Relationship between William Wisp and Vyncent Sol

"'You guys are so awesome and gay... you and fucking-- Vyncent...' -Grizzlyplays, aka Dakota Cole."

Relationship Summary
Vyncent Sol and William Wisp are 2 of the 4 Prime Defenders, and are established best friends. Vyncent thinks and speaks highly of Will in multiple regards, and Will in turn does the same for him. William seems to have a crush on Vyncent, going by some impossible-to-interpret-otherwise situations as well as his volatile jealousy any time Vyncent flirts with someone or is flirted with. The crush could be seen as unrequited, but it's simply unclear due to Vyncent's oblivious nature. Regardless, they are very platonically close, and nothing will influence that, presumably.

Friendship
Having gotten along well since Vyncent first showed up and joined the Prime Defenders through their discovered shared interest of watching movies, William and Vyncent have always (for the course of the entire campaign) been good friends, with few (though not none) road bumps in this relationship. Their bond further solidified over the course of Dakota's 10 month absence from the group in between S1 and S2, as they were without Dakota and Tide, alone together at the destroyed Prime Defenders HQ.

It is clear Vyncent cares for and is a support for William, as he has reassured him multiple times throughout the show of being funny, helpful, or other things when William has felt self conscious or down, including complimenting his poetry, calling him smart, saying that his puns are funny when he argues they aren't, and saying that he would never laugh at Will when he asks for his friends not to laugh while telling a story. He tries to make William feel better about Doug in S1 E9 by telling him that he can always call Vyncent a bro instead of him. Additionally, when Prime Defenders HQ was attacked in S1 E10 and William was thrown back by the explosion, while Dakota ran into the building, Vyncent ran after Will to make sure he was alright and help him. In the same episode, Vyncent's consciousness comes through while in Min's Mage form upon seeing William unconscious, and he attacks the enemy himself, showing that they have a strong enough bond for Vyncent to temporarily do something that he ordinarily could not. He insists that he believes anything Will says when he tells them about the Cartoon World in S2 E2, showing that he trusts William wholeheartedly, a sentiment which William reciprocates.

On the other hand, William does similar things for Vyncent. He regularly tries to make him feel better about things when he is down, as well as compliments Vyncent's own abilities and skills separate from The Greats, insisting that he is impressive in his own right and should give himself credit where it's due. He also sings Vyncent's praises to his mother when they meet her. William is also quickly forgiving of Vyncent (when not pertaining to his love affairs), even when he finds out that he made a deal with Mal, when Vyncent explains that he only did so in order to get The Greats back home in fear they were dying. He also empathizes with Vyncent easily. When he was bald in S2 E5, William commiserates with him by turning his hair invisible in an effort to make him feel better. Additionally, William clearly wants what's best for Vyncent, as he puts his friend's needs above his own personal feelings multiple times when giving him advice, including about the aforementioned situation, as well as when he has the opportunity to go home with Minerva in S2 E6. He also shows a great amount of concern for Vyncent's wellbeing, enough that he (and Dakota) followed after him upon seeing the state of Fauna through the portal in the same episode. On top of that, he exclaims to Vyncent's literal mother that he has a "tender scalp" and to be careful with him when she pulls a hair off of his head in S2 E8.

You Come Here Often?
It is possible that William has a crush on Vyncent. This has only interfered with their friendship a handful of times, particularly when Vyncent has flirted with other people or been flirted with (S2 E3, S2 E5 as examples), which causes William to behave jealously and lash out at him. It seems possible that this could have started quite early on, judging by William "romantically" helping Vyncent with homework in episode 2. Since then, Will in particular has been less than subtle about said crush he has on Vyncent at times, with Vyncent simultaneously never really seeming to notice/understand but also almost seeming to reciprocate in some strange way while never making any sort of verbal indication of commitment. In S1 E6, after watching Return of the Wasps, William tells Vyncent "I guess you can find love anywhere," to which Vyncent agrees, followed by a pause of them staring at each other in awkward silence, and then William trying to hold his hand but it turns intangible, goes through and Vyncent doesn't notice. It can be assumed he is upset about Vyncent dancing with someone else rather than Summer due to the fact that he says, to himself, for Vyncent to look away while he dances with Dakota in the same scene, and also gets slightly defensive when Dakota suggests dancing with Vyncent himself if William didn't dance with him. Later in the same episode, while trying to figure out if Doug has superpowers by trying to goad him into catching Vyncent from falling, William wistfully says that if Doug doesn't catch him, he will. In S1 E15, William deliberately has them hold hands while floating over a barrier. In S1 E24, when Dakota asks Vyncent if he's hitting on Ashe like he does with William, William annoyedly answers for him to that he isn't, then defensively asks Vyncent to confirm. Vyncent says that that is an "exclusively a William thing." However, they then become awkward and change the subject. Even Dakota (known to be oblivious) is suspicious of the nature of their relationship at times. He has, on more than one occasion, batted them away from one another or told them to "get a room." He has additionally attempted to set both of them up with Summer at different times, saying that if he doesn't get them with her that they would "only have each other." As the show has progressed, however, he seems less inclined to tear them apart and more inclined to ask curious questions about them. He has rarely gotten a straight answer, aside from The Greats confirming they have held hands in S2 E9, and they found it "tender." Alphonz refers to it as an "honorable day."

