as promised, the world's most convoluted laios ship chart.
black arrow: romantic/sexual relationship (doesn't have to be both and casualness is denoted)
red arrow: WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE????
seen from Croatia
seen from Russia
seen from China
seen from Saudi Arabia
seen from China
seen from Russia

seen from France
seen from United States
seen from Japan

seen from Australia
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Russia
seen from United States

seen from France

seen from United States
seen from Maldives
seen from China
seen from Spain
as promised, the world's most convoluted laios ship chart.
black arrow: romantic/sexual relationship (doesn't have to be both and casualness is denoted)
red arrow: WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE????
i just peaked into an alternative TL where Laios was the one that got eaten by the dragon, so Falin & co had to go save him.
The way it played out (and I was thinking about this before falling asleep bcs it came up in a conversation with a RP buddy) Falin wants to go immediately, Marcille and Toshiro can't stop her, ChilChuck tags along, Namari is instructed by Toshiro to go look for his retainers so they catch up to them since he feels like the party is at a disadvantage with only him as a physical fighter.
The funny thing is that the fandom went from a ship war between Farcille and Shulin to a unspoken agreement that those three were in a V poly relationship, since over the course of the story the combined wet paper bag energy of Marcille + Toshiro (plus the face that Toshiro is canonically a bit intimidated by Marcille. Marcille. Marcille) made everyone realise, oh, they're a funny duo, let's put them in situations. Romance is a situation.
And this was the fanon until the party meets Kabru & co, and they rescue Laios, point at which the weird foiling/reflecting/"I respect you and I know you've had good intentions with me but the way you approach me gets on my nerves because it's rude and also I feel responsible for not making up for your carelessness which got you eaten but also if you saw me properly I'd want to befriend you please SEE ME properly so I can befriend you"/"you're the coolest thing since swiss cheese what do you mean we aren't friends already"/"actually I agree with the guy dying to kick some sense into you and also your ass I've been trying to befriend you for so long please look at me properly this is who I am underneath wanting to leverage your strength and also keep an eye on you bcs your fascination with monsters concerns me: a guy who recognises your strengths and your struggles and wants to relate to you as an equal"/"btw isn't it funny how we're so similar in so many ways, intrigued buddy who I've just adopted?" "You're right, interesting, this is the first time I find it so easy to speak to a guy approximately my age" "surrogate mommy issues?" 🤝 "Surrogate mommy issues" happens,
At which point the fandom divided like we were the sea and fucking moses was taking a stroll:
Pathetic failgirls V-shaped poly ship VS. Chaotic yaoi polycule. The shade was insane, "Toshiro's a trans girl and Falin cracked his egg" truthers vs. "He's gay and demi and so repressed he's one 'no, thank you' away from collapsing into himself like black hole"
Don't get distracted. The IMPORTANT THING was that in this dream I kept winning because my blorbo (Toshiro, Falin) is automatically my fandom bicycle so I was thriving. It was a feast and chat I was getting fed.
This revelation looped like 4 times with minimal changes in my mind (that I can remember). It was great. Why am I in this fuckass TL smfhsmfhsmfhsmfhblrblrwrlll
Picture 2 sets of t-shirts:
Laishuro "God won't let me die" "I'm god" vs. Kabro "I'm exhausted" "I'm fucking exhausted"
Toshiro has to pick one (God won't let me die / I'm exhausted)
which one wins
Laishuro's
Kabro's
he can get both. as a little treat.
im bald / both are awful / shuro u good?