their hypothetical godly parents (or a deity they could embody in a mythological setting).
soldiers, poets, or kings?
the olive theory according to them (and their palate).
who's the ‘good old-fashioned lover boy’, and who's the ‘killer-queen’?
go-to pet names they have for each other, if any.
what are their star signs? (i know nothing about astrology, but it's funky so out with it!)
their sexual orientations and/or gender identities.
soulmates by fate/chance or by choice?
their hypothetical hogwarts houses, either traditionally speaking, so to say, or following the sortinghatchats method. (alternatively, if you'd rather: their alignment by dnd standards).
who's more likely to do stupid, impulsive, or random stuff, and who's there being like, ‘regrettably, that's the love of my life’?
one to three songs that remind you of them.
who's the “tell me i'm pretty” one, and who's the “you're pretty fucking annoying is what you are” in the relationship?
their love languages.
sun, moon, stars, earth, or eclipse?
three to five non-sexual acts of intimacy.
who's the “i could beat the shit out of you” one, and who's the “i know” one?
one to three other ships from other pieces of media that may remind you of them.
who's the dog person, and who's the cat person? (other pets or animals may also apply.)
their absolute favourite thing about each other in the whole wide world.
do they ever match in any way?
their own little way (or ways) to say ‘i love you’.
who's the “i wouldn't marry myself either” one, and who's the “i would marry you with parer rings” one? (alternatively: i'd marry you with paper rings vs. i'm rich. i'll get you a diamond)?
coffee or tea?
one to five tropes they embody or could pull off in an AU.
Okay but hello! I saw your post about a Soulmate!AU for TUA and with season 4 coming I feel like I need to know more sooooo may I?
anon the way you made me screech and giggle and cry tears of joy because of course you may know more?? i've been waiting for this??? for reference, this is the post and this is how i'm tagging the au to keep track of it on my blog. because i may not have a title, but i'm an editor and sometimes a writer and almost always i just have an overreacting imagination. so i definitely needed a tag. anyway! i'll... idk i will give you a few details? hcs? this is the gist of it, buckle up !
the psa for this is that there are two kind of soulmarks: the ones you already have when you are born (if you're born with it; not everyone is and as a matter of fact the only two brellies to have a twin flame are allison and klaus) and the ones that appear through life (way more common). a case could be made to differentiate between these two categories, for which we either talk about twin flames—allegedly what once was one single soul now split in two perfect halves who are said to recognize and yearn for one another—or soulmates—two souls drawn to one another out of compatibility or remembrance who connect and form something.
this may vary from one culture to another, but there generally is no fixed standard regarding romantic or platonic bonds, as every soulmark and soul bond are unique in form and shape and meaning. this is the core of it all.
now. . . when they're little, reginald makes six of his seven children get the umbrella academy tattoo. in this universe, that tattoo is sort of a faux mark, because reginald had a strict and precise stance on soulmarks and at the time claimed that such things were foolish compared to the duty the academy had towards the world. the team should have formed a united front, be a unit, so that tattoo was a symbol that was to be seen as binding. marks and bonds can be made not just by fate, after all! at the time, little viktor was exempt from it because he wasn't part of the academy.
(little did they know that years down the line, in the sixties, an actual mark would appear on that same spot. this time though there would be seven of them.)
anyway, i don't know if you want a rundown of the soulmarks and whatnot? i have an in-depth list of bonds (both marked and not) with backstories and considerations and hcs regarding canon events that is quite lengthy because i imagine the au splitting in two branches at some point—one canon compliant up to season 4 when it's out and one canon divergent post-season 1 or 2—and i'm also writing down a list of the soul bonds within the academy that is basically an abstract from viktor's book (because he would have included it too). i'll keep it short for starters because otherwise i'll end up unloading too much on you all and i'm afraid of being too all over the place, but basically. THE SOUL BONDS:
there's the tattoo of the series/faux mark and the actual soulmark that in my mind appears on top of it mid-season 2 and is shared by the brellies. team zero, hey? then from the oldest to the most recent to manifest we've got. . .
FIVE & VIKTOR, the rings ┈ because i nicknamed them all according to their soulmarks they have this small pigmented ring on the right ring finger that changes in shade depending on the physical distance between them. very subtle and cool and with much lore following canon, as you may guess. the only thing i'm gonna say for now is that five and vik's soul bond goes back to when they were four and it played a small role in the leaving lights on and sanwiches out situation.
