#connor stoll x sherman yang

[newobsessioneveryweek]

Peace at last (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

Even sons of Ares can enjoy moments of peace :]

This is how I imagine I'm going to end my fic so needless to say this takes place after the Battle of Manhattan

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Please look at this, it took entirely too long to draw and I am TIRED •́⁠ ⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠,⁠•̀

Edit: I cleaned it up in the morning so don't be alarmed if you clicked on a reblog and the pics have changed

[shuutingstar]

look who’s bored again. me, i am. have some pjo side character incorrect quotes because i love them so much.

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Paolo: what does “Take Out” mean?

Connor: Food.

Valentina: Dating.

Laurel and Holly: Murder.

Sherman: all three if you’re not a coward!

Connor: Me and Malcolm were playing Scrabble and it was a nightmare.

Juniper: Scrabble? Scrabble’s great.

Connor: Not when you’re playing with Malcolm. He puts words like “ephemeral” and I put “dog.”

Mitchell: you’re petty.

Drew: you mispronounced ‘pretty’ but okay.

Ellis: crushes are the worst!

Cecil: yeah, whenever I’m near mine, I start acting stupid.

Ellis: pfft you’re always stupid.

Cecil: yeahhh, don’t think about that too hard.

Ellis:

Travis: if we put Luke, Thalia and Annabeth in a room, who do you think would come out crying first?

Connor: the room.

Jake: did you hear? Luke was almost hit by an arrow in training today!

Michael: I know. He was faster than I thought.

Jake:

Michael: don’t worry, I’ll get him next time.

Malcolm: gods, this is the dumbest thing I’ve ever done!

Drew: aren’t you dating Connor?

Connor: that was uncalled for!

Mitchell: I want to be like a caterpillar.

Clovis: Explain.

Mitchell: eat a lot, sleep, wake up beautiful.

Clovis: you do know you would have a lifespan of about a week?

Mitchell: another highlight.

Katie: did you know cereal is basically cold breakfast soup?

Connor: *drops cereal bowl*

Travis: STOP SCARING THE KIDS KATIE!

Laurel: the risk I took was carefully calculated.

Billie and Damien: WE ALMOST DIED!

Laurel: I never said I was good at maths.

[beuatifulbuttercup]

incorrect quotes of random ships from background pjo characters bc I have no life

Sherman: My future partner must be brave, strong, intelligent, successful and organized. Miranda: steps on a caterpillar and proceeds to drop to their knees and sob while apologizing profusely Sherman: That one. I want that one.

Ellis: Two brooooos! Cecil: Chillin' in a hot tub! Ellis: Five feet apart 'cause we're not gay! Cecil: Ellis: Cecil: tearing up Ellis: Babe, c'mon… Cecil: AND HERE YOU REALLY HAD ME THINKING WE HAD SOMETHING. Ellis: Babe…

Valentina: Since we're in a relationship now, your clothes are my clothes too. Don't ask me why I have your shirt on, this is our shirt. Austin: Fine, but when I come strutting in with your fuzzy socks I don't want to hear shit.

Drew: I want to wake up with you every day for the rest of our lives. Nyssa: I wake up at 4:30 AM every day to go to the forges. Drew: I want to see you at some point every day for the rest of our lives.

Travis: I’m in love with you. Katie: We called off the prank war last night at midnight, dork. Travis: I know. Katie: Ah. Okay. Um. Cool. Neat. Very cool. Cool. Cool. Coolcoolcool-

Mitchell: The first time I saw you, you stole my heart. Connor: But I'm a kleptomaniac, so that doesn't mean anything.

EXTRA

Lou Ellen: Too many songs about love. Not nearly enough songs about magic fights.

[collagedotorg]

Collage Masterpost Part 1

This list will be organized by genre/fandom, and within those sections each collage will be individually linked. This Part Covers Riordanverse and Part 2 will have everything else. I can't pin them both but the link to Part 2 is here: Masterpost P2

Riordanverse

PJO/HoO/ToA

Percy Jackson

Annabeth Chase

Grover Underwood

Nico di Angelo

Jason Grace

Leo Valdez

Piper McLean

Hazel Levesque

Frank Zhang

Apollo/Lester Papadopolous

Thalia Grace

Luke Castellan

Will Solace

Reyna Avila Ramirez Arellano

Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Zöe Nightshade

Bianca di Angelo

Clarisse La Rue

Silena Beauregard

Charles Beckendorf

Lee Fletcher

Michael Yew

Katie Gardner

Chris Rodriguez

Meg McCaffrey

Octavian

Castor & Pollux

Ethan Nakamura

Calypso

Lou Ellen Blackstone

Travis and Connor Stoll

Malcolm Pace

Alabaster C. Torrington

Juniper

Cecil Markowitz

Sally Jackson

Clovis

Camp Half Blood

The Broken Trio (Luke, Annabeth, Thalia)

Camp Jupiter

Hylla Ramirez Arellano

Sherman Yang

Drew Tanaka

Chiara Benvenuti

Damien White

Blanche

Miranda Gardiner

Lityerses

Dakota

Paolo Montes

Julia Feingold & Alice Miyazawa

Harley

Jake Mason

Mitchell

Holly & Laurel Victor

Kayla Knowles

Nyssa Barrera

Ellis Wakefield

Lavinia Asimov

Valentina Diaz

Solangelo

The Seven (Plus Nico and Reyna)

Cabin 13

Cabin 14

Cabin 16

Cabin 19

Percy Jackson x Taylor Swift

Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Disney+

The Kane Chronicles

Sadie Kane

Carter Kane

Bast

Anubis

Walt Stone

Zia Rashid

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

Alex Fierro

Magnus Chase

[novemberwasgrey]

Do you have any shonnor headcanons??

I constantly multiship them with Sheranda (also I ship Connor with one of my oc Ares girl) so I've put both romantic and platonic headcanons

Romantic

Sherman and Connor were secret FWB for the longest time and no one ever knew about it. Everyone in camp just always took them for these occasional friends who'd team up once in a blue moon against a common enemy. Connor suggests the prank, Sherman makes it more painful and they'd have a good laugh afterwards. They have the same kind of dark sense of humor and always speak bluntly to each other, not afraid to give a piece of their mind.

