#it’s not a 1:1 roleswap

[crimson-nail]

i have been cooking an over-complicated roleswap au for. a VERY long time

#mix of tristamp/trimax where i cherry-pick my favorite plot points designs and characters to create the ultimate mess of an au #just how i like it #unfortunately ‘group of dysfunctional shitheads find themselves having to collaborate’ is one of my fav tropes of all time #it’s not a 1:1 roleswap #more of a. narrative role swap? place/purpose in the story moreso than actions #some are more straight-forward #others are based on vibes #knives and vash easy. legato and meryl easy. elendira and milly is more hand-wavy but it makes sense i swear #i asked myself “what would happen if they were in this scenario? how would it change if a diff personality handled it? #and how they were shaped differently by the world due to the slight shift in story #it’s a lot of fun! i’m enjoying planning it. will i ever write it? who knows!! #‘what are the ships’ ‘yes.’ #you’ve heard of polygun now get ready for polygung #trigun #trigun stampede #trigun maximum #charlie’s art #millions knives #elendira the crimsonnail #legato bluesummers #livio the double fang #razlo the tri punisher of death #swap au #roleswap au #designs

[its-roachii]

totk spoilers ///

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"Where am I?" (part one)

★ next ★

roleswap au pages 1-4. these are some of the more boring pages so i figured i'd get them out of the way. expect more pages soon >:)

#ignore how i handwaved away the very complicated explanation sonia would have had to give lol #the dialogue stuff is boring idc abt writing it all with 7 pannels of various link expressions just fill in the gaps #should i post 4 pages next time as well? or just like 1 or 2? #idk ill see whether or not the first four get any feedback before i think about posting more 💀 #my artwork #totk spoilers #totk au #totk #totk art #totk sonia #totk link #loz fanart #fan comic #totk rauru #forgot the watermark on page four 😩 #amputee link #totk roleswap au

[kidsnextdoor-doodles]

Silly little roleswap au that only appeals to me

#the main swap is sector v with moonbase operatives #it’s not an exact roleswap I just drew rachel and nigel since they’re both leaders #the main characters are sector w which consists of rachel fanny herbie patton and bartie #knd #codename: kids next door #kids next door #numbuh 362 #rachel mckenzie #numbuh 1 #nigel uno #roleswap au

[drainbangle]

healer swap au is doing something to me i think.

#this started as a design exercise to see if my designs for them would stay recognizable even in roleswap au's #specifically their facial features + shapes... now i am even more mentally ill #sketch #octopath traveler 2 #octopath #8path tag #ot2 au: healer swap #castti florenz #malaya (octopath) #castaya #crick wellsley #temenos mistral #knightlight #crimenos #it isn't a 1:1 swap as seen w/ crick. the healers' characters develop differently due to different environments #but y'know. are still Our healers i'd like to think #btw crick's outfit is just like. the normal ot2 blue #i think temenos' might be *way* darker to fit with his coroner occupation #octopath 2 spoilers

[r2y9s]

[Ace Attorney]

i heard it was klapolloweek so here's a klapollo roleswap AU comic featuring defense attorney Klavier and blind prosecutor Apollo

#ace attorney #klapollo #klavier gavin #apollo justice #roleswap au #klavier's a bit of a newbie so that's why he doesn't know lmao #'i thought u were just trying to look cool or something' #apollo doesn't have a guide dog he has a cat and she's very good at what she does #i literally made this au bc i wanted to make a reference to that 'justice is blind' quote lmao #also couldn't do prompts bc of work but i had just enough time to do a 1 page comic orz

[unexpectedbrickattack]

Darn if only you knew Sugary Spire better I wanted to know how would you make Pizella threatening to Pizanno when Pizanno has all the same abilities as Peppino?

