#MAKES MY CHELL FIGURE AND MY WHEATLEY KEYCHAIN KISS

[girlwiththegreenhat]

wheatley x chell. go on

explodes

my Printed Copy Of Blue Sky And I have a few words. dare i say this is the ORIGINAL girlboss and malewife, for me at least. friends to enemies back to friends and, very eventually, lovers. nobody comes out of aperture without a good number of scars and i love me a good redemption story. i love chell trying to navigate a post-combine world with the scraps of humanity that clung on through it all, like we always do. trying to find Normalcy where she's not constantly running on adrenaline fighting for her life, finding a peaceful way to live the rest of her life. she is a testament to the tenacity of humanity as a whole. and the thought of wheatley somehow finding his way back to earth and getting to reconnect with her, to have meant his apology to the void and trying to make up for what he did, to finally have Escaped aperture and THE BOTH OF THEM getting to see what comes after!! GOD. sometimes you need someone who knows what you've been through and they are Perfect to help each other through it. they were a team before, they can be a team again, though hopefully this time without any Life Or Death situations.

this gets the "better in fanon than in canon" tag because, even though it can still be fun otherwise, the absolute Best versions of this ship exist with Plentiful Headcanons and post-aperture environments. wheatley having to choose to better himself and make up for betraying her is a Core Piece to me, chell has already fought for her happy ending but he hasn't yet. he has the opportunity, but he has to take the Steps. and while she has no obligation to forgive him... it's a nice thought that she would give him that chance, he is probably her oldest friend by virtue of not having anybody left from Before Aperture, and he's giving this all an honest shot.

and if you plug in the "ALL the personality constructs used to be Real Human People like GLaDOS" headcanon? it gives it Many layers of Robot Identity Crisis that i am ALWAYS here for, and he gets to join her in trying to rediscover what it means to be human and live.

so anyway this is the original OTP it still rots my brain so very wonderfully they even have the Complimentary Colors thing going on i ADORE THEM