that, also did you know that the singer of Owl City was autistic ? now you do)
Owl City - Shooting Star (what if i said that Marco was Tristan's shooting star that light up his night... i'm sure Tristan said that to Marco and Marco replied something like "im gonna shoot my star in your night alright", really is cheesy x ruins the mood type of couple)
Mother Mother - Ghosting (Tristan has been going through life without much interaction with people, both on his own will and because no one talkd to him, because no one bother to talk to the quiet kid anyway, he often felt like a ghost)
Blanks - Love Situation (911) (originally in Marco's playlist, it's in both now, this is the true "them" song)
AURORA - Cure For Me (growing up and accepting that he can be himself and stop masking so much)
Heathers: The Musical - Seventeen (for how many time Marco compared himself to JD I had to put one song from the musical here, I do really like the AU in which Marco is JD and Tristan is Veronica, also Heathers is both Tristan's favorite movie and musical)
Caravan Palace - Lone Digger (Tristan can recognize this song from 1 second into it, also did you know that Caravan Palace is a french band ?)
MARINA - Hermit the Frog (Tristan does get extra bitchy sometimes so i think the tone fits even if the song is not about anything he lived through there's something in that song that reminds me of him)
grandson - Welcome to Paradise (Tristan has a shirt with written "Death of an Optimist" on it)
grandson - Thoughts and Prayers (hey look, another school shooting song, for a change- sorry wrong character, it's hard sometimes with Morbid Minds you know, they both talk about it)
Nickelback - Lullaby (i bet you havent heard of nickelback for a while, well Tristan likes them, despite everything)
Tally Hall - Cannibal (dont you hate it when your boyfriend has an obsession with cannibalism... and keeps biting you as a result "I am the willing victim of a cannibal")
Tom Cardy feat Montaigne - Redflag (okay, it's great that there's cheesy songs about their relationship BUT THIS is the one, that's them, Marco tries to make Tristan watch The Human Centipede, that's them)
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams (okay now are you ready for the more emo punk rock stuff that he listens to ? we'll start with a lot of classic, so have this one)
Green Day - American Idiot (Tristan is definitely the faggot america)
My Chemical Romance - Teenagers (I'm not putting welcome to the black parade because I feel Tristan would be the type to dig just a little bit more into the emo stuff instead of blasting the most famous one, well, teenagers is basically an anthem on his own so it's all the same)
My Chemical Romance - Demolition Lovers (maybe Marco and Tristan are the demolition lovers idk)
Paramore - Monster (Tristan is a big Paramore fan, he was the Riot album poster on his door's bedroom
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (basic white boy with greasy hair... i dont think the smell is teen spirit, i think it's just teenagers having shitty hygiene)
Set It Off - Horrible Kids (kids do be horrible idk)
The Cure - Burn (I think it really fits his aesthetic, he has The Cure shirts too)
this is the part where i'm just listing songs
Radiohead - No Surprises
Mother Mother - Wisdom
Jack Stauber - Fighter
Three Days Grace - Human Race
Three Days Grace - Break
Escape The Fate - My Apocalypse
Bring Me The Horizon - Happy Song
Lemon Demon - Modify
Lemon Demon - Cabinet Man
Lemon Demon - Touch-Tone Telephone
Lemon Demon - Eighth Wonder
Autoheart - Moscow
Green Day - Holiday
Nirvana - Come As You Are
Paramore - Hard Times
Paramore - Decode
Paramore - Ignorance
Paramore - Misery Business
Paramore - Born for This
The Cure - A Forest
Tally Hall - Ruler of Everything
Tally Hall - Turn the Lights Off
Tally Hall - You & Me
Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
Sonic Youth - B) Hyperstation
Bring Me The Horizon - mother tongue
Imagine Dragons - Sirens
Imagine Dragons - Underdog
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
this is the part where i'm putting fandom songs because Tristan is that guy
Awkward Marina - Entropy (not the most famous brony song out there, but it's one in his top)
Eurobeat Brony - Discord remix by the living tombstone (i'm sure you know this one, of course, you should, you should also know that this is a remix, anyway, a classic brony song for a gay brony)
