Spies Are Forever AUgust Challenge
Inspired by a discord server I'm in, I decided I want to try my hand at an AUgust challenge for the SAF fandom
What is AUgust? Basically, there's a list of prompts for each day (including some alternates, in case you want to switch some out), and you create ar/writing/edits/etc. for each AU (Alternate Universe). Some days have several prompts. You don't have to use all of them, theyre just there to give a few options so you aren't limited to one thing.
I'm posting this June 1st to give plenty of time to plan and create if you choose to partake in it.
This is not just for Curtwen! I know that's what the fandom likes to focus on, but I encourage you to use any and all characters in any way you want.
Here are the AUs (also listed below w/explanations)
- Role/Body Swap - Imagine the characters if they switched situations (or bodies). (Ex. Curt falls instead of Owen)
- Siren/Merfolk
- Cowboy/Western
- Pirates
- Monsters/Magic/Urban Fantasy - This is a broad category. Anything with magic and/or monsters and/or myths and fairy tales. (Ex. Curt is a werewolf and Chimera is a monster hunting organization)
- Furry/Pets - Reimagine the characters as furries/anthros. Not your thing? Make it an AU about them with pets instead
- Pokémon
- Genderbent/Trans
- Actor/Celebrity
- Pastel/Punk - Typically, this AU features one character who rocks a punk aesthetic while another wears/embodies pastel vibes. Variations are fun though! (Ex. Punk!Owen and Pastel!Curt)
- Apocalypse/Dystopia/War - Basically just a doomsday situation (Ex. Zombie apocalypse)
- Crime Ring/Mafia/Serial Killer/Assassins
- Angel/Demon
- Streamer/Influencer/Content Creator
- Artist - This covers any type of art. Writing, painting, singing, dancing, etc
- Sports
- Floppy Disk/Cyberpunk/Steampunk - Lately there's been a Floppy Disk!Owen (or Curt) AU floating around, where their consciousness is stored on a floppy disk. If that doesn't interest you, cyber/steampunk aesthetics could be the basis for your AU
- Star Wars/Star Trek/Space
- Shop Owners - Bookshop! Flower Shop! Tattoo Parlor! Bakery! Cafe! You know 'em, you love 'em. (Ex. Curt and Owen own rival bakeries)
- Dragons
- Princess Bride/Royalty - AU based on the movie The Princess Bride. If that doesn't interest you, royalty AUs are a good classic to go with
- Movie, Show, Book, Game, Musical Crossover/AU - Choose any other piece of media and use that as the basis for an AU (Ex. The SAF characters being reaped for the Hunger Games)
- High School/College/Teacher
- Rockstar/Band
- Soulmate - ANY version of the soulmate AU is fair game (Ex. Tati and Barb have countdown clocks until they meet each other)
- Superheroes/Powers
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Time Loop/Time Travel/Different Time Period
- Fandom Fusion - Similar to the one for the 22nd, have SAF characters crossover with a different fandom in any way you want (Ex. Dick Big finds himself at the bar with Ted Spankoffski and they are trying to out-sleaze the other)
- Circus/Performer
- Wings
Alternates: Canon Divergence, Single Parent, Domestic/Slice-of-life, Hanahaki, Alternate Timeline, Horror, Rare-Pair
I'll keep asks open if anything needs clarification!
I can't wait til August to see what y'all cook up
Thinking about Curt holding Owen's body after he shoots him
I'm not one to bring up Harry Potter often but all I picture is that scene where Snape finds Lily dead and sobs his fucking eyes out
Give me this shit but they're on a staircase and there's blood falling from Owen's head
Hey Kai? Hey Kai? Hey Kai?
Please shut the fuck up
/pos
In the casino hotel straight up Torchuring It
And by ‘it’ haha well
Let’s justr say.
My portner
one day joey richter will get his high note
But he can’t hit the high note
Me: guys hahaha Owen and Curt hate each other omg like if you put them in a room together, no one is coming out alive
Also me: guys noooooo 🥺🥺 they loved each other. That’s the whole reason the show is so tragic. They knew each other well enough to have inside jokes. They worked like a well oiled machine
dance gay boy
Go gay boy go!
ugh thinking about how Cynthia tries to recruit Owen to A.S.S. and he says something like "I believe they call that treason, my dear." Implying that at this point, before the fall, not committing treason is something Owen actually cares about. And then five minutes later he slips on Curt's banana peel and falls and gets a building exploded on him, and treason is kind of the least of his problems at that point
Owen's a fast walker send post
More than that, he’s a fast walker who gets irrationally frustrated when walking behind slow people
I wonder if the real Curt Mega ever opens this app and reads a post and has to take a minute to figure out if the post is talking about him or about Agent Curt Mega
curt mega! what shark is he?
sand tiger shark!!!
sans tiger sharks and tiger sharks are two different shark species, kinda like how curt puts on his suave spy persona thats different to his own. tiger sharks are what youd normally expect from a shark —aggressive and dangerous too humans— like how curts persona is whats expect of him at the time —confident heterosexual suave guy. however, sand tiger sharks are not dangerous towards humans (unless provoked), and curt is gay and —at least post fall— not the confident suave dude he pretends to be
Is this about me or the character? 😅
Curt Mega, if you happen to see this, it’s about the character. The Spies fandom has been booming since Spy Another Day (which is fantastic because I have SAF brainrot) and people have been making the most amazing AUs. (Maybe this au existed beforehand, but my point still stands)
A few months ago someone said that we should’ve made curtwens ship name owmega
I think about that a lot, I wish that person a good day every day. I love curtwen as a ship name but I think we really missed out
I, on the other hand, am glad we don’t live in a world where the ship name is Owmega.
