They/she, sapphic ace, multifandom raccoon, I write stories sometimes. Also on AO3 as wrongpedaldamnit.
Current hyperfixations: The Magnus Archives/Protocol, Dimension 20/Dropout, The Owl House, Starkid/Hatchetfield, D&D, Slay The Princess, Dead Boy Detectives, Greek myths (always)/OSP/Hadesgame, Scott Pilgrim, Midnight Burger, Leverage/Leverage: Redemption
My DM after the final session of our first campaign (we took out the boss in four rounds and we dealt an average of twenty-something damage every time)
Brennan I'm gonna be honest, if you're out here saying that it's snowing in December in the Pacific Northwest, you're reeeeeeeeally asking me to suspend my disbelief here
So apparently HJ and Lavonte's relationship is even more insane than we thought because what do you MEAN it all started when HJ turned Lavonte and said that they'd fight to the death at the top of the Golden Gate Bridge
And Lavonte still insists that they're not together???
OKOKOK HEAR ME OUT CAUSE I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR SO LONG (@lemonlinelights)
Project Hail Mary x Midnight Burger
For starters, I can just imagine the Diner gang joining Grace and Rocky when they are at Adrien studying the Taumoeba.
Lief
Lief would be so excited to see the technology (I always think about the minisode where Lief and Ava talk about Earth news and Lief is so excited and Ava doesn't give a shit) and would want to take a sample of the Astrophage and bring it onto the dinner (being VERY careful cause Gloria would lose her mind if she found out Lief had it on the roof)
Obviously, he would help Grace and Rocky figure out a plan to get a sample of Adrien's atmosphere without almost killing both of them
Casper
Casper just wouldn't understand how Rocky works but would love him so much. Rocky would call him dumb (even worse than Grace) but Casper would tell Rocky how old he is and would have just a little respect if not a little confused
Rocky would also ask Lief later if he will last until that age and Grace would have to break it to him that no that isn't normal (Neither of them is happy about it)
Ava
Ava would absolutely love Rocky (not that she would tell Casper) and would want to take him with them on the diner (better than the cat right?)
She would ask all about what he knows about space and would leave notes for him for when they return to Erid to help explain what Grace can't. Ava can't stand Grace, it's like another Casper and she just can't handle that
Gloria
Gloria would give Grace so much food he wouldn't know what to do with it all (no more starving on his way to Erid!) She would also take him to see the wolves and Grace would give them the biggest hug and wouldn't want to leave them (touch starvation Grace we love you!)
Gloria would also ask Grace about how he got on the ship and finds out it wasn't voluntary. She is PISSED and will do anything to keep Grace safe even if that involves war and asks if he wants to join them. She is ready to punch Eva in the boob (FANGS OUT) but Grace is able to calm her down and tell her he has to stay to save their worlds
Fiona
Fiona mostly stays on the sidelines. She's still new to the dinner and doesn't know how to help. She helps Gloria in the kitchen and teaches Grace where the wolves like to be scratched behind the ears
She introduces Rocky to P.E.T.E.R and they get along like best little buds. I can just imagine them rolling around together like 2 dogs when they have a best friend. Fiona smiles for real for the first time in a while
ANYWAY
Feel free to add to this silly little post if you want (or if you don't agree with me) I just love both of these fandoms and feel like they could work really well together
I think Effie and Zebulon take the opportunity to play some of their favorites for Rocky so he can learn what Earth music is like, and discover that some of their classic hymms translate to the filthiest stuff imaginable in Eridian.
All jokes aside, you know that they would get along so well with both Grace and Rocky (though Rocky is very confused. Can hear voice, but not see body, question mark? Humans trapped inside small box? Get them out get them out get them out.)
Midnight burger really does an incredible job of having hope as a theme; but like, the teeth-gnashing, tongue-biting, everything-tastes-like-iron-and-dread kind of hope. Everything is fucked and they only get more fucked as time goes on. But they also get better as time goes on. And maybe they don't get always better, but they make it through so that they can get better someday, y'know?
Hopeful not because we can believe but because we must believe. Hopeful in blood, sweat, and tears way. Hopeful in an empathetic way, hopeful in a bitter way, hopeful in a hopeless way, hopeful in a curiosity way. Hopeful in a we will get there and we will make it fucking better, we have to, way. Hopeful in a we make the world way. Hopeful in a we open at fucking six way.
A couple years ago, I came up with a Fantasy High Good Place AU (og post here), and as I've recently started rewatching The Good Place... I have decided to reboot said AU.
The broad strokes that I came up with are still relatively the same---exploring how the Bad Kids (and Ayda) would've turned out if they'd never met each other as teens and if they'd grown up in a mundane world, all of them wind up in "The Good Place" but three of them are supposedly there by mistake, and they gotta work together if they have any chance of improving. However, I've decided that I could do better with some of the characters, and I never actually expanded on the world, so... yeah!