LUTHER & ALLISON, the cryptolect ┈ it means that they can speak a language of their own. literally! it's impossible for anybody but them to understand it, reginald probably tried and failed to identify patterns or elements from various linguistic branches to make some sense of it but it just can't be picked up or taught as it's basically second nature. given how luther and allison were as kids it was such a big deal and so obvious that no one even remembers a time before and obviously due to recent events it's kinda cool to me to see it as a bit deteriorated but still ever-present bond.
FIVE & BEN, the wisps ┈ literally what five started calling the two flame-like little spirits that represent his and ben's soul bond after ben pointed out that they looked like the will-'o-the-wisp he'd read about in a book. but also because of the way they would appear and always lead the way to one another. that was their thing. nobody but five and ben has ever been able to see the wisps, not even klaus, so they had a theory that maybe they were an echoed apparition of their souls or something like that. there's a lot of lore/hcs here, too, especially regarding five's disappearance and time in the apocalypse and ben's afterlife as a ghost. all i can say is ‘so close yet far’ and ‘never truly gone’.
KLAUS & BEN, the timers ┈ it is as it says, only there were speculations about what the timers led to given that they weren't aligned (read: they were counting down to different dates) and not even made out of conventional numerals. the soulmark itself was a bit above the inner crook of the left elbow, no darker than a sunspot, regularly in motion and indicating years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds in roman numerals, which is part of the reason why it was a bit difficult to interpret with no previous familiarity. even more so if you're oblivious or in denial. again, lore and angst and delayed realization came with a row of light null characters in its stead. quite a bit of baggage because i love them and canon says so.
DIEGO & KLAUS, the compass ┈ more specifically, i have it jotted down as a moving indicator that appeared more or less when they were around thirteen or fourteen. it might have seemed out of the blue then, but all things considered it wasn't that unexpected, especially when you look at season one or if you too think that diego used to haul klaus from the streets or drag him to rehab if they ran into one another. anyway, their soulmark is kind of a compass if you go by its shape. it's embedded on the lower part of the palm of their right hand, towards the thumb (below klaus' hello tattoo), and it does move and spin, but instead of pointing north it points you towards the general direction of the other.
OG!BEN & VIKTOR, the blossoms ┈ the most subtle and late soul bond of them all. i like to think that the lowest numbers were close as kids, given the information we were given, so even though their relationship might have stilled a little in their teens it was still tender enough to grant viktor and ben a soul bond. they were never sure of when it happened because the only instance where the soulmark in on itself becomes visible is when they touch. physical contact equals a tiny luminescent outlined flower appearing near the knuckle of their left middle finger. to which i feel the need to remind you all of this:
so these are the soul bonds within the hargreeves siblings! without taking into account sparrow!ben (or the sparrows in general) because stars do i have something in store for pookie as well.
i was tempted to add more, but i also wanted to emphasize how there doesn't always need to be an actual, visible soulmark for a bond to be important plus i'm waiting to see if season 4 makes me add more lol. diego is a primary example of this because, without spoiling anything, he secretly craved that kind of bond as a child, even though his siblings love him just the same regardless. it's also the reason why i have a list of non-marked bonds as well as one for soul bonds featuring characters outside of the academy. there might also be a playlist somewhere, because each bond has a song in my mind, but i digress!
this has gotten super long already so for now, that's it that's all. but i'm tagging this au and working on it and my inbox is there if you uuh, wanna chat about it more? ngl it was hard not being able to rant about it with anybody, because there are some elements and facts and implications there that genuinely alter my brain chemistry daily. so thank you for the ask, nonnie! <3
I remember you talking about it once and I'm curious, so how about the Chuuran Sherlock!AU?
oh, i love this au and i love them, so here you go nonnie!
also happy chuuya day btw. ^^
for the ‘send me an au and i’ll give you 5+ headcanons about it’ meme.