I may look into it; tbh it would only be bc pizzano is so fucking CUTE and i hate to be the person that only engages in the fandom aspect of any type of media. I saw some P ranks of levels in the game but i havent seen anything else recommended to me, not even boss fights in that game, if they even exist 😭

#answered #chattin #sugary spire #i have no idea where to even start lol it feels very much like the lines between fandom and game are VERY thin #when the game in question is already a Fan Game of an existing property #ALL I KNOW is that pizzano is cute as hell and i want to draw him interacting w peppino 😭 #also that he smokes #also that pizelle is a girl? which confused the shit out of me bc i thought it was like a 1:1 roleswap kind of thing #but apparently its not? i dunno 😭 #or am i only seeing that side of sugary spire #like how theres butch noise and peppino (which i love so so dearly …..)

[wormancer]

the "artfight reminded me I can draw and now i'm getting distracted" half of the month begins

#noa #fan art #friends ocs #tarrak'mal #rass #maggot #az #1: tagging her separately from noah because the easiest way for everyone to have fun is if i treat her like a separate character #2: if you say the words roleswap au at me i immediately get crazy #3: sneaking in the fucked up az/maggot swap

[trainingdummyrabbit]

ouhhhg. why r we all here. jsust to suffer. every day i shuffle things around in my silly aus

#lies facedown on th floor. tha horrors adn tragedies etc etc. #piktalk #um. tagbomb warning; iam going to talk A Lot. #i barely Actually talk abt this au but they haunt me on the daily. basicaly. #its my house. so listen. sits down. tokiswap susa. #i keep tossiing around like two different concepts for her and both work in some ways and dont in others #and also the whole Shes Been P Much The Same For Ages So Switching Now Is Kinda Messy #BASICALY. as she is now shes beast-aligned and Maybe close ties w imnosuke. #pros: VERY strong character as she is; she just kinda showed up and wrote herself. she is so silly. #cons: making sense of roleswapping imnosuke in. god its been so hard. #bc hes the Only one of the gang thatd shift That Far without bein a 1 to 1 #or if i Dont put ino there; id have to find out Where #while Also figuring out why susa is Like That(tm) #the Other option is sound-aligning her which is /also/ really fun #pros: she is so silly. got good potential themes going And an extra link to ten who wouldnt have had one before #cons: This Is A Different Person. like similar Enough but different Enough. would make some things harder and or possibly impossible #like i COULD shuffle it so things line up better but man. Man!!! what a mess. orz #but also. shes already like. A Person. like she is not a product of the roleswap-- her role is a product of Her. its so odd. #. anyway i realize ive never actually talked Openly abt them before so consider this an invitation im feeling brave. JSNFKJ

[bedlamsbard]

580 words written today -- tired and annoyed, but hey! I finally had a nice Marvel conversation at the farmers market instead of having Star Wars mansplained to me by random men.  (As you may remember, this has literally happened to me about half a dozen times, including the one guy who tried to give me homework and the other one who wouldn’t believe I was a real Star Wars fan until I told him I’d gone to Star Wars Celebration London.  Orlando didn’t count because it was too close to Georgia to involve real effort to get to.  And those are just the farmers market occasions.  I’ve also been stopped on the street and in the grocery store because something about my face reads “tell me your opinions about Star Wars!”  I wish I was kidding.

Snippet from The Horizon Line chapter 15.

“– the hell is wrong with you?” Bruce was demanding as they came in, red-faced with rage.  Natasha felt the familiar little frisson of unease that always accompanied Bruce’s rare displays of temper, though there was no other evidence that a Hulk-out was in the offing.  Rhodey and Loki were equally tense, the gazes of both men flicking back and forth between Ross and Bruce like spectators at a tennis match, both of them primed and ready to act if it became necessary.

Ross opened his mouth to respond and Bruce barreled onwards without even pausing for breath.  “God, coming in here without so much as a call ahead, trying to catch us off guard – what exactly do you think happened in there?  Every god damn awful thing you ever thought about doing to me someone actually did to Steve –”

“Bruce!” Steve snapped.

Everyone in the room looked at him, joined for an instant in equal surprise at his appearance.  Steve was white with shock, his clean-shaven face startlingly young – more like the man that had come out of the ice six years earlier than the one Ross probably remembered arriving at the compound six years ago.

