Fledglings AU Intro Post (Ask Box currently reopened)
"I can be different, I can't be puppeted!"
Golden Ticket Survivors, or better known as The Fledglings AU, is basically about five orphan kids from Playcare who narrowly avoid being experimented on for varying reasons, who, now as teenagers, return to the factory for shelter, when their train ride home gets avalanched during a harsh blizzard.
The AU mostly follows the game's canon events, with less alterations and more of building up from what's already known. Biggest example is the AU's protagonist, Joseph Dahl, who only appeared once in the tape, 1322 Report: Void. He didn't have a canon surname.
So why did I think of Dahl as his surname then? Surprise fool, it's the surname of the author of the AU's main inspiration: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. The most blatant reference you'd notice is the five teens themselves are based on the golden ticket winners, Joseph being Charlie Bucket in this case.
The other four are pretty much OCs, who are:
-Nathaniel Hauksson, stand-in for Mike Teavee
-Mayara De Costa, stand-in of Violet Beauregard
-Prescott Choudhury, stand-in for Augustus Gloop
-Venus Alyssa Lee, stand-in for Veruca Salt
This is pretty much in the order of which kid escaped first, with Joseph Dahl being the last to escape. And by that, I mean he escaped during the Hour Of Joy, the day he was scheduled to be experimented on. The four used to act more like the rotten kids themselves, but have somewhat matured since then. Same with Joseph, who's more jaded compared to his younger, bright-eyed self.
The AU is mostly about how each fledgling copes with survivor's guilt, while trying to fight off past playmates who they've no way to tell if they're still friend or now foe. Each will face their own demons as the truth of their childhood cradle slowly reveals itself, and the fates they could've had if they stayed.
Blog Rules:
I'd probably run this blog as an ask blog (navigate through the #Fledglings AU Asks tag) along with a separate roleplay blog with the occasional oneshot in the format of a document or a tape. I won't always be able to respond due to college, and even if I do, it won't always come with a drawing. With all that out of the way, let's get to the rules for the asks:
No weird asks. All five orphans are underaged. I will allow the occasional dirty joke to slide since they're rat bastard teenagers, but I'd appreciate refraining from that anyway.
No spam asks. The more you spam, the less motivated I will to answer. I'd probably just delete your spam asks instead.
Anon magic is unfortunately not allowed for this one. Idk, I don't think it'd fit the kind of vibe I want this blog to have. OCs and other RP accounts are of course welcome here, as long as they're not too OP for the Poppy Playtime universe.
This is a Poppy Playtime AU, so it's of course gonna tackle a bunch of dark topics, and I'll make sure to tag and put trigger warnings outside of the usual death and child experimentation tws accordingly. Still, there may be some asks I might not entertain if it entails darker themes than what the AU is tailored to.
I have the right to not respond to an ask if it makes me uncomfortable for some other way not mentioned here. What? You want a refund?
Idk what else to put here, just use common sense and Netiquette.
Other than Fledglings AU related stuff, I'll also occasionally post about canon PPT and some other AU ideas I have.
More AU info:
Stories (soon) and Comics:
-Golden Ticket Survivors
-Fluorescent Cacophony (BBI prequel)
-Sleepless Nights (Test comic)
More of the Fledglings:
-Voiceclaims for the Fledglings
-Full bodies, heights, and team gimmicks
-Experiment-1174 Nathaniel Hauksson: Post-Escape
-Experiment-1198 Mayara De Costa: Post-Escape
-Experiment-1215 Prescott Choudhury: Post-Escape
-Experiment-1346 Venus Alyssa Lee: Post-Escape
-Experiment-2006 Joseph Dahl: Post-Escape
-Nathan, Don't Test Your Luck
-The Nicest Angel You Have...
-Safety In Pills, Joseph
-Hatless Nathan and Scott
-Holiday-themed toys, nothing to see here
-"I frew up"
-Deto-Nathan
-Dr. Soysauce's opinions on the Fledglings
-Duality of Fledgling
-Sleep paralysis demons
In-Game AU Stuff:
-Play...Haven?
-Talk Before The Game Plan
-Runaway Orphan
-Adoption Complications
-Rabbit Hole
-Bargaining Chip
-Holding back
-Project Proposal: Experiment 1174
Miscellaneous:
-Behind the AU name
-The Poppy Garden
-The Executives' Designs (soon)
-Other orphans' designs (soon)
-The Prototype's design (soon)
-AU-exclusive locations (soon)
-Other BBI Critters' gas gimmicks (soon)
-Canon Playtime Co. vs AU Playtime Co. (Soon)
-Player's whereabouts (soon)
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Non-Fledglings AU Stuff:
Canon Stuff:
-Bad Critters Get The Cone Of Shame
-How the BBI happened
-ASMR: Sawyer Preps You For Your Surgery
-ASMR: Sawyer Checks In After Your Surgery
-Portable Dogday for your Everyday Needs
My other AUs:
-Doc McStuffins what-if AU
-Burrows And Burial Hills AU (Side AU)
-Looking Glass Elevator (alt-prequel AU)
-Crimson Smoke Signals (Side AU)
-Meadows Of Menagerie (Side AU)
Other People's AUs:
The Decade of Joy AU (by @decadeofjoy-au )
-Lonnie and Zacker Side Story: Part 1 (Kapag Ang Dagat Ay Tahimik...)
-Lonnie and Zacker Side Story: Part 2 (Asahan Mo At Malalim)
-Lonnie and Zacker Side Story: Part 3 (Shadows Neath The Great Deep)
-Redesign entries for @icanexplainwhythisnameisbad 's challenge
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