Tembakau

Tembakau is the slash ship between Janus and Eros from the Dead Time: Kala fandom.

Canon
Eros was a police officer who took Janus, a narcoleptic journalist to question him about the mysterious death of Soebandi after him and Janus both played a tape containing a woman named Asih declares unprompted in Javanese, "It is on Bendonowongso Hill, in front of the Seven Stair Temple". The sister of Asih, Ranti, told Janus that if he reveals the tape's contents, then either he or the person who hears it must die.

Janus then gets kidnapped by the Minister of Tourism and Culture, Haryo Wibowo, who, after inquiring where "the place" is, immolates him. Meanwhile, Eros learns that the mob attacked the five men after hearing a woman accuse them of being thieves. Hendro reveals to Eros that Ronggoweni was an adjutant to the First President, who was fabled to have hidden glorious treasure. A white-skinned creature tells Eros to "accept [his] destiny".

Waking up unscathed, Janus goes home and finds his wife Sari, who expresses remorse over their divorcing. After Janus tells her everything, Sari delivers Asih's message to Haryo, who kills her after being told Janus is dead. Haryo learns that Janus is still alive, gets stalked by the white-skinned creature, and beheaded offscreen. Janus attempts suicide but is rescued by the creature, who is revealed to have been keeping him from harm.

He gets kidnapped by Bambang's men as Eros and Hendro find Ranti, who confesses that Ronggoweni was the secret keeper of the location of the First President's treasure. Since only one person can know, he killed himself after his son-in-law forced him to reveal it. His son-in-law told Asih and four friends, forcing Ranti to get the men lynched to protect her pregnant sister. Eros tracks down Bambang while Hendro takes Ranti to the library, suspecting a connection to the prophecy of the Kediri King Jayabaya, who foretold the rise of a messianic Ratu Adil.

Hendro learns that the treasure was bestowed to the First President by the former kings of Nusantara. He instructed his adjutants to hide it and kill each other until one remained. The white-skinned creature, Pindoro, is a supernatural guardian of the treasure that cannot harm humans. Hendro finds in the prophecy that a "sleeper", who is Janus, shall rise as the trustworthy keeper of the treasure's location and have a protector, who is Ranti after inheriting the role from Ronggoweni.

Bambang and a group of Ministers arrive with Janus at the Seven Stair Temple and Eros gets shot in the scuffle. Ranti appears, murders Bambang and the Ministers. At that time Eros who was following Mr. Bambang came out, and because there were two people who knew the location of the treasure, one of Janus or Eros had to die. Ranti then kneels before Eros, who is the prophesied Ratu Adil. Hendro reads the rest of Jayabaya's prophecy, which foretells that their meeting will usher in an era of national prosperity as well as a great struggle.

Quotes
"Janus. One of us has to die. Let it be me."

- Eros to Janus after they both know the location of the treasure

Fanon
The ship has started to rise when Joko Anwar, the writer, revealed that Eros' sexuality is gay in a 2021 Instagram post. Fans have been pairing Eros with Janus since both of them are the male lead of the movie. Even if some movie fans don't ship them, they still wished to see more of both Janus and Eros and their interesting dynamic.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * The ship name "Tembakau" literally translates to "tobacco" in Indonesian, hinting at their habits of smoking throughout the movie.
 * It also serves as a double pun on "tembak kau" in Indonesian which means "to shoot you" because of Eros got shot at some point in the movie, and to "to ask you out", because of the ship.