Like good god, think of the AO3 fics that’d exist it Owmega was the ship name
everyday i wish that they decided to keep the extra layer in torture tango with the guy who works in the hotel delivering von nazi's bacon cheeseburger with waffle fries
i get why they cut it, but holy shit it would have been hilarious
also you can never have too many layers in an act 1 closing number
THAT WAS A THING ?!
Curtwen Week Day 1: Pre Canon/London <3 :)
Owen has so much love in his eyes it makes me SICK
Spies Are Forever AUgust Challenge
Inspired by a discord server I'm in, I decided I want to try my hand at an AUgust challenge for the SAF fandom
What is AUgust? Basically, there's a list of prompts for each day (including some alternates, in case you want to switch some out), and you create ar/writing/edits/etc. for each AU (Alternate Universe). Some days have several prompts. You don't have to use all of them, theyre just there to give a few options so you aren't limited to one thing.
I'm posting this June 1st to give plenty of time to plan and create if you choose to partake in it.
This is not just for Curtwen! I know that's what the fandom likes to focus on, but I encourage you to use any and all characters in any way you want.
Here are the AUs (also listed below w/explanations)
- Role/Body Swap - Imagine the characters if they switched situations (or bodies). (Ex. Curt falls instead of Owen)
- Siren/Merfolk
- Cowboy/Western
- Pirates
- Monsters/Magic/Urban Fantasy - This is a broad category. Anything with magic and/or monsters and/or myths and fairy tales. (Ex. Curt is a werewolf and Chimera is a monster hunting organization)
- Furry/Pets - Reimagine the characters as furries/anthros. Not your thing? Make it an AU about them with pets instead
- Pokémon
- Genderbent/Trans
- Actor/Celebrity
- Pastel/Punk - Typically, this AU features one character who rocks a punk aesthetic while another wears/embodies pastel vibes. Variations are fun though! (Ex. Punk!Owen and Pastel!Curt)
- Apocalypse/Dystopia/War - Basically just a doomsday situation (Ex. Zombie apocalypse)
- Crime Ring/Mafia/Serial Killer/Assassins
- Angel/Demon
- Streamer/Influencer/Content Creator
- Artist - This covers any type of art. Writing, painting, singing, dancing, etc
- Sports
- Floppy Disk/Cyberpunk/Steampunk - Lately there's been a Floppy Disk!Owen (or Curt) AU floating around, where their consciousness is stored on a floppy disk. If that doesn't interest you, cyber/steampunk aesthetics could be the basis for your AU
- Star Wars/Star Trek/Space
- Shop Owners - Bookshop! Flower Shop! Tattoo Parlor! Bakery! Cafe! You know 'em, you love 'em. (Ex. Curt and Owen own rival bakeries)
- Dragons
- Princess Bride/Royalty - AU based on the movie The Princess Bride. If that doesn't interest you, royalty AUs are a good classic to go with
- Movie, Show, Book, Game, Musical Crossover/AU - Choose any other piece of media and use that as the basis for an AU (Ex. The SAF characters being reaped for the Hunger Games)
- High School/College/Teacher
- Rockstar/Band
- Soulmate - ANY version of the soulmate AU is fair game (Ex. Tati and Barb have countdown clocks until they meet each other)
- Superheroes/Powers
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Time Loop/Time Travel/Different Time Period
- Fandom Fusion - Similar to the one for the 22nd, have SAF characters crossover with a different fandom in any way you want (Ex. Dick Big finds himself at the bar with Ted Spankoffski and they are trying to out-sleaze the other)
- Circus/Performer
- Wings
Alternates: Canon Divergence, Single Parent, Domestic/Slice-of-life, Hanahaki, Alternate Timeline, Horror, Rare-Pair
I'll keep asks open if anything needs clarification!
I can't wait til August to see what y'all cook up
I haven’t been online much except to reblog things bc it’s been finals week and I had to move out of my dorm and all and let me tell you
I’m so upset. All my mutuals have been making such good posts and I’m BEHIND. There’s so much AU lore to catch up on (shoutout to the It’s About Spies discord)
I am free from the evil clutches of higher academia for the summer and I have some THINGS I’m working on, specifically related to SAF bc that’s my current hyperfixation
siren!owen - full sketch page
once again, thanks to the it's about spies discord. stop trying to jump into the sea.