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nie7027 · 1 year

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I always rolled my eyes whenever that post about too much fics always being setted up in American cities and not being afraid of use your own country because of how dumb it sounds.

Except...except until I watched Chainsaw man because...BECAUSE I CAN CLEARLY PICTURE DENJI WEARING ONE OF THOSE PUBLIC MEXICAN SCHOOL UNIFORMS

Just imagine it

Fleeing from Makima the Hayakawa family have to go somewhere far, somewhere Makima control won't reach them. Somewhere she will never thought to look after them.

México is perfect.

(In fact most latino countries are)

Because Aki uses most of his money to pay the costs of moving and buying fake IDs and also because they have to lay low they move to your common popular low income Mexican neighbourhood.

Denji enrolls in the local public high school

(Originally i was envisioning Denji in one of those public middle school uniforms, if you are Mexican you know which ones, but these work too)

Despite everything he does okay-ish in school.

He isn't the only teen who can barely read in high school and because he is a foreigner he gets a pass. Aki, armed with a dictionary, helps him with his homework as much as he can so yeah. He's doing ok.

Except when he's picking fights(the other boys are jealous of how much he is getting the girls attention) and/or being rude to teachers.

That's when they decide to call his parents for a much needed meeting.

What they weren't expecting was for a polite good looking young man missing an arm coming in and declaring himself Denjis older brother and guardian.

What they werent expecting much less was for said good looking young man to apologize profusely for Denjis behaviour and swear he will do his best to have a talk with Denji. That they will accept any punishment they deem necessary.

They love him immediately

They love him a little less(not by much really) once they learn what he does for a living.

Because they needed to make a lot of money quick (in case they had to run away again) and without being questioned about their papers, past or appearance Aki has no choice but to open the most prolifilic bussines you can open in Mexico starting from nothing:

He starts a puesto de micheladas.

(of course Aki has the skills to do something else but even if he manages to not doubt the quality of his forged papers he is still a clearly japanese immigrant with a dubious past and a missing arm who barely speaks the language. He has no chance at formal jobs and said missing arm disqualifies him for most manual labor. The easiest route is food and still he has problems by not being familiar with the cuisine and ingredients)

It becomes popular among young people because Power works there attending customers and everyone wants to bang Denjis super hot sister so they buy more and invite her over

Aki of course doesn't let Power drink but she doesn't know because he always prepares super special drinks for her(nothing more than a simple flavored soda) made to look the same ( yes for those who know un simple refresco preparado. He got the idea from watching customers come in with their kids and asking for that) and she keeps boasting about how mighty she is by not getting drunk like the other weak humans with their feeble minds even though she gets special drinks.

All the customers know what Aki does but nobody dares to speak up against the young man with a missing arm and the stare of someone who has seen too much and seems capable of anything... So they accept it as part of her charm.

That and how easily she burns her tongue with anything remotely spicy noy matter how much she denies it (Denji isn't much better but he manages. If he can eat rotten food he can handle a little spicy here and there)

Denji also works there attending customers and breaking fights. An amazing feat considering how tiny he looks even after throwing out 5 rowdy customers.

Between that, Power being unable to keep her caps/hats on while working (there's just so many times you can convince people that her horns were just a drunk mass hallucination) and the rumours of Denji just standing up and dusting his pants after getting shot in the chest after he resisted when someone tried to rob him on his way back home from school people quicky realize the new neighbors are demons/fiends.

But either because the mexican equivalent of Public Safety doesn't exist or they are just incompetent a hunter never comes no matter how many times they call.

At most the police comes when it gets too loud but all Aki has to do is offer free drinks to the officers and they go on their merry way.

So once people realize they aren't there to drag their souls down to hell and are mostly harmless (yeah they seem super strong and could kill them... but so could many other things. Fear of the death? Here? Pfffft) they leave them alone. They couldn't be worse than the santeros from the other street.

Mostly alone.

Aki still gets stinky eyes from the women whenever he goes to the market to buy groceries

That all changes once Angel goes out.

After seeing nothing happens and nobody came after them once their devil nature got too hard to hide they thought people were ok with them being devils.

So Angel, who was absolutely bored out of his mind from being cupped inside the house all the time as the most outstanding of them, argued that if Power could go out so could he. There was no way he could do worse than Power.

So after a lot of begging Aki finally relented.

It was a grave mistake.

Not because people were scared of Angel.

Oh no.

On the contrary.

All the grandma's in the neighbourhood fell in love with him.

They thought he was a straight up actual angel that descended from heaven to bless the earth.

The concept of an angel devil was unthinkable. Who would in their sane mind fear angels?

Angel hates it.

