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In my head, it's the event itself. Agatha was meant to be in Good, and Sophie meant to be in Evil. And i wanted to explore that dynamic if they switch to the wrong schools.
Like- sure, Sophie would definitely ace those princess classes. But what about good deeds with Prof. Dovey. Or Sophie's relationships with other Ever students. I like to believe that ever students, as shallow as they seem, are still pretty good people. To show that Sophie shares some similarities with the other Ever students, but theres something not quite right with it.
Same goes with Agatha, fitting the look and excelling in the Never role, but also not enough.
Also- the concept that the SGE movie did pretty well, "I don't believe anyone is truly good or truly evil. But i know sophie wants to be good... And that should be good enough" The idea of character development for sophie. I mean, in book 1 it shows that at first sophie is doing good deeds out of selfish reasons, and later did a true act of good by saving agatha at the end. So its possible??
And maybe Nature vs Nurture concept, are the Nevers truly evil or were they raised that way? Because c'mon how did they keep losing for almost 200 years unless they aren't fully evil or smth idk idkk
It's interesting to think about the scenario where they realize their true nature in the wrong schools. And how that would affect the rest of the story.
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Sorry about the rambling and messy thought process. This has been in my head for literal years now. Just hadn't had the chance to flesh it out.
But at the end of the day, this is also my self-indulgent Never!Agatha AU. And im giving book 1!tophie dynamic to this AUs tagatha, but its not doomed/JJ
What if the switch in the bridge was successful?