i feel like a crazy person every time i broach this topic. i read every page of this thread and you know what i didn't see a single person mention? TavJake. tavros nitram and jake english. why is this? why does this ship elude everyone? is it because people simply don't care enough about neither jake nor tavros, so putting them together is the sprite^2 of not giving a fuck? or maybe it's because the breadth of their canon interaction is a small percentage of a6a6i5, so it goes to the wayside? either way it's unforgivable. tavjake is the endgame ship that never got the chance to be.

on a very basic level, there are the very obvious and intentional similarities. they're just really similar characters, and going into all of them would be a little silly, because this isn't a silly page boy analysis thread.

more importantly, let's look at some specific lines here:

JAKE: Hahaha oh tavrosprite.

JAKE: You have always been the one ray of light shining through the clouds in what has otherwise been an emotionally stormy game experience for me.

TAVROSPRITE: yOUR BRAIN IS COMPLICATED THEN,

TAVROSPRITE: i'M GUESSING IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE SOME SORT OF GENIUS,

TAVROSPRITE: nOT RELATED TO THAT, hAVE i MENTIONED,

TAVROSPRITE: yOU'RE ACTUALLY QUITE HANDSOME FOR A HUMAN,

TAVROSPRITE: aLSO YOU HAVE A DASHING PERSONALITY, aND YOU SEEM PRETTY STRONG, aND YOUR VERY SMALL PAIR OF CREAMY LOOKING PANTS IS REALLY COOL,

clearly, they crave each other carnally. this evidence i've laid out here should really say all you need to "Get It." but i am sure some will protest! yes, jake and tavros are similar, and that promotes a sense of compatibility. but also, is it not possible that they are TOO similar, and in a romantic context they may in fact become worse as people? to that i say: maybe! but is that such a BAD thing, i wonder? while tavjake has the potential to be incredibly healthy and enjoyable for both parties, i believe there is also value in something that sucks. i think, if tavros and jake make each other worse perhaps, in some new and different way, then i think it'll have been worth it.

oh yeah! also. gcatavrosprite. CONSIDER. he is a blue cat boy. what are also blue and cat-like and incredibly appealing to jake? that's right. those avatar guys. the blue ones. the thing neytiri was. i never watched those movies but jake sure did. he LOVES those motherfuckers. in fact he loves blue people in general! like tavros. who's blue now!

oh god what's left....... oh YEAH! tavros also killed jake harley that one time, though his culpability in that is honestly suspect to me, because honestly bec didn't have to make the bullet go there. but regardless, jake made up for it by killing a bunch of tinkerbull lusii!!! that, to me, is a cosmic sign. a poignant connection across time and space. THIS, TOO, IS YAOI.

SEE??????????? SEE ALL THIS EVIDENCE I HAVE??????? I AM SURE YOU AGREE THAT I HAVE PROVEN CONCLUSIVELY, BEYOND ALL DOUBT, THAT TAVJAKE IS MAYBE SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE AS A SHIP FROM A LOGICAL PERSPECTIVE. AND YET????????? and yet. and YET!!!!!!!!! nobody ships it!!!!!! nobody makes any content for it!!!!!!!! i'm like, what the fuck is the HOLDUP!!!!!!!! where's the sense of ADVENTURE!!!!!! where is the appreciation for the CLASSICS????????

but that's ok. it's ok if the fandom is full of philistines. that's fine! i'm FINE with it!!! i'm HUNKY DORY ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!

because i'm normal about it. i'm normal. everyone agrees that i'm normal.