#cegan ask

[duchessonfire]

WAIT IM NOT DONE! LET'S BE CLEAR I WON'T BE SATISFIED UNLESS I GET TO LIVE IN YOUR BRAIN :'''') do you ever vividly imagine specific "what ifs?" that you know will not fit in your savior AU and that you set aside. share the brain rot pwetty pwease? i think its so interesting to explore such outtakes. it makes for great dynamics when the pre-existing roles/context get tossed aside. IT'S THE SAME DUCHESS-CODED- CEGAN but- what's that?? IN ANOTHER SCENARIO?? peak content.

My Cegan-comrade, I am so glad you've brought up this topic because I have so many Cegan AUs planned...

In no particular order:

🌶️ I have an A/B/O AU where Carl is an Omega and Negan claimed him during the line up so that Rick won't be tempted to fight him.

🦇 A vampire AU where Rick is a vampire hunter that has been hunting Negan, one of the oldest vampires in America. But when Carl gets into a deadly car accident and falls into a coma, Rick makes a deal with his sworn enemy and asks Negan to turn Carl into a vampire to save Carl's life.

🐺 A werewolf AU where Carl is a werewolf whose pack is being taken over by Negan's bigger, badder pack, and Negan decides to take Carl as his war prize.

💰 A non-apocalypse AU which is basically a reverse sugar daddy/sugar baby story. Carl is in his early 20s and became insanely rich after selling his app to a tech giant and now lives in luxury. Meanwhile Negan, who used to be Carl's PE teacher, is now a widower who has just been kicked out of his job for beating up someone. Unbeknownst to Negan, Carl has been madly in love with him since his high school days and jumps at the chance to help Negan financially.

Honestly at this point, the brainrot is set in far too deep. Chances of recovery are next to 0. 😔

[duchessonfire]

Whatever AU you create I live for it, honestly I'm your biggest fan at this point. Feel free to expand! The abo, supernatural twist, the motherfucking reverse sugar that i did not expect 😂 what kinda dynamic do you envision? Are they overall similar to savior except for some key point or is the energy between cegan completely altered? What are the vibes 🤩

Also! What are you thought on Negan's evolution and can you add your twist as to where do you think Carl can fit in it

(ive never watched dead city and stopped twd years ago coincidentaly right after carl died i keep up a bit with spoilers so i got the gist of it. But from what i can see he's become a fundamentaly different person. Swagger still there but dialed down enough to make me sad 😔 wbu do you keep up? id be impressed if you did cause that's some damn comitmment.

Listen i've been trying to recreate your magic by combining ao3 tags lately but nothing seems to fit! Its the age difference, its the slow burn with what started as someone playing meanly and exerting their power on someone else only to be hit with the feelings 🫢, it's the top tier d/s subtext, its the jealousy and the two step forward one step back, its the smut tbh mostly the smut, simply put it's giving.

And absolutely no rush and dont feel obliged to answer but what kinda irl timeline are you predicting for part 3 and 4 and the neganpov? You've been churning out updates lately (22k high quality chapter within a month; we are spoiled god bless🫂).

I'm frothing at the mouth waiting for your next update. You sincerely bring me joy.

Hi again Cegan lovely! ✨

Thank you so much for this sweet message.

The dynamics of the other Cegan project I have planned will be very much similar to the Savior!Carl universe with Carl and Negan going from enemies to lovers. The only one that is truly different is the reverse sugar daddy AU where I'm going for a Carl that is super shy and vulnerable, really a gifted kid who has trouble connecting with people and who clings to his crush for his former PE teacher for dear life. I'm really excited about those projects even though I have no idea when I'll have time to write them 😅

I am still heavily involved in TWD universe and I have watched the main show until the end, as well as the Daryl Dixon, The Ones Who Live and the Dead City spinoffs. I was very unhappy with Negan's characterization in the last season of TWD but Dead City really brought a breath of fresh air and I'm excited to see what lies in store for Negan in season 2.

So funny thing, part 4 of the Savior!Carl universe will cover Rick's arrival and the war between the Saviors and the other communities, but because I want to stick closely to canon, part 5 will deal with the time Negan spends in the cell and the Whisperer War. So I have in fact plans for Carl and Negan's relationship even after Negan loses his empire. (I'm actually very excited about their new dynamics after that happens ❤️‍🔥 While Negan will go softer, Carl will become a lot harder and more ruthless so that will be pretty amazing to explore...).

I'm so happy that you enjoy the Savior!Carl AU 😍 If you're looking for more Cegan content, I recommend looking at my bookmarks. If you enter Carl Grimes or Negan Smith in the "other work tags to include" section, you will be able to see all my Cegan bookmarks. I especially recommend the fics by Gemjam: Wildflowers and Genesis, which are really the main inspiration behind the Savior!Carl universe, but in my bookmarks you will find loads more of amazing works by amazing writers! Happy reading 📖

So for the time-line, part 3 will finish this summer for sure, hopefully by beginning of July. I will post chapter 10 this week (hopefully today or tomorrow), and then it's only two more chapters to go. The time-line for 4 is a lot blurrier because I still have a lot of brainstorming to do. Same for part 5 and for the Negan's pov. Ideally, I would like the Negan's pov to post at the same time as part 5 because Carl will spend a lot of time away from Negan while he's in the cell, so posting Negan's pov at the same time would still giving readers a healthy amount of Cegan next to the plot of part 5.

Thank you again for such a lovely ask and I hope you have an amazing day 💐😘