I have a thing for Wemmbu being loved by powerful leaders of powerful groups (particularly antagonists). Like Restrained Ruin is my most recent example, but I also really like Zambu, and even Ashbu (did they ever even meet in UU??).
Anyway, I'm in an Ashbu (+ Squiddo, since SquidSwagg have a "do not separate" sign in my head) mood so that's what we're going with rn.
Current working timeline: Wemmbu doesn't stay at the treehouse after Mane leaves, instead adventuring out. She eventually stumbles across Ash himself (don't know how or where but probably just out in the wild or somethin) and he takes one good look at her and is internally like "yeah smash". Being the manipulative man he is, he instantly turns the charm up to max and starts the conversation with sly testing and a little flirting, and ending with inviting her into the mafia.
HOWEVER!! Instead of being a normal member, or even one of the higher tiered players, he invites her to be a secret bodyguard. Essentially, she sticks around him while full invis in order to protect him in case of an emergency. Like his stasis doesn't work for some reason, or someone found an insta-kill technique.
He sniffs out exactly what makes her tick pretty quickly, and incorporates it into his convincing. So mentioning how her position would be incredibly high up (higher than Flames) and how he thinks she would fit perfectly due to her protective nature (not destructive, not something to be ashamed of like Mane was), how she's clearly a valuable person, not because of her strength but because of how quickly she learns (complimenting the traits that most people ignore in favor of the obvious ones).
It works, and she ends up joining as his newly found bodyguard. Her identity though, is kept a secret from pretty much everyone. Most people don't even know she exists. Ash knows obviously, Minute knows she exists but not who she is, Squiddo knows all, Egg sort of knows, but he's hanging out in a little cabin within mafia territory (under their protection), and Spoke eventually finds out about her the hard way, but not her identity. (Covering all my bases)
In the end though, this is a giant (overdramatic) plot to ultimately romance the hot purple (his color!!!) lady who can kick ass. So in the downtime they have, Ash keeps up the flirting, giving her gifts, initiating random cuddle sessions, and at some point things evolve into more intimate moments. Make no mistake though! Squiddo is absolutely giving hella advice behind the scenes, initiating their own cuddle sessions, and encouraging all the flirting and gifts. SquidSwagg are married and want a third in the form of one mace-wielding princess!!
Wemmbu falls surprisingly fast, but it's probably because none of her previous love interests were particularly... nice in their "romance attempts". She doesn't even have to fight much, only shooing off the occasional attempt on Ash's life, so she's able to just enjoy it all.
Until, of course, the resistance to take down the mafia. Plot armor dictates that the mafia still falls in the end, but it would definitely be a harder win to take since not only is Wemmbu not there to help, but she's actively opposing them as a mafia member. Maybe there's some side plot with Mane and Flame and they end up helping the resistance or something? To even the scales. Flame turns on the mafia to help his brother in the end and they make up quicker in this timeline.
Wemmbu absolutely gets a dramatic reveal (of her own accord) and kicks a lot of ass before things go down. I just haven't decided if she goes out on her own after, or if she sticks with Ash and joins him in his exile.
I'm leaning towards joining him in exile because it would be cute for them to essentially retire together, but also when the next big enemy shows up (probably Law still), it would invite a very awesome dramatic scene where Parrot realizes the only way to truly fight the biggest threat on the server, is to turn yesterday's enemies into today's allies.
(slightly backtracking, but I've always headcannoned Squiddo as someone who doesn't have sex, but is all for watching it happen, which if you've seen my ask from meda's blog, you'll know what I mean. So Squiddo is definitely there and involved, just not quite as in the forefront of the action as Ash and Wemmbu.)
-Anon S (12 paragraphs RIP me)
nooo because i love ashbu bro. and like. ash manipulating wemmbu to join the mafia ??? legit wouldve happened in canon if they ever interacted. if he could manipulate the master manipulator of the server (spoke), he can surely do it to the other one.
i know this is mostly about ashbu, but i kinda wanna talk about squidswagbu now..... maybe ash being suspicious of wemmbu at first (thinking her like any other stronger pvper, someone to be kept at arm's length at best), but squiddo vouches for her and talking about their time in her "empire" and how she would keep squiddo and her other civilians safe no matter what. and ash trusts her word for it and starts trusting wemmbu more.
