TheoHam

TheoHam is the het ship between Theodore and Kotone Shiomi from the Persona fandom.

Canon
Kotone officially meets Theodore if she can guess her attendant is male to Igor on April 21st. He will ask her to call him “Theo” instead of his full name. He can replace Elizabeth as Igor’s assistant.

Requests
Like his older sister Elizabeth towards Makoto, he develops romantic feelings for Kotone as they spend time together in Port Island. He often asks her hand three times during their dates. Theo’s first date with Kotone was visiting the Paulownia Mall. He tries to impress her with what a fountain is like as he believes it is meant for drinking or washing hands, but she has explained to him what fountains are used for as scenery. Theo is embarrassed for getting his info wrong. After Theo was disappointed at the nightclub being closed during the daytime, she introduced him to the arcade instead to make him feel better.

Their second date takes place in Iwatodai Station. When Theo hesitates to go on an escalator, Kotone can have the option to escort him onto it, but he refuses as he doesn’t want her to do that. Instead, he took Kotone’s hand as they rode the escalator together. After that, Theo seems proud for some reason. When Theo misunderstood Takoyaki’s cook’s words, “It’ll make you smile so wide, your cheeks will fall off!” She can explain to him that it was a metaphor, much of Theo’s embarrassment. Theo and Kotone enjoy eating Takoyaki together. After that, Theo pinches Kotone’s cheek to ensure she’s all right after eating Takoyaki. He apologized to her before he stroked her cheek. After visiting Octopia, he tells Kotone that it’s her fault after he got a souvenir from Takoyaki’s cook and won’t give it to her. Theo saves Kotone by pushing her to the sidewalk from a speeding car. On their third date, Kotone takes Theo to the shrine to hang out. She glared at Theo for playing a joke on her about a Shadow behind her. After Theo follows the steps, he wishes for Kotone’s safety, but he doesn’t want her to listen for other reasons. Both pray together at the shrine. On their fourth date, she took Theo to Gekkoukan High School. When other students stare at her and Theo, he mistakenly believes they are staring at her because of her powers. He asks her to stay in his shadow, which she accepts. The results of many female students’s stares are harsh. She took him to various locations there, such as her classroom, art room, music room, and sports field. When Theo thanks her for guiding him around the school, he wonders if the desire he has to know more about her.

She takes him to the dorm and her room on their final date. He asks her if it is uncomfortable, and she can choose to say no, which he will feel a bit relieved. Theo will confess that every moment of his short time with her is an unforgettable memory and thanks her for everything. Theo will be saddened that this will be his last time alone with her. If Kotone chooses, “I don’t want this to end!” Theo will call her a minx. He wishes she would understand how he felt for her and this raging storm in his heart. If the option is choose ‘I feel the same way”. He realizes she wishes to compound his sins before he warns her the punishment thrust upon him will be worse and calls it such cruelty. This results in them having implied sex. Like Elizabeth, he starts to develop romantic feelings for Kotone, but he can’t abandon his duty in the Velvet Room, so he breaks their relationship. He will request that she forget everything that he told her there. The last depart words for her are that no matter how difficult the path may be to tread, he will reach her side, no matter what stands in his way, before he thanks her for everything.

Weird Masquerade
In the stage play version, Kotone and Theo’s interaction is less focused as they only interact in person in Act 3. Their relationship appears platonic because Kotone sees him as an acquaintance when he asks for her hand after their date. She gives him a bag of fried soba bread. In the following arcs, only his voice is heard through Kotone’s cell phone.

Journey

 * During their third date, if Kotone chooses to wish for Theo’s safety, he will state he doesn’t believe he is weak enough to require prayers for his safety. He thinks this is her generosity of spirit in action and happily thanks her.
 * He is an option for a movie date for her during the Film Festival in August.

Persona Q2

 * Theo is the only one from Kotone’s timeline who recognizes her.
 * Kotone feels sorry for Theo for being forced by his sister to dress up in popcorn costumes.

Quotes
"Every moment of the short time I spend with you is an unforgettable memory... Thank you so much."

- Theodore during the Final Request in Persona 3 Portable

"This feeling... it's so sinful, You are a quest, and yet my attachment to you is... I cannot hope to calm it anymore myself..."

- Theodore, unable to understand his feeling for Kotone

"If you were to need me... No matter how difficult the path may be to thread, I will reach your side, no matter what stands in my way"

- Theodore, after the Final Request in 'Persona 3 Portable''

Velvet Hierarchy
This song is sung by Ire Shiozaki (Theodore) and Kana Asumi (Kotone Shiomi) in Act 3 from Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade (Female Route).

Fanon
Theoham shipping is similar to MakoLiz because their relationship mirrors each other. However, their ship is less famous and not notable since Kotone's route is non-canon. However, there’s been a slight increase in Persona 3 Portable and Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth. Some fans think this ship is considered non-canon because he never mentioned her during Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. There have been some fan art and fanfictions of them together in alternate timelines where Kotone never became a Great Seal, and Theo became an average human.

On AO3, there have been a total of 55 works.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * Theodore's original English voice actor, Travis Willingham, is married to the voice actress of Kotone Shiomi, Laura Bailey. Similarly, Yuri Lowenthal—the voice actor of the male protagonist—is married to Tara Platt, Elizabeth's voice actress.