#imogen temult x otohan thull

[mehoymalloy]

What attracts you to Imotohan? Idk if I get it yet….

One day I should make, like, a ship manifesto...

Today is not that day; instead, you get a collection of references to other posts that I found when I couldn't sleep last night.

Reason Number 1: I really like enemies to lovers as a trope.

I always have, ever since I started reading fanfic way back in the day with Kim/Shego lol. But I especially love when two characters allow me to totally buck the more traditional power dynamics of one party having all the power while the other has none, which I find boring and not at all fun to explore.

At first glance, Otohan does have the upper hand a lot of the time in their dynamic (I mean, hell, they start out by slaughtering half of Imogen's friends and the love of her life). But it’s pretty easy (and very fun) to give Imogen opportunities to be on equal footing with Otohan or even surpass them entirely. And the Tension that comes with exploring two characters who hate each other but can’t help but be attracted to each other is just what I find the most interesting and fun to explore in my own writing in particular.

Sources (lol):

Cool Art that really HITS with the Enemies aspect.

Would also be remiss if I didn't plug Shamie’s art, who has created So Much art because I throw money at her every chance I get. Just scroll her whole otohan thull tag, you won't regret it.

Good Thoughts with my own tiny addition about shipping culture in general.

A nice little ask about characterization and violence.

Reason Number 2: They’re obsessed with each other.

To the point that the cast themself see it and take advantage of it in-game (see here, when Sam pulled 'the one you're so keen to meet with' out of his ass, assumedly failed a deception check, and yet Otohan still either humored them or just zeroed in on 'Imogen? Where's Imogen? Tell me where Imogen is' anyway like a fucking simp.)

Otohan in particular also displays a frankly terrifying amount of ‘care’ and effort in getting Imogen to exalt in the battle at Bassuras, which I talk more about here. It’s what kicked off my intrigue with this ship and got me to try my hand and writing them (and then never stopped, as you can see).

Imogen, for her part, is just understandably terrified of but also constantly infuriated with Otohan (shitpost that shows that well). She says Otohan’s name with such vitriol and I adore her for it. Very ‘I’m gonna punch you in the mouth with my own mouth’ energy.

Here’s some video clips that show off their actual in-game dynamic really well, this one brilliantly set to My Kink is Karma (thank you @corkulous) and another to Death of Me (a million thanks to @lavendertheys).

Reason Number 3: They push each other’s buttons really damn well.

Arguably the most important thing in a ship for me after Tension.

We saw Otohan lose their patience exactly once, in my opinion, during the final battle when they called Imogen a ‘bitch,’ and as I said in this post, I think Imogen deserved so many more opportunities to rile Otohan up like that, especially in actual conversation as opposed to combat. She’s just so good at it, by golly, and if I can't see it in canon I can at least write about it.

And I mean, Otohan got Imogen to exalt (the only time she has done so, to my knowledge) and blow up a whole city block; I think it's safe to say they can get under her skin if they work at it, and I wish they had even more horrible opportunities to do so in canon before they kicked the bucket.

Anyways, that's the gist of what attracts me to Imotohan. If you don't get it, then the ship might just not be for you, which is totally fine—to each their own! Thanks for giving me an excuse to yap about themb~

[lavender-temult]

Hey pspspsps gay people c’mere I did another redraw (from this image)

[maddytrout]

I am afraid that @mehoymalloy and I may have stumbled across something serious with this KillerCop AU. 👀

[steampunk-raven]

As promised, C1 for Otohan/Imogen (tho feel free to tweak Otohan's pose as needed to make it fit since they aren't exactly the placating type lol). I just think Imogen deserves every opportunity to git their ass.

Them!! Kinda eh about how this one turned out, but it was fun to do!

[dawning-skye]

"Is she your favourite?" still lives in my head rent free

[moment--ary]

really enjoyed making this spicy commission for @mehoymalloy inspired by their fic Hold Me, Break Me (sometimes the hatesex just hits)

[crabridgedart]

Is She Your Favorite? - Art by David Rodrigues, featured on CR Abridged

Source: Beacon

[phararaph]

Imogen and Otohan in a Dreamscape. Commission for one and only @mehoymalloy from Let Me Lay Waste to Thee.

[zeephyre]

CRITICAL ROLE CAMPAIGN 3 EPISODE 91 SPOILERS

Fuck you Sam Riegel, with great love and even greater grief.

“Some connections are made with wire, some are made with love, some are made with wood. But they all matter. And even in this dark cave, they make every day a smiley day.”

I don't feel like talking about....much of anything that happened in this episode. Otohan is gone. Good.

I was....so stressed that entire combat, and at some point, it started feeling like I was... there, watching her get back up every time they knocked her down. It was getting really fucking hopeless and I knew everyone at fhe table was feeling it.

But, God, that moment when matt understood what sam was planning when he described targeting his core. The moment it sunk and shattered his fucking heart is the moment my heart too. The moment Sam started to cry... all of it, every excruciating moment from that point onwards I couldn't stop crying, I don't think I saw the fucking screen for 95% of that.

I cried earlier when Imogen finally got through to her mother. But... I think sometimes I forget how...painful it is for me to lose these characters. The last time I felt this much sorrow and anger and grief, was when Otohan killed Fearne, Orym and Laudna and LYdna couldn't be saved.

We don't know...if we can even save FCG. They're aoerian tech, and that could complicate...everything.

Who will tell Frida that their Faithful Caregiver is gone?

[rosegrlwrites]

Well, Imogen, I wish my family didn't have to die for her brighter tomorrow.

It's funny, for however much Will still haunts him to this day, it's come back with a vengeance recently.

To know he's dead and to know who killed him.

To know she is still alive and he is not.

To know what she is trying to do and the fact that he died for it.

Six years of carrying the sword gifted by his husband to fight the woman who killed him.

Six years of losing so much for this woman's greater tomorrow.

Six years ends now.

I'm doing so great on my mini challenge to try to post more, you guys. College is hard. Anyway. Solstice this week! Definitely going to try to write something for that.

Also, if anyone wants some HCs, those are super nice for me to write during the week. So, send me some maybe?

[aquadne]

You are my favorite too.

[mehoymalloy]

Imogen/Otohan - My Kink is Karma

"wishing you the best in the worst way, using your distress as foreplay"

Reposted with permission by @corkulous, more formally found on Tik Tok and Twitter!

Art by @justshamie

Curious about the ship now? Check out my works as well as @lavendertheys series on AO3!

[lavender-temult]

Hey psst I redrew the thing :3

[marvelousbelladonna]

Imogen gives in

She breaks the world for Laudna

[mehoymalloy]

In honor of the tag 'they seem like the "push each other against any surface ever" kinda couple,' I give you a snippet in which Imogen does in fact push Otohan against a wall~

As promised, C1 for Otohan/Imogen (tho feel free to tweak Otohan's pose as needed to make it fit since they aren't exactly the placating type lol). I just think Imogen deserves every opportunity to git their ass.

Them!! Kinda eh about how this one turned out, but it was fun to do!

[ludinus-is-a-bitch]

Imogen REFUSING to give in to Otohan and saying, "I'm not going to surrender to you just to lose them."

vs

Imogen IMMEDIATELY saying, "I'll go with you! I give in! DON'T HURT HER!"

it's got me in the feels, y'all.