Line #35 Fanfic/HildaTheRunawayAU


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2	[[caption-width-right:1000:''"Such is the life of a [[SubvertedCatchphrase runaway]]."''\
3	[[note]]Official cover art by [[https://blagzdeath.tumblr.com/ Blagzdeath]][[/note]]]]
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5	''Hilda: The Runaway AU'' (or ''The Runaway Hilda AU'') is a series of {{Alternate Universe Fic}}s based on ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'', written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/pikablob/pseuds/pikablob Pikablob]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Nach0/ Nach0]].
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7	The premise of the AU begins similarly to how ''[[Recap/HildaS2E13 The Stone Forest]]'' began, with Hilda working on getting ingredients for Frida's spell until she is promptly grounded by Johanna, which results in her attempting to use Nowhere Space to get to Frida's.
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9	The divergence begins when, instead of her mother interfering, Hilda succeeds in her efforts and manages to get the ingredients for Frida. Unfortunately, things take a turn for the worse when she returns home to an enraged Johanna, causing a massive fight between her and Johanna to ensue.
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11	And so Hilda, ashamed and convinced her mother doesn't want her anymore, decides to [[TheRunaway run away into the wilderness]], causing a series of events that will change the lives of her, her friends, and her mother forever.
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13	The fanfic series consists of the following works:
14	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29510901 To the Hills]]''
15	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29020464 The 5+1 Runaway Hilda AU]]''
16	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29377689 Room for One More]]''
17	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29460951 Full Disclosure]]''
18	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30328947 Two Girls at a Bus Stop Station]]''
19	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29786652 Everything's Changed]]''
20	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30138990 Nothing's the Same]]''
21	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29195157 The House on the Sand]]''
22	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31211201 One Runaway to Another]]''
23	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31421309 The Ones Left Behind]]''
24	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/53406961 With You, Always]]''
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26	!!The ''Runaway AU'' contains the following examples:
27	* AdaptationDyeJob: Kaisa is depicted on the cover art with green hair like in the tie-in novels.
28	* AdaptationalBadass: Johanna joins Safety Patrol to search for Hilda and eventually becomes the head deputy, taking several levels of badass in the process.
29	* AdaptationalGenderIdentity: David [[spoiler:comes to realize she is a trans girl, unlike in canon]].
30	* AdaptationalKarma: Unlike in canon, [[spoiler: where he resigns after a HeelRealization]], Erik Alhberg is fired by the city council after a fight with Grylla resulted in citizens getting injured and the destruction of the Sonstansil tree.
31	* AdaptationalNameChange: Lucy is revealed to be [[spoiler: David's new name after coming out as a trans girl]].
32	* AdaptationalSexuality: Johanna and Gerda end up in a romantic relationship with each other. In the show, their sexualities are not established.
33	* AnonymousBenefactor: In "The House on the Sand", Hilda comes across a house on the beach and decides to spend the night there, unaware that this is the house where Victoria van Gale settled in following the adventure in "[[Recap/HildaS2E5 The Windmill]]". Victoria finds the sleeping Hilda and wants to atone for all the trouble she has caused, but knows how Hilda will likely react to seeing her considering what happened on their last two encounters. So she does not wake Hilda but quietly moves her to a better bed, and fills her backpack with new provisions and a map with directions back to Trolberg. Hilda never finds out it was Victoria who helped her and thinks it was a spirit or Nisse living in the beach house.
34	* CanonCharacterAllAlong: In ''One Runaway to Another'', Trevor mentions a girl named Lucy that he befriends at school. At first, it's implied that Lucy is a new character original to the fanfic, but then in ''The Ones Left Behind'', it's revealed that [[spoiler: Lucy is David, who has changed her name to Lucy after coming out as trans]].
35	* HappilyAdopted: Frida is legally adopted by Tildy and Ostenfeld after she gets disowned by her parents for using magic and thinking she was the one who tried sacrificing them to Grylla.
36	* ItsAllMyFault:
37	** In ''Room for One More'', Frida blames herself for causing Hilda to run away, since Hilda trying to bring her the last ingredient for her spell was what started the whole ordeal.
38	** In ''Nothing's the same'', Tontu blames himself for the whole mess since he helped Hilda get to Frida's house after Joanna forbade her from doing so, which led to the argument that ended with Hilda running away.
39	* NamedByTheAdaptation:
40	** The Bellkeeper -- who is unnamed in the show -- is named "Argus" in this AU.
41	** Of the members of The Committee of Three, only Abigail (the witch with the long orange/white hair) is named in the series while the other two members remain nameless. This AU names them Avery (the short witch) and Henrietta.
42	* OnePersonBirthdayParty: Hilda turns eleven during the time she spend away from home, and thus celebrates it with only Twig for company amongst the ruins of her old home.
43	* TheRunaway:
44	** The entire premise of the series revolves around Hilda running away from home to live in the wilderness, thinking that Johanna doesn't want her anymore. She ends up being gone for an entire ''year'' before properly returning to Trolberg.
45	** It's revealed in ''From One Runaway to Another'' that Trevor had also run away from home due to his abusive mother.
46	* SparedByTheAdaptation:
47	** In the series, Lloyd, the man responsible for opening and closing the Void of No Return, was grabbed by the creature from the void and not seen again, with everything implying he was killed. This AU reveals he somehow survived the ordeal and is still working in Witches Tower, planning to stay there to guard the void after the witches have moved out.
48	** Victoria van Gale's Nisse; at the end of "[[Recap/HildaS2E5 The Windmill]]" he had been reduced to just a skull and seemingly killed. In this AU Victoria managed to rebuild him from that skull.
49	* WhatIf: The entire AU is kickstarted by Hilda's attempt to use nowhere space to get to Frida in ''The Stone Forest'' succeeding.
50	* WitchHunt: Following the incident at Sonstansil, the Safety Patrol begins to outlaw potions and public display of magic. It gets so bad the witches decide to abandon Witches Tower and relocate to outside the city.

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