Okay. Opinions on the alternate happy universe Silco for act 3? Also do you think there would be an Astrid in that universe? If so, what would she be like/her story with Silco.
Oh boy, okay, my opinion on happy AU Silco?
Lovely as it was to see him freshly bathed and enjoying retirement, he was also wildly out of character and his presence in this timeline made very little sense.
I mean, the AU timeline as a whole didn't make sense. At the time of Vi's 'death' Shimmer had already been created and deployed, yet in this AU there's zero trace of it? Singed created Shimmer for himself — a means to bring back his daughter — Vi's dying wouldn't change that. Nothing would. Plus, at this point in the story in season 1, Silco's eye and scar were already corrupted, yet in this AU his eye and scar show absolutely no sign of Shimmer treatment whatsoever?
Also, I'm sorry, but there is absolutely no universe in which Silco would forgive Vander so easily. Again, the writers have taken the lore and characterization established in season 1 — this soul-rending, utter betrayal that left a young man broken beyond repair and bordering on feral — and have carelessly erased the depth which made their stories so poignant. I can't remember who on Tumblr said this, but they were so right: If the Silco we know from season 1 had found the note that Vander left in the mines, he would have wiped his ass with it and set it on fire.
Not only would it take a monumental gesture for Silco to consider forgiving Vander, but if he did end up forgiving him he would never, NEVER, in any universe or lifetime, say the words "Greatest thing we can do in life is find the power to forgive". It's not even the sentiment of what he's saying that I'm referencing here, it's the literal words that come out of his mouth. This is not Silco's brand of cringe, and once again just demonstrates that the season 2 writers seem to have little to no understanding of these characters and weak dialogue composition to boot.
It's honestly so hard for me to even imagine what Astrid's relationship to him would be like in this AU, because to me that simply isn't Silco. It's some bizarre, superficial changeling look-a-like.
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