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au plotting post

Welcome to the Duocaeli's Plotting Post for OFFline world AUs! Rather than doing monthly installments to play with this optional mechanic, we've decided to use this permanently installed post for players to come in and engage with our AU mechanic as they please.

How does the AU mechanic work?
Upon arriving in the OFF world of Crane City, characters will find themselves encountering NPC residents and others who react to them as familiar citizens, friends, and family. While not necessary, there is an optional mechanic for characters to also suddenly regain memories of a life they had in Crane City, whether it be an entire lifetime or as someone who moved in and took up residence later on. However, all characters will intrinsically know that the Alternative Universe memories they have of the OFF world aren't their real memories.

In addition, while characters may have OFFline friends or family resemble canon characters that can be apped, they must also retain some differences. This is to allow for creative freedom for characters being apped in.

OOCly, Duocaeli puts a focus on canon personalities and histories of characters, but we wanted to have the optional AU mechanic for those who wanted to play with it! If you don't want to opt in, there is no requirement to have a top-level or entry in this page. If you would like to engage, please follow our example for organization's sake.

This AU Plotting Post will be linked on every monthly mod post as a reminder for those who would like to engage in the optional AU mechanic.

Player Name:
Player Contact:

Character Name: Feel free to also link to their permissions/info post if that's your jam!
Canon:
AU Occupation: Quick snapshot of what your character does.
AU Background: This can be as detailed or barebones as you want!
Looking For: Are there any particular kinds of AU CR that you'd like for your character? Childhood friends? Bitter academic rivals? It may also help to include your character's attitude on the AU memories - do they find them confusing and want to embrace them? Or will they ignore them to the best of their ability?

While not necessary, mods also encourage having a FROZEN "Notes" comment reply to your own top-level that lets you edit and include new AU details as you plot!

Otherwise, the entire post works like a general plotting area! Please comment under character comments to build AUs with each other. Don't be shy now!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Player Name: StarSeed
Player Contact: PM is the most optimal way to get in touch. I have a discord and plurk here, but I'm more active on discord than plurk.

Character Name: Bakugō Katsuki (last name, first name)
Character Canon: My Hero Academia (general wiki and fandom wiki)
Character Info: You can find his game information here (more details in his journal) and his permissions here (both OOC & IC).

AU Occupation: High school student who works hard at his studies and athletics in order to prepare himself for college and a future career, likely in law enforcement. What free time he has is spent doing things that further those ambitions, ranging from hobbies to part-time jobs. And occasionally has fun along the way.

AU Background: Details below.

Bakugo's general attitude towards his AU memories is testy and negative, though more of annoyance rather than anger. While he acknowledges they're in his head, he's too aware that they're false to put a massive amount of importance on them. He tries to keep his "canon" history and AU memories separate. While Bakugo can work with those memories as "default" in his responses, he's quick to point out "you know that's not real" when it comes to things that are embarrassing, piss him off, or otherwise make life troublesome. Otherwise tries to ignore them.

Side Note: Just because you're a friend, family member, classmate, or whatever other bond of Bakugo's in the AU memories doesn't mean you're spared his abrasive attitude!

💥 Bakugo grew up an only child. As his parents work quite successfully in the fashion industry (beauty and marketing), he's lived a relatively upper-mid class life, though his mother's explosive personality means he was disciplined enough to become a competent young man. Spent a lot of his early childhood with his best friend, Midoriya Izuku. Due to Quirks (superpowers) not being a thing in the AU life, he and Midoriya never had their massive falling out and he stayed friends with him even into their teenage years. They still have an intense rivalry with each other.

💥 As in canon, being born a natural genius/talent meant that Bakugo excelled at whatever he put his hands to. He gets amazing grades in his classes, regularly competes at different sports, and entertains a number of hobbies or activities. However, many of those were short-lived before he moved on to something else more interesting. This leaves him with a wealth of experience and skills, so don't be surprised if he shows up and is able to do great at whatever's going on. Yes, he's that kind of annoying guy. It's partially why he still managed to develope his massive ego and arrogance.

