#kepwell

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Day 1: Praise kink | Bloody | Mission

Day 2: Hands | Pillow princess | Fireworks

Day 3: Zero g | Bondage | Alien clones

Day 4: Honeypot | Pegging  | Undercover

Day 5: In the office | Marking | Manipulation

Day 6: Dom/sub | Threesome | Daydream

Day 7: Crying | Sex toys | Alternate universe

[nammikisulora]

I'm sure this has been done, but why not a repeat! Has the SI-5 ever had sex with each other?

Please do elaborate your hcs in the tags ^^

[arctiidaes]

Kepwell, Minlace for the ship bingo

kepwell (i personally hc maxwell as a lesbian so this is like. theyre fucked up platonic thing bc they make me INSANE!!!!!)

minlace. hey w359 can we please talk about the needlessly horny milace treadmill scene?? whats up with that

[heroforge-official]

What if we sparred pirate style on the high seas and we’re both trans?

[baeba]

Kepwell:

[throwsprose]

I didn't understand kepwell until you tagged the lentils wife guy post with it and now it's the funniest thing I am delighted oh my god

I’m glad you appreciated it! I think the magic of Kepwell is that they’re both very weird people, and they have the potential to bring that out in each other. Also, in cannon Maxwell seems to like Kepler but is not impressed by him at all, and I think that would bother him so much! I wish we had gotten more casual interaction between them!

[bananawanis]

i think the relationship between maxwell and kepler in every single one of its forms is criminally underexplored and here are my reasonings ? arguments ?? as to why as well as my own opinions

(spoilers: i like them a lot and think they deserve better, maxwell especially, cause she gets done so dirty)

before anything else - before looking at how any sort of romantic relationship between the two would work, considering the dynamic between kepler and maxwell as it is in the canon given to us by the show is the more important thing.

kepler and maxwell are presented to listeners as the leader and almost “baby” of si5 (despite the fact she is in her late 20s, largely because she is younger than the other two members of her team), respectively, and are therefore introduced as antagonist figures. while there is plenty to consider between the two during the events of the podcast itself, most of my focus here will be on the exchanges we see between the two in the mini-episodes set before the events of the podcast, language mapping, kansas and happy holidays most of all, as well as things that break other things and the script from the kickstarter for unseen, courtesy of @shinraco

si5 are introduced and, from the off, it’s clear that there is a strong connection between the three of them that, for the most part, goes unspoken and unaddressed. all three of them have been working together for a good amount of time before the events of the podcast - jacobi having been on the team since 2011 (four years) and maxwell since 2013 (two) - and as such have that trust squarely in place, as well as a strong sense of respect for each other.

this trust is demonstrated several times: when kepler has an unquestioned faith in jacobi that he will be able to do the job he has been told to do (overture).

and when he is more than happy to acquiesce to maxwell’s authority as an expert on a subject compared to his relative lack of knowledge on a topic (limbo, regarding working on hera).

the kickstarter script also brings this point up (as well as maxwell referring to her position as an “expert” further on):

this on its own goes against many of the expectations fans seem to have regarding a figure like kepler in that he gets angry when he isn’t the absolute authority on a subject, and that he will snap when things don’t go his way. in fact, the only times he really seems to “snap” in the podcast is when he’s lied to and has his personal belongings lost in space (a matter of perspective) or during the mutiny, which is an understandable reaction (desperate times/desperate measures).

so - there is an implicit trust between the members of si5 that, here, goes unquestioned. of course the events of the season 3 finale and season 4 go on to challenge this, but the focus of this block of text is to be on the relationship between kepler and maxwell, not on si5 as a whole, no matter how much i like them.

as a character, maxwell is often subject to almost a sort of sidelining, where she is brushed aside or her existence largely ignored in order for the focus of a piece to be on kepler and jacobi. other times, when she is included, it is to serve as a kind of “token” female character, or purely to further the plot of kepler and jacobi’s relationship. this comes as no surprise to anyone who has been involved in any fandom for any period of time - the tendency of fans seems to be focusing on the most obvious pairing between two men, at the expense of female characters - and for the most part fans of wolf 359 is no different, but nonetheless is disappointing.

when maxwell does get a focus in fanworks it tends to only be when she's alongside either jacobi or hera (and largely only to further the storylines for the two of them) and rarely if ever with kepler - which is ignoring one of her most important connections with another character in the entire show.

i’ve seen people say maxwell is underdeveloped as a character and that she has no real backstory or depth, when in fact the reverse is true. maxwell’s backstory is laid out to a listener in language mapping, by kepler, a fact she is unimpressed by.

what bothers me a lot about fandom portrayals of maxwell - a topic i didn’t entirely mean to get onto during the writing of this but, hey, here we are, i’m going to roll with it - is that they seem to relegate her just to the role of “smart girl” or “nerd”, rather than paying any attention to how she is actually developed as a character. language mapping shows her as someone willing to get into conflict with others regarding what she cares about and believes in. alana maxwell is someone willing to fight for the things that she wants. alana maxwell is willing to push, bully, and fight her way forward for progress.

