#canon mpreg

[reaperlight]

Frances: Oh baby, what's wrong?

Cletus: I think I'm coming down with something. I've been so nauseous lately.

Eddie, seriously: Maybe you're pregnant.

*they sit there in silence for a moment*

Cletus: I don't know who's the bigger idiot. You for suggesting that, or me because I almost had a panic attack--

Carnage: Um... about that...

[ao3-crack]

(x)

[koscheyyy]

Fuck everything else we learned in the Intermezzo, i wanna know who got Kayne pregnant

[deecotan]

hello! I just wanted to ask in the pregnant Sanji au is he still pervy as a pregnant person or does he cool of on that?

thank you :) 🌸

Nah. He still loves women but no aggressive flirting or praising, since his hormonal changes are causing him to be normal for once. Also, I'm inherently not a big fan of his over-the-top perverted gag in canon when it's borderline creepy/uncomfortable due to obvious reasons lol, so I just never have any interest in depicting that.

If anything it's the women around him who's actively spoiling him because of his pregnancy. I imagine they will hold a "girls' night" every now and then just so they can dote on him and talk about anything they want.

[vladdyissues]

Knock up that old man 🍼🎀

[mushroomnoodles]

tw/cw for sfw and non kink mpreg

non canon but sometimes i am just tickled by the idea of other cosmic entities dropping in on simon while he's pregnant because of morri's mother/morri's future god status and being so casual about it. that or the idea that simon is visiting cosmic beings to keep tabs on his pregnancy and then something like this happens

[padawansuggest]

JediTok - Letting My Padawan Hold My New Baby For The First Time

26yo Obi-Wan: *laying in a hospital bed and filming Anakin sitting on the end of it with baby Cal in his lap* What do you think of your new brother, Ani?

Anakin: *dubiously holding Cal to his chest while Quinlan starts to help Aayla onto the bed next to them* He’s… cute?

Quinlan: I think that’s polite Kenobi teachings for ‘potato face’. What about you, Aayla, what do you think of your new brother?

Aayla: *was just woken up two minutes ago, looks at swaddled baby in shock* Where are his arms?

Tholme: :) yeah, she’s definitely Quinlan’s. Wow.

Obi-Wan: Think of the chaos this will cause, mixing our genes like this. Wow. He’s gonna start AND finish wars.

Qui-Gon: I’m already shaking in fear you didn’t have to drop that one on me :/

[cottagedeer]

I love the AU idea @mushroomnoodles made about apocalypse magic Betty and pregnant Simon traversing the ruins of the world.

[sillybun33]

dumb shit ft @herebecritters’ oc Nergal

COMMISSIONS OPEN!!!

[sarasade]

The Dragon Prince & Queer Subtext - Fandom and Media Analysis of Sort

Lately I’ve been pondering about the ins and outs of Viren and Aaravos’s relationship and why they give off such a queer vibe. So I ended up writing this 2 and half Word document pages long little breakdown because why not.

I think what’s going on here is about the underlying elements of the story- subtext and how their relationship could be perceived through a queer lens. Note: my brain has marinated in queer subtext juices my whole life and I have no intent trying to prove my reading is the only right one.

That Sweet Sweet Gay Shit- A Fandom Perspective

There is a lot of queer subtext between them. Homoerotic subtext even. Their scenes together definitely activated the search function in my brain’s queer coded villain trope lexicon. 

You know- mutual penetration with a phallic object (knife), sharing some kind of mysterious bond through blood magic, so, you know, bodily fluids are indeed involved, the classic slash fiction trope “we are close but we cannot touch” -gay pining because the mirror separates them. When Aaravos is shown for the first time in the mirror the camera does this Laura Mulvey Male Gaze 101 up-down pan shot of him from Viren’s POV. Something that’s usually reserved for female characters when male characters “check them out” in a movie. And then my personal favourite: Something that comes out of Aaravos enters Viren, comes out and then transforms into a creature with a toddler level intelligence- they made a freaky little metaphor baby together! Awwww!

And let's not even talk about the possession and Aaravos slowly taking over Viren’s body. The aesthetics of a toxic queer romance are all over their interactions.

No, Viren! Don’t express vulnerability as an intimidating male figure! Tumblr will babygirlify you!

Storytelling

So what about their interactions makes me perceive them in a queer way? By “queer“ I mean the broader concept of queer here; does the way the characters are depicted come across non-heteronormative and disruptive to gender norms.

