FloRid

FloRid is the slash ship between Floyd Leech and Riddle Rosehearts from the Twisted Wonderland fandom.

Canon
In their interactions in the game, Floyd insists on calling Riddle "Goldfishie" instead of his name. Floyd often teases Riddle, often to his annoyance. The teasing also often leads to Riddle getting frustrated or mad. It's shown in the main story and some vignettes that Riddle tries his best to avoid Floyd. Ironically, it seems Floyd likes interacting with Riddle even without the teasing. It now seems that as time has progress within the story and in school, Riddle now seems to be calmer and more willing to interact with Floyd on a day-to-day basis.

Chapter 2
Both of them appear in Book 2. When Riddle, Ace, Deuce, Cater, MC, and Grim investigate the incidents of promising Spelldrive players being hurt, they decide to visit the Leech brothers to see if they can glean anything from watching them. The Leech brothers notice and challenge Riddle and the others to a battle.

Chapter 4
The students are gathered in the Mirror Hall saying their goodbyes for winter break, when Ace, Deuce, Riddle, and Trey are talking about their plans, Riddle mentions that he will attempt to speak to his mother some about her restrictions, the twins suddenly appear. After their run-in with them in chapter 3, they are slightly frightened, when Floyd suddenly offers Riddle to stay with him for winter break as they won't be going home because the sea is too cold to try to get back, and he's sure Azul won't mind Riddle much. Riddle takes it as an attack and gets irritated, once again yelling and becoming bright red.

Chapter 5
During the club fair, the students are going around visiting each classroom. They wander into the mountain lovers club where Jade and Floyd are waiting. While Jade is explaining his club to the first years and Trey, Floyd comes up next to Riddle to play with him, he presses a mushroom against his face and gets uncomfortably up close (most likely pinning him somewhere), Riddle gets mad at him and yells at him, he tells Jade to control his brother.

Chapter 6
Once they've returned to NRC, everyone is exhausted and all the dorm members are coming out to the field to reunite with their missing dorm members. As everyone shows up, they're all shocked at Riddle's appearance, taken aback by the sudden change. When Floyd shows up, he instantly tells Riddle the change looks good and gives him a new nickname, "Woah Goldfishie has turned into a white Medaka! What happened~?". With Azul, the twins, Riddle, and Trey walk to the nurse's office.

R Floyd Leech School Uniform Vignette
Riddle enters the library just in time to distract Floyd from his boredom. He very quickly approaches Riddle, unafraid to begin his usual teasing. Riddle, already exasperated asks Floyd to leave him alone. After a little bit, Riddle can't seem to find the book he is looking for and Floyd tells him he had placed it somewhere earlier and tells Riddle he'll take him to it. Once they arrive at the shelf, Riddle realizes Floyd has placed it on the highest shelf. Riddle refuses to embarrass himself and begin to try to reach it, but he is far too short, Floyd laughs and comments on how hard Riddle is standing on his tippy toes to try and reach it but to no avail. Floyd offers to get it for him, but Riddle denies, saying he only needs to find a stool, but when he tries to walk away Floyd pins him to the bookshelf with his arm. Riddle gets mad, and Floyd suddenly grabs the book and runs off, causing Riddle to run after him. After running for a bit, Riddle gets angrier and yells at Floyd, comparing him to Jade and questioning how he could be so different from Jade in the worst ways possible, he asks Floyd why he insists on mistreating him, not realizing Floyd just wanted his attention. Floyd gets "bored" and leaves the library.

SR Floyd Leech Labwear Vignette
During one of his negative mood swings, Floyd ditched all his work for Professor Crewel's class, which caused him to yell at him and punish him. Making the episode worse, he leaves the classroom and wanders into the hall where he runs into Riddle and Jade. He says hi to both of them and then turns to Riddle, visibly different he tells Riddle he's not really feeling up to messing with him and leaves. Riddle, now concerned about Floyd's sudden lack of emotion and interest, asks Jade if Floyd is feeling ok. Jade tells him he sometimes has episodes like that and then turns his attention to Riddle, asking if he's worried about Floyd. Riddle scoffs and denies it, saying it's only out of character, Jade then smiles and nods, walking away.

