listen i adore aus, but any time i go looking for prompts, they’re all like, weirdly specific run on sentences of highly specific scenarios i don’t want specific, i want broad strokes that gives an Aesthetic that lends itself more to designing the characters in a brand new world
So! I kind of figured maybe other people were the same so here’s a master post of broad strokes Stock AU ideas. I tried to keep them as BROAD as possible, and several show up under several categories since there are different interpretations (ex: a modern day royalty au is much different from a fantasy royalty au). Not every possible incarnation of an AU is represented, i tried to keep them to the most popular ones where i could.
if you have ones i missed, please feel free to reblog and add them, or message me and i’ll edit the og post. I would prefer, tho, to keep this particular post SFW, as I want it to be accessible for everyone, so pls keep any NSFW AUs on separate posts.
Bodyguard
College
Gang/Cult
Detective
High School
Celebrity/Fan
Actor
Idol
Model
Mundane
Artist/Model
Coffee Shop
Florist
Office
Tattoo Artist
Youtuber/Let’s Player
Rock Band
Royalty
Secret Agent
Soldiers
Arranged Marriage
Circus
Medieval
Pirate
Prohibition/20s
Regency
Royalty
Victorian
Western/Cowboys
Other Era
Angel/Demon
Animal/Half-animal [including magical animal]
Fairy Tale
Fey/Faerie
Gods/Goddesses + Priest/Worshipper
Hunter (or Animal Trainer)/Magical Creature
Pirate/Mermaid
Royalty
RPG
Witch/Wizard
Ghost
Magical Girls/Superheroes
Psychic
Vampires/Werewolves/Other Paranormal Beings
Alien/Space
Eldritch Horror
Haunted House
Monster
Serial Killer
Aliens
Dystopia
Exploring/Researching a Brand New Planet
Futuristic
Mecha
Scientist/Experiment
Secret Agent
Steampunk
Time Travel
Virtual Reality
Genderbend
Evil-Verse
Hogwarts
Pokemon
Reincarnation
Role Swap
Series Swap [dropping all characters into the plot of another medium]
Soul Mate
Here’s a really long list of a ton of the more simple/generic AU’s I’ve seen floating around. I made this list for personal reference and figured having so many all in one place might be helpful to others, too. I tried my best to alphabetize but I can’t promise it’s entirely correct. Hope you enjoy!
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-1920’s -1920’s con artist -1940’s noir -1960’s -3DS friends -6 weeks to live
A
-A Walk to Remember -Accidentally falls asleep on stranger -Accidentally hugging stranger thinking they’re someone else -Accidentally read their journal -Accidentally swapped items and have to return it -Accidentally take each other’s bags -Action hero -Addicts -Adventure -Affair -Afterlife -Airport -Airport bar -Aladdin -Alchemists Alice in Wonderland -Alpha/beta/omega -Alternate history -Amnesia -Ancient Egypt -Ancient mediterraneans -Ancient orientals -Ancient slavs -Android and human -Animal -Angel -Antique shop -Apocalypse -Archaeologists -Architect -Around the world -Arranged marriage -Arthurian era -Artist -Assassins -Asylum -Author and fan
B
-Babysitter -Back in time -Bakery -Band/musician -Bank robbers -Bar -Barista(s) -Battle of the bands -Bayside -Beach -Beauty and the Beast -Childhood friends reunited -Big Brother -Blind -Blind date -Boarding school -Bonnie and Clyde -Book club -Bookshop -Borrow payphone money -Both cosplay same character at con -Both stood up for blind dates -Break up -Bride Wars -Brothel -Bucket list -Butler
C
