#anyway i'll always have the first 2 seasons and all the amazing fanfictions that came from it they cannot take that away from me

[thesmokinpossum]

You know, I initially thought that this season of wwdits was gonna be good enough to bring me back into it but the more gifsets i see from it the more i realize that i'm truly over it smh

[notyoureve]

Thoughts, theories, coincidences, details, inconsistencies, and stuff like that.

/But first... Pardonnez-moi for my sloppy English/

Idk if there is anyone else who also noticed these things and details, but nevertheless. But at least personally, I always had a theory that all parts of LiS (season 1, BtS, season 2, TAAoCS, Farewell & the comic series) are set in the different realities that are somehow connected and intertwined.

/There have always been hints of a multiverse, even in the first season, so I see no reason to deny any possible interpretations of the plot for the sake of closing plot holes. So, in my opinion, you can take any of the games, including the comic or even fanfics, as canon, because it is YOU who create the universe in which you want to believe — with its missteps and consequences, with its love interests or lack thereof/

Of course, I strongly doubt that the developers did this on purpose, but at least this theory explains all the inconsistencies between the games themselves and the comic. And considering what topics were raised in the comic, my guess even looks quite plausible.

What I am going to talk about may be more just thoughts than full-fledged theories, or even rather it can be called "Life is Strange in details", but I think it will be interesting anyway))

/I think I'll even make 'LiS in details' a separate rubric with various posts on this topic, because some things are not entirely included in the concept of thoughts/theories and can be looked at separately🤔/

I will split this theories/thoughts into several — random and not — short or long posts to make it more digestible. I in no way pretend to be canonic to my assumptions, but just share what came into my head, and what details in particular I paid attention to in order to make this conclusions. So,

Part 1

Let's start with the fact that there is such an entertaining thing as Rachel's shirt. This was the main reason that made me immediately think that Season 1 and Before the Storm are two different timelines. The shirt Max wears in the first game is Rach's blue BtS shirt, NOT the red one. It is the blue shirt that has a tear in the sleeve and a badge on the left side. And I very much doubt that Miss Amber would buy another shirt like that and do the same thing with it. And even more so, it is unlikely that she repainted it or washed it with red clothes so that it turned red.

/I heard about the theory that BtS could be a prequel to the Chloe and Rachel line in the comic (which, in principle, is even quite clearly hinted at in one of the last chapters in the conversation of the trinity in GLaDOS). Sooo... May be. Or maybe not. But this one makes perfect sense, right?))/

So, if these are REALLY different realities, it explains such basic discrepancies as:

• David and Joyce's wedding

• How Frank got the Pompidou

• Rachel's earrings

• etc.

Now let's talk directly about the title of the prequel itself. Despite the fact that its title sounds meaningless, considering how different the plot details of these games are, I can see why the game MAY be named Before the Storm.

I see two options that, in general, do not even strongly contradict each other, given the possibility of a multiverse, which both the games and the comics clearly point to:

• In most realities the Storm is approaching the city anyway and does not depend on anything (or vice versa — it depends on many factors)

• BtS is Max's original reality, in which Chloe dies in the bathroom before rewinding. After the first rewind in the bathroom, Max finds herself in a similar reality, differing in certain details, like the color of this shirt. And since the storm is what season 1 begins with, the prequel can legitimately be called Before the Storm.

Despite the fact that for most fans the image of Rachel, which we saw in BtS, doesn't coincide with the original, on the contrary, I saw enough to understand how she could become Rachel Amber from the first season (I will point out this in another post on this topic, but I don't think it will be very different from what others have already said about this). But I also understand how this story could be a prequel to the Chlo and Rach line in the comic, which is great.

But tbh, I still doubt that BtS is really a prequel for the first game — but I do believe that it is one of the many connected timelines (particularly with the reality where William is alive, which I will discuss in another post).

