How do you feel about PTA AUs? More specifically, PTA!Papyrus
I love PTAUs. Though I will confess that it is very difficult to find Papyrus-centric PTAU fics or comics. Most of them are Sans-centric, so I don’t really have any to rec. (If anyone has a Papyrus-centric PTAU rec, I will happily take it.) I’ve seen some Swap-Pap centric ones, but I’d really like to see some with one of the energetic Paps front and center. The lazies just aren’t as interesting to me.
I have written for PTAU before—“That’s not lasagna”—and I did notice one problem with it, though. There are really only so many school-centric/PTA-centric plotlines I personally would want to explore. Again—I am not fond of kids.
However! I love the theme of Monsters vs. Bigoted Humans. What I’d like to do is actually explore what I call a “HOAU”, or the “Homeowners’ Association AU”. It’s basically monsters on the surface making their way to a snooty, gated community. It negates the necessity for children in the fic, and it intensifies the tension since the monsters are living next to the humans. They have to interact at block parties, at HOA meetings, or even just on lazy Sunday afternoons. And a bigoted HOA could make life miserable for anyone trying to live in that community. I think it also has a few more avenues to explore and some added potential for conflict. And some nice humans too, since not everyone is an asshole.
