once again, your now daily dose of @pocotippy and I ranting about AUs over tumblr messenger.
Poco: O hell ya King’s Quest, I really like that you made Dan and Ross a team together in it.
Legend: Everyone likes to focus on how much they get on each other’s nerves, but Danny always talks about how much he loves Ross and stuff so I thought I’d show it a little affection.
Poco: O totally and I love the idea that while Danny is actually doing all the challenges, Ross is kinda just yelling things at him from the side.
Legend: And like Ross has always been so good at King’s Quest puzzles it’s weird??? So like half the time Ross is right about whatever he tells Danny to do.
Poco: Exactly, so like Dan is more of the ‘face’ of the team and he is more physically fit while Ross is more of the brains of the operations.
Legend: But also they don’t realize that if Danny becomes a knight...Ross won’t be??? and like...they kind of only operate well as a team???
Poco: Ya but even if he wasn’t officially a knight Id on’t think Ross would ever actually leave Dan, he would always be there he just won’t care about the titles.
Legend: Of course not, but if Dan becomes a knight...he has to do important knight things that Ross wouldn’t have clearance to go with him for.
Poco: O that’s true, but I feel like whenever possible, Dan would like sneak Ross in. Or Ross would kind of just show up and Dan is like “how the hell did you get here?!”
Legend:Ross has his secret ways ;) Like Ross becomes basically a stealth master and just gets himself into places because “I KNOW Danny needs my help” but also because he misses adventuring with Danny.
Poco: Ok but that’s int he future, let’s focus on the here and now of Dan becoming a knight.
Legend: YES must focus
Poco: Ok so I know there’s been a little talk about Brian but like how about Arin and stuff. Him and Dan interacting must be great.
Legend: Lol super cock (but secretly really insecure) Arin panicking because Dan sees right through his shenanigans.
Poco: Like he’s trying to be all cool and stuff but Dan and Ross are just like “ya suuuuuure dude” so Arin kinda has it out for them a bit, like just to prove that now he is the greatest shut up you aren’t even real knight material.
Legend: Arin going super hardcore to show up this one guy WHO SHOULDN’T EVEN BE CONSIDERED COMPETITION. And Dan and Ross are just like “okay I guess we gotta take him down.”
Poco: And like he either makes fun of the fact that Dan and Ross are a team because then they aren’t actually worthy or he doesn’t even consider Ross at all he’s just like curse that Dan...O right and that one dude who always seems to show up around him.
Legend: “Dan and...other Dan.” Like they’re both just one entity to him. They’re both Dan. He’d hardly recognize them if they were apart. But together? Who are those guys? Oh, that’s Dan.
Poco: And like it annoys Ross to no end because he is here too god dang it! And maybe once like Ross and Dan split up to do something faster and Arin sees one without the other.
Legend: He’d just be like “Oh look there’s Dan” but he’d probably run into Ross and Ross would be so fed up he’d like tell him off for it just like “I HAVE A NAME. I AM A PERSON. HI, NICE TO MEET YOU. ROOOOOSSSSS.”
Legend: It’s like that one time Dan made a fake intro in the new shirt commercial. “Hey I’m Dan. I’m also Dan. Daaaaaaan.”
Poco: Exactly! And the next time Arin saw them he would immediately go back to, O it’s Dan.
Legend: Omg poor Ross. And I feel like Brian would do that too, if not only to annoy Ross. But like Barry would remember his name and Suzy would see them as separate people (although she doesn’t talk so who knows if she actually knows their names).
Poco: I feel like Brian and Ross would 100% have like this whole thing going on without Dan noticing.
Legend: Yeah because like Brian is trying to get Dan to trust him but Ross already doesn’t like him because the guy doesn’t remember his name and ALSO he’s fishy. So like Brian is constantly battling against Ross to gain Dan’s trust.
Poco: And like Ross and Brian will do the thing where they’ll like trip each other and give each other looks behind Dan’s back.
Legend: Oh my god they’re just constantly sabotaging the other to make each other look bad in front of Dan like “SEE HOW ARE YOU GONNA TRUST THIS GUY, HE WAS WRONG ABOUT A THING.”
Poco: Ya and maybe while Dan is in a competition, they have like one conversation that’s basically just we both hate each other and want Dan to be on our side, but I haven’t figured out how to get rid of you yet.
Legend: They just constantly threaten each other every chance they get but as soon as Dan walks in the room HI BEST FRIEND, YOU SEEM NICE WE SHOULD HANG OUT MORE.
Poco: TOTALLY! And Dan is just like yay I love friends and he hugs them and they do the thing where they glare at each other around Dan so he doesn’t notice. Also them just making silent threats to each other and pulling each other aside to intimidate/threaten each other.
Legend: Eventually someone like Barry or Suzy are just like telling Dan “Dude you gotta notice your two friends are TOTALLY being evil to each other eventually”
Poco: And Dan is like “What are you talking about? You guys are cool, right?” He turns around and Brian has Ross like up against the wall threatening him but the second Dan talks to them, they just put on big smiles and are like “ya we’re awesome why do you ask” and Dan turns around like “See?” and Brian immediately goes back to threatening Ross and whoever tried to tell Dan like facepalms.
Legend: Omg lol Brian literally has Ross in like a goddamn chokehold but Dan is like “haha they’re goofing around!”
Poco: What do you think would be each of the other knights’ opinions on Dan and Ross, like how would they see them?
Legend: Well I know Suzy’s is definitely heavily based on the new game as Achaka. So like she’s really unimpressed at first because she’s like “he doesn’t have what it takes” but she’s not rude or anything (unless you count being mute as being rude). But then they get to know each other and she’s like “oh okay he cool.”
Legend: Barry is immeidately won over because Dan and Ross are really good dudes and aren’t mean to him even though they’re competing.
Legend: And Arin totally dismisses them at firs,t not even really caring about who they are as people (explaining why they’re both just Dan) until he needs their help, then he’s like “ohhh they’re awesome.”
Legend: And Brian just wants to use them to his own advantage and I don’t think Ross is gonna trust any reform from this guy so that probably doesn’t go anywhere.
Poco: O totally, and also Dan actually having some really cool moments in this AU.
God the people in the towns must be so confused. Like now there's like a million different versions of the same two guys running around. Do any of the different versions of Dan and Arin have to deal with consequences from something a different them did? -au anon
oh my god, probably yes! Especially the link/navi pairs because they’re the most similar. (”I dunno, I just saw some asshole in a tunic and leggings tormenting my chickens. It must have been that guy.”) And the Train Crasher/Steam Quest guys get confused for each other all the time, too. Because both Dannys call themselves knights, but that’s usually just nice old ladies going “oh you’re the young boy who wanted to be a knight, eh? So kind.” So like, free grandma cookies or whatever dude.
Steam quest Dan and Ross meet navi!Dan and link!Arin and they're like wow a fairy! - au anon
Steam Quest!Danny and Ross probably think navi!Danny grants wishes or something. They’re like “wow where’d you get the magic dude?”
And Arin is like “I dunno he kinda found me, I’m still kinda unsure about him following me around everywhere tbh”
But navi!Danny is totally just getting his ego stroked because the steam questers are so just in love with him being a little magical fairy dude like “dude that’s so cool how could we not be super into that”
