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The Umbrella Academy season 4 rewrite
So, I hated season 4... Many video essays explain this much better and in more detail than I can. I share the common opinion on the final season but that isn't important. Here is a fanfic idea I had before the season 4 aired and I am considering writing it now.
Title: The Commission’s Genesis
Synopsis: In an alternate rewrite of Season 4 of The Umbrella Academy, Five Hargreeves, our Five (not from a parallel universe), takes a drastic step to ensure that their original timeline is preserved. This includes founding the Commission and ensuring that the original apocalypse happens. Five is convinced he can save both his family and the world, believing they can coexist. This multi-chapter fic transforms the entire series into a time loop, filled with angst and hurt/comfort, centering on the “blame Five” trope.
Thoughts? Ideas?
Would you be interested in reading this?
𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆
five hargreeves x reader
word count: 1.7k
part one. part two. part three.
summary: after discovering your husband cheated on you with his brother's wife, you run off to a different timeline using the subway, only to find a deli crowded with a familiar face.
author's note: this is my first fic that i'm actually posting lol, if anyone sees this i'll be totally shocked

“Just leave me alone, Five.”
You were speed walking down the steps into what looked like an abandoned subway, desperately trying to avoid the man you thought you knew, who was currently right on your tail.
“Not until you talk to me, y/n,” he pleaded, swiftly trying to catch up.
“There’s nothing to discuss, Five,” you said in a cold manner.
You just couldn’t speak to him. Not after what just happened in the living room with him and Diego. After what was just brought to light.
You wanted to laugh, you really did, but you just couldn’t bring yourself to do so.
Why would you hear him out? Why would he believe he had a right to explain himself? How could he? A marriage of over half a century, down the drain. And for what?
Seven years with her.
Lila.
His brother’s wife. The mother of his brother’s children. The child of the couple he assassinated.
It made no sense.
You angrily sped up and quickly got onto the train that was stopped at the station. It’s white light making you more stressed than you already were.
The doors shut in his face. Just a couple more seconds and he would’ve been on this train. You would’ve been stuck having to hear him try and save face until the next stop.
Sometimes the universe lets you win.
But why not this time.
You stared at him through the window of the subway car doors. He looked at you pleadingly. You looked at him disappointedly.
Who was he, because he sure as hell wasn’t the Five you had known since you were thirteen years old. Stuck in the apocalypse with nothing but ashes and him.
You had thought it was fate. You and him were meant to be stuck together, meant to be there for each other. Even after everything that’s happened. Apocalypse after apocalypse after apocalypse.
The subway started to move. You stayed standing, staring at him with daggers in your eyes until he was out of sight. He didn’t chase after the car, he knew it was pointless. He knew he’d never get you back. He didn’t deserve you.
Once the outside of the train was completely dark and all you could see was your own reflection in the window, you turned and took a seat. Hands in your lap, looked straight ahead, drained.
What were you supposed to do now? Where would you go?
Maybe this train would take you to a universe with a Five that could never dream of betraying you the way your own did.
The lights shone over you as you were deep in thought. You had no idea where this train would take you, when it would take you.
Suddenly, the car slowed to a gradual stop and the doors opened. You wanted to stay on, maybe pass by hundreds of stops until you actually got off the train but you heard footsteps passing by the station.
Something in the back of your mind told you to get off at this stop, that you would find something important.
You stood and slipped through the doors. As soon as you turned your head to scan your surroundings, that’s when you saw him.
How could he have gotten here before you?
Five was casually walking towards a set of stairs when he saw you and stopped in his tracks.
You glared and felt a flame arise in you as you stomped over to him.
“I told you to leave me alone, Five. What the hell are you doing here?” you pointed an angry, accusatory finger in his face but he just grabbed your hand and gently held it in his.
You were confused, he seemed different. Less guilty. More sentimental.
Your anger faltered as he stared into your eyes with an admiration you were already starting to miss.
“y/n,” he said sincerely, “it’s been so long.”
Of course he wasn’t your Five. You had just jumped onto a multi-dimensional subway for Christ’s sake.
“Come on, follow me,” he said as guided you towards a stairwell.
