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[theamazingdalet]

the problem with anime/jrpg crossovers is that the original protags are very often all ideals and literally zero fact checking

current case in point: i played the first chapter of xenoblade 2 this morning. i’m not ready to sit down and play the whole thing yet but i could SMELL that au a mile away and i wanted to write a little fic about cass and balthazar meeting so

anyways, in the original, rex dies. like just gets straight up murdered. and then pyra offers to bring him back to life if he’ll help her get to elysium (basically the garden of eden)

and rex’s immediate and sole response is just: “wow! if elysium is real then everyone in the world can live in peace and harmony forever! i’ll do it!”

so he’s in.

put cass in the same position and he would LOVE to believe that but he’s still gonna have some major questions first!

and balthazar? balthazar?? oh BOY. like it literally does not matter that the ONLY alternative is he stays dead, his life is over, he is gonna have some direct!! fucking!! questions!! and he’s gonna expect some answers!!

and cass would WANT to give him answers, he’s not just gonna be like, “oh i guess you’d rather be dead then, hmm?”

but since rex didn’t ask and pyra didn’t tell i have nothing to go on!! at least with something like deadman wonderland i have all the answers already and i can change the order and timing of them being doled out, but here i have nothing to work with! i’m just trying to write a fun little fic, c’mon!

anyways @ writers if keeping your major plot points secret involves your main characters literally just not communicating in any meaningful way, even when they’re supposed to be close friends and family, PLEASE reconsider