In conclusion, I want to say that the main problem with the LiS franchise is that the developers have created an amazing concept with which, apparently, they simply do not know what to do. Otherwise, they would have figured out a long time ago how to resolve all inconsistencies and how to give answers to all questions. So, as funny/sad as it sounds, sometimes fanfiction gives much more logical explanations than the canon itself.

[elejah-verse]

Love Is A Heartbreak Away/2

Fanfiction

Part 2

AU TVD/TO

Elijah Mikaelson x Elena Gilbert

Kol Mikaelson x reader

Summary: Elena returns to New Orleans, after she had lived seven years in London, England. As a teenager she had a crush on Kol, and dreams of meeting him again. But there is his older, more stern brother, she never cared about. 

a/n: this is inspired by ‘Sabrina’, cuz I love vintage stuff and old movies.

I hope you like this story. xoxo

tags

@rissyrapp20 @dendrite-lover @cassienoble2000 @captainshurley @goddessofthunder112 @elejahforever @hides2000 @idkhaylijah

if you wish to be removed from the tag list, let me know xoxo

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Esther arrived earlier and the first thing she did was to sit Kol down to talk to him. As per usual it didn't go all too well.

"Racing is one thing I am good at"- Kol said to his mother-"I am not giving it up."

"Do you know how I feel every time you get into that boat to race. My heart clumps up, and I just cannot breathe from fear that something might happen to you."- Esther said.

"Nothing will happen to me. Anyway, this may be the last season I race anyway. I want to get the grand prix once more. I am right up there among the greatest, mother, you know. Three times in a row. Noone achieved that."

Esther huffed a bit, not happy about it all, but now said-

"Right. You promise you will quit after this season is over? I want a solemn promise! And you will not go back on it?"- Esther asked.

Promising something he wasn't quite sure he would be able to keep, especially if he said the words now he would have to uphold- it was not easy for Kol. And so, well, he could not bring himself to do it.

As he wavered, Esther now disappointingly just waved at her son-

"Go, please."

"Mother, I just-"- Kol started, but she cut him off.

"I don't want to hear anything more, Kol."- Esther said-"please now leave. I am at the end of my thethers with you!"

Kol hated leaving things so tense and continued-

"I know that this is all because of what had happened to Father and Klaus, but- I cannot live under a sheltered glass dome, you so want to put me in, same as Elijah. This is not me. Sorry, but I just can't"

Kol's phone rang and he let it ring, standing like the lost sheep, feeling bad, as Esther was now teary remembering Klaus and Mikael.

"Will you answer this phone-"- she now said agitated.

Kol looked at the display-uttering-

"It's Y/N"

"Answer her"- Esther urged her son.

Kol now answered, leaving the study.

Esther sat down in the armchair wiping her tears off glancing at the family photo on the desk.

"I miss you so much" - she uttered.

There was a knock on the door and Elijah entered saying-

"I am sorry to interrupt, but Larson asks when it would be best to serve dinner? Also, I have just met John's niece Elena in front of the house-"

"Ah, yes-"- Esther now looked at Elijah-"I completely forgot to tell you that she was coming-"

Kol, who finished his conversation with his girlfriend now came back in and said-

"Elena? Little Elena?"- Kol asked-"the hermit?"

Elijah now recalled that they spoke about John Gilbert's niece not long ago. Now he turned to his brother and asked him why he called a hermit.

"Ah, she would always hide. Lurking. Never could talk to her. Well, she could not even get a word out. So, she is back? She came to visit her uncle?"- Kol said.

"Yes."- Esther replied adding-"And I want her to feel like she is at home."

Both Kol and Elijah were uttering Of course, that goes without saying.

"Fine"- Esther said and the woman was ready to get out now and find the butler, when they heard a knock at the door. As Esther said enter, Elena walked in.

She didn't look anything like the teenager Kol remembered. He now looked at her wide-eyed. There in front of them, stood a sheer beauty, greeting everyone present politely, especially Esther.