As you descended and turned a corner, warm glowing lights filled your sight. A warming, comforting sense of nostalgia flooded your senses. You looked up and read the lights on the sign, Max’s Delicatessen, as the Five you stumbled across led you inside. The sound of a familiar vintage tune filled your ears.
Immediately, you felt all eyes travel to your frame. Every single pupil in this room belonged to a Five. The man you never wanted to see again. Each one of them looked at you with a shocked and astounded expression.
The Five still holding your hand paid no attention and directed you into a booth seat.
As you sat down, you took in your surroundings. The Fives behind the counter preparing food, the Fives taking orders, the Five delivering food, the Fives whispering at tables.
There were so many of them, what was this place?
The Five sitting across from you looks in your eyes with a knowing look.
“It’s not often we get one of you around here.”
You shake out of your confused thoughts and reply, “And what exactly is this place?”
Before you can get a reply, a waiter Five comes up to the table and places two mugs of coffee in front of you and Five. Before he leaves, he places a couple cups of creamer and packets of sugar next to your mug.
Without answering your question, the Five in front of you smiles and says, “We keep those in the kitchen and not on the tables since it’s really rare to see you.”
You give him an annoyed look.
“Can you explain to me what’s going on?”
“Right,” he sat up a little straighter and took a sip of his coffee. “You hopped on a subway that took you to an alternate timeline. That timeline just so happens to hold a place where us Fives come after we’ve stopped trying to fix the problem.” He largely gestured to the room full of alternate versions of your husband. Ex husband.
You stared at him for a few seconds, your brain rattled with questions, before you spoke.
“Stopped trying? You mean trying to save the world?”
“Stopped trying to fix the broken timeline,” he replied matter-of-factly.
“The broken timeline?” you repeated in confusion.
“There’s only supposed to be one, and I’ll bet you can guess who shattered the original timeline.”
Before you could reply, you heard a bell as another Five yelled out, “We did.”
Five made a disapproving yet knowing face as he called back, “Why you always gotta wreck shit, Brisket Five?”
Brisket Five shrugged at him then winked at you before returning back to his work.
“Okay . .” you started, trying to come up with the right questions, “So, our existence is the cause of the broken timeline. Is that why there’s constantly an apocalypse?”
“Precisely,” Five responds, before gesturing to the framed pictures on the wall. “By the way, check out the artwork. All the different ways we made our universe go kaboom.”
You stare at the photographs on the wall, noticing both familiar doomsday and entirely unique ones. Once your eyes reach a certain point along the wall you notice some framed images of you. Different photos of you and Five, living your lives together throughout the timelines.
The Five across from you notices your curious glimpse.
“I mentioned we don’t often see you around here,” he explains. “It’s because it’s rare that you survive your timeline.”
You quickly turned back to him in response to his statement. You don’t survive? How many of the Fives in this room have lost their y/n? Has the Five in front of you lost his?
“What do you mean?”
“You and I will always meet, in every timeline throughout the universe. It just seems that fate doesn’t always take our side,” he says solemnly as he looks down at his mug.
A Five piped up from the booth behind you, “My y/n was killed by the Swedes back in Dallas.”
Another from a couple tables away said, “Mine died in the apocalypse, but we had a good thirty years together.”
The Five in front of you looked up at you and said, “In my timeline, the Handler shot you and you died in my arms. I’m sorry I couldn’t save you.”
He gave you such a genuine look. Like he’s felt shame and guilt for so long, his apology was heartbreaking. How could these Fives care so much about you, while your Five forgot all about you.
“It’s okay,” you looked at him truthfully and took his hand in your, “I’m sure none of your y/ns would ever blame you for their fate, but they would for giving up. They’d want you to keep going, stay strong and do what it takes to save your family and the world. That’s what they loved most about you.”
You felt bad placing blame on him but you didn’t understand how the man who has spent his whole life prioritizing the safety of his family and overcoming countless obstacles and stopping at nothing to save his family could just give up. Sure it was tiring, but that was the life the two of you lived, together.
He smiled at you so lovingly it crumbled your heart.
“Y/n, the doomsdays will never stop coming. The only way to end this constant cycle of saving and destroying the world is if our family ceases to exist.”
Your heart slowed its beating as you stared at your interlocked hands, contemplating.
