#calbox

And how dare you slowly tope me into the chosec ship/lh

AW jshgfhsf omg thank you so much

Hey so, if this is what the anon referred in regards to their claim that Chosen and Second are family, i'm gonna have to go "I respect your interpretation of it, but please also respect mine"

DJ points out that "they're related," to which Alan hums in agreement. DJ pauses, and goes "...in a way?" and Alan hums again, not elaborating further than that. The video is timestamped if you want to watch it yourself.

The word "related" has more than one definition:

Belonging to the same family, group, or type; connected. Associated with the specified item or process, especially causally.

The way I hear this is that they're not necessarily related, but correlated.

Sure, it could mean they're family. But it could also mean that their relation is simply through the fact that they have similar names and nothing else. Their relation could be through the same person drawing them into existence. Their relation could be that they're soulmates, or that they function like Avatars do in ATLA.

Maybe you could argue that, because they're made of the same code (which I personally don't think they are anyway), they're...biologically related to each other. Except the three hollowheads are man-made in a computer. They're not born like the average stickman assumedly is—we don't even know if they procreate like humans. It's so abstract, dude. Not every type of relationship nor worldbuilding (especially that of a virtual world) functions around the hiearchy of a core family.

...What about a ship like Chodark, too? They were made by the same person, were they not? Chosen and Dark share what could potentially be seen as a father. Like, I see them as brothers (though not for the same reason I just mentioned), but I respect that others don't. Second just appeared on his own despite his name being tied to Chosen. Alan agreeing to them being related could refer to so, so much; it doesn't necessarily mean familial relation. Being soulmates doesn't necessarily mean the relationship has to be romantic either, you know?

"Related" is not a word that explicitly means "blood-related."

The "source" for this claim that they're related in a familial way is... incredibly vague and, more likely than not, left up for interpretation like many other things that Alan does with AvA/AvM. King and Purple are pretty much the only ones whose dynamic is fully confirmed by the shorts themselves that it's clearly meant to be a father-son thing.

Them being family is, from what I can see, a fact extrapolated through word of mouth. None of the people claiming this type of relation had anything to back up their claim with.

I get that there might be a certain hidebound fanon you (or more) have established, but when someone challenges it with a vastly different version, please remember that it's just that—fanon. Alan has more than once gone "that's how I see it" when addressing things such as the ages of Second+RGBY. In other words, he does have his own interpretation of things, but he clearly also wants fans to come up with their own.

If Alan clearly, explicitly states that they're related in a familial way, then of course I'll stop shipping them.

...But until then, just block and move on. It's better than actively complaining about it, or heading into my dm's and attacking me/accussing me of shipping incest when the reasoning for your claim is flimsy at best.

OH ok that makes a lot more sense LMFAO i didn't really think about it since i'm using the themed posts extension ToT