#connor & puma

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Happy Valentine´s day DBH

I appreciate you're here!!!

[six-legged-sea-leopard]

catgirls more like catWOMEN amiright

[just-seeing-everything]

My monthly contribution to the dbh fandom

[detroitbecomeonline]

[iwonderwh0]

Thinking about this au [3]

PM700 being Connor's android bestie at DPD. She is the one to befriend him first among androids. Connor deviates initially because her memories got wiped and she no longer remembered that they were ever close. After initial shock and grief Connor befriends her again. She doesn't remember their past interactions but they create new ones. The thought of her accumulating more critical errors for another wipe is fucking daunting. This time Connor stores the backup of her memories intact with his own – luckily he has enough spare memory to store data for both of them + he's relatively new one. If she happened to get erased again and he happened to remain intact by the time it happens himself, maybe they at least have a chance to restore what was lost.

[rattkachuk]

💛 mattdrai after the scf

💛 reunion kiss / relief - ao3 link !!!!!

It’s a late summer in Ontario, and golden sunshine filters through the curtains through one of Connor and Lauren’s many guest rooms, bird song accompanying the breeze through an open window. Leon is sunburnt and its a few days out from Connor’s wedding, and with the amount of events and activities he’d been a part of as one of the groomsmen it was almost enough to make him feel as tired as he was during hockey season. He had to allow himself an hour or so to just do nothing but mindlessly scroll Instagram in the quiet of his room.

He’s pretty sure everybody staying here is doing the exact same thing, there’s some faint voices from the dock on the lake, someone might be watching TV out in the living room, the doorbell rings (probably another McDavid-Kyle family member) and Leon hears a single set of footsteps go to answer the door. It’s all muffled background noise and several minutes pass without Leon thinking much of any of it, until a text pops up on his screen from Connor.

Connor: hey. don’t be mad. he wouldn’t take no for an answer and he rly wants to see you.

There’s no time to process before there’s a gentle knock at the door.

Leon’s fight or flight kicks, seemingly cancelling each other out so he feels like a deer in the headlights and can do nothing but sit still on the bed. “Yah?

The door handle turns and Matthew is standing on the other side. Fucking perfectly endearing smile on his face, and Leon feels his heart twist.

“Hey,” Matthew speaks first, a duffle bag slung over his shoulder as he rocks back and forth on his feet in the doorway.

Leon blinks, finally finding words, “What are you doing here?”

“Uh. Connor’s wedding?”

“Connor didn’t invite you.”

“I was supposed to be your plus one.”

Leon bites his lip and gives a slight shake to his head before making himself get off the bed, walking over to tug Matthew in by the elbow of his sweater—a Puma sweater that Leon had been missing for months now.

The door clicks shut and Matthew lets his bag fall to the floor, “You don’t want me here?”

“Matthew. I don’t know.”

“Okay…well, you haven’t answered a single call or text from me since June, and I already had the tickets booked, if you didn’t want me here you should have fucking said something. How am I supposed to…I don’t know what to do either, this is new territory for me, too, y’know? But I can’t keep waiting around. I need you to talk to me, Leon. So, I'm sorry if this is the only way I can get a conversation with you.”

Leon walks away to create distance between them, going as far as the walls of the room will let him as he buries his face in his hands. His chest hurts while his head is swimming, and an ache that hasn’t left since that final game 7 buzzer surges to the surface and it makes him feel sick. Underneath it all, there’s the bitter taste of regret like bile in his throat. He wasn’t there for Matthew. Wasn’t able to be a normal fucking partner and celebrate with him because he was too busy nursing one of the worst pains he’d ever felt. Something so gnawing and deep that left him feeling empty most days, and so distant from those he loved. So distant that even with Matthew here in front of him, it's hard to look at him.

When he turns back towards him, there’s tears in Matthew’s eyes and he’s not even trying to stop them as they track down his cheeks.

“I’m not sorry for winning,” Matthew tells him, voice thick.

“No. Matthew. You shouldn’t be,” Leon sniffs and takes a minute to choose his words before continuing, “You deserved it, you deserved every second of it. It just. It hurts. You know?”

“I do know,” Matthew looks towards the ceiling and laughs, dry and devoid of any real humour, “This whole time I just kept thinking about how special it would be to celebrate this whole fucking with you, and I can never do that because I know exactly what it feels like.”

“Fuck.”

“Fuck,” Matthew agrees with pursed lips.

Guilt raises it’s hand for a turn in Leon’s sea of emotions, bustling to the front of the line as he thinks about Matthew’s unanswered texts in his phone. The strings of ‘I love you’s’ from that week of partying with the cup, the ‘just checking in’ and ‘i miss you’s’.