The whole thing started when they played truth or dare with their siblings and friends. Mark dared Sherman to kiss Connor. When all expected a grossed out and categoric no, Sherman just shrugged and leaned in to kiss him. Everyone freaked their shit and was so shook and they laughed at their reactions, loving the attention. But they didn't take their eyes off the other for the rest of the game. At the end of it, all campers got up to retire to their cabins before curfew and Sherman discreetly nodded to him towards the woods. Connor followed him without a word. That night, they hooked up for the first time.

They were the perfect embodiment of perfectly comfortable with each other FWB where feelings never got involved and they stopped the whole thing when they fell in love with other people. Sherman started dating Miranda and Connor started dating Mitchell and both drifted apart for two years.

Then Sherman and Miranda broke up but remained good friends. A bit later, Mitchell cheated on Connor with Malcolm. The next day, Sherman found a heartbroken drunk Connor in the woods with a bottle of vodka, they shared the bottle while Connor was telling stupid jokes to hide his sadness. Sherman just listened and faked a laugh without saying anything. At some point, Connor looked at him all seriously and said: "wanna know a secret? You were better in bed than him anyway." Sherman didn't respond at first even though it was the perfect occasion to brag. He just looked at him with the same intensity than that night they played truth or dare before leaning in to kiss Connor. That night they hooked up again for the first time in two years.

After that, they went back to sleeping together again except that they hid much less and showed signs of affection in public. The moment both Travis and Ellis started to suspect them is this afternoon at the lake where Sherman suddenly knocked a peanuts bag Percy was handling to Connor on the ground. "What the heck's your problem?" Percy exclaimed "he's allergic to nuts you stupid"

Bc the thing is, even though they were never official, they know each other per heart, Sherman knows things about Connor that no one else does and vice versa. They're protective of each other and Connor even pranks his cabin less because of him.

Eventually, I imagine Travis and Ellis intervening to help their brothers realize they're more than fck buddies. Sherman would be reluctant at first because he thinks he's only a rebound for Connor after his break up with Mitchell and Connor thinks Sherman would never date a guy in public. Ellis tells him Sherman was the first person to support him when he came out and that if there's something Sherman doesn't give a dam about, it's boys dating boys.

Finally, they get their shit together and become official and the most dangerous yet close couple Camp Half-Blood has ever known. They're also Ares' and Hermes' favorite couple before CecilxEllis and ChrisxClarisse (what do you mean the gods don't do favorites ofc they do)

Platonic

Still allies to prank somebody they mutually dislike and became friends in the process. They mostly bonded over Cecil and Ellis not able to admit their feelings to each other so along with Chris and Clarisse, they did a little matchmaking.

Connor: Yo what's up?

Sherman: Hey, my brother's totally into yours.

Connor: Ohh, really?! Same! We should let them figure all by themselves like mature people.

Sherman:

Connor:

Both: Nah

The night Cecil and Ellis became official in front of the whole camp, Sherman and Connor high-fived and were the first ones to lift them up to throw them in the lake as the tradition says.

How they became friends is still a mystery to most people. I like to imagine it Marshall and Ted from HIMYM style: Travis was staying at college so Connor had to go back home all alone in Mississippi where their mom lives and Sherman living in Alabama he proposed to give him a ride. Basically their trip went like this: link. Since then they've been friends

If Sherman is protective of Clarisse already, it's nothing compared to the pitbull mode he gets in when someone approaches his favorite sister, Sonny (OC of mine. And its Sonia actually but she'll kill you if you call her that). Despite being the youngest daughter of Ares, she's the feminine "I can fight in high heels" one and attracts more than one guy at her feet. Connor is one of them. He started dating her before his first college year and they kept it a secret because of Sherman. When he finally found out and caught them kissing, happened what Travis still calls the funniest chase of all times: Sherman ran after Connor for fifteen minutes his spear high up in his hand, screaming he was going to skin him alive. At the end, he did beat him up a bit but then thought it was better Connor than any other guy drooling on his sister.

[bright-eyes-strawberry-lies]

Percy Jackson Ship Names

A (incomplete) list of Percy Jackson ship names for PJO and HOO; cross posted from AO3.

Demigod x Demigod Ships (m/f)

Percy Jackson x Annabeth Chase - percabeth

Percy Jackson x Reyna Ramirez-Arellano - preyna

Percy Jackson x Zoe Nightshade - perzoe

Percy Jackson x Piper Mclean - pipercy

Percy Jackson x Thalia Grace - perlia

Percy Jackson x Hazel Levesque - hazercy

Percy Jackson x Bianca di Angelo - peranca

Percy Jackson x Silena Beauregard - perlena

Percy Jackson x Clarisse la Rue - perrue

Chris Rodriguez x Clarisse la Rue - chrisse

Charles Beckendorf x Clarisse la Rue - beckenrue

Charles Beckendorf x Silena Beauregard - beckengard

Luke Castellan x Thalia Grace - thaluke

Luke Castellan x Annabeth Chase - lukabeth

Luke Castellan x Zoe Nightshade - lukzoe

Luke Castellan x Silena Beauregard - siluke

Jason Grace x Reyna Ramirez-Arellano - jeyna

Jason Grace x Annabeth Chase - jasabeth

Jason Grace x Hazel Levesque - jazel

Jason Grace x Thalia Grace - gracest

Jason Grace x Rachel Dare - jachel

Jason Grace x Piper Mclean - jiper

Jason Grace x Drew Tanaka - gratana

Leo Valdez x Hazel Levesque - hazeleo

Leo Valdez x Piper Mclean - pipeo

Leo Valdez x Annabeth Chase - leobeth

Leo Valdez x Reyna Ramirez-Arellano - leyna

Frank Zhang x Hazel Levesque - frazel

Frank Zhang x Annabeth Chase - frannabeth

Frank Zhang x Piper Mclean - fraper

Frank Zhang x Reyna Ramirez-Arellano - freyna

Nico di Angelo x Reyna Ramirez-Arellano - reynico

Nico di Angelo x Thalia Grace - thalico

Nico di Angelo x Bianca di Angelo - diangelocest

Nico di Angelo x Hazel Levesque - diangesque

Nico di Angelo x Annabeth Chase - nicobeth

Travis Stoll x Katie Gardnier - tratie

Travis Stoll x Drew Tanaka - drevis

Travis Stoll x Annabeth Chase - trannabeth

Connor Stoll x Drew Tanaka - drennor

Connor Stoll x Annabeth Chase - connabeth

Malcolm Pace x Annabeth Chase - athenacest

Ethan Nakamura x Bianca di Angelo - ethanca

Damien White x Chiara Benventui - chiamien

Sherman Yang x Miranda Gardiner - sheranda

Octavian x Reyna Rameriz-Arellano - reytavian

Cecil Markowitz x Lou Ellen Blackstone - cecilou

Other Ships (m/f)