You hated to admit it but he made sense. Whenever your family is all together, everything goes to shit. People always die and the world will always end.
Before you could respond, you heard the door swing open and a tense tone fell over the deli.
The Five across from you held your hands a bit tighter as he glanced up at the Five that had rushed in.
Your Five.
☕︎
part two. part three.
thank you everyone for all the love and support on "across the universe" !! I'm currently working on part two which should be out sometime tomorrow
I'm also going to write a basic introduction to my page, just simple facts about me, my boundaries, and what i plan on writing
in the meantime, my inbox is open so please let me know any characters or prompts you'd like to see a fic about!
right now i think i'd like to write about the umbrella academy, marvel, and stranger things so lmk your thoughts!
tysm again <3
omg loved ur across the universe work!!! it is now truly canon for me because the way in which you created a better ending than the fucking showrunners did? impecable. love u sm fr 😚🩷
tysm!! i'm so glad you enjoyed it!! <33
i really do not like any of the writing in season four either and honestly i'm a believer that it should've ended after season three lolll
love u 2 <33
currently working on across the universe part three!
i wasn't originally planning on it but a lot of people asked for it so i've given it some thought and since it's five's birthday i thought why the hell not.
it should be out later tonight or tomorrow morning :)
thank you all for the support in my writing i really appreciate it!
𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒕. 3
five hargreeves x reader
word count: 2.4k
part one. part two. part three.
summary: you head back to the academy with your timeline's five in order to save the world, in hopes that once this is all over, you can run back to max's delicatessan.
author's note: i tried to post this on oct 1st for five's birthday but i'm an hour late lol. but that's it for across the universe! thank you to everyone who left a comment or reblogged i appreciate it so much :) please let me know some more fic ideas in the comments or in my inbox

You heard the bell reverberate as the door shut firmly behind you, yet it was still welcoming as you looked back through the deli windows as all the Fives waved you farewell.
The Five that was still technically your husband held a harsh grip around your wrist as he pulled you away from the warm lighting of the deli and back into the cool chill of the time-traveling subway station.
Once the two of you reached the top of the stairs onto the platform, you dug your nails and bitterly as possible into the veiny flesh of his hand.
He grabbed your other hand to separate your sharp manicure from him. You snatched your hands back and took a step away from him with a sneer.
He looked down at you as if you were an animal cowering in defense. He sighed with a heavy chest, weighed with guilt, as he said, “Look, I don’t want to upset you anymore than I already have. Can we save the world and then discuss this?”
As you glared at him, a subway train pulled into the station, whirring loudly as its strong gust blew your hair past your face. It screeched horrendously as it halted, the door alighting with your stances.
You simply nodded with a furrowed brow as you walked past, hitting him with your shoulder, and boarding the subway car.
As you sat down with folded arms and a firm stare at the floor, you ignored him as he sat directly across from you, holding his face in his hands.
He took the time to memorize your face, this time in the privacy of the train car rather than watching a more deserving Five hold you close.
He wanted to save the world for you. So you could be happy. Yet there was a lingering part of him that wished the world would cease to exist, knowing there was no chance you’d be happy with him ever again.
You felt his gaze on you burning your cheeks. It felt like ages since he had looked at you with such care.
You had always known how much he loved you. Even though public displays of affection were quite rare he had always made you feel seen and heard. You were life partners. You did everything together, you shared everything with the other. You thought you were so lucky to find such a soulmate, believing the two of you being the only people in the world left alive was such a test of fate that there wasn’t a doubt in the universe your names were written in the stars.
You were so sure. So confident and secure.
Yet, you were also sure he would’ve never considered breaking your heart the way he did today. He would’ve never considered Lila of all people.
Your head throbbed from the confusion and the flickering lights from above. You were so tired from dealing with the Cleanse, Reginald, Jean and Gene. You wondered if you’d ever catch a break.
You thought you already had. Six years of domestic bliss which included sharing an apartment with your lover and frequent date nights. You thought you finally got the rest you both deserved after years of endless struggle for survival.
You let out a breath you didn’t realize was trapped in your lungs as you sat up straight and met his stare.
He didn’t say a word so you decided to speak the only one that was on your mind.
“Why?”
