#o’conner swtd

[milestonekestrel]

[fisheadz]

@milestonekestrel had given me the bestest idea-

SWTD TLOU AU.

Caz as Joel, Suze as Tommy ig, Trots as Bill and Simon as Frank. Maybe Billy as Ellie or Robert depending on how Down Bad he is here.

Idk who Tess would be replaced by… maybe Finlay, without the weird not-dating-and-absolutely-together relationship. A lot of the relationships would change, obvs.

But no, what about Roy as Tommy? But then what about Suze? Ughhhh. Or Roy as Tess, and he dies… 😫.

And maybe Muir as Frank and Innes as Bill… or what about Muir as Sam and Innes as Henry! A lot of the relationships and side characters would change here, and a lot of the plot as well. Like, if we’re going with Billy as Ellie, then obviously a lots gonna change about the TLOU plot line.

But now it’s in my head! Billy as Ellie! He’s immune (GUESS WHERE HE WAS BIT TO FIND THAT OUT GUESS GUESS GUESS-), and his good old friend (old as in they were friends a long time ago) Caz finds out, and ends up traveling with him across the damn country. (Either America or Scotland, I’m not sure it depends on your perspective ig-)

If Roy is taking Tommy’s place, than they would’ve had to have had a falling out at some point… Jackson would be called Beira, obviously. The Firefly’s would be… Cadals…? Eh sure. Wait no, the Boston QZ would be Beira? I haven’t played pt2 yet, but when I do it’s gonna expand a lot on this AU.

If it’s Suze, then ig Caz would have left for the QZ (Beira) and Suze would’ve gone to join the… Firefly’s? Idk. And then there’s Cait and Maidie, but they could also just come into the story at a later time…

Caz and Billy would go across America or Scotland or some made-up amalgamation of the two, avoiding survivors and infected (it’d be less fungus-y, and more Shape-y) to get Billy to the Firefly’s (?), and at the end Caz, like, kills a whole lotta people to save him, and they go back to Jackson/Beira and live happily ever after with Suze and the other Jackson/Beira residents.

(And the ANGST! of Billy finding out what Caz did, and getting mad because this was HIS decision, even if he wasn’t getting a choice.)

BRODIE AND RAFFS AS HENRY AND SAM! THERE! FISH IS SAD NOW!!

Innes and Muir can be Bill and Frank from the game (if you know, YOU KNOW and can connect the dots there. It FITS) and Trots and Simon can be Bill and Frank from the show. Old guys, you know. It depends. :/.

Ig… if we’re going the game route, then Finlay can be… the sailor that starts the sewer community…? (iykyk).

Rennick gets to be game Robert. Idk if Robert’s in the show, but yeah. Unless he’s Marlene, but rn he’s Robert. Haha get Roberted idiot.

Addair gets some horrible death that I can’t remember but know probably happens somewhere in the game and/or show. I haven’t watched the show in a while, but eh. He’s not David (ew), I’m not THAT distasteful of him. Bernard Cunningham gets David. I don’t like Bernard Cunningham. (I’m probs messing up his name but whatever). (Who cares about him enough to get his name right, really?). (Man I hope I didn’t just anger the Bernard Cunningham fandom).

The rest is up for interpretation, ig. There’s other SWTD characters, like Gibbo and Archie and Douglas. And Alex and Sunil. And Dobbie and Bruce and Scoobie and Kelly and O’Conner and Davros and Roper and-

But I’m sure others can figure it out. I am a stupid lil Fish, and can’t think of these things on the spot.

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CAZ AND SUZE LOSE CAIT AND MAIDIE DURING THE OUTBREAK LIKE SARAH AND THAT CAUSES THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THEM AND BILLY AND EVENTUALLY EACH OTHER UGHHHH—