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Thanks man. My stance is that Spamtenna is obviously canon and a very compelling relationship with a lot of depth. But you can't properly analyze them without the context of the rest of the game, as their past and connection to Mike/FRIEND is obviously plot important. There's a reason Toby is so reticent about them in interviews, because it's spoilers.
I've ranted about this several times before but I dislike the way underaged fans interpret Spamtenna as two people who had a "misunderstanding" and things simply would've worked out if they "talked it out". These 2 are adult men who probably do communicate but overtime their fundamental flaws crept up and negatively affected the other before the breakup. Like Tenna being BPD, controlling and guilt trippy vs Spamton being a no-strings-attached guy who does whatever he wants because he's a "free man". It's not "toxic yaoi" if the 2 just had a simple misunderstanding and hate each other now. I don't think it's as simple as they can/can't work it out, it's always been a situationship where they were "together" but not really and haven't fully committed(and maybe Spamton wasn't allowed to fully commit because the neko of wealth and love said he could only choose one and he chose wealth). I feel like they could end like Scott Pilgrim and Ramona where they *finally* start dating romantically for realsies at the end of the game, with ambiguity on if it works out or not.
Honestly, Toby might make Spamtenna, Suselle and Soriel "open ended" just to allow for other shippers to see their favorite ship as equally possible.
Spamtenna atists I enjoy include: Hollenix, Rexhouse, Starridge, BurningDiarreah, ConfettiCube, Angstflavored(on tumblr), Tendagumi, Keriage, mo2049308 and cotacota_115.
If you want a really good toxic AU you should check out Spamcoffin by scarily_lacking.
I'm at the point where I'm not even into Spamtenna for the horny, I'm just absored in the lore and drama. Shipping for the love of the game.