The Bad Kids (plus Ayda and Aelwyn)
Fig: I'm keeping her mostly the same from the original concept---a failed musician turned drug dealer in her late twenties who lies to survive---but I decided that it'd fit the story better if I gave her a little more of that Eleanor Shellstrop selfishness, mainly so she has an easier flaw to overcome than "compulsive liar," which... would actually serve to protect her in the Good Place, at least at first. I've decided that a lot of her more selfish behaviors stem from the trauma of losing Gordie (Gorthalax) only a few years after she went to live with him and feeling as if she'd burned too many bridges with her mom. And, well, if Fig didn't have the safety net of her friends, I feel like she'd go down a pretty self-destructive path.
Ayda: Making her Chidi was already perfect, so I didn't really need to change any of that. She's still very much an overthinker who's strictly bound to her ethical code, she still teaches Fig ethics and learns how to be more flexible and decisive from that experience, and the two of them still form a beautiful bond that results in them becoming soulmates. Really, the one thing I added to her is the expansion on her relationship with her dad in this AU---Arthur is an eccentric old-money academic with a million degrees who researches whatever he's interested in at the moment, and while he and Ayda did have a fairly decent relationship before they died, she's always wished he would take his career more seriously, and he's always worried about her not being able to connect.
Gorgug: After some thought, I decided to switch his and Kristen's roles around from the original conceit, making it so he's the second "mistake" in the Good Place instead of her (for reasons I'll expand on in her section). He's now in the Jason role as the sweet guy who generally meant well, but due to a combination of having a rough start in life, poor impulse control, and some anger issues, he never really got further in life beyond helping out at his family's mechanics shop and doing some DJing on the side. Gorgug has supportive parents, and he did have a couple of friends in his DJ circles, but nobody outside of his immediate family ever took him seriously, and he'd kind of just accepted that he'd always be living a lackluster life before he died. And yes, he does get to dispense some Jason-type wisdom. He's a bit more quiet and shy than Jason is, though.
Kristen: Since this is meant to be a "what if the Bad Kids met as adults" fic, I realized that Kristen likely never would've had that crisis of faith that eventually led to her chaos arc if she'd never met her friends and, well, God. So, she's now a professional therapist who, despite the fact that she's had a lot of internal doubts about her faith and has been slowly taking steps towards actually coming out of the closet, has never cut her family off and has become a chronic people pleaser. Of course, since this is still Kristen we're talking about, she did go on a few guilt-fueled benders when she was alive, which... definitely didn't help with her point totals. She and Gorgug initially get paired together as platonic soulmates, and they do actually end up clicking immediately. Let's just say that it's a lot easier for Kristen to keep everyone's secrets. Patient-doctor confidentiality is a win.
Fabian: He's not all that different from his original conceit---he's still a version of Tahani who's much more self-aware and is seriously masking it---but I added in a couple of extra factors to make things a touch more interesting. First, I decided that he does have a younger half-sister, though she's not really the source of his constant need to prove himself (that would be the overwhelming legacy of his rock legend father, who died in a death-defying stunt when he was twelve). And second... he and Fig are long-lost stepsiblings. This is something that neither of them are aware of when they arrive in the Good Place, but eventually, the fact that Gilear wound up marrying Hallariel after Fig stopped talking to him comes out. Sometimes the aftermath is sweet, sometimes it's awkward, and sometimes it's tense, but the two of them eventually work their way to becoming the power duo they were always meant to be.
Riz: Again, pretty much unchanged from the original concept---a shady P.I. who worked for rich assholes, never trusted anybody, and was living off of paranoia and caffeine. Of course, I did realize that Riz, being Riz, would likely figure out the truth of what was going on way before Fig... so, I decided that the reason he doesn't is because his fear of getting found out and the potential conspiracy surrounding three people getting into the Good Place by mistake initially blinds him to the reality of the situation. Not to say Riz never figures it out in all 802 reboots---in fact, he figures it out almost as often as Fig does, it's just a matter of getting everyone to listen to him.
Adaine: She's still a Janet---or, well, an Oracle in this story---but I realized that it would be a) boring, and b) out of character for her to be completely cheery, helpful, and obedient for a good chunk of the story. So, I decided that Adaine is a defective Oracle, who, while initially seeming like the perfect chipper assistant, malfunctions when overwhelmed and goes into a state similar to a human panic attack. She also, in a lovely little nod to Sundry Sidney, has some agency in her that she buries deep down due to not wanting to get marbleized, but over the course of the reboots, she gains more feelings and emotional intelligence, gets more and more outspoken, and eventually settles into the snarky-but-caring Adaine we all know and love. I think there might be a relationship between her and Fabian eventually (because I'm getting a little too unreasonably attached to them), but it's not as central to her story as the Jason-and-Janet relationship is.
