League of Legends fans are making gorgeous fan art for an unexpected Spirit Blossom ship

polygon.com:

Shipping is fun, and League of Legends offers a veritable armada of potential ships to sail. The roster has over 160 champions, some of whom are canonically together, while others have plenty of in-universe justification for ships. Then, there’s the just-for-fun ships, the combinations of champions that haven’t happened to meet yet and may never meet. But once in a while, these long-shot ships pay off, and fans get to enjoy a feast of vindication.

Take Sett and Aphelios. Sett is a yakuza-style criminal who runs an Ionian fighting ring, and Aphelios is a silent moon assassin from Mount Targon who channels the spiritual power of his twin sister Alune to summon mystical weapons and slay sun warriors. Despite being from different walks of life, they’ve become a popular ship. The Spirit Blossom skin voice lines seem to add some credence to that; Spirit Blossom Sett tells Spirit Blossom Aphelios: “Hey, we still on for tonight, mooncake? I’ve got a… Oh. Hey, Alune.”

This is enough confirmation of the ship for fans, who have started creating beautiful fan art of the duo.

I love them so much! <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/Settphel?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#Settphel

<a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/settphelios?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#settphelios <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/sett?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#sett <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/aphelios?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#aphelios <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeagueOfLegendsFanArt?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#LeagueOfLegendsFanArt pic.twitter.com/GtuWgkrsyl

they just want to hold hands <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sett?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#Sett

<a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/Aphelios?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#Aphelios <a