I’m mostly talking about the season 2 here since they share their most intimate scenes together in that season.

1 Story Function

Aaravos and Viren’s interactions are supposed to have multiple purposes in the story: They move the plot forward, characterise both Viren and Aaravos, create emotional conflict and intrigue in the viewer etc. Viren observing Aaravos through the mirror is supposed to create mystery and spark the audience’s curiosity. Viren is a device through which Aaravos’s allure gets demonstrated to the viewer so of course their interactions come across pretty, hm, charged. Anyway there are layers of meaning here the audience can interpret in multiple ways both intuitively and through an analytic lens. The meaning naturally changes the more context we get. There are still three more seasons to come.

2 Gendered Tropes

There is a certain element of seduction present: Viren gives Aaravos more access to himself and his body little by little in exchange for Aaravos fulfilling his desires (for power). This could be read as having sexual undertones. Some of Aaravos’s first words to Viren are clearly something Viren wants to hear “How may I serve you?” Weaponising manipulation and seduction, where a character poses as submissive while having alternative motives, is something female characters traditionally do in stories. I don’t know about you but Aaravos’s character has a bit of a femme fatale thing going on if you ask me (haha!) There is something about him that defies gender roles that’s not just about his androgynous looks.

A traditional Femme fatale is often a tragic figure trapped in unfortunate circumstances. They are shrouded in mystery which prevents the audience from empathising with them or understanding their motives. The character often uses coercion to make their victim do what they want. And yes there definitely is an element of coercion and even a threat of violence present in Aaravos and Viren’s relationship. Their goals are aligned for now but what happens if/ when Viren decides to defy Aaravos? TDP makes me wonder (with horror) what it is that Viren has really agreed to.

3 How the Show’s “Camera” Portrays Aaravos

Even the camera emphasises him as an object of desire. Something he is from the story point of view as well. Viren desires access to Aaravos’s power after all. When the camera puts Aaravos on display in an objectified manner in the beginning of the season 2 it’s supposed to, in my opinion, heighten the feeling of Aaravos seeming harmless at the first glance. And by “objectified” I mean he’s portrayed without agency.

I joked earlier about male gaze and Laura Mulvey but I do actually think there is some truth to that. One of the biggest reasons behind me thinking Aaravos was a pretty pretty lady at first was how he was introduced in such a feminised way. And I wasn’t the only one. Just look at the comments under his TDP Wiki article. (Lots of het men being confused about their sexuality. Also shout-out to that one lesbian). This makes him appear less threatening so the story can build suspense around his true motives. It’s not evident that Aaravos is a completely sinister figure at first, at least compared to Viren who seems more like the main villain of the story prior to the seasons 3-4. Little did we know back then that Aaravos was the true alpha male of this whole sordid affair.

Aaravos in the mirror from Viren’s point of view, season 2, episode 3.

Why I’m not mentioning anything about Viren’s gender performance is because his story conflict is all about struggling with traditionally masculine gender expectations. Understanding how his character relates to hegemonic/ toxic masculinity/ emotional struggles men face in real life is a core part of understanding his character as a whole. That’s a broad topic and this post is long enough as it is so I’m going to leave it at that. (Maybe someone else has written about that already?)

4 The Audience Is Also at Aaravos’s Mercy

Aaravos’s submissive façade is supposed to fool both Viren AND the audience. The show plays rather cleverly with the audience’s expectations here. Slowly the roles are starting to flip until it’s clear that Aaravos is the one in control. Given Aaravos narrates the opening of the first story arc it raises even more questions: Is his control over Viren supposed to parallel his control over the whole world of the show? This circles back to the show’s themes of freedom vs destiny. It feels almost meta in a way how the story’s villain tries to gain control over the whole narrative.

5 Horror and Fantasy

The powerplay between the characters naturally creates a plenty of tension and it’s not unusual that this translates into something sexually charged in the audience’s minds. While this is the perspective I’m the most interested in, there are other layers to Aaravos and Viren’s scenes together.

For example this kind of breaking of bodily boundaries is common in horror as well. Aaravos is beautiful and mysterious but is also associated with repulsive things like larvae and blood and there is something very eerie about him in general. These kinds of emotional reactions of repulsion and attraction are essential to horror. The audience sees that everything isn’t definitely quite right about him but it’s also understandable that the audience (and Viren) find him fascinating. I think the key word for these scenes in the season 2 is “ambiguity“. Even if you aren’t invested in these characters this show would be much less fun without all the nuance their interactions have.

