2023 Ship Promo Post!

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[paleomnesis]

Canon: Revenge (or as I like to say it, REVENGE!)

Ships: Amanda Clarke/Emily Thorne, Daniel Grayson/Nolan Ross/Emily Thorne, David H. Clarke/Nolan Ross/Emily Thorne, Nolan Ross/Emily Thorne, Tyler Barrol/Daniel Grayson/Nolan Ross, Tyler Barrol/Nolan Ross, Victoria Grayson/Emily Thorne, Victoria Grayson/Patrick Osbourne/Nolan Ross

Media: TV Show

A summary of the canon: The Count of Monte Cristo, except the Count is a young woman (Emily VanCamp) who returns back to her childhood home under a false name, seeking revenge for the death of her father. There are many to blame, but the primary target is Victoria Grayson (Madeleine Stowe!), a woman who betrayed her father, and her husband, Conrad (Henry Czerny!). She is aided by her prodigious skills, her keen intellect, and her fabulous wealth, the last of which came from Nolan Ross (Gabriel Mann), a tech genius who owes his start to her father investing in his company. Together, they take down the people who wronged her, try to keep the ones who didn't from becoming collateral damage, and generally look fabulous doing it.

By the way, this general summary does not even remotely begin to explain how insane this show gets. Multiple people come back from the dead, Hiroyuki Sanada plays a morally ambiguous sensei, there's a power walk onto a plane that blows up to the tune of "Seven Devils," somehow a dog has discovered the Fountain of Youth... Even though it only covers the first season, this video is a terrific primer to the show (and why I love it so much).

What do you love about this ship/these ships?:
Amanda Clarke/Emily Thorne - remember that time when your yandere bestie who switched identities with you brained a dude with a tire iron to keep your secret safe?
Daniel Grayson/Nolan Ross/Emily Thorne - so many twisted schemes and gut-wrenching betrayals and the one thing for certain is that Nolan will never get any sleep.
David H. Clarke/Nolan Ross/Emily Thorne - the tragic realization that your father (figure) wasn't worth your devotion, but you still want to sleep with him.
Nolan Ross/Emily Thorne - when your morality pet still helps you destroy all of your enemies and then you have to keep saving him because people have figured out he looks really good when he's being threatened.
Tyler Barrol/Daniel Grayson/Nolan Ross - Tyler is that cat who dropped a twitching mouse on your bed and then wondered why you weren't taking full advantage of it.
Tyler Barrol/Nolan Ross - bondage, voyeurism, pain/bloodplay - it's all canon!
Victoria Grayson/Emily Thorne - every single man in your life is deeply disappointing and the previous hot blonde rival in your life just fell five stories onto a taxi cab, so you might well go pay a house call (and something more?)
Victoria Grayson/Patrick Osbourne/Nolan Ross - it's lovely, Victoria thinks, that she really won't have to break in Nolan that much for Patrick, given how much groundwork Emily's already unwittingly done.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Honestly, a wide range of things. Revenge does lend itself well to darker stories, especially given the gray to black morality of the majority of the characters, and most of the ships aren't exactly "happily ever after" types. But it's also deeply funny - Nolan is always good for a few quips and to lighten the mood, and Emily has her own brand of dark humor, especially when she's taking a target down. And given its nature, it lends itself quite easily to smut (as Tyler and Nolan's storyline can attest).

Content warnings: It's a very soapy primetime show with a dark premise so murder, violence, sex (including infidelity and dubious consent), drugs (someone overdoses in the first season finale, though she recovers), the usual for that sort are all present, but it aired on ABC, so you're not getting HBO levels here. However, the second season has a deeply misguided plot involving a nefarious organization called the Initiative that culminates in a false flag bombing which I thankfully blocked from my memory until I researched it for this post. Luckily, the showrunners agreed with me because the third season ignores the plot as well, though there's a subplot about infertility caused by a violent act, so there's that to take into consideration.