like. it's quite common for character studies or for canon divergence to do that kind of thing and I've read plenty of fic that does it. but I personally have neuroses around feeling like I'm repeating things so I just NORMALLY WRITE FULL SETTING CHANGE AUS

TO AVOID EVEN THE VAGUE POSSIBILITY I MAY HAVE TO REHASH CANON

now that I am actually doing it. it's kind of fun. and also giving me a way deeper appreciation for the scene? since I obviously have it open and am reading it and considering how to alter it for the au

I passed over this scene when actually reading the series before and didn't think that hard about it and now that I am thinking about it and reading into it it is fucking killing me. jesus christ. why was this intro sequence doing deep cuts like this already

i love doing narrative memory writeups of canon scenes too for this reason

I COULD NEVER DO IT I JUST PUT DOWN PAGES

IN ALL MY TIME IN TEAMNESIA

I added elaboration to try and explain context like once or twice for Reim memories because every time he's in a scene there's a bunch of fucking exposition in the way. that's it

it's fun!!!

I have reached the point where I need to change the scene significantly both because the au drastically changes the conversation at one point but also because I want this scene to be WAY shorter on the whole for the flow of the fic overall and now I am struggling.

i lovvvvvee

good luck!!!

rewriting canon scenes for AUs is always rough. I've been there.