Everything on this page is an Author's Note, as a personal reminder to me, the authoress, as well as to allow all the readers to bring themselves into this AU's world while I develop it a bit more. (If you do use this AU in a story, please send a PM to let me know, I'd love to read your ideas and/or fanfic!)

Normal (Partial) Genderbend AU because I love Genderbent High School SoMa so much like you can't even believe it *laffs*
Originally this story was written to be a fanfic involving bands and stuff but I'm not gonna bother with that since it's pretty OOC for me.

I probably should go work on that "You Don't Get It" Fic but… my love for GB SoMa is too strong now… although I honestly was tempted to write some SoMa yuri haha… maybe some other time if I feel up to it. Who knows, I'll probably end up writing it and adding it to this fic just as a fun little extra.

I'll only be genderbending the Spartoi members that have an official genderbent design (asides for Kid and Maka's parents) since it'll be easier on me…

As a side note, Maka's mom isn't named Kami, according to someone who studied and knows Japanese, it's a mistranslation. Kamisan means wife, Motokamisan means ex-wife. Calling her Kami-san would be like naming her God, so Maka's mother is nameless.


Introduction

"Welcome to [D]reams [W]ill [M]ove [A]cademy! DWMA is a prestigious school for talented students from various places all over the world, we intend to do our best to have our students broaden their horizons with the help of having a partnership, where our students will be partnered up with whomever they desire to partner with and to become more accustomed to being outside of their comfort zones by learning of their partner's type of talent. There are two types of programs within DWMA. One is known as [E]xtracurricular [A]dvanced [T]alents, whereas the other is known to be [N]ew [O]pportunity [T]alents. We, at DWMA, firmly believe that by encouraging an athletic-nonathletic partnership, it will help our students with their creativity as well as their cultivating their talents!"

Synopsis

[A Change of Pace] is a Prestigious School Genderbend AU made up of snippets of the character's lives. Each chapter will be focusing on one character in particular.

Updates

TBA as changes will be made with every updates.


Any similarities to characters, settings, scripts, actual schools, or stories from other pieces of literature or media are coincidental.

Character information on this page is subjected to change and characters will be added as each character's been introduced.

SoMa [Soul x Maka], OxKim [Kim x Ox] , and AkaGumi [Akane x Tsugumi] will be happening for sure.

The following ships are strongly hinted unless stated otherwise:
TsuBlack [Male!Tsubaki x Female!Black Star]
KidLiz [Female!Death the Kid x Male!Elizabeth/Liz]
JacKim [Kim x Jacqueline]


Names Gender – Age– [EAT] or [NOT] Talent/Occupation


Maka Albarn – Male – 16 – Extracurricular Advanced Talents – Gymnastics
• The son of Vice Principal Albarn whose parents divorced about 3 years ago. He's our main protagonist.
• He strives to be a fantastic gymnast like his father.
• Soul's partner.
• Maka is adamant on being ignorant to his feelings for Soul and firmly believes that love doesn't exist nor is he willing to try in the present moment.
• He's teaching Soul how to cook.
• He has a sibling traveling with their father.

Soul "Eater" Evans – Female – 17 – Extracurricular Advanced Talents – Musician
• Even though Soul entered DWMA for her piano music, she's been learning how to play instruments and seems to not particularly want to play the piano at all despite that being how she was accepted by the school, although this is extremely encouraged by the school as they see it as her "broadening her horizons," as they so often preach.
• She's getting cooking lessons from Maka because she's a terrible chef okay-
• Maka's partner.
• She isn't aware of it yet, but she finds the idea of Black Star and Maka being childhood friends to be hella weird.
• Soul's parents love Maka due to him being the son of the school's Vice Principal, a former musician, and how he has many connections with the school and Death City.

Maka's Unnamed Father – Male – 34 – Former Extracurricular Advanced Talents Student – Retired Gymnast
• Maka's father of Japanese descent.
• He has an older sister who's the parent of Shirayuki, Maka's cousin.
• He was formerly a gymnast however after the divorce he's now supposedly traveling the world.
• Spirit's ex-husband.
• No one knows where he currently is.
• It's been said that Maka's sister is traveling with their father.

Spirit Albarn – Female – 34 – Former Extracurricular Advanced Talents Student – Musician
• Maka's mother and the school Vice Principal; she really, really dotes on Maka.
• He was formerly a gymnast however after the divorce he's now supposedly traveling the world.
• Maka's father's ex-wife.
• Spirit is often seen hanging around a lot of men.
• Despite Maka's distrust towards women, Spirit still cares deeply for her son and her ex-husband.

Shirayuki Llewellyn – Female – 23 – Former Extracurricular Advanced Talents Student – Retired Violinist
• Maka's cousin from his dad's side of the family who now lives alone.
• She owns a flower shop.
• Her late sister was her partner.
• Shirayuki is a single young woman with no interest in searching for romance.


Black Star – Female – 17 – Extracurricular Advanced Talents – Kickboxing
• Black Star was adopted by Sid Barett, the History professor at DWMA, long before she became a DWMA student.
• She grew up with Maka, the Vice Principal's son, and they're considered to be childhood friends.
• Tsubasa's partner.
• There's a possibility that Black Star's fallen for Tsubasa, however due to her one-track mind, the matter's currently debatable.
• She's really good at sports and has lots of muscles compared to other girls; she's really fit.

