My Version Of The Roleswap AU

My version of the Roleswap AU

Roleswap aus aren’t uncommon and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.

But I’ve had this idea in the perspective with Woody and Jessie in this AU where Jessie is the protagonist of the Round-up gang.

Their own personalities will stay the same, the only thing it will change are their circumstances they would face in different events and the different timeline.

(Warning from here because it gets angsty and also trying not to make it too depressing but don’t fret, because like in canon, things get hopeful!)

In this Woody’s story, he got a kid and enjoyed spending time with him. He witnessed how his kid grew into an adult but he even how he got a terminal illness, witnessing his death. (You can interpret whether this kid could be Andy or Andy’s unknown dad like in that theory)

His owner could have died in his 50s, making the timeline the same as in canon probably?

So once that happened, maybe his own kids or relatives, thought of giving away Woody out of respect of his passing that he’d be better off with another kid as maybe they weren’t interested in him.

That leaves Woody so heartbroken by what he’s seen and he grieves in silence inside the box, he wishes there were more time to be with him, though even when he grew he was cast aside, he stood still until he could come and see him again, which he did until his dying days, he’s in the denial phase.

But as time went on he accepts his new fate.

What he didn’t expect is that in the end he ended up being a collectible and for him? felt like a relief. Since because of his trauma, he’d prefer going in Japan and not get through another suffering event by having a new kid.

He meets bullseye and he gets a bit happier by the comfort of having another friend. Like a dog- human relationship. Then a bit later he meets the prospector, acts like a father figure to him and gives him the comfort he needs when they're out of the box. They talk about in one thought of how when they get Jessie, the collection of the roundup gang would finally be complete and Woody would feel happy by the idea of being in the museum.

And this is where this AU comes to play because like in canon, Jessie is the protagonist of the TV series, making her immensely popular, like the Barbies! Who would have thought? 

By that thought that would surely distract his past and just be appreciated by the people to see him and the others.

And the canon-like present timeline story would be starting. They meet Jessie and over next scenes, she would help Woody as well.

Like in canon, he would get through it and accept that even though this person he cherished is gone, doesn't mean that he wouldn't be sad forever. His love for his last owner won't compare the new one he'll have now, but is another type of love, by loving another person and feel happy. After all, Andy (the owner) would have felt so content that another child would have Woody with him and be his friend. I'm sure, he would have let Woody be happy with another person on his hands. This Jessie would help him, and tell him that this new kid she has would gladly like to play with him. And things get hopeful for our cowboy doll in the end :)

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(And maybe he would bond with Buzz and become a couple later-BUT WHO KNOWS) 

So yeah! My thoughts on it so far! Any feedback and thoughts are welcome :)