-Camp counselors -Camping -Carnival -Castaways -Catfish -Catfish uncoverer -Celebrity -Centaur -Changeling -Charmed -Cheerleading -Childhood companions -Cinderella -Circus -Civil war (American or otherwise) -Civilian and agent -Clubbing -Coffeeshop -College -College roommates -Comic artist and assistant -Conartists -Cop/detective -Costars in a movie -Cowboy -Craigslist meetup -Crashed their car -Crime spree -Criminal -Criminals on the run -Cruel Intentions -Cruise ship -Cursed -Cyber date -Cyberpunk -Cyborg
D
-Death race -Demon -Demon and angel -Detective -Deserted island -Destructive relationship -Disneyworld cosplayers -Dinosaurs -Disturbia -Doctor(s) -Doctor and patient -Doctor Who -Dog walker -Domestic -Dragon -Dream -Drug smugglers -Drunk calling the wrong person -Drunk texting a stranger -During war
E
-Edwardian era -Egyptologists -Elements (earth, water, fire, air) -Elf -Elizabethan era -Enchanted -English class -Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -Eternal winter -Explorers (any time period)
F
-Fair -Fairy -Fairytale -Fake family -Faking It -Family doctor -Famous and fan -Farm -FBI -Festival -Fight Club -First time -Flower Shop -Forbidden romance -Foreign exchange program -Forest -Fortune cookie -Fortune teller and customer -Found their dog -Found their phone number in a library book -Fraternity -Freakshow -Friends with benefits -Fugitive -Futuristic -Futuristic resistance
G
-Game of life and death -Game of Thrones -Game show -Gang -Garden -Gardening -Gay for pay -Genderbend -Genderswap -Genie -Gets into a cab to find someone already in it -Gets lost at airport -Girl/guy next door -Ghibli movie -Ghost Adventures -Ghosts in love -Go to the same support group -Gods/demigods -Government spy -Greek God and Roman counterpart -Gypsy
H
-Hair stylist/makeup artist and actor/model -Halloween -Halloween party -Haunted -Haunted house -Have to take pictures for photography project -Heaven vs. Hell -Help moving -Heroes -Hidden talents -High class thieves -High School -High School reunion -High School teachers -Hiking -Hipster -Hitchhiker -Hitman -Hogwarts -Homeless -Horseback riding -Horror -Host/hostess and customer -Hostage -Hotel staff and guest -Hotel workers -Huge blizzard and only one hotel room left -Hunger Games -Hush Hush
I
-Ice cream shop -Identity theft -Imaginary friend becomes real -Immortal and non-immortal -Immortals -In Hell -Indentured servant -Internet friends -Internship -Island
J
-Jane Austen story -Journalists -Jurassic Park -Jury -Just keep running into each other everywhere -Juvie
K
-Kidnapping/ransom -Kindergarten teacher -Kiss bet -Kissogram -Kitsune
L
-Lab partners -Labyrinth -Laundromat -Law firm -Librarian -Library -Life guard -Little mermaid/merman -Looking for Alaska -Lose virginity bet -Lost -Lost at sea -Love triangle
M
-Mafia -Magic -Maid -Mailman and person who receives a lot of mail -Makeover -Marriage -Marriage contract -Masseuse -Masquerade -Mechanic -Medieval -Med school -Meet in diner at 2am -Mental hospital -Mermaid/merman/merfolk -Met at Comicon -Met on Tumblr -Met through online rpg -Military -Military school -Mindreader -Mirror world -Mistaken identity -Missed the same flight -Model -Modern royalty -Modern Tangled -Monster hunters -Monsters -Mortal Instruments -Movie rental shop -Movie star -Movie theater job -Murder mystery -Music bar -Music conservatory -Music teacher -Musician and fan -Mythology
N
-Nanny -Neolithic/tribal -New guy/girl -New Orleans -New neighbors -Nightmare on Elm Street Nuclear apocalypse -Nurse(s) -Nurse and patient Nursing home -Nymph
O
-Ocean -Office -Once Upon a Time -One’s blind and falls in love with the other’s voice -On of them is turned into a child -On opposite sides of a war - POW or spying -Orchestra player/pianist and concertgoer -Out walking their dog who starts chasing another person’s dog