“I’m sorry I haven’t answered you,” Leon says, looking down at his feet as the shame burns hot on his neck, “I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to be what you need. I still don’t know if I can be or if…if we…”

Matthew is the one to close the distance, his hands on Leon’s shoulders causing him to look up with a shock.

“Hey. Stop. I just need you, Leo. I don’t need you to be anything more than you have been, not right now,” Matthew moves a hand to the side of Leon’s face, and there’s desperation in his blue eyes, “We’re getting through this, though. And we’re doing it together now, okay? Come on.”

Something drains from Leon a little as he watches Matthew’s eyes, and the ache under his skin grows. Grows until he feels like he needs to pull away again, hide in some dark corner of the world where Matthew can’t find him until he can fix himself, but then Matthew’s hand gives his shoulder a gentle shake and a different sensation starts to dull the hurt. The touch spreads some rays of warmth to his soul like the forgiving sunshine that curls around them both.

There's a new feeling that he can place almost instantly. Relief. He thinks that maybe the cure for all the hurt and the pain was the exact thing he was avoiding. It was Matthew, of course it was.

Leon kisses Matthew, slow and quiet and different than it had ever been before. He pulls him into his arms and Matthew sighs against him, the lines of their bodies pressed together. Matthew had always carried some infectious energy, always able to crawl under Leon’s skin and make a home there with his smug smile and caring heart. It seeped into him now, making Leon feel the warmest and most content he’d been all summer.

When he pulls back, Leon hides his face on Matthew’s shoulder while the other runs his fingers through Leon’s hair.

“I’m glad you’re here,” Leon breaths quietly against Matthew’s neck.

Matthew’s arms tighten around him, “Me too. We’ve got this, yah?”

Leon nods, and he believes him.

[detroitbecomeonline]

Not to hijack this hilarious post but this also Connor & Puma / Connor/Puma vibes

Gavin: When Nines was partnered with me and refused to leave, I started leaving threatening notes on his desk to scare him off.

Gavin: I stopped because one day he had to stop at his apartment on the way to a scene, and I saw he had a bunch of them pinned up in his living room with hearts drawn around them.

[fannyyann]

hi! I’m not really sure why so many people ship mattdrai, and I was just wondering what it is about them that you like personally? I’m not usually someone who can see ships unless they have a lot of “canon” content, and I’ve seen them only interact like twice. can you help me see it?

hiiiii anon! i like mattdrai so much because as individuals matthew and leon are veeeery similar. they're two sides of the same "yappy alternate captain who likes to start shit and is obsessed with his quieter captain" coin and from the interactions they have had on the ice it's very clear that they have FUN riling each other up and that kind of dynamic has always been my favorite across all my fandoms.

also, i definitely get where you're coming from with canon content but from a writing and creating stand point it's sooooo fun to not really have anything but their personalities and canon events to work with!

but before i link you to the mattdrai primer, and some of my favorite canon moments, i'm going to say something super insane and say if canon ships are more your speed you should definitely just get into all matthew and his teammates because there's sooooo much good stuff going on in the panthers locker room lmao

anyway, here's a pretty comprehensive primer for their ~lore up to November 2023 and a list of things not mentioned in it but i'm constantly thinking about:

that time leon very gently grabbed matthew by the waist to pull him away from mike smith

(much funnier and compelling behavior because darnell nurse comes in after this and just pulls matthew back by the neck)

2. the way leon is pretty well known for zooming into scrums when connor's involved, but has been known to just stand by and watch while connor and matthew get into it.

like here in round 2:

and then again earlier this season:

(this is THE most compelling thing about matthew and leon's actual canon, like WHY DOES HE DO THAT?? what's different about matthew???)

3. that time in december 2022 one of the oilers' charity partners chirped matthew in the comments of one of leon's friends & family puma sponcons and instead of deleting the comment, he just deleted the whole post (which, if you scroll through his feed, you know he doesn't delete his sponcon posts lmao)

4. and then of course, my favorite hidden gem, the fact that matthew got some of his game worn jerseys from the 2023 asg signed by all the guys there, and then all the guys from the atlantic team (8:05), so somewhere in matthew's possession he has a jersey he asked leon to sign :')

[tysonfurybattlepass]

shaking and crying and throwing up i picked connor’s name because it sounds like her species name (puma concolor) and her honshū wolf gf who goes by ash in her music is actually tsukiko (moon child) but i just fucking googled it and connor. connor means. the etymological origin of connor is.

lover of wolves. her name is lover of wolves she has a fucking wolf gf im so fucking smart i didnt even fucking jnow it god really does love me

[frankedz]

Congratulations to the fantastic @detroitbecomeonline for participating in Leo's surprise birthday party!!