In a good story everything isn’t just literal. Especially since TDP is a fantasy story- A genre that’s traditionally been all about symbolism and intertextual references. I could go on and on about the genre traditions with similar flavour to what Aaravos and Viren have. Michael Moorcock’s classic sword and sorcery antihero Elric of Melniboné and his pact with the demon Arioch comes to mind.

Something Something Fandom

Viravos as a ship lives in the subtext but the subtext isn’t always black and white. Fiction uses metaphor and other storytelling methods to create meaning- To give a narrative experience. The queer subtext in TDP feels very elaborate to me and while I’m dissecting these scenes more analytically here my emotional reactions are the original source of that interest. No matter how much time passes I’m still a morbid teenage goth at heart and that part of me loves the dark fairytale aesthetics akin to TDP season 2.

I didn’t even touch on the element of Viren giving into a “forbidden desire” (literally his desire for power but- you know- multiple readings etc.) when making a deal with Aaravos. Something very typical to the horror genre as well. It’s a “deal with the devil” -sort of situation and those stories often paint the agreement as something corruptive and sinful and therefore transgressive. This post by Tiredsunrisesmeta got you covered on that. Also queer coded villains something something- Anyway, read Tiredsunrisesmeta’s blog for more.

Pictured: Yours truly

Last and Least

I remember when I saw a post here saying that “Viravos couldn’t be canon because it’d be too sexy.” and that’s just the funniest way to put it in my opinion. Their relationship feels a bit too, I dunno, mature? for this show. But what does “canon” even mean? Is a gay ship canon when two characters of the same gender kiss and declare their love? Get married? Have kids? Personally, I don’t want to see LGBT+ characters’ stories just copy straight romance tropes beat by beat all the time. I want something that feels authentic and what’s more authentic than Viren being a cringefail bisexual getting rejected by men and women and then getting his life ruined by the sexy femboy elf satan? Kinda iconic honestly.

[milfhawks]

dracule mihawk. greatest swordsman in the world. former warlord of the sea. cross guild chief officer. mother of red-haired shanks’ baby.

[mpreg-celeb]

Paul Canon

[deecotan]

I've seen a few videos of pregnancy that the partner very gently lifts the belly of the mom, and it gives them relief on the back. By chance, do you think Zoro would do the same thing with Sanii?

Absolutely 100%. Not only just Zoro, the whole Strawhats will be 100% helping out Sanji with his pregnancy. Chopper gives them lectures on how to help a pregnant person both physically and mentally and teaches Sanji helpful exercises to ease his pain, Franky and Usopp baby-proofs the whole ship (which is another whole can of worms to open because what would a baby-proofed Thousand Sunny look like?), some of them are probably suffering from baby fever already (and one of them is Zoro). The Strawhats is a whole giant family, so you better believe that all of them are on board with giving Sanji as much help as he needs to prepare for the arrival of their newest member.

[nessberry]

love the thought of very stupid alpha x alpha couple (hualian) struggling to understand the omegas they're trying to court and bring into their relationship (mu qing and he xuan)

[peachshadows]

Little skit from that pregnancy sv ask

Wukong: if it is too much I'll carry our kids

Macaque, immediately: NO! I mean- on second thought I change my mind

Wukong: I mean I don't mind but okay -hugs- were you worried it'll be painful for me huh?

Macaque: *thinking about Wukong's pregnancy hormones making him a ticking time bomb* Yeah, absolutely.

Macaque: let me handle...this since you are the king after all. I must bear my responsibilities as your warrior and husband

Wukong: 🥹

Macaque, mentally preparing himself to be preggers:

[mushroomnoodles]

so i was talking w some folks and i ended up making my own au lich simon. the lich is just using simon's body as a vessel. affectionately named lichtrikov. this simon just happened to be the human that the lich possessed when his essence was released in the mushroom war

of course it devolved into "but what if he was pregnant" so we've been talking about GOLBetty getting him pregnant as a sort of punishment for taking simon's body, y'know, forcing him to do the very opposite of his task.. give life. the simon vessel is.. loosely revived? it's capable of supporting a developing fetus and adapting to it.. it's a non multiversal canon au. lichtrikov can still exist though.

cw/tw for sfw and non kink mpreg