➥ CHUURAN + SHERLOCK!AU.
ranpo is an infamous detective, well known for his genius as well as for his idyosincratic, whimsical attitude. he has been working mainly on commission or when he is consulted forever — he doesn't really need the money, this is simply the best place for he to be given how bad he fits in society and conventions. he is an orphan, his adoptive father met him when he was fourteen and helped him find a place for himself in a world that ranpo, with his overly brilliant mind and cunning bluntness, didn't understand and still finds silly and weird to this day. despite his childish antics, he lived by himself in a building own by an elderly man (hirotsu) who is also his landlord. that is, until chuuya came along.
chuuya has a military past full of violence that preceeds the time he served in the army, and goes back to his upbringing first on the streets and then in a criminal organisation. he still has sharp edges and a harsh personality that make him look like a 'punk', but is actually, deep down, very attentive and person, albeit impatient and hot-headed. he is suppodely retired and dedicated to lead a new life—a new job. and this intention of his brought him in quite an unexpected situation. or well, it's not weird to share a place with somebody when you are twenty-four and not exactly rich, but his flatmate? he is as weird as he is infuriatingly interesting and, get this, endearing.
so yes, they perfectly fit the john/ock dynamic, i would even say they exceed it, and if you are wondering: yes, they are an item. they were mistaken as a couple so many times the sexual tension didn't take too long to flare up, so even if romantically speaking it took them more time (because each of them has his own pace and perspective) and from an outsider's point of view their relationship is borderline ambiguous, they sleep and live together. and they fit. ranpo takes chuuya on his cases — actually insists to have him there as he needs someone not to get lost and finds everybody else annoying and dense — because he knows chuuya, how he craves the thrill and the challenge; how wild he is. chuuya, on the other hand, despite the exasperation and the grumbling keeps ranpo in check, both by making sure he doesn't get lost and eats a vegetable once in a while and by keeping him in check — like a moral compass, because ranpo is all razor-sharp tongue and conceived loneliness, and chuuya understands him. they obviously don't always see eye to eye, but they do see each other, and that's enough. they can and do work from that.
in this au, mycroft is played by dazai: he and ranpo are somewhat like brothers, refer to each other as such anyway, and they are so alike that, as much as chuuya hates it because he doesn't like dazai, have some sort of bond. an understanding, for sure. and as of molly, that is yosano! with that the difference that there are no romantic feelings involved; she and ranpo are long-time friends, very close, almost like siblings. yosano actually gets along well with chuuya, too, they are both dangerous and strong. which is neat, you know? sadly for her, it also means that nobody knows chuuya and ranpo's couple antics better.
ranpo and chuuya have the habit to have breakfast and sometimes lunch or dinner at this one restaurant in particular whose the owner has known ranpo for years and always happily sets up a table for them — right next to the big window you can watch the rest of the street from. it's their favorite spot: they have this game of people-watching, where they observe and make deductions. it's easy for ranpo, as that is his job and his greatest skill, but it's challenging for chuuya, and that is the goal. they sit there, and then the younger man points at someone and deduces everything he can about them. then he looks at ranpo and asks, "did i miss anything?" and well, surely he missed something, ranpo states that without batting an eye, but he is not unkind. after all, for someone without his gift it is still a very good guess and it's chuuya, duh — not a blind idiot you can literally meet at any corner of the street!
having to work on my thesis means my brain goes wild with procrastinating thoughts and ideas so i figured, might as well write them down somewhere! so here’s a list of the midam AUs that have been living rent free in my mind for the past three years and that someday will see the light. maybe. hopefully.
anyway —!
the anastasia!AU where michael is anya and adam is dimitri.
the percy jackson!AU where adam is a child of apollo and michael is an immortal child of jupiter.
the wandavision!AU that is not actually much of an AU since it literally fits in the canonverse, but alas.
the regular harry potter!AU where michael’s the chief of the auror department and former gryffindor and adam is a mediwizard/healer and former slytherin.
the harry potter!AU one-body version i went and made up lore for.
that one AU where adam became a demon while they were in the cage, but their soul and grace sort of fused so now they’re stuck together and have this frenemies with angsty - slash - sexually tense undertones dynamic going on.
to be continued because i could be forgetting something but alas. yeah :)
hello anon, since you asked!, let's get spooky and gay 😎
fair warning that this turned out longer than i intended but i'm posting it anyway, have these random silly hcs and do whatever you deem appropriate with them!
