#szabo

Just a lil post showing what changes I'd make in BD's story or scenes only for disc one tho,the two other disc will get similar post later.

For disc 1: when the land shark knocks shu out of the way he falls unconscious instead,upon seeing kluke (and jiro) by his side he gets right back up and ignores the two other than quickly saying "kluke get outta here and jiro,make sure the trap is set!"

When the party meet nene and szabo for the first time,szabo lifts shu with his hand and simply holds him up in the air to stop shu from attacking nene,this means nene' shadow isn't revealed until a little later (this also makes the player think nene has no shadow powers)

When nene is done with the trio and orders szabo to take them away,shu tries to fight szabo before he blocks shu and pushes him off instead of simply throwing him off

when the trio first get their shadows they stuggle to control their shadows albeit only showing slight difficulty doing so

during the introduction for marumaro he actually lands a hit on shu with saber tiger,this causes shu to say "thats it!" And the fight begins

when the gang arrive back at talta to see it ruined and destroyed there would be a scene of kluke explaining to marumaro what happens to their village throughout the years she would quickly stop explaining and tells maro thats shes said everything he needs to know, when maro goes to catch up with shu and jiro,the camera cuts to a single tear forming in kluke's eye (remembering her parents)

when the gang see the talta village residents being attacked by the tigers fushira is now on the floor trying to wrestle off a tiger before shu jumps in to assist (I think that would make his entrance a bit more dramatic 😂)

when the gang assist king jibral in infiltrating nene's fortress nene would be shown in the cutscene visibly smirking at their attempt to challenge him

when nene tells szabo to deal with the intruders,szabo calls nene an moron behind his back (in this take szabo throughout the game would talk smack about nene behind his back)

The four demon kings all try to attack szabo when he enters the room with them locked up,they'd all be screaming and clawing at him in a more violent way

:Shu and maro start off hating each other but slowly form their brotherly bond overtime

:Szabo shows small signs of rebelling against nene

:nene's shadow is kept more secret in this take and isn't actually shown until disc two's finale

*happiness noises*

So I've made a small thing to celebrate.

It's not much but eh

I was thinking, what if Nene messed up when he gave emotion based superpowers to a terrorized, grieving, teenaged girl who has every reason to hate him? Because then, of course, he makes the fatal mistake of underestimating her.

In contemplating when to set this, I realised the game already presents a perfect time. Kluke is held captive by Nene, alone, for a day, and canonically we don’t actually know what happened to Kluke while she was Nene’s prisoner. I think he kept her in Sleep Status but it is easy to imagine...

What if Nene decided to torment Kluke?

He shows her what he’s done to other towns and he gloats. And Kluke. Kluke looks at this. At what he’s done and what he’s doing. At the people he’s hurting. At the people he will continue to hurt. Unless someone stops him. And. She’s crying. She’s furious. She cannot let this happen.

Maybe Nene didn’t secure her properly. Maybe he thought she wouldn’t fight in such unfavourable conditions. Maybe he didn’t have Szabo with him, maybe he did but that didn’t dissuade her. Whatever the case...

Nene didn’t expect it when her Shadow attacked him.

And right now Nene is at his weakest. Right now Kluke is fighting with a righteous fury, is driven by compassion and grief, necessity and vengeance. And Shadows. Shadows are linked to your heart, and Kluke has a single purpose in mind.

Kill him.

Kill him to avenge my parents. Kill him protect my people. Kill him to keep any other children from knowing my grief.

I like to think that Kluke used Black Magic, that she used Fire. That she reaches out and burns Nene away before anyone could stop her. But the how isn’t what matters. What matters is...

That here, Nene dies because he underestimates her. Because Kluke surprises him. He wasn’t prepared to be attacked and certainly wasn’t prepared for someone who was ready to die killing him. Because Kluke knows. She knows that if she fights him, she will likely lose and even if she succeeds...