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Round 2: Alternate Universes
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Sometimes its the characters that move us, but sometimes we fall in love with the the world behind the story. Something transformative occurs when we place the characters we love in an unfamiliar world, like the light has shone on a new side and we're seeing them anew. Run to the classics; revisit the magic of Harry Potter, the heart-punch of a Pacific Rim drift, the warmth of a Coffee Shop AU. Or maybe dig your fingers into a story that blew your mind - Battle Royale, The Raven Cycle, Interstellar - or demand better from a book that let you down (The Poppy War fin- mmph). Perhaps! You might combine two of your fandoms for maximum joy (Haikyuu and Tennis adjacent mutuals, I'm looking at you.) The possibilities are literally endless. Do it for the aesthetic, do it for the drama. Examples
Wonhui x MDZS/Untamed
Wonwoo as Lan Wanji, Jun as Wei Wuxian (Minghao as Jiang Cheng?). I want a cast that feels betrayed and shocked at Junhui's demise but then gradually learning his reasons behind it.
Mingyu/Seungkwan Debating AU
Imagine them as third speakers in the high school circuit. Rivals! Mortal Enemies! Prepared case summaries derailing into personal attacks, and then when their coach calls them out on it they become passive aggressive e.g. "there are major flaws in the opposition's arguments..."
Jeonghan as Mal from Inception
Any Jeonghan ship will do. I just want him to chaotically haunt a person while being sexy about it.
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[FILL] bury us alive
Major Tags: N/A
Additional Tags: fire emblem awakening fusion au, non-graphic depictions of violence, risen are actually undead = this is also kind of a zombie apocalypse au
Permission to remix: Yes
A/N: yes i accidentally got myself with my own prompt... this is based on the script of the future past 2 dlc from fire emblem awakening so there is some dialogue taken verbatim. action is not my strength, but... yeah. thank you to ten for looking this over for me [seungkwan = inigo, chan = owain. hansol healer. mingyu wolfboy]
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A legion of the undead approaches from the rear of the group, smelling human flesh. A rancid wind blows past them. Chan shivers.
“Mingyu can run it,” Seungkwan says, assuming authority, “Hansol, guard him.”
Hansol nods, healing staff in one hand, Mingyu’s in the other. Mingyu does not let his face betray emotions as he transforms, clutching the satchel of stones tightly against his chest. All four of them are already covered in blood wounds. There’s a particularly nasty bite mark on Seungkwan’s shoulder that Hansol’d only half-patched up before they had to run again.
In between them and the castle Ylisstol is five miles of Risen territory. There Seungcheol is waiting to receive two of the five gemstones needed to activate the only shield capable of withstanding the fell dragon. After that he will take the sword Falchion in hand and risk his life to slay him. In other words, they are literally the hope of the earth.
Under his breath Chan says something about how he’s got more stamina and Seungkwan rolls his eyes.
“You know I’m not trying to insult you, we just have to do our part, that’s all,” he says. “Seungcheol assigned us to this team so that we could protect Mingyu, not steal his job because we’re too confident in ourselves to realize any of us could die today, no matter how good at running we are. Look at how much farther ahead of us they’ve made it already, Mingyu can carry Hansol on his back.”
“Fine, whatever,” Chan says. “Stray Risen incoming on your left.” Seungkwan lobs his tomahawk at one and it hits him square in the neck. Chan stabs the other in the gut and is nearly choked in the neck before the parasites leave their host.
“Just because you won races at the castle’s athletic festival when you were a kid doesn’t mean you’re all that,” Seungkwan says, panting.
“Neither does winning jousting tournaments against Jeonghan in the finals,” Chan retorts. “Him getting there was a fluke and he didn’t even try.”
“That was one year!”
“Look,” Chan says, ignoring his glares, “we have to cross the bridge.”
The cliffs approach ahead - on the way to retrieve the stones they’d taken the low route, but there’s no time for that anymore, and the only way to cross without pegasi is a long rope bridge. To fall into the depths below would be a death sentence.
Behind them, the horde of Risen is so much closer than it’d been five minutes ago.
“I don’t think we can make it across before they start rampaging,” Seungkwan says, looking at the scene before them.