“Steve,” Bruce said, startled.  It was obvious from his expression that he both knew he had gone too far and that he hadn’t expected to see Steve any time soon; he wasn’t a good enough actor to hide it.

#steve has been awake for one (1) hour and now he has to deal with This #daily fic snippet #roleswap endgame au concept

[whats-a-reading]

Okay, okay okay

more on the (barok) van zieks and stronghart roleswap

Except I somehow get rid of stronghart's bodycount entirely, and he ends up the figurehead, as, under his tenure there is "law and order" and "crime is reduced", which are the funnest dogwhistles for "jesus christ, extrajudicial killings [EJKs] are happening right there mr leader sir do you not give a shit" (no, he does not, he likes it while being vaguely concerned that the perpetrator of this shit would usurp him)

So... what exactly do I fix here versus my other setup? Well, no professor AU

And by that, I mean... the professor figure doesn't come to exist. Klint's sloppiness isn't caught by stronghart, hence no manipulation and obviously traceable murder spree. Instead, he's caught (either after the first or the second time) by his brother, who... honestly... he had his suspicions. I mean he fucking said "my brother couldn't be the professor, he wouldn't have killed someone he respects! (3rd guy)" as opposed to kazuma's more reasonable sounding "my father wouldn't have killed a man (periodt)" And all that says is van Zieks fully believed his brother was fully capable of murdering people he didn't like/respect... when you have that sort of opinion of someone, you'd probably walk on eggshells around them

Anyway, van Zieks's moral compass vs his love for his brother, FIGHT (honestly, I feel like it's a coin toss with the circumstances of him finding out about the murder being integral, but let's say in this verse it goes in favor of the latter). And so, he'd cover up his brother's crimes and attempt to prevent him getting caught. Ideologically, I doubt he'd be able to convince klint, so rip on that front. The Reaper that ends up emerging later would be a compromise. Something like "Okay brother, let's do it my way, the legal way. And if that fails, just stay out of the damn way and don't get your hands dirty." (translated to english from victorian english) I mentioned in my other post about this au how van Zieks wouldn't agree with his brother's ideology but he'd blame himself for simply... not being capable of understanding (especially if klint's still around to keep trying to convince him to "come around")

I'm not sure if the reaper would be directly tied to the cases he himself prosecutes here... on one hand, it'd be a 5d chess game to make himself an obvious scapegoat. On the other hand, it'd get him investigated... I guess a compromise is something like "the reaper kills criminals who get away from court" because I believe in my heart, despite the lack of proof, that there are other prosecutors in london

Why does he keep doing it the whole time? For 15-20 whole murders? Well, klint's moral compass is... very... It's very. van Zieks is damning himself by declaring himself partially responsible for his brother's well-being. Klint just really wants to see some sort of difference being made, some sort of tangible result. It's his need for quick and easy answers that's fed by desperation and the everyday of seeing the worst of humanity that ruined these two.

And so, van Zieks became the change his brother wants to see in the wo—

#j rambles #van zieks and stronghart roleswap au #before you get on my ass for using EJKs I am #1. literally filipino I understand the context and that real EJKs were mostly anti-poor unlike klint's shit in this fictional lawyer game #2. using the term right bc all EJK refers to is 'illegal execution' #I don't mean to come off as combative/argumentative I just wanna cover my bases #dgs2 spoilers #tgaa au #dgs au #anyway I have been shot for being cliche sorry

[nonbiriyani]

Checking on my writing acc is like .. wow .. wish this guy would put more things here -_-

#i have like .. 5 wips . its atrocious rly #1 is the roleswap one . THREE are w bvz . atroooocious . #one is kazuma .. #i also jujust have like au outlines . its a mess its a total mess #dgs just kind of killed me a bit #like a whole folder . FOLDER . 17 files currently . i need to write or die at some point but last time i did that #i added the 3rd bvz wip so -_- #momo mood