okay one thing you need to do is forget about angsty endings. they'll be living the rest of their (eternal given the circumstances) lives together and by doing so, they get to have their own little house and job because hey, adam's college courses won't pay themselves, and neither will the groceries. so anyway, october comes along!
let's be real: when you've spent more than 1,200 years in hell you have a bit of a different perception of what is scary but oh, does adam like halloween! maybe it's his old soul talking but the atmosphere is nice, and he and michael? they go on walks when the occasion presents itself, be it at the local park nearby or somewhere the archangel can take them with a beat of his wings, with adam holding a hot drink or a sweet bun and autumn colors setting a warm, stark je-ne-sais-quoi on michael's apparition. they basically go on dates no matter how casual they are about it.
the aforementioned hot drink is more often than not a pumpkin spice latte and you have no idea how persistent adam had to be to get michael to take a sip and try it out. he eventually humored him, accepted the cup, and. . . he didn't like it much, but it was better than the skittles and at least someone found the experience entertaining.
the heart eyes and fond exasperation are fucking real y'all
also, you know that michael keeps adam's body temperature in check, so he doesn't feel the cold, neither of them does. well, they still wear slightly heavier clothes and a scarf an old neighbor gifted them once (well, it was meant for adam, but y'know—) just "for the hell of it". and just so you get the visual, vessel and apparition always match lol.
another reason to take your archangelic lover out during spooky season: there are people, but especially their children, around. michael can perfectly tell that that little zombie over there is nothing more than a normal kid, same for the teen zombie on his left, and he is still fairly neutral about humans for the most part, but the concept in on itself picks at his curiosity and it's... amusing, in a way. it's a bit of a combination of being fascinated and questioning for him really, most human customs are. the first time around especially—it was so funny to adam!
now, moving on: don't get me started on the show tunes. they're even more infectious than the christmas ones, as a matter of fact and oddly enough michael finds them more tolerable. which is lucky because otherwise, adam humming 'i put a spell on you' by hocus pocus frequently would be way more annoying than it is endearing.
also, no kidding, if he's feeling playful and up to sing out loud at the top of his lungs adam will 100% do it and mimic the lyrics (he honestly didn't remember that song to be so catchy) and though michael manages to look unimpressed and amused at best the kid really should have no right to come across as flirtatious as he does. adam's mission in life and source of entertainment is managing to crack michael up to the point where he probably will end up getting himself flustered instead so that's a daily occurrence in the privacy of their own home these days!
what else? well, of course, their normal movie nights turn into halloween themed movie nights once or twice a week. because it's not like adam remembers the movies he watched when he was alive anyway, and what kind of guide would he be if he let michael go without watching the addams family or the copse bride, come on! they take turns picking a movie, too, so to be fair, michael brought casper on himself. adam may or may not have felt like crying for that one.
the history behind halloween traditions is very fascinating actually; adam doesn't remember much of it if anything at all, but rest assured michael looked it up on the internet and read some books while adam was sleeping (all in the same night, yes, adam always makes a point to wait at least a week before returning michael's books to the library). so he's not at all confused when adam brings up the idea to carve some pumpkins. he used to do it with his grandparents and mom when he was little and. . . well, it'd be fun right?
spoiler: it is fun! meaning it's hilarious how michael gives out observations and objective opinions and adam rolls with it completely ignoring that he's being helped in picking pumpkins by the oldest most powerful multidimensional wavelength of celestial intent in existence. nonetheless, he can totally carry the pumpkins they chose himself, thank you very much. except they're not playing macho man here, so it doesn't take much convincing before they switch control and the people around see this blonde dude making a confident beeline for the exit with a heavy armful of pumpkins as if it was nothing.
they carve a couple of pumpkins together. adam shows michael how it's supposedly done first, only for michael to go for it like a pro because hey, he's good with blades, we know that! and he's also good with his hands. well, adam's hands. or, huh, his apparition's hands. you get my point, anyway— i can totally envision them carving the first pumpkin together, michael subtly making sure adam doesn't cut himself, and then one each afterward. it's really all about the activity itself and the "i think i'm done! look at my pumpkin, isn't it great?" at the end.
one of the carved pumpkins doesn't get lit up with a candle inside because their cat (yes, they have a cat. his name's midam) decided to make it his new second home and refused to get out of it.