He wants to be back locked inside the house but it's too late. The grandma's come everyday knocking at the door asking for Angels power to relieve their aches or bless their family.

Even the priest at the local church had to intervene and ask them to stop. That this was against god.

It was to not avail.

The old ladies were dead set on their beliefs. Adoring angel and putting him on a pedestal like a golden idol. Venerating him.

Even when time passed and the novelty wore off. When it was obvious Angel couldn't do/wouldn't do half of the shit they believed. Even then they kept loving him.

He was a fine looking polite young man. Very cute.

Actually he was pretty rude.

They still wouldn't stop pinching his cheeks and sending him back home with dish upon dish of food they cooked for him.

Unluckily for Angel Aki gladly accepted th and even encouraged Angel to keep doing whatever he was doing

After all this time he was still struggling to cook with ingredients he wasn't familiar with (why didn't the rice stick the way it should? Why did noodles taste different? WHAT THE FUCK WAS A MARUCHAN WITH CHILE PIQUIN Y LIMON??) and he was starting to worry about running low on money and Denjis and powers health with how much street food they had to ate to compensate Aki's lack of cooking skills.

This way at least Power and Denji got to eat some home cooked meal instead of stuffing their mouths with tacos de a $1 (Aki knew Power and Denji could eat almost anything and those tacos were a lifesaver those first months but yeah... Better to not risk it)

Besides now everybody was starting to treat Aki better whenever he went out (and this time without him having to give free drinks).

Because...

Those who had control over the local grandmas had control over the whole neighbourhood.

And Angel hated it.

He hated it even more when the priest came over and declared Angel had to help out at church to compensate for leading poor defenseless old ladies through the path of damnation.

Angel was going to refuse until Aki heard the priest was willing to pay him a wage.

It was the only job that would allow Angel to work without having to stuff himself in an overcoat to hide his wings in the middle of the day at 20°C. He would just look like a super devoted disguised weirdo Aki argued.

Angel didn't care.

It would be pretty devilish of Angel to pretend being an actual angel working in a church Aki tried.

Angel still didn't care.

Well in that case if Angel didn't want to work there then he could busy himself by working shifts at the business with them and watching over Power during serving hours so Denji could dedicate more time to his homework.

Angel immediately accepted the priest offer

His job mas mainly cleaning and organizing papers around.

Truth be told Angel sucked at his job and spent most of it sleeping but the grannies were once again attending church every sunday and that was worth the pay to the priest.

(Still Angel also ended up taking shifts to watch over Power and prep with Aki so Denji and power herself could free some time)

(Even though it wasn't that necessary bc Denjis single teachers kept asking denji about his hot older brother after the first time Aki went and were very lenient with him when he didn't turned in homework once they knew Denji tended to help Aki out)

Now that the community was treating them better and Denji had more time he took up little jobs at the market helping butchers cut down big frozen pieces of meat with his powers or carrying around ladies bags and heavy crates.

He usually got payed with money. But sometimes with a bag of fruit/vegetables to Aki's delight. Or sometimes even with a bag of blood from the butchers which was really helpful in case of a sudden injury or simply to quell Powers complains.

Now with both Angel's meager pay and Denji's extra money Aki was able to ample the business by adding hot wings and hamburgers (the tears he cried when he discovered he could at least do that) and stop feeling guilty about selling alcohol to young people.

The business ran smoothly and the four of them could mostly calm down.

Or that was until Christmas season came and the old ladies and the priest himself wouldn't stop asking Angel if he was going to be part of the pastorela this year.

They of course thought he was perfect to play the part of the angel.

Angel of course doesn't want to

Aki tells Angel that as part of the church staff it's his obligation to take part of this even (it really isn't but they don't know that) and that he could learn something

Angel tells Aki that in that case he should be really happy because they also want Power to play as one of the devils

Once Power hears about the piñata and the sweets she'll get nobody can change her mind.

She of course also ends up dragging Denji into it. He plays as one of the peasants trying to get to Bethlehem while Power is one of the mischievous devils trying to derail them and Angel as the reluctant angel that guides them

They are a little too old to be part of the play. It's ridiculous.

But now that all his family is part of the play Aki can worm his way into the group of moms preparing the meal for that day and he finally gets to learn how to cook local dishes.

The day of the play unhappy with the planned ending Power tries to wrestle the other kids for protagonism to show the mightiness of demons. Denji tries to stop her. Angel just watches from the sidelines.

Its complete chaos. Kids are screaming. The scenario is getting destroyed.

It's like any other pastorela.

Aki doesn't stop taking pictures like a proud dad during the whole ordeal.

Once it's time for the piñata Power goes hog wild and summoning a blood bat breaks it before anybody gets a chance to hit it.

She is pretty dissapointed when all that comes from it it's 'more veggies'.

