#strshipping

Yo u might be able to guess who I am but shhhhhh... the lion does not concern itself with his identity...

LOLL HELLLOOOO!!!!!!!!! ive got so many accs on so many random places honestly

i may or may nit have a hunch because of the mention of salem and falcon,, just a little hunch though,, good to see you here :3 !!

SO SO SO SORRY THIS TOOM SO LONG I COULD NOT LOCK THE FUCK IN

anways OH MAN... immediately heart stopped as soon as saw their names in this ask, lowk im still a newgen and not a 100% caught up on all the lore but hopefully this isnt criminally ooc or fucked up canon

As usual in normal Rex-insane-posting fashion all of this will be about their characters not the real people, unless very clearly stated otherwise (tho i dont think ill be mentioning the actual ccs in this)

they got a pretty crazy history going on, in the very beginning of the season Salem wanted to do literally everything to keep Falcon around, having crazy fucking anxiety over every little mistake hes made - mistakes that werent even featured in Falcons pov. (other than him falling to his death because he fell on Falcons boat but like tbf that was NOT his fault so cant rlly call that his mistake) And Falcon was focused on his goal of becoming the servers villain, to try and prove everyone and himself that hes capable of that. - his biggest mistake was not trusting his team with the information that hes going to be a 'mole' and then betray the tridents, a fair fear to have that someone could be a mole but i dont think he realized that Coldi only asked one person from each team (if i recall correctly)

the fact they both started out as wanting to be villains but Salem and the other 3 teamed up with 'the good guys' in the end and Falcon got (as Coldi said) adopted by the tridents is so oughh

I am not a Falcon expert and im not likee 100% knowing about his character traits, how he behaves and his though process behind things but just having this comparison between two people trying to prove themselves to others is so woah..... becuase they both aimed to do that, they just had different goals and different people in mind. I think it only now just hit me how much Salem wanted to prove hes a worthy teammate to Falcon, about how much he tried to do that. And how Falcon really wanted to prove hes a worthy villain, that he can do it, not only to everyone else but also to himself. A hint that he also doubts himself. just like Salem does. He actually seems like a pretty anxious guy, from his vids that ive watched hes always deadset on a goal and then slowly spiraling over it because of stress, anxiety and in his most recent one guilt. Salem has a reslly fucking strong sense of guilt like goddamn,, but man oh man i get how that is. Hes also very dedicated to the things hes working on, like fully comitting to absolutely demolishing combat city with anvils, fixing the flooding system for safety town and clearing up the obsidian despite nobody else feeling like its worth it. Starting it off because he wanted to make this more convincing, ended off because he actually cared.

It was so so so fun watching him slowly go nuts over his goal to prove that people cannot change, how anxious he was over it, how easy his confidence was shattered. He realized that the people around him arent so bad afterall, that they care about each other and truly only do want to provide safety, how hes finally got into a proper team of people he likes that like him back - and then it was all shattered at some point because Falcon did the same fucking thing and betrayed the team. Not yet shown in Salems pov and i dont think in Falcons either?? i may be wrong though, havent gotten there yet. But it was mentioned in other videos and in streams about how Falcon was just manipulating Noob and using him. So its just so fucking insane that Salem joined a team with someone who betrayed him in the past, like he said 'robbing him of the experience of a team' (might be a bit off on the quote) he trusted that he changed, and then got fucking betrayed by the same guy for the second time.

Salems worked very hard not only physically but also mentally straining himself because of all the conflicting emotions, having to play double agent and dealing with the realization of 'damn these people arent bad what the fuck do i do now' for a pretty long while - just like he did at the beginning, hes worked hard to keep Falcon around and try to prove himself to him and both of these times he got the same exact result

Falcon seems to have the exact same type of commitment to his goal of being the villain. Doing everything to prove hes more evil than people think, than other people on the server. Hes worked extremely hard to help out his team, and extremely hard to reach his goal.

I noticed that Salems got a pretty big savior mentality, about how he needs to do all these things to prove something or save someone and its so wild to see it just not work in the slightest

Also randomly pasted in here but I CANNOOTT get the scene of him asking Flacon if they'll be teammates forever out of my head. AND ITS SO CRAZY HOW HE SAID YES💔 IM STILL NOT OVER THAT .. GEN SCREW THIS BIRD FREAK NUMBER 3 IM NEVER GETTING OVER THAT. HE ALSO REALLY CARED ABOUT SALEM, JUST LIKE SALEM REALLY CARED ABOUT HIM BUT BECAUSE OF TAIS PUSHINESS AND FALCON NOT SAYING SHIT BEFOREHAND BECAUSE HE THINKS ITS NOT NEEDED THEY FELL APART 💔 but they teamed later on aswell, they teamed again. its like they were fucking destined to team and then break up this is so fucked up.

