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a voice from within the drain · 3y

hi i noticed gabe in your icon and im SO curious if you have any ships from the w/lking dead games... i was problematic and was a sucker for luke/cl3m and j4vi/cl3m

YEAHHHEEEEAAAAAAAAAA!!!! I'm so happy to hear from another twdg fan! And another clem/javi enjoyer at that!!

Firstly, yes, I like luke/clem. their interactions were so endearing. Initially, I didn't really ship them, having been mostly gawking at everything that was going on lmao, but I do enjoy it! They've got several Moments, all of it was a bunch of fun to see play out (I actually pulled up a vid of them and am watching it rn salkjds). They killed him off cus they knew these two would only end up kissing on screen later.

I also liked minerva/sophie, minerva/clem, clem/carver, clem/jane, clem/Louis, clem/violet, I've even humored an au with clem/mariana... (continues forever with my clem ship bicycle agenda)

but OH MAN, anon lemme tell you, javi/clem somehow became my fave twdg ship?? I was obsessed w them last year, I still doodle them from time to time (might post the drawings some day? we'll see).

It's a bit funny!. I remember people kept saying that this was the worst season but when I saw clem, I had such a visceral reaction ( just ":O!!!!! SHE'S SO PRETTY!!! and so sassy.... I love her" lmao) that it made the entire thing 10x more enjoyable. I also like javi. mainly when he's with clem, but he's cool by himself. washed up baseball star who still carries a baseball bat.... such a charmer.

I'd say they were my faves in the entire game, and had the most interesting relationship w each other as opposed to.... other charas.....

I will not speak of his relationship w kate, in fact I will not think of it for a second longer (they bored me so much. apocalypse teen mom is the Good Ending, javi, go kiss her instead.)

I think a lot of my prefrence also came from the playthrough I watched. the person playing didnt care for picking the 'right' options and just. wrecked havoc. but then when it came to clem, they always favored any choice that pleased her and that ended up accidentally creating such a funny "I will cause everyone trouble EXCEPT clementine" attitude from Javi that appealed to me immediately.

But even in general, the interactions that came from it were some of my favorites, the 'partners in crime' dynamic was so refreshing, whenever I revisit twdg it's always just rewatching their interactions. Jaded, teen clem and good-natured, slightly goofy Javi was infinitely entertaining. Even their first interaction is extremely fun, I love their banter and how clem couldn't help but chat with him and compliment him. There's also later when he's called her body guard, or when she tells him abt her tatoo, or even later when. YKNOW. THE ARM STITCHING SCENE. THE ONE WHERE HE WAS SHIRTLESS AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HER BEING ABLE TO HAVE KIDS. insane. I love em.

They're just... so cute..... I hc that they did eventually meet again sometime in the future and decided to stick together. as they should. I'm also amused by how their ship name/emoji combo is just 'baseball cap' or ⚾🧢. It's meant to be!!!

But yeah! It's such a shame that I havent found any fics/any other fanworks for them, but they're such a good pair. I Like Em A Lot and maybe I can someday talk abt them so much that I turn at least one other person into a shipper.

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