"well, you made the eyes big enough for him to fit in, kid."
the others look neat when they set them up and michael turns off the lights with a snap of his fingers though! it's definitely worth the mess in the kitchen from when adam playfully threw (read: tried to throw) a bit of pumpkin flesh at michael.
side note but i can't help but think that michael saw one or two memories of a five-year-old adam making little ghosts out of paper napkins, a marker, and a string, and so one day there is one hanging by the lamp on the desk. i don't know why, but their cat has one too that he rolls and chases around everywhere so i'm adding this lol.
stuff is baked, too, obviously! i'm talking about anything you can put the remaining parts of the pumpkins in but also cinnamon, chocolate. . . we know adam has a sweet tooth after all, and this way, michael nags him a bit less for his eating habits!
no, really, you don't understand: trick or treat is a thing and so the sweets are mandatory, but the amount of unhealthy sugars adam puts in their shopping cart at the beginning of the month is sickening.
for this bit specifically, let's skip forward in time! more or less, either five-ish years or any moment in time from then on, when adam has a stable job at a hospital. nurse, doctor... eternity is vast and they need to move around every two decades or so, so take your pick. the thing is, dr. milligan is, to put it simply, weird. he's nice, but sometimes his mood swings completely and he has his quirks. when october comes along, there is one of them!
one of the nurses says that this habit of his reminds them or their granny — "or most old people i know." — to which adam shrugs and idly says he's an old soul anyway. he's only half-joking; after all, he is an old soul, and that must be the reason why across him, michael's apparition stands looking every bit unimpressed.
he has his hands in the pockets of the white coat of his apparition; pockets that, differently from adam's, are empty.
the archangel reckons that carrying all that sugary sweets in the pockets of their white coats and clothes is better than adam wanting to eat them all himself. he tosses a whole lot of them in the shopping cart when they go out for groceries at the beginning of the month. michael was so astonished at first, that he projected himself out of their body and watched in disdain as their cart filled up with treats: candy, lollipops, gummy bears, chocolate and/or caramel bars etc.
then he pointed out that halloween night was still far, to which adam replied, "true. but these are also for work."
i'm literally going down with this headcanon, it's the sole reason why i'm still ranting because listen, adam may not be the absolute best with children, but the hospital isn't a very happy place to be in, to begin with, so he goes about his day, does his job, and when he's done fixing up some stitches or drawing blood or visiting a patient, he. . . trick-or-treats them! puts a hand in his pocket or, sometimes borrowing michael's grace, pulls a treat out of nothing, and then he hands it to the kid. and it makes every single one of them so happy!
michael watches over the scene with fondness every time, and meanwhile, over the weeks, adam becomes quite popular among the younger patients of the hospital. really! i'm convinced that once, after they had traded control of their body so adam could rest for ten minutes during a long shift, michael felt a tug at their white coat, and when he looked down he found one of the children. he remembers every room number and face, so he recognized them immediately, and it was so funny because he stood there, quirked an eyebrow, shoved a hand in adam's right pocket without breaking eye contact, and then gave this little kid in pokémon pjs a kinder bueno. only to receive a toothy smile and a 'thank you, doctor!', to which he nodded and said, 'you're welcome.'
adam tuned in not even ten seconds after, all mirth and "they're adorable at that age, right?" y'know, like the little shit of a loving husband he is <3
one more thing and then i swear i'm done: i want them to have friends who they can trust enough to be open about being two people in a body and all, and in all of eternity there are people like that! this means there are also halloween parties, but even if there weren't, even if they just decided to go out on halloween night, adam will absolutely do his best to get michael in a costume. one that isn't a trash bag because they're not dressing up as their fathers thank you. just because why the hell not, right?
his most heartfelt attempt is a set of devil horns that adam finds hilarious on michael (and frankly quite attractive, but don't tell him i told you this) and that michael hates. adam's literally over there cackling about how michael’s the 'speck of infernal bile' now and michael’s just sitting there with this headband on his head like, "okay. time to erase this thing from existence," except he eventually only sighs and grumbles while he lets adam have fun for a bit. but the fork will have to go.
