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Post by wygolvillage on Mar 4, 2023 20:15:50 GMT -5
I thought it'd be fun to share our favorite AUs... I'm kind of blanking on what my favorites are but I'm always a huge fan of role swapping AUs :)
I had a Shanoa/Laura one where Shanoa is a blacksmith and Laura is that era's Belmont...
I also think there's a lot of potential for Shanoa-Albus role swaps especially considering that flashback dialogue where Shanoa says "Stop! You'll destroy yourself! Let me take your place." Like, I fully believe she would have done a lot of the same things Albus did if the situation was flipped around.
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Post by draculaura on Mar 4, 2023 23:56:24 GMT -5
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Post by leonbelmont on Mar 5, 2023 1:21:31 GMT -5
My baby pet project is an LOI au where Mathias gets kidnapped and both Leon AND Sara go to his rescue. What repercussions does this have on the wider plot? It's a secret :)
I've got my own "immortal Richter" au and have since like... finishing sotn basically. It's not really one solid au though so much as it is "wouldn't it be neat? Also I love Richtercard" so there's no set in stone specifics and it may change from story to story.
Usually I don't go for time travel stuff but I did start writing a silly one with Leon and Soma once because the idea popped into my head fully formed.
I've also got a bunch of LOI crossover aus - notably Fire Emblem, Blaseball, and Splatoon, because I love making connections between my interests in my brain. The LOI/Splatoon crossover is currently my favorite though, if only because it's led to some of the funniest possible au decisions (such as "Walter's Obsidian DJ Bling")
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Post by richterbelmont on Mar 5, 2023 3:29:58 GMT -5
richter wins au >: )
this IS connected to my hc where the succubus was who seated the possession in richter. unfortunately alucard dies in this- the change that causes this au is that alucard doesnt fall into the succubus' nightmare, they end up trying to kill richter (under the impression he is evil, and without the lisa in their head going "theirs is a hard lot!" along with maria going "there must be someone controlling him") and fail. in my head, maria witnesses the death of alucard and tries to fight richter, but his behavior is so terrifying and targeted under the possession, that she retreats..
she goes back to the village telling annette juste maxim lydie etc, and theyre very shook by this and try and plot out what to do, how to save richter, how to destroy the castle, etc. since richter winning is by extension dracula's win, theres a rampage of monsters and richter is practically leading them along with the succubus, who is the one leading richter through this delusion, so our good guys have to defeat richter. i havent thought any farther ahead except for the classic montage of juste and maxim coming out of retirement to save richter
since i headcanon that annette gave the holy glasses to maria for the castle, maybe her or maria uses them and sees through the illusion richter is under, smashes the orb, and annette manages to defeat the succubus (an obvious narrative parallel since the succubus impersonates her), then their rampage is ended. i think maria would be the one to face dracula, and win obviously
sorry alucard : (
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Post by wygolvillage on Mar 5, 2023 9:06:18 GMT -5
I kind of dig immortal Richter in a "living to see the really long-term consequences of the events of SOTN" way
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Post by draculaura on Mar 5, 2023 11:49:17 GMT -5
I've got my own "immortal Richter" au and have since like... finishing sotn basically. It's not really one solid au though so much as it is "wouldn't it be neat? Also I love Richtercard" so there's no set in stone specifics and it may change from story to story. Ooh, I'd love to hear about this! Part of the appeal to me of vampire Richter is the concept of like... Alucard having a friend who Gets It. Of course Alucard seems to get along with characters like Maria or Yoko, but he's pretty much the only non-mortal "good guy", so he must be lonely. I think it'd be nice for him to have a companion (especially because I enjoy some good old-fashioned banter between friends hehe).
