Where are the James/Thomas sleeping beauty AUs?
I did not know I wanted this but now I WANT THIS
Additionally, consider: a beauty and the beast AU. James is the “monster” because of course that’s how he considers himself and he has to find someone who loves him as said monster..and of course Thomas does.
oooh what if james got turned into the beast bc he had already ‘lost’ thomas. and he thought there was no chance of him finding his truest love bc thomas was already ‘dead’
omg so like losing thomas is literally the thing that turns him into a monster but thomas being returned to him turns him back?
I love that but I also love the more traditional “James thinks he can’t be loved because he’s a monster and Thomas proves him wrong” storyline where Thomas meets him as a “monster” and still sees the good in him.
no but why not both? why not one where Thomas doesn’t even recognize James in monster form and James doesn’t want him to know, but he still sees the good in him and that’s what turns him back?
Oh my god Meg Idk if you just made it 20 times more angsty or if that was my brain but what if James recognizes Thomas, but Thomas doesn’t recognize James – so of course Thomas is rather terrified because, well, giant literal monster, and he doesn’t know that it’s his truest love. And James doesn’t want to frighten him, but he also doesn’t want Thomas to know what he’s become, so he treats him well without telling him who he is, so of course Thomas sees the good and gentleness in him and stops fearing him and that’s what turns him back…and for some contrived plot reason Thomas needs to spend some amount of time with James, during which time he doesn’t know who James is and slowly gets to know him and starts to stop fearing him
yaaaaaassss that is exactly what was going through my evil brain!
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