The way things could’ve gone a completely different way if anything happened differently
Pyro and Apo were both at level one when Apo chased them. If Pyro was just a bit more strategic or if Apo was just a little more reckless he could’ve easily killed her. However, if Apo died the town would fight back. They would mourn her and use her as a reason to kill the remaining vampires. Though without a vampire soldier in town, the fight would likely be fruitless…
Shelby and Pyros fight could’ve gone either way and if Shelby died instead, Scott would NOT have redeemed himself because the only way his arc worked out the way it did is because he had the support of both Shelby and Drift guiding him. They, along with his lingering feelings over Avid’s death, made him realize that he had the capability to care and feel things. Their love convinced him that he doesn’t have to be a heartless monster nor does he enjoy being one. He enjoys their company more than the empty loneliness of the past 1400 years and he chooses them over going back to his old ways. With this newfound drive to do better, he helps Cleo and Pearl find a solution to get them out of Oakhurst without having to eliminate all humans or vampires.
If anything happened to Pearl and Cleo’s bond whether they betrayed the other or one died the whole plan to get out with the least deaths possible would’ve never even been created. Their love for each other motivated them to save the town. Pearl didn’t let Cleo turn her until the end because she wouldn’t give up on her faith that both humans and vampires can escape this alive. Pearl also could never see Cleo as a heartless monster and eventually managed to convince Cleo they don’t have to be a monster to survive. If one of them stopped believing in/fighting for the other literally everyone would be doomed.
So in conclusion if any of the yuri was doomed, everything would be doomed. Apo’s love for Cherri saved her from going fully insane because she needed to stay alive to return to Cherri, Drift and Shelby’s unconditional trust and support for each other kept them stable enough to serve as Scott’s moral compass, and Moonrot’s continued partnership quite literally saved everyone.
This bittersweet ending would not be possible without the yuri surviving and Pyro dying.
















