Hm, good question. I think he would have wanted to go into teaching. Perhaps a tenure as a professor for history? Or maybe he would have gone into something to do with plants.

Although, firstly I think he would have traveled the world before deciding what to do with his life.

I think personality wise he would be less closed off… lighter in a way that’s real instead of the faked light and softness he carries himself with. He’d be more the person he is in private with his trusted loved ones in canon than all the masks he wears like impenetrable armour. I also believe he would not have has harsh opinions of the world or be as cold blooded as he is in canon. He’d certainly be a lot less traumatized too. Also, I don’t think he would have met his wife and had Sophia if his life had been in his control, which is interesting since fatherhood was an impactful and positive experience for Ivan in canon.

Ivan actually does have social media accounts although you would never know it’s him. They’re all under pseudonyms and he tends to keep a very low profile. Some of his social media accounts focus more on politics and what his job entails, but there’s a few that are more personal and leisurely, focusing on his hobbies and interests. As for his opinion? In a broader impersonal sense social media is interesting, capable of being entertaining, and a useful tool for immersing yourself in more of the world’s peoples and cultures easily. His more personal opinion about social media is that he’s encountered far more irritating, self-centered, ignorant, obnoxious, pathologically pathetic people on it than he has offline, but has also come across a few irreplaceable brilliant gems in the waste of humanity online. So it’s not all bad.

Also his opinion on social media is not his opinion on the subject of the internet itself. He thinks the internet is invaluable to humanity’s progress forwards.

Oh boy, that is like... 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 many ocs to choose from. Hmmmmmmmmm, how about Vallan: https://toyhou.se/120384.vallan-aislin

Vallan is a nixian which are essentially war mongering cat elves in an unnamed fantasy world of mine. He’s a semi-retired witch warrior living the life of a trophy husband with his warlord wifey, Sifrid. A fun fact about him is although he’s poly (as is his wife), he is 100% ride or die for his wife. He loves Sifrid beyond reproach and would slaughter gods for her ♡

Another fun fact is Vallan was a warlord himself and when Sifrid bested him in 1 on 1 to the death combat, instead of killing him as was the norm, she gave him a choice: serve her until death or she frees him, or die. Vallan chose to serve her. The contract was magically binding so Sifrid had no worries he’d betray her. Vallan’s army and territory became hers and, over time, Sifrid and he grew close and eventually fell in love. There’s more to it, as it took a while, but that’s the gist.

Also Vallan likes fire and he’s most skilled with fire based magic.