His jaw tensed as he tried to find the words. He had been trying to justify himself to you in his head ever since the moment he kissed Lila in that greenhouse, yet now it was hard for him to come up with an explanation.
After a moment, he spoke, “I didn’t think we’d make it back.”
Your eyes narrowed, “You were gone for 7 years Five. You mean to tell me you just gave up?”
“I,” he cut himself off, not wanting to admit his first instinct of a response.
“You what?” you pressured.
“I wanted to stay.”
He looked down at the grimy floor which contrasted with the shine of his dress shoes. You felt as if barbed wire was slowly being pulled around your throat as you held back tears. He didn’t seriously just admit that to your face. He couldn’t have. The Five you grew old with would never have done this to you. After visiting the deli, you knew those Five’s had given up on their timelines, but their reason was that they lost you. They lost their spark that ignited their call to action. They lost their love, the one person who kept them strong enough to endure hell just to save the world for.
You were speechless.
Luckily the train slowly came to a screeching stop at your timeline. An unintelligible announcement was made in the overhead speakers as you rushed to stand up and make your way out the train.
Your Five didn’t immediately follow you. He hung his head and sat for a few seconds before slipping through the closing doors.
You quickly made your way through the dimly lit station as Five jogged to catch up with you. He took your arm and blinked you up both to the academy in a flash of pink light.
He let go of your arm as you took a pause to calm your dizziness. You had gotten used to his old blink fairly quickly but this new power messed with your head which already suffered an ache.
The group quickly acknowledged your presence as the two of you walked into the living room where they were all consulting with each other. Lila’s family and Claire were huddled closeby.
Five immediately greets Lila as she whispers his name in return. You side-eye them with a scoff, hoping to get this done as soon as possible so you never have to see them again.
With his hands on his hips, Luther says, “Why’d you two come back? Things are pretty bleak here.”
“Trust me, we weren’t planning on it,” Five explains.
You step in, “Fortunately, we had a very informative conversation with an alternate version of him which led us to form a plan that could stop all of this.”
You began explaining everything to them. You told them that the marigold inside each of you was what caused the destruction of the timeline and how the timelines were bleeding into each other which provided evidence for those like Jean and Gene to believe in the Umbrella effect. You explained that if Viktor could remove the marigold from you all and combine it with the durango inside the Cleanse, the timeline would go back to its original, unbroken state.
Viktor interrupted your explanation, “That would work, but I’m not entirely sure I have enough power to do that.”
“I can help,” Lila stepped in, “I’ll copy your power.”
“What happens if they can’t get the marigolds out of us?” Klaus questioned.
“We will have to merge with the Cleanse with the marigold still inside us,” Five paused before continuing, “which will make us cease to exist.”
Klaus didn’t exactly like this answer as he responded, “Old Klaus might have been down for some recreational hara-kiri, but it turns out that I’m really not into killing myself.”
Five explained that if Viktor didn’t remove our marigold and you all had to merge with the Cleanse then none of you would have ever existed, erasing you all from history and the memories of your loved ones.
They group went silent, tearing up at the thought of that fate.
“Okay,” Viktor said firmly, not wanting to think about that outcome, “Let’s do this before the Cleanse finds us.”
Him and Lila met in the center of the room, chests and eyes glowing as they brought forth their powers. The rest of you met around them, preparing yourself for the extraction.
A glow of orange and blue lights illuminated the room as they began to swirl around all of you, whirring by your ears as they surrounded your body. You could feel the power rushing through you, feeling similarly to doing a cannonball in a hot tub: an initial burn from the impact but soothing more and more as you relax. Your eyes were squeezed tight as you felt a pressure lift from your chest. Before you know it, the wind has stopped and the lights that shined past your eyelids had left, returning your sight to eigengrau.
You opened your eyes to find your marigolds huddled together, swirling in a warm glow which resembled fireflies on a summer night.
“What do we do now?” Luther let out.
Five put his hands in his pockets as he responded, “We wait.”
Everyone avoided contact with the marigolds as they left the living room. Allison returned to Claire and Lila made her way to her family who engulfed her in a loving hug.
