#killgan

though i’m not a very spiritual person, and pre-determined fate is not a canonical part of IVANLAND lore, i think i’d call them soulmates. they would find each other and love each other in every reality, blah blah blah. this applies both in a platonic and romantic way, though their dynamic and love for each other is built on a solid platonic foundation. they become romantically entangled eventually, but it’s all deep friendship and yearning and connection before that.

Killian fell for Reagan first, realizing his feelings in middle school. he’s a trans gay man and has known about his queerness since he was young, having transitioned in elementary school. he assumed that his feelings were unrequited, and kept it to himself for an embarrassingly long time. Reagan on the other hand, has returned Killian’s feelings for ages, but didn’t realize it until late high school. even then, he refused to confront his queerness until they were both adults. Most Beloved is a dual pov between them, and explores their relationship and how it evolves through adversity and major life changes.

in my post about their ship name, i played around with different ways of naming ships, one of which being the more modern tradition of using the motifs of the characters being shipped. i’ve only really seen this in younger fandoms, and honestly i think it’s silly. i’m not in any fandoms that really do this though so i don’t care. since Killian is part of the goth subculture and Reagan is an athlete, a potential ship name for them could be ‘gothsport,’ i was much nicer about this in my original post but to be honest… this ship name is ass and i hate it. it’s so fucking stupid. they just aren’t simple enough characters to pick any one motif for them.

i won’t divulge into my distaste for certain fandoms, particularly ones with very uncreative and honestly shitty canon material, but let it be known that ‘killgan’ is the canonical ship name for Killian and Reagan. if anyone unironically uses ‘gothsport’ for them i will start to ingest my own eyelashes. ‘gort’ is funny as hell though so i’ll allow it

another version of their ship name could be ‘killrea’ (pronounced kill-ray), which i think is kinda cute. it doesn’t have the same ring to it as ‘killgan’ though… 😢