Because I’ve seen one or two?? already and wanted to add my own. (This is very basic and superficial AU, but that’s what I have lol)
Basically:
· Luther- Ben- big, awkward Luther who’s scared to leave the house because leaving the house means stress of accidentally releasing the Horror. And stressed Luther means, hello, tentacles. It’s a cursed cycle so he stays in the house most of the time and does a lot of meditation and control exercises
· Diego- Klaus- ‘my-middle-name-is-Angry’ Diego would take no shit from no ghosts. He’d slap on a pair of earbuds and blast…idk, something super loud (Slipknot??) to drown out the noise
· Allison- Diego- badass, knife-wielding, action star Allison??? Do I need to say more?
· Klaus- Five- our boy still travels his ass to Vietnam and meets Dave but before he dies, he zaps them back to present, safe and sound, and happy as they deserve to be
· Five- Vanya- uhh, this AU has him sorta-kinda-totally dead (that’s why he still looks 13) but imagine this little murder machine, who is technically 30 years old, following Diego around and making remarks on his poor life decisions the whole time (and helping him solve cases ofc)
· Ben- Allison- he doesn’t really use his power much. He has learned to think carefully before using it so when he does everybody knows shit hit the fan
· Vanya- Luther- just. tiny Vanya being able to bench press literally everyone and everything and random people being like “???How????”
Bonus (aka a measly bit of plot I came up with for this):
Five and Reginald get into an argument during which Five lashes out (much like Vanya did in the series). Reginald decided to medicate him but fucks up and ends up killing him. Now pissed AND dead, Five tells Diego what happened and he tells the rest of their siblings and their mom. Long story short, they kill Reginald and live happily ever after.
Interviewer: Luther is so strong. Would you say he’s the protector of the family.
Luther, growing up with his siblings:
Luther: you could say that 😇
Diego: I turned out perfectly FINE!
Luther: This morning you thought a ghost made your toast
Diego: I DIDN’T PUT THE BREAD IN! YOU DIDN’T PUT THE BREAD IN!
Ben, putting more toast into the toaster: Toasty toasty for my broski
What do you think would be the ideal endgame for each hargreeves?
The ideal endgame would go something like this: Luther: Sociable and having friends, other people he can actually talk to other than his family. I think that’s what he really and truly needs. It was something he never got to have and it was one of the things he spoke up about when he found out about the moon mission being all for nothing. I think he’d go out a lot more, maybe call some friends up and go out to eat, maybe see a movie, have bowling alley nights or hit the bar and have a few drinks RESPONSIBLY. Maybe even find a nice partner along the way and eventually settle down. He’d no longer look at himself as monstrous (but I also feel like maybe they can fix this along with everything else.) Diego: Maybe he wants to try again with joining the police force, not so much for himself but to honor Eudora and what she believed in. He still wants to help people, but now that he no longer has pent up bitterness and anger towards his family, he can think more clearly. He wants to do things the right way, or as right as they can be. I also think he’d be a lot more active with his family. Going to Vanya’s concerts with the family, spending more time with Luther because they were the ones with the most tension. Now that they’ve shed their numbers, they can be proper brothers instead of being at each other’s throats all the time. Hot take: If Eudora is alive somehow though, then I can see them possibly trying things again (but she made Diego promise to work on himself a bit too and so he does.) So the only difference is he joins the police academy not to honor her, but to respect her instead. Allison: She eventually works things out with Patrick and she can see her daughter Claire a lot more often. Things might still be rocky for awhile, but she tries. Allison also decides that being a movie star is no longer for her, seeing as it was built up on nothing but rumors. So she retires, then goes out to find a proper and honest job instead. Maybe she goes into the fashion industry or makeup or something, not really sure I feel like she’d wanna do a range of things.
Hot take: She goes into the police force with Diego to do detective work, because she has the experience, as we’ve seen her do when looking into Leonard’s background and tracking down her sister. I think these two would make a badass detective duo tbh. Klaus: No drugs, no vices. Helps other recovering addicts, helps the community a bit by doing volunteer work, even helps ghosts out now that he understands them better, and has work out time with Diego to get himself into a healthier routine. He’ll help Ben out at the library during volunteer work as well. Klaus also works part time at a coffee shop where can meet all kinds of people there. He even meets someone that he thinks might get along with Luther and so he hooks them up because he knows his brother needs to experience real love. Klaus has usually been right. Klaus also does little projects at home like starting his own make up line. He’s hoping he can turn it into a real business in the future. Five: I can see him become a tutor for kids who never really got proper education. Maybe even a teacher/professor. So instead of obsessing over equations for trying to save the world, or do something crazy like time travel, he can use it to help others find some kind of direction in their life. Hot take: As an off to the side job, he’d help take care of animals at the shelter. Ben: Alive again. He helps out at the local library, maybe as an assistant. He reads a whole lot. And this probably goes into my New Years resolutions I did around the end of last year, but I can see him doing a bit of traveling to other places and taking his siblings with him when he can, since he’s now able to. He’d be outside all the time too, at the park, just walking, seeing the sights. He stops by the coffee shop sometimes to see how Klaus is doing and asks him about the people he’s met. Ben is aiming to be a writer, so hearing about the different kinds of people really help him with ideas for books, as do the sights. Vanya: I see her becoming a therapist after everything she’s been through. She has enough experience to help those who feel alone and less than important. She makes friends more easily now, and maybe even has friend hang outs with Luther, where they and their friends all gather and be social and have fun. Something they’d both been missing all their lives. Vanya also spends a lot more time with her siblings in general and they go and see her concerts. She still tutors people in music, mainly the violin but after the whole “blowing up the moon” thing, she decides to learns a few other instruments as well, like the piano and acoustic guitar.
you will never be able to guess who my favourite umbrella academy characters are…………..
The Umbrella Academy as the Area 51 Meme
Would raid area fifty one to break out the aliens: Diego
Would raid area fifty one to fuck with the establishment: Five
Would raid area fifty one because it sounds like fun: Allison
Would raid area fifty one for the meme: Klaus
Is the one saying lmao y’all gone get shot: Vanya
Works at area fifty one and has been having a nervous breakdown the past two days: Luther
Is the alien inside: Ben
Luther + Diego
Like Knives - City And Colour
Your words are like knives They peel my skin and pierce my soul Your body will burn tonight Though your heart may still remain cold
Luther + Allison
Next Year - Two Door Cinema Club
Take to me to where you are, What you’ve become, And what you will do When I am gone. I won’t forget
Luther + Klaus
Turn Around - The Postal Service
Sick days, drunk nights, Short fuse, loud fights, Lose weight: all bones, White trucks, the undertow Don’t say, you’re done Cause you’re brave and you’re loved
Luther + Five
Until We Die - Gentle Bones
Echoes they scream their very own name at the top of their lungs But we’ll run on by though we know that there’s nobody there And for the very first time we’d smile
Luther + Ben
Ends Of The Earth - Lord Huron
I was a-ready to die for you, baby Doesn’t mean I’m ready to stay What good is livin’ a life you’ve been given If all you do is stand in one place
Luther + Vanya
Sister - S!sters
Now, shine like city lights Torches in the sky Don’t you try to hide it Sister
The only reason we think Diego has common sense is because he spends most of his screen time talking to either Klaus or Luther.
The one episode he was in with competent people, he threw himself through an unlocked door.
Diego has terminal dumb-ass
Vanya, tposing: Good morning, parental figure
Grace, not looking up from making oatmeal: Good morning, problem child