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Now!!! The actual AU!!!

So get DDVAU and make the relationships even MORE conveluted. Love square? Prepare to become a love HEXAGON.

YES IT'S CONFUSING BUT THATS THE FUN IN IT, But I will make this as simple as possible (which isn’t very possible)

Mumbo has crushes on Hotguy and Cuteguy

Scar has crushes on Cuteguy and Mumbo

Grian has crushes on PrettyGuy and Scar

Of course the story would be vastly different than ddvau because obviously. I'm not about to copy anyone's work, especially the beloved creators of DDVAU

But to sprinkle Mumbo in this mix, he's a huge fanboy, he has a lot of their merch, but his favorite piece is the hotguy calendar. Cuteguy has yet to do one but there's a rumor going around that Hotguy and Cuteguy will collaborate on one together soon, and Mumbo already has it preordered somehow… don’t ask, he’s a little freak <3

Anyway, there's a horrible battle one day that ends with HotGuy gravely injured, and CuteGuy is struggling to get him out of the fight without getting hurt himself.

Mumbo, being the fucking insane man he is, hides his identity the best he could (hoodie and mask because he doesn’t want a villain to see his face and track him down, he knows the danger he’s putting himself in by trying to rescue his hero) he pulls HotGuy out of there just barely, ignoring CuteGuy telling him to get out of there before he gets himself hurt

Mumbo thankfully has first aid training under his belt and is able to stop the bleeding for the most part.

HotGuy is dazed but doesn’t protest against the help, too out of it to try. In his face he calls Mumbo’s eyes pretty :3 (they’re the only part of him that’s fully visible, and to be fair, Scar doesn’t recognize him as Mumbo since his signature mustache is hidden behind a mask) Mumbo of course is flustered as all hell

When Cuteguy finally fights off the villain he comes stumbling back, telling Mumbo that what he did was reckless and dumb (he doesn’t recognize him as Mumbo either) but he’s grateful to him for saving HotGuy’s life.

CuteGuy then takes HotGuy with him, ignoring how HotGuy is trying to tell him how pretty his savior is. They have a healer that they both trust, Grian thanks Mumbo, then flies off apologizing that he can’t walk him home.

The fact that Hotguy called him Pretty gets stuck in Mumbo’s head for days.

It gets so stuck in there that he starts thinking, “I helped them once. What if I can continue to do that?”

Mumbo creates himself a costume and an assortment of weapons and nick nacks to use in combat. (I’d like for him to have those cool screen masks, though I don’t know if he should have a mustache or not seeing how telling that could be)

He helps save the day in his new getup, and before he knows it, he’s apart of the team.

Though Hotguy mourns the fact that he can’t call CuteGuy “Pretty Bird” anymore.

Can you tell how I’m already going wild over this idea? Because I am. I NEED TO WRITE THIS SO BAD

Of course there’s a bunch more from Mumbo’s first meeting face to face with the pair, his hero debut, him inserting himself into the hero duo, the rejection of him being a hero but him being a stubborn little shit, the ideas race on through my head

I’ll temporarily call it, “Worse than a Love Square” idk if that’ll stick or not but we’ll see

Next Post here!!!

(This became bigger than I thought, so here's an easier way to go through parts if you wish)!