BlackGryph0n & Baasik - Crusader (Are We There Yet)
WoodenToaster - Rainbow Factory (Marco wonders how Tristan went from my little pony to creepypasta and horror, well that's why)
WoodenToaster - Awoken (same shit)
My Little Pony - You're In My Head Like A Catchy Song (this episode came out the year his mother died :,) i think both him and his dad cried when watching this episode (he often watched MLP with his parents growing up and still has an habit of watching movies with his dad) since Tristan knows how to play the guitar, let's say i'd like to think he sang this to Marco once in a really cheesy way)
any other MLP song honestly, he likes to listens to it, his favorite when he was a kid was This Day Aria
Steven Universe - Stronger Than You (did Tristan also watch Steven Universe ? he's gay goddamnit that's like LGBT kid awakening 101)
The Living Tombstone - It's Been So Long (finally a FNAF song, honestly any FNAF song by the living tombstone, but I feel like he would have discovered this one before the first one)
Griffinilla - Below the Surface (it became a classic too because it's pretty popular and it's more "recent" (to me lol i stopped caring about FNAF when Sister Location came out) so i'm sure he heard that one before the more classic stuff)
OR3O - All Eyes on Me (hey Bendy and the ink machine, been a while damn, anyway, i'm pulling my own teens year out of me rn because Tristan is that fandom kid)
Derivakat - Revived (Tristan was 13 in 2020, OF COURSE he was into DSMP, actually even Marco was part of this madness but Tristan was really invested in the lore, that's like baby first step into being active in fandom space, i'm not sure it's the best way to start tho... he really liked reading fanfic that's for sure)
CG5 - Vibrant Eyes (for those who knew the whole DSMP thing, i dont think it will come as a surprise if i say that Ranboo was his favorite)
Undertale - Spider Dance (french vocal by Voyage au centre de la Toile) (ah ! you thought i was gonna put one of these Stronger Than You undertale cover ? wrong ! here's a french rendition of spider dance instead)
Starbomb - Minecraft is for EVERYONE! (did you know that one of the voice claim of Marco and Tristan are Arin Hanson and Danny Sexbang ? well now you do, i think the song is also accurate to Marco and Tristan dynamics)
Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis (one of his favorite anime, what can I say)
Beastars OP 1 - Wild Side English (hey here's the moment where I say he's a furry !)
Beastar OP 2 - Kaibutsu English (hey ! he's still a furry, also he's literally Legoshi, he probably kins him tbh)
this is the part where I tell you the other band he listens to but idk which song to pick specifically
Will Wood, like the queer weird kid that he is
Cavetown
Fish in a Birdcage
Linkin Park
Siames
Woodkid, he's french and gay btw so that's fitting
Arcane soundtrack but i'm too lazy to pick a song, just all the songs
he also listens to most things that are in Marco's playlist like KMFDM, And One, Marilyn Manson, Rammstein, ICP, The Offspring ect
kpop artists like Enhypen, Loona, Stray Kids and Dreamcatcher
some vocaloid songs like Echo by Gumi, the whole Bad End Night saga, most of Maretu songs, classic vocaloid songs, you know all that
a lot of popular musicals, Tristan never truly escaped the gays love musical theater did he huh, well obviously Heathers the Musical, Be More Chill, Epic, Nerdy Prudes Must Die, Hamilton and many more
this is the part where i'm putting french songs
No One Is Innocent - What The F*** (that feeling when you have to watch america being fucking stupid, co signed with his dad)
No One Is Innocent - Automatic ("are we not men ?" I feel like the vibe of both french and english is great for Tristan)
No One Is Innocent - Les opposants
No One Is Innocent - Personal Jesus (Reprise) (if you've been there you know there's a reccuring song I use to describe Tristan's accent and this is the one)
Amir - J'ai cherché
Mozart l'Opera Rock - Penser l'impossible (okay so that's actually a emo french musical about Mozart)
Mozart l'Opera Rock - C'est bientôt la fin
Indila - Dernière Danse (you guys probably know this one because of tik tok or some other way, anyway)
Indila - Tourner Dans Le Vide (That's how Tristan feels about his love for Marco i think)
Marco's playlist but I try to make it make sense with the character
with both songs that fits him and songs that he would listen to
