#if Casey just accepts being Alan's creation then he can have everything he wants

[honestlyvan]

(Crossposted to DW)

I also think there's probably more that could be done with Scratch/Casey (and Scratch!Casey) in the sense that along with being a walking talking representation of the forces of evil, Scratch is also a very blatant power fantasy written by someone with a very dim view of power fantasies.

Alan's fear of responsibility, of his influence, makes Scratch's blatant power-grabbing and need to center himself in every situation unappealing and frightening. But unlike Alan, the real Casey struggles with being denied agency and control, struggles with being jerked around by other people's narratives, struggles with a real fear that he has no say over his own circumstances.

There's absolutely a way to play Scratch possessing Casey as him forcing something Casey wants on him, the power to actually be the determining force in his own narrative, a door to step through into an even ground with Alan, to rewrite himself into a perfected version of himself, a tool with the power to shape the world as he see fit.

Endlessly perpetuated, immortal, without challenge, the ultimate weapon in Scratch's hand -- and all Casey has to do is embrace that this was always what he was intended to be, written into existence be this, to be a conduit, to be an extension of their shared self in Scratch's perfect paradise where everyone worships the ground they walk on. What is self-determination in the face of someone giving you the power to make the perfect world you always longed for?

[bitegore]

#the horror of giving in to the narrative #if Casey just accepts being Alan's creation then he can have everything he wants #because it's no longer *Alan's* story if he lets Scratch take him #Giving in and giving up framed as the way to get what he wants #Carve out your heart with your own hands to win

(Crossposted to DW)

I also think there's probably more that could be done with Scratch/Casey (and Scratch!Casey) in the sense that along with being a walking talking representation of the forces of evil, Scratch is also a very blatant power fantasy written by someone with a very dim view of power fantasies.

Alan's fear of responsibility, of his influence, makes Scratch's blatant power-grabbing and need to center himself in every situation unappealing and frightening. But unlike Alan, the real Casey struggles with being denied agency and control, struggles with being jerked around by other people's narratives, struggles with a real fear that he has no say over his own circumstances.

There's absolutely a way to play Scratch possessing Casey as him forcing something Casey wants on him, the power to actually be the determining force in his own narrative, a door to step through into an even ground with Alan, to rewrite himself into a perfected version of himself, a tool with the power to shape the world as he see fit.

Endlessly perpetuated, immortal, without challenge, the ultimate weapon in Scratch's hand -- and all Casey has to do is embrace that this was always what he was intended to be, written into existence be this, to be a conduit, to be an extension of their shared self in Scratch's perfect paradise where everyone worships the ground they walk on. What is self-determination in the face of someone giving you the power to make the perfect world you always longed for?