Hey you know those posts where people think Mabel is a bad person? She's selfish, a mean sister, caused Weirdmaggeddon... Yo what if those are the exact things she thinks of herself? Because that's angst material right there.
Oh yeah she blames herself big time, but in all honesty? I do, too. She was selfish. But she was also twelve and it sorta felt like the summer they spent in Falls changed her life, so I think it’s safe to argue that people in a chaotic and magical environment are accident-prone and sometimes make bad decisions. That’s what Mabel’s learning through her therapy, in my AU – it wasn’t her intention to cause Weirdmageddon and she can’t run away from her life.
Luckily I think the Good End Friends have lots of key problems in common – running away from their problems, blaming themselves for single-handedly causing the end of the world, having irresponsible people be their idols, doing bad things out of desperation to not be left behind...
Who I think would especially click with Mabel is Steven, to be honest. It’s why I’m planning on them becoming really good friends. And I’m pretty sure at some point they have a conversation where one of them is like “you can’t just blame yourself for everything, your family is partially at fault” and the other is like “no u” and that’s how they realize they can’t be held responsible for their relatives’ actions.