AU: Thor and Loki are rival music composers in the late 1700’s who love to hate each other and hate to love each other (but also, secretly, love to love each other). I have a few of my own head cannons with this (i.e., it’s a very Mozart/Salieri rivalry, but they end up falling in love. They put down all the other composers around them because no one’s as good, and enjoy semi-ruining others’ music performances by having sex in their own theatre box), but I’d love to see your take! :D

wouldyouknowmore:

Ohmygod I’m dying

Ok here’s the thing. I love this and would read the almighty heck out of it, but I def don’t know enough about the music/the period/the composers to really do this justice and not butcher it. I mean, I have some of Mozart’s piano concertos on my classical playlist, but that’s about the extent of it. So I’m going to beg your indulgence and give you some very brief, vague headcanons instead of the half-fic nonsense I’ve been coming up with for these so far. 

1. Thor is better. Loki knows it, but won’t admit it to himself, and every time Thor presents a new concerto, Loki is guaranteed to be lurking in the back of theatre, grinding his teeth and picking at his cuffs in jealous frustration, and reluctant appreciation. 
2. Despite being the better composer, Thor is constantly awed by the pieces that Loki comes up with, his bold and surprising takes, and he never misses one of Loki’s concerts… though he also tends to lurk in the back, where no one can see the delight on his face. 
3. They finally get together thanks to a gala thrown by a mutual patron, who insists that they both attend and then seats them together at dinner. The tension hits a crescendo (pun intended) during the dessert course, when Loki “accidentally” elbows Thor in the ribs, and then Thor “accidentally” tips his glass into Loki’s lap. He gets a bit handsy with the napkin under the table helping him clean up the mess, while Loki flushes bright red and only just manages not to stab him with a fork. 
4. The resolution comes after dinner, when Loki tugs Thor into an empty parlor and demands an explanation, but then the conversation is forgotten in favor of angry making out. 
5. They never really stop competing with each other, even after they’ve fallen in love. Loki will debut something new and exciting, and Thor will follow it with something better not a month later, and then Loki will ravish him backstage, berating him for his nerve the whole time. 

Send me an AU, and I’ll give you 5+ headcanons about it