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Did I finish Skybound SMP? No. Have I started Starbound SMP? Also no. I haven’t super kept up with any SMPs since Fable finished honestly

But from what I’m seeing? Maybe Starbound is going to drag me in actually shit seems wild over here

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things matt has canonized for shadowgast (that i can remember):

essek and caleb have been living together since they got together (so roughly 7 years) and essek hasn't been back to the dynasty since before the mighty nein ended

caleb is cluttered and messy but essek tolerates it for him

essek bakes sweets (because i can't picture caleb being the one to do it)

essek wears caleb's clothes because they smell like him

essek and caleb have a portrait of the two of them together in their shared lab

essek has learned enough zemnian to curse in zemnian (and actively chooses to speak it)

essek and caleb have sat for couples portraits together

essek regularly sends messages to caleb when they're apart

essek has picked up some therapist habits (likely from caduceus) and has talked caleb down from a ledge during bad mental health problems

essek now wears bits of orange and caleb wears bits of purple

beau and yasha regularly come over and spend time at the shadowgast household

there's enough space in their house for guests (and jester has been by enough times to draw dicks everywhere)

they fuck in every room of the house

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this hurt me personally

I keep thinking about how Caleb used to see himself back in Campaign 2, especially early on. 'I am a disgusting person.' Referring to himself as one of the assholes of the group. Constantly talking about himself as damned, corruptible, somehow inherently flawed just by virtue of being a wizard. Resisting every suggestion from those around him that he was good.

And then I think about how, when Essek described him to strangers, the first word he used was kind.

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glad to see that my brainworm of gaverin merrill's pyjama of choice is just a short little negligée is now canon-approved ^^

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happy percy got pegged thursday!

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what flavor ace is elwood for research purposes

Probably grey-ace? I don't think even Elwood would know what label to align themselves with as he's not exactly experienced in that departement ^^

He isn't nessecarily looking for a partner either and if he had one, I don’t think that sexual intimacy would be something they'd prioritize as it were? Especially since he's demiromantic, too, I feel like to Elwood sexual intimacy just isn't what he'd primarily look for in a relationship, but rather emotional and romantic connection and understanding? So yeah. Some variation of grey-ace most likely.

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Okay! I'm not like a hard-core Virwood shipper or anything BUT it is sort of big for me that it is a popular ship in the Fandom, and how it's a popular ship. My qualifications for this post are being Demiromantic, Trans, paranoid, and having a processing disorder that makes me express myself like Elwood. Moving on-

Number 1) Elwood has a monotone voice <3 he is also very smart, and says the wrong thing often, but he is never portrayed as an asshole in cannon or in Fannon spaces.

(Also as a sub point facial expressions and voice changes are communication, it is something Virgil does alot of, especially with Elwood. Because he has trouble picking up on ques.)

Number 2) Virgil is also very smart and increasingly paranoid. He has reasons for his paranoia with what he has discovered and is very good in high pressure situations (unless thrown a curveball). He sometimes spirals and let's his paranoia take him too far down speculation. (Exhibit A- Rune is not a robot.) He is never portrayed in cannon or Fannon spaces as a hermit with no friends.

Number 3) They are both on the aromantic and asexual spectrum. The way fans explore that potential relationship is respectful. It isn't infantilizing. It isn't writing them to have "normal" intimacy either emotionally or sexually.

Number 4) They are friends! They are just straight up buddies. The possibility of romance is there but their relationship won't end if it doesn't happen. There is no angst in the flavor of their pining.

Number 5) They're good for each other. Virgil gets Elwood out of the house/library. Elwood encourages safe lab practices.

That's all! I just like them. I like how any intimacy written between them has been "Oh let me clean your glasses." "Thank you, can you work next to me while I study?" "Of course." And info-dumping back and forth. And not bold declarations of love and passion. They just like each other and they're demi romantic and they're friends.

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oh jonathan we’re really in it now

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Librarians can be buff. As a treat.

I know people have discussed Rune being buff in the Bound fandom, but y’all know Elwood’s ass is goddamn sculpted from walking up all those stairs all the time /hj

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nahh let the nerd birds fuck

i am assuming this is about virwood and listen, i appreciate the enthusiasm and after the lore that just happened i can see the potential

however

both connor and puffin have stated that their characters are aro-ace-spectrum and whilst yes, aroace people can have romantic and sexual relationships that doesn't mean all of them do so personally at least i am going to wait until we see some more of them both and maybe have more of their aro-ace identity shown even in canon, before i'll personally write something nsfw for these characters

ace and aro erasure is still prevalant in fandoms, i've seen it with the tma fandom, i've seen it from afar in the hazbin fandom, and many others, and far be it from me to contribute to that even by accident. so i'll wait until either connor and puffin give specific labels to their characters' identities or until there has been more lore to guess from how these characters might stand to topics of romance or sex

this is by no means a call out or anything, i've just had a lot of asks in my inbox about virwood so i figured i'd set up that boundary of sorts and say how i stand on this until we have more canon to go off of

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I'm having a déjà-vu.

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r there any ships ud nevereverever write n y

that's a good question! I guess I wouldn't write like... Caleb × Jester for example, not because there is anything wrong with the ship, it's just not for me? And also Percy × Keyleth is a hard no from me.

Apart from that? Like... ships that go against my personal morals or against the boundaries of content creators i guess. I feel like that's very obvious but those are nos from me

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v i r w o o d d d

Okay so one person - i assume it was one person - left no less that 11 asks in my box that were just one word, "Virwood" as well as twice asking for starbirds.

So I guess I'm gonna talk about this for a sec. I see the appeal for the Virwood ship, as well as Starbirds, however both those pairs have had so little interaction that I can't really say if I ship them yet or not. I am gonna repeat what my fellow writer Ghaaeghaae said about the ship bracket, it seems just a bit early to run it yet? I do think it upped engagement in the fandom space which is great and as long as people are having fun that's all that matters, but maybe wait a bit until you make decisions on what you ship is all I'm saying.

i sound like an internet grand-human, geez.

anyways - that being said - i can see the appeal for virwood and if i like them going forward i might be inclined to write something. time will tell

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someone has some strong feelings about a ship there

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great minds think alike it seems 👀

I have such a Gav x Sylph fic ready to go- I just wanna wait for lore to fine tune it a bit to better match what happens >:3

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I am so very aware that this is self-inflicted, but finishing a fic with 5 hours to spare is.

Somethin

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Occasionally you start a oneshot two month ago then hit writers block and then there is a lore event announced and you have two days ro finish said oneshot

and also you're not caught up on the lore