shitty four swords aus

what it says on the tin. don't get too excited.

[shittyfourswordsaus]

(I'm going off of Musical canon) So, Green, Red, and Blue are the Heathers, Vio is Veronica, and Shadow is JD. I feel like those would be the best roles for them to take, since Veronica and Vio are both very intelligent, and Vio would be the one in the group who could forge handwriting, and Shadow and JD both die directly after being redeemed (in some way.) JD sacrifices himself and so does Shadow. The Links as the Heathers work too, since both groups have the Leader, the Asshole, and the Softy

Oh yes, that would work !!!!! From what i can tell, Red is Heather McNamara, but i cant tell with the other two.

I also like the idea of Vio and Shadow as Veronica and JD !!! It’s very interesting !!!! :D -Mod Reddy

[skipchill]

To get into detail, yes, Red is Heather McNamara, Blue is Heather Duke, (being significantly meaner than the others and wanting to be the leader) and Green is Chandler. (since he’s the leader and determined on keeping that role)

I feel like Vio and Shadow as Veronica and JD work the best because of the parallels between them. Besides the deaths being eerily similar in the long run, with them both sacrificing themselves for the greater good, they both also genuinely cared for the other. Shadow cared about Vio enough to trust him, and to offer him a spot as his partner, and JD cared about Veronica enough to literally murder three people for her.

Also Dead Girl (Boy) Walking with Vio and Shadow would be a godsend.

[shittyfourswordsaus]

some more brilliant input !!! - Mod Reddy

[shittyfourswordsaus]

(I'm going off of Musical canon) So, Green, Red, and Blue are the Heathers, Vio is Veronica, and Shadow is JD. I feel like those would be the best roles for them to take, since Veronica and Vio are both very intelligent, and Vio would be the one in the group who could forge handwriting, and Shadow and JD both die directly after being redeemed (in some way.) JD sacrifices himself and so does Shadow. The Links as the Heathers work too, since both groups have the Leader, the Asshole, and the Softy

Oh yes, that would work !!!!! From what i can tell, Red is Heather McNamara, but i cant tell with the other two.

I also like the idea of Vio and Shadow as Veronica and JD !!! It’s very interesting !!!! :D -Mod Reddy

[shittyfourswordsaus]

guys, guys, guys. h e a t h e r s a u

:O

ooooh !!! sadly, i dont know enough about heathers to make a proper au, but i’d love to hear any ideas !!!! -Mod Reddy

[shittyfourswordsaus]

mod zel here you guys !! ive never had to say goodbye on a blog before so i apologize if this is abrupt, but seeing as i very rarely post here, it’s probably not too much of a loss lol. but i’m sorry to say that im not very interested in four swords anymore and i dont want to give you sub-par content bc of it!! i’m also going to be cutting off fsa content on my main but if y’all wanna yell abt splatoon or smt i’m at @arosprayrg now!

[askfourdorks]

the gangs all here (the kids and their families!! all most of them are free to talk to/about now)

[kaenith]

It was three years ago today that I first posted something to my art blog - a version of the “tempting the hero to the dark side“ scene in a role-reversal AU, inspired by @eeveelinktions‘s prompt from @imaginefourswords.

Now seemed like a good time to redo it for comparison.  I feel like I’ve improved a lot in the past three years!

Oh, it’s a lonely path you walk, isn’t it, little orphaned hero.  Always part of a team, never part of a family.

We could be your family, the other Links and I.

[shittyfourswordsaus]

About the idea of an au of swapping shadow's and the hero's roles (a couple anons sent you asks about that earlier), you will actually find a drawing of that on the tumblr blog kaenith (bit far down in their four sword arts, but it's cool.) You should definitely check out their art if you haven't already. (It's my favourite four swords blog if you haven't guessed.) (Also feel free to ignore this, I'm just being a nerd).

Post in question(im assuming anyway)

Dude, lets be real, if you’re in the fours swords fandom and haven’t heard of kaenith, you probably haven’t been in it very long

-Mod Reddy

[shittyfourswordsaus]

Annnd that brings us to down to two asks, both of which I wouldn’t trust myself to answer without brainstorming with the other mods.

