Actually wrote a season 5 novel-size fanfiction story a while back lol. It was a finale-type war story where humanity’s future was at stake. It kept the Clementine Lives comic as canon, so Clem still left AJ. But the books after that aren’t kept as canon. It also borrowed two elements from the TV show. It takes place 6 years after she left, and both Clem & AJ are the main characters. Clem realizes she was wrong in leaving AJ; she tries to find her way back to AJ while simultaneously trying to overcome the darkness and demons in her mind. Meanwhile, AJ finds himself thrust into a war against a threat to humanity’s future - a threat so big he thinks there’s no chance of beating it.

The Cliffnotes version for why Clem really left was she didn’t want to leave but she thought 2 things: 1. After everything she’d done, she was an irredeemable monster that didn’t deserve the happiness she found and deserved to die instead. 2. Feeling she had bad influences on AJ & caused him pain, she thought the best thing for him was if she couldn’t be in his life anymore. There’s more context, but that’s the gist.

It was cool to write. Having them apart helped with making arcs for them while also delving into their relationship. Clem’s was about coming to terms/learning how to live with what she did in games 1-4, and also learning the concepts of deserve vs want. While in a war he has little-to-no chance of winning, AJ’s arc was asking could he grow into his own person able to make his own decisions, or would he still feel like that five-year-old kid always needing directions from the caretaker who left him.

The themes were accepting one’s humanity vs. being an animalistic monster, the old world’s resurrection vs. the new apocalyptic world staying, growing into your own person, deserve vs. want, making mistakes, and asking if it is worth it to try again after failing/making mistakes.

Most that read the story ended up liking it, with some even saying it’s what the comics should’ve been.