Envy (Murder Drones)

Envy is the het ship between N and V from the Murder Drones fandom.

Canon
Before the events series, they used to be Worker Drones who worked at Elliot Manor for a human girl name Tessa and her family. They worked alongside J and Cyn. V also used to be much kinder and shy compared to her current violent, murderous personality.

PILOT
After meeting Uzi, N tells her about his Disassembly Drones teammates, he first mentions V. In a flashback, V is killing a Worker Drone as N watches behind her. He tries talking to V, but she notices his presence and gets startled, asking who he was before quickly flying away. The flashback then ends with N saying he thinks they have a lot of mutual respect for each other and mentions that he secretly has a crush on V, and tells Uzi not to tell her.

N manages to get into the Worker Drones' hidden bunker and says to Uzi before attacking her that he isn’t going to let her shoot V with her railgun. After N’s fight with Uzi, V compliments him for being able to get past through the doors of the bunker when she wasn’t able to.

Later, when N and Uzi team up against V and J, Uzi asks who N wants to fight. He answers J, but Uzi targets her instead, leaving N to fight V. N initially tries to make peace between him and V, and is cut off when V charges at him, swords in hand. The camera switches to Uzi and J fighting, and when it switches back, N is thrown against a pile of boxes with V pointing a rocket launcher at him. N charges up his own rocket launcher and shoots, but instead of a rocket little pink hearts shoot out. He proceeds to shout "AAH!! My mind's in a weird place- don't read into this!" before V finally shoots a rocket at him and it explodes. Later, N and V get into a sword fight in midair. N notices Uzi about to get murdered by J and apologizes profusely to V before licking her sword and kicking her down from above, sending her slamming into the ground and knocking her out. Once Uzi is done blowing up J's head, we see that N has tied up V with her own tail.

After the battle and talking to the WDF, N drags V by the head and launches up through the roof of the bunker, flying away.

Heartbeat
The episode starts with a flashback to the Manor, with N and V as Worker Drones. N is a butler carrying a plate of wine glasses but accidentally bumps into V, dropping N’s plate. They both apologize and try to clean up the mess at the same time, their hands brushing and creating an electric spark. They both blush, N about to say something before J kicks N to the ground, ending their little moment. J starts being rude to N as usual but is interrupted as Tessa walks in with Cyn.

In the end of the episode, N comes back to the landing pod acting depressed. V says she usually hates N’s personality, but seeing him all sad makes her dislike him more. N doesn’t respond, making her soften a bit. She notices the chain keeping her from running away is visibly broken, but chooses to hide it and stay with N rather than leave.

The Promening
N and V are at the pod, N is hesitating over whether he should wear a suit from skeleton remains he got. V tells N about the plan to kill everyone at the prom dance by using Uzi to letting them in, but N refuses to help her. He then starts questioning about their pasts, V pushes him away, telling him to promise her to try not pry into that stuff too much. She promises him that if he frees her, she’ll only kill what they need to survive. He tells her if she is hiding something, they can try to figure it out together, but V cuts him off by chopping his head. She then flies off with a red dress which was next to N’s suit.

N regenerates and realizes what happened. He goes out to go after V. At Prom, N sees V is getting attacked by Doll. Doll throws a ceiling fan at V. N jumps in blocking the attack. Doll then throws 2 ceiling fans towards them, N and V get hit and are knocked out. As Uzi and Doll are fighting, V's right arm is pulling itself on the ground. N picks it up but V quickly grabs it from him using her mouth.

Doll was then killed by V, N points at her thinking she's hiding something and is being overdramatic about it. She punches him in the side of his arm saying he sucks. Uzi shouts "You!", making N and V point at each other.

N and V alongside Uzi, enter Doll's room. As they look around, V says that the robotic remains don't taste that good. N says to V that she kind of sucks, which she responds by giggling saying she isn't doing ok.

Cabin Fever
N and V are wearing camp uniforms together as they're gonna supervise Uzi's classmates during camp. N starts counting the campers up to two, none of them continue. V shoots one of the them, making all the students continue counting after that. V mentions to the students that N is a pilot. As Uzi is exploring an abandoned building, N and V go out canoeing with the campers.

N and V later witnesses Uzi's AbsoluteSolver powers. V is prepared to kill Uzi, but N tries to stop her. He tells her that he has no idea what they're supposed to do because she won't tell him, stopping her. N tells V to look after the campers and leaves.