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Post by trevorbelmont on Mar 5, 2023 15:23:47 GMT -5
i really like general time travel aus for the dynamics but err i think i have a few not very solid aus
- evil eric au (this guys life sucks ASS)
- 'au' where trevor takes on no companions in castlevania iii (mostly this affects alucard, who, having been shooed out of the castle and not having the extreme guilt of having killed his father himself, runs into some lovely other two folk who got shooed out of the castle and chills with them for a while. also theres ramifications for trevors mental stability but im sure hes fine)
- my friend brought up the idea of dracula winning in 1999 and i dont know exactly how thatd play out but itd be funny
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Post by wygolvillage on Mar 5, 2023 15:58:42 GMT -5
I just remembered an older one I never really did much with even though I really enjoyed the concept, basically the idea is that Shanoa absorbing Dominus causes a similar possession to Albus's (he wasn't able to interfere in time in this AU) and Shanoa channels his influence to deliver Evil Dracula Prophecies for Barlowe
I also TOTALLY forgot about my favorite little AU where Shanoa accepts Dracula's offer to turn her into a vampire, lives in his castle for a little while as a Sort Of adopted child/Alucard replacement, before killing him and then dedicating her immortality to dealing with Dracula-worshipping cults. Albus's soul still remains within her, so since she still has no emotions, she relies on his guidance for things she needs "emotional context" for. So basically she's a badass angsty gay vampire in this one :P I also never really did anything with this concept unfortunately
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Post by Chains of Eternity on Mar 5, 2023 18:04:03 GMT -5
had to redo my post bc it got too long good lord 💀 Most of the au ideas i have revolve around LoI bc the cast just invaded my head and won't leave; au with Leon getting raised by Walter after losing his parents, au with Joachim escaping his prison and teaming up w Sara, time travel aus ( i want pre canon Sara to sneak up into the 2035, and i want post canon Leon to get dumped into his knight days and flip the absolute fuck out), Leon refuses to kill Sara and both end up traveling the world as a human-vampire duo searching for a cure, etc etc
And for some variety, a 64/legacy of darkness au: Bad ending Malus pretending to still be human while he grows up, but he grows attached to Reinhardt and Carrie (maybe a legit crush on Carrie (for clarification he wouldn't be Drac mentally, just a very fucked up child, at least until he gets properly reawakened) or just him going "yea God is a dick, this girl gets it")
AND for crossover aus, maybe something involving ff7 and reincarnation ? Bc in a very obscure japan only mobile game there's a lil fella who looks a lot like Leon and i cant stop comparing help I really wanna think up some aus for more of the games now, for more variety :^)c
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Post by sayaaensland on Mar 6, 2023 14:55:46 GMT -5
*hastily throws a tablecloth over her mountain of AUs, every single one which can be summarized as "monsterfucking with extra steps"*
I don't have any AUs.
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Post by nocturneprince on Mar 6, 2023 22:53:22 GMT -5
ouhhghh starting to concoct a modern-ish chess au now. mathias is a grandmaster with leon as his second, they compete against walter in the world chess championship.... mathias cheats somehow in order to win, so a disillusioned leon goes on his own to enter the ring with sara as his second in order to win the title next comp? i dunno something is brewing in my head. when worlds (interests) collide
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Post by Deceit on Mar 9, 2023 17:27:21 GMT -5
I have an Arikado raises Soma au that I never do anything with lmao. basically Soma's parents are out of the picture for some reason and Arikado raises him while trying to keep Soma's powers a secret from himself and everyone else until the 2035 eclipse. Arikado kinda struggles of course and him raising Soma changes up some things in 2035 and 2036. also Yoko is there somehow and was involved in the Battle of 1999 Because I Said So
one day I'll probably explain the au in more detail on Tumblr when I'm not super tired lol
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Post by wygolvillage on Mar 9, 2023 17:49:54 GMT -5
I miiiiight finally have a fic in the works for Vampire Shanoa but it's very early in the planning stages
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Post by valmnera on Mar 12, 2023 12:17:53 GMT -5
Ooooh I have am AU! An AU where Richter becomes the new dark lord, replacing Dracula. Basically he realizes that doing awful things will get him fame, so he takes Dracula's place by usurping his throne.
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Post by richterbelmont on Mar 14, 2023 19:12:53 GMT -5
Ooooh I have am AU! An AU where Richter becomes the new dark lord, replacing Dracula. Basically he realizes that doing awful things will get him fame, so he takes Dracula's place by usurping his throne. BADASS‼️‼️‼️
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Post by trevorbelmont on Mar 14, 2023 22:17:41 GMT -5
uhhh i have a mini sotn au i suppose
maria mode and the main alucard game happen simultaneously, with them splitting the bosses and such, both running into richter in the colosseum, aaand they both deal with the succubus (though they get the gold ring before this) this gives maria more insight into richters situation (the dream is different for both of them until they break the spell and brawl her together), strengthening her determination despite the fact she knows richter could defeat her if they fought while also making sure alucard gets his moments to set everything up correctly andd MARIA deals with richter she arrives first to the throneroom, alucard having diverged to go check on something (i.e GRIND GRIND GRIND get every relic GRIND GRIND GRIND) they have a very passionate argument maria is determined to save her bitch of a brother so they fight anddd maria is Losing but guess who shows up but alucard! and he tosses maria the holy glasses she gave him, because he realises this isnt his fight (his fight is in another castle) (she gave him the holy glasses after they fought the succubus since they planned on fighting richter together but yknow given she tripped her way into the throneroom on accident that wasnt her best plan) so! she destroys the orb and catches richter like a pretty princess as the clumsy mf trips and falls over and alucard leaves them to it, seeming a bit touched by the display (he can see what his mother means about humans, and it reminds him of his old friends, and so many things) he confronts shaft as maria helps richter steady himself, as well and as such, alucard, feeling drawn towards what awaits him, ventures forth into the inverted castle while richter and maria stay behind
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Post by valmnera on Mar 17, 2023 0:14:07 GMT -5
Oh I have more AUs! Castlevania but it's a magical girl type series, so the Belmonts are magical men with transformation sequences and ribbons. Dracula and his monsters are like monsters of the week. Richter gets a dark transformation to reflect sotn. Castlevania SOTN but Richter gets abducted by aliens and that's why he went missing. He comes back looking different.
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