so I know⌠most if not all of the ships in the HTP au (@aquaquadrant and @lunarcrown) are inherently toxic and Badâ˘ď¸. unhealthy.
theyâre rooted in players that are literally coded to be Like That, so the best it gets is kind of like⌠never wanting to kill each other. thatâs the bar I feel like
but I canât stop THINKING about them because I always pictured it likeâ a Helsâ partner is the one person theyâre sane for. the one person theyâre not absolutely feral for (or maybe they are but in a good way). the one person theyâre better for.
Pathbubs is arguably one of the worst ones. theyâre very sweet and fluffy with each other, but Patho is constantly aware that heâs going to have to leave fairly soon, and Dbubs is either blissfully unaware or refuses to admit that heâs thinking about it. Patho will return after Dbubsâ broken heart heals, when there will be no anger, no grief, just happiness to see him again.
but like, pictureâ Patho, on his many adventures out in the world, discovers a cupcake. itâs like a normal cake, but small and travel-sized. what.
so he brings one back for Dbubs next time he visits, who is ECSTATIC and demands to know how to craft one. he declares that he hates it and then devours half of it in one bite, which Patho finds highly amusing.
or like, Dbubs wakes Patho up at the ASS CRACK OF DAWN to drag him out the front door, explaining at a mile a minute that theyâre going to go vANQUISH a GREAT BEAST andâ and Patho BETTER be PREPARED because this is a BIG HUGE EPIC FIGHTâ
and then the vines pull them through the trees so they can see over the top of them, and thereâs the sunrise. Dbubs goes quiet as Patho blinks in surprise, pink and gold light turning his hair a pleasant orange color. the red vines growing from Dbubs reach towards the sun, waving cheerfully. Patho doesnât quite know what to say, but Dbubs snuggles into his side with a contented sigh, and he figures maybe he can stay an extra day this time around. maybe. if the itch to leave isnât too bad.
example two: Bravo and Timmy.
(technically Bravo isnât a Hels but bear with me here) they seem like they have the most potential to be normalishâ an Overworld player and a sweet but anxious bird boy. and I think they have their normal moments, but most of the time theyâre just not like that. again: itâs in their code.
but you get moments like⌠Timmy forgets to eat for a while, which was just a habit from living near spawn for so many years, but now that theyâve moved away, Bravoâs been pushing him to eat a healthy amount. not because heâs concerned, or anything. just. constant death messages cluttering his screen are irritating. yeah. so Timmy forgets to eat, and Bravo notices how bad his hands are shaking when he hands him the thing he asked for. Bravo sighs in (totally real and not affectionate) annoyance and tosses him some of the food out of his own inventory. they take their lunch break together.
alternatively, Bravoâs been working for hours and hours! and Timmy actually had to remind HIM to eat once or twice! and thatâs not good, right? so Timmy drags him away from his work for a much-needed walk, and they have a real conversation that didnât involve insults or excessive swearing. strange.
bX and Alisker?? ship name help TvT
anyways. we donât know a whole lot about the two of them individually or like, their backstories, but bX used to fight in the arena until Alisker freed him (some way or another). maybe he was like âhey that guy can fight maybe I should get him on my side so people are more scared of me.â but some part of me is hoping, because HelsKnight is the champion and therefore the best fighter in there (OVER bX), he still chose bX because there was something special about him. some kind of connection. it wasnât just business. it wasnât NOT personal!!
now there are those little canon details that are so. just. Alisker trusts bX the most out of literally anybody who works for him, enough to have him run all the errands including the high-risk ones. he keeps water nearby at all times because bX is a guardian hybrid and he wants to keep him healthy/ happy.
and then⌠thereâs another part of me that is very concerned. the unbridled pdaâ Atlas literally said that was showing off a very prominent weak spot. but what if. it wasnât. like what if Alisker isnât worried about that, because itâs not a weak spot? if someone (probably Bravo or smth letâs be honest) had bX pinned, threatening to kill him if Alisker didnât do whatever whatever, Alisker would be like. âeh. I donât care. go ahead.â BECAUSE HEâS SO POWER-HUNGRY HE CANâT COMPUTE THAT SOMETHING, SOMEONE, COULD POSSIBLY BE MORE IMPORTANT.
and maybe bX knows this. and maybe theyâre cool with it. maybe itâs just the way they roll.
I just⌠I love the way Aqua writes characters. itâs so nice to read and conveys both personality and like goal/ ambition so flawlessly, even if they donât get much read time. ITâS AMAZING