this, here, is where the biggest parallel between her and kepler can be seen.

what maxwell works for, what she wants, the reason she still works where she does before goddard - is explicitly stated to be because she is the one willing to push them for progress. she brings up how ai being developed to the level of full-minded intelligence is an inevitability in the universe of wolf 359, and how there’s no point avoiding it out of fear.

there are similarities in how they speak here, with how they refer to the people they work with as “scared” and as a “coward”, as well as later in each respective mini-episode, when both are faced with something that completely changes their perspective on what they are doing. the main similarity here, and the one i want to focus on as it says the most about their characters (not just how they react to situations) focus they both have on working towards something more. in maxwell’s case she explicitly refers to the goal she strives towards whereas kepler’s is something vaguer, about working to always be improving.

of course, kansas has a much darker tone to it over all than language mapping, by merit of the characters involved (i’m sure the inclusion of cutter in maxwell’s recruitment would have made everything that bit more sinister and uncomfortable), but the similarities between the actions of the two characters are striking.

kepler and maxwell are both logical characters. they both value the logical answer above others - compared specifically to jacobi, whose primary concern skews more towards “what will get me and the people i care about out of this situation” - which has them stand out against the majority of the other characters. out of the two maxwell is more emotionally driven (kepler makes a point of having to remind her they are on the hephaestus for their job above all else) but, when it comes down to it, her core is logical.

the similarities between the two make the relationship between them fascinating to look at and recontextualise, to peer at through a different lens and wonder how that would change their interactions with one another. i think that there are various avenues worth considering with the two of them, mainly two branching paths of something platonic or more romantically driven, which are both relatively unexplored in wolf 359 fanworks.

as i mentioned earlier on, maxwell is frequently pushed aside in fics for the purpose of working on kepler and jacobi’s relationship. occasionally this is not the case and she is part of it but cast in a meeker role fulfilling many stereotypes of the “nerd” role often seen in fiction when in reality all that does is flatten her character. while she very much is a nerd - i’m not going to deny that, she’s a prodigy, she went to MIT at 16 - she is also driven and working towards her goal, something kepler respects in her.

i think that maxwell and kepler should kiss, is what i’m saying, and it’s hard to think of how to word why exactly without just sort of shrugging it off as them being two of my favourite characters in the show. probably one of the main draws of their relationship being romantic, to me personally, is the similarities i already mentioned and how they compliment each other, how each of them have their own goals and drive to reach them. i think that their mutual respect for one another, and the unspoken trust forged by merit of working in si5 also turns into this aspect of a relationship much easier than might be expected. i think that kepler values competency and people who are good at what they do, which maxwell is a perfect example of.

plus, he likes her. he respects her, he knows she’s smarter than him (at least in specific areas). i think kepler and maxwell is a relationship that’s interesting no matter the way you spin it, but a romantic interpretation isn’t one that should be off the table.

[kepcobiwell]

jacobi, maxwell and kepwell all isolated at rough points in their lives, faithless, joining Goddard to have something to believe in, finding purpose in each other instead, something something

[bottomkeplerweek]

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Hi, and welcome to the first ever Bottom Kepler Week!

We, @vanilla-phantoms and @nammikisulora, saw a sad dearth of Kepler bottoming out in the wild. So we decided to take matters into our own hands and, besides creating the content we want to see, try to inspire others to do the same!

With 21 different prompts running over the course of 1 week (5th – 11th May 2025), we hope to provide some fun ideas for y’all to play around with.

The prompts will be posted soon, as will the rules and the guide for submitting (links will be added to this post).

Until the start of the event we will promote already existing bottompler works, and happily spread your propaganda and headcanons. Just send us an ask or tag us in your post!

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[nammikisulora]

thinking about the SI-5 gang again. how Jacobi buys into the image Kepler tries to project of himself, but Maxwell never does.

"he's not that scary", she says in e31, because she gets what Jacobi doesn't yet: at the end of the day, Kepler is just a man under all the layers of performance.

if she has to be a goddamn human? so does he.

[autisticbisexualemaskye]

also can i say something. herawell is a bit. i dont want to say cringefail bc i do like it but the herawell girlies are ALWAYS the ones who are like maxwells betrayal was ooc and the writers did us dirty for it and like. you just were not paying attention. i think its because a lot of people dont really understand the relationship between kepler and maxwell which like. they dont really show a lot of them interacting but like. its weird that people dont see it as the same or similar to the one kepler has with jacobi. whcih i think is the kepcobi nonsense TO BE HONEST like kepcobi girlies i agree its kind of coded but like. i think using an implied or potential romantic attachment as an EXPLAINATION for the loyalty jacobi feels for kepler is like. sigh its BORING first of all second of all it misses the point and if you miss the point of the kepcobi dynamic you miss the point of the kepwell dynamic. also it was literally foreshadowed so fucking hard in memoria. maxwell straight up tells hera that shes not above doing things the hard way. its literally just because maxwell was able to hear pryce's subliminal messaging at the very end that she didnt kill hera or start altering her brain against her will way earlier

[heroforge-official]

