Evil Sparrow AU
Look, I adore Sparrow as a goofy little human just trying to make friends with all the non-humans he’s happened to come across and learn how to be like them…but I also am a sucker for AUs where characters are actually evil or sinister so I bring you this:
In this AU Sparrow basically still wants to obtain powers and abilities of his own, but his method of doing so is far more sinister than canon. Perhaps at one point early on in his quest he pursued his goal with pure intentions...but failure has driven him to the point of madness.
He starts out friendly, acting like some goofy and friendly human that just wants to know how to powers of his own and is able to befriend some of the strangers in this land which will make it so much more easy to eventually steal them away.
Eventually he learns that the magic in this land brings one back upon death, but it's not always something that is certain and so he does not wish to use that method to gain powers since no one really knows how many times a person can die and he doesn't know if it actually works on humans like himself (in this AU, lets pretend the other humans are hybrids).
On the surface, it appears like he's just trying to make due with the resources at his disposal and live a humble life, but unknown to the many others in this land he's actually advanced quite farther than he has in canon. Underground he has a whole lab and many, many ways to figure out exactly what makes hybrids what they are.
Of course, when he does his experiments on the hybrids he tricks into his grasp, he wears a disguise so that they don't know its him and Sparrow can maintain his persona.
Maybe some of the hybrids die during his attempts, maybe once he gets what he wants he kills them himself. Sure they'll get new abilities on death, but that only means he can use them again and again.
Deep down, a part of him knows what he's doing is wrong, but another part that is desperate overshadows it and all morals.
Some amount of time later and Sparrow is still very much human but he does have many powers that he's learned to replicate from those he experimented on so he's technically able to do things humans shouldn't be able to actually do.
I'm sure eventually someone figures it out; either by accident as they stumble upon the lab under Sparrow's area or just by piecing things together over time. Regardless the method of discovery, the truth gets out.
In the end, perhaps all the hybrids that are left unite against him.
There's many ways this AU can end for Sparrow of course, some better than others.
1. Maybe he realizes what he's become and is scared and horrified by what he's done. He flees never to be seen again or goes into hiding and is found by one or more people, who he begs for forgiveness; whether or not they forgive him is open to debate.
If he is forgiven he tries to make amends with others and gets a redemption arc. If not, he's left to wallow in his misery until death.
2. Maybe he's told that he doesn't need powers to be special, that all the hybrids loved him as just the silly human living in their lands. Again, a redemption arc follows and things start looking better for him.
3. Maybe, those that unite against him take all his lives in one fell swoop and he dies a villain with no hope of redemption.
4. Or maybe, he wins and becomes the most powerful human to ever live and returns home with his newfound abilities. The hybrids of the land he crashed into are no more and their powers are now his to exploit.
