Continuation of the parade of ideas for the andercard.
4. Anderson is an ordinary man, a priest and a hunter. Alucard is a demon, created from a human soul rejected by God. And Anderson becomes possessed by Alucard.
After his death, Vlad was effectively reborn and became a creation of the devil. He is forced to steal, take, and ransom human souls to gradually gather enough power to free himself from captivity and break his servitude. For a long time, he may not have a permanent human form or body. He will have to inhabit people, use them as shells, and change them like gloves. Perhaps his classic form – more human – will prove the most durable. This is explained by the fact that the young man bound to this form gave it up voluntarily.
Anderson was also unlucky. His human body was vulnerable. During one hunt, he suffered severe injuries and was forced to retire from hunting in the prime of his life. Having lost the ability to fight and live a normal life, he could completely sever ties with those around him and go serve in a church in a remote city. Gradually, he began to fade and lose his mind.
When he encountered a powerful demon, he initially resisted, attempting to defeat it in his most debilitating physical and mental state. But, convinced that those around him were virtually safe from the presence of the undead, he broke down, losing the reason to continue fighting. Alucard, like a true demon, initially showed compassion, helping and comforting him, breaking through Anderson's defenses. Then, exploiting the broken man's vulnerability, he offered a deal.
Alucard offered him power but did not warn about the consequences. As payment, he demands Anderson's body, intending to use it as his next host. Perhaps he can only grant power through possession, allowing Anderson to temporarily borrow his abilities. Therefore, they are forced to cooperate.
Anderson returns to hunting the undead, no longer under the church’s control but acting on his own. They are forced to communicate, solve practical problems, and work together. At first, the demon's presence will irritate Anderson, but over time, it will help him emerge from his complete isolation and partially heal his mind.
Even though being possessed by the demon will gradually change his body, Alucard may even do this intentionally – he planned, in theory, to use it as a shell for himself.
In the end, each will face the consequences of this connection. Alucard will desire Anderson in his own way: possessively and cautiously. He will be afraid of causing harm and will not know how to handle his feelings, considering them perhaps a fleeting whim. Anderson, in turn, may fall in love with the one who gave him his life back, even knowing that one day he could take it away again.
By the way, a funny fact. It's possible that Alucard's shell will sometimes have to be carried around in his coffin. Because he is a demon and may not be able to exist in two bodies at once.
Hellsing didn’t come into being because they ran into Dracula and subjugated him. It was initially a union of people bound by a common idea, goal, and practice, and over time, it gradually became a full-fledged hunting organization. Imagine if Hellsing relied on humans first and monsters second. Sure, there would be more humans than monsters, but the number of monsters wouldn’t be so ridiculously small (just Alucard before Seras was brought in — seriously? Of course, there was no need, and theoretically it wasn’t right, but come on).
3. AU where Vlad is a regular Hellsing employee
Vlad is an ordinary person. A former — if you can even call him that — soldier, recruited into Hellsing and quickly climbing the ranks thanks to his character and abilities. As a commander, he’s tough, albeit fair, so iron order would reign among the organization’s soldiers — both among humans and monsters. No matter how powerful you think you are, you wouldn’t want Vlad to see you as a violator of discipline.
I also believe that Vlad guards everything he owns with a draconic possessiveness. So if — or rather, when — Anderson were to kill one of his subordinates and, God forbid, threaten Integra, he’d be furious.
Of course, it would be nice to make Anderson an ordinary human here. And then, oh, how fierce the enmity between them would be. There would be no poetic, romantic connection in the form of mutual respect — only pure hatred, a pinch of contempt, a thirst for blood, suffering, and death, and extreme irritation.
Nothing would have worked out between them until they either both changed for the better or reached the point of hostility where they had to lay down their arms to avoid dying together. The latter is more likely — though it would be more accurate to say it’s simply easier to pull off.
