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I absolutely do not have the energy to draw this out but fffff-
I gotta type this out right now or I’ll forget it
since various people are making Sam and Max gothic-ish alternate universes, I shall plop my idea for one here
• Jekyll and Hyde AU
This alternate universe would feature Sam as Jekyll/Hyde and Max as his partner/lab assistant. It would take place in London in the olden days. Max would be the one who created the experiment, and Sam tested it since he wants to take down thugs in street, and of course it ends in disaster. Sam develops a dangerous split personality, his Hyde. Max immediately realizes the danger he has created, and must find a way to free his dearest companion without causing harm to him. Meanwhile, Sam begins to crack under the pressure of having his own self taunt him and cause harm to the people he once called his acquaintances. Hyde Sam would be just as unhinged as a normal Hyde can be, but with an uncomfortable obsession with Max. For the endgame, I’m thinking either generic sad ending with Max ultimately having to take Sam out of his misery, taking Hyde with him or them finding a way to save him. Flint Paper could serve as a detective searching for Hyde but never realizing it’s his good friend Sam/Samuel. For the designs, typical victorian clothing. I imagine Sam in a fancy petticoat and his Hyde-self in typical cloak and hat but his fur is messy and he’s foaming at the mouth. Max would be in simpler clothing, but still clothed. Flint would be in black clothing, a detective that looks formal. I imagine this AU would work much better in the context of the Gothic Musical (because I love it to death) and I just love the thought of Sam with Anthony Warlow’s voice. Also the idea of Sam transforming into his Hyde self at his and Max’s wedding is perfect angst material.
Other characters such as Girl Stinky can be included. I can imagine she could fit in a role as a girl of the night, but perhaps a spy with Sal as her partner? Mama Bosco can fit in as an another scientist helping aid Sam and Max in their pursuit. Skunkape could possibly be a second antagonist, perhaps Jergen can fit in too?
With any context I guess any character can fit in there. I’m only the best at fitting ideas in short bursts, ha. I’m genuinely sorry if anyone else has had this idea as it’s a fairly common AU premise. But, I’ll hopefully come back to this post with some art but I’m terrible at drawing both Sam and Max so I will try to make it look…some what decent, haha. Until then, thank you for reading through my small idea, I greatly appreciate it.