This is some art I commissioned the fantastic @pokefangamebrainrot to make of my oc Asopo spending time reading with his platonic partner Erin. Two ace characters I love in a nice qpr. They're still taking commissions as of the time that I posted this. They mostly do humanoids and from my experience finish their commissions quite quickly. I'd really recommend that you go buy art from my friend on Vgen here's their link:
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I imagine that if the two of them had a day to spend together Asopo and Erin would want some really quiet quality time. I'm imagining them in the Blakeory Athenium sharing a book. They're huddled together on a couch and Erin put an arm over Asopo's shoulders. She's holding the book with one hand and him with the other. Asopo is using both his hands to hold the book and turn the pages. They wait for each other to finish reading it all before turning to the next page. Erin is a faster reader than Asopo. She'd get through the book way quicker without him, but that's not what this is about. They don't speak to each other unless it's to softly murmur "...Are you ready?" or "I liked that part." Honestly I'm picturing them being so cosy together. Just the warmth of their cuddling and the words on the page. For hours. Maybe there'd be an intermission of a bathroom break or the interuption of someone coughing, but otherwise it would just be perfect comfort and silence. Afterwards I think they'd have dinner together before getting the Braviary Taxi back to Sashila.
Renegade Asopo wasn't a jerk from the start. For the first half of the game he had pretty high relationship points with the whole cast. After Terajuma though Renegade Asopo becomes a bit of a worse person. He doesn't suddenly start bullying the others. It's more like he gradually becomes more disinterested and cold. He stops laughing at Venam's jokes. He doesn't give Melia as much reassurance. He doesn't have as much patience for Aelita when she experiences Vivian's Madness and he starts to think she just doesn't like him anymore. He doesn't forgive Ren for joining Team Xen and the friendship doesn't fully recover.
The exception to this is Erin. Erin is very vocal about the things that piss her off. Her mind is even sharper than her tongue. They both enjoy a few conversations ranting about Aelita, someone who managed to be friends with both of them but got on their nerves. They both let it go and forgive her around the same time.
Erin really enjoyed paragon Asopo's company because he's good at knowing when to respond with genuine insights or when to just let her finish complaining. He's casually very polite, kind and just witty enough to be entertaining for her to speak to. Erin and paragon Asopo started to trust each other rather quickly.
Erin and Renegade Asopo both hit it off because their flaws and strengths are actually rather similar. Like his paragon counterpart, renegade Asopo is very impressed by her. Just in general. The big difference is that Erin never fully trusts him. She can tell something isn't right. Whether it's some of the choices he makes, or just his general attitude towards dealing with conflict, Erin worries that she doesn't understand his true nature. It's a particular concern when she learns all about him being the interceptor, only for Melia to say that she just doesn't know if he can be trusted or not. How can Melia and Asopo share all those experiences without Melia being able to confidently vouch for him?
So now I want to talk about Devilfish Shipping. Erin and Asopo share a super caring queer platonic relationship on paragon. They don't use the word 'dating' because it comes with expectations they don't want, but they're together.
I'm thinking that on renegade Asopo never tells her. He never writes that letter because rather than opening his heart, renegade Asopo is preparing to keep it tightly shut. I think Erin still loves renegade Asopo in a similar way to paragon, and I think renegade Asopo feels the same.
But you see, he's still going to erase her and everyone else. I'm really interested in seeing how things end up for Erin in future versions because depending on how the character arc concludes I'm going to write some really cute and really sad scenarios about them.
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Oh good question. I've thought that Asopo likes music that's easy to zone out to, and since both Erin and Asopo both spend a lot of time doing quiet tasks I think they'd have an appreciation for lofi that fills the silence without taking up much attention. (Asopo travelling or training isn't 'quiet' per se but he gets a lot of alone time)
I think that Erin might really like death metal and rock. Not just because she's the devil who listens to 'satanic music' lol, but also because it's cathartic to hear when you're stressed. It's some nice anger music for Erin. Asopo has enjoyed zoning out in the storm of noise so I think they'd both like those genres.
I think they'd listen to that together if they were both on a long car ride. Most other times they're sitting together they either have a conversation or enjoy the fact that they can be with each other without needing to listen to or say anything.
When I think about Devilfish Shipping I mainly just picture Erin and Asopo walking around, holding hands, sitting next to each other on the couch and sometimes hugging. I haven’t had much thoughts about what they'd talk about. But obviously they'd talk.
So if I consciously stop to try and develop this, I think Erin would mainly be leading the conversations with Asopo spending a lot of time listening to her yap. But she'd stop to ask him for input quite frequently, he wouldn't be overly passive in the conversation to the point that it doesn't go anywhere because he didn’t contribute. I think if he ever interrupted her it'd mainly be to ask a question. Like he'd want to clarify something or learn what a word means.
I think since they both really like fashion and looking pretty they'd go looking for new outfits together. Erin definitely helped him pick out a few of his best looking dresses and shirts/coats.
Devilfish Shipping. That's what I'm calling Asopo and Erin together now. They're in a queerplatonic relationship with lots of hugging, cuddling and hand holding. Sexual things is a hard no for both of them. They don't even want to kiss. Calling each other pretty/beautiful is typical of them though, especially if one of them finds a new outfit they like.