[redwraiths]

ohhhh i am thinking im thinking many things

the stray!jason art made me think. hmm if selina adopts jason then that leaves a vacant robin space. i think itd be fun if batman found orion at the fighting ring and took them in before slade can find them. he helps them unlearn all the survival instincts they've had for years and it's just Nice for them to have a parent that does actually care (and that doesnt sell them off for money)

jason and orion are absolutely a mini batcat but orion has no god damn idea how to deal with any flirting. they just stand there. confused. bruce never taught them what to do here.

while jason has a list of the dumbest flirty quips and pick up lines he got from selina and he's checking off which ones work best to use and abuse

#own post #stray au #orion #jason #plus orion's fully emo ass forced to dress in the traffic light fit #they hate it but they dont want to make dick and bruce feel bad by saying it so they just bare it #dick is the number 1 orijay shipper too. he definitely considers jason a little brother even though he's selina's #because what kind of sick fuck would i be to not have dick and jason bonding #and orion is his proper darling baby brother #he sees stray and robin 'flirting' for the first time and he's like omg. omg. this is the cutest shit i've ever seen in my life #he's texting barbara about it all the time on patrol #this is probably the only au i'll have of them where orion is like. part of the bat family through means that isnt dating jason #roleswap! roleswap!!!!!!!! #kind of #hey actually could you imagine jason as an apprentice of slade. what a fuckin nightmare that'd be #i wanna draw orion in their little robin outfit so bad UUURHHGH #robin au

[xiomeebo]

The one thing I’m a little worried about for actually posting the roleswap fic is like. Forgetting to drop new chapters every so often.

#keebermeeber's rambles #Laphi's Vesperia Roleswap #I'm not the most certain on how any of that works but hey gotta learn somehow. #This is my first multichapter fic and I am going to do my absolute best. #I sure am having a good time writing it tho #The main concern is like. Having people be really out of character. #Raven is the big concern so far. #Thankfully I have 2 Raven fans helping me #Chapter 4 might be done by the time I hit the 1 year anniversary of this silly little au #I am taking my time. And having fun. #Been working on swap designs too. #Need to really get better at realizing I'm doing this for fun. #I open Ao3 anytime I want to post something. and just hope I'm doing things right #fucking around and finding out how Ao3 works. #I have been reviewing the cutscenes every so often to make sure I'm doing things somewhat right.

[u3pxx]

PLEASEEE can you elaborate on the gavinners i cant stop looking at them theyre so pretty

sometimes i forget that outside of my friends and servers, i don't really talk much about my gavinners boys* huh! so basically, i originally wanted to make them so i could beef up turnabout serenade in my roleswap au, kind of like turnabout samurai where you have a lot more characters which in turn means a lot more suspects!

but then i realized, wait, i need to make them in the canon-verse first before i could make their swap au counterparts! and so now they exist pftt

here y'all go, i'm gonna be copy-pasting the character descriptions i wrote for them during art fight pftt <3

🥁 DEIDRE MINUENDO

Height: 5'7" (170 cm), 5'9.5" (176) with boots on Birthday: Jul 7 ♋︎ | Pronouns: He/Him, She/Her, They/Them

Deidre is the seemingly gloomy and stoic drummer of the band The Gavinners! At first, it could be difficult to get a read on them but despite all that, they're just like that because they prefer saving their energy. It might not look like it, but Deidre enjoys company even if they're not the most chatty with it and thrives the most when they are around other people (she prefers it if she's around the people closest to her though). Deidre is pretty sensitive and an emotional person even if they don't outwardly express it. To the people close to them, Deidre has a sarcastic streak and can be pretty snappy when it comes to teasing. She can dish it but she can't take it however as they can get slightly irritated when they're teased back. Even if they are a rockstar, they can get embarrassed when people praise or say nice things about them to their face, he tends to brush affection if even if he is secretly flattered by it (he's not gonna admit it though pftt) They also enjoy doodling here and there and like stuffed animals (they have a few of their own!)

