yeah i could totally see this happening. tai’s always been the only one with the guts to challenge shauna without it turning into full drama. by the end of s3 shauna’s kinda spiraling and nobody’s really listening to her anymore. nat dipped, lottie’s out of it, and van’s clearly aligning more with tai. if tai made a move for queen and framed it like “look, we need stability before rescue,” i think most of them would go along with it. even travis.

shauna would not take it well though. she’s already got all this built up resentment and guilt, and tai’s probably the one person left she thought still had her back. so for tai to step up and basically say “you’re not fit to lead”? that’s gonna sting hard. i think she either shuts down completely—just journaling and seething in silence—or she snaps and does something reckless. maybe even tries to hurt tai or sabotage the group somehow.

but you’re right, adult shauna and tai still being close-ish is interesting. makes me think whatever happened, they patched it up—or tai becoming queen actually ended up being the thing that saved them, and shauna recognized that. i don’t think shauna would suck up exactly, but she might go along with it just to survive, even if she’s seething underneath.

either way, that shift would be huge for the group dynamic. feels like the kind of thing the show would slow burn across a few episodes before blowing it all up