hello can you give me some ideas of an au, like a YouTuber au?
Love it! To give it a little more applicability, let’s expand it to influencers and content creators in general:
(Please note that while we encourage writing fanfiction, please write about the characters that influencers may portray and not the people themselves as many have not consented.)
Moving can be a stressful enough situation as it is, but that’s only made worse by Character B’s new next door neighbor (Character A) who (for some godforsaken reason) keeps yelling “BLUE IS SUS” at all hours of the night. The noise is bad enough, but it’s like they already hated them or something. This whole situation is made just a bit worse when out of the blue (pun intended), Character A knocks on Character B’s door and basically demands to film a vlog in their apartment because it was “cleaner” and they “had a bunch of plants which proved they were responsible.” Even IF Character B somehow agrees to let them film over at their place JUST THIS ONCE, that had to be the end of it...right?
Character B has been a chronic “mod hopper,” jumping from one streamer’s moderating team to another streamer’s moderating team and so on and so forth. It seemed like their hopping days were over when they found a particularly small streamer (Character A) whose community just felt like home. Two years later, the previously small streamer seems to have exploded in popularity, competing with some of the greats of the greats. All was well and good until one fateful night: Character B was doing some online shopping while their streamer’s eventful game of Valorant played in the background when Character B pasted their own address into the shipping box and hit enter. Puzzled, they looked at the screen; the boxes were still blank. They trailed their mouse over to their other monitor and realized in horror that they’d pasted their address in their streamer’s chat to almost 70,000 viewers. TL;DR -- Character A comes to Character B’s rescue and fends off their overexuberant fans.
Being abroad in April 2020 was supposed to be fun, but it really just wound up with Character B being stuck in a hotel (where they didn’t speak the language) for quarantine for an indefinite period. They had everything they needed, so it wouldn’t have been the end of the world...that is, until the hotel became overbooked and they stuck an influencer (Character A) in their room, citing it as an emergency measure. Oh, there'd be an emergency alright, especially if Character A didn't stop filming live shows at 3 AM two feet away from Character B's face.
There’s a recent adage that says “when the world ends, everyone will record it on their phone.” And, well, there may be some truth to that, even if there’s a little twist. Character A (a YouTuber well-known for their cinematography, drone shots, and vlogging expertise) and Character B (a research facility assistant) attempt to navigate the apocalypse and accurately record the last moments of humanity.
Being an influencer made Character A some decent money, but not enough to compete with inflation. So, as a bit of a side gig, they decide to post some...racey content...on a specific site (with their face cropped out, of course). Their new partner (Character B) knows about their side gig and supports them, so it’s never really been a problem...that is, until Character A comes over to meet Character B’s parents and both seem to blush way, way too much. It’s almost like they recognize Character A from...not their face?
IT support at a popular tech outlet certainly isn’t very glamorous, but Character B really just does it for the paycheck and employee discounts (having a massive rig at home doesn’t exactly pay for itself). One day, this person (Character A) comes in and asks for IT support on their rig which seems to be on the fritz. After helping them fix their problem, Character A goes on their way...only to come back the next day with another issue. And the next. And the next. It’s gotten so bad that Character B just gives in: “okay, you having to drive out here every time you have an issue is driving me up the wall. Just, take my cell number and text me if there’s a problem, okay? We can FaceTime and I can walk you through it. Saves a ton of hassle.” Character A practically beams and saunters out of the store. Less than 5 seconds later, a text appears on Character B’s phone: “I think I may be broken; would you mind turning me off and on again sometime?”
Character B makes a living as an ethical hacker, testing larger company’s firewalls, running security checks, etc. On the down low, though, they offer some other slightly darker services. One that they’ve been hired to do repeatedly was to hack another person’s device and delete a recently sent message, either from text, email, apps, etc. On Tuesday night, they get a message from their page from a throwaway account asking them to do just that: delete a snapchat that was sent to the wrong person. This seemed like an easy enough task, but as soon as they saw the information attached, they realized the truth: the throwaway account was their best friend’s partner, Character A, who had accidentally sent a snapchat that admitted Character A had cheated on Character B’s best friend. This would seem like a fairly normal situation, but Character A had 10 million followers...so, what chaos can be wrought?
Character A knows better than anyone that being an ASMRtist isn’t all it’s wrapped up to be. The hours are long, the work can be exhausting, and you feel like a therapist a lot of the time. To try and help themselves feel better, Character A decides to do some research into how they can better relax. They come across cuddle therapy and they’re intrigued; after all, it’s basically ASMR but with touch, not sound, right?
