#basically use him to make some bullshit justification for the camera still existing in some form even if its a different one

[arolesbianism]

Heartbreaking! My suspicions abt Wagstaff having some fucked up timeline shit going on were correct and now I have to scramble to come up with an excuse to not have to completely overhaul my entire swap au (it won't be hard my excuse is that it's an au so I can do what I want)

#rat rambles #starve posting #tbf the only two it super matters for is wx and wilson since theyre the maxwell and charlie of this au #but theyre also yknow. extremely important. so even trying to adapt for this would be a fools erand at this point #on the bright side this gives me a lot more to work with in terms of webber's whole deal #basically it gives me more leeway to actually make an explanation even tho its going to be a different one #I might still use the camera tho poor lil farmer boy got stuck in the camera 😔 #well not that exactly but it could be a useful catalyst to explain how he ended up trapped between realities #and it being a camera makes it a Lot easier to justify how he got close enough to it for stuff to go that wrong #one thing that could be fun is if I let wagstaff keep some semblance of an actual role in this au instead of being a corpse the whole time #basically use him to make some bullshit justification for the camera still existing in some form even if its a different one #actually.... I wonder if the camera is similar to the codex in some ways #maybe it's possible for any object that directly records the existence of Them and the fuel to act as a gateway? #it would probably have more specific requirements and be pretty rare but that could be a fun idea #I could definitely work with a concept like that to give wagstaff more to do and flesh out webber's backstory a bit #so basically the newest animation both gives a lot for me to work with and also killed my grandma so its a messy situation