#i'm impressed with how short i kept this tbh XD

[cacodaemonia]

This may be obvious but I'm curious about your answers; Waxer/Boil for the ship ask game?

Oh look, my favorite topic! >:D *cracks knuckles*

So, YES, obviously I ship them. XD We all know I'm a feral gremlin over theses two.

1. What made you ship it? It was completely accidental, haha. I really didn't ship anyone in TCW for a while after I got into the fandom, then I was into Codywan for a bit. But I reeaaally loved Waxer and was appalled that there weren't any longer fics that really focused on him, so I decided to write one! That became Will You Walk With Me? and since Waxer and Boil are best friends, I had to work out stuff about their characters and friendship.

I had no intention of writing it as a 'pre-relationship' fic, but I totally played myself. XD I'm so weak for best friends to lovers, and all the stuff I wrote with them kept melting my heart, haha, so eventually, I gave in.

This was also around the time I learned that shipping any of the millions of copy/paste space men with each other is Horrible and Bad and if you do it, you're a Horrible and Bad Person. XD So of course, I was trying to wrap my head around why people would even be bothered by clone/clone ships. Which got me thinking about how they're the only people who can really understand each other and appreciate the extremely unique circumstances in which they all grew up. Especially in a Galaxy where they aren't even citizens, of course it would be natural to find safety and comfort among their own people. 🥺🧡 Which is all to say, it's very possible that the kerfuffle about clone shipping primed me to consider Waxer and Boil's relationship in a new light.

2. What are your favorite things about the ship? I mean, most of them are probably just my headcanons since we don't have a lot to go on, but as far as canon stuff: I immediately loved that they have very different personalities and approaches to life but it's also very clear that they're very close. Mismatched puzzle pieces that fit perfectly together. :' ) <3

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship? Hm, I see so little about them outside of what I and a few friends write that I'm not even sure what would be considered 'popular' for them XD;

[seven-oomen]

(1)Yay for getting more clues to what happened! Also, I'm feeling inspired, and have some thoughts/headcanons/etc about our 90s kids (not at all influenced by my own vague and hazy memories of the early 90s...) that I would really like to share with someone else that might (I hope) appreciate them. So buckle up, here we go (hope none get lost): First off I stand by my previous statement that Noah was totally grunge. He was 100% that shaggy haired kid in ratty flannel, ripped acid wash, and Docs

(2) hanging out at the mall arcade and totally owning everyone at Mortal Kombat (I cannot help myself.) Chris was a little more minimalist punk; faded black jeans and black band t-shirts,ducking into Hot Topic to pick up a studded belt and look longingly at the frilly Goth shirts that he knew Gerard would kill him for buying. He kept his hair comparatively short for hunter reasons, but let grow out on top as a tiny act of defiance. Peter I feel would have leaned a little more towards casual

(3) chic; sort of grunge/punk influenced, but more designer labels. Totally rockin' that Young Hercules hair, too. (I really need to see that show someday, it looks like a fantastic trainwreck.) He would be the one who'd walk into Spencer's and head right for the "adult" section with no shame whatsoever (they're a novelty/band merch/random weird crap type shop, they're still around and have a website if you don't know what I'm talking about.) He'd also be the one getting them thrown out of

(4) said store for inappropriate behavior in the back section where the blacklight posters were displayed (he just really wanted to see if it made the purple in Noah's eyes brighter and to check Chris's clothes for "mystery stains", okay?) Melissa would be absolutely owning the high ponytail/poufy bangs/scrunchie look, hoop earrings jingling, cropped sweater and perfectly fitting mom jeans catching envious looks as she dragged Claudia into Suncoast to buy the newest Selena album. Claudia I see

(5) having a more hippie-inspired grunge look; flannel shirts and tiered skirts, or plaid babydoll dresses layered over long sleeve tees, both with butterfly clips and brightly colored, mismatched Chucks. Natalie (because why not throw a few more adults in here?) would have been floral babydoll dresses (not entirely unlike her daughter), or pastel short suits over colorful tights when she wanted to impress, hitting up Claire's for butterfly clips and Alice bands. Rafael would have been more

(6) your traditional preppy type; brightly-colored polo shirts and pleated chinos, working as the manager at the mall theater, constantly having to send poor, hapless usher/clerk Fins took (probably casual jeans and t-shirts jock when not in work uniform) to chase the group out for trying to theater hop, or some combo of Chris/Noah/Peter for inappropriate behavior (I feel that would be a theme for those three.) I also still stand by my feelings on a Triskele 3-way friendship necklace set.

(7) I mean, it would break into "revenge" spirals, how perfect is that for Peter? Maybe a Tree of Life/Nemeton style one for Noah and Claudia, and a bullet style set for Chris and Melissa? Also still believe that Peter totally got them Official Hale Pack Members leather jackets at some point. (Or for more feels, maybe John or Talia gifted them?) Uh...I think that was everything? Or at least, all I can recall right now, I'm sure there was more, but, well hamster brain... Anyway...enjoy?...

All I can say to all of this is yes, basically XD. I think I was mostly thinking in the same lines for what Peter, Noah, and Chris would have dressed like. Hadn’t really considered the others, but now I definitely want to write a prequel to Once upon a time that is just the boys getting together and having shenanigans with their friends in the 90s. Because the nostalgia is real. I only consciously got the fashion near the end of the 90s, since I was born in ‘91. But man, those were wild days and I long back for the days of wallet chains, those weird but really comfy baggy jeans and overalls. Those were some times.

(And I am so watching Young Hercules now, I’ve found it online and it’s apparently a movie with Ian in it, so yeah, done.) XD

But yeah here’s what I have on the boys’ fashion right now (at least in the outfits they’re introduced in):

Chris: 

Faded black jeans with a studded belt and combat boots, a green day shirt, dog tags, and a biker jacket. Paired with a short hairdo that’s short on the sides but kinda longer on top that gives him an untamed mess kinda vibe.

Noah:

Paint-splattered black ripped jeans, white shirt, black doc martens with yellow laces, and a red plaid flannel shirt that he ties around his middle. His curly blond hair is always shaggy and he’s constantly tucking it to the sides because it has a tendency to fall in front of his eyes. 

Peter:

Black tight designer jeans paired with a chain and black leather designer boots with a  white shirt that has a black howling wolf on it with the words ‘hungry like the wolf’ written in white in the creature and a wolf tooth necklace around his neck that’s definitely one of his own canines that he found in the woods after a run. And of course, a designer leather jacket that has a small triskelion engraved in the collar. Because Peter is very extra, thank you. He’s got longer locks that fall just past his ears and kinda curl at the last few inches.

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I’ve definitely written down the idea for the Triskelion necklace and the Hale jackets. I fucking loved that idea so much when you first suggested it and I haven’t been able to let it go. So yeah, that’ll definitely show up in the story at some point because man, I am living for it. I love when you start rambling tbh because you say the best things and I can’t help but just go: