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Dreamworks: we're gonna make our characters as ugly as we see fit and there's nothing you can do about it

I would be interested in hearing the reasoning behind some of these

which ones? lol iirc most of these came from your analysis actually. I just changed a couple 'cause i wanted them to have a viable session, and for narrative purposes (see below)

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This is amazing! I would love to know more about this AU

Thanks! Here’s some thoughts. because yes ive thought about this more than once

The OG paladins lived on Alternia (Beforus?) and played the game. But they failed and had to scratch their session, leading to the current universe. 

Allura is the Heiress and on the run from the current ruler (the Usurper Zarkon) who wants her assassinated. She finds the game and escapes to earth, meeting Shiro and the others, and they end up playing together to help Allura escape. 

Coran is Allura’s bodyguard and later her sprite. 

Zarkon attacks earth while they’re trying to enter. So they have meteors plus alien shenanigans to deal with.

Shiro has two dream selves for some reason. One on Prospit and one on Derse, but he only ever wakes up as the Derse one. 

Turns out the Prospit one is not Shiro’s dream self, but a separate person entirely. 

He’s the dream self of Shiro’s twin brother Ryou who died in infancy. But his Heart powers allowed his dream self to continue existing.

Shiro’s pre-scratch self was captured by the Trolls and forced to fight in the arena. 

He was experimented on by Haggar/Honerva who took him into the game with her as her sprite. 

As a Seer of Blood, post-scratch Shiro has had nightmares and visions about his pre-scratch self’s memories his whole life. 

He thought he was just crazy, but these memories come in handy when he plays the game and “remembers” how it all works. 

Allura initially wants to play the game not just to escape her pursuers, but also because she thinks it will restore the universe and bring peace. 

Allura keeps applying troll romance to all the the humans’ interactions. She thinks Keith and Lance are constantly black-flirting and Shiro’s their Auspistice, which can’t be good for Shiro and Keith’s Moiraillegiance. Needless to say, everyone’s confused by this. 

Shiro loses his right arm while entering the game and Ryou never had . one. Pidge and Hunk alchemize new ones for them based on Allura’s Alternian tech. 

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