Chan wipes sweat from his forehead, the taste of iron ringing in his mouth. “The closer we let the Risen get to them, the harder it’ll be to keep us all safe. At least Mingyu and Hansol are almost to the other side, but Hansol doesn’t even have a weapon.”
“Well, yeah,” Seungkwan says, a little bit hopelessly. “Hansol is good at his job though—”
“Stop talking about jobs,” Chan snaps. “It’s the end of the world, we don’t need to specialize.”
“You don’t think you were put on this mission for a reason?”
Chan slows down just to look at him.
“Don’t stop running, you idiot,” Seungkwan shouts, without looking back.
From behind Seungkwan looks strong, muscles defined in a way Chan hadn’t ever really noticed. When he thinks about it, it’s been like this since they were young— Seungkwan gives a feeling of security, protection, to anyone who merely stands next to him. Chan would never admit it now but maybe if things were better and they had the free time to give speeches about who they looked up to, Chan would call Seungkwan his hero.
“You should cross the bridge,” Chan says. “I’ll stay.”
Now Seungkwan can’t help but freeze in his tracks. “You’ll do WHAT?”
“I’ll fight,” Chan says. “You tease me all the time about being cocky but deep down you know I can fight, and I’ve fought multiple Risen at once. I wasn’t on Seungcheol’s guard for two years doing nothing. And once you make it to the other side, I’ll cut the bridge down.”
“I can’t do that,” Seungkwan says, facing him. Begging him.
“Do you want me to die,” he asks slowly, “or do you want all of us to die?”
“You don’t think there’s any other way?”
“There isn’t,” Chan says affirmatively. “This gives us the best chances of survival. And by us I mean... everyone who’s waiting for us in Ylisstol. I was top of the Military Tactics class my year, too,” he adds to give some encouragement, but Seungkwan isn’t smiling at all.
“Chan...”
Chan puts on the bravest face he can muster. It comes easier than he thought it would. “I know this isn’t going to be easy for you, Seungkwan. But I really am glad that I got to spend my last moments with you. Now go! We’ve wasted so much time. You have to catch up to Mingyu and Hansol, and protect them. You have to survive.”
The mob of Risen thunders down the path behind them, surrounding the cliff’s edge. Seungkwan just stares at him.
Chan can only keep up his front of bravery for so long before he starts shaking. “Um... Seungkwan? This is the part where you go.”
“I’m sorry, Chan. I can’t do it.”
Seungkwan turns to the bridge posts and with large, wide swings of his axe, he cuts through the rope so that the heavy wooden planks crash against the cliff on the other side, the impact echoing through the valley.
In the distance Mingyu and Hansol hear that sound and turn around in horror.
Chan, too, is frozen in shock. “Seungkwan... why would you do that?!”
“You know why!”
“But my epic speech... We didn’t both have to die!”
Seungkwan takes him by the shoulders. “Your idea, while tactically sound or whatever you want to call it, is unquestionably ridiculous. What am I supposed to tell everyone else? That the baby of the army who we practically raised ourselves decided to put on a brave face and sacrifice himself, and I just let him?”
“I’m— I’m not a baby,” Chan interjects, stammering, but there’s absolutely no bite to his words.
“No, it’s just not going to happen,” Seungkwan continues. “They’d never let me go for it, and I’d never let myself go either. It’d be unforgivable. I don’t care what you have to say.”
“But we’re going to die, Seungkwan!” The Risen close in around them, and Chan raises his sword.
“Stop,” Seungkwan says, looking Chan in the eyes, the most fearless person he’s ever seen. “We’re not going to go down without a fight. We can save the world together. Don't you want to be there to see it?”
A/N: the next chan line goes “heh i guess i was too legendary to die anyway”
because it would be tasty: the other teams are 96z as seungcheol’s guard / jihanseokhao for the other stones
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re your fill, I haven’t played awakening yet so you bet I googled wolf boy asap (perfect mingyu casting). I love the bicker banter between Chan and Seungkwan here, Chan’s grand heroic speech that he has a habit of doing, and Seungkwan’s determination to stay with him to the end was a lovely twist and a tender reminder how deep their friendship goes despite all that bickering!