Tristan's version
Marco
Marco mainly listens to metal mostly to industrial metal (he yearns for the 90s, I mean have you seen him) and nu metal, sometimes there's others stuff too but he really likes his loud music
KMFDM - Stray Bullet (Marco's favorite band is KMFDM and his username on social media is Stray Bullet)
And One - Military Fashion Show (it's military fashion show, what do you need more, it's literally him the song (tm))
Nine Inch Nails - Closer (this is kind of how he introduces himself to Tristan, also the title of chapter 4)
KMFDM - Hyena (Marco's animal motif is a hyena)
Foster the People - Pumped Kicks (gee, a song about school shooting, in Marco's playlist, who would have thought, anyway, Marco only know to whistle one melody and it's pumped kicks)
KFMDM - Dogma ("if no one quotes you, you probably haven't said a thing worth saying" is Marco's senior quote)
KMFDM - Wrath ("sexy satanist" was Marco's twitter name and probably nickname on discord servers before Tristan made him change it to "manic masturbator" because it's more accurate)
Seb Lowe - Kill Him, He’s a Socialist (wow Marco likes a british guy ? anyway "I don’t promote war, but we’ll massacre your parliament" was one of his attempt at a senior quote, it got rejected for obvious reasons)
SKYND Feat Bill $aber - Columbine (okay well he's not even trying to hide it anymore now huh, yes Marco did searched up songs about school shooting because he's an edgelord, the song is good tho, I would know, I'm the one who searched up songs about school shootings)
And One - Don't Get Me Wrong (i'm sorry but he probably listen to that while thinking of Tristan, he's like yeah that's absolutely my relationship with my boyfriend and Tristan listens to it like what the fuck do you think i am)
KMFDM - Me & My Gun ("Now listen up kid, it ain't cool to shoot up your school" he often quote this one)
Adam Jensen - The Kid ("I am what the universe made me" is pretty much Marco's entire character, also a song about a kid having a gun, for a change)
Marilyn Manson - The Nobodies (you thought there was already way too much songs about school shooting, well it's a Marco playlist, it never truly ends does it)
Danny Gonzalez - I'm Gonna Kill Santa Claus (he will kill santa claus, also "This Christmas, don't got a wish list, I got a hit list" is such a Marco thing to say)
Three Days Grace - Riot (despite everything, Marco doesn't strike me that much as a three days grace fan but he likes this one a lot)
Type O Negative - I Don't Wanna Be Me (he probably made Tristan listen to that one because of the crazy guitar solo)
No One Is Innocent - Révolution.com (Tristan shares french industrial metal with him, this one both fit his vibe and he would listen to it)
Bring Me The Horizon - n/A (i would tend to say that Bring me the horizon is more of a Tristan's band but Marco listen to their older stuff, this one is probably because it hit a bit hard)
Bring Me The Horizon - Go To Hell, For Heaven's Sake (this one for example is more something he would blast, god i'm sure it served as a pseudo "breakup" song when Maria stopped talking to him after 8th grade, suddenly he made the song about calling a girl a bitch when it wasnt about that at all)
Sonic Youth - Z) Eliminator, Jr. (it's the opening song of the movie Zero Day)
Pisse - Fahrradsattel (he would make Tristan listen to this with the translated lyrics and watch his whole face go red)
Grandson - Darkside (we were truly... missing some songs about... school shooting... were we ? anyway "The kid has got a darkside, best believe it, push too far you'll see")
Shiki – Senpai (you thought you were gonna escape Marco's terrible music taste about music with anime sample ? god no, I didn't dive into this genre for obvious reason but just know that he DOES listen to this kind of music too)
S3RL - MTC ("that's so me" no marco that's a weeb with a porn addiction- wait no that's you you're right)
Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch (he probably sent this to Tristan with the message "we should do what they say in the song")
Fish in a Birdcage - Rule #34 (now I think that's a band that was introduced to him by Tristan and it's the only song by them he listens to because he thinks it's a "him and Tristan" song again, um, he thinks that because it's sex, it's literally bondage, Tristan wished Marco would think about him when he listens to love song rather than the horny stuff)