Percy Jackson x Rachel Dare - perachel

Percy Jackson x Nancy Bobofit - perancy

Percy Jackson x Juniper - junipercy

Percy Jackson x Kelli - kercy

Luke Castellan x Sally Jackson - saluke

Luke Castellan x Rachel Dare - racheluke

Luke Castellan x Kelli - lukelli

Grover Underwood x Juniper - gruniper

Grover Underwood x Annabeth Chase - grovabeth

Grover Underwood x Thalia Grace - thaver

Tyson x Elle - tysella

Sally Jackson x Gabe Ugliano - ugliason

Sally Jackson x Paul Blofis - blofison

Sally Jackson x Frederick Chase - chason

Octavian x Rachel Dare - octachel

Will Solace x Rachel Dare - soldare

Mortal x Immortal Ships (m/f)

Percy Jackson x Calypso - perlypso

Percy Jackson x Artemis - pertemis

Percy Jackson x Hera - pera

Percy Jackson x Aphrodite - perodite

Percy Jackson x Athena - perthena

Annabeth Chase x Poseidon - poseibeth

Annabeth Chase x Hermes - hermabeth

Annabeth Chase x Zeus - zuebeth

Thalia Grace x Apollo - thallo

Luke Castellan x Artemis - lukemis

Jason Grace x Aphrodite - gradite

Jason Grace x Hera - jera

Jason Grace x Lupa - lupace

Sally Jackson x Poseidon - posally

May Castellan x Hermes - hermay

Rachel Dare x Apollo - rachello

Leo Valdez x Calpyso - caleo

Leo Valdez x Echo - lecho

Demigod x Demigod Ships (m/m)

Percy Jackson x Luke Castellan - lukercy

Percy Jackson x Nico di Angelo - percico

Percy Jackson x Jason Grace - jercy

Percy Jackson x Charles Beckendorf - jackendorf

Percy Jackson x Frank Zhang - frankercy

Percy Jackson x Leo Valdez - perleo

Percy Jackson x Will Solace - solackson

Percy Jackson x Connor Stoll - perconnor

Percy Jackson x Travis Stoll - peravis

Percy Jackson x Ethan Nakamura - perthan

Percy Jackson x Octavian - pertavian

Jason Grace x Octavian -jasotavian

Jason Grace x Nico di Angelo - jasico

Jason Grace x Leo Valdez - valgrace

Jason Grace x Frank Zhang - frason

Jason Grace x Will Solace - solgrace

Nico di Angelo x Leo Valdez - valdangelo

Nico di Angelo x Frank Zhang - franico

Nico di Angelo x Will Solace - solangelo

Nico di Angelo x Octavian - nicotavian

Nico di Angelo x Ethan Nakamura - ethanico

Nico di Angelo x Luke Castellan - lukico

Leo Valdez x Charles Beckendorf - hepheacest

Leo Valdez x Frank Zhang - fraleo

Frank Zhang x Octavian - fratavian

Luke Castellan x Alabsater Torrington - lukabaster

Will Solace x Leo Valdez - willeo

Will Solace x Butch Walker - solker

Ethan Nakamura x Damien White - nemecest

Ethan Nakamura x Alabaster Torrington - ethabaster

Pollux x Castor - dioncest

Travis Stoll x Connor Stoll - stollcest

Malcolm Pace x Sherman Yang - shercolm

Clovis x Butch Walker - bovis

Charles Beckendorf x Chris Rodriguez - beckeniguez

Other Ships (m/m)

Percy Jackson x Tyson - pertyson

Percy Jackson x Gabe Ugliano- gabercy

Percy Jackson x Paul Blofis -peraul

Luke Castellan x Paul Blofis - pauluke

Luke Castellan x Chiron - chiluke

Nico di Angelo x Minos - minco

Apollo x Lester - apollocest

Charles Beckendorf x Tyson - tysondorf

Chiron x Blackjack - blachiron

Mortal x Immortal Ships (m/m)

Percy Jackson x Hermes - permes

Percy Jackson x Apollo - apercy

Percy Jackson x Kronos - kronercy

Percy Jackson x Dionysus - dionercy

Nico di Angelo x Dionysus - dionico

Nico di Angelo x Apollo - nicollo

Luke Castellan x Hermes - lukemes

Luke Castellan x Dionysus - dionluke

Luke Castellan x Ares - lukres

Luke Castellan x Atlas - lukeatlas

Luke Castellan x Kronos - lukronos

Will Solace x Apollo - wiollo

Will Solace x Dionysus - dionwill

Demigod x Demigod Ships (f/f)

Annabeth Chase x Thalia Grace - thaliabeth

Annabeth Chase x Reyna Ramirez-Arellano - reynabeth

Annabeth Chase x Hazel Levesque - hazabeth

Annabeth Chase x Piper Mclean -pipabeth

Annabeth Chase x Silena Beauregard - silenabeth

Annabeth Chase x Clarisse la Rue - clarabeth

Annabeth Chase x Bianca di Angelo - biannabeth

Annabeth Chase x Zoe Nightshade - chashade

Clarisse la Rue x Silena Beauregard - rugard

Piper Mclean x Reyna Ramierz-Arellano - pipeyna

Piper Mclean x Hazel Levesque - pipazel

Piper Mclean x Drew Tanakaa - aphroditecest

Piper Mclean x Thalia Grace - pipalia

Hazel Levesque x Bianca di Angelo - biazel

Hazel Levesque x Reyna Ramierz-Arellano - hazeyna

Thalia Grace x Bianca di Angelo- thalianca

Thalia Grace x Zoe Nightshade - thaloe

Drew Tanaka x Nyssa Barrera - drewnyssa

Drew Tanaka x Reyna Ramierz-Arellano - dreyna

Holly x Laurel Victor - nikecest

Zoe Nightshade x Bianca di Angelo - zianca

Zoe Nightshade x Reyna Ramierz-Arellano - zoeyna

Mortal x Immortal Ships (f/f)