In the forest, Uzi pins V to the ground and she uses V's tail to stab N's hand. He removes V's tail from his hand and throws Uzi in the air. V complains to N that he always takes Uzi's side.

Home
The episode takes place in N’s memory. V is standing on top of the basement door that N and Uzi need to go to. So N moves her away. When N retrieves the basement key from J, V fights him trying to get the key. J manages to distract V for N to run to the basement. As N and Uzi enter the basement, he asks Uzi if V is ok in the future (present time), which she responds with a disappointed yes.

N is locked sitting on a chair. Eldritch Cyn is struggling to pick up the tool she needed so she requests V to pick it up for her. V also struggles to pick it up, so N grabs V’s glasses which he had in his suit using his mouth and places it on her face. V successfully picks up the tool, and mentions a fact about Golden Retrievers which N continues. Eldritch Cyn pins V up to the ceiling, calling N and V’s moment gross. Uzi was able to get control over Eldritch Cyn and drops V. N helps her get up and they smile at eachother.

Back in the real world, N and V wake up, they look at each other and V blushes.

Dead End
Tessa and N are hiding in an abandoned office within Cabin Fever Labs. N is worried for V and Uzi’s safety, but Tessa assures him they’ll save them. V manages to escape with Uzi and tells Tessa and N to leave. V is angry at Tessa for not being sure that she could control the sentinels and then turns over to N to leave, but he doesn’t respond to her. Tessa tells N she hasn’t been been completely honest with V, which makes V ask N what Tessa told him, but no answer.

Later, as they get deeper in the bunker, they find the key bug they needed. Uzi was about to use her AbsoluteSolver powers to grab it but N and V stop her, looking at each other worryingly. When the Sentinels arrive, everyone tries their best to fight it off, V even uses her old glasses to sharpen her vision. As everyone gets in the elevator slowly going down, V is the only one who hasn’t entered. N tells her to get in, but she continues to fighting off the Sentinels. A Sentinel then breaks the elevator controls making it rise. V’s glasses are also broken by the Sentinels, surrounding her. N shouts at V that they needed her, but she denies. She sacrifices herself by cutting off the wire of the elevator with N, Uzi, and Tessa in it and salutes.

Quote
"So obviously, a lot of mutual respect there. But secretly, I actually kind of have a crush on her... You can't tell her, okay?!"

- N to Uzi referring to V, PILOT

"I'm sorry. I really enjoyed our time together, but I can't have you shooting V with that thing."

- N to Uzi holding a railgun, PILOT

"I've been trying to get past those doors for months. Nice work, N"

- V to N, PILOT

"Ah! My mind's in a weird place! Don't read into this!"

- N after shooting hearts from his gatling gun arm at V, PILOT

"If you free me now, I promise we'll only kill what we need to survive. Just you and me, N."

- V to N, The Promening

"Uhh, V, if you're hiding something, we can figure it out together. Even if we each only have pieces."

- N to V, The Promening

"What's best for you. Even if you hate me for it..."

- V to N, The Promening

"Is V... okay? Like, in the future?"

- N to Uzi asking about V’s status in present time, Home

"NO, NO, NO! V, WE NEED YOU!"

- N begging V to get in the elevator, Dead End

"V, PLEASE!"

- N, Dead End

Fanon
Envy has a decent amount of popularity within the fandom, though not a lot of people ship it compare to its more popular rival Nuzi. There are currently over 160+ fanworks on AO3. Fanartists like to draw them in their prom outfits from "The Promening”. Some also draw them in Worker Drones form as they’re mostly kind to eachother. People who dislike the ship says that the pair is toxic, saying that N deserves better, which is the reason why the ship’s rival Nuzi has more popularity. The shippers of this ship insist that V is starting to understand and feel sympathy for N, making the possibility that they could work out their relationship as the series continues. Plus, V was N’s first crush, so a relationship probably could’ve work if V wasn’t so mean.

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Trivia

 * In the beginning of every Murder Drones episode, when Glitch Production Intro plays, they’re the only two characters who appear.
 * The ship name “Envy” comes from combining their names. When pronounced, it sounds like the word “Envy”.
 * Although is V shown to be rude to N, she still has some sympathy towards him.