Little V - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! (cover) (you have to imagine Marco singing this to Tristan, bonus point if your brain imagine him in a school girl uniform, or in a crop top, there's enough room to fill a crop top, anyway)
this is the part where that's just songs he would listen to and i have no other information to share apart from that
KMFDM - Son of a Gun
And One - Stand The Pain
ThxSoMch - Hate
moremoney - hate
Slipknot - Psychosocial
Slipknot - Custer
Insane Clown Posse - Chop Chop Slide
Insane Clown Posse - Piggy Pie
Insane Clown Posse - In My Room
Rammstein - Deutschland
Rammstein - Sonne
Eisbrecher - Automat
Drowning Pool - Bodies
Disturbed - Down with the Sickness
The Offspring - Self Esteem
The Offspring - Americana
Otherwise - Soldiers
Sabaton - The Art of War
Innerpartysystem - American Trash
this is the part where Marco would NOT listen to these AT ALL but I think they're fitting regardless
Will Wood – The Main Character (he's the main character, you have to follow him, you won't like it, but he's there anyway, he's also a pretty unreliable narrator like all the POV and has some kind of huge ego that fits the song)
Twenty One Pilots - House of Gold (Marco would not listen to Twenty One Pilots at all, he probably thinks they're too sentimentals, but this song fit him and his mom, aw, he loves his mom)
Will Wood - Your Body, My Temple (he wouldn't listen to Will Wood but probably heard that song because it's Tristan's taste and would think it's so a "them song hashtag true love", it's not, he's delusional)
Mother Mother - Problems (last thing that Marco would do is listen to Mother Mother, but hell Marco thinking he doesn't deserve Tristan because he's a piece of shit with problem compared to him is not that big of a stretch)
Mother Mother - The Matrix (i'm sorry but a song about being depressed, suicidal, having an existential crisis and living in the basement is just Marco's life story)
My Chemical Romance - Mama (hey look it's a mom song but this time it's more angsty "You should've raised a baby girl, I should've been a better son")
Lemon Demon - Knife Fight (that's literally Marco and Kip if you even care, "I'm a crazy son of a bitch" is probably something Marco said about himself)
girl in red - Serotonin (does marco listen to girl in red... the answer is no but any songs about depression and lack of serotonin is just him)
Cavetown - Boys Will Be Bugs (god if there's a song for Marco it's this one "I just turned 14 and I think this year I'm gonna be mean" it's about masculinity and boy do we know how Marco is about that)
Radiohead - Man of War (I'm putting this one at the end of Marco's section because it's actually a Tristan's song, it just reminds him of Marco, he truly is his "man of war" idk)
Marco and Tristan's relationship
okay to make amends to that one post about the characters and sex, let's talk about something more simple, well maybe those two post will be complementary to each others in a way, but let's talk about love and romance shall we
Marco and Tristan's whole romance is stupid, awkward and cute if i could describe it and you know what ? that's awesome, I love writing them together because they get to be dumb a lot, and I'm gonna be honest, this is the first romance focused story i ever wrote, I don't usually do romance or it's just a sub plot
so writing these two was really something else
they started dating at 15, so obviously nothing is perfect and they both need to kind of get their shit together, especially Marco but he actually become the better version of himself when with Tristan
yes, Tristan fixes Marco, however, Marco makes Tristan worse lol and not in a bad way, Tristan just become way more unhinged from "oh dang it :(" to "Marco shut the fuck up" basically
i like to think that their relationship is important, because it is to me, it shows that someone will always love you for who you are (and take that as platonic too, someone will always love you, no matter what)
Marco is a depressed angry guy with problems who keeps getting into fights, he has ADHD, a porn addiction, a sense of humor that is both concerning and edgy, he thinks he's the worse and on top of that he has deep rooted self hatred about him as a person and his body, thinking he's a disgusting fat mess with scars all over his body