Annabeth Chase x Athena - athenabeth

Annabeth Chase x Artemis - artabeth

Annabeth Chase x Aphrodite - aphrobeth

Annabeth Chase x Hera - herabeth

Annabeth Chase x Calypso - calabeth

Zoe Nightshade x Artemis - zartemis

Thalia Grace x Artemis - thartemis

Thalia Grace x Aphrodite - thadite

Thalia Grace x Clapyso - thalypso

Piper Mclean x Calypso - calyper

Bianca di Angelo x Artemis - biartemis

Other Ships (f/f)

Annabeth Chase x Rachel Dare - rachabeth

Annabeth Chase x Sally Jackson - sallabeth

Piper Mclean x Rachel Dare - piperachel

Piper Mclean x Shel - shelper

Reyna Ramirez-Arellano x Rachel Dare - racheyna

Sally Jackson x May Castellan - maysally

Annabeth Chase x Elle - ellebeth

Annabeth Chase x Juniper - junibeth

Poly Pairings

Percy Jackson x Luke Castellan x Nico di Angelo - lukercyco

Percy Jackson x Luke Castellan x Rachel Dare - peracheluke

Percy Jackson x Luke Castellan x Kronos - krolukercy

Percy Jackson x Frank Zhang x Hazel Levesque - frazercy

Percy Jackson x Jason Grace x Nico di Angelo - jasperico

Percy Jackson x Jason Grace x Reyna Ramirez-Arellano - perjeyna

Percy Jackson x Jason Grace x Annabeth Chase - jercabeth

Percy Jackson x Will Solace x Nico di Angelo - solangelson

Percy Jackson x Grover x Juniper - grunipercy

Percy Jackson x Hermes x Apollo - apermes

Percy Jackson x Silena Beauregard x Charles Beckendorf - beckengardson

Clarisse la Rue x Silena Beauregard x Charles Beckendorf x Chris Rodriguez - beckenrodruegard

Clarisse la Rue x Silena Beauregard x Charles Beckendorf - beckenruegard

Luke Castellan x Annabeth Chase x Thalia Grace - thalukabeth

Luke Castellan x Ethan Nakamura x Alabaster Torrington - lukethabaster

Jason Grace x Will Solace x Nico di Angelo - solangrace

Jason Grace x Leo Valsez x Piper Mclean - jipereo

Annabeth Chase x Travis Stoll x Connor Stoll - traconnabeth

Annabeth Chase x Zoe Nightshade x Thalia Grace - zothaliabeth

Annabeth Chase x Reyna Ramirez-Arellano x Piper Mclean - pipeynabeth

Annabeth Chase x Grover x Juniper - grunibeth

Leo Valdez x Frank Zhang x Hazel Levesque - frazeleo

Leo Valdez x Nico di Angelo x Will Solace - soldezangelo

Sally Jackson x Paul Blofis x Frederick Chase - blochason

[newobsessioneveryweek]

The Sherman x Connor art I promised to the homie in my ask box

I made a second one where he's smiling instead

This is unprecedented behaviour. I've never drawn ship art for anything except established and well-loved canon ships like Percabeth and Hyapollo. But I have a duty to my people (the people being those who are attached to unpopular characters). So here you go! There will most likely be more in the future.

Okay this is like--humm pshh-- chapter 8 of the Sherman and Connor fic I created while looking for pose references for the ship. Spoiler for the fic that literally has nothing but a rough outline: they start out hating each other :3

If you don't want me to continue blabbing about my possibly-to-be-written fic you are more than welcome to move along 🙈 I'm just excited.

Beginning of my blabbing

So, in the beginning, when Connor (9) and Travis (11) get to camp Sherman (10) is kind of a dick and taunts and makes fun of them a lot. Basically, he's a bully. And Connor, in this AU at least, is kind of an angry child because of his past and takes the rage bait when it's handed to him. For weeks they just go at each other, throwing out insults, yelling at each other, sometimes even throwing a punch or two. And then one day at the dining pavilion during lunch Sherman throws out a particularly hurtful comment and Connor gets pissed and just starts beating the shit out of him. It gets so bad they have to be physically restrained and Chiron calls them both to his office.

While they're there, Chiron gives them a talking to about team work and being civil with one another because demigods needed to have each other's backs in case they need to fight a common enemy and yadda yadda yadda. He orders that they build a better relationship and spend some time with each other... Over the month of chores they are now assigned together.

After their first day of chores during which they simply worked in silence Sherman follows Connor to the woods against his wishes. It's awkward for a bit before Sherman asks why they're in the woods. Connor tells him that he likes being away from everyone and tells Sheman to leave. Sherman obviously stays and keeps talking. He asks why he'd rather be alone than around his friends and Connor says that he has a hard time being comfortable around anyone besides Travis. Sherman asks why. Cue ✨par-for-the-course tragic backstory✨! Sherman realises now why his comment at lunch was uncalled for and apologises. Connor forgives him and Sherman tells him how he got to camp and they bond over their equally shitty backgrounds and form a tentative friendship.

So we've arrived at enemies to friends so far :3

Now, fast forward 5 years! They train together in their free time. They're sparring, one stumbles causing the other to trip as well. They're on the ground, face to face... Nothing happens. At least not on the outside :] they get up, dust themselves off, say goodbye and leave, now with stirring feelings 👀

Fast forward to the Battle of the Labyrinth, book 4. They're talking about the coming war and Connor talks about how he feels he wont survive and that he hopes Travis doesnt miss him too much. Sherman is upset that he's not concerned about him missing him but doesn't say anything because it's not about him. Connor says that he wishes he could be as good a fighter as Sherman so he could be more useful. Sherman doesn't take well to his self deprecation because Connor IS a good figter. Sherman himself helped train him. He yanks Connor by the arms and tells him this very passionately. Then ✨realisation✨ happens and he notices how closely he's holding Connor and Connor realises how closely Sherman is holding him and they both get flustered and Sherman lets go and Connor looks at anything but him and Sherman feels silly and apologises and Connor says its totally okay then says thank you for the encouragement and AHHHH!!

Fast forward a bit to the actual battle. Connor gets hurt really badly and Sherman frantically calls out for one of the healers. That's a scene I am itching to draw. Just thought I should mention. Moving on!