Most likely, they would only realize they couldn’t come to anything good when they were both truly on the brink of death due to their hatred for each other. Imagine that silent realization as they recover from the death that flashed before their eyes. It’s entirely possible that only luck would save them — that would make the effect even stronger.
And only after that would it be much easier to finally come to their senses and start analyzing themselves, their actions, and each other. And, naturally, they might come to conclusions they won’t like at all.
But precisely because of these conclusions, they might gradually begin to feel mutual sympathy for each other — especially if they have to work together. And something good will break people like them much more surely than suffering ever could.
1. Another comment touched on the topic of reincarnation, so I'll continue talking about it. Post-canon, God sends Anderson’s soul back to Earth because he was an idiot and wasn’t supposed to die like that.
But this time, it's different: his life isn't connected to anything supernatural, dangerous, or monstrous, and he's just an ordinary person — say, an elementary school teacher, a university lecturer, a caretaker in an orphanage, or a dog trainer — take your pick.
Alucard, having gradually lost everything that tied him to Hellsing, naturally decides to leave and wander the world to find some amusement. And he meets Anderson.
At first, he approaches him out of sheer curiosity — the man just happens to look like Anderson. And then he becomes too attached to him to leave; he feels too good and pleasant with him for that. Anderson will have to slowly unravel who Alucard is (this will be complicated by the fact that vampires gain strength and new abilities as time goes on. I mean, at first they can't go out in the sun, then they can, and I think that applies to a lot of things, including eating, sleeping without a coffin, etc.).
Alucard will have to fight his urges to devour Anderson — so damn good, and still carrying that wildness. And naturally, when Anderson finds out that Alucard’s a big scary vampire... And over time, Anderson will remember his past life... PLOT TWIST: everything will be fine. They'll accidentally bond even more deeply, but now there will be pleasant quarrels, bickering, and arguments between them. I think Anderson will develop the ability to use sarcasm in such a world.
Yeah, I fucking love overly sweet plots and can only ever come up with those.
2. Classic – Swap AU.
Here, Alucard is Vlad, a fanatical priest. Gloomy, serious, somber, bloody, and ascetic. He was born shortly before World War II and ended up in an orphanage — though, in fact, he wasn't an orphan: he was abandoned.
As a child, he was captured by vampires who craved the blood of innocent children (and, let's be honest, besides drinking blood, they did other terrible things to him, but I don't want to talk about that out loud). As a result, his entire neck was left covered in small bite scars.
So here he is also incredibly traumatized and, as in canon (during his life), found solace in God.
First, Vlad gave his life to the Vatican, and then his body — allowing himself to be tortured to become a regenerator. Now he's a handsome man with black hair frosted with gray, deep blue eyes, and a strong body as if carved from stone.
He wields a heavy, almost ceremonial sword and can materialize stakes of sacred power that grow straight from the ground. Tepes.
And, naturally, the leader of the Iscariots is Integra.
Anderson's swap is a bit more complicated, because he needs to find a historical figure with a military bent.
And my personal choice fell on Alexander Suvorov. Granted, not the most obvious and probably not the ideal choice, but still: a commander, a man of faith, an ascetic, a military strategist with a long string of victories built on calculation and care for his soldiers... And also his relentless drive: he sought out battle, always when it was needed. And he loved bayonets!
Alexander lived a simple, almost monastic life, yet was close to his subordinates. He had a daughter whom he loved dearly.
In this universe, he turns while still alive, not at the end of his story. Not out of hatred for God, but because he has no right to die until he fulfills his duty.
Perhaps Paul I felt the same hostility and fear toward him not only out of ambition, but because he guessed his true nature.
In this AU, Alexander, like Alucard, is not quite a classic vampire. He is, after all, a true vampire, so he possesses special abilities.
He can mimic, making his appearance resemble that of a human. At this point, he loses some of the advantages and weaknesses of a vampire. The only thing that gives him away is the lack of a heartbeat.
Alexander is able to summon souls in the form of snakes created from his own blood (similar to Alucard's ability to summon undead at level zero).
