Davenzi

Davenzi is the slash ship between David Schreibner and Matteo Florenzi from the Druck fandom.

Canon
David and Matteo meet each other at school. David was the new kid there because he transferred schools after being severely bullied at his old school. At first, he and Matteo were merely acquaintances. Matteo would often steal glances at David while in the hallways, and they would just say "hi" to each other. But David always kept his distance, and so did Matteo, because the both of them thought the other already had a boyfriend.

It wasn't until one day when Matteo got on the public bus with David that they got closer. Since Matteo had gone up without paying for the ticket, when they were asked for theirs, he started panicking. But David covered him and distracted the guard, as Matteo jumped out of the bus at the next stop. As the two of them laughed together, Matteo invited him to come to his house to smoke and have some sandwiches, which David agreed to happily. As the two talked about art and their favorite things, laughing and having a great time together, Matteo's girlfriend sent him a message and he lied to her saying that he was busy with his brother. He offered David to stay to show him some things, so as he went to get his hair ready in the bathroom, he received another message from his girlfriend telling him that she knew that he was lying to her because his brother was with his friends. Matteo sighed and went back to the kitchen, only to find out David was gone.

Matteo kept questioning his sexuality afterwards. Because he had prior doubts about why he never felt attracted to his girlfriend or any girls for that matter. But his internalized homophobia also made him start acting hostile towards openly gay people at his school, which his friends called him out on. So he gets conscious at a party at his house when a guy tries to kiss him, and locks himself in his room. Once the party is over, the only person he sees left is David, who felt like it wasn't cool to just leave without cleaning. So Matteo helps him and as they clean, he asks him if he has a girlfriend. David snorts and tells him that's his sister, making Matteo relieved. So after this, the two of them get extremely close to kissing, only to be interrupted by someone at the party.

Fanon
Davenzi is the most popular ship within the Druck fandom. It's often called "the german Evak," as the two ships share a lot of parallels. And it's an overtly loved ship within the fandom.

Fans generally don't have problems with the ship itself. However, most of the fandom did think that the season should've been focused on David instead of on Matteo, because of the fact that, as a trans character, David's experience would've been valuable. Fans expressed that "there is barely any trans representation in movies and tv series, and if there happens to be some this is often done poorly. DRUCK actually managed to do it right by casting an actor that is actually trans (he is amazing btw you should check him out on twitter). This representation is important because it will help transgender people relate to see the struggles they go through everyday." Fans were so passionate about this that a petition was even shared online for David to be the main character in Season 5.

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