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protect-namine · 5 days ago

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I actually have a fic idea but lc is a show that's like. you will never ever have all the information and context until the end. and I am a writer who writes best and more confidently when I have all the info and context at my fingertips. so now I'm just like 🧍‍♂️

anyway. ramble in the tags

#mine musings #it's an AU so it shouldn't even matter actually. but. whatever. i'll still try to write it. it'll take a while #it's more like character exploration anyway. a role reversal (my favorite kind of au)#i.e. what would the emma case look like if cxs is the one who keeps timelooping to save lg?#it's not a power swap or personality swap so i think it'll be an interesting exploration of the limits of their personalities #for example: in this au i think lg is still protective of cxs and acts as the guide. but he's closer to og!timeline lg #so i'm thinking that he's still very principled but perhaps less strict about doing small deviations from the timeline #cxs is still empathetic and reckless and i think that would actually get worse in a timelooping cxs #since he's the possessor he rationalizes to himself that he gets to shield lg from the messy parts of an operation #and how this self-matyrdom pulls at the fragile trust they have. because their partnership is never equal when someone is timelooping #i'm thinking in like the emma case this all comes to a head when emma gets the text from her parents #in S1 lg tells him “it's better not to look”#i think in this au. cxs would have already honed his acting skills and be like “lg. does she check the phone?”#and lg who is protective but a little naive and not as strict with rules is like #cxs looks so sad :( he's been missing his parents lately :( emma doesn't see the text until tomorrow but...#this probably won't change the timeline too much... right? i think cxs needs to feel loved right now :) “yes she checks her phone”#and cxs is like “... are you sure?”#lg: “yes i'm sure”#and then post-dive cxs finds out emma dies but he doesn't tell lg :) he just keeps it to himself :)#bc it's his job to handle all the messy parts :) like the emotions of their clients. their regrets and obsessions. their fates #in his mind. the more lg knows the more he tries to sacrifice himself to save cxs. so it's important that lg is kept in the dark #something something actor/scriptwriter metaphors idk still working on the idea #just. role reversal shiguang... cxs who keeps timelooping bc he has abandonment issues so he can't handle lg dying...#lg basically is like 9S from nier automata who always dooms himself by learning the truth #this could've been a read more instead of a tag essay i'm sorry. i keep forgetting that feature. i am a yapper in the tags #cxs after dragging lg out for dinner so he doesn't catch the news: “hey lg. we followed the script to a tee right?”#“i didn't forget any lines or anything?”#lg (confused) (lying): “yes. aside from getting the financial data part. we did everything right.”#cxs: “okay 😊 i trust you 😊 past or future let them be”#lg (internally): he's giving me his actor voice. he only does that when he's diving. why is he giving me his actor voice. did i mess up--

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