ROD High School AU
Note: Just reposting this officially onto this blog for posterity in case I delete my old blog. Also, I have ROD brainrot again RIP.
Thought of this idea after playing some other dating sim with the trope of girl that has a crush on a jock even tho her bff since childhood likes her, but won’t admit it. Basically everything is the same in turns of school for Brie pretty much.
The option to fake Logan as a student kinda gave me this idea, wherein he’s the number 1 quarterback in the school. Naturally, he’s popular and hangs in a social circle that reflects that. As a result, he’s “friends” with Brent and Ingrid.
Before coming to LA, he moved around a lot with his adoptive older brother, Vaughn (originally, his older cousin, until he stepped in for Logan’s mom). They moved wherever Vaughn thought they would get more business for his food truck, which eventually led them here. Logan didn’t care so long as they had some form of shelter and a place he could go to school to. Also, he’s just happy to be included in someone else’s life.
Vaughn is the main income provider; however, as soon as Logan was old enough to work, he did part-time outside of his school and sports in order to help Vaughn. As Vaughn had a knack for cars, it was natural that he taught Logan his love for them too, so Logan tended to gravitate to labour involving machines, which ended him up working for Kaneko’s Autoshop. The work is demanding but the pay fair, and it came with some bonuses too.
Logan had only moved to LA about 2 years ago, yet he had made a mark almost instantaneously.
Colt is the childhood best friend of Brie because of their moms’ being best friends since their youth. Colt’s mom (whom I dubbed Yuki) is actually her godmother/aunt and same with Colt and Brie’s mom. They even lived in the same neighbourhood, which was surprising since she was a single mother providing for two, but luckily Brie’s mom was owed a few favours by the landlady.
Growing up, Colt and Brie hung out a lot. They loved to practically do everything together. They ate together, napped together, played together, etc. They even went to all the same schools. They had an inseparable bond, unique to them. Colt was also forced to watch a lot of Sailor Moon and the like as a result, but in turn, he’d make her watch Naruto and Bleach, but was forced to stop by their parents after she kept getting nightmares from certain graphic episodes.
Colt was even friend with Riya. Even though he was only a year older than them both (a few months, Brie would retort), he acted like their older brother of sorts, protective yet mean. He liked teasing them a lot, but mainly Brie, but after going too far one time, and causing her to cry, he toned it down. He was also something of a chaperone for them if they wanted to go places but needed supervision.
They often spent time at the other’s place, since they were next door neighbours. It was normal for them to see the other already at their place and having a snack and making themselves at home.
Brie is also familiar with Colt’s dad, and so whenever Colt spends his weekends with his dad at his apartment, Brie tends to visit. She’s also familiar with his “step-mom”, Chia, and considers her her third mom. In turn, Kaneko is like her 2nd dad, weirdly enough.
In regards to Logan and Colt’s relationship overall, they are rivals and don’t get along usually, meaning that someone has to separate them. At the shop, they work harmoniously but still butt heads, while at school they act like the other doesn’t exist to avoid conflict.
Colt is bitter at Logan because of how he suddenly rolled in one day and became his dad’s new favourite while Colt spent his entire life trying to gain his dad’s approval and praise.
At school, Colt is the outcast bad boy with the motorcycle. Logan is the jock with the sleek car. Brie is the honour student that rides the bus… Very different worlds.
However, a bet with Brent changes all of that… Brent betted that Logan didn’t have the balls to get Brie to fall for him. What’s on the line? 10,000$, and when you’re struggling to get by… you don’t back down from that kinda money.
When Brie first met Logan back when they were Juniors, they bumped into each other and Logan helped her up. Ever since then, Brie has had a crush on him, but hasn’t made a move. She’s seen him mostly in the shop, so she tries her hardest to hang around there. When Colt found out why she has been acting weird and visiting the shop more often, he got livid and his relations with Logan worsened.
It’s not fair when the girl you’ve liked since you were kids falls for some nobody that suddenly enters their life acts like he’s king of the hill.
When Logan began the bet, he faked it that he needed help on his schoolwork even tho he’s doing pretty good already, so that Brie could tutor him. He also introduced her into the world of rallies and parties, and before he could stop it, he fell for her.
He even introduced her to Vaughn, which he has never done before with any other girl. He told her about his life on the road and the hardships he faced and the truth of his situation wherein he lives in the slums, and not somewhere great like how everyone at school depicts.
Logan meant to tell her about his bet, but Colt caught wind of it first and blurted it out.
Riya is an ambivalent friend, rooting for Brie no matter her choice. Evidently, Colt’s family and hers want them to get together. Ingrid and Vaughn are in Logan’s corner cheering him on.
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okay here's the thing i'm even more ??? that rod 2 didn't happen now. bc that plot makes a lot of sense and it doesn't sound like it would have gotten a third book or like it would have needed one based on the description.
i think that the logan and mona romances are pretty linear here and make the most sense with the story, but that's what i've always found so interesting about colt is that he's the outlier. i've always been torn on if he'd take his dad's sacrifice in vain or not and go legit or not. on one hand, i feel like he'd want to avenge his dad, on the other when that anger subsided i feel like he'd be smart and do the right thing. i saw a lot of people in the comments on the reddit post where i took the screenshot from talking about how they were disappointed in what the colt/mc storyline would be and how it felt like character regression for him and the mc. and my response to that as the self proclaimed #1 colt kaneko stan is yes and no? i mean yes, it is character regression, but that is also kinda the whole point of rod and colt and mc always brought out the worst in each other in that sense.
mc is the 'good girl' but she doesn't bring out the good in colt the way that she does in logan. out of the three main lis, logan is the only one i would call a good person, colt and mona are both morally gray. mona's mindset is about survival while colt's is selfish. he does what he wants to get what he wants. whereas i would say that the mc has a positive affect on mona and logan, i would say that colt has a negative affect on the mc. she chooses to love him despite what he does and the lack of remorse that he shows. while andrew says that what colt does is mostly on the books, i have a hard time believing that that isn't mostly out of self interest in some way. i guess what i'm saying is i doubt how much he's truly changed. and i'm sure that the engagement is tied to that because as an industry leader, there must be benefits to be being engaged to the mayor's daughter. and i'm not saying that he doesn't love her, but it does seem like a strategic choice to get close to her.
my guess for why colt would join the old crew other than any lingering feelings for mc would be out of allegiance or vengeance for his father. and then when bringing back the point of character regression, this would be colt's choice and much as it is the mc's choice to be returning to this life in the first place. might it feel shitty for some people to see a recent college grad and a 25ish year old who recently turned his life around giving it up for a life a crime and an old relationship? sure. is it toxic and co-dependent? yeah. but idk colt and mc were always this way and the inherent struggle of colt's character has always been colt's idea of making his dad proud versus the life his dad actually wanted for him. they were like this in book 1 and i personally really really wish i could read book 2
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my choices character playlists!
i make so many of these so i thought i’d compile them all in an easy master list if anybody would like to check them out :) some of them are pure vibes from what i think they’d listen to but most have lyrics that i feel are applicable to them/their relationship with mc/the story. i hope you enjoy!
genre: pop/indie
hayden young (perfect match)
damien nazario (perfect match)
noah marshall (it lives in the woods/it lives within)
abel flint (it lives within)
logan (ride or die)
colt kaneko (ride or die)
i make new playlists occasionally, and i’ll update this master list when i do!
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