I was talking a bit with friends of what would have happened if my characters stayed at home and their reactions to meeting the stayed versions.
Dusk is rambunctious, always good for an adventure, but he is very much a pacifist and has a heart of gold. He adores his dad and loves Malleus and Silver and Sebek deeply and openly as they’re all his little brothers, tho now he’s more used to Sebek treating him like “Lilia Vanrouge’s son” and accepts it even if he still doesn’t like it. He’s almost always has a smile on his face, tho needs to learn to think before he acts. He still doesn’t mess with his brothers.
Dusk gets a bit sad tbh. He’s not jealous because he doesn’t think he deserves that type of life, the happiness that comes with it.
Stayed!Dusk is horrified that theres a version of him that’s so violent and angry. He’s honestly worried what happened.
This is just timeline one for Canis lol.
1 and 2 Canis kinda meet in dreams. It’s like half canon. But 2!Canis and Grim are scared of the 1!Timeline them while 1!Canis and Grim just have bittersweet feelings, sad they got roped up in this but hope their future is better
Kit, for one would have stayed sweet (Fellow makes sure of that), but she’s slightly manipulative in the way she gets food and stuff. She hides it behind sweetness because she knows Fellow doesn’t want her to do anything bad and she looks up to Fellow too much to go against him. So she doesn’t steal, she uses sweet words and social conventions. She’s also still very protective of Gidel. She’s probably far more cuddly too.
Kit is kinda pissed. It’s clear that she doesn’t get a good home life anywhere yet at the same time she’s jealous since at least stayed home Kit gets Fellow and Gidel and her memories.
S!Kit is kind of confused. But to a degree she understands. She knows a lot more than Fellow thinks she does, so she knows without Fellow, she’d have fallen to how cruel the world is. She doesn’t pity Kit, she just wants them both to have better tomorrows, but in the most bitter “the world screwed us so I wish we get rest” way.
Toryn does a complete 180. He commands attention very easily and smoothly. He’s very sly and the only reason he is following Azul instead of doing Azul’s job is because he thinks Azul is funny. He spent all his life having his little brothers mess with him, so he’s used to dealing with chaos and tends to be a level head, yet he always seems to come out of the chaos better than he went in. Tho he also despises anyone messing with his brothers or the funny octopus. To his face he says it’s their issue, but behind closed doors he’s not afraid to use threats. He probably doesn’t care much for art or think too much about Vil (at first) beyond the fact Vil has power and sway he wants.
Toryn is kinda scared of his stayed version. He doesn’t like how manipulative he gets. He thinks that the stayed him has taken standing up for what he wants too far and thinks nothing if people beyond power. Which is true to a degree, not entirely, but not baseless.
S!Toryn thinks Toryn is pathetic. He can do anything, even just say no. He thinks it’s interesting, but also takes it as a hit to his pride that they’re supposed to be the same person. He thinks Toryn has nothing to him in his head besides being a tool for others. Again not baseless, but not true either.
Dekker not disappearing is part of his dream. He’s extremely emotional and pretty shy. He leans on his siblings a lot because he’s never really had friends. He is still a gremlin to them tho.
Dekker plays it off, but he is *insanely* jealous. S!Dekker gets to stay emotional, his feelings are protected. Sure, family doesn’t always get along, but S!Dekker had someone. All he got were harpies who openly wanted to ditch him and River who loved him, but never understood.
S!Dekker is honestly scared. He doesn’t get good vibes and Dekker uses bubbly energy that, while reminds S!Dekker of Cater, is too much. He’s also just sad to know theres a version of him without family, the only ones he’s ever known.
Ruse would have come out very similar to Riddle, just quieter and shyer. He is just as rule bound as Riddle but takes action and has short words instead of Riddle’s rants. He’s still also quick to anger and can yell. He and Riddle still bicker, but now it’s understated since they constantly got in trouble for it and now are scared to do anything more than whisper and stop talking to each other (meaning stuff is never resolved and gets built up). But they have no friends other than each other and kind of Trey and Chenya
Ruse has a bitter jealousy, not at S!Ruse, but the world. He deep down just wants to be normal, and while S!Ruse isn’t, he’s closer than Ruse is. Tho he’s a bit upset that he doesn’t get the happy life he wants.
