Because I can't leave that Abstract Button alone, here's a bunch of AUs that roll about in my head that I figured I'd plop in here to see if anyone wants to bat them about.
Warnings apply for pretty much everything: smut, body horror, violence, nonconsensual science, cosmic horror, pregnancy, gender-switching, and probably more.
Wizarding AU
or
Harry Potter And The Contrived Fanfiction Plot
Is it Marauders-Era and you not only have to deal with them but this weirdo new Defence Against The Dark Arts instructor? Or, even worse, is this during the books and you have to deal with all of that plus this weirdo new Defence Against The Dark Arts instructor? What on earth was Dumbledore thinking? This man looks like he just crawled out from under the floorboards of Voldemort's own goddamn house. He makes Snape look trustworthy. But boy does he know his stuff. And all kinds of other stuff. So what's Professor Azwel really about?
Cthulhu Mythos AU
or
The Call Of The Thing On The Living Room Floor Of The Witch-House Of The Terrible Old Man With The Silver Key To The Challenge From Beyond The Wall Of AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Terrible things are afoot in New England in the 1920s. Fish-people and cultists and schlubs having horrible dreams are everywhere. Things are colours that don't exist. A squiggly symbol that scares the bejeezus out of you is scrawled on random surfaces. And what's that awful tekeli-li sound that rides the wind of an evening? What are those faceless flying creatures silhouetted against the moon? AND WHY IS AN EIGHT-FOOT-TALL BUG MAN THING CLAIMING HE'S RANDOLPH CARTER? Nobody knows except a strange mystic from Europe who calls himself only 'Azwel' and seems to know an awful lot about and awful lot of things. Things man (or woman or bug) was not meant to know! Do you follow him to the hilltops or into the cypress swamps or wherever else he says the horrible tomes direct him or do you do the smart thing and run screaming into the night, trailing As as you go?
Domestic Fluff
or
How I Married A Mad Alchemist
Ah, wedded bliss. Family life and home sweet home. Is there anything like it? Probably not. You are Mr. Or Mrs. Azwel. His first name is a secret he just might someday tell you. In the meantime, you now live in a big sprawling house with either three or seventeen cats (never any other number), a plethora of alchemical paraphernalia, and a husband whom you have to tempt out of the lab to eat. But he's wealthy. And he loves you more than anything. He just... has a very unconventional way of showing it.
Sex Slave
or
Fuggit, I'm Running Out Of Titles.
a Did you get bought from the sex slave market by this odd, mysterious nobleman who only goes by one name? How will this 'Lord Azwel' even treat you? Only one way to find out, as he's bringing you home to his mansion full of books and alchemy. Oh, my.
b You're looking for that special sex slave. Well, this fellow is certainly eye-catching, all big and manly, windswept and interesting. Watch out, though, the owner says he's a bit mad, too clever by three quarters, and was sold to him as punishment for some crime nobody will disclose.
Experiments? Oh My!
It can be any time, really, the aim is the same. This strange genius who calls himself only 'Azwel' has you locked up in his laboratory. He has a mission, you see, and that mission is to extract a very, very specific kind of energy from you. It can only be collected during orgasm. Oh, but he's terribly clever at getting people to that state....
Vampire AU
a Blaaaaaa! A mysterious alchemist who never goes out in the daytime has moved into that spooky castle. And at the same time there's tell of a mysterious fiend roaming the streets at night, ravishing nubile young maidens and... whatever the young gentleman equivalent may be... and draining their blood! Can anyone draw the obvious conclusion between these nocturnal shenanigans and that weird Count Azwel?
b You vampire, you! You've somehow gone and caught yourself a nosy alchemist who insists on being called only 'Azwel.' His fault for trying to investigate your castle/house/apartment/yurt/whatever, I suppose. Now what will you do with him? My, but he's a robust-looking fellow who'll certainly serve as a ready food supply....
Girl Genius AU
Explosions! Terrible mad science! Toothy monsters with cheesy accents! Giant switches actually labelled 'MUAH HA HA HA HA HA!' Gleeful destruction! Exclamation marks! Just what have you gotten yourself into walking into the midst of Mechanicsburg in a random era ruled by Azwel Heterodyne The Madder Than Usual?
