Bortus x Klyden

Bortus x Klyden is the slash ship between Bortus and Kylden from the The Orville fandom.

Season 1
Bortus and Klyden are together when the series begins. In episode 2, Command Performance, Bortus asks for time off as he and Klyden had an egg together. Bortus must keep the egg warm. Captain Mercer grants him this time off. At the end of the episode their egg begins to hatch. Bortus calls for Klyden and they watch their child break through their egg. When the child is born she is a female, which shocks Bortus and Klyden as moclans are supposedly an all male species.

Season 2
In episode 1, Ja'loja, moclans only pee once a year so they have a ceremony surrounding it that family and friends are encouraged to participate in. Klyden, Topa, and the other leaders of the orville go to Moclus for Bortus' Ja'loja.

Season 3
In episode 5, A Tale of Two Topas, Kylden does not want to tell Topa that they were born originally born female. Bortus eventually helps Topa learn the truth. This leads to Topa asking for the procedure to be undone. Klyden tells Bortus that if he allows it to happen, he will leave Bortus. Bortus asks if undoing the procedure will harm Topa. Dr. Finn explains that it may hurt her not to get it done. Bortus agrees to perfrom by singing for the whole of the ship. Klyden leaves the Orville.

In episode 8, Midnight Blue, Klyden returns to Bortus and Topa after seeing how injured Topa was after she was kidnapped by other moclans who shared his bigoted views. When he returned he apologized to Topa for leaving.

In episode 10, Future Unknown, Bortus and Klyden go through the Renewal. It is a ceremony where one moclan chases the other through the woods. If the moclan whose running away escapes it result in the two no longer being mates. If the fleeing moclan lets themselves be caught then it can ruin the relationship. Most of the leaders of the Orville watch the Renewal, as Bortus chases Klyden. Klyden almost escapes before Bortus found him. The two returned as mates once more.

Fanon
A lot of the fandom does not seem to like Klyden.

Bortus/Klyden is the 6th most popular ship on AO3 for The Orville. It currently has 11 works (as of 7/13/23).

Trivia

 * While Bortus and Klyden are a slash couple, their culture is highly conservative. This results in many plots surrounding the pair to revolve around this bigotry where Klyden is bigoted, and Bortus is silent, even though he leans towards the more progressive views of the Union over Moclus.