i'm also convinced that they're such cryptids, and they seem so weird from an outsider's point of view, that one day they'll be the mysterious unsettling owner of the spooky house at the end of the street or up the hill or just outside of town who occasionally pops in to buy some milk. or maybe somewhere in the world, in the future, they'll be one of the local legends or something. either way, i'm done! :D
OMG that kaomoji!! okay you of all people know how badly i need this in my life! i'm still trying to figure out where i'd prefer to set it because i'm like that, whether it'd be in russia or somewhere else, because then i'd probably adapt michael and his siblings' names (so for example mikhail, Михаил, and so on). you know, to have something like anastasia - anya.
aside from that though, sorry, can we talk about the poetic potential of adam helping michael run from the palace with raphael and gabriel when they were young — adam being a little younger but smart and stubborn enough to shove the eldest heir to the throne into a secret passage to ensure his and the other princes' safety — and then them meeting again without recognizing each other (because one's lost his memory and the for the other, well, it's been a literal decade) and not getting along in the slightest but still making a deal and agreeing to travel to *cheks scribbled notes* either france or somewhere else, looking for the only remaining members of the royal family and thus, by consequence, history kind of repeating itself without them knowing? but in reverse?
adam's doing it for the money because he wants to be able to provide for his mother (this is still up for debate though) and michael seems like the perfect candidate, he looks like the lost prince and is so clever for someone who is so fucking haughty and aloof. michael, in return, has only this one clue about whatever past he doesn't remember and no place in the world. he doesn't know raphael and gabriel are his real siblings and he is even less aware of the fact that the mastermind behind the attack to the palace ten years ago and the death of so many people and the dissipation of an entire dynasty and the loss of his memories and family is one of his brothers himself — who he loved so much even — that is, lucifer.
it's just so good! and don't get me started on when michael and adam eventually realize they're in love and they've known each other for so long. do not. my feels!
also they're not alone in this journey but here instead of vladimir we have kevin. because adam and keving are the brotp of a lifetime and because i know for a fact kevin would be less gracious in stating that "you two are so annoying it's stressing me out oh my god". meanwhile adam's there stating that with that attitude of his michael will pass for an uptight spoiled prince without a problem and michael's also there arguing with him because he has honestly never met anyone as insolent. help kevin.
see? they even fit the same trope! the heart eyes at the end are real too, so, yeah :)
i just discovered that my brain can be tricked into focusing for a little bit if i write one or two sentences once in a while and one guilty pleasure i've developed thanks to an au is the crossover ship between khun from tog and noya from haikyuu so fuck it here's a mini (incomplete 'cause i'm not gonna copypaste everything) list that's literally called: noya & khun being low-key bfs material to one another in the drafts:
"if i scoot over even a little bit more i might as well go sit in khun's lap. wait! khun, d'you mind?"
"me and khun work well together because he's crazy smart and i call him out on his bullshit! also, we got each other's backs," nishinoya said, easy as that. to which khun hummed from where he was sprawled and added, "he's a stubborn nuisance who rarely does as he's told, but i couldn't get rid of him even if i tried and he gets things done, so i endure."
she had tried to ask khun, but all that he had said was that they only needed to wait it out, before laying down with his arms crossed and his head pillowed on nishinoya's lap, the latter too busy talking animatedly with michiru to pay him any mind.
nishinoya looked up and grinned over the hole in the ground, pleased and confident and a little smug. khun raised an eyebrow across from him, and pinched the tip of his nose in retaliation, which only resulted in the brunette snorting and him getting his hand swatted away.
"someone saw you guys hanging out after your internships the other day apparently. twitter user okonpalseven says, no way there's an heterosexual explanation for this."
"of course there isn't," nishinoya said without missing a beat. "i'm pan, not straight."
nishinoya and khun butted heads from time to time, their personalities couldn't not clash given how different they were. but even when yuu had literally butted their foreheads together and snapped to get a grip and stop being cryptic they had always found somewhere to meet in the middle.
post attingente al dark fantasy au a.k.a. house of memories. con un ELENCO DEGLI ABITANTI DI SALEM MANOR. con annesso qualche dettaglio al limite degli spoiler!
ranpo
strega ￫
kuroo
mietitore ￫
michael
adam
demone / anima corrotta ￫ sweet dreams are made of this .
