#archblurau

[nevernottacon]

HEYYYY TUMBLLR.....

so I did a thing.

Y'know how Tumblr and Ao3 got married? You know how it's a joke ship? Yeah so somehow my ADHD brain got so hyperfixated on it that somehow I made lore.

Basically, AO3 is known as archivist, but we'll call em AO3 for the sake of recognizability. AO3 was spawned in in this backrooms-like world that is his massive library of whatever-amount-of-books they said they had.

After they spawn in, they realize they have no memory of any past. The only thing they have is a bag and the orb of light that hangs above their head as a way to light up the area around them and see the fics. The orb of light isn't visible to other apps but others can see that light is emmited from the area surrounding AO3.

Anyways, enough about the light. The library is filled with "consumers" or "readers" but I think consumers sound scarier. We can call them readers when they acctually read.

When AO3 first comes across one of these "consumers" their first instinct is to protect themself by grabbing a book and threatening to hit the consumer.

However, instead of the consumer attacking AO3 like AO3 thought it would, AO3 discovers that the books-- or "fics" fascinate the consumers. The consumer, when faced with the fic, seemed to become much more docile.

Once the consumer comes in contact with the fic, the consumer turns into a more of a "character" which aligns with the fic. (Note: not any character from the fandom but just something that matches the fandoms world y'know what I mean? Like how people make personas yeah?)

How did AO3 know what the fic was about? Shhhh.... Don't question ao3. Maybe they mind read books.

Anywho, later, AO3 discovers that they were a bit off. In order to find keep the consumers/readers happy, he must find their fandoms fics and hand them some.

So, while doing this they're also on a search for an "everything fic" so they can keep themselves protected at all times, and keep the consumers satisfied until they find the right fic.

And yes.

They do find it.

Were pretending that exists for now because I don't know if it actually does. I don't think it does. But authors never fail to amaze me.

Anyways. When AO3 gets the hang of their job, they find that they enjoy doing it. They enjoy making these consumers-- no. readers-- happy. They enjoy making the readers happy.

And later on, after a long while, they stumble upon the edge of their library, and find that they can leave to other backrooms-like spaces. One being twitters.

Twitter though, in more current times, has been going through this-- corruption. It has AO3 and other apps concerned, and ready to distance themselves. But mostly, they miss who Twitter used to be, or atleast-- some of who they used to be.

Once AO3 enters, they stumble across someone already with Twitter. Someone... Familiar. Someone they feel like they know from somewhere, but they're not sure where...

Tumblr?

Here's my character designs for them btw :3

Okay that's all for today I will be posting more tho hopefully (if u guys like it) <3

[nevernottacon]

I LOVE YOUR TUMLBR DESIGN!!!!!!!! is there lore for TagTeam from Tumblrs POV??

Oooh- well, yes and no. I haven't developed any lore surrounding their past yet, but I do have more lore on Tumblr!

Tumblr is both similar to and different than AO3, I like to think that if this universe has its own version of stardust Tumblr and Ao3 were made from the same type of stardust, since they're both fandom oriented.

The only difference is that Tumblr encourages the chaos, whether it be intentionally or not, their presence seems to cause chaos specifically fandom related. Some examples of this is crackfics popping up in AO3s archive or more fandom-related chaos occuring within twitters space, which in reality would just be consumers(us) going nuts over fandom stuff. Maybe they just act a little more erratic? I’m like half genuinely thinking about this and half making it up on the spot…

either way, Tumblrs home-place is full of crazy consumers of all shapes and sizes as well as colors galore. The consumers don’t always, but tend to have many unique features, like leaving paint wherever they walk, or showing many signs of intelligence through papers tumblr has found (some of those papers having genuinely fully thought out fics on them).

Overall, tumblrs home-space is just a huge crazy colorful place with consumers that tumblr just… gets along with. Most are docile because tumblr encourages their crazy features and will give them paint, paintbrushes, writing tools, etc. they’ll also frequently talk to the consumers even if tumblr knows that in reality the consumers cannot understand a word they’re saying.

this is also part of the reason why when faced with the consumers in Ao3s library, they don’t give a shit about him. They don’t seem hungry for content like they were when Ao3 first came across them, and that’s because tumblr, instead of feeding them content, helps them make their own/entertain themselves by finding their interests and encouraging it. Ao3 is astonished that tumblr just… does that… even though the consumers to Ao3 seem like crazy needy hungry creatures.