Deidre was the closest to Daryan so the events of 4-3 affected him immensely. They felt betrayed and confused and tried to deny that Daryan would be capable of taking another person's life; they scrambled to do everything to protect Daryan from omitting information and even lying on the stand. In the end, all of their efforts were for naught and they felt incredibly guilty for what they've done, especially since she started antagonizing Preston when he was starting to suspect Daryan. They cut themselves off from the group, their job, and stardom. They ended up severely depressed and started to rarely go outside anymore. Only Doremy (Daryan's twin, also a close friend of his) was able to reach him during this time while Viva tried to but he kept refusing to see him. It took them a long time to finally be able to reconnect with the group and it took them a lot of help and support to be able to be well again. Deidre carries Daryan's betrayal to the group heavily and it took a while for her to start forgiving herself.

⚡ VIVA CHI

Age: 25 | Height: 5'9" (175 cm) Birthday: Jan 1 ♑︎ | Pronouns: He/Him

Viva is the lively and energetic bassist of the band The Gavinners! Though he may seem goofy and a little unserious, he actually is pretty responsible and is the mediator of the band (as the eldest brother of his siblings and the eldest of the band, he kind of made that his responsibility). He's a forensic scientist and has always had an interest in science alongside music ever since he was young (he thinks Ema is very pretty but she finds him annoying pftt). Viva was the last one to join the band when they were all in high school and despite his extroverted personality, felt a little shy at the time getting to know a new group of people (it's because Preston was there who he may or may not have crushed at while in high-school.) He's a lover of all things caffeinated (especially energy drinks though he should really pace himself) which isn't always the best match to the fact that he's got terrible anxiety and thinks himself down a spiral when he gets too worried.

Once the band disbanded after the events of AA4, Viva, though left in a bad place with his anxiety shot through the roof, fared better compared to the other members. He tried his best to keep in touch with everyone with varying successes despite Daryan's arrest being fresh and hurt. - visiting Daryan in prison to hear his side of the story - popping in to check at Preston in his office because the guy started to take worse care of himself - contacting Deidre even if she was trying to isolate and cut herself from everyone and looking out for Klavier even if he buried himself in his work He took a break from music like everyone else, he still hopes one day they can meet up and play music again, not even as a band, but as a group of friends who loved creating music.

🦇 PRESTON KEISS

Age: 25 | Height: 6'1" (185 cm) Birthday: Oct 25 ♏︎ | Pronouns: He/Him

Preston is the mysterious yet magnetic keyboardist of the Gavinners! Tall, dark, and bewitching; Preston is aware of the impression people have of him at first glance and likes to use that preconception to surprise and even catch people off-guard by purposely being silly or crass. He has a number of odd quirks and mannerisms that he doesn't realize he has, people tend to notice but they often let it pass because he is very handsome (pretty privilege lmao). Preston can sometimes be mischievous and finds certain things amusing only to him even if others don't find it as funny. He's always had an interest in horror and the macabre ever since he was a young boy which developed into a great fascination with the special effects used in old and new horror films alike. (He can be a bit jumpy when watching movies even if he loves to do it, he can't help it if the movie gets to him!) He plays up his whole immortal vampire schtick because the fans tend to theorize if he really was one. (He is not, he'd love to be one though pftt) Preston is very stubborn and adamant about his opinions and can be difficult to sway if he thinks he's correct; he is also quite awkward when it comes to personal matters, as can be seen in his strained relationship with his older sister and whatever romantic thing he's trying to achieve with Viva. He's used to acting larger than life when the cameras are on but being raw and honest has him feeling a little embarrassed and stilted. Preston smokes and keeps it a secret. (Don't tell Viva that!)

