Headcanon that if Ben,Sarah,Duck and Clementine lived. I headcanon that Ben would get writing burnt onto his back (Like Clementine with AJ on her wrist). It would be kids on one side and their guardians who he promised to look after. (Carlos, Kenny, Lee, Alvin and Rebecca). Of course it would burn like hell but Ben would fight through it, since he’s been wanting to do it since it was just Kenny and the kids.
Headcanon where James (season 4) and Alex Fairbanks are brothers. In this au, James is not as pacifistic, only resorting to killing walkers to defend himself and Alex. Alex is 15 in this and James is 20 since this sets scene in season 4 and Alex was 7 in the Michonne game, and it’s been about 8 years since in the final season it says Clementine’s 16-17. James and Alex have been wandering for years, using their skills they learnt from the whisperers to move around herds. Alex doesn’t like using the mask a lot and likes to take breaks every now and then to at least eat. Instead of calling them walkers, Alex refers to them as Wendigos. James wasn’t as close to his Grandmother, so he was never told about Wendigos. Similar to Aasim, Alex has written alot of what has happened through out his life, and how much he looks up to James. When they meet Clementine and Aj, and she offers them to stay, Alex gets the biggest smile he’s had in years. Finally, they don’t have to keep walking, they can settle down, just like James said, with people they can trust. James isn’t that trustworthy, but agrees, to make Alex happy.
AU where Sarah and Duck live and after saving everyone from the Delta, James stayed with the group and showed them all how to live among herds. They use this to gather food in crowded areas like some stores. But one day Sarah finds a library but finds it packed with walkers. So Duck being Duck, goes inside and stuffs a duffel bag full of random books he comes along as he slowly makes his way through the library. Sarah anxiously awaits outside, worried that she’d just killed Duck. Is happy to see that Duck successfully made it out alive with no bites and the books. Basically a headcanon where Duck will risk his life to make people happy by getting them stuff. (Sarah with books, Mitch with some matches, Tenn with some art books and paint, ect)
In this AU, Duck lives, Sarah lives and Mariana and Gabriel live.
Let's imagine that Ben died with his classmates in the forest (along with his teacher and Travis).
That would mean the raid didn't happen and Duck never got bit
After completely running out of food and supplies, Lilly agrees to move on
(In this playthrough, Lee chooses Carly, leaving Doug to die)
(Sorry all you Doug fans, but I'm going with Carly cause I've seen most play throughs where the player saves Carly and personally I would save Carly myself)
After packing up everything, they all get in the van and leave the motel
Clementine and Duck talk about cartoons as the rest of them sits in silence
Tension continues to grow as Kenny continues to drive
Lilly and Carly argue (Lilly is growing paranoid that someone is stealing)
Kenny hits the walker and they all get out of the van to settle this argument
They all argue and Carly tears into Lilly
Carly is shot dead on the side of the road shocking everyone
Kenny tells Katjaa to keep Duck away from the windows but Clementine and Duck saw everything already
Lee leaves Lilly on the side of the road and they all get back in the van
Kenny calls Lee up to the front where he finds out Katjaa is bitten
(I don't really know what would happen if Katjaa lived instead of Duck)
(Alot of the Duck lives aus I've read kill of Katjaa, but they don't explain how she was killed off and when)
Lee sits with Clem on the couch and informs her of Katjaa's predicament.
Lee has the dream, fearing if Clementine was in the same situation as Katjaa
Lee wakes up and Kenny announces there's a derailed train in their way. They all get out to sit on some logs near the train. Kenny asks Lee if he can find some water for Katjaa as Duck sits with her quietly.
Lee takes care of the dead walker in one of the compartments and finds a bottle of water and a map. He also finds some tools. Lee presses a blinking light hesitanting.
He goes outside and gives Katjaa the water before figuring out how to start the train.
Lee soon meets Chuck who gives both Clem and Duck candy
Everyone gets on the train and begin to leave
Katjaa, whose becoming weaker and weaker every second, tells Lee to stop the train after a couple of hours on the train.
After convincing Kenny to stop the train, everyone gets off.
Kenny tries to tell Duck to stay, but being as stubborn, Duck becomes angry and tells his dad off
Hesitantly, they all walk into the woods. They reach a certain part and Kenny gently places Katjaa against a tree. Lee watches as they all say their final goodbyes. Kenny aims the gun towards Katjaa and Duck looks away, not bearing to see the sight of his mother being shot by his own father.
Kenny is too scared to pull the trigger and Lee offers to do it. Kenny and Duck cry together as Lee puts Katjaa to rest. They then begin going back to the train.
Chuck then gives Lee advice which Lee follows, giving Clem and a hair cut and teaching Clem to the shoot.
(In the game, Ben would come forward after Lee gives Clem a haircut)
The train comes to a stop shocking everyone. They all get out as Kenny screams at the hanging truck.
They meet Omid and Christa on top of the bridge
Duck stays with his dad as Clem and Lee go to the train station where they work to together to kill some walkers and find a blowtorch
Omid and Lee cut the tanker down, Chuck notices the massive herd coming towards them.
Omid not wanting to jump, Lee pushes him off and jumps off with him. Omid hurts his leg and helps Christa and Omid on the train
They escape the herd and Lee finds out someone has been talking to a man on her radio
The arrive at Savannah and the bell rings, Lee sees a figure on the church roof. The radio turns on and the man speaks to them. Christa gives Lee a nasty look after they find out the radio works.