Aelwyn: She's still the perfect Micheal, she doesn't need to be changed. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
(Other characters underneath the cut)
Kalina: She's Shawn. I did debate Angwyn, just for that good old parental trauma potential, but seeing as Shawn does come around a little in the end---something that Angwyn would never do---and the role needs a villain who actually has the gravitas and charisma to be the ruler of Hell, I decided that Kalina would be the best fit. Also, she's been Aelwyn's boss in the past, so that dynamic still works perfectly well.
Penelope: She's Vicky. While I also debated her being a version of Shawn, I figured that she doesn't really have the cold confidence to pull it off... but she does have the entitled diva energy that Vicky needs. So, yeah.
Sam: She's Bad Janet---or, well, a Bad Janet, who gets to go through some actual character development after a bunch of reboots and some time spent in Adaine's void. She's got the exact right attitude, she's a magical powerhouse in canon, and she fills the DPS mage role that Adaine does for the Bad Kids, so... yeah, it was a pretty decent fit.
Ragh: He's Glenn! Just a himbo demon who's a little bit nicer than your average torturer and eventually realizes that he's a lot happier helping people than hurting people. Not much else to say about him, but he's always a good time.
Danielle: She's Doug Forcett. Honestly, there was no other character who could've predicted the entire afterlife via a drug trip, and everything about Doug's whole "living completely off the land to the point where all the water is recycled pee and being so incredibly selfless that you forget that you're a person with actual needs" thing is very, very, very Danielle. I don't think she's fully aware of how detrimental her way of living is to her own mental health, or if she even entirely cares.
Antiope: She's the Judge. I debated making the Judge one of the adult characters, but none of them really fit---except for Arthur, of course, but he's already Ayda's dad. Antiope is a lot more tired and stressed than the Judge is in canon, because even though she doesn't have very many cases, managing the afterlife system of a whole planet is still a lot of work. I might make it so she's one of many judges who run afterlife systems for other planets out there, just to keep with that "stressed-out little sister with incredibly successful family members" vibe.
Ostentasia: I don't think I could make anyone else Mindy St. Claire. Of course, she was a fashion designer on Earth and not a corporate lawyer, but she still did a bunch of cocaine and put all her life savings into starting the world's biggest nonprofit the day that she died. She's chaotic, she's horny, she's a bit of a bitch, and she's great.
K2 (aka Katie): I had to make her Derek. I know that one of her defining character traits is "being straight," so I will say that Adaine creates her not as a rebound girlfriend, but as a personal therapist---she already knows from Kristen that having a preexisting relationship with your client makes it hard to be objective, so she just made one for herself and loosely based her off of the only therapist she'd ever met. And for Ostentasia, Katie's her model for anything she feels like designing, since even in the Medium Place, Ostentasia still gets the creative itch.
Mazey: She's Simone. It was really difficult for me to figure out someone who Ayda would be interested in and who fits the "neuroscientist who has a tendency to make snap decisions about people" bill, but after a lot of back and forth, I settled on Mazey. She's a bit more arty than Simone is, of course, but I do think she fits. (Also, she and Fabian do get along really well, even if their relationship isn't romantic in this story.)
I just realized that the reason why I'm vibing with LaVonte so much is because Lou does not usually play the character who Gets Shit Done and it's just so lovely to see
I'm officially changing my opinion on HJ and LaVonte's relationship from "they're in a friends-with-benefits situationship except one or both of them have caught feelings and they don't know what to do with it" to "they've been married for years and are just really casual about it"
Okay, with this new Intrepid Heroes season, I believe I have mostly figured out everyone's preferred character archetypes:
Siobhan: Almost always is playing a lady who's either upper-class, incredibly glamorous, or both. Riva, Iga, and Van kind of step out of this norm, but they still have a lot of charisma going for them. Jaysonn, as far as I can tell, is an outlier and should absolutely be counted.
Zac: Either the smartest person in the room at any given time, or the dumbest person in the room at any given time. These traits will occasionally appear in the same character at once. His characters never seem to know what's going on, until the moment where they reveal that not only do they know exactly what's going on, but they've cracked the entire case wide open.
Lou: Chaotic Entitled, Father Figure, or Let's Get Rich Real Quick The Ball Is Rolling Up I Swear. The latter category was started by Gunnie and is being rapidly built upon by LaVonte's blood cocaine shenanigans.
Ally: They're either playing the most chaotic member of the gang, or they'll be the one who's miraculously holding down the fort. Also, their character is almost guaranteed to be queer to some degree. Again, Quinn is an outlier, though I deeply suspect that she's going through some gender stuff.
Emily: The specialist girl in the universe, who will pull you in with her eclectic quirks and then stab you in the heart as she delivers that is the most crushing and saddening thing you have ever heard. Also, she will break the game in the most entertaining way you've ever seen. You will root for these girls to succeed at any cost.
Murph: A brave, compassionate, and intelligent/wise man who acts as the voice of reason... or The Biggest Himbo You Have Ever Met In Your Goddamn Life. Yes, I am including Gerard in that latter category. Frog Man is dumb.
