You think there's a universe where jd also took Branch with jade and the egg
Most likely!!
He knows he's Lief's Uncle but I think due to their ages being so close he'd act and feel more like a big brother
Some personality and design notes plus bonus beneath the cut
Post Jade disappearance Branch becomes extra protective of Lief since he's promised Jade he'd take care of him when he was a baby and he takes those kind of promises seriously!
I think his personality would be a mix of canon and what I like to call his bitty B persona which allows him to be a bit more laid back, he's still p sarcastic but in a more charismatic and charming way rather than biting with his words. He does have a few paranoid and obsessive traits due to growing up in the woods with two people who are barely adults that are learning to live on their own and raise two kids plus again he also feels like he has to be Lief's caretaker.
Also while obsessive traits can manifest due to circumstances there is a hereditary aspect which I feel runs in their family.
Since Branch never got the chance to have his heart to heart with Floyd he never got Floyd's vest. Branch occasionally wears Floyd's old pink vest but his default is the puffy jacket JD had made for him in his signature color! His signature glasses have become goggles and he wears cargo shorts with matching fingerless gloves! Plus bitty B bangs!
Bonus!!
This reminded me of an ai me and @spjs had where it was an if Lost Opportunity and Not the only one were the same au
So basically JD and Jade are actually Branch's parents, but due to being so young they told everyone Branch was their brother ( so only Jade, JD, and Rosiepuff know Branch is their kid)
Fast forward and now Jade has Lief's egg but is too afraid to say anything, she confides in Rosiepuff who ends up revealing the secret during the big fight at the start of TBT in an effort to keep them all from leaving. Bruce still leaves cuz that's not his problem and Floyd still leaves to start his solo career but Clay stays behind.
I'm p sure management of the band moved to Clay and they still had a few performances under a new name!
Here's some old doodles I found from it!
I think Clay still ends up at the hole n fun and because n2 au is in there Floyd does come back post grandma death to live with them! Thats as much as we got with the whole thing! Branch was still very protective of Lief and Lief even moreso of Branch cuz that's his big brother and no one is going to tell him otherwise
This is the current final post since I don't have anything else ready and or queued up XD
Jade finds herself separated from her family and looking for a way back, the world is big and dangerous so she becomes a bounty hunter as a means of assisting her search, she thinks she's getting close when a world shaking tour and an interesting bounty fall on her plate.
Branch (since this is still within the N2 au just shifted a bit) has been living with Floyd so he's changed a bit, he tried to give himself bangs, which didn't work out, and he now wears a brown tunic under his leaf vest, a gift from another person who helped him and floyd out, a secret someone yet to be revealed teehee.
Poppy is mostly unchanged, as most of the N2 au effects Brozone, tho she is a bit closer with Branch than in canon due to circumstances!
