#david temple

[incorrect-goneseries]

So mad, I’ve just met someone who is a twin, his name is Samuel, and his twin is David.

What are the chances

[rosettastarlight]

Abel Soren

Part two of my theories on this au where Sam was given up instead of Caine. Like I said, it was really long so I cut it in two. Since I’m not going to give him Caine’s name and I want to be consistent with the slight symbolism of the biblical names, I renamed him Abel Soren. I suppose in this au, since Sam doesn't really seem the type who's an intentional troublemaker, he might have not ended up at Coates academy at all… then again, there are also some kids who didn't really do anything but ended up there anyway. Either that, or his DNA connection to the gaiaphage would draw him to Perdido Beach.

His adoptive parents are rich but neglectful, showing little if any affection or love, and they send him off to boarding school at the first excuse.

His parents' coldness impacted him badly as it did Caine, but in a different way, leading to Abel being withdrawn and quiet, not knowing how to show what he was never shown. He essentially just wants to be left alone, and rarely, if ever, smiles, speaking only when spoken to first.

I don't think he'd necessarily be a villain in this au since having low-empathy doesn't necessarily mean that person is bad, but he would butt heads against his brother, especially when he finds out their relation.

At Coates, he kept his head down and was content to be unknown until a similar incident to the "School Bus Sam" happened, except considering it's Coates, it was probably either a fire or danger caused by another student. After that, he became famous in a way, considering how quick and efficent he stepped up and handled the situation where if he'd hesitated could have mean the death of many, but then how he eased back into the invisible and quiet life he was accustomed to immediately after.

This is what essentially drew Diana to him. Before she knew of her power, she just knew when she touched his hand that he was powerful for some reason, and was only proven right by his sudden act of bravery. She figured he could be use, using her looks and cunning to get his attention. A lot of her attempts were rebutted coldly until she eventually started to chip through his walls.

She respects his space, he respects hers.

This sparked a sort of odd relationship between them that couldn't exactly be called friendship but at the same time, something more as she became one of the few people Abel talks to on his own. It’s similar to the unspoken relationship between Caine and Diana but healthier in a way. This was strengthened when she first witnessed his powers and lied about it to the teachers and police when they asked her what happened, as it cemented Abel's belief that he could trust her.

He first realized he had his power when he caught Drake attacking someone (I haven't decided exactly; could be Diana, could be one of the Coates mutants, could just be a random person) and impulsively tried to stop him when a beam of light shot out of his hands.

It burned off most of his arm, and the doctors were forced to amputate what remained, so most of what is done in the series is him with a prosethetic until he grows his "whip hand".

When inquired about the situation, it was Drake's word against Diana's, and considering he had a more incriminating record, Abel kept a low profile, and he wasn't exactly being innocent beforehand, no one believed him, and when it became obvious he would either be medicated or institutionalized if he kept ranting on about the quiet boy in class shooting green light from his hands, he let the issue drop. But never forgot.

This incident did, however, draw Connie Temple's attention, and it only took a bit of digging and one look at him to realize he was her other son, that she had the same connection to something dark within him as David. She kept a close eye on him afterwards and made notes of her observations.

Drake isn't considered an ally, but Abel is someone able to keep him under control since Drake had seen firsthand what he can do and what he can do again if he pushes him, and Abel takes full advantage of this so Drake won't hurt Diana or anyone else.

Though he is reluctant to use his power again after seeing what it did to Drake, Diana encourages him to practice at it until he has a somewhat better grip on it.

When she realizes her power and makes up the bar system, she doesn't hesitate to tell Abel there are others like him. He, however, doesn't know what to do with this information, and just tries to go about like everything's normal. Until normal crashes and burns.

After the Poof happens and the FAYZ, some of the Coates can't help but expect Abel to do something since he has gained a reputation for being silent until the time calls for someone to step up.

With Abel not sure what exactly to do, when Diana suggests a travel to Perdido Beach to make a deal for food, he jumps at the opportunity for something to do, something to distract him from his thoughts.

Unlike Caine does in canon, he actually listens to her, and fully intends to come only for more food since they are bound to run out sooner or later, and if anyone wants to stay in town, that's their decision, and he certainly wouldn't blame them. Except he becomes curious when he goes there and meets David Temple, son of Nurse Connie Temple.

Abel's actually quite impressed with how he's handling the situation, but Diana senses something off, and shakes David's hand to check, later telling Abel her findings as she whispers in his ear.

Shocked to find out there's people with the power not just at Coates Academy but at Perdido Beach, and that this guy is apparently the only one Diana's met with power at his strength, Abel decides to stay to find out more. See what else they have in common and if in solving this increasingly complicated puzzle, they might come a step closer to everything going back to normal.

He and David Temple form an uneasy alliance, since David doesn't like the idea of sharing his position as leader.

After the twins disappear, he and Diana pitch the idea that it might be best to get everyone's birth certificates in order to figure out what exactly they're going to do and who is going to "poof" next. This is how the boys find out they're twins.

It does not go well. At all.

The girls are in the background shaking their heads at them.

"Yours is an idiot, too?"

“Yep."

“What do you know, something else they have in common."

[reythemandalor]

Caine: Punch me in the face.

Sam: Punch you?

Caine: Yes, punch me in the face. Didn't you hear me?

Sam: I always hear "punch me in the face" when you're speaking, but it's usually subtext.

[fallout--alley--youth--zone]

Hnnng I'm currently writing an au where Sam is given up for adoption instead of David, so instead of Sam Temple vs Caine Soren it's Dave Temple vs Caine Soren (bc I refuse to believe any version of Caine would go by David).

It really brings into question the nature vs nurture debate, especially since we don't get a lot of info on Caine's adoptive parents so we have no idea how much of his behavior is caused by them. I wonder, would Sam end up exactly the same (or at least very similar) to Caine, had he been raised the same way? "Obviously not" is my first answer, since everybody is different and no one reacts to trauma the exact same way, but we're making an antagonist, here.

Maybe he wouldn't be as charming, but he would use that awkwardness to his advantage? Relating to people in that "see, I'm just a normal guy, you have no reason to distrust me" way and end up as more of a popular jock type than a politician type, subtly using people's trust in him to get what he wants? In that case, would he end up allying himself more with people like Dekka instead of Drake?

Ahhh, so many possibilities.

[420fayz-it-blog]

i'm so glad the gone fandom doesn't insist on calling caine "david temple"

[rosettastarlight]

I was thinking about that comment I made the other day on a post about how different things would have been if Connie Temple had either chosen to go against her instinct of one of her boys being evil and keep both or given up Sam instead of Caine, and I realized. Like, even their NAMES would have different if Connie had kept Caine. Caine would have been David Temple, and I don't even know what Sam's name would have been, but to keep up with the symbolism of them being named after biblical figures (King David, Caine, the son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother, and Samuel) and the fact that they're brothers constantly battling it out in the series, I'm gonna call him Abel in this au. Hmm... I'll expand more on the possible theories of how things might have gone in this au in another post.

[reythemandalor]

Connie: I guess you’d like to know how it all happened. 

Caine: I think I can figure it out. I guess I was born, and then everyone started lying their asses off. 

[3garcons]

Carl Gutowski & David Temple at Troy Music Hall Nov 2021