While Connor is in the infirmary he has a nightmare that involves Sherman either being killed or recruited by Luke. I haven't decided yet. He wakes up panicked and leaves the infirmary. Guess where he goes. Go on, guess. So he starts pounding on the Ares cabin door, hoping Sherman will answer. Sherman does. Once he sees that and the relief sets in, his injuries and the exhaustion catch up to him and he collapses. Sherman kneels in front of him and tries to calm him down. Connor tells him the dream and Sherman tries to reassure him that he's fine and will still be there when the war ends. He takes him back to the infirmary. Whether he goes back to his own cabin or stays there has yet to be decided.

Fast forward to the chariot discourse with the Ares and Apollo cabins. Clarisse has refused aid. Connor is begging Sherman to talk sense into her. Sherman says there's nothing he can do, Clarisse is resolute. Connor is literally pleading with him because if the Ares cabin doesn't join the fight they could lose everything and people will die. Connor will die. They're both close to crying because Sherman can't betray his cabin and Connor can't lose more of his friends because of this. Sherman says that he wants to fight but if he does he could lose his siblings' trust. Connor says that if he doesn't fight Sherman will lose his trust and now there are tears. Connor feels bad but doesn't back down from his stance. Instead he hugs Sherman and continues to beg him to talk to Clarisse. I haven't figured out how to end that scene. Stay tuned.

Fast forward to the end of the Battle of Manhattan. On their way to Long Island the "I have feelings for you" scene happens and they have their happy ending kiss before they cross the border to camp :]

The End!

There will most likely be an epilogue.

End of blab :3

[newobsessioneveryweek]

IT'S SUCH A CUTE SHIPPP I always saw potential for it ever since their friendship was shown in ToA and i was so surprised when I saw there was barely any content of them lol!! Keep making ur art and hcs i will absolutely be lining up to read a fic if u ever publish one!! <3333

Thank you for enabling me 😈 I shall do my best to deliver 🫶🏻

In fact I'll give you an hc right now for the price of free! It's been in my head since I started down this rabbit hole and shows no sign of relenting until I write it down :']

So I headcanon all of my blorbos as left-handed because I am left-handed and it's just fun to project :]] so in my WIP fic Sherman trains Connor in their spare time and notices that he's left-handed. The following interaction occurs:

Sherman: You're left-handed?

Connor: Yeah... Is that bad?

Sherman: No, it's good. It's a competitive advantage

Connor, skeptical: How so?

Sherman: Most people who are trained to fight are given right-handed opponents. So to them, naturally, you'd be an anomaly, trickier to beat because you're coming at them from an angle they don't expect. You, however, have been fighting normal people your whole life.

Connor: Hey!

Sherman: You have the advantage.

Connor, considering this: What if my opponent is also left-handed?

Sherman, swaps his sword to his left hand: Let's find out.

Connor: You're left-handed?

Sherman: Ambidextrous.

Connor scoffs: You're even less normal than me.

Sherman: Shut up.

BONUS HC! It shall definitely be in A fic if not THE fic so stay tuned :3 I'll bullet point this one.

This happens when the relationship is pretty much established. So let's say Pre TOA, post HOO? Around there

Sherman wants to take Connor on a date. Like a proper date because let's face it, there aren't many options within their environment and circumstances. War after war, confined to the borders of camp? Nah, there's no romance to be had there.

So Sherman asks Katie and Travis for ideas since they are the happiest couple he knows other than Percy and Annabeth. And Travis is his brother and knows him best.

Katie suggests he take him on a picnic.

Sherman thinks that's a rad idea!

Now he just has to find out what Connor likes to eat

So he asks Travis

Big mistake

Travis snickers (first clue. Goes right over his head)

He looks Sherman in the eye and says Connor just loves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. He insists upon this.

Strawberry jelly in particular. "And remember, it MUST be strawberry jelly."

Sherman loves peanut butter and jelly! He thinks "wow, this is so easy!" Thinks nothing of Travis's devious look and the fact that Katie is shooting him weird glances.

He thanks the couple and leaves

Fast forward to the date

Sherman presents the sandwiches which he lovingly made with his own two hands. This much he tells Connor

Connor looks at the sandwiches with real fear in his eyes (clue number 2!)

Connor asks "so this is a peanut butter sandwich?"

Sherman nods

"with strawberry jelly?"

Sherman nods again, his excitement waning a little at the line of questioning

"Mhm. And did Travis happen to tell you that I like peanut butter and strawberry jelly?" (Clue number 3)

"Yes? Is there a problem?" Sherman's disappointed look makes Connor reconsider what he's about to say so he just says "no, of course there's no problem" followed by nervous laughter. (Clue number 4)

Connor takes his sweet time biting into the thing but once he does shit goes down.

It is here we find out Connor is allergic to peanuts AND strawberries.

Sherman fireman carries him to the infirmary. Will supplies an EpiPen. Crisis averted. Travis arrives having seen Sherman's frantic rush.

Sherman yells at him. "Why didn't you tell me he was allergic!"

Travis has the decency to look at least a little guilty. "Okay, but in my defence, I didn't think he would actually eat it."

Later Connor tells him that it was the most delicious poison he's ever eaten

This will find a way into a fic at some point. I just wanted to get it off my chest though.

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Do you have any headcanons for Sherman x Connor? Like.. any fun relationship headcanons? :D

Oh boy oh boy oh boy! I live for these asks! Thank you for indulging me my friend!🙏🏻✨

I feel like they'd be a competitive couple. In fact, I saw a post about romantic rivals that totally captures that😂

Connor's super fast and agile and Sherman's really strong and has got the inherent son-of-Ares skill so they've both got leverage on each other in melee fights. Sherman, though, obviously beats him 99% of the time in combat. But even with that winning streak they're still tied because Sherman loses to Connor in a footrace or obstacle course or any sport that requires athleticism 99% of the time XD

And I say 99% victory rate for both of them but both of their respective 1% wins against the other were total flukes

Sherman only managed to win a race because Nico shadow traveled right in front of Connor near the finish line by accident and they tumbled and Connor twisted his ankle

And Connor only managed to beat Sherman in a sword fight because Percy's stray arrow got him right in arm and took him by surprise

But there is no glory in their competitions so winning by default is still a win

They compete in everything and all their friends say it's unhealthy and that their relationship seems unstable because they trash talk each other all the time but they love it! And it's all in good fun :] They never take any of the stuff they say personally (...most of the time)

Sherman's love language would be along the lines of "I will go beyond my means to solve every single one of your problems" and Connor's is "I will bring you everything your heart has ever desired at your whim", or, as the cool kids call it, acts of service and gift-giving.

