#maxtrev

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MAXTREV!!!!

Okay so yes yes absolutely. As a preface I already headcanon that maxtrev did happen between Haversham and Peter Pan. Gotta love a not so accidental kiss bringing out the bi in Max and Trevor just being like ‘yeah why not’. In my view they didn’t last but first I’d like to give the pairing it’s due because it is genuinely a very fun and interesting one.

Max and Trevor compliment each other sooo well. As the most visibly happy and most visibly grumpy at any given moment it doesn’t take any stretch of the imagination to see a classic grumpy x sunshine dynamic working for them. An added thing however which makes these two particularly endearing to me is that I feel like this wouldn’t involve the classic fandom ‘grumpy putting sunshine’s mad ideas down’ aspect of that pairing because I feel like maxtrev for the most part would Love doing random shit together. Like Trevor has enough practical skill and too little survival instincts that of course he’ll help Max make himself a skateboard because he’s decided thats an awesome thing he needs to do. Like I can see these two having so much fun in the workshop in the right mood (I can also see them getting into arguments aka Trevor yelling at Max because he was using a tool badly and could have injured himself).

These two have fun together. I think that’s clear enough. Do I think they love each other? Yes. Do I think it would last romantically? No.

I feel like sandrax ofc has a part to play here I mean Max ‘I think I’m in love with Sandra’ Bennett wears his heart on his sleeve even if it’s doing things he doesn’t want. But also I just can’t see them really getting past some arguments. I don’t think I can articulate this very well but they work better as friends in my mind.

/casually throws the cinnamon roll into the arena

Question :: How often do they feel doubt? What topics are they defensive about?

If Max is awake, conscious, and breathing, he’s doubting. The only area of expertise he doesn’t feel doubt in is his herbalism. His garden is a source of calm in the maelstrom of demons and blighted magisters and falling skies.  His main source of doubt is his Mark and his office as Inquisitor - is he truly the chosen of Andraste? How can he lead all these people, when all he sees is his own failure looming ahead? He was never meant to lead. He was meant to sit in a Circle his whole life, probably writing books about plants, and die peacefully in his sleep if the Templars didn’t kill him first with their shifty machinations. He wasn’t meant to lead - but here he is anyway, and he doesn’t know what to do with it.

He’s defensive of anything to do with emotion and himself. He feels so much, but he can’t articulate exactly what he’s feeling, which just leads to him hiding away and being frustrated whenever anyone asks after his emotional well-being. He’s also defensive of his sister - she makes bad decisions, sometimes, not the best morally, but they get the job done, and he trusts her to know what she’s doing. If you try to decry her actions, be prepared for Max to come after you, next (even if he is bad at the whole ‘revenge’ thing).

Reminder :: How are they at remembering daily needs? What falls through the cracks?