P
-Pacific Rim -Paired together during an ice breaker -Pandemic apocalypse -Paralysis -Paramedics -Parenting -Park -Partners in crime (literally) -Partners in dance class -Past lives -Patients in mental hospital -Patients in same hospital ward -Pen pals -Personal trainer -Peter Pan -Pet runs away and other person finds it -Phantom of the Opera -Phone sex worker -Photographer -Photographer and model -Pilots -Pirate -Pirate and mermaid -Pixie -Poetry class -Pokemon -Police -Porn star -Poses nude for art students -Pretty Little Liars -Prisoner and guard -Prisoners/escaped prisoners -Private detective and client -Private investigator -Prohibition era -Project partners -Prom -Protester and police -Prostitute/escort -Public demonstrations -Punk rock
Q
R
-Ranch -Reality TV show -Rebels against the government -Rebellion -Rehab -Reincarnation -Restaurant -Reunited -Rich family and servants -Riding the same bus -Riding the same bus multiple times -Rivals -Roadtrip -Roadtrip, serial killer -Roller derby -Robot -Roommates -Royalty and servant -Runaway royalty and confused commoner -Runaways -Running late for the same flight
S
-Sailor and mercreature -Sandman -SAW -Scavenger hunt -Scifi -Scream -Screenwriter and director -Sculptor -Selkie -Serial killer -Servant -Sex pact -Sex shop -Sex shop owner -Sex tape -Sex worker -Seven deadly sins -Shakespeare play -Share same layover -Sharing an umbrella -Siblings -Siblings best friend -Sits next to each other at an orchestra -Sits next to each other in theater -Sits next to each other on turbulent flight -Sitting by same wall plug -Skateboarder(s) -Skipping school -Slayer(s) -Sleepwalker -Sleepwalker in college dorm -Small town -Snowboarder(s) -Snowball fight, hits passerby -Snowhite and the Huntsman -Soldiers on opposing sides -‘Sorry about stealing your wallet last year, no I wasn’t drunk’ -Soul mates -Soulless -Space pirates -Space travel -Spartacus -gladiators or freed slaves against the Roman army -Specialty shop -Spectrumswap -Spin the bottle -Spring break -Stage magician and audience participant -Stardust -Step-siblings -Stranded -Steampunk -Strip club -Stripper -Struggling artists -Student and teacher -Study abroad -Stuffed animal becomes a person -Sucked into a video game -Suddenly become disabled/handicap -Suddenly caught in the rain -Summer job -Summer school -Superhero -Supernatural -Supernatural hunters -Superpowers -Surfing -Survivor
T
-Tailor and customer -Taken hostage at bank robbery -Tattoos and piercings -Tattoo parlor -Teacher and student -Ten Inch Hero -Terminal illness -The Breakfast Club -The Labyrinth -The one that got away -The Princess Diaries -The Vow -Theme park -Theme park mascots -Theme park workers -Theater -Therapist and patient -Therapist and patient in mental institution -Thieves on the run -Time traveler -Titanic -Tourist -Train ride -Translator -Trapped in an elevator -Trapped on a deserted island together -Treasure hunting -Triplets -Tutor and student -TV host -Twins
U
-Undercover lovers -Undercover stripper -Underwear model -Underworld -vampires vs lycans -Use someone’s charger -Use someone’s hotspot
V
-Vacation -Vampire -Veronica Mars -Vikings -Violinist(s) -Virtual world W
-Waiter(s) -Wake up together in Vegas -Wedding -Werecat -Werewolves -What Happens in Vegas -White House -Wild West -Witch trials -Wizard AU where one accidentally apparates into the wrong house -World War II -Writer and editor -Wrong bag
X
-X-factor
Y
-Yoga class -Younger siblings are best friends
Z
-Zombie apocalypse
The one with the guitar god who doesn’t seem to get enough recognition most the time?
