Alright, so I decided to write one long author's note at the beginning of this fic in an effort of trying to restrain myself at the beginning of each chapter. Feel free to skip; I just really need this for my own sake.
I thought it might be really interesting to try a role-switch AU. Not between Kotetsu and Barnaby (though that could be intriguing if written correctly), but between Tomoe and Kotetsu. It seems like a perfectly plausible scenario. All it requires is for Tomoe to have survived her illness and Kotetsu lose his powers sooner, resulting in his death on HeroTV. That's basically what this story is. As such, it's kind of going to be an OC story. Tomoe might be an existing character in canon, but I hardly know a damn thing about her so I can't really tell if I'll be writing her IC or not.
However, I will say that I want a similar dynamic between her and Kaede as Kotetsu has with her, but more strained. It might be OOC for Tomoe, but again, I wouldn't really know. Plus, we all know that despite the shit she gives him, Kaede is definitely a daddy's girl. Kaede will unfortunately be more of an angsty little shit rather than just a kinda bratty one in this story, but I hope it doesn't come across too bad.
I'm still not sure of Tomoe's impact on Bunny just yet since they haven't met yet, but I'm interested to see how it develops as I write it and I hope you will be too. (Also, some cliche. I wanted to avoid them, but hell, I just can't.)