He exerts psychological influence not through direct hypnosis, but through breaking the will – if a person is unsure of something, they will begin to doubt it deeply.
His weapon is a Mosin-Nagant rifle with a bayonet, modified to resemble a modern firearm, but with a classic wooden stock.
Although his transformation didn't spell the end of his, ahem, life, one human lifespan has passed – and Alexander is left alone, unable to exist as he once did. Previously, the very nature of a vampire didn't bother him much; he didn't fully comprehend the bitterness of his situation, but after he loses everything – his family, his purpose, even the meaning of service – he naturally begins to slowly lose his mind.
He’s never lived without a purpose, without a duty, without a semi-stable source of blood before, so this will be a major challenge. And, of course, he kept on going out of sheer inertia. Only his refusal to kill himself holds him back – not because he doesn't want to, but because he simply can't. Just like Alucard, only in a much more depressing way. No, actually, it's more like they're just different types of depression. Or stages, it doesn't matter.
Here, instead of Hellsing, the hunter is Maxwell's ancestor. He'll probably try to subjugate the ancient vampire, but Alexander doesn't need orders — he'll agree voluntarily, if only to keep from losing his mind completely, because he understands what's happening to him.
In this AU, Vlad finds, saves (but not completely) and trains Seras. Of course, with one small difference: here, he's not a vampire, and Seras isn't his fledgling. She was turned by the vampire who originally took her hostage.
Here, Vlad hates vampires, but he unintentionally makes an exception for Alexander — and, naturally, takes no pleasure in realizing it.
Alexander, on the other hand, respects him and enjoys the fights, hoping that Vlad will be his end.
Between them still lies that familiar, agonizing desire.
Essentially, they're the same andercards, just different settings.
By the way. I think, here Yumi and Heinkel are werewolves. And Yumi's personality was split in two precisely because of this. Attention, joke:
Yumi and Heinkel (werewolves): Dad, are we adopted?
Alexander (vampire): No, my darlings, you’re my own flesh and blood.
(seriously, I'm deeply convinced that Anderson doesn't give a damn about blood ties and loves children regardless of their kinship, but I wanted to make a joke)
Hello, sorry for bothering you, are you planning to draw more warrior cats hellsing au? I am MADLY in love with the warrior cats, I would really like to see Iscariot too. (I'm just asking if anything)
Yeeesssssssss >:D i have a few other sketches laying arround. I like to think of Maxwell as Anderson's aprentice that grows up to be a leader, and later on gets killed by his own mentor like in canon. Average warrior cats plot honestly.
Thinking about exchange andercard AU, to be honest, Anderson is clearly not the kind of person who should become a vampire. Even as a human, he allows himself to go beyond the bounds of human moral standards. So what will happen when his entire being is drawn to something that no normal, ordinary person can bear?
Vampirism is not just a craving for blood. As we can see, even Seras inadvertently allows herself the cruelty of a cat playing with a mouse, when she still cannot fully control herself. And Anderson did this completely consciously, hunting vampires. And nothing prevents him from repeating it again, finding himself on the other side of the barricades.
Having become a vampire, although not by his own will, he will want to destroy himself in order to cleanse the world of unnatural abomination. In order not to allow himself to do something that another vampire would do. But at the same time, he, continuing to exist, will give in to his instincts time after time, because he is too accustomed to cruelty. And it will be very difficult for him to control himself, especially when, as it might seem to him, he does not have to do it. After all, he can allow it for himself, because for him there are “his people” and “strangers”, and he has his own attitude and different levels of permitted cruelty to each category.
He and Alucard are not so different. Except that Anderson, as I think, is more sacrificial than Vlad.
The first thing Alucard should do is help Anderson, who will start to lose himself in contradictions. Even before turning, there was obviously a mess inside him that he completely ignored, but after this, turning a blind eye to it will no longer work.
