#implied faralex

[shyravenns]

Alex is a farm boy, and y’all can’t tell me otherwise 😤😤😤 helping out the Karim family with some farm work (and chatting with their VERY pretty daughter)

[imrowanartist]

How Farah and Alex learn they have a niece now XD

[sleepyconfusedpotato]

The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that Farah and Alex don't know what happened in Las Almas and the 141.

Alex said, "Heard you died in a tank in South America."

-> He heard. He doesn't know the whole story about how he died or who supposedly killed him. It didn't even cross his mind that Graves personally knows the TF141.

"South America", Las Almas is in North America. That means what Alex heard is indeed just a rumor. He doesn't know how, who killed him, what happened, or anything. He and Farah don't know any specifics at all. Nada. It's possible that Farah had only just known Graves when he entered that room.

Now here's the kick : Look at Graves' and the Shadow's face + body language beside him as soon as Alex said it :

They were alert. The shadow behind Graves looks like he's ready to aim his weapon.

Graves then quickly settle it down by saying "Well I'm not in it." (As soon as Graves took control of the situation, the shadow behind him eased up a lil')

Then Graves asked :

THAT is Graves' way of finding out how far Alex knew about his death, or possibly what he did. At the same time, he's determining his attitude/approach towards them based on the answers that would be given.

Had they known that Graves massacred a whole town to find Ghost and Soap, that would for sure change his attitude towards Graves. There's no way in hell that they'd act so casual like in the cutscene if they know.

-> If Alex had shown any hostility or any sentence that implied anything about the Las Almas massacre, Farah would 1000% turn hostile and change her view towards the Shadow Company, and Graves might proceed with a different, possibly more violent approach, and the alliance would go poof with guns blazing. (Because come on. Farah's country was basically massacred by Barkov, same as what Graves did in Las Almas)

LUCKILY THOUGH, things went according to Graves' way. Farah cut the conversation short, saying that they have their own battles and have no time for rumors. The scenario went on, Farah and Alex continued to be oblivious about Graves' grave crimes (hah).

TF141 didn't have any convo about Shadow Co. at all to Farah and Alex. I mean, they were busy with their own businesses, the people that was hunted by Graves (Ghost and Soap) was not as closely connected with Faralex compared to Price and Kyle, plus as far as they know, Graves was a case closed. (They had no reason to converse about Graves anyway during the Atomgrad Raid)

(If Price and Kyle was the one hunted down in Las Almas, the story might go differently 👀)

With SC fighting Makarov's Konni Group, SC would for SURE appear in MWIII no doubt. Now Graves need to make sure that Faralex NEVER know about the Las Almas incident.

We'll see how it goes~

[gomzdrawfr]

How about 14 or 11 for the ask game!!

Ur art is so cool :3

[ask game]

11. What's your favourite piece of fanart for [ship]? (can't decide on one so have 80% of my fav)

Mawvax's Christmas ghostsoap (implied mcd), Ghost patting Soap to sleep by Kio-san, everything by Valiants and yooo-lets-go (some of my fav)

oh my days I can't I'm so ill just thinking about it ghostprice shotgunning art by Yakowo, HOLD MY BEER I'M SO NOT NORMAL ABOUT THIS AT ALL priceghost at by murderpoet, you hear growling and feral noises before you even talk about it and it's me, I'm growling over this ghostprice by Valiants

very soft pricegaz by yet again Yakowo, bonus pricenikgaz by crow

I love everything Hexiaolin draw but urwfhghhh....ghonig....

can't think about 09 pricesoap without this animation by definethelimits (and the heart wrenching angst - implied mcd)

how bout soapgaz by Valiants and Yakowo (gee can you guys guess who's one of my fav artist)

every holly's art but my fav for faralex (tw: miscarriage, violence), laswell and her wife, nikprice

hey since we're on nikprice, this absolutely gorg art by Nekrosmos (hi hehe) and Shkretart (I love oblivious Price and lovesick Nik....)

