Category:Alternate Universes

Alternate Universes (AUs for sort) are what-if changes to the universe of The Owl House, resulting in the creation of the fandom multiverse.

AU categories are used to differentiate AUs and to avoid confusion between AUs (categories are not AUs themselves).

An AU can fit under multiple categories, as each AU has it's very own concept and idea.

AU Types
The way each AU comes up with.

Switch Up
Some or all of the canon characters swap roles and/or personalities with or shift into the roles of the other canon characters, e.g.: Lilith replaces Eda, and vice versa. No new characters are added, and the story is relatively the same for the most part.

If only one character pairing is swapped, it doesn't fit in this type. In that case, the AU is most likely in the Character-centered type.

Crossovers
Two unrelated universes/shows/etc combined into one AU or a side-story of a respective AU.

Basic Change
Every single character is changed while still remaining in the same basic story in some which way or form.

Concept Change
AUs that change the basis of the story, like sequels, backstories, etc.

Character-centered
AUs that are focused on a particular set of characters. These include headcanons, extensions, and flat out new ideas.

Self-insert
AUs in which the characters are replaced with real people or are added as a part of the story.

AU Tones
The tone of AUs.

Serious
AUs that actually hold a serious story and such. Just because an AU has a serious tone does not mean that it must be serious all the time, just most of the time.

Semi-Serious
AUs that have a balanced mixture of Serious and Comedic elements. This is one of the most common tones of AUs.

Comedic
AUs that are mostly comedic in nature.

Tragic (alias Angst )
AUs that hold a tragedic story and such. This can be considered a soft version of Horror, as the themes are usually depression and death."[For some reason, this tone is used quite a lot... -Myguel]"

Horror
! WARNING: These AUs contain themes that may be disturbing to some viewers !

AUs with that incorporates something scary, insane, or disturbing. Some possible themes include suicide, drug use, alcohol use, depression, death, gore, insanity, disfigurement, pain, etc.

Sub-Categories
Categories that add a little more info to an AU. There can be different sub-categories to an AU.

Romance
This is a sub-tone that involves romantic attraction between characters (usually Lumity). This is considered a sub-category since it's involved in more than one tone, e.g.: Tragic, Serious and even Comedy.

No Powers
AUs where characters don't have or possess any supernatural abilites.

Community Shared
AUs that are updated by the community as a whole, rather than by just one person. Everyone has a common idea, which is why they are called 'Community AUs'.

AUs of AUs
AUs that are modifications to or branches of pre-existing AUs.

Format
The way the AU's story is told.

Written
Stories told through articles.

Comic
Stories represented through comics.

Animation/Animatic
Stories represented through one or more animation/animatic.

Multi-Format
Stories represented in multiple ways, e.g.: Comic and Animation, etc.