Preston was the first person in the band to start suspecting Daryan which he mostly kept to himself at first but wouldn't deny when you asked him (Deidre did not like that.) After Lamirior accused Daryan in court, Preston was determined to make Deidre confront the truth (unfortunately, not taking in why Deidre might be upset and in denial about it) which caused them to have a fight (with Viva being unsuccessful in de-escalating it.) After the Gavinners disbanded, Preston didn't feel very well after Daryan got sent to prison and lost contact with Deidre (whom he hasn't talked to since the case. [he misses them.]) He seemed fine afterward with his workload seeming to increase though upon closer inspection, he's started taking worse care of himself, skipping meals, and losing his interest in music. Preston has a lot of baggage to sort through regarding his friends and his family that will be difficult and painful for him to confront, but rest assured, he's gonna come out of it happy and well.

and here's a compilation of some very old turnabout serenade drawings too :^]

(i didnt make dei's bday turnabout serenade on purpose, it was a tragic happy accident DFGHDJ i wanted his bday to be 7/7 bc i made daryan 6/6 but then the date. i realize the date orz)

#also i dont think ive mentioned this before but ive been thinking about preston being somewhere in the autism spectrum too :^] #ace attorney #deidre minuendo #viva chi #preston keiss #klavier gavin #daryan crescend #the gavinners #sunnysidedoodles #den's gavinners tag #den's ocs tag #sunnysideanswers #id in alt text #described

[palskippah]

Hi! Tried again to make a comic to draw something different :y I really had fun drawing this yipiii

It's in the Roleswap AU, where Toadette helps Peach in getting to Princess Mario so he can help her find Daisy!

BTW here's another ideas for the AU:

-Princess Mario is semi verbal and Toad was initially one of the interpreters that went with him through his days, to communicate out loud his words to the people who may not know sign language. As time passes, they become friends and then best friends (Toad always calls Mario bestie and talks about their relationship like that, he's very proud about being friends with Super Princess Mario).

-Imagine that Princess Mario goes over the top for his lil bro's anniversary and throws the biggest party each year for him (and Bowser), and they get to be known as the "Mario Parties" and by the time Peach and Daisy get lost there, it is the Mario Party 7.

>Thinking about this from the Mario Party games where Mario gestures stuff and then Toad says "it seems like Mario..." and then he says whatever Mario wants to do.

-BTW Peach is as much of a girlfailure as Mario was straight up a failure at the beginning of the Mario Movie.

-Also yeah Toad killed her but don't worry they give her a 1-up.

-ALSO YEAH PNG SAUCEPAN I gave up at the third attempt to draw it aksjdakjd

-Imagine that "-MARIO!" like when Peach shouts his name and it sounds far away [like the scene in the movie too where DK is beating Mario's ass and she's like MARIOOO- LA CAJAAA ((Idk didn't watch it in English akjsdksad)]

-Also love at first sight bc Peach's beautiful and her eyes are huge and sparkly.

#super mario bros #roleswap au #my art #princess mario my beloved #princess peach #mario mario #drawing this was pretty fun i should do it more ajskjsad #look at the nice colors #mareach #implied at least #toad

[jojo-schmo]

Swap: Part 2

So this is my take on why Dedede would be able to hold Galaxia in a pinch, even just for a little bit.

I took the anime's logic of Galaxia- a sentient and feminine-sounding ancient presence within the blade- violently rejecting any warriors not chosen by her via electrocution.

But I also think it would be funny if Dedede cared so little about the laws of ancient sacred artifacts that they don't really affect him. So it's not just that he's technically "unworthy" to wield her. It's also that he literally doesn't care what she thinks and doesn't want to take the sword from Meta Knight, so the weapon has nothing to fatally punish him for. A mutual rejection! :D

That, and his ability to conduct elements just turns Galaxia into a portable lightning generator for him. :P

Anyway, this scenario somehow got even more out of hand so there will actually be a third part hahaha! Stay tuned. <3

Agh the part 3 I thought of is going to be a plot point in the Forgotten Land Roleswap and would be a spoiler if I posted it now…. I am terribly sorry. But elements of this scenario will show up there so stay tuned :’)

Part 1

#mtddweek2023 #metadede #king dedede #meta knight #kirby series #art