A note from neonthewrite:

Seeing a lot of guesses come in for the mystery AU! You guys are really curious, aren’t ya?

I just wanted to throw in a reminder that every AU to Brothers Apart is a collaboration, meaning I, your CoAdmin, am involved in writing it.

Here’s a hint: I do not write Sam or Dean. That’s all up to nightmares06. You don’t need to guess which character I write, but only the premise of the AU, just like “Kid finds Sam” or “Sam meets other borrowers”. These guesses have a general idea that involves a character or characters that are not Sam and Dean Winchester.

That’s all from me! 

Guesses for the mystery AU!

Since no one has gotten it right, here’s a compilation of all the guesses so far to give you all a hand:

  1. A kid finding a cursed Dean
  2. A kid finding both cursed brothers (not the mystery AU, but a possibility for BL)
  3. Field Borrowers
  4. Both brothers are cursed and John saves them
  5. Reversed Brothers Together, where Dean got cursed and saved by Sammy
  6. Hitchhiking Sam, off to find his brother
  7. The witch gets Sam when he’s first cursed
  8. Sam/Dean grow to be a giant instead
  9. A brother is cursed and either Bobby or Gordon finds them
  10. Sam is cursed as an adult and meets the Watch family later on in life instead of as a child
  11. The trickster switches the brothers sizes (likely for a story within an AU, not an AU by itself)
  12. Sam adopted by a human family after being cursed
  13. Sam caught by other humans with no one around to save him
  14. Sam is cursed at a different motel
  15. Sam is adopted by sprites
  16. Sam and Dean are borrowers for most of their life
  17. The Winchesters genderswap
  18. Sam raises a family of his own that fits in Dean’s pocket (just plain adorable, really)
  19. Sam and Dean shrunk as adults (more likely for a canon story, since the curse in BA only works on children)
  20. Borrowers and humans coexist
  21. Sam had to survive on his own
  22. Dean discovers Sam earlier/later on in life
  23. Both brothers cursed; one has the curse broken

All good guesses but none hit the mark! If anyone gets it right, there will be a sneak peek put up for everyone to see!

Other points of interest brought up:

  • The AU will involve one or both of the brothers being cursed
  • The curse will happen at Trails West
  • Bowman or Oscar may appear in the AU, but not as one of the central characters
  • Celeste is involved to her normal extent; as the source of the curse
  • One of the three campers from Fairy Tales: Bowman of Wellwood is involved in the AU
  • The guesses that come closer to the mark without hitting it have been bolded!

Aww, thank you! It’s so nice to hear that X3

Brothers Switched sounds perfect. I like that name. The only other one I had was Brothers Reversed.

I think Brothers Found would fit it great. Dean has to come in eventually… hopefully. Just depends on how it happens and if he knows/realizes who Sam is. That’s currently the most likely title for the series!

Here’s hoping someone figures out the mystery AU! I’ll have to go digging for a sneak peek if that happens.