💥 Currently Bakugo employs most of his time focusing on his studies and athletics, gunning for academics and sports scholarships so he has options when aiming for college. He's notoriously responsible despite his delinquent attitude, so friends that want to smoke, drink, cheat, cut class, etc. won't make it far with him. He's the guy had has his schedules planned out and memorized, sticks to them like a stubborn bull, and dismisses anything he doesn't consider worth his time or effort. Doesn't want to mess up his record. Expect him to set aside hours for studying, go to bed at decent times, get up early for morning exercise routines, and review notes.

💥 Has had a life-long interest (obsession) with comic books and action series and is quite the closeted nerd about them. Bakugo uses the term "expert" or "collector" when it comes to these hobbies and refuses to admit his nerdy side. He'll get into arguments about the fandoms he's into and knows both trivia and merchandise statistics to an eyebrow-raising degree. Used to dream of becoming a superhero, but is currently thinking about a future in law enforcement. Like a police officer or something, though the option to become a sports star is also possible.

💥 Bakugo also grew up with an interest in explosions, be they from items like grenades or dynamite, or chemical reactions like nitroglycerine, so he has knowledge of military, demolition, and chemical explosives. He's attended building demolitions and structure collapses for both entertainment and studying. While he's not a pyromaniac or mad bomber, he certainly enjoys the power and sight of explosions.

💥 Katsuki's nickname "Kacchan" was given to him by his childhood friends in canon. Similarly, anyone who grew up with Katsuki during his childhood in the OFF world AU is welcome to call him "Kacchan" as well. Everyone else gets to call him "Bakugo" after meeting him. He uses "Dynamight" as his online handle for various websites. Like a nerd.

Looking For: Details below.

💥 Starting out with childhood friends for this dumpster fire. As a little squirt, Bakugo certainly was a lot friendlier than he is now. People who befriended him in his youth likely know more about him than other people who came later in life. He'll expect his friends to recognize his drive and behavior, so don't go dragging him down, yo. Could be friends from "day 1" till now, or even someone he's lost touch and reunited with during school. He's gruff and not afraid to say hard truths, but for people Bakugo does consider friends, he's a strong ally and no-nonsense companion.

💥 Wanna be a classmate or teammate instead? Bakugo as a classmate is more likely to ignore you, but he still considers everyone in the same class as him a rival for top spot. Friend classmates might be able to get tutoring lessons and assignment team-ups out of him, though he'll couch that in "don't want you to suck cause that'll look like i suck" excuses. Bakugo as a teammate is pretty intense, as he expects his teammates to both follow his orders (cause he's the captain all the time) and hold themselves to the same high standards he does. That said, he's mature(d) enough to realize the value of teammates and will protect/defend/cooperate with his team to make sure victory is completely assured with no doubt in mind. Now, if you wanna be rivals, prepare for the fight of your life.

💥 Hobby partners! Don't call him a nerd and come enjoy nerdy things with him. When he's not studying or training, Bakugo can be cajoled into hitting the arcade or going on outings or talking about those nerdy interests of his. Comic books, heroes, action series, he's the guy that'll attend Comic Con with a hat over his head and look cool and awesome, but won't admit to being super excited or anything. Or maybe you wanna be partners in his more active exercises, like running, rock wall climbing, surfing, martial arts, or whatever other activity you think might be interesting! Of course, if you want to blow something up with him... legally. Could even talk him into a part-time job or something?

💥 When it comes to family members, I'll keep it to cousins at closest, unless you're old enough to be an aunt, uncle, etc. Not sure you wanna be related to this role model terror, but hey you do you! And I'm also down for negative relationships, such as bad rivals, childhood enemies, or even something dramatic like criminal run-ins. Certainly would make interactions in the future weird, but that's another element of fun!

Other Notes: I'll have a comment below for edits or addendums to the above ideas.

Frozen for future edits or addendums.

AU plotting post

Bakugō Katsuki 💥 Boku no Hero Academia

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