#miu suto x sosuke esumi

[straightbaittournament]

may the best bait win! propaganda under the cut

sosuke and miu:

Had very clear set-up with multiple moments showing Miu be into Sousuke (for example, someone says "when you think of someone you like, you get more power!" and Miu immediately thinks back to a time she was concerned for Sousuke in battle, and the goes "Why did I remember that!?"). However, they never actually get together despite all the build up. Miu is explicitly shown to have romantic feelings for Sosuke and Sosuke is oblivious. However it never really goes anywhere beyond hints.

norea and el5n:

One of them (Norea) was killed just after accepting a proposal to travel the world with Elan. Spoilers! Norea gets killed right as she is agreeing to El5n's plea for them to escape the war* and run away together instead of laying down their lives as replaceable tools. *(referring to it as "the war" is a oversimplification of the political conflict they're involved in, done on purpose to save time/space for this submission)  (Side note that I think should be taken into consideration in classifying the ship as straight bait: The actual main couple of the show is an f/f couple. They are engaged to be married [Update because the finale just aired today: epilogue shows them now married with their wedding rings on], they both live, & their developing relationship is a main driving force for the plot, in-part because said engagement is a very purposeful Revolutionary Girl Utena reference, because the show's head writer also wrote the novel adaptation of Utena) [END OF SPOILERS] So El5n was actually really annoying to watch for most people when he was introduced, but watching El5n and Norea annoy each other was very enjoyable, especially while they were locked in a room together (along with Nika) because any of them being out and about would be inconvenient for the faction each of them had gotten tangled up with. but then this stuff happened: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPTQR3WcAYTFpN?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPTWITWwAMfTmv?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPTzvgWYAAmRZR?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPT5C4WcAAREsC?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPUvdrWAAAnvVO?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPU_NdXoAABias?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPVDdCWAAAWAl7?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPVH_oWAAIX3eC?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPVeJdXwAQEqWD?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPVh_5WcAIQ3R7?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPVnDwWcAAVwWy?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPV27AXgAEEDn_?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPWE6RXoAIsTrv?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPWPzSWIAIvgMz?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fx5BqufXoAEiIvL?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fx5BtiuXoAgKGfE?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fx5CsN-WYAM-_Qa?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fx5C626XoAAc5zl?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fx5DE55XgBgBdu4?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fx5DJS2XgAA4RkC?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fx5FUsSWwAcj0mI?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fx5NryzXsAAw3QG?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fx5NqLnXwAAFpr-?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fx5N9RUWcAEZWOZ?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fx5OxnvWwAMSSiQ?format=jpg&name=medium [BUDDY I DONT EVEN KNOW BUT OPEN THOSE IMAGES AT YOUR PERIL]

[straightbaittournament]

het-dy do! here's the official list of straightbait tourney competitors (so far)

because we're doing a preliminary tournament, i can't show you a full bracket just yet, but i can show you who has made it into the main straightbait tournament so far. characters who are for sure being in the tournament are as follows:

bellarke (bellamy blake and clarke griffin) from the 100

braime (brienne of tarth and jaime lannister) from game of thrones/a song of ice and fire

captain kathryn janeway and commander chakotay aka j/c from star trek: voyager

datomi (kaname date and hitomi sagan) from ai: the somnium files

gabenath (gabriel agreste and nathalie sancoeur) from miraculous: tales of ladybug and chat noir aka miraculous ladybug

mergana (merlin and morgana pendragon) from bbc's the adventures of merlin

msr aka relationshipping(?) aka sculder (fox mulder and dana scully) from the x files

norea du noc and enhanced person number 5 (5nore) from mobile suit gundam: the witch from mercury

romangerri (roman roy and gerri kellman) from succession

royai (roy mustang and riza hawkeye, which i learned is NOT canon) from full metal alchemist

shin and noi from dorohedoro

sosuke esumi and miu suto from engine sentai go-onger

spada and raptor 283 from uchu sentai kyuranger

stobin (robin buckley and steve harrington) from stranger things

sylvia and will from platonic

tatiana slozhno and curt mega from spies are forever

tedbecca (ted lasso and rebecca welton) from ted lasso

twissy (missy and the twelfth doctor) from doctor who

whouffaldi/twelveclara (clara oswald and the twelfth doctor) from doctor who

thank you to everyone for submitting even if yours didn't make it in, i mean that. and as always, happy heterosexual trails!