How do you think Thomas handled classes being moved online during the beginning of the COVID pandemic? (If you’ve already posted about this you can just ignore me lol)
So I've had this ask for a while and I've been thinking about it. None of my AUs have Covid. I considered doing a oneshot to explore it, but writing is my escape and as someone who almost died from Covid, I can't bring myself to write it.
So I will simply say, Thomas would have quit or taken a sabbatical. I do not see him handling online classes. I don't feel Thomas enjoyed being a professor. He is a filmmaker not a filmteacher. (Some people are just born teachers, Thomas isn't one of them. He's good, but it's not his purpose in life.)
I HC that he was only teaching because he had creative block and took it as his time on the top was over. He didn't want to produce anything less than the very best, so if he was only making a good film, it wasn't good enough so he quit and thought he could give his knowledge to others so that perhaps they could continue what he started. However, once he meets Alex, he learns through watching her grow and discover herself that he has so many more stories to tell and his inspiration returns and he retires from teaching to pursue creating again.
So if the pandemic occurred, I think he would take a sabbatical and perhaps use that time of the world shutting down as inspiration to start creating again. Maybe he'll take out his old Super 8 and see the world with a new (or old) lens!
Sorry for not having aa fun little fic, I tried, but I can't bring myself to write anything Covid related!
I hope this is a good enough answer! 💛💛💛 Thanks for the ask!