Beanfest: Bean or Be Beaned
After teaming up with Vil, Epel, and Riddle, Floyd agrees to a little game of seeing who could bean the most monsters in order to get the gear in the next box they find. After Floyd receives it, Riddle questions why everything is going to Floyd, after the eel explains it, he tells Riddle not to worry, if anything happens Goldfishie can hide behind him and he will protect him. Riddle gets mad at the teasing once again, Epel is frightened by their bickering and Vil tells him to relax, they've been like this since orientation night.

SSR Floyd Beanfest Gear Vignette
Epel and Floyd are separated from the group he begins to tell Epel the story of how he and Riddle first met. He explains the first day at NRC at orientation night, someone with red hair caught his attention, so he went after them, and to his surprise they didn't take well to his teasing and their face went so red he thought he would go up in flames, because of his small, cute size, and color, he decided to begin to call him goldfishie. They then got into a fight and the redhead threw him through the air and Jade laughed at him. He then proceeds to say how the reason he likes NRC so much is because he gets to fight with people that are much stronger than him even though no one can really match his power, Riddle is one person he wants to beat someday.

The Phantom Bride: Love at First Fright
During Chapter 7 of the event, after Crowley states that any potential suitors be over 180 CM tall Floyd interjects himself into the conversation. Riddle seems to express disdain towards being called short, in which Floyd takes pleasure in teasing him and asking if he "wants to stand on his tailfin" stating that it might also give him some extra height. Riddle shoots this down immediately.

On the Japanese server of Twisted Wonderland, however, Floyd expresses that no matter the height, "Goldfishie is perfect the way he is."

A few short moments after Floyd feigns not knowing where Riddle went, asking if he has suddenly disappeared. When Riddle speaks up, Floyd teases him by saying that 'he couldn't see him from up there'.

Additionally, during Chapter 11 of the same event, after Floyd gets frozen by the Phantom Bride and her retainers he states "Did you see how Floyd goaded the ghost into slapping him? Zero hesitation. Let that be a lesson: It is folly to pick bridal candidates solely based on height!" in which Floyd gets his comeuppance and Riddle becomes slightly more bold for the remainder of the event.

Vargas CAMP!~Spring Happening~
The remaining members of the trip are huddled around a campfire, Floyd comes up beside Riddle and asks if he's ok because he seems to be shivering and his lips are turning blue. Riddle doesn't reply so Floyd says that if he turns blue he might have to give him a new sea themed nickname, and Riddle snaps and turns red, making Floyd smile, he tells him he is glad that Riddle is keeping himself warm.

Scary Monsters! ~Screaming Halloween Show~
Floyd, Riddle, Jade, Ruggie, and some others are standing around talking, when the topic of food comes up, Floyd takes the opportunity to point out to Riddle that he noticed he didn't eat much, to which Riddle replies he already had enough calories. Floyd, knowing Riddle enjoys sweets points out that it wouldn't hurt to at least have some. Ruggie agrees and says they were very good. Riddle denies, but Floyd isn't having any of it, so he takes Riddle by the arm and drags him off to eat some more with him. Jade smiles and says he'll join them in a while.

Scary Monsters! ~Endless Halloween Night~
Floyd and Riddle are standing in the mirror hall in a group with the students left, trying to figure out with the teachers what to do about the situation at hand. Riddle runs into the mirror after declaring he has to save his students, and Floyd is surprised at the sudden action from Riddle, saying he wanted to go through too and runs after him. They are both thrown out of the mirror back to the hall together, seemingly falling atop each other like your classic anime setup. They both jumped in without reading the fine print of the letter.

Later in the event when all the students regroup, they are discussing how to proceed, when Floyd points something else out, Riddle nods and agrees with him, despite him saying he couldn't believe he was saying that.

