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Aphroking

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∎∎∎ basics ∎∎∎

Ship: Erlking Heathcliff x Aphrodite Psyche
Fandom: Limbus Company
Ship Status: Non-Sharing

The two worst endings of two Sinners whose love had nearly led them to ruin, one would think these two had a snowball's chance in hell of getting together. After all, Erlking Heathcliff is obsessed with the woman he has always loved, while Aphrodite Psyche has given up on love long ago.

NOTES:

  • Erlking x Cathy art is like. Okay to post. I consider their narrative a significant part of Erlking's character, but like the actual Wuthering Heights, it wasn't healthy at all.
  • I'm in my 30s and have a job. I am not gonna harass you lmao.
  • tl;dr, don't be a dickhead to me, I don't be a dickhead to you.
  • I count Wild Hunt Heathcliff as a separate person to Erlking Heathcliff, so WH Heathcliff x Dead Rabbits Meursault (as an example) is fine for me.
  • You may hear me joke about "the Cube", it's just Erlking + Aphy + Heathcliff + Psyche in their own little fucked-up cube. Here's more info on the Cube.

∎∎∎ meet aphrodite! ∎∎∎

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(I mostly call him "Aphy" for short, because "Aphrodite" is a bit of a mouthful. Anyway!)

Taking off from where Psyche's backstory left off, Aphy's world had a divergence: Psyche was eventually brought back to his family, and forced to marry the son of the current Aphrodite: a man named Eros.

Eros, prior to the honeymoon, was a perfect partner. A shoulder to lean on, an ear to listen, saying and doing all the right things to ensure Psyche was comfortable with their eventual marriage. Psyche fell for it hook, line, and sinker, believing that Eros was his true love and soulmate.

This was all a lie, one that Eros discarded after the honeymoon, now that the beauty was his. Eros had only wanted Psyche's beauty to be his, and was cold to Psyche when there were no cameras rolling or reporters to be seen. It was clear that Eros only gleaned the information that Psyche gave him in order to further hurt him when he stepped out of line.

One night, Psyche had enough. While Eros' mother was visiting, Psyche smashed a mirror, taking one of the pieces and killing both his husband and his mother-in-law. He swore off love that day, and would soon be trained to be the new Aphrodite.

Along the way, he learned of the various Mirror Worlds, and decided to "enlighten" his counterparts with the truth. Upon discovering that they typically distorted because of this "truth", Aphy was more than happy to begin inflicting that truth in an attempt to twist them against the City, to become something more than themselves.

∎∎∎ how the ship sailed ∎∎∎

Erlking Heathcliff had appeared in Aphy's "mirror room" one day, searching for a Heathcliff to kill in this world. Aphy, initially less than impressed by having an intruder, was intrigued when he learned that this was a fellow Erlking. And so, Aphy took the reluctant Erlking under his wing as his "guest", while simultaneously keeping him at an emotional arm's length.

Over time, though, the two would learn more about each other, and Aphy would begin to accept Erlking as more than a potential admirer, more than someone to merely tolerate, and eventually...more than a friend. It would be a long and slowly burning relationship.

∎∎∎ headcanons ∎∎∎

These will be primarily headcanons already posted to Twitter/Bluesky, just as a sort of compilation piece. No tweet links because I'd be here 5ever.
To sort of space things out a little neater, bold are sections, italics are subsections where it's multiple parts of a theme.

General Headcanons:

  • Despite Aphy's mutterings and complaining about Erlking, he never actually chases him away, even during the period where he thinks of Erlking as an admirer.
  • Aphy tends to place a lot of emphasis on "deserving" love, believing that he himself hadn't deserved it thanks to what Eros inflicted on him.

Identity-related Headcanons:

  • Aphy tends to split Heathcliff's IDs into two camps: the ones he'd kiss (Wild Hunt, Queecliff) and the ones he'd protect and dote over (N Corp Kleinhammer).

∎∎∎ trivia ∎∎∎

A little section for trivia, although a good portion might be more related to Aphy directly than not.

  • boop

∎∎∎ taglist ∎∎∎

twitter: boop
bluesky: boop

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Pub: 30 Mar 2025 16:10 UTC

Edit: 14 Apr 2025 01:55 UTC

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