You watched them have their moments. You were glad Lila had such a loving family after living under the Handler’s manipulation for so long, yet you wondered how it would be now that Five had homewrecked her relationship with Diego. How would this situation affect their kids? Would they see their mom any differently?
You didn’t realize someone was watching you as you contemplated your inner monologue until your shoulders were turned and a pair of arms were wrapped around you. You refocused your eyes as you looked up to see Diego, understanding he must feel the same pain, wondering what would become of the family he’s made over the last six years. You brought your arms up to return his hug as your squeezed your eyes shut as a dam to not allow any tears to pass through.
A crumbling noise grew louder and louder as you two broke apart. An orange hue penetrated through the makeshift curtains as Klaus went up to the window to peel them back, allowing you all to see the Cleanse was destructively making its way towards the marigolds.
Five’s face hardened as he watched the monster grow nearer. He turned to Lila and held her arms, instructing her to take her family and Claire into the subway until the Cleanse took the marigolds to ensure their safety. She looked into his eyes and nodded before breaking away to round everyone up and mimic his power, blinking them away.
The rest of you took cover as the Cleanse broke through the windows and entered the academy. You watched as it reached out and collected the bundle of marigolds, letting out a fearsome screech and glowing brighter. The light became so intense it was all you could see until you blacked out.
You awoke on the floor of the academy, your face sticking to the shining tiles. As you sat up, you noticed everything was pristine, unlike the abandoned academy you were just occupying. Sunlight shone through the windows as you looked around, noticing all the others adjusting to the light and new surroundings. You all looked around, thankfully seeing no sign of the Cleanse. No destruction. No glow.
As you all stood up, Five rounded you together as he blinked everyone into the subway.
Allison immediately ran over to Claire, crying happily as she held her daughter. Lila and her children ran over to Diego, tackling him with a loving hug. You saw Five in the corner of your eye, looking on at the scene with a stone face yet with hurt in his eyes.
As the family regrouped, you remembered what the offer that waited for you back at the deli. You remembered the Five who was waiting for you to save the world so he could see you once again. You ran between Klaus and Luther as you made your way towards a train that was waiting to take you back to Max’s Delicatessen. You never looked back as you boarded and sat down. Surely you’d see them again, but you didn’t want to watch your Five look like a lost puppy following Lila any longer.
You wanted to find a certain Five that reminded you of your husband before he got stuck in the subway. A Five who had his eye on your and only you. Luckily, you had already found one.
You didn’t even wait for the train to fully come to a stop as you jumped up from your seat and anxiously waited in front of the door for it to open. Once it did you bolted through the station to the stairwell that led to the deli. As you ascended, you didn’t see the warm, welcoming glow.
You stopped in front of the deli, dropping your shoulders as you lost all hope.
The space where the deli once occupied was gone. In its place was a wall of tile. You finally let the tears you had been holding all day stream down your face as you realized your mistake.
Saving the world meant saving the original timeline, the timeline where the only Five Hargreeves that exists is the one that broke your heart.
☕︎
bonus ending cause i can:
You dropped to your knees as the weight of everything that’s happened crashed upon you, and the fear of not knowing what to do next ate up rational.
A whoosh was heard from behind you, echoing off the tile surrounding you. The last thing you wanted at this moment was the comfort of your Five. You didn’t want him anywhere near you, yet you wanted him to see how miserable his stupid delusions and actions made you. As you turned your face to look at him with a teary face, you saw Five standing there, making no move toward you.
You wanted to berate him until you looked closer, there was something different about him.
You couldn’t point it out until he smiled slightly and said, “You saved the world.”
A look of shock painted your face until your tears flooded back, this time of utter happiness as you ran into his chest, his arms enveloping you, his chin on your head. You didn’t question how this could even be possible, what this meant for the timeline, you got just what you wanted.
☕︎
author's note: oh my god i cannot believe i wrote this in one day i'm so exhausted and haven't had time to proof read this yet but i really really hope you enjoy! my inbox is open please let me know any requests for future stories!