Welcome to Tsumsted Wonderland!
Tsum Tsum's represent their owner's true internal selves', for example, Sebek's tsum tsum being extremely affectionate, especially with Malleus. Riddle's tsum tsum seemed to particularly resemble Floyd, running around and tormenting people, leaving Riddle to panic and run after it all the time. In Tsum Floyd's home voiceline, he points out that he's acting so different from Riddle, he finds it amazing and funny.

Lost in the Book with Stitch: Midsummer Sea and Spaceship
Floyd and Riddle's first duo card event. They are paired together for the majority of the event, with Jack, Grim and Stitch tagging along.

Most characters in the event are surprised at their sudden closeness and Riddle's willingness to be around Floyd, moreso how happy he is around him.

They wake up on the island, they wake up beside each other, and later that day in the cave, along with everyone else, they fall asleep beside together. Whenever they would bicker at the beginning, Stitch would smirk and laugh at them. Throughout the event, Riddle seems to soften to Floyd, often smiling and laughing around him. When Floyd suddenly compliments Riddle and tells him he is amazing, Riddle seems skeptical, but Floyd insists that he is being serious, Riddle smiles and mentions that it's rare for him to be so honest, and begins to laugh happily.

Once Jack, Stitch, Grim, Floyd, and Riddle set off in their group, Floyd asks if they should make a house they both liked together. The group then sets off to begin gathering materials for the house. Riddle suggests making the house on the coastline, a place they would both like, and Floyd agrees, and says they should make it farther up just in case of high tides and big waves, Riddle agrees and says that it's good advice. They then begin walking along the shore together collecting pretty shells, which Floyd does as a small joke because they weren't shells at all, they were actually hermit crabs. They then find a red shell, which Riddle calls pretty. Floyd goes on to explain that where he lived in the ocean, anything red looked nearly black, so when he once went to the surface with something red he was very surprised. This could be one of the reasons why Floyd was so attracted to Riddle upon their first meeting.

Everyone regroups later in the day after finishing the house. Floyd catches some fish and begins to cook and everyone eats together, however Riddle does not. Floyd goes over to Riddle and tells him to choose anything and he will give it to him. Riddle declines, but Floyd insists, giving him a plate, after eating some, Riddle turns to Floyd, a little embarrassed, he admits he never imagined the day he would give into Floyd like this and how delicious his food is, he also asks for another serving. Floyd was very happy and asked him to praise him again and in exchange he would give him more food.

Everyone goes out surfing together, and Floyd suddenly jumps into the water, causing Riddle to scold him for jumping in so suddenly without stretching first, and tells him to take better care of himself and be careful with Stitch, as he could get him wet. Riddle and Floyd had grown particularly fond of him, treating him like their child. After surfing, they return to land, Floyd and Riddle share their thoughts and Riddle expresses how amazing it felt and how happy he was, describing how he even saw a school of fish. Seeing how passionate Riddle was about this Floyd smiled, expressing that even though they fell into the water a couple of times, he was really glad that they went surfing and that the experience went well for Riddle.

Fanon
FloRid is a relatively popular ship among the Twisted Wonderland fandom, having over 330 fanfiction works posted to AO3. Fans of this ship love the dynamic between these contrasting characters. Many enjoy the teasing Floyd puts Riddle through. Some also mention that Floyd seems to care about Riddle. At the end of the Halloween event story, Floyd points out that Riddle hasn't partaken in the Halloween feast and encourages him to eat something. Fans also say Floyd seems to take an interest in Riddle, often popping up around him sporadically.

Opponents of the ship note that in canon, Floyd's interest in Riddle seems to be one-sided. Riddle often seems dismissive of and irritated by Floyd's teasing.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * Floyd calls Riddle a goldfish because he is red and small like a goldfish.
 * From reading the English dialogue alone, it's unclear if this "red" refers to his hair or something else.
 * Vil states that what Riddle and Floyd have in common is a temperamental mood.
 * Riddle seems to mimick Floyd's swaying in some events, although it's not clear why as he is the only character that does this.