Auldbert Kepwell! Captain of the SS Auldbert Kepwell. I know we’re all super stoked about the new facial decals, and I was inspired to make she who ferries fellowships across the seas for a small fee. (She was originally created on the fly as a joke, named for her old-but-kept-well ship, and with the voice of one of my customers from work, but she’s since become something quite special)

[bottomkeplerweek]

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Bottompler master rec list

who sits astride my back (chapter 1, 7 & 10) by fab_ia

the party flips its switches down by fab_ia

except sex (about power) by Anonymous

slip inside a dance with him by fab_ia

Darling, you're the punishment for all of my former sins by NammiKisulora

Despair and deception, love's ugly little twins by NammiKisulora

[ART] All Hands on Deck (chapter 24, art) by elefxxk

 30 days of wolf 359 kink and 2 not so much (chapter 10) by herbgarden

Look at you (art) by CatboyKepler

Honorable mentions*

Kilonova by Wilt (Short fingering scene in a long fic, but Kepler would clearly have been game for more if circumstances allowed, featuring a rare instance of Kepler/Eiffel as main pairing!)

to hold or harm by fab_ia (Bottompler mentioned to happen but now shown)

the channel fades to snow by vanilla_extract (Not shown in detail but features as an important plotpoint)

a great story we can never tell anywhere by fathomfive (Kepler briefly gets fingered as part of getting a blowjob before going on to top)

The Real Thing by NammiKisulora (One paragraph flashback to Jacobi topping Kepler for the first time)

* The criteria for what gets included got a bit pedantic, so don’t worry about what made the cut and what’s honorable mentions too much, we just had to draw a line somewhere. For actual submissions, we will leave it up to you to decide what counts!

Though we appreciate every one, as you can see, the selection is pretty small. It is up to us to expand it 🫡

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How do I submit my works?

Submissions can be added to our AO3 Collection by anyone with an AO3 account. For Tumblr, when posting your works, please tag @bottomkeplerweek and use the hashtags #bottomkeplerweek2025 and #bottomkeplerweek, and we will reblog them here. 

Are the prompts mandatory?

Not at all, but if you do use prompts, please let us know which one you used for your works!

Do I have to cross-post my works to both the AO3 collection and tumblr?

Not at all, but we encourage posting to AO3 for archiving purposes and because tumblr doesn’t allow nsfw art.

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No. The event accounts may be using English exclusively but other languages are more than welcome for works like fanfiction or otherwise. So long as the work is submitted correctly to any of the accounts or collections, no translation on your end is required, either.

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Rules

This event is 18+

due to the explicit or, at the very least, mature nature of its premise.

Any medium of fanwork is allowed.

Fanart, fanfiction, essays, edits, other visual or audio medias, etc are all permitted!

Fanwork must feature Kepler bottoming in some way.

How you interpret this and how explicitly you portray this is up to you. This is the only stipulation for entering a work to this event.

Any pairing (or lack thereof) is permitted.

This event is not centered around any one specific ship. Crackships and rarepairs are welcome. Solo/gen fanworks are also welcome so long as they meet this event’s one stipulation.

Prompts are not mandatory, but will be provided.

For each of the seven days of the event, 3 prompts will be given to use/choose from, but they are just to help get the ideas flowing. Use as many or as few of them as you want.

Fanworks must have appropriate content warnings.

Internet etiquette around any sensitive content you include in your works should be followed. This means tagging/adding warnings to works where sensitive content is present.

Use of AI is strictly prohibited.

Any fanworks made using AI will not be accepted as submissions.

Harassment will not be tolerated.

All participants will be treated with courtesy.

Late submissions are always accepted.

If your fanworks are ready after the scheduled week has ended please still submit what you have – we will still accept and archive your submissions.

Have fun!

[bottomkeplerweek]

Chapters: 31/31 Fandom: Wolf 359 (Radio) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Daniel Jacobi/Warren Kepler, Doug Eiffel/Hera, Doug Eiffel/Daniel Jacobi, Doug Eiffel/Specimen 34, Isabel Lovelace/Renée Minkowski, Doug Eiffel/Isabel Lovelace, Marcus Cutter/Daniel Jacobi/Warren Kepler, Doug Eiffel/Warren Kepler Characters: Doug Eiffel, Hera (Wolf 359), Daniel Jacobi, Warren Kepler, Renée Minkowski, Isabel Lovelace, Specimen 34 (Wolf 359), Marcus Cutter, winona kepler Additional Tags: Tentacles, Desk Sex, Spitroasting, Voyeurism, Pegging, Tribadism, mild end of series spoilers, Alternate Universe - The Magnus Archives Fusion Summary:

Collection of NSFW doodles

Edit: sorry I know that the files were deleted for several of these, I’m not sure how to fix it… I would upload to Twitter but it feels every day like it’s getting closer and closer to falling itself idk if that’s a good long term solution…. Who knows…

Edit 2: BLESS YOU SQUIDGE THANK YOU FOR MY LIFE image posting has resumed for all necessary fandoms/works 🫡

Admin notes: Smutty art collection where chapter 24 features Maxwell topping Kepler. Kepwell enjoyers goo!!