I love the reverse AU as much as the original Hellsing. So I wanted to sit on two chairs. And at the same time I added a pinch of suffering and difficulties to the reverse AU to make it more interesting. That's how the exchange andercard came about. And here I was able to draw full-body Alucard.
If you want to know why he is the way he is, look further :D
New AU: the two agents that Van Helsing kept secret... in case they ever needed additional reinforcements.
After Dracula was enslaved but didn't die, neither half of the young couple found themselves aging even as the years passed by. Thus, Van Helsing (who had been in a whirlwind of denial about their possible vampirism) decided to grant them both safety and haven with his organization, and had them declared agents under the protection of the British government.
(This throws the entire plot of the canon story out the window: however, I couldn't give less of a shit. We'll find a way to accommodate)
about your hellsing AU, if Alucard has Andersons regenerator powers would he maybe still be able to use his guns? Just not as effectively because he'd have to wait a bit for his arms to unbreak
Thank you very much for the question!
Initially, I really thought about a similar development of events, where Anderson and Alucard change not only their essences, but also their abilities. But later I came to the conclusion that I only want to change their essences and nothing more.
That is, Alucard is a human. Well, and Anderson is a vampire. Nothing more.
I can explain why.
I really wanted Alucard to feel like a human again. And with Anderson's regenerative abilities, it would be much more difficult.
Clarification from @lievsvoloch : Even if he did have Anderson's regenerational abilities, he is physically not strong enough to reliably shoot something from his guns. Yes, he may be able to lift Casull, but its weight combined with recoil from a shot would not allow him to make an actually good shot. Especially considering that he never had to learn proper positions and how to actually deal with recoil, since, as a vampire, he didn't really need all that.
And also... I think that if you give Anderson Alucard's power, the plot will become too tragic. Because his abilities are too great for, well, anyone (with time you can get used to it, but at the very beginning it will be a nightmare). And the seals are placed specifically on Alucard, so there is a chance that they will not be transferred during the exchange. So everything becomes even worse.
There. I like to watch suffering, not tragedies, so something like that.
This is an au without the Millennium War, where Alucard and Anderson were cursed and their races were swapped. I know this might sound incredibly out of place, but it's FUN. Suffering is FUN.
This form of Alucard is very tall - 207 centimeters. Standard clothes will not fit him and what is suitable in length will hang on him like a sack.
The recoil from a pistol (Jackal), which weighs 16 kilograms, is incredibly strong for a human. And I think it's capable of not only breaking an arm, but also damaging a shoulder and even tearing tendons. Alucard isn't an idiot, but I think the 500 years he lived as a vampire left a serious mark on his perception of danger (P.S.: there are no dangerous things).
Also, the vampire shadows don't work anymore, so his hair is completely normal human hair. Closer to what he had when he was Vlad.
Well, he wasn't actually supposed to look as young as Seras. In theory, he was supposed to look almost normal. That's because of my inability to draw (and also, oddly enough, I generally like drawing soft lines, which unfortunately also softens faces).
So... Speaking of this AU, I don't think either of these two would do well with the curse. Because this AU is supposed to be riddled with suffering.
Vampires are unholy creatures who suffer from their unquenchable desires. Rejected by God, and His blessing now brings them pain and death. Demons that need to be destroyed. They have no place under the sun and no place on earth. At least, that's what I think the Catholic Church thinks.
Anderson won't die because he's the Vatican's trump card. That's where any good that could happen ends. I even believe the Catholics will still use him even in this state. Because even though Alucard is neutralized, there's still Seras. Which puts Hellsing in an advantageous position. I think there are many reasons why the Vatican and Hellsing are in close contact in this AU. Ireland is contested territory. And it still is. Not only was Hellsing unscathed by Millennium's attack, but with Alucard gone and a probably not-so-obvious turf war starting, they could have hired our French guys.
Anyway, I'm laughing. Naturally, I'll be drawing in this AU's setting, but my lack of skill has slowed things down.
You know what else is funny? Alucard won't be able to protect his master if he needs to. That's devastating.
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