So as soon as Sherman expresses an interest in anything tangible it will be delivered promptly to his doorstep and if Connor is even slightly inconvenienced Sherman will find (threaten) a henchman to act as Connor's personal servant or solve the problem himself (often with brute force.)

Example: Sherman is from Detroit but hasn't been there since he was 10. Michigan is known for Sanders chocolate and it was a childhood staple of his. He told Connor that his mom used to get him this specific chocolate as a school snack but the camp store doesn't have it. Hermes Express bulk delivery baby!

Example 2: after Travis leaves for college and the Hermes cabin is left in Connor's sole care, he starts to struggle a bit with the extra responsibility. When he sees Connor's fuse shortening when campers start to get rowdy he goes over and tells them all gently (not at all gently) to shut up and behave or he'll inflict massive bodily harm on all those who opposed him. Connor scolds him publicly and tells him that that's not appropriate but thanks him later :']

Last one!

I've mentioned this one before but Connor's allergic to strawberries and peanuts

And one day when Sherman asks Travis what Connor's favourite food is for a picnic Travis, without hesitation, says peanut butter and strawberry jelly sandwiches

And obviously Sherman listens because Travis is his brother and knows him best

But then when Sherman presents the beautiful homemade sandwiches Connor realises what's happened but doesn't say anything because Sherman made them himself and that's so adorable 🥺

He cut them into hearts

So he eats it and obviously goes into anaphylaxis

Sherman freaks out and takes him to the infirmary

Will saves his life

Sherman yells at Travis and tells him he's an idiot who almost killed his brother

Travis says it's not his fault and that Connor's the idiot because he actually ate it

Later, after Connor is mostly fine he tells Sherman that it was the most delicious poison he's ever eaten :]

Sorry these are very few, I honestly haven't thought much about any headcanons I would have😅 I'll see if I can come up with more :3

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What are some of your favorite Connor and Sherman headcanons?

Ooh, good question :]

I haven't seen many headcanons from other people but some that I have are:

They used to hate each other

They would often get into fights when they were children

But then one day someone took it too far and Chiron intervened and told them to get along

Sherman can't always control his strength/"blood lust" while his fighting and will sometimes go into "Spartan Rage Mode" à la God of War and completely obliterate his opponent so even when he and Connor are on opposite teams for Capture the Flag he will never fight him. (He makes an exception for training only because his mind knows it's not a real fight.)

Connor doesn't know why he won't fight him and when he asks Sherman he always brushes it off.

Connor gets really frustrated when he does that and they sometimes argue about it.

Sherman still won't tell him though. His powers have a sort of blood thirsty nature that makes him feel subhuman, like he's nothing but a war machine. So he often keeps his insecurities about it to himself.

He will open up to Connor eventually though!

But Connor is constantly terrified that he's not good enough and so Sherman refusing to fight him is like a slap in the face like he's not enough of a challenge.

And Sherman just wants Connor-- the only person he doesn't have to be strong for-- to not have to see how brutal he can be.

*Tension*

Connor can play the guitar.

There, I said it.

(That's my personal, self-indulgent headcanon because I freaking can have those!)

And piano!

And Sherman dared him to learn Rush E.

(He's getting close but still not quite there yet. Austin is still impressed.)

Hermes kids pick up languages very quickly so Sherman teaches Connor Mandarin but in return Connor forces Sherman to learn sign language.

And Connor is scarier than the Duolingo owl :|

So their levels of proficiency are:

Sherman: Intermediate

Connor: Could have been confused for a native speaker if he didn't know him

When Sherman is sad he doesn't speak to anyone and just avoids people in general because if someone asks him what's wrong he will probably cry.

When he and Connor are alone though they'll use sign language because yeah, as I said before, Sherman does cry and talking when you have a lump in your throat is not easy.

Aha! There were ulterior motives to Connor's language learning choice!

Well, there you have it anon!

Thank you so much for the ask!

I'm not sure if it was you or another individual who sent me a similar ask a few weeks/months ago but if it was you, I am so sorry it took me so long to answer 🥲 to be honest, I didn't really know how to answer as I hadn't really thought that in-depth about things and when I did I hardly wrote anything down! But I think I got some good ones down for now :] I hope they spark your interest :D

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Your headcanons are so cute!!!! 🥺🥺 (also about their friends thinking they're unhealthy, if Annabeth can judo-flip Percy and no one bats an eye, I think Sherman and Connor could probably get away with jokingly trash-talking eachother XD)

Sherman's love language being acts of service is so real btw. He'd probably try to do pushups with Connor on his back if Connor didn't completely refuse, because atleast one of them is smart enough to know that'd break Sherman's back 😭

(also.. you mentioned backstories?!?! my ears are open!! 👀👀)

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I agree! How come Annabeth gets to break her boyfriend's spine on a whim but Sherman can't call Connor a loser?

Btw, the nature of their pet names are totally along that line. Sherman calls Connor loser and Connor calls him asshole. They've barely even dipped a toe into sweetie and honey cakes or the other sweet ones unless they're being ironic.

Sherman called Connor "dear" for the first time and Connor called him an idiot and told him to stop.

Connor: What's this 'dear' bullshit? It's fine when other people do it, but it just sounds weird coming from you. *shudders*

Sherman: then what the fuck do you want me to call you, dumbass?!

Connor: 'dumbass' is fine, just stick to the fucking formula!

Now they just do it to make their friends uncomfortable :]

Now...

You asked about their backstories...

You don't know what you've just unleashed. I know I'm the one who instigated this but I am also insane and should never be trusted with your mental wellbeing.

I made it very angsty for both of them

Here we go! Strap in!

Sherman’s backstory

⚠️⚠️Trigger Warning For Physical And Verbal Abuse And Violence⚠️⚠️ I've highlighted the triggering parts in red

So Sherman’s mother wasn't anything like the woman you'd expect the god of war to fall in love with. She was gentle and nurturing, and just all-around a non-confrontational person. But she still had a warrior’s spirit and fought for Sherman in other ways.

When Sherman was three his mother married a very well-off man who later abused her. Sherman didn’t know. His mother (her name is Bella) sometimes had bruises on her arms or face but she always said she fell or had some other accident.