Pet Person AU
a Who doesn't like a big fluffy kitty? A... really big, fluffy kitty. Even though he prefers to wear clothes, one can see just how fluffy Azwel is by his purple hair and beard, soft grey ears with purple tufts, and giant, fluffy purple and grey tail. Oh, but he'd make a lovely companion, if you can get him to stop chewing on you. His love is pointy, after all. His claws are so long they don't retract all the way, making him even pointier. But he's clever and just listen to that rumbling purr!
Oh, and one other thing. There's a very good chance he'll be in heat. And even if he's not, he's still very libidinous. Sorry about that.
b Are you the kind of pet person Azwel's looking for? He's after someone who can assist in his work and not push things off of shelves or knock things over with a wagging tail. A companion to curl up with on cold nights. A sexual partner. Is it you?
Sex Cult AU
There's a heady smoke in the air, a mist swirling grey-white under the full moon. A hypnotic drumbeat plays. Cloaked and hooded figures surround you, bear you along to the stone altar under the tall trees. They start a slow, circling dance and a low, sonorous chant slips into your hearing. At the altar stands another figure, clad in elabourate robes. He reaches up with beringed hands to remove his hood, revealing his face, long purple hair and beard surrounding pale features and a gaze that draws you in. He bids you step toward him. The ritual has begun.
As an added bonus, request Rule 63 of any of the above and hey, presto, Azwel was always a woman!
Got any other ideas? Feel free to throw them at me. ^.^
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Date: 2020-07-07 09:29 am (UTC)He draws closer, tilts his head further to the side, and brushes a soft, light kiss against Carden's lips. His own are quite warm--really, all of him just radiates heat, and his beard is oddly soft. And a faint scent tickles at the nose, dark and a little musky, like nighttime and warm, forbidden pleasures.
But most of all, that energy reaches toward Carden. It brushes its feather touches against his soul, gentle and somehow... right.
And very, very scandalous.
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Date: 2020-07-07 04:47 pm (UTC)And then there's that teasing brush of power and he does finally swoon a bit, knees going abruptly weak while he voices a sharp, unmistakable moan, startled. He might be able to keep his feet with just his hands planted on the table, but surely it's a better idea to pull him closer, make sure he doesn't fall...
(no subject)
Date: 2020-07-09 08:33 am (UTC)"How's that?" he murmurs. "Or do you, perhaps, need a little more convincing?". Oh, that smile.
(no subject)
Date: 2020-07-10 08:45 pm (UTC)For several different aspects of physical, mental and personality based traits, Carden definitely has a "type". And between the effortless way Azwel is keeping him from falling over, the careful way he's been moved away from the experiments, the lick of power up his spine and that smile, he's done for. Still, he grips into the front of Azwel's shirt in a way that seems perhaps a little challenging, for all that his knees still seem to be mostly missing and grins right back,
"Hm. Maybe just a little more."
(no subject)
Date: 2020-09-08 11:41 am (UTC)He's... not entirely sure how he feels about this beyond the purely physical. This is his wife's brother and yet... all of this feels so strangely right, as though Carden has some kind of energy to him that his sister lacks or has suppressed or something. It pulls ever so gently at Azwel's own magickal energy, twines it around him in a manner that feels so... so very good.
A breathy moan hums into the the join of their lips before Azwel eases his away with aching slowness.
"If nothing else, it's convinced me," he whispers a little breathlessly.
(no subject)
Date: 2020-09-10 08:29 pm (UTC)"Well... I am already here because of one scandal..." he hedges when they part and he's equally breathless, flushed, "I supposed there's no reason to stop collecting them now." It's said perhaps a bit more lightly than he feels. If he wasn't so convinced he'd been set up by his sister, he wouldn't have really considered going along with this-- at least not so quickly. He knows himself well enough to know that he would stand no chance if Azwel actively tried to seduce him, though, regardless of how quickly he agreed.
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Date: 2020-09-20 04:54 am (UTC)He wants to know more about this previous scandal. He wants to know how Carden came to the conclusion that his sister had set this up, and how different or similar it might be to Azwel's own path to get there. He... wants to know a lot of things, but they're slowly giving way to a much more uncomplicated kind of want.
Its true he wasn't concentrating much on the thought of actively seducing his own brother-in-law... until now. He smiles again and draws his fingers gently along Carden's jawline and down his neck, leaving a trail of heat. His hand continues down the other's chest and stomach, a long, slow caress.
"I want to know a great many things," he whispers, his lips a breath away from Carden's. "But most of all... I want to know what you want me to do to you...." His hand dips lower to slip ever-so-gently between Carden's legs, cupping him tenderly.