yall really liked this art so figured i should explain more about my buttonduo role swap au! some basic plot here and i might do more posts later on <3
Generally the au is that everything throughout the L'manburg revolution is the same as canon. Declaration of Independance, Eret building the walls Wilbur designed, drug van, etc.
everything except the original betrayal.
During the final battle, wilbur calls for ceasefire and approaches dream asking to talk
Eret knocks an arrow into their bow, hoping to strike Dream in the moment, but before they can raise it Wilbur waves the white flag.
L'manburg surrenders completely
Tommy, Tubbo, Fundy, and Eret are taken into custody. Dream states that Wilbur does not need to be arrested, as it's only due to his willing cooperation this rebellion could be put down.
A trial is held, with all L'manburgians declared guilty of sedition and treason. Eret is also tried for attempted assassination of a head of state, and for attempting to overthrow the government. Dream tacks on more crimes for Eret, as Wilbur asks for leniency to the kids.
Wilbur declares the executions and make the final call to carry them out. The rest of L'manburg respawns inside the van, feeling like they saw something waiting for them. Tubbo calls it oblivion. Eret thinks it's not as complete or final as oblivion, but an in-between or limbo state.
Either way, something is lost and taken away after their deaths. Dream calls it a "price to pay", Wilbur claims "this is always how it would end."
Wilbur is crowned king of the SMP, having met his end of the deal. "Why just be a president, when you could be king?"
Angry, betrayed and royally pissed off, the rest of L'manburg (now with niki and jack manifold) arrange a meeting to make a deal for the land of L'manburg to still be independent.
The deal is less than ideal, with L'manburg still being under SMP rule and following SMP laws as a requirement for them to host their own elections. effectively, a territory instead of a free nation of their own right.
Elections are still held but this time for a governor, everyone suspects Dream will not allow the elections to happen fairly.
Tommy doesn't run because he's still pissed off at Wilbur, especially when Wilbur suggests that he should.
Coconut2020 still runs, Fundy hoping to carry out the dream his father abandoned.
George still misses the event so Quackity calls in Schlatt, at Dream's recommendation, and the votes suspiciously all go to Schlatt. Especially when Wilbur endorses Coconut2020, and not him.
Schlatt decides later, after a key meeting with Wilbur and Dream, to still revoke citizenship of Tommy and this time Eret for their vocal dissent. The pair are banished from L'manburg as they are not citizens of the territory anymore.
Wilbur asks Tommy to stay in the castle with him instead, as we can pull some strings to keep his SMP citizenship. Even though Tommy adamantly says no, Eret convinces him to as it would be safer then following them.
Refusing to stay in SMP lands as they're still marked a traitor and could easily be arrested again for any petty reason, Eret vanishes into the woods and stumbles upon a ravine carving it's way underground.
Niki and Fundy continue to make a fight in L'manburg, despite Wilbur urging Fundy to drop it. Schlatt targets Niki again because of her outspoken behavior, even more so than in canon. The pair also smuggle supplies out to Eret by meeting them somewhere away from the ravine and the rest of the main server.
No one except Eret sees where they are now hiding, until Eret remembers only one thing they saw after their execution: They have an old friend they can always call on. They send out a /msg.
