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So like a little au I'm working on still figuring out how to make it works but basically Max didn't die but the hivemind from tgwdlm comes in after the big game (yay we won)

Also a little role reverse on who survived I guess

NPMD AU idea

Max is seriously, but not fatally injured in the Wayland place. He's left comatose for two weeks and awakens having forgotten the "party" and any good feelings he may have developed towards the nerds. During the time that he's away, the story continues much like in canon, with the nerds finally accepted by and befriending the cool kids in school. Which makes it sting so much worse when Max returns and the cool kids reluctantly turn on their new nerd friends again. Now they're not just being tormented by bullies, but by friends. Friends who claim to care, just not enough to stand up to Max. The only cool kid willing to stand up to Max is Steph, but she's a fringe cool kid at best and she quickly finds herself ostracized by her old friends and fully integrates into the nerd herd. But the central characters would actually be Richie and Jason, who became pretty good friends while Max was away. Turns out Jason likes anime too, and Richie is surprisingly good on a skateboard. When Max returns and Jason goes right back to it, Richie is hit hard. Jason is torn between loyalty to his new friend and his fear of social repercussions if he stands up to Max, and Richie is left with a two-faced friend who is friendly and apologetic when they're alone but immediately an aggressor the moment anyone is around who might get word to Max. Jason wants Richie to understand the position he's in. And Richie does, but it starts to hurt too much for him to care. Jason's apologies are pretty meaningless if he's just gonna do the same thing tomorrow. The story would follow Richie and the nerds as they try to survive the school's fucked up dynamic, and Jason, finding the courage and means to try and fix his friendship with Richie and deal with Max. And would maybe delve a bit into why Max is how he is. Max redemption arc? Mayhaps. Jason/Richie endgame? Probably. I'm calling this the "Right back to it" AU. I make no promises that it will ever be written.

Feel free to send me asks about it if you like I'd love to talk about it and flesh it out

DMs are open to anyone that has heard of npmd and rtc. Just jump into there.