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Hey, mah Haven people..come talk to me because I am having OT3 issues. Well a specific OT3 issue. A Duke/Nathan issue. Because, like Nathan/Audrey and Duke/Audrey is basically a no brainer for me. And it's not that I don't ship Duke/Nathan because I totally do, I mean, seriously...have you seen them together? It's just that in my head the ship is named Titanic and I can't quite see my way around the iceberg. Let us go behind a cut for spoilers, shall we?
You would think the whole thing where Duke's stupid father has set him up to kill Audrey who may have killed him would be a bigger issue for me ship wise. But it's not. Because regardless of how fucked up the situation is I have absolute faith in the underlying fundamentals of Duke and Audrey's friendship. Absolute. This may change depending on what happens in season 3, but for right now? Solid as a rock.
Duke and Nathan, however. So many twisting tension filled undercurrents everywhere and it's like...a disaster that has both already happened and is on the constant verge of happening again. And while I wish knocking their heads together and being like "Oh my god, why are boys so stupid." would work, I just. Because it's like there are these fundamental things about each of their personalities that feel doomed to crash into each other in exactly the wrong ways at the wrong time, every time.
I mean, we can all agree that Nathan is...well, he's sensitive, right? This isn't up for debate or anything? And Duke...it's like he goes back and forth between deliberately picking out the most sensitive spots to jab and poke at, and an almost cheerful obliviousness to just how deep an effect he has on Nathan. Which results in a kind of hypersensitivity on Nathan's part, I mean even on the Nathan scale of FEELINGS.
And part of me feels so bad for Duke, because I think on some level he is honestly confused at the intensity of this reaction. Like, the Fishing Trip Of Doom. I am willing to lay cash money down that in Duke's head is just wasn't that big of a deal...that either he'd get away with it and have a bonus day with Nathan or he wouldn't and it would blow over after Nathan looked really cute being all sputtery and angry for a bit. But, like, as we know it was like setting off a freaking nuclear bomb for Nathan.
And, I get it...while I am,and I'm sure you will be shocked by this, generally speaking on Nathan's side about all of this, I totally get why it would be unbelievably tempting to poke at Nathan given the way he overreacts to Duke. And utterly baffling at the same time. And at this point it's not even like Duke can win here no matter what he does, so why not?
But I just...shipwise I can't see my way around it. Like, the only way for Nathan to be less hypersensitive about Duke would be for Duke to back off poking him with sticks...but the only way Duke would back off poking him with sticks is if Nathan was less hypersensitive. THIS IS A PROBLEM. And it's killing me because they so very obviously care deeply about each other, and to my eyes want each other. But short of near death on either of their parts they won't go there, and even then only for brief shining moments. And where they will go is a head on collision without airbags.
It's killing me.
You would think the whole thing where Duke's stupid father has set him up to kill Audrey who may have killed him would be a bigger issue for me ship wise. But it's not. Because regardless of how fucked up the situation is I have absolute faith in the underlying fundamentals of Duke and Audrey's friendship. Absolute. This may change depending on what happens in season 3, but for right now? Solid as a rock.
Duke and Nathan, however. So many twisting tension filled undercurrents everywhere and it's like...a disaster that has both already happened and is on the constant verge of happening again. And while I wish knocking their heads together and being like "Oh my god, why are boys so stupid." would work, I just. Because it's like there are these fundamental things about each of their personalities that feel doomed to crash into each other in exactly the wrong ways at the wrong time, every time.
I mean, we can all agree that Nathan is...well, he's sensitive, right? This isn't up for debate or anything? And Duke...it's like he goes back and forth between deliberately picking out the most sensitive spots to jab and poke at, and an almost cheerful obliviousness to just how deep an effect he has on Nathan. Which results in a kind of hypersensitivity on Nathan's part, I mean even on the Nathan scale of FEELINGS.
And part of me feels so bad for Duke, because I think on some level he is honestly confused at the intensity of this reaction. Like, the Fishing Trip Of Doom. I am willing to lay cash money down that in Duke's head is just wasn't that big of a deal...that either he'd get away with it and have a bonus day with Nathan or he wouldn't and it would blow over after Nathan looked really cute being all sputtery and angry for a bit. But, like, as we know it was like setting off a freaking nuclear bomb for Nathan.
And, I get it...while I am,and I'm sure you will be shocked by this, generally speaking on Nathan's side about all of this, I totally get why it would be unbelievably tempting to poke at Nathan given the way he overreacts to Duke. And utterly baffling at the same time. And at this point it's not even like Duke can win here no matter what he does, so why not?
But I just...shipwise I can't see my way around it. Like, the only way for Nathan to be less hypersensitive about Duke would be for Duke to back off poking him with sticks...but the only way Duke would back off poking him with sticks is if Nathan was less hypersensitive. THIS IS A PROBLEM. And it's killing me because they so very obviously care deeply about each other, and to my eyes want each other. But short of near death on either of their parts they won't go there, and even then only for brief shining moments. And where they will go is a head on collision without airbags.
It's killing me.