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what are your favorite destiny pairings and why
First of all, first anon submission ever. This is great.
Secondly, hope this doesn’t sway anyone from following me, it’s just my preferences, and every ship on this blog will get respect(unless it deals in pedophillia, abuse, incest, or beastiality)
And thirdly they are rare pairs within the community, but it goes:
1.) Lord Shaxx and Lady Efrideet(Shaxxideet I belive): That line from the Titan Sunbreaker quest where Shaxx goes, “I miss those days, I miss… Lady Efrideet” after talking about how she threw Saladin like a javelin into a fallen walker is what got my first interest in it. Then I just started starting thinking about what he said and got to thinking about how he could’ve just stopped at “I miss those days” but he purposely said “I miss Lady Efrideet” so that truly got me invested in it. Now I just think it’s cute because I imagine Efrideet is kind of small(?) and Shaxx is this big ol’ titan and I just think it’s sweet.
2.) Jolyon Till and Uldren Sov: This got started because of the Uldren lore book and reading the Black Garden stuff, and how it sounds like even though Uldren pushed Jolyon away for his obsession to impress his sister, it sounds like Jolyon still cared for him deeply. Also the whole thing where Jolyon brought him in and Uldren didn’t recognize him, but called him handsome when describing him, and I’m not sure if that is common but it’s pretty cute if you think about it.
3.) Ikora and Zavala(My ultra rare pair): This one got started way back in D1 and mostly grew due to all interactions between the two, and a real life example that echoed the two. Honestly too the whole mom and dad thing that kind of orbits around them also grabbed my attention
Hopefully that answers your question
Yes, Ikora x Zavala is such an underrated ship! If you want to post more about them, I'm all for it
Oh my gosh! I though I was the only one who ever liked it. This is awesome!
And honestly I really want to do more stuff for them, but I never thought anyone would want to see it. But thank you for telling me.
And my good news for this is, I have some drawings, writings, and ideas I was never going to post with them, but now I will. So thank you again
And also if anyone has any prompts or suggestions for writing or drawing for the them, or even ideas or headcanons, I’d love to be able to hear and maybe do them. I would really like to see this ship get built, even if we are small.
Thank you anon. I know this might sounds like an over reaction but, you don’t understand how nice it was to read those words this morning.
Headcanons
(This is for Ikora/Zavala, so if you don’t want to read, just keep scrolling)
-No one knows Ikora and Zavala are involved with each other because they give no hints of it at all. Cayde kind of suspected something as Zavala once made a slip up during one of their chess matches, but besides that it’s virtually undectable
-But once they’re able to have a breather alone, they get a bit more touchy if that makes sense. It’ll just be simple little touches here and there if they are in a public space
-On the rare occasions they both are in their private quarters and able to sleep, they do like to cuddle or just be near one another
-Zavala will never say ‘I love you’ aloud, Ikora will but he will not. When does say it, he’ll just squeeze or tap her hand, shoulder, calf, etc.
Also fellow mutuals who like this ship, what do you think about calling it Commander Rey?
@alex-the-titan
1.) Can I just say how much I love this and you, and also I absolutely agree with all of it, so thank you very much
2.) Also I only suggested that one because I could not think of a way to harmonize their names, but honestly that sounds way better, so thanks for that as well.
3.) Just another couple additions:
-Zavala knew Ikora went to see Osiris and helped with the Mercury ordeal. He wasn’t very happy about it, because it’s Osiris and he remembers the last time that happened well you know that story. But anyways, he got worried until she came back
-He never confronted her about it or bothered to ask questions about it, until one really late night when she just started talking about it, which led to some comforting as she still had some mixed feelings about Osiris because that was her dad practically
-If there are issues that bother them, the other won’t push until they start talking about it, no matter the time. Even if they’re really tired, if it’s really bothering or weighing on them, they will talk for however long it takes
Headcanons
(This is for Ikora/Zavala, so if you don’t want to read, just keep scrolling)
-No one knows Ikora and Zavala are involved with each other because they give no hints of it at all. Cayde kind of suspected something as Zavala once made a slip up during one of their chess matches, but besides that it’s virtually undectable
-But once they’re able to have a breather alone, they get a bit more touchy if that makes sense. It’ll just be simple little touches here and there if they are in a public space
-On the rare occasions they both are in their private quarters and able to sleep, they do like to cuddle or just be near one another
-Zavala will never say ‘I love you’ aloud, Ikora will but he will not. When does say it, he’ll just squeeze or tap her hand, shoulder, calf, etc.
Also fellow mutuals who like this ship, what do you think about calling it Commander Rey?
More Zavala/Ikora Headcanons
(My apologies if it sounds really stupid cheesy)
-How their relationship started was at one of the Dawning celebrations
-The Vanguard was participating in the festivities which included alcohol
-So Ikora and Zavala were drinking near each other and having conversation. Cayde went off somewhere else
-So when they were just sitting there, Zavala accidentally let it slip that he may or may not be attracted to her
-She initially laughed it off because she thought it was the alcohol talking
-But then he got this really serious look on his face and said it again and said he meant it and this was probably the only time he would have the courage to tell her
-And then he got up and tried to walk away because he thought he just ruined something because she didn’t respond but it was just taking her a second to process what he said
-After she realized he had walked off, she went searching for him and found him in the private areas just looking at the sky and she went over to stand by him
-He then started to apologize, but stopped and got startled when she just leaned into him(I imagine he wasn’t wearing his chest piece or pauldrons during this) and whispered the feeling might be mutual
-Then they just stood there in silence for awhile leaning on each other till they were hearing about how they were needed back and such
-And then from then on there they just kept meeting after work and the relationship grew and stuff
-When it got far enough in, they just stopped going to separate quarters and would just join the other in whatever room that night if they got the chance to sleep
Even More Zavala/Ikora Headcanons
(Aight so I’m back on my BS about my all time favorite super rare pair. If you don’t want to read just scroll by really fast)
-After they had been together for awhile, Ikora had a special mark and bond commissioned for her and Zavala. At this point they never put any real labels on what they were, they just enjoyed each others company a did couple things
-So Ikora decided to do something about this and commissioned the bond and mark to be made and presented them to him during the first night of Crimson Days (I looked all over to see if it was a Vanguard thing but only those two wear it)
-Let me tell y’all, Zavala’s face had never turned so bright blue before. His eyes got big and wide and essentially he just got the biggest look of surprise on his face
-This is also one of the only times that Ikora was mildly nervous as Zavala hadn’t said anything. He just kept staring at the items before he eventually ran his hands over the mark as his smile broke out into one of the biggest smiles Ikora has ever seen
-She breathed a small sigh of relief, before she got lifted into one of the most bone-crushing bear hugs she will ever receive in her life
-This was also followed by several kisses
-No one ever really figured it out as people thought it was just a Vanguard thing and Cayde just didn’t want to wear it
-This happened to be when Cayde finally figured it out as he’s the only one who caught on. He never told anyone cause what they did was their business and he was just glad that two of his best friends were able to find love and comfort with one another
-When they do eventually tell him, he basically says, “Oh yeah I know. You’re the only ones who wear that symbol, which coincidentally appeared during Crimson Days, and if it was a Vanguard thing then I would have to wear one too.”
-They both are kind of embarrassed but he reassures them that he’s just happy for them and he won’t tell anyone else or talk about it unless they tell him it’s OK
(Also if anyone has a ship name recommendation for these two, feel free to tell me)