#(maybe i'll explore these alt timelines more after the begotten!au's second book is out there)

[an-organized-confusion]

I like entertaining Bad End timelines for my AUs.

Like how “what if iZ!Roman never left the Dead Enders?“

But now just thinking about stuff like, “what if the Begotten!Twins weren’t both Beasts?“ Like if Roman was a Beast and Remus was something else, possibly even a Hero.

In the canon TL, Roman already is slow to fully accept his monstrous nature, but it’s considerably tempered by the fact he never was alone in his experiences with Remus. (Remus just embraced it right away.)

But the sheer identity crisis potential for Roman in that other timeline? He would probably elect for some of the most violent and self-destructive Inheritances (they’re kinda like End Games, not necessarily Deaths in all cases, in this splat) that exist for Beasts.

No telling where Remus would go, depending on how the Bright Dream fucks with him here too. (Might lead to a demise, might lead Remus enabling those more tragic/violent goals... like Erasure/Inversion.) :Ic

And if Roman was the Hero he thought he dreamed he wanted to be (reminder that Heroes in that setting aren’t always/often The Good Guys)? And Remus was the only Beast between them? Whooo boy.

(Thematically speaking, this would be very much like the alt iZ!Roman idea. And would probably end in someone committing fratricide. Oof.)