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Are they related?  You mean in the comics?  Sure, maybe.

Are they related in the game canon?  IDK, I think the game/SFM canon is completely different than the comics, and this post explains it more.  Besides, Scout is Chinese and Spy is French, how could they be related? ;)

Are they related in my drawings?  Naw. 

Is a tentacle monster Spy necessarily related to a Scout?

Is a girl Spy necessarily related to a girl Scout of the same age?

How about the BLU Spy?  Is he necessarily related to the Red Scout if the RED Spy exists?

How about an AU where Spy never met Scout’s Mom at all, and Scout is a weed dealer while Spy is a teacher?  And Spy’s had his genitals mutilated so he couldn’t possibly bear children?  How could they be related then?

If you like Spy to be Scout’s dad, that’s great!  That’s a headcanon some people have had since 2009, since Meet the Spy came out.  I’ve been into the game since 2007 and have seen many headcanons come and go!  Some people used to ship edgy incest SpyScout since Meet the Spy, and that can coexist with non-incest SpyScout (or ScoutSpy in my case :))), as well as just normal father-son platonic family headcanons, or even no shipping or relationship at all.  Some people can have multiple headcanons that include all of the above!

ScoutSpy was one of my nostalgic favorite ships as a kid, and I enjoy still shipping it now especially since I never read the comics.  I love the dynamic of a grumpy old pretentious guy getting annoyed at a dumbass useless man-child jock.  It’s so fun to draw and write.

And AU’s are great, fandom should be fun and you can do whatever you want with the characters regardless of canon.  If I want Spy to be Algerian rather than French, or Scout to be Asian rather than Caucasian, I can do whatever I want with my art skills!  Fanfiction and fanart isn’t canonical, so we don’t have to stick to the canon of anything, least of all the completely comedic and loose canon of goofy TF2.