epic college newspaper au
ok now that i have this blog i can ramble about this au specifically because i was really really happy with it and there were details i had that i couldn't really sneak into the fic (fic is called hot off the press, hermes x reader on ao3, you have to be logged in to see it)
for people who aren't coming from ao3: basically exactly what it sounds like? it's an au with the characters of epic the musical, but in a college newspaper setting. mostly gods-centric because this all stemmed from me thinking about hermes but yeah. here are some of my thoughts:
the newspaper is called The Herald
the school is like University of Olympus (UO) or something like that, Zeus is the president, it's a relatively smaller school
not a full modern college au bc i want the gods to still have their powers and stuff
poseidon is like a sports coach or smthn, hades probably works in an office somewhere for UO and is rarely seen
also i didn't really want them to have cell phones for the fic specifically so they don't have those! we can't have people communicating or anything
tiresias runs a horoscope column lol (part horoscopes, part random recorded snippets of visions he has of the future and alternate universes)
the gods are all juniors or seniors at the time of the fic, circe is a sophomore, tiresias is a sophomore, and odysseus & penelope are freshmen
hephaestus doesn't go to school, he runs a successful blacksmithing business
pretty much everyone is half-siblings and they are pretty close for family
managing editor; helps designers and copy editors out in nightly production, makes sure everything is running smoothly and sees the paper off to print etc.
also works as a delivery driver
this does mean he spends both late evenings and early mornings working on The Herald most days idk i feel like he'd be really involved
communications major i think, maybe with a cannabis minor (moly yk)
joined freshman year and climbed his way through the ranks, was editor of the news section before managing editor
he's also on the track team
also in a band with athena and apollo (i've been calling it The Olympians)
associate managing editor (basically what hermes does), works a lot with hermes
i feel like she would be a double major, maybe in psychology and pharmacy
probably worked/works as a designer for the newspaper too
i think she would be in the chemistry club and maybe also on a dance team
also i feel like she would be in a book club
editor-in-chief - big-boss job but not as directly involved with the copy editors and designers
polisci & econ major, studio art & global affairs minor (look man she's definitely an overachiever okay)
also in The Olympians with hermes and apollo
probably in like 1000 different clubs (weaving, pottery, Model UN, student government)
lifestyle editor (entertainment, makeup, beauty, etc.)
double majoring in design & psychology methinks
i feel like she also works as a designer for The Herald
she also contributes artwork to The Herald sometimes
good friends with circe and probably goes to book club with her and pheme
sports editor for suuuure
i feel like he probably got dragged into it by aphrodite and hermes, at first he was like "ew that's some nerd shit" but then he was like "wait i like this actually" when he discovered the sports section
exercise science major maybe?
on some kind of sports team (wrestling or maybe pankration)
lives in a house funded by daddy zeus with dionysus
actually pretty antisocial
co-sports editor with ares
wildlife conservation major
also on a sports team of some sort (archery club)
probably president of the Outdoor Club
entertainment & lifestyle editor w/ aphrodite
former pre-med, but switched to music (lil' nod to Jay and Mason there)
also part of the archery club
didn't join freshman year b/c he was too busy w/ pre-med stuff
also a delivery driver (bc sun chariot haha)
opinion editor (im gonna be honest idk if this fits him as well i just needed someone for the opinion section)
agriculture major, maybe also theatre major
in a school production more often than not
lives in a house with ares and throws parties like all the time
yeah that's it!! im probably gonna add more stuff later but these were a bunch of preliminary thoughts lol