Grim Future AU: a breakdown

because they are all so horribly sad.

Just kidding, sort of. ANYWAY here is a long-awaited rundown of our Grim Future au! You can find the completed fic, titled Terrible Things here :)

Just as a precursor, for this universe we have combined bits of the manga into the anime, the latter of which we are much more familiar with. 

The AU starts roughly 10 years after the events of Soul Eater. During these ten years, Liz and Patty, and Maka had passed away in two separate accidents. Sometime in between, Black Star and Tsubaki vanished from Death City, and have not been seen since. Nobody knows why they left or if they are coming back. That left just Kid and Soul in the city, picking up the shards of their life into some shabby semblance of normal. The immortal and the Death Scythe. And Maia, who is the last bit of Maka Soul has left.

As I said, Kid and Soul have managed to build a new sense of normal that works, despite everything. They’re still hurting but at least they can pretend everything’s okay, and focus on making sure Maia is happy. Everything is great until a pair of someones decide to finally come home.

For anyone who wants a deeper look at what goes on in the story instead of/before reading the fic, I’m going to keep on explaining. So, vague spoilers under the cut.

13. How does their relationship look like with their parents? At first, Az is much closer to Black Star than Kid, since Star found him at Morgana's. Since it takes Kid some time to adjust to having a child of his own, Azrael is much more comfortable with Star than with Kid, but he'd feel safe with both of them. As he gets older and his madness gets worse, he'd be more difficult to manage and his relationship with Kid and Star-- and the rest his family-- will get much more complicated

16. Do they have any struggles?

Azrael struggles a lot with his madness of fear (more about this here and here). It's certainly a challenge and it's something he'll be fighting with for his whole life, much like Black Star and his madness of power

prompt list

AAA look it's them!!!!! these look so cool thank you !!! Azrael's hairclip is so cute and he's so little <3

also hc accepted 10/10

OMGG yes, of course!!

Accidental child acquisition

I forgot I drew this what

emo/hj

if there is they don't use it 😔

totally doesn't forget what part that is

Yep they sure are :)

Hmm good question! He doesn't!

... is the simple answer! but of course there's more to it and I will gladly talk about it!

Before the events of Terrible Things I don't think he deals with them at all. It's very rare that he lets anything get through his mask, but if it somehow does he'd probably just automatically lock them and himself away for a bit, either physically and/or emotionally depending on how bad it is.

During Terrible Things he's definitely in Crisis Mode and lashes out, shuts himself away, focuses on the things he can control, and even just ignores what he's feeling. It's hard for him

After Terrible Things he handles his emotions in a much healthier way and slowly learns to lean on the people he loves when he needs it. He learns how to feel and process his grief and finally gets to come to terms with the loneliness he's felt all throughout his life, and it really improves his relationships.

thanks for the ask!

The dog is Soul's! This post sort of explains it lol

It still doesn't have a name.

The pets probably cause Kid a lot of distress and he's definitely the one keeping them off the counters and couches and making sure they behave when the puppy dog eyes work on everyone else. but they love him

Kid probably likes Cerberus more than the dog but yeah he probably would die for that dog but would never admit it