#conbel

Basic gist of this AU is that its more or less the same only everything’s set in a fantasy/medieval/fairy tale sort of setting, with royalty, knights, magic, all that good stuff

So we have our main kingdom, Gravity Falls, which, in an interesting twist of things (because I wanted a prince/knight dynamic for this AU) is well ruled by the Pines family

More specifically its gonna be ruled by Dipper when he comes of age (the parents are dead, cause idk they gotta be for this to work, Mabel is still the oldest twin, but the kingdom’s got this “firstborn son” ruler rule so yeah, and Stan and Ford are sorta more in a supervisory role (basically taking care of things until Dipper’s old enough (which will probs be like 16, but in this AU everyone’s still the same age as usual so he’s 12) 

So Dipper and Mabel are prince and princess of the kingdom respectively, but their personalities are more or less the same (Dipper’s still a fuckin nerd who would rather spend his time investigating all the weird magical shit around the kingdom than carrying out any sort of royal duty while Mabel is all about the glitz and glamor and fancy balls and dresses that come with being a princess lol)

Before moving on, one more quick thing on the Pines: Ford’s like... the court magician/researcher (co intrium ruler with Stan too) and Stan’s still kinda like a showman in dealing with the people of the kingdom lol

So the Crystal Gems here are basically the same as usual, still magical aliens and whatnot who have basically lived in the kingdom for ages and have vowed to protect it (and its royal family) from harm

So of course, they’re on great terms with the Pines and Rose usually acts as their head knight for the king or whatever, but since she gave up her form to have a kid with Greg (who here is like, a court minstrel/musician or something), that role is to fall to Steven instead

So the Gems train Steven and Connie to both serve as knights to the royal family (Connie’s parents have some apprehension about this, but imo the girl is way too headstrong to not train to be a knight lol) 

When the pair is finally deemed “ready” enough, the CGs present them to the royal family so they can properly serve the prince and princess; of course Mabel’s excited about having what she initially thinks will be a ‘strong handsome knight” all her own, but Dipper, being eternally stubborn, doesn’t think he needs a knight to watch over him all the time

Of course he quickly changes his tune when he meets Steven (whose assigned to him) for the first time and its like... goddamn love and first sight on both ends and these boys are bashful and blushy as hell and its CUTE and GAY

At the same time, Connie’s assigned to serve as Mabel’s knight and Mabel is fucking HYPE when she meets Connie, cause like??? A guy knight is one thing, but a girl knight is even COOLER! So they hit it off just as well lol (did I mention there’s Conbel in here too? Cause there is ;P) 

So yeah the twins both immediately love their new knights and spend a ton of time with them and imo what else happens when you get all four Mystery Kids together than they get themselves into fucking trouble

Instead of attending to any sort of royal duties, they basically go hang out in the woods, finding magical creatures and stuff and being kids and having fun and falling in love and stuff

Of course, they kinda do catch some flack from the adults from this, for a number of reasons (mainly the twins gotta do royal stuff and not fool around with their knights while Steven and Connie gotta actually, ya know, be knights and not friends/lovers to the twins lol)

Still, that doesn’t fucking stop them

See, Steven’s great at the “protect” part of being a knight, but not so great at the “attack” part so when Dipper notices this he’s like “well why don’t I learn how to fight so we can protect each other?” and he basically has Connie teach him how to swordfight (without Stan or Ford or any of the Gems finding out lol) 

On the other end of things, Mabel probably teaches Connie (who’s kinda a little uptight in this AU because of her strict training) how to cut loose and have fun lol (Steven basically does the same thing for Dipper, who’s all beleaguered thanks to being a prince and whatnot)

So its all cute and good and gay and eventually Stan, Ford, and the Gems come around and let the kids have their fun and relationships just as long as they attend to their responsibilities and stuff

As for other stuff in this AU, I suppose Bill and Homeworld would still be threats, probably in not too dissimilar of a way as they are in UF itself

And imo that’s about all I got in mind for this one at the moment but I kinda wanna write or draw somethin for it eventually cause I’m garbage for this ship and can’t resist it