heya!! i really like your dark side logan au and i have a question about your ‘Good or Bad?’ fic, which is awesome btw. in the latest chapter, logan was initially sent to retrieve virgil’s ‘dark’ hoodie but ended up with the edgar allan poe book instead. i’m assuming that logan’s dark side appearance in the fic is going to be like the concept art in your blog. so, my question is, if logan succeeded retrieving virgil’s hoodie, will his design be different?
To answer your question simply, yeah it would. The jacket has a different symbolism than the book for…several reasons. But first, I did some sketches based off of the idea.
This DS!Logan is based more off a wolf, hense the fur, ears, and teeth. He’s more aggressive and louder than Raven!Logan. I’ve seen some posts on here that more eloquently describe the symbolism of why a ‘lone wolf’ would fit Logan, but I’ll sum it up to: Clever and actually needs his pack.(Also, fluffy jacket)
Speaking of that jacket, he is indeed wearing Virgil’s old jacket. In this scenario, he would have stolen it without Virgil knowing, meaning malicious intent on his part. Because this is Thomas’ mind, that intent would have carried into the transformation. I…don’t think this would have been a good thing as Logan would be much more abrasive and unhelpful. (Also he would have never have doubted his plan to the extent he did in Virgil’s room, so his mindset would be that of ‘this is the best plan of action, why can’t you see that I’m right?’)
In the regular setting, where Logan is given the book, it’s not a malicious act. Virgil gave him the book in an attempt to help him. That intent is carried over when Logan changes to a ‘dark’ side, making him much more…agreeable.
Logan’s motives don’t really change. He still wants to help Thomas and break the illusion of ‘light’ and ‘dark’ sides, but the methods he uses to achieve that end to are enough to make the difference I think.