Conflict
When Vyncent neglects to tell William and Dakota about his deal with Mal to get back home, Will becomes obviously upset when they do find out. When Vyncent tells Mal he doesn't feel guilty, Will becomes more annoyed, taking an "oh yeah?" tone with him about it. After Mal left, he seemed more scared and upset than angry, however. He demanded Vyncent to explain himself. When Will argued Vyncent believing Mal could take him home was confounded on nothing, Vyncent argued that he showed him Fauna, and that he saw his mother. Will argued he could probably show him anything, but Vyncent said he at least had to try. Their fight was cut short when Dakota ran off and they went to find him. Later, Vyncent explains that he was scared The Greats were dying in his head and that he was losing his connection to them, and that was why he felt the need to try and get back home so desperately and that he did not mean to betray his and Dakota's trust. William immediately forgives him at this and playfully punches his arm about the whole thing.

William is visibly jealous in S1 E8 (approx. 25:45) when Vyncent dances with Summer, drinking vodka in response. In S2 E3, when Vyncent is fighting Cantrip in the pit and asks her out, then promptly throws pocket sand at her, William cries that the sand is from their "long walks on the beaches" and that she will "never have what they have." In the same episode, when Vyncent says she's hot after being stabbed by her, William demands to know what's going on over there. He then passionately tells Alan he is going to break him like Vyncent broke his heart. He tells Vyncent that they're "over" and when Vyncent knocks Cantrip out and tells Will he no longer has a girlfriend, William replies passive aggressively that that's "his problem." While he asks, concernedly, if Vyncent is ok when he screams from thinking he killed Cantrip, he again reiterates that it is Vyncent's problem when Vyncent says that he killed her. In S2 9, when Dakota is talking to The Greats about them, William asks how they felt about "Cantrip in the pit," to which they reply "indifferent." Vyncent clarifies that he was just using his charm to disarm her. William seems satisfied with both answers.

In S2 E5, when Shauna kisses Vyncent and reminisces on how romantic Vyncent had been with her the previous night while they were "high" from Minverva's magic, Will became extremely upset and vindictive, insisting Vyncent deserved it when he also became upset with the situation, saying he and Vyncent knew each other better than she did, becoming randomly sad-sounding in the middle of it when a wedding was mentioned, literally growling at her when she calls Vyncent sweetie, and calling Vyncent a "bald rat" when he dared to say anything in response to William. Soon later, he leaves with Dakota and Denise and then drives the Winnebago away. When Vyncent later blames William for being the reason he had to shoot himself in the foot to get away from her, William defensively brings up that he kissed Shauna, to which Vyncent refutes that she kissed him before demanding to know why he's being so jealous. Will threatens to sick his gang on Vyncent before Dakota asks if there's something between the two of them. Neither answers. While dressing Minerva's wound, he pours a bottle of rubbing alcohol on Vyncent's gunshot wound in retaliation. Later, Dakota infers that William is extremely jealous, which is why he's angry and fighting with Vyncent, and is trying to get the aftermath of his actions to last so he'll also be in pain, most likely. This entire incident was the worst fight they ever had. Minerva later implies in the same episode that she was under the impression they were in a relationship, to which Vyncent denies, by saying "nothing of the sort ever happens." William does not bring this incident up ever again, nor does Vyncent.

Trivia

 * The ship name for Vyncent and William, "Ghostknife" was coined in-universe by the two characters early on in S1 E2 of the campaign, when they were left alone on the helicopter without Dakota for a few minutes.
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 * In the JRWhat If: Intergalactic Gameshow, Vyncent refers to William as "kind of a dork, but really great" and talks about how well they get along, how they watch movies all the time, etc..
 * In the JRWhat If: Heroes to Zeroes, when Dakota and Vyncent decide to get married after leaving William in the Riptide universe, William demands to know if Vyncent "ever really loved" him through the Contact Other Plane spell. Vyncent does not answer but he does cry afterwards.  When William does end up returning, he goes on to cause them marital problems on purpose.
 * Despite him being a bad singer, William genuinely seems to find Vyncent's singing beautiful, as evident in S1 E18.
 * Dakota confirms that Vyncent and William have fallen asleep while sharing a blanket together multiple times at the base while watching movies (S1 E22).

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