[nevernottacon]

Oh btw one last thing before I sleep, AO3 and Tumblr in my world are both meant to look androgynous, I don't really care how you perceive them really, they don't have to be nonbinary or pangender or whatnot. They can be whatever you want, but I personally just thought them looking not like a specific gender was better, especially since people seem to lean either wlw or mlm.

Basically perceive them how you want idc lol. They also don't have set pronouns but I'll always refer to them as they/them bc of that. Anyone else can refer to them as whatever. He, she, it, idc.

Okay goodnight everyone <3333

[nevernottacon]

Okay, so I was wondering a bit more about the consumers and how they work.

First thing I was wondering is how specific could they be? Like, can they be super popular sub genres of a fandom, or is it just one.

And then that got me wondering how things like the MCU and the marvel comics would work, are they the same consumer, or separate, same goes for multiple movies in a franchise.

(sorry if you haven't thought about this yet, this story just immediately grappled my brain)

I love your enthusiasm to know about the world but your right, I haven’t thought to much about it lol. However I’ll give you a bit of what I have now.

the consumers/readers are sort of just a representation of us. Anywhere. There may be diffrent kinds depending on the enviorment (ex: twitters may be larger or more aggresive due to the nature of Twitter and the fact that it relies more on scrolling and the short attention span of its consumers while for example AO3s are more tame because the content is longer (bc it’s fics) and orginized)

their appearance depends on what kind of consumers they are and their enviorment. Twitters would probably have a consistent one look for the consumers unless they are consumers in the fandom space, then perhaps they look more like Ao3s or Tumblrs consumers which are more unique because— if we’re saying this world has its own “stardust”, those consumers were made from a similar stardust to Ao3 or Tumblr, or one that’s like, more… related? On some level? for lack of a better word. Tumblrs stardust and tumblrs consumers stardust is like how one might think of a dog(tumblr) and a raccoon dog(tumblrs consumers)

like those definitely aren’t the same thing but their both from the family Canidae, which would be the more fandom-y stardust… I suppose.

I really haven’t thought much about this I’m making this up on the spot so all of this is up for change in the future if the lore changes.

As for things like offical comics and shows and whatnot? I’mm…. Not to sure who would like… run that whole thing. This AU was mostly made as a tagteam thing, and at most maybe just about the apphumans, but I didn’t really consider where any super offical content like that would come from and I’m not too interested in trying to explain that lol. Just cuz’ it’s mostly about Tagteam and the apps, and it’s also pretty tiring to come up with lore for this kind of universe bcuz a lot of it is kinda like… everywhere. I made it a back-roomsy world because it wasn’t really suppose to make sense and it wasn’t suppose to get as much love as it did lol.

however, if I do come up with lore for how “official content” like the MCU and DCU work then I’ll letcha know. Anybody is also welcome to propose ideas if they’d like because I like the idea of working with others on this lol :]

[nevernottacon]

I'm just imagining consumers in Tumblr's space running around like they're on catnip while covered in paint.

this is canon in the AU and actually what happens.

[nevernottacon]

Can I make fanart of the archivist tagteam au?

(Ive hyperfixated so strongly someone help)

absolutely!!! I’d love to see fanart!! :D

[evana-47art]

Consumer oc

Loves bright colored paint, dinos, and mlp

Will paint bomb tumblr if given the chance but shy around ao3

Permanently dyed in various colors

Stole one of Tumblr's shirts

Made a messy painting of ao3 and tumblr together

[ethan-4now]

Consumer oc

Loves bright colored paint, dinos, and mlp

Will paint bomb tumblr if given the chance but shy around ao3

Permanently dyed in various colors

Stole one of Tumblr's shirts

Made a messy painting of ao3 and tumblr together