S!Ruse is so confused. What do you mean he becomes a religious prophet and the head of an entire religion, living in the capital of a religious state and signing laws and making decrees before the age of 12?! That’s sounds insane!! He doesn’t know what to think. He is grateful to have the life he has now tho, even if it’s not good. Knowing anything more about Ruse’s past probably makes him sick.
Trinity is a hyper chatterbox who’s thoughts never stay still. The person who’s got a new hobby every day? That’s her. And ofc, she’s good at baking. She is also insanely dense.
Trinity is just numb. She doesn’t see a point in being jealous, that won’t fix it. Being sad doesn’t change anything. Luck gave her what she had and S!Trinity something different. Should she be happy that the other was luckier?
S!Trinity is shocked and horrified. Trinity has battle scars everywhere and looks as hollow as she feels. S!Trinity feels so sorry. And she suddenly wants to see her family.
Malynne learns to hide in the shadows and watch over ppl, especially Malleus. She ends up sort of making herself into his servant (the court definitely had a hand in this). Malleus doesnt like it, but she doesn’t see any other way.
Malynne is alarmed that S!Malynne became so compliant and so just willing to follow Malleus. Tho she can’t blame S!Malynne since she also priorities others above herself. She also feels sad that S!Malynne was kept trapped her whole life.
S!Malynne is a bit jealous that Malynne got to escape the court. She knows that Malynne was cut from family and feels bad about that, but the jealousy burns brighter. She does see Malynne taking care of others obsessively as “correct” tho.
Skion just depends a lot. He could die with ortho. He could have seen ortho die and become a shell of himself, close in personality to Idia except Skion doesnt talk much or like playing with others at all. If he just didn’t go but his brothers did, he’s insanely clingy to Idia and robot ortho. He panics the second he’s doesn’t know where they are. If no one went, he’s just sweet and a good guy, of hyper and playful and trying too hard to make new friends.
Skion is too many timelines to even say
Suna, idk. I don’t think he’d change much. He might go more into sports than medicine tho. He’d be very close to Leona tho.
Suna doesn’t change much other than medical trauma and the stuff with Elias, so they just hate the other version, since below their sense of grandiosity, they hate themselves.
Ori and Jay become little divas. They end up quite like Crewel. They do have a habit of thinking to highly of themselves and putting too much into appearance. (Crewel tries to teach them clothes mater but aren’t everything, but the still haven’t gotten it.)
Ori tries to make friend, but underneath, he’s jealous (he has a big issue with jealousy). He wants that life. A perfectly happy home life with their dad and having a bunch of money and handmade luxury clothes. He probably starts going into his derealization/whatever the state is to get away from the bad feelings.
S!Ori is scared. That’s too much death. S!Ori is a bit more stuck up than S!Jay and this just throws him for a loop. He panics. That’s supposed to be him and Ori isn’t connected to reality at all, spending life around gruesome gore and digging graves.
Jay is also jealous. Less enraged “that should be me” like Ori and more “why didn’t we get that”? He hides a lot of it, better than Ori. He knows more of reality than Ori does, so this just fills him with dispair on how bad the world is.
S!Jay is also confused and scared. But he’s also just sad for Jay. Their life sounds miserable and sickening. Tho he’s also put into a panic because Jay is the gruesome one and S!Jay can’t handle it.
Noir becomes a begrudging star who pushes everyone away, even Vil and Eric, and just accepts sitting alone in his spotlight, thinking nothing can ever change.
Noir feels like he is better off tbh. Even with the paranoia he constantly deals with. He just hated the spotlight *that much*. Not to mention no one listening to him not wanting it. And S!Noir just gave up (probably still goes by Ansel too, which Noir doesn’t care about, but it’s just something to think on).
S!Noir probably hates how he didn’t think to run away/his plan didn’t work. He’s angry and jealous and hates being in the lights, he wants privacy. But he’s also defeatist and has given up. He thinks any chance is over, and that makes him angrier.
Skion and his many branching paths.