When Sherman was seven and came home from school he heard his step-father shouting and peaked in through a window to find him yelling and hitting his mom. He got scared and hid behind the house until his father left in a huff (presumably to a bar). He came inside and saw his mother crying. When she saw him she wiped her tears and pretended nothing happened. Sherman didn’t say anything.

His step-father was never the most affectionate man but he wasn’t aggressive towards Sherman when he was growing up. But one evening a few years later Sherman woke up and heard crashing sounds and breaking glass downstairs. There was yelling too. He went downstairs to investigate and found his stepfather attacking his mother. His mother was bleeding from her head. His stepfather was swinging a bottle at her.

Sherman ran into the room to try and stop him. He yanked at his arm and started punching him but his father just turned and started hitting him instead, telling him that he’s useless and stupid and he’ll never amount to anything. At this point he’s kicking him in the stomach while he’s lying on the floor. When his mother recovers enough to stand she attacks him. She tells him to never touch her child again and starts beating at his back. He knocks her to the ground again and starts kicking her. Sherman panics and picks up a shard of a broken vase. He stabs his step-father in the leg.

When he falls down Sherman stabs him in the back of his neck and his shoulders. He dies. His mother is shocked. They hear sirens approaching. Apparently the neighbours had called the police. His mother tells Sherman to run, that she’ll tell the police that it was her that killed him. Sherman refuses but his mother’s insistence forces him to leave. She tells him how much she loves him and that they’ll see each other again soon. He spends a month on the streets before a satyr finds him and takes him to camp.

(He tells Connor that his mother was the bravest person he’s ever known.)

Connor’s backstory

⚠️⚠️ Trigger Warning For Parental Neglect, Self-Harm, Abuse, And Addiction⚠️⚠️

Connor’s mother, Ruelle, used to be an international interpreter/polyglot. She met Hermes at a business conference and they hit it off. When Travis was born she loved him like any mother would love their child. They moved to Virginia when she was pregnant with Connor and made friends with Julia and Marcus who were restaurant owners in town. They would always come around to make sure Ruelle was settled in properly and was taking care of herself and the baby. They would pick up Travis for play dates to give her space and alone time. When Connor was born everything was great for the first two weeks but then Julia started to get worried about Ruelle.

She would come over and Connor would be lying on the floor crying while Ruelle just smoked a cigarette in the kitchen. Julia checked on Connor and angrily asked Ruelle if she was even paying attention to Connor’s needs. Ruelle didn’t answer. Julia asked where Travis was. Ruelle said he was playing upstairs.

Julia insisted Ruelle go see a therapist. She refused and told Julia to mind her own business and worry about her own nephews. Julia said she couldn’t let these children suffer. Ruelle told her to just take them then. Julia did.

Travis and Connor stayed with Julia and Marcus for about two weeks before Ruelle called the police on her and told her that she kidnapped her children. Julia told the police that Ruelle was just confused and said she would return them to her care. She did so reluctantly. Julia and Marcus were worried. They taught Travis how to make baby formula and feed it to Connor just in case Ruelle wasn’t feeding them. They didn’t want to call child services because they wanted to give Ruelle a chance. She never went to therapy though and her mental state kept deteriorating.

Eventually after two months, upon Julia’s tearful insistence, Ruelle, also tearful, agreed to try therapy and started taking better care of Connor. However, on Connor’s first birthday both her parents died in a plane crash to visit her and she spiralled into a depression. She had the presence of mind to use the inheritance she received to pay off her mortgage but started neglecting the children. When Travis started going to kindergarten he had an excuse to leave the house and Julia could teach him to take care of Connor because Ruelle wouldn’t allow her near her house and would invite Travis over to her house to eat before going back home.

When Connor was two she married a man named John and together they spent their lives getting high and avoiding their responsibilities. John frequently beat Ruelle and went out to clubs and bars and partied and got drunk and cheated on her and all that jazz and because her life was so utterly shit she took out all her frustrations on her children. She would beat them, lock them in their room without food, force them to eat expired food and accuse them of trying to make her look bad if they didn't, and lock them out of the house at night.

Sometimes they would spend the night at Julia and Marcus but when they came back in the morning and Ruelle found out where they were she would go off at them and beat them up. John would just watch and not care because they were nothing to him. Once, when Connor was five, she broke his arm and didn’t take him to the hospital. She locked them in their room instead. When they woke up Connor’s arm was healed. At the time they didn’t know Hermes healed it while they were asleep.

⚠️⚠️Extra Trigger Warning For Self Harm⚠️⚠️

Their mother’s depression was still in full swing and she used to cut herself often. Connor and Travis would both walk in on her doing it and she would just look at them and say that they did this to her.

When Connor was turning six they ran away from home. They lived on the street for three years and were constantly chased by monsters and met shady people all the time. When Connor was turning 9, a satyr found them in New York and took them to camp.

(Connor hates his birthday because every year his mother would blame him and his brother for her life being so shitty because her parents died on their way to visit them and see their grandchildren for the first time.)

And that's that! Lemme know if you ever want me to reveal more stuff from my mind fic! Because I would love to :3🩷

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gasp! I wanna know more of your Connor and Sherman self-indulgent headcanons :3

Only if you want to share though, no pressure!

I do wanna share!! Thank you for indulging me Anon☺️

I'm gonna start with random individual Sherman and Connor hcs because I have those too >:]

Previous asks

The Hermes cabin has formed a band!

I don't like when the fandom fits characters into boxes and doesn't treat them as real people with normal human complexities like liking something that falls under a different god's jurisdiction. Why can't any other camper that isn't a main character be good at music or gardening or just be freaking smarter than Annabeth if their parent isn't the god of whatever it is? Anyway, rant over.

The Hermes kids have a band going!

And every now and then they sneak into the city to play gigs or busk on a street corner or in the park. They encourage everyone in the Hermes cabin, regardless of whether or not they're claimed, to learn an instrument so that they can rotate or swap out a drummer or guitarist or something when someone else is injured.

