the thing with almost every "shawn becomes a criminal" au that ive seen is that they always seem to miss the most core canon premise. a shawn spencer who did not become a P.I. isnt a thief or a robber or a hitman. shawn spencer is and always has been a con man, and any subsequent au you write can ONLY be, to a frankly uncanny degree, the plot of "catch me if you can"
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