What are some of your favorite darkship dynamics?
My favorite is probably mentor/student illegal age gap. Especially when the student is a young teen and their mentor is at least late 20s-30s, young enough to still be relatable to the kid but old enough to feel guilty. Bonus points if they call them “kid” or kiddo”.
Another one can technically be considered the one above too but with the preface of grooming. Older party intentionally groomed younger party resulting in the youngers mental collapse—going crazy and turning obsessive of the older once they’ve grown up some and got more powerful. The younger wants the older’s complete attention because they feel left in the dust after the older “abandoned” them like a completed project. The older growing more and more afraid of their subject as they realize what harm they’ve done to them through grooming.
More favorites include the classics. Big brother x little brother. Or any older x younger sibling where the older is more teasing and carefree, borderline a bully but in a playful way. The younger is just like paranoid about getting caught by the parents and doesn’t really understand the situation completely, only that their older sibling is making them feel good.
Of course, there’s also dadson, which I enjoy too, in general.
Does anyone have any ships that came to mind when reading this? Let me know your favorite dynamics and if you want, give me some examples of these ones. Need more ships to look into that are like this