MagPit

MagPit is the slash ship between Pit and Magnus from the Kid Icarus fandom.

Canon
As Pit approaches the castle of Dark Lord Gaol, intending to infiltrate it, he sees an incredibly powerful human wrecking the troops of the Dark Lord by himself. Both Pit and Palutena are genuinely impressed by the man, who introduces himself as Magnus. After hearing that Pit is here to take down Dark Lord Gaol, he temporarily joins him, having his own history with the Dark Lord. Though he questions why Pit is "talking to himself" (telepathically with Palutena), he doesn't seem to mind it at all and together they reach the Dark Lord. Working together to defeat "him", they knock the Dark Lord out, revealing that Gaol is a she and that Magnus is devastated at the thought of possibly having killed her. Pit is genuinely sorry for his part in Gaol's defeat, but Palutena reassures him that Gaol can make it, having to transport Pit back to Skyworld, Pit unfortunately leaves Magnus alone with his grief.

Long after that, Pit has destroyed Viridi's Lunar Sanctum and defeated the alien race called Aurum, only to suddenly wake up from a deep slumber, being trapped in the form of a ring. Discovering that he can hijack the bodies of the ring bearer, he is forced to use the body of a little girl and a dog to find out what happened to him, only seeing his own centurions being commanded by his own body, seeing them fight Magnus. He tries to call out to him, but is currently trapped in the body of a dog, so his cries don't reach him. Running after him and trying to use the dog's body to shove the ring into Magnus' face, he is disappointed to see that Magnus carelessly tosses the ring aside. Only after calling out to him again does Magnus change his mind and put the ring on, finally being able to communicate with him, Magnus is surprised to hear Pit's voice in his head. Magnus asks Pit why he's inside a ring and what his body is doing acting on its own, but Pit has no answer for either. He remembers it like it was yesterday when they infiltrated Gaol's castle together, but Magnus tells him that this happened 3 years ago. He tells him that Palutena's Army disappeared, but then returned with the intent of slaughtering humans during Pit's absence, despite Pit and Palutena aiding to protect mankind. Magnus tells Pit that they have no choice but to defeat Pit's body in order to have a chance against Palutena, and mentions that he set out to do so, thinking that his angel friend had gone mad. Controlling Magnus' body from within, Magnus and Pit face off against Palutena's Army and then directly confront Pit's body. After Magnus defeats it, he places the ring on Pit's body, where it shatters. Magnus then gently shakes Pit awake, who immediately wakes up. After thanking Magnus for his help, Pit calls out to Palutena, he is granted the power of flight, leaving Magnus to watch him zoom away.

Magnus makes one final appearance as an opponent to Pit, being chosen by Dyntos to test Pit's might. He fights Pit alongside Gaol, which Pit is confused by, asking Magnus a number of questions. Magnus refuses to answer any, telling Pit that he's only there to test him, but also congratulates him once Pit manages to defeat them. Though considering how Dyntos had created a copy of Palutena to test Pit, it is incredibly likely that this "Magnus" was also a phony.

Fanon
MagPit is a reasonably popular ship in the Kid Icarus community. It is the most popular ship for Magnus and the fourth most popular ship for both Pit and the Kid Icarus series as a whole. In sharp contrast to other Pit ships, platonic MagPit fics are incredibly rare, out of 22 fics in total, only 3 are tagged as platonic. It also notable that there is no overlap between platonic and romantic fics of the pairing.

However, due to the general focus on shipping Pit with women, with Pitcest being acknowledged for its popularity, MagPit is often left out of popularity polls, to the disgruntlement of shippers.

Fandom
FAN FICTION