Tsubasa Nakatsukasa – Male – 18 – Extracurricular Advanced Talents – Kendo
• From a young age Tsubasa was very sheltered until his older sibling went missing and couldn't bear to be at home.
• Black Star's partner.
• Truth be told Tsubasa has a lot of difficulty being around Black Star despite being partners, whether this is because Black Star's a naive girl or not is unknown.
• He occasionally spars with Akane and Clay.

Sid Barett – Male – 27 – Formerly Extracurricular Advanced Talents – Kickboxing
• Adopted Black Star as his daughter and was the person who found her and brought her to DWMA when she was a few years old.
• Naigus's partner.
• It's hinted that he's together with Mira Naigus.
• He's a History teacher at DWMA.

Mira Naigus – Female – 27 – Formerly Extracurricular Advanced Talents – Knife Thrower
• She's learned how to treat injuries for Sid when they were still students which led to her wanting to pursue a medical-related education which allowed her to become a part of the medical staff at DWMA.
• Sid's partner.
• It's hinted that he's together with Mira Naigus.
• She's a Gym teacher and Nurse at DWMA.


Death the Kid (Kid) – Female – 17 – Extracurricular Advanced Talents – Shooting
• Kid is the semi-sheltered daughter of Principal Death; despite being acquainted with Vice Principal Albarn from a young age she's never really met Maka until she transferred to DWMA.
• Matt and Alex's partner.
• At one point in time she had a one-sided crush on Maka, but that was only due to how symmetrical his appearance is. She hates being treated like a child.
• Kid is often feared due to being the Mayor's daughter as well as a regular participant in shooting competitions.

Alexander Thompson (Alex) – Male – 18 – Extracurricular Advanced Talents – Shooting
• Alex is the older brother of Matt and the both of them grew up in Brooklyn, where they were scouted by Kid for their marksmanship.
• Kid and Matt's partner.
• He treats Kid like a sibling, but is it possible that there's actually more to it than that…?
• Looking at his phone, he's often on social media, especially on a site called Deathbook.

Matthew Thompson (Matt) – Male – 16 – Extracurricular Advanced Talents – Shooting
• Genderbend of Patty and the younger brother of Alex.
• Kid and Alex's partner.
• Did you honestly expect there to be romance for this guy…? There isn't, it's nonexistent with the exception of an unconditional family/friendship love.
• Matt, Kiley, and Black Star often hang out at the arcade or at the basketball court.

Principal Death – Male – ? – Formerly Extracurricular Advanced Talents – Archery / Shooting
• Kid's father who, despite having more of an interest in blades, has quite a collection of simple bow and arrows to crossbows to guns and to rifles. At a younger age he deemed that it would only be proper if he taught his daughter how to use a gun for her own protection, in case something were to happen to her since kidnapping or a burglary, as well as to not cause any sort of accident.
• He's a very carefree person though he can be a serious parent. He treats all the students as part of his family, though he tends to spoil Kid at times…


Tsugumi Harudori – Female – 17 – New Opportunity Talents – Art
• Despite being older than Maka, Tsugumi greatly admires him and strives to become as wonderfully independent as him and has a tendency to call him 'senpai' due to being an E.A.T. student and for being at the school longer. Maka's the first person whom Tsugumi had met upon her arrival at DWMA and was the one to kindly show her around the school's campus.
• Meme and Anya's partner.
• While she holds an admiration towards Maka, she's fully aware of the fact that she's been steadily developing a deep crush on Akane. Believing that he likes one of her partners, she's afraid of ruining her friendship with him and her partners should she get rejected by him.
• Tsugumi has a relatively low self-esteem, believing that even if she's good at art, she has no other amazing qualities compared to her partners.

Anastasia Yngling (Anya Hepburn) – Female – 17 – New Opportunity Talents – Karate
• Anya is a princess of the wealthy Yngling corporation and was raised in a sheltered household, far more sheltered than Kid had been.
• Meme and Tsugumi's partner.
• She admires Tsugumi's "commoner" lifestyle and tends to get jealous of how close Meme and Tsugumi are.

Meme Tatane – Female – 17 – New Opportunity Talents – Martial Arts
• She has difficulty remembering quite a lot of things and is considered to be an airhead.
• Tsugumi and Anya's partner.
• All Meme wants to be able to spend time together with Anya and Tsugumi.


Akane Hoshi – Male – 18 – Extracurricular Advanced Talents – Kendo
• Both Akane and Clay were sent to the NOT classes in order to keep an eye on Tsugumi's partner, Anya, and ensure her safety, however in the girl's first year at DWMA they proved themselves to be capable and thus, he and Clay returned to the regular EAT classes.
• Akane is a TA for Naigus the majority of the time if he's not doing some sort of special project for the academy.
• Clay is his partner.
• He enjoys teasing Tsugumi half of the time, though the majority of the time he can be serious which often makes it difficult to see how he's truly feeling.

Clay Sizemore – Male – 18 – Extracurricular Advanced Talents – Art
• He was in the NOT class with Akane to keep an eye on Anya, but since they proved themselves to be very capable he and Akane are now back in the EAT class.
• Akane's partner.
• Despite being Akane's partner he's very dense and at the present moment he has no interest in romance.
• Has a tendency to over-exaggerate.