#angela!steph

[the-maid-of-witchwood]

And if I said Angela!Steph and Mariah!Grace, what then?

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For Hatchetfield requests, could I possibly ask for my Recast AU girls, Mariah!Grace and Angela!Steph? Just as a fun drawing challenge, you don’t have to though!

My alternative suggestion is a hungry, evil Nibbly!Steph, however you wish to interpret it

What if I also made it Lautity…

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Small details I’d include in the recast!Holywebs AU (a combo of my au and @the-maid-of-witchwood’s because I’m thinking about them again)

Mariah!Grace starts curling her hair a bit to get an 80s blowout look like Holloway. My irrelevant but consistent belief about this AU is that Holloway and Wilbur keep influencing people’s hair choices.

(A separate silly au is Wilbur and Holloway as rival hair dressers)

Bryce!Holloway and Mariah!Grace don’t have similar curl patterns at all (in fact Grace has no curls lol) but Grace sees Holloway and the 80s vibes zap into her body and she must obey them.

When Steph joins up with the Sleuth Squad she tries to ragebait Shapiro. Unlike the circumstances of Steph and Shapiro’s dynamic in canon where Steph is Actively Wanted For Murder, they’re on a more even playing field and she kinda wants to see if she can break her.

They lock in and get the job done of course, but Steph sees it as a bit of a game to get her mind off of the whole “weird shit is happening and idk how to cope with it” that this au throws at her

I just like that Angela!Steph is slightly more of a little shit and I think it’s funny.

I like to use a lot of star motifs for Grace in the au because of her connection to the black book, but because Mariah!Grace is specifically connected with Blinky, there would be a lot more eye imagery.

If I were to draw her I’d have a subtle eye like pattern in her sweater (which I may do in a later drawing). Mirrors would definitely be a recurring theme, they sort of are in the og au (Wilbur appears to Grace in mirrors to tell her to kill people and use more hair gel), but like especially in this variation.

There’s definitely a scene where she chases the freak of the week bad guy into a mirror maze at watcher world and we are treated to her looking back at herself and back at herself and back at herself over and over again. Maybe some of her reflections differ. She gains the yellow blood shot eyes of Blinky… and maybe she has to put blankets over her mirrors at home who knows!!

Not quite sure if Bryce!Holloway has red hair in the official recast au, but I like to draw her with bright dyed hair since it matches up with her Jem and The Holograms theming and they all have bright dyed hair colors (or I guess hologramed hair colors… but this post isn’t about Jem).

James!Duke sees red hair and he gets flashbacks of Holloway and he gets sad. Duke is not happy in either versions of this au. Like he barely remembers to shave his eye bags are awful he misses his wife but doesn’t remember her and also every child he meets is going through something terrible. Also apparently all this has to do with how his dad died.

If the Holywebs dukes were to meet I think they’d need a good hug. The kind where it kind hurts cuz you’re getting squeezed so tight but it also grounds you. I don’t know why I want to make him so sad in this au. He’s coped fine before in canon, but trying to follow Grace and Holloway’s messed up trail is putting a lot of stress on him especially with all the memory loss.

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More recast au Steph because she’s fun to draw from @the-maid-of-witchwood’s au

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Some Stephs

(Stephs from my Holywebs au @holywebs-au and @the-maid-of-witchwood’s recast au and then Recast!Holywebs au stuff and of course classic Steph)

plus a stray Holywebs Hannah and some Webbys

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Stephs!

[the-maid-of-witchwood]

Which of the recast versions of the characters wouldn’t get along with their canon counterpart? Who would get along?

My favourite thing to think about!

Going to stick with main characters for this, as otherwise we’ll be here for years. But if anyone wants to ask about a secondary or obscure character not mentioned, feel free to do so.

Apologies for the delay, I was off in London.

Stephs - 9/10

Recast: Angela Giarratana

Overall? They get along great. But they definitely have petty, sibling-like squabbles from time to time. Mainly about height because Angela!Steph is livid to learn she’s the shorter by a lot and canon Steph just likes to rub it in for fun. Alongside height there’s definitely some judgement in regards to dating choices, possibly some of their decisions in general.

They are different sides of the same coin and while most of the time they can understand the other, there are definitely things they’d bump heads on. They are both loud, opinionated and stubborn when they want to be, biting at the bit for a Twitter argument or some drama to sink their teeth into: it’s Steph. And sometimes that can have a negative impact on them and their dynamic together. But any differences are usually forgotten or resolved fairly quickly.

Given they don’t have siblings and grew up fairly alone in the Lauter mansion, with parents too busy or dead to acknowledge them and staff that don’t care more than they are paid to, having each other would fill that empty spot. Someone who finally understands. Their friends try but without that equal level of wealth, power and privilege, I can’t imagine they win much sympathy - however, with each other that separation doesn’t exist because they both have that.

Definitely hang out a lot, doing each other’s nails and gossiping about latest celebrity news and internet drama their phones.

Petes - 7/10

Recast: Nick Lang

Still relatively smooth all things considered, but they wouldn’t be quite so buddy like the Stephs. They can be friendly and work together on something, possibly be a good study duo (rather than their actual one with their respective Ruth and Richie), they just lack that interest or desire to hangout anymore than that.

Nick!Pete would find canon very tame, cowardly and meek, canon would regard him the same as he does Ruth and Richie; being too much and needing to tone it down, if only out of risk of making themselves a bigger target to bullies. The confidence and self-esteem levels between them differ very noticeably, it wouldn’t necessarily cause an obvious friction between the two but it would really shift and strain things.

