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ooh boy....

well, that depends on your definition of happy ending. do they end up happier than they started? yes they do. is it a more traditional version of a happy ending? no.

however hard they try, they can never really recapture the spark from their youth. ian keeps chasing and anthony struggles to wait for him, but by GOD are they going to try.

whether they make it all the way to the end, i'll leave that vague and unanswered for now, except that their ending is definitely one of the happier ones.

Ian - Scauldron because they are both overlooked but super cool and talented :(

Anthony - Typhoomerang because it burns quickly and leaves an artsy mark (also opposite of ians 👀)

More Below The Cut :)

ofc!!!

so ianthony pretty much met the same way they did irl; in high school, where they started a dsbm band "black comma code" that got really popular in their hometowns black metal scene. they moved to a bigger city where anthony left the band to pursue helldawn, leaving ian to form freezing pyre.

this caused a rift in their relationship, and ian claimed to hate anthony (even though he went to every single one of anthony's gigs) they have a "frenemies with benefits" kind of relationship, as anthony's mentality/mental health is getting worse, while ian almost refuses to move on from what once was.

this reflects in their music and performance. ian still makes dsbm music, while anthony has moved onto black metal. ian hasn't moved on from the period of black metal where you say fucked up shit but dont actually do it, whereas anthony keeps trying to do crazier and crazier shit.

YES I AM OML

it is a metal band au in which anthony started a band called helldawn and ian started a band called freezing pyre, but they used to have a band together (black comma code)

【"Maybe now you'll stop looking so depressed all the time”】

Vocals; Angela Giarratana

Guitar; Amanda Lehan-Canto & Ian Hecox

Bass; Courtney Miller

【"This isn’t living, Anthony. It’s dying slowly and calling it art.”】

Vocals/Guitar; Trevor Evarts

Guitar; Anthony Padilla

Bass; Tommy Bowe & Spencer Agnew

i LOVE LOVE their dynamic, i think its so fun and silly, and i adore the way they play off of each other! they are so sweet, and im a SUCKER for a goofy girl/goofier guy dynamic!! they are def one of my fav smosh duos atm

as for shipping (which is what i assume you are asking for LMAO) i do enjoy reading some shipping stuff, i have nothing against it as long as its not crossing any boundaries, there are some really great fics out there! HOWEVER me personally I don't really feel comfortable writing them romantically unless it's

a. characters they have played other than themselves

or

b. very clearly divorced from real life/real personas (like superpowers, AUs and stuff like that)