#so i'm tempted to do something with this.... HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[mystiika]

au where warren becomes a villain tho....

like it would follow the same general story line of the movie. he still helps defeat royal pain. he still does his best to save people who don't even like him. he still goes out of his way for others when it counted. but then their treatment of him is still the same. he can understand to a degree when he's still a bit of a hothead & people can't do a quick 180. but even so, he still thought something might change after a bit of time. sure, will's gang didn't avoid him quite so much as the rest of the population ( although layla & magenta seemed the least bothered ), but even they weren't able to actually trust him if he wasn't their last resort ( this is ofc the main split off from the canon where warren & will supposedly become best friends ). looking back he saw that it was through childhood naivety, but some part of him was still hopeful that maybe, just maybe people would think better of him after he helped save them all. 

so when its been nearly an entire school year of him just minding his business, the other students still anxiously turn their heads when they catch his eye. still whisper about the "obvious" likelihood of him following in his father's foot steps with rumours ( somehow even less unfounded from the impossibility they started the school year with ). still freeze up when he walks by like he'll burn them without reason. etc... it all grinds on his nerves more than it did before. he at the very least thought people would drop the comparisons with his father. warren loathed him, & the idea of being similar in any way was irritating beyond belief. & he did try to be more friendly. it was awkward & he was blunt but if all it did was make the person uncomfortable, how in the world was he meant to keep it up.

i feel like his villain name would be something like the scorcher maybe something with 'red' in it... yet to be determined

i imagine he gets even more angry & intimidating in the years following movie canon, completely isolated himself until even layla give ups. he wanted to bide his time, learn from the classes at sky high for what he can repurpose for himself later, even taking time to learn people's powers & weaknesses in case they later come to blows.

once in university he starts his villainous activities, completely unbeknownst to anyone & everyone around him. he makes an effort to change his image a bit at this point too, he's a bit older & a bit more mature & realises that if he sets himself up to look like a villain in his day to day then it will only make things more difficult for him later. so with the help of having a fresh start ( & a bit of practice ), he's soon enough able to lead a perfect double life. he smiles more, acts more friendly, offering help here & there until people decide for themselves that he's "reformed" & no longer a threat. he chooses not to be involved as a superhero despite his offensive power since the very thought of fighting alongside anyone as haughty & self righteous as heros were was enough to make him ill. instead he got a normal degree at a normal university for a normal job. this of course gave him some additional cover since it meant no one was really aware of the state of his powers/abilities — no similarities between his would-be "hero" & "villain" crime scene remnants.

when he finally allows himself the chance to drop the facade he's explosive & destructive. he makes the effort to cause maximum damage & casualties, enjoying the pain & fear in a persons eyes while he towers over them, & more than anything else seeing the wonderfully demoralised state of the heroes he was "friends" with while they're losing every fight & unable to catch him. i could see them coming to warren for advice since their powers seem similar enough that maybe he'd be able to help.

& yeah, maybe it wasn't fair to punish the world for the actions of a bunch of high schoolers, but sometimes that's all it takes for a villain's origin story. when you start to only see the worst in people, its easier & easier to lump the innocents in with them until there's no one on earth worthy of your mercy. besides, if people all his life only wanted to see his faults then who was he to deny them their long standing dream of him becoming the villain they'd only ever expected him to be?

this also would go CRAZY for the relationships he develops. not even just romantic, if there's ANYONE he finally lets in & cares for then he'd burn the world to the ground for them without a second thought fr