ive never liked powerless saiki aus because the entire conclusion of the series is him accepting his powers as being a part of him that he cant change so like.. in aus where the power remover works, half of his development is erased..
if he had been "powerless" for longer, we wouldve gotten to see him realize this himself and im genuinely sad that we didnt.. we got to see him realize that being powerless wasnt the change he wished it would be and that its something he cant change, but its literally over a two day long period and we miss out on sooo much potential development..
and then in aus where hes born powerless, people think he would have the exact personality and development that he THOUGHT he would if he got rid of/didnt have his powers, like NO ? "without powers he would be another satou-" NO he would be a shy, borderline flamboyant, weird, awkward, genius LOSER.
he would have a more normal relationship with his brother (still probably competitive but in a way more average sibling way and kusuke wouldnt have had the motivation to become so murderous) and he would probably be even more friendless but with less trauma.. he may or may not have ever befriended akechi at all, and the classroom incident wouldnt have happened.. even some of his current friends might not be around if not for coincidences due to his powers or direct involvement from his powers.. (nendo and kaido would for sure still be there though, but this only ensures the idea that he would be the biggest fcking loser ever)
he would still be saiki, but. his powers are a key part of him. he would be totally different without them, but NOT in the way he thinks he would..
Where's that one post that's like 'as an editor, you come to learn that there are actually very few bad ideas. However, there are a near infinite amount of bad executions' because you will find this is very true of reading fanfiction as well.
okay okay, I actually am writing now… it’s a Mandela Catalogue AU fic. It will be based off of the show ‘Severence’. The plot will be similar with some tweeks to fit the tmc plot and characters better. This is just a rough draft of a few character overviews, they are subject to change as some character stories overlap between the two series. Here’s my list for who will be like who
Overview for the characters:
Adam M. wakes up on a long office table, frustrated with confusion as an amateur voice speaks on an intercom. He wanted to forget the tragedy of his mother, now he starts fresh with an office job at Alternate Sources sifting out ‘scary’ shapes. But does he even want this? Was this ever for him? Maybe someone will help, outside.
Sarah H. just got promoted to office manager after Thatcher D. left work permanently. She’s a bit awkward and has her work set out for her with Adam M. and his attempts to leave.
Jonah M. seems to be the office comedic relief. He buddies up with Adam M. and spills his little theories about why they do this and what his ‘outie’ is like, but at the first sign of danger he dashes like prey. He doesn’t want to be hurt.
Thatcher D. former Alternate Sources employee was removed due to being ‘disgruntled’. Outside, he has flashes of his Inside life, confusing hallucinations, though he remembers both lives and wants to uncover what’s been going on.
Mark H. manages the well-being of the workers, helping them when they have feelings of distress. He doesn’t get to go home at the end of the day like the others. Adam, Sarah, Jonah, and Eve all have outside lives, but Mark has nothing. He has a resemblance to Sarah H. but there’s a million people with round faces and brown hair so who’s to speculate?
Evelin M. works with Jonah, Sarah, and now Adam. She follows the A.S. handbook to a T…most of the time. The world inside and outside of Alternate Sources is not black and white. Evelin tries to keep the balance with the strange air about the workspace that came about when Adam M. arrived.
I am mildly impressed that I can't remember seeing a single wing fic. It's honestly fascinating. I have more thoughts about the general trends and types of fics this fandom seems to be drawn to (or seems to skip entirely), but those will have to wait for a more reasonable time of day.
Maybe sometime tomorrow I'll also go over my ao3 history for an estimate of how many of these I ended up reading in the end. 🤔
I'm going to leave the tab open in my browser but now I'm finally going to allow myself to filter out everything I found I didn't vibe with (which... Will probably remove quite a bit of fics. Especially from the E rated ones. Once again I find myself at odds with the majority of fandom when it comes to certain aspects of my otps' characterization). But I did it!!
On one hand, we have Tengu! Howard who would burn the world down for Randy; he will fan the flames- raise his wings high and end the very thing that would have otherwise destroyed his flock- his friend. Howard who is willing to completely tear everything apart (literally staring at the episode where Randy sacrificed himself by jumping into the Land of Shadows) for someone who’s his. They are linked by the woven threads of fate
We also have Nomi- desperate and full of anger, and fear- who is still a teenager, wanting nothing more than to bring his brother home. He’s never seen Finja this weak; the battered form of his older brother attempting to make him leave but they’re all they’ve got- and Nomi will be damned if he let anything happen to him. They can’t fall- not now, not when everything hangs in the balance. Not when it was their fault, they’re all they’ve got
But I also have new ideas, and they are consuming my thoughts- all caused by my own episode last night, it’s exhausting- but still,
Doomed by the Narrative: In an alternate turn of events, following the Sorceress’ attempt at vengeance on Randy- well, things don’t end well. Randy sacrifices himself; throwing himself into the land of shadows but what if he hadn’t made it out? What if- in the end- he was trapped in another realm with no way out?
Doomed by the Narrative: The Mixtape -> I also wanted a darker version of the season two battle; much like the Tengu! Howard idea, the Sorcerer manages to severely weaken Randy- he’s injured, weakly trying to get away because Norrisville needs him, he’s the Ninja but his breathing’s labored. In a desperate turn of events, Howard calls the Tengu- breaks the stoke, and the process repeats. Only this time… something’s wrong. Randy’s on the brink of death- and Howard is not about to witness it (even if he has to scour the ends of time and earth to save him)
Literally just me writing about how much PTSD Finja has-
Another Hurt! Randy Trope: Randy has never expected to truly be hurt by the robots from McFist Industries- except this time, he’s at their mercy and is captured (he’s going to die there). He’s at the mercy of his enemies, and he needs help- fast
That One Where Howard’s Hurt and Randy Loses his Fucking Marbles: Things go south and Howard is fatally wounded during an attack- Randy handles this with less than grace- fire bursting at the seams as anger consumes him, and he is ready to destroy everything. He’s not going to lose Howard. Not today
That one angsty one-shot between Rei Izumi and Finja, during the final battle
I have… more but genuinely all I want is to write angst. These characters get to suffer- because I am going through it and they will suffer until I deem it time to stop
now that im back on my puter and ive gotten most of what i wanted to do today done i feel another cut down the altar ramble coming on (inspired by that despairduo art i reblogged a little while ago)
one thing im trying to work out regarding the sequel is how the wider public thinks of Type 6s/sleeper agents.
like. how does one react to a small part of the human population suddenly turning out to be, as far as anyone's aware, some kind of unforeseen alien species? assuming they'd be seen as a different species and not, as jonah suggested while high af, some kind of genetic mutation in an otherwise normal human. i imagine even years down the line, it'd be a hot debate topic what Type 6s actually are.
and thats to say nothing of what you do with such ambiguously human beings in a legal sense (though there are many possibilities, both horrifying and hilarious, to think about)