a drawing of rodger giving astro a big boquet of flowers.


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ship names

i knew i wanted to have a section for this immediately. it's one of the first things i thought of. names ordered loosely by how much i like them!

  • pillowcase
  • sleepstudy (or polysomnography... wink)
  • rodstro
  • telescope
  • nightcase
  • moonglass
  • fragilestar
common portrayals
tropes

canon (exists in canon given their current personalities/depictions)
slash, rarepair, married to the job, sun x moon, color contrast, opposites attract

dubiously canon / canon in my heart (could reasonably exist in canon but is a potential stretch or is partially inferred)
jeanine x sylvia, masculine-feminine gay couple, reincarnation romance, love makes you crazy, defrosting ice queen

fanon (based on noncanon info and the ways they're commonly portrayed in fandom, may exist independently from eachother)
age-gap romance, insecure love interest, picky about validation, sugar-and-ice personality, "i hate you, don't leave"

recognizable tropes that they Definitely Have that i can't find specific words/terms for:

  • astro gets along well with toodles, the child rodger takes care of (canon)
  • rodger pushes to pursue astro in spite of vee's attempt to step in (canon)
  • astro attempts to refocus rodger's 'enthusiasm' into hobbies over investigation (something married to the job, something about astro being guarded/defrosting ice queen) (dubiously canon)
  • doting/overprotective/mildly pushy rodger (fanon, VERY dubiously canon maybe)
  • rodger being portrayed as 'research obsessed' due to rodger's use in-game, particularly toward the main characters (astro) (fanon)
tropes (detailed)
  • masculine-feminine gay couple: rodger is commonly portrayed in-game and in fanon as masculine, astro is very andgroynous in-game and commonly portrayed femininely in fanon
  • reincarnation romance: toons are shown to retain their memories from the cartoon, even if they didn't neccessarily 'happen'. astro's focus episode features rodger and toodles.
  • love makes you crazy: rodger's pushiness toward astro, ignoring vee's request to leave astro alone
  • defrosting ice queen: astro is very guarded and presumably very unwilling to open up
  • age-gap romance: in spite of the toons having no canonical ages, rodger is often portrayed to be much older than the others
  • insecure love interest, picky about validation, "i hate you, don't leave": see interpretations of astro being guarded
  • sugar-and-ice personality: astro commonly portrayed as having a soft spot for the other characters in pairings in fanon
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Pub: 23 May 2026 21:52 UTC

Edit: 27 May 2026 20:07 UTC

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