Your Story But Your Side Character is Now the Protagonist. How Does it Change?

[DogshitJay]

If your favorite Side Character suddenly swapped places with your Main Character, how would the plot change?

Summarize the changes then drop a link!

[DogshitJay]

Inho's dad is now the MC. He goes to visit Inho's girlfriend, Jamie, to plead with her on Inho's behalf. Jamie isn't into it and thinks the visit is creepy. Inho's male love interest, Stephen meets Inho's dad by chance, they have tacos from a food truck. It's a nice lunch. Jamie calls Inho and dumps him over the phone.

The real version:

Kiss It Better | Tapas

[vblairehawthorne]

Well, first of all, in this alternate Megachurch story, Veronica would be the main character. That means, instead of unraveling the secrets of the megachurch Plural Heights through the lens of an innocent bystander, we get to see it from the eyes of a person who's controlling the megachurch HERSELF! It would be the perfect anti-hero story that I would have made, to be honest. Filled with betrayal, death, sex. I bet it would be amazing!

But then again, we're stuck with a bunch of unfortunate idiots! Here it is for your own viewing pleasure!

Megachurch | Tapas

[DogshitJay]

I love it! It's just a villain telling a terrible braggy story now

[joannekwan]

Schuler rides back into town after a national tour with his band only to find the girl he proposed to years before is now the host to a monster. And they've been intimate! But no matter, she would never take him up on his initial offer anyway … or will she? Either way, that's how life goes. Doesn't mean they still can't be friends as he takes her out to eat, on picnics, to shop. Oh well, at least he's still got his guitar and bandmates!

Secunda | Tapas

[desrelly]

Emma notices that Jaime is constantly watching her family. She develops a careful plot to destroy his life, like in Mean Girls or something. She befriends Jaime's parents and infiltrates his family, becoming the new favorite daughter. Jaime must learn what it is like to have his sister replaced by someone who is also apart of the family he is mildly obsessed with. In the end, everyone cries and learns what true love really is.

The real version:

Everything that Can Never Be | Tapas

[irene_addler]

I'd tell it from Micah's point of view. It would be outrageous and flamboyant. He'd attempt to play matchmaker for Lee, and it would end disastrously because Lee hates people. Then they'd go on a mission and find Mercy. We'd get some political intrigue and more missions too...I'm not quite sure how it would pan out, but Micah would wind up realizing that Lee has the hots really bad for Mercy, and help set him up...

Mercy: Freedom | Tapas

[brilliiant]

I'd probably tell it from the POV of the locals - maybe following down the generations of a family since my MCs are very long-lived for deity reasons. I think it'd probably come off like a chill-ass alien invasion or something where it's pretty clear that the aliens don't know what they're doing, but they gain a lot of power and influence because their powers are so unwieldy and terrifying.

Artifakt | Tapas

[arydthefoxeus]

Arbesa.

The lovable good girl gets screwed over by everyone around her. She then goes on a path of revenge, which means taking everyone else down, together with her best friend, Rania and new arrival, Kaede. As dark secrets are exposed and the sugar sweetness of her persona starts to rot with the carcasses of her 'friends', in the end, she'll just destroy her own boat just so they can all drown.

Real story, she still gets screwed over, but her revenge was far more narrowed down from 'everyone'.

Stillwaters | Tapas

[indagold]

I think Odan would make the story very interesting. We would follow him going from a volunteer no name altar boy to being thrust into becoming a god and having to work in secret finding a cure for silver water and mentoring Japhin while aiding the other characters. A lot of it would be him and the wife he was arranged to marry who also was once a mortal help him hide his projects. She wasn't introduced in the story but she is a rather cynical old god who would help train Odan and equally didn't want to marry him, becoming a close friend in a way.

All Broken Gods | Tapas

[Mithril]

Oliver falls for an idiot that refuses to take off his leather jacket. The idiot turns out to also be in love with his roommate, the obnoxiously handsome and severely troubled Victor Arlington. Funnily enough, he's stuck in the middle of all this drama. He's fine with it though, he's all pro poly, if only the morons will stop fighting.
He's just a cute guy trying to enjoy his relationships, get laid, have fun, and overall live his best life. Hopefully, the edgelords will sort out their problems so they can all be happy together.

The real version:

The Victorious | Tapas

[pilot-obvious]

Main story in a nutshell: Four unlikely candidates find themselves in a dysfunctional segment of Future Agents, a failing government program that deals with electronic and cybersecurity threats. This segment happens to uncover one of the nation's most extreme cases of cyber terrorism.

