Is it weird that every time I get somewhat interested in a new show or ship, one of my first thoughts is, “Now, I wonder what an AU of this with Robron would look like...”? Like The Magicians, for example
LOL. Nope! It isn’t. I kind of do the same thing with most other media I’m consuming at the time. Sometimes it’s a fit, sometimes it isn’t. It’s all about finding a balance!
With The Magicians, it’s really interesting, because Eliot and Quentin are very much their own characters, but so much of their dynamic can be mapped onto Robert and Aaron. Take for instance just how quickly Eliot opens up to Quentin about killing his bully. He’s barely known him long at all! For me, it’s very much like how Robert started telling Aaron about Lawrence not letting him attend Sarah’s memorial… while they’re in the midst of burgling Home Farm. So the speed and intensity of the connection, is very much there, as is the willingness to open up.