Because The Ending Was The Shittiest Thing To Exist, This Is My Alternate Version Of The Umbrella Academy

because the ending was the shittiest thing to exist, this is my alternate version of the umbrella academy plots for season 4 and what needed to be dug more into. thank you for joining me for my ted talk...

*SPOILER WARNING FOR SEASON 4*

1. The five and lila shit...oh my gosh. no no no no. did not need to happen so here is what i suggest. Bring back Delores. while five and lila are traveling through the alternate timelines or even just him alone, it is shown how they're being hunted in almost every time line - either the commission or any other force. lila did mention they were shot at, but i feel that us as viewers need to see it. i feel like an entire episode could have been dedicated to their entire journey through the timelines. In one timeline, five runs into delores. As a human. She doesn't know him or seen him, but there is an instant connect between them. She's confused as to why some things are different in her universe - hinting to the timelines collapsing and that version of Delores isn't suppose to exist. Delores may have been traveling through the timeline herself (possibly if I made that fit into the story) and she is older than she looked just like Five but not as old. He brings her to the subway, telling her he is going to help her and she accepts it. They all, Delores, Lila and Five all spend their days in the subway trying to get back to either her or their timeline. Delores and Five fall in love. It makes sense because Five did fall in love with Delores in the original timeline. This time she's human and she falls in love back because she feels like she does know him. I like to envision her as the opposite of five - more optimistic, happy and a very comforting person, some person anyone would love to be around because she has such a warmth - but she also has sarcasm with her. They're really perfect for each other. Lila (if she is there) is like a older sister to her. We finally see Five in love and how much he desires to be in a normal life. Five finds a way to their original timeline and that goes into the next part which is the ending.

2. The ending was shitty, kind of, by the way. If the marigold was to be destroyed, then they could have kept on living, but I get why they did it. BUT I have a suggestion. If the marigold disappeared and it never existed, they all would have been born in the original timeline, at separate times, but without knowing each other. LET ME EXPLAIN: the only reason they were born was because they were infected by marigold but I believe they were going to be born either way yk? SO what would happen is that the timeline resets to the only timeline - and they all are born at the corners of the world and at different times. (Five is the last to be born). They all have their own lives without their powers and without knowing the others exist. Diego is preparing for a boxing match (he's like 26) in Mexico. Lila is prepping for her FBI exam in Quantico (she's around 23). Viktor owns a bar still and does music classes on the side, maybe in Canada, but I'm thinking Maine for some reason (he's 21). IDK about the others but Five is 17 and heading to University in New York and he's still a certified genius and he's more happy (sadly enough) with his life and we even see him re-meet Delores in a coffee shop or something. Either way, everyone who had marigold exists but they never come in contact with each other. They never know they were once family. The ending shot is of all of them in New York, passing by each other without batting an eye, on different sides of the street, heading different ways, exiting or entering different shops, not even speaking. And then in the outro voice, it is the same ending either April 1st 2019 or August 8th 2024 but nothing happens it's rather ordinary. I feel like that would have been better -- also an entire episode dedicated to their lives and hints of deja vu from their past lives, but they never speak or see each other ever again.

3. I think it needs to be said we don't see enough of everyone's lives in the first episode. I feel like they needed to dig into Lila and Diego's marriage and home life more and the fact that her family was alive in that timeline. More into Allison and Ray's marriage and how it collapsed or how the entire live allison wanted backfired on her. More on Luther mourning Sloane and maybe even finding her, but keeping his distance because she doesn't know him and maybe she's with someone else (not everyone can have happy lives lol). Viktor making the decision to leave and go to Canada to isolate. How Five joined the CIA. Klaus' fear of death. Ben's scheme and being arrested. A whole episode could have dedicated to this. ALSO reginald building a literal empire in the universe and being like the freaking president of the world. He's literally a monopoly. What planet did he come from? Why did he come? What was the point of keeping Abigail on the moon? How did those particles come to be? Another episode would have been good for this. At least half. I just needed more from these episodes. I feel like it started too fast too soon and not enough development.

4. The plot. the story was there just not executed good. maybe the timelines are collapsing into each other or maybe ben feels like someone is calling him (jennifer) and they meet again but are unsure why. i feel like no one can know about jennifer except when they meet her and find out there's something in her. there just needed to be more development of jennifer.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk...

I don’t think anyone made this yet..

Any trope with jj has me 🫠🫠

love tropes with jj maybank !

best friends to lovers. strictly friends, you were sure to stick to the 'no pogue on pogue macking' rule between the group. the playful fights that were always taken too far and too intimate, excuses to spend one-on-one time together, unintentionally breaking off from the others and found innocently messing around. afraid the ruin the perfect dynamic, it would always stop and be brushed off before anything went too far. it took just one night when the 🍃 hits too hard, it's all jeopardized and you find yourself messily making out with your best friend on his creaky pullout couch, logic thrown out the window. but hey, who's complaining?

second chance. you first love, unavoidably first heartbreak. it was inescapable as you were both unwilling to part from your closest friends. always around and always reminding you of what you once had. nobody wanted to pick sides, but everyone knew who fucked up, even saw it coming before it happened. the betrayal took a visible toll, and he tried to brush it off until he decided it couldn't end like this. doing everything to get back in your good graces, above and beyond anything he did when you were together, and the realization killed you. but how could you resist? you wanted to be his, even if it meant facing the embarrassment of getting back with your ex.

situationship. jj is probably the worst person to be in a talking stage with. his dry texts and ridiculously long response times convince you he's just not interested. somehow though, he redeems himself when you naturally run into each other. you'd never bothered to confront him about his feelings, deep down knowing you weren't the only one, just some fun in his free time. pathetically enough, you took any amount of attention he gave you and unknowingly became one of his 'favorites', as bad as it sounds. eventually, there was only one person he was checking his phone to respond to and could sweep you off your feet when he tried. it took convincing to assure you that he wasn't interested in anyone else, and after months of pining, you made it into a relationship.

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as an apology to all the disappointed fans of the umbrella academy season 4...I WILL BE POSTING A FIC ON WHAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITH FIVE....and a special character we all know and love since season 1 <3