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So I was reading sit back and watch the world go by and thought about doing my own version of the humans-are-space-orcs story with other YouTubers.

I did read the Spaceiplier AU and while I took some inspiration from it, this should be obviously different.

As usual I don’t feel up to actually writing a proper fic for this.

Ok this thing is over 5,000 words now; I think I’ll end it here.

They all managed to track down the others and may or may not be able to get home but I don’t have a plot so that’s it.

(Things for aliens to freak out about: Jack & Nate’s tattoos & ear gauges. The fact that Ethan can backflip. MatPat finding some diet coke being used as a high-grade acid and chugs the whole thing. Them finding out that Mark’s foot thing isn’t a human thing but just a him thing.)

In the spirit of the month this is not just a fic-I’ll-never-write but NaNoWriMo-I’ll-never-write.

I seriously do not have the time, patience or stamina to write a novel in a month. But I do have a vague outline for something that resembles a plot.

I stumbled across a meme on tumblr saying how Phantom is a grown-up Natemare & this somehow spiraled from that.
(this has nothing to do with the Summoned Creatures fic idea I had)

Since this vague outline alone is over 6,000 words long you can see how much work this’d be to make into an actual story. Especially since most of this is world building & the plot ideas I have are very vague. Showing the descent into unthinking monster and then into inhuman beings while keeping each character ‘voice’ distinct is a challenge I’m really not up too. Also, if I was going to put in that much work, I’d just scrap all the YouTuber stuff to make everyone an OC & turn it into a real novel. But I write for fun, I don’t have time for that.

As usual, if this inspires anyone, please play with it was you will.

I hope this was interesting to read anyway.

So of course I started to think what the Weapons & Semblances Darkiplier, AntiSepticeye, MadPat & Natemare would have.

Now weapons in the RWBYverse tend to be able to switch from a ranged weapon to a melee one. One of these guys actually has one of these thanks to the FnaF musical so let’s start with MadPat.

He has a Chainsaw/Flamethrower. Ok, it was more like a hedgetrimmer in the musical but a chainsaw sounds cooler. Although maybe a flamethrower isn’t enough range, maybe it should also be a rocket launcher.
I like the idea of scientist character being more meticulous & precise but let’s face it, He’s a mad scientist. He makes a mess.

I don’t know what his semblance should be. I’m tempted to go with the more predictable Technokinesis so he can manipulate technology with his mind. But I also kind of like the idea of taking inspiration from the musical again & give him some sort of Geokinesis (earthbending) so he can knock down walls.

The next person to have a canon weapon is Anti with his knife. I don’t know if he should have pair of them in an automatic pistol/dagger combo kind of like Ren’s from RWBY (But obviously looking different) or go one oversized knife that turns into a gun. I like the idea of the gun being an automatic because it kind of matched the staticky way Anti talks (if you stretch the metaphor a bit).

Of course his semblance would be the way he glitches about. I’d guess some sort of teleport ability. I like the idea of making it some sort of destructive type of teleport where he can chose to damage things he moves though, maybe if he uses dust or maybe not.

For Dark, I don't think he’s ever had a weapon but he has had a cane. So I immediately though ‘sword cane’. Not so much a sword that comes out of a cane as a cane that turns into a sword. He’s seems the type to want an elegant weapon so a thin blade like a rapier would suit him. He also loses his temper so I like the idea of his range weapon being something less controlled, like a shotgun. I was thinking something less like Torchwick’s weapon and something more like Weiss’ with shotgun shells instead of dust. Or maybe if we go back to the sword coming out of the cane idea the sheath/stick can turn into his shotgun.

His semblance would have to be shadow powers of some sort. I like the idea of both him and Anti have teleport powers of some sort, so he could move around in darkness. It could be something they both argue about. Anti may be more destructive but he can’t teleport other people & Dark can.

As for Natemare, I know the joke for anyone who can play guitar is to give them an axe but I don’t know. Maybe it just felt too obvious. In the Mangled vid the only other thing he holds is a microphone, there had to be a way to make that a weapon. And then I though, a whip. The more I thought about it the more I liked the idea because the whip is the first man-made object ever made to break the sound barrier & Natemare would defiantly have sound powers of some sort. I don’t have a good idea for the range weapon though, maybe just a pistol (insert lame pistol whip joke here). Especially if his semblance could be ranged.

I don’t know if going for a siren song thing or going for something like a banshee scream would be better. Maybe some sort of frequency manipulation thing that allows him to do both?