Anonymous · 1mo
Not the original asker but I have more genderswap question! Would mIsabelle have more abusive tendencies (toward staff, perhaps future partners) than Isabelle? I remember a previous ask that there are situations in which Isabelle could be sexually abusive, is that more pronounced with him? Overall, does being Alecs proper heir also make him more like him?
How is mViola and fAlecs relationship? Are they as close as they are in canon or does them being dom4dom clash more because I’d imagine fAlec is much more controlling than fViola is (or is she?).
Since fAlec works more from the shadows are they even still the Underwoods or did mViola succeed at restoring his familys power? Are any of them happier or sadder than in canon? How does fAlec feel about the role of women during her time, is she a feminist? (Or at least when it comes to her own rights)
While m!Isabelle has a less sympathetic view towards victims of sexual violence than canon Isabelle does, he's actually no more personally abusive. He still has a desire to be a good person, even if what that means to him is different than what it means to canon Isabelle, and while he shares Isabelle's history of abusing staff, he feels just as much guilt and repulsion about it as she does. He's more like his mother in other ways, primarily to do with ambition.
m!Viola and f!Alec still have a tightly knit, "hand in unlovable hand" type marriage. In some ways they're happier, because m!Isabelle's birth was much less traumatic and was consented to by everyone involved and because m!Viola is unaware that his spouse is fucking their child. However, m!Viola does feel somewhat emasculated by f!Alec, and can be prone to displays of anger or dominance to try to compensate.
Good eye! They would be the Cranes, actually, since f!Alec would've taken m!Viola's surname before Bertrand's death. f!Alec would've capitalized on what remained of the family name to bolster her own power, and restored them in the process.
m!Viola and m!Isabelle are both happier than in canon. Funny what having the iron fist of patriarchy softened will do for you! For m!Viola it's mostly the lack of childbirth trauma, and for m!Isabelle it's the less psychologically crippling nature of his parents' abuse. As for f!Alec, she pretends to think that feminism is all a bit above her mental pay grade, but really she sees her fellow women the same way she sees men: as prey. Thank you for all these excellent questions!
