Valkyrie x Annabelle

Valkyrie x Annabelle is the femslash ship between Valkyrie and Annabelle Riggs from the Marvel fandom.

Fearless Defenders
Annabelle and Valkyrie meet for the first time on the White Mountain National Forest. Annabelle was there with Misty Knight, investigating some Asgardian artifact. When the artifact goes haywire, Valkyrie shows up to help. After saving the place, Valkyrie grabs Annabelle by the waist and gives her a passionate kiss, something that doesn't seem to shock the archeologist that much, as she cups Valkyrie's face. Valkyrie makes sure that she's safe, but Annabelle is overall amazed at seeing Valkyrie in person.

Valkyrie wants to explore this Asgardian mystery by herself, but Misty and Annabelle insist on going with her. Annabelle is particularly eager to join Valkyrie on her quest. Valkyrie tells Annabelle that she doesn't want to be "burdened by a mortal." But Annabelle impresses Valkyrie by standing up to her offer bravely. Misty proposes to join them as a "bodyguard" to Annabelle, and Valkyrie warns them both that it will not be an easy journey.

While in Asgardia, once Annabelle and Valkyrie are alone, Annabelle asks Valkyrie to discuss the kiss they shared when they met. Valkyrie is pretty open with her bisexuality, telling Annabelle that she's not the first person she saved who rewarded her with a kiss. Annabelle is rather disappointed to find out that apparently Valkyrie didn't find the kiss as important as it was for her, but she tries not to show it. Misty later teases her for "hitting on the semi-goddess."

Valkyrie eventually puts together a group of female heroes as the new Valkyrior. Annabelle continues to sort of see through Valkyrie's emotional armor, trying to comfort her. When the team has to collect a whole bunch of female heroes together to fight against the evil Caroline Le Fey, Thundra questions Annabelle's inclusion in the group, and Valkyrie explains what she saw in her, which was that Annabelle was a true Valkyrie. In the last issue of the opening arc, Valkyrie is possessed by a "Doom Maiden," but Annabelle is once again able to pierce through Valkyrie's defenses and get to the real Valkyrie.

Sadly, the price of restoring Valkyrie was Annabelle's life. However, Valkyrie restores Annabelle to life by merging herself with Annabelle, so they now share a body. This of course made things awkward between them as every little romantic interaction the two of them wanted to have with other people would be experienced by both, and sometimes the other didn't like it. They later manage to resolve this and Valkyrie says goodbye to Annabelle for the moment, separating from her.

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is a rare ship within the Marvel fandom. Despite this, the screencap of the kiss between them made headlines and was viral when it was first released, as some Marvel fans celebrated the confirmation that Valkyrie was queer.

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