Okay so if you’re anything like me you see those lists of au ideas floating around and you like them but when it comes time to write something and you need an idea you have no idea what you tagged them as or if they’re buried somewhere in your likes so….have a list of some of the ones I’ve come across! (updated with more lists on august 4th, 2015)
themed:
- super long list of college aus
- more college aus
- super super long list divided into different themes
- even more college aus
- autumn aus
- it’s really cold outside aus
- meet-ugly
- art school aus
- femslash aus
- they know each other but don’t know that they know each other aus
- awkward first meeting aus
- MORE college aus
- airport related aus
- fake married/dating trope
- really long, sectioned au list (some random some themed)
- pub aus
- royal aus
- assassin aus
- opposites attract
- roommate aus
- party meet-funny aus
- rivalry to romance aus
- really competitive otp aus
- “we’re bad at dating” aus
- hot mess aus
- hot mess aus pt 2
- hot mess aus pt 3
- hot mess aus pt 4
- art major aus
- business aus
- some more college aus
- reincarnation aus
- height difference aus
- neighbor aus
- theater aus
- commuter aus
- science aus
- ridiculous sentence prompts
- high school aus
- single parent aus
- established relationship aus
- fantasy aus
- apartment aus
- mythological creatures au
- reverse fairy tales
- angsty otp aus
- ot3 prompts
- pretend to be NOT dating/married aus
- hogwarts aus
- “oh god i’m so sorry” aus
- bookstore aus
random:
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- eleven
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- thirteen
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- eighteen
- nineteen
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- twenty-five
- twenty-six
- twenty-seven
- twenty-eight
- twenty-nine
- thirty
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- thirty-four
- thirty-five
- thirty-six
- thirty-seven
- thirty-eight
- thirty-nine
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- fifty-six
lists of one:
- fire alarm
- i answered your ad now we’re roommates
- accidental swapped phones
- au where everything is black and white until you meet your soulmate (and when they die you lose color again)
- i work at a movie theater and i’m trying to clean up but you’re still here ugly crying
- live in the same apt building and met via random video chat/IM
- met hitchhiking in two separate cities
- coffee shop universe
- our flats are opposite each other and your kitchen window faces my kitchen so we always see each other making coffee at 3am
we met when I helped you move into your apartment, only you don’t remember that so now I’ve got to find the courage to introduce myself again
- we got married for the college tuition because my mom secretly arranged it over the internet
- two extras have to sit across from each other and converse but the fake convo turns into a real one and the director has to call cut because they’re not supposed to be the ones looking like they’re falling in love
- you’re sitting in front of the only plug in this entire coffee shop and not using it. i don’t care how attractive you are, i’m sitting at your table because i need that plug
bonus: au prompt generator (well rp generator but works for aus)
okay that’s all i’ve got for now. feel free to add on any that you know of or forward them to me for the next list update! 🙂
(also i update this fairly regularly with more lists and fixed links so check back on the original post occasionally if you want more)