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Ok sooo Astro boy Phantom of the Opera (kinda) au ✨

SO. Since 03 Tenma pretty much IS the Phantom (and I started shipping the old men real bad) I started cooking this

The story is that Ochan is a medic and Tenma a cientist. They're old friends, but then Tobio dies (as he does) and Tenma isolates himself and makes a pact (with a demon or spirit ig?) to trade half of his soul to bring his son back (which leaves some scars or stuff hence the mask)

The half soul is used to make a new soul for Tobio's body, restored with mechanical prosthetics by his father. But the new soul isn't Tobio. It's a new life, a new person, who just carries his memories. Tenma acts overprotective and possessive of him, hiding them from the world, so the kid eventually runs away and finds Ochanomizu, seeking help. Ochan names him "Astro" since he loves the sky and stars so much and cares for the kid.

Anyway cut to Ochan spending like 80k words knocking some sense on his problematic boyfriend's head, Tenma ruins everything then learns to value his son's life etc etc and I hope they all become a happy family the end

Insane how Tezuka just sat down and wrote the greatest enemies to lovers old man yaoi this side of the galaxy and didn't even realize it

Ochan/Tenma for the ship asks ^_^

aaaaah the old man yaoi ever!!!!

What made you ship it?

From the start I was like "haha wouldn't it be funny if they were exes" since the whole series is a custody battle and all. Then episode 50 happenned and I suddenly really wanted to explore the concept of Tenma becoming a better person and getting back to Astro and Ochan's life. I also wacthed some of Atom the Begginning and that thing is weird but I love their young versions' dynamic and the concept of them being old classmates and partners, so it only added to that

What are your favorite things about the ship?

There's a lot but I really really love their contrast... Tenma being such a cold, sharp person, and Ochan being this firm believer in peace and in the hearts of humans and robots. I love how similar Astro is to Ochan, how Tenma is silently proud from these people who are so much better than him (this isn't so much canon but is kinda there and I love to explore it in fic).

And they're so funny when they're just being a bickering couple and throwing hands. That episode of atb where they're basically having a divorce over A106 killed me.

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

I really don't know, I'm not sure what the popular opinions are... so I'll just throw a random headcanon: I think they're both ace, Tenma being gay-romantic and Ochan being bi