#// maybe I'm too lazy to look for a gif with a handshake

[dapper-shipping-forever]

⭐⭐ :> Dapper ship content time!!

Doing two for the two stars 🌸

Maybe minor spoilers ahead?

Azul Ashengrotto

Hes just a funky lil dude. Fucking, just a little shit but like he tries to act like a hard, suave mafia boss kind of guy, but it's easy to get him flustered at little things and the whole facade just immediately erodes away. I have two s/i's that I ship with him, but both have similar enough dynamics.

One ship is with my s/i who's basically the Mc of the game and follows that plot with my spin on it. Their relationship after the main crew knocks some sense into Azul and his crew starts just with friendship. They're talking in the museum and like, she can tell he's kinda conflicted after what happened during his overblot (basically stress and overuse of magic made him go a little bat shit, that's an overblot), and she's just casually talking to him and reassuring him, and she knows he hasn't got a ton of genuine friends. His, like, entire thing is deals and contracts and his catchphrase is basically "do we have a deal?" and she just says to him like "your worth isn't related to the power you gather. It's alright to rely on other people when you feel alone. I'm not exactly used to this world yet, and I was scared and alone at first, but my friends have helped me and because of them this world is now a home to me. If you want, we could be friends. I think you've got a lot to admire about you, Azul, and I'd be glad to get to know you better, and maybe be someone who can help you too. In return, all you have to do is just be yourself, and not worry as much about how others see you. What do you say; do we have a deal?" and she held out her hand during that sentence, and their relationship started with a simple handshake. She became one of his first genuine friends in a long time. Their relationship is just supportive and it's both of their's first real romantic relationship and they learn together what it means to be a couple and they're super adorable.

My other s/i is a student from a dorm I created full of other ocs and they're the theater geeks. This relationship starts slowly, it's less explicit when they actually become friends, it's more just a compiling of days where she visits the Mostro Lounge and seeing each other in class and then more around campus, little interactions becoming real full conversations and they become close without noticing, they just did. Both relationships have a lot of pining and mutual crushing. Azul is just a soft man.

Leona Kingscholar

LEONA, my Boy I love him. Fuck I adore him. He's just had such a bad opinion of himself and has gotten used to hiding that behind layers of bad attitude and laziness. He is always the second pick, the one no one believes in or positively encourages to be better. Then along comes my s/i, who sees someone who's worth being believed in, who chooses to stick around him. Again, there's two s/i's who are shipped with him, but they're similar enough in the dynamic with Leona. She starts sticking by him, and he acts annoyed but it's obvious how he seeks out her company just as much as she seeks his. He starts to crave her warmth, her praise and attention, and she sees new sides of him, softer parts he had forgotten about, the caring side of him not many people see despite him trying to help people when he can in subtle ways. She encourages him to be his best self, and he listens. It's not blatantly obvious to everyone, but his grades start improving, he comes to more spelldrive practices and is actually often on time to them when he does come. The source of that effort can be seen when she praises his efforts, the first person to genuinely praise him for trying, and anybody looking closely can see the motivation light his eyes as he gets a small smile watching her. He loves her and it scares him because he's not sure if she's going to stay, because, despite her encouragement, few people do and he is afraid to get excited if he thinks she might. But she stays, she always stays. She's become incredibly important to him. He encourages her in turn to be strong, to have confidence and be her best. He protects her and cares about her; they love each other completely. They accept each other and they're fucking great together.