Tristan is an awkward autistic guy who barely talks to people, always lost in thoughts or listening to music, he would probably forget he's even here and others can see him, he comes from an hard path of dealing with depression and bad coping mechanism after his mom's death, he's also freakishly tall and underweight
Marco thinks he's unlovable, because that's what people told him all his life, Tristan didn't think anyone would even notice he's there to begin with
Marco : I mean, who would want a fat fuck who can't barely function huh ? Tristan : me, I want that, I want all of you, you know that right ?
when they became friends and Marco wouldn't stop jokingly flirting with Tristan, Tristan developped a crush on him pretty easily, mostly because Marco was literally hitting on him (but it wasnt gay in Marco's mind), but also because Tristan loved this kind of attention, Marco also liked the fact that Tristan was reacting to it, basically they both liked the attention the other was giving them because they weren't used to it and it also came from someone they cared about
they naturally grew into a relationship and if Marco hadn't been an ass about being bisexual and all that I think they wouldn't even have noticed they were dating (i like blurring the line between relationship lol, Marco and Tristan are clearly in a romantic relationship but their friendship phase was kinda blurry anyway)
Tristan already knew what he wanted in men, I mean he knew he was gay since the start of puberty and already had a type when they met, well his attraction to Marco definitely solidified his preference for chubby men which is why to him it's insane that Marco thinks he's ugly
for Marco it's different because he realized his bisexuality at the same time that he realized he had a crush on Tristan, before that he only like women with bigger chest that conformed to beauty standards (mostly boobs) so getting with the flatest mf on earth was probably something he never thought about
unfortunately Marco also notes in the story that he got into femboy BECAUSE of Tristan's body type, Tristan doesn't know what to do with that information either
does Marco often fears that he's gonna break some bones in Tristan's body ? well yeah all the time, and the thing is that they like to play fight a lot, so you can imagine Marco trying not to go too hard on him just for Tristan to actually punch him or something and suddenly it's a war declaration (keep in mind that Tristan is 6'4 and Marco 5'7 but Tristan is also 158lbs and Marco 257lbs, but Tristan doesn't mind being crushed actually he loves it because Marco is like a weighted blanket to him)
i'd like to point out that playfights or just straight up annoying the other is their biggest way to show affection between them, both of them yes, it's not just a Marco thing, Tristan really likes to get Marco to fight him and most of the time he got a sense of proving himself capable of beating Marco (even Tristan wouldn't clearly explain where does that come from, it might be the only time Tristan actively show he has some kind of masculine ego he needs to show off, he truly doesn't know why he does it tho)
"Don't get too cocky, I might become dangerous." Marco warned, wrapping a finger around a string of Tristan's hair. "Really ? Okay, I know you're not talking about this but come on, show me how dangerous you are." Tristan giggled, getting ready to defend himself. Marco just laughed like he wasn't taking him seriously and pushed him gently with his hand. "I'm not gonna hit you, I don't want to hurt you or break your arm." "Come on ! Do it !"
additionally the more they grow together, the more they do actually act more like you'd expect a couple to act, not in public tho, god forbid anyone witness them acting like that, Marco would die of shame (for all their teens until at least they're like 19 they don't really tell people they're together)
Tristan is a big fan of physical contact, actually even before they started dating he was already pretty close to Marco and then he just got more and more comfortable as the relationship went on, he loves hug, kisses, just being close, putting his head on Marco's shoulder (mostly Marco's head, because Tristan is too tall lol) he initiates a lot of that just because it's his way of showing he loves him, many cheek kisses that makes Marco flustered, funnily enough one of the thing that outed them to Marco's mom was Marco sending her a picture of them but Tristan had his hand wrapped around his waist lol they're very good friends right....