All in all they enjoy it.

Now that Aki can finally cook he can finally leave the alcohol business (and stop corrupting the kids as he sees it on his mind) and goes a step forward:

He opens a puesto de comida económica

Angel quits his job at the church to help him full time.

Denji and Power help him after school when it's more crowded.

Power now also enrolls into school but although she's s little old she starts at middle school.

Aki and the others don't think she could handle highschool yet. They are correct.

And this marks the first year of the Hawakawas coming to live in Mexico.

Life is good.

Bonuses I came up with while talking about this au with my best friend:

At some point during the first months Aki buys *insert your adultered/cheap alcohol of preference* because he wants to cut up expenses and he hear someone say it does the job/every puesto de bebidas uses it.

Half of Denji class misses school the next day

The Mexican public safety department receives that day a lot of calls about three powerful demons cursing all the teens into the hospital in a certain neighbourhood. It's one of the first complaints about them they get.

Not wanting to deal with that shit they literally ignore it.

In their defense they also think it's another case of parents blaming their kids getting drunk/high on demons.

The fact they are kind right doesnt make it better

(am I talking about the parents? The Mexican public safety? Yes)

The reason why Mexico is the perfect place for the Hayakawa to hide it's because once they escape Makima/Japan public safety starts calling every devil containment dependence around the world asking for them and the Mexican branch very aware there are lots of reports of sightings of devils fitting the description but wanting to ignore it being like "no.... We haven't seen anything like that"

The reason why the Mexican department doesn't tell on them can be summarized by the 3 points:

They literally don't want to deal with this shit

Some of the officers know Aki and like the free micheladas he gives them so they ain't snitching on him (yes Aki manages to befriend the police here faster than he ever did back in public safety. They even invite him to smoke with them when they are drinking at his bussines. Aki can't really refuse.)

eventually the reports get lost among a bunch of other papers they had so at some point they aren't even lying anymore and that way get to evade Makimas control

So in the ends it's something like: Blood fiend? Chainsaw devil? We only know al chino y sus hermanos

they then proceed to hang up on Makima

Aki cries everytime he goes to the market. He doesn't understand why the lady at the marked keeps giving him a rock whenever he asks for something to help him clean the bathroom.

He's pretty sure the words are right. He asked Denji and he says his pronunciation is alright...SO WHY? WHY THE FUCl DOES THE LADY KEEP GIVING HIM A ROCK?

He now has 60 of them.

The boy just nods and smiles and pays for the rocks instead of asking. He stores them under the cupboard.

He's very stressed.

Between school and his amazing adapting skills Denji is the best of them at spanish. Aki has to carry a dictionary and hesitates when enunciating. Power just sputters nonsense and gets way with it. Angel just doesn't talk much.

He actually could be very good at it but he's too lazy to study it. Besides he only has to show the minimum of interest in something before an old lady is giving it to him for free. So as Power he gets away with not really practicing the language.

Denji and Power are the kind of kids to always buy unhealthy snacks (papitas con chile, chicharrones, dorilocos) after school even though they can barely handle spicyness.

Aki is suffering for their health. He doesn't understand why they do that when there's so much new fruit they can eat. Aki is in heaven everytime he buys himself un vaso de fruta picada or un agua de sabor.

Angel on his part is content with all the new desserts he gets to eat: Fresas con crema, plátanos fritos, duraznos en almíbar to name a few

Not to mention how crazy Angel goes after he learns bout all the new ice cream flavors there. And raspados and paletas congeladas.

That's all for now folks.

If I ever think of something more for this au I'll let you know and if you come with something else let me know.

I had so much fun writing this.

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czenzo · 1 year

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TRC Actor AU

an AU where The Raven Cycle is adapted into a popular tv show

for the main five, there would be an open casting call to encourage new, unknown names to take on the roles and make the show feel more authentic

at least one of them would end up being English — my money's on Gansey's actor (and if he had a penny for every time someone on set mocked his accent, he would be richer than Gansey)

Gansey and Ronan's (half-Irish) actors would both have some acting experience with minor roles in some small British productions, but for Blue, Adam, and Noah's actors, they're completely new to being in front of the camera

Gansey's actor was able to pull off a convincing enough accent to get through auditions and snag the role, but after being cast he underwent vocal coaching to get Gansey's Ganseyness down to a T

he still messes up occasionally, and a fair chunk of the show's bloopers are dedicated to him accidentally saying the British pronunciation of a word and then softly cursing under his breath

he took up rowing to get Gansey's physique

he's overjoyed the Pig is a manual (stick shift) car, he can't drive automatics (and they freak him out)

the Pig is in such bad shape though there are countless bloopers of him stalling it

within the first week of being in Virginia pre-shooting, Gansey's actor gets heatstroke after severely underestimating the difference between British and American warm weather

every scene where anyone says yeehaw takes a god awful amount of time to film because Gansey's actor cracks up at it every time

by the time filming is wrapped up for season 1, Gansey's actor has gotten incredibly attached to the story and its characters — if he sheds a tear or two after filming the final scene, no one says a word about it (if the show made it to a fourth and final season he would be an absolute wreck when it came to saying his final goodbyes to it all)

