AU Where Tubbo Goes To See The Egg Either Before Or After He And Tommy Originally Go. And This Time,

Lots of jokes get made in modern comics and fandom about the pejorative double entendre of Dick Grayson’s given/chosen nickname for Richard, and it IS funny, but I want to give a moment of appreciation for the other, kind of brilliant, double meaning that’s unfortunately fallen out of common modern usage, but would have been way more common when he was first named in 1940.

He’s literally named “detective” you guys, there is no way the World’s Greatest Detective’s partner wasn’t named this way on purpose.

Add to this the way the fandom loves to explore the 21st century reveal/retcon of Dick Grayson’s Romani heritage, and the possible etymology of the word, and you have a goldmine of largely untapped, to my knowledge, discussion of thoughts from Dick Grayson and the people around him about the relationship between his identity, the life he chose, the things he chooses to honor/remember, and the persistence of a nickname that has fallen increasingly out of favor in most other modern contexts.

I love when it’s as simple as “it’s his name and there’s no reason to change it”, but I also think there’s just lots of room for him to also have Real Thoughts about it throughout his life.

peeta did not perform his ass off in every interview for you to say katniss was lucy gray's revenge.

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AU where the world is overtaken by the Crimson, and overall just kind of coming to an end. Foolish and Tubbo are some of the last survivors, and out of respect for Eret, Foolish wants to protect at least one of the people they cared for, since he couldn’t protect her, or anyone else. 

So he uses the last dregs of his power to toss Tubbo into a different world, free of the crimson-except, it kind of goes wrong, because Tubbo doesn’t end up in a different world, he ends up in a different universe entirely. 

A universe where supernatural creatures and the people that hunt them run amongst humanity. 

So Tubbo gets a job as a hunter, because it’s easy and doesn’t require much(because they all keep dying, so new hunters are always needed), but he’s more reasonable than the majority, and also chill, so he gets along with a lot of the creatures he’s supposed to be killing. 

Ends up adopting this universe’s version of himself after finding him on the side of the road. This version of him is like, six, and also apparently part siren, so…that’s interesting. Older Tubbo takes on the name Tobias to avoid confusion.

Shortly after this, Tobias is adopted by the Karlnapity of this universe, after a series of amusing events that leads to them talking more, and growing closer. 

He eventually also befriends the SBI Coven through Ranboo and Tommy, the son’s of it’s feared leader, a vampire known as the Angel of Death.

At some point Tobias finds Michael, who, in this world is a young pure-blood vampire who’s family was killed in a battle between covens. Tubbo discovers him hiding when hunters raid the dead family’s home, and ends up hiding him from then until he’s able to find Tommy and Ranboo, who help him out.

Basically just light-hearted shenanigans with some doses of angst.

Karl’s a vampire, Sapnap’s a demon, and Quackity’s a shapeshifter. 

Ranboo’s a pureblood vampire who’s coven was wiped out years ago, and he was taken in as a child by Philza. 

Tobias is a adaptive hybrid, so he takes on the traits of those around him, for many reasons-because he feels safe with them, because he really, really doesn’t, and so on. He has no control over it, besides being able to somewhat shift his features to a different person he cares for.

The thing is, hybrids are very, very rare here, and adaptive hybrids most certainly aren’t a thing. 

So it results in a lot of chaos, between him unintentionally taking on Karlnapity and Tubbo’s traits, and everyone dealing with the resulting instincts, it takes a bit for them to get used to it.

On the bright side, when Tobias shifts into a vampire while he’s sleeping over at the SBI Coven, the trio gets the joy of seeing the SBI, some of the most powerful vamps in the world, spooked as they watch Tobias take on Sapnap’s traits and start munching on a steak.

people uneducated in the gerard way canon blaming him for ua being bad leave my girl out of this!!!!!!!

thought they needed a little reminder that they still have far more to lose if they double down on this stupidity. spread the word, it seems they're... very forgetful about this.

