i don't know if there is a single fandom for whom i have more admiration than the inception girlies. like damn. the main ship has literally 2:23 seconds of screen time together (and that's including times they aren't actually interacting, one is simply mentioning the other) and i know the fandom is not solely this one ship -- the film itself is basically custom build for fandom in terms of the potential world building and development of characters who are mostly composed of clever inferences and powered by charismatic performance -- but still. 2 minutes 23 seconds from a film that came out 13 years ago and the fandom (while obviously smaller/less active than it's peak era) is still going strong. you guys are indestructible gremlins of creativity, god-tier meta, and (fittingly for a fandom that arguably originated in a livejournal kink meme) deeply deeply horny. i respect and fear you all.
The absolute most crucial thing about Coriolanus Snow and Sejanus Plinth…Coriolanus is indecisive as FUCK for 95% of the book.
If Sejanus grabbed his face and kissed him full on the mouth at any point I’m fairly certain that Coriolanus would be like, “Okay, okay, that happened. How can I spin this in a way that benefits me?” before fully processing if he was into it or not. If he thought he could get Mr. Plinth’s money through this method while still saving public face at one of his more vulnerable points…
The plot could be VERY different if Sejanus had juuuuust the right timing.