[indigodreams109]

More Vampidols!

More stuff that’s been floating around in my head bc I, foolishly, gave this AU life;

the beacons are different venues/stages across the stupidly large city of Oakhurst. The Castle is a big, Victorian gothic-style venue that the Coven debuted in and is their main stage. The Town is a gazebo, open air, pretty informal that the Militia plays in frequently and also debuted in.

Avid has a “hobby” of making conspiracy theories, which he’s only half-joking about. One of these conspiracy theories is that the Coven is actual vampires. He’s CONVINCED. Drift humours him, but doesn’t believe it herself.

Pyro and Apo were friends from high school, and have just been rooming together since. Apo considered moving in with Cherri when they started dating, but then the Militia got popular and she didn’t want people mobbing the two of them. Whenever people think they’ve found where she lives, she has Pyro invite one of his friends over and pretend like they’re his roommate, while she hides out at someone else’s house. So far it’s worked, somehow.

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[papercranesandpride]

I think if you want to understand bigotry against aromantics, I have a good case study. Let me talk a little about my dad's family.

My dad has 4 half siblings and two step siblings. They're all a decent bit younger than him. When I was a teenager, we went to a family reunion, and I realized something—my dad did not respect his siblings. He looked down on all of them. He saw them as fuck-ups and overgrown children. My dad had the American dream: well paying management job, suburban house, wife, and three kids. My aunt and uncles did not. Excluding my aunt, none of them were married or in serious relationships. They hadn't really settled into long term careers. Several of them were working the kind of jobs that get called "Unskilled labor." So he looked down on them because the youngest one was in his thirties (and several were much older), and yet none of them had "settled down" into what he saw as lifelong, permanent careers and relationships and lives. He was polite to their faces, sure, but I heard how he talked about them behind their backs, to my mother.

And then a few years ago, we visited his brothers again for Thanksgiving. And I realized something again--he respected them now. He saw them as equals. Why? Well. All of a sudden, every single one of them had serious, committed romantic partners. They didn't even need to still be with those partners—one of my uncle's fiance passed away from cancer before they could marry—just having had one showed that they matured into a real adult participating in society. In fact, at one point, my aunt was telling my mom about how one of my uncles was no longer living in an apartment she owned, but instead, after having a steady girlfriend for about a year, he moved in with her. And my mom literally said to my aunt, "wow. Look at that. He finally grew up."

One of the lines that frequently gets repeated about anti-aspec sentiment is "why would anyone hate asexuals/aromantics/etc? They aren't even doing anything." And that's exactly it. In the eyes of amatonormative culture, we aren't doing anything. Adults are supposed to do things. That's how you become a member of society.

I know that my father will never see me as a successful adult. He will never approve of my life. And I think most people would assume that that's because I'm trans. And don't get me wrong, he sure as shit doesn't like or respect that, but I do think if given enough time, he would get used to it. He would eventually realize that it isn't going away. And if I settled down with a spouse and a respectful job and a few kids, he could see me as a successful adult that he could be proud of anyway. But of course, that's not going to happen. Because I'm aromantic. So I'm never going to do that one thing that signifies that his job is complete, and I'm officially a full-fledged adult. I will perpetually be that fuck-up kid who won't settle down. In my personal case, that's okay. My dad is a conservative piece of shit, and if he doesn't approve of you, that just means you're doing something right. But on a societal level? This kind of attitude is a massive problem. Aromantics deserve to be treated like adults, and to feel like the accomplished adults that they are. We should feel like we belong in society.

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[exine-17]

Hey, hey! I made a post yesterday about an AU where avid never makes it to oakhurst, and no one replaces him to fill his role. And I think I'll go through with making it. So now I have to decide on a name for this project. So, propaganda for each of my proposed names

Breaking Point: This is a reference to how I plan to explain v!Avid's absence in the story, the point of his stake broke when he tried to stab Elle and Elle killed him. Additionally, a bit of a pun on the event being a "Breaking Point" from cannon.

A Silent Oakhurst: This is a bit of reference to the actual premise of the AU, though maybe a bit misleading. Without the loudest person there, things certainly feel more silent, don't they? Kinda leans into the fact that this AU will almost certainly lean more towards horror for the human faction than the original work.

Speak No Evil, Hear no evil Based off the Three wise monkeys. One of those wise monkeys is missing though, who could that represent? In all actuality this is referencing the enabling v!Avid, v!Drift, and v!Shelby committed to near the end of vampires, v!Shelby knew what was happening was wrong, but refused to speak against it, V!Drift refused to hear out what the town had to say and sided with the coven, and v!Avid submitted to desire and chose to side with v!scott, seeing no evil in the action since drift and shelby were already castle aligned. And there is no town crier to see the evil now. That wise monkey is no longer here in this AU

No Town Crier I mean, simple and sweet. It is the premise is it not?

Name for this Au

Breaking Point

A Silent Oakhurst

Speak no Evil, Hear no Evil

No Town Crier

Other (comment your suggestions.)

Voting ended onJun 20

[exine-17]

Y'know with all this "Write avid out of the story," and "Replace him with an OC." it kinda makes me wonder what would happen if avid just, never showed up to Oakhurst. Like, how much longer do the vampires stay hidden without avid immediately clocking Scott? What about the more rational members and the books? Since Shelby's delusion isn't overshadowed or supported by avid how does she fair? It's a genuinely interesting question to me, and I was kinda thinking about writing an AU without someone to fill the town crier role? Just thought I'd ask about peoples opinions.

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