I'm working on a sorta crack AU a friend and I came up with a while ago. The premise was about a few of the important members of the pokemon world being related in some way.
Because my friend and I still love shipping the hell out of them (so to speak), we settled on what we call the Deity AU, which was originally created because, oh! What if Steven Stone was a god? It's been quite some time since we came up with that one so I'm not really sure how that started.
Anyway, I need someone who will not judge me for my sins by finally getting it written down.
Here's a general list of what it involves.
A bunch of convoluted sibling lines that are vaguely explored or mentioned, essentially treated by the siblings as 'yeah it's normal', including known human figures flipping off legendaries.
Indications of some form of immortality.
Courtney x Maxie; Archie x Shelly; Steven x OC; Colress x Ghetsis; Ingo x Emmet; & more to come - family!shipping is definitely more common in this AU but with them being deities it's pretty much normal to a degree.
A lot of headcanons, such as the Origin Siblings AU, the Zoroark-N theory, various pokeshifters, legendaries with human forms, other non-humans posing as humans, theories about people's histories before the games or after, and more.
Probably more I can't remember right now.
Below the cut is the intro/prologue I wrote up.
Arceus was not the First Creator. No, that title belonged to his master, Rasimir Rahtuken.
Few besides the legendaries knew that name anymore, though once it had been widely worshiped.
Arceus could remember back when he wasn’t even a pokemon, a time when the world aligned more closely with Earth. He could remember when the two worlds first split, the god of one gifting a copy to his own brother, who only wanted to design amazing creatures instead of the world itself.
Mew and Arceus were the first ones chosen to be changed, once ordinary pets, now powerful deities in their own right. It was strange to his mind back then but, with time, they adjusted and, eventually, their Master sought out solitude and peace, leaving them in charge of creating new species based on the creatures he would send them, for all he wanted was to create, not to govern.
Rasimir seemed happy, though he could tell there was something missing.
Few except the First Creator knew what really happened next, though there are many versions of how the story goes. What they all agree on is that he gained a wife, and their children were given immense powers and sent to the past to guide mortals in his stead, with other being far more quiet ambassadors, normal people who were legendary in their own right, though often strong enough to go toe to toe with their own siblings, despite the supposed difference between them.
But the family of the First Creator was not the only deities to make a mark among mortals, let alone the only ones to wish for a quiet existence away from The Holy Realm’s own chaos.
This is the story of those who willingly came to earth to live out their days as much like mortals as they could.
