AlMax

AlMax is the het ship between Albert Rothstein and Maxine Hunkel from the DC Comics and DC Extended Universe fandoms.

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Comics = In DC Comics, Albert and Maxine are friends, teammates, and allies as members of the Justice Society. Albert is an old member and Maxine is a new member.


 * -|DCEU =

Black Adam
Al places his stuff down in the main area of the jet, and Maxine tosses him a snack. He says thanks and introduces himself. She does so as well and he takes a bite of the snack. He asks what she does and she says she does wind. She asks the same of him and he says that he grows. Maxine calls him cool as the jet takes off.

Albert sees the Helmet of Fate and goes to touch it, when Maxine walks in and says that he shouldn't. He asks why not, and she says that the Helmet chooses who it lets touch it. He pulls away, and says that Kent is one of those people. Maxine agrees, and says that Kent is basically possessed whenever he puts the helmet on. Al asks what happens if he touches it and Maxine says soul crushing terror...or something. Al suggests that they put a towel on it, when Carter comes in and tells them their entering Kahndaq.

Maxine walks into the cockpit, where Al has changed, with her field suit. Al says that her suit is cool, and she thanks him, saying the same about his own. He says that it was a hand me down from his uncle, when Carter and Adam fly past. They watch the fight and Al comments that Carter doesn't give up, which Maxine agrees with. Kent then calls the two in, and Maxine opens the hatch. She says let's go, and Al awkwardly tries to ask how, when she jumps through a controls the wind to take her down.

Just as Adam is about to attack Maxine, she sees Al running towards them. She uses her wind to distract Adam, and Al then punches Adam to the ground. He yells that he got them, then turns to Maxine. He says that it's him, in case she didn't recognize him with the mask. He extends a hand to help her up and she jokingly says that there is something different about him, as she accepts his hand. Adam then breaks free and knocks Al out. Maxine runs along Al and checks to see if he's okay. She feels him breathe and tells Carter.

As Maxine finishes the nanobot surgery, explaining everything, Al comments that it's insane. Maxine says that the bots do most of the work, but Al says he won't let her downplay this. He says it's a miracle and she gives a little snort. Al asks if he said something stupid and Maxine points out that he can grow incredibly large, and yet has still found ways for the world to amaze him. She finds it cool and he thanks her, but thinks her nanobots are cooler. He asks if that's how she does her wind powers, and she says that the nanobots got injected into her by a mad scientist who kidnapped her when she was fifteen. Al looks horrified and awkwardly says that he's sorry, and Maxine says he's fine. Al says she's seemed to turn things around, and hopes that he's found his calling with the Justice Society.

Black Adam

 * Maxine looks to Al as they head to the Hawkjet.
 * Al and Maxine awkwardly hang around the jet after Carter told them to hang back.
 * Maxine pushes Al out the hangar when he won't jump.

Fanon
There were many rumors among the DCEU fandom about their relationship. Fans suspected the two characters were going to be romantic interests when their involvement in Black Adam (2022) was announced.

Many moments they shared were shown in advertising and promotional material till Black Adam (2022)'s release. Many fans noticed how flirty, cute, touching, and romantic their interactions were and grew fond of them. It was very clear to fans that they had a crush on each other. This is what started the fandom's shipping of the pairing.

Post the film's release, fans pointed out how cute and wholesome they were in it, with many pleading to see more of them. Some fans were disappointed they didn't get together at the end or kiss. The former is partly due to them having little screentime as a whole in the film but also due to the fact that fans loved the potential their characters had individually and together. There is a slowly growing campaign for them to have a spinoff series together. This is an idea which was created and is strongly endorsed by Noah Centineo and Quintessa Swindell (the actors who play Albert and Maxine).

On A03, there are very few fanfics about them. However, there is a strong desire among AlMax's small shipping community to write fics about them.

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Trivia

 * Several scenes of theirs were deleted from Black Adam (2022). A notable example of this is a scene where they meet for the first time in the council room of Hawkman's estate. It was briefly shown in 'The World Needs Heroes' video on the Warner Bros YouTube channel (early 2022). It was also shown in tv spots/promotional material in the days preceding the movie's official release (October 21st, 2022).