Marco is a bit more awkward about it, he loves when Tristan is close that's for sure but initiating something that isn't sexual is a bit more complicated for him because he's embarassed about how he's just, an idiot in love
so that means Tristan can and will tease Marco about that, because despite everything he's a softie AND a romantic, that might come as a surprise but Marco do think in a pretty traditional way so he likes buying gift to Tristan, he makes a big fuss about relationship anniversary and valentine's day
Tristan doesn't really care about all that, i see him more as a natural romantic, he just does things that he thinks are nice rather than making a big deal out of random stuff
most of their domestic life is actually them being a couple of idiots, being stuck in the same dorms in college didn't help either but Tristan is also a big bookworm that will work himself to death especially in college so even when Marco drops out and they live together for real, Tristan is always focused on his stuff and Marco has to force him to take breaks
Marco sucks at cooking but he still tries sometimes especially to force Tristan to eat something (he either cook pasta or takes out) while Tristan knows what's up, they don't cook together tho because Marco doesn't know anything and Tristan just becomes an angry french bitch once he's in cooking mode
since Marco is also a streamer, the more he gets viewers the more people joke about "Marco's hot roommate" and they probably get some fanarts and freaky fanfics, Tristan will just point out the inaccuracies and leave
Tristan does participates in his streams, mainly for multiplayer games and dumb thing like that pokemon smash or pass stream
at the end of the day I do think they get married (because they're american and americans love to get married) but like in their late twenties and they'd be very nonchalant about it, Tristan do not care at all about marriage but Marco does like the idea of having a ring to show off he can actually get laid (and have a trophy husband with a useless PHD in english literature)
List of the Morbid Minds AU
AU : Alternate Universe, just in case someone out there keep seeing this and pretend they totally know what this mean
because when your special interest is your own story, you gotta find a way to feed the illusion that this is a fandom to your brain
most of these are about Marco and Tristan but some others characters can play a role too
Rotten Minds/Bad Ending AU
this is the first AU I ever done with them, back in july 2024, I wrote like 75 pages of this one so it's probably more elaborate than the others
probably met each other earlier in life at some point in middle school when Tristan was still grieving his mother and was coping with tcc and gore, they end up fueling each other dark interest, coping mechanism and fucked up fantasies which continues throughout high school
Marco wouldn’t change that much except that instead being scared of himself he’s using hate as a way to keep himself alive, he beats up people way more in high school and while people still bully him, most people are probably scared of him. His violent fantasies are mixing up with his porn addiction and he can’t really decipher which one is which (unless there’s a clear context lol)
Tristan would be way more aloof, he’s just as quiet as before but like a cold stare and cold anger (while Marco got the hot and explosive anger) he doesn’t really yell but you know when he’s mad at the tone of his voice, he also tend to swear more and be more violent with his words
this one is for the toxic yaoi enjoyer i guess, because it does get really toxic because they're bouncing each other darkest part of their personalities and often actually physically fight
Every trans AU
related to this insane post I made a while ago
I wrote something about their transmasc selves at some point too which was following the premise i talked about in the post but i'm gonna sum it up here
Marco is a trans guy struggling a lot with self hatred and dysphoria who believes in transmed rethorics while Tristan is a trans guy who doesnt bind, doesn't want to take T and didn't really change much about how he presents himself, Marco doesnt really like Tristan throughout high school because he thinks he has it easy and will probably go back to being a "cis woman" after a while
and then they go to college and have to share a dorms together which means that Marco actually get to know Tristan more and rethink his own opinion because he's actually being kind of shitty sometimes
Cis women AU
slighly talked about in the post above
what if Marco and Tristan were Marcy and Tiphaine
that's it, that's the plot, they're just weird girls, the name of this AU is funny tho
New England AU (historical)
set in the late 1600s
Tristan is a french aristocrat sent to the colonies of New England in America and ends up on the coasts of the Connecticut Colony. He is the only one in his crew to America that still uses a rapier instead of a gun to fight, he would consider himself to be a musketeer but in reality he’s only an aristocrat and a diplomat. He is known for his liking of culture and literature and also, sleeping around with married men.