"Elena!"- Esther now went to the woman welcoming her warmly. Elijah nodded at her not taking his eyes off of her as well. Elena also nodded back at him. Then Kol took over expressing all what Elijah's heart thrummed at that moment, not understanding what was happening to him. It's not like he had never seen a beautiful woman before, or been with one.

"Is this really you? Wow- you've changed! Hey- great to see you! Where have you been hiding all this time? Ah, yeah, London, was it?"

"Yes. I lived in England"- Elena replied.

The butler now knocked wanted to know if dinner could be served.

And now Esther ushered everyone to the dining room. And Kol continuing to chat about London with Elena as they went out of the study. Elijah and Esther followed, letting those two go, stopping his mother for a moment asking about the lunch with the Y/L/N.

"They are ready to invest"- Esther said-"but they want 40%"

"That is steep. The board would not be happy."- Elijah said.

"If they become family, things could be negotiated."

"What do you mean, family?"- Elijah asked.

"Well, Y/N and Kol have been together since their freshmen year- so they hope this will end up in marriage. At least Marie sees it that way"

"Kol- getting married?"- Elijah said like he had never had anything more ludicrous in his life-"they might have been together- and I can't believe they really are still together- because- of all, well - his escapades with other women."

"Well, she has done her share of escapades, too. It's that kind of a generation. They don't take anything seriously. Especially not love. Like Kol said they were not really exclusive."- Esther said. "

"Exactly"- Elijah remarked-"so how do you see them getting married?"

"There is a possibility- well, nothing is confirmed yet. Y/N still needs to go to the obstetrician- but she might be pregnant. And I don't want to get ahead of ourselves here, but, when she returns to New Orleans in a few days, we will know."- Esther said- "now let's eat. We can't keep Larson waiting any longer."

Very shortly, the dinner was served and the star of the evening was Elena, of course, who was now telling them about her life in London, all she did and a little bit about her eccentric benefactor Dahlia.

Even though sisters, Dahlia would not call Esther for years on end. She had not heard from her the last two years.

"She moved her atelier to the Shetland islands."- Elena informed the woman-"I plan to visit her in the spring."

Elena then continued to talk about what she was doing lately.

All evening Elijah listened to Elena speak. Quiet as he was, he was not bombarding her with questions like Kol, but  nevertheless, soaked in every word she had said.

Elena was like the fresh breeze for all of them. Extraordinarily, this was the first night in a long while that Esther was sitting down for dinner with both of her sons. Kol would usually be somewhere with his friends, Elijah would either work or stay at the town house. She felt like the universe bowed down and sent her Elena, like a special gift.

At the end of the dinner, Esther extended a special invitation to Elena to attend her birthday party the next day.

"Thank you so much"- Elena said.

She bid everyone a good night and left the room. And before she went she just once glanced back at them, her eyes streaming at Elijah at the end.

That what was incrompenhensible to her. Why was she saw compelled by him. With these thoughts she trailed off to the little house not far from the Grand  House where her uncle lived.

When she was a teenager, all her dreams involved around Kol - the way she would kiss him, go off to the wildest parties with him, come home in the early hours in the morning. And all these years abroad, she wondered what he was like, if he had changed at all. It proved that he hadn't much. It felt that all was even more enhanced. As always his life was exciting. But when he was talking she blocked some of it off, and found swaying her look to Elijah. She was not into men in suits, workaholics, as her uncle described the eldest Mikaelson.

So, why was he on her mind? He barely spoke two words to her, except for a few polite questions about what drew her to study industrial design. She shook her head as she now put her hair down and combed it, before getting into the shower.

In his bedroom, in the Grand  house, Elijah had a view on the  guest house she was staying at. After a shower, he went to the window glancing out. What was he doing there, looking out- He shook  his head, and returned to his agenda for tomorrow. Even though they were hosting a huge party tomorrow night, he still needed to go to the office.

