#xanodin

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My heart is still xanlas territory but listen... Xander makes the my aching blood pose and Odin has a heart attack

anon… u know my heart is also full of XanLas but I do have a big secret weakness for XanOdin as that ship I wanna see happen but can never figure out how.

by which I mean Odinw ould Absolutely die on the spot if Xander did that, as well as me

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Uuuuugh, I didn't know I wanted XanOdin but now I'm thinking about it. It's so unlikely yet I love both characters, it's a great idea, oh no what have you done. What if Odin saves Xander's life at some point. What if they accidentally nerd at each other. What if Odin impresses Xander with sword skills. Or touched by how much Odin cares about his little brother or Odin likes how he treats Laslow. Also extremely awkward sexual tension. Woops I'm imagining it now, oh no

(referring to this ask) That’s how Rare Pair Hell gets you, anon. You didn’t know you wanted something and now that’s all you can think about, lol.

Yes!! Mutually saving lives! Or nerding out and proving how unexpectedly nerdy and human you (Xander) are! Bonding!! Impressive sword skills (like in the Gay Fates Hack)!! Bonding over caring about the same people!! Relationship building!! Anon, you’re dragging me down with you!

(also not to toot my own horn like always, but a reminder I did write a XanOdin fic and also a XanLaslOdin fic  once upon a time ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°))

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What ship do you like that you feel is hard to make work in (Fates) canon and why?

At first I misread this question as “Which ship is hard to make work in Fates canon in general,” and I was going to answer that no ship is really impossible to make work because of the way Fates and Awakening have the Support system. Even ships that don’t have a canon support could arguably happen because of the established way Supports happen and how everyone is in the same army together at some point or another. So everything is possible, really. Then I reread the question.

Now, that said, which ship do I like that is hard to justify in canon anyway? Xander/Odin.

Anon, I read the Gay Fates Hack for them one (1) time and fell head over heels for a hot minute. I even wrote a fic about them. And then I wrote a XanLowOdin fic because I couldn’t stop and was trying really hard to find ways to make it happen. Both fics are Modern AU because I literally couldn’t figure out a way for them to romance in canon, even though I just said anything is possible. I ended up really disappointed when writing that second fic because I ran out of steam with how to make it work, but in hindsight I feel just fine about it. I don’t think about them a ton anymore, but I’d still bow at the feet of anyone who can figure out a way to make it work and write Xander/Odin convincingly. A good fic or piece of art could probably reignite the flames in my heart in a literal heartbeat.

And that’s my secret Fates ship that I don’t know how to do, lol