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As a Samusa shipper, I felt compelled to ask, "Why Rivusa?" What are the aspects or better said - reasons that made you choose them as one of your favourites couples? (I'm not mocking or being judgy; just curious.)

Thank you for asking!!

I’ve been a Rivusa shipper since the OG show and I know a lot of people say their relationship is kinda toxic. Looking back at the OG show I can see their point, since because it was a kids show they couldn’t explore the “bad boy” aspect of Riven a lot, so he comes out as being this annoying, cold and bitchy guy.

In multiple scenes we see Riven saying how much he’s annoyed by his friends or the girls but yet he keeps hanging out with them and following them. Why? H just wants to have friends. He wants to belong. But he doesn’t know how to interact with people, and all he knows is to lash out. And then his friends get mad at him and he feels like his friends don’t want him near them. He’s pushed away.

However, I loved how Musa wasn’t afraid of him. She wasn’t afraid of talking back and pointing out all reasons he was wrong or being rude. While the others turned their back on him she didn’t give up. While he pushed her away she followed him. And although they fight a lot a do believe she brings out the good in him, makes him feel loved and that he belongs in their little group of friends.

Now let’s talk about Fate.

Since this show was meant to an older audience, they really were allowed to develop Riven more. He’s seen at an outsider, being talented on what he does but not having connections to a lot of people. He’s seen as closed off and with high walls that doesn’t let anyone in to his true feelings. He hates Alfea and every chance he gets to sneak out he does. He smokes and drinks to put all his feelings at bay.

But at the same time he latches himself to every friend he can. He immediatly goes when Beatrix asks him, not because he simply wants a shag, he wants to hang out. He immediately walks close to Dane when he notice the boy looking at him. Immediately befriends them. He mada friends!! And he’s excited! So every time someone says they’re bad or evil Riven is there to protect him, even though Beatrix clearly doesn’t feel the same about him. And he’s there trying to kiss her and hug her any change he gets. He doesn’t know personal space, sticking his face so close to everyone we thing he just might kiss them. Why? Because just like in the OG he wants to belong. He wants friends. He is lonely.

This might be just me reading in between the lines but I truly believe Riven had a very strict upbringing. With a very toxic home life that makes him don’t want to go home and quit school even though he made it perfectly clear he hates being there. He didn’t have friends and he’s more used to protecting himself both phisically and emotionally than he’s used to opening himself up.

But then... He does.

In Riven and Musa’s one scene Riven, as always, latches onto the opportunity to make a new friend. He could have kept it to himself but he doesnt, he goes straight to her and talks. He opens up, saying what he thinks of Alfea, almost automatically. There’s an amazing post by @crymeariven8 that breaks this scene down and I’d definetely recomment the read (here).

In a 40 second scene we get so much of his character.

And then Musa. She’s shown throughout the series to dislike her powers. To hate feeling what people feel and feeling overwhelmed by it all. She’s had a traumatic experience and she chooses to push her power away instead or learning to deal with it.

Then she meets Sam. She’s so desperate to feel this void in her head she immediatly is interested on him because he is it. His emotions are so calm that it makes her calm. I understand why people ship it but in my opinion this isn’t the healthiest of relationships as it seems to be.

Musa was attracted to him because of his emotions. She wants to spend time with him because of he feels like the “abcense of chaos”. She wants him because it makes her feel like she doesn’t have powers. So again, insteas of learning to deal with them, she ignores them. She turns Sam into her her own personal beacon of calmness. She becomes dependant of him. The more she feels his calmness the more she’ll push her powers away and want to be close to him to feel nothing. In my opinion this isn’t healthy. Because if you base your whole phicichological well being into one person, if they ever go away you’ll break down, you’ll be overwhelmed. You won’t know what to do.

Riven, although a complete mess and chaos itself, makes her work for it. He makes (or would make or will make) her have to deal and control her powers. They are the perfect combination. Riven has so many feelings and emotions bottled up and she can read them. He puts on this brave face but she knows what he’s truly feeling. She will help him come to terms with his own mind while he will help her come to terms with her powers. They will learn from eachother and grow as people, while she could never with Sam or him with Beatrix.

I know this is a lot of text but hopefully it helped you understand better why I ship those two. If you have any other questions feel free to ask!! :)

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