Like Salems first ep ended at him killing Falcon, where his goal ended. Maybe a show that nothing after that really mattered to him. Falcons episode kept going, he got into the tridents team. He was upset his team just threw him away like that, because thats waht happened in his eyes, in Salems eyes Falcon betrayed them, something i dont think he realizes. In Falcons pov we see the fight for the overworld portal to open, Falcons previous team joining the 'good guys' and Falcon remarking how they probably regretted not having him on their team, about how their team alone couldve won this. When hes fighting Salem he cuts to a memory of him accidentally getting Salem killed and then goes back to show the scene of him killing him, this time on purpose. And at the end Falcon saying "I proved to everyone and myself whos side i was really on" like broooo..... Both him and Salem are so doubtful of themselves are you serious💔

The contrast between the start of the season (as in season 3) and its ending is pretty wild to me too because they went from super close together to working against each other, and it made me so fucking sad hearing how Hd has a whole thjng of health potions because thats something Salem uses, and after everyoje turning their backs on her just having that left over💔 Not to mention how the guy whos known for betraying and using people stayed with her till the very end. And also both him and Salem 1v1 ing someone and dying to them. They both went out the way theyd prefer - fighting the enemy.

But to something more silly..... i think abiut the moment of Noob talking to these two, and Salem specifically scooting over to sit extremely close to Falcon just to go "why are you so close to me" when Noobs asks him about why hes practically hugging him, a normal amount like youncant get more normal than this i am the text book example of normal actuslly

I also noticed that at some point in Salems pov (dont exactly remember what video tho) Falcon specifically moves to stand closer to Salem and i think thats adroabke and i think im gonna kill msyelf over iy (/nsrs,,,, just the usual over dramatic-ness)

And at the end of Falcons first episode Salem just puts him on a fishing rod and walks around him while he presumably talks to Tai? or the both of them. I think thats so silly,,,, im so sad

They have a very interesting dynamic to me, both of them wanting to be close together and caring about each other but getting tunnel visioned on their goal/s and fear of betrayal that ultimately being what ruins their bond. From what ive seen so far they got together and broke apart so many fucking times and i fear the deeper into the lore i get they'll just do it a million more times like pack it upppp

I also feel like theyre both so serious but also so unserious at the same time and i think they match each other with that so well. its a shame theyre working towards opposite things (saving the server vs wanting to become the greatest villain) maybe next season they wont be destined to betray and leave each other,,, maybe,,,,,,,, hopefully

TO THINK THAT (AND I WILL NEVER STFU ABIUT IT) ONE OF THE FIRST, FIRST EPISODE VIDEOS I WATCHED ENDED OFF WITH 'AS THE WORLD CAVES IN' IN THE BG AND THE FINALE STREAM I WATCHED ALSO HAD THAT IN THERE AT THE END LIKE HOW CRAXY IS THAT...... BITH THE PEOPLE WERE FALCONS TEAMMATES TOO..... like the first vid was Salems after he killed Falcon (STILL CRAZY AS SHIT TO WATCH HIM HESITATE. HOW MUCH HE TRIED AND WANTED TO BELIEVE THAT FALCON DIDNT BETRAY THEM. AND HIM BEING THE FIRST ONE TO DIG DOWN AFTER FALCON, AND THE ONE TO KILL HIM JNDERGROUND) and the stream was HD's i think the song played after she jumped into the void,, LIKE THATS SOSUNWNDJAJEJJSJWJSJAJjn im so normal younguys!!!! so normal!!!!!!

Thinking abt it Salem put a lot of hope in Falcon. Like not only did he hope so hard that he and him could be teammates forever he also put a lot of hope in the fact that hes changed,,,, like bro,,,,,,, they have a word for people like you,,,,

i feel like this isnt reallt adding on much to them or their stories so sorry wbout that. hopefully this random shit will make up for that

SO these two seem like the type to really easily get close to one another but also have an incredibly difficult time to accept that they are, because they dont want to get closer, but it also seems so nice, so theyre just in feelings purgatory. They sit together, they talk they act like nothings wrong because voicing your feelings is cringe and also so anxiety inducing and they cannot afford to deal with either of those

To me the way their relationship started was either the dumbest thing ever or it kinda just,,, happened - regarding the 'voicing your feelings is cringe and anxiety inducing' point. But i also feel like they would have such a stupid moment of realization , incredibly embarrassing but they said and did things way dumber before so maybe this isnt that bad. Maybe it could work out.

I like to imagine them having stupid nicknames for each other ,, like Salem calling Falcon "bird boy" is real and true(as in it did happen) but Falcon calling Salem a seal,,, because thats what he iss,,,, a stupid seal,,,

A less cutesy silly thing but they def have communication problems. Like, we do see Salem voice his concerns but I dont know if we see Falcon do the same. And also Salem waits so fucking long to communicate an issue / concern he has like bro it took him so long to talk to Falcon about them being teammates, and so long to tell safety town that he joined with the intent of betraying them which i mean fairrr i would wait that long too im ngl. But im not deep enough into Falcons pov i havent seen him voice a concern / issue he has, maybe he wont or maybe i havent seen it just yet. Maybe they can fix each other (they wont)

And this isnt something i usually do when it comes to character yaps but (most of this section isnt LOL) thinking abt their first kiss is something thats so isnane to me and also something so funny because im sure they both would be internally freaking the fuck out about that. Im gonna have to watch more stuff to think of a timeline as to when that could possibly happen,, or maybe ill decide in the end that this is a non universe thing and theres no good time for them to do so. But just thinking about them being not only anxious because its a first but also because damn is this a good choice is this a good decision mayeb maybe not....

They just make me so sick☹️💔💔

Also random thing i feel like theyre both the affectionate type,, not with words but with gestures and touch.

And erm no idea how to edn this off because i dont have anythjng else to say lowkey so just,,,, screenshots 🧡🧡

they got close to each other so often