Blue's actress was a huge fan of the books before the show, so when she heard about the open casting calls she travelled hours to audition — she didn't think she'd actually get the role and burst into tears when she found out

she has a little ley line tattoo on her wrist

she also helps out a lot in the costume department! the designers found out about her love of the books and encouraged her to pitch clothing ideas for Blue. some of Blue's hand-made, shredded pieces were actually partially made by the actress herself

the "I am not a prostitute" scene took so long to shoot because she couldn't stop laughing at Gansey's actor

prior to being cast, Ronan's actor had dark, shoulder-length curly hair thanks to his Irish genes, but upon being asked if he'd be willing to shave his hair for the role he did it with no hesitation (his mother almost cried)

Ronan's actor has an Irish accent! he was born and raised in Northern Ireland but moved to Massachusetts in his mid-teens, so he was able to put on a very convincing accent for Ronan

he was 100% willing (and maybe too eager) to actually get Ronan's back tattoo but wasn't allowed due to cost and the fact that healing would take far too long, so it was done with makeup and SFX instead

he falls in LOVE with Ronan's car and gets so excited every time he has to film a scene with it

Blue and Noah's actors like to turn the seat heaters on super high every now and then to mess with him — their favourite blooper becomes the one where Ronan gets into his car and immediately shoots right back out of it while howling every swear under the sun

the "I'm always straight" / "Oh man, that's the biggest lie you've ever told" bit took many, many takes to get right because everyone kept laughing

before the first scene featuring the Murder Squash song was shot, only Ronan's actor had actually heard the song, so in that scene Ronan's look of glee and everyone else's looks of shock and horror are genuine

while shooting Ronan and Declan's fight outside Nino's, Ronan's actor accidentally lands a genuine punch on Declan's actor's face and everyone freezes completely until Declan's actor folds over with laughter

Ronan, Gansey, and Adam's actors all pick up the habit of going to the gym together to get themselves into the right shapes for their roles, and Blue and Noah's actors end up joining them (chaos and mishaps ensue)

a video gets posted online of Ronan's actor doing benchpresses while Blue's actress narrates like David Attenborough

off set, Ronan's actor is an easy-going, friendly guy, and his ability to snap into Ronan's mindset and attitude once the camera starts rolling is almost scary

that being said, he messes his lines up the most out of anyone — he'll snap at another character, pause, then burst out laughing

Adam's actor became aware of Adam's whole trademark Coca-Cola t-shirt shtick while researching the character prior to auditions, and after getting the role he made a point of wearing anything but a Coca-Cola t-shirt in any behind-the-scenes pictures that were taken on set just to mess with fans — Pepsi, Fanta, 7Up, you name any soft drink other than Coca Cola, and Adam's actor was probably caught on camera wearing a t-shirt of it at some point

Adam's actor is actually partially deaf, though it isn't limited to just one ear — there are many bloopers of him completely missing his cue, but he always laughs it off

being one of the ones with no prior experience in front of a camera, Adam's actor accidentally looks directly into it so much. and always apologises for like five minutes straight afterwards

Noah's actor is the one to do the majority of the behind-the-scenes filming. after the show's release he posts a compilation of the cast and crew's on-set shenanigans

in the video is a section dedicated entirely to Gansey's actor grimacing every time he's given a new garish polo shirt and pair of boat shoes to put on

out of all of them, Noah's actor most frequently forgets the fact he has a mic on him while in front of the camera. on more than one occasion he whispers "slay" after a character says a good line and the scene has to be reshot because of course the mic picked that up

"Call it by name. Cabeswater." "slay..." "CUT—"

all five of them become incredibly close friends over the course of filming and it's clear to see every time they do group interviews

Blue's actress's legs will be casually slung over Ronan's actor's lap, Adam and Gansey's actors will lean on each other without a second thought, and every time Noah's actor gets excited about a question he gleefully grabs the arm of whoever's sat next to him and they always fondly smile at him in return

#I have so many more thoughts in my head about this and if anyone wants more I am more than happy to deliver #this is such a strange AU I don't know why it appeals to me so much but it scratches an itch in my brain and I love it #trc #the raven cycle #trc actor au #trc tv show #czenzo.txt

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