If it were to be switched with one of my side characters Major Siren, the story would be more focused on her journey of uncovering the same secret while dealing with emotionally abusive work relationships

Future Agents | Tapas

[emrowene]

With Leandros as the MC instead of Roman, I think there would just be a lot of him chasing Roman around, trying to keep him from causing trouble. No matter who's the protagonist, he still wouldn't succeed, but it would certainly be interesting to watch him try.

Fractured Magic | Tapas

[Vertgren]

My story involves Grim Reapers going around the Earth to free bounded souls, that of course, would always end up hurting the living because of their desire to live on. This could go on two ways actually... it features an overworked personification of Death and his office workers who begs people to not kill themselves or actually die. So yeah, either it would be an office drama that involves a group of people dealing tons of paperwork while laughing at dead people that they hunt, or it would be about those ghosts trying to make a life for themselves while crying because they would always end up hurting humans, sometimes the one that they care most about.

Yeeeep, either we get a dark story about assholes doing terrible but fun things or a dark story about a group of dead people trying to make a living but fails. It is a stupid concept but for me, it's fun XD.

PROJECT: Lullaby | Tapas

[Maxedrox]

My story involves various characters, even secondary characters will get their moment of protagonism because it's really necessary to comprehend the world-building and the plot in general.

Alpha Edrox: Cosmic Treasures | Tapas

[Hatteri]

The popular gurl_TM Kelly is now the MC, her POV:
I'm the daughter of the most influential family in town and am expected to become like a Mayor one day but that makes me anxious.
Everyone kisses my ass and it ranges from useful to annoying but at least I get free drinks and dick whenever I want. Though I feel empty inside all the time.

Now I've met this dude Charlie.
We go to the same school but I barely noticed him before. Damn he... He is actually kinda cute.

But aw shit I'm in the "friend group" with the people who beat him up constantly.
Welp, gotta change that.There, now he's under my wing. Oh no he is like so nice and clueless. But like actually nice not fake nice. Oh no I like this. He should shut up before I getaaaaaand I have a crush on him.

But I can't have him. Because he has an unhealthy obsession with a really creepy baker man who is potentially dangerous. I need to protect him but he won't listen that naive dumbass! (also he heavily male attraction leaning Bi)

The actual comic:

MELTED | Tapas

//Heads up, if you're interested in Kelly, he won't be introduced until later on so there are no pages of her out yet sadly :c But she's the gurl eating strawberries and whipped cream in the banner v)

[LostSpirit]

While I do have side characters, most of my relevant ones are fairly important to the story. If I had to choose, I would swap over to Crown Prince of the Relictan Empire, Roland Lar Relicta. He is the most intertwined with the current protagonist Daiden Lost, and the story would simply shift to his point of view.

From being a shrewd, intelligent, yet kind Duke to his people, to escaping his father's warpath by pretending to become a war captive to the world's strongest Empire, the Godvildian Empire. He manipulates his path of fortune by forging real relationships and being the person he could never be as a Duke and Prince. It's filled with political strife and also dives a little into what it means to hold the weight of the world on your shoulders, and to lift from it in moments of innocence and fun.

Curse of Immortals: Tempestatem | Tapas

[kelchan]

Hmm It would be really weird and uncomfortable since it's a romance manga.

Though I do like this one side character Amano because she's a bit of an airhead but has bursts of logic but I don't think the other main char would be in love with her but she would be the main side character I want to expound upon later.

Strawberry and Banana | Tapas

[NickRowler]

I do have multiple MCs so I will just pick Crow. My favorite side character is Mr. Blueberry.

If Mr. Blueberry was given Crow's role, he would have just stayed in Omnia and babysat the kids. He would also be aware that Noodle is a demon and turn him in. Which means, Noodle and Miss would have never met and she would still be in her cottage. More or less, the story would be over very quickly.

Crow as a matchmaker could be funny seeing how he has zero experience dating.

Crow's Worth | Tapas

[linaket]

When Vahn’s best friend disappears under suspicious circumstances, he’s left to try and hold together what she built. Which would be a lot easier if her Second, Haru, would stop being dramatic for a minute and help. When Haru finally cracks, they have to go on the run. Vahn will have a choice to make: does he face his past in order to step into the future, or will he always be in the shadows?

Shadow's Prey | Tapas