Marco is born into the colony from a german navigator and a filipino woman. He is currently a soldier into the army and a skilled gun man, although he tried to court many women, he was unsuccessful in making his way to marriage, or even premarital sex, and he did try, he really did.
Josh is one of Marco’s superior, betrothed to a woman he doesn’t like, he spent his nights seeing prostitutes until he meets a painter called Tyler.
They’re all 21 here.
if you're wondering what Tristan would look like here's a post about it
Tristan do be having more gay sex in these AU huh
Wild West AU
During the gold rush era
Marco is the son of a rich german man who ran away to piss of his father, Tristan is a farm boy who tries to get rich by going to the west. They both met on a train to California, Marco wasn’t on his first attempt at running away from home, especially now that his father is actually trying to get him married. Tristan lived off stealing from richer men that were falling for his charms. While on their way, they both develop some kind of criminal reccord by continuously stealing from rich men and hijacking stagecoaches.
They both arrive at some random town that became pretty popular for gold diggers and start pissing everyone off honestly.
Meanwhile, Josh is the absurdly young new sheriff in town who had to abruptly take the place of the old sheriff when he died. Tyler is a criminal that got locked up by Josh, which he prides himself for, but Tyler actually didn’t do much effort to not get arrested. He somehow always ends up getting out of his jail cell until Josh doesn’t even bother to lock him up again because he won’t do anything without his weapons and access to explosives materials.
They’re all around 22-23 years old here.
Heathers AU
basically the movie Heathers but with some changes to fit the characters, Marco is obviously JD while Tristan is Veronica
Bestars AU
Tristan is a hybrid wolf-deer, it doesn’t really show except when he starts growing antlers by the end of high school. Marco is a hyena, not much to say here it would probably be similar to whatever happens in canon.
Josh is an hare, rather tall for his species and overcompensating for being a herbivore by hanging out with carnivore. Tyler is a bear, fascinated by the beauty of true animal nature.
They’re probably like 17-18.
Demon Hunter AU
Marco is a demon hunter from a catholic demon hunter family, Tristan is a demon and Marco has to hide him from his family
it's actually the second AU i came up with and I have some drawings about it, mostly with Marco becoming a monster fucker lmao
They're both 19.
Monster AU
Marco is a vampire, Tristan is a werewolf, can I make it any more obvious
Marco probably stalks Tristan until he actually interacts with him and really wants to turn him into a vampire for normal reasons and then there's a full moon and he realizes Tristan isnt a human but a stupid autistic furrball who's really affectionate
Soulmates AU
related to this post about Marco and Tristan sharing their pain
listen, i was never a big fan of soulmates but these two do find each other in a lot of universe so idk
90s AU
what if the story was set in the 90s instead of the 2020s, well things would change and some wouldn't, at least now Marco will look like he actually belong to this era because even in 2020s he just looks like a 90s kid who got lost in time
this list might update with time because I will always come up with something crazy
maybe i'll post what I wrote about some of these AU because there's a lot sometimes
pokes you pokes you pokes you pokes you
yeah but what about hank olson x gary barkovitch, then what huh
i love them so much good lord
The Long Walk (2025) dir. Francis Lawrence