The Shipping of Blake Manor
There is barely any Tumblr content for Seance of Blake Manor, so in lieu of seeing everyone else's posts, here's a crack/sorta-canon-based shipping ramble, based off of what I've seen in-games and imagined.
D'Arcy and Dupre - Literal first one ever seen in-game, thanks to Skerrit. They apparently spend a questionable amount of time with each other, were in the pitch demo together based on what devs said, and livestreams sure love to think they'll make out directly after Day Two breakfast.
Two things I took note of: Murphy says that she was pouring tea for them when D'Arcy was reading Dupre some of her stories. If D'Arcy's key isn't stolen at breakfast, Dupre seems outright joyful about going to the courtyard with her.
Ward and Touissant - Look, there is zero in-canon basis for this beyond that Touissant roped him into investigating Erickson, but come on. Please. I want them together in zany investigations and for Ward to have overheard Touissant, McLeod, and Lau's ballroom conversation just to pull out a bisexual flag. Something to take note of: Touissant corrected a lot of D'Arcy's work when she was writing a novel based off Blake Manor's events. Recent Steam post says that D'Arcy was into writing gothic romances (though I suspect this info is outdated because I swore she was into writing mystery novels?). My unfounded joke theory is that she was shipping them in her novels and he had to go on a denial run.
McLeod and Lau - An actually canon one to throw a wrench into things. They're quite sweet overall considering their... circumstances... might Miss Deane be homophobic, or just opportunistic?, desperate times call for desperate measures. I can't say they're my favorite, as they're mostly just stable in a bad situation, but when the alternative is O'Meara trying to hook up with them (which apparently was more prominent in earlier game drafts), I'd absolutely keep them together and not apart. Ruairi and Barbosa - Probably more of a personal ship for me, but I think it'd be cute. Callaghan's about the only person in Barbosa's questline that's just helpful with no strings attached instead of 'hey wanna take all my money' or 'hey i'm gonna confront you over stuff you already know, what do you have to say about that!?' Barbosa just walks in, meets a bunch of strangers who help her discover everything she was after, and settles her whole life. To take note: I swear she spends a lot of time on Day 3 out with Ruairi near the stables, but it's been a while since I played through that save, so I'm not sure if that was triggered by something else. Quinn and Barbosa - Ah, the archetypal 'we are from feuding families and must resolve this by kissing.' I can see it, really, they'd make good friends and are both quite down-to-earth, could see it evolve... ...I just don't know if Barbosa's grandma would accept it. 'I can excuse pansexuality, but I draw the line at it being with a Quinn!' To take note: Devs on Discord said that they intended it to be more clear that Quinn and Barbosa would keep in touch. Barbosa also says she's made some people who might be friends in her reflection, so they seem to be keeping in touch. Darragh and Joyce? - I think Joyce implies she finds Darragh good-looking in her dialogue about him, but I might've been reading it wrong. Dupre and Joyce - Based mostly off of their ending epilogue. I'm personally meh on it, but it's funny to me that he's closer to her as an age peer than D'Arcy.
Doyle and Deane - Canon-supported but even in canon it seems like more of a fling. At least he was happy? Hisham and Vases - I am just amazed at how disconnected her plot was from the overall storyline, this ship is my way of coping.