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five hargreeves x reader
across the universe (pt. 2, pt. 3) : after discovering your husband cheated on you with his brother's wife, you run off to a different timeline using the subway, only to find a deli crowded with a familiar face. ☕︎
steddie x reader
slasher marathon : after a long night of slasher tapes you'd picked up from family video, you get a couple eery phone calls, leading to a frightening break in from two masked figures.
my inbox is open so please let me know any fic ideas!! i'm currently interested in writing about the umbrella academy, stranger things, and marvel :)
ok i have finished s04
i wish i had not.
the photos in the credits was nice and all but what. what the fuck??
spoilers below
look i can accept them all dying. i understand why it was necessary for the plot esp bc series conclusion smth needed to change (BUT THEN WHY THE MARIGOLDS IN THE POST CREDITS HUH?????)
but just. lila and five. they spent TWO SEASONS setting up the diego/lila romance and then what. seven years in a subway station and it’s all down the drain??? i’m so pissed bc when lila puts the family on the train and five hugs her etc — WE GOT THOSE PHOTOS IN THE PRE RELEASE??? IT COULDVE BEEN SUCHCA GOOD FRIENDSHIP MOMENT. SIBLING MOMENT EVEN. BC THEY WERE THE TWO INVOLVED MOST W THE COMMISSION AND USED TO SHIT FALLING APART RIGHT. RIGHT.
i am an aroace five truther and remain that way fuck you s04 ur not canon not to me.
why did they have to ruin smth so good!!!!!! see my other posts/reblogs for more grievances bc rn my head hurts and i am going to go watch dan and phil videos take a shower and cry (in no particular order).
anyway s01-02 you will always be special. s03 bc viktor’s character and little else.
there better be some fire as fuck fix it’s after this i’m counting on yall ao3 (ignore that i also write on ao3)
speaking of ao3 if you like haikyuu and want to forget about this shit show!!! go check out @bigriceenthusiast’s new oneshot it’s very cutesy and fun. it’s good i promise.
guys i’m crying
i’ll be back later with my full like. emotional processing of this bc wtf!!!! but rn. tylenol here i come
it’s so crazy how tua was canceled after s03!! so silly actually i’m really glad there’s no chance of them royally fucking it up with s04 now. right haha!!! so silly.
waiting for his father to come save him, stopwatch in hand, or his sister, smelling of bargain detergent and smoke and a whole clusterfuck of people he’d tried really goddamn hard to forget about a timeline-or-three ago. begrudgingly, he thought about why he’d given up the moment the marigold had re-entered his system, about the tentative weight of the shot glass in his hand. ; or: klaus goes to an alcoholics anonymous meeting. allison and claire wait outside until they don't. (based on a deleted scene from s4)
new fic :) a short deleted-scene inspired fix-it for everyone who (like me) was horrified that they filmed a klaus resolution and then cut it. steve blackman it's on sight.
anyway, here it is :)







MEET THE SPARROWS!!!
This gorgeous guy reminds me of Diego Hargreeves, so here we are




Don't know his name, sorry
the delores/five realtionship was simultaneously the healthiest and unhealthiest relationship in the series, in the essay i will—
diego: yeah, well, I hate you
klaus: no, you don't
diego, bitterly: no, I don't
*The Five and Luther reconcile*
Luther: and don't fight anymore ...
Five: okay, I won't fight...
Luther: hooray
Five: I'll kill right away.
Luther:
Luther: That's not how it works.
I love the energy of this moment because Five, looking at Klaus, who is trying to help him in very unusual ways in the spirit of their family, quite looks like: "Oh, yes this is my bitch, suck it" 😎



Klaus: what if I hit the gas and the brakes at the same time?
Diego: the car will take a screenshot
five:
five: fuck for the last time I say, get the fuck out of the car
Five: listen, when I was your age....
Klaus: ??
Five: okay, when I was the same height as you..
Klaus: ???
Five:
Five: okay whatever-
Klaus: Okay, I understand that Five is again a transition age, but I don't fucking understand how you could mix VODKA with WHISKEY and drink TEQUILA at 03:00 pm-
AU, Diego, Klaus, Five, and Allison live together in the same apartment:
Five: where's my yogurt?
Klaus: Was it yours? I thought Diego was...
Five: WHERE'S MY YOGURT?
Allison: so, calmly, what to buy
Diego: I'll give you a ride to the store
Klaus: Diego, how could you?
Five: I didn't finish!-