Seblos

Seblos is the slash ship between Seb Matthew-Smith and Carlos Rodriguez from the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series fandom.

Canon
Seb and Carlos both attended East High. The school is hosting auditions for the school's first-ever production of High School Musical: The Musical. Despite his physical similarities to Ryan, Seb instead auditions for the role of Sharpay Evans. Something Carlos is very excited about. He is chosen for the role of Sharpay, and under the guidance of Carlos and Miss Jenn, they prepare for the production.

Carlos is the choreographer for the musical. Carlos helps Seb to learn the dance choreography for the song "Bop to the Top". They dance together, with Carlos performing Ryan's role, and Seb, of course, as Sharpay. Seb messes up on a few of the moves, but they both are having fun, smiling lots and acting intimate. Afterwards, Seb admits he finds it more natural to dance with Carlos than Ryan, and Carlos gives him some encouragement. Carlos then invites him to the school's homecoming as his date. Though a bit reluctant at first, he agrees and asks him to text the outfit Carlos plans to wear.

On the day of the homecoming, Seb does not turn up, leaving Carlos saddened assuming he had been stood up. After encouragement from Ashlyn, he decides to dance by himself, and performs the musical number "Born to be Brave" with the rest of the school. His classmates hold him in the air, and this is when Seb walks him. He smiles and watches Carlos from afar. He apologizes for being over 3 hours late, citing that they lost one of their cows from the farm. Carlos is sorry they lost one of the cows. They both smile, hold hands, and dance together in the middle of the stage. Both have matching ties for the event.

They grow closer as a couple and become more affectionate. During the dress rehearsal, Carlos asks him if he's okay with the performance as Sharpay and his outfit. He says it feels like home. They later play High School Musical the Choosial, with the rest of the group, and Carlos affectionately calls Seb 'honey'. On the opening night, Seb gets stage fright and Carlos gives him some encouragement and kisses him on the cheek.

Fanon
It is one of the most popular ships in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series fandom, alongside Rini. On Archive of Our Own, it is ranked as the first popular ship with over 200 fanfictions. It is also the only canon gay ship in the entire High School Musical franchise

It is also one of the few canon gay Disney couples and has been widely praised by critics and fans.

Fandom
FAN FICTION