Im enjoying how gemini and lunar interact in your au, its so sweet seeing them spend time together, learning about how the world works and lunar bringing them stuff from other dimensions to see how different they are sounds fun. I also like face expressions lunar made, its so funny seeing them so frustrated while castor flirts (//^w^//)
What are the biggest changes around your au? Like the worldbuilding, the astrals and dark star power entities power system, characters interactions and other honorable mentions?
You need to understand that you asked me the most loaded questions to ask me because it just... so many.
I change so many things and some stayed the same. All are adjusted from the OG show but these minor shifting has resulted into major shifting of the world itself.
So to narrow it down, to the simplistic answer basically ...
Pieces are just place differently.
One major change I can say are the Astrals. I never liked the concept of the "Guardian Of The Galaxy" they had going on in the show. I understand it was to create drama but it made the Astrals less interesting to me.
So I re-imagine them, I got rid the whole concept of guardian of the universe thing. I got rid of the good vs evil thing they had going on with the Astrals themselves. Negative star energy is not evil in my AU and it's the Followers of these Astrals that set up the propaganda that there is a moral differences between the two.
Positive and Negative star powers are not morally inclusive. The reason why the Astral don't correct these Followers is legit because they do not care what these mortals do.
I just made Astrals into creatures of habit. It's why some people would view them as villains and or monsters. They are just cruel without the intent. They got very good at mimicking.
The second thing is the power system in this AU.
I legit need to set up a graph and I'm still doodling an explanation on how the Astral Power System works but just know this about this AU's powers system in general.
Science, Magic, and Star Powers are all basically the same thing.
Science is basically the full understanding of a subject of magic, and magic is just the study of harnessing natural energy of oneself and/or from nature. Magic can be named many things across the universe. Many can even behave differently and required different ways to harness it. But all can be classified as star energy.
Star powers from an Astral is entirely different.
Everyone in this universe gets their star energy/magic from the originator aka from The Big Bang Event. This event can also be refer to as a "death" of an Astral.
The Big Bang created the universe and the people in it. Everything and everyone contains star energy from that originator.
Astrals , however, do not come from The Big Bang. They predate it so their star energy is entirely their own. They are not part of the flow of energy that exist in the universe. Their powers could be classified as unfiltered raw energy.
That's why Lunar is a special case.
While Eclipse misuse of the Newton Star caught Gemini's attention. It was Lunar that made Gemini stay on planet earth for a little while longer to conduct their research.
Lunar is producing his own star energy. He is basically out of the flow of the universe's enegry. Just like an Astral.
The thing is, Lunar isn't the first. There have been other people in the past who started making their own star energy but all of them soon died. Some only existing for a few minutes then disappearing out of existence.
Lunar is just the longest surviving one.
However, same as the others, his fatal flaw is still having a physical body.
So his star energy is culminating inside his body constantly and needs a way out. If it does not, it will just build up more and more to where it will reach a limit his body can't handle and go... boom.
But that explosion will destroy the entire Solar System.
It's why it is very important for Lunar to keep using his star powers. It's why Gemini encourages Lunar to train, not to be warrior or protector. Just to make sure Lunar doesn't blow up. Gemini viewed it as a waste if Lunar died admittedly before Gemini was finished researching him. Plus it gave Gemini an excuse update their research on current planet earth affairs.
Lunar from the start had a whole different view on what start power was. Same as the rest of the Celestial Family. Moon didn't even know that science, magic and star energy where all the same thing and that everything had star energy. This does lead to funny situations thou.
Mind you, using star energy will still produce a Wither Storm at the end of the universe. The difference is that the Astrals view it as an inevitable. The Astrals don't fear the end. So their is no point in fighting it.
Plus everything in the universe uses star energy, for either magic uses or using it to breath in air. It's very pointless. It's just the natural decay of things.
This is the reason why my Astrals view it as funny that other Astrals from other dimensions try to regulate the use of star energy.
While the use of negative star powers actually does increase the speed of decay of the universe, that has to be another post. That involves more with the Astral Power System and their dynamic with the Astral Followers. That's a whole other explanation.
As for the final question about other characters interactions that do exist in this Celestial Waffle House AU. Blue exist. Wormy the IRS guy is there too. Clipsy will be there and will be harassing Eclipse for fun. And of course, The Devil From The Bible makes an appearance at a convection.