I started thinking about Shelby and Owen which turned into a fic in my head which turned into Owen telling her he can't read which turned into vampire book club: teaching Owen his letters edition
This two are just so obsessed with each other in a bad way. Their perspectives are so opposed but they still need the other to 'see the light' even though every time they try it turns into an argument that makes everyone in the room feel like they're third-wheeling a failing marriage.
It could be enemies to lovers, but during episodes 3 and 4 when these 2 had that solidarity with each other their dynamic was so interesting, both being victims of the coven (particularly Scott) and almost standing together. That fact that they had a falling out and ended up hating each other is just a bonus that makes their dynamic more spicy
Yuri so toxic it’s radioactive
They hate each other so much they need to kiss about it
Really tho they both have a sardonic, sarcastic sense of humor, are ruthless survivors, and will not hesitate to end anyone who threatens their beloved
Toxic Yuri to balance out all the happy endings with got in final /j
stuck in this mess together
People sleep on the fact that V!Cleo hated the way V!Apo almost was trusted entirely by all vampires before her as V!Cleo then sabotaged V!Apo chances to like being a vampire and be accepted as one. They could have been enemies to lovers
THEYRE SO TOXIC YURI ONCE THEYRE BOTH TURNED. SO TOXIC YURI. they cant STAND each other. the tension between them at the end of ep 4 on the way to the ruined tower with legundo is PALPABLE. they cant STAND the way the other is going about their situation. i love them so dearly. please everyone get more rottenapple toxic yuri pilled itd be beneficial for society 🙂↕️🙂↕️
I could go on and on about their relationship but tbh just their divorced energy does it for me. They act like exes it's so entertaining to me. Whenever someone breaks up their fighting both of them are like "it's nothing…we're fine" like okay did Scott file the divorce papers lmao??? Absolute peak everyone is sleeping on it
theyre so snippy at eachother i love tgem
yeah i know yuri won but what if the yuri was toxic af. like Super Toxic.
They hate eachother in a deeply homoerotic way<3 kismesis or whatever you call it. Stuck in the same horrid situation and refuses to work together<3 also "you and your precious guilt" drives me insane<3
Dude they hate eachother and they’re real gay about it dudeeeeee they’re parallels bro dude they’re the same person and they hate eachother for it bro that scene at the end of episode three??? The whole keep it together bit wht??? That’s so gay bro and the finale with them fighting and fighting til the townsfolk were basically telling them to get a damn room??? What??? They’re literally in love dude
LOVINGSTAKE
Realistically ofc I don’t think they could ever be healthy together, but I really love the idea of two individuals who crave belonging with very opposite views and ideals absolutely RUINING eachother. Optimism vs. Pessimism a tale as old as time. Owen in the beginning, while willing to indulge, had no genuine faith in the coven. But yet as it progressed, there was these desperate moments of trying to keep coven members like Shelby close by by isolating her, tampering with avids message, even keeping the skull left inside because he would rather hold on to it in death then see Shelby see avid in any sort of redeeming light. CC!Owen on Twitter even mentioned that if Shelby were to try and excommunicate him from the family he would’ve thrown it at her feet and tell her that he was “Protecting” her (yk like a liar..). And Shelby, someone who didn't want to hurt anybody and saw the coven as a source of comfort and trust, eventually saw violence as something inevitable and even killed her own coven member due to Owen’s influence and actions. During the beach confrontation with Cleo, Pearl, and drift she defends him and believes that she can get through to him and that there’s smth good in him. Don’t even talk to me about the whole bridge scene, “would he have feared the monster he created?” (FUCK HIM UP SHELBY!!). Also call this a reach but I’d like to think That Owen saw so much of Louis in Shelby… They’re Kindness and somewhat gracious acceptance, her slightly naive pacifism and wanting to coexist with the humans, her loyalty to those she cares about and them even TURNING another sick man (avid) BECAUSE they care for them.. and if said the importance of “Fire” in Shelby’s narrative… anyways long useless rant I just think they’re dynamic is very interesting and has so much potential ^^
tbey have some weird crazy toxic relationship going on idk. owen is constantly actively manipulating shelby into staying with the coven and shelby is ignoring all the obvious red flags. i think they should get even weirder with it
she's like, the one person Owen genuinely cares for.. also he's a long-haired, morally-questionable, dead-wife(husband)-having, angsty dark romance boyfriend.. you cannot tell me Shelby wouldn't be interested
Shelby tries her best to see the best in Owen until the very end, and she was one of the only humans that Owen admitted to liking, the only one in the first episode. Owen also continues to like Shelby, this is stated multiple times as being the only reason that he doesn’t harm her. Just imagine Shelby’s heart shattering upon learning that not only her friend, her fledgling had died, but he was also killed by the man she admired and secretly crushed on
VSMP au where everything went the same except it was Shelby who saw Owen in the woods and told him she was going to kill him for Avid. And Owen was so exhausted that he simply walked with her and spoke with her before allowing her to stake him because he deep down doesn't want Shelby to be so full of anger and hate that she turns out like him
