Anonymous Coward · 5mo
Apologies for all the stray AU ideas but: Any ideas about whether Shuji could've felt some kind of remorse for his actions/deception, even stopping before the 12th Shadow's defeat? (Yeah Death is coming regardless, but it'd take a while.)
Idk, just imagining an au where Shuji's mask cracks alongside the 11 shadows being defeated, with him making an attempt on his own life/whilst coming clean to SEES etc. It fails, and the operation to kill the 12th Shadow doesn't go ahead either. Shuji has to live and face the repercussions, SEES has to flounder in what to do next and what to do with him, since it's not canon levels unforgivable (Well. Assuming he stopped all the background experiments on Sho and Strega kids post explosion. Still tough redemption 😂)
I don't think Shuji would feel any sort of remorse. On the contrary the closer he gets to the Fall the morw elated he becomes, more laser-focused. It's very apparent in how his demeanor changes the closer we get to the 12th shadow. He doesn't even joke anymore, he's serious bc he knows he can't mess this up. He wanted this for 10 goddamn years, he ain't backing out now. What you've described is very VERY AU and OOC, which is fine, the characters are mere barbie dolls you can play with however you want, but I, personally, can not imagine this, sorry.
