#Jack reads every damn word of the rpf and thinks it's funny and Ed tries his best to pretend that it doesn't exist

[batsarebetterthanpeople]

Reposting this from my twitter because I think you guys will appreciate this more. I've made some Edits because i have more words to work with tho.

All modern AUs are valid however the easiest way to get the vibe of OFMD right is to make Ed a rock star. The fuckery looks like rock concert gimmicks. Black Pete kinda acts like a groupie at times. Ed has a stage name.

Because of this I am rotating a rockstar AU in my brain. Izzy is the annoying manager with no artistic talent and no respect for Ed's craft. Ed loves his art but he's sick of the lifestyle and the paparazzi and everybody treating him like he's some sort of god and not a human being, and it's not fun anymore when he can't have a life outside of it. In order to match the vibe this makes Stede an upstart musician who hired a garage band because he has no friends to start a band with. Either that or he went around recruiting small musicians who needed the money but he found them all separately which I think could be funnier. He is independently wealthy but he's also doing something unique so Ed respects it. His genre is something bat shit, probably a blend of two genres that don't make sense together. Ed is definitely screamo tho.

I know this completely fucks with the Jim and Oluwande backstory, but my desire to see Jim and Frenchie in leather is down right overpowering so for this AU I would like to propose that Jim and Frenchie are part of Ed's band instead of Stede's. Jim is the drummer, Frenchie plays guitar, Ivan plays bass guitar. Fang is either another guitarist or on keyboard. Ed is obviously the front man.

Stede's band consists of Olu, The Swede, Buttons, Wee John, Roach, and Black Pete. I'm not sure who's doing what and I couldn't even begin to guess because I'm not sure of what genre Stede's doing yet. I am dying for suggestions. This post is open ended. Lucius is also involved here he was hired to do manager shit.

I also have thoughts on Calico Jack in this AU because I am obsessed with him. He and Ed were friends before they were famous, and then they both independently of each other made it big, Ed in metal or screamo or pop punk or regular punk or whatever and CJ in country. (Ed got famous the normal way and Calico Jack did to some famous country star what Kesha did to Prince i.e. broke into their house to leave his mix tape. Only difference is that it worked).

#ofmd modern au #our flag means death #ofmd #I think there's a way to make the Jim Olu backstory kind of work in this universe #Maybe Jim and Oluwande do actually know each other and they are the reason Stede and Ed meet in the first place #IDK where Spanish Jackie would come in tho #Jack/Ed rpf exists in this universe #it didn't exist until they got caught by the paparazzi back when they were newer to fame and worse at avoiding them #everyone has been speculating ever since #Jack reads every damn word of the rpf and thinks it's funny and Ed tries his best to pretend that it doesn't exist #they are not boyfriends Ed just refuses to fuck groupies on principle and is too famous for dating apps so his options are limited #Which is part of why Stede is so exciting #Stede and Ed are dating after long enough #Jack drops a jolene cover the day after Ed and Stede go public as a way to troll the fans. He refuses to answer interview questions about i #jamie's crowd sourced band au