Zhask and Yve headcanoons time!
Okay so we all have seen this
ZHASK X YVE MOONTON CANON
So, with inspo from @astrowarden I'm making a headcanons and ideas list to jot some stuff down because I need to infodump. Hey, Yve mutual, (I can call you that, yes? Because you're the astrowarden?) you can reblog and add more below (or argue against mine). We can infodump a lot here. Let us build this Zhask X Yve ship together!!
Man I just need to infodump-
-- Headcanons under the :readmore: --
Equilibrium (Placeholder ship name)
Zhask and Yve got together after many forced team-ups against the ever-present problems threatening to destroy the Land of Dawn. Because if the planet gets destroyed then Zhask, now comfy with the place, will find more planets and that'd suck for Yve.
Just imagine Zhask shielding Yve from an attack... and the other way around... ehehehehe
There were lots of witty banter between them and many more insults but they gradually softened and became cool beans with each other.
"You want some pizza?" "No thanks, it's got meat on it."
*Yve eats the pepperonis for him.*
*He finally eats the pizza and asks for more.*
Zhask got really injured during a fight once AND IT WAS YVE WHO CALLED FOR HELP AND HELPED SAVE HIM
He was grabbing on to her arm for dear life at this point (which is when she realised 'Oh God he needs me').
They can both breathe, talk to each other, and hear each other in space. Which is weird because space is a vacuum.
Zhask is the idiot. Yve is the only one who can accept that.
Zhask lets Yve control Domorey (his staff) sometimes. He will NOT admit she's better than him.
Since Zhask is the only one of them with a canonical place to stay, Yve bunks with him. She has a set of pyjamas and everything.
Pillowfights (GAH)
Zhask's love language is acts of service. Yve's is listening. They're both secretly touch starved.
This planet was meant to be his Kastiya II, like an extension of the place. Yve doesn't have the heart to tell him what happened to Kastiya I.
They both love the wildlife. But Yve is usually the one to drag him out of his trance when he sees bugs. He gets an identity crisis.
Yve is Zhask's personal leash. She usually stops him from violently dropping his head into a nearby bush and eating it.
They both have eating problems. Zhask overeats. Yve doesn't eat enough. They criticise each other until their diets eventually cool up.
Imagine again, Yve comforting Zhask through his nightmares-
Zhask
Zhask likes coconut milk. He steals snow from the Northern Vale to build himself a mini fridge for his coconut shakes.
Kastiya II has a bunch of coconut trees. It's mentioned that he's building a swarm army there but it's mostly just a pet-type thing now because they KEEP. EATING. THE COCONUT TREES.
People mistake Zhask's forest of coconut trees for the actual Swarm.
He makes a living somehow by... selling the freshest coconuts known to the world???
Of course it isn't just the swarm who keep eating the trees. Zhask takes a bite out of every single type of plant he finds and if he likes them he'll suck out their juices. Like a beetle.
He sometimes does this to his own coconut trees when he's sleepwalking. He has no recollection of this and starts blaming his spawn beans again.
Yve recorded it and is now saving it as blackmail.
He's a traditional medicine kind of guy. Feed him a ginger root and he'll be all good in three hours.
The Land of Dawn uses his services to clear land and stuff. It's disturbing to see the usually composed and upright king going full-on feral when he's specifically requested for though.
A swarm can clear the intended land in minutes. But if he's hungry he'll take seconds (lol it's a pun).
We all know he can hear people's thoughts. Oho, he has the juiciest gossip if you can crack him open.
'Anything is edible if you're brave enough.'
He's not brave enough.
He's homesick.
He has a good relationship with Badang because Badang makes the best rice (he's Malay of course he does).
Yve
Unlike Zhask she is omnivorous which means she's the one who usually eats the shrimp in his mac and cheese.
She cheats at tag.
Zhask is her FIRST friend.
She likes fish. She can swim for hours. Which terrifies Zhask because he's seen one of his spawn young get eaten by a creature in the water and he's NOT taking risks.
She's actually very good at videogames.
She's not very social. But she DOES get invited by Aurora for tea every two weeks.
She still thinks Aurora should beat up Zhask and then some. As a treat and revenge.
Of course, coming from Mithlora, she is a great hunter. She and Helcurt have hunting battles occasionally when they cross paths.
One of Mithlora's veteran hunters keeps watch on Martis. So she still has family to communicate with in close quarters.
She likes sour cherry sweets.
She has a favourite of Zhask's spawn. Its name is Edem. Zhask's favourite is Meric.
She can light up like a glowstick. Just without the cracking and shaking (but you can do it to her; only once).
Her bestie is Pharsa.
