AU Challenge Bingo Card

[chacusha]

I promised myself I would allow myself to request an au_challenge bingo card once I cleared some exchange fic off my plate. I have FINALLY done this, so here we go! I am not actually going to make any fanworks for this, but I just want to use it as a meme/activity to allow people to give me AU prompts and I can share my thoughts on how I think an X AU for Y canon would look like.

So, help me fill out this bingo: Pick a square + a fandom you'd like me to apply that AU to (+ optionally, a set of character(s) or ship(s) you'd like me to focus on for that AU), and I will write up some thoughts on how I think it would work. Here's a list of my fandoms if that helps. (If you happen to know I'm familiar with some fandom not listed there, feel free to request that.)

Porn Star AU	Single Parent AU	Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies ‎AU	Bar/Pub ‎AU	Medical ‎AU
Superhero AU: Star Trek: DS9, Quodo	Sci-Fi AU	Vacation AU	Renaissance AU	Canon Fusion (Movie) AU
Ghost AU	Non-Famous ‎AU	Free Space	Circus AU	Firefighter AU
Fae AU	Spies & Secret Agents ‎AU	20th Century AU: Final Fantasy IX	Royalty AU: Star Trek: DS9	Monster Hunter AU: Final Fantasy Tactics
Online Dating AU	Idols ‎AU	Crime AU	Racing AU	What If...? AU

Please help me fill up this bingo card with some fun AU ideas? 🥺 Feel free to specify an AU of your choice (not appearing elsewhere on the card) for the free space. Or just leave it to me to pick.

Comments

[chacusha]

Superhero AU Quodo is tough for me because Odo is basically a superhero already, so it's hard trying to change Quark to match him. I'm also torn between having Odo and Quark both be superheroes on the same team (who butt heads) or to have Odo be a hero and Quark be a villain (but of the variety who spend more time flirting with each other than fighting each other).

So yeah, Odo is a shapeshifter who is also impervious to most things. Quark, if a superhero, would have a pretty minor superpower, I think, like the ability to create fireworks a la Jubilee or the ability to implant mental suggestions but it takes a while and only works on one person at a time. Or super-hearing -- just something that is situationally useful if you're doing a heist or something like that, but otherwise not a superpower you'd want to bring to a fight. For this reason, he's not particularly into the whole superhero thing except when it brings him celebrity and fame, and this kind of annoys Odo. XD

For supervillain Quark, I think he would either have no superpowers or very minor superpowers again, but he is just very dedicated to doing crimes. These crimes are pretty small-change and so Odo probably *should* focus his efforts elsewhere, but Odo is too much of an obsessive to let them slide and also Quark makes them purposely audacious to bait Odo. And sometimes when Odo comes to put a stop to Quark's activities, Quark will subtly drop some information about things happening in the criminal underworld he thinks Odo should know about and then disappears. Batman/Catwoman dynamic.

Those are some of my superhero Quodo thoughts. Hope they are entertaining!

[tribble_of_tarth]

Ooo, yes I like this! I was thinking of Quark being more of a "villain," but a very small time one who uses his powers for personal financial gain and not any major villainous activities. I really like the idea of Quark having super hearing! He would use it to trade in secrets and further his profits, but he would also tell Odo about any significantly dangerous issues he should know about, and Odo would sometimes have to recruit him (reluctantly, lol) to help him with missions. (The Batman/Catwoman dynamic is right on the nose!) I imagine Odo is more of a loner superhero, but he does manage to make friends with some other superheroes who absolutely do not understand his obsession with small-time crook Quark. Anytime anything bad happens, Odo immediately suspects Quark, even though everyone else is like, "This is way bigger than Quark. I don't think it's him." It gives Odo the chance to rough up Quark a bit before actually questioning him to find out if he has any useful information. Ngl, I'm a little in love with this idea now lol. 🥹😆

[chacusha]

Haha, yesss love this. I forgot to mention that, despite Odo and Quark having a Batman/Catwoman-esque dynamic, I guess Quark as a villain would probably be pretty similar to the Penguin? I.e., he owns a sketchy club, which is where he hears all sorts of conversations being had.

I love the idea of Odo immediately suspecting Quark and shaking him down for info as a first step. XD