The next morning, Elena, as an early riser, had already done her yoga and had her breakfast. Her uncle was amazed how disciplined she was.

"I have been invited to the Birthday Gala tonight and I don't really have anything appropriate to wear, so I thought I would head into town. Can I get a lift?"- Elena asked.

"I would offer you my car, but it broke down. And I barely had time to look what it is. I am now Mrs Mikaelson's personal driver and she will not be going anywhere today, but I still have to stay. I'm sorry"- John explained.

"Hey, it's not a big deal. I should have rented a car. I think Kol has said that he would be going into town. I will ask him if he could take me. I don't think he would mind. I'll see you later."- Elena said taking her bag.

Before John could say anything, Elena was already out of the door walking over to the main house. As she was about to enter, Elijah appeared at the door, nearly bumping into her.

"Morning"- he said somewhat startled.

Elena slipped a good morning as well, backing up a bit, suddenly feeling a strange nervousness flushing all over her.

"Can I help you?"- he asked.

"Ahm- no. I was-"- she hated that she seemed to have lost the power of speech as if she was a teenager again, all shy and not finding the right words to express herself. She felt his eyes were piercing right through her, making her even more clumsily restless.

"Yes?"- Elijah slipped.

Elena now got herself together and said that she was hoping Kol or someone was going into town and she wondered if she could get a lift.

"I believe Kol is still in bed. This is too early for him. If you don't mind I am happy to take you as I am on my way to the office."- Elijah said moving with his hand towards his car.

Elena let a little silent sigh excepting the offer and he opened the door of his black Lincoln MKZ. She slipped in, and he closed the door. As he got in, he asked if there was a special place she wanted to be dropped off, and she muttered that she needed to get a dress for the Gala.

He knew exactly where to take her. It was something she didn't expect. But then again, he was a man that had impecable taste in clothes himself, as well as cars. She was intrigued by him. The half an hour drive to New Orleans was spent mostly in silence, till Elena broke the ice by asking about the Mexico Plantation, and she didn't even know why she had asked about it.

"It's a marvellous place. I have enjoyed living and working there."- Elijah said-"it is a completely different world out there. My great twice removed grandmother was spanish and mytwice removed great grandfather married into the family. A Mikaelson and a Fuentes. You know that the spanish once ruled Louisiana from 1762 to 1802. This is when the Plantation in Mexico came to our family's possession."

"I didn't know that"- Elena said-"you grow oranges there? That's how much I remember."

"Yes."- Elijah replied.

They had arrived and just before Elena got out, Elijah said-

"I will be returning to the Grand House at about 4 p.m. If you wish, and if you will be staying in town that long, you can come by the offices, and I can give you the lift back."

"Ah, thank you. I was kind of thinking of going to the race practice at 4. You will not go?"

"No."- Elijah said abruptly. He wished her a good day and left. She didn't know what to think by his clear cut negative response to the boat practice. Her mind trailed off to something else now. It was her day out to enjoy the French Quarter and completely indulge in all NOLA had to offer.

After acquiring the dress she wanted, she went to the bookstore and got herself a book on Mexico. She read all about Tamaulipas, the state where the family's mexican plantation was at.

Walking around the French Quarter, and taking photos, being a keen photographer, Elena arrived late to Kol's practice. But he was glad to see her. He introduced her to some of his friends, with whom she had a drink as well. It all turned soon into a small party like it has always been the case with Kol. She wouldn't have minded staying on with all of them, but since she was invited to the Gala, and Esther being so wonderful and kind, she didn't want to disrespect her host, and above all make her uncle look bad. As Kol was not ready to leave just yet and it was pushing seven, Elena got herself a taxi.

Everything on the Planantation was ready for the grand party to start in an hour. Elena rushed to get ready.

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In the Grand House, Esther was worried about Kol not showing up. Elijah tried to get hold of Kol, who finally answered his phone and reassured his brother that he would be there in a little while. In he was there in the nick of time.

