Ozlice

Ozlice is the het ship between Oz Vessalius and Alice from the Pandora Hearts fandom.

Canon
Alice has always loved Oz dearly, being the one to bring one of his bodies out of the Abyss again after he was born. Oz cherishes Alice, not only because she resembles Lacie greatly, but because her happiness brings him happiness. Oz is willing to endure whatever physical pain Alice puts him through so long as it makes her happy.

It was Alice who gave Oz an identity of his own, which he values as it allowed his emotions and individuality to grow. To Oz, nothing is more important than maintaining Alice's happiness and keeping her safe. Alice felt the same way, therefore, she went to every possible measure in order to ensure that Jack couldn't do Oz any more harm by forcing him to murder and wreak unnecessary havoc. Oz especially loves Alice's smile, and wish for her to always keep smiling. When she committed suicide in order to protect those she treasured, Oz went through terrible depression and guilt. Both consider one another to be the most precious components of their lives and would never allow anything to harm their beloved better halves.

In the Manga she appears to be developing romantic feelings for Oz and in the anime series it is heavily implied as well, as a common occurrence of her jealousy when Oz is with other girls (even his own sister) and when she dislikes him leaving her alone is often. When Oz discovered much to his horror, that Alice was murdered during the Tragedy of Sablier, Oz loses control of his power. When Gil found Oz, Oz declared in a maddened state that he destroy everything in the his path to ensure that Alice will never scared or sad. Shortly after he regained himself, Oz declared to Alice that she should just be herself.

In the past of Sablier, Alice often played rough with Oz, her toy rabbit. Despite this, Alice loved Oz, and Oz loved to see her smile.

When Gilbert shoots Oz on the command of Oswald/Glen/Leo, Alice begins to scream. When she tries to approach Oz, right before she disappears, she still calls Oz by name, not caring about what would become of herself. After Alice remember that Oz rejected her, she immediately cried and called Oz an idiot for rejecting her. When she heard Oz's voice calling her, she hugged him upon their reunion and immediately asked him what took him so long to call her, with tears in her eyes.

Quotes
"Oz! You're someone special. A dear, precious friend. So promise me. If I'm suffering... if someone's hurting me... then you'll come rescue me. I love you! Oz!"

- Alice to Oz.

"Everything that hurts you, everything that makes you sad, I'll destroy them, all of them!. So that's why please smile, my precious Alice."

- Oz to Alice.

Fanon
Ozlice is a popular ship in the fandom, but seems unpopular due to the lack of content. Some people believe it is a romantic relationship while others see it as a brother/sister relationship. It is possible Alice has romantic feelings for Oz, but it has never been proven. It can easily be seen as a beginner ship. Many people will start off the manga or anime shipping Ozlice but gradually move away from it as more characters are introduced. Despite it being larger at the beginning, the fans of the ship decreased the longer the manga went on.

Ozlice is rarely hated, but there are those who look down on it because it gets in the way of the Ozbert pairing. Alice is seen as no more than an annoyance in this case. On some occasions, she will be added in with Oz and Gilbert, but normally receives hate in the work or is written as a nuisance due to being the third wheel. On the other side, some Ozlice shippers hate Gilbert and use him as a third for bashing.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Ozlice section on FF.net
 * Ozlice section on FF.net