I had a random au idea. Some Tales of the SMP and Dream SMP members are siblings. Like Ran, Ranbob, and Ranboo are all siblings. Jackie, Ash, Zack, and Tubbo are brothers. Technoblade, Billiam, and Sheriff Thompson are brothers. Etc

I have no plot ideas expect that the ender-siblings live together and are runaways.

Oooh, this could be interesting. 

It could either be a modern-ish AU, with room to add more elements, or you could insert it into the SMP.

Modern version:

They all possibly live in the same town? Idk, maybe like a Stardew valley feel, with added mystery, for our runaways. Maybe every family’s got their own little secrets?

The Ender-sibs are definitely suspicious and secretive about being runaways, but either nobody notices because they’re the same, or they just don’t mention it, because they see no reason to. 

Maybe get adopted by Niki, or someone, that’d be cool. 

Tubbo gang would absolutely terrorize the local neighborhood, but they’d probably all be somewhat fond of Tommy. Maybe they run a small family shop, or something? 

Techno, Billiam, and Sherman would probably all have vastly different jobs with a lot of hold. What those jobs are, I dunno, but they’d be important, maybe? Or maybe just Billiam and Sherman, and Techno just hides in a cozy cottage in the woods to get away from everyone.

SMP version: 

Ender-sibs could A, royal runaways, fleeing perhaps danger or duties too heavy for their young shoulders. B, simple kids that perhaps lost their family and didn’t want to lose each other, or were targeted by hunters maybe. Either way, they end up on the SMP.

Those are just my immediate thoughts though, they could be otherwise.

Ranbob could perhaps have some special connection to the dragon, being the only one of them with a purple eye. Meanwhile, Ranboo and Ran would have maybe different abilities? Due to being descended from green-eyed Endermen. I dunno.

Jackie, Ash, Zachary, and Tubbo are, well. A chaotic combination honestly. We could have Tubbo and Jackie being twins along with Ash and Zack, or we could have Tubbo as the oldest, twins as the middle, and Jackie as the youngest(going from eras), or maybe even them all as quadruplets. 

Are they all abandoned together? if so, maybe the SBI never finds them, cause the four just decide to move on themselves. Tubbo would probably be less likely to hang out in a box if there were three others to take care of and he’s already been waiting awhile. 

They could just make a lives for themselves, either eventually meeting the SBI, or not until they reach the SMP. 

If they do still get picked up, again, very chaotic combination. 

Maybe they all split up eventually, and end up coming to the SMP later, worried for Tubbo? Cause I honestly think the events of the SMP would have been cut short real quick if they were all together. Dream never would have stood a chance.

And the Technos, honestly, that’s just funny. You have Sherman, an authority, Billiam, a billionare who’s possibly somewhat corrupt and ignores authority, and Techno, a literal anarchist. 

With them all being siblings, I like to think they’d all be a bit more mellowed at-like Billiam wouldn’t be a total jerk to the lower-class. Who would be the oldest here? How would Wilbur fit into it, if you wanna do the whole Techno and Wilbur twins thing? Would they even be part of the SBI?

Would Billiam and Sherman follow Techno’s footsteps in becoming famous? Or would they prefer to lay low? 

When they all get to the SMP, would Billiam end up getting possessed by the egg? Could offer some interesting motivation for Techno to fight it. 

Would Dream have his own siblings? I ask mainly because I think it’d be hilarious if Hubert and Billiam were just chill friends who occasionally did crime together, and then Dream and Techno were like ‘he is the only one who can match me’ sort of rivalry. If so, were would Hubert and the others stand on Dream’s actions, I wonder?

And if Ranboo was joined by his siblings, would they become close with Tubbo too? Would Robin be part of the Tubbo gang? Who else would have Tales siblings? What kind of connection would Dream have to the Ender-siblings? One with all of them? Replacing Ranboo with Ranbob?

Either version has lots of potential, and plenty of opportunity, so like. It’s cool, basically.

It's probably better to send a draft for understanding.

I find it nice that Pomni put up Gummigoo’s picture next to Kaufmo’s. The first person she could call a friend (the others don’t count, she only accepted them after Gummigoo) held that much of a place in her heart.