A large herd appears forcing the group to move from the streets.
(Instead of Ben running away from Clem, Chuck is already there to save Clem from the walkers)
They reach a manor and Lee tries to find a way inside
Lee notices a dog flap which requires a chip, Lee digs up the dead dog for its collar which saddens Duck.
Clementine takes the dog collar from Lee before crawling inside, Lee praises Clem after.
Lee finds Kenny up in the attic seeing the boy like Duck, Kenny says he wouldn't know what to do if Duck turned into a walker
After burying the boy he sees someone watching.
Kenny and Lee go to the docks and meet Molly, where they discover Clem has followed them
Lee escapes through the sewers and discovers that Chuck killed himself and the walkers have devoured him
Lee finds a propped up sign to find an entrance to an underground bunker. Lee manages to calm down the group.
Vernon and Lee return to the manor with Vernon seeing Kenny drunk off his skunk and Christa tells him how Omid is getting worse by the minute
Lee then goes outside to find Clem then hears banging from the shed, Clem bursts out of the door knocking Lee over.
They see the boat and Kenny says they need gas and a battery
They all agree to leave Crawford and find the truth
Kenny goes to find gas as Vernon and Christa attempt to open the medical room as Brie stays with Clementine and Duck
Lee heads out to find the battery and meets up with Molly and they are able to get a batery
After watching the videos they confront Molly and she tells the truth
Since Ben is not alive, the hatchet stays in the door, but their are so many walkers they manage to break through anyway
Brie holds the door as Kenny tries to break through the armoury door (Ben isn't there which means they don't fight)
Brie is killed by the walkers forcing the group into the armoury
They run up the stairs to the bell tower and Lee kills the walkers slowly making his way up.
Lee climbs out of the window and they make their way back to the manor where Omid wakes up
After arguing with Vernon, Lee says goodbye to Molly and heads up to the study
After Clementine cries about not finding her parents, Lee leaves
The next day Lee can't find Clem and asks Duck who says she went outside earlier and continues to talk to Christa and Omid
Lee goes outside where he finds her hat and her walkie
When he grabbed her walkie, a walker reached out and bit him, Lee kills it and reaches for her hat, only to see the bite mark.
They all run out hearing Lee shout, he shows the bite mark and he decides it's more important to find Clementine, Lee thinks it's Vernon who took her
They all leave, Duck stays close to Kenny as he's told
They enter the sewer system
The stranger tells Lee that Clem is fine, saying that he isn't Vernon and to choose his words carefully, he tells Lee she's safer with him, they have a city of walkers between them, Lee figures out he has to be in the city
Duck talks to Omid as Lee searches the morgue to find a way out
He finds some tools in a closet before he passes out
Lee wakes up to find Kenny about to chop his arm off, Lee agrees, Lee faints again and wakes up with his stump bandaged
Walkers begin breaking in and Lee finishes opening the elevator shaft and the group hurries in
After climbing the ladder to the roof, they figure out a way to the mansion
Kenny tells Duck to not look at all the walkers through the streets
Duck glances at them quickly before looking up at his dad nodding
Lee uses the ladder to go to the bell tower and rings it, managing to jump from the tower to the roof
Duck tells him he's awesome as the rest congratulate him
They climb down teh fire and escape to the street to reach the manor
Duck sits silently as Omid opens the shed to find the boat missing and a note from Vernon
Kenny shouts in rage, leading walkers to froce them into the manor
The group run upstairs, Kenny shouting at Duck to go upstairs
They are then pushed up to the attic
As Lee figures out the wall is rotten as Kenny shows Duck how to shoot at random things in the attic
Omid breaks through the wall and find a couple who killed themselves
Duck stares sadly at them before Kenny makes him look away
They all get to the marsh house from the balcony, Christa is the last to jump but the balcony collapses. She manages to grab a pipe on her way down and holds on tightly
Kenny and Lee goes down to save her, Christa gets to the ground safely with the help of Kenny and Lee
Walkers corner them and Kenny closes the gate where Christa and Lee ran.
Kenny tells Lee to look after Duck before he shoots at the walkers
They climb back up and tell Omid and Duck their dead
Duck breaks down and Omid and Christa comfort him
After a few minutes, Duck becomes silent and seems calmer
He looked down at the herd before saying one last goodbye to his dad before they left
Lee tells Duck he's strong as they continue along the rooftops
Duck nods silently
Lee leaves the three and makes it to the Marsh house
Lee is then held at gunpoint by the stranger
They talk about all the choices Lee has made since the drugstore, not saving Doug, taking Clem to the farm, killing Larry, leaving Lilly on the side of the road and stealing from his family
Clem breaks out and Lee and the stranger fight, Clem kills the stranger and they escape cutting the walker open and covering Clem with blood and guts
Clem takes her hat back and sees her parents, Lee faints and drags Lee to a jewellery store for safety
Lee tells her he's not gonna make it and tells Clem a final lesson (If I played I would choose keep your hair short, because it's smart but it's also really sweet)
Clementine says one last goodbye to Lee and shoots him, not wanting him to become a walker
She leaves the store and walks through Savannah to the area near the train
She meets up with Omid, Christa and Duck who managed to make it out of Savannah and were looking for her