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[actualbird]

I don’t know if you already answered this question so sorry if you did, but what kicked off your fascination with marluke specifically?

also I love your marluke fics btw they make me very happy

hi hi :D i dont think ive ever answered this question before, cuz i had a tough time thinking of an answer omg!!!

i cant actually.....remember if there was a specific thing that started it!

ever since the start of playing tot, i was already always interested in not just how mc interacts with the boys, but how the boys interact with each other. like, just weeks into playing the game, i made this silly chart of personal hc nxx dynamics and that already involved some nxx guy ships, but hilariously in that chart, i had designated marius and luke as Just Bros

oh past!zak.....later on, you will Realize

but i did manage to remember that my marluke fever rlly set in tho after one specific tot event: Symphony Of The Night.

which is hilarious to me cuz marius and luke had like, maybe 3 non-investigation interactions in that event, and the only one i can remember exactly was where marius calling luke cuz he was like "hey SUPER HACKER WHO HACKED PAX BEFORE, are you the one hACKING PAX AGAIN???" aND WAIT I FOUND MY SCREENSHOTS OF IT

ABSOLUTE CRUMBS THAT FANNED THE FLAME!!

but in general, it was probably just them interacting as a whole!! i really adore all the tot events since it shows how the boys are with each other in a slightly-less-high-stakes scenario, and it results in entertaining stuff like this which made me see how fertile their dynamics are for fics and hcs focused on them, both platonically and shippy!

marius and luke in particular, after canon crumbs got me hooked on their dynamic, just struck me as so much fun. theyre both kinda prideful in different ways, both prone to being Affectionate Shitheads, and i kinda fell in love with writing them and thinking abt them cuz their dynamic makes the ideas and words just pop up like crazy, for me!! like, genuinely this is a 'problem' i have when writing marluke fic now: sometimes these two dont wanna shut up, their banter and dialog just keeps flowing and then i realize my short oneshot had grown in size HAHAHSDJFH

and then with the flame suitably fanned, i then saw way more super interesting characterization stuffs where they paralleled or contrasted and interesting ways, and the rest was history!!

so in conclusion: tbh i have no idea what started it specifically jhvjhVJHVFDJ but nonetheless, this ship is huge fun to me and i adore it cuz i adore their characters, and ALSO this ship has a special place in my heart now cuz it led me to getting to know other marluke shippers who have become great friends to me :')

P.S.: waAAAHHH thank you so much for reading my marluke fics!! im so glad you enjoyed them, i definitely enjoyed writing them all :'D

#thank u for the ask!! these two r special in my heart ue ue ue...i havent been in the right mindset or life freetime-ness to write fic #lately but...im always rotating them in my head often <3! #asks #satiatedcards

[actualbird]

hey Zak!

I'm hoping it's not too much to ask, since you're our resident marluker, to look at the new marluke art I posted :D

hi hi :DDD!! and omg it is definitely not too much to ask, this is a dELIGHT and i JUST SAW THE POST NOW AAAAA IT'S SO GOOD IM GONNA RB RIGHT AFTER I POST THIS ASK AHAHAHAH

//absolutely SCAMPERS to look upon MARLUKESSSSSS

#asks #satiatedcards #i actually track both the marluke and mariluke tag HAHA but sometimes i forget to check cuz im a scatterbrain