On a semi-related note, I keep being reminded that I've still not seen all that the fandom has to offer, since I recently saw someone shipping Virgil and chaos. And an AU where they swapped roles.
Xenosaga is the kind of series where things and people can be really affected even with the smallest of changes, so I think it kind of encourages the fans to be AU nuts.
firebenderjess: ..Which means that we can all act like more playful Wilhelm's and see what would happen if this wave swayed here, or if this ripple spread in this way.
I'm not sure why it's so strange that you like playing those roleswaps though, since I'm sure it's interesting, at the very least, to have a Margulis that's questioning what Ormus and U-TIC are up to right off the bat and a Jin that's even more pigheaded, if that can be believed.
firebenderjess: Don't laugh to yourself too much, Margulis. You and Jin are cut from the same stubborness cloth. You can be just as pigheaded as he can be.