The one with the amazing bass player with the awkward knees and a good heart?
The one with the rhythm guitarist whose laughter lights up a room?
The one with the lead vocalist who puts everything he’s got into every performance?
You know the band.
The band whose lead singer was drunk for 3 straight years, and got clean in 17 days?
The band whose bass player had a mental breakdown, and still returned to record the rest of an album?
The band whose rhythm guitarist once played a show hooked up to an oxygen tank?
The band whose lead guitarist had to watch his best friends go through this and try to hold the band together at the same time?
You know that band.
My Chemical Romance.
The social rejects from New Jersey who wanted to make a difference, make some music, and maybe lower the suicide rate.
The ones who have to put up with labels that can be as small as “dark” or as extreme as “suicide cult”.
My Chemical Romance is:
Gerard Way
Frank Iero
Mikey Way
Ray Toro
These four men will always be my role models.
They inspire me to try as hard as I can every day.
They’ve proven to me that you shouldn’t care what other people think of you as long as you like yourself, and that you should always love yourself, because you’re absolutely drop dead gorgeous.
They’ve made me realize that nothing is worth hurting yourself over, and nothing is ever worth taking your life for.
They encourage me to keep on living.
I love you guys…. Forever…
The worst trick a childhood anxiety disorder pulls is, you spend your early years being applauded for being so much more mature than your peers, because you aren’t disruptive, you don’t want any kind of attention, you don’t express yourself, you keep yourself to yourself - this makes you a pleasure to have in class, etc etc - and you start to believe it’s virtue. But you’re actually way behind your peers in normal social development, and who knows if you can ever catch up.
Moikey:
-Seeing him smile is like seeing a chupacabra
-Has been down with kickball since the third grade
-90% leg
-Jawline could CUT a man
-“Don’t watch me straighten my hair it’s creepy”
-The voice cracks: “DUDES” “OH MY G OD”
-Wants to roll up Dungeons and Dragons characters
-“I’ll sign em, you bring em”
-Comes with Kung Fu grip and Judo
-Way down way down way down way down WAY DOWN WAY DOWN *falls*
-The MOST adorable let him speak please for the love of god
-“Sacrificing virgins..”
OH FRANKIE?!:
-Whirling blender of chaos
-Has probably given himself whiplash
-and you can FIGHT ME FOR AN APPLE
-Literally fights everyone on stage
-“I play guitar and scream”
-“I HOPE I-” *skips line where he mentions wanting to die in front of his kids* ONE TWO THREE FOUR
-“He makes me wear these [Gerard’s gloves]”
-Likes to climb on the equipment and then fall
-tiny feets
RAY of sunshine:
-*wheezing* “look at this I just put my hand in a cupcake”
-Frank: He’s a good kisser too
Gerard: yes he’s a very good kisser
Ray: ANYWAY THANKS TO ALL THE EXTRAS WHO CAME OUT TODAY
-Frank: *climbing in the coffin*
Ray: YOU SHOWIN YOUR BUTT? NO GET OUTTA HERE-
-Musical genius and so dedicated and talented
-Mom
-Puts up with everyone’s shit
-*answering Q and A* “Frank, in Vampire Money do you say ‘aw yeah ba-’ yep there it goes.”
-FUCK yEAH, ATARI FLASHBACK
-*playing claw machine* *gestures to multiple patriotic teddy bears* “The winnings..” *cue him and Gerard making the bears sing and dance*
Gee:
-Smol teeth
-Invented red eyeshadow
-Likes to jack off the mic
-YA MOM’S COMIN
-“Shit is easy peasy pumpkin peasy, pumpkin pie motherfucker”
-I KILLED SO MANY PLANTS
-*slurred* “It’s uhh itsswomen’s cut they ah always fall down”
-1000% chance of sass with a side of extra af
-Looks like a cinnamon roll and is an actual cinnamon roll
-“We actually like to- like to kidnap them in a van, and leave them somewhere dangerous. SURPRISE”
-SUCKING DICK FOR COCAINE
-feather boas
-“AAAAAAAAAAH IT’S FOR THE HAMSTER THAT IM GONNA BUY”
𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕, 𝒃𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔.
