#bof au

*i might turn some of these into fics but if any of these ideas inspire you please write them yourself/do what you want with them. i would love to bounce ideas off of each other too and i think it’s fun to see two+ takes of the same concept

1. zombie apocalypse. i wrote a sturniolo triplets and co apocalypse au a few years back and the twist villain was mr beast i feel like i only need to jump through a few hoops to write a sequel lowkey. he recreates the same circumstances in new jersey after getting out of prison or something idk.

2. soulmate au but like. every soulmate pairing has a different connection and some are more rare than others. so, and this is bunch of lovers because OBVIOUSLY, maybe hanbon and anthony have the red string of fate and have known about their soulmateism forever but maybe anthony and coy have something harder to figure out like hearing music the other one is listening to. and having multiple soulmates is probably not common in this world either. lots of logistics to work out but it could be fun

3. college au. GOD i know you’re all teenagers and that’s why there’s only high school aus but pleaseeee anthony and hanbon actually met in college and there’s so much to work with here. imagine majors and clubs and dorm buildings please please please. there is this idea of “campus celebrities” in america which are content creators specifically popular among other students that i think could be used here

4. time travel. i had this idea of modern day youtubers romanticizing 2016 youtube and through shenanigans, they get transported into 2016 and the only way to get home is if they can get to a certain amount of subscribers on a fresh channel. so then the modern day youtubers have to lock in and learn how to game 2016 youtube while also already knowing about upcoming trends and drama. god imagine bunch of friends in this scenario. the 2016 of it all.

there's a whole coven system and witches pick/are assigned specialties which is basically the main form of magic a witch practices. for example, a medium is just a witch who specializes in communication with/rituals that involve ghosts. a prophet is a witch who specializes in fortune telling magic/clairvoyancy.

in this world magic is like. a genetic thing. so people usually start off learning magic from their "family coven" where they master the basics and declare (or in some situations, are assigned) their specialties and then you usually break off and start your own branch of the "family coven" or you go join another existing one.

i set up the idea of covens where everyone practices one kind of magic in the sturniolo triplets fic, where kids are raised up only being taught one kind of magic due to tradition. I think having Anthony come from a coven like this and practicing clairvoyancy (prophecy) or something would be angsty as he breaks traditions and learns other kinds of magic with his friends

i don't address whether witches can be born into non witch families in the other fic but i definitely think it could happen. like genes skipping a few generations. Coy being a witch AND gay in a religious family. god the angst potential. i could go even crazier and have his specialty be like. necromancy or something else stereotypically dark. and he was forced to hide it and be ashamed of it so he's only just now learning how to do basic magic in his twenties.

i would love for Hanbon to be an elemental. elemental magic is considered very basic in this universe and kids are often taught basic elemental spells early on, so elemental specialty witches are considered as not being very talented. but Hanbon would be cracked. she's mastered all the elements and is The Avatar basically, which in combination gives her the ability to lightly control weather and such too. she's underestimated often, but she was raised in a typical coven and is the most well-studied out of her friends.

Will would be a potion making witch because every good coven needs one OBVIOUSLY. i think he was also raised in a typical family coven, to balance out coy and anthony's more unique experiences, but he definitely didn't study as hard as Hanbon did growing up.

anyways i think the plot would be like, they're all living together and hiding their witchcraft from each other for various reasons, they definitely aren't public about their magic because some people in this world aren't fans of it. there would be angsty lead up and miscommunication until the reveal, and then gradual build up to them Becoming A Coven and then maybe eventually they reveal publicly and there would be some video-fic chapters.