Elijah got to his room and now gave him the piece of his mind about his reckless behaviour-

"You need to grow up! Enough is enough! This is a very important day for mother and she's got only us."

"I am here, aren't I?"- Kol said getting into his tux as he got out of the shower. To change the subject he now said-"Did you see Elena?! Wow- she is a real knockout. Where were my eyes before-"

Elijah hated the way he spoke about women in that way and gave him a stern look saying-

"Do not speak about Elena in that manner- or any other woman!"

Kol now stood still for a second as he put his jacket on. He looked at Elijah saying-

"What is this? Did I just hear agitation in your voice?"

"Shut up. We have to get down. The first guest are arriving"- Elijah said-"adjust your bow tie. It's crooked."

Kol followed his brother. They were late and they had to be there with her as the whole birthday speech started, so they rushed down.

Kol's phone went and since it was Y/N, he went off answering the call. Elijah now proceeded into the garden where Esther was already in full swing mingling with all the guests. He stood still for a second admiring the view of the woman, who brought such great stir in him, something he had never thought was possible.

She was like the summers breeze that comes out of nowhere and makes all difference in a particular moment in time. He could stand there and look at her forever.

Elena turned around now seeing him slightly lost in his gaze. She smiled a little at him as came over to her. 

"I hope you had a nice day?"- Elijah then said to her-

"I did"- Elena said not taking her eyes off of him.

"Good."- Elijah uttered.

Both of them stood there without saying anything further. Eyes exchanging small delightful nothings filled with gladness about being in each other's company. Maybe they would have stay like this till the end of the party, and it would have been ok, but the butler came to Elijah telling him that his mother wanted him and Elijah slipped clumsily- "duty calls."

Elena nodded a little and dreamily watched him go.

Kol now appeared from behind saying-

"Ah, good. Elijah will do the speech. I so hate these things. Hey, where did you escape?"

"I got a taxi."- Elena replied.

"You should have stayed with us. Tom did these crazy impressions of the ballroom dancing judges."

"Right"- Elena just said and taking a glass of champagne that was now passed to everyone moved forward as the butler singnalled both her and Kol to join Esther as she had asked for them.

Elijah's speech was short but heartwarming, and Kol added only a big happy birthday to his mother wishing her many happy returns.

Esther thanked both of them and then all who came to the party. At the end she gave a special thanks to Elena, introducing her to everyone as her guest of honour.

Elena looked at the woman a bit lost, not understanding where this was coming from.

"Last night was one of the most amazing nights I have had in a very long time"- Esther said to Elena-"I cannot remember when the three of us sat down together as a family. Well, ever since Klaus and Mikael-anyway, it would so wonderful if one day I might call you my daughter."

Elena thanked the woman for her kind words. Esther could see that Elena was somewhat flustered with all and now called for the music to start. She went off to some guests who had arrived late, leaving Elena with Elijah.

"I think her emotions are running high. It has been so for days"- Elijah said feeling he had to explain his mother's behaviour towards Elena.

"Don't you spend time together? I mean- at least for Christmas?"- Elena asked.

"Christmas is the worst, as it reminds her of them. The boating accident was two days after Christmas."- Elijah explained.

"Oh- I just- can't remember. No one really talked about Klaus and your dad."- Elena felt bad thinking she really put the foot in it.

To get off sad subjects, Elijah now put his hand out to her saying-

"Would you care to dance?"

Elena nodded and took his hand. hey walked to the dance floor. And like the song said-both of them felt like they were suspended in the air as they swayed to the tune. Both now not still quite sure what it was that made me feel so extraordinarily different.

 Could he really be starting to feel something for this woman, so out of the blue? And she? Where was all this tingling inside of her come from as he put his hand on her back gently? He was not her type at all. She had always been with guys like Kol, reckless, daring. She couldn't remember falling for a guy like Elijah. What was happening to her? 

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