Alternate Universe Overview

Premise: Modern Solarpunk AU
Genre and Tone: Slice of Life
AU setting: Contemporary Solarpunk
What can you explore in this particular context/setting?
- Solarpunk lifestyles, a better future, and a safe space to discuss/debate various ideologies typically considered nuanced amongst the community.
What stays the same, even if the details change?
- Characters and their themes remain, though with a modern and generally more lighthearted context.
What canon scenes do you want to echo? And how will a new context/setting change them?
- Canon scenes will have as many parallels as possible, though once again, with a modern and more lighthearted context.

Plot and Structure

Does your AU follow any canon events loosely? Closely? Not at all?
- Certain beats of canon events are echoed in Modern AU events, though nothing drastic will happen. Life is relatively easier for all characters in comparison to canon stories.
Do you include any Easter eggs for readers?
- :3

Do you keep the original themes (e.g. love, identity, duty) or explore new ones?
- Modern AU keeps character-specific themes, but has an overarching theme around how we can build a more progressive society.
How does the new context/setting reframe the characters’ emotional struggles?

Setting: (What’s new about the geography/city/school/business, etc.)
- Tech level/rules of physics or magic:
- Tech levels and rules of physics are the same as reality, with harmful technology being phased out or non-existent. Energy and resources have moved to be renewable.
- As there is no need for high-damaging spells,
Social structure or cultural changes? What new challenges or issues exist in this version of the world?