#( can you blame her when it's Phea? )

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Premiere Nebula Shipping Concepts!

I haven’t thought much about ships in this series aside from Kotostelle, who have basically been together in my head since I started writing Imperfect Storm. But here are a few that have come to mind and my thoughts on them.

ValkaxOmega

I mean, obviously, they’re a magical girl team, so people are gonna ship them. I gotta say, I like their dynamic, but it’d be really hard for them to reconcile their beliefs and get together. Valka will blame herself for Omega becoming an Actress for a very long time, and Omega just wishes Valka would open up more, especially in the first book where she keeps a ton of secrets. So these two could end up good together, but there would be a lot of miscommunication in between.

ValkaxPhea

They were roommates for a while, so I can envision this a little easier. They have similar views on what they want out of their lives, and both can be initially cautious of new people (Valka shows it more, but Phea is actually way less trusting). The problem I see with it is that they both idolize each other to an extent, and while that’s great for pumping Valka up and getting her out of depressive states...she also doesn’t see the very obvious signs that Phea likes her. Because why would she, really?

ValkaxLayton

Valka leans more towards women, so I feel like this is the only real male/female relationship she could have with the cast. She feels a strong connection to her team captain, Layton, and while they’re more of a BroTP as I’m writing them now, I could imagine Valka being more comfortable in that kind of relationship. Though I do feel that Valka’s experience with non-Actresses and dudes leaves her a little hesitant to trust them, so they’ll probably stay friends. (Or have the whole awkward “he likes her but she doesn’t” thing because that’s happened to me so much in my experience with opposite-gender friendships.) Anyway, I’m mainly considering this for nostalgia purposes, as Layton was originally created to be Valka’s love interest on the RPs I got the concept from.

ValkaxAlarice (only in AU)

I know this is yet another Valka ship (possibly because I have no idea who to pair her up with), but I can’t shake the feeling that Alarice would probably like Valka as a person if she ever got to know her as more than the Valkaine Project. Obvi too far gone in this ‘verse, but if she hadn’t gone to the dark side...a definite, fascinating maybe.

OmegaxXue

I’ve put thought into this, but not a ton of it (mostly because they haven’t really met in canon yet). It mostly stems from shared trauma from their brainwashing and the fact that their Actress names translate to “Soul Gem” when you put them together. But they’re both very feelings-based people, so it’d be a pretty healthy and open relationship. (Probably the fluffier version of ValkaxOmega’s mentor/apprentice relationship.)

OmegaxAlarice

One-sided from Alarice’s perspective, and solely because disguising herself as a regular person meant she was actually treated like someone other than her Firebrand leader self for the first time in years. Omega’s already been in one abusive relationship, so if she knew, she’d be mega cautious of getting into one with someone like Alarice. It’d never get anywhere unless Alarice hypnotized Omega into doing so, and she has better things to make Omega do, anyway.

PheaxXing

Mainly an aesthetic ship—fire and water duo, a model and a rock star getting together...it’s just cool. Xing’s currently captured, but I could see them being booked for the same shoots, dating a couple of times. Don’t know if there’d be anything more to it or not.

PheaxVanessa

Not in a million years. If you defect to the Firebrands, Phea might forgive you enough for the two of you to be acquaintances again, but never girlfriends. They totally act like exes, but were never actually together.

IoxIago

Two teenagers watching old movies and researching conspiracy theories. That’s basically it. Even if they were to develop feelings for each other, Io would never admit it. Anyway, she’s way more interested in movies and battles for the time being.

IoxStellexKoto

At the very least, I know Junior Varsity will form an Actress trio together. Whether it gets any further than that depends entirely on if Io ends up growing deeper feelings for these girls.

The ManufacturerxKaine

This is probably the most complicated ship in the series, because Kaine was literally made to be Valka’s dark clone and the Manufacturer’s ideal girlfriend. Problem is, while she’s into it in the beginning...her attention is bound to wander to other guys. (After all, she never really got the freedom to date around and find her own love.) Seeing what he does to her partner Koto is essentially the nail in the coffin for her.

KainexLayton

I haven’t thought much about it, but I like the idea of Layton being the sort of “nice guy” to show Kaine what life outside Star Corporations is like, and inevitably, how much the Manufacturer abused her. In the original RPs, Kaine was more of a yandere who gained interest in Layton to steal him away from Valka, but now I imagine it as more of a “spy accidentally falls for their target” sort of thing. She tries to get intel from Layton, and it all goes downhill from there.

DimanchexAlain

It’s pretty much canon that President Asteria used to like Valka’s father, Alain Sparks, to the point where they dated for awhile. Alain broke off the relationship because he didn’t want Dimanche to get the bad press that would accompany her dating someone who’d challenged the government. She’s since married Omega’s brother, and her relationship with him is fine...but she can’t help but wonder sometimes. Alain considered going back to her exactly once, but by then, he’d already unofficially adopted Io, who needless to say, would have felt very uncomfortable facing her estranged mother who assumed her dead at that point in time.

(So to summarize, Kaine might be the only Nebula member I know for certain is straight. This is subject to change.)