a little spread i did for one of my spotify playlists.
this is inspired by the skam character “noora sætre” and songs i think she would listen to <3
be kind, always
Just realized Mike Naran played with Andy Black on 2017 Warped Tour
Certain songs make you feel a type of way and so do John Green books. As I have said before, I love it when you read a book and there are songs that fit the ‘mood’ of the book. When I read John Green books, I listen to mostly indie, alternative music. Because I feel that that is the type of music that fits his books the most. I also feel like John’s characters would be the types of people to listen to indie/alternative music.
Here, I’ve compiled a playlist of 10 songs each for four of John Green’s novels. I’ll list down the title of the book along with the ‘theme’ of music that I think most suits the story/mood of the book.
(I know that TFIOS and Paper Towns have their own movie soundtracks, and both are really good soundtracks. But I enjoy making my own playlists)
1. The Fault in our Stars //Heartbreaking Love Story// These are songs that give the listener a ‘heartbreaking love story’ feel. The kind of songs that ‘pluck on your heartstrings’ - Bloom by The Paper Kites - One Day by Kodaline - Firefly by Ed Sheeran - Paint by The Paper Kites - King and Lionheart by Of Monsters and Men - Pretend We’re in a Movie by New Politics - Stardust by New Politics - Halcyon by The Paper Kites - Vanilla Twilight by Owl City - What You Wanted - One Republic
2. An Abundance of Katherines //Carpe Diem// These are the songs that give you the desire to jump up and carry out the latin phrase ‘Carpe Diem’ which means ‘Seize the day’ or ‘make the most of each moment’ - Trojans by Atlas Genius - Heroes by David Bowie - Simple Song by The Shins - Whatever by Oasis - Smile by Mikky Ekko - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel - The World is Watching by Two Door Cinema Club - A Comet Appears by The Shins - Something Good by alt-J - Save Rock and Roll by Fall Out Boy
3. Paper Towns //Roadtrip// Basically, songs you’d listen to while on a roadtrip with your friends. These songs also give you that ‘In a car with the windows rolled down and the wind on my face’ kind of feel. - Chocolate by The 1975 - Different Colors by Walk the Moon - Beast of Burden by The Rolling Stones - Take a Walk by Passion Pit - Houdini by Foster the People - It’s Time by Imagine Dragons - Tear in my Heart by Twenty One Pilots - The Kids Aren’t Alright by Fall Out Boy - Another Night on Mars by The Maine - Everywhere I Go (Kings and Queen) by New Politics
4. Looking For Alaska //Teen Angst// Songs about raging demons, self-hatred, regret, bitterness, depression, things Alaska Young might listen to. - Kitchen Sink by Twenty One Pilots - The Mess by The Naked and Famous - Youth by Daughter - Me by The 1975 - Never Let Me Go by Florence and the Machine - Carmen by Lana Del Ray - Asleep by the Smiths - Conversation 16 by The National - Under the Gun by The Killers - Walk Away by Dia Frampton
So that was another one of my ‘Book Playlists’ I hope you guys liked it. And I will be posting a hell of a lot more of these because I love making them. The two things I love combined, music and books.
- Tris xD
playlist about long distance relationship; {listen on spotify}
// joe brooks - my heart will wait // a r i z o n a - oceans away // us the duo - i will wait for you // us the duo - no matter where you are // plain white t’s - hey there delilah // the civil wars - to whom it may concern // aurora - half the world away // avril lavigne - wish you were here // ed sheeran - all of the stars // the temptations - my girl // charlie puth - one call away // jeremy passion - as long as you wait for me //