#Paul Verlaine (BSD) x Faunus/Pan (BSD)

[linklethehistorian]

Dr. Linkle TheHistorian onTumblrdotcom,

I'm inquiring about a ship I personally quite enjoy and truly I hope you can see the potential in my concept. This particular ship includes two characters you are quite familiar with, that being verlaine x faun/pan. I really enjoy this dynamic because it has so much angst potential, and I'd love to hear your thoughts!!

Hello anon! 😁 Ooh, I’ve been promoted to Dr. now, have I? I’ve a PhD suddenly? Thank you very much! How flattering! ^-^

Of course I’d be happy to rate your ship and share my thoughts!

Ship: Paul Verlaine (BSD) x Faunus/Pan (BSD)

Fanon ship name: Unknown

Have I ever heard of this ship before this ask?: Nope! This is my first introduction to it!

Do I ship this ship?: Well, not especially, no; as I’ve said before, I have other Verlaine ships I’m already interested in and with which I’m actively involved, and I’m pretty much a one ship per character type of person (barring any potential past relationships), so I wouldn’t be shipping it myself.

My personal rating of this ship: 9/10

More in-depth thoughts:

I may not actively ship this ship myself, but for the fucked up aspects, boy oh boy do I see it. 👀 Anon, you yourself have already mentioned the angst potential, and I must salute you for coming up with something so supremely tragic and awful and for enjoying it as such rather than trying to uwu-ify it into something sweet and fluffy.

While I may only have known this ship for as long as I’ve had this ask in my inbox, from a view canonical dynamic and personalities, it immediately very much does strike me as one of the ultimate angst or whump types of ships to exist within this fandom: at least to me, this ship instantly brings to mind images of brainwashed and lonely Paul who feels his only worth would be in serving and appeasing his creator, to whatever end he might need; I see a Verlaine who is utterly dependent on serving his purpose as his only means to justify his own existence — which at times he doesn’t even have full control over, as Faunus can take control of all of his actions during Brutalization — and eventually by proxy falls for the man who continues to give him said purpose, yet Faunus is only interested in controlling him.

Or…alternatively, though to me much less likely, perhaps Faunus falls for a creation of his that utterly despises him for bringing him into being, and even will one day kill him without remorse for his fucked up way of ‘loving’ him?

Either way, this ship seems chock full of angst, manipulation, pain, experimentation, and tragedy.

A bit dark for my tastes at times, but I can definitely see the appeal if you’re looking to enjoy some good old angst, or if you’re a whump-lover!

Congrats on the super unique and heartbreaking ship, anon! Enjoy fucking up Paul in the head even more than he already is. :’)

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