#antares x alien!mc

[joiedecombat]

I've been thinking about love triangles (for some reason XD) and it reminded me of the potential for a triangle we had with Antares, Alien MC and Slake. So many questions.

How was Antares really feeling when he learned about Slake?

Is there any possibility that Alien MC would be interested in Slake again, and would Slake want to get involved with her again?

Give me the drama XD

Oho, an Antares ask!

You'll forgive me if I keep a few details under my hat to revisit in The Fanfic, but there's plenty of ground to cover regardless!

Slake showing up unexpectedly shook MC pretty badly, which immediately put Antares on alert. By this point, after all, he's seen her handle a good bit of trouble, so the fact that Slake rattled her just by showing up got his attention. Being stuck in the position of observer, control freak that Antares is, did not help either.

I don't think it's accurate to say he's jealous once he hears who Slake was to MC. He'd certainly deny it, but there's also the fact that the way MC talks about Slake to him is very disparaging. There's no lingering tender feelings there.

What Antares is feeling, primarily, is protective. He's developed a good bit of respect for MC by this point. He's brought her onto his ship, which in his paradigm makes her his responsibility (the excuse he gives later when he shows up to help her out against Slake's thugs, but it's not only an excuse). Slake shook her - Slake knows her, in ways that could make it easier for him to get her at a disadvantage - and as the two of them agree, he is probably up to something related to their current mission.

Slake is someone Antares would ordinarily dismiss as riffraff. The fact that his presence rattles MC, and the fact that he took advantage of her in the past, elevates(?) him to the status of "someone Antares would like to crush underfoot in passing, given opportunity." He finds it personally annoying that someone so far beneath MC ever had the opportunity to cause her grief in the first place.

As for MC - Slake burned her badly, and while there are memories and old conflicted feelings there that aren't easily shaken off, she holds no affection for him now. Her understanding of him when they were together was a much more idealized one, and this far down the road she's seen enough to have a clearer view of the kind of person that he is. She'd have to be in a very vulnerable state to feel genuinely tempted to rekindle a romantic relationship with Slake, after how he treated her in the past and knowing what she knows now.

Slake, on the other hand, would probably take the chance to take up with MC again. It wouldn't really be about her, though, so much as it is that Slake doesn't like the idea that she could get over him. It chafes him to see her succeeding as a PI, a profession he introduced her to. He'd want to prove, to himself and to her, that he could get her if he wanted her.

[aquagirl1978]

Engineer MC / Alien MC

[annicaax]

Antares, season 2: final episodes:

so the visor stays on and the romance begins...?

oh well, its just a way to drain all your romantic/sexual tension isn't it? but man, do you both realize you're way past into this than that?!

what more can I say, the last few episodes were mind-blowing and its not because of the spicy scene here! nope.

the story, the action, the character growth, the journey to up until this point...

it's been incredible!

now I will be waiting for the next season (that will perhaps be out in jan)

[babylovestruck]

I can’t get over this scene

[megatraven]

a special chibi image posted to lovestruck's twitter of alien mc and antares! :>

[alixennial]

Antares x Alien MC 💫

A variation of their last CG of season 1. The helmet had to go, and as much as I love his full armour and cape, I’ve missed seeing him in his Empire Captain uniform.

First official CG preview for season 2 in around 7 hours! 🤗

[otomeloversunite]

Antares with Alien MC - Season Two Mini CGs

[starberrybliss]

My favorite route by far.

[maryan028]

Antares x Alien MC - Season 2

[joiedecombat]

Are you really one of the writers for Antares? I came back to Lovestruck and I’m high-key hyperfixating on him…!

I am! 💖

Specifically, I wrote the Antares/Alien MC route; I didn't do any work on the OG Antares/Human MC route.

I'm still very slowly plotting a fanfic version, since unfortunately the route was cut short but Lovestruck ending service.

[joiedecombat]

Actually, since I have been reminded, a question:

If / when I write the mythical Antares x Alien MC Continuation Fic, should I

write it from the beginning, the Way I Would Have Done It ™️ had I not been beholden to my producer and the mobile format (a lot of the first two seasons would be essentially the same, but prose, with changes as I see fit), or

start from season 3, taking the published seasons as definite canon?

[aquagirl1978]

For the Antares fans...if you read, you know 😎

[aquagirl1978]

Antares, Season 2 cgs

[aquagirl1978]

Wow, what a season! We upgraded from helmet to visor...eh, I guess I'll take that. There was a kiss somewhere along the way and some very fancy wine. We finally met MC's very sleazy ex. And the star of the show was a single seat aircraft our couple had no choice but to share.

Oh, and an ending that's leaving everyone looking for S3 👏

[aquagirl1978]

I'll be posting more later like when I'm awake, but his first set was spectacular. I had no idea how they were going to pull this off - how do you give an LI a second route that doesn't feel like a recycled version of the first? But they did it. It worked. And it was amazing!

This felt new without destroying any of the old.

[aquagirl1978]

Antares returns next week or so they say on Insta