For day 6 of Jellicle Week of Demeter! Demeter as the punk rock version of Christopher Wilde, for my very self-indulgent StarStruck AU (focused on Demandra), because I can do whatever I want.
Demeter Wilde is your optimistic, eager to please, yet somewhat oblivious of her own celebrity privilege, teenaged rockstar. Her life gets turned upside down when she meets cynical, anti-fangirl Cassandra Olson, who not only doesn’t fall for her charms like most people do, but calls Demeter out on her famous person bullshit.
After being forced to spend time together in order to evade the paparazzi, Demeter tries desperately to win Cassandra over with her charisma. But no matter how much she tries to convince Cass that she’s a real, authentic person, Cass just keeps on shutting her down with cold words. But whoops, looks like through all that bickering (and a brief swim in a pond), they accidentally fall in love with each other, and the school dance is just around the corner...
For day 5 of Jellicle Week of Demeter! I usually hc Demeter as not having any familial relationships, she’s a stray with no known/living biological family. Buuuuuut, in one of my longtime AUs, she does have family.
I’ve currently been calling this my mish-mash AU, because it feels like the most descriptive, yet brief name for this AU of mine. One of the primary aspects of this AU is the Deuteronomy family, which consists of Grizabella as the eldest child of Old Deuteronomy, then Munkustrap, the second eldest, and then Demeter and Tugger as the twins/youngest.
Even though I haven’t really talked about them that much, I will say that over time I have become EXTREMELY fond of this particular family unit, like more so than any other Cats family unit that I like hfdsjfhdsj. Anyway, enjoy some sibling dynamic hcs below the cut!
Demeter and Grizabella:
Everybody in the tribe looked up to and admired Grizabella in some way prior to her leaving, but out of all of them, Demeter admired her most. Griz being the only other girl in the family added to this, but Demeter always felt very connected to her sister. She wanted to be just like her when she was older, glamorous and confident. It’s for these reasons that Griz leaving impacted Demeter the most out of anybody in the tribe. Griz was her role model, and Demeter was so heartbroken over her abandonment that she left the tribe herself for a few years, before returning after she had more or less gotten over her grief.
Because of her strong connection to Griz, and because of her experience in living as a stray when she ran off, Demeter feels a sense of sympathy for Grizabella when she finally returns. But she still remains cautious and conflicted towards her sister until the moment of acceptance and forgiveness occurs from the whole tribe.
Demeter and Munkustrap:
Demeter and Munkustrap are by far the most mature and responsible of the siblings. They’re often in agreement with each other in family arguments, tend to hold the same opinions on most matters, and generally get along very well with minor teasing here and there. Also, despite Demeter being a twin (albeit the slightly older twin), she and Munk sort of share the role of middle child in the family. They both receive a little bit less attention compared to their very overly dramatic siblings (and both collectively shake their heads at Tugger’s youngest-child antics), and are pretty independent and self-reliant. When drama is occurring in the family, they’re both usually on the sidelines and try to stay out of it.
Demeter and Tugger:
So despite Demeter sharing many attributes with Munk, and being on common ground with him a lot of the time, she’s actually closest with Tugger, her slightly younger twin, out of all her siblings. Shocking, I know lol. But really, Demeter and Tugger are almost total opposites in personality. Demeter’s the level-headed, responsible one, while Tugger’s the immature, reckless one. They get on each other’s nerves quite a bit, but they do actually have a few things in common. Like many people, I’m quite fond of the idea of Demeter being very punk in human AUs, that’s her style to me, but I also imagine her cat form being very punk as well.
Despite their large difference in personality, I think Demeter and Tugger both enjoy and partake in punk/rock/alternative styles. In a human AU setting, I can see Demeter and Tugger having similar, if not some of the same taste in music and bands, and often attending concerts together. Outside of a human AU setting, I also think they both have a bit of a rebellious streak, it’s just that, in Tugger, that rebellious streak is much more prominent. But Demeter’s rebellious streak sure does show up every now and then.
If Tugger has a wild idea, Demeter is more likely to support him and back him up than Griz or Munk, because she’s able to decipher whether it’s a good wild idea, or a bad wild idea (cause she’s rebellious, but also more mature than Tugger). In the same vein, if Demeter has a wild idea (and hers are almost always good wild ideas), Tugger has her back 100%. The two of them are inseparable when they’re on the same page and being chaotic good together. So they may annoy each other a lot, but they’re tight-knit and thick as thieves.
Demeter familial ship for Demeter week: Deme/Bomba!
Now in 2018 Mexico flavour, with Carolina Laris as Demeter and Tanya Valenzuela as Bombalurina - 'la locissima Tanya', as Carolina lovingly calls her in the video giffed below.
Bonus:
"I love you so much Tanya, it's beautiful to get to work with you."
Making sure I get a post out today, lmao. Since Whit missed her chance to get @statisticalcats to rb romantic demelurina, I bring forward familial demetugger 😌
