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Psycliff
∎∎∎ basics ∎∎∎
Ship: Heathcliff x Psyche
Fandom: Limbus Company
Ship Status: Selective Sharing
A man whose biggest desire is to fall in love falls in love with a man who has been under Blind Obsession [WAW]\ for a woman he loves -- one would think this dynamic is doomed from the start, truthfully. Really, it's a bit of a ride.
NOTES:
- This ship is selectively sharing simply because I'm pretty cozy with most Heathcliff CCxCC ships.
- "Most", though. I mute Heathmael and Heathdon.
- For other OCxCC ships with Heathcliff, I'm pretty indifferent.
∎∎∎ meet psyche! ∎∎∎
From left to right: Aphrodite Psyche (his "Erlking"), Limbus Company uniform, casual clothing
Born unnaturally beautiful, Psyche was greeted into the world by a mother who saw ahn and a father who was used to following his wife's lead. From a young age, Psyche had been plastered about in magazines and photoshoots thanks to his mother's connections and desire to benefit from his beauty. Naturally, this made his family quite rich, to where his father was even brought into a Wing to work for; meanwhile, his mother acted as his manager, with his two younger sisters allowed to live more ordinary lives.
After his sisters were married to people they loved, Psyche asked to be able to do the same. Instead, he was paraded around celebrities, some of whom had harassed him while he was younger, but all of them wanting him only for his beauty instead of as a person.
And so, he'd run off. He fled to the Backstreets, eventually joining the Oufi Association as a Fixer and learning to fight and survive the harsher life he'd chosen.
Limbus Company would roll to get him one day, and he gave his wish as the desire to experience true love.
∎∎∎ how the ship sailed ∎∎∎
For Psyche, he fell in love with Heathcliff at first sight. Unfortunately, he still kept this up even after seeing him bash Sinclair's head in. (Even more unfortunately, he also thought that he would like to have his head bashed in if it meant Heathcliff paid attention to him.)
However, Psyche was also observant enough to notice the ring Heathcliff wore on his finger, and paid attention as Heathcliff spoke of the woman he loved: Catherine Earnshaw. Of course, while Heathcliff was hesitant to actually say it was love, Psyche was able to tell, and instead chose to keep quiet about his feelings. He didn't wish to interfere if Cathy was Heathcliff's true love.
...then Canto VI happened, all memory of Cathy was erased from everyone besides Dante and Heathcliff, and this also meant Psyche had no more reason to keep his distance. He would instead attribute his previous hesitation to nerves, and approach Heathcliff for a relationship.
Heathcliff, having resolved to get Cathy back, nonetheless accepted the relationship in an attempt to fill the void Cathy left behind. The two would proceed to have a relationship where Psyche gave and gave, and Heathcliff gave back enough to ensure Psyche was happy.
However, Psyche's Canto would result in this illusion being broken, Heathcliff realizing that he did truly love Psyche, and Psyche seeing that revelation happen in real time. This caused Psyche to feel a great amount of doubt, especially as Heathcliff pulled away after this revelation occurred. Pair that with the pressure that Psyche was experiencing (seeing his family again, being arranged to marry for the sake of getting the Golden Bough), and Psyche would distort later on.
Heathcliff would step up and speak to Psyche sincerely, confessing his love in return and apologizing. After Psyche reverted back into a human, Heathcliff would then propose, leading the two to be engaged.
(Not pictured: Psyche apologizing a LOT after the events of his Canto, until Heathcliff kisses him to shut him up.)
∎∎∎ 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.
It's worth noting that Psyche's Canto is pretty far forward, much closer to Outis', so we're looking at about another 4 Cantos before we solidify certain things.
General Headcanons:
- Psyche is Heathcliff's biggest defender...even if Heathcliff happens to be wrong in a situation, Psyche will still be there in order to soothe his wounded ego.
Identity-related Headcanons:
- boop
∎∎∎ trivia ∎∎∎
A little section for trivia, although a good portion might be more related to Psyche directly than not.
- Psyche's gender was decided through a coin flip.
- Other options to ship with Heathcliff were one of my girlfriend's OCs (please follow my girlfriend), Dorian Gray, or bullying my girlfriend into making 696969696969 Limbus Company OCs.
- In hindsight, I realized that, uh, Heathcliff becomes Psyche while Psyche becomes Eros in his own Canto. Meanwhile, Aphrodite Psyche acts the part of Aphrodite from the myth. Completely unintentional. We're keeping it.
∎∎∎ links and documents ∎∎∎
- Toyhouse; typically where I'll update most of his ID information
- Canto Notes (Google Docs)
∎∎∎ taglist ∎∎∎
twitter: boop
bluesky: boop