#thiamett

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i know thiam is the most popular/well-loved liam ship and it’s definitely one of my favourite ships of all time, but thiamett has a very special place in my heart so i thought I’d switch it up and just go for it! i hope y’all enjoy! <3

Brett Talbot x Theo Raeken x Liam Dunbar

Sense wasn't part of their relationship. It didn't need to be. Because they had love and a strange fixation on each other. Theo never wondered if Brett had better things to do than sit with him and Liam because Brett never stopped telling them just how much he enjoyed it.

Headcanons under the cut.

Frankenstein S6BAU - Thiamett

After Brett and Theo’s deaths at the hands of Monroe and her band of hunters, Liam is overwhelmed with guilt and grief.

Using Theo’s journals, the lair and facilities of the Dread Doctors and his obsession with Frankenstein, Liam endeavours to bring his lovers back from the grave.

These were so much fun to make. Here’s edit number 1:

the knock on the door came one, two, three

Theo - He and Liam would have a lot to work on, no doubt, and it wouldn’t be easy. But they’re both stubborn and love each other, so they’ get there come hell or high water. They have their emotional crises (particularly Theo) and they fight, but that’s how they work. They’ll settle after awhile. KEY: Their fights and crises revolve around them taking care of each other, even if that means fighting. The focus is healing.

Brett - I think it would be harder for Liam to adjust with Brett, and - honestly hopefully - for Brett to adjust too. (Boy should need some personal growth tbh). I’d expect just as many emotional crises and fights, though more verbal than physical ones. KEY: Trouble with Brett would mean Liam withdrawing and putting up walls.

Why?

Liam and Theo were practically inseparable - whether they liked it or not - during the ghost riders and again - much more happily - during the anukite. Theo did a sh*t ton of damage, but Liam was there.

- He saw a snapshot of the decade of torture and conditioning Theo went through when the Doctors took him and Hayden.

- He brought him back from Hell (and deals with Theo’s night terrors)

- Wether he knows what was in Theo’s hell or not, he witnessed first hand the effects it had/has.

- He and Theo were joined at the hip during the ghost riders, so he saw first hand Theo’s very quiet crisis of realizing he actually cares about someone else and wanting to keep them safe.

- They were together again during the anukite and Monroe mess. Theo kept him safe, grounded him, and kept others safe from him.

Liam witnessed and experienced first hand Theo changing and trying to be a better person. By the time they would have gotten together (late show/post-show) he would have been there for everything post-hell and post-doctors. There was a long process of Liam learning to trust Theo and Theo learning how to care.

This isn’t how it went down with Brett.

- Brett was the ringleader in actively kidnapping and abusing a freshman - a 14/15 year-old.

- The trauma he caused affects Liam similarly to the berserkers and it’s obvious from the zoo episode that Liam hasn’t worked through it.

- This abuse may be what triggered the massive flare of his IED that led to him destroying a car and being expelled.

- From the very first we see that Brett really has not changed since Liam switched schools and continues to taunt and try to hurt him.

- Brett does stop this behavior, but Liam wasn’t there.

Liam was not there to witness Brett change, however much or little that he did change. He never knows why Brett abuses him, he does not see Brett become a better person. While it seems that Liam does care about Brett during the Monroe storyline and is deeply wounded by his and Lori’s deaths (ret-con that in the case of a post-show relationship), Brett does not earn this in any way/does very little to earn this.

Liam witnessed Theo change and actively helped him learn how to care for someone.

Liam did NOT witness this with Brett.