I’m so so sorry for our disappearance guys !! The other mods have been busy in other fandoms, while I’ve just been lazy lmao

But thank you for bearing with us !! - Mod Reddy

[shittyfourswordsaus]

Im gonna answer these together bcs theyre really similar but-

I love this au???? It opens up so so many possibilities! Is shadow used to relying on others, and is suddenly thrown out into a quest alone?? Dow he have a sacred sword, and if so, how do the others come about??

aaaa, it so interesting and cool !!!!! - Mod Reddy

[shittyfourswordsaus]

Marvel civil war au?? cap is vio bucky is shadow ironman is green blue is antman red is spiderman

Unfortunately I haven’t seen this movie, and I don’t know if the other mods have either, so i cant really form an opinion, but it sounds like a really cool idea !!!! - Mod Reddy

[shittyfourswordsaus]

okay but hamilton au but this is: Alex-Shadow, John-Red, Laf-vio, Hercules-blue. BUT thomas is cosmo and etc. (CAUSE LAF AND THOMAS HAVE THE SAME ACTOR AS WELL AS PHILIP AND MARIA AND PEGGY LIKE INCLUDE THAT AU TOO PLEASE IT WOULD BE AMAZING!!!)

Ooooooh nice idea !!!!!! I like the idea of shadow being Alex too !!Hercules and Mulligan also have the same actor, so Mulligan would be Cerule.

Even if the personalities don’t match up, I’m willing to let it slide just for this.

For those curious who Cosmo and Cerule are: theyre basically two of the past four sword heroes, mentioned at the start of the manga. I have a post here about them all on their blog(totally not self promoing noooooo) -Mod Reddy

[shittyfourswordsaus]

Au where everything is the same except Valensuela and link's dad are bi and pan and in a relationship 😂😂

Double the dads, double the dad jokes(much to the links chagrin)

Really cute idea tbh - Mod Reddy

[shittyfourswordsaus]

For the hamilton au I always thought of Aaron burr as Vio and Alex is either Green or shadow (cause of the betrayal and the duel thing he had with green) Hercules reminds me of Blue cause I do headcanon him to be good at sewing and spying (he spied on the British lmao but cause of the spy thing it can be Vio cause of what he did??) red is john cause both are the best and kindest and you can fight me on it haha, Zelda is Angelica and Erune is Eliza. King George can be Vaati or ganon

Thats also really good and fits too !!!!

Personally, I think Vio is Lafayette bcs Alex/John/Hercules/Lafayette are a total squad, but having Vio be Burr is a fantastic idea !!

I also like the idea of Zelda and Erune as Angelica and Eliza too, as well as Vaati or Ganon being King George(im partial to vaati tbh) !!!! - Mod Reddy

[shittyfourswordsaus]

AU where shadow's right eye randomly drops at times and he gets frustated because of it

Shadow: *evil monologuing*

Shadow’s eye: falls out

Shadow: f u C K

-mod reddy

[shittyfourswordsaus]

TANGLED au but Shadow is rapunzel and gufuu/vaati is mother gothel (did I spell her name right lmao)

Surprisingly fitting tbqh

Plus, I would love to see Shadow with the long hair and dress -Mod Reddy

[shittyfourswordsaus]

No words for this. It’s up for interpretation.

but like, vio’s more fruity than milky. this is false information

[shittyfourswordsaus]

Ooooh in the Steven universe au what if Shadow's stone is on his back?? (Idk but it's like a pun cause of how he got back-stabbed by vio in the betrayal arc)

Hmm, I really like the symbolism in that. It could also represent how he can’t let go of the past, a.k.a forgive Vio. 

I looked up some of the symbolism of the back for the human body and not only does it point to idioms - being back-stabbed, yes, as well as a friend having your back, and watching your back, but also this tidbit:

“Just as the diagram representing the front view of man illustrates his divine principles in their regenerated state, so the back view of the same figure sets forth the inferior, or “night,” condition of the sun.” (src) Which, well, points to Shadow’s obvious association with nighttime. (Though, I definitely would not call him inferior.)

~ Mod Lav