They’d still be friendly though, just a little judgemental.

Graces - ?/10

Recast: Mariah Rose Faith Casillas

There are too many possibilities, it’s hard to number these two.

They’d be very civil and polite up until whenever they start feeling comfortable enough to share secrets with even other, then I think it would fall apart. Mainly because Mariah!Grace likes women.

Considering canon Grace isn’t ever called out for her homophobia at any point by anyone, I’m inclined to believe this is something she kept quiet about until massive breakdowns like in Beanie’s or something she doesn’t feel strongly about in every timeline. There’s no way Bill and Alice or literally anyone else would not have mentioned this otherwise. So in a universe where Grace doesn’t believe as strongly or realises there’s bigger issues than people’s sexualities, I don’t think she minds too much. But in one where she does, this probably ruins the relationship then and there.

That’s not to say I think Grace would easily accept it even in a universe where she doesn’t. At the end of the day, this is an alternate version of herself. Some part of her feels the same way. But she’s nowhere close to place to have any of that acceptance and acknowledgement compared to her Recast self. So while less homophobic, there would still be plenty of personal baggage and maybe a level of jealousy that would get in the way for her, making her more inclined to be avoidant.

However, at the same time, I can see her taking Mariah!Grace under her arm (as best she can given the height difference) and trying to make her some sort of pet project. She can make her the perfect Christian like herself! But unlike Steph and Alice who shrug off most her attempts or fail, this is a version of her that holds the same devotion! The rest will be easy, right?

Whatever happens, Mariah!Grace will be very overwhelmed and unsure by canon Grace’s everything.

Richies - 5/10

Recast: Jae Hughes

These two argue a lot in my mind.

Jae!Richie isn’t as sensitive and whiny, but holds the same unrelenting know-it-all vibe, he’s a lot quicker with comebacks and wit. Which would probably just rile canon Richie further as he finds nothing he say or does has the intended effect.

Inwardly they both care a lot more, not that they would ever admit it out loud and especially not to each other.

They are the two people online that keep commenting on each other’s things with corrections and criticisms, kinda arguing in the comments about some petty anime debate, but secretly really enjoy it.

Ruths - 10/10

Recast: Bryce Charles

Immediate best friends, no questions asked. They finally have someone willing to talk to them, shares all the same interests and will sing theatre songs with them? Talk about a dream duet partner! And when they find out about the other’s epic soprano and powerhouse vocals respectively? Oh boy! Get ready for the karaoke nights!

I don’t think these two would find the time to sleep. They’d be too busy talking, singing, laughing, bitching about Caitlyn, exchanging lighting ideas and teaching each other made up choreography to actually do something as boring as sleeping.

There’s something completing about this for them. Richie and Pete fall together often as do Steph and Grace, which can leave both Ruths on their own in the group dynamic. Having someone else, someone so like them, is ideal. They finally get the sister they always wanted.

Bryce!Ruth definitely helps canon take better care of her curls, while canon shares some ridiculous stories and advice to help the other Ruth with her confidence. They’d both push each out of the stage fright that confines them to the booth and try to take on the actual stage. Maybe they both find some cheap tap shoes in a charity shop and spend hours watching tutorials online, trying to get those skills back in their bones.

Most likely to keep their alternative self in their universe for sure.

Maxs - 6/10

Recast: Curt Mega

They’d be alright, nothing major on either side of the scale. Just another football bro to have around, you know?

But I think they let some of their guard down a little more than they would with the likes of Jason and Kyle. Vent about tough practices, stuff with their dad, and the fact they still haven’t convinced their respective Graces to let them hit it. Like what’s up with that?

Canon Max is definitely the slightly more intense and probably encourages Curt!Max to be more like him. A bad influence. In the worst ways. “No, dude, chicks love it when you dehumanise them by calling them by body part food nicknames and talk about how much you wanna eat them!” while the Graces are both stood there like “no, we don’t!!”

Canon Max also definitely hits on Mariah!Grace too because he’s got zero shame. Curt!Max at least only tries it with one girl at a time.

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Canon Nerdy Prudes meeting the Recast Nerdy Prudes

Steph: If there’s gonna be a scene, wait until I get back.

Angela!Steph: Of course. I can’t flip this table by myself. 

Bryce!Pete, who almost stood on him: Um... why are you lying on the floor?

Nick!Pete: I’m tired.

Nick!Pete: Also I broke my leg failing to do a trick to impress the Stephs, can you get the other Pete, please?

Mariah!Grace: I did something terrible.

Grace: It’s okay, I have an axe, bleach, tape and a shovel.

Mariah!Grace: Wait, what!? I’m sorry, what do you think I did?

Grace: It doesn’t matter, no one will ever know. 

Richie: So that’s my plan.

Jae!Richie: Are you alright with constructive criticism? I don’t want to sound mean.

Richie: No, go ahead, I want to hear it.

Jae!Richie: It fucking sucks.

Richie:

Richie: That’s not constructive criticism.

Jaime!Ruth: You know what really gets my goat?

Ruth, gasping: El chupacabra.

Jaime!Ruth: EXACTLY

Curt!Max: Hey bro, can I get a sip of your water?

Max: It’s not water.

Curt!Max: Vodka! I like your style!

Max: It’s vinegar.

Curt!Max: Wh-wha— 

Max: It’s vinegar, COWARD.