>>43004574From the picture
>>43002577, I imagine this AU to have a Leon who pushes his admin role to 11 with as much intensity as he did as a champion, if not more, and uses his power and influence as the Knight to help Hop get ahead in life. Hop doesn't realize the darker underbelly going on, especially since this team has a good public face with bad workings.
For example: One minute, Bede is getting in his way and possibly outshining Hop . The next, Bede has an incident that's engineered to put him as Opal's successor--whether he wants it or not.
Unlike canon Bede, this one has clearly been brainwashed using a combination of Sonia's science and Opal's fairy magic. This gets Bede out of Hop's way.
Of course, Hop notices something is wrong. But every time he goes to address it, something is thrown face to deter him. It's almost always a positive distraction, too; something that needs Hop's full dedication attention unless he loses an opportunity. Queen Sonia is really good at that; she wants Hop to join his brother as a fellow executive, after all.
