part 2 of the NPMD Monster High AU! seriously thank you guys for all the love on part 1, it means a lot that you like my silly hyperfixation crossover :]
a little lore note: in this AU, monsters can use magic to blend in with humans during the day, sort of like in the g3 cartoon. Hatchetfield is kind of split into the normie side and smaller monster side. the monster part of town is magically warded to make humans want to leave quickly, and monsters don’t tend to cross over into the human areas (with the exception of adults with normie jobs, like Mayor Lauter and most of the adult HF cast). Hatchetfield High is a “exclusive private school” in the monster part of town, and the normie teens, like Grace and Max, go to Sycamore.
why are Grace and Max humans if this is a monster AU, you ask? don’t worry, i have plans for them :)
Steph:
she’s a vampire because… well because she’s rich. you’ve heard of old money? these Lauters are ancient money
i had a hard time with her outfit because my main references were Draculaura and Elissabat, who are both very dressy, but i wanted to stay true to Steph’s casual grungy style… and then i remembered The Lost Boys were THEE original grunge vampires, so i mashed David and Paul’s jackets together and gave her a Santa Carla tee as a shout-out
the chains and plaid pattern tie back to Pete’s design, like the plaid of her flannel and his bow tie in the show <3
her father isn’t technically actually a king, but runs Hatchetfield’s monster community like he is one. a close encounter with a band of monster hunters the better part of a century ago forced the monsters into hiding under his command, and Steph’s mother ended up staked. Solomon hasn’t been the same since…
Max:
his design is simpler than the others, but that’s for a reason :) the mansters usually have more boring outfits than the ghouls, so it’s not that out of place for Monster High, right? i plan to make a few more ‘doll lines’ for this au- i’m thinking Dawn of the Dance next ;)
his jacket is based on the G1 varsity jackets that Heath Burns and Slo Mo had in their first waves, but with Max’s iconic blue. i got rid of the Hatchetfield ‘H’ since he goes to Sycamore with the other normies in this AU. go Timberwolves, i guess?
his striped shirt is based on Freddy Krueger’s iconic sweater, because Max in the musical seems to take a lot of cues from Freddy; coming back from the dead to get revenge on his killers, vulgar one-liners, gruesome kills, and even a parody of the Freddy rhyme painted on the set background. one, two, Jäger’s coming for you…
side note but i had a really hard time getting Will’s likeness in this pseudo-MH style. i think he ended up a bit too Bruce Campbell-y. maybe it’s the chin.
Grace:
sorry, Grace, i’m changing your name a bit. if you need a refresher on the G1 MH lore; Van Hellscream is the Monster High expy of Van Helsing. his niece Lilith appears in the Ghouls Rule movie, but i’m stretching out the timeline a bit so let’s say Lilith is Grace’s aunt or something. Chasity is her maiden name, which the family goes by because “Hellscream doesn’t sound very Christian”
these days, the Van Hellscream’s monster-hunting legacy is more of a family legend than history, and her parents don’t even believe that monsters exist… but Grace knows that something unholy is going on at that “private school”. she may not have Great-Uncle Abraham’s arsenal, but she has the power of God and years of repressed rage on her side
design wise she changed the least from her canon outfit. she’s covered in monster-killing weapons- crosses, stakes, silver bullets, and the flowers on her blouse and jeans are alliums, aka garlic flowers- which, fun fact, were originally thought to be what repelled vampires, rather than garlic bulbs!
her blouse is based on Nancy’s nightdress in Nightmare on Elm Street to match with Max’s Freddy stripes
been slow cooking a NMPD Monster High AU in my brain for a while now, so here are the nerds! height chart and design notes under the cut :]
Richie:
he’s a gillman/water monter (from Lake Michigan specifically) because of his fisher vest and the ‘wanna join the swim team’ line
in MH canon, freshwater monsters can’t breathe air, so he has a breathing aid around his neck like G3 Gil
cephalopod eyes as a nod to how he and Wiggly are both played by Jon
don’t ask how his fins go through the fishnets i truly forgot until i had already finished drawing him
it’s not shown here but he has pointy teeth like G3 Lagoona!
Ruth:
she’s a simulacrum/Frankensteinoid because of the planned NMT3 story ‘Frankenruth’
giant bolts inspired by Franken Fran’s Fran Madaraki that connect to her headgear and a sweater inspired by Soul Eater’s Franken Stein
shoes are lifted directly from a G1 Frankie fashion pack because they looked cute
one white streak like the Bride of Frankenstein rather than Frankie’s all-over highlights
not sure if the ‘mad scientist’ that re-animated her should be Hidgens or not. i think they would make a fun family duo… maybe that’s where she gets her love of musical theatre?
Pete:
he was going to be ‘son of the Goatman’ but i thought a ghost fit better :) no particular reason :)
the boxes on his chains are based on the Lament Configuration bc i always associate the Spankoffskis with Hellraiser
he’s always slightly translucent, but gets more visible in low light. he glows in the dark too!
his ghost was bound to Hatchetfield high after his death, for some reason. he’s been here a while- at least since bow ties were in fashion
no, those aren’t detention chains- this isn’t Haunted High. in the AU, in the living world, ghost chains work a bit differently
once again i am barely following the prompt but i wanted to draw this Lore Moment from the comics. it kind of works right. i mean, androids have files…. and what do you store in files? Data! see it works fine
made some 80s splatband ocs! these are Meg and Bruce, aka Ink Division, a newscast and synth-pop duo. no idea how that works with the lore, but… 80s revival was big in the aughts, right? anyway. they’re silly
i hate the hell show but sunk cost fallacy has me redesigning these guys. full id under cut
[ID: redesigned versions of Charlie, Vaggie, Alastor and Angel Dust from Hazbin Hotel, standing against a red wallpaper background.
Charlie is drawn as a tall, slender doll-like demon with white skin and shoulder-length, curled blonde hair. she wears a red bellhop uniform with gold trim and epaulettes. she has small black horns, cloven hooves, yellow ungulate eyes and a long forked tail. her jaw and joints are segmented like a marionette.
Vaggie is drawn as a short, muscular demon with grey skin. she wears a dark grey shirt and black dress pants with a red tailed waistcoat. her long, white-and-grey ponytail has strands that stick out like wings, and her tailcoat resembles a bird's tail. she has an eyepatch over her left eye, and various scars across her arms.
Alastor is drawn as a tall, thin, satyr-like demon with sepia brown skin, digitigrade deer legs, and antlers styled like radio antennae. he wears a maroon, pinstriped suit, and his coily dark hair is streaked with grey and styled in a cowlick. there is a cathedral radio speaker set into his chest, just above the cut of his waistcoat. he carries a cane with a microphone at the top.
Angel Dust is drawn as a white-and-pink anthropomorphic spider demon, with four legs wearing thigh high black boots and an insectoid thorax. he also wears a hot pink suit with striped sleeves, a blue cummerbund and tie, and carries a feather boa and cigarette holder. he has blue eyeshadow and six eyespots surrounding his eyes, with chelicerae on either side of his head. end ID]
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