What I love about the basis for characterization in this is that it's such a mess of good intentions and love turned into a catch-22 that we can even see it's inevitable tragic end in canon: peace was the only out for Madara, but making himself and Izuna indispensable also made peace impossible. And then Izuna died, and simultaneously Madara looses his drive for peace and his clan looses any hope of survival but for peace. An Izuna that lived long enough to work at the knot with Tobirama's help WOULD be key. I'm also having a lot of flashbacks to Symbol of Subjugation, and even canon, in this theme were Madara and Hashirama are these beasts struggling over this out-of-the-box idea, but it's their little brothers who in the end decide the issue (however bad it was in canon, they did... exactly because the ARE the reason for the project)
Yes! Madara in cannon is like a prime example of a greek tragedy - the person of importance and outstanding personal qualities who falls to disaster through the combination of a personal failing and circumstances with which he cannot deal.
The very qualities which make him a great man, also lead to his downfall.
The whole point of all the world building and background in E&E was to make something which would simultaneously make sense of cannon actions and work to create a different a better future.
So I felt like I had to give Madara a route that would work out, but he couldn't be the key - because he's actually the PROBLEM.
So that had to make IZUNA the key.
Thus Izuna is the beloved of the clan and the fix to all of Madara's issues.
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