@las--nevadas and @pndrax helped me create this au so they get tags for that hi guys 🫶
I’m just going to do a general overview sort of post because going in depth with all of it would make this post take a million years to write💔 BUT BUT BUT.
So. It’s a buttercups (+ Cub, call that the Buttercubs :3 ) band au, because of course it is (Grian’s the lead singer, Mumbo is the guitarist, Scar plays drums, Cub is the bassist). Cub and Scar grew up together, they’re both vex hybrids. Grian and Mumbo also grew up together, Grian is an avian (ofc) and Mumbo is a cinnabar/vampire moth hybrid. The band itself is decently popular (not huge though), and they make indie hippie folksy stuff, but they have a decent range. Grian does commission work with tapestries. Mumbo works a part time job with small-scale redstone (think quality of life machines; clocks, elevators, item sorters, etc), he also is very tinker-y and mechanically adept, he could make just about anything if given the resources. Scar is a baker! Both as a part time job AND as a hobby, he’s an amazing baker (but a bad cook. Grian does the cooking usually). Cub is a published astrophysicist because of course this guy in this hippie ass polycule band is an astrophysicist. He’s sooo weird i love him.
Scar has mobility issues and is an ambulatory wheelchair user— he also has a cane, and the buttercubs’ house is accessible for wheelchairs. Cub has had a skulk infection since he was very young and yes, it’s symbolic of depression and how that can affect a person. Grian and Mumbo both have EDS, which causes them both lots of joint pain and mobility issues— Mumbo feels it in his legs, hips, and wrists (sometimes elbows), and Grian feels it mostly in his hips and legs. Grian also has PCOS, and is testing out mobility aids to see if they help. Mumbo, meanwhile, has EDS and carpal tunnel. He doesn’t use mobility aids much but desperately needs them, though he can’t use a cane bc it would fuck his wrists up more. Forearm crutches would save him. Also, they are all autistic
The buttercubs have a “rivalry” (not actual beef, they’re friends) with Doc. That’s RIGHT, Docm77 is a solo musician, and he’s WILDLY popular. He makes rock style music, but like. With the lyrics of a Will Wood and the Tapeworms song. Doc will be important later. He makes enough off of his music to do it full time but he’s so fucking strange and can’t be regular for the life of him and owns an entire redstone company, specifically one that deals with heavy machinery (world-eaters, destructive stuff, heavy doors, etc). Doc is a goat/creeper hybrid, and also has several prosthetics. He made them all himself, and no, you won’t get a straight answer out of him about what happened.
Grian and Mumbo grew up in England (ofc- Grian is actually french but his family doesn’t live there). They met in primary school, when Grian transferred to this stuffy private school. Mumbo had all of one (1) friend (Iskall), and was just generally not popular, but he and Grian became friends eventually and they’ve been inseparable ever since.
Cub and Scar knew each other because their parents knew each other, and they are glued at the hip. You can’t have one without the other. I love them.
Now. If you asked them, they couldn’t really tell you how or even when they all met. They just…. did. They try and think back to it and it gets all fuzzy and odd and they just…. can’t remember.
Scar and Mumbo and Cub all don’t have any siblings. Only children through and through. Grian, however, has a younger sibling. You guessed it! Her name is Jamie (Jimmy Solidarity, but she transitioned so everyone clap and be happy for her). Jamie has two partners, Tango and Scott. They’re wonderful and I love them. Jamie is a streamer, Scott is a swimming instructor, and Tango is a game developer (think Decked Out >:] )!! Although, Tango does have a day job, which is working with redstone. Jamie is an avian, ofc, Scott is a fish hybrid, and Tango’s a blaze hybrid.
Doc met Grian and Mumbo when they were all attending university, and for a while, Doc and Grian dated. That didn’t last though, because they both had undiagnosed bpd and were more obsessed/fixated than is healthy. Mumbo was in fact in love w Grian at the time, but he didn’t say much about it. After all, that’s his best mate! Whatever makes him happy.
honestly, there’s so much more but I can’t make this post go on forever and I also don’t want to explain anything my friends wanted to explain, so I’ll stop here for now lol. Don’t think this is the last you’ll see of the Buttercubs band au though
