phase 1

• piglet/poohmandu - the OG! whiny bratty attention-seeking dongsaeng and his chill indulgent idgaf hyung, the couple igns and their playstyle that perfectly fit their '100 acre lane' nickname
• flame/ambition - a vague memory now but i ~think they were competitive as hell and prbly fought a lot and that kind of fiery relationship is delicious ngl. also flame was very pretty and ambition looked like he could commit murder which is an a+ combo

phase 2

• dandy/mata - the bickering and tension and messy, messy feelings, going from the highs of winning worlds together to the lows of bottom-tier lpl hell (i owe this one 100% to all the wonderful fic)
• looper/dade - again this was 100% bc of t...

phase 4

• zeka/kingen - sometimes i can't believe that their story is real and not just a friends-to-lovers fic come to life, the fact that they were kt trainees together (bc kingen sort of scouted zeka), them going to the lpl together and kingen personally asking zeka to come back and join drx (promising to go to worlds if he did and then actually fulfilling that promise), the post game 5 forehead bump that i continue to weep about!! and everything else in between e.g. their casual skinship and food dates and obedient puppy dongsaeng/kind indulgent hyung dynamics
• showmaker/canyon - i know i'm late to the party but polar bear and smol cat! their silly stream interactions when they were younger, the couple IGN's, trusting/relying on each other and making each other better players, canyon not using honorific...

phase 1

• rekkles - the deft shipper's gateway drug prbly, 'if he was a girl i'd kiss him', long-distance romancing via skype and twitter exchanges, deft shyly saying that it was rekkles's kindness that helped them grow closer
• imp - imp's clinginess and all the skinship he forced onto deft (who gave up and just let him do whatever he wanted), also imp bitterly saying 'all men are the same' when deft complimented rekkles
• bang - actual facebook boyfriends!! the whiny way they'd speak to each other whenever they duoed, the nonsensical fb exchanges and joint trolling of faker, the alpaca plushie that bang gifted deft (which smeb later murdered), the fact that they genuinely supported each other through the lows and bang wishing that they could both play well during skt vs kt matches and...