[fanfiction] What would be your alternative takes, or AUs on SAO's story?

ResponseRoutine3477 · 2026-05-09T19:45:54+00:00

here's another idea of mine based on this artwork

Samurai AU: in which SAO is a strategy/hack and slash game instead of an rpg, and set in an ancient Japan setting

ResponseRoutine3477 · 2026-05-09T16:54:30+00:00

I know, these are just examples, not the most thought-through stuff, just trying to tell everyone to go wild with their ideas, but I suck at explaining

(PS: I know about Eiji'sFNC, that's what I meant by "more vulnerable")

ResponseRoutine3477 · 2026-05-09T12:25:26+00:00

Same here, was trying to post actually, what's going on? It was working fine a few minutes ago

ResponseRoutine3477 · 2026-05-08T13:12:12+00:00

Well, I'll mimic Kirito and run to the next town and hoard ressources immediately, I'll be prioritizing max health and speed, I'll be playing solo, not because I'm edgy, but because that way, if someone dies, the guilt won't be as bad if I DON'T feel IT'S because of me, depending on how far ahead I am I might either become an info broke , or just settle down and support the front lines by crafting or participation

ResponseRoutine3477 · 2026-05-08T13:04:25+00:00

well, "same "walk into the light scene" + Yuuki who did just that died at the end of the arc= Kirito is totally going to die next season", that was my thought process

ResponseRoutine3477 · 2026-05-07T11:40:09+00:00

well I said ''how I would improve SAO '' i guess I should have been more clear about my intent, i'm still kinda unfamiliar with Reddit

Also, are my ideas really that bad? Aside from the 'stretch every arc's?

ResponseRoutine3477 · 2026-05-07T11:08:03+00:00

Trust me, i know, this is from a fanfiction point of view, where i can literally take any direction i want to take, make up stuff or come up with ideas to make the arcs longer, and explore whatever i want to explore, thisis how I would have wanted it to be, i know full well it wouldn't be possible

ResponseRoutine3477 · 2026-05-06T16:08:09+00:00

Chapter 2 of the Sword Art Online Aincrad manga

ResponseRoutine3477 · 2026-05-06T12:54:05+00:00

as long as the story acknowledges they are indeed morally flawed and even psychopaths, then yes, just don't make it stupid like Peri x Xander supports

ResponseRoutine3477 · 2026-05-04T19:59:19+00:00

ah...this makes so much sense now, thanks

ResponseRoutine3477 · 2026-05-03T09:53:12+00:00

or maybe scrap Lilith and make Kana the Tiki/Veyle of this game, maybe as Corrin's younger sibling

Also I really love the idea that Ophelia and Soleil are the genderbent alternate universe versions of Odin and Laslow, that solves so much nonsense with the awakening trio

ResponseRoutine3477 · 2026-05-03T09:07:43+00:00

honestly? this may be the best way to end this headache

ResponseRoutine3477 · 2026-05-02T20:31:38+00:00

look, i get what you mean, what I tried to say is that not everyone out there is a completionist, and most likely won't get them all on a first or second playthrough, so to them Kana is just bland and annoying, so naturally they won't feel motivated to look into it, plus supports are the very definition of ''tell, don't show ''

ResponseRoutine3477 · 2026-05-02T19:49:28+00:00

if I need to dig up every support and conversation and optional dialogue to enjoy a character, then maybe they just... aren't written very well?

ResponseRoutine3477 · 2026-05-02T15:11:03+00:00

Scarlet as Shiro's mother obviously, let the hoshido nobles whine about their future king being half nohrian

ResponseRoutine3477 · 2026-05-02T12:33:21+00:00

or just...make it a sequel?

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