That's partly how they make money

(another other way is taking bets and match fixing)

Connor, as I expressed in the previous post, is a guitarist and pianist mostly and dabbles in a few other instruments like the drums and ukulele :] (and the lyre because Hermes invented it and it seems fitting)

Travis plays bass and guitar

Julia and Cecil are both drummers and Alice plays keyboard

Chris also plays the keyboard but he's not there often enough to play with them

They'll all sing depending on the song they're performing but Cecil gets stage fright

Connor has a really nice singing voice :] Sherman really likes it :]]

They mostly play rock music! 🎶

Chiron decided to hold a talent show once and they performed under the stage name Retrograde

Hehe, get it? Like Mercury?

And no one really expects them to be as good as they are but before this they've had a lot of practice performing in Central Park

And if they wanted money they had to get good

They won due to just the pure shock of the other campers that these silly geese are actually damn good musicians 🎵

And it also broke the seal for other campers to embrace passions that don't fall under their parents' domains ☺️

That being said,

Sherman is surprisingly good at chess

You could argue that it's a strategy game and that war is all about strategy

But that area is more of Athena's thing. Ares' domain is the brutality and mayhem part of war, and has nothing to do with any order or structure

So this was just an interesting thing that he wanted to learn and he's darn good at it!

He has beaten a couple of Athena kids at it

He convinced his cabin that it was a plan to make him better at Capture the Flag but it's just because he likes the game :]

Let my boy have a hobby that isn't wounding people in real life

He and Connor play together sometimes but Connor's a fast learner so it keeps Sherman on his toes.

This has been added to their list of friendly (aggressive) competitions

When Connor was about thirteen Chiron got him an Adderall prescription because he simply could not focus during lessons.

After a while of taking it though he barely ate and had a shitty sleep schedule and he just didn't act the same

Like he was just a blob with no personality

Travis complained to Chiron and told him that Connor was reacting well to the meds

but once he went off the withdrawals were really bad

He'd have a constant headache for like 3 days and barely get any sleep

At night it would take him until 4 or 5 in the morning to finally fall asleep but he'd have to get up three hours later and the sleep would be of bad quality anyway

He got so tired and miserable one day that he locked himself in the armory and cried

Travis found him later when everyone was looking for him for Capture the Flag and took him to the infirmary to sleep it off while everyone else fought each other

He still had a headache but he was exhausted so at least he got some peace and quiet for a bit

Lee mitigated a few of the symptoms while he was asleep so he could sleep better :]

After a week or two he started to feel better and wasn't so down all the time

Sherman gets nightmares all the time about his step-dad

In case you missed that post, Sherman killed his step father to protect his mom

And here's the thing

Killing a human is kind of traumatising to a child of 9 years

He wakes up sometimes with the Lady Macbeth Instinct to wash blood off his hands and has scrubbed them multiple times until they bled and needed to be bandaged

He used to hide the injuries by bandaging them himself or sneaking into the infirmary on the off hour to steal nectar but during training with the Apollo and Hermes kids someone noticed him holding his weapon funny and asked Lee to check his hands because they were bandaged.

Lee didn't remember bandaging him but when he got up to check it Sherman freaked out and yelled at them to stop being ridiculous and said he was fine

Connor said Sherman was lying (this is before their enemies to friends arc) and Sherman tried to fight him before Lee pulled him away and to the infirmary

Sherman is a bit of an asshole, even as an 10 year old, but he would never fight with Lee so he let him check his hands.

Lee doesn't pry but he tells him that he should never keep secrets when he's hurt

So Sherman never lied about an injury to Lee

And when he died it affected him very strongly

Lee was also Connor's music teacher so his death was really hard on him too

Lee is just the best

Best camp brother/cousin/friend

Now the couple headcanons! Let's goooo!

Sherman likes watching Connor solve Rubik's cubes and gives him harder and harder challenges and finds more complex ones to give him to see how quickly he can figure them out

They have DnD nights with a few other campers from other cabins. Sherman always plays a fighter or a barbarian and Connor always plays a rogue or a bard depending on what Travis is playing

Sherman is super socially awkward with newer campers. He cannot keep a conversation going without stumbling over his words and eye contact? Don't even think about it actually

He only seems intimidating when he's not talking

Connor tells him that his looking unapproachable to people is his defense mechanism to keep them away so they don't find out he's actually a huge dork :]

Sherman denied it (it's the truth though)

Sherman has a reputation for being tough and aggressive not because he's constantly fighting with people, but when he does actually fight with someone outside of training he does max damage before he's pulled off

It's the Spartan Rage thing I was talking about in the previous one

Connor has learned a couple of Sherman's weaknesses in the years they've been friends/partners so he's always the quickest to de-escalate things

Connor can tell when he's about to flip out so he just pulls Sherman away and tells him to calm down

Ever since the peanut butter incident Sherman is super hesitant to give Connor anything edible and always asks if he's sure there aren't nuts in his food before he eats

Connor claims he hates it when Sherman gets so overprotective but he actually finds it kinda sweet

Well, that's all I have for now! I would love to hear some of yours if you have any ☺️ thank you for the question Anon, I'm glad you want to hear about my thoughts and opinions on these dorks 〜⁠(⁠꒪⁠꒳⁠꒪⁠)⁠〜

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other than ConMan, what are some of your favourite rarepairs?

It may surprise you to find that Connor x Sherman is only my second rare-pair experience :D

The first being Connor x Pollux. I just came across it one day and the fic was so good it converted me.

Other than that I'm not really much of a shipper. I tend to lean more towards established or more popular/mainstream fanon pairs if I ever want to read/write/draw them 🙊

That's not to say I'm not open to hearing other people's hot takes 👀

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Sherman x Connor Master Post

Last updated: 15 Oct 2024

Asks

The ask that started it all

The followup

Backstories

Headcanons 1

Headcanons 2

Headcanons 3

Headcanons 4

Art

Sherman Yang concept [1] [2]

Connor Stoll Concept [1] [2] [3] [4]

Sherman: frown

Daydreamer Part 1

Daydreamer Part 2

Phase 1: Enemies

Peace At Last

Connor: Just Add Water

Animatic: Tea Tastes Different

Phase 1: Enemies process

Writing Snippets

"You're Left-Handed?"

Headcanons

Competitive Advantages + Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches

Victories and Love Languages

Pet Names and Tragic Pasts

Backstory

Tragic backstories

Plot

WIP Fic: Adventure of a Lifetime

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I wanna draw more rare-pair propaganda but my laptop isn't being cooperative 😭😭😭 sorry homies, but I'm only getting a new laptop next year 🥲