I had a blast working with you and I really hope you like your prize!!

Thank you so much to the organizers of this wonderful event @detroitbhappy as well!!

[six-legged-sea-leopard]

holy shit. another gay cat

[just-seeing-everything]

Okay so

I tried drawing Puma AGAIN! after reading There are Thousands, based on that photo she shows Connor where she has beads and braids and etc... But now I don't know if still looks much with Puma :( (also based on this post)

[detroitbecomeonline]

I worked my ass off on this art of Puma please enjoy it I did it in Paint.net this time and I used the paintbrush tool which is like one of 3 tools and I don't know any key binds or shortcuts and I learned nothing about shapes despite drawing so many of them

[iwonderwh0]

Connor: Say goodbye to the Connor you know and love, for today is the day I forever change.

Puma: Ooh, are you finally growing a mustache?

Connor: No, you know I can't do that. And it's cruel of you to keep bringing it up.

[fishymom-art]

WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL WOULD EVERYONE (and I mean EVERYONE..even Nathan..who I majorly dislike) BE IN METAL AND INK? This also includes yourself and Len because I think you two are awesome ^ ^

JESUS CHRIST GUYS WHAT IS GOING ON AHAHEGLIUHEALIUGH

Okay, you'll have to go through a fucking list again, because AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF THEM AGIEUHALIEUHGLIAEUHGLIAEUHG WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME WHY ARE YOU SO CURIOUS ALL OF A SUDDEN

Main Comic:

Joey Drew/Datura - Orca

Henry Stein - Golden Retriever

Susie Campbell/Susie Angel - Valais Blacknose Sheep

Dr. Daniel Hackenbush/ Metal Bendy - A stray Black cat

Sammy Lawrence - Nightingale

Wally Franks - Clown Fish

Grant Cohen - Burrowing Owl

Lacie Benton - Curled Octopus

Norman Polk / The Projectionist - Dutch Draft Horse

Johnny Polk / Lost Johnny - Galineers Cob

Allison Pendle / Angelic Allison - Hummingbird

Thomas Connor / Tom the Wolf - Alexander Archipelago Wolf (duh)

Audrey Stein - Harrier Hawk

Nightmare Joey - Sphynx cat

Extra:

Nelly Pevolet / Nightmare Nelly - Deer Mouse

Talyn Benton - Bernese Mountain Dog

Valeria Connor - Bullfinch

Kameela Franks - Springbok

Aminata Awee - Puma

Jamie Green - Jaybird

Wilson Arch / The Creation - Common Raven

Nathan Arch - a fucking tapeworm Persian Cat

Additional:

Len - Ragdoll cat

Tim/ The Lyricist - Betta fish

Bertrum Piedmont - Black Maned Lion

Shawn Flynn - Sea Otter

Lance Derby - Black-Footed Ferret

[qrjung]

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I knew you were going to ask for Connor 🌝

the game

How I feel about this character: I like Connor a lot. He's interesting, he's pretty, etc but there's so much of him in the fandom that I'm actually tired of him. It's like eating the same thing over and over—at some point you won't want to eat anymore

All the people I ship romantically with this character: it's a lot of people but uh... Markus, North, Simon, Josh either individually or as a group (polycho!!!). I've also become a Connor/Puma shipper. There's also Kara, the first person I started shipping Connor with. And sometimes, I think about Connor with Kamski and it's an interesting, I can say that for sure

My non-romantic OTP for this character: North. I know I already put her in the romantic list but they would be besties. I'm 100% sure of it.

My unpopular opinion about this character: Connor doesn't hate Amanda. Hear me out; he clearly respects her opinion and thinks their relationship is important enough that we get a counter for it. Other than Hank, she's the only person in Connor's route we're supposed to care about. The game does the whole Amanda v Hank thing like "who is more important to you". She has had a major influence on him and he doesn't want to disappoint her. So I think he wouldn't completely hate her on the deviant route but he will be disappointed and heartbroken. Maybe eventually his disappointment will turn into anger?

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: Connor and Perkins working on the deviancy case. Especially at the end of the game. I know their dynamic wouldn't be fun at all but I think they would work well together (the human deviant hunter and the android deviant hunter seems like an interesting duo) and if Connor deviates, he would be in closer proximity to be able to punch Perkins