#but the focus would be on ik so it'd be background (and also very mild since they don't know each other well)

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So like,,, will Zhaolu ever be canon in JTTA?? I think the only ship you've confirmed Belpheroth, but they live rent-free in my head

Also Solomon and Mephisto.... beloveds........

i'm not sure, to be honest! in the beginning it was just a funny thing isolated to the ddvd au, but i'd be lying if i hadn't gotten genuinely attached to their relationship... though, in relation to what i've said before - it wouldn't be happening any time soon after jtta ends. potentially i could sprinkle in some moments in that post-jtta thing i keep mentioning?

re: solphisto! again, even if they were to end up together, it'd be post-jtta, and a lot of the steps would more likely take place in private - in any case, any ik-centric writing wouldn't focus much on romance, so it'd be in the background

for the record, this is going to be the case for belpheroth as well! so i guess it's more just a matter of whether people want to see the pairings - since their appearances aren't going to affect the main jtta plotline, and won't significantly affect the plan for that bonus, i'm at liberty to do whatever. then again, when the time comes, i might decide they're too cute and add them regardless of how anyone feels. that's the power of authorship, baby!

i might conduct a poll once jtta's finished about it? the brothers poll got more votes than i expected, so it might be a decent metric (then again, i don't know how many of those votes came from jtta readers and how many were just general obey me players, so perhaps not)