For if ever you find yourself in need of inspiration, this is a list of possible aus that you could write a story about no matter what fandom you write for. Might come back and edit this if I ever come up with some more ideas.
1. Modern au
a. High school au
b. College au
c. Flower shop au
d. Coffee shop au
e. Military au
f. Police au
g. Secret service/Spy au
h. Office workers au
i. Next door neighbors au
j. Single parents au
k. Road trip au
l. Holiday au
m. Dancer au
n. Actors au
o. Band/Musician au
p. Librarian/Book shop au
q. Yakuza/Gangster au
r. Bachelor/Bachelorette au
s. Models au
t. Artist/Photographer au
u. Stripper au
v. Youtube/Blogger au
2. Characters are all real life actors playing the characters from the Movie/TV show/Book au
3. Wuxia au
4. Cowboy au
5. Childhood au
6. Disability au
7. Sickness/Terminally ill au
8. Arranged marriage au
9. Courtesan au
10. Slave au
11. Medical/Science au
12. Soulmate au
13. Political au
14. Magic au
a. Witch and wizard au
b. Potion making au
c. Curse breaking au
d. Magical creatures au (eg unicorn, Pegasus, faeries, centaur, basilisk)
e. Magic school au
f. Modern magic au
15. Superhero au
16. Pirate au
17. Gender swap au
18. Fantasy au
a. Mermaid au
b. Werewolf au
c. Vampire au
d. Dragon au
e. Nymph/Dryad au
f. Cultural mythology au (creatures who only show up in specific cultures’ mythology)
g. D&D au
h. Shape shifter au
i. Immortality au
j. Modern fantasy au
19. Ghost/Undead au
20. Fairy Tale au
21. Gods/Goddesses au
22. Angels and demons au
23. Time travel au
24. Victorian au
25. Medieval au
26. Ancient empire au (eg Egyptian, Roman, Aztec)
27. Royalty au
28. Reincarnation au
29. Movie/TV show au (eg. Harry Potter, AtLA, Star Wars, Doctor Who)
a. Musicals au (eg Grease, Mama Mia, Phantom of the Opera)
b. Disney movie au
30. Space au
31. Sci-Fi au
32. Futuristic au
33. Anthropomorphic au
34. Human A/B/O au
35. Role reversal au
36. Post-apocalypse au
37. Dystopia au
38. Detective noir au
39. Revolution au
40. Remove a character au (remove one character and see how the story changes)
41. Alternate dimension au
42. Horror au
43. Murder mystery au
44. Artificial Intelligence au
I want someone with secrets,
That nobody know,
I need a gangsta,
To love me better,
Than all the others do,
To always forgive me,
Ride or die with me,
That’s just what gangsters do♥️♥️♥️
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It can be hard to find that balance between a character that is too perfect for readers to love and a character that is too flawed for readers to relate to.
Something I like to remember when thinking of flaws to give characters is that very often, flaws can be positive attributes that are in excess.
(This is related to Aristotle’s Virtues and Doctrine of the Mean.)
FOR INSTANCE,
Courage is a positive trait.
But taken too far? That can lead to rashness, or recklessness, which are negative traits. And without enough courage? The character is meak, fearful and cowardly, which are also negative traits.
Here are some examples to think of for your characters of positive traits taken to the extremes.
Virtue- kindness
Excess-easily taken advantage of
Deficiency- selfishness
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Virtue- ambition
Excess- greed/avarice
Deficiency- lazy
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Virtue- honesty
Excess- harshness
Deficiency- secrecy/dishonesty
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Virue- decisiveness
Excess-impulsiveness
Deficiency-indecision
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Virtue- passionate
Excess- irritating
Deficiency- apathetic
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Virtue- strong leadership
Excess- over-controlling
Deficiency- indifferent/passive
Hope this helps :)
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