HELLO!! We are SO BACK.
I've been keeping up with BFDI.
SO I will look over what's happening with redux!BFDIA 23 and 24, as well as faint ideas for 25.
SO, from what canon leaves me with:
Coiny is eliminated.
Book wins BFDIA 23.
TB is eliminated.
Book and Needle remain.
THE OUTCOME I DESIRED!! We're having a woman win BFDIA no matter what.
For the redux, I need to use BFDIA 23 to tie up loose ends and set the finale in stone. Tennis Ball will have her stress accumulate. One big explosion -- desperation to win, he's come this far. She goes all out and loses...
Voted out. Tennis Ball is relieved.
Needle and Book are both characters who can be used to explore autonomy. Needle works her ass off for two teams, gets dragged along, experiences the idgaf attitude of Fries, and comes out independent.
Book is a character who depends heavily on others. She had a habit of losing challenges and getting by thanks to audience pity. Winning took aid from her teammates, and that is okay.
However, she doesn't think she can do anything for herself. For Book, even when she tries to win for herself, she finds herself in Pencil's pressure. Pencil WILL attribute Book winning BFDIA to herself and that is the perfect segway for Book's continued story in IDFB.
So, Book lags behind. She worked with a frustratingly pitying Needle in the past -- now Needle won't bat Book an eye. It's about WINNING. TB won't aid Book either. To them, there's no advantage in helping Book -- and the underestimation gives Book the opportunity to blindsided her opponents and win BFDIA 23.
Also: Pin and Coiny aren't buddy-buddy until the very end of the season. They're STILL at each other's throats or Pin's with Leafy.
I want Pin to destroy the new Dream Island. It is her last FUCK YOU to the rest of the cast. She is hurting so bad. It would also keep up the trend of the winner not keeping their prize. (Leafy takes OG Dream Island, Flower gives up her prizes to other object). IDFB would be recovery for Pin.
Pin wouldn't until BFDIA 23 or 24. Coiny was eliminated, ideally by her hands -- and it wasn't enough. How can she go back from this? Leafy can't talk Pin out of it. She's angry. Needle knows no loyalty, why does she deserve to win? Book always supported FreeSmart, why does she deserve to win? Tennis Ball sat back and did fucking nothing, why does he deserve to win?
And I'm not letting Woody take her accommodations, Pin NEEDS those to get around. I'll figure out what to do with that glass bridge. Woody's major story focus would happen in IDFB and BFB.
Pin destroys most of the island in BFDIA 23. Runs off with the last piece, cue glass bridge. She drops it and huddles up somewhere in guilt, shame, and frustration? The only person willing to listen to her was Leafy. Maybe destroying that stupid island is what it will take to make everyone stop and listen. They will eventually and the last piece isn't.. really a dream island, is it? Barely a farm.
Leafy would be trying really hard to be buddy-buddy with everyone. She makes good strides with Pin but Fiery won't budge. He acts like he doesn't know who she is and it feels so petty.
Canon!BFDIA 24 has a deep lore drop about how votes are counted but redux is a lot simpler. Show runners behind the scenes do it via an online voting system. I can use the spare time to give eliminated contestants (and Bubble) some attention. Set people up for their IDFB stories. IDFB would be the season to focus on a lot more lore.
Perhaps redux!BFDIA 24 will be eliminated contestants saying who they'll root for in the finale. Voters in the AU would have other perspectives to listen to if they so desire.
Ideally, Announcer will make an appearance. TV had been running a lot of BFDIA behind the scenes... even though he's supposed to be Announcer's assistant, he ended up with most of the responsibilities AND babysitting his sister. Announcer was busy running another season alongside BFDIA. That would be Battle For Dream Island Elsewhere, BFDIE.
On a side note/tangent... Announcer could show up in early BFDIA once or twice. He ends up dipping for the rest of the season because he gets proposed to host ANOTHER season at the same time, BFDIE. So S1: BFDI, S2: BFDIA, S3: BFDIE, S4: BFB, S5: BFDI: TPOT.
I'll see what they do with BFDIA 25. I think the finale is pretty set in stone though. Emotional climaxes, characters making up, keeping arcs that need to cross over into IDFB.
Everyone assumes it's over after the finale. All of that and the island is gone. But our winners are left with their own feelings...
The two winning options:
Needle still feels victorious because she WON. She won for herself and learned a valuable lesson about independence. It's something she may take to extreme levels, but with the competition over, she's willing to sit and take a break.
Book winning is VERY exciting. The whole season, she's been stressing. She's been working as hard as she can, even though she gets downplayed at every turn. Sure, she's not the best player, and yeah, she kept getting mauled, but she WON!! And Pencil will soak that victory as an extension of herself.
No matter who wins, Needle will be reconciling with Coiny and Pin and Book will be celebrating getting so far with FreeSmart.