some loving for alerudy by milo, bucketyd (haiiiiii) and havi

rare ship...but...zimorangi...my babies

14. Is there a character or ship you were so sure you would never write/draw but now you've changed your mind?

Honestly I've drawn all the notable and niche cod characters once (even gromsko and swagger) so idk, I guess Graves? xD I'll happily draw him (and Ved'ma) for dearest comrade @karlachismylife hehe

[thereyoflights]

Tattoos, a Faralex drabble

Rated M, 500 words, 1/1 complete

During a moment of quiet, Farah admires Alex’s tattoos.

CW: sexual themes, implied/referenced sex

Read it on AO3 here.

[your-royal-highness-of-trash]

OUGHH sorry bro didn’t see this until after my six hour shift XD Awesome thing to come home to though!!!!

Because of how niche the ship is it’s like there’s a lot more complexity and layers to fandom interactions within it, whereas beloved ships like ghost + soap tend to fall victim to very common characterization.

Because of the fact it’s a rarepair, people aren’t pressured to stick to fanon, as opposed to inferring from canon!! Also due to how vague Farah’s trauma / origin is (Origin as in home country. Because like. How can we represent a gal’s accurately when she’s from a fictional country based on the effects of an entire war?) writers have a lot of wiggle room to experiment with narratives and canon!

Okay that was just me musing heheh

List of favorite things about faralex in no particular order

Accidentally subverting the original themes and messages depending on the perspective of the viewer: Viewing it as intended, Farah’s forces (while shown to be competent) need an extra edge from a stereotypical White Man who has done war crimes, and is better at it than a country seemingly born into war(? Again, fictional country, so?). The average cod fandom viewer instead focuses on how Alex repeatedly allows himself to be educated on Farah’s situation. The cod writers basically accidentally tricked themselves into writing an anti-CIA plot, and implied an extremely compelling interracial / intercultural relationship, and I LOVE that.

It’s so very. Straight but gay?? Does that make sense? They break stereotypes and have compelling personalities beyond romance, which is uncommon in your average straight romance. They’re also not loud and crazy about their relationship in the games— it’s almost like their feelings seem so repressed that it somehow makes it feel queer? Idk. Something something bi wife energy.

They are every single Hozier song ever.

The unrelenting devotion Alex has for Farah makes me swoon. So many opportunities for hurt/comfort!! Bro literally LOST HIS LEG!! Show me the recovery process, the chronic pain, the relief of taking off his prosthetic at the end of the day!! And don’t even get me started on Farah slowly processing her trauma that she received during her time with the Russians

They’re not portrayed in the fics I’ve read as trying to “fix eachother” and it working, if that makes sense? Like in Ghoap fics, I often feel like Soap fixes Ghost, instead of them being mentally ill about it together (faralex), OR lifting up the other while they’re already on their journey- encouraging them to heal, not for their lovers benefit, but for their own. (SOO faralex it hurts.)

Anyways this was probably three layers too meta for ur question 💀 I’ve been in the cod fandom for at least a year(?) and I genuinely believe that Faralex is the best and most underrated ship. It’s so delicious.

FINALLY someone else who’s as insane abt Faralex as me!!

*gently embarrassed but enthusiastic thumbs up*

Thank you! I am SO glad that people on the internet are like "ay cool!" because I literally cannot talk about CoD shipping with any of my irl friends I sound like a fucking lunatic but HONESTLY even randos on youtube videos of them are like "ok they're fucking right?" like WE ALL KNOW THE DYNAMIC IS GOOD IF THE NORMIES ARE FEELING IT.

Anyway I had a weird month and have so much fan content that... we'll see if I post it. Maybe gently over a period of months as to not be unhinged. idk

You should tell me your favorite part about the ship!

[appleciderp]

I'm trying to figure out how to draw Alex properly, since he's like a shapeshifter in every rendition of him (and we're getting him as an operator soon-ish)