(I FINALLY FINISHED MY FINAL EXAMS, what better way to celebrate than to finally reveal this 🥀)
GENERAL INFO CARD OF MY LOSE TO WIN AU BLOG — A Grownup version of Pixar’s Win or Lose
Basically what the title states, I thought it be pretty interesting if we aged up the WoL characters for them to be competing in a semi-pro league in a lil canon divergent story! :D
Buuuuuut there’s a problem. Odo, the league owner, after a devastating championship loss decides to divide the team in two. Pickles (most of the ones we know and love, the ones that chose legacy over going pro) and the new mustards (SOME of the pickles will go over here. Setting the stage for some conflict between teams. The ones ACTUALLY going pro- 😭). In the midst of all of this mess, Rochelle, the teams catcher, decides to try and bridge the team like they once were!
(More info below cut :D)
It’s been an idea I’ve had for literal AGES but couldn’t publish it ANYWHERE because:
- I don’t feel very confident in my drawing skills, but I’ll certainly try and give you the best I can and learn something along the way :D
- I’m sometimes inactive because I do tend to get too caught up in the outlining process…BUT if I’m going to last so long, why not make it public? (Im actually starving for someone who loves WoL as much as I do 😭)
- I have no idea if this’ll be a comic or an AO3 comic. I’ll probably update it with a proper info card once I know lol, I have no idea how tumblr works so I’ll be slow-
HERES THE MAIN CAST OR SUM:
- Rochelle
- Laurie (I would put a yellow name tag but didn’t find it-)
- Kai
- Yuwen
- Ira
- Taylor
- Tom
- Frank (navy name tag)
- Dan
- James
- Odo
- Francis
- Luciana, Borna, Terrence…etc
- SOME OCs just to set the tone (not really that relevant, just LORE)
AND HERE ARE THE CANON DIVERGENT STUFF:
- The pickles went from a junior league to a semi-pro league, not a school extracurricular anymore 😭
- Frank became a full time ump and volunteered with the league instead of being a teacher
- Francis is a DARN GAME NARRATOR
- Oh and Odo’s grown, owns the league, and is still an oracle lmao
- The bleacher creatures became from unsupervised 15 year old criminals to a shady sports organization…I have no idea how I came to that conclusion
- Ira stayed with the youth part of the bleacher creatures
- Tom used to be a part of it too when he was younger (+ his narrative with his brother is more fleshed out here. YEAH SILLY BOY DEVELOPMENT LETS GO)
- Yuwen and Taylor don’t come together until the start of the story
- I think that’s it
QUESTIONS & BOUNDARIES
- Is this an ask-blog? I’d say for the most part—yes! I’m also planning on making this blog my general WoL account apart from my AU’s so I’ll probably post reblogs, analysis, memes, etc.
- I go by mod Nick in this blog! I use she/her pronouns
- Are there any ships? Kai x Laurie, Rochelle x Tom and Yuwen x Taylor BUT Rochelle x Laurie HEAVILY IMPLIED. You guys can internet any relationship however you’d like :D
- Do you accept DMs? As long as they’re respectful, I NEED HUMAN CONTACT IM COMPLETELY OPEN TO THEM
- I don’t do art requests YET but I will post doodles for a couple of asks that pique my attention
- I DO WRITING REQUESTS THO
- I’m not comfortable with anything NSFW more for the fact that I’m 15 than anything 😭 so…yeah
- Can I make fan works of any sorts? YES. PLEASE. I don’t know if my AU is even that good but if someone there wants to take this idea and work with it? GO ON, BE FREE ❤️❤️❤️❤️
- Do you accept criticism? I’m actually really sensitive to it AND trying to correct my insecurity to just create happily without putting all my worth on my work. So YES. ANY CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM I WELCOME WITH OPEN ARMS
Just curious but, rochelle, how is laurie doing? Since i heard how she quit softball after that game, so i was curious to know how she's doing and stuff!
Also, i love the style of your hair! The pink fits ya pretty good :]
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Ywn
Yuwen?
Rochelle: Any new ask?
...
Yuwen: Yeah, someone said your hair looks good, pink suits you
Rochelle: oh my god! Let me see!
Yuwen: eeeh, deleted it by accident, sorry
Rochelle: damn, anyway, Thank youuuu, you're so nice, I actually dyed it with Yuwen
(I was writing my AU and got to a part where Laurie and Rochelle’s friendship is strengthened a LOT. And I was sobbing and crying in the floor and felt the need to make a Laurchelle one shot from when Laurie’s parents divorced)
LARUCHELLE ONE-SHOT — WIN OR LOSE
(357 words)
You were tall, I was trembling.
Rain soaked my socks more than my tears soaked my eyes. Was I ever going to see my dad again? Why was Carole ignoring me? Did I do something wrong? Why was practice cancelled? You let me sit inside the snack shack, the same place you have been working for over 3 years now, aren’t you get scared?
You grab my trembling shoulders, removing the little strands of hair I forgot to tug in from the sheer shock of the news. Your grip is firm, as your knees scrap from resting bare on the concrete.
“Laur, you’re okay, it’ll all be okay” you tell me, the words don’t register. We remain in silence, the rain pouring outside some wet boxes that somehow catch your attention. I feel your grip slowly loosen until you're standing up, looking around the too tiny concession shop and stepping away.
The words catch in my throat, I try to reach for you, but you’re already gone. A cold shiver presses down my spine as my nose gets watery. You never left me. Was I not even good enough for you? I hold my knees like you would. Time blurs as I suddenly hear the sound of footsteps pressing inside the shop, followed by a door closing.
Your braids undone, soaked wet, your cap looking like a deflated dumpling, and a soft smile decorating your face. You’re carrying two juice boxes, and you hand me the apple one after drying it with a nearby towel that should’ve been for you.
You even remembered I didn’t like pulp in it.
I see your braids hit the ground as you sit cross-legged across me, you’re trying not to take much space so I don't get wet. My eyes already beating you to it, then my legs, then my arms. I tackle you. Wrapping you in a hug that’s warmer than this field could ever be. You freeze, but slowly your hand presses on my back, harder and harder as time goes by.
I dunno if Win or Lose has a fandom here but it should. I cried literally almost every episode, especially the first and the last (I was the coach's kid who sucked when I played Little League baseball, those episodes hit really fucking hard and really fucking close to home for me). The most authentic youth baseball/softball rep I have ever seen, riddled with all the drama of pre-teens. Wonderful show, 10/10, absolutely devastating
