#devon x rowan

[professor-abeloved]

My Personal DeWan (devon/wan) Manifesto

ill talk about this more in another post, but the thing about wan is that they were always going to choose their family, their friends over their supposed One Great Love right

so as they watched me pace my room in my 297447th ilw-induced breakdown, i told my gf how wan is probably grayromantic. he's a flirt but he rarely falls in love (and honesty they need to work on self-love and mental health too aadhtkl)

so after matthias, i was thinking that wan may not want to pursue a romantic relationship for a while (or ever). which is super valid and tbh friendship route with the main 4 is so fun!! I love writing wan breaking down bonding with them <3

but then something happened.

[ILW CH20 SPOILERS]

the answer was easy: no.

i mean i obviously have a playthrough where i said yes so i can betray him and/or live in evil happily ever after

but when i imagined wan turning mattyasshole down for The Power of Friendship I did nawt expect the catalyst to be my number one babygirl devon (cue my gf laughing as I yelled and screamed and jumped on my bed)

and i got to thinking because THIS SCENE WAS REALLY CUTE #RipHarper (who wan had a crush on)

THEN I REMEMBERED THAT WAN ALSO HAD A CRUSH ON DEVON AOIFHDOIFH LIKE I LITERALLY WROTE THAT (AS A JOKE AT THAT TIME)

AND THEN I REMEMBERED WHAT THAT ONE REDFIELD!ILITW MC X ILW MC ANON SAID. LIKE BRUH. wan's type is people they perceive as kind and good and a lil bit quirky <3 it's a fun coincidence too that their crushes have been...affected by the Power through death and whatnot (mattyass gaining Power through Death, Harper D-wording, Devon Re-Aliving)

on the flip side, i love ilw mc's parallels to noah marshall, actually. the dedication to saving one's little sister (at the start, so it seemed). in my playthroug, wan gets along with noah well because they are snarky bihs with low self esteem. devon has a type is what im saying what im not saying is that i realized their parallels 1k words in my devon/wan fic

and then of course the iconic meet cute:

ITS HITTING ME BECAUSE OF THE PARALELS BABES. devon is wan's mirror. the shadow sewn to his feet. one was human made shadow and the other shadow made human. romantic or platonic, it'd be cute for them to talk about having powers, coming to life, and how it feels when someone you care for wants to ritually sacrifice you

on that note what i really like is how devon can potentially be sacrificed by a friend (again. like jfc give them a break)... but not wan. wan would rather die than betray a friend. so it'd be cute and fun for devon to be reassured by juan's loyalty (to a fault) and wan to have devon's optimism (to a fault)

also DON'T U THINK ITS CUTE HOW WAN BROUGHT DEVON'S DOG BACK TO LIFE. THAT'S SWEET. THEY CO-OWN A DOG NOW.

anyways my tldr is im jumping ship for my wan end game (but far far in the future after devon and wan have healed and gotten loads of therapy, hurt/comfort and sweet slowburn tension):