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shipcestuous · 2 years

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So I thought I'd bring up a movie called Wyrm. Two movies, although one's a short film from 2017 and then a 2019 version which was a longer version of the same story (the sister is the same actress in both versions, I think everyone else is different but I'm not sure). The short film version I could find on dailymotion, but I finally was able to track down the full-length version so I could compare and write up a post. It's not canon, I should say that up front, but there are definite vibes and lines that either could be read that way or specifically address the idea (in the sense of 'other people might think that'). I'll be given fairly significant spoilers (but everything before the image is fairly basic plot stuff)

Wyrm is set in an alternate version of the 1990s, where--in America, at least--there's a program called No Child Left Alone, which requires students to complete a level-one sexuality requirement before high school - most usually kissing. Students wear collars that come off automatically when they complete the assignment (in the Full Length version, for high school, they're given a wristband monitor that ensures they don't go All The Way too early - those who fail and have intercourse before senior year are sent to vocational school).

Now, first, the basic premise (tweaked as necessary for the characters' universe and ages) is IMHO super good fodder for incest stories already. In fact, if you ignore some of the underlying plot I could--and did--picture the main characters as a slightly older Dipper and Mabel from Gravity Falls. Especially because it seems to have taken incest into account? This image comes from a brief shot of the handbook for the program Wyrm has:

It explicitly states 'Periodic instances of incest are fine.' But, presumably don't count for the collar, so the collar I guess won't unlock with a relative, which also seems like good fodder for an incest story.

Anyway, the movie follows an awkward boy unfortunately named Wyrm, who is the last one in his grade to still have his collar on (except for an autistic kid who's exempt). He has a twin sister, Myrcella, who just got hers off and is also pulling away in other ways, and wants him to move out of their shared room because she's 'becoming a woman now' although he's reluctant to make the change. The whole family is dysfunctional right now because Wyrm's older brother Dylan recently died and the family is not dealing with it well (this is subtle, almost background in the short film, with parents just not really appearing, but much more a focus in the long version).

Wyrm and Myrcella were once best friends but because of the recent trauma, and just growing up in general, are sometimes very mean to each other, but in the end it's clear in both versions of the movie that they deeply care about each other and, more than getting Wyrm's collar off, the story seems to be really them finding a way to be okay with each other again. His sister is kind of the catalyst for him getting his collar off--through helping Wyrm and her new friend kiss.

Among the points of twincest shippy interest, there's a line where Wyrm explains his name: it means dragon, and he was born with a hole in his heart and his parents thought it would make him stronger. Then, he reveals that they eventually patched it by taking a ventricle from his sister's heart - which means a hole in his heart that is literally filled by a piece of his sister. Another character suggests that people think he's weird because he doesn't WANT to move out of the same room his sister's in, and his sister at one points to tell him to go away because she's about to do her dance practice and "it's provocative" - implying she thinks he might be turned on. And there are several instances where it seems almost like the siblings are jealous of the others making advances in their romantic life. In the end, both characters are alone, romantically... except, of course, in my head where they're together.

All in all, it's a quirky movie that might be worth a watch on its own merits, although if you're just in it for the shipping, the short film covers most of the good territory (the longer version adds a fraught mom/son storyline that might appeal to some - Wyrm's Mom's been 'away' since Dylan died, and he really wants her to return). But I thought because of the chemistry between the main twins, that one second flash of the handbook (appearing in both versions of the movie), and the premise's raw potential, it deserved a shoutout.

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Thanks for this! I remember this coming up on the Discord, so I'm glad someone watched it and reported back about it.

I agree (based on what you said), there's enough funny little things in it to make you wonder about these two, and to make it a good rec.

I love that he wants to keep sharing a room with her and